Seeing this, Ye Feng gritted his teeth and formed hand seals. Then, he spat out two more mouthfuls of silver light that merged with the ball of lightning.
On the surface of the silver ball of lightning, there were electric snakes moving and its size suddenly increased. The silver light shined brightly and suppressed the light from the giant sword.
Thick bolts of silver lightning shot out from the ball of lightning like the claws of a demon. They couldn't wait to tear Han Li apart.
"As expected …" At this moment, Han Li muttered to himself as if he had just regained his composure.
The five fingers on his left hand moved, and the silver and purple light on the Thunder and Lightning Sword suddenly shone brightly, emitting a sword roar.
The lightning sword instantly doubled in size and released a two-colored lightning that soared into the sky. Not only did it immediately block the huge lightning ball, but it also immediately gained the upper hand.
Ye Feng's expression changed. Without waiting for him to do anything, the giant sword of lightning lit up again and the lightning runes on its surface suddenly increased in size.
The translucent giant sword instantly solidified and a sharp aura exuded from the surface of the giant sword. Like a sword, it ruthlessly chopped down.
Chi!
The silver ball of lightning was easily chopped in half by the loud sound of thunder, revealing the silver bead in the middle. At this moment, it was emitting a blinding light.
The giant sword of lightning accurately chopped down on the bead and dispersed the lightning around it.
The silver bead immediately tumbled backwards and the light on its surface dimmed a lot. It was obvious that its spirituality had been damaged.
Ye Feng let out a cry and spat out a small mouthful of blood.
Boom!
The giant ball of lightning that was chopped in half exploded and turned into countless bolts of silver lightning that shot out in all directions. Everything within a radius of a hundred feet turned into a silver sea of lightning.
No one noticed that a strand of almost transparent silver light quietly emerged from the ground and silently entered Ye Feng's body.
The giant sword of lightning did not stop and continued to chop down. In a flash, it was already above Ye Feng's head.
Fear appeared in Ye Feng's eyes. He wanted to try and resist, but the space around him was surrounded by the terrifying pressure of the giant sword. It was as if the space around him had solidified into steel and he couldn't move.
However, the giant sword of lightning suddenly stopped a foot away from his head. The electric light on its surface flickered and hissed.
Ye Feng stared at the lightning sword and swallowed his saliva. He did not dare to move.
In the next moment, the enormous sword flashed with a bright light as it flew backward and disintegrated with a bang, transforming into countless bolts of silver and violet that fused into Han Li's body like a whale absorbing water.
"Looks like you are still lacking," Han Li said coolly. With a wave of his hand, he formed a seal and the surrounding yellow curtain of light dissipated.
"Elder Li's abilities are amazing, I admit defeat."
Ye Feng's expression was unsightly. After a moment of silence, he opened his mouth and spoke. He then waved his hand to recall the silver bead, turned around, and quickly left.
Seeing this, the purple-haired man and the others hurriedly followed. Soon, they were far away, and the man with dashing eyebrows also quietly retreated.
Han Li's eyes flickered as he watched the group of people leave.
The round-faced Youth had already deftly opened the restriction on the Two-headed Griffin and released it.
The Two-headed Griffin walked to Han Li's back and obediently lowered its body.
Han Li patted the Griffin Beast's neck with a smile on his face. With a wave of his hand, a green light enveloped the Griffin Beast's body.
Whoosh!
The huge Two-headed Griffin Beast's body quickly shrank and turned into a ball of spiritual light. In a flash, it flew into a spirit beast bag on his waist.
"Elder Li, you possess remarkable abilities. However, Ye Feng's master, Elder Mo Xie, is a True Immortal who has attained the Dao. It is said that he had once participated in the selection for the Deputy Dao Lord. You should exercise caution," the round-faced youngster reminded him in a hushed tone.
"About this Ye Feng, do you know anything else?" Han Li pondered for a moment and asked.
"I have not been in the Fire Dragon Path for a long time, so I don't know much about Senior Brother Ye Feng. However, it is said that this person's aptitude was ordinary in the past. He was just an ordinary inner disciple.
However, in the last three hundred years, this person has learned a set of extremely powerful thunder and lightning magic power. Since then, his cultivation has improved by leaps and bounds. Only then did he get the attention of Elder Mo Xie. Now, he has become an influential figure among the inner disciples.
This experience of his is quite legendary, and it is widely spread in the Fire Dragon Path. "The round-faced Youth thought for a moment and said.
"I see." Han Li nodded slowly. His eyes flickered, and no one knew what he was thinking.
The round-faced Youth stood quietly at the side, not daring to disturb him.
Han Li quickly came back to his senses. He took out a white jade bottle and threw it to the round-faced Youth. He said, "Today, you have accompanied me for a day. It is quite hard. These elixirs are for you."
The round-faced Youth hurriedly caught the jade bottle. He opened the cork and removed it. His eyes showed a look of joy.
"Thank you, Elder Li, for your generous gift!"
Han Li's figure had already turned into a green shadow and flew into the distance.
…
Half a day later.
A green light flew from afar and stopped at the top of the Red Afterglow Peak. The light faded and the figure of Han Li appeared.
The peak was quite spacious. There was a courtyard built against the mountain wall. It occupied an area of nearly ten acres. There were pavilions, bridges, and waterside pavilions in the courtyard. The style was simple and unadorned. Under the surrounding sea of clouds, the scenery blended together and added a hint of an immortal's aura.
