The bald insectoid man extended a finger and gently pointed at it.
With a spluttering sound, six translucent wings suddenly extended from the white mud-like object. As the wings flapped rapidly, they carried the white mud-like object toward the white light barrier.
It seemed to be a peculiar spirit insect!
Spirals of white icicles appeared in the air in its wake, giving off an extremely glacial aura. It was as if even one's soul would be completely frozen upon approaching it.
Its body also swelled up like a balloon, becoming thousands of times larger than its original size. In the instant that it came into contact with the white light barrier, it exploded soundlessly, transforming into a layer of white mist that enshrouded the entire white light barrier.
A layer of white ice instantly spread over the light barrier, and the flow of white light within the light barrier also abruptly slowed down significantly, as if it had been frozen solid.
At the same time, the two golden-robed insectoid women swept their sleeves through the air without uttering a single word, upon which two bursts of golden clouds surged forth. These clouds were comprised of countless golden insects.
These insects were like ants with wings on their backs, and their mouths were filled with razor-sharp fangs, giving them an extremely menacing appearance.
These golden flying ants landed on the layer of white ice before quickly gnawing a series of holes into it before continuing to gnaw away at the white light barrier.
Mere moments later, a series of small holes had been gnawed into the white light barrier, and it had become riddled with holes.
The white light barrier was still absorbing the surrounding skeletal remains to mend these holes, but its rate of absorption had clearly slowed down significantly.
In the next instant, the yellow-robed elderly man's golden flying sword whistled through the air before crashing down with ferocious might.
A resounding boom erupted as the flying sword struck the light barrier, upon which dazzling golden and white light erupted. Several cracks appeared on the surface of the white light barrier, and it appeared that it was about to shatter at any moment.
The masked beastman woman and the other two beings' expressions changed drastically upon seeing this, and they threw up several mouthfuls of blood essence in quick succession. Their faces were deathly pale, and they hurriedly made hand seals to inject these mouthfuls of blood essence into the three white bone treasures above their heads.
The slightly dim light radiating from the three treasures immediately brightened, and the sluggish flow of white light on the white light barrier sped up once again.
However, the masked beastman woman and the other two beings knew that even so, they wouldn't be able to last much longer.
In the sky far away from the battlefield, a golden bolt of lightning and a yellow figure were chasing each other. They were both as fast as lightning. It was Han Li and the Sand Beast.
The Sand Beast's enormous body had shrunk to a thousand times its original size, and its speed was much faster than before.
Han Li had already summoned his Thunderstorm Wings and used the Lightning Escape technique with all his might, but he still couldn't shake off the shrunken Sand Beast.
A large part of the reason was that he was carrying Noivan. After all, carrying an extra person naturally increased the burden by several times.
When the two of them were only a few dozen li apart, a strange change occurred!
A yellow sphere of light descended from the sky, descending towards Han Li's head. An enormous power of law radiated out from the yellow sphere of light; it was the Sand Beast's domain.
Han Li's expression changed slightly. The Thunderstorm Wings on his back shone brightly with golden lightning, instantly enveloping his entire body.
With a thunderous roar, the two figures disappeared without a trace the instant the spirit domain enveloped them. Then, they reappeared several hundred kilometers away.
He didn't stop at all. The lightning on his body flourished once more, and he disappeared once more. Then, he reappeared in the sky above a mountain forest.
After using the Lightning Escape technique twice in a row, he finally managed to shake off the Sand Beast temporarily.
"Fellow Noivan, you should take this opportunity to escape first. The Sand Beast's target is me, so it probably won't chase after you."
Han Li quickly said to Noivan. With a flash of lightning on his body, he turned into a golden bolt of lightning and fled into the distance.
"Senior Li, please take care!"
At this moment, Noivan's face was pale, but his mind was still calm. He bowed to Han Li, then immediately turned into a ray of light and flew towards the canyon.
In the distant sky, a yellow figure flashed, and the Sand Beast's figure blurred as it flew over.
Noivan felt the aura approaching from behind. His face turned pale, and the ray of light on his body immediately shone brightly as he fled forward.
The Sand Beast turned its head and 'looked' in the direction of Han Li's lightning, but it didn't immediately chase after him. Then, with a flash of its body, it pounced towards Noivan.
Noivan's speed was far inferior to the Sand Beast's, and the distance between the two was rapidly closing.
Hundreds of kilometers away, Han Li's expression changed when he saw this scene. He didn't expect the Sand Beast's intelligence to have reached such a level.
The reason why he didn't want to abandon this woman was mainly because he had to continue staying here. If he allowed this woman to be killed because of him, then he would have no choice but to leave immediately.
However, he was currently far away from the two, and he couldn't save her in time. He couldn't help but cry out in his heart, "I miscalculated."
The Thunderstorm Wings on his back suddenly spread wide, and his figure abruptly stopped. Then, he turned around with lightning speed and used the Lightning Escape technique to fly towards Noivan with all his strength.
Noivan felt the terrifying Sand Beast rapidly approaching from behind, and her pretty face turned pale. She quickly waved her hand, and a white jade talisman appeared in her palm. She fiercely crushed it.
