A loud crash. As the delicate hand struck halfway, the five fingers parted suddenly and changed direction, now grasping the elder's cranial center. "You dare!" The elder reacted swiftly—after a powerful cry, his immortal essence momentarily blurred, then flashed and vanished into the nearby void. Yet the blood-draped maiden only smiled lightly. Her jade hand, too, blurred and then vanished into the void, pulling herself back with a firm tug. "Pffft!" As the jade hand was drawn back, veins of blood shimmered continuously between her fingers, and within them, a small figure tightly bound was caught. It was precisely the elder from the Yi family, who had just instantaneously translocated—now his body covered in dense networks of blood threads, immobile, his face filled with shock and astonishment. With a sudden realization, he exclaimed in astonishment, "The laws of space and time! This is genuine spatial-temporal power! You have truly fused the two fundamental laws into one!" "Master Yi, my niece has already been able to achieve this to a preliminary degree for over a hundred years. However, due to her own cultivation level, she has been unable to deepen her understanding further. Now, with Master Yi's fully matureed Yuan婴, I feel I have a better grasp of it." The young lady with a crimson dress giggled, then with a simple flick of her hand, produced a small crimson banner. "The Binding Soul Banner—do you intend to use that on me, Master? Luo, quickly stop your niece! Has she gone mad? If I am not here, how will you ever extract spatial energy from the crystal cores of the Kongyu clan in the future? This method is one that only I know. Moreover, without me, even this current crisis will prove insurmountable." Upon seeing the crimson banner, the elder's Yuan婴 instantly grew pale with fear, and he emitted a sharp cry, shouting toward the group of women on the other side of the battlefield. The mother of the Shura Spider Clan had already noticed the situation here, equally astonished and furious. Upon hearing the elder’s plea for help, she immediately stepped back, retreating despite her three embodied forms facing the opponent at once. Her body blurred and coalesced, merging the three into the original woman’s form. After releasing several precious artifacts to temporarily shield her entire body, she urgently transmitted her message to the flushed, agitated young lady in her gown: “Ying, what are you doing? It’s already this late—how can you still be making such self-sacrificing moves? Quickly release Master Yi and restore his physical form using the power of time and space. That is what must be done right now to handle this immediate threat.” The young woman replied with a light, casual tone, then ignored the woman's subsequent shock and anger, instead offering a bright, serene smile to the elder whose body was bound by blood threads. With a single finger, she pointed at him. A faint glimmer of blood flashed at the tip of her finger, instantly spreading an eerie force throughout the area. The elder's immortal essence felt a sudden numbness; aside from his fiercely venomous expression, he could utter no further words. After hearing this, Han Li's expression changed, and his gaze shifted slightly. With a single hand gesture, golden light rippled over his body, and he instantly transformed back into human form from the giant ape. Meanwhile, the Vajra Saint's golden body, after charging at him, swiftly merged with his own form. The young woman on the stone city saw this and offered Han Li a graceful, charming smile. In her other hand, she hurled her blood-red banner without hesitation toward her chest. "Crack!" As soon as the banner was thrown, it immediately expanded into a swirling mass of blood light, rising into the air. While murmuring softly, the remaining wolf-headed monsters around her burst apart, transforming into clusters of blood mist that surged forward and vanished instantly into the banner. At that moment, the blood banner swelled in the wind, growing to a length of several zhang, with blood vapor swirling across its surface, and faintly revealing the face of an unknown, fierce ghost. This spectral face bears a multitude of twisted, strange horns, its face split down the middle—on one side a grotesque man's visage, on the other a resplendent, radiant maiden's face—emitting a startling, eerie laugh. As it opens its mouth wide, a surge of blood-red light erupts, and upon a brief flash, it engulfs the infant spirit held in the maiden's hands. When the elder's spirit first saw the spectral face emerge upon the banner, his complexion lost all color, and his gaze toward the maiden instantly transformed into one of desperate appeal. Yet, after the blood-rain of light flashed and faded, the spirit suddenly rolled his eyes and fell unconscious, vanishing entirely into the spectral face, leaving no further sound. The blood-draped maiden continuously chanted incantations, then lightly tapped the floating banner with her hands. Instantly, the spectral face that had appeared within the blood-rain vanished, spun smoothly, restored to its original size, and shot back—then blurred slightly—before being directly drawn into her mouth. "Finally, the task is accomplished!" Mother, there's no need to argue with them anymore—let us all return together. Then, down below, we can discuss matters thoroughly with these guests." After sealing the spell, the young lady with the crimson