Two days later, early morning.

The rising sun emerged from the sea, illuminating the entire Cloudlake Island, bringing a touch of warmth to the otherwise cold isle.

Cloudveil Lake, located in the center of the island, was shrouded in a layer of hazy mist that covered its vast surface. Even with the morning sun shining upon it, the mist showed no sign of dissipating.

Han Li, clad in a green robe, hovered high above the lake, gazing down below.

His eyes flashed with blue light as his divine sense swept across the lake, but he found that the lake water was obscured by the mist, rendering it impossible to perceive anything within.

His gaze flickered slightly, and with a flick of his wrist, a black longsword appeared in his hand.

A layer of golden scales shimmered across his body, and his arm instantly thickened, while the black longsword in his hand immediately shone with a dazzling black light, attracting the spiritual energy of the surrounding heaven and earth, which converged upon it.

Countless pitch-black runes appeared on the sword, emitting waves of black light, interspersed with strong fluctuations of the power of laws, causing the void to tremble.

He held the sword in one hand, tracing an arc in front of his body, then raised the sword high above his head, and then slashed down fiercely towards the lake surface.

Only a "whoosh" of wind was heard.

The entire black sword shone brightly, and a huge sword shadow, more than a hundred feet long, extended from the sword and crashed heavily into the lake.

Before the sword shadow arrived, the gale force arrived first.

Under a fierce gust of wind, the mist on the lake instantly gathered together like snowflakes, pushing and shoving towards both sides.

"Rumble"

A huge sound like thunder rang out, and a huge wave was set off in Cloudveil Lake. Two huge water walls, more than a hundred feet high, separated from the center of the lake, rolling towards the banks.

The surging waves raged wildly, directly crossing the lakeshore and rushing into the surrounding mountains and forests like a tsunami.

"Who seeks death!"

At this moment, a violent roar suddenly came from the bottom of the lake.

Immediately afterwards, a golden light shot out from the separated waves, heading straight for Han Li.

"Shimmering Mirage Beast!"

Han Li's eyes narrowed, and he saw a golden-robed middle-aged man with a square face and dark purple eyes within the golden light, holding a golden longsword in his hand, stabbing straight at him.

He couldn't sense any demonic aura from this person, but Han Li could tell by instinct that the other party was the one he was looking for.

The runes on the golden longsword were shining, and a sharp, unstoppable aura emanated from it.

"Clang!" A sharp sound rang out.

Without a word, Han Li blocked with his sword, swinging it forward. The sword and the tip of the sword collided heavily, and the force of the impact directly sent the man flying backwards, while he himself swayed slightly and stabilized his figure.

"Hehe, some unknown loose immortal dares to provoke this seat. You are truly ignorant! This seat is now in need of the blood essence of a human True Immortal to break through a bottleneck. I didn't expect that just as I was falling asleep, someone would come to offer me a pillow!" The golden-robed man sneered after stabilizing his figure hundreds of feet away.

As soon as he finished speaking, the golden longsword in his hand suddenly flew forward, and the sword shone brightly, dividing into thousands of golden longswords, layered upon layered, like a golden lotus blooming in the high sky.

The next moment, a "clang" sound rang out in the air, and the golden longswords flew out, like a golden sword dragon, pouncing towards Han Li.

At first, Han Li thought that these golden longswords were just sword shadows, but when the golden sword dragon flew over and opened its mouth to bite him, he realized that these longswords seemed to be real.

Without a word, he directly raised his sword to block it, and the black longsword was bitten up and down by several dragon-tooth-like golden longswords in the sword dragon's mouth, and was stuck firmly in it.

At the same time, a huge hook claw of the golden sword dragon also protruded from below, and suddenly grabbed his chest, tearing his clothes and leaving several shocking white marks on the golden scales on his chest.

Han Li suddenly drew out his longsword, wiping out a large area of golden sparks from the sword dragon's mouth. He stepped heavily on the dragon's head with both feet, and the whole person flew backwards.

However, before he could stabilize his figure, a sound of wind rang out behind him.

A strange beast in the shape of a real dragon suddenly jumped out from behind him, opening its mouth to bite at his head.

Although this beast had a dragon head, it did not have dragon horns. Although it had a dragon body, it did not have dragon claws on its body.

Han Li's pupils shrank, and his body flashed with green light. He moved to the side at the last moment, brushing past the beast and dodging it.

However, the next moment, he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder.

The beast bit his shoulder tightly, and with the strength of his body, it was bitten through his shoulder in one bite, and now blood was gurgling out.

Han Li was shocked. He had clearly dodged it just now, but he didn't know why he was still bitten by the other party.

He raised the other arm holding the sword, ready to slash at the dragon's head biting his shoulder, but a strong warning suddenly flashed in his heart, and he stopped his movement.

The next moment, Han Li only felt a sharp pain in his mind, but it wasn't because he had suffered any other attacks. Instead, he attacked himself with a mental sting to stay awake.

