The silver-robed young man began to chant an incantation, and a dense stream of runes surged out of his mouth, then swept toward the black inkstone hovering in the air in front of him before vanishing into it in a flash.

The inkstone immediately began to swell drastically, quickly expanding to over 100 feet in size, and all of the scenery and creatures engraved on its surface took on an extremely life-like quality.

For some reason, a hint of foreboding welled up in Han Li's heart upon seeing this.

The silver-robed young man switched to a different hand seal before flicking his fingers consecutively through the air, and the giant black inkstone began to revolve on the spot while releasing a vast expanse of black qi that resembled a puddle of black ink that was swirling around in the air above the inkstone.

The black qi quickly formed a dark cloud that was around 1,000 feet in size, and it encompassed both the silver-robed young man and the Integrated Five Extremes Mountain while continuing to rapidly expand. 

Han Li faltered slightly upon seeing this, following which his eyes narrowed slightly as he shot back in retreat without any hesitation while sweeping his spiritual sense through the surrounding area.

However, as soon as his spiritual sense entered the dark cloud, he...