After summoning his Thunderstorm Wings, Han Li flapped them gently, and his body shot forth as an azure and white thread of light.
The light thread covered a distance of 700 to 800 feet in just a single flash, then appeared on the other side of the horizon after just a few more flashes.
Such an astonis.h.i.+ng speed would allow Han Li to outrun all beings below the holy race, and he was finally beginning to slowly catch up to Liu Shui"er and s.h.i.+ Kun.
Thankfully, all of the Dark Beats nearby seemed to have been summoned away by the Dark Beast Monarch, thereby allowing him to fly through the forest without any inhibitions.
After more than two hours, he finally caught up to his target, and caught sight of Liu Shui"er and s.h.i.+ Kun in the distance.
In reality, he hadn"t really caught up. At this point, Liu Shui"er and s.h.i.+ Kun had already been forced to stop, and were currently engaged in a heated battle against the silver-eyed Dark Beasts.
Han Li narrowed his eyes and surveyed the situation from several kilometers away.
Thus, he discovered that s.h.i.+ Kun had donned a suit of s.h.i.+mmering yellow armor, and was standing still on the spot in mid-air.
A pair of crimson war hammers had appeared in his hands, and as he swung them through the air, countless fist-sized b.a.l.l.s of fire revolved around him, conjuring up a sinister-looking crimson fire wyrm.
in the air above his head, a red jade vial spinning on the spot incessantly, blasting forth pillars of crimson light that were attacking the enemies around him in a frenzy.
It turned out that s.h.i.+ Kun"s most powerful abilities were fire-attribute ones, rather than earth-attribute abilities. This came as quite a surprise to Han Li.
Meanwhile, the three silver-eyed Dark Beasts that were attacking him had conjured up a dozen or so black projections that had surrounded him from all sides.
Countless streaks of black and red light clashed amid resounding booms, and despite the immense power of s.h.i.+ Kun"s war hammers, he was unable to strike the silver projections around him due to their fast and unpredictable movement techniques, so he was only able to ensure self-preservation without being able to gain any advantage.
On top of that, even though the three silver-eyed Dark Beasts weren"t actually attacking him themselves, the silver beams of light they were unleas.h.i.+ng from their third eyes were extremely dangerous.
s.h.i.+ Kun naturally didn"t dare to allow these beams of light to pierce through his defenses and strike his body, so he was going out of his way to block them with his war hammers.
Han Li could clearly see that as soon as those silver beams of light struck s.h.i.+ Kun"s crimson hammers, those areas on the hammers would instantly take on a black hue. Despite the fact that the crimson light around those areas would then scramble to sweep over those spots, it would still take a long while before the war hammers returned to normal.
Thankfully, the three silver-eyed Dark Beasts were unable to continuously blast forth those beams of light, and even with three of them joining forces to attack s.h.i.+ Kun, they were still unable to break through his defenses. Thus, an impa.s.se ensued.
Meanwhile, Liu Shui"er was facing four other silver-eyed Silve Beasts on her own, and her situation was vastly different.
She had summoned a set of dazzling silver short spears, each of which was only around a foot in length. There were eight of them in total, and as they flew through the air, they left specks of silver light in their wake, making it appear as if countless silver stars had lit up in the dark night.
Aside from those treasures, a strange silver projection had also appeared behind her. The projection appeared to be of a beautiful silver-armored woman, yet as its arms flashed through the air, they conjured up countless blurry arm projections, making it appear as it possessed hundreds of arms.
Each and every one of those arms projections was holding a silver longsword that was just as blurry and indistinct, and these longswords were sending streaks of white sword Qi hurtling through the air.
As such, countless streaks of sword Qi were being unleashed by the projection, while the set of short silver spears were releasing countless specks of silver light, and these attacks encompa.s.sed an area with a radius of over 1,000 feet.
The four silver-eyed Dark Beasts had flown into a thunderous rage, and the projections they were conjuring up were rus.h.i.+ng relentlessly toward Liu Shui"er, only to be kept firmly at bay.
As such, she appeared to be well on top in her battle.
Han Li heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing this, and at the same time, a wry smile appeared on his face.
These two had proclaimed that they"d have very little chances of securing victory if they were to face more than three normal Dark Beasts, yet right now, they were facing multiple Three-eyed Dark Beasts, which were of a higher caliber than their normal brethren, yet one was able to hold their own while the other clearly had the upper hand. It was quite apparent that they had both intentionally been overly modest in their own a.s.sessment of their powers.
However, that came as no surprise to Han Li. After all, no one would reveal the full extent of their powers to some people they"d only just met.
The Dark Beast Monarch had to have identified their cultivation bases, but never would it have thought that these two weren"t ordinary late-Spatial Tempering Stage beings at all. Otherwise, it wouldn"t have sent only these seven silver-eyed Dark Beasts after them.
If they were only comparable in power to normal late-Spatial Tempering Stage beings, there was no way that they"d be able to withstand the combined attacks from these silver-eyed Dark Beasts for so long.
In this current situation, it was impossible to say whether Liu Shui"er was truly more powerful than s.h.i.+ Kun, or whether the seven silver-eyed Dark Beasts were truly inferior in power compared to the two of them.
Neither side had unleashed their full power, and the battles appeared to be quite fierce, but all of them were merely throwing figurative jabs, trying to provoke an opening that they could exploit to land a killing blow.
