Chapter 981: Your Turn

At the same time, a small, thin figure suddenly flipped out from behind the golden shield, like an agile golden monkey, leaping directly over E Kuai's head. In his hand, he held a massive golden sword and slashed fiercely at E Kuai's neck.

The golden greatsword was densely covered with star apertures. The moment it fell, the star power contained within erupted almost simultaneously, causing the blade to appear sheathed in a serrated aura of sword energy.

However, when the golden sword struck, the star power that surged forth clashed with the layer of blood mist enveloping E Kuai's body. Sparks flew, and a series of sharp, clanging sounds erupted.

Though the sword's momentum was extremely fierce, it could not break through the blood mist, unable to cut into it at all.

"A paltry trick!" E Kuai said contemptuously.

As soon as his words fell, the fist that had smashed into the golden shield suddenly withdrew. When it struck out again, his entire right arm seemed to have swelled by a full circle, the bulging muscle lines carved as if by knife and axe, brimming with explosive power.

With a heavy boom!

E Kuai's fist slammed into the golden shield.

On the giant shield, star apertures flickered wildly, and the rebounding force surged in layers.

But E Kuai lowered his stance, letting that force pass over him, directly sending the sword-wielding puppet behind him flying.

At the same time, his right fist struck the golden shield again. Before the sound wave could rebound, his left fist followed, landing another heavy blow on the shield's surface.

A thunderous roar erupted!

E Kuai's fists, like a storm, pounded relentlessly against the shield.

The sound waves that should have rebounded from the golden shield were suppressed by each blow, accumulating and compressing on the shield's surface.

In an instant, the shield's limit of endurance was breached.

A deafening explosion, shaking heaven and earth, then rang out.

"Boom..."

The golden shield shattered with a bang, unleashing a tremendously powerful force that sent the shield-wielding puppet flying.

E Kuai stepped back a few paces, driving his legs into the ground to steady himself.

At that moment, Han Li's figure seemed untouched by the storm as he walked through the air, like a leaf in a gale. With a loud crack underfoot, he flashed several times and appeared above E Kuai's head.

Turning upside down in a dive, he fully activated the Heavenly Devil Suppression Art within him, lighting up all over four hundred star apertures, and punched fiercely down at E Kuai's crown acupoint at the top of his head.

At the tip of his fist, the power of the stars wrapped around, condensing into a substantial white fist shadow, its surface shimmering with crystalline light, as if embedded with a void of stars, the power contained within even more chilling.

Although Ekuai had been keeping an eye on Han Li's movements, he still hadn't expected him to strike at this moment. In his haste, he couldn't mount more defense, only managing to jerk his head aside, fully activating his cultivation technique to withstand the blow.

Han Li's fist grazed past Ekuai's head, but the snow-white fist shadow still pressed a clear mark on his face, slamming heavily onto his shoulder.

With a loud "Boom!"

The ground beneath Ekuai exploded, countless fragments of rock flying up and turning to dust.

He himself toppled to one side, buried in the rubble.

Han Li did not pause for a moment. He shook both arms, and fist shadows rained down like a meteor shower, a series of chaotic explosions ringing out continuously. The earth shook violently, dust filling the air.

Madam Liuhua, watching from afar, also flashed a look of astonishment in her eyes.

As the ground continued to collapse, the figures of Han Li and Ekuai both fell into the deep pit, no longer visible.

After a long moment, a thunderous roar came!

Han Li's figure suddenly flew backward out of the pit, soaring into the air and landing outside.

Immediately after, a purple-red figure chased out, none other than Ekuai.

His body bore wounds everywhere, looking bloody, but they were only superficial injuries, essentially insignificant. However, being pummeled underground like this by Han Li infuriated him.

After bursting out of the ground, Ekuai landed and looked at Han Li, who was staggering to his feet nearby, sneering:

"No wonder you brat could achieve so much—you've also cultivated the Heavenly Fiend Prison Suppression Art. I just wonder, which statue are you hiding on you?"

After their earlier exchange, Han Li could naturally see that Ekuai had also cultivated the Heavenly Fiend Prison Suppression Art, and his attainment far surpassed his own.

"I wonder, City Lord E, which statue have you cultivated?" Han Li spat out a mouthful of blood and smiled, retorting.

"The four statues were deliberately scattered by the Demon Lord back then. I only obtained two of them. I imagine the one on you is either the first or the fourth. Either way, it's good!" Ekuai said greedily, laughing.

"How about we swap?" Han Li suddenly raised an eyebrow and said.

"Haha... at a time like this, Fellow Daoist Li, don't jest, alright?" Ekuai laughed and said.

