Chapter 660: Corpse Wraith

Han Li's heart skipped a beat at the sight.

At this moment, his "reflection" bore no resemblance to him. Its entire body was no different from an ordinary person, except that its clothes were tattered, and its face was rotten and decaying, revealing bare white bones, making it look like a zombie.

Its hands thrust straight forward, with ten fingernails each over a foot long, covered in a purplish-black hue, congealed with an incredibly dense baleful aura. Although they weren't powerful magical treasures, it was clear at a glance that they wouldn't be easy to deal with.

"Corpse Fiend, it's actually this kind of ghost..."

Han Li uttered a low curse. The longsword he had thrust downwards immediately reversed, assuming a blocking posture in front of his chest.

"Clang!" A sharp sound rang out!

A burst of dazzling sparks erupted from the sword's edge. He felt an overwhelming force crash down, sending him flying backward with the sword held horizontally.

Corpse Fiends were undead beings formed from the combination of yin souls and corpses, trapped in places with dense baleful aura for tens of thousands of years. They could often materialize from nothing and back, and they loved to devour the flesh and blood and souls of living beings.

Because they were already dead, they naturally didn't belong to the category of living beings. And because they didn't enter the cycle of reincarnation, they couldn't be considered ghosts either. They truly existed outside the Three Realms and were not within the Five Elements. The one before him was actually a Corpse Fiend with the strength of a Grand Luo cultivator.

However, Han Li noticed that its eyes were snow-white, as if its pupils hadn't opened yet and it was still in a state of ignorance. This gave him a slight sense of relief.

It was said that once a Corpse Fiend devoured a large amount of living flesh and blood and absorbed a large number of souls, it could awaken its spirit and regain its intelligence. However, its fierce and brutal nature would not change, and its combat power would be far greater than cultivators of the same rank.

This Corpse Fiend was likely unable to develop its spiritual sense because it had been trapped here and had no opportunity to come into contact with living beings. But precisely because of this, Han Li hadn't immediately turned around and fled.

In reality, it was also because he was skilled and bold. If it were any other cultivator of the same rank, it was uncertain whether they could have defended against that sneak attack just now.

As he pondered, he saw the Corpse Fiend's figure turn, its silhouette flickering erratically. Suddenly, with a flash, it disappeared from its original spot.

The corner of Han Li's eye twitched slightly. He suddenly stomped down with both feet, his figure retreating violently.

Almost in the same instant, the bizarre Corpse Fiend appeared where he had been standing, its hands fiercely piercing through a stone pillar, shattering it into fragments with a single tug.

Watching the blue crystal powder scattering in the air, Han Li silently chanted a spell. A golden light sphere immediately expanded from in front of him, transforming into a golden light screen that enveloped the entire second floor of the hall.

As soon as the Time Domain was activated, the scattering blue crystal powder became slow and gentle.

Han Li's gaze shifted, and he saw the Grand Luo Corpse Fiend's figure leaving behind trails of afterimages in the void, flashing towards him. Under the suppression of the Time Domain, its speed was still not slow.

His figure turned, and the sword energy on the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords surged, thrusting out rapidly in one direction.

Only to hear a sharp "clang" sound!

The tip of the sword deflected the two ghost claws of the Grand Luo Corpse Fiend and stabbed into its heart.

However, the Corpse Fiend's physical strength far exceeded Han Li's expectations. The sword energy frantically spewed from the tip of the sword, but it only tore the Corpse Fiend's clothes into countless fragments, leaving countless white marks on its chest, but it couldn't pierce its muscular, bluish-purple skin at all.

At this moment, the Corpse Fiend's hands, which had been separated, retracted again. The purplish-black sharp nails actually grew twice as long again, like ten short swords soaked in poison, stabbing down towards both sides of Han Li's neck.

Han Li patted the hilt of the sword with one hand and uttered a light shout.

The Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords immediately began to spin rapidly, like a steel drill, forcefully drilling into the Corpse Fiend's heart.

At the same time, the sword's body crackled, and streams of golden electric arcs surged out, condensing into a thick bolt of lightning that heavily struck the Corpse Fiend.

"Awoo..."

The Corpse Fiend let out a beast-like roar, its entire body suddenly stiffening, falling backward stiffly. Its chest was charred black, emitting pungent black smoke.

This Evil-warding Divine Lightning, which specifically countered all yin and evil ghosts, had indeed worked with one strike!

Han Li's figure flashed, and with a blur, he instantly arrived in front of the Corpse Fiend.

Before it could get up, he surrounded the sword's body with golden lightning and slashed down towards the Corpse Fiend's head.

In the Corpse Fiend's snow-white eyes, a strange purple light suddenly appeared. Its figure suddenly became illusory like smoke, dissipating directly at the moment when the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords were about to strike it.

Han Li's heart tightened, and he quickly flashed backward, retreating.

He saw that after the Corpse Fiend's body had dissipated into an illusory state, it suddenly condensed behind him like a ghost, transforming back into a solid body, its hands stabbing towards Han Li's back like ten poisonous swords.

Fortunately, affected by the Time Domain, its speed was far less swift than before, and Han Li easily dodged it, swinging his sword horizontally in retaliation.

Wherever the sword's edge reached, golden electric light split into dozens of strands like a noose, weaving into a golden electric net around the sword's body, completely sealing off all of the Corpse Fiend's escape routes, leaving it with nowhere to retreat.

