Chapter 364: Staking Everything on a Single Throw

Boom!

The golden Dao Pill, struck by the falling golden beam of light, seemed gravely wounded; its surface golden light trembled violently, and even flashes of lightning could faintly be seen.

The golden light emitted by the pill suddenly flared brightly, then rapidly dimmed.

The vast medicinal power and spiritual energy contained within the pill churned violently, showing signs of dispersing.

Most importantly, the two golden Dao patterns on the pill also flickered intensely, as if they were about to fly off the pill and soar toward the golden cloud vortex in midair.

Seeing this, Han Li's heart sank.

He had already activated the Time-Slowing ability of the Truthful Speech Wheel, but the golden light falling from the sky seemed to contain the power of time laws, rendering it completely unaffected by the wheel.

His mind raced as his hands moved like wheels, forming hand seals in rapid succession, striving to stabilize the violently churning medicinal power within the pill.

At the same time, streams of time power surged from the Truthful Speech Wheel, wrapping around the golden Dao patterns on the pill and holding them firmly in place.

However, both the churning of the medicinal power and the fluctuations of the golden Dao patterns were extremely intense, and stabilizing them with his current abilities proved exceedingly difficult.

Perhaps because the pill contained the time power condensed from the small bottle, the slowing effect of the Truthful Speech Wheel had no effect on it.

The golden Dao Pill trembled incessantly, causing Han Li's body to shake as well.

Stabilizing the pill was not a matter of applying more force; it required extremely fine control, and his vast immortal spiritual power could not alleviate much of the pressure.

At that moment, the golden clouds in the sky churned again, even more violently than before, as if countless raging waves were sweeping through, shaking heaven and earth, changing the wind and clouds.

The rotation speed of the golden vortex also increased greatly, and at its center, dazzling golden light emerged again, leaping like golden lightning.

The next moment, an even heavier pressure suddenly surged from the vortex, pressing down toward the cave dwelling.

The entire cave dwelling, and even the entire island, trembled slightly, and the cracks on the cave walls widened further.

Sensing the situation outside, Han Li grew anxious and moved his ten fingers rapidly.

The rotation speed of the Truthful Speech Wheel suddenly increased greatly, and every strand of its time Dao patterns blazed with dazzling light, flickering extremely fast.

A dense and vast golden radiance surged from the wheel, appearing wavy and filled with countless golden runes, emitting a strong time power.

This time power was nearly twice as strong as that emitted when the Truthful Speech Wheel was previously activated.

Han Li's hand seals changed rapidly, and the golden radiance immediately split into dozens of strands, each of which then condensed into a sparkling golden thread.

Each golden thread emitted a strong time law power, almost materializing.

The dozens of golden threads shot out and wrapped around the two trembling golden Dao patterns on the pill.

The violently trembling Dao patterns finally calmed down a bit, and the狂暴 spiritual energy fluctuations within the pill also eased somewhat.

Seeing this, Han Li dared not relax in the slightest; his ten fingers quickly formed hand seals as he continued to stabilize the pill with all his might.

At the same time, green light flashed on his body, and flying swords shot out one after another—the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords—forming a circular sword curtain above his head.

Then, with a flash of black light, the Heavy Water True Wheel emerged, expanding more than ten times in size to block above his head.

As the Heavy Water True Wheel spun rapidly, countless aqueous light appeared at its edges, emitting a rumbling roar.

Not only that, but with successive flashes of light on Han Li's body, more treasures flew out.

The silver bell seized from Tao Yu, the serpent-shaped strange sword, the Yuanhe Five Extremes Mountain, the two yin-attribute immortal artifacts, and all the other treasures of some power he had obtained over the years—all emerged, radiating various colors of light, blocking above his head.

Over these centuries, he had already refined these treasures and could control them with ease.

Without hesitation, Han Li activated all the immortal spiritual power in his body, using his powerful divine sense to drive these treasures, releasing layer after layer of thick light curtains that nearly filled the ceiling of the secret chamber.

Instantly, a variety of different law powers surged within the room.

Just as Han Li finished these preparations, a thunderous boom sounded above his head!

The golden cloud vortex in the sky suddenly brightened, and a golden beam of light, much thicker than before, shot down from the vortex, striking toward the cave dwelling.

The entire void trembled violently, heaven and earth spiritual energy churned, stirring up a hurricane, and the nearby sea surface surged with waves tens of feet high, as if it were the end of the world.

The golden beam was dazzling, vaguely taking the shape of lightning, and like before, it pierced through the cave's restrictions and roof, striking the outermost starlight curtain—the manifestation of the Seven Luminaries Star Ring.

As before, the golden beam flashed once, and with a "puff," it easily pierced through the starlight curtain, continuing on to strike the second layer—the sword net formed by the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords.

Countless sharp sword qi slashed at the golden beam, but passed through it as if meeting no resistance.

Without any pause, the golden beam passed through the sword net and struck the Heavy Water True Wheel.

