Chapter 471: Domain Battle

The five-clawed gray dragon in the distant midair remained motionless, quietly watching the scene before it, its gray eyes flickering with light.

At that moment, a tiny golden light suddenly emerged from the center of the black-and-white millstone, as small as a firefly in the night, yet strikingly conspicuous.

The golden light leaped, rapidly expanding and spreading outward.

In the void, countless golden ripples undulated, with streaks of rosy light dancing and flickering within, exuding a vast aura of laws.

The surrounding white ice and snow and black lightning, upon touching the golden light, immediately slowed down several times.

"This is..." the five-clawed gray dragon said in human speech, its gray eyes flickering as it witnessed this.

The golden light spread rapidly, expanding to a range of twenty or thirty li in the blink of an eye, forming a vast golden region.

The five-clawed gray dragon's expression changed; its entire body blazed with gray light as it abruptly flew backward, and after a blur, it appeared dozens of li away, narrowly avoiding being enveloped by the golden domain.

The white python and black strange fish were not as quick as the five-clawed gray dragon in their reaction, and were instantly caught within the golden region, their movements slowing down several times.

With a "whoosh," a figure shot out from the ice, snow, and lightning—it was Han Li.

His entire body bore not a single scratch.

Without a word, he suddenly raised his hand and flicked his fingers, producing two sharp sounds!

Two extremely thin golden crystalline beams shot forth, like golden threads cutting through the void, slashing toward the two spirit beasts.

The white python and black strange fish showed terror on their faces, twisting their bodies to dodge, but their speed was greatly reduced, far too slow compared to the golden crystalline beams.

With a flash of golden light, the golden crystalline beams swept across the bodies of the white python and black strange fish.

The bodies of the python and strange fish silently split in half from head to tail.

The two halves of their bodies slowly separated, moving in the direction they had intended to flee, and even the blood spilling from them was equally sluggish.

But the two golden crystalline beams were astonishingly fast; after a flash of light, they vanished into thin air, and the next moment appeared before Han Li.

One crystalline thread bound a small white snake, while the other wrapped around a small black fish.

These two nascent souls were motionless under the crystalline light's restraint, as if frozen.

The white ice and snow and black lightning trembled a few times before slowly dissipating.

A series of events happened like lightning; in the blink of an eye, the two Golden Immortal-level demon beasts were slain on the spot.

The five-clawed gray dragon, outside the golden region, witnessed this scene and its pupils contracted.

"Fellow Daoist Quling, let's dispense with such probing moves. Do you think these creatures that have just stepped into the Golden Immortal realm could harm me in the slightest?" Han Li said indifferently, looking at the five-clawed gray dragon.

As he spoke, he waved his hand, sending out a golden light that enveloped the two nascent souls.

With a flash of golden light, the two nascent souls vanished without a trace.

"You have also mastered a domain! Impossible! If so, why were you trapped by my domain before? Unless..." the five-clawed gray dragon said slowly, its tone noticeably more serious.

"Hehe, that's right. To be honest, I have you to thank for this," Han Li said, blinking.

The method for condensing a domain that the old Daoist's remnant soul had taught him proved true, allowing him to successfully form his own domain. This first use seemed quite effective.

"What did you say?" The five-clawed gray dragon seemed to understand something upon hearing Han Li's words, and a flash of anger flickered in its eyes.

"Quling, earlier you relied on your domain power and nearly took my life. Now, let's have a proper rematch!" Han Li's voice turned cold as he formed hand seals and shot forward like lightning.

The vast golden domain around him also shot forward, like a rolling golden cloud surging ahead.

"Han Li, give it your all! Help this fairy take down that old witch!" In the distance, Gold Boy, who had somehow produced a bronze gong, was banging it noisily and shouting.

On the other side, Lu Yuqing hovered in midair, gazing at Han Li from afar, her beautiful eyes flickering.

"This is... the power of time law..." she murmured, her eyes flashing repeatedly.

The next moment, Lu Yuqing's body flashed with light, and she silently merged into the city below, disappearing without attracting anyone's attention.

In midair, the five-clawed gray dragon blazed with gray light and shot backward, careful not to let Han Li's golden domain touch it.

At the same time, it raised a claw and waved, causing the gray clouds in the sky to descend rapidly, enveloping its body.

Rumble!

The gray clouds roiled and quickly formed a gray domain, then expanded outward, instantly spreading to a full thirty or forty li—nearly twice the size of Han Li's domain—and enveloping Han Li within.

Surprise flickered in Han Li's eyes. When Quling had fought him before, its domain had only been a thousand zhang. Although he had guessed that wasn't its limit, he hadn't expected Quling's domain to be so vast.

Enveloped by the gray domain, he frowned as his strength rapidly dissipated and the flow of immortal spiritual power in his meridians became sluggish.

Han Li snorted lightly, and golden light blazed from his body, forming a golden shield with time laws flowing within, which quickly alleviated the feeling of weakness.

