"Haha, good lad, hiding yourself so well! Even Shao Ying was no match for you!"

At that moment, a hearty laugh echoed from within the blood array.

"Lord Er is too kind. I've only played some petty tricks, nothing compared to you, Lord Er." Han Li looked up, smiling as he slowly walked towards the statue beneath Chen Yang.

The other four in the array were barely holding on, slumped where they sat, seemingly without the strength to even look up. It seemed they wouldn't last much longer before succumbing to the array.

Conversely, Er Kui's aura was reaching its peak. He had opened over a thousand Xuan窍. If he continued to absorb the power of the array, it wouldn't be difficult for him to break through all the Xuan窍 in his body.

"Fellow Daoist Li has such scheming abilities. Frankly, I, Er, admire it greatly. Now, I can overlook the matter of you killing Elder Shao Ying and give you another chance. What do you think?" Er Kui asked with a smile, watching Han Li approach.

"I didn't expect the city lord to be so magnanimous. Li is willing to hear the details," Han Li said noncommittally, lightly tapping the blood-colored barrier with a finger.

"As long as you kill those two eyesores, you can join Profound City with Fellow Daoist Shi Kong and become the most powerful elders in the city. Of course, if you don't want to stay in Profound City, you can choose any of the four cities – Qingyang, Xuanzhi, Baiyan, or Tongyu – to be a city lord, provided you are always at my beck and call," Er Kui said seriously.

"Fellow Daoist Li, to this day, do you still believe this man's lies? City Lord Chen is your fate!" Xuan Yuanxing exclaimed, his expression changing drastically.

Duan Tong clenched his fists upon hearing this.

Han Li glanced back at the two, sighed, and slowly said,

"It's rare for Lord Er to consider my situation so thoroughly, not even asking me to get rid of Fellow Daoist Shi. It's just a pity that I'm not from the Scaleborn Void, otherwise, I really wouldn't be able to find a reason to refuse such a good offer."

"Oh, is that so? That's truly a shame. I'll have to trouble Fellow Daoist Li to patiently wait for my blood array to complete its operation. We can have a good chat then," Er Kui said calmly, his expression unchanged.

"Lord Er is so busy; I don't think we need to wait any longer. Li will come in to pay his respects now," Han Li said with a chuckle.

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Li is indeed an impatient one! If you want to come in, I, Er, naturally welcome you. I wonder if you have the ability?" Er Kui said with a loud laugh, as if he had heard the biggest joke.

"Whether I have the ability or not, please wait and see, Lord Er," Han Li said calmly, unmoved.

With that, he formed a hand seal and chanted an obscure incantation. Then, he raised a palm, the Xuan窍 on his arm blazing, and struck heavily at the statue in front of him.

A blinding light enveloped his palm, pressing down on the blood-colored barrier, causing it to sink deeply.

Er Kui was about to say something, but seeing this, his brow furrowed slightly, revealing a hint of surprise.

However, when Han Li's palm touched the statue beneath Chen Yang, the blood-colored barrier suddenly flared with intense blood light, rebounding with a "bang" and forcing Han Li back.

Seeing this, Er Kui's brow relaxed slightly, and the smile in his eyes deepened.

Shi Chuan Kong and the others had tried to break through the barrier before, so they weren't surprised to see Han Li fail.

Han Li didn't seem to mind. He took a deep breath and moved slightly, arriving below the statue where Sun Tu was located. He repeated the process, chanting the spell and striking the blood-colored barrier with his palm.

The result was naturally the same. He could only barely touch the statue before being repelled by an invisible force.

His eyes flickered slightly, and he moved again, this time to the statue beneath Qin Yuan, striking it with his palm.

"A mere human Xuan cultivator with only two hundred Xuan窍 wants to break the Weeping Blood Barrier with brute force? You're even more delusional than a madman's ramblings. No matter how many times you try, it's useless," Er Kui said, shaking his head in disdain.

With that, he stopped looking at Han Li and closed his eyes, accelerating the absorption of the flesh and blood power from the Weeping Blood Array, looking as steady as Mount Tai.

Chen Yang and the others felt the power surging into their bodies intensifying again, and they all let out painful groans, but their voices weren't loud due to their extreme weakness.

Han Li didn't care about the strange gazes around him. After trying to strike the statue beneath Fu Jian, he came to the statue beneath Er Kui and struck out with his palm as well.

All two hundred and fifty-odd Xuan窍 in his body lit up, and a scorching sun seemed to be drawn into his palm, heavily striking the blood-colored barrier.

When his palm touched the blood-red statue, a hidden rune that hadn't appeared before emerged simultaneously from the base of all five statues.

Then, there was a buzzing sound.

The entire blood-colored barrier trembled violently, the surface rippling like wind-blown water.

Er Kui realized something was wrong and suddenly opened his eyes, then saw a scene that made him unbelievable.

