Published: August 28, 2025
Chapter 490: Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder and Asura Sacred Fire
"Tighten!" Han Li formed a spell formation with both hands and activated the ancient treasure without hesitation.
Immediately, five copper rings rapidly contracted, deeply embedding themselves into the old demon’s neck and limbs, locking him tightly.
"Heh heh! The Five Elements Ring! Although this ancient treasure is considered quite famous among ancient treasures, it’s useless against cultivators with abnormal spiritual roots, cultivation bases far surpassing the summoner, and those of us who practice the sideline path," Xuangu said, suffering under the tight grip of the five rings but with a mocking expression.
Sure enough, he raised his hand unobstructed and slapped the light sphere on his chest with one hand.
The surface of the light sphere flickered unpredictably, and with a sizzling sound, it spontaneously cracked open a large mouth.
Within the crack, blue light flowed erratically, and then a long blue flame shot out.
This flame was extremely sentient; after lightly sweeping over Xuangu's neck and limbs, the tightly locked copper rings instantly became covered with a thick layer of frost.
Then, Xuangu’s body twisted and shook in an incredible way, and with several clinking sounds, the now translucent copper rings fell onto the stone platform like lifeless objects, their sound crisp and clear.
Han Li’s heart sank. Without any further thought, he opened his mouth, and nine small blue swords shot out in succession. Then, high in the air, they merged into a greatsword, which he slashed towards Xuangu without hesitation.
Seeing this, a trace of seriousness appeared on Xuangu’s face.
He covered the light sphere with both hands and raised it high.
The crack suddenly widened again, spraying out a large area of blue ice flames.
These flames instantly transformed into a five-clawed ice dragon, translucent and radiant with a blue chill. It immediately used its two front claws to block the blue greatsword and sprayed blue breath without mercy, striking fiercely against the sword’s surface.
The greatsword dimmed after just a few hits, with faint ice crystals appearing on its surface. Its movement became sluggish and restrained.
With a sudden thunderclap, several faint golden arcs of lightning appeared on the sword’s surface, striking the ice dragon hard. This broke the greatsword free from restraint and forced the ice dragon to retreat several feet.
“Trying to run? With your set of golden thunder bamboo magical treasures, this old man will surely capture you. I suppose your evil-repelling divine thunder isn’t much left, right? How many times can you still unleash it?” Xuangu smirked.
He then pointed at the ice dragon, commanding it to charge the blue greatsword again.
Han Li’s heart stirred at these words.
Although Xuangu spoke casually, he faintly sensed that Xuangu was somewhat wary of the evil-repelling divine thunder.
Before Han Li could ponder further, a blue spell formation shot towards the greatsword.
Then, with a flick of his finger, the greatsword blurred and violently shook before splitting into two identical greatswords—this was the "Sword Shadow Light Dispersion Technique" of the Blue Origin Sword Technique.
The two greatswords simultaneously emitted thick faint golden lightning arcs. One directly attacked the blue ice dragon, while the other swiftly slashed diagonally at the old demon Xuangu.
“Eh!” Xuangu gasped in surprise.
It was unclear whether Xuangu was surprised that Han Li could still unleash such powerful divine thunder or that the "Sword Shadow Light Dispersion Technique" could create two physical flying swords at once.
But the surprise quickly vanished. Xuangu calmly struck the light sphere again, and the qian blue ice flame burst out once more.
This time, after flickering a few times before him, the ice flame formed a triangular ice shield which directly blocked the incoming greatsword.
The faint golden lightning arcs clashed with the blue light and chill of the ice shield. Neither side retreated a step, resulting in a stalemate.