Along with the invasion of this sting, he scanned his shoulder again, but saw that it was empty, where was the dragon head?

If he had slashed down just now, he would have been shooting himself in the foot, and would have cut off one of his own arms.

"How is it possible, how can a True Immortal Realm Early stage cultivator see through my illusion?" The golden-robed man stood hundreds of feet away, and asked with disbelief.

Han Li naturally had no intention of answering the other party, but his heart was filled with vigilance.

He waved his wrist downwards, his figure suddenly darted forward, and the black longsword drew a circle in the air, and then the blade turned and slashed directly towards the other party.

"Looking for death!"

Seeing this, a cruel look flashed in the golden-robed man's eyes.

He quickly formed a seal with both hands in front of him, and a group of five-colored brilliance burst out from his fingertips, turning into a dreamlike five-colored light, reflecting in Han Li's eyes, making him feel dizzy.

At the same time, a sound of metal friction rang out, and the golden sword dragon chased after him from behind again, biting towards Han Li's back.

Han Li subconsciously raised one hand to block in front of his eyes, while the other hand holding the sword suddenly swept backwards.

A crescent-shaped sword light broke through the air and hit the sword dragon heavily, causing the sword dragon to shrink back, and the blades around it overlapped, making a series of "clang" sounds.

At this moment, a huge five-colored crystal diamond-like palm suddenly protruded from the five-colored illusion in front of him, and grabbed Han Li's body in its palm.

Han Li immediately felt his chest being squeezed by an enormous force, and he had some difficulty breathing for a while.

In addition, the five-colored illusion in front of him was still flashing non-stop, making him feel dizzy, and his reaction was a beat slower.

"Die for me!" A violent roar came from behind the five-colored illusion.

The sword dragon that had just been repelled by Han Li attacked again, and the two golden sword edges on the dragon's head suddenly lengthened, and several protruding spikes were separated on it, like two sharp thorns, stabbing towards Han Li's back heart.

Han Li's eyes flashed with blue light, but he still couldn't see through the illusion in front of him, but his consciousness began to become a little blurred.

He let out a violent roar, and the golden light around his body suddenly flashed, and his muscles quickly swelled, directly transforming into a golden giant ape more than a hundred feet tall.

The giant hand that was holding his body couldn't support it and shattered with a bang.

As soon as he escaped, Han Li, who had transformed into a mountain-like giant ape, held the black longsword that had also turned into dozens of feet long in both hands, and slashed fiercely at the five-colored illusion in front of him, and the golden-robed man hiding behind the illusion.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh"

A gust of wind roared.

The five-colored illusion was immediately shattered by the gale force stirred up by the longsword, and the golden-robed man standing behind it also retreated in horror.

However, the black longsword had a huge range, and he couldn't escape for a short time.

Seeing that the blade was about to fall on him, the golden-robed man suddenly smiled strangely, and instead of retreating, he allowed the blade to tear him in half.

The golden-robed man's split body twisted in the void, and then disappeared directly.

At this time, the huge sword dragon that attacked from behind Han Li suddenly spoke human words: "Let's see how you dodge this time..."

After speaking, its speed increased even more, stabbing straight towards Han Li's back heart.

Han Li, who was facing away from it, just took another step forward, and it was too late to escape, and he couldn't turn around to respond.

Just as the sword dragon was about to stab into his back heart, a hazy green light suddenly lit up in the void between him and the sword dragon. With just a flash, it disappeared from the spot.

The next moment, the golden sword dragon that was thrusting forward suddenly slowed down, and then fell straight towards the lake.

A smile appeared on the corner of Han Li's mouth, and his body quickly shrank, transforming back into human form, and chasing after the golden sword dragon below.

The sound of "clang" rang out continuously in the air, and the golden swords around the golden sword dragon were detached from the main body one after another and fell down, revealing the body of a golden-robed man.

However, at this moment, there was a very conspicuous blood hole in the center of his forehead, and those strange purple eyes had also lost their original luster and turned gray and white.

The nascent soul hidden in his cranial cavity had also been annihilated.

Han Li grabbed in front of him with one hand, and the split golden longswords turned into a golden light and disappeared, leaving only one that still maintained its form and fell into his hand.

He glanced at the golden longsword and put it into the storage bracelet.

At this time, a green light suddenly flashed in the blood hole in the center of the golden-robed man's eyebrows, and a green miniature sword, no more than an inch long, shot out rapidly, drawing a blurred shadow in the air, and then quickly enlarged and returned to its original state.

It was Han Li's Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword, not one, but seventy-two.

After so many years of cultivation in his body, the vast sword essence devoured by this sword has been completely used for his own use, and the quality of each flying sword has also barely reached the level of Houtian Immortal Artifact.

And when it is combined into one sword, it is truly comparable to a real Houtian Immortal Artifact.

Previously in the Candle Dragon Dao, because he was worried about being discovered, he had never used this sword, nor had he ever summoned this sword out of his body in front of others. Today was the first time he used it in actual combat. The small test of its sharpness really gave him a big surprise.