Han Li was slightly alarmed by this turn of events, but he didn't panic.
His Mantra Treasured Axis appeared behind him amid a flash of golden light, and it released waves of golden ripples that washed over his body, eradicating the two bursts of external law powers that had infiltrated his body.
However, to his dismay, the fragrant substance remained in his body, completely unaffected by his time law powers, and he was still feeling extremely feeble.
"Well done, Fellow Daoist Hua! This is where you die, Gao Feng!" the dark-skinned elderly man yelled as he pointed a finger at Han Li, and five more giant black turtles emerged from the shadows around him before opening their eyes in unison.
Pillars of black light erupted out of the six turtles' collective thirty-six eyes, and they condensed into a series of thin black threads that hurtled directly toward Han Li.
These thin black threads were giving off a glacial aura that was almost on par with that of Han Li's Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, and at the same time, all of the ice spikes on the backs of the giant black turtles detached themselves before hurtling directly toward Han Li.
In the face of the oncoming attacks, Han Li remained completely unfazed as he made a hand seal before opening his mouth to release a silver fireball that was around ten feet in diameter.
The silver fireball instantly expanded into a sea of silver flames that was around an acre in size, with Han Li at the very center.
Waves of fire that were dozens of feet tall rose up into the air, giving off a sweltering aura.
The Essence Fire Raven was dancing within the sea of flames, and as soon as the black threads and ice spikes pierced into the silver flames, they were instantly melted away into nothingness.
All of the pink sword projections in the air also vanished before reverting back into a pink flying sword, and the spiritual light emanating from it was rapidly fading in the face of the scorching flames.
The woman's expression changed drastically as she raised a hand to try and summon her flying sword back to herself, but right at this moment, the Essence Fire Raven swooped down onto the sword, catching it in its beak before tipping its head back to swallow the sword as if it were a little bug.
The woman's spiritual connection with the flying sword instantly vanished, and she gave a muffled groan as her complexion paled significantly.
A look of alarm and concern appeared on the dark-skinned elderly man's face upon seeing this, but before he had a chance to do anything, the Essence Fire Raven suddenly launched itself at him with astonishing speed.
Even before the fire raven had fully descended upon him, the heat radiating from its body was already enough to make the nearby space tremble incessantly, as if it were about to be set alight.
All of the black shadows around the elderly man were rapidly evaporating, and he hurriedly flew back in retreat, while a burst of black light erupted out of his body, quickly forming a black spirit domain that was around a hundred feet in size.
A burst of glacial law powers was churning incessantly within the black spirit domain, freezing everything within it.Visitt novelbin(.)co/m for the latest updates
At the same time, seven or eight treasures flew out of his body in rapid succession, forming a series of protective barriers around him.
A very humanized look of derision flashed through the Essence Fire Raven's eyes upon seeing this, and it abruptly swelled to around twice its original size, while roughly a dozen large specks of silver light appeared on its wings.
Immediately a look of resolve appeared on its face as blinding azure light began to radiate from its body.
"Stop him, Fellow Daoist Shi! He's about to self detonate!" Han Li yelled in alarm.
Shi Chuankong hurriedly sprang into action upon hearing this, and threads of purple light began to burrow their way into the azure nascent soul, but it was already too late.
In the next instant, the nascent soul exploded violently into a radiant azure sun.
Shi Chuankong hurriedly flew back in retreat, but he was too close to the azure sun, yet right as he was about to get swept up in the explosion, an arc of golden lightning fell out of the sky, forming a protective barrier in front of him, and two crossed golden flying swords could just barely be made out within the barrier.
The explosion of azure light raged ferociously against the lightning barrier, causing it to tremble incessantly, but it displayed no signs of breaking.
A few moments later, the azure sun rapidly dimmed before vanishing altogether.
Han Li appeared beside him in a flash, then made a hand seal, and the golden lightning barrier reverted back into a pair of Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords before flying back up his sleeve.
"What happened just now, Fellow Daoist Li? Who is this Gao Feng that they were speaking of?" Shi Chuankong asked as he turned to Han Li.
Han Li offered no response. Instead, he closed his eyes, and he seemed to be sensing something.
Right at this moment, a loud explosion rang out several thousand feet away, and a yellow figure stumbled out of thin air with another Han Li hot on their tail.
The other Han Li swept a sleeve through the air, releasing six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords that hurtled directly toward the yellow figure, but the latter remained completely unfazed, releasing a streak of translucent light that contained a yellow copper mirror.
An earth-shattering boom rang out, and the six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords were sent flying back, but the streak of translucent light also exploded.
Meanwhile, the yellow figure vanished from the spot, then reappeared thousands of feet away to reveal male figure in a yellow robe, but his facial features were concealed behind a layer of yellow light.
"If I'm not mistaken, this man orchestrated everything that happened just now. I don't know how he did it, but he appeared to have somehow manipulated Elder Qi and the others into mistaking us for two other people, thereby turning them against us," Han Li said.
Shi Chuankong's expression instantly darkened significantly upon hearing this.
Han Li swept a sleeve through the air, and the Han Li beside Shi Chuankong dissipated into specks of azure light, revealing it to have been nothing more than avatar.
The Horned Dragon Sword Array also reverted back to twelve Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords that flew up his sleeve, and the bodies of the rotund man and the eight Golden Immortals fell to the ground.