As soon as his words fell, the ground beneath him suddenly shattered. A golden figure silently rushed out, its arms reaching under Ekuai's armpits, then suddenly hooking upward and clamping tightly, locking him in a vice grip.

That golden figure was none other than the shield-bearing puppet that had lost its shield. The sound of mechanisms turning within it rang out continuously, and its golden armor actually split apart, like golden bands, binding Ekuai tightly.

The golden circlet was densely covered with talisman patterns, exuding an overwhelming force of confinement.

At the same time, the sword-wielding puppet shot up from underground, abandoned its sword at its side, and leaped to the spot over Elixir's heart. Its body clanged as its golden armor split apart and fused with the shield-wielding puppet.

"Traitor, die!" A wild roar came from afar—it was Shaxin screaming in anguish.

Before his words faded, the talisman patterns on the two golden-armored puppets blazed with light, coalescing into a blinding white radiance that exploded with a thunderous blast.

"Boom, rumble..."

A sound that shook heaven and earth rang out. Beneath the night sky, it was as if a blazing sun had risen, illuminating the entire world in a stark white light, making it impossible to open one's eyes.

Han Li, already aware of what was coming, had retreated swiftly to avoid it.

A violent surge of air swept across heaven and earth, and no one could see what was happening within.

After a long moment, the commotion subsided and the dust settled.

Han Li saw that the place where he had stood had become a massive black crater.

Elixir stood alone at the bottom of the deep pit, his clothes torn, his skin pitch-black—not the charred black of fire, but a glossy, eerie dark hue.

The date-red mark on his brow, however, had turned snow-white.

"Heh heh..."

Elixir let out a chilling, eerie laugh, and as he laughed, his form dissolved into a wisp of green smoke and vanished.

The next instant, a boom sounded from far away, and Shaxin's figure was blasted high into the air.

Elixir's dark form pursued closely, unleashing a hundred punches in a single breath.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Shaxin's body exploded with noise, falling from the sky like a lump of mud, his life or death unknown.

"He's faster and stronger now..." Han Li watched, his expression grim.

"Don't rush, it's your turn!" Elixir landed, turned his head to look at Han Li, and said slowly.

His voice seemed to have changed, making it extremely unpleasant to hear.

The next moment, Han Li's pupils contracted sharply. He stomped the ground and leaped backward.

But before his eyes, the black figure had already caught up.

Elixir's eyes were bloodshot, his reason seemingly fading. The fist he raised blazed with starlight like an exploding sun, driving straight at Han Li's chest.

Han Li dared not be careless. He activated the Heavenly Fiend Prison Suppression Art while also channeling his bloodline power.

The acupoints on his arms blazed with light, and his arm muscles bulged like inflated balloons, forming a barrier like two city gates before him.

At the same time, Han Li felt a strange sensation—a special power suddenly emerged in his arms, different from when he used true spirit bloodline power or the Heavenly Fiend Prison Suppression Art, yet somehow connected.

With a thunderous crash!

Before he could think it through, a torrent of overwhelming, violent force slammed into his arms.

The bones in Han Li's arms shook violently, and a sharp pain accompanied by immense pressure struck him, as if they were about to break.

Then his body flew backward, carving a trench thousands of feet long and hundreds of feet wide in the ground before crashing into a cliff wall and stopping.

The entire cliff wall, hundreds of feet high, shattered, and rolling boulders buried Han Li.

Han Li's arms felt numb; he moved them and found they were not broken.

Elixir, having activated the most dangerous blood-burning technique—the simultaneous burning of star and blood—knew that the longer he used it, the worse the backlash. He wanted a quick victory and gave Han Li no respite, charging forward to strike again.

His fists fell like a storm, pounding the rubble. The thunderous booms echoed like rolling thunder, startling the nine heavens.

The already shattered cliff wall was reduced to powder.

From beneath the dust, a furious roar erupted. A mountain-sized giant ape covered in golden fur burst out, raising a colossal fist to smash down on Elixir.

Elixir's entire form was smaller than the ape's fist, but he still threw a punch at it.

"Boom!"

A tremendous shockwave erupted, like a volcanic explosion, carrying a force that surprised even Han Li himself, surging toward Elixir.

A flicker of surprise passed through Elixir's eyes as he was sent flying backward by the giant ape's punch.

Han Li was not in a good state either; his massive body toppled backward and fell again.

The fallen giant ape rolled, and silver electric threads burst forth, transforming into a Thunder Roc. Spreading its wings, it skimmed the ground and shot forward.

"Trying to flee... where do you think you're going?" Elixir's pupils contracted as he roared.