Under the pressure of the grey light released by the Yuan and Five Extremes Mountains, the area of golden ripples released by the Treasure Wheel of Truth was being compressed continuously. The speed of the white light was also increasing continuously.
At this rate, it would not be long before the strange white light broke through the shackles of time and landed on Han Li's body.
Beads of sweat started to appear on Han Li's forehead. He could clearly feel that as the white light approached, his spirit was constantly feeling a piercing pain.
His face was gloomy. He mobilized the magic power in his body and kept injecting it into the Treasure Wheel of Truth. However, it could only slightly slow down the speed at which the golden ripples were being compressed.
The Youth couldn't help but reveal a hint of complacency in his eyes. He opened his mouth and spat out a ball of black light. Countless black runes were jumping in it.
He quickly made a hand seal with one hand. The ball of black light split into two and turned into two black shadows. They entered the giant inkstone and the Yuan and Five Extremes Mountains respectively.
The giant inkstone and the Yuan and Five Extremes Mountains shone brightly at the same time.
The grey space that enveloped Han Li seemed to have solidified. Countless grey ripples flickered and attacked. The area of golden ripples around Han Li's body was compressed rapidly again. It was compressed to less than five hundred feet.
The white light became brighter. Countless white runes were jumping in it. It seemed as if they were about to break free from the shackles of the golden ripples. They dyed the surrounding area of golden ripples white. They started to approach Han Li at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Han Li's face started to turn pale. However, no matter how hard he tried, the area of golden ripples that enveloped him continued to shrink under the pressure of the grey light.
At this moment, the white light was less than two hundred feet away from him.
The Youth seemed as if he could already see victory. He made another hand seal with both hands and the black light on his body shone again.
At this moment, something strange happened!
The void behind him suddenly rumbled, and within the black mist, a faint golden pincer phantom the size of a house emerged. Countless golden arcs of lightning coiled around it, and it emitted terrifying fluctuations of the power of law. It fiercely scissored towards the young man in luxurious clothes, and its speed was as fast as lightning.
The Youth's face changed drastically. He made a hand seal with his hands.
Black light surged on his body, and a suit of armor appeared.
The armor was purplish-black in color, and its appearance was quite ferocious. The helmet was in the shape of a dragon's head, and there were several spikes protruding from its shoulders and knees. Its surface was covered in black patterns, and it emitted a towering baleful aura.
Bang!
The golden pincers fiercely cut the purple-black armor, causing an earth-shattering noise.
The well-dressed Youth was sent flying, and faint cracks appeared on his purplish-black armor.
Although the armor had blocked the attack, a terrifying force was still transmitted into the Youth's body, causing his internal organs to churn. With a "wa" sound, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
After he was sent flying, the giant inkstone lost its control, and the white beam of light it shot out finally dissipated when it was less than ten feet away from Han Li.
The Integrated Five Extremes Mountain was still hovering above Han Li's head, but the grey light it cast down was also flickering and becoming unstable.
The grey space around Han Li's body also fluctuated. Then, it became much dimmer, and the restrictive force was greatly reduced.
Suddenly, rays of light burst out from his body, and several balls of light of different colors flew out. These balls of light turned into the virtual images of the Heavenly Dragon, Blue Luan, Thunder Roc, and other Real Spirits.
They revolved around his body, and all the virtual images of the Real Spirits submerged into his body.
The surface of Han Li's body suddenly shone with a soaring purplish-golden light. Then, his body swelled up, and he turned into a purplish-golden giant with three heads and six arms.
Golden scales and silver spirit patterns appeared on the surface of his body. Seven star patterns also appeared on his lower abdomen, and they emitted dazzling starlight. Then, they complemented the purplish-golden light on his body.
An incomparably huge aura burst out from his body, and the grey space around him trembled.
The purplish-golden giant grabbed the void with one of his hands, and a green light burst out from the center of his palm. Then, a huge green sword appeared, and hacked down.
An incomparably huge crescent-shaped green sword-light flew out. It was surrounded by thick electric arcs, and it struck the grey light curtain.
"Chi La!" A loud sound was heard!
This time, a crack was created in the grey space. It was connected to the outside world.
The purplish-golden giant's body twisted, and it turned into a purple shadow. Then, it flew out of the crack with incomparable speed. The space between its eyebrows split open, and a pitch-black vertical eye emerged.
"Whoosh!"
A sparkling and translucent beam of light shot out from the vertical eye. Then, it turned into a small blurry sword, and disappeared without a trace in a flash.
The next moment, the sword appeared out of thin air behind the head of the well-dressed Youth, and slashed down.
The series of movements were as smooth as floating clouds and flowing water. It was unbelievably fast.
The well-dressed Youth was sent flying and injured, but his reaction was still extremely fast. He hastily waved his palm, and a black palm of light appeared above his head. Then, he grabbed the small blurry sword.
"Chi!" A soft sound was heard!
The moment the black palm of light grabbed the small blurry sword, the shadow of the sword flashed, and it disappeared into thin air.
The Youth was slightly startled. Before he could understand what was going on, a wave of light flashed in his mind. Then, the small blurry sword appeared out of thin air, and fiercely slashed at his divine soul.
"Argh!"
The well-dressed Youth clutched his head with both hands as he let loose a bloodcurdling howl.
Right at this moment, golden lightning flashed, and Daoist Xie appeared behind the well-dressed Youth before spreading his hands open.
