Chapter 816

Han Li's body stopped in mid-air. As the space around him squeezed, his body began to deform. He looked like he was in pain.

"Haha!"

Daoist Reflecting Bone let out a wild laugh. He spread his other hand and slammed it down with all his might.

A bone claw surrounded by white light appeared above Han Li. It slammed down on Han Li's head.

A horrified look appeared on Han Li's face as he abruptly clenched his fists, which transformed into two gusts of azure gale-force winds that crashed toward the bony claws overhead.

When the two collided, there was no earth-shattering sound. Instead, with a soft "pu" sound, the two green hurricanes were crushed and disappeared on the spot by the bone claws.

Then, the white bone claw shone brightly. It pressed down with a tremendous force that seemed to be able to tear apart the space above Han Li's head.

Han Li's body was still completely immobilized, and the space around him tremored violently as the protective spiritual light around him crumbled, and his body also crumbled into nothingness.

Daoist Saint Bone was overjoyed. Then, his face froze. A strange scene appeared in front of him.

Han Li's crumbling body abruptly shrank down into a red pea, upon which a drop of golden blood essence evaporated into a wisp of white smoke.

Another piece of the Impermanence Alliance's rabbit mask slowly fell off and floated downwards.

Almost at the same time, in another direction hundreds of thousands of miles away, Shi Chuankong's body was also crushed by the white bone claw. The situation was exactly the same.

After Daoist Saint Bone withdrew his avatar, his face became very gloomy. He looked at the Marquis of Blood Drop who was surrounded by the Jingguan Tower.

The latter was in his dark red spiritual domain. He didn't try to escape. He looked very calm.

"To be able to make a fake avatar of this level. Even I was fooled. You're good.

I'm not in a good mood. If you want to live, tell me now. Where did their real bodies go?

Xijia City, Yuliang City, or Guyang City? "Daoist Saint Bone let out a long breath and suppressed his anger.

The cities that he had mentioned were all cities that weren't very far away from Sulfur Forest City and could teleport to Chu Yu City. Seeing as Han Li and Liu Yue had come here with their fake bodies, their true bodies had most likely gone to one of those three cities.

"Senior, please don't joke around. I spent so much effort to make a fake avatar. I even used myself as bait to lure you here. Why would I tell you where they went?" Marquis of Blood Drop said with a smile.

"Since you are tired of living, then let your Divine Soul tell this old man!"

Zhenren Shine Bone shouted and waved his hands. His bone domain shrank and pressed down on Marquis Bloody Drop's domain. The flames on the eight bone temples burned brightly, and the green flames in their eyes burned brightly. They all flew up and rushed towards Marquis Bloody Drop like a swarm of locusts.

But at this moment, a strange scene appeared!

The Marquis of Bloody Drop, who was enveloped by the Spirit Domain, smiled even wider. He flipped his palm and a jade talisman appeared in his palm. He crushed it with a snap.

After the jade talisman broke, a powerful Space Force immediately gushed out, condensing into a deep black door of light behind him. He took a step back, and his figure immediately disappeared into it.

Daoist Saint Bone's eyes narrowed and veins popped on his forehead. Even he couldn't stop it in time. He could only punch the air and create a thunderous explosion.

After a long time, the sound in the sky faded and Daoist Saint Bone's expression calmed down.

He looked at Liusen City and muttered, "Since I don't know which city you went to, I'll wait for you at Chu Yu City. Don't even think about leaving Southern Border alive …"

Almost at the same time, outside the southernmost city of Southern Border, two figures slowly descended from the sky.

Both of them weren't tall, and they had ordinary appearances. However, their appearances were extremely similar, and they seemed to be a pair of twins. Their cultivations were only at the advanced-stage of the True Immortal Realm, so they naturally seemed extremely ordinary within an area of 5,000km around the city.

However, these two people were none other than Han Li and Shi Chuankong, who had returned from their previous journey.

Marquis of Blood Drop suggested that he bring two of his blood refined Dao-soldiers to Liusen City as bait. He told Han Li and Shi Chuankong to go to Shijia City and teleport to Chu Yu City.

Han Li felt that this course of action carried a certain amount of risk. The other cities, including Shajia City, weren't far from Sulfur Forest City. If Daoist Radiant Bone were to catch up to the Marquis and Marquis Blood Drop, Han Li would have the strength to pursue them in the other cities. As a result, he decided to take the risk and return to Grand Stronghold City.

According to the distance between Majesty City and Familiar Hill City, they ought to have arrived much earlier. However, for the sake of concealing themselves, both of them had forcefully suppressed their cultivations, and they didn't even dare to fly at full strength. Thus, they'd only arrived at Majesty City now.

"Brother Shi, it seems that your third brother treats you differently. The Marquis of Blood Drop is also very loyal. He's willing to take the risk to deal with a Zenith Heaven cultivator to fight for a chance of survival for you," Han Li said as he walked.

