Chapter 1145: Imprisoned Again

Seizing this opportunity, Han Li's eyes focused, and as he fully activated the Heavenly Fiend Prison Suppression Art within him, his true spirit bloodline was also mobilized.

A dark light flickered around him, and a layer of demonic qi surged forth.

Immediately after, a crackling sound was heard, and a silver lightning bolt suddenly burst forth from the demonic qi. A massive figure then flashed with light and rushed out from the rolling mist.

It was a giant bird over a hundred zhang in length, with three distinctly different enormous heads. The central head was that of a silver Thunder Roc, its entire head entwined with strands of silver lightning. On either side were the heads of a Heavenly Phoenix and a Green Luan, wreathed in blazing flames and azure swift winds respectively.

The three-headed bird had cyan and red wings, seven enormous tail feathers wreathed in crimson flames, and two massive silver talons beneath it, sharp as knives and condensed with clusters of silver thunderbolts.

As the giant bird spread its wings, two azure cyclones roared beneath them, exploding into two powerful azure air currents that propelled the bird into the sky. At the same moment, crimson flames surged from its tail feathers, and strands of silver lightning wildly erupted from its plumage.

In the instant the silver lightning flashed, the giant bird vanished from the white disc, appearing in the blink of an eye over ten thousand li away. With another flash, it was already tens of thousands of li distant.

This giant bird was naturally none other than Han Li, who had used the Heavenly Fiend Prison Suppression Art to fuse the bloodlines of three true spirits, including the Thunder Roc, and undergone a demonic transformation.

“Eh, it ran away…” Chi Meng noticed the anomaly and couldn't help frowning as she spoke.

Seeing this, the Wonderful Dharma Venerable also ceased entanglement, his form beginning to blur, turning into flakes of snow that dissipated.

“Ha, seems it does have some skill after all! Interesting, very interesting!” Chi Meng's lips curled, showing no sign of worry.

She lightly stamped her foot, and the crimson clouds beneath her blazed with even greater fire, carrying her as she swiftly pursued.

Han Li was fleeing forward with reckless abandon.

His speed at this moment far exceeded the ordinary, rivaling even the Thunder Array Technique, and moreover, it was more continuous than the Thunder Array Technique, making it virtually flawless for escape.

However, before long, a sudden gust of wind arose in the void ahead, the temperature in the air dropped again, and the sky and earth before him abruptly darkened as a vast expanse of white mist, carried by a blizzard, swept in from all directions.

The three-headed giant bird that Han Li had transformed into charged headlong into the blizzard, immediately feeling as if it had crashed into a high wall of wind and snow. Its forward path was obstructed, and its speed greatly reduced.

He was rather surprised that the other's spiritual domain was so vast, and the scenes of the Creation realm manifested within it—such as the crystalline ice wall earlier and the blizzard now—possessed a power far beyond that of any opponent he had faced before.

From this, it was clear that the difference in rank between mid-stage and early-stage Great Luo cultivators could not be summed up by just a minor realm.

Han Li had no time to think further. The true spiritual power and immortal spiritual power within his body surged out simultaneously as he opened his mouth and let out a sharp, piercing cry.

All three of his true spirit heads opened their mouths at once, spewing forth a cyan whirlwind, a silver bolt of lightning, and a ball of crimson flame. The three merged in the void, transforming into a dazzling multicolored pillar of light that shot straight ahead.

Amid the snow-obscured void, the multicolored radiance stood out starkly. Accompanied by rolling thunder and wind, it pierced through the seemingly endless blizzard, carving out a massive cavity tens of thousands of li long.

Han Li's enormous body shot through the gap, and with another flap of his wings, he flew out of the blizzard.

Emerging from that gloomy, hazy void, Han Li's field of vision suddenly widened. As he swept his gaze around, he saw that the entire land below had abruptly turned from midsummer to deep winter, a frozen scene of white stretching for a thousand li.

"Han Li, you mere Tai Yi stage cultivator, you have quite a few tricks up your sleeve. Let's see where you can flee this time!" Before Han Li could finish marveling, the voice of Venerable Miao Fa sounded again from behind him.

As soon as his words fell, a hazy shadow began to emerge in the void before Han Li, connecting to the earth below and reaching the sky above.

Han Li recognized at once that it was the ice crystal city wall that had blocked him earlier. His heart tightened, and the True Word Wheel within him reversed at extreme speed, doubling his already lightning-fast velocity.

A layer of cold air spread down the ice crystal city wall like a mist of water, solidifying wherever it passed, and in an instant, it had covered half the wall.

Anxious, Han Li could only lower his profile and dive at extreme speed toward the lower part of the ice crystal wall that had not yet frozen.

However, fast as he was, he was still no match for the swiftness of the cold air. The wall was on the verge of freezing completely.

At that moment, the Thunder Peng among the giant birds that Han Li had transformed into flashed silver lightning from its eyes. Two silver thunderballs, which had been gathering power in its talons for a long time, shot out straight toward the base of the ice crystal wall.

