Chapter 993: A Battle from the Distant Past

A cold sneer appeared on E Kuai's face as he swung his sword through the air, keeping all of the puppets' attacks at bay.

At the same time, the sword qi that he was unleashing prevented Sha Xin and the five puppets from getting away.

Meanwhile, the Nightmare Dragon Guards had arranged themselves into a defensive formation, doing everything in their power to keep the Scalptia Spatial Domain cultivators out of the Myriad Opportunity Palace.

After taking a moment to assess the situation, Han Li sprang out of his hiding spot, launching himself at the entrance of the palace.

He was immediately spotted by three Nightmare Dragon Guards, which lashed out in unison with their blades to intercept him.

Instead of retreating or taking any evasive measures, Han Li sped up even further while sweeping a sleeve through the air, releasing a long, azure whip, which sprang forth like a spirit snake before wrapping itself around the weapons of the three Nightmare Dragon Guards.

He had picked up the whip from a deceased Nightmare Dragon Guard on the way here, and the three weapons were instantly slowed down slightly by the restrictive whip.

Han Li sped up even further as his skin took on an unnatural, red coloration, and he sped past the three Nightmare Dragon Guards in a flash before continuing on toward the Myriad Opportunity Palace.

He had already made up his mind not to waste any time engaging in any battles, and he was tapping into all of the latent potential in this body to enter the Myriad Opportunity Palace.

Right at this moment, a dark purple figure abruptly appeared before him.

It was an extremely tall and imposing figure, far more massive in stature than the average Nightmare Dragon Guard, and there was a golden dragon head design on the front of his breastplate, indicating that he was a commander.

He swung an arm through the air in a circle, and a burst of black light erupted out of his hand to encompass Han Li from all directions.

As a result, Han Li was instantly slowed down significantly, as if he had been rooted to the spot.

"Pesky little rats should know their place!" the commander sneered as he threw an almighty punch at Han Li, and a gust of fierce black wind erupted out of his fist, but as the wind swept over Han Li's body, he abruptly vanished, as if he had been blown away.

The commander was momentarily rooted to the spot upon seeing this.

Right at this moment, E Kuai called out in an urgent voice, "He's above you!"

The commander hurriedly looked up upon hearing this, and sure enough, Han Li was darting through the air several dozen feet above him.

The red coloration of his skin had become even deeper, but at the same time, his speed had been even further enhanced, and it was already too late for the commander to intercept him.

Since when was Wu Xuan this powerful?

Sha Xin had also noticed what was happening, and a hint of surprise flashed through her eyes.

"Useless!" E Kuai roared in a furious voice as he swung an arm through the air, and close to a hundred profound acupoints lit up over his arm at once.

In the next instant, his sword flew out of his grasp as a black shadow, and it instantly appeared just a few feet behind Han Li before piercing at him from behind.

Han Li's expression changed slightly as he sprang away to the side, but the sword was too fast for him to fully evade, and his left arm was about to be struck.

However, he took no further measures to defend himself as he continued onward, paying no further heed to the oncoming sword.

Right at this moment, a golden shadow flew over from the side before instantly appearing behind Han Li, and it was revealed to be a golden eagle puppet that made a grab for E Kuai's with its talons.

The sword tore through the eagle puppets talons with ease before plunging straight through its chest, but that was the extent of the sword's power, and it was stopped in its tracks.

Han Li was rather surprised to see this, but he continued onward without pause, and there were no further obstacles up ahead, allowing him to rush into the Myriad Opportunity Palace.

E Kuai turned to Sha Xin with a furious expression, while Sha Xin looked back at him with a triumphant smile.

"Send some people after him! We can't allow him to interfere with His Majesty!" E Kuai yelled in an urgent voice.

It seemed that E Kuai was a very authoritative figure among the Night Sun Empire cultivators, and four Nightmare Dragon Guards immediately set off in pursuit of Han Li, while the commander that had let Han Li through also rushed toward the entrance of the palace with a furious expression.

Right at this moment, Sha Xin made a rapid string of hand seals, and two beams of golden light erupted out of the golden eagle puppet's eyes before vanishing into the stone wall beside the palace gates.

Immediately thereafter, the palace gates swung shut with a loud thump.

The four Nightmare Dragon Guards and the commander crashed into the gates of the palace, but it remained completely unmoved.

E Kuai turned to Sha Xin with a look of murderous rage in his eyes upon seeing this.

"The palace gates have already been closed, and there's a restriction placed upon them by Master himself, so there's no way any of you will be able to force your way through!" Sha Xin sneered.

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Han Li was slightly taken aback to see the palace gates close behind him, but he then quickly turned his attention to the interior of the palace.

