Chapter 689: Recognition

Han Li's sudden release of the time domain first startled Bi She the Immortal, then filled her with immense joy. Her figure immediately shot out from beside the wall, blurring as she appeared hundreds of zhang away.

At this moment, the blue soft armor on her body was tattered, revealing her skin, which was now covered in a layer of fine blue scales, though many were also cracked and bleeding profusely.

She hastily took out a pill and swallowed it, then cast a complex glance at Han Li.

On the other side, within the five-colored lightning, a silver light flashed, and a figure shot out—it was Hu San.

He was now barely clothed, with scorched black wounds all over his body, looking quite miserable, but his aura was still stable, indicating his injuries were much lighter than Bi She the Immortal's.

“Brother Li, no need for words of gratitude. If we survive this calamity, I'll treat you to a three-day drinking binge!” the silver fox laughed, calling out to Han Li, then took out a green talisman and affixed it to himself.

With a “pop,” the talisman turned into a dense green light that merged into his body, causing his wounds to heal rapidly.

Chi Rong and Su Liu, unwilling to let Hu San and the others recover, immediately lunged forward in pursuit.

Although Bi She the Immortal and Hu San were slightly faster than Chi Rong and Su Liu, the great hall was too small, making it hard to dodge, so they had no choice but to brace themselves and engage, and the four clashed again.

As for Han Li, Gongshu Tian did not immediately make a move but stared fixedly at him, a strange glint in his eyes.

Seeing this, Han Li's expression remained unchanged, but he sighed inwardly.

“You are Li Feiyu!” Gongshu Tian suddenly shouted.

Han Li was not particularly surprised to have his identity exposed.

He had used the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords and unleashed the time domain; the Heavenly Court must have already obtained this information. With two监察仙使 present, it was not strange that they deduced his identity.

At this moment, Hu San and the others were in dire straits, so he had no choice but to deploy the domain.

“I should have thought of it earlier. Others think that Jiao San killed Gongshu Jiu, but I know you are the real culprit. I never expected you to have the audacity to come to this Black Earth Immortal Domain. Thinking that mastering a bit of time law makes you invincible—today, don't even think about leaving here alive!” Gongshu Tian said slowly, his eyes tinged with bloodshot as he stared at Han Li.

“There are plenty who want to kill me; one more makes no difference. Fellow Daoist Rehuo, leave this to me. Go help Bi She the Immortal,” Han Li said with a faint smile, then turned to Rehuo the Immortal Venerable.

Rehuo the Immortal Venerable looked at Han Li, opened his mouth as if to speak, but ultimately said nothing. He turned and flew toward Bi She the Immortal.

“Arrogance comes at a price!” Seeing Han Li so dismissive of him, Gongshu Tian roared and lunged down.

At the same time, a crimson light blazed from his body, surging outward in rings, instantly expanding into a domain filled with fire-attribute laws that enveloped the entire great hall.

Then, within the domain, sparks of fire intertwined and coalesced, soon forming a flame giant over a hundred zhang tall, radiating rolling waves of fire law fluctuations.

Enveloped by the flame domain, Han Li felt the air around him tighten, and rolling waves of heat assailed him. The temperature soared abruptly, making him feel as if he were in a furnace of blazing flames, almost suffocating, and a restless irritation surged in his heart.

But his body paused slightly, and a layer of silver flame emerged on his skin. Instantly, the scorching sensation vanished. Then, with a tap of his foot, he retreated.

“Don't run!”

Seeing that Han Li was completely unaffected within his domain, Gongshu Tian was both shocked and enraged. He formed a hand seal with one hand.

The flames on the giant's body flared up. It raised one arm, and with a blinding flash of fire, a fist the size of a house hurtled down toward Han Li like a meteor.

Where the flaming giant fist passed, the nearby void was torn into long black scars, accompanied by sharp, piercing explosions.

Before the giant fist arrived, Han Li felt a suffocating pressure suddenly descend, as if trying to completely immobilize his body.

Han Li was not flustered. He quickly formed hand seals with both hands.

With a “whoosh” like surging waves, the blue water screen formed by the small blue shield in front of him rapidly shrank, turning into a three-foot-thick blue water wall that blocked his front.

The phantom of the great river appeared on the water wall again, flowing noticeably slower than before, and the blue light it emitted was somewhat dim.

Seeing this, Han Li's heart tightened, knowing that this was due to the fire-attribute laws pervading the entire space, greatly reducing the shield's power.

In the blink of an eye, just as the water wall formed, the flaming giant fist crashed down, slamming heavily into it.

With a thunderous roar that shook heaven and earth!

A red and a blue halo burst open, with billowing white smoke filling the space and spreading outward.

The phantom of the great river within the blue water wall rapidly diminished at a visible speed, and the blue light began to flicker intermittently.

The flame giant pressed closer, and its other fist, wreathed in rolling flames, smashed down like a volcanic eruption.

