Chapter 1369: Making a Move

Facing the purple flame arrow aimed at his heart, Han Li crossed his fists, both wrapped in the power of the stars, before his chest in an attempt to block the arrow.

However, the arrow was like an illusory object, passing directly through his arms and piercing into his chest.

But the moment it flew into his chest, the arrow turned from illusion to reality, transforming into a burst of blazing purple flames that surged and burned fiercely.

An indescribable burning pain struck, unbearable even for Han Li, and he was carried backward by the immense impact of the arrow.

"What's going on..." Han Li wondered in surprise.

This purple flame was too bizarre, able to shift between illusion and reality, and once inside his body, it burned directly within him. He felt as if all his immortal spiritual power was sealed, and he struggled on the ground for a long time, unable to get up.

"While the purple flame seals his body, kill him immediately," Zishan shouted loudly.

In fact, there was no need for her to command; Dongli Hu had already leaped into the air ahead of her, crashing down toward Han Li.

A ring of bright yellow light shone around him, and behind him in the void appeared the phantom of a Mountain-Moving Giant, resembling a dharma idol, but filled with the dense true essence of the mountain law.

The giant held its hands as if supporting the sky, carrying on its palms the legendary ancestral mountain of countless mountain ranges in the Banshan Immortal Domain, Mount Tai, bringing down a true force of ten thousand jun, delivering a "Mount Tai Crushing" blow to Han Li.

If this strike landed, even with Han Li's physical cultivation, he would inevitably be directly suppressed.

But at that moment, a sudden change occurred.

Han Li, who had seemed unable to rise, suddenly lit up with a silver flame on his chest. It was the Essence Fire Bird blocking the purple flame arrow for him.

Though the little one was the essence of all fires, it was ultimately too far from a Dao Ancestor. It was severely injured blocking the purple flame arrow, but it endured, helping Han Li play out this act before returning to his body to recuperate.

Han Li apologized to it, slapped the ground with one hand, and sprang up.

All his true spirit bloodlines and the Heavenly Devil Suppression Art operated at full power, his entire body glowing with dazzling purple-black light, growing patches of purple-black scales, and his body instantly expanded more than a hundredfold, directly transforming into a hundred-zhang-tall purple-black giant demon.

Around the head of the purple-black giant demon, purple-black light flashed repeatedly, and it actually grew twelve heads, each with a different expression—angry, joyful, indifferent... all kinds, varied and numerous.

At the same time, behind the transformed giant demon Han Li, dull thuds sounded continuously as one arm after another emerged, growing a full twenty-four arms.

These arms also held various gestures—some with fingers spread wide, some curled into claws, some with fingers together as if forming a sword seal.

The giant demon's eyes focused, and a burst of purple-black light erupted from its body, surging outward, even slowing Dongli Hu's descent.

"What kind of thing is he..." Zishan was greatly alarmed and followed closely behind Dongli Hu.

Dongli Hu was now in a dilemma; he could only drop his body and accelerate his descent to suppress Han Li.

Han Li roared loudly, and his twenty-four arms began to swing in succession, smashing upward. For a moment, fist shadows fell like rain, the sound like thunder, with continuous explosions.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The entire void shook violently, and waves of狂暴冲击之力不断炸裂,激起的空间波动席卷向四面八方,直接将试图靠近帮忙的紫杉都给逼了回去.

One fist, a hundred fists, a thousand fists, ten thousand fists...

In just a few breaths, Han Li's twenty-four arms spun like windmills, fist shadows vast as snow, fist winds rumbling like thunder, actually striking Dongli Hu's body suspended ten thousand zhang in the air, preventing him from falling.

After a moment, a crisp sound of "crack" came.

The phantom of the Mountain-Moving Giant behind Dongli Hu and the mountain凝聚 by the true essence of the mountain law simultaneously showed cracks and shattered.

But Han Li's fist intent was high; instead of retreating, he advanced, chasing Dongli Hu and delivering another storm of blows like pear blossoms in rain.

In that instant, it seemed only the continuous sound of beating remained between heaven and earth.

Dongli Hu's body exploded continuously. After a million punches, his consciousness had scattered; after ten million punches, all his bones were broken inch by inch, and his entire body, like a lump of mud, was thrown into the void.

Only then did Han Li withdraw his fists and stand in the air.

His twelve heads might still differ in expression at this moment, but their eyes were remarkably unified, all revealing soaring battle intent and pure killing intent.

"Exhilarating..." It was as if a suppressed resentment from long ago had finally been released.

He turned his gaze to the remaining Zishan.

Zishan's body stiffened slightly, and she involuntarily stepped back.

She glanced sideways at Dongli Hu, who had been beaten completely incapacitated, and thoughts of retreat had already arisen in her heart.

But at that moment, a strange look flashed in her eyes, and her gaze passed over Han Li to the mountain formed from Illusory Time Sand behind him.

Almost simultaneously, Han Li's expression changed slightly, and he turned his massive body to look in that direction.

He saw that on the mountain, a small half of the originally lush Dongyi Divine Wood Forest had withered and turned yellow, as if their power had been drained, all dead.

Han Li swept his divine sense over it but detected no unusual aura.

"No..."

