Published: September 2, 2025
Chapter 550: Escape and Pursuit
Han Li was naturally shocked when he found that his flying sword was ineffective against the two demons, but after thinking it through carefully, it seemed quite normal.
High-rank demonic beasts mostly specialize in refining their demon bodies. Some species, originally thick-skinned and tough, can even cultivate their bodies to a level that can withstand the magical treasures of cultivators of the same rank without damage.
Moreover, demonic beasts usually live several times, even dozens of times longer than ordinary cultivators.
As a result, the higher the rank of the demonic beast, the more time it has to cultivate its body to a level that leaves human cultivators dumbfounded.
This explains why cultivators below the nascent soul stage can rely on their magical treasures and wisdom to kill demonic beasts below the eighth rank. But once a demonic beast passes the shape transformation stage and completes its body cultivation, combined with greatly enhanced intellectual acumen, it easily suppresses human cultivators of the same rank.
Flood dragons belong to the scaled armor clan among the spiritual beasts of heaven and earth. An eighth-level flood dragon can rival a ninth-level ordinary demonic beast, so its defense naturally isn’t weak at all. As for the turtle demon before him, it was the strongest defensively among turtles.
Han Li's flying sword, which he had only managed to forge with limited power, stood no chance against these two immobilized demons. That wasn’t surprising.
If it were an old cultivator at the nascent soul stage wielding a magical treasure refined over centuries, the two immobilized demons would be no threat to their life.
Or if an old nascent soul cultivator were lying immobilized on the ground, Han Li’s current flying sword could easily slay them. Of course, the Barbarian Huzi, whose body had been refined to nearly the same level as the demon clan, was an exception.
As for the Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder, although it was extremely potent against demonic techniques and dark arts, it had no particular advantage over the demon clan. Its power came from the golden thunder bamboo itself, but with Han Li’s current cultivation base, he could only unleash about one-tenth to one-twelfth of its true power.
Understanding all this, Han Li felt no discouragement.
He knew very well that once he advanced to the nascent soul stage and spent over a hundred years refining the green bamboo bee cloud sword, the power of this magical treasure would naturally soar.
At that time, the greatswords formed from multiple flying swords would easily break through the demon bodies of the two beasts. That would be no difficult feat at all.
After all, the green bamboo bee cloud sword was a top-tier magical treasure he had poured great effort into forging.
Han Li firmly believed in its immense potential.
At present, Han Li could easily slay ordinary cultivators in the late foundation formation stage and even seventh-level ordinary demonic beasts. But he dared not face off head-on against old nascent soul cultivators or eighth-level demonic beasts with any confidence.
The foundation formation stage and nascent soul stage were two entirely different worlds!
These thoughts flashed through Han Li’s mind repeatedly as he glanced at the turtle demon beneath his feet and Feng Xi, shrouded in white light on the other side, his expression flickering with uncertainty.
He admitted to himself that aside from risking everything by using the Qian Blue Ice Flame, he had no other way to kill the two demons in a short time.
But even so, he figured the turtle demon might be manageable, whereas with the riftwind beast’s abnormal protective treasure, the chance of successfully killing it was less than thirty percent.
This was because Han Li couldn’t control the ice flame in the slightest, much less channel its power onto the two demons.
As a result, the real effect of the ice flame was greatly reduced.
What troubled Han Li even more was that once he unleashed the ice flame, he couldn’t retract it. If he failed to kill the riftwind beast, this supreme treasure would be handed right over to the demon, significantly boosting its power.