The eight spider legs were swift as lightning, but the white figure was even faster. With a stretch and a flick of both hands, all eight legs somehow ended up in his grasp, and then he snapped them with force.

With a "crack," all eight spider legs were directly broken.

The figure flipped his hand, and the eight spider legs transformed into eight black shadows, reflecting back with lightning speed and piercing through Zhuo Ge's chest, passing right through.

Zhuo Ge was sent flying backward, but in his backward flight, he flipped in mid-air, and simultaneously flicked his hand, a white long rope shot out from his sleeve, piercing into the roof with a "whoosh."

He pulled the rope with one hand, his body soaring upward, shooting out from a large hole in the roof, disappearing outside.

The series of movements was incredibly agile, showing no signs of injury.

"Huh!" the white figure uttered softly, but did not pursue, instead moving his body and shooting downward.

The bloody aura below had now dissipated and weakened, and Hei Da's face was filled with fear. He urged the Silver Leopard puppet, which had just stabilized itself, to flee toward a large hole in the distant wall.

But at that moment, a figure flashed above the Silver Leopard's head, and the white figure appeared out of nowhere, as ghostly as could be.

"Fellow Daoist Hei Da, why the rush to leave?"

After saying this, the white light on the figure's body flickered, and a vast and powerful force surrounded it, causing the nearby void to ripple like the surface of water.

The Silver Leopard puppet's head cracked, and a large area of cracks instantly appeared.

Hei Da moved, wanting to jump off the Silver Leopard puppet and escape, but after a moment of thought, he realized that his speed was far inferior to this person's, and it was impossible to escape, so he stopped.

"Smart. If you dared to escape just now, you would have ended up like this puppet." The white figure lifted his foot and pointed.

A sharp force suddenly erupted from beneath his feet, piercing into the Silver Leopard puppet's head.

With a muffled "boom," the puppet's head was penetrated by this force, creating a large hole, and the massive body instantly collapsed.

Hei Da's body trembled, and a hint of fear flashed in his eyes. He stood there obediently, not daring to move rashly.

A loud "bang" came from the side, and a large hole was blasted in a distant wall, as two figures flew out from the hole, Wu Yun and Hei Er.

Seeing the situation in the blood array, they were shocked and immediately abandoned Zhu Ziyuan and Zhu Ziqing, turning to flee.

The white figure glanced at them, but did not pursue.

Zhu Ziqing, with a look of fear on her face, was about to turn and flee as well, but was grabbed by Zhu Ziyuan. The two communicated through voice transmission, and then walked over.

"Fellow Daoist Li, thank you for saving us today." Zhu Ziyuan's body was covered in wounds, but he still stood straight and bowed his hand to the white figure.

Zhu Ziqing also bowed her head and thanked him.

The white light on the white figure quickly dissipated, revealing Han Li's figure.

"Those from Puppet City left on their own, you two don't need to thank me for anything." Han Li glanced at the two of them and said lightly.

He didn't have any ill feelings towards the Zhu Ziyuan siblings, but since he and E Kui were mortal enemies, he naturally didn't want to have any interaction with these two.

"No matter what, our lives were saved by Fellow Daoist Li today. I, Zhu Ziyuan, owe you a favor, and I will definitely repay it in the future. Farewell." Zhu Ziyuan said, turning and walking towards the large hole in the other side of the wall.

Zhu Ziqing looked at Han Li, her lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't, and turned to follow Zhu Ziyuan.

The two quickly jumped out of the hole in the wall, and soon left and disappeared.

"Fellow Daoist Li, you asked me to stay, I wonder what for?" Hei Da waited for Zhu Ziyuan and the others to leave, looked at Han Li's face, his heart pounding, and asked carefully.

"You don't need to be afraid. I'm keeping you here just to ask a few questions. As long as your answers satisfy me, I won't take your life. Follow me." Han Li did not answer Hei Da's question, but turned and walked away.

Hei Da felt relieved when he heard this, and immediately followed.

The two quickly arrived next to the Golden Winged Owl puppet. Han Li looked at the puppet in front of him, looking it up and down, his eyes slowly brightening.

"The Puppet City's puppet control technique, if I'm not mistaken, is to condense spiritual power into a form, thereby controlling the puppet, is that right?" Han Li turned to Hei Da and asked.

"That's right, that's how it is." Hei Da hesitated for a moment and replied.

"Condensing spiritual power into a form requires very powerful spiritual power. Everyone in your Puppet City controls puppets, so you must have cultivated a powerful secret technique to enhance spiritual power? What is this technique called?" Han Li asked again.

"The City Lord of Sha Xin taught us a secret technique called 'Heart of the Puppet'." Hei Da honestly replied.

"Tell me this secret technique." Han Li raised an eyebrow and said coldly.

He had already fallen out with Puppet City, and because of the black-skirted woman, there might be a big battle in the future.

He already had a general understanding of Puppet City's methods, but he still needed to understand them in detail.

When Hei Da heard this, his face changed, and a hint of hesitation appeared.

"What, is this difficult for you?" Han Li narrowed his eyes, and a layer of frost covered his face.

"No, the secret technique is here, please take a look, Fellow Daoist Li." Hei Da saw Han Li's face, his heart skipped a beat, and he knew that if he didn't obey, he would die immediately. He quickly put aside his worries and took out a jade slip and handed it over.