As was the case many years later, the interior of the Myriad Opportunity Palace was strewn with shattered furniture and puppet fragments, clearly indicating that a fierce battle had just taken place here.

At this moment, there was no one else in the palace, but the entire area was filled with a sweet-smelling crimson mist.

The mist appeared to be harmless. In fact, it had quite a soothing effect on Han Li instead, who was suffering physically from tapping excessively into the latent potential of Wu Xuan's body.

Once again, he was rather taken aback to see this, but he wasted no time examining this crimson mist as he rushed to the back of the palace.

Sure enough, the black stone chair was still there, and his eyes immediately lit up as he grabbed onto the chair before giving it a twist.

A black passageway that led underground instantly appeared on the ground behind the chair, and Han Li channeled his Myriad Acupoint Tranquility Technique before rushing down the stone staircase inside, quickly reaching the opening at the foot of the staircase.

Beyond the opening was the giant underground cave, and a thunderous commotion was ringing out from within it, causing the entire underground cave to tremble violently.

Han Li arrived beside the opening in a stealthy manner, then took a glance inside to discover that it was looking much the same as it did many years later.

There was a giant lake of blood inside, and at this moment, the lake was rippling violently.

However, there was no crystal coffin at the center of the lake, and in its place was a square, crimson stone platform instead.

There were nine tall, crimson jade pillars standing around the stone platform with countless patterns engraved upon them, and they were giving off radiant crimson light, forming a dense crimson light barrier that encompassed the entire stone platform.

At this moment, Daoist Xie was seated with his legs crossed on the stone platform with his entire body enshrouded in radiant golden light, and his eyes were shut, while his brows were tightly furrowed in a pained expression.

At the same time, his body was trembling slightly, and wisps of gray mist were rising up from all parts of his body before drifting upward, forming a cloud that was around ten feet in size.

The cloud was churning incessantly, and it was beginning to take on a humanoid form.

Meanwhile, there were three figures locked in a fierce battle beside the lake, and their battle was the source of the commotion.

Two of the three figures were the two puppets that contained Daoist Xie's corpse souls, and they were locked in battle against a middle-aged man clad in a suit of purple armor.

Han Li was able to identify the purple figure as Shi Kongyu, but he then immediately arrived at the realization that it was actually a puppet, rather than the actual Shi Kongyu.

Considering how cultivators at or above the Great Encompassment Stage were barred from entering the Scalptia Spatial Domain, it made sense that Shi Kongyu could only be present as a puppet.

The three combatants were all moving at astonishing speeds, and Han Li's eyes were barely able to keep up with their movements.

With each clash that took place between them, a thunderous boom would ring out, sending violent tremors running through the entire underground cave.

However, there seemed to be restrictions placed upon the underground cave, allowing it to remain largely unscathed despite the ferocity of the ongoing battle.

The blood in the lake was also churning violently, throwing up dense clouds of crimson mist that filled the entire underground space.

Shi Kongyu's purple puppet was extremely formidable, with arcs of purple lightning flashing all over its body, and it was racing through the air like a purple lightning dragon, easily leaving multitudes of spatial rifts in its wake.

Daoist Xie's two corpse soul puppets were also extremely powerful, and they were unaffected by the restrictions in the Scalptia Spatial Domain, allowing them to freely use their devilish qi and law powers.

Neither side was able to get the better of the other, and it seemed like there wasn't going to be a decisive outcome anytime soon.

After yet another violent clash, both sides retreated, and the white Daoist Xie said, "Let's put an end to this senseless battle, Fellow Daoist Shi Kongyu. This puppet of yours is quite formidable, but it won't be able to defeat us, so you should just give up and go back. Fellow Daoist Shi is no longer cultivating the laws of space anymore, so he no longer poses any threat to you.

“Hence, you should set aside your past differences and establish a truce. Ultimately, we are all cultivators of the Holy Realm, and the Heavenly Court is our common enemy."

Shi Kongyu gave a cold harrumph upon hearing this, paying no heed to the white Daoist Xie's words as he abruptly vanished from the spot.

The white Daoist Xie's expression changed slightly as it hurriedly sped away to the side, and it had only just managed to move several dozen feet when a fist that was flashing with lightning emerged out of thin air before crashing down upon the spot where it had been standing just a moment ago.

A huge hole was blasted into the space in the path of the fist, and right at this moment, the black Daoist Xie abruptly appeared above Shi Kongyu.

It was wielding a black saber, and as the saber was slashed through the air, a series of black saber projections were unleashed, forming a black lotus flower that descended upon Shi Kongyu.