Chapter 306: Avoiding Trouble

Chapter 306: Avoiding Trouble

Meanwhile, high up in the sky tens of thousand of kilometers away, Zhong Luan's giant black crane steed let loose a sharp cry, sending a wave of scorching black flames sweeping toward the giant silver fire raven situated over 10,000 feet away.

Immediately thereafter, it turned toward the direction where the crimson sun had just exploded with a hint of lingering fear in its eyes.

Thankfully, it had been chased all the way here by the silver fire raven. Otherwise, just the shockwaves from that explosion alone would've been almost too much for it to withstand.

In the face of the oncoming wave of black flames, the silver fire raven flapped its wings vigorously to release a series of balls of silver light, which exploded one after another into silver flames to destroy the approaching black flames.

A hint of wariness flashed through the black crane's eyes, and it jeered, "Cease your futile resistance, your master is already dead!"

The silver fire raven faltered slightly upon hearing this, then let loose a sharp cry as the silver flames around its body swelled up before forming a giant fireball that was launched through the air, absorbing all of the scorching black flames in its path.

The black crane had no intention of continuing this battle any longer, and it swooped down from the sky while the silver fire raven was obstructed by its black flames.

All of a sudden, it changed directions in its flight, and a cloud of black mist appeared in the air tens of thousands of feet away in that direction.

Zhong Luan then stumbled out of the black mist before landing on the black crane's back right as it was flying past.

"We have to get away from here! Hurry!" Zhong Luan yelled in an urgent voice as soon as he landed on the black crane's back.

The black crane didn't dare to delay, and it immediately flapped its wings vigorously to fly away.

However, right at this moment, countless arcs of golden lightning intertwined in the air up ahead over 10,000 feet away, immediately following which a golden lightning array that was several dozen feet in size appeared.

Han Li then emerged amid a tumbling thunderclap with an azure longsword that was crackling with arcs of golden lightning, which he swung down upon Zhong Luan.

A hint of despair appeared in Zhong Luan's eyes at the sight of Han Li. He had just detonated his bonded treasure, yet it hadn't managed to harm Han Li at all. n(.o(.V-/e-)l(-b/)I/-n

He made a grabbing motion in front of his own chest, and a translucent round shield instantly flew out before situating itself in front of him.

At the same time, what little remained of the baleful blood qi in his body surged forth to manifest a suit of crimson armor.

Before the spirit patterns on the suit of armor had a chance to completely take shape, the azure longsword had already arrived.

An earth-shattering boom rang out as several dozen bolts of golden lightning erupted from the surface of the crimson shield, dancing through the air like whips of the lightning gods.

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A string of crackling rang out incessantly, and an acrid charred odor wafted through the air.

Immediately thereafter, a faint crack rang out, and the crimson shield in front of Zhong Luan was shattered, following which Han Li's longsword came slashing down.

All of a sudden, a burst of azure light appeared in front of Zhong Luan's forehead. The azure light was coming from his copper headgear, and it was able to stop Han Li's sword in its tracks.

Han Li let loose a loud roar as golden scales appeared over his arms, and he forced his azure longsword down with all his might.

At the same time, arcs of azure lightning erupted out of the runes on the sword to complement its attack.

"No!"

Zhong Luan let loose an indignant roar as the copper headgear on his head cracked open.

Without anything left to oppose it, Han Li's longsword came crashing down to slice Zhong Luan's head into two, and the black crane began to plummet toward the sea as if it had been dealt a heavy blow.

Right as it was about to land in the sea, it suddenly flapped its wings and increased its altitude before flying away into the distance.

Without even requiring an instruction from Han Li, the Essence Fire Raven immediately set off in pursuit.

Meanwhile, Han Li grabbed onto Zhong Luan's collar to catch his lifeless body, and after sweeping his spiritual sense over Zhong Luan's remains, his brows furrowed ever so slightly.

Right at this moment, the shockwaves from the explosion of the crimson sun arrived, and even they were less than a thousandth as powerful as they would've been at the epicenter of the explosion, they still swept past Han Li as gusts of fierce wind, evoking within him a sense of lingering fear.

He had only noticed that something was wrong in the instant that the black saber exploded, and it was already too late for him to defend himself. In that dire situation, all he could do was call upon his Mantra Treasured Axis again to delay the explosion of the crimson sun for a brief moment, and that window of opportunity allowed him to unleash his Reversal True Axis ability to escape.

After that, he used his spiritual sense to determine Zhong Luan's location, then chased him down with his lightning teleportation array.

All of a sudden, a burst of black light flashed in Zhong Luan's right sleeve, and a black nascent soul wearing a transparent cloak flew out from within, then instantly vanished from the spot with a flash of black light.

