Chapter 936: Turning Hostile

Just as Shi Zhanfeng's battle blade was about to strike down, a tearing sound came!

The rock at the window of the stone tower instantly shattered, and Han Li's figure flashed out from within, the Star Moon Boots on his feet shimmering with light as he rapidly flew toward Shi Chuankong.

However, he had only just crossed a few hundred zhang in the air when his brow suddenly twitched, and from the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a white figure shooting toward that side with even greater speed.

With a pause in his movement, he landed on the roof of a well-preserved hall.

Just as Shi Zhanfeng was about to cut through Shi Chuankong's heart with his blade, he suddenly heard a heart-rending scream.

Startled, he stopped his action and turned to look, only to see a large white flower blooming on the chest of Du Yuan, who was locked in battle with the demon ape scale beast, covered in bright red blood.

Before he could see clearly what was happening, the large white flower suddenly closed its petals, becoming a sharp, spearhead-shaped bud, and violently pulled out of Du Yuan's heart.

Immediately, a through-hole appeared in Du Yuan's heart, from which blood gushed like a spring, splattering everywhere.

Then, a slender figure clad in white bone armor flashed out from behind Du Yuan's body, holding a strange weapon that resembled a bone spear, and waved at Shi Zhanfeng with a smile.

"It's you!" Shi Zhanfeng exclaimed in surprise.

Not only Shi Zhanfeng was astonished, but even Han Li on the distant hall roof wore a look of utter surprise.

For the person in white bone armor was none other than Gu Qianxun.

The spear in her hand probed again, and the tip emerged from Du Yuan's dantian. With a flash of white light, it split into five petals like a blooming flower, directly shredding Du Yuan's nascent soul.

Seeing Du Yuan dead, the charming woman immediately flew toward Shi Zhanfeng, but the demon ape scale beast refused to let her go and directly chased after her, engaging her in battle once more.

"Fellow Daoist from Xuan City, we have no enmity, why kill my companion?" Shi Zhanfeng frowned and asked.

Shi Chuankong also opened his eyes again at this moment, struggling to look toward Gu Qianxun, equally puzzled.

However, Gu Qianxun cast a distant glance at Shi Chuankong, who was severely wounded and almost completely immobile, with a very cold expression. She showed no intention of replying, and with a movement of her body, she charged swiftly toward Shi Zhanfeng.

"Want to save him? I'll make sure you come away empty-handed..." Shi Zhanfeng laughed loudly, and with another turn of his long blade, he chopped down at Shi Chuankong's head.

His posture in bringing down the blade was perfect, as if he had gathered full strength, intending to split open Shi Chuankong's head with one strike, but in reality, from the corner of his eye he kept watching Gu Qianxun flying toward him.

In the palm of his arm, which was slowly regenerating flesh and blood, he secretly held a narrow, willow-leaf-shaped white bone dagger. More than a dozen star apertures on it lit up simultaneously, waiting for Gu Qianxun to strike at his feinting war blade while rescuing someone, giving him the chance to use this dagger to seriously wound or even kill her.

However, when Gu Qianxun truly closed in, Shi Zhanfeng was surprised to find that her long spear was not aimed at his war blade but directly at his head.

She intended to kill, not to rescue!

Startled, Shi Zhanfeng had no time to think. He suddenly flicked his wrist, and the willow-leaf dagger shot out from his palm, straight toward Gu Qianxun's brow.

On that small dagger, more than a dozen star apertures lit up simultaneously, its surface flooded with white light, and instantly hundreds of blade beams split from it, shooting toward Gu Qianxun.

Seeing this, the latter frowned but showed no intention of stopping, continuing to charge forward.

However, her long spear suddenly turned, striking at the willow-leaf dagger. White light gushed from the spear tip, blooming like a flower, stirring the void, and enveloping all the blade beams.

Then, the strange spearhead's petals closed, returning to its original shape, and the willow-leaf dagger was directly wrapped inside the spearhead, thrusting together toward Shi Zhanfeng.

Shi Zhanfeng tapped his toe, his body retreating backward to the edge of the pit.

Outside the pit, he glanced at the seductive woman entangled by the demonic ape-scaled beast, unable to break free for the moment, then looked at his own arm, still not fully repaired with flesh and blood exposed. He sighed and shouted:

"Let's go."

With that, he turned and fled directly.

Hearing this, the seductive woman immediately retreated without hesitation, following him.

The demonic ape chased for a while but couldn't catch them. Losing its target, it turned around and charged back toward Gu Qianxun.

"Damn beast..."

Gu Qianxun cursed softly, waved her hand, and a token-like object shot out, hovering in front of the demonic ape's eyes.

Seeing this, the light in the ape's eyes dimmed, and its body rapidly shrank, once again turning into a miniature sculpture. Gu Qianxun swept her sleeve, grabbing it along with the token into her hand.

Han Li, watching from afar, grew even more conflicted.