He suddenly realized that even the aura of the old woman suppressed beneath the mountain could no longer be sensed.

...

At this time, the atmosphere in the Jade Pool grew increasingly tense.

Faced with the advancing demon and monster races, Bai Yun Dao Ancestor and others looked slightly pale.

With the departure of Cangwu Zhenjun and others, and the defection of Li Yuanjiu and Chi Rong, in terms of the number of Dao Ancestors, the Heavenly Court side was now at a disadvantage compared to the enemy.

Moreover, nearly half of the cultivators from various sects, especially the backbone above the Da Luo level, had left. The rest, even if they hadn't left, had flickering eyes, clearly not necessarily willing to fight for the Heavenly Court.

"Your Excellency, the situation is very unfavorable for us. The enemy came prepared and with ill intent," Bai Yun Dao Ancestor transmitted.

"It's fine," Gu Huo Jin said indifferently.

Seeing this, Bai Yun Dao Ancestor and others felt somewhat reassured.

After all, the fact that Gu Huo Jin could rule the Heavenly Court and govern the entire True Immortal Realm for so many years already spoke volumes.

Since he said it was fine, he clearly had a countermeasure.

"Hall Master, truly skilled. Gu admires you deeply. Without any effort, you have dismantled most of the Heavenly Court's combat power," Gu Huo Jin said, looking at the Reincarnation Hall Master, praising him.

"As the saying goes, a tyrant loses support. It's time for you to pay for your deeds," the Reincarnation Hall Master snorted coldly, flicking his sleeve.

A beam of dark red light, ten thousand zhang long and dozens of zhang thick, shot out, sweeping toward the Heavenly Court like a tidal wave!

Gu Huo Jin pointed with a spell, and a slender golden light shot out, colliding with the massive dark red beam.

With a soft "crackle," the massive dark red beam, like snow meeting fire, instantly vanished.

The slender golden light also became extremely dim and disappeared after flickering twice.

Seeing the Reincarnation Hall Master make a move, the Demon Lord and Bai Ze immediately ordered an attack. The armies of the Demon Domain and the Primordial Wilderness Domain surged out like two great torrents, crashing toward the Heavenly Court army.

"Engage!" Although their strength was now inferior, Bai Yun Dao Ancestor and others immediately ordered battle.

The two sides collided with a boom. In an instant, the once-quiet Jade Pool was filled with flying immortal artifacts, countless rays of light interweaving, and various spirit domains emerging, then叠加 and colliding violently.

A deafening explosion sounded. Everything inside and outside the Jade Pool—the ground, the lake—instantly shattered and turned into nothingness.

The void here shattered like a mirror, breaking into countless space fragments. Violent spatial turbulence gushed out, but under the fierce collision of various lights, those space fragments and turbulence also shattered.

The surroundings turned into a gray, desolate void, barely withstanding the countless violent collision forces.

The entire Heavenly Palace Continent trembled violently from the sky to the depths of the earth.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Palace Continent was enormous, and the Heavenly Court's management over countless years had made it extremely sturdy, so it did not break.

Seeing this, the cultivators who had left quickly flew further away, out of the battle's range, before stopping.

At this time, the Dao Ancestors on both sides also made their moves.

On the Demon Domain side, aside from the Demon Lord, the remaining four Dao Ancestors turned into four streaks of light and charged out.

On the Primordial Wilderness Domain side, Bai Ze and the other two shot out like lightning.

In contrast, Li Yuanjiu and Chi Rong stood quietly beside the Reincarnation Hall Master, staring intently at Gu Huo Jin, not moving.

"The Demon Domain side, I'll leave to Fellow Daoist Ruyan and Dao Ancestor Yinming, if I may?" Gu Huo Jin looked at Chen Ruyan and Yinming Dao Ancestor, speaking calmly.

Though his tone was light, it carried a sense of awe.

"Since I hold the position of one of the Seven Lords of the Heavenly Court, it is only natural for me to contribute to the Heavenly Court. However, the enemy outnumbers us, and the Demon Lord has yet to move. The two of us may not be able to hold them off for long. I hope Your Excellency will make a decision soon," Chen Ruyan said, her eyes flickering as she spoke softly.

"Good," Gu Huo Jin said with a faint smile.

Chen Ruyan's brows moved slightly, then she turned into a blue light and flew toward the four Demon Domain Dao Ancestors.

She raised her hand, and a dazzling blue light wheel shot out, spinning rapidly.

With a "crack," the blue light wheel, as if alive, twisted and burst into eighty-one dragon-shaped blue lights.

These eighty-one dragon-shaped blue lights had complete heads, feet, and scales, each with a different posture, like eighty-one true dragons. Each emitted terrifying water law fluctuations, and their mouths let out earth-shaking dragon roars.

The blue light flickered, and the eighty-one blue dragons interlaced with each other, forming a large blue formation that enveloped the four Demon Domain Dao Ancestors.

Yinming Dao Ancestor shook both arms, and countless black shadows appeared around him.

These shadows were neither real entities nor illusory objects, and they could move according to one's will, transforming into whatever one thought of, as if they were the most elusive existence in heaven and earth.

Countless black shadows shot out, also pouncing toward the four Demon Domain cultivators.