Chapter 1065: Outsmarting the Enemy

A vast expanse of golden lightning erupted out of the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords in a frenzy before descending upon Ghost King Wu Chao along with the storm of sword qi.

Ghost King Wu Chao let loose a thunderous roar, and a burst of crimson light rose up from his body alongside a cloud of black smoke as he turned to the oncoming Han Li.

Immediately thereafter, he opened his mouth to release a burst of fearsome black flames, which swept toward Han Li as a wall of black fire.

Han Li continued to charge onward without pause as a giant, silver fire raven with a wingspan that was tens of thousands of feet in length erupted out of his body, and it swept a wing through the air like a huge silver blade to slice the fiery black wall into two.

Immediately thereafter, the silver fire raven flew straight through the wall of fire, and silver flames surging out of its wings forced back the surrounding black flames to forcibly create a wide passageway right down the center of the fiery wall.

Han Li was able to fly through the wall of fire behind the Essence Fire Raven, and he channeled his Lightning Bird bloodline power, instantly vanishing from the spot, only to immediately reappear beside Ghost King Wu Chao before throwing an almighty punch.

A resounding thump rang out as Ghost King Wu Chao's enormous body swayed involuntarily to the left from the force of Han Li's punch, and his trident also veered away to the side as a result.

Without the trident in place to oppose the pillar of crimson light blasting out of Weeping Soul's third eye, the latter immediately pierced straight through Ghost King Wu Chao's shoulder.

Ghost King Wu Chao let loose an agonized roar as large volumes of black fluid began to pour out of the huge hole that had just been blasted into his shoulder.

Immediately thereafter, a vast expanse of black light rose up over his body, and countless malicious spirits flew out from within before pouncing at Han Li and Weeping Soul.

These malicious spirits seemed to be capable of phasing in and out of reality at will, and whenever Han Li attempted to strike them with his fists, they would merely dissipate like clouds of mist. Hence, Han Li could only summon his Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords back to himself and continually release Divine Devilbane Lightning to keep the malicious spirits at bay.

However, these ghostly beings didn't fear Han Li's Divine Devilbane Lightning, and after being struck, they would dissipate for a short time, only to quickly reform again.

On top of that, whenever they drew close to him, Han Li would feel a burst of malicious power infiltrate his body.

As the spirits pounced at him over and over again, more and more of this malicious power accumulated in his body, striking him with a bone-chilling sensation.

Weeping Soul was faring even worse than he was. At this point, her movements had already become noticeably slower, and she was beginning to struggle to keep up with Ghost King Wu Chao's speed.

If things were to continue like this, the two of them were undoubtedly going to be defeated.

Right at this moment, a thought suddenly occurred to Han Li, and he made a beckoning motion toward the Essence Fire Raven.

At this moment, the Essence Fire Raven was in the process of devouring the wall of black flames, and it immediately flew back into his body at his behest.

A surge of warmth instantly spread through his entire body, alleviating much of the bone-chilling sensation, and at the same time, he abruptly appeared directly in front of Ghost King Wu Chao amid a flash of silver lightning.

Ghost King Wu Chao immediately lashed out at Han Li with his bone trident, but right at this moment, Han Li flipped a hand over to summon his Profound Heavenly Gourd, and he pointed the mouth of the gourd directly at Ghost King Wu Chao before thrusting a palm into its underside.

A burst of thunderous rumbling rang out as a green vortex appeared at the mouth of the vial, following which a fiery golden dragon erupted out from within.

This was the fiery dragon that had been unleashed by Qi Mozi earlier, but following its rampage in the Profound Heavenly Gourd, it had become significantly smaller and slower than before. Even so, it was still giving off formidable time law power fluctuations that drastically slowed down everything around it.

Ghost King Wu Chao hurriedly raised his bone trident before hurling it at the fiery dragon upon seeing this, but the fiery dragon was extraordinarily fast, and the bone trident wasn't able to fly very far at all before the two clashed with a resounding boom.

The fiery dragon instantly exploded upon contact, releasing a wave of golden flames that washed over Ghost King Wu Chao, and he was instantly rooted to the spot, while even his thoughts had temporarily become completely stagnant.

Moments later, the wave of golden flames released by the fiery dragon's explosion began to fade away, and Ghost King Wu Chao was able to regain his cognitive functions, but by then, Han Li was already upon him.

