Chapter 783 Words of Experience

Facing Tong Yu's aggressive advance, Han Li neither drew his sword nor threw a punch this time. Instead, he casually tossed the azure gourd, which shot forth.

A swirling emerald vortex appeared at the gourd's mouth, from which a dark green beam shot out, striking the demonic qi wall. The destructive law power within it was released, instantly shattering the wall.

At the same time, the True Word Wheel within Han Li's body spun in reverse at extreme speed, and in an instant, he appeared before Tong Yu. The lightning radiance of his Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords blazed brightly as he poised to strike down upon his head.

The latter was startled, and with a flash of black light, he began to turn ethereal again, reverting to his demonic qi state.

Little did he know, Han Li had been waiting for this moment.

He raised his hand and slapped the bottom of the gourd. The Profound Heaven Gourd immediately emitted a brilliant emerald light, and a green vortex emerged at its mouth, emanating a powerful suction force.

Thick streams of demonic qi were torn and drawn into the gourd's mouth.

Tong Yu sensed something amiss, but it was too late. Before he could recover his form, he was pulled into the gourd's space.

Once inside the first layer, the dozens of Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords that Han Li had been nurturing there, without any prompting, released a brilliant golden light, forcing the black mist into the second layer.

Then, a heart-wrenching scream came from within the gourd.

Han Li lifted the gourd, shook it gently, and tilted its mouth to pour out. A pile of shattered flesh and bones slid out from the vortex at the gourd's mouth, scattering on the ground.

Although Tong Yu's nascent soul was at the Taiyi stage, it had no escape within the Profound Heaven Gourd and was naturally destroyed by the power of the destructive law. Now only a glittering golden storage bracelet remained, suspended in the gourd's first layer.

This sudden turn of events, though seemingly long, happened in an instant.

In the distance, a cold gleam flashed in Yin Yu's vertical pupil. There was not much anger, but more surprise.

He pressed down his long sword, and the massive sword light immediately slashed down, shattering the spatial barrier created by the Luo Zha Pipa.

Shi Chuankong felt a overwhelming force strike him, and his body plummeted, crashing directly into the mountain peak below.

With a thunderous roar!

Dust and smoke rose from the blue-black mountain peak, and large sections of the cliff face collapsed, sliding down the mountain.

Amidst the dust, Shi Chuankong shot out, stroking a white mark left on the pipa's body. Before he could feel distressed, he was caught by a huge white serpent's tail that came sweeping down from above.

Seeing Tong Yu slain, Yin Yu showed no intention of avenging him. Instead, he revealed his true form, coiled his serpent tail around Shi Chuankong, and prepared to take him away.

But as soon as he moved, he felt the surrounding scenery shift slowly. Looking around, he realized he had been enveloped by Han Li's time domain.

“Sir, taking someone away without a word seems rather impolite, don't you think?” Han Li's figure appeared before him, blocking his path, and said calmly.

As he spoke, the Essence Fire Bird spread its wings and hovered behind Han Li.

“Tong Yu should not have lost. You took advantage of his impatience and underestimation of the enemy,” Yin Yu said expressionlessly.

“You are not wrong, but... it seems you are not the only one underestimating the enemy, are you?” Han Li said with a smile.

Hearing this, Yin Yu's expression finally changed, and he looked around.

From several mountain peaks below, beams of light shot up into the sky. Golden and silver pillars of light rose intertwined, converging high in the air to form a massive void formation.

Yin Yu felt a dizziness in his mind, and the flow of air in the void before him became extremely slow. His entire body felt as if it were weighed down by a thousand tons, or bound by countless chains, heavy and sluggish.

“This is...” Yin Yu muttered faintly, his consciousness clouded.

At that moment, his serpent tail loosened slightly, and Shi Chuankong pushed it open, flying out.

“Are you alright?” Han Li asked, holding a glowing jade talisman as he approached.

“I'm fine. While he's trapped by the Time-Breaking Void-Sealing Formation, let's finish this quickly.” Shi Chuankong, also holding a glowing jade talisman, spat out a mouthful of clotted blood and said hurriedly.

Han Li said no more, nodded, and pressed his hands together, sandwiching the jade talisman between them. Golden light shone from his palms as he continuously infused his time law power into it. Beside him, Shi Chuankong did the same, but with silver light in his palms, radiating waves of spatial law fluctuations.

As the two exerted their full force, the formation floating in the void grew brighter and brighter, and the fluctuations of the two laws emanating from it grew stronger and stronger.

