"What he took was a Marrow Tempering Pill. It's a lifesaving pill that can only be refined by someone who practices certain special forms of demonic cultivation and is willing to sacrifice their own cultivation. Only its creator can take it; to anyone else, it's a deadly poison."
Hinata's voice came from behind him, and Naruto paused in surprise.
Then he understood. Hinata had studied pill refining for years, so it was hardly surprising that she knew this.
Soon, everyone's expressions abruptly darkened.
The Yue Emperor drew the light shield back into his body, and the bloody light around him swelled to twenty or thirty feet thick. The magical artifacts he had seized gradually dissolved within it!
All the attacks from magic arts and talismans were blocked outside the bloody light.
Before this, his protective light had been only a few feet thick. His cultivation now far surpassed what it had been.
He raised his head and gave Naruto, Han Li, and the others an icy look, then suddenly reached behind himself and grasped at empty air.
A fiery red bead shot out from somewhere behind him and landed squarely in his hand!
At the sight, a strange gleam flashed through Naruto's eyes, and he thought of the blue-robed man who had died under the Heavenly Thunder Bead.
Apparently, this bead was something that man had left behind!
"Boy, do you have any more Heavenly Thunder Beads? If you do, I'll stand right here and take another one. Let's see whether your Heavenly Thunder Bead is stronger or my protective demonic cultivation is more powerful."
The Yue Emperor carefully tucked the bead into his robes, then looked at Han Li and spoke coldly.
Everyone in the air froze at his words and could not help looking at Han Li again.