Chapter 497: Infiltration

"Time law, supreme law... heh heh, not bad, not bad. My two disciples—you killed them, didn't you?" Feng Tiandu halted before Han Li, his eyes fixed on him, sneering coldly.

"Indeed." Han Li's expression remained unchanged. He twisted his wrist lightly, grasping the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword, and spoke calmly.

"Don't think that just because you've learned a bit of the surface of time law, you can act arrogantly and do as you please. Today, Feng will send you into reincarnation." Feng Tiandu said darkly.

"Good lad, I really didn't see that coming! Just for killing Old Ghost Feng's two disciples, you're worth me buying you two cups of wine." The nearby Hu Yan Daozi couldn't help teasing.

"Two bottles." Han Li smiled upon hearing this.

"Deal!" Hu Yan Daozi chuckled, tightened his grip on his longsword, and said freely.

At that moment, Ouyang Kuishan glanced back at the elixir furnace and warned, "Not good! Those two pills are about to be taken by the puppet to feed the living corpse..."

Just as Hu Yan Daozi was about to speak, Han Li said, "You focus on breaking the禁制 and seizing the pills. I'll let Elder Feng here see how, even with just the surface of time law, one can do as one pleases."

With that, he raised his longsword, shot out from Hu Yan Daozi's flame domain, and actively charged toward Feng Tiandu...

Yun Ni and Ouyang Kuishan were both startled and looked at Hu Yan Daozi.

"We'll seize the pills; don't worry about him." Hu Yan Daozi smiled and said to Yun Ni and the others.

Then, the three indeed stopped paying attention to Han Li, their lips moving rapidly as they discussed how to break the flame禁制.

However, no one noticed that a chain-bound circular tower near the hall entrance suddenly tilted and collapsed to one side. The dark red chains coiled around it scattered with a clatter, revealing it to be empty inside.

The person originally bound within had vanished without a trace.

Almost simultaneously, above the undulating sea of chains on the right side of the hall, a figure silently appeared out of nowhere and dashed toward a corner of the hall. Judging by her silhouette, it was the white-haired old woman of the Nanli tribe.

The golden staff she had held earlier was now gone, replaced by a palm-sized, irregularly shaped wax-yellow token.

The token was densely covered with layers of strange runes, from which emanated waves of peculiar law fluctuations.

The old woman's speed was incredibly fast. She was shrouded in a blurry dark red light, leaving a trail of crimson afterimages in the hall. Before anyone could react, she had already reached the sea of fire禁制.

Upon arrival, she raised her hand and tossed the token like lightning. It shot out and vanished into the sea of fire in a flash.

As soon as the token flew into the flames, it melted like wax. A dark red light burst forth, and rune patterns flew out, merging into the surrounding flames.

"This is..."

Hu Yan Daozi, who was about to start breaking the sea of fire禁制, couldn't help exclaiming.

On the other side, a loud clanging sound filled the air. Dark red chains, like bloody spears, constantly stabbed and swept through the air, turning into a dense crimson shadow that enveloped Han Li.

Han Li held the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword in one hand, his body shimmering with silver-gray light. His form was illusory as he dodged back and forth in midair, and the dense dark red chains could not touch him at all.

Feng Tiandu's expression grew darker. He slid along the chains, chasing closely, his hands forming hand seals. From the black light barrier covering half the hall, crisscrossing black chains surged toward Han Li, continuously compressing his range of movement.

With a "whoosh,"

Feng Tiandu suddenly hooked his finger, and a dark red chain shot out like a venomous snake from beneath Han Li's feet, its tip gleaming with cold light, stabbing toward his ankle.

Han Li had already sensed it. He swept his sword downward.

Before the sword edge touched the chain, a golden electric light burst forth, turning into countless dense golden lightning bolts that struck the dark red chain.

"Crackle"

A sound of electric current surged. The golden light instantly flared, and violent golden currents poured out like a flood, engulfing large sections of the chains, turning them into a golden thunder pool.

As soon as Feng Tiandu entered the thunder pool, he was submerged by dense golden light, as if being roasted by fire and boiled in oil, letting out a sharp screech.

This cry drew the attention of everyone around.

Even the white-haired old woman temporarily shifted her gaze from the sea of fire禁制.

A flicker of doubt passed through her eyes. After glancing at Han Li, she looked back at the sea of fire禁制.

At that moment, in the sea of fire, the wall of flames where the melted token had merged began to contract sharply, condensing into thumb-sized crimson flames.

The white-haired old woman's eyes lit up. With a flicker, she passed through the gaps between the flames.

