Seeing this, the dark gold copper man immediately turned towards one of the puppets and charged at it.
Han Li and the Icy Flame Ancestor looked at each other and immediately took this opportunity to rush into the hall.
One of them was wearing the Anicca Alliance's mask, while the other was wearing a dark red robe. They suppressed their auras as much as possible as they moved towards a huge screen at the back of the hall.
However, as soon as the two of them took a step forward, they heard a series of explosions from inside the hall. The seven or eight giant ape puppets that Han Li had released were all killed in an instant.
Immediately afterwards, there was a blur in front of the two of them. The copper puppet had already arrived next to them and smashed a fist at each of them.
Han Li had been on guard against this kind of accident, so when the copper puppet flashed in front of him, he did not panic. He simply raised his arms to block his face and faced the copper puppet's heavy punch.
With a "peng" sound, his arms went numb, and his whole body slid down the ground, heavily hitting the door of the hall.
On the other side, the Icy Flame Ancestor was in an even more difficult situation. He did not seem to have expected this at all. The sudden punch sent him tumbling towards one of the walls of the hall. His back slammed against the wall, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
After turning over, he did not bother to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth and shook his head at Han Li in surprise.
The situation this time seemed to be different from last time?
Han Li did not have time to reprimand him at this point. He shouted at him, "Go take the first half of the cultivation method, I'll stop him."
With that, his figure flashed and he took the initiative to meet the copper puppet.
According to Han Li's original plan, when the giant ape puppet lured the copper puppet away, the Icy Flame Ancestor would hide next to the screen at the back of the hall. After Han Li took the second half of the cultivation method and alerted the copper puppet, the Icy Flame Ancestor would find a way to block the copper puppet's attack.
Once he successfully brought out the Cultivation Method, the Icy Flame Ancestor would no longer need to be entangled with him and would immediately leave the hall.
However, this sudden change had completely disrupted his plans. Right now, he could only block the Golden Immortal puppet and buy time for the Icy Flame Ancestor to steal the cultivation method.
The Icy Flame Ancestor spat out a mouthful of blood and no longer concealed his aura. His figure flashed, and he directly flew toward the rear hall.
At the same time that he felt bitter in his heart, he was also puzzled. He couldn't figure out why this Golden Immortal puppet's intelligence had suddenly skyrocketed.
At the same time, he was also worried that Han Li would mistakenly believe that the information he had told him was a lie. If that happened, even if he obtained the Great Cosmic Origin Art, he would not be able to escape Han Li's blame.
After dealing with Han Li for so many times, he more or less understood Han Li's temperament. He knew that Han Li would never show any mercy to those who betrayed or harmed him.
"How dare you!"
After the copper puppet discovered his movement, it directly opened its mouth and shouted angrily. It abandoned Han Li and chased after him.
The Icy Flame Ancestor had just arrived in front of the screen when the sound of wind and thunder resounded behind him. The copper puppet's huge fist, wrapped in a layer of white light, was already smashing toward his back.
"Just go get the Cultivation Method. Leave this puppet to me …"
Just as he was about to turn around to block it, he suddenly heard Han Li's voice in his ears. He steeled his heart and no longer cared about the fist behind him. He braced himself and leaped behind the screen.
Just as the copper puppet's fist was about to smash into his back, Han Li's body suddenly began to coil with lightning. The Thunderstorm Wings on his back fiercely flapped and he abruptly appeared behind the copper puppet to block the attack.
He frowned, his expression solemn. He crossed his hands and pushed them forward at the same time.
A misty green shadow gushed out of his palms and turned into two condensed green palms of light. They also overlapped to block the copper puppet's fist.
"Boom!" A loud sound rang out!
A violent astral wind erupted from between the fist and the palm. The chaotic airflow caused Han Li's clothes to flutter, but his body remained unmoved. Only his arms were bent by a strong force and his legs were deeply embedded in the ground.
"You're courting death!"
The copper puppet was like an angry Vajra. It shouted angrily and condensed a white nebula of light on its other fist. It once again smashed toward Han Li's head.
Han Li was also angry. He let out a roar and the muscles on his body suddenly swelled. A layer of thick, golden hair suddenly grew on his body. His eyes flashed with blue light and two fangs were revealed from the side of his mouth. He impressively transformed into a three-meter-tall Giant Mountain Ape.
He pressed his hands down, pressing down the copper puppet's previous fist. He raised his fist again and swung it toward the copper puppet.
The two huge fists collided in mid-air. A dazzling white light shone brightly between the two fists, making a thunderous roar. A wave of air that was visible to the naked eye blasted out, shaking the entire hall.
Han Li's arm bent slightly, and his body sank another inch, but the copper puppet did not have the slightest change.