"This Marquis of Blood Drop is not the strongest among my third brother's subordinates, but he has always been the most loyal. I've heard about him before, but I've never met him.

If we meet again in Yang Ye City in the future, I'll definitely repay him generously, "Shi Chuankong nodded and said.

As they spoke, the two of them had already passed the inspection with the ultimatum in hand and entered the city.

After renting a carriage at the beast pen, the two headed straight for the city lord's mansion.

"I'm not familiar with Marquis Tiandao's temperament, but from what you and Fellow Daoist Blood Drop have said, he seems to be an ambitious and ruthless character.

The thoughts of such people are the most difficult to fathom. Returning to Grand Stronghold City is a gamble, "Han Li transmitted his voice to Shi Chuankong.

"Last time, he chose to stand by and watch the ambush in the Cloudy Mountains. I only hope that he will turn a blind eye to it this time.

As long as we can leave this place safely, I, Shi Chuankong, will owe him a favor, "Shi Chuankong replied with a frown.

After they finished speaking, the two of them didn't say anything else. The sound of hooves stomping on the ground echoed in their ears, and they each had their own thoughts.

The city lord's mansion occupied a vast area. The first half of the mansion was filled with grand buildings that were the official residence of the city lord, while the second half was filled with a vast garden that was the private residence of Marquis Tiandao.

Between the official residence and the garden, there was a round pagoda-like building that was six to seven stories tall. It was decorated with exquisite sculptures, and that was the teleportation hall of Grand Stronghold City.

Grand Stronghold City was different from other places. Anyone who wished to use the teleportation formation here had to go through a strict inspection.

When Han Li and Shi Chuankong arrived at a side gate of the city lord's mansion, they were stopped by a cultivator guarding the gate.

"This is our diplomatic notice. Please inspect it." Shi Chuankong smiled apologetically and handed over two new diplomatic notices.

Their identities had changed. They were now outer disciples of the number one clan in the central Devil Realm's Chenqiu Domain. One of them was called Yu Zhongyan, and the other was called Yu Zhongmiao.

"Since you are descendants of the Chenqiu Yu Clan, do you have a clan emblem?"

The leader of the group was an elderly cultivator. His expression relaxed slightly as he looked at the two and asked.

Shi Chuankong was already prepared. He flipped his palm and took out two palm-sized iron tokens. A ferocious beast with two horns on its head and a pair of wings on its back was engraved on them. The word "Yu" was also engraved on the bottom.

The elderly cultivator took the tokens and carefully examined them for a moment. He said, "There are no problems with Yu Ya's beast markings, and the wings on his back are indeed the symbol of an outer clan. You two may enter."

"Thank you, Senior."

Shi Chuankong quickly expressed his gratitude. He put away the diplomatic notices and clan emblems and quickly walked into the side gate with Han Li.

When the two passed through the gate, the detection formation above them flashed slightly. The red warning light on it suddenly flashed. Just as it was about to light up, Shi Chuankong took out a small round copper mirror from his bosom and secretly shone it on the formation.

The spell formation flashed faintly before disappearing.

The eyes of one of the cultivators guarding the gate flashed slightly. He carefully looked at the formation above and saw that everything was normal. He then shook his head and looked away, thinking that his eyes were playing tricks on him.

Han Li and Shi Chuankong secretly heaved a sigh of relief. They began to walk along the corridors of the mansion.

The city lord's mansion was heavily guarded. There were cultivators on duty at almost every distance. There were also groups of cultivators patrolling along the way. The two didn't speak much along the way. They only focused on hurrying along. Not long after, they arrived at the foot of the seven-story pagoda.

At the entrance of the pagoda, there was a long line of people waiting to enter the pagoda.

Han Li and Shi Chuankong walked forward and lined up at the end of the line.

As time passed, the people in front of the line entered the pagoda one after another. Soon, it was their turn.

The two walked into the pagoda and saw a teleportation formation formed by 18 coiling dragon pillars. There were three men from the demon race standing inside, waiting for the formation to be activated.

Outside the formation, there was a middle-aged cultivator holding a formation plate in his hand. There were only three other groups of people outside the formation.

"Where do you two want to teleport to?"

Inside the pagoda, there was a mahogany table on the right side. An old man in a black robe with a long beard sat behind it. He looked at Han Li and Shi Chuankong and asked.

Shi Chuankong quickly bowed and said, "Senior, we want to go to Chu Yu City."

"Consider yourselves lucky. Today, there are still three spots left for Chu Yu City. You only need to wait for one more person, and you will be able to teleport there." The black-robed old man's eyes were covered in fine scales. His voice was gentle, and his gaze was faint.

"How long do we need to wait?" Han Li frowned and asked.

"Who can say for sure?

It depends on your luck. Maybe someone will go with you right away. Maybe even tomorrow, there won't be enough people. "The old man in a black robe said without raising his head.