Immediately after, four figures flashed over—the four Cangliu Palace Golden Immortals had quietly followed. They flickered and tried to pass through the same opening.

But as soon as they approached, the contracted flames shot up again, restoring their original state, almost engulfing the foremost one.

This commotion was significant and immediately caught the attention of the others.

"What is that token... It seems to be some kind of law object?" Yun Ni's expression changed slightly, puzzled.

"Could it be a fire-attribute law object?" Ouyang Kuishan frowned and asked.

"No, it's not... In any case, it's definitely not fire-attribute law... Let's break the formation first." Hu Yan Daozi frowned, shook his head, and mused.

As soon as the white-haired old woman entered the sea of fire禁制, two white figures had already chased after her.

Their bodies glowed with土黄色 spiritual patterns, each holding a standard-issue war knife radiating a yellow halo. They flanked her from left and right, slashing at the old woman.

In the void, light vibrated, layers of spatial ripples spread, and a heavy law fluctuation pressed in from both sides, as if mountain walls were closing in, squeezing the old woman toward the center.

The old woman felt the air around her tighten, but with a flicker in her eyes, a dark red light shot out from before her, instantly expanding into a domain covering over ten zhang, just barely enveloping the two gray-white puppets.

She lightly rubbed her fingers, and dark red threads emerged from all directions in the void, snapping toward the joints and heads of the gray-white puppets.

Surprisingly, the originally indestructible gray-white puppets had their bodies pierced as easily as tofu by the dark red threads, looking like two marionettes.

However, strangely, their movements were unaffected, and they continued slashing at the old woman. The squeezing of the void on both sides caused her robes to cling tightly to her body.

The white-haired old woman's wrinkled eyes narrowed slightly. She crossed her hands again, and the two threads piercing the backs of the puppets' necks suddenly tightened, pulling their heads backward.

"Found it..." she murmured softly, then quickly formed hand seals.

The two puppets stiffened. A stream of土黄色 light rose from their necks, flowing outward along the dark red threads and dissipating into the void.

As the light drained, the土黄色 spiritual patterns on the gray-white puppets dimmed bit by bit until they completely disappeared. The spatial law fluctuations squeezing around the old woman also vanished.

Without the protection of土-attribute law power, the two gray-white puppets' strength greatly diminished and could no longer hinder the old woman.

The white-haired old woman did not linger with them. She flashed past them and headed straight for the back of the elixir furnace.

The two golden puppets that had been fetching pills to feed the living corpse seemed to sense someone behind them. They both turned their heads simultaneously and punched backward.

On their fists, countless lightning runes rolled, resonating with each other. A golden vortex formed at the center, crackling with lightning, generating a strange attractive force that pulled the old woman's form toward it.

At the same time, the gray stone statues on both sides also lit up with土黄色 halos and began to move.

Soon, the massive yellow chessboard phantom began to emerge.

"She's dead for sure..." The Cangliu Palace Golden Immortal elder sneered, saying.

No sooner had he spoken than his vision blurred. Then he saw the old woman's figure had already passed between the two golden puppets and appeared at the stone platform where the golden throne was placed.

The golden vortex between the two golden puppets had long disappeared, leaving only thin golden electric threads intertwined, but with little power left.

As for the yellow chessboard phantom set up by the gray-white puppets, it hadn't even been activated.

"How is that possible?"

The Cangliu Palace elder's exclamation drew Hu Yan Daozi and the others to look over.

On the other side, Feng Tiandu had already extricated himself from Han Li's thunder pool. He seemed to have realized that his opponent was not simple and did not continue pursuing, instead temporarily confronting Han Li.

Attracted by the commotion, they both turned their gazes.

Then, a puzzling scene appeared.

The two golden puppet immortals still held a Taiyi Pill each, not taken by the white-haired old woman.

Instead, the old woman walked directly to the stone platform, flipped her hand, and produced a black pill, which also emitted faint law fluctuations.

"This is... the Void Yuan Pill!" Han Li's pupils contracted slightly. He recognized it at a glance as the Void Yuan Pill he had personally refined, looking at the white-haired old woman with a complex expression.

"What are you doing?" Feng Tiandu's expression also changed drastically as he shouted.

Hearing this, the white-haired old woman looked up and glanced at everyone, a strange smile curling at the corner of her mouth. She then hunched over, turned the living corpse's head, pinched his handsome cheeks, and fed him the Void Yuan Pill.

"Gulp"

The living corpse's throat moved, and the pill slid directly into his stomach.

The white-haired old woman stood solemnly by, her eyes fixed on the living corpse, full of expectation.

The rest, whether shocked or puzzled, were all frozen in place.