Chapter Sixty-Five: The Ropes of Xuanhuang

Han Li's mind turned, and the fist he had just thrown suddenly opened its fingers, transforming the punch into a grab as he seized a Yellow Turban Warrior before him and hurled it toward the外围 of the Yellow Turban Warrior group.

With a "bang!"

A warrior standing motionless on the periphery was struck squarely, and under the impact of a tremendous force, both of them dispersed, the invisible air waves they stirred up sweeping several nearby Yellow Turban puppets off their feet.

Then, a loud sound of air being rent arose!

Han Li's figure moved unpredictably; as he waved his hands, one after another, the Yellow Turban Warriors that approached him were seized without any resistance and flung away, tracing arcs through the air before landing precisely among the peripheral warrior groups.

As for the gray-black lightning and strange bird attacks that he could not evade, he simply ignored them outright.

In just two or three breaths, the army of peripheral Yellow Turban Warriors fell in a chaotic heap, thrown into disarray.

"No more waiting. Finish this quickly!" Tong Ren'e's face darkened as he shouted coldly.

After saying this, he flipped his hand and produced a seemingly rusted Xuanhuang-colored token, while his other hand formed a strange hand seal. His mouth moved rapidly in an incantation, and the surface of the token immediately blazed with dazzling yellow light.

Han Li tilted his head, his gaze sharply contracting!

Although he did not know what this token was, the moment the old man offered it, he inexplicably felt a sense of alarm.

But before he could do anything, the Xuanhuang token in Tong Ren'e's hand flew out, transforming into a dazzling yellow streak that landed high above Han Li's head, spinning rapidly as strange Xuanhuang-colored runes lit up one after another.

A bizarre scene unfolded!

All the thousands of motionless Yellow Turban Warriors on the periphery simultaneously raised their hands above their heads, crossing them as if igniting a spark, and their bodies suddenly burst forth with extremely dazzling yellow light, which swiftly converged at the crossing point of their arms and shot upward.

All the blinding yellow light connected and expanded in the air, like a yellow light curtain, instantly covering a thousand-zhang area centered on Han Li.

The moment the yellow light enveloped his body, Han Li felt his body suddenly become heavy, as if pressed down by a ten-thousand-zhang giant peak, and his movements became somewhat sluggish.

At that moment, sounds of "puff puff" arose one after another.

On the ground covered by the yellow light, wisps of Xuanhuang-colored mist rose from beneath, intertwining and weaving together to form ropes of Xuanhuang, which flew toward him like spirit snakes, and in an instant, they coiled around his body, binding him tightly.

In the blink of an eye, Han Li's waist, arms, and legs were all bound separately, firmly restraining him to the ground, leaving him unable to move an inch.

Han Li inwardly cried out in alarm. He frantically activated the formula of the Little Big Dipper Star Origin Art, and the six blue lights in his chest and abdomen flashed wildly as divine power erupted within him. He twisted his body and yanked his arms.

The Xuanhuang ropes binding him were instantly pulled taut, and the thinnest among them trembled incessantly. Although they still bound him, they could no longer completely restrict his movements.

At the same time, the yellow gourd that Duan Renli had been holding had somehow flown to hover motionless above his head.

Duan Renli opened his mouth and spat several mouthfuls of blood essence onto it, while a low incantation sounded from his mouth.

The surface of the gourd in midair flared with yellow light, swelling to the size of a house in the wind. The golden runes swirling around its mouth grew to the size of a palm and emitted dazzling golden light.

"Whirring"

Countless yellow beans sprayed out from the gourd's mouth, pouring down like the Yellow River bursting its banks.

These newly born Yellow Turban Warriors, after a brief run, stood still and likewise raised their hands crossed above their heads, releasing dazzling yellow light that merged into the yellow light curtain above.

Han Li clenched his fists, and despite the pull of the Xuanhuang ropes, he still threw several punches, blasting apart the warriors and strange birds before him, but his movements grew increasingly sluggish.

It seemed that with every additional warrior, the light curtain above became a bit more solid, and the Xuanhuang mist emerging from the ground increased by a trace.

Thus, the Xuanhuang qi rising from the ground grew more and more abundant and dense, making the ropes binding him increasingly solid and strong.

He felt his body become extremely heavy, as if several great mountains were pressing down on his arms, making them harder and harder to move, while the Xuanhuang ropes continuously tightened, leaving deep indentations on his clothes.

Suddenly, a flash of golden light appeared on his body surface. With a low shout, strands of golden fur grew from his skin, and in an instant, he transformed into a golden-furred giant ape, his body wildly expanding.

He had once again employed the Awakening Mantra, transforming into a mountain giant ape!

Tong Ren'e and the Daoist He Shan were momentarily stunned at the sight of the giant ape that had swelled to over ten zhang in size.

Although they had long learned of this bizarre secret technique of Han Li from Duan Renli, witnessing it firsthand still shocked them with the terrifying aura it emitted.

"Daoist He Shan, what are you standing there for?" Tong Ren'e shouted in a low voice, putting away the ancient book before him and then focusing entirely on activating the formation below.

Daoist He Shan immediately snapped back to his senses. He stopped summoning the gray-black thunderbolts and, with a solemn expression, began to chant while forming hand seals continuously. Suddenly, dense golden strange runes surged from his body surface, and then a layer of golden light radiated from his body.

At this moment, the Yellow Turban Warriors surrounding the giant ape that Han Li had transformed into had already exceeded ten thousand.

