"I seem to have told you that I have no intention of letting you live," Han Li said in a calm voice.
As soon as his voice trailed off, he opened his mouth to expel a ball of silver flames before the Young Nascent Soul had a chance to say anything else. It was none other than the Essence Flames, and it instantly enveloped the Young Nascent Soul.
The silver flames burned viciously, and the Young Nascent Soul immediately let loose a howl of anguish.
However, aside from the pained expression on its face, it showed no signs of being reduced to ashes, and it could even be said that its aura hadn't diminished by much.
It was as if the Essence Flame, which had always been successful, had no effect on the young man's Nascent Soul.
Han Li inspected the Nascent Soul for a long while before his brows furrowed slightly.
The silver flame suddenly flourished and revolved around the youth's Nascent Soul, forming a silver flame vortex that was several feet in size and emitting a scorching heat that was several times hotter.
"Han Li... The Heavenly Court won't let you get away with this!"
The Young Nascent Soul let loose a howl of anguish, and its body began to become a little transparent as the silver flames enshrouded it.
But after reaching this stage, no matter how much he urged the silver flames, the Nascent Soul didn't have any further reaction.
After a brief moment of contemplation, Han Li flicked a finger, and a streak of azure sword Qi appeared out of thin air before striking the Nascent Soul.
Bam!
The sword aura was shattered, and a shallow cut appeared from the head to the abdomen of the young man's Nascent Soul, but it soon gradually disappeared.
A hint of surprise flashed through Han Li's eyes upon seeing this.
"Fellow Daoist Han, the Nascent Soul of a Golden Immortal cultivator is as hard as metal, and is fundamentally different from that of a True Immortal. If you continue to refine it like this, it'll take you at least several years to completely destroy it.
Even though you haven't fought this man for a long time, you might attract the attention of the White Jade Peak, "Daoist Xie suddenly said.
"Then what do you think we should do with this Nascent Soul, Fellow Daoist Xie?
If we don't do anything about it, there will be endless disasters. "Han Li frowned and asked.
"Actually, Nascent Soul Golden Immortals are hard to kill, but that's only for Perfected Immortals. There's still a way to kill Golden Immortals of the same level, as long as you're not stingy with your Immortal Essence Stones," Daoist Xie said.
"If Fellow Daoist Xie has a way, feel free to use it," Han Li said as his eyes lit up.
Daoist Xie nodded in response.
"Chi La!"
A large amount of golden lightning shot out from its mouth. After a brief intertwining in the air, it turned into a dense layer of lightning net, fiercely wrapping around the Youth's Nascent Soul.
On the surface of the lightning net, golden lightning snakes were moving, emitting a terrifyingly strong aura. Together with the essence flames, they formed a gold and silver light ball.
Crackling sounds rang out continuously!
Within the ball of light, the Youth's Nascent Soul began to twitch, and its body quickly became transparent at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Around 10 minutes later, Daoist Xie made a hand seal, and the golden lightning disappeared to reveal a Nascent Soul that was several inches tall that was enshrouded in silver flames.
Han Li's brows furrowed slightly upon seeing this, but his brows quickly eased.
Even though its torso was still there, it seemed to have become transparent, and its surface was faintly suffused with wisps of golden light. Moreover, its eyes were lifeless, and the fluctuations of its soul were extremely weak. It was clear that the soul power within its Nascent Soul had already been shattered, and only an empty shell was left.
"Why didn't you just completely destroy this Nascent Soul, Fellow Daoist Xie?
Around 500 Immortal Essence Stones were expended during those two attacks, so there should still be some left, right? "Han Li asked with a grim expression.
"I have no intention of saving Immortal Essence Stones for you.
However, it suddenly occurred to me that this Golden Immortal Nascent Soul is an important ingredient for a pill known as the Golden Soul Pill, so it would be a pity to destroy it.
Even if there were any restrictions within the Nascent Soul, it would've already been refined, and that man has completely disappeared from this world, "Daoist Xie replied after a brief silence.
"Golden Soul Pill? What can it be used for?" Han Li asked with a hint of surprise.
"I don't know. I've been recalling some fragmented memories recently, and this Golden Soul Pill is one of them.
It seems to be a rather rare pill; I'll tell you about it when I recall it in the future, "Daoist Xie replied.
"Alright," Han Li nodded in response before stowing the Spiritual Sense Chain away.
He then produced a jade box and placed the Golden Immortal Nascent Soul into it, then plastered a few seals onto the box before stowing it away.
"Congratulations on retrieving a lost treasure, and this treasure is also quite extraordinary," Daoist Xie said as he handed over the Integrated Five Extremes Mountain and the black inkstone.
Han Li accepted the two treasures before looking at the black inkstone with a hint of excitement in his eyes.
This inkstone was absolutely an Artificial Immortal Artifact of an extremely high grade, and the Soul Annihilation True Light it emitted ought to contain some sort of energy of the Laws that was sufficient to affect the soul. The reason he'd lost his memories all those years ago and was stranded in the Spirit World was probably mostly related to this.
Aside from that, the black cloud space that the inkstone created was also a good way to trap enemies.
