"Don't even think about escaping!"

Han Li's surprise was fleeting. With a flicker, he vanished from his spot, appearing instantly before the armored man.

His arm was entwined with chains of divine sense, transforming into a phantom that plunged into the armored man's chest.

The armored man, already heavily wounded, reacted much slower. Han Li's strike landed true, and the man froze.

Han Li immediately withdrew his hand, clutching a white talisman, noticeably larger than the others. He quickly cast a divine sense seal on it, then stored it away.

He was overjoyed. The armored man's strength far surpassed the other Celestial Generals, rivaling an existence in the Grand Luo Realm. To take such a General as his own would bring immense benefits.

Just then, the remaining two Celestial Generals swooped in like lightning, their light swords flashing with cold light. Taking advantage of Han Li's focus on sealing the armored man's Celestial Talisman, they delivered a swift, crisscrossing strike upon Han Li.

Han Li's figure was instantly cleaved in two, but it dissipated into nothing, revealing itself to be a mere afterimage.

The next moment, two crisp sounds, "Chiff" and "Chiff," rang out almost simultaneously. Two hands emerged from the chests of the two Celestial Generals, each clutching a Celestial Talisman. They immediately cast seals upon them.

The bodies of the two Celestial Generals exploded, transforming into countless motes of white light.

Han Li, expressionless, also collected the two Celestial Talismans.

"Fellow Daoist Li is truly unfathomable. To subdue these Celestial Generals with such ease is truly admirable," Shi Chuan Kong said, approaching with genuine admiration.

"You flatter me. It is merely that my secret art happens to be effective against these spirit talismans," Han Li said with a faint smile, then crouched down to examine the five stone pillars.

Judging from what had just happened, the five stone pillars seemed to gather the power of the stars, which was why the five Celestial Talismans were placed here to be nurtured.

He rummaged through the rubble of the shattered stone pillars, soon retrieving five white rods, each about a foot long and as thick as an arm.

Each rod was covered with dense star runes, the unique star runes of the Accumulation Scale Void Realm. They seemed to be part of a star formation.

"This is..." Han Li's eyes lit up slightly after a brief examination.

He had already gained some understanding of the star restrictions in the Accumulation Scale Void Realm. Although the star formation engraved on these five rods was extremely complex, he could still barely understand it.

This star formation was a star-gathering formation, and far more profound than the one he had learned from the Mirror Essence Temple.

Han Li devoured the star restrictions on the five rods with a thirst for knowledge. At the same time, he took out a jade slip to record the formation engraved on the rods.

He had prepared this jade slip before entering the Great Ruins, precisely for situations like this.

Unfortunately, he had acted too harshly just now to prevent the Celestial Generals from growing stronger, and many parts of the rods were damaged, causing many runes to be erased and impossible to restore.

But even with the flaws, this star formation would still be of inestimable help to him.

Han Li quickly finished recording the incomplete formation and continued forward with Shi Chuan Kong.

They encountered no more attacks ahead, and soon reached the end of the passage, before a black staircase with hundreds of steps.

At the bottom of the staircase was an exit radiating white light. Through the entrance, they could vaguely see a vast, empty hall inside.

Loud crashing sounds echoed from the front, mixed with shouts, as if people were fighting inside.

"Fellow Daoist Shi, wait here. I'll go scout ahead," Han Li transmitted to Shi Chuan Kong.

"Alright, be careful," Shi Chuan Kong knew that his concealment technique might be easily detected by those inside if he got too close, so he didn't say much else.

Han Li immediately activated the Myriad Apertures Empty Quiet Art, silently approaching the exit and peering out.

The hall inside the entrance was extremely large. The previous hall had been large enough, but this hall was a hundred times wider.

The ground and walls of the hall were a deep cyan color, giving off a sense of profoundness.

Two rows of tall stone pillars stood on the left and right sides of the hall, supporting the dome. The two rows of stone pillars stretched straight forward, leading far into the depths of the hall. Han Li strained his eyes and could barely see a tightly closed cyan stone door at the end of the hall.

Aside from these, there was nothing else in the hall, making it seem quite empty.

On this empty space, two groups of people were currently engaged in fierce combat.

One group consisted of more than a dozen scarlet humanoid puppets and three Celestial Generals.

The other group consisted of four people, all of whom Han Li recognized: Chen Yang, Xuan Yuan Xing, Sun Tu, and Fang Chan.

Han Li's eyebrows twitched slightly when he saw this.

The scarlet puppets were seven or eight zhang tall, their shapes extremely stout and burly, like giant gods. Their hands were empty, without weapons, but their every move unleashed a wave of unparalleled power, causing the void to ripple wherever they went.

The scarlet puppets seemed to be adept at teamwork, now standing side by side. As they waved their hands and feet, waves of power intertwined, forming a surging torrent that stretched across the hall, blocking the path of Chen Yang and the others.

And those Celestial Generals possessed the same strength as the armored man before. Because their bodies could shift between solid and ethereal forms, they were unaffected by the torrent of the puppets' power. They moved like lightning, their halberds transforming into streaks of white light, constantly attacking Chen Yang and the others.