Han Li's expression eased slightly. He took the jade slip, and his spiritual sense entered it.

Inside was a secret technique for tempering the soul, divided into five layers, which was extremely exquisite, not inferior to the Refining Spirit Technique.

In addition to the *Heart of the Puppet*, there were also secret techniques in the jade slip for transforming spiritual power and controlling puppets, which were extremely mysterious.

Han Li was very interested in the Dao of Puppets, and immediately began to study it carefully.

After a while, he put away the jade slip and raised both hands.

With a soft "chi chi" sound, strands of thick crystal silk shot out from his fingertips, and entered the Golden Winged Owl's body.

The golden light on the surface of the Golden Winged Owl's body lit up, and it immediately rose into the air, floating in mid-air.

Hei Da was shocked to see this scene.

The art of puppet control was extremely difficult. Even if the spiritual power was sufficient, it would take at least a hundred years of hard practice to master this technique, but this person had mastered it in an instant!

Han Li moved and jumped onto the back of the Golden Winged Owl. With a slight movement of his finger, the Golden Winged Owl immediately shot out, circling and dancing in the hall.

However, his control was clumsy, and the Golden Winged Owl went up and down erratically, far inferior to Zhuo Ge, and even more different from Sha Xin's exquisite control.

Han Li didn't stay in the air for too long, and soon stopped the Golden Winged Owl, jumping down.

The art of puppet control was quite difficult. He was only able to barely master it by relying on his immense spiritual power, and he didn't intend to control puppets for combat, but only to familiarize himself with the art, so that he could fight with the people of Puppet City in the future.

"I saw earlier that the puppets of your Puppet City can be reduced to balls, what means did you use?" Han Li asked Hei Da again.

"That is a puppet-retrieving secret technique that combines the art of puppets and the secret art of space, invented by the City Lord of Sha Xin. The specific method of performing it is like this." Hei Da had already told Han Li the *Heart of the Puppet* and the puppet control secret technique, so he didn't care about saying anything else, and immediately told Han Li the puppet-retrieving secret technique.

This technique was quite complex, but Han Li had already mastered the puppet control technique, and after a little practice, he quickly mastered it.

He pinched his hands and made gestures, and several crystal lights entered the Golden Winged Owl puppet's body.

The golden light on the surface of the Golden Winged Owl puppet flickered, and the huge puppet quickly shrank, turning into a golden ball in a few breaths, and falling into his hands.

Han Li was satisfied and nodded.

"I wonder if Fellow Daoist Li has any other questions, I will definitely tell you everything I know." Hei Da secretly felt relieved and said flatteringly.

"What is the purpose of your Puppet City entering the Great Ruins this time?" Han Li put away the golden ball and asked.

"According to the City Lord of Sha Xin, our Puppet City has two purposes, one is to kill E Kui, and the other is to seize the Sacred Remains. As for whether there are other purposes, I don't know." Hei Da thought for a while and said.

"There is one last question, as long as you answer clearly, you can leave." Han Li narrowed his eyes, remained silent for a moment, and then spoke again with a solemn expression.

"Please speak, Fellow Daoist Li." Hei Da's heart trembled and he quickly said.

"That black-skirted woman who followed the City Lord of Sha Xin, I heard you call her Xiao Zi, what do you know about this person? When did this person come to Puppet City?" Han Li said slowly.

"My status in Puppet City is low, and Miss Xiao Zi has always followed the City Lord of Sha Xin, and she is somewhat aloof, never communicating with outsiders, so I don't know much about this woman, I only know that she is extremely talented in the art of puppet control, and the City Lord values her very much. As for when this woman came to Puppet City, I have been in closed-door cultivation for hundreds of years, and only came out not long ago. At that time, Xiao Zi had already appeared. It is said that she came to Puppet City more than a hundred years ago." Hei Da thought for a while and said.

Han Li listened to this, stood in silence, and after a long time, raised his head and said: "Okay, you can leave."

Hei Da was overjoyed, clasped his fist to Han Li, and quickly left, ignoring the Silver Leopard puppet whose head had been destroyed.

Han Li stood on the spot for a moment, took a light breath, and his face returned to calm. He first collected Zhuo Ge's White Wolf puppet, and then walked to the side of the blood pool.

The Blood Weeping Array had exploded, and the five statues next to the blood pool had all shattered and collapsed, but the blood pool had not been damaged much.

He looked towards the bottom of the blood pool, his face slightly stunned.

The bloody light gate at the bottom of the pool had disappeared, and he didn't know when it had disappeared.

A figure was lying at the bottom of the pool, motionless, it was Fu Jian.

Han Li's eyes flashed, he jumped down, came to Fu Jian's side, and probed with his spiritual sense.

Almost every part of Fu Jian's body was damaged, whether it was muscles, or internal organs, all were on the verge of collapse, and were about to completely fall apart. The E Kui Nascent Soul in his dantian was also on the verge of collapse.

Although there was still a trace of aura left on his body, it was also dissipating rapidly, and I'm afraid it would completely disappear soon.

Han Li didn't have much affection for Fu Jian, and the two had had some friction before, but seeing him in this state, he felt quite emotional.

However, he would naturally not take action to save him, and moreover, he did not have such heaven-defying means. He quickly moved his gaze away, and looked towards the place where the bloody light gate had originally been.

However, it was now empty there, without leaving a trace, as if there had never been such a light gate.