<h4>Chapter 1089: Unexpected</h4>


    The devilish man seemed to have been enraged by Xiong Shan''s arrogant attitude, and he summoned a long, ck saber as he scoffed, "What insolence! You''re nothing more than a mere Golden Immortal! You''re a million years too early to im yourself as my equal!"


    A sinister-looking skull was engraved onto the hilt of the saber, and its de was long and slender, with lightning-shaped patterns running along its entire length. Arcs of ck lightning were dancing over its surface, and it was giving off an even more formidable aura than the Profound Infernal Divine Hammer.


    With a vicious swing of the saber, a vast expanse of ck qi was released, forming a ck cloud that surged toward the streak of golden swordlight.


    At the same time, close to a hundred lightning-shaped, translucent ck threads shot out from within before converging toward a single spot to conjure up a ck lightning lion the size of a house, and it pounced at the streak of golden sword light with incredibly violent lightningw power fluctuations surging out of its body.


    In the face of this fearsome assant, the swordlight formed by Xiong Shan didn''t disy any timidity.Instead, it sped up even further, and it seemed that he had supreme confidence in the Primordial Ancient Sword.


    In the next instant, the streak of swordlight collided with the lightning lion, resulting in a violent explosion of ck and golden light that caused the entire cave to tremble violently.


    However, all of the walls of the cave were bolstered by restrictions, so even though many cracks had appeared over them, the cave didn''t copse.


    A loud tearing sound rang out as the ck lightning lion was sliced into two, reverting back into ck lightning threads that erupted in all directions.


    The devilish man shuddered violently as he stumbled back several steps before finally steadying himself with an incredulous look on his face.


    The streak of golden swordlight had also been eradicated, and Xiong Shan stumbled out into the open, looking even paler than before, but his eyes were still filled with fervent excitement.


    The devilish man was at thete-High Zenith Stage, while Xiong Shan was only ate-Golden Immortal cultivator, yet thanks to the Primordial Ancient Sword, he was able to gain a consistent upper hand over his opponent in their shes.


    Judging from thew power fluctuations emanating from the Primordial Ancient Sword, Han Li had determined that it was a fourth tier immortal treasure, but in light of this incredible disy of power, it appeared that it was most likely actually a third tier immortal treasure.


    With that in mind, Han Li couldn''t help but feel a little envious of Xiong Shan, and he wondered when he was going to be able to secure such a powerful immortal treasure that perfectlyplemented hisw powers.


    Meanwhile, all of the other devilish beings had also sprung into action.


    Devilish cultivators had always harbored intense animosity toward cultivators of the Immortal Realm, particrly human cultivators, and after being trapped here by Immortal Lord Tai Sui for so many years, their hearts were filled with boundless resentment and vindictive fury.


    However, not all of the devilish beings decided to attack Han Li and the others. Instead, only around half of them did so, while the other half was more interested in leaving the Eon Pagoda right away, and they flew straight out of the cave as streaks of ck light.


    Han Li paid no heed to the fleeing devilish beings as there were currently around seven or eight devilish cultivators rushing at him at once.


    A cold gleam shed through his eyes as he swept a sleeve through the air, releasing thirty-six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords.


    The thirty-six flying swords transformed into hundreds of streaks of golden swordlight, all of which were shing with golden lightning as they rained down upon Han L''s devilish assants.


    All of the devilish cultivators were using yin-attribute cultivators, so the lightningw powers of the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords served as a natural bane to them, and they hurriedly began to adopt defensive measures against the oing barrage of golden swordlight.


    While their attention was focused on the storm of golden swordlight, Han Li made a hand seal to summon his Mantra Treasured Axis, which released waves of golden ripples that instantly swept over a distance of several thousand feet.


    His devilish assants werepletely caught off guard by this, and as soon as the golden ripples washed over them, they were instantly rooted to the spot.


    In the next instant, the storm of golden swordlight passed through them, following which Han Li withdrew his Mantra Treasured Axis, and the bodies of the devilish cultivators instantly exploded into pieces, while their nascent souls had also been eradicated.


    All of this had taken ce in the blink of an eye, and before the devilish beings even had a chance to react, they were confronted by the reality that seven or eight of their High Zenith Stage brethren had just been in in the blink of an eye.


