Chapter 664: Breach of Faith

A hint of anomaly finally appeared on the blue mermaid's face as it waved its blue fishing rod, seemingly wanting to do something more.

But under the笼罩 of Han Li's time domain, its movements were extremely slow. Before it could react, the attacks of Han Li and the other two had already struck those blue whirlpools.

With a thunderous roar, dazzling lights of various colors shot into the sky, so brilliant that they almost blinded the eyes.

The blue whirlpools trembled violently, cracks appearing on their surfaces and spreading rapidly. Soon they collapsed with a bang, revealing the blue mermaid behind them.

“Die!”

A fierce gleam flashed in Feng Lin's eyes, and he immediately pressed down with his arm in the air.

Instantly, the black light of the square black seal intensified again, emitting sounds of wind and thunder as it smashed down toward the blue mermaid once more.

Ren Hao also gave a low shout and waved his single arm.

That blue giant sword also shot down, emitting a terrible whistling sword cry as it slashed toward the blue mermaid.

A trace of panic finally appeared on the blue mermaid's always expressionless face. It opened its mouth and spat out a thick blue mist, which met the black seal and blue giant sword, then turned and flew toward the pool below.

At the same time, blue light wildly flashed on its body surface, and the time law power within it fluctuated violently. Its originally sluggish body actually became agile rapidly.

“Don’t leave!” Seeing this, Han Li squinted his eyes and offered up that small golden lock.

He opened his mouth and spat out a beam of golden light, which flashed and disappeared into the small golden lock. The small lock suddenly burst into brilliant golden light, transforming into a dazzling golden mass that flashed and vanished into the time domain.

The next moment, a flash of golden light appeared beside the blue mermaid, and a large golden lock materialized out of thin air.

With a soft click, the large golden lock locked onto one arm of the blue mermaid.

Dazzling golden light radiated from the large golden lock, then with a flicker, it condensed into a huge character “lock,” enveloping the blue mermaid's body.

Han Li used the power of his domain to drive the small golden lock. This “lock” character was several times larger than before, not only imprisoning the blue mermaid but also covering most of the blue mist it had spat out.

That mist immediately froze in midair, as if solidified.

The next moment, the black seal and blue giant sword flew down, piercing through the remaining blue mist and striking the blue mermaid simultaneously.

With a dull thud, the blue mermaid's body instantly burst apart, turning into a pool of blue liquid that splattered in all directions.

The three immortals' artifacts were all splashed with a considerable amount of blue liquid, emitting a sizzling sound.

The spiritual light on the black seal, blue giant sword, and large golden lock immediately flickered wildly, then rapidly dimmed, as if severely corroded.

Seeing this, Ren Hao felt pained and hastily formed hand seals to recall the blue giant sword for inspection.

At that moment, two sharp whistling sounds came from the side.

It was Han Li and Feng Lin, paying no heed to their damaged artifacts, shooting forward and pouncing toward the blue pool.

Seeing this, Ren Hao immediately reacted, letting out a loud roar and chasing after them like lightning. But his reaction was ultimately a moment too slow; Han Li and Feng Lin had already flown above the blue pool.

Feng Lin waved his hand, sending out a stream of black light that coiled around the blue jade flute.

Han Li's eyes flickered slightly. He raised his hand and sent out a stream of green light, which transformed into a green hand that grabbed the other blue small shield and put it away.

This object felt slightly cool to the touch, soft in the hand but with a certain toughness—it was a soft shield.

A hint of joy appeared in his eyes, and he was about to put it away.

At that moment, the corner of his eye caught a slight ripple in the void beside him, and a crimson round bead materialized out of thin air.

Han Li's expression changed, and golden light burst from his body surface.

But before the golden light could fully bloom, a thunderous roar erupted as the crimson bead suddenly exploded, turning into a crimson sun dozens of feet in size that engulfed his figure.

Within the crimson sun, streaks of white flame appeared, wildly intertwining and flickering, emitting a terrifying scorching aura.

The nearby void hummed for a moment, then was directly melted, leaving holes.

The time domain that had been笼罩ing the hall suddenly vanished, and the flow of time within the hall returned to normal.

A violent and incomparable air current spread outward, forming a fierce hurricane that expanded violently.

The hall shook violently a few times but did not collapse.

This hall, built of unknown materials, had withstood several fierce battles and still remained as if nothing had happened.

A mass of blue light tumbled in midair—it was that blue small shield.

Ren Hao's figure flickered, instantly appearing beside the blue small shield. He grabbed it, a look of joy on his face.

“Ren Hao, what are you doing?” Feng Lin had dodged in time and was not affected by the blue sun. He landed on the first floor of the hall and shouted coldly.

The black seal and the Suobi Gate flew back, hovering above his head.

With the blue mermaid killed, the blue light threads that had imprisoned the Suobi Gate also disappeared.

“What am I doing? Isn’t it obvious? Collecting the treasure!” Ren Hao sneered, spitting out a mass of blue light that enveloped the blue small shield in his hand and absorbed it into his body.

“This is the Nine Annihilation Flowing Flame Pearl! Legend has it that it can kill even a Tai Yi stage cultivator in one blow. I didn’t expect you to have such a thing! It seems I underestimated you earlier.” Feng Lin’s eyes grew colder. He turned to glance at the still-flickering crimson sun and said coldly.

