233: Chapter 233 The Twelve Bishops

After Weiyue left, Han Li held Ai Wen's waist with one hand and formed a Seal with the other, summoning blue flame energy that instantly enveloped them both.

Under Han Li's control, the flame energy did not burn Ai Wen but instead carried her, turning into a streak of blue light that shot toward the distant horizon.

Feeling the warmth of Han Li's palm and the blue light on her body, Ai Wen felt slightly reassured and said, "Han Li, I have already communicated this matter to Lord Jia Lan. If there is indeed an accident, Lord Weiyue will immediately crush the space scroll and summon Lord Jia Lan."

Han Li was not surprised to hear this. He also knew about the space scrolls, but only Captain Galen and Vice-Captain Weiyue had them in the team.

Moreover, this type of space scroll was an enhanced version. Even if space was sealed, as long as it did not exceed the space capability sealed within the scroll itself, nothing could stop it from constructing a spatial channel. It was said that Jia Lan, who created this space scroll, was a Six-Star Dou Sheng!

Therefore, Han Li was not overly worried about the safety of Galen and the others. After all, the strength of a Two-Star Dou Sheng was already terrifying, and the strength of a Six-Star Dou Sheng was definitely something Han Li could not reach at this moment.

Feeling reassured, Han Li returned along the same path. The intense blue light radiating from his body was far brighter than when he came, illuminating the black clouds below and attracting many wicked beasts that attacked him.

However, Han Li had no desire to fight at this moment. He dodged them all without hesitation and headed toward the Northern Continent in the distance.

The journey was uneventful, and the outline of land finally appeared at the edge of Han Li's vision.

However, before he could feel happy, twelve figures emitting powerful auras suddenly flew over from the land.

These figures were dressed strangely, all wearing robes with a gray base and red totems. On those strange robes, Han Li could clearly feel a thick sense of malice; these strange robes carried the aura of wicked beasts!

"These are believers of the True God Sect. Looking at this appearance, they are bishops from the sect!" Ai Wen explained to Han Li in surprise when she saw these people flying over.

"How strong are these bishops?" Hearing Ai Wen's surprised voice, Han Li stopped his movements and asked with a solemn expression.

Combined with his previous speculation about the anomalies in the Heavenly Palace Sea, perhaps this really was the work of the True God Sect. Since that was the case, he had to be prepared for these so-called bishops.

"The Pope of the True God Sect is one of the Eight Emperors of the Continent. The Archbishops are at least Dou Sheng level, while the strength of these bishops is between Dou Zun and Advanced Half-Saint." Ai Wen had some understanding of the True God Sect and explained to Han Li with increased speed.

"That's fine then." Han Li breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. If there were no Dou Sheng-level Archbishops, even if a conflict arose, escaping should not be a problem.

When these bishops approached within ten kilometers, thick gray energy erupted from their bodies, eventually forming a dozen gray whips that lashed directly toward Han Li and Ai Wen.

"Dodge quickly!" Seeing these bishops attack without saying a word, Ai Wen shouted in a hurry.

"Boom!"

Dozens of blue fireballs met the attack. In the collision, a massive explosion occurred, spreading in all directions, covering the sky and earth.

The space within a radius of dozens of miles with Han Li at the center shattered under this massive explosion, forming a large void.

Seeing Han Li withstand the attack, the bishops showed surprise on their gray faces, then immediately condensed gray whips again and swung them toward Han Li's position.

Seeing this scene, while surprised by Han Li's strength, Ai Wen stopped speaking and just quietly watched the battle before her from within Han Li's embrace.

She could tell that the strength of these bishops was not trivial; the weakest among them had the strength of a Low-Level Half-Saint. However, thinking of Captain Galen's evaluation of Han Li, Ai Wen suddenly understood and gained a new understanding of Han Li's strength at this moment.

The gray whips and blue fireballs continuously collided and exploded. In just a moment, this sea area was completely swallowed by the shattered void turbulence.

Switching his hand technique, several ferocious Fire Flood Dragons suddenly appeared, hovering above Han Li's head.

Surrounded by endless darkness, the flames on Han Li's body grew more intense. He controlled the Fire Flood Dragons to pounce on these bishops one by one, continuously stimulating the True Spirit Burning Technique within his body.

Even so, these twelve True Spirit Fire Flood Dragons were still being continuously defeated.

The auras of the twelve bishops were connected, forming a powerful Formation that left Han Li with no way to start.

Facing the joint attack of these twelve Half-Saint bishops, Han Li gradually showed signs of decline.

