Chapter 1127: Fooled

Han Li didn't dare to take the oncoming Fire Age Fireflies lightly, and his Mantra Treasured Axis instantly appeared behind him amid a flash of golden light.

As soon as the Fire Age Fireflies drew close to him, they instantly came to a near-standstill, as if they had crashed into an invisible wall.

Han Li felt slightly reassured upon seeing this, and he was just about to pull out his Profound Heavenly Gourd to suck in the Fire Age Fireflies when he noticed something rather unsettling.

A layer of golden flames had appeared over the bodies of all of the Fire Age Fireflies, and the golden flames were constantly whittling away at the golden light released by his Mantra Treasured Axis.

As the rays of golden light were gradually eradicated, the Fire Age Fireflies began to regain their speed of movement, and it was clear that these Fire Age Fireflies were of a far caliber than all of the ones that he had encountered in the past.

Meanwhile, Wyrm 3 had already been completely surrounded by Fire Age Fireflies, and even though the layer of silver light around her body was still intact, it was riddled with holes and clearly on the verge of giving out.

As for Fox 3, he was in an even worse situation. His suit of silver armor offered him barely any protection against the Fire Age Fireflies, so he could only hurriedly take evasive measures, and in the process, he inadvertently crashed into one of the Eon Divine Lamp clones.

A fiery, crimson wyrm instantly erupted out of the lamp before pouncing at Fox 3, who hurriedly retaliated by lashing out with his Heavenly Fox Bloodform Saber, unleashing a massive, crimson saber projection that swept up hundreds of Fire Age Fireflies before striking the fiery wyrm.

The fiery wyrm was instantly torn to shreds before exploding into a flurry of flames, and Fox 3 had only just had a chance to heave a faint sigh of relief upon seeing this when two other divine lamp clones also lit up, following which two more fiery wyrms pounced out of them from either side of Fox 3, biting down onto his shoulders before he had a chance to react.

As a result, he was instantly locked into place before being overwhelmed by the swarm of Fire Age Fireflies around him.

A grim look appeared on Han Li's face upon seeing this.

Inundated by the swarm of Fire Age Fireflies, Fox 3's life force began to rapidly seep away, and his aura also gradually began to wane.

If he wasn't rescued in short order, then he was going to be in a truly dire situation.

With that in mind, Han Li gritted his teeth as he swept a sleeve through the air to release thirty-six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, which transformed into countless azure sword projections that intertwined with one another to form a huge net before sweeping toward the Fire Age Fireflies.

At the same time, his Mantra Treasured Axis was withdrawn back into his body before revolving in reverse, drastically enhancing his speed as he rushed toward Fox 3.

No longer impeded by the Mantra Treasured Axis, the Fire Age Fireflies instantly reverted back to their original speed, and even though most of them were intercepted by the net of sword projections, some were still able to slip through the cracks to pursue Han Li.

However, this was simply a compromise that Han Li was forced to accept as he flew over to Fox 3's side, then channeled his Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts before lashing out with both fists at the two lamp clones on either side of Fox 3.

Two resounding thumps rang out in unison as the pair of lamp clones were destroyed, exploding into countless specks of golden flames, while the fiery wyrms extending out of them were also eradicated.

However, right at this moment, all of the Fire Age Fireflies clinging to Fox 3 suddenly turned back around to target Han Li instead, and as a result, he was sandwiched between two swarms of Fire Age Fireflies.

There was no time for him to take evasive measures, and several hundred Fire Age Fireflies instantly fell upon him.

To compound his woes even further, a burst of formidable time law power fluctuations erupted out of the specks of fire that the pair of eradicated lamp clones had disintegrated into, and Han Li was instantly rooted to the spot.

In the next instant, Qi Mozi abruptly appeared before him amid a burst of spatial fluctuations, then grabbed onto the front of his robe.

"I've got you now!" he sneered.

"Brother Han!" Fox 3 called out in an alarmed voice.

At the same time, a burst of formidable reincarnation law power fluctuations erupted out of Wyrm 3's body, and all of the Fire Age Fireflies around her quickly began dropping to the ground, having entered a state of hibernation.

Wyrm 3's brows furrowed tightly at the sight of the dire situation that Han Li was in, and she immediately began flying in his direction.

