Chapter 810: Sneaking Into Chuyu City

Chapter 810: Sneaking Into Chuyu City

Han Li was instantly forced to an abrupt halt, and a pained look appeared on his face as the surrounding space constricted toward him from all directions.

Daoist Master Bone Shine's avatar chortled with glee as it spread open the fingers of one hand before swiping them downward, and a shimmering white bone claw appeared above Han Li before descending upon him with tremendous force.

A panicked look appeared on Han Li's face as he clenched both hands into tight fists and lashed out at the bone claw in retaliation.

A dull thump rang out as his fists clashed against the bone claw, but his resistance was instantly overwhelmed, and the bone claw continued to crash down with unrivaled power directly upon Han Li's head.

At this point, Han Li was still completely unable to move, and the protective spiritual light around him quickly disintegrated, following which his body was also pulverized.

The avatar was initially ecstatic to see this, but its expression then suddenly stiffened as it realized that something wasn't right.

As it turned out, Han Li's body had shrunk down into a red bean that was riddled with cracks, and a drop of golden blood essence was evaporating on its surface, rising up as a plume of white smoke.

At the same time, a rabbit mask from the Transient Guild slowly fell out of the sky.

Almost at the exact same time, Shi Chuankong's body had also been pulverized by another bone claw elsewhere several hundred thousand kilometers away, but that had been nothing more than a ruse as well.

After recovering his avatars, a furious look appeared on Daoist Master Bone Shine's face, and he turned his gaze to Xue Cheng, who was surrounded by the bone pagodas.

Despite the perilous situation that he was in, Xue Cheng didn't attempt to get away, nor did he appear particularly panicked.

Daoist Master Bone Shine took a deep breath to suppress his own fury, then said, "I'll admit that it's very impressive that you were able to create avatars convincing enough to fool even me. However, I'm in a very bad mood right now, so if you want to live, then you'd better tell me where those two are right now!"

There were several other cities near Sulfur Forest City that had teleportation arrays leading to Chuyu City, so it was most likely the case that Han Li and Shi Chuankong had traveled to one of those cities.

"You think I would just tell you where they are after going to such great lengths to create those blood essence avatars and even using myself as bait to lure you away?" Xue Cheng sneered with a derisive expression.

"Fine! I'll just have to pluck out your soul and find out for myself then!" Daoist Master Bone Shine roared as he swept both sleeves through the air, and his spirit domain instantly began to rapidly contract, converging around Xue Cheng's spirit domain. At the same time, all of the skulls on the bone pagodas rose up into the air, and the green flames in their eye sockets began to burn significantly brighter as they swarmed at Xue Cheng from all directions.

However, right at this moment, Xue Cheng flipped a hand over to produce a jade talisman, which he crushed in the palm of his hand, instantly releasing an incredibly formidable burst of spatial power that formed a door of black light behind him.

Before Daoist Master Bone Shine had a chance to do anything, Xue Cheng had already taken a step back and vanished into the door of light.

Under their new identities, they were a pair of twin brothers from a prominent clan in the Devil Realm's central region, and their names were Yu Zhongyan and Yu Zhongmiao.

The guards were led by an elderly cultivator, and his expression eased slightly after examining their identity tokens, following which he asked, "Are you carrying the Yu Clan's emblem with you?"

Shi Chuankong was already prepared, and he flipped a hand over to produce a pair of round metal badges, upon each of which was engraved a ferocious horned beast, beneath which was a "Yu" character.

The elderly cultivator examined the pair of metal badges for a moment, then granted Han Li and Shi Chuankong entry into the city lord's manor.

"Thank you, Senior," Shi Chuankong hurriedly said in a grateful voice before stepping into the manor.

Right as they passed through the gate, the sensory array overhead flashed every so slightly, and it was just about to light up to indicate that it had detected something amiss when Shi Chuankong pulled out a small copper mirror before flashing it at the array in a covert fashion.

The faint light flashing from the array instantly faded before the guards stationed at the gate noticed anything, and they were able to pass through without incident.

Both of them heaved an internal sigh of relief as they began to make their way into the manor.

Security in the city lord's manor was very tight, and not only were there cultivators stationed at set intervals, there were also groups of patrolling cultivators that were constantly roaming the area. Han Li and Shi Chuankong kept their heads down as they walked along, and it didn't take them long to reach the teleportation pagoda.

There was a long line of people waiting to enter the pagoda, and Han Li and Shi Chuankong joined the back of the line.

As time passed, the people ahead of them made their way into the pagoda one after another, and their turn quickly arrived.

Upon entering the pagoda, they spotted a teleportation array with eighteen ornate pillars around it, standing within which were three men who were waiting for the array to be activated.

Standing outside the array was a middle-aged cultivator holding an array plate, as well as three groups of guards.

To the right of the pagoda's entrance was a wooden table, behind which sat a black-robed elderly man, and he asked, "Where are you going?"

"We're traveling to Chuyu City, Senior," Shi Chuankong hurriedly replied.

"You're in luck. There are still three open spots for teleportation to Chuyu City today, so you'll only have to wait for one more person to join you," the black-robed elderly man said.

"How long will that take?" Han Li asked as his brows furrowed slightly.

"How am I supposed to know? It's all up to luck. Perhaps someone will show up right away, perhaps no one will show up for the rest of the day," the black-robed elderly man replied.