Endless Xuanhuang qi surged from the ground, merging into the Xuanhuang ropes binding the golden-furred giant ape, making them thicker and stronger, showing no signs of breaking.

A sky-shaking roar erupted!

A series of crackling sounds like popping beans rang out from inside the giant ape's body. Its muscles swelled up as if inflated, and the golden fur all over its body became as hard as steel needles, standing on end. Its form actually swelled again, doubling in size to over thirty zhang.

However, the Xuanhuang rope wrapped around it also rapidly expanded with a flash of yellow light, becoming thicker and tougher, still binding it tightly.

Just then, the giant ape's body suddenly flashed with light, and its size shrank sharply, contracting back to about ten zhang in height.

But almost at the same time, the Xuanhuang rope also changed like a clinging maggot, shrinking down accordingly.

No matter how the giant ape grew or shrank, the rope always managed to bind it perfectly, as if custom-made for it at every moment, keeping it unable to break free.

"Still trying to break free now? What wishful thinking!" Duan Renli witnessed this and couldn't help but let out a wild laugh.

"Daoist He Shan, why not make your move now? What are you waiting for?" Tong Ren'e looked at He Shan Daoist not far away and shouted with a frown.

The latter did not reply. With a wave of his golden robe's wide sleeve, a golden light shot out from it, flew to above the golden giant ape's head, and revealed a cyan-grey ancient scroll.

He Shan Daoist pointed at the scroll with his fingers together and shouted loudly:

"Go!"

Golden rays immediately shot out from his fingertips, transforming into a golden rainbow that flew entirely into the ancient scroll. The scroll flashed with cyan light, shook left and right a few times, and then unfurled with a rustle.

A dazzling golden light lit up from the scroll's surface, and a golden Nascent Soul phantom about five or six inches in size flew out from it.

It wore a lotus crown on its head and a ochre-yellow Daoist robe. Its face was aged, its expression calm, and it strikingly resembled Jingyuan Temple's ancestor, Jingming Daoist.

At the same time, He Shan Daoist continued to chant. The unfurled scroll shimmered with golden light, and one golden ancient seal character after another flew out from it, all rushing into the Nascent Soul phantom.

The golden figure's body was suddenly enveloped in golden light, stretched and deformed, and transformed into a giant golden sword over ten zhang long.

The sword's body was engraved with countless strange golden runes, and it was surrounded by rings of runes, from which emanated terrifying fluctuations that made one's heart tremble.

The moment the giant golden sword appeared, Tong Ren'e and Duan Renli couldn't help but exchange glances, both seeing a trace of shock in each other's eyes.

Han Li, in the form of the giant ape, suddenly lifted his massive head and looked upward.

His fists clenched abruptly, and six huge blue light masses lit up simultaneously in his chest and abdomen. The muscles on his arms bulged as he strained to pull his arms back in front of him, preparing to meet the giant sword above.

But the Xuanhuang rope wrapped around his arms immediately blazed with light, taut as an iron spear, yet it still seemed unable to restrain him as he slowly pulled his arms back to his chest.

"Not good, hurry!" Duan Renli shouted loudly.

Tong Ren'e's face was somewhat pale, and his ten fingers were already spinning like wheels, continuously forming hand seals.

The rotation speed of the dark yellow token in midair suddenly increased greatly!

The yellow light emanating from the more than ten thousand Yellow Turban warriors below also surged, and more Profound Yellow Qi emerged from the ground, causing the Profound Yellow ropes binding the golden-furred giant ape to tighten again, increasing the pulling force.

The giant ape's body trembled violently, and its arms, which had just been retracted to its chest, were immediately pulled back again.

"Ji!"

He Shan Dao Ren finally finished his spell and shouted loudly.

The golden giant sword suspended in the air trembled with a roar, transforming into a golden streamer that slashed down toward the golden-furred giant ape's head.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The golden giant sword shattered layers of void, emitting thunderous roars. Where it passed, numerous slender gray-white fissures flashed and vanished, from which intense spatial fluctuations emanated.

In the area covered by the sword light, light twisted and became blurred. Even the clouds above were somewhat displaced and deformed. The two to three hundred ghost-headed strange birds circling overhead could not evade in time, let out a mournful cry, and directly disintegrated into nothingness.

At this moment, the golden-furred giant ape's body could not break free from the Profound Yellow ropes, leaving it with no means to dodge.

At the critical moment, the giant ape suddenly raised its head and roared, its body bursting with golden light. Golden scales emerged all over its body, and a cyan horn instantly grew from its head.

Just as the giant sword descended, the giant ape leaned back slightly, stiffened its neck, and abruptly rammed its head upward.

"Boom!" A deafening, earth-shattering sound!

The tip of the golden giant sword heavily struck the cyan horn on the giant ape's forehead. All the sword light emitted by the blade instantly exploded, scattering like golden rain in all directions.

Almost the entire void shook wildly. Dozens of gray-white fissures appeared near the light sword, flashing and vanishing. Within a hundred zhang radius centered on the giant ape, the Yellow Turban warriors collapsed one after another, their bodies disintegrating with a roar.

Amid a dazzling radiance, the golden sword blade trembled violently, bending into an astonishingly large arc. With a rebound, it was actually flung back.

But the golden giant ape merely swayed slightly, then returned to its original state, showing no signs of damage.

"How is that possible!"

He Shan Dao Ren couldn't help but exclaim in shock.

Tong Ren'e and Duan Renli were also utterly stunned, their mouths slightly open, unable to speak.