"Did you come to save me or to kill me?" Shi Chuankong asked calmly, looking at Gu Qianxun as she approached him.

Gu Qianxun did not answer, only a hint of sorrow showing in her eyes. She raised her long spear and, without hesitation, thrust it directly at his brow.

Just then, a curved white light shot over, and with a clang, struck the tip of the spear.

Immediately after, Han Li stepped through the void as if treading on air, arriving beside Shi Chuankong, and grasped the white curved blade he had previously thrown as a hidden weapon.

"Fellow Daoist Gu, what are you doing?" Han Li's gaze sharpened as he looked at the somewhat unfamiliar Gu Qianxun, frowning.

"I haven't asked you yet—why are you obstructing my business without reason?" Gu Qianxun, seeing Han Li appear, replied coolly.

"This Fellow Daoist Shi is a friend of mine, and he should have no enmity with you. As long as I am here, I naturally won't allow him to be harmed," Han Li said calmly.

"What if I say I must kill him?" Gu Qianxun's voice turned cold.

"Then I'll have to offend you," Han Li said without hesitation.

"Fine!"

With that single word, Gu Qianxun moved her feet, abandoning Shi Chuankong and lunging directly at Han Li.

Over thirty star-point apertures on her white bone spear glowed with dazzling white light. With a twist, over a hundred identical white spear shadows densely materialized out of thin air, stabbing at every part of Han Li's body.

Her attack showed no mercy whatsoever!

Han Li's expression turned slightly cold. He swung his arm, and the white curved blade traced a mysterious arc, cutting into the myriad spear shadows.

The hundred-odd spear shadows instantly burst and scattered. The blade's edge precisely struck the tip of the white bone spear, blocking it.

Instead of being alarmed, Gu Qianxun was delighted. She suddenly twisted her long spear, and the spear tip blossomed like a flower, splitting into four petals, then swiftly closed like a large mouth, biting down on the white curved blade.

At the same time, white light surged from the spear tip, forming a white light arrow that shot at Han Li's chest with lightning speed.

Gu Qianxun also raised her hand and flicked, sending a black light flying from her hand—it was Shi Chuankong's earlier relief pendant.

With a bang!

The relief pendant shattered, and a black light vortex burst forth. The demonic ape from before reappeared, though slightly smaller, and charged headlong at Han Li.

The demonic ape shook its body, and all the dense spikes on its surface detached, turning into countless black lights that shot toward Han Li like a net, engulfing his figure.

At that moment, Gu Qianxun suddenly released her bone spear, waved both hands, and eight white short spikes shot out from her sleeves, turning into eight blurry white lights aimed at Shi Chuankong off to the side.

From beginning to end, her target had been Shi Chuankong.

Shi Chuankong lay on the ground, unable to move. Seeing the white spikes coming, he could not dodge and could only close his eyes, waiting for death.

But just then, a thunderous explosion erupted from Han Li's body ahead.

All the apertures on his body blazed with white light, which then transformed into a vast, oppressive white light wave that burst outward in all directions.

The light arrow from the white bone spear and the black spikes from the demonic ape's body, upon touching the white light wave, immediately halted and then shattered and exploded inch by inch.

The demonic ape was also swept up by the light wave and sent flying, crashing heavily into a nearby building, which collapsed with a roar, burying the ape beneath it.

At the same time, Han Li moved his feet and vanished from the spot, appearing before Shi Chuankong in the next instant like a teleport. He swung his right hand.

The six white short spikes suddenly disappeared, all landing in his hand.

Seeing this, Gu Qianxun finally showed a look of shock.

Han Li glanced at the six spikes in his hand, then looked at Gu Qianxun, and moved his arm.

With a whoosh, the six spikes turned into six white streaks, emitting a terrifying screech, and flew back at several times their original speed.

Gu Qianxun's expression changed drastically. She snatched back the white bone spear like lightning, shook it, and the white curved blade flew out, colliding with one white streak.

At the same time, five huge white spear blossoms appeared out of nowhere, striking the other five white streaks.

With six consecutive deafening clangs of metal striking metal!

Gu Qianxun's body shook violently. She stumbled back seven or eight steps, a flicker of terror in her eyes, then turned abruptly and fled into the distance, using the momentum.

Her speed was already extremely fast, and now, borrowing the recoil from the white spikes, she moved even faster. In a flash, she was over a thousand zhang away, seemingly about to escape.

But just then, Gu Qianxun's vision blurred, and Han Li's figure appeared like a ghost before her, blocking her path.

Gu Qianxun stopped as if she had seen a ghost.

"Fellow Daoist Gu, who exactly are you?" Han Li looked at Gu Qianxun and asked.

"Fellow Daoist Li, why do you need to know so much? Since you insist on protecting that Shi Chuankong, I'll yield him to you," Gu Qianxun said, her expression already calm, a faint smile appearing on her face.

"Who exactly are you? Don't force me to really make a move against you," Han Li said, word by word.