Chapter 233: Lei Wanhe Come to think of it, this was the second cultivator whose Primordial Spirit Han Li had destroyed after it exited the body.
However, most cultivators would not resort to the Primordial Spirit exit technique to save their lives during battle. Releasing one's Primordial Spirit required a certain amount of time to channel the spell, and the caster could not move at all during the process.
But in ordinary cultivator battles, who would give you the time to cast such an escape spell? Your opponent would have destroyed you dozens of times over in the brief moment your Primordial Spirit tried to leave your body. Only cultivators who had reached the Nascent Soul stage and beyond could rely on their Nascent Soul to release their Primordial Spirit in an instant.
And this Senior Brother Lin was just as unfortunate as Yu Zitong had been!
He had originally intended to fly directly over Han Li's cave dwelling on his way back to Yellow Maple Valley to seek treatment and reinforcements, but by sheer bad luck he had stumbled into Han Li's grand formation. Trapped by the illusions and transformations within the array, he was unable to take even a single step out, forced to watch helplessly as the poison consumed him from within — only then had he reluctantly released his Primordial Spirit.
This had filled Senior Brother Lin with resentment toward the owner of the formation. Combined with the fact that he genuinely needed a physical body to resurrect himself, he had attacked Han Li the moment he saw him, attempting a Body Seizing without a second thought.
But he had never anticipated that Han Li would react so swiftly — that even caught off guard, Han Li would still manage to pin down his Primordial Spirit and reduce it to nothing but dissipating smoke!
Now that the man was dead, Han Li naturally wasted no more thoughts on him. Outside his cave dwelling, he still had a whole heap of trouble waiting to be dealt with!
Although these Thousand Bamboo Sect attacks were impressive, Han Li felt quite at ease seeing that the grand formation showed no signs of being broken through.
Moreover, he was certain these people would not dare to linger here for too long!
Because although this area was on the outskirts of the Taiyue Mountain Range and relatively remote, it still fell within the sphere of influence of Yellow Maple Valley. After causing such a huge commotion, Han Li did not believe they were without any apprehension! He estimated that their current unsuccessful assault on the formation had already put them in a difficult position—in for a penny, in for a pound!
Actually, the thought of handing over Senior Brother Lin's body to them to send them away had crossed Han Li's mind.
But the traces of the Primordial Spirit leaving the body were too obvious. If they only obtained the body, they would probably be even less willing to let the matter go! Therefore, it was better to just act like a cowardly tortoise inside the formation for now! After all, they lacked the ability to break this Inverted Five Elements Array.
Come to think of it, Han Li really had to admire himself! He had such foresight that he had taken the step to set up this formation in advance.
Otherwise, he would have undoubtedly become someone's captive without any warning.
However, although the formation currently seemed worry-free, Han Li did not dare return to his cave dwelling to sleep soundly. He simply went back inside, fetched a blue stone bench, sat on it, and closed his eyes to rest his mind.
Perhaps because they were using puppets for the attack, their assault was annoyingly persistent.
After more than an entire shichen of bombardment, the formation finally showed its first change. The originally still and silent array began to emit a faint azure light, covering the entire sky above the formation. When the light arrows and light beams struck it, ripples like water waves spread across its surface.
Seeing this scene, the people from the Thousand Bamboo Sect started to get excited. After all, this change meant that the formation was not indestructible and could be broken by force with a bit more effort. If it had continued to remain as silent and still as at the beginning, Huang Long and the others would have truly had to consider retreating.
Just as the Thousand Bamboo Sect members were planning to launch a more powerful attack, and Han Li’s expression had just slightly shifted, a thunderous roar suddenly echoed from the distant horizon: «Where do you little brats come from! Daring to be so arrogant within the Taiyue Mountain Range, and even attacking the cave dwelling of my sect’s disciple! If you’re tired of living, this old man will send you on your way!»
The force of the voice was so great that even Han Li, protected within the great formation, felt his ears ringing and his face turn pale. Not to mention the several Thousand Bamboo Sect members who were outside the formation facing the sound directly. Their bodies swayed several times, nearly tumbling off their bamboo rafts.
«It’s a Golden Core cultivator! Retreat quickly!»
Although Huang Long looked rough and fierce, he was actually the most calculating of the group. Therefore, upon hearing the newcomer’s voice carry such imposing power, his face drained of color and he was about to turn tail and flee!
But it was obvious that Huang Long had still underestimated the flying speed and the unfathomable magical might of a Golden Core cultivator. Just as they were scrambling to collect their puppets and run, a sudden clap of thunder and flash of lightning erupted from the nearby horizon, followed by a surge of white light. In the next instant, a streak of silver light shot forth from there, arriving before the group in the blink of an eye. It scared their souls out of their bodies, and they abandoned even the remaining puppets, leaping up to scatter and flee in every direction.
However, that enormous silver light, fully over ten zhang long, gave them no such chance. They saw it suddenly split, transforming in an instant into six or seven slightly smaller streams of silver light. These streams immediately surrounded each of the Thousand Bamboo Sect members who had already taken to the air.