"You dare?!" A roar of extreme fury and shock suddenly erupted from the Blood Dragon, and a beam of blood-colored light shot from its body straight toward the green threads.
Lung Dong's Primordial Spirit, left with no other option, actually converted a drop of its true spirit blood into a sword beam and released it, making one final desperate struggle.
Had it been an ordinary attack, the blood-colored sword beam might have truly prevented it from descending.
But the Void Heaven Cauldron itself was also a Heaven-Crending treasure, and the green threads it released were intangible things whose transformations were utterly wondrous.
Han Li simply urged his spiritual sense, and immediately a flash of green light appeared in the air. Most of the green threads vanished into thin air, while the remainder suddenly condensed and transformed into a beam of green light that intertwined and battled with the blood-colored light.
In the next instant, about a foot above the Blood Dragon, spatial ripples appeared, and a burst of green threads shot out from the void.
The green threads scattered, instantly wrapping tightly around the Blood Dragon within the five-colored flames and most of the Blood Phoenix. Then they curled back, about to draw the prey into the Void Heaven Cauldron.
With a "pfft," a ball of green light flew out from the struggling Blood Dragon's body. After a flash, it eerily appeared more than ten zhang away, then after several more flickers, it teleported thirty to forty zhang farther out.
Cold light flickered in Han Li's eyes. Suddenly the Eye of Destruction between his brows blazed with dark radiance and shot out a beam of black light.
After a muffled boom in the void, the teleporting green light stumbled into view, its glow considerably dimmed.
But before Han Li could cast another spell, the green light suddenly transformed into a streak and shot outward, flickering in and out of visibility until it eerily reached the far end of the horizon. Then with a flicker, it vanished completely.
Han Li frowned. The black light that had just ignited on his third demonic eye dissipated.
Even though the Eye of Destruction possessed the divine ability to pierce through the void, at such a tremendous distance, it was naturally beyond its reach.
Meanwhile, within the green threads' embrace, the Blood Dragon and Blood Phoenix were drawn into the Void Heaven Cauldron with a thunderous boom.
The cauldron lid slammed down, sealing the vessel tight once more.
No one noticed that in that split second, two golden shadows silently flickered from one of Han Li's sleeves and flew into the cauldron with utmost stealth.
At this moment, the four people several hundred zhang away—having witnessed the true spirit blood being taken by Han Li and Lung Dong's Primordial Spirit fleeing—were all dramatically stricken in expression.
The two Long family cultivators exchanged a glance, then suddenly transformed into two streaks of light and shot skyward, departing without a word of farewell. The evil ghosts and demonic creatures all fled in pursuit.
The direction they fled was exactly where Lung Dong's Primordial Spirit had escaped to.
Ye Chu and the white-robed young woman showed no intention of pursuing. Instead, their lights rose, and they shot straight toward Han Li.
Moments later, the two women materialized about ten zhang from Han Li. Ye Chu's gaze swept over him and the Tiansoul Beast towering dozens of zhang tall nearby, her eyes unable to hide her surprise.
The white-robed young woman wore a smile, but her bright eyes were fixed unblinkingly on the green cauldron before Han Li.
Clearly, once the two women saw the true spirit blood fall into Han Li's hands, they had become extremely wary of him.
"Brother Han, we owe this entirely to your help. Otherwise, the Long family might truly have succeeded. Rest assured, Brother Han—the conditions we previously agreed upon will not change. We won't let you have worked in vain." The white-robed young woman's bright eyes gleamed as she suddenly offered a charming smile.
"Indeed. With the power of our Ye family, there are few wishes in the human race that we cannot help you fulfill." Ye Chu also spoke, but her words carried a subtle undertone of threat.
Han Li's lips twitched slightly, but he said nothing. He suddenly slapped the green cauldron before him with one hand.
The cauldron hummed, and the lid once again flew upward. Under the dense entanglement of countless green threads, the Blood Dragon along with most of the incomplete Blood Phoenix lazily emerged at the cauldron's mouth.
The two women laid eyes on the Blood Dragon and Blood Phoenix, and their eyes lit up. The white-robed young woman's face flashed with blood-colored light, a faint phantom of a petite Blood Phoenix flickering past before vanishing.
Han Li smiled faintly and flicked his finger toward the green cauldron.
Immediately, the green threads enveloping the Blood Phoenix all trembled and snapped apart inch by inch. The thing they had wrapped launched toward the young woman opposite him.
The white-robed young woman was overjoyed. She let out a delicate cry as another small Blood Phoenix flew from her body and immediately collided with the incomplete Blood Phoenix.
Blood-colored light blazed brilliantly as the two merged together without the slightest resistance, forming a blood-red sphere about a foot in diameter.
The sphere was a dripping crimson, as if condensed from vital blood. But after spinning around once, it suddenly transformed into a foot-tall Blood Phoenix and began circling and dancing around the young woman.
A smile played on the girl's lips. She extended a jade-like finger and pointed solemnly at the Blood Phoenix.