Only in those moments of life and death would they reveal the extent of their abilities.
However, through the use of his spirit eye ability, Han Li could see that both s.h.i.+ Kun and Liu Shui"er wore concerned expressions on their faces.
It was no wonder that they were feeling rather uneasy. After all, this was the central region of the Dark Beast Forest. Even though all of the Dark Beasts had seemingly been taken away by the Dark Beast Monarch, who was to say that the beast pack wouldn"t suddenly turn around? If they were to be inundated by so many Dark Beasts at once, their fates were essentially sealed.
However, if they were to try and end these battles quickly, that could easily result in unfavorable consequences as well. These seven silver-eyed Dark Beasts were comparable to them in power, so even if they were to unleash all of their trump cards to kill these beasts, they"d expend a lot of magic power in the process, and most likely end up with severe injuries as well.
In that case, there was almost no way they"d be able to traverse through the rest of the Dark Beast Forest without being killed along the way.
As such, both Liu Shui"er and s.h.i.+ Kun were growing quite anxious, and they could only hope that Han Li would catch up to them as quickly as possible. Only with their combined powers would they be able to secure victory without having to overexert themselves.
These thoughts quickly raced through Han Li"s mind, and he immediately understood the nature of the situation.
He knew that these battles had to be concluded quickly as the longer they delayed, the more risk they"d be incurring.
As such, he immediately swept a sleeve through the air, and he turned over his hand to summon an object.
He then flicked his wrist, and a black bracelet shot forth, then disappeared into thin air in a flash.
At the same time, his other hand turned inky-black, and wisps of grey light began to emerge from his fingertips. Simultaneously, golden light flashed, and golden scales appeared all over his body as he immediately activated his Provenance True Devil Arts to their maximal extent.
After doing all that, he raised a hand, and a black veil emerged before draping itself over his entire body, upon which he immediately vanished on the spot.
Moments later, one of the Dark Beasts that was attacking s.h.i.+ Kun suddenly faltered as a hint of bewilderment flashed through its eyes.
Right at this moment, spatial fluctuations erupted behind it, and a white object hurtled directly toward the beast.
The silver-eyed Dark Beast reacted extremely quickly, swiping a paw behind itself without even turning around.
Black light flashed, and several black claw projections flashed through the air, cras.h.i.+ng into the white object with a resounding boom.
The Dark Beast took advantage of this opportunity to abruptly twist around, and it finally managed to identify what it had just been attacked by.
This was a pristine white python that was several tens of feet long, and astonis.h.i.+ng glacial Qi was emanating from its entire body as it appraised the beast in a completely expressionless manner.
The Dark Beast was naturally furious to see this, yet before it had a chance to do anything, a small mountain that was around an inch tall suddenly appeared above its head. The miniature mountain then swelled drastically to over 1,000 feet in size in the blink of an eye before cras.h.i.+ng down in a soundless manner.
There were several large silver runes inscribed onto the surface of the mountain, and those characters were none other than beveled silver text.
Due to the abrupt and silent emergence of the mountain, the Dark Beast only detected its presence after it had begun its descent.
At this moment, a blue jade fan shot forth from within the giant white python"s mouth, and the fan waved itself through the air, sending a burst of blue glacial light hurtling directly toward the Dark Beast.
The silver-eyed Dark Beast was quite alarmed by these sudden developments, and the other two Dark Beasts immediately let loose roars of fury upon seeing this, turning away from s.h.i.+ Kun as they charged toward their companion.
s.h.i.+ Kun immediately let loose a burst of raucous laughter as both of his war hammers flew out of his hands, then swelled to around 10 feet in size each before cras.h.i.+ng down toward the two Dark Beasts with devastating might.
Even prior to actually making contact with the two beasts, two bursts of immense power came cras.h.i.+ng down from the war hammers, and the two beasts could only turn around and blast black light out of their mouths to withstand these lethal attacks.
As such, the Dark Beast beneath the giant mountain had no choice but to face Han Li on its own, and all of its fur immediately stood up on end, then transformed into countless streaks of black light that hurtled directly toward the swath of blue light sweeping toward it.
It then raised its head and blasted a thick pillar of black light toward the underside of the giant black mountain.
The beast wasn"t expecting these rushed attacks to actually be able to keep Han Li"s a.s.sault at bay. All it wanted was to delay these two attacks slightly, and it was confident that it would be able to escape.
In the next instant, black light erupted from the Dark Beast"s body, and it suddenly split up into hundreds of black b.u.t.terflies that flew forth in all directions.
The black pillar of light struck the giant mountain, and the latter really did pause for a split-second in its descent. During this brief delay, the black b.u.t.terflies fled to around 300 feet away, and they were about to leave the area encompa.s.sed by the giant mountain in the next instant.
However, right at this moment, a cold harrumph rang out from nearby.
The harrumph wasn"t very loud, but all of the black b.u.t.terflies faltered upon hearing it, and they almost fell out of the sky.
Almost at the exact same moment, the silver runes on the surface of the giant black mountain lit up, following which countless threads of grey light shot forth from the underside of the mountain.
Brilliant grey light flashed as the grey threads instantly pierced through the bodies of the temporarily immobilized black b.u.t.terflies.