Chapter 1193: Volume 7: Across the Human World, Chapter 1188: The Bizarre Golden Horn

The enormous grub let out a strange cry, its smooth head eerily splitting open into a gaping maw filled with sharp teeth. But suddenly, with a flash of silver light, an unusually thick arc of electricity shot out.

It was, in fact, the celestial lightning that had been absorbed by its golden horn earlier, now being regurgitated in a single burst, with Han Li standing next to the Array as the target.

“Huh! It has even developed spiritual intelligence. Tsk tsk, it seems it has truly become a spirit beast variant,” Han Li said, not alarmed but rather pleased when he saw this scene.

He pinched his hands together and then flung them outwards, shooting out two thick golden arcs from his hands that instantly merged and met the thick silver arc head-on.

With a “boom,” the golden and silver arcs intertwined like two giant pythons, the thinner arcs zapping around, and in an instant, a mass of electric light exploded between Han Li and the giant grub, resulting in mutual destruction.

Seeing this, the demon beast seemed to grow even more enraged. The golden horn atop its head shone brightly, attracting a large swath of sky thunder and greedily absorbing it, seemingly preparing for another attack on Han Li.

But at that moment, Han Li sneered coldly. With a single breath, he spat out a small golden sword that expanded into a rainbow of gold nearly thirty feet long and swept directly toward the demon beast’s head.

Seemingly aware of the threat, the beast erupted in a brilliant yellow light and tried to shrink its body back underground. However, just then, the Fire Spirit Silk originally coiled around its upper body flashed with red light. The thin silk suddenly thickened, turning into several crimson fire ropes.

Each fire rope was as thick as a small tree. They then blazed up, emitting waves of heat that half-encased the beast’s upper body.

The demon beast seemed to panic. The golden horn on its head that had been absorbing silver sky thunder suddenly stopped, and instead sprayed a burst of golden light from its body, extinguishing large amounts of the flames and absorbing them into the horn as well.

This huge grub’s horn could not only absorb celestial lightning but also flame.

But just as the beast had absorbed most of the flames, the golden rainbow was already upon it. In a flash, it turned into a massive sword that slashed down fiercely.

The beast’s head dodged, and its horn on top grew instantly, doubling in size and using it to directly confront the Giant Sword.

With a “clang,” upon contact, they emitted a blinding golden light, and the Giant Sword was actually repelled by the horn, failing to cut it off.

But at that moment, a blue electric arc flashed above the beast’s head, where Han Li appeared with a peculiar set of wings on his back. With a flick of his hand, another golden sword Qi shot out at an incredible speed, piercing through the beast’s body and leaving a hole the size of a bowl before the beast could react.

Greenish blood gurgled out from the wound, but the creature was so massive that what would be a fatal injury to an ordinary Sect Master was insignificant to it, and this only enraged it further.

After a tremendous roar from its mouth, its upper body’s tentacles contracted and transformed into countless long whips that lashed towards Han Li in the sky.

Han Li’s expression darkened, and without saying another word, he made a hand gesture; dozens of small golden swords flew out from his body, circled around, and then formed a protective sword screen around him.

The fleshy tendrils were shredded into countless pieces of green rain by the barrier of golden light, unable to get anywhere near Han Li.

At this moment, Han Li murmured some incantations and pointed downwards.

The dozen small golden swords below trembled and suddenly split into seven, each flying sword emanating six identical golden sword Qi, and under the command of Han Li’s incantations, dozens of golden lights swept downward in a dense mass.

Terrified, the beast opened its mouth and first spat out a large mass of silver arcs, followed by a surge of crimson fireballs, in an attempt to block the descent of so many sword lights.

With consecutive “bangs,” several dozen golden lights were extinguished by the silver arcs and flames, but the rest pierced through the interception and in a flash, reached the front of the demon beast.

Before the massive grub could react, the sound of sword Qi rose loudly, all the golden lights congregating and condensing into a sword Qi over ten feet long, and with a flash of golden light, a sword Qi as thick as a bucket circled the demon tortoise’s waist at lightning speed.

A shocking cry tore through the air from the mouth of the demon beast as countless streams of green blood spouted like a waterfall.

The enormous body of the huge grub was silently severed in two at the waist.

Just when Han Li thought he could finally withdraw, an inconceivable scene occurred.

The giant python, which should have been destroyed by now, suddenly leapt into the air with its upper half the moment the golden sword Qi stopped, opening its huge mouth and fiercely lunging to swallow Han Li. At the same time, its lower half flashed with a yellow light, sprouting countless tentacles from its body, instantly becoming indistinguishable from the upper half.

With a “bang,” the lower half of the grub burrowed into the soil, vanishing without a trace.

“Trying to escape?”

Han Li was taken aback, but then his eyebrows twitched. Hand gestures executed, he quickly uttered the word “explode.”

The thick fire ropes wound around the enormous grub’s body flashed with red light and spontaneously burst open.