"The joint Formation of the True God Sect is very difficult to deal with. Han Li, we can only break them one by one!" Seeing Han Li falling into a disadvantage, Ai Wen said immediately.

"Alright!" Han Li nodded upon hearing this. The auras of these bishops were intertwined, and their coordination was incredibly tacit; this was the reason for the joint Formation. But this Formation was incredibly perfect. There was no good way to break it other than breaking them one by one.

Scanning with his eyes, the twelve bishops had already surrounded him completely.

Previously, it wasn't that Han Li didn't have the idea of killing a bishop first, but as soon as he had any intention, the energy of these bishops would immediately shift over. Even if one was seriously injured, they could quickly recover. It was very difficult to kill one completely at once.

"You are called Han Li, right? A newly promoted foreign Cultivator of the Shati Sanctuary. Now you should have also seen the magnificence of the god's power. Presumably, you are clear that the Fighting Qi Continent will sooner or later become the territory of the gods. If you choose to join the True God Sect now, I will recommend you to the headquarters in Zhongzhou. At that time, after receiving the baptism of the god's power, you will be able to absorb the god's energy and no longer be troubled by the Spiritual Qi of this world." A bishop in front of Han Li looked at Han Li with a compassionate expression and spoke.

"Baptism of the god's power? Ridiculous. Is the so-called baptism of the god's power just you baptizing out such non-human, non-ghost existences like yourselves?" After Han Li finished speaking, his hand technique changed, and eighteen more blue Fire Flood Dragons appeared behind him!

Hearing Han Li's words and seeing him condense eighteen more blue Fire Flood Dragons, the bishop's face changed, and he snorted coldly: "Ignorant! The god's power is not something you can understand. But since that's the case, then you can stay here completely!"

After the bishop finished speaking, thick gray mist suddenly surged out from the void. As soon as these gray mists appeared, they were continuously absorbed by these twelve bishops, and each of their expressions became ferocious.

With the influx of gray mist, a huge black shadow appeared behind each bishop. These shadows grinned, emitting an incredibly evil aura.

Seeing these huge black shadows, Han Li immediately controlled the Fire Flood Dragons to pounce and kill. The giant shadows behind these bishops reached out their large hands to meet the attack. When the two touched, violent tremors erupted in this space again.

While the Fire Flood Dragons were confronting the giant shadows, Han Li was constantly observing these bishops. During the initial contact, Han Li understood that although these bishops appeared to have similar strength on the surface, in reality, it was not so.

And at this moment, he was looking for the weak point of these bishops' Formation.

Earlier, when trying to break the joint Formation one by one, Han Li had been probing. At this moment, in Han Li's eyes, the two bishops at the eleven o'clock and seven o'clock positions were very likely the weakest areas.

With a thought, twelve more Fire Flood Dragons pounced, expanding the gradually shrinking perimeter.

"Boom!"

At the twelve o'clock, ten o'clock, and six o'clock positions, the remaining six Fire Flood Dragons pounced specifically. The momentum was fierce, giving the impression that Han Li was anxious to break the Formation.

Seeing the positions where these six Fire Flood Dragons pounced, the connected auras of the bishops immediately split a small portion to defend these three points.

Among them, there was a phenomenon that made Han Li more certain of his judgment: the two positions at eleven o'clock and seven o'clock did not divide energy to assist at this moment.

This phenomenon indicated that these bishops also clearly knew the locations of the weak points, but out of precaution, they did not perform the act of dividing energy.

Seeing this, Han Li did not hesitate. As he formed the Seal with his fingers, he directly detonated the twelve Fire Flood Dragons to further weaken the defensive power of the Formation.

"Boom boom boom boom!"

The sudden self-detonation of the twelve Fire Flood Dragons was clearly unexpected by the bishops. Therefore, this blow expanded the Formation surrounding Han Li by dozens of kilometers, and those black giant shadows were either broken-armed or broken-handed at this time, and some even had half of their bodies shattered.

Han Li looked closely, and instead of being happy, he was shocked, and a cold sweat broke out.

It turned out that the two bishops at the six o'clock and eleven o'clock positions did not even have their palms broken when facing this sudden explosion; only a single finger was broken!

"Damn it, I was almost tricked!" Seeing this scene, Han Li immediately understood. It turned out that those seemingly weak links before were just intentionally created by these bishops to make him fall for it!

If he had really placed his main attack point on these two locations, he probably wouldn't have been able to break the Formation.

However, fortunately, Han Li was decisive enough. Before wanting to break the Formation, he wanted to further weaken the Formation, detonating twelve Fire Flood Dragons, catching these bishops off guard, and causing them to show their flaws.