However, he didn't have time to study this item at the moment, and he turned his attention toward the Integrated Five Extremes Mountain.
He had expended a lot of effort to create this treasure for his ascension tribulation, and it had most likely been obtained by the Young man after his encounter with the latter. Now that he had regained this treasure, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Just as Daoist Xie had said, the Integrated Five Extremes Mountain was currently very different from before. Even though it was still the same as the Divine Essencefused Mountain and the other four mountains, there seemed to be a lot of spirit materials added to each of the mountains, and they had all been refined through some kind of superior method.
Just the restrictive effect that the Young man had created on him when he had activated this treasure was already quite exciting to him.
However, time was of the essence, so he didn't have time to examine the two treasures in detail, so he immediately stowed them away.
"Friend Han, we shouldn't stay here for too long; it's best that we leave before the Bai Yu Peak is done," Daoist Xie cautioned.
Han Li looked at the yellow mist and wryly smiled, "I also want to leave, but the restrictions here are quite unusual. It won't be easy to break them. Do you have any ideas?"
Daoist Xie flew over to the yellow mist restriction and inspected it before suddenly pressing a hand onto it, upon which a layer of dense yellow light appeared over his hand.
Han Li faltered slightly upon seeing this, and a hint of astonishment appeared in his eyes.
Ever since Daoist Xie gained control of this puppet, it had become more and more like a true cultivator.
Moments later, Daoist Xie withdrew his hand.
"How is it?" Han Li asked.
"It's a very profound restriction with many interconnected layers. It looks like the one who set up this restriction is a master," Daoist Xie said.
"Is there a way to break it?" Han Li asked.
"There shouldn't be a problem.
However, we'll need to expend a lot of Immortal Essence Stones to activate one of the puppet's abilities, "Daoist Xie replied.
"How much more do you need?" Han Li hurriedly asked.
"Including the remaining Immortal Essence Stones... around 300," Daoist Xie replied.
Han Li's heart jolted slightly upon hearing this, and a wry smile appeared on his face as he replied, "Sure, go ahead, Fellow Daoist."
In order to lure the Young man and have Daoist Xie launch a sneak attack on him, he had already placed around 600 to 700 Immortal Essence Stones in his body. Now that he was asking for another 300, that was almost a third of all the Immortal Essence Stones he had.
It seemed like he wouldn't be able to summon Daoist Xie so frequently in the future unless it was absolutely necessary. He was still hoping to gather the remaining dao core materials from the Immortal Essence Stones in the Anicca Alliance, which was not a small amount of immortal essence stones.
With that in mind, he flipped his hand over to produce a storage pouch before tossing it to Daoist Xie.
Daoist Xie immediately took out all of the Immortal Essence Stones from the storage pouch and swallowed them before saying, "I'll need to borrow the power of your Dao Soldiers."
"Dao Soldiers..." Han Li faltered slightly upon hearing this, but he still handed over the gourd that contained Dao Soldiers.
Daoist Xie cast a hand seal through the air, and bright yellow light immediately erupted from the mouth of the gourd. Several hundred dark yellow peas flew out like rain, hovering in mid-air.
He muttered some incantations while his two hands kept forming a series of hand seals.
All of the patterns on the surface of the yellow peas lit up, giving off a burst of bright yellow light. However, they didn't transform into Dao Soldiers. Instead, they expanded slightly before slowly elongating into a series of golden wooden staves.
Dazzling yellow light radiated from these wooden staves, and they were all connected to form a strange formation that appeared to be quite complex, but was actually quite profound.
Han Li's heart stirred upon seeing this.
Even though it wasn't uncommon to use Dao Soldiers to set up formations, it was quite an ingenious idea for Daoist Xie to use Dao Soldiers as formation flags. Perhaps this was something that he had recalled after unlocking his memories.
Daoist Xie began to chant an incantation while casting a series of hand seals, all of which landed on a wooden stave with unerring accuracy.
All of the wooden staves tremored slightly before brilliant light erupted from them, and streaks of translucent yellow threads emerged from them to form a yellow formation.
He then let loose a light cry as he pressed his hands forward.
All of the wooden staves immediately flew through the air before piercing into the yellow wall of mist.
The yellow wall of mist tumbled and surged, and a layer of yellow light emerged from it to stand in the way of the wooden staves.
Daoist Xie quickly made a series of hand seals, and the yellow formation flashed violently while countless streaks of yellow light revolved rapidly within it. The wooden staves then slowly pierced into the wall of mist.
Rumble!
Within the range encompassed by the yellow formation, the wall of mist immediately dimmed, and the yellow mist quickly dissipated to reveal a massive crater.
As the yellow mist dissipated, a translucent light barrier was revealed, and light of different colors revolved around it, creating an extremely profound sight to behold.
Han Li nodded as he looked at the formation above the yellow mist.
At this moment, Daoist Xie sat down with his legs crossed and began to chant something.
A loud thunderclap erupted!
Thick arcs of golden lightning appeared over his body, releasing bursts of violent power of laws that proliferated outward.
The spirit Qi of heaven and earth within a radius of 5,000 kilometers immediately began to fluctuate, forming balls of purple light that converged toward Daoist Xie.