"That is...?"
Seeing the opponent actually block his full-power strike, Han Li was greatly surprised and focused his gaze on the green light.
It was a small sword roughly an inch long, glowing green with flowing light shimmering across its surface.
"A magic treasure!" Han Li blurted out, his expression shifting slightly.
With only the cultivation of the fifth or sixth layer of the Qi Refining Stage, the opponent had managed to use this item to receive his Black Dragon Snare — what else could it be but a magic treasure? This left Han Li both alarmed and delighted.
Alarmed because the opponent still had a magic treasure to protect himself, making him more troublesome to deal with. Delighted because if he killed the opponent, this treasure would be his for nothing.
Now he was certain — the other party truly had once been a Core Formation cultivator!
With this thought, Han Li continued directing the Black Dragon Snare in its relentless assault while flipping his other hand, bringing out the "Soul-Calling Bell."
The reason he hadn't used it earlier was simply that the opponent had already been restrained by the Soul-Stabilizing Talisman, making it unnecessary. But now it was clear he needed to use this natal artifact to subdue the opponent again!
The moment Han Li produced the Soul-Calling Bell, panic flickered through Qu Hun's eyes. But immediately, a vicious look surfaced on his face as he slammed his own abdomen hard, then opened his mouth and spat out a small emerald-green pill. The moment this object appeared, it emitted a soft, hazy green glow that enveloped his entire body.
At this point, the Soul-Calling Bell in Han Li's hand had already begun ringing out with repeated clangs. Han Li wanted to turn his opponent's bones soft and his tendons limp, leaving him completely unable to counterattack.
After a series of bell chimes, Qu Hun stood there completely unharmed, showing not the slightest sign of being affected.
Seeing this, Han Li's expression grew solemn. Clearly, the light emitted by the green pill had shielded the opponent, rendering his Soul-Calling Bell ineffective.
With this in mind, and seeing that two more chimes still had absolutely no effect, Han Li darkly put the small bell away. But then he waved both hands and released over a dozen puppets in a flash of white light — these were the last of Han Li's remaining second-rank puppets. If these were destroyed too, he would be left with nothing but his own homemade puppets, which were of little use.
So Han Li had no intention of dragging things out with the opponent any longer. The moment the puppets appeared, under his control, pillars of light and volleys of arrows surged forward in a magnificent onslaught.
Seeing this terrifying attack, Qu Hun's face twisted with a mixture of shock and fury. He hurriedly cast several seals at the green pill, sending it spinning rapidly as its emitted green light blazed brilliantly.
Immediately, beams of every color interwove in an instant, erupting into a blinding sphere of light. Then Qu Hun was sent reeling back several zhang by the wave of attacks, but he actually managed to withstand this round, leaving Han Li shaken to his core.
A Qi Refining cultivator at the fifth or sixth layer, able to withstand the full-power attack of a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator — wasn't that far too heaven-defying? But then again, this person had once been a Core Formation cultivator. Having one or two killing techniques didn't seem all that strange. Han Li pondered in silent conflict.
At this moment, Qu Hun, having used his two trump cards to block Han Li's attacks, felt a great wave of relief. At the same time, his mind raced as he began formulating the right words to move Han Li and make him stop this frenzied assault. After all, with his pitiful reserves of Magical Power, he simply couldn't afford a prolonged fight!
But before he could find the right words, Han Li across from him hesitated for a moment, then reached into his storage pouch and suddenly raised his hand. A blinding red flash shot from his palm and vanished in an instant.
Qu Hun was startled!
Before he could figure out what was happening, the green pill floating before him shattered apart. Then from deep within his Primordial Spirit came a tearing, agonizing pain that made him cry out and collapse to the ground, his four limbs convulsing uncontrollably.
The green light that had been shrouding Qu Hun's body vanished without a trace the moment the pill cracked. The unobstructed pillars of light and arrows immediately swarmed in, engulfing Qu Hun completely.
As for the small green sword, once it lost its master's control, its power plummeted as well. The Black Dragon Snare pressed down on it relentlessly, leaving it on the verge of collapse.
Seeing all of this, Han Li was overjoyed!
He never expected that his gamble of a strike would prove so effective.
The reason he hadn't used the Blood Spirit Drill to directly attack Qu Hun's heart or head was that he had no confidence these areas could still be considered vital on a body that was half zombie. He'd likely only wound the opponent gravely without killing him.
So it had been better to use the Blood Spirit Drill to attack that most troublesome green pill instead.
But he never imagined that once the green pill was shattered, the opponent would suffer catastrophic internal damage as well, ending up in this state.
It seemed the green pill was closely connected to the opponent's Primordial Spirit — no wonder the opponent had shown such an expression when he first spat it out to defend himself!