"Roar!"

The blood-patterned giant ape let out a low hiss, and the black banner above its head immediately rolled down, blossoming with myriad black rays of light, like a black hand, instantly engulfing the slashing azure flying sword.

Seeing this, Han Li sneered and made a sword gesture with his hand.

The azure flying sword suddenly trembled violently, bursting out with intense azure light, and even thick golden arcs of electricity shuttled through it, violently twisting.

With a "chi la" sound, the black banner was immediately torn apart, turning into several pieces of tattered banner and scattering in all directions. The azure flying sword did not pause at all, and continued to slash towards the blood-patterned giant ape below.

A look of horror appeared on the giant ape's face, and the blood-colored patterns on its body shone brightly.

With a "poof" sound, a pair of blood-red light wings appeared out of thin air behind it, flapping rapidly.

The body of the blood-patterned giant ape suddenly blurred, and with a series of afterimages, it moved horizontally to the side.

With a muffled tearing sound, the giant ape's figure flashed and appeared dozens of feet away. A long and deep sword mark appeared on its left shoulder, and its entire left arm was almost cut off, but no blood flowed out.

This black ape monster did not seem to be made of flesh and blood.

Han Li did not show any surprise, and seemingly casually raised his hand and beckoned.

The azure flying sword immediately flew back, and with a flash of azure light, turned into three azure small swords, disappearing into his sleeve. It was actually a fusion of three flying swords.

The strange face of the blood-patterned giant ape now showed a look of shock and anger, but it did not pounce over again. Instead, it opened its mouth wide, and a stream of jet-black flames continuously spewed out, instantly turning into a monstrous black wave and hitting Han Li with extreme speed.

The black flames covered a wide area, giving people a feeling that they could not be avoided.

Han Li's eyebrows twitched, and his shoulders shook.

Thunder rumbled, and countless golden arcs of electricity appeared around him, and then surged out, forming a golden lightning wave, colliding with the black fire wave, and intertwining again.

A series of earth-shattering loud noises exploded, and the two were evenly matched, neither able to overwhelm the other, and once again stalemated there.

The nearby stone pillars immediately shattered one after another, gravel splashed, and the entire hall shook violently.

This hall was either made of extremely sturdy material, or it was reinforced with restrictions inside, and was not collapsed by the aftermath.

At this moment, Han Li made a hand gesture, and a flash of golden lightning appeared on his body, and his whole person disappeared instantly.

The blood-patterned giant ape also seemed quite clever. Upon seeing this scene, it immediately flapped its blood-colored wings behind it and was about to fly away.

Just then, a cold snort rang out in the mind of the blood-patterned giant ape, and a sharp and incomparably divine sense of power pierced fiercely into the giant ape's mind.

A look of pain appeared on the face of the blood-patterned giant ape, and it let out a scream. The figure that was about to fly away suddenly stagnated.

Almost at the same time, a flash of golden light appeared near the giant ape's right arm, and a golden lock appeared out of thin air. With a crisp "clang" sound, it locked its right arm.

Countless golden lights bloomed from the golden lock, and a huge golden ancient "lock" character flashed and emerged, imprinting on the body of the blood-patterned giant ape.

The body of the blood-patterned giant ape stiffened, and its whole body seemed to be frozen, motionless.

A flash of golden lightning, Han Li's figure appeared behind the giant ape, and with a wave of his arm, two fingers as crystal clear as jade seemed to pick flowers and pluck leaves, gently tapping on the back of the giant ape's head.

A dazzling crystal light flashed by, and a silver flower pattern vaguely appeared in the crystal light, disappearing into the giant ape's head.

The head of the blood-patterned giant ape immediately cracked into several pieces, but after the crystal light flashed, it continued to maintain the appearance of a shattered head, motionless.

Han Li retracted his fingers, and then pointed with a hand gesture. The "lock" character on the giant ape's body disappeared without a trace, and the golden lock also flashed and turned into the size of a palm, falling into his hand.

Over the years, he had already finished refining this golden lock. After today's initial test, its power was indeed extraordinary.

He put away the golden lock, and the head of the blood-patterned giant ape, which was cracked into several pieces, immediately exploded, turning into black gas that filled the sky and scattered.

Its headless corpse trembled violently, and then turned into a large amount of black evil aura, scattering and flying.

A black crystal the size of a fist emerged from the black gas and fell downward.

Han Li waved his hand and sent out a green light to engulf it, taking it into his hand.

The black crystal exuded an extremely strong Yin evil aura. It was obviously the crystal nucleus of the blood-patterned giant ape.

"So it's a Earthly Soul Fiend..." He raised his eyebrows and muttered to himself.

Although the Earthly Soul Fiend has a fiend name, it is actually a type of ghost. It can only be born in places where corpse aura and evil aura are extremely strong. It is good at hiding, attacking, and is not low in intelligence. It is a very powerful type of ghost.

"What a pure evil aura crystal! Fellow cultivator Han, give this thing to me, it will be useful to me." Mo Guang's voice rang in Han Li's heart.

Hearing this, Han Li glanced at the black crystal in his hand, turned his hand and put it into the flower branch space, throwing it to Mo Guang.