However, immediately thereafter, a loud explosion rang out, and the nascent soul stumbled out of thin air several thousand feet away amid a burst of violent spatial fluctuations.

It turned around with a horrified expression to find Han Li looking at it in an expressionless manner with a vertical black eye on his glabella.

"The Law Destruction Eye..."

Zhong Luan's heart was plunged into complete despair.

Before the nascent soul had a chance to get away again, Han Li slashed his sword through the air to unleash a streak of azure sword light, which swept up Zhong Luan's nascent soul and the transparent cloak that it was wearing before tearing both to shreds.

Even after Zhong Luan's nascent soul was completely vanquished, Han Li still made sure to inspect the surrounding area carefully with his Brightsight Spirit Eyes.

Only after verifying that not even the slightest hint of Zhong Luan's aura remained did he withdraw his Brightsight Spirit Eyes, following which he stowed Zhong Luan's storage bracelet away before setting off in pursuit of the black crane.

At this point, the silver fire raven had already caught up to the black crane, and it had formed a massive ring of silver flames to trap the black crane inside.

The black crane was struggling with all its might to escape, but to no avail.

Never could it have imagined that its master would be defeated by such an ordinary-looking young man, yet this was the undeniable reality, and it had no choice but to believe it.

With Han Li closing in at a rapid rate, the black crane hurriedly yelled in a panicked voice, "Spare me, Senior! I'm a primordial bird with an innate mastery over fire-attribute laws! If you spare my life, I'm willing to accept you as my master! Also, I know a lot of Zhong Luan's secrets!"

However, Han Li paid no heed to the black crane's desperate pleas for mercy, and he made a hand seal with one hand while plunging his azure longsword straight down with his other hand.

A massive sword projection that was over 1,000 feet in length erupted out of the tip of the sword, piercing through the black crane's head in an instant.

The black crane let loose an anguished howl before plummeting toward the sea, followed closely by Han Li, who reached down to pluck its nascent soul out of its head.

The nascent soul was a projection of a tiny black crane, and it was struggling with all its might in Han Li's grasp with a horrified look on its face.

The Essence Fire Raven swooped down and transformed into a fiery silver child that landed on Han Li's shoulder, and there was a clear look of yearning in its eyes as it gazed upon the black crane's nascent soul.

"You can have it soon," Han Li reassured with a smile, then closed his eyes as a burst of azure light emerged from his hand to envelop the nascent soul.

A short while later, Han Li slowly opened his eyes with a series of mixed emotions in his heart.

The black crane didn't have many memories that contained information on Fang Pan, but from what little memories pertaining to Fang Pan that it did have, Han Li could tell that Zhong Luan was telling the truth in that he didn't know who had instructed Fang Pan to come after him.

In the black crane's memories, Han Li also saw that earthy yellow palace situated in the vast desert, as well as the black chains that littered the entire floor of the palace, and he immediately thought of the Origin Separation Law Chains.

He saw the large black chair at the center of the palace and a figure dressed in the white cloak seated on the chair, but no matter how hard he tried, he was unable to make out the figure's facial features.

The black crane seemed to have been extremely fearful of this person, to the point that it didn't even dare to look directly at him.

After a brief moment of silence, Han Li tossed the black crane's nascent soul to the fiery silver child, then flew onto the black crane's back to recover Zhong Luan's storage bracelet, among other items.

The fiery silver child gleefully accepted the black crane's nascent soul, eagerly devouring it whole.

A burst of light then began to glow through its round little belly, as if there were a scorching flame burning in its stomach.

After extracting the black crane's demon core, Han Li turned back to the Essence Fire Raven to find that after devouring the black crane's nascent soul, it was beginning to stumble around as if it were drunk.

However, through their spiritual connection, he could sense that it was fine, and he made his way over to the fiery silver child before plucking it up with one hand and withdrawing it back into his body.

After that, he pulled out a pill and devoured it, then cast his gaze back toward the Holy Puppet Sect with a contemplative look on his face.

Given the situation that he had witnessed earlier, the Holy Puppet Sect was most likely beyond saving, so if he were to go back, he would've only been risking his own safety for no reason.

Furthermore, he had only been hired by the Holy Puppet Sect for protection, and he certainly wasn't going to risk his life for the sect.

On top of that, Zhong Luan had ventured into the Holy Puppet Sect's restricted area prior to his, and even though he didn't know what Zhong Luan's objective was, now that he had slain Zhong Luan, going back to the Holy Puppet Sect would've only spelled trouble.

As for the reward for this mission, he was happy to leave it. After all, he had reaped a great deal of spoils from killing several True Immortal cultivators on this mission, and those spoils were more than enough compensation.

With that in mind, he took one final glance in the direction of the Holy Puppet Sect before flying away as a streak of azure light.