Published: September 8, 2025
Chapter 735: Using Their Own Strategy Against Them
With a sharp scream, the serpent demon’s nascent soul within the golden light turned into a wisp of blue smoke, drifting away.
Speaking of which, this spirit possession technique is a particularly vicious and ancient secret art of the demonic path, naturally completely suppressed by the evil-repelling divine thunder. The demon didn’t even have a chance to cast teleportation technique before vanishing without a trace.
In the distance, the burly man with the shaved eyebrows stood with his mouth agape, unable to close it for a long while.
Elder Ma maintained a relatively calm expression, but the shock in his eyes was unmistakable.
Seeing the astonishment on their faces, Han Li had already anticipated this and showed no surprise. Instead, he reached out, single-handedly absorbed the storage pouch and the blue flying fork that had fallen to the ground, briefly scanned them with his spiritual awareness, and then suddenly tossed both items to the burly man.
“Although we killed that person, let’s hand over their magical treasure and the contents of the storage pouch intact to the Imperial Spirit Sect. That way, the Imperial Spirit Sect won’t have any grounds to complain,” Han Li said slowly, looking at the two of them.
“Brother Han’s suggestion makes perfect sense. We’ll follow your advice!” Perhaps still stunned by Han Li’s instant killing of the spirit-possessed serpent demon, the burly man showed no objection and instinctively agreed.
The elder’s lips moved a few times, but he didn’t voice any opposition either. The awkward expression flashing across his face, he tucked away the ruler magical treasure.
At first, when Han Li killed the man in the black robe, it might have been attributed to the other party’s carelessness or a stroke of luck. But now, to take down a mid-nascent soul stage spirit-possessed demon barehanded and with one hand was a huge shock to both of them.
They almost simultaneously guessed: Could it be that this new elder of the Luoyun Sect’s magical abilities have already surpassed the late nascent soul stage?
Once such a thought surfaced, it was no wonder they were so unsettled.
“Since the matter is settled, I’ll head back to rest for a while. If more spellmasters come, just call me,” Han Li said calmly, his face as usual.
“By all means, Brother Han, feel free to go. Elder Ma and I will be here to watch over this place,” the burly man said with a trace of respect.
Han Li smiled in response, cupped his hands, and turned to walk outside the hall.
Earlier, using the qian blue ice flame and evil-repelling divine thunder to kill that spirit-possessed serpent demon was a last resort. He knew that if he didn’t act first, it would be difficult for the burly man and the elder to stop the already escaped demon on their own. After all, the cultivation base of spirits possessing earthly monsters was very high, and if it fled, it would certainly bring endless troubles.
Moreover, since he had formed his nascent soul, there was no need to keep all his magical abilities hidden any longer.
The current situation in the Chaotic Star Sea was completely different.
Back then, his cultivation base was low, and he was in an unfamiliar place. Naturally, he had to conceal his strength to avoid drawing too much attention and inviting death.
But now, having reached the nascent soul stage and ranked among the advanced-stage cultivators of this world, except for a few, no one else could pose a serious threat to him. That concern had naturally diminished.
Besides, judging from the current mass invasion of spellmasters, it was impossible for him to continue hiding his magical abilities.
At the very least, after the treasure-seeking trip to the Mu Lan Prairie, the Ghost Spirit Sect and Marquis of Nanlong should have realized that his strength was formidable. In this case, it was better to openly reveal part of his strength in advance to intimidate some petty characters.
Otherwise, if other cultivators of the same level thought he was weak and easy to bully, it might bring unnecessary trouble.