Realizing their trick had been exposed, the bishops' auras immediately condensed and moved toward those few positions.

Seeing this opportunity, how could Han Li let it go? He immediately controlled most of the Fire Flood Dragons to head toward the black giant shadow with half its body shattered.

Accompanied by a loud noise, endless blue fire spread, and the bishop at the one o'clock position was burned to nothing on the spot, leaving no trace.

Han Li also took this opportunity to break out of the encirclement directly, looking at the remaining eleven people from afar. A trace of luck appeared in his eyes, and then he paused, revealing a look of disdain.

"Even if you absorb wicked energy into your bodies, I haven't seen you dare to refine it directly. And with this, you dare to call yourselves believers of the True God?" Looking at the broken Formation, Han Li mocked.

"Hmph, then as you wish!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Han Li immediately felt something was wrong. Did they really want to refine the wicked energy?

"Are you for real?" Han Li shouted loudly immediately.

There was no verbal response. What responded to Han Li was the surge of countless wicked energy from the void space. As soon as these wicked energies appeared, they were quickly absorbed by the eleven people in front of him.

"Damn it, a bunch of lunatics!" Seeing this, Han Li had no intention of continuing the fight. He immediately formed a Seal to release the Fire Escape and rushed toward the distance.

The few Fire Flood Dragons left in place pounced on these bishops again and self-detonated.

For a time, the gray mist and blue fire in this space confronted and eroded each other, forming a short-term confrontation situation. However, this confrontation only lasted for a few minutes. The blue flames were eventually continuously eroded, turned into gray flames, and while slowly compressing, they actually formed several gray Fire Flood Dragons again!

"Hehehe, it's too obvious. I can feel his aura..." A strange black shadow laughed weirdly.

These completely alien-like black shadows all looked in one direction at this time. That was exactly the position where Han Li was fleeing.

The constantly fleeing Han Li immediately left the void space because there were large areas of wicked energy land in these void spaces from time to time, in which there were many powerful wicked beasts, making them impossible to guard against.

"If I want to return to the Shati Sanctuary at my current speed, I will definitely be intercepted in advance." Han Li did not fly toward the sanctuary but toward the depths of the Heavenly Palace Sea. If there were no accidents, Jia Lan should have appeared by now. Heading to the Heavenly Palace Sea now was the best choice.

Now only three Fire Spirits remained, and most of his magic power was consumed. If he encountered those bishops again, it would definitely be ominous.

"Han Li, Lord Jia Lan did not reply to me." Ai Wen saw Han Li's thoughts and said immediately.

Han Li was shocked to hear this, and his flying speed even paused.

He couldn't go to the Shati Sanctuary. Could it be that he couldn't go to this Heavenly Palace Sea either?

"It doesn't matter. I can't go to the sanctuary, so I can only go to the Heavenly Palace Sea for a desperate gamble!" But just the next second, Han Li did not hesitate, accelerated again, and moved toward the depths of the Heavenly Palace Sea.

Ai Wen looked at Han Li's determined face. Although she was worried, she hid it very well. Even at this moment, Han Li would still take her, this burden, which undoubtedly moved her greatly.

However, not long after flying, a woman with wings on her back suddenly flew from straight ahead. Looking closely, it was none other than Vice-Captain Weiyue!

Before he could be happy, Weiyue's condition made Han Li frown.

At this time, Weiyue's clothes were nearly half broken, and the long sword in her hand was broken, appearing extremely disheveled.

"Han Li? Why are you back?" Weiyue's aura was chaotic, looking at Han Li and Ai Wen with suspicion.

"We encountered an ambush by the True God Sect, and had no choice but to return along the same path." Han Li looked at Weiyue's appearance and said with a bitter smile.

"Damn it, I said long ago that these bastards of the True God Sect had ill intentions, and now their intentions have indeed been exposed!" Weiyue said with hatred.

"Lord Weiyue, did Lord Jia Lan not come?" Ai Wen asked.

"Kang Zheng is a traitor. Lord Jia Lan was intercepted in advance." When saying this, a cold chill appeared in Weiyue's beautiful eyes.

Kang Zheng was the other senior researcher besides Ai Wen, that is, the white-haired old man.

Ai Wen was obviously unbelievable when she heard this, feeling shocked by Weiyue's words.

"Alright, you take this item and go to the Gama Sanctuary. I will hold back those bastards of the True God Sect." After saying this, Weiyue handed a gray orb to Han Li.

"This is? Solidified wicked energy!" Seeing this item, Ai Wen's eyes widened, and she said in a loss of voice. (End of this chapter)