Chapter 470: Making a Move

Seeing that the Gold Boy was already at his limit, Han Li's form flickered and vanished from where he stood.

The next moment, he appeared beside the Gold Boy as if teleported. A golden light flashed from his sleeve, and a fist shot out like lightning, clenching and striking forward.

The fist shimmered with golden light, as if forged from pure gold, with golden runes swirling over its surface.

With a whoosh!

A golden beam as thick as a bucket shot forth from the fist, filled with countless golden runes that danced within, emitting waves of terrifying Time Law fluctuations.

Boom!

The golden beam collided with the tricolored beam, producing a thunderous roar.

The nearby void trembled violently, and ripples emerged, spreading outward and lingering for a long time.

The tricolored beam was immediately held back, unable to advance further, and the two crystal threads also stopped bending.

The Gold Boy's expression relaxed slightly. He turned to look at Han Li, surprise on his face, and said, "Eh, your cultivation..."

Qu Ling in midair looked at Han Li, sensing the immense Golden Immortal-level aura he now emitted, and her eyes showed disbelief.

Han Li changed his fist into a palm and suddenly pointed a finger.

Hum!

Within the golden beam, light flashed, and a nearly transparent golden thread emerged, very similar to the Gold Boy's crystal threads but with even greater momentum, radiating an immense fluctuation of Time power.

As soon as the golden thread appeared, the entire sky darkened.

With a swoosh! The thread shot forward, trailing a long golden afterglow, resembling an extremely thin golden sword aura, and in a flash, it plunged into the tricolored beam, slashing toward Qu Ling.

Wherever the golden thread passed, the tricolored beam silently disintegrated inch by inch and scattered.

"Go!"

Seeing this, the Gold Boy also let out a crisp shout, formed hand seals, and pointed.

The two crystal threads also shot forth, slashing toward Qu Ling.

The three Law crystal threads intertwined, and the tricolored beam collapsed even faster, like an avalanche, quickly dissipating most of it.

Qu Ling's expression changed. She tapped her foot and shot backward.

A gleam of light flashed in Han Li's eyes, and he pointed a finger.

The golden thread blurred, then merged into the void and vanished.

The next moment, the void before Qu Ling hummed and trembled, and the golden thread appeared out of thin air.

Countless bright golden ripples emanated from the thread, instantly covering an area of dozens of zhang around, enveloping Qu Ling as well.

Qu Ling's retreating form suddenly slowed. Though she still flew backward, her speed decreased by more than ten times, and fear appeared on her face.

The golden thread's speed did not diminish at all, slashing down toward Qu Ling's head.

Qu Ling's expression changed drastically. Her body twisted, and patches of gray markings emerged all over, like gray scales.

Rolling gray mist surged from these markings, emitting waves of Law power fluctuations. Unaffected by the golden ripples, it wrapped around her body, forming a dense gray cloud several zhang in size.

Just as the gray cloud formed, the golden thread slashed down and plunged into it.

With a tearing sound, the gray cloud was split in two, but then the two halves rolled slightly and merged back together, returning to its original state.

A muffled groan came from the cloud, followed by a thud as a severed arm fell out, dripping with blood, apparently one of Qu Ling's arms.

The golden thread, after cutting through the gray cloud, continued flying forward for several hundred zhang before stopping.

The gray cloud suddenly churned violently, emitting a dazzling gray light, and broke free from the golden ripples, flashing to a spot several hundred zhang away before stopping.

This series of changes happened extremely quickly, and Han Li had no time to stop it.

He frowned slightly and waved his hand.

The golden thread, like a spirit snake, flashed back and disappeared into his body.

"Kid, I didn't expect you to conceal your cultivation. You even fooled me earlier. But don't think you can act arrogant in front of me. I've killed countless Golden Immortals. Since you dare to harm my limb, you'll pay with your life!" A furious shout came from the gray cloud, which churned and roiled even more violently, rapidly expanding to several hundred zhang in size.

An immense Law power erupted from the gray cloud, nearly doubled in strength, spreading outward like a tidal wave.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth churned, the void hummed and trembled, and layers of visible ripples appeared.

Enveloped by this Law power, Han Li felt a wave of weakness wash over him, and a sense of panic arose in his mind, as if he had fallen into a nightmare from which he could not escape.

The Gold Boy beside him also frowned, his small face turning somewhat pale.

Han Li's eyes flickered. He formed a hand seal, and golden light burst forth from his body, forming a golden barrier that shielded the two of them.

Within the golden light flowed a power of time law, isolating them from the law power released by the gray clouds.

No matter how the gray cloud's law power surged, it could not cross the threshold.

