Chapter 1026: One Wave Not Yet Settled

Before long, the remaining stone pillars in the hall were also inserted with silver crystals by Han Li.

Han Li swept his gaze around, confirmed there were no mistakes, and raised his hand to form a spell seal.

The next moment, as streaks of silver light bloomed from within the formation, the entire great array hummed into operation.

At the same time, a joyful expression appeared on Ti Hun's face. The black light in her hand quickly dissipated, and Dongfang Bai's soul emerged, though it was already very weak.

The face of Dongfang Bai within the soul was expressionless, as if demented, clearly having suffered severe damage to its spirituality.

"Master, I've checked clearly. This teleportation formation connects to four places: one is the nearby Jinhan Immortal Palace, one is the Zhongtu Immortal Palace, and the other two..." Ti Hun began to speak.

But at that moment, a thick silver pillar of light shot out from the formation, soaring into the sky, illuminating the entire hall in silver-white.

Han Li's expression changed, as if he realized something. He dashed toward a stone pillar, reaching for the silver crystal on it, intending to pull it out.

But at that moment, a fluorescent light flickered around the formation, and a crystalline spherical light barrier emerged, enveloping the entire formation along with the surrounding twelve stone pillars.

Unable to withdraw in time, Han Li slammed into the crystalline light barrier, as if hitting a soft wall, and was immediately bounced back.

Then, within the silver pillar of light, figures flickered, and two silhouettes materialized.

The first was a tall figure with fiery red hair and skin also showing a red hue, with long arms and legs, looking quite peculiar.

The other was a young man in a golden robe. Han Li was not unfamiliar with this attire—it was exactly the outfit of an Inspection Immortal Envoy.

Upon seeing the arrivals, Han Li's expression drastically changed. He grabbed Ti Hun and shot outward.

The person with fiery red hair was none other than the traitorous disciple of Patriarch Mirage he had once encountered, Qi Mozi.

His aura was immense, clearly a Da Luo stage cultivator, while the golden-robed youth's cultivation was not high, only at the late Golden Immortal stage.

If it were an ordinary Da Luo stage cultivator, Han Li would still have confidence to fight, but Qi Mozi cultivated the law of time. Han Li felt he had little chance, and with many variables here, once a stalemate ensued, the consequences would be dire.

Qi Mozi looked at the scene inside the hall with surprise, then immediately turned his gaze to Han Li, who was fleeing outward, and frowned.

But his gaze flickered, and he suddenly looked at the golden-robed youth beside him.

"That's right, it's him!" The golden-robed youth also looked at Han Li, his eyes narrowing before he said decisively.

Hearing this, Qi Mozi's expression brightened. Golden light flickered on his body, and he was about to fly out of the formation.

But the surrounding spherical light barrier rippled, and a powerful and extraordinary restrictive force surged out from within, solidifying the space inside the formation.

Even a cultivator as strong as Qi Mozi was immediately restrained, unable to move.

At this moment, Han Li, carrying Ti Hun, had already flown out of the hall. He glanced back at the two people in the formation inside the hall, pausing briefly on the golden-robed youth, then flicked his sleeve.

Streaks of golden lightning appeared, enveloping the two of them. With a crackling sound of thunder, their figures vanished without a trace.

Qi Mozi snorted coldly. Golden light flashed on his body, and a golden torch materialized before him, burning fiercely—it was the Time Severing Torch.

Unlike Han Li's Time Severing Torch, Qi Mozi's golden torch was clearly twice as large, and besides the golden flame at the top, the rest of the torch had actually condensed into a solid form, unlike Han Li's virtual form.

Qi Mozi's Time Severing Torch flickered with over two thousand time dao patterns, radiating a time law fluctuation far surpassing Han Li's. The nearby void seemed unable to bear this time law, trembling as if boiling.

Qi Mozi formed a spell seal and pointed. With a tearing sound, the golden torch's flame blazed up, and rings of flame-shaped spiritual light spread out from the golden torch, instantly filling the surrounding hundred zhang area.

The spherical light barrier was immediately enveloped by the flame spiritual light. The light on the barrier instantly froze in place, as if frozen, similar to the effect of Han Li's True Word Wheel but more powerful. The flow of spiritual power within the barrier came to a complete standstill, utterly dead.

Within the flame spiritual light, the golden-robed young man was also frozen stiff, unable to move, but Qi Mozi was unaffected.

He waved his arm, and a golden light shot out, striking the spherical light barrier.

The golden light did not emit a particularly powerful aura, but the extremely formidable spherical light barrier, like thin ice, burst apart with a bang.

Then, without Qi Mozi doing anything, the golden torch and the surrounding flame spiritual light vanished in a flash, and everything around returned to normal.

The series of changes seemed complicated but occurred in an instant.

Qi Mozi's figure flickered, transforming into a brilliant blaze of fire. With a single flash, he appeared outside the hall, spinning rapidly.

Countless golden light shadows flew out from his body, shooting swiftly in all directions.

Qi Mozi's eyes brightened slightly, and he formed hand seals with both hands, waving them.

Instantly, a loud rumbling sound arose. Countless flame-shaped runes flew out from his body, quickly forming a golden, shining formation around him.

Streams of golden flame shot out from the formation, enveloping Qi Mozi's body.