Boom!
Two gargantuan balls of golden lightning appeared in front of Daoist Xie, each of which was the size of a small mountain. Thick arcs of golden lightning were crackling around the balls of lightning, creating quite a harrowing sight to behold.
A series of golden lightning runes appeared on the surface of the balls of lightning, each of which was the size of a tabletop, and they were flashing erratically while exuding powerful fluctuations of laws.
Daoist Xie brought his hands together, and the two balls of lightning instantly combined to form a gargantuan lightning sword amid a resounding thunderclap.
With the giant sword as the center, a circle of intertwining golden lightning arcs immediately swept out in all directions. Wherever it passed, all of the black mist was swept away as if it were dry weeds and rotten wood.
The space within a radius of several tens of kilometers began to tremor violently as boundless spiritual Qi of heaven and earth manifested into five-colored balls of light that converged toward the giant sword in a torrential wave.
Five-colored light revolved around the surface of the giant lightning sword, causing the nearby space to fluctuate violently.
All of a sudden, the sky within a radius of close to 50 kilometers suddenly dimmed.
The young man in luxurious clothes didn't even have the time to react before the enormous sword crashed down and slashed at his body.
A resounding boom erupted!
Countless cracks instantly appeared over the suit of armor the Youth was wearing before it exploded amid a resounding thump.
The well-dressed Youth's body was also inundated by massive bolts of lightning before exploding into a cloud of blood and gore.
Han Li had already reverted back to his original form, and he heaved a faint sigh of relief upon seeing this.
At this moment, a small ball of extremely dim black light appeared in the sky full of minced meat. Then, it immediately disappeared into the void.
Han Li's eyes flickered with blue light when he saw this, and the vertical eye between his eyebrows flashed.
A streak of black light shot forth, striking a certain spot in the air in a flash before vanishing without a trace.
"Puff!" A soft sound was heard!
The void immediately trembled before it spouted a large amount of black light that intertwined and tumbled. Then, a small person several inches tall and shrouded in black light stumbled out of it.
From the facial features of the small person, one could tell that it was the Nascent Soul of the well-dressed Youth from before.
He was struck by the light from the Law Destruction Eye and was exposed, but he wasn't injured. However, his face was filled with shock and anger. His two small hands hurriedly formed a seal in front of him as if he was about to do something.
Right at this moment, there was a slight fluctuation in the nearby void, and a crystal chain silently flew out and bound his body at lightning speed.
The chain exuded a translucent silver light, and its shape was faintly discernible. It didn't seem to be a physical entity, and it emitted the aura of Divine Sense.
The Youth's Nascent Soul was shocked, and its body shone with black light as it struggled with all its might.
However, no matter how hard it struggled, the translucent chain refused to budge in the slightest.
Han Li and Daoist Xie appeared near the Youth's Nascent Soul in a flash, and the latter was holding an item each, which was none other than the Integrated Five Extremes Mountain and the black inkstone.
Without the Youth's help, the two treasures had dimmed significantly and were easily stowed away by Daoist Xie.
The Youth's Nascent Soul seemed to have realized that it wouldn't be able to escape no matter what, so it stopped struggling and glanced at Han Li before turning its gaze toward Daoist Xie.
"I didn't think you'd have such a trump card up your sleeve.
If I'm not mistaken, that chain should be a Divine Sense Chain. You must've cultivated some kind of forbidden technique to be able to unleash this ability, right? "the Youth's Nascent Soul asked in a calm voice.
Han Li paid no heed to the Nascent Soul and waved a hand through the air, releasing a burst of azure light that flew downward. Moments later, two storage treasures appeared in his hand, which were none other than the storage treasures he had obtained from killing the fat and skinny cultivators.
He then shot out a scarlet flame that enveloped the corpse of the well-dressed young man. The flames burned fiercely, and in the blink of an eye, the remains of the young man's body were completely incinerated. Then, the flames rolled back, and a black ring was revealed.
Han Li stowed these items away in an unhurried manner before turning to the Youth's Nascent Soul. "Tell me, who are you and why have you come to find me again and again?
If you can satisfy me, I'll give you a quick death. "
"Hehe, kill me if you want, but don't even think about it!" the Youth's Nascent Soul chuckled coldly.
Han Li didn't say anything else as he raised a hand and grabbed onto the Nascent Soul's head.
A burst of black light erupted from his hand, enveloping the Youth's Nascent Soul before seeping into it.
The Youth's Nascent Soul's face twisted in pain, but a mocking look appeared in its eyes as it gritted its teeth and said, "A mere Perfected Immortal dares to search the soul of a Golden Immortal? You're overestimating yourself!"
Han Li ignored it and continued to channel the Soul Searching Secret Technique with all his might.
Pitch-black ripples of light radiated from his palm to envelop the Nascent Soul, but just as the Nascent Soul had said, no matter how hard he tried, he was unable to reach the depths of the Nascent Soul's soul.
"Friend Han, there's no need to waste your energy. From a Perfected Immortal to a Golden Immortal, the soul will undergo a metamorphosis.
With your current cultivation level, it's impossible for you to search the soul of a Golden Immortal.
I'm just a puppet, so I can't use the Soul Searching Secret Technique either, "Daoist Xie said.
Han Li slowly released the Youth's Nascent Soul upon hearing this.