Han Li made a hand seal, took a step, and actually stepped directly into the Weeping Blood Array as if passing through a water curtain.

"How is this possible?" Everyone was shocked at the sight.

Han Li smiled, leaped high into the air, and came directly to the top of the barrier, higher than the five on the statues by a zhang, standing in the void without falling.

"Worthy of being called the Weeping Blood Array, truly a masterpiece! This boundless, sea-like power is amazing just being in it..." Han Li took a deep breath of the air and praised sincerely.

"Impossible, being in the blood array without relying on the Weeping Blood Star Chart will lead to being sacrificed directly, how could you..." Er Kui shouted, his face full of disbelief.

"Lord Er, are you talking about this?" Han Li asked with a smile.

As he spoke, the hand seal in his hand changed, and he made a circular motion with his fingers. A blood-colored glow immediately condensed beneath his feet, forming a five-pointed star pattern, exactly the same as the ones on the statues beneath Er Kui and the others.

"Bang."

At that moment, a muffled sound suddenly came from the blood-colored barrier below.

When Han Li looked down, he saw that Duan Tong, anxious to save his lord, had tried to enter the Weeping Blood Barrier like him, but was repelled by a huge force and sent flying.

The crowd frowned at the sight, and Zhu Ziqing couldn't help but cover her mouth and snicker.

Sun Tu and the others in the blood cocoons seemed to have glimpsed a glimmer of hope, struggling to lift their heads and look towards Han Li, a hint of surprise flashing in their eyes.

Chen Yang slightly raised his head, his eyes trying to look at Han Li's figure, then struggled to look at the sky above the roof, his expression complex and difficult to describe.

"Lord Er, Li has come to pay his respects... I wonder, are you ready?" Han Li said with a smile, retracting his gaze.

As soon as he finished speaking, his expression suddenly became serious, and his hands kept changing hand seals in front of him, a rapid chant resounding.

After a moment, he roared, "Give it to me..."

A dull rumble suddenly came from the depths of the array.

All five statues trembled violently, a series of brand-new runes appearing on their surfaces. The operation of the entire array momentarily stagnated, as if it were about to stop.

But immediately afterward, the viscous blood light beneath the blood pool surged again, crazily pouring into the blood cocoon that Fu Jian had transformed into, and then, after layers of purification, rushed into Er Kui's body.

Er Kui's expression changed, and just as he was a little at a loss, he discovered that the pure blood light that poured into his body actually passed through his body again and flew towards Han Li, merging into his body in a flash.

"Uh..."

Han Li let out a soft groan, his whole body suddenly enveloped in blood light, surrounded by thin blood threads, which also weaved a blood-colored cocoon.

His body became the final destination for the blood light of this great array once again.

As that powerful force poured into his body, Han Li's face instantly became hideous. Sharp pains, like knives and axes, came from the meridians throughout his body, causing him to clench his teeth so hard that they were about to shatter.

He had thought that after the filtration and refinement by the previous people, the flesh and blood power pouring into his body wouldn't be too violent. But the truth was that with his body, which had opened only two hundred Xuan窍, it was still a little too weak to withstand this force.

Fortunately, Han Li was quite adept at enduring pain, so although it was excruciating, it wasn't unbearable.

Inside the blood cocoon, more than a thousand white light spots began to appear on his body surface, some real and some illusory.

"How is it possible? How can you master this Weeping Blood Array! Who exactly are you?" Er Kui asked in astonishment, his face full of disbelief.

Han Li completely ignored him, simply widening his eyes and letting out a hearty, unrestrained roar.

He closed his eyes and quickly began to circulate the Heavenly Fiend Suppressing Prison Art, frantically transforming the flesh and blood power pouring into his body to impact those Xuan窍 that hadn't yet solidified.

"Bang," "Bang," "Bang."

In just over ten breaths of time, three Xuan窍 on his chest were successfully opened one after another, the speed even surpassing Er Kui by three points.

"This is..." Madam Six Petals muttered to herself, her expression becoming even more solemn.

Zhu Ziyuan and the others were even more puzzled and extremely suspicious.

"Big brother... how could this be... Could this human be related to the Great Ruins?" Zhu Ziqing murmured.

Shi Chuan Kong's expression was also complex. He couldn't have imagined how Han Li could contend with Er Kui in this blood array.

"No matter who you are, if you want to compete with me, I'll have to see if you have the ability?" Seeing this, Er Kui's face became even more gloomy, but his expression had calmed down.

With that, he suddenly formed a hand seal and pointed it fiercely at the space between his eyebrows.

A strange rune mark appeared between his eyebrows, his body immediately surged with blood light, and he began to intercept the flesh and blood power flowing out of his body.

Han Li noticed that the flesh and blood power pouring into his body suddenly decreased. He shifted his gaze to Er Kui and said with a smile, "Returning to the source is the right way. You're just using it in a twisted way, and you want to compete with me?"