Accompanied by the sound of metal clashing, the Corpse Fiend was struck in the forehead by the sword, and its entire body was immediately enveloped in golden electric light.

"Zzzzzz..."

Countless golden arcs scattered and shot out, and plumes of charred smoke continuously rose.

The Corpse Fiend screamed incessantly, its forehead scorched and blurred by the sword energy and Evil-warding Divine Lightning. However, its aura never diminished by even half a point, and it suffered no fatal injuries at all.

Han Li raised his sword, intending to summon a few more Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords when the Corpse Fiend's figure turned illusory again, merging into the ice crystals on the ground like a blade shadow.

He saw streams of thick, black baleful aura flowing like water from all directions over the ice crystals on the ground, seeping into the ground and directly surging into the Corpse Fiend's body.

Han Li saw the Corpse Fiend's body change between solid and illusory, and the charred wounds on its body, which had been previously struck by the Evil-warding Divine Lightning, were actually all healing themselves little by little.

"It actually has such abilities..." Han Li frowned, took a step forward, and his figure flashed away.

In the next instant, his figure suddenly appeared above the Corpse Fiend, the golden lightning on the longsword flashing as he slashed down fiercely.

With a loud "boom!"

The ice crystals on the ground exploded, and the Corpse Fiend's figure slid out of it like a swimming fish, once again charging towards Han Li from an illusory to solid state.

Han Li held his longsword horizontally, blocking it.

Ignoring the power of the Evil-warding Divine Lightning, the latter actually grabbed the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords directly with both hands. A hideous ghostly face probed forward, opening its mouth and letting out a sharp roar at Han Li.

Seeing this, Han Li immediately held his breath and closed his five senses, but he was still one step too slow.

A deep purple corpse aura burst out like a sharp arrow, striking his face with a "bang!" transforming into a cloud of purple smoke that covered Han Li's entire face.

Han Li only felt a numbness in his face, followed by a pungent and irritating taste entering his nose. His throat also felt dry and itchy, and his eyes felt sore and unbearable, instantly blurring his vision.

He endured the discomfort and let out a roar. The Evil-warding Divine Lightning on the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords instantly erupted, blasting the Grand Luo Corpse Fiend away with a "boom!"

Immediately afterward, Han Li's figure continuously retreated, his silhouette constantly moving and changing within the hall.

After being repelled by the corpse aura, it quickly pounced again, chasing after Han Li relentlessly, determined to tear him to pieces.

At this time, Han Li's five senses were sealed, and he could only rely on the sensitive perception of his divine sense within the Time Domain to constantly dodge. He was being relentlessly pursued by the Corpse Fiend, and the two collided back and forth in the hall, with constant explosions.

The purple light in the Grand Luo Corpse Fiend's eyes flickered constantly. Under the suppression of the Time Domain, its speed was still getting faster and faster. The frequency of collisions between Han Li and it also became more and more dense, and even his robes had been torn with several openings.

Han Li's face was covered with purple mist, and the immortal spiritual power in his body was operating frantically, constantly gathering towards his throat, mouth, and nose, constantly squeezing out the corpse aura, forcing it out of his body.

Just then, the Grand Luo Corpse Fiend's figure suddenly scattered, actually transforming into five figures.

Han Li couldn't help but frown. In his divine sense perception, five identical auras had actually appeared, and his eyes were invaded by the corpse aura, and he couldn't use the Nine Serenities Demon Eyes at the moment, so he couldn't distinguish whether these five figures were real or fake.

He saw the five Corpse Fiend figures circling around and then simultaneously rushing towards Han Li in the center.

The purplish-black sharp nails on the ten palms, flashing with black light, stabbed towards his eyebrows, back of the head, neck, heart, dantian, and other vital points respectively.

No matter which direction Han Li fled, he would inevitably be blocked by one of the Corpse Fiends, and then be chased by the others.

Seeing that Han Li had nowhere to avoid and nowhere to retreat, a dazzling golden light suddenly lit up from behind him, releasing ten thousand rays of piercing golden light.

He saw a golden, hollowed-out golden wheel appear behind him, spinning around.

The five Corpse Fiends were illuminated by the golden light rays at a distance of about ten feet from Han Li's body and instantly solidified in mid-air.

At the same time, Han Li suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a purple mist mass condensed from corpse aura, which burst open on the ground with a bang.

The purple mist on his face also disappeared completely, and the purple light in his eyes shone brightly, looking towards the five Corpse Fiends around him.

With this look, Han Li discovered that the guy with the sharp claws rushing towards his eyebrows was different from the others, and the corpse aura in his body was obviously several times more concentrated.

Han Li frowned slightly, turned the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords in his hand, pointed the tip of the sword directly at the Corpse Fiend's dantian, and the Evil-warding Divine Lightning crackled on the sword's body, enveloping the entire longsword.

He muttered a word in his mouth and patted the sword's body with one hand. The golden electric strands on the longsword suddenly surged towards the tip of the sword, condensing a golden thunder ball like pouring golden juice on it, directly hitting the Corpse Fiend's dantian.

With a loud "boom!"

A golden lightning pillar as thick as a water tank was born out of thin air, suddenly engulfing the Corpse Fiend.

The entire blue hall shook violently, and the remaining Corpse Fiend figures suspended around it consecutively turned illusory, disappearing one after another, turning into a purple streamer and dissipating.

Only the Corpse Fiend that was directly hit by Han Li with the Thunder Summoning Spell was still imprisoned in mid-air by the Mantra Treasure Wheel.