Chapter 978: Mission Completed

Han Li immediately sprang into action upon seeing this, and all 475 of his profound acupoints lit up as he launched himself forward with all his might, reaching Xiao Zi's side right before she was struck down before throwing a punch at Shi Zhanfeng's black saber.

However, right at this moment, the saber suddenly veered away to the side, avoiding Han Li's fist before sweeping toward his neck.

At the same time, the beastly projection around the saber let loose a low roar before pouncing at Han Li and biting down upon his head.

Han Li instantly felt a burst of tremendous pressure crashing down upon him, and even the light radiating from his profound acupoints had dimmed slightly.

He took a deep breath before lashing out at the black saber with his other fist, and simultaneously, a Giant Mountain Ape projection appeared behind him before pouncing at the beastly projection.

A resounding boom rang out as the entire underground cave shuddered violently, attracting the attention of even Sha Xin and E Kuai.

Golden, white, and black light intertwined, forming a three-colored ball of light, immediately following which Shi Zhanfeng shot back out of the ball of light before crashing into the nearby cave wall.

The black saber in his hand had been snapped into two, and the black patterns all over his body had become far dimmer than before. Blood was trickling down from the corner of his mouth, and there was a stunned look on his face as he hurriedly sped toward the entrance of the underground cave.

Immediately thereafter, Han Li also shot out of the three-colored ball of light with a furious look on his face, and he caught up to Shi Zhanfeng in the blink of an eye before throwing an almighty punch.

Radiant white light erupted out of his fist, resembling a blazing white sun, and all of the space within a radius of several hundred feet trembled violently as Han Li's fist rumbled through the air.

An alarmed look appeared on Shi Zhanfeng's face as bright starlight erupted over his entire body, and the black patterns on his skin also lit up to produce a black film of light.

At the same time, a gray shield flew out of his sleeve, and there were close to forty star acupoints glowing on its surface.

The shield instantly swelled to around ten times its original size, yet it had only just emerged before Han Li's fist came crashing down upon it, shattering it into pieces.

A fearful look appeared in Shi Zhanfeng's eyes, but before he could do anything else, a cold harrumph suddenly rang out, immediately following which he felt as if a red-hot poker had been plunged straight into his head, causing his entire body to stiffen involuntarily.

In that same instant, Han Li's fist struck him on the chest, and the black film of light around his body was only able to put up token resistance before it was also immediately overwhelmed.

Once again, Han Li's fist punched a huge hole into Shi Zhanfeng's chest, sending blood splattering in all directions.

Shi Zhanfeng's body was sent flying through the air, plummeting out of the sky like an asteroid before crashing down onto the ground near the entrance of the underground cave.

A resounding boom rang out as a massive crater was smashed into the ground, and a huge cloud of dust rose up into the air alongside countless pieces of debris.

Blood was gushing profusely out of Shi Zhanfeng's mouth and body, and it appeared as if Han Li's punch had almost torn his entire body apart at the seams.

The black patterns on his skin flashed momentarily before quickly fading away.

At this point, Shi Zhanfeng was on the verge of death, and he was staring up at Han Li with an incredulous look on his face.

Han Li was just about to descend upon him to deal the killing blow when a streak of white light suddenly shot forth from the entrance of the underground cave.

The streak of white light pierced through Shi Zhanfeng's head, revealing itself to be a white bone spear.

The light in Shi Zhanfeng's eyes quickly faded away, and everyone was stunned by this abrupt turn of events.

Sha Xin was looking on with a cold sneer on her lips, while a grim look had appeared on E Kuai's face.

With Shi Zhanfeng dead, Mistress Liu Hua was the only ally that he had left, and that was certainly far from ideal.

With that in mind, a hint of urgency welled up in his heart, and the light radiating from his profound acupoints instantly brightened significantly. At the same time, the black sword in his hand also began to glow radiantly as he swung it down upon the tiger puppet before him.

Sha Xin immediately pointed a finger in the tiger puppet's direction upon seeing this, and it instantly swelled drastically in size before opening its mouth to unleash a torrential barrage of blades of golden light.

The storm of golden blades swept toward E Kuai with astonishing might, but E Kuai merely harrumphed coldly as he swung his sword into the golden storm.

The barrage of golden blades was instantly sliced into two, and E Kuai's sword was slowed down slightly, but it was still able to strike the tiger puppet with immense power.

