Chapter 592: Surging Forth

As the green vortex rotated in reverse, its original emerald color abruptly changed to a deep green, and the devouring and absorbing force emanating from the vortex transformed into a powerful spitting force, enveloping the black stone ball at the center of the vortex.

A strong green light emerged on the surface of the black stone ball, and then with a "whoosh," it vanished without a trace.

The next moment, a blurry green light shot out from the emerald gourd and struck the mountain wall.

Rumble!

The mountain wall, along with the ground, shook violently as if an earthquake had occurred, but then it quickly returned to calm.

Han Li raised his head and looked forward.

He saw that a circular hole the size of a millstone had appeared on the mountain wall, its edges perfectly smooth, while the interior was pitch black and bottomless.

He probed it with his divine sense and couldn't help but reveal a hint of shock on his face.

This black hole extended straight ahead underground, reaching a depth of several hundred li.

Han Li looked at the emerald gourd in his hand, both surprised and delighted.

The emerald gourd actually had such a spitting ability; an ordinary stone ball could unleash such terrifying destructive power.

If what had just been shot out was not an ordinary stone ball but a spiritual treasure or even an immortal-grade flying sword, how powerful would the attack be?

At this thought, Han Li's heart surged with excitement. After briefly recovering with pills and immortal jade stones, he immersed his divine sense into the emerald gourd once again.

When the stone ball had been spat out, it had also expelled his divine sense along with it.

Inside the emerald space, the green vortex had now returned to its previous state, rotating forward at a fairly slow speed.

At the center of the vortex, a set of Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords and a miniature pavilion still floated quietly.

Han Li moved his mind, urging the other flying swords and the miniature pavilion to move aside, leaving only one Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword at the center of the vortex.

As Han Li urged the spell in his heart, the emerald green vortex reversed its rotation again and turned a deep green.

The spitting force reappeared, enveloping that Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword.

The Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword was immediately wrapped in a dazzling green light, trembling violently, about to shoot out.

Han Li's eyes flickered; he did not trigger this spitting force but instead suppressed it firmly, while a strong cyan light radiated from his body.

As time passed, his face began to turn pale, and his body started to tremble slightly, clearly having pushed his immortal spiritual power to the limit.

As the vortex's reverse rotation speed continued to increase, the spitting force also grew larger, surging within the green space, producing muffled explosions like a volcano on the verge of eruption.

Seeing this, Han Li thought to himself that his guess was indeed correct.

The vortex's reverse rotation speed kept increasing, but at a certain point, Han Li could no longer hold on.

"Go!"

Han Li did not persist; a sharp glint flashed in his eyes as he triggered the spitting force.

The emerald gourd trembled slightly, and the void in front of it also rippled faintly.

With blue light flickering in his eyes, Han Li fully activated his Brightclarity Spirit Eyes and barely managed to see a nearly blurry green sword shadow.

That green sword shadow flashed once and instantly plunged into the stone wall ahead, disappearing without a trace.

Almost at the same time, a soft "chi" sound came from the ground several thousand li away, and a blurry green shadow flew out.

The green sword shadow had pierced through several thousand li of ground, its speed decreasing considerably, but it was still as fast as lightning, shooting straight into the high sky and disappearing at the horizon.

Where the green shadow passed, an extremely fine spatial rift appeared in the void.

At the bottom of the abyss, Han Li looked somewhat stunned.

After a long while, he let out a light breath. Although his face was as pale as silk, his eyes revealed a look of surprise.

Using the emerald gourd's spitting force to drive the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword resulted in such immense power, instantly piercing through several thousand li of ground and even tearing the void.

Some of his current powerful attacks could shake the void but had never been able to break it open; this emerald gourd could achieve such a feat, truly shocking him.

Moreover, the speed of that sword shadow just now was beyond description, far surpassing any of Han Li's attacks.

He thought to himself that if the distance were close, even a Taiyi stage cultivator would find it extremely difficult to dodge.

Thinking of this, Han Li took out immortal jade stones to quickly recover while waving his other hand to cast a spell in the air.

After a moment, a cyan sword shadow shot down from above the abyss and landed in his hand; it was that Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword.

Han Li held the sword in his hand and carefully inspected it. Seeing that the sword was undamaged, he waved his hand and put it back into the gourd.

...

More than ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

One day, a mass of golden light shot out from afar, appearing near the abyss with incredible speed.

With a flash of golden light, a huge golden beetle materialized, its eyes gleaming with ferocity.

It was the Taiyi stage Gold Devouring Beetle.

A vast aura erupted from its body. Beasts within tens of thousands of li, sensing this aura, flew out from their lairs and fled into the distance.

The Taiyi realm tree spirit near the abyss also woke with a start, watching the golden beetle in the sky warily.

"If you don't want to die, get lost!" The Gold Devouring Immortal glanced at the tree spirit, then shifted its gaze to the abyss.

A flash of anger flickered in the Taiyi tree spirit's eyes, but it did not strike. With a series of green light flashes, it pulled its massive roots, along with clumps of earth, from the ground and scurried away into the distance.