With a bang, a ball of white light flew out from the jade talisman and entered her body.
White light shone from Noivan's body, and a pair of white crane wings appeared on her back. Her speed immediately increased by several times.
Although her speed had greatly increased, it was still inferior to the Sand Beast's speed, and the distance between the two continued to close.
When the two of them were less than 50 kilometers apart, the Sand Beast opened its mouth and shot out a rope-like yellow streak of light, which flew towards Noivan.
At this moment, a thick bolt of silver lightning fell from the sky and struck the Sand Beast's head.
A huge ball of silver lightning appeared and enveloped the Sand Beast's head. Silver arcs of lightning crackled, and the nearby void trembled.
Silver lightning flashed beside Noivan, and a humanoid figure appeared. It was none other than the burly man with a scarred face.
"Elder Keton!" Noivan was overjoyed when she saw this person.
"Young Master, let's go!"
The scar-faced man hugged Noivan with one hand while holding a silver thunder hammer in the other. The hammer's head was engraved with a lightning pattern, and it emitted the power of the Lightning Law.
Arcs of silver lightning appeared on the silver lightning hammer, wrapping around the two of them as they prepared to fly away.
A bowl-sized yellow light shot out from the silver lightning ball at an incredible speed, and pierced through the scar-faced man's body.
The silver lightning ball fluctuated and quickly dissipated, and the huge Sand Beast's figure appeared. Its head was slightly charred, but that was all.
The yellow light had come from the Sand Beast's glabella.
The Sand Beast "looked" at the scar-faced man, and opened its bloody mouth, revealing a row of sharp teeth.
The scar-faced man's expression froze. He looked down at the yellow light on his chest, and the silver lightning on his body quickly dimmed and disappeared.
The yellow light trembled, and then exploded.
The scar-faced man's body also disintegrated, and turned into countless pieces of flesh and blood that fell down.
But at this moment, the silver thunder hammer in the scar-faced man's hand suddenly flew towards the Sand Beast, and appeared in front of it in a blur.
A small Nascent Soul could be faintly seen attached to the thunder hammer.
"Explode!" A low shout came from the thunder hammer.
A loud rumbling sound was heard!
The silver thunder hammer turned into a huge silver ball of light, and exuded a dreadful aura. The nearby void trembled violently, and a hurricane swept out in all directions.
The huge Sand Beast was submerged in the silver light, and couldn't be seen for a while. But one could faintly hear an angry roar.
Noi Fan was pushed by the hurricane, and was sent flying far away.
She looked back at the silver ball of light, and her eyes brimmed with tears. But then, her expression became firm again. She turned into a white light, and flew forward, and disappeared into the distance.
The silhouette of the huge Sand Beast flew out of the silver light after a few breaths. Its whole body was riddled with scars, and its head was charred black. It seemed that it had suffered serious injuries.
The Sand Beast faced upwards, and issued a roar. Then, its huge body suddenly turned around, and flew downwards.
A layer of yellow light emerged on the surface of its body, and it went underground like a fish in water. Then, it drilled out from another place.
But then, a strange scene appeared!
The scars on the Sand Beast's body disappeared without a trace, and only its aura weakened a bit.
With a twist of its body, it turned into a yellow phantom, and chased after the direction that Noi Fan had flown.
Golden lightning flashed, and Han Li's figure appeared. A trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.
He immediately formed a hand seal, and with a flash of golden lightning, he disappeared without a trace.
At the mouth of the Dark Star Valley, Nuo Qinglin's figure suddenly turned and flew back, landing on the castle at the mouth of the Dark Star Valley.
Two Grand Priests in gray robes were already waiting on top of the castle. As soon as they saw the Clan Leader flying back, they immediately came forward and said, "Clan Leader, everything is ready."
Nuo Qinglin's expression was solemn. He nodded, and with a wave of his hand, purple light flashed on his body, and a large purple robe appeared. The robe was intertwined with golden threads, and was embroidered with many exquisite patterns of stars.
The three of them quickly walked to a spacious altar in the center of the castle, and each took a position on the altar. They each took out a green wooden staff, and tapped it on the strange formation patterns on the ground.
The other two high priests remained silent, and only Nuo Qinglin began to chant in the language of the true spirit to the rhythm of the tapping of the staff in his hand.
After a while, he stopped holding the staff in his hand, and heavily stabbed it into the ground.
The ground of the stone altar was instantly pierced by the staff, and the other two high priests also stabbed their staffs into the ground.
Then, Nuo Qinglin raised a hand and made a horizontal slash across his palm. A wound so deep that bone could be seen immediately appeared, and a large amount of purple blood flowed out and dripped onto the ground.
The blood that fell to the ground made a slight dripping sound, but did not scatter. Instead, it fused with each other, and like a small purple snake, it wriggled forward.
As it wriggled, it quickly covered the entire altar's formation.
Nuo Qinglin's pale blue face became slightly pale, and he gritted his teeth as he shouted, "Activate."
There was a buzzing sound.