In that critical moment, a thunderous roar exploded!

"Boom, rumble..."

Amid the explosive sound, the not-yet-fully-frozen ice crystal wall shattered into ice chunks and flying snowflakes. A huge gaping hole burst open at its base, and Han Li's massive body shot through it.

Its wings suddenly spread, and it shot into the sky, its form flickering again as it fled far away.

"How could this be..." Miao Fa Immortal Venerable's expression shifted slightly, a flash of anger passing across her face.

At that moment, she suddenly noticed with surprise that Chi Meng, who had been closely pursuing her, had vanished without a trace.

Han Li broke through the barrier of the ice crystal wall, but his mind did not relax in the slightest. The Truth Dharma Wheel within him continued to reverse, and his immortal spiritual power, true spiritual power, and law power all began to deplete rapidly.

Under the simultaneous effect of these three forces, the distance between him and Miao Fa Immortal Venerable gradually widened.

But before he could feel any joy, an unexpected change occurred in the void ahead!

In the clear sky, a glaring ray of sunlight suddenly refracted forward, bursting into dazzling white light in the void. A bright red dress, wrapping a delicate figure, appeared within it.

Han Li's three true spirit heads, unable to withstand the intense light, instinctively squinted.

In the next instant, the sound of Sanskrit chanting like great bells and drums rang out from the high sky. An enormous translucent light shield descended from above, enveloping Han Li's massive body and pressing it toward the ground.

Han Li's wings flapped violently, and his body suddenly lunged forward, directly crashing into the translucent light shield.

"Buzz..."

A trembling echo sounded. The translucent light shield shook violently, and a dense layer of runes lit up on it. Strange fluctuations emanated from within, striking Han Li's body, causing his divine soul to tremble violently, and his form fell to the ground.

After landing, a flash of light passed over Han Li's body, and he immediately reverted to human form.

The translucent light shield covering him also brightened and rapidly shrank to the size of a house.

Han Li looked around and saw that the translucent light shield was like an overturned sea bowl, with countless runes carved all around, densely covering the entire shield wall.

At its top, eight red crystal fire dragons coiled, their bodies wrapped in clusters of fire clouds, all with their dragon heads facing outward, baring fangs and brandishing claws.

On the dragons' bodies, Han Li could sense a strong fire-attribute law power, and he guessed that this object was most likely a fifth-grade or higher immortal artifact.

After the semi-transparent light shield trapped Han Li, Chi Meng, dressed in a red dress, also flew down from the high sky.

"Tsk tsk, he looks quite ordinary! All he did was run away along the way. I don't know how those useless fools at the Golden Immortal Immortal Palace managed things, letting him even barge through their gates, truly disgracing the face of the Heavenly Court." Standing outside the light shield, she sized up Han Li and shook her head, speaking with a tone of exasperation.

Han Li turned a deaf ear to her words. A flash of purple light flickered in his eyes as he activated his spiritual eye technique to carefully examine this immortal artifact, trying to find a flaw that would allow him to escape.

"I say, don't waste your efforts. This Nine Dragons Divine Fire Shield is a solid fourth-grade immortal artifact. Even a Daluo cultivator would find it hard to escape. With you being merely a Taiyi, do you still dare to hope for escape? It's better to surrender obediently and spare yourself some physical pain." Seeing that he still wouldn't give up, Chi Meng spoke.

After surveying the surroundings, Han Li found that a powerful law force surrounded him, with no flaws to be found.

At this moment, Miao Fa Immortal Venerable also caught up from behind. Seeing the scene before him, his brows furrowed involuntarily.

"Hey, you're too late. This man is already my prisoner." Chi Meng saw this and laughed.

"Is that so? How is it that I don't see him wearing shackles or bound by you? If merely trapping him in place is what you mean, haven't I already done that before?" Miao Fa Immortal Venerable said expressionlessly, giving her a sidelong glance.

"Since neither of us can convince the other, why don't we finish the fight we left off? Once we determine the victor, a decision will naturally be made." Chi Meng waved her hand and said.

"Too much nonsense!"

With that, Miao Fa Immortal Venerable's figure first shot up, flying into the high sky.

Just as Chi Meng was about to pursue, she seemed to remember something and turned to Han Li, saying, "Don't say I didn't warn you. Don't even think about playing any tricks. Fooling around inside my Nine Dragons Divine Fire Shield could cost you your life if you're not careful. I'm not as malicious as that Miao Fa; I don't want you dead so soon."

After speaking, she soared up and entered the high sky.

As soon as both figures disappeared into the high-altitude clouds, a powerful oppressive force emerged between heaven and earth. Within tens of thousands of feet in the sky, the sea of clouds churned violently.

Half the sky was burning red like a raging fire, while the other half was filled with blizzards, extremely cold.

Han Li listened to the continuous rumbling from above but had no time to look up.

After calming himself, he raised his hand and took down the Profound Heaven Gourd from his waist, tilted the gourd, and aimed its mouth at the place where the lower end of the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Shield touched the ground.