Within the strange realm, a gigantic illusory arm was preparing to scoop up Han Yi and the others, taking them out of the strange realm and back to the territory of Mount Mengtuo.
This had been the arrangement Han Yi and the others made with the Lord of Demon Witches before entering the strange realm. This illusory arm had been cast across realms by the Lord of Demon Witches from outside the strange realm.
But at that moment.
A ripple suddenly spread through the void of the strange realm, followed closely by a vast stone fist.
The stone fist was enormous, both illusory and solid. Wherever it passed, the power of Destruction within the chaos seemed to fall still, no longer churning and surging.
This stone-fist strike had likewise crossed the boundary, coming in sideways at precisely the critical moment when the Lord of Demon Witches was lifting the cultivators away.
"Hmph!!"
A sound like sand and stone grinding against each other came from the void.
Immediately after!!
Boom!!
The stone fist struck the illusory giant hand, followed by a muffled groan.
Han Yi, standing within the illusory giant hand, turned pale with shock.
There was no need to guess. The master behind that stone fist had to be a half-step Transcendent Realm Venerable as well. Otherwise, he could not possibly have intercepted the Lord of Demon Witches.
Caught within the range of battle between two half-step Transcendent Realm Venerables, Han Yi willed it, and the phantom of the Azure Thunder Cauldron instantly enveloped him.
Once he used the Ashen Nine Refinements to refine an ancient artifact into his body, that ancient artifact naturally could no longer be taken out for use. This was equivalent to temporarily refining the Azure Thunder Cauldron into his body, making it impossible to draw