Chapter 1085: Repelling a Powerful Enemy

In an instant, sword light and staff shadows tore through the void, colliding heavily and exploding with a roar.

A violent wave surged in all directions, within which the blurred figures of a golden dragon and a roc streaked past, tearing apart the mountain-like staff shadows, followed by a giant ape shadow that swung its arms and charged forward, smashing down toward She Chan.

The massive staff shadow shattered first, and the lightning-wreathed sword edge slashed down.

Impossible...

She Chan cried out in shock, and a crack appeared on her wolf-tooth club with a snap.

A horrifying gash also opened from her shoulder to her chest, and she was sent flying backward.

She felt that the strands of golden lightning at the wound not only failed to dissipate but instead seeped deeper into her organs along the gash.

Although She Chan's outer skin was tough and her physique ranked among the top of early Da Luo cultivators, her internal organs were peculiar and far less resilient.

If she allowed the lightning to wreak havoc unchecked, it might damage her future cultivation foundation.

After weighing her options, She Chan steeled herself, plummeted into the muddy ground, and attempted to flee.

Seeing this, Jin Liu sensed trouble and his escape light flared as he prepared to fly away.

But a red light flashed before him, and Jiao San's figure had already appeared.

Where do you think you're going? Jiao San cried out.

On the other side, Hu San had also blocked his escape route.

Han Li did not immediately pursue but instead maintained his three-headed, six-armed giant demon form, holding his long sword, hovering in midair, scanning the ground with furious eyes, searching for She Chan's traces.

Just then, a wail came from beneath the ground, and a figure wreathed in silver flames burst out, flying into the high sky.

With torn clothes, disheveled hair, and covered in wounds, it looked utterly bedraggled—it was She Chan.

Close behind, a huge firebird wreathed in silver flames spread its wings and chased after her.

Seeing this, the central ape head of Han Li grinned, and he shot straight toward She Chan, who was flailing in the sky, and swung his sword again, slashing down.

A sword light lit up in the sky once more, and countless lightning threads surged out, forming a massive sword shadow that tore through the sky and struck heavily toward She Chan.

Lan Yuanzi and his sister watched with complex expressions. Their relationship with She Chan was unusual, and they could not stand idly by while she faced mortal danger.

After an inner struggle, they were about to intervene when She Chan, with a look of hatred, roared hysterically:

I will repay today's grudge in the future...

As her words fell, a blood-red gash split open on her brow, and a snow-white pearl the size of a dragon's eye shot out, rising into the sky and hurtling toward Han Li's sword shadow.

Oh no, she's going to self-destruct her demon core! Lei Yuce exclaimed, instinctively shielding Su Qianxi.

No, that's her Toad Moon Pearl! Lan Yuanzi and his sister stopped in their tracks, astonished.

Jiao San's heart stirred upon hearing this.

Legend had it that among toad demons, there was a special Moon Palace breed that, besides its natal demon core, also possessed a Toad Moon Pearl to absorb moonlight, doubling its cultivation speed.

Its importance was second only to the nascent soul and demon core.

She Chan's true form was clearly of this type. Having cultivated to the Da Luo realm, her Toad Moon Pearl had accumulated moonlight for countless millennia, and the power it contained was unimaginable. Once it exploded, its might would be unpredictable.

Knowing the danger, everyone fled far away.

Xiong Shan, aware that he was the weakest, was the first to escape, retreating to a great distance.

Han Li also sensed something amiss, but it was too late to withdraw his sword.

The Toad Moon Pearl flew into the range of the lightning sword shadow, trembled violently, and then exploded with a thunderous roar.

The sky first flashed brilliantly white, then suddenly darkened as if night had fallen. A cold moonlight spilled down, coating everything within a thousand li in a layer of silver frost.

The entire space seemed frozen by the moonlight, then shattered with a crack.

Like a silver mirror breaking, black spatial rifts appeared in the void, within which faint colorful lights and spatial storms could be seen, emanating a powerful spatial law force that made one's heart tremble.

Jiao San and the others quickly used their abilities to dodge the surrounding rifts.

But there were too many rifts, and everyone struggled, looking harried.

Su Qianxi nearly got swallowed by a rift that suddenly appeared behind her, but Lei Yuce, ignoring his own injuries, saved her just in time.

Having been saved by him twice, even Su Qianxi, as cold as千年寒冰, felt a warmth. Looking at Lei Yuce, she suddenly found him not so rigid and boring.

