Chapter 1089: Unexpected

"You brat are courting death! A mere Golden Immortal, thinking you can show off with a single immortal sword! Go cultivate for another million years!" The burly man with long whiskers seemed provoked by Xiong Shan's arrogant attitude. Black light flashed in his hand, and a long blade wreathed in black qi appeared.

The hilt of the long blade was engraved with a ferocious skull, neither fully human nor beast. The blade itself was narrow and long, inscribed with lightning-shaped patterns, with faint black arcs of electricity leaping. Its aura clearly surpassed that of the Profound Nether Divine Hammer from before.

With a fierce swing of his arm, the burly man slashed out with the blade.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh"

Countless black qi surged from the black long blade, transforming into a black cloud that swept toward the golden sword rainbow. At the same time, nearly a hundred black crystalline threads shaped like lightning shot out, then converged sharply together.

A crackling sound erupted!

A flash of black lightning, and a house-sized black lightning lion with bared fangs and claws materialized, its four legs flying as it pounced toward the oncoming golden sword rainbow.

A wave of lightning law fluctuations, both cold and violent, emanated from the black lightning lion, causing explosions throughout the air wherever it passed, shaking the soul.

Facing such momentum, the sword rainbow formed by Xiong Shan showed no reduction in speed, giving the impression of a desperate struggle.

The next moment, the sword rainbow and the lightning lion collided with a bang, black and golden light erupting simultaneously in fierce conflict!

In an instant, the entire cave trembled violently. However, the stone walls around the cave were covered with restrictions, and a layer of golden light emerged from the cave walls. Although cracks appeared on it, it did not collapse.

With a crisp "rip" sound!

The black lightning lion was directly cut in two, disintegrating with a bang, and reverted into black lightning crystalline threads that scattered and shot out in all directions.

The burly man with long whiskers staggered back several steps before steadying himself, his face full of disbelief.

However, due to the backlash of the lightning law from the lion, the golden sword rainbow also flickered and disappeared. Xiong Shan stumbled out, his complexion even paler than before, but his eyes still burned with fervor.

Han Li, watching from not far away, saw a flicker of surprise in his eyes.

Xiong Shan, merely a late-stage Golden Immortal, could rely on the newly acquired Desolate Ancient Sword to repeatedly break through the attacks of the burly man, a late-stage Tai Yi existence, and always hold the upper hand.

Earlier, from the law fluctuations emitted by the Desolate Ancient Sword, Han Li had judged it to be around a fourth-grade immortal artifact. Now it seemed the Desolate Ancient Sword was likely a third-grade immortal artifact.

Han Li glanced at the Desolate Ancient Sword, secretly envious.

He wondered when he too could obtain such a powerful immortal artifact that perfectly complemented his own laws.

The burly man's exchange with Han Li and Xiong Shan was as fast as lightning, and only now did the other demons react.

To be fair, demons were inherently hostile to immortals from the Immortal Domain, and they bore a natural enmity toward humans. Having been imprisoned here by the Grandsire Immortal for who knows how many years, they had accumulated boundless hatred, so they immediately attacked Han Li and the others.

However, not all demons attacked Han Li. Nearly half, though hating Han Li and his group, were more concerned with escaping from the Grandsire Tower. They did not waste time here, transforming into streaks of black light and flying toward the front of the cave, leaving directly.

Seeing this, Han Li raised an eyebrow but immediately understood.

He paid no further attention to those who left, as seven or eight demons charged at him aggressively.

A cold glint flashed in Han Li's eyes. He flicked his sleeve, and thirty-six Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords surged out.

In an instant, the thirty-six flying swords transformed into hundreds of golden sword beams, each flickering with golden lightning, emitting a thunderous roar and sword cry as they descended overwhelmingly toward the opponents.

The seven or eight demons all cultivated yin-attribute techniques. Sensing the lightning law on the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, which strongly countered their demonic qi, they were startled and began to prepare defenses.

Just as they focused on the漫天 sword beams, Han Li's gaze turned cold. He formed hand seals, and the Truthful Word Wheel appeared behind him. With a slight rotation, large golden ripples spread out, instantly covering an area of several hundred zhang.

Caught off guard, the seven or eight demons were all enveloped by the golden ripples, their bodies frozen in place, unable to move at all.

The next moment, the hundreds of golden sword beams descended like lightning, slicing through their bodies.

Then Han Li waved his hand, and the Truthful Word Wheel and golden ripples vanished in a flash.

Bang, bang, bang!

The bodies of the seven or eight demons exploded into minced flesh. Their nascent souls and spirits could not escape, ground to dust by the sharp sword qi, then reduced to nothing in the golden lightning.