Han Li, struck head-on by this object, was probably already in grave danger.

“Hehe, when entering the Truth Sect ruins to seek treasures, how could one not bring some trump cards? I believe Fellow Daoist Feng also has such treasures, just not yet the time to use them.” Ren Hao chuckled.

“We agreed earlier to join forces against the blue mermaid and compete for the treasure based on our own abilities. Yet you disregarded faith and attacked your companion. Members of the Yi Pao Society are indeed all of this caliber!” Feng Lin said coldly.

“Exploring and seizing treasures has always been like this. Traveling with a cultivator of the same rank who can manipulate time law is somewhat unsettling. Only by making this person disappear forever can you and I feel at ease, don’t you think? Besides, since that person has been hit, it’s because his skill is inferior. If his strength were greater than mine, he could naturally take everything from me.” Ren Hao sneered disdainfully and said indifferently.

“Is that so? Then it’s much easier…” A cold snort sounded, coming from within the crimson sun—it was Han Li’s voice.

Hearing this, both Ren Hao and Feng Lin changed color, and Ren Hao’s heart skipped a beat.

A figure slowly walked out of the crimson sun—it was Han Li, completely unharmed, not even a tear in his clothes.

Behind him appeared a golden circular wheel, rotating gently, and within a zhang of his body, golden ripples filled the space.

Wherever Han Li passed, those flames emitting terrifying high temperatures instantly froze in place, only resuming their original state after he had passed.

“You…” Ren Hao stared at Han Li in shock, then suddenly turned and transformed into a blue shadow, shooting toward the hall entrance.

Han Li sneered, formed hand seals with both hands, and golden light burst from his body. He instantly expanded his time domain, covering a radius of a hundred li.

Ren Hao’s flying figure immediately halted, slowed down by more than ten times.

A flash of golden lightning appeared in the void ahead of Ren Hao, and Han Li’s figure materialized.

With a move of his sleeve, nine green flying swords appeared before him. After a burst of spiritual light, they condensed into a single green giant sword, which slashed down at Ren Hao’s head.

A thunderous roar!

Ren Hao’s body shot backward at an even faster speed, crashing heavily into one of the hall’s walls. The entire hall shook violently.

Then, Ren Hao turned over and stood up, his face full of fear.

He was now clad in a set of blue battle armor, composed of blue scales the size of copper coins. The helmet was shaped like a dragon’s head, and the limbs were covered with dragon-claw-like armor, making it look like a dragon armor transformed from a blue dragon.

The nostrils of the dragon head on the blue battle armor opened and closed as if breathing, and dragon-shaped blue light flowed over the armor, emitting an immense draconic aura.

However, a slash mark now appeared on the shoulder of the blue battle armor, with the scales completely shattered, clearly the result of the earlier sword strike.

“This is the Dragon Phase Battle Armor of the Sacred Dragon Hall in the Black Earth Immortal Domain!” Feng Lin exclaimed in surprise upon seeing the blue battle armor.

Hearing this, Han Li showed a hint of surprise.

Since arriving in the Black Earth Immortal Domain, he had been continuously collecting various texts to supplement his knowledge of the domain, gaining a general understanding of its major sects and forces.

The Sacred Dragon Hall was a major sect in the Black Earth Immortal Domain. Its founder was a master with true dragon bloodline, so the sect revered dragons and was immensely powerful, ranking among the top five. He hadn’t expected Ren Hao to be a member of the Sacred Dragon Hall.

Moreover, the Sacred Dragon Hall excelled in refining various immortal artifacts and battle armors, whose quality was not inferior to those of the Hundred Creations Mountain.

When Han Li discussed the art of refining with Jingyang Shangren at the Yukun Tower, he vaguely heard the latter mention this sect and spoke highly of it.

The battle armor on Ren Hao had extremely strong defensive power, able to block his full-force sword strike.

“Do you think you can escape with your life just because you have a battle armor? Wishful thinking!” Han Li sneered, but did not press forward immediately. A clear cry came from within his body.

The next moment, nine masses of light of different colors shot out from his body. After spinning around, they transformed into phantom images of true spirits such as the Heavenly Dragon, True Phoenix, and Thunder Roc.

Compared to before, there was an additional phantom image of a five-clawed gray dragon, which was Qu Ling’s true spirit body, the “Nightmare.”

One of the Twelve Transformations of the Jingzhe was precisely the Nightmare true spirit.

After killing Qu Ling back then, Han Li had collected its corpse. When crossing the Barbarian Wilderness Domain, he refined the true blood of the Nightmare true spirit and integrated it into his body.

Han Li formed hand seals and guided them. These true spirit phantoms flickered and merged into his body.

His body surface suddenly burst into a dazzling purple-gold light that was impossible to look at directly. His body instantly swelled, transforming into a three-headed, six-armed purple-gold demon god.

Han Li flicked his wrist, and nine time law crystal threads shot out, merging into the green giant sword in his hand.

The green giant sword immediately emitted a humming vibration, and a row of golden runes appeared on its blade.

The nearby world spiritual energy trembled, transforming into countless five-colored light points that converged like a tide toward the green giant sword, causing its power to skyrocket.