Chapter 1069: Leechma

With a loud boom!

Where the white horse's hoof landed, the space ahead trembled like the surface of water, then burst open with a bang, directly revealing a huge spatial hole.

The horse's hoof did not stop at all, passing straight through the spatial hole and stamping heavily on the tip of the illusory giant sword.

A deafening earth-shattering boom rang out!

The white horse's hoof and the illusory giant sword collided, and after a violent fluctuation rippled outward, the entire void shook, with cracks appearing all around, flickering and vanishing in succession.

The horse's hoof was pierced through by the illusory giant sword and burst apart, but the illusory giant sword also shattered inch by inch, scattering into countless golden streams of light.

The white wind pillar, affected by the residual force of the collision, also trembled violently, with cracks appearing on its surface.

After the white horse's hoof burst apart, the more than a hundred law crystal threads emerged, completely unharmed, still as bright as before.

The more than a hundred law crystal threads moved and were about to converge toward the white wind pillar.

At that moment, two blue spiritual domains appeared out of thin air, enveloping everything within.

As the spiritual domains appeared, a hundred-zhang-tall blue ice sword and a hill-sized blue fist simultaneously appeared beside the white wind pillar, striking it at the same time.

The white wind pillar trembled violently, and the cracks on its surface widened further, but it still did not shatter.

"Haha, you two have been hiding in the shadows, thinking I wouldn't notice? With your meager abilities, you want to break my divine power? Come out!" The sharp voice laughed loudly, and at the same time, light surged within the white spiritual domain, condensing into a white giant hand that grabbed down toward a certain spot in the void.

With a thunderous boom!

Where the giant hand grabbed, a dazzling blue light suddenly burst forth, and then two figures stumbled out, precisely Su Qianxi and Jin Liu, who were caught by the white giant hand following closely behind.

But at that moment, the void near the white wind pillar flashed again, and a ten-zhang-long, water-barrel-thick golden finger shadow descended from the sky, exuding a sharp aura that could pierce through everything, with golden lightning sparks bursting from its fingertip.

Those golden lightning sparks were not lightning power, but sparks formed by the distortion of the void from the aura of the golden finger shadow.

The golden finger shadow struck the white wind pillar, and white light flickered on the pillar's surface as it resisted desperately, but in the end, it was pierced through, creating a large hole.

The white wind pillar's light flashed wildly, then it burst apart with a loud noise, scattering and disappearing.

Seeing this, Lei Yuce and the others were both surprised and delighted, quickly flying outward, and with a combined effort, they rushed out of the white spiritual domain.

"Time law! Who broke my divine power? Since you dare to act, why hide and not show yourself?" The sharp voice shouted, ignoring the pursuit of Lei Yuce and the others, scanning around with his gaze.

"I have been standing here all along, but you just didn't notice." In a certain void outside the white spiritual domain, a golden light flashed, and Han Li's figure appeared out of thin air, speaking with a smile.

After nearly a day of rest, his True Word Wheel and other divine powers had partially recovered.

Just as he approached this place, Han Li used the concealment techniques of the Ten-Thousand-Aperture Void-Silencing Art and the Great Five Elements Illusory World Art to completely evade the white figure's detection, launching a surprise attack with the Heaven-Startling Finger technique, breaking the white wind pillar in one blow.

Seeing Han Li appear out of thin air without any prior sign, and his divine sense completely failing to detect him, the white figure was startled.

As this person was distracted by surprise, the white giant hand holding Su Qianxi and Jin Liu stiffened slightly.

Su Qianxi and Jin Liu immediately seized the opportunity, twisting their bodies into two distorted blue lights, breaking free from the white giant hand and flying toward Han Li.

The white figure, having had people escape from his grasp repeatedly, felt a surge of anger and, without thinking, raised his hand and struck.

The white giant hand shot out like a meteor, almost instantly catching up to Su Qianxi and Jin Liu, and grabbed down fiercely.

The white giant hand now blazed with light, and before it landed, a terrifying aura that could crush even the void descended first, enveloping Su Qianxi and Jin Liu, causing their flying figures to stall.

But at that moment, a fluctuation arose in the void ahead, and a golden fist shadow like a small hill emerged, with countless golden flowing light runes flickering within, radiating a vast golden halo, and collided with the white giant hand.

A heaven-and-earth-shattering loud noise rang out!

The giant hand and fist shadow shattered simultaneously, and the nearby void trembled violently, with cracks appearing.

In the distance, Han Li's body shook greatly, and he involuntarily stepped back.

Inside the white wind pillar, the white figure's body also swayed.

With the white giant hand shattered, the restraints on Su Qianxi and Jin Liu disappeared, and they quickly flew out again, landing beside Han Li in an instant.

At the same time, Lei Yuce and the others also flew over, converging with Han Li, Su Qianxi, and Jin Liu.