    This naturally caused quite a stir among the other devilish beings, all of whom turned to look at Han Li with wary expressions, while Lei Yuce and the others were once again stunned by Han Li''s power.


    Han Li paid no heed to everyone''s scrutiny as he vanished from the spot amid a sh of golden lightning, then reappeared over ten thousand feet away.


    From there, he summoned his Mantra Treasured Axis once again, and it released waves of golden ripples that instantly epassed a group of close to ten devilish beings nearby.


    With a sweep of his sleeve, the hundreds of streaks of swordlight flew through the air once again, shredding the immobilized devilish beings into pieces.


    At this point, the wariness in the eyes of the devilish beings had turned to fear, and all of them began to fly as far away from Han Li as possible.


    Han Li''s expression remained unchanged as he prepared to set off in pursuit of the fleeing devilish beings, but right at this moment, a string of thunderps rang out, following which a ck lightning spirit domain appeared out of thin air before descending upon him.


    The devilish man with the lion''s mane was standing in the ck spirit domain, observing Han Li with a cold expression.


    Meanwhile, Xiong Shan was locked in battle against several other High Zenith Stage devilish beings.


    In his excitement, he had unleashed too many powerful attacks in quick session with his newly obtained Primordial Ancient Sword. As a result, his immortal spiritual power reserves quickly ran dry, so he was forced to resort to a more conservative style of battle and was no longer able to oppose the maned devilish cultivator.


    Enshrouded within the ck lightning spirit domain, the golden lightning around Han Li''s body instantly melted away, and a surprised look appeared on his face upon seeing this.


    Not only that, but the golden lightning surging over his Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords had also been suppressed.


    "I don''t care who you are, you''re not leaving this ce alive!" the devilish man roared with a furious expression as he swung his ck saber down upon Han Li, releasing a hundred and fifty lightningw threads that intertwined to form an almighty, ck lightning dragon.


    The dragon was giving off a terrifying aura that was far more formidable than that of the ck lightning lion from before, and it flew through the air as a bolt of ck lightning, instantly reaching Han Li before grabbing down viciously at him with a giant w.


    A vast shadow instantly appeared over Han Li, and it was as if the entire sky were about to copse under the weight of the lightning dragon''s almighty w.


    The devilish man seemed to have used some type of eleratory ability simr to the Reversal True Axis toplete that sequence of movements at an incredible speed, and Han Li had only just noticed the ck lightning spirit domain around him when the dragon w was already upon him.


    All he had time to do was throw a punch in retaliation, unleashing a golden fist projection that hurtled directly toward the oing draconic w.


    The fist projection was imbued with tremendous power that crushed the space in its wake, resulting in the emergence of countless spatial rifts.


    All of the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords around him also shot forth through the air behind the fist projection, forming an azure sword lotus flower that was around an acre in size, with countless sword projections swirling around within it.


    The lightning dragon let loose a thunderous, draconic roar, and its w shed violently against the golden fist projection, tearing through it with ease.


    The draconic w continued downward without pause, grabbing onto the azure sword lotus flower.


    Even though the lightningw powers of Han Li''s Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords were being suppressed by the devilish man''s spirit domain, the swords themselves were still extremely formidable, and the sword lotus flower formed by thirty-six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords was far more powerful than the golden fist projection.


    The ck, draconic w struck the sword lotus flower with an earth-shattering boom, and thetter was able to hold its own briefly before exploding into thirty-six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords that scattered in all directions.


    As a result, the ck dragon was momentarily stopped in its tracks before continuing to descend upon Han Li, and that split-second dy was all Han Li needed to summon his time spirit domain, which expanded rapidly in all directions, epassing the lightning dragon within it in the blink of an eye.


    At the same time, his Mantra Treasured Axis appeared behind him, then released waves of golden ripples that epassed the lightning dragon as well.


    Immediately thereafter, the Time Severing Torch emerged beside the Mantra Treasured Axis before releasing its Time Severing Fire Domain, which also enshrouded the lightning dragon.


    With Han Li''s time spirit domain, Mantra Treasured Axis, and Time Severing Fire Domain acting upon it at once, the lightning dragon was instantly immobilized, despite its almighty power.