Chapter 770: Evolution

As soon as Han Li entered the golden lightning pool, the already churning waters surged violently like monstrous waves, with a sudden roar. Large patches of golden electric snakes condensed into clusters of golden lightning masses, surging toward him from all directions, as if intent on blasting Han Li to pieces.

Han Li naturally did not sit idly by. The moment he entered the lightning pool, his body instantly grew half again in height, his arms and legs became noticeably thicker by several circles, and patches of scales emerged all over his body.

But immediately after, his form was submerged by the golden lightning light.

In an instant, the dazzling golden light illuminated the entire chamber like a blazing sun, making it impossible to look directly at it.

Seeing this, Liuqi Patriarch's eyes flickered. He quickly chanted an incantation, and a thick, furry fox tail coiled around the golden chain, pulling it sharply.

The light on the golden chain suddenly brightened, and arcs of golden lightning emerged, drawing most of the golden arcs in the lightning pool near the chain, thereby reducing the pressure on Han Li.

At the same time, it spat out a cloud-like mass of gray-white light.

As soon as the gray-white light left Liuqi Patriarch's mouth, it burst apart, transforming into dozens of gray-white beams that shot in all directions, merging into various parts of the great hall.

The patterns of the enormous formation on the ground were quickly dyed gray-white, and worm-like lines spread out from the formation, rapidly expanding.

These worm-like formation lines crawled over the stone door at the entrance, and with a rumble, the door closed directly.

The worm-like formation lines continued to spread, covering every corner of the great hall in an instant.

Threads of gray-white light emanated from these worm-like formation lines, enveloping the entire great hall. The connection between the hall and the outside world seemed to be severed, turning it into an independent space.

"Sumeru Separation!" Shi Chuankong's eyes flickered slightly.

The secret technique Liuqi Patriarch employed was a type of spatial technique, completely cutting off the connection between a place and the outside world, pulling it into a spatial plane.

For outsiders to enter here, they would have to completely shatter the entire space—a highly profound divine ability.

Shi Chuankong gave Liuqi Patriarch a deep look, then flickered and flew over to the side of the silver lightning pool.

"Brother Shi, what are you doing?" Hu San saw this and quickly flew over to ask.

"The baleful aura within me has not been cleansed, so naturally I am going down to continue washing it away," Shi Chuankong said with a grin at Hu San.

"You just saw the power of this silver lightning pool. Fellow Daoist Li barely survived it. You should not take such a risk; wait until the Patriarch is fully freed," Hu San frowned and advised.

"The situation outside is changing rapidly now. Enemies may appear at any moment. We cannot delay any longer. Brother Hu, thank you for your concern, but even if I die inside today, I must enter this lightning pool!" Shi Chuankong's eyes shone with unwavering determination. Before he finished speaking, he leaped into the silver lightning pool.

Hu San opened his mouth but said nothing. After shaking his head, he turned his gaze back to the golden lightning pool.

As time passed, the vast golden lightning light in the pool began to condense into large lightning pearls, lightning rings, and other objects, which bombarded Han Li's location from all directions.

Although Han Li's physical body had reached the Taiyi Jade Immortal realm, greatly increasing its toughness, it still could not withstand the assault.

Amid the crackling arcs, his skin turned blood-red in an instant, covered in blood and countless fine wounds that appeared, only to heal at a visible speed.

Han Li's eyes were tightly shut, seemingly motionless in the golden lightning pool, but the veins on his forehead bulged, and the muscles all over his body writhed, clearly enduring an indescribable agony. At the same time, he was circulating the "Great Cycle Star Origin Art" to protect his internal organs.

Having passed through the previous three lightning pools, he had already glimpsed many of their secrets. The deeper the contact with the lightning force in the pool, the faster his body could absorb the lightning pool's aura.

Time was pressing now; he had to quickly absorb the aura of the golden lightning pool and then cut the golden chain.

Before long, the golden arcs broke through his skin's defense and invaded his body, tearing apart the meridians and flesh wherever they passed.

The lightning law power contained in the arcs also invaded his body, spreading rapidly.

Han Li felt a numbness throughout his body, and he could not move a single inch; the circulation of his immortal spiritual power also lost control.

At this sudden change, his heart was filled with shock and anger. Shocked because he could not move or circulate his immortal spiritual power, he could not leave the lightning pool.

Angry because, in such an important matter, Liuqi Patriarch had not warned him.

Liuqi Patriarch had been imprisoned here for countless ages; Han Li did not believe he was unaware of the golden lightning pool's condition.

But now was not the time to blame Liuqi Patriarch. Han Li also forgot about absorbing the lightning pool's aura and tried his best to mobilize his immortal spiritual power to resist these lightning laws.

However, these lightning laws were exceptionally powerful, surging into his body wave after wave, and the numbness in his body grew heavier and heavier.

