Published: August 16, 2025
Chapter 143: Execution
The burly man who had just emerged from the earth and the Man in Yellow Robes from earlier were the duo who had been relentlessly pursuing Han Li.
After catching up, fearing that Han Li would continue his journey once his magical power recovered a bit, they stealthily approached and planned this ambush.
At this moment, Han Li felt a burning pain in his injured thigh. It seemed that his previous movements had worsened the wound.
However, this was no time to dwell on such matters! The burly man who had been hiding in the earth suddenly drew a long blade surrounded by black energy from behind and lunged viciously at Han Li.
Han Li sized up his opponent’s figure. Although the man was fast, his movements were stiff—clearly relying solely on magical power enhancements. Han Li felt a bit relieved. When it came to agile and uncanny movement techniques, he was confident no one could catch him even on horseback!
With that thought, Han Li ignored the ferocious burly man before him and shifted his focus to the Man in Yellow Robes, who had pulled out a dark green gourd and was now aiming its mouth at him, seemingly preparing to cast a spell again!
"Where are you looking? Die!"
The burly man was now close to Han Li, his body glowing with intense golden light. He raised the eerie long blade and struck down fiercely.
Han Li snorted, swayed his body, and slipped out of the blade’s range.
"You’ve fallen for it, kid!" the burly man suddenly laughed wildly.
The black blade in his hand flashed, transforming into a long black rope like a serpent that swiftly coiled around Han Li’s form, determined not to let him escape.
Startled, Han Li’s figure blurred and became elusive—now left, now right, now forward, now backward—as if several Han Lis were circling the burly man.
The burly man was shocked by this, but relying on the earth armor technique protecting him, he paid no mind. Instead, he continued driving the flexible black rope, desperately chasing Han Li’s true body.
“Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!” Han Li dashed past the burly man, and at the same moment, he unleashed a barrage of fireballs with both hands, striking the golden light surrounding the man. The light flickered, but unfortunately, it quickly recovered.
“The grandmaster’s protective technique on me, how could your small fireball technique break it!” The burly man sneered arrogantly, fingers forming spell formations even faster, never loosening control over the black rope.
Han Li felt a bit anxious! Though the black rope was slower than him and couldn’t catch him, he dare not slow down either—otherwise, he would definitely be entangled. He had no idea what kind of magical artifact that black rope was, but it was truly troublesome! He certainly wouldn’t let it bind him casually.
He stole a glance at the Man in Yellow Robes and saw a solemn expression. The gourd artifact began to emit faint green light from its mouth. Han Li didn’t know what was about to emerge.
“This won’t do. If this continues, I won’t survive! I must take some risks!” Han Li thought grimly.
While speeding along, Han Li took out a Vajra Talisman he had received from Master Golden Light. This talisman art’s incantation was already familiar to him from Monk Kusan’s teachings, and now it was finally time to put it to use.
Han Li muttered a few spell words quietly. Due to his movement, the words sounded muffled, but the gold characters on the talisman glowed brightly. When all the golden characters shone, Han Li slapped the talisman onto his body fiercely.
Immediately, a dazzling golden light flared up, forming a golden shield around him. However, his movement suddenly slowed, and the black rope from behind caught him.
Using the Vajra Talisman slowed his movement—Han Li had tested this before and knew well. Yet when he saw the black rope wrapped around him but blocked outside the golden light, he felt even more at ease! His gamble was correct. The golden shield could indeed defend against the opponent’s magical artifact assault.