But since Quling was now using its true domain, the power of time law could not completely offset the domain's influence.

As the five-clawed gray dragon shot backward, a gray light flashed above its head, and the gray throne reappeared.

Every spiritual pattern on the gray throne lit up, emitting dazzling gray light, and the three mirror images behind it reappeared.

The first mirror was extremely bright, radiating dazzling gray light, while the second and third mirrors were dim and lusterless.

The gray dragon raised a claw and pointed, sending a crystalline beam shooting into the second mirror image.

Hum!

The second mirror also became extremely bright, shooting out a dazzling black light that transformed into a black giant sword, cleaving down at Han Li's head.

The black giant sword exuded a powerful law force—the same law that caused madness.

But as soon as the black giant sword entered the range of Han Li's golden domain, its speed dropped drastically.

Han Li swayed and easily dodged the black giant sword.

"So it's time deceleration..." the five-clawed gray dragon thought, its heart sinking.

At that moment, the golden domain around Han Li suddenly flashed, then rolled back like a whale sucking water, all of it entering his body.

Without the time power to protect him, he let out a muffled groan, a pained expression on his face, but he gritted his teeth and endured.

The five-clawed gray dragon was momentarily stunned by this sight.

Before it could react, Han Li quickly chanted an incantation, and a golden light flashed behind him, revealing the phantom of the True Word Wheel, which began to spin in reverse.

Han Li's body suddenly blazed with golden light again, and his form became blurry, turning into a golden afterimage that shot forward through the gray haze.

The distance between Han Li and the five-clawed gray dragon rapidly shrank, halving in no time.

"This..." The five-clawed gray dragon's expression changed drastically, and it roared, its entire body blazing with gray light as it prepared to act.

Han Li's golden light flared up again, expanding outward, instantly forming a golden domain of over twenty li. This decisive move, swift as a rabbit and sudden as a falcon, caught the unprepared five-clawed gray dragon within it.

Once enveloped by the golden domain, the five-clawed gray dragon's speed dropped drastically, and Han Li behind it closed in faster, the distance between them rapidly decreasing.

The five-clawed gray dragon's expression changed drastically, and it suddenly opened its mouth.

A gray light pillar shot forth, within which countless runes could be seen dancing, merging into the third mirror image behind the throne.

The third mirror image trembled, and streaks of white light emerged.

Though bright, these white lights lacked any majestic aura; they were a ghastly white, like weathered bones, exuding a dense aura of death.

The gray dragon opened its mouth again and spat out a mass of gray essence blood.

Once expelled, the blood transformed into a gray mist, containing nine gray crystalline threads, each wrapping around one of the three mirror images.

The three mirror images trembled simultaneously, emitting a devouring force that absorbed the gray mist completely in an instant.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!

Beams of gray, black, and white light shot out from the mirrors, transforming into dozens of three-colored dragon shadows.

Each dragon shadow was about the same size as the five-clawed gray dragon, exuding three distinct and powerful law auras.

Whoosh!

"Yan Dragon... Slay Immortals!" The five-clawed gray dragon waved its claw.

As the words fell, dozens of three-colored dragon shadows shot forth, interweaving to form a mysterious grand formation, erupting with powerful auras as they hurtled toward Han Li, who was rapidly approaching.

The grand formation formed by these three-colored dragon shadows was surprisingly fast; even affected by the golden domain, it was not much slower than Han Li, and it managed to block his path.

Han Li frowned slightly, then snorted coldly, waving his sleeve.

Three hundred-zhang-long cyan giant swords materialized before him, each radiating dazzling cyan light like three cyan suns—these were the three Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords.

Thick golden arcs of lightning appeared on the surface of the giant swords, exuding an aura of destruction.

With his greatly increased cultivation, the number of Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords he could wield had also increased, and he could now effortlessly drive three of them.

He flicked his fingers, sending out three golden crystalline threads—the time law threads.

The three law threads blurred and merged into the three Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords.

The Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords immediately halted, hovering in midair, and the dazzling cyan light on their blades suddenly brightened several times, with brilliant golden light appearing within the cyan, making them hard to look at directly.

The thick Evil-Repelling Divine Lightning on the blades also flared up, transforming into enormous lightning runes that swirled around the swords, their aura even more formidable than before.

Rumble!

The cyan giant swords began to tremble, erupting with a sword aura several times stronger than before, causing the void to tremble and roar.

Han Li formed hand seals and pointed, and the three lightning giant swords vibrated, conjuring countless lightning sword shadows that enveloped the dragon shadow formation and twisted violently.

Bang, bang, bang!

With a series of earth-shattering explosions, all the dragon shadows burst apart, swept away completely.

Han Li paused only briefly before continuing to shoot forward, his entire body blazing with golden light as the True Word Wheel spun rapidly in reverse.

His speed suddenly doubled, and after a blur, he arrived several hundred zhang in front of the five-clawed gray dragon.