Chapter 965: Taking Over the Array

"My eyes have truly been opened today! If we were outside the array, I would be able to crush you with a single finger, yet here you are, displaying more insolence than you would ever dare to if we were elsewhere! Let me see what you have up your sleeve to back up that big mouth of yours!" E Kuai sneered.

Immediately thereafter, he made another hand seal before tapping his own glabella several more times in succession, and several more identical runes appeared on his forehead, following which the bloodline power that was seeping out of his body began to return again.

Han Li paid no heed to E Kuai as he began making a string of hand seals of his own, and a burst of white light rose up from his crimson cocoon. Several cracks then appeared over the cocoon's surface, and it bloomed into a nine-tiered crimson lotus flower.

Han Li sat down with his legs crossed, and the crimson lotus flower beneath him began to radiate dazzling crimson light while releasing a burst of tremendous suction force.

The bloodline power that was returning to E Kuai's body instantly began to surge out of him rapidly once again, forming a mighty dragon that hurtled rapidly toward Han Li before plunging headfirst into the nine-tiered crimson lotus flower.

Han Li's eyes immediately widened as veins began to bulge on his forehead. The accelerated influx of power was exacerbating his pain by severalfold, and he felt as if there were countless sharp daggers piercing into his body.

A string of loud booms rang out as several more profound acupoints lit up over his body, and at this point, E Kuai finally came to realize the dire situation that he was in.

Not only was the bloodline power in the array beginning to funnel through his body toward Han Li, even the bloodline power that had accumulated in his body was beginning to seep out.

A furious look appeared on E Kuai's face as he switched to a different hand seal, and a pair of gashes split open on the palms of his hands, bleeding profusely to stain his hands bright red.

He pressed his bloodstained hands firmly into the pentagram beneath himself while chanting an urgent incantation, and the pentagram instantly began to glow brightly while releasing powerful suction force, intercepting the bloodline power that was surging into Han Li's body.

"City Lord E, I must admit that you are the most powerful bodily refinement cultivator I've ever met, but do you still not understand the situation that you're in? I'm more familiar with this array than you are, so you can't beat me while we're in here!" Han Li sneered as he switched to a different hand seal yet again, and the suction force released by the nine-tiered lotus flower instantly increased in potency by severalfold.

A dull thump rang out as the crimson light emanating from the pentagram beneath E Kuai abruptly fizzled out.

He was powerless to contend against Han Li any longer, and he could only look on helplessly as the power in the Weeping Blood Array flowed toward Han Li.

The insubstantial specks of white light on E Kuai's body faded one after another, and before long, all that remained were the one thousand or so profound acupoints that he had already opened.

At the same time, the bloodline power that he thought he had already absorbed began to spill out of his body as well.

At this rate, it wouldn't be long before he was reduced to the same state as the four subsidiary city lords.

A decisive look finally appeared on E Kuai's face as he made a hand seal before slamming a palm down upon the head of the statue beneath him, but Han Li suddenly pointed a finger in his direction as he said, "Don't be in such a hurry to leave, City Lord E. I still need you to stay in the array for a little longer."

A vast expanse of crimson light erupted out of the pentagram beneath E Kuai, following which a seven-petaled crimson lotus flower emerged, then closed itself around him like the mouth of a giant beast.

E Kuai immediately clenched a hand into a tight fist before throwing an almighty punch at the pentagram down below.

Dense clusters of profound acupoints lit up over his arm, releasing a layer of white starlight that was giving off tremendous energy fluctuations.

A resounding boom rang out as E Kuai's fist struck the crimson lotus flower, and the entire statue shuddered violently, but was somehow able to hold itself intact.

A burst of formidable shockwaves erupted in all directions, crashing into the inner wall of the crimson light barrier, causing the entire array to tremble violently, while everyone outside the array looked on with astonished expressions.