In terms of strength, Han Li, who used the Giant Mountain Ape bloodline, was still at a disadvantage in front of this puppet.
He frowned and pulled his legs out from the ground. He leaped up and took the initiative to punch at the copper puppet. The latter caught up with him in a single step and also punched at him with equal harshness.
Han Li's body was wrapped in a layer of condensed blue light film, and his chest and abdomen lit up with dazzling starlight. The aura around him doubled, and a dazzling light burst out from the tip of his fist.
In contrast, the copper puppet's body was also lit up with blue spots of light, corresponding to the mysterious apertures of the Great Heavenly Cycle Star Technique, but the number was much more than Han Li's. As for the power of the stars that lingered on its fist, it was naturally several times more vigorous than Han Li's.
This time, the two had not even touched each other, but the outcome of this exchange was already foreseeable.
However, just as the starlight on the two fists had merged and made a series of friction sounds, Han Li's figure suddenly blurred and appeared behind the copper puppet in an instant. He punched at the middle of the back of the copper puppet.
There was only a "bang" that sounded like an empty drum, and a large amount of starlight surged out of the mysterious apertures on the back of the copper puppet, violently colliding with the power of the stars on Han Li's fist. As if it was burning, a large dazzling blue flame bloomed.
Under the impact of this force, coupled with the pull of the force of the copper puppet's own fist, its body involuntarily staggered forward and fell down.
Its huge fist also missed and smashed on the ground, making an earth-shaking roar.
The white light on the ground surged violently, and the entire hall shook violently. The dust on the roof rustled and fell down, and a deep fissure that was more than a hundred feet long appeared on the floor.
When Han Li saw this scene, he suddenly felt some lingering fear.
Just now, if he had not reversed the True Wheel in his body at the critical moment, speeding up the flow of time and avoiding the copper puppet's fist, he would have been seriously injured by now, and one of his arms would have been gone.
However, what made him even more concerned was that this copper puppet could actually use the power of the stars, and there seemed to be mysterious apertures all over its body, and the power it used was even greater than his own.
Could it be that he also cultivated the Great Heavenly Cycle Star Yuan Technique?
"Friend Han, I got the technique, quickly retreat …" While Han Li was still in shock, he suddenly heard someone shouting in the back of the hall.
Immediately afterwards, the Icy Flame Ancestor's figure flashed out from behind the screen. He was holding a greenish-grey stone tablet high up in his hand. Small ancient seal characters could be vaguely seen on it. Needless to say, it should be the second half of the cultivation method.
Han Li's heart moved, and he nodded. Almost at the same time, the two of them flashed and arrived at the entrance of the hall.
He raised his palm, and was about to open the purple gold door, when the entire hall suddenly trembled violently. All the runes engraved on the doors and windows suddenly seemed to come alive, twisting and connecting like earthworms.
At the same time, a layer of purple gold light curtain began to spread from the doors, windows, roof, and ground, wrapping the entire interior of the hall.
"Oh no …" The Icy Flame Ancestor exclaimed.
At this time, Han Li had already returned to his human form, and his face was as calm as still water. He raised his palm, and pressed it towards the junction of the two doors.
In the center of his palm, five silver lightning balls intertwined, and fell on the purple gold light curtain at the same time.
There was a "crackling" sound!
At the same time, the purple gold light curtain that enveloped the entire hall lit up, and densely packed ancient seal characters emerged on its surface. Then, a snake-like electric light burst out from it, and directly scattered the lightning balls released by Han Li.
The violently surging purple gold electric light devoured all the scattered silver electric threads. Han Li only felt his whole body go numb, and he couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.
Just then, a cold voice suddenly sounded, "Stealing the technique is a crime that cannot be punished!"
The copper puppet had stood up again at some point, and was standing in a corner of the hall, staring coldly at the two of them.
Suddenly, a light flashed in its eyes, as if it was covered with a layer of white mist, and became turbid and unclear. The dark golden light around its body gradually faded, and starlight gushed out of its "mysterious aperture", and its whole body became transparent and luminous.
Along with this change, the aura emanating from its body also rose sharply, reaching the peak of the early Golden Immortal stage, only a step away from the middle stage.
The Icy Flame Ancestor glanced at Han Li's expression, and suddenly said, "Friend Han, it's not that I'm hiding anything, but when I stole the technique last time, it definitely wasn't like this."
"I believe you," Han Li said concisely.
"You …" The Icy Flame Ancestor was greatly surprised to hear this, and was momentarily at a loss for words.
"The restriction outside of this hall is like heaven and earth compared to the restriction inside. Don't you think it's strange?" Han Li said as he stared at the copper puppet's transformation.
The Icy Flame Ancestor's eyes suddenly lit up, and she suddenly came to a realization.