Wherever the blazing sun radiated its five-colored light, the surrounding void rippled ceaselessly, and a terrifyingly powerful surge of energy erupted violently from within.
At that very moment, the small black mountain smashed down upon the blazing sun with a deafening boom.
A resonant, bell-like hum filled the air!
The black light and five-colored brilliance flickered and blurred chaotically. The surface of the blazing sun was actually caved inward by a massive chunk where the black mountain had struck it dead center.
And almost simultaneously, three pitch-black pillars of light struck the same spot on the blazing sun in rapid succession, nearly merging into a single line.
A shrill, tearing scream erupted without warning!
Though the five-colored radiance was incredibly dense, it could not withstand such a relentless barrage of attacks.
After the three pillars of light flickered and vanished, the surface of the blazing sun was finally pierced clean through, directly revealing the crystalline body of the Magnetic Light Beast hidden within.
However, the surrounding five-colored light flickered several times and surged inward, and the hole began to close back up, nearly restoring itself to its original state.
But high above, Han Li had no intention of allowing that to happen. His shoulders shifted ever so slightly, and the giant ape he had transformed into blurred on the spot, vanishing without a trace.
The next instant, spatial fluctuations rippled beside the five-colored blazing sun, and the ape's golden form materialized in a flash. With a completely expressionless face, he thrust one massive hand forward, clawing straight for the hole that had already been torn open.
Though the Magnetic Light Beast was hiding within the blazing sun, it clearly understood that this was a matter of life and death. It let out a furious roar, and within its body, a crystalline spear materialized in an instant. It shot out from the hole like lightning, meeting the ape's furry giant hand head-on.
The crystal spear was not only supremely sharp but also emanated a bone-piercing cold. The beast had instantly condensed it from the rare frigid minerals found within its own body. Before the spear even reached its target, a wave of intense, biting cold swept forward with overwhelming force.
Although the Magnetic Light Beast's intelligence was not particularly high, it was well-versed in combat. It knew that if it could just delay Han Li's attack even slightly, it would be safe once more.
But upon seeing this, Han Li merely let out a cold inward laugh. The giant hand that the ape had clawed forward simply trembled slightly at the fingertips. A wisp of silver flame suddenly spurted from each fingertip, swelling in the wind until it covered the entire palm, and then grabbed straight down at the crystal spear without any attempt at evasion.
In a single instant, the giant hand, wreathed in silver flame, collided violently with the frigid crystal spear.
A blinding flash of light pulsed through the air — and then silence. Not a sound, not the slightest ripple.
The moment the crystal spear pierced the palm of the great hand, it failed to break the skin by even a fraction. Instead, the silver flame swept around it in a single fluid motion, enveloping the spear entirely.
Within the span of a single breath, the crystal spear several zhang in length melted into droplets of crystalline liquid and vanished into the void, having failed to so much as slow the giant hand's advance.
But it did not end there. The ape's arm shivered slightly, and the silver-flame-wreathed fingers blurred and slipped through the hole, seizing the Magnetic Light Beast's body with a crushing grip.
A sharp, cracking sound rang out!
The ape's palm bored through the beast's body as effortlessly as crushing rotten wood, firmly seizing the green stone at its center that radiated a blinding, piercing light.
But when the ape tried to withdraw its hand, the Magnetic Light Beast let out a pained, thunderous roar, and a tremendous force suddenly erupted from within its body, locking the hand in place with an iron grip.
For a moment, he could not pull free from the beast's body at all.
Upon seeing this, the giant ape Han Li had become snorted coldly and inwardly activated a incantation.
The silver spiritual flame coiling around his fingers erupted with a muffled boom, swelling to several times its original size, completely engulfing the green stone. The flame burned with merciless, raging intensity, refining and consuming without hesitation.
A sharp, sizzling sound rang out in a sudden rush!
The Magnetic Light Beast's body shuddered, and the five-colored blazing sun vanished from its surface without a trace, finally revealing its enormous body in full.
And at that moment, a golden glow surged across the ape's body, and its frame suddenly swelled to a staggering size once more. In the blink of an eye, it had transformed into a colossal figure nearly a thousand zhang tall. A savage, fierce expression crossed its face, and the other golden hand smashed down upon the beast's massive head like a mountain, pressing it down without the slightest budging.
With the unfathomable strength Han Li now possessed, combined with the immense divine power of his giant ape transformation, a thunderous crash shook the earth as the beast's skull was forced more than halfway into the ground.
Caught between the crushing weight from above and the searing agony of the silver flame refining its demon core from within, the Magnetic Light Beast let out earth-shaking roars of anguish. Its massive body thrashed desperately, its limbs striking at the ape in a frenzied frenzy.
But under the overwhelming force pouring from the golden ape's palm, it was all utterly futile. The beast's skull could not free itself from the ground by even a fraction.
Moreover, a faint golden light flickered across the ape's body, and every attack was effortlessly deflected, unable to so much as damage a single strand of fur.
Within the Magnetic Light Beast's body, the silver flame burned ever more fiercely, and the green stone within it rapidly dimmed. The beast's aura weakened swiftly, and its struggles grew weaker and weaker.
At last, after one final, dying shriek, the Magnetic Light Beast's body trembled faintly — and then went utterly still.
Seeing this, the ape wasted no time. It raised its great hand, clenched it into a colossal fist, and hammered it down upon the beast's skull with a savage backhand blow.
With a shattering crack, the Magnetic Light Beast's head exploded into countless crystalline shards that scattered in every direction.
At the same time, a ball of green light, mixed in among the shards, shot outward like a bolt from a crossbow.
It was the Magnetic Light Beast's lifebound spirit!