However, she had only managed to travel no more than a thousand feet when all of the lamp projections around her began to glow radiantly before releasing a series of fiery wyrms, all of which intertwined with one another to form an obstructive barrier in her path.

Qi Mozi turned his gaze to Wyrm 3, then took a glance at Fox 3 before returning his gaze to Han Li as he sneered, "Looks like no one can save you this time!"

A burst of golden flames erupted out of his hand as he spoke, instantly inundating Han Li's entire body.

"Brother Han!" Fox 3 yelled in a distraught voice as he raised his Heavenly Fox Bloodform Saber, but before he had a chance to swing it, Qi Mozi casually swept a sleeve in his direction, releasing a ball of golden flames that struck him on the chest to send him flying back through the air.

Wyrm 3 was also looking on with a furious expression, but all she could do was watch helplessly as Han Li was devoured by the golden flames.

Qi Mozi remained holding onto the front of Han Li's robe as if he were holding a torch aloft, watching with immense satisfaction as Han Li's body was slowly incinerated into ashes.

As Han Li's body slowly burned away, black ashes began to fall out of the fire, but no nascent soul emerged.

A cold sneer appeared on Qi Mozi's face upon seeing this, and he raised his other hand, upon which a series of fiery, golden lotus flowers appeared around him, forming a massive cage that completely restricted the entire surrounding space.

A tall figure appeared within the cage of golden lotus flowers, and it was none other than Han Li.

"Did you really think you could fool me again with a substitution puppet?" Qi Mozi sneered as he turned to face Han Li.

At this moment, not only was Han Li completely immobilized within the cage of golden lotus flowers, the flames burning over the lotus flowers were constantly lapping at him, sending bursts of excruciating, burning pain spearing into his body, causing his expression to become twisted with agony.

Qi Mozi had no intention of wasting any time, flying over to Han Li in a flash before grabbing onto his head with a white-knuckled grip.

Han Li instantly felt as if his head were about to explode, and he couldn't help but let loose an agonized cry.

Qi Mozi seemed to be very fond of hearing the sounds of Han Li's suffering, and he tightened his grip even further.

Han Li's face had turned deathly pale, and his eyes were bulging outward, looking as if they were about to explode at any moment.

A frantic look appeared on Wyrm 3's face upon seeing this, and she thrust a palm forward to release a dark red badge, which flew through the air while swelling rapidly in size.

As she injected more and more of her law powers into the badge, it expanded to the size of a city gate while giving off rays of dark red light that proliferated in all directions, causing the surrounding divine lamp clones to disappear one after another.

Fox 3 was also storming back into the fray right behind Wyrm 3, and his Heavenly Fox Bloodform Saber was glowing with radiant, crimson light, but Qi Mozi merely turned to look at the two of them with a mocking sneer on his face.

"We won't make it in time..." Wyrm 3 said in a despairing voice.

All of a sudden, Han Li's head exploded like an overripe watermelon under Qi Mozi's vice-like grip, and looks of grief and despair instantly appeared in the eyes of Fox 3 and Wyrm 3 at this horrific sight.

Qi Mozi paid no heed to the two of them as he plucked Han Li's nascent soul out of his headless body, and a cold smile of satisfaction appeared on his face as he chuckled, "Looks like the Great Five Elemental Illusion Mantra is going to be mine, after all."

The nascent soul was struggling with all its might, but had no chance of breaking free.

A layer of black light appeared over Qi Mozi's eyes, following which two thin threads of black light shot out of his pupils before wrapping themselves around Han Li's nascent soul.

Using this secret method, he could successfully search any nascent soul as long as it belonged to a cultivator of an inferior cultivation base to himself, even if there were restrictions placed upon said nascent soul. Furthermore, most of the power of the nascent soul in question would also be absorbed by him, so very little of it would go to waste.

However, as soon as the black threads of light shot out of his eyes, his expression instantly changed drastically as a look of chilling realization appeared on his face, but it was already too late.

All of a sudden, Han Li's headless body vanished into thin air amid a burst of law power fluctuations, as did his nascent soul.

At the same time, the azure-robed Liu Zizai appeared beside Wyrm 3 with a faint smile on his face.

Thanks to the seamless collaborative effort between his illusory law powers and Wyrm 3's reincarnation law powers, they had managed to completely fool Qi Mozi at the cost of a substitution puppet.