robe gave a satisfied nod to Han Li and smiled gently at the woman. "You've truly done just that. Very well, I'll see how well you persuade these outsiders." Upon seeing the young woman successfully absorb the elder's immaterial body into the crimson banner, the mother of the Shriek Spider Clan's face flushed with surprise, then instantly smoothed out her anger. With a flash of light, she swiftly took off, heading straight toward Xiang Shi City. "Upon hearing this, Xue Ran paused, his movements slowed, and spoke with a tone of serious gravity. Having witnessed the astonishing feats displayed by Han Li earlier, the two foreign beings now found themselves increasingly wary of him, and could no longer afford to be as indifferent as they had been before. "Nothing significant, merely that this young lady, Mei, seems willing to voluntarily offer us some crystal cores. Should that indeed come to pass, then we shall naturally have no need to continue our conflict," Han Li said, glancing at the two with a composed, effortless tone. "Is there any intention on her part to deliberately delay matters, perhaps as a means of prolonging the current situation?" Xue Ran was momentarily startled, visibly surprised. "If what you've just said is untrue, then we shall act accordingly. Even if it is merely a delaying tactic, what good would a little more time do us?" Han Li replied, his expression remaining steady. "Indeed, since you've so promptly addressed this matter, we shall proceed to listen to what the 'Mei' Immortal intends to say," Xue Ran and Hei Lin exchanged a few words in private, and finally nodded in agreement. They were able to agree so easily, primarily because during their encounter with the mother of the Shouluo Spider Clan, they had failed to gain the upper hand and thus lacked confidence in successfully eliminating the entire Shouluo Spider lineage. As a result, the two of them simultaneously activated their flight spells and sped toward Han Li. As for Mo Jianli and the others, who had already moved away from the scene, Han Li had no immediate intention of summoning them back—after all, such a delay would be too lengthy. Several flight spells also emerged from the Stone City, flashing in succession and landing on the city walls—these were precisely the fifteen Shouluo Spider Clan members at the Consolidation stage. Seeing this, Xue Ran and the others felt a subtle sense of relief. Regardless of the situation, the fact that these originally concealed Shouluo Clan members, who had been overseeing the city's defenses, now chose to appear signaled that the other side genuinely intended to engage in meaningful negotiations. After a single flash, the mother of the Shura Spider Clan materialized beside the blood-draped maiden, gazing at her with an utterly strange expression for a moment before sighing and saying, "Since Brother Yi has already been captured and you've made up your mind to cease fighting these outsiders, I won't obstruct you. However, you must explain to me the matter of your long-standing fusion with the power of time and space." "Mother, please rest assured. Once these affairs here are settled, I will surely give you a full account," the maiden smiled warmly at the woman, her expression unusually composed and at ease. "Given your confidence in handling these people, then I shall fully entrust the matter to you," the Shura Spider Clan mother said, her tone thoughtful and somewhat complex. The other members of the Shura Spider Clan, upon hearing the exchange between the maiden and the woman, exchanged puzzled glances. After a light smile and a nod, the blood-clad maiden flashed a glow of crimson light across her body, soaring into the air. With a single flick, she emerged beyond the stone city's aura, appearing near the three men—seeming utterly unafraid of the combined power of the three great cultivators. The blood-tinged and black-scaled figures exchanged glances, their expressions subtly altered. Han Li's eyes, however, flashed with a brief gleam of sharpness, and he calmly remarked, "Your courage is truly admirable—having only achieved the Consolidated Stage, you dare face us three directly." "The young lady has come alone, so naturally she does not fear the combined strength of our three. To claim I am bold enough to stand against all three with just my personal power would be an exaggeration. But if my purpose is merely to ensure my safety and make a retreat, I believe you three will not succeed in holding me." The blood-clad maiden's bright eyes sparkled with a gentle, half-smiling grace. "Such bold words!" Black Scale's face momentarily hardened, and he actually seemed eager to engage, as though ready to step forward. "Though her tone does sound rather confident, the chances of us defeating her are actually quite favorable if we take action. After all, the Spatiotemporal Law—unified and integrated with both temporal and spatial principles—is the highest-tier law of all. Even if her cultivation level falls short of ours, she would still be in an essentially unassailable position." Han Li frowned slightly, then said this. "Spatiotemporal Law?" "Doesn't the Roaring Spider merely command only the rudimentary aspects of temporal energy? How could she possibly master spatial energy as well, and further integrate both temporal and spatial laws into a unified force?" Xue Ran and He Lin were deeply startled upon hearing this, and immediately exclaimed in surprise.