The Heavy Water True Wheel also failed to stop the golden beam in the slightest, and it flashed through it.

The first few light curtains flashed wildly, their law powers churning to block, but they too could not stop the golden beam, which pierced through them one after another.

However, the golden beam's descent speed slowed slightly, indicating that these treasures did have some effect on it.

Yet, seeing this, Han Li's expression turned grim.

He had exerted his full strength, yet with so many treasures, he still could not stop the pill tribulation at all...

The Dao Pill had still not stabilized; internally, it remained extremely violent.

Having been struck by the first pill tribulation, it was already in this state. If hit by this second, more powerful tribulation, it would surely disperse completely, and all previous efforts would be in vain.

He had not expected the realm rejection force of the Immortal Realm toward the Dao Pill to be so powerful!

As his thoughts turned, he let out an unwilling low roar and continued to drive the treasures below.

Puff, puff, puff!

With several more dull sounds, the golden beam broke through several more barriers, its descent speed slowing further.

"Eh!"

Han Li uttered a soft exclamation, his eyes fixed on the golden beam.

Although the golden beam had broken through the defenses of several treasures with seeming ease, he keenly sensed that it had shrunk slightly compared to the beginning.

His heart stirred.

It seemed the golden light of the pill tribulation was not invincible; these treasures could still play some role in weakening its power.

With this thought, golden light flashed on Han Li's body, and he spat out a mouthful of essence blood, which turned into a mass of blood light that merged into the remaining treasures.

At the same time, all the immortal spiritual power in his body surged out like a tide, pouring into the remaining treasures.

Since things had come to this, he had to stake everything on a single throw!

All the treasures immediately shone brightly, doubling in brilliance, emitting even stronger law powers.

Meanwhile, the golden beam continued to pierce downward without pause.

Amid dull sounds, the remaining treasures were pierced through one by one by the beam, rapidly approaching the Dao Pill.

Han Li's expression darkened again.

Although the pill tribulation beam had been somewhat weakened as it passed through layer after layer of barriers, the reduction was still too small; continuing like this would not work.

With a soft "puff"!

The golden beam broke through another treasure—the black banner immortal artifact—and then, without stopping, charged toward the next treasure, the Yuanhe Five Extremes Mountain.

At this moment, few treasures remained.

Han Li took a deep breath, and suddenly golden light burst from his body, revealing thirty-five golden spots that spun rapidly.

He intended to use a secret technique to stimulate the potential of his immortal apertures, at the cost of possibly needing a hundred years to recover.

Suddenly, a buzzing sound came from midair, and the void trembled!

Han Li looked up, a look of astonishment on his face.

The Yuanhe Five Extremes Mountain emitted a bright gray light, radiating waves of gray light that formed a gray barrier, which actually blocked the nearly unstoppable golden beam.

Gray and golden light intertwined and flickered, momentarily locked in a stalemate.

Han Li's mouth hung open for a moment before he recovered. He quickly formed hand seals, forcibly halting the secret technique he was about to activate, his heart filled with both surprise and joy.

He had not expected the Yuanhe Five Extremes Mountain to be able to block the golden light of the pill tribulation!

He looked at the gray light around the mountain, which emitted a strange law power—the same one he had previously tried to comprehend.

It was this law power that had blocked the golden beam.

While marveling, Han Li slowly nodded, a look of realization dawning in his eyes.

The Yuanhe Five Extremes Mountain had always had the ability to weaken lightning tribulations; he had originally refined it to withstand the tribulation of ascension. This pill tribulation should also be a type of lightning tribulation, so it was reasonable that this treasure would be effective against it.

It seemed the Yuanhe Five Extremes Mountain was not as simple as he had previously thought; it likely had a significant origin.

Han Li's mind involuntarily flashed to Tao Yu. The Yuanhe Five Extremes Mountain he had originally refined was powerful, but that was in the Spirit Realm; in the current Immortal Realm, it could not even be considered an immortal artifact.

When Tao Yu obtained this item back then, he had gone to great lengths to re-refine it. Han Li had been somewhat puzzled, but now it seemed that Tao Yu had known from the start that this treasure could block the pill tribulation, which was why he had invested so much effort into the Yuanhe Five Extremes Mountain.

However, this was not the time to delve into the origins of the Yuanhe Five Extremes Mountain.

Although the Yuanhe Five Extremes Mountain had blocked the golden beam, the power of the pill tribulation beam was too great. As the two colors intertwined fiercely, the gray light emitted by the Five Extremes Mountain gradually dimmed.

But correspondingly, the power of the golden beam also seemed greatly depleted, slowly shrinking.

Han Li narrowed his eyes and immediately stopped driving all other treasures, focusing solely on the Yuanhe Five Extremes Mountain.

Clang, clang, clang!

One by one, the treasures lost their luster and fell from midair, scattering all over the ground, but he did not even spare them a glance.

He had spent countless energy and resources preparing to refine the Dao Pill and had waited far too long. Now that he had reached this final step, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, he would never give up!