The Gold Devouring Immortal paid no further attention to the tree spirit, its gaze fixed firmly on the direction of the abyss.

Waves of dense baleful aura emanated from within, causing even it some wariness. Its divine sense, upon entering, was halted by the thick baleful aura after only a short distance, unable to probe the interior.

Golden light flickered in the Gold Devouring Immortal's eyes. Suddenly, its massive body transformed into a mass of golden light and flew downward.

But just as it entered the abyss, a series of rumbling sounds erupted near the abyss. Thick black light pillars materialized, shooting up into the sky.

Each pillar emitted a terrifying spiritual power fluctuation—it was the Qian Tian Fu Ling Formation.

These black pillars resonated with each other, instantly releasing countless black runes that swirled and spiraled without end.

Suddenly, all the black runes exploded.

Clusters of pitch-black light emerged, connecting the black pillars to form a vast black sea of light, covering the entire abyss. The Gold Devouring Immortal was also enveloped within it.

At that moment, a figure of a middle-aged man in a yellow robe flashed into view near the black sea of light. He muttered incantations and cast hand seals with both hands.

It was the Crab Daoist.

The black sea of light immediately churned. Countless black light ribbons emerged, like giant tentacles, shooting from all directions and winding around the Gold Devouring Immortal.

Each black light ribbon shimmered with tiny black runes, exuding a powerful binding force.

"A mere trick!" The Gold Devouring Immortal snorted coldly, waving its two front claws.

Its massive body suddenly blazed with golden light. Sharp beams of gold shot in all directions, instantly tearing apart most of the black light ribbons on its body.

At the same time, the Gold Devouring Immortal twisted and strained, breaking and shredding the remaining black light ribbons.

Its two front claws blazed with golden light as it swung them violently left and right.

Rumble!

Two massive golden blades shot forth, slashing into the black sea of light.

A series of crackling sounds came from deep within the black sea of light. The sea churned violently and rapidly dimmed, as if on the verge of collapse.

At that moment, a sharp whistle came from the depths of the light sea, followed by two muffled explosions. Two bursts of golden light flickered faintly and then faded.

The Gold Devouring Immortal's expression shifted slightly; its attack seemed to have been forcibly intercepted.

The surging black sea of light stabilized and quickly regained its brightness.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

A dozen thick black giant pythons suddenly shot out from the depths of the sea of light, each hundreds of zhang in size, opening their gaping maws and lunging toward the Gold Devouring Immortal.

The Gold Devouring Immortal's gaze turned cold. One of its front claws flashed with golden light as it swiped forward.

Instantly, ten thousand beams of golden light burst forth from its body, several times brighter than before. They rolled and condensed into thousands of golden beetle phantoms, which flew to meet the black pythons.

A continuous rumble of thunderous explosions!

Golden light and black shadows intertwined and burst. The dozen black pythons were torn apart by the golden beetles at first contact, scattering as masses of exploding black light.

The Gold Devouring Immortal swiped its front claw again. The golden beetles brightened once more, then flew together and transformed into enormous golden sword projections, slashing toward the surrounding black sea of light.

An immense, unparalleled pressure erupted from these golden sword projections, causing the nearby black sea of light to churn violently.

But at that moment, countless black runes surged from the depths of the black sea of light, emitting waves of powerful law fluctuations.

The black light formed from the shattered pythons suddenly converged at one point, instantly transforming into enormous black rings.

With a flash of black light, these black rings appeared around the golden sword projections, encircling them.

The golden sword projections immediately halted, frozen in midair, unable to descend.

Seeing this, the Gold Devouring Immortal roared up to the sky, seemingly enraged.

It raised both front claws high. Substantial golden light surged from its body, interwoven with layers of golden runes. Spinning in midair, they condensed into a golden orb hundreds of zhang in size.

Dazzling golden light burst from the golden orb, like a golden sun. The black sea of light within hundreds of zhang was instantly forced back, creating a vacuum zone.

With a fierce swipe of its front claws, the sun-like golden orb shot forth, slamming heavily into the black sea of light.

The golden orb suddenly exploded, unleashing a deafening, earth-shattering boom!

A golden hurricane swept outward like a tidal wave, shattering the nearby black sea of light with irresistible force. It then continued to rage in all directions with even greater ferocity, tearing apart everything in its path.

The black sea of light trembled wildly, then emitted a series of rumbling explosions, completely bursting apart into countless black specks that scattered and vanished.

The scene before the Gold Devouring Immortal flickered, and it found itself once again at the entrance of the abyss.

At the same time, a golden figure staggered backward as if struck heavily—it was the Crab Daoist.

His face was pale, his clothes torn, with two large gashes on his chest and abdomen, clearly indicating severe injuries.

After retreating about a thousand zhang, the golden lightning on the Crab Daoist's body suddenly flared. Using the immense recoil force, he transformed into a streak of golden light and fled into the distance without looking back.