Han Li was channeling his Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts with all his might, and he combined his thirty-six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords into a single sword that he swung through the air with tremendous power.

A loud crack rang out amid an eruption of Divine Devilbane Lightning, and Ghost King Wu Chao's head flew up into the sky with its eyes still wide open before falling to the ground.

No blood came flowing out of his severed neck. Instead, countless ghostly shadows came gushing out from within.

As soon as these ghostly shadows began pouring out Ghost King Wu Chao's body, the baleful qi in the surrounding area instantly became dozens of times more potent.

Han Li was just about to release his Essence Fire Raven to incinerate all of the ghostly shadows when he spotted Weeping Soul rushing onto the scene.

With a loud snort, a burst of yellow light erupted out of her nostrils to capture all of the ghostly shadows surging out of Ghost King Wu Chao's neck.

Immediately thereafter, all of the ghostly shadows within the yellow light disintegrated into a burst of viscous black light that flowed into her nostrils.

As the burst of black light surged into Weeping Soul's body, the surrounding spirit domain began to fall apart bit by bit.

A relieved look appeared on Han Li's face upon seeing this, and he began to inspect his surroundings.

The battle between the ghostly generals and the Heavenly Water Sect cultivators was still ongoing, and at this point, the ancient temple had already been completely destroyed, with the exception of a round archway that remained standing in a resilient fashion.

At this point, only three of the ten ghostly generals still remained, namely the pale-faced scholar, and the cow-headed and horse-faced duo.

As for the Heavenly Water Sect cultivators, all that remained were Su Anqian and Jin Liu.

There were only seven or eight bodies on the ground, and it was unclear if the rest had been completely devoured by the ghostly generals or if they had been sent back into that pagoda spatial treasure of his.

At this point, Valley Master Fu and the four itinerant Golden Immortals had already been reduced to sets of skeletons. There were still throngs of ghostly creatures around them, but without any prey to target, all of them were stumbling around in an aimless manner.

After a brief hesitation, Han Li swept a sleeve through the air to release a gust of fierce wind that scattered all of the nearby ghostly creatures, then swept up some of the loose rocks on the ground to bury the remains of Valley Master Fu and the others.

At this point, the three ghostly generals finally realized that Ghost King Wu Chao had met his demise,and the scholarly ghostly general let loose a guttural shriek before throwing himself at Weeping Soul as if he had lost his mind.

Han Li appeared in his path before slashing his combined Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword down in one swift motion.

The scholarly man ran straight into the sword without taking any evasive measures, and his body was instantly sliced into two lengthwise.

Even as his body began to dissipate into black smoke, he was still calling out Ghost King Wu Chao's name in a dazed and grief-stricken manner.

The other two ghostly generals could see that the battle was already lost, and they immediately split up and fled the scene, while Jin Liu and Su Anqian set off after them in pursuit.

Han Li paid no heed to them as he took a glance at his surroundings, then sat down with his legs crossed to meditate.

The spiritual damage that he had suffered earlier and the subsequent overexertion of his time law powers had left him feeling very exhausted.

Around fifteen minutes later, he reopened his eyes as a contemplative look appeared on his face.

He didn't know how his five time-attribute law treasures had fused with his time spirit domain earlier, but judging from Qi Mozi's reaction, it seemed that this was something that was supposed to happen once one cultivated the Great Five Elemental Illusion Mantra to a certain level.

Unfortunately, he was completely self-taught when it came to this cultivation art, so he had no one to turn to for answers.

At the moment, he was unable to use any of his time-attribute law treasures as he had overexerted his own time law powers, and that was certainly a concern.

With that in mind, he heaved a faint sigh as he rose to his feet.

At this point, Weeping Soul had fully devoured Ghost King Wu Chao, and she reverted back to her human form before descending toward him.

As soon as she landed on the ground, she immediately let loose an involuntary burp.

"I had a little too much to eat," she said in an embarrassed manner.

"You were telling me that you've been constantly feeling hungry lately, so I'm glad you were able to have a good meal. You should return to the domain to rest," Han Li said with a smile.

"I do indeed need to go into seclusion for some time. Once I've digested all of this power, I'll be much more helpful to you in battle, Master," Weeping Soul replied.

Han Li nodded in response, then swept a sleeve through the air to conjure up a door of silver light, and Weeping Soul immediately stepped into it.