The strange sensations in Han Li's body and mind instantly vanished, and he regained his calm.

Beside him, the Golden Boy also relaxed.

"Go down and rest. I'll handle this person," Han Li said, looking at the Golden Boy.

"Mind your own business! That Qu Ling imprisoned me for so long. I planned for so long, intending to risk serious injury and kill her myself while she was off guard. Her strength isn't weak, but she could never break through my defenses. Now look! Clean up your own mess." The Golden Boy curled his lips, snorted, then raised a hand and beckoned.

The two crystal threads shot back and merged into her body.

Han Li smiled faintly, didn't argue with the Golden Boy, and turned his head to look at the gray clouds in the sky.

The law fluctuation emanating from the gray clouds was roughly similar to the law power in the previous spirit domain, but also slightly different.

That woman Qu Ling seemed to have mastered several types of laws, and by combining them, her depth was hard to gauge.

However, Han Li had now also advanced to the mid-stage Golden Immortal. Not only had his physical strength been further refined by the Great Cycle Star Element Art, but his immortal spiritual power surged within him, filling his entire body with strength. Naturally, he was not afraid of this woman.

A gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he was about to act.

The gray clouds in the sky roiled and then dissipated to both sides, revealing a five-clawed gray dragon several hundred zhang in length, winding and dancing in the air, exuding an immense pressure.

The dragon had no scales on its body; instead, it was covered in thick barbs, and several huge bone spikes jutted from its spine like giant spears, making it look extremely ferocious. Its five claws bore sword-like talons that were chilling to behold.

On the forehead of the five-clawed gray dragon, a silver 'king' character pattern appeared, emitting a soft silver glow, quite different from the rest of its body.

"Indeed..."

Han Li looked up and down at the five-clawed gray dragon before him, his eyes sparkling, revealing a hint of excitement.

"It seems you've figured it out too. Qu Ling's true form is the true spirit 'Nightmare', and her bloodline is quite pure. She's extremely powerful and not easy to deal with. Listen carefully: I won't follow someone who has lost twice." The Golden Boy glanced at Han Li and said disdainfully.

With that, the Golden Boy flicked her braid, turned around, and flew off into the distance, landing and standing still.

"Nightmare... good," Han Li said slowly, looking at the distant five-clawed gray dragon.

As soon as he spoke, golden light burst from his entire body, and he transformed into a golden rainbow, shooting straight toward the five-clawed gray dragon.

Seeing this, the five-clawed gray dragon's eyes flared up with two balls of gray flame.

Then it opened its mouth wide and spat out a house-sized gray fireball, hurtling straight toward Han Li.

The fireball roiled with gray flames, emitting a scorching heat mixed with surging law power.

Where the gray fireball passed, the void trembled violently, its momentum astonishing.

Han Li's expression remained unchanged. Without dodging, he waved a hand.

Hum!

A dazzling green light shot out, transforming into a giant green sword—the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword.

The giant green sword emitted massive green sword qi, and as the sword qi spread, the void trembled incessantly.

On the sword body, golden arcs thicker than before appeared, and a destructive aura exploded outward.

The nearby spiritual energy of heaven and earth boiled, and countless colored specks of light emerged, intertwining and tumbling, turning the surrounding space into a chaotic blur.

After advancing to the Golden Immortal realm, wielding the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword no longer showed the previous strain; it unleashed the sword's true power.

Han Li formed a hand seal and swung the giant green sword, slashing directly at the huge gray fireball.

With a tearing sound, the gray fireball was easily split in two by the giant green sword.

Han Li's form flickered, and he shot straight through the gap between the two halves of the fireball.

But at that moment, a white light and a black light suddenly shot out from the two halves of the gray fireball, instantly blocking Han Li from front and back.

The white light flashed and transformed into a white python several tens of zhang long, which opened its mouth and spewed a vast white mist filled with countless snowflakes and chunks of white ice, emitting terrifying cold.

The white mist instantly turned into a circular white ice-and-snow region several tens of zhang in size, descending from the sky and engulfing Han Li's figure.

The black light suddenly changed, turning into a similarly sized strange black fish with an elongated body covered in black spots and a mouth full of sharp teeth, looking extremely fierce.

Crackle!

The black spots on the strange fish's body shot out streaks of black lightning, producing a thunderous roar, and in an instant formed a forest of black lightning, rising from below and also enveloping Han Li's body.

These two beasts, hidden within the fireball and extremely close to Han Li, completed all this in an instant.

The white ice-and-snow region and the black lightning forest, like two giant millstones, sandwiched Han Li from above and below, instantly submerging his form. The vast law power released from them seemed intent on grinding him, along with his nascent soul, into powder.