Yin Yu felt time slowing down more and more, while the immense weight pressing on him became increasingly unbearable. Yet the sluggishness of his divine sense prevented him from reacting, forcing him to clearly feel every bit of pain emanating from his body.

With a series of dull thuds, "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The void around Yin Yu began to collapse section by section. The original array space contracted from all sides toward the center, and the spatial pressure within it gradually bore down on Yin Yu.

In at most half an incense stick's time, the array space would completely collapse, crushing Yin Yu along with his Nascent Soul and divine sense. Under the slowing effect of the time law, this process would become unbearably prolonged, inflicting no less pain than that suffered by Tong Yu, who had been taken into Han Li's Xuantian Gourd.

However, powerful as the array was, it came at a great cost. The two treasures imbued with the laws of time and space that Han Li and Shi Chuankong had each contributed were destined to be completely destroyed.

Moreover, the stronger the person trapped in the array, the longer the array needed to operate, and the greater the consumption of their law power.

This was why they had not activated the array at the start but only after Han Li had killed one of their foes, ensuring enough law power to sustain the elimination of the trapped person.

Han Li, with a solemn expression, focused entirely on controlling the output of time law power, while Shi Chuankong beside him was already drenched in sweat.

Earlier, to counter Yin Yu's pursuit, he had forcibly activated the Luozha Pipa, consuming far more spatial law power than initially estimated, and now he could barely hold on.

Within the array, spatial compression continued. Clusters of bloody blossoms burst beneath Yin Yu, his serpent tail flattened by the spatial pressure, and his chest caved in with broken ribs.

In just a moment, all his bones would be shattered, and he would be unable to do anything more.

But at that moment, Shi Chuankong's spatial law power finally gave out, completely exhausted.

The silver light on the jade token in his palm suddenly dimmed and faded.

The entire great array hummed and stopped operating. Almost simultaneously, two explosions sounded from the peaks below, as the two array-suppressing treasures finally gave way and burst apart.

The entire great array completely disintegrated.

"Not good!" Han Li thought to himself, and without hesitation, he put away the jade token and waved his hand forward.

Immediately, a loud whoosh sounded around him. The eighteen Green Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords flashed with lightning and shot toward Yin Yu.

However, a brilliant sword light flashed from Yin Yu's side. An enormous waterfall of sword qi plummeted from the high sky, not only scattering all the Green Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords but also directly grinding down a thousand-zhang peak below.

Han Li recalled all his flying swords to his side and looked over. The residual power of the sword qi waterfall had dissipated, and the figure was gone, leaving only a faint trace of sword qi on the high sky.

Yin Yu, heavily injured, had chosen to flee directly.

Han Li called back the Essence Fire Bird that had been assisting from the side and turned to look at Shi Chuankong. The front of his robe was stained red with blood, and his breath was unsteady, clearly indicating severe injuries.

With a flick of his sleeve, a surge of green mist rolled out, steadily supporting Shi Chuankong's body in midair.

"I won't be stubborn this time. The injuries are serious; it'll take some days to recover. It's a pity we let one escape," Shi Chuankong said with a bitter smile.

"It's fortunate we got through this smoothly. Don't ask for more," Han Li said.

"Brother Li, after this, I truly admire you. If I had insisted on fleeing earlier, we might not have been caught up to now, but in three to five days, we would surely have been trapped, and the situation would have been much more passive," Shi Chuankong looked at Han Li and said sincerely.

"Having been chased many times, I've gained some experience. Sometimes fleeing blindly is not as good as launching a surprise ambush. We must hurry on our way; I'm afraid the next pursuer will be that Daluo beast," Han Li said, his gaze sharpening.

Shi Chuankong said nothing, silently nodding.

Han Li waved his hand, and a jade-green flying carriage appeared. With a swirl of green mist, Shi Chuankong and Han Li landed on the carriage.

Just as Han Li was about to activate the carriage, he seemed to remember something and stopped.

With a wave of his hand, seven or eight puppets of various shapes appeared. He flipped out several talismans and pasted them on the puppets.

"Brother Shi, pick a few puppets and leave some of your aura on them," Han Li said to Shi Chuankong.

Shi Chuankong immediately understood. While coughing blood, he said, "I didn't believe you when you said this was experience from being hunted, but now I do. However, this method probably won't be of much use, right?"

"Just a feint. If it works, good; if not, no loss," Han Li said with a smile.

After the two left their auras on several puppets, they slightly activated them. The puppets flew out of the carriage and sped off in different directions.

Only then did Han Li activate the jade-green carriage, which turned into a streak of light and disappeared at the horizon.