Suspended in mid-air, Han Li was also struggling to maintain his balance in the face of these powerful shockwave, and he hurriedly made a string of hand seals to try and stabilize the array, but right at this moment, E Kuai slammed his bloodstained palms down onto the stone statue beneath himself once again.

Two bursts of white light erupted out of the wings on the stone statue's back before erupting outward to forcibly create an opening on the crimson light barrier that was just large enough for a person to fit through.

The opening appeared very unstable, and it began closing as soon as it was opened, but E Kuai had already flown out through it in a flash.

On top of that, as he flew out of the array, he reached out with both hands, and two bone chains shot out of his sleeves, instantly piercing into the crimson cocoons around Sun Tu and Chen Yang.

The two of them were completely powerless to resist as the bone chains pierced through their shoulder blades before wrenching them out of their cocoons toward the opening on the crimson light barrier.

With the three city lords exiting the array, the crimson light was only able to flow through Fu Jian and Qin Yuan before surging into Han Li's body.

Having only undergone two rounds of purification, the bloodline power in the crimson light was far more violent than before, and in the instant that it surged into Han Li's body, he felt as if he were about to be torn apart at the seams.

Han Li hurriedly made a hand seal in an attempt to suppress the raging bloodline power in his body, while E Kuai dragged Chen Yang Sun Tu out of the Weeping Blood Array before tossing them aside like a pair of dirty rags.

Shi Chuankong and the others were all looking on with wary expressions, and none of them dared to approach the three city lords.

"Let's see how much longer you can last with only two people filtering the bloodline power of the array for you! Once you self-detonate, you'll become part of the array, and I'll absorb all of your power as well, so I actually have to thank you for your sacrifice!" E Kuai sneered as he glowered at Han Li from outside the array.

At this moment, Han Li's ears were ringing so violently that he couldn't hear E Kuai at all.

He was channeling the starpower in his own body with all his might, and he was able to stabilize the array again with much difficulty, but with only two city lords acting as filters, the bloodline power within the array was far too violent for him to safely withstand.

A string of dull thumps rang out over Han Li's chest and abdomen as around a dozen more profound acupoints opened up, and what was rather strange about this latest batch of opened profound acupoints was that they were all tinged with hints of crimson light.

At the same time, his body began to swell up like a balloon, and he was in such excruciating pain that anyone with inferior mental fortitude and spiritual sense would've already fallen unconscious in his place.

However, he knew that it was only going to be several more seconds before his body exploded, and in what he perceived to be his own final moments, he wondered if it would be possible for his nascent soul to survive and seek refuge in the Heaven Controlling Vial.

Everyone around the array was watching Han Li intently with mixed emotions, and Zhu Ziqing turned away slightly, seemingly not wanting to watch him self-detonate.

"This is the price that you pay for your insolence!" E Kuai chortled with glee, but to everyone's surprise, Han Li's inflated body suddenly began to slowly contract, and it quickly returned to normal.

𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Han Li threw his hand over his own head as he let loose an agonized roar, but a hint of clarity had returned to his eyes.

Unbeknownst to everyone else, there was currently a small, green vial in his stomach that was absorbing the violent power surging into his body like an insatiable abyss, and it seemed that there was no limit to its capacity.

As for the agonized look on Han Li's face, that was nothing more than an act that he was putting on to fool everyone.

The vast majority of the power surging into his body was absorbed by the Heaven Controlling Vial, while only a tiny amount was being absorbed by him.

"How is this possible? He definitely shouldn't be able to last this long!" E Kuai roared with a bewildered expression.

Shi Chuankong was already plotting his own escape, and he was also stunned by this sudden turn of events.

"What's going, Big Brother?" Zhu Ziqing asked.

However, Zhu Ziyuan was just as perplexed as she was, and his brows were slightly furrowed as he turned his gaze to E Kuai.

All of a sudden, E Kuai vanished from the spot, only to reappear behind the stone statue beneath Qin Yuan an instant later.

"Let me see if you can keep this up after I get rid of these two as well!" E Kuai sneered.