Jin Liu was not so lucky. Trapped in the center by the group, he was the last to flee. Just after flying a thousand zhang, he ran headlong into a massive rift spanning the void.

Though he twisted his body and barely grazed past the rift, he was still caught by the powerful suction from within, slowly devoured inch by inch, even his nascent soul unable to escape.

In the void at the center of the Toad Moon Pearl's explosion, dense rifts filled the area. She Chan's figure had vanished, leaving only Han Li, with a golden wheel suspended behind him, radiating golden light to slow the expansion of the rifts.

Everyone saw Han Li holding an emerald green gourd, its mouth aimed at the void before him.

A green vortex spun at the gourd's mouth, gathering the silver-white crystalline powder scattered in the void, gradually forming half a snow-white pellet—the Toad Moon Pearl.

This object had absorbed the essence of moonlight for countless millennia, and Han Li sensed it would be useful to him, so he carefully collected it.

Then he recalled the Essence Fire Bird, wove through the dense spatial rifts, and flew back to the ground.

Regarding the fierce battle just now, everyone tacitly remained silent, none mentioning it. They simply took pills and sat cross-legged to recuperate for a long time.

Thank you all for your help earlier, Han Li said, standing up after finishing his meditation and cupping his hands to the group.

Although these people had not been swayed by She Chan's instigation to attack him, largely out of self-preservation and conserving strength, they had still helped him to some extent.

Brother Han handled it with his own strength; we had nothing to do with it, Lei Yuce said, also recovering and standing up.

Brother Han single-handedly fought a Da Luo cultivator. Xiong has truly witnessed something today and must admit defeat, Xiong Shan said, looking at Han Li with a complex expression.

Jiao San raised an eyebrow slightly, as if weighing something, lost in thought.

We should not delay; let's continue on our way, Han Li said with a slight frown.

Everyone agreed and set off again, entering the light screen within the stone arch one by one.

Han Li's vision blurred, and when he came to, he found himself in a gray cave.

The cave was quite large and stretched forward into darkness, its end unseen.

Chilly winds blew from ahead, howling, and the cave was quite cold, with a layer of black frost visible on the stone walls.

Lei Yuce and the others appeared one after another and also looked around.

After a long look, Han Li frowned.

Qu Lin, who had entered first, was nowhere to be seen. Had he already left and gone ahead?

The others soon noticed Qu Lin's absence, and their expressions darkened, especially Lei Yuce, Hu San, and Jiao San, who showed signs of anxiety.

Let's go ahead and take a look. But this place seems strange and not a good place. Everyone be careful, Han Li said, then walked forward.

His earlier display of power made the others feel it was natural for him to lead, and they followed behind.

On the seventh floor, the suppression of divine sense was stronger. Everyone's divine sense could only extend twenty to thirty li, so they chose to walk rather than fly. Fortunately, with their cultivation, even walking was fast.

But the underground cave was unexpectedly long. After walking for half an hour, there was no sign of an end, and the further they went, the stronger the chilly wind became.

Careful! Han Li, at the front, stopped and said solemnly.

As his words fell, black light flickered in the wind ahead, and seven or eight black figures shot out—wolf-bodied monsters with human faces.

Each monster was several zhang long, covered in black-red fur like a straw cloak, and lunged at the group with claws bared, extremely fast and quite powerful.

Black winds shot from their claws, easily leaving deep marks on the ground and cave walls, the wounds scorched black as if corroded.

What are these things? Lei Yuce and the others were startled but did not panic, raising their hands.

Sword beams and water thunderbolts shot out like rain, striking the wolf monsters.

Roar!

The wolf monsters seemed to sense the danger and spat out black-red flames, forming a sea of fire to block the attacks.

But the attacks from Lei Yuce and the others were not something a few monsters could stop. The sword beams and thunderbolts easily pierced the fire sea and shattered the wolf monsters.

After the monsters were killed, their bodies quickly turned into black smoke and dissipated, leaving behind black-red orbs the size of fists, emitting a soft glow.

Eh, what are these orbs? Wen Zhong exclaimed softly, reaching out with a golden light to grab them.

Wait, don't touch those demon orbs! Han Li quickly stopped him, but it was too late; the golden light had already touched the orbs.

Boom, boom, boom!

The moment the orbs touched Wen Zhong's golden light, they exploded, turning into several dazzling black-red light clusters that spread out in all directions.