Chen Yang and the others obviously wanted to enter the blue stone gate deep in the hall, but they were blocked by these puppets and spirit talismans. They were stopped several times and were unable to advance at all.

The puppets were one thing, but the Celestial Generals' attacks were substantial and their defenses were intangible, giving them all a headache.

Among the four, only the bone sword in Sun Tu's hand, which was covered with dark black lines and spewed black light, could pose some threat to these Celestial Generals.

The dark black lines on the bone sword flashed from time to time, and circles of black ripples constantly emerged from it, echoing in the hall.

These black ripples had no effect on Chen Yang and the others, or the puppets, but when the three Celestial Generals came into contact with these black ripples, their movements immediately stagnated, as if they had fallen into a quagmire. They were unable to display the lightning-fast speed they had when fighting Han Li. Otherwise, Chen Yang and the others would have already been injured by the Celestial Generals' halberds.

In the heat of the battle, the three Celestial Generals rapidly waved the halberds in their hands in the void, and suddenly "puff puff" white halberd shadows appeared all over the sky, intertwining with each other, vaguely forming a large net, swiftly covering the four people.

Sun Tu let out a low roar, and the lines on the bone sword in his hand glowed brightly. He slashed out, emitting a sword roar that sounded like metal striking metal.

A huge black sword light broke through the air, slashing at the halberd shadow net.

The halberd shadow net was immediately torn apart, and the black sword light also collapsed and shattered. The three Celestial Generals and Sun Tu were each blasted backward.

Han Li looked at the black bone sword in Sun Tu's hand, his eyes flickering.

The black lines on the bone sword emitted a strange sealing power fluctuation, no wonder it could resist the attacks of these Celestial Generals.

"Fellow Daoist Li, and Fellow Daoist Shi, since you've arrived, please show yourselves. Hiding and peeking is not the act of an honorable person," Sun Tu suddenly turned his head and looked towards the entrance, saying indifferently.

Chen Yang and the others did not show any surprise on their faces upon hearing this. They still orderly resisted the attacks of the puppets, as if they had already known this.

Han Li was slightly startled when he heard this. He believed that his Myriad Apertures Empty Quiet Art was extremely profound and had not revealed the slightest bit of aura, and Shi Chuan Kong was still hiding in the passage hundreds of zhang away. The range of divine sense detection here was extremely limited, how did Sun Tu and the others discover them?

While pondering, he beckoned to Shi Chuan Kong, who flew over from the top of the stairs. The two of them stepped into the hall together. After all, the other party had already discovered them, and it was meaningless to hide any longer. Moreover, he had originally planned to show himself anyway.

"Fellow Daoist Sun is truly divine, able to discover us. I wonder where we revealed our tracks, please enlighten us, so that we may broaden our horizons," Han Li said with a smile.

The puppets and spirit talismans were startled when they saw Han Li and the others appear, and their movements faltered.

"Hehe, it's just a small trick, not worthy of praise. Since Green Goat City and White Rock City have formed an alliance, why don't we join forces since you two fellow daoists have arrived here?" Sun Tu said with a smile.

"Fellow Daoist Li, what I said to you before still counts. The Great Ruins are full of dangers, and the two of you are too weak. Why don't you act with us? You two must have also noticed that this altar is extraordinary, and it must contain great treasures inside. Let's kill these puppets and spirit talismans first, and then divide the treasures inside according to the number of people," Chen Yang also said.

Xuan Yuan Xing looked at Han Li and the others, a strange look flashed in his eyes.

Fang Chan looked behind the two, seemingly looking for something, but there was nothing behind them. A trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

Shi Chuan Kong also saw the strength of the red puppets and Celestial Generals in front of him and was secretly shocked. He was quite tempted by Sun Tu and Chen Yang's proposal to join forces.

However, he did not speak, and looked at Han Li, obviously letting Han Li make the decision.

"Since the two city lords are so kind, how could Li be the kind of person who doesn't know what's good for him," Han Li's mind raced, and he soon smiled.

While the few were talking, the red puppets and Celestial Generals rushed up again.

"Alright, let's work together and get rid of these annoying puppets and spirit talismans first. Everyone, don't hide your means, go all out. If we delay any longer, I'm afraid there will be unexpected complications," Chen Yang said with a happy expression, shouting loudly.

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and three short earthen-yellow spears appeared out of thin air in his palm, engraved with several strange lightning-like patterns.

The surfaces of the three short spears flashed with white electric light, and then transformed into three yellow shadows.

The yellow shadows looked inconspicuous, but they were extremely sharp. They pierced through the torrent of power formed by the puppets and entered the bodies of three red puppets.

The next moment, three loud bangs exploded!

As soon as the yellow short spears pierced into the puppets' bodies, dense white lightning immediately appeared inside and then exploded, transforming into three balls of white lightning, each the size of a zhang.

The bodies of the three red puppets were immediately torn apart, transforming into a pile of fragments, shooting in all directions.

With three fewer puppets, the torrent of power did not collapse, but it immediately weakened a lot.