After a rumbling “boom,” a gigantic mushroom-shaped cloud appeared, engulfing the upper half of the grub’s body in fire, with the wails of the beast echoing from within the rolling waves of fire, as it seemed unable to absorb the intense flames immediately with its golden horn.

Simultaneously, the massive sword Qi below swirled and cut through the cloud of fire like lightning.

The cries from within the fiery clouds abruptly ceased, and a heavy shower of green blood rained down from the sky.

Then, two charred corpses, carrying a pungent scent of scorched flesh, tumbled down from the fiery clouds and crashed heavily onto the ground.

At this moment, Han Li glanced at the ground. With an unhurried sweep of his spiritual sense, he discovered the other half of the giant creature, whose speed was not very fast, having only reached a few miles beneath the ground.

It was unclear whether this beast was naturally so slow, or if its speed had greatly reduced after being injured.

Han Li didn’t bother to wonder. Since it hadn’t escaped very far, it spared him the trouble of extra effort.

Without a second thought, he slapped his spirit beast pouch at his waist, and countless dots of golden light shot out from the pouch, buzzing as they transformed into a cloud of Golden Beetles hovering above his head.

Han Li emotionlessly pointed towards the ground.

The beetle cloud swooped down with a whistling sound, but when it reached a low altitude, it went “bang” and turned into countless dots of golden light that disappeared into the earth without a trace.

Han Li no longer paid attention to this. With a single hand, he pointed at the nearby fiery Clouds.

The massive fire clouds spun rapidly in place, their volume strangely and quickly shrinking, finally revealing a series of thick fire sparks.

However, the glow on the sparks seemed dimmer compared to when they had first appeared.

He beckoned to the sparks, and instantly, the glow flashed, turning into ten thin strands of Fire Spirit Silk. Each two zhang long, they floated gently in the air.

Han Li opened his mouth, exhaling a breath of azure light, which wrapped around the ten strands of Fire Spirit Silk. With a gentle inhale, he drew the Fire Spirit Silk, wrapped in the azure light, into his body.

Only then did Han Li cast a glance at the charred corpse on the ground, frowning slightly before reaching out into the void below with a big hand.

With a “swoosh”, a streak of golden light flew out from the charred corpse, shooting directly towards Han Li.

But the golden light abruptly stopped when it was just a zhang away from Han Li. It was the bizarre golden horn from the head of the giant creature.

Compared to the massive body of the creature, the horn did not seem large, but it actually measured five to six feet in size, its surface gleaming with golden light, with mysterious runes faintly visible.

Han Li narrowed his eyes for a closer look, and although he was very curious about the object, he knew this was not the time for close examination. After a brief thought, he cast several incantations onto the object before him.

The horn flashed brilliantly, spontaneously shrinking in size until it was only half a foot long.

Han Li raised his hand, placing a restriction talisman onto the golden horn. He then took out a wooden box, stowed the horn inside, and placed it into his storage pouch.

After finishing all this, Han Li patted his hand, a contented look appearing on his face.

Just as he was about to look towards the Heaventide Holy Beast in the Array, the ground over ten miles away suddenly shook violently. The half of the giant creature that had escaped erupted from beneath the ground. Its body surface sparkled with golden light, covered by a dense swarm of the Gold Devouring Bugs, amounting to thousands, rapidly devouring its flesh.

The halved creature screamed in agony, suddenly plunging downward, then rolling incessantly on the ground, trying to rid itself of the swarm’s gnawing.

But the golden beetles seemed to have rooted themselves into its flesh, immovably attached, and began to pierce through its tough outer shell, quickly burrowing into the creature’s body.

Consequently, the pain the mutant creature felt intensified exponentially, as if it was being sliced by thousands of small knives at the same time.

Its actions turned frantic, now burrowing underground, now soaring into the sky, but no matter how it thrashed, it could not shake off any of the golden beetles.

A moment later, just as it flew up mid-air once more in a frenzied dance, its body abruptly stiffened, ceasing all movement, and its vast frame subsequently plummeted down, landing heavily on the ground without stirring again.

From up above, Han Li watched all this unfold and finally let out a light sigh of relief, then turned his head towards the Array in contemplation.

Bolts of sky thunder continued to fall ceaselessly, but behind Han Li, the Thunderstorm Wings flickered with arcs of azure lightning. Whenever an electric net was about to land nearby, a flick of the Thunderstorm Wings would deflect it, preventing it from touching even the slightest bit of Han Li.

However, compared to the start, the electric nets in the sky had become much sparser, indicating that the Heaventide Holy Beast had finally withstood the eighth wave of lightning strikes. It appeared to be time for him to take action!

But before doing so, it seemed fitting for him to claim the reward that had been promised.

With such thoughts in his mind, Han Li looked upward, his eyes flashing with blue light as he searched for something without blinking.

As the thunder strikes temporarily ceased in the sky, an unusual fragrance wafted from the clouds. Then, the cloud directly above the Array began to churn, suddenly revealing a large, jade plate-like full moon.

The moon shone with extraordinary brightness, emitting a pale, milky glow, and it seemed that the strange fragrance was emanating from it.

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