The blood-patterned giant ape was killed, and the other black ape monsters on the other side let out terrified screams, turned around and turned into several afterimages and fled into the distance, disappearing into the distance in the blink of an eye.

Feng Qingyuan and the other three did not stop them, allowing them to escape.

The three put away their immortal artifacts, looked at each other, and then all looked at Han Li.

"Thank you, fellow cultivator, for killing that Earthly Soul Ghost King and scaring away the other ghosts, otherwise the three of us don't know when we will be able to escape." The burly man showed a smile and bowed to Han Li.

Feng Qingyuan and the purple-robed woman also thanked him.

"The three of you are too polite. With the supernatural powers of the three of you, if you really want to leave, why do you need my help?" Han Li said with a faint smile.

Although the three people in front of him each used secret techniques to try to hide their cultivation, with his divine sense, he had already explored the details of the three of them.

The aura of these three people was huge, and their cultivation was similar to his own, at least they were all cultivators in the late stage of the Golden Immortal Realm.

When they fought with those Earthly Soul Ape Fiends just now, they did not use their true strength at all. Compared to dealing with those Earthly Soul Fiends, the three of them put more thought into guarding against each other.

The burly man, Feng Qingyuan, and the purple-robed woman all flashed their eyes when they heard this.

"Hehe, no matter what, I still have to thank you, fellow cultivator, for your help just now." The burly man laughed and said.

Han Li nodded slightly, his face was calm, but his mind was spinning rapidly.

He couldn't see the origin of this burly man for a while, but he knew Feng Qingyuan. And this purple-robed woman was clearly a Demon Race. This person appeared in the ruins of the Mantra Sect. Could it have something to do with Shi Chuankong?

"Speaking of which, it is fate that the four of us can meet here. Why don't we get to know each other and explore this ruin together? After all, we don't know what will appear in front of us." The burly man seemed to be a good talker and said.

"That's right, this place is very strange and unpredictable. It's better for everyone to act together." Han Li said after hearing this.

There were inexplicably so many people, and this trip to the ruins of the Mantra Sect naturally had a lot more variables. He even felt that there were many secrets hidden here that he didn't know.

Although the three people in front of him were strong, Han Li was confident that he could deal with them. If they traveled together, he could take the opportunity to investigate some things.

Feng Qingyuan and the purple-robed woman pondered slightly when they heard this, and then nodded.

"Haha, that's great. Let me introduce myself first. My surname is Ren, and my given name is Hao." The burly man smiled and cupped his hands to the three of them.

"I am Li Jiangliu." Han Li reported a name, which was the same as the name on the identity token of the Tiansha Sect that Hu San had obtained for him.

"Yuan Feng." Feng Qingyuan reversed his name.

"Feng Lin." The purple-robed woman smiled charmingly and said.

The four of them reported their names, although they didn't know if they were true or false, the originally solemn and guarded atmosphere was somewhat relieved.

Although Ren Hao was tall and big, he was surprisingly good at socializing. He chatted with the three of them a few more times, and the atmosphere between them seemed to become more and more harmonious.

During the conversation, the few people subconsciously avoided some sensitive topics.

"I don't know how long the three of you have been here? I just arrived here. The palaces here are connected one after another. It looks like a royal city. My exploration range is small, so I'm still a little clueless." Ren Hao said with a wry smile.

"I just arrived here too. Speaking of which, I'm probably even later than the three of you. I'm still at a loss." Han Li shook his head and said.

Feng Qingyuan and Feng Lin also shook their heads, indicating that they knew nothing about this place and were still exploring.

"In that case, let's continue forward. Not much has been destroyed here, maybe there are some treasures, but you all have to be careful not to touch any mechanisms or restrictions." Ren Hao pondered slightly and said.

Han Li and the other three nodded one after another, without raising any objections.

The group of four rested briefly and soon continued to move forward.

As they walked, the four of them occasionally said a few words, but they still kept a distance from each other.

Han Li walked at the back, exploring the surrounding situation while countless thoughts were still rolling in his mind.

The Heavenly Court and the Demon Race have also intervened in the ruins of the Mantra Sect. I wonder if Hu San and Immortal Zun Rehuo know about this?

It would be fine if Hu San and the others didn't know, but if those three people already knew, but were hiding it from him alone, then he would have to be careful.

Thinking of this, Han Li couldn't help but regret taking on this task, but since things had come to this, he could only bite the bullet and move forward.

After passing through several more palaces, the group finally walked out of the continuous palace complex. The field of vision in front of them suddenly widened, but the terrain changed from flat to upward, as if they had reached the front of a hillside.

A wide and straight white jade road appeared on the ground, extending towards the mountain.

The light in the depths of Han Li's eyes flickered. When he got here, the fluctuation of the law of time was already quite strong, right in front of this white jade road.

It's just that this law of time is so obvious, the three people beside him must have sensed it too. How to take that thing away, he had to think about it carefully.

Thinking like this, he glanced at the three people beside him without leaving a trace, but he was slightly stunned.

The three people beside him were also looking forward at this moment, their faces were mixed with a hint of expectation in their confusion, but there was no joy at all.