The phantom of the great river within the blue water wall instantly turned into a tiny stream, nearly collapsing, and after the flame giant's third fist fell, it directly burst apart with a loud bang, turning into a large swath of blue light, which then turned into white smoke and vanished.

Seeing the flame giant's fourth fist following closely, Han Li showed no panic. With a flash of the thirty-six acupoints on his chest, he raised a fist and met it.

With a thunderous boom, a fist wrapped in silver flames collided with the enormous flaming giant fist!

What Gongshu Tian did not expect was that his proud flame spirit's giant fist, along with its entire arm, suddenly exploded into countless crimson flames, and a considerable portion was devoured by the silver flames on Han Li's fist.

Although the flame giant's exploded arm instantly restored itself as countless flames surged, it did not strike again.

"Essence Flame! Who would have thought that a mere Golden Immortal would possess so many tricks, no wonder Gongshu Jiu capsized in a ditch! Excellent, I have been searching for a heavenly flame to serve as a medium to fuse my many miscellaneous spiritual flames, and the Essence Flame is naturally the best choice." Gongshu Tian stood atop the flame giant's head, a glint of greed flashing in his eyes, and sneered.

Han Li paid no heed to Gongshu Tian's words and urged his sword art with the other hand.

Swish, swish, swish!

Nine Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords shot out, transforming into nine green shadows. With golden lightning flickering on their surfaces, they slashed down at Gongshu Tian from all directions, astonishingly fast, arriving in a flash.

The nine green flying swords, like a green lotus of swords, spun rapidly, emitting countless sharp green sword auras crisscrossing, as if intent on cutting Gongshu Jiu into pieces.

Gongshu Tian's pupils contracted. In his palm, a huge fire-dragon sword had somehow appeared, and he swung it fiercely.

A vast expanse of flames surged out, transforming into a fire dragon wreathed in rolling flames. It coiled around him, shaking its head and tail, and immediately a loud hissing sound arose as tens of thousands of flaming sword auras flew from the dragon's mouth.

In midair, a loud hissing sound erupted. Green and red sword auras crisscrossed all around Gongshu Tian, their brilliance so bright it was almost blinding.

Most of the flaming sword auras shattered, but the nine Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords were also all knocked back.

As the fire dragon swam around him, dense flaming sword auras emerged once again.

At that moment, Gongshu Tian suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a white ball of light.

Inside the ball of light was a small ruler, an inch or so high.

Without a word, Gongshu Tian pointed at the small ruler and muttered something. Immediately, the small ruler rapidly grew larger within the white light, turning into a ruler several zhang long, its surface densely inscribed with five-colored runes.

As the five-colored spirit ruler spun swiftly, the five-colored runes on its surface simultaneously blazed up, igniting a layer of five-colored spiritual flames. Within the fire-attribute spirit domain released by Gongshu Tian, countless identical five-colored spirit rulers also appeared out of nowhere, spinning simultaneously, their surfaces wreathed in rolling five-colored flames, dazzling to the extreme.

Then, clusters of five-colored flames flew out from these spirit rulers, surging toward Han Li in a sky-covering, earth-obscuring manner.

At first, there were only a few dozen or a hundred, but in an instant, they turned into thousands, tens of thousands, densely packed, as if intending to engulf Han Li.

Seeing this, Han Li raised a hand, and the silver flames enveloping his body suddenly swelled, forming a silver flame barrier that shielded him.

Then, a scene that greatly astonished him appeared!

The Essence Flame, which had always been invincible and capable of devouring all flames, was unable to devour these five-colored flames; it could only barely block them.

Just as Gongshu Tian raised a hand to make another move, Han Li suddenly raised a hand and offered a golden command flag, which spun above his head with a sharp whistling sound.

He chanted an incantation, and the golden command flag flapped and expanded tenfold. Countless golden starlight surged out, forming a vortex of starlight that rapidly spread outward.

His own figure, along with the Essence Flame, vanished into the golden starlight, disappearing in a flash.

Those five-colored flames surged forward but passed through the golden starlight as if through nothing, causing no effect.

The golden starlight rapidly spread, interweaving with the dense phantom five-colored spirit rulers, filling a space of dozens of zhang in an instant, and continued to expand outward.

Seeing this, Gongshu Tian's eyes flickered with strange light, and his figure immediately shot backward.

The flame giant also shot backward, its body rapidly shrinking, turning into the size of an ordinary person in an instant, following closely beside him.

After the brief exchange, although his words were light, in his heart he no longer dared to underestimate this Golden Immortal before him, who, despite having a lower cultivation level, had mastered the power of time law and possessed numerous tricks.

Moreover, after Han Li's figure vanished into the starlight vortex, it seemed as if he had disappeared completely, with no trace of him detectable. Yet the time spirit domain he had released still existed. Although its actual influence was quite limited under the interference of his fire-attribute spirit domain, he still dared not be careless.