Published: September 2, 2025
Chapter 548: At a Loss
The poisonous flood dragon roared furiously, its blood aura surging wildly, ready to make a move against Han Li.
But almost simultaneously, the demon’s expression changed drastically. With a “bang,” it dropped to its knees, helplessly watching as its entire body swelled and deformed, unable to move or speak.
“Seeking death!”
Seeing this scene, Feng Xi’s face flickered with a gleam of rage as he shouted.
Then, suddenly, his figure disappeared from the spot. The next moment, like a ghost, he appeared behind Han Li. With a single raised hand, it transformed into a black claw that plunged down fiercely.
The movement was as fast as lightning. Although Han Li had been extremely alert, he simply could not keep up. All he could do was hurriedly dodge to the side with all his might.
A clear clang rang out.
Han Li seemed to be forcefully thrown back by a tremendous power, flying more than ten zhang away. After a few staggered steps, he barely managed to steady himself.
Despite being clawed solidly by a ninth-level demonic beast, Han Li was surprisingly not pierced through his chest on the spot.
Even demonic cultivator Feng Xi was momentarily stunned. After a flash of ferocity, he fixed his gaze on the torn part of Han Li’s clothes on his back.
There, some silver-white scales were revealed. Most of these scales had been shredded by his previous strike, exposing a dark and glossy garment underneath.
“Inner Armor?” Feng Xi was greatly surprised but sneered coldly and, without another word, vanished again like a breeze.
This inner armor could block his blow, obviously a top-tier supreme treasure. But next time, this armor would not be able to save Han Li’s life.
Han Li inwardly felt lucky as well.
If that claw had aimed for his head, he would probably be a dead corpse by now.
Barbarian Huzi’s Imperial Scale Armor was truly an exotic treasure that could withstand a strike from a ninth-level demonic beast.
With the time he gained, once Han Li steadied his stance, he didn’t hesitate. Azure light and golden arcs surged out simultaneously from his body, the azure glow dazzling, the golden arcs wildly dancing, forming a magnificent Azure Primordial sword shield.
At the same time, he raised both hands, and more than twenty azure sword lights shot out from his body, instantly forming another layer of defense within the shield.
Just after completing all this, the tall and slender figure of Feng Xi appeared before Han Li.
The demon’s face was shrouded in gloom, a chill flashing in his eyes. Then, opening his mouth, a dazzling white light surged forth.
Han Li’s expression changed suddenly, silently thinking, ‘This is bad.’
This old demon actually attacked directly with his demonic beast core; Han Li was utterly unprepared to defend against it.
Just as Han Li’s heart sank, Feng Xi closed his mouth, his body suddenly shaking a few times, his face turning extremely unpleasant, and his stance faltering.
Han Li was taken aback and immediately noticed the demon’s body trembled slightly, and his abdomen began to bulge unevenly.
Though this demon’s cultivation base was much deeper than the other two demons, the drug’s power was still taking effect.
Han Li was overjoyed and didn’t hold back. He pointed a finger at him, and more than twenty green bamboo bee cloud swords swarmed wildly, slashing and stabbing around the demon.
After a moment, the smile that had just appeared on Han Li’s face stiffened somewhat.
Although the riftwind beast kneeled painfully on one foot, clutching its lower abdomen tightly, a faint white light radiated from its body. No matter how the swarm of swords attacked, it could not break through the protective light in the slightest.
Moreover, the demon still barely lifted its head to glare fiercely at Han Li. It could not speak but hatred filled its eyes.
Han Li’s heart skipped a beat when he saw this. After some thought, he judged that the demon must be protected by some kind of defensive treasure.
Otherwise, given how much it hated him, if it could muster even the slightest magical power, it would have already grabbed and killed him out of pure hatred.