His figure suddenly became blurry and then vanished without a trace.

The golden-robed youth inside the hall also hastily activated his遁光 and flew out, but both Han Li and his companion, as well as Qi Mozi, were now nowhere to be seen.

A look of melancholy appeared on his face as he let out a faint sigh, then transformed into a mass of golden light and flew off in a certain direction.

Above a mountain peak over a hundred thousand li from the Jinyuan Immortal Palace, a flash of golden lightning crackled, and the figures of Han Li and Ti Hun materialized.

"Master, who was that person?" Ti Hun asked, still somewhat shaken, as she glanced around and breathed a sigh of relief.

"He is from the Celestial Prison of the天庭, perhaps its master," Han Li said slowly.

"The Celestial Prison Master!" Ti Hun's pretty face changed color.

"Let's not dwell on that. This place isn't safe yet; we need to leave immediately," Han Li said, forming hand seals and waving his hands.

With a rumble, countless golden arcs of lightning shot out from his body, rapidly coalescing and transforming around him into a golden lightning array several zhang in size.

At that moment, the void not far away flickered, and a mass of dazzling golden fire appeared, emitting waves of spatial power.

Han Li's pupils contracted, and he immediately pointed a finger.

The golden lightning array blazed with light, and his and Ti Hun's figures flickered, becoming blurry before vanishing without a trace; the lightning array also dissipated.

The golden fire expanded, forming a golden fire array, and the figure of Qimozi emerged. He glanced at the fading lightning array and curled his lips into a sneer of mockery.

He closed his eyes, sensed for a moment, then formed hand seals and waved his hands.

The golden fire array blazed with light, and Qimozi's figure flickered and disappeared.

At a certain spot in the Jinyuan Mountain Range, a flash of golden lightning passed, and the figures of Han Li and Ti Hun appeared.

"I didn't expect that Qimozi is also proficient in spatial teleportation. Master, what do we do now?" Ti Hun asked anxiously.

Han Li's expression was grim, but his hands moved without hesitation. As soon as he steadied himself, he immediately formed hand seals and waved his hands, once again casting the lightning array.

But before he could activate the lightning array, a mass of golden fire appeared not far away, seemingly faster than before.

"Go!"

Han Li gave a soft shout and immediately activated the lightning array to teleport, vanishing once more.

As soon as Han Li and Ti Hun teleported away, Qimozi's figure emerged, and he immediately activated his spatial teleportation array again.

Thus the two played a game of hide-and-seek across the Jinyuan Mountain Range, soon leaving the Jinyuan Immortal Palace countless thousands of li behind.

Although Han Li held the upper hand, Qimozi seemed to gradually grasp the secrets of Han Li's lightning array and was closing in.

Above a cliff in the Gold Source Mountain Range, a flash of golden lightning appeared, and Han Li and Ti Hun materialized once again.

It was not that Han Li insisted on bringing Ti Hun along rather than putting her into the Flower Branch Space, but because Ti Hun was a living being, entering the Flower Branch Space required first opening the space gate.

Now that he was being chased by Qimozi almost to the ends of the earth, he had no leisure to open the Flower Branch Space.

As soon as the two appeared, Han Li formed hand seals again and activated the lightning array.

"Master, that man is getting closer and closer. It seems he will catch up to us in just a few more tries. Do you have any way to escape?" Ti Hun said in a deep voice.

"This person's space teleportation technique combines fire power with space power, essentially similar to my lightning array. If I could teleport an extremely long distance in one go, he probably wouldn't be able to catch up," Han Li shook his head and said.

"Hehe, wanting to escape my pursuit—unless you can teleport hundreds of millions of li in one go!" Before the lightning array could take shape, dazzling golden firelight suddenly appeared in the void not far away, and Qimozi's laughter came from within.

Before his words faded, a hundred-zhang-long black streamer slashed out from the firelight, shattering layers of void like fragile paper as it passed, moving with incredible speed, and in a flash it struck the lightning array.

The lightning array had little defensive power to begin with; upon contact with the black streamer, it immediately exploded and vanished.

Startled, Han Li pulled Ti Hun and shot backward, avoiding being struck.

The black streamer, after destroying the lightning array, did not stop but continued to slash toward Han Li and the other.

Frowning, Han Li flew backward at full speed while circulating the "Heavenly Fiend Prison Suppression Art" within his body and punched out.

A golden fist shadow shot from his hand and collided with the black streamer.

With a "pfft" sound, the golden fist shadow was immediately split in two, then exploded with a "bang."

But the black streamer trembled slightly, then immediately returned to its original state and continued to shoot forward like lightning.

Han Li's expression changed slightly. He pulled Ti Hun into his arms, shouted "Hold onto me," and then his arms suddenly blurred as he punched out repeatedly.

Streams of golden fist shadows shot forth, smashing into the black streamer.

A series of booming explosions rang out!

Clusters of golden fist shadows exploded, and the black streamer's color grew fainter and fainter. After shattering countless fist shadows, it finally flickered a few times and disappeared without a trace.

Han Li halted his backward flight, slightly out of breath.

In the previous great battle with Dongfang Bai, he had used the giant demon transformation, which had already greatly consumed his physical strength. Now, having thrown over a thousand punches in the blink of an eye, his body felt somewhat overwhelmed.