There were two tightly shut stone doors on the mountain wall in the depths of the courtyard. It should be the cave abode that was usually used for seclusion.
There was also an empty Spirit Medicine Nursery to the left of the courtyard. Perhaps after the original owner of the cave abode, Elder Huolian, passed away, the Spirit Medicine Nursery had been taken away by the sect, and no one had taken care of it for a long time.
Meng Yungui and the others were currently cleaning the courtyard and the Spirit Medicine Nursery. When they saw Han Li return, they quickly stopped what they were doing and went to greet him.
"Elder Li!"
Han Li nodded. He handed a purplish-black jade plate and a Spirit Beast Pouch to Meng Yungui. He ordered someone to open up a cave at the mountainside for the Two-headed Griffin. Then, he wandered around the Red Afterglow Peak.
This would be his residence in the future. Naturally, he had to explore every corner of the Red Afterglow Peak.
After a round, Han Li quickly arrived at the foot of the Red Afterglow Peak.
The closer he got to the ground, the thicker the Red Fire Miasma around him, and the higher the temperature.
When he reached the ground, a scorching aura faintly seeped out from the ground, and the heat wave was overwhelming.
He raised his eyebrows. Instead of being shocked, he was delighted.
Previously, when he was in the Ink Spirit Mountain River Map, he could tell from the direction of the mountain and the situation of the Red Afterglow Peak that there was a strong fire vein here. That was why he had specially chosen this place. It was just as he had expected.
Looking at the scene before him, the power of the fire vein here seemed to be above his expectations.
As Han Li pondered, a trace of surprise suddenly flashed in his eyes. He looked to the left, and then his body shot out. In a few breaths, he arrived in front of a waterfall.
A long and wide silver waterfall descended from the sky, making a rumbling sound. It fell into the pool below and splashed up a lot of water mist.
Han Li looked up ahead with a solemn look on his face as he pointed a finger forward.
"Zzzt!"
A silver thunderbolt as thick as an arm flew out, tearing the air and hitting the waterfall.
As soon as the silver thunderbolt touched the waterfall, it disappeared instantly like a clay ox entering the sea.
"Sure enough!" When Han Li saw this, a smile appeared on his face.
The waterfall in front of him was an illusion formed by a restriction, and it had the effect of shielding the perception of divine senses. It was extremely brilliant.
He had used his Divine Sense to explore the entire Crimson Afterglow Peak before, but he did not notice this place. If he had not been nearby just now, and the restrictions here were a little damaged, revealing a trace of clues, perhaps he still would not have been able to discover the secret here.
After Han Li calmed down, his eyes flashed blue and looked at the waterfall with a thoughtful expression.
After a while, his body flashed with blue light, and he went straight into the waterfall. Like the silver thunderbolt, he disappeared in an instant.
Rumble!
The void near the waterfall suddenly fluctuated, and a series of loud roars came from inside. From time to time, colorful rays of light came out of the fluctuating void and flew in all directions.
The void fluctuated more and more violently, and the rays of light from inside became brighter and brighter.
After half an hour, there was a loud bang!
The waterfall shook violently and shattered like a mirror. Han Li's figure emerged in mid-air, and his face was slightly pale. Obviously, it was quite difficult for him to break the restriction here.
He took out an elixir pill and looked at the original location of the waterfall.
There was a small valley in front of them. The ground and the rocks were all red, and a hot aura was coming out from it. Countless red miasma surged out from it, as if this was the source of the miasma of the entire Red Afterglow Peak.
When Han Li saw this, he flew in and went directly to the deepest part of the valley.
The temperature here was even hotter, and the air was distorted because of the high temperature.
In the deepest part of the valley, a large fiery red hole emerged. It was about seven or eight feet high, and the walls on both sides were red and black. Billowing heat waves and smoke-like fire miasma surged out of it.
A series of dull rumbling sounds came from inside.
When Han Li saw this, his eyes lit up, and he flew into the hole.
This was a long tunnel that extended underground. Hot wind blew out of it, and cracks appeared on the walls from time to time. Thick red fire miasma seeped out of it and drifted with the wind.
The hot breath filled the entire tunnel. If an ordinary cultivator came here, he would be turned into ashes in an instant.
With Han Li's cultivation, this little bit of heat naturally did not affect him. He went straight into the depths, and at the same time, he raised his arm.
A ball of silver flame flew out and transformed into a silver firebird. It was the Essence Firebird.
As soon as the firebird appeared, it immediately looked into the depths of the tunnel with excitement in its eyes. It spread its wings and flew into the depths with a swoosh.
A faint smile appeared on Han Li's face as he followed along in an unhurried manner.
The main reason why he chose this Red Afterglow Peak as his cave residence was because of this Essence Firebird.
This bird's strength had been greatly reduced, and it had not recovered much. Previously, he had been rushing around everywhere and had not been able to take care of it. Now that he finally had a relatively stable place, he naturally had to consider letting this bird recover its strength as soon as possible.
Magic Light had once mentioned that even in the Immortal World, this Essence Firebird was quite famous. He believed that after this bird completely recovered, it would once again be of great help to him.
In fact, ever since he came to this Zhong Ming Mountain Range, he had faintly sensed that there were several rich Earth Spirit Fire veins under the mountain range.