His series of spells were extremely fast; the Truthful Word Wheel appeared and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Most present did not see what happened, and seven or eight Tai Yi realm demons had already fallen.

This scene caused a great stir among the nearby demons. Their movements halted, and many showed deep wariness in their eyes.

Lei Yuce and the others were also startled.

Ignoring the stares around him, Han Li's body flashed with golden lightning, and he vanished instantly, reappearing over a thousand zhang away.

Without a word, he formed a hand seal, and the Truthful Word Wheel appeared again. Golden ripples spread out, instantly covering several hundred zhang, trapping eight or nine nearby demons.

With a wave of his hand, hundreds of sword beams shot out again, twisting violently, and similarly turned these eight or nine demons into minced flesh.

Having killed over a dozen Tai Yi demons so effortlessly, the demons present looked at Han Li with fear, scattering like avoiding a viper.

Han Li's expression remained unchanged. Lightning flickered on his body, and he was about to use lightning teleportation again to pursue.

At that moment, a series of thunderclaps exploded, accompanied by a large patch of pitch-black lightning dancing in the air. A black lightning domain materialized out of thin air and descended with a crash.

Within the black domain, the burly man with long whiskers stood upright, his gaze icy cold.

Meanwhile, Xiong Shan was blocked in the distance by several Tai Yi demons, locked in battle.

Having just obtained a precious treasure, he had been excited and repeatedly activated the Desolate Ancient Sword to unleash powerful abilities, depleting most of his already limited vital energy. Now he could only use techniques that consumed little energy, fighting several Tai Yi demons, unable to stop the burly man.

Enveloped by the black lightning domain, the golden lightning on Han Li's body melted like snow in fire, and his expression changed slightly.

Not only his golden lightning, but the lightning power on the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords circling around him also dimmed several times, leaving only a faint glow.

"Kid, I don't care who you are outside, you won't leave alive today!" The burly man's face twisted with ferocity. After trapping Han Li with his domain, he roared and slashed with his black long blade.

Instantly, one hundred and fifty lightning law crystalline threads shot out from the black blade, intertwining.

With a flash of pitch-black lightning, those crystalline threads transformed into a black five-clawed thunder dragon. A terrifying aura of destruction erupted from the dragon, far surpassing the previous black lightning lion.

The five-clawed thunder dragon twisted its body, turning into a black bolt of lightning that shot to the top of Han Li's head. Its huge dragon claw changed into a strange claw shape and grabbed down fiercely.

The sky darkened, as if the entire sky had collapsed under the dragon's claw.

The burly man seemed to have used some acceleration technique similar to the Reverse Truthful Wheel. His series of actions were incredibly fast. Han Li had just noticed being trapped in the black lightning domain when the five-clawed thunder dragon's huge claw was already before him.

Startled, Han Li could only raise his fist and punch out into the void.

With a loud "boom," a substantial golden fist shadow materialized, trailing a long golden tail light as it hurtled toward the black dragon claw.

Within the fist shadow, surges of immense force churned, causing cracks in the void wherever it passed.

The Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords beside him also shot out with the fist shadow, spinning rapidly to form a green sword lotus the size of an acre, with countless sword shadows surging within, shielding him.

The five-clawed thunder dragon raised its head and let out a dragon roar. The black light around its claw surged, and it grabbed fiercely onto the golden fist shadow.

"Rip!"

The substantial golden fist shadow was torn apart like paper under the dragon's claw.

The black dragon claw did not stop, immediately grabbing the green sword lotus.

The Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords were Han Li's lifebound immortal artifacts. Although suppressed by the domain, their lightning law could not exert much power, but the swords themselves were extremely powerful, and the sword lotus they formed was extraordinary, far beyond a mere fist shadow.

The black dragon claw grabbed the green sword lotus, producing a deafening sound.

The green sword lotus flickered twice before being breached and exploding, sending the thirty-six Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords scattering again.

The black dragon claw paused briefly, then grabbed down at Han Li again with ferocity.

Han Li's pupils contracted sharply.

He had been seeking this fleeting moment. Golden light blazed from his body, and his golden domain emerged, rapidly expanding outward, instantly engulfing the five-clawed thunder dragon. At the same time, the Truthful Word Wheel appeared behind him, spinning rapidly.

In an instant, countless golden ripples emerged, also enveloping the five-clawed thunder dragon.

Not only that, beside the Truthful Word Wheel, golden light flashed, and the Time-Stopping Torch appeared, instantly expanding its Time-Stopping Fire Realm, also covering the thunder dragon.

Trapped simultaneously by Han Li's time domain, the Truthful Word Wheel, and the Time-Stopping Fire Realm, even if the five-clawed thunder dragon's power were ten times greater, it was futile. It instantly froze, unable to move at all.