"Leave that thing to me," Daoist Xie volunteered, then spread his arms open, and a pair of antiquated sabers appeared in his grasp.

Immediately thereafter, he vanished from the spot amid a rumbling thunderclap.

In the next instant, he abruptly reappeared directly in front of the giant four-armed skeleton, and two bursts of radiant lightning appeared on either side of him, resembling a pair of lightning wings as he swooped down upon the giant skeleton.

At the same time, all of the purplish-golden lightning in the air converged to form a series of giant balls of lightning, which then exploded violently to form a huge net of lightning that descended upon the giant skeleton.

Right at this moment, a formidable aura erupted out of the fiery pit down below, and another enormous skeleton slowly crawled its way out of the pit, this one even more massive than its predecessor.

Han Li knew that the longer this battle wore on, the more dire their situation was going to become, so he immediately sprang into action, sweeping a sleeve through the air to send eighteen Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords hurtling toward one of the bone pagodas.

The Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords circled around in the air, releasing thousands of miniature azure sword projections that formed a vast azure wave.

Han Li was scouring the surrounding area for Daoist Master Bone Shine with his spiritual sense while simultaneously controlling the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, but his spiritual sense was being severely suppressed in this spirit domain, rendering him unable to track down his target.

The torrent of azure sword projections quickly reached the bone pagoda, but right at this moment, the ghostly green flames in the eye sockets of the skulls on the pagoda swelled up drastically, while plumes of green mist surged out of their mouths to oppose the oncoming sword projections.

As soon as the sword projections pierced into the mist, they immediately began to rust and decay, and in the blink of an eye, close to a thousand sword projections had been corroded into nothingness.

Han Li's brows furrowed slightly upon seeing this, and he suddenly switched to a different hand seal, setting off a violent explosion of golden lightning that tore the entire cloud of green mist to shreds.

The green mist was no match for the lightning in the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, which had integrated both Divine Devilbane Lightning and Bone Rinsing Golden Lightning, and it was instantly eradicated to reveal the bone pagoda beyond it.

However, right at this moment, a burst of light flashed over the bone pagoda, and all of the skulls rose up into the air before scattering in all directions.

As a result, Han Li's Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords struck nothing but empty air.

What was even more alarming was that all of the scattered bones were converging toward Han Li and Shi Chuankong from all directions, and they were still traveling extremely fast, even through Han Li's time spirit domain.

Shi Chuankong was just about to unleash a spatial ability to ward off the oncoming bones when Han Li urged through voice transmission, "Leave them to me, you focus on getting us out of here!"

Shi Chuankong immediately did as he was told, preparing his spatial secret technique, while Han Li summoned his Mantra Treasured Axis.

However, before the Mantra Treasured Axis had even fully emerged, Han Li's entire body abruptly stiffened, and his immortal spiritual power circulation also drew to a shuddering halt.

Immediately thereafter, he discovered that he seemed to have been deprived of control over his own skeleton, and his arms involuntarily raised up before extending outward, making it appear as if he had been nailed to an invisible cross.

Shi Chuankong's secret technique was also forcibly interrupted, and he was also rooted to the spot.

The only ones that remained unaffected were Daoist Xie and the Dao Warriors.

Upon noticing the predicament that Han Li was in, Daoist Xie raised Thunderslash and Heavenslash before bringing them together, and as soon as the two sabers came into contact with each other, a burst of lightning instantly erupted outward with tremendous force, intertwining to form a corkscrew-shaped pillar that hurtled directly toward Han Li.

However, the pillar of lightning was only able to travel about a thousand feet before a figure emerged from the mist in front of it, then swept a sleeve through the air to release a burst of tremendous force that struck the pillar of lightning.

The pillar of lightning instantly exploded, sending countless tiny arcs of electricity erupting in all directions, and Daoist Xie came plummeting out of the sky.

The two giant headless skeletons immediately rushed at him, and a fierce battle ensued between the three.

The figure that had appeared up above was none other than Daoist Master Bone Shine, and he took a disdainful glance at Daoist Xie, then turned his gaze to Han Li.

Out of everyone here, only Han Li was deserving of any respect in his eyes.

"How does it feel to have your skeleton completely sealed away? Don't worry, I'll end your suffering soon and make you a part of my bone pagodas," Daoist Master Bone Shine chuckled coldly.

He swept a sleeve through the air as he spoke, and all of the skulls that were hovering in the air converged toward Han Li and Shi Chuankong, ready to sink their teeth into their flesh.

With each skull that flew past Han Li and Shi Chuankong, it would take a chunk of their flesh, and before long, both of their bodies were riddled with harrowing wounds.

𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

The two of them were forced to endure the agony of having their flesh ripped from their bodies in chunks, yet all they could do was look on helplessly, completely powerless to resist.

Shi Chuankong possessed a devilish body, while Han Li was a Profound Immortal, so neither of them were lacking when it came to their physical constitutions, but with each shred of flesh that was torn away, the skulls absorb some of their power, and the ghostly flames in their eye sockets burned brighter and brighter.

A sadistic grin appeared on Daoist Master Bone Shine's face upon seeing this. He had originally intended to end the battle quickly and grant Han Li and Shi Chuankong a swift death, but now, he intended to slowly torment the two of them to death so that he could fully harness the power of their physical bodies.

Shi Chuankong was gritting his teeth with all his might, but he still couldn't help but snarl in pain.

The pain of having his flesh torn away was still bearable, but the problem was that each chunk of flesh that was taken out of his body, the skulls would release a plume of green mist that seeped straight into his bones, striking him with immense agony.

Han Li was also suffering from the same horrific torture, but his bones seemed to be more resistant to the green mist, and they were still glowing radiantly like jade.

As a Jade Immortal, his physical body was far more resistant to the corrosive effects of the green mist than Shi Chuankong's.

"I almost forgot that you were a Jade Immortal," Daoist Master Bone Shine chuckled coldly, then abruptly vanished from the spot.

In the next instant, he reappeared in front of Han Li, then raised a hand before thrusting his joined middle and index fingers toward Han Li's glabella.

Han Li remained completely immobilized, but his expression remained calm and steely as he glowered at Daoist Master Bone Shine.

Right as Daoist Master Bone Shine's fingers were about to come into contact with his glabella, he abruptly channeled his Spirit Refinement Technique to focus all of his spiritual sense toward a single spot.

Immediately thereafter, a semi-transparent sword that was only around an inch in length shot out of his glabella, then instantly pierced into the tip of Daoist Master Bone Shine's finger.

In the instant that Daoist Master Bone Shine caught sight of the sword, a sense of foreboding had already welled up in his heart, but it was too late to retract his hand, and he could only channel his immortal spiritual power to ward off the Spiritual Sense Sword.

However, in the next instant, the Spiritual Sense Sword abruptly appeared in his consciousness.

Outside, the Spiritual Sense Sword was only around an inch in length, but inside Daoist Master Bone Shine's consciousness, it had swelled drastically in size, and it came crashing down with tremendous power.

The sword was etched with peculiar runes that were flashing incessantly, and they were releasing formidable spiritual sense fluctuations that manifested themselves in the form of powerful shockwaves.

Daoist Master Bone Shine's consciousness instantly began to churn violently, and cracks began appearing everywhere, as if his consciousness were about to be torn apart.

Inside his consciousness, his soul was looking on with an agonized and horrified look on its face. Never had he imagined that an early-High Zenith cultivator would possess such tremendous spiritual sense, and he was left ruing his decision to approach Han Li, but it was already too late.