A resounding thump rang out as the tiger puppet was sent flying, creating an opening in the encirclement formed by the four puppets.

Sha Xin hurriedly spurred the other three puppets into action, attempting to close the opening that had just been created, but right at this moment, E Kuai swung his sword through the air once again, unleashing three giant, black sword projections that struck the other three puppets.

The three sword projections weren't as formidable as the attack that he had just unleashed upon the tiger puppet, but they were still enough to force each of the three puppets back a step.

E Kuai immediately pounced on this opportunity, darting forward as a white shadow to fly out of the broken encirclement, but right at this moment, a giant silver ape puppet that was around seventy to eighty feet tall barreled straight into him from the side.

E Kuai was clearly caught off guard by this, but he immediately reacted by swinging his sword through the air, instantly slicing the puppet into two.

However, this had bought Sha Xin enough time to rally her puppets, and the four symbol puppets sprang back into position to surround E Kuai once again.

A dragon's tail, a tiger's claw, and a golden beak shot swept forth from three different directions at an astonishing speed before striking E Kuai in unison.

E Kuai let loose a furious roar as he swung his sword through the air to defend himself, but he was still knocked back by the attacks.

Right at this moment, a figure sprang forth from the side before landing on the tiger puppet, and it was none other than Kun Yu.

There was still a gaping hole on his chest, but a metallic gleam could be seen flashing from the wound, and it wasn't bleeding at all.

𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"City Lord Sha, it's far too taxing for you to control the four symbol puppets on your own in your current state, so leave this tiger puppet to me," Kun Yu said.

Sha Xin nodded in response and conceded control over the tiger puppet to Kun Yu.

As for E Kuai, even though he had been knocked back, he remained unscathed, and he immediately sprang forward again after steadying himself.

However, with Kun Yu's help, the combat prowess of the four symbol puppets was significantly bolstered, and E Kuai found himself trapped among them once again.

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On the other side, Shi Chuankong was still lying on the ground in a completely still manner, but he was looking at Shi Zhanfeng from afar with mixed emotions in his eyes.

Mistress Liu Hua's eyes lit up with elation at the sight of the white spear that had pierced through Shi Zhanfeng's head, while a burst of intense killing intent erupted out of Han Li's body as he yelled, "Who's there?"

Gu Qianxun emerged from the shadowy entrance of the underground cave as she chuckled, "Please don't exert such fierce killing intent upon a frail woman like myself, Fellow Daoist Li."

"How did you get here?" Han Li asked with tightly furrowed brows.

"I happened to stumble upon this place by chance," Gu Qianxun replied with a smile. "I have to thank you, Fellow Daoist Li. It's all thanks to you that I was able to complete my mission."

Han Li gave a cold harrumph, but didn't say anything further.

It was a good thing that Shi Zhanfeng had been killed by Gu Qianxun. After all, Shi Zhanfeng was the eldest prince of the Night Sun Empire, so killing him was sure to incur extremely severe consequences.

"Xun'er!" Mistress Liu Hua called out in an ecstatic manner as he hurried over to Gu Qianxun.

Han Li immediately jumped on this opportunity, appearing beside Shi Chuankong in the blink of an eye before thrusting a palm down onto his body.

"Stop!" Mistress Liu Hua yelled in an alarmed voice as he attempted to rush back to Shi Chuankong's side, but it was already too late.

The sound of something shattering rang out within Shi Chuankong's body, following which his mobility was restored, and he rose to his feet as he cupped his fist in a grateful salute toward Hna Li.

"You've saved me yet again, Fellow Daoist Li."

Mistress Liu Hua drew to a halt over a hundred feet away with a furious look on his face, but there was a snide gleam in his eyes, as if this was precisely the outcome that he wanted.

Han Li took a contemplative glance at Mistress Liu Hua, then turned back to look into the underground cave.

At this point, the three-colored ball of light had already faded away to reveal Xiao Zi, and she was currently standing on the spot with a dazed look on her face.

Right at this moment, the heart that Han Li had tucked down the front of his own robe suddenly flew out on its own, then sped directly toward Gu Qianxun.

Han Li hurriedly set off in pursuit, while Shi Chuankong followed along closely behind him.

An alarmed look appeared on Gu Qianxun's face at the sight of the oncoming heart, and she instinctively dodged to the side.

However, to everyone's surprise, the heart simply flew past Gu Qianxun before vanishing into Shi Zhanfeng's lifeless body in a flash.