Han Li's mind was also invaded by a bolt of lightning law, which coiled around his soul, slowing the operation of his divine sense.

The soul-devouring worm in his soul had remained motionless ever since Yin Kuo's death, as if dead.

Now wrapped by this lightning law, it suddenly struggled violently, emitting faint but piercing screams, as if encountering something it greatly feared, twisting its body and desperately burrowing deeper into his soul.

But it was too late; the lightning law had already enveloped the soul-devouring worm. Tiny golden lightning law runes seemed attracted to the worm, rapidly merging into its body.

The worm's body suddenly swelled, then with a soft 'puff,' it shattered, turning into a wisp of black smoke that dissipated.

Han Li's soul trembled violently, and his vision went black.

Fortunately, the tremor was not strong, and with his divine sense power, he quickly recovered.

The soul-devouring worm in his soul had been a thorn in his side. Although with Yin Kuo dead, the worm might not have caused trouble, it was still a concern. Now that it was finally gone, he breathed a sigh of relief, and his gloomy mood lightened slightly.

But his good mood did not last long. The power of the Great Cycle Star Origin Technique, which had been protecting his internal organs, rapidly dissipated under the erosion of the lightning law, and waves of immensely powerful lightning force immediately seized the opportunity to invade his five viscera.

Han Li grunted, a trace of blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. A sharp glint flashed in his eyes as he prepared to break free from the lightning law in his body at all costs.

But at that moment, the seventy-two Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords in his dantian suddenly jumped, and slender golden arcs of electricity appeared on their blades.

The lightning law that had invaded his dantian was instantly sucked in like a long whale drinking water, devoured by the seventy-two Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords.

Han Li was startled, then a look of joy appeared on his face.

Though he didn't know what had happened, with the lightning law in his dantian gone, control of his immortal spiritual power returned to his hands.

Han Li was about to circulate the immortal spiritual power in his dantian to cast a spell and isolate himself from the surrounding lightning.

But the seventy-two Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords in his dantian lit up again, and with a 'whoosh,' they automatically flew out of his dantian, hovering around him, circling and dancing.

As the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords circled and danced, they also rapidly devoured the lightning law power from the surrounding lightning pool, like an old ox desperately drinking water, gulping it down.

Around the sword bodies, tiny golden lightning runes the size of rice grains appeared, emitting waves of lightning law fluctuations, causing the nearby void to hum and tremble.

The lightning laws within Han Li's body rapidly decreased, and his paralyzed body quickly recovered.

Seeing this scene before him, he stopped the operation of his immortal spiritual power, and the joy on his face grew even stronger, with a faint hint of excitement.

The Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords were his natal spirit treasures, and the connection between their minds was extremely close.

At this moment, Han Li could clearly sense that the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords were devouring the lightning laws in this lightning pool, undergoing a transformation, and finally beginning to advance to immortal artifacts.

This set of his natal spirit treasures had devoured numerous sword essences in the Minghan Immortal Mansion, causing their spiritual power to surge dramatically, far surpassing some immortal artifacts, and the power of a single flying sword was enough to rival most immortal artifacts.

However, although the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords were powerful, they lacked the laws within them, which was somewhat regrettable, and when contending with some graded immortal artifacts, they inevitably appeared somewhat inferior.

But now it seemed that this set of flying swords was finally about to advance to immortal artifacts!

Han Li suppressed his excitement, once again activated the "Great Cycle Star Origin Art" to protect his body, enduring the invasion of the surrounding golden lightning, while carefully observing the situation of the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords.

The seventy-two Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords were his natal spirit treasures, and any mishap was unacceptable.

"Eh!" Fox Three on the Thunder Pond looked at Han Li's situation, a surprised expression on his face.

Liu Qi Ancestor also looked over at Han Li, his eyes flickering slightly.

The seventy-two Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords whirled and danced around Han Li, the lightning law runes around the sword bodies rapidly expanding, now the size of a thumbnail, and the lightning law emanating had also multiplied in strength.

The sword bodies were also rapidly growing in size, transforming into azure giant swords several zhang in length, like seventy-two sharks swimming joyfully in the Thunder Pond, continuing to devour the lightning law in the pond even faster, as if they were bottomless pits.

Seeing this, Han Li was not surprised.

He knew that the law power contained in an immortal artifact was related to the materials it was refined from, the spiritual power it contained, and the degree of prior nurturing. If the material was too poor or the attributes mismatched, it could easily collapse when law power was infused.

The materials used for his Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords were already extraordinary, and the spiritual power they contained was extremely dense. They had been refined by the Profound Heaven Gourd for many years and then nurtured with immortal spiritual power within his body.

With such a solid foundation, the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords could naturally accommodate a great deal of law power.

The reason he had not upgraded this set of flying swords to immortal artifacts before was that he could not find such abundant law power, and so it had been delayed. Unexpectedly, here he had turned misfortune into fortune and encountered such an opportunity.