"Fellow Daoist Su, Fellow Daoist Jin, Fellow Daoist Shi, you have come as well. Thank you three for your assistance earlier." Lei Yuce, his pale face regaining some color, cupped his hands toward Su Qianxi, Jin Liu, and Han Li.

Although he spoke to both, his gaze remained fixed on Su Qianxi, gentle as water.

"The ones who saved you were not me and Jin Liu, but Fellow Daoist Shi. You can thank him." Su Qianxi avoided Lei Yuce's fervent gaze and said indifferently.

"Fellow Daoist Shi, thank you for saving us." Lei Yuce looked at Han Li, a flash of surprise crossing his face, and thanked him again.

The others also showed surprise in their expressions, but still thanked Han Li one after another.

Only Lan Yan, who already knew Han Li's strength, was not particularly surprised, his expression shifting between anger, panic, and wariness.

Han Li nodded slightly to Lei Yuce and the others, paying no attention to Lan Yan's reaction, his gaze never leaving the white figure.

Although he had broken the white wind pillar by surprise, the white figure was extremely powerful, and he dared not be distracted in the slightest.

Fortunately, Lei Yuce and the others had now escaped, and with everyone joining forces, the situation had finally turned around.

"Not bad, not bad. Finally, someone with some strength has arrived. It wasn't in vain for me, the Ancestor, to make this trip." The white figure was silent for a moment, then burst into loud laughter.

Amid the laughter, the scattered white crystal threads all shot out and merged into his body. The wind pillar around him suddenly stopped, quickly dissipating without a trace, revealing the figure within—a white jade horse, pure white all over, with a tuft of snow-white mane on its back, looking exceptionally spirited.

The white horse now stood upright on its hind legs, its two front hooves—one placed on its hip in a human-like manner, the other holding a green tobacco pipe—puffing away contentedly, blowing smoke rings.

Han Li and the others were startled when they saw the figure clearly.

"May I ask your name?" Han Li was initially surprised but quickly regained his composure, glancing at the mane on the horse's back and asking.

"Tsk, truly blind! You don't recognize me, the Ancestor? Remember well, I am Leechma! Kid, your skills are not bad, cultivating time law and possessing a very strong physical body, quite to my liking. Come, come, let us first battle three hundred rounds." Leechma's eyes blazed with battle intent, putting down his tobacco pipe, ready to step forward.

But at that moment, his gaze suddenly flickered, and he gave a light snort, stopping in his tracks.

The white spiritual domain around Leechma vanished in a flash, and with a flicker of white light on his body, he turned into a white light shooting into the distance, extremely fast, disappearing in an instant.

Han Li had been preparing to strike, but Leechma suddenly left without warning, vanishing in the blink of an eye, leaving him utterly bewildered.

The others also looked at each other, at a loss.

However, Leechma was extremely powerful, and his sudden departure was a good thing.

Especially for Lei Yuce and the others, who had been fighting Leechma until now and had expended most of their immortal power, they needed time to recover, so they quickly took out pills and consumed them.

"Fellow Daoist Su, when did you arrive here?" Lei Yuce also took a moment to regulate his breathing, suppressing the injuries from earlier when he had stimulated his potential, and asked Su Qianxi about the process of their arrival.

Su Qianxi stared into the distance, seemingly oblivious to Lei Yuce's question, while Han Li also appeared contemplative, as if considering something, saying nothing.

Seeing this, Jin Liu stepped forward to take over the conversation, giving a rough account of their journey here, but omitting some secret matters, such as the beehive they had found on the way and his use of a spatial immortal artifact to conceal other people.

Hearing this, Han Li's heart stirred, and he glanced over.

The beehive matter was one thing, but Jin Liu's concealment of other Tianshui Sect cultivators with a spatial immortal artifact struck him as unusual, likely hiding something, so he probed with his eyes.

Jin Liu noticed Han Li's gaze and immediately looked back, a faint warning in his eyes.

Having obtained the result of his probe, Han Li felt a slight chill but had no intention of exposing the matter, so he looked away.

Seeing this, Jin Liu relaxed inwardly and continued chatting with Lei Yuce, asking about their journey.

Lei Yuce also recounted their journey, which was roughly similar to theirs—they had encountered many dangers along the way, gradually losing their companions, some of whom had vanished mysteriously. After many twists and turns, only the five of them remained.

With no way back and unwilling to give up, these people decided to continue forward, hoping to find a chance of survival or some opportunities.

About half a day ago, they encountered Lan Yan alone on this floor and traveled together, only to be suddenly attacked by Leechma, fighting until now.

"It seems that no matter which path you take, the Age Tower is extremely dangerous. Back then, hundreds of us entered the tower, and now only we are left." Jin Liu was quite skeptical of Lei Yuce's account but did not point it out, since he himself had concealed many things. Putting on a pained expression, he sighed.

Lei Yuce and the others also looked gloomy, but how much of it was genuine emotion, no one knew.