A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality c1-2248

by Translator: Johnchen

  As the huge beehives continued to arrive from the horizon, some of them were enormous. Then after a hundred of these huge hives appeared, they ceased, only to be followed by groups of strange ancient beasts.

  There were those with three heads and two wings, or a dragon’s head and a bird’s tail, with bodies exceeding three hundred meters in size, some that were only a meter-long, or even those with several winged beings controlling them. Some of them appeared quite majestic and there were untold different species of them.

  As these ancient beasts flew over, shuttles of black light appeared from the horizon. They were a hundred meters long and were quite pointed.

  There were many of these long shuttles, only about a thousand, but their speed was quite fast. In a blur, they arrived from one end of the horizon to another.

  As such, a moment later, there were no more shuttles.

  The sky then turned clear.

  But not long after, light flashed and another group of black dots appeared. If any humans saw the appearance of these beings, they would feel their blood run cold.

  These strange winged beings appeared mostly human-like those preceding them with ugly males and beautiful females. However, in each of the groups, there were several huge foreign beings that were far larger than the others, being hundred meters tall.

  They were clad in gold or silver armor with ancient talisman inscriptions on their bodies. There were even various sharp bone horns producing their faces in a fiendish manner as if they were demons.

  A group of these foreign beings flew far slower than the others. Furthermore, whenever these beings drew near, a few of them would immediately dive down and scatter around. Many of them dived into space as well.

  As for the two giants beings in the group, they simply floated motionlessly with stiff expressions.

  Floating between the two giants, there was a winged being with a fiendish appearance with folded arms.

  Not only was this person’s wings several times larger than others of his kind, but his eyes were also faintly gold and his flesh was crimson red. He was coldly looking at the others as they searched, but soon, his golden eyes stirred and they fell on a huge catching mountain below him.

  Not long after, over a hundred different foreign beings flew back and they stood at attention. They all appeared quite docile.

  “The forward group encountered two Deity Transformation-grade cultivators! It was nearby, here right?”

  A young woman respectfully answered, “Sir Meng Xiang, the information should’ve been correct. But apart from that mountain, we’ve found no other traces of humans. The mountain seems to contain a vein of spirit magnet stone. We cannot directly see it.”

  “A vein of spirit magnet stone! That is quite remarkable. Let’s open it up.” The golden-eyed foreign being sneered and he soon raised his hand. A crimson light flashed. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a pulsing blood-red light sphere.

  He closed his hand and the light sphere twirled and blurred forward.

  A streak of light shot out from his hand, but it immediately surged to an unbelievable size. It covered half the sky.

  The foreign being then flipped his palm and casually waved it forward.

  A red light suddenly flashed from the top of the mountain. Then it appeared completely ordinary.

  At that moment, two huge foreign beings waved their arms and fiercely released attacks at the mountain.

  A huge force seemed to appear where the huge line appeared and a chain of attacks struck in a combined wave.

  Then, a huge explosion sounded and the huge mountain released a series of groans. Half of the mountain slid off liked sliced tofu.

  ...

  Inside a huge cave, Han Li had flickering grey mist covering his body. It was an impenetrable defense, but he wore an unsightly expression as he looked twenty meters in front of him.

  There was a large grey-robed man that was split into two. He was lying in a pool of blood. At his side was a small flag that flickered with lightning.

  Han Li felt his heart shiver.

  A brief moment ago, a red light flashed there, where the large man happened to be. He then fell in two halves.

  As such, the spell formation created from the flags fell apart and the fist-sized black shadows immediately escaped from the lightning.

  The other cultivators were stunned and then revealed a furious alarm. Lady Xiao was also shocked. A mist of light flashed from the other side of the cave a hundred meters away, followed by a chain of explosions. Senior Zhu and another dozen cultivators were attacking the True Toad Nest.

  Han Li’s heart stirred. Just as he thought to sweep the hundred shadow insects in his Divine Essensefused Light and prevent their escape, he suddenly felt huge vibrations as half of the mountain began to fall. At that same moment, there was an underground river began to roil and surge with waves that were thirty-meters tall.

  The entire cave began to collapse, inch by inch.

  Just as Han Li realized what was going on, he was aghast and immediately formed an incantation gesture, increasing his protective mist several fold as a wave of water engulfed him.

  In the time it took to make a cup of tea, a dozen streaks of light flew out from the remaining half of the huge mountain.

  Light flashed away and a dozen silhouettes appeared in the air. Senior Zhu and the others looked around and their faces turned bloodless.

  Surrounding them were over a hundred winged foreign beings. They were staring at the cultivators like prey.

  From their aura, they were all at least Deity Transformation-stage. There were at least seven of them at Spatial Tempering-stage.

  The golden-eyed being looked at their cultivation and indifferently said, “So there are many humans, but with only two at Spatial Tempering-stage. I am disinclined to deal with you. You kill them. If you can leave them alive, do it. We’ll interrogate them.”

  Then with a flap of his wings, the foreign being vanished over three hundred meters away. He flickered twice and vanished from sight.

  Apart from splitting apart the enormous mountain, the gold-eyed foreign being did nothing else.

  Chapter 1399: The Yaksha King

  Senior Zhu’s face turned pale. He wasn’t able to see through the cultivation of the golden-eyed Yaksha, but with a trace of hope in his heart, he asked, “The Yaksha Tribe! Our species have yet to fight. There was no reason to disturb our treasure hunt. What is the reason for surrounding us?”

  “Attack!”

  The order came from the strongest of the hundred Yakshas, a woman that gave Senior Zhu an enchanting smile. However, her voice was unmistakably icy.

  The surrounding Yakshas immediately brandished their huge axes and blades, launching fierce streaks of light from every direction towards the surrounded cultivators.

  The situation was similar to how the human cultivators had launched full-scale attacks on the Black Blood Ants earlier, but with the positions reversed.

  Although there was a large difference in numbers and powers between the humans and the foreign beings, Senior Zhu and the cultivators weren't about to succumb at the first blow. In their terror, the cultivators released their strongest treasures, blocking the barrage of attacks with their utmost power, causing a clash of rainbow lights. Among the cultivators, there where many that used evasion and concealment techniques to directly blur through space as they attempted to flee.

  In furious alarm, Senior Zhu blurred and arrived at the beautiful woman’s side. The two clasped palms and blue-red light flickered from either of them. They then spat out a small flag.

  The two small flags were densely covered in unknown talisman characters. As soon as the flags appeared, they glared with light and fused into one, creating a red-blue barrier that enveloped them both.

  At that moment, the blade streaks swept through the air, wildly slashing at the barrier and leaving white marks.

  In huge rumbling explosions, the streaks ruptured largely.

  The human cu
ltivators forcefully blocked the attacks for a moment with their various techniques and treasures, but soon, the attacks pierced through and completely submerged them.

  Miserable screams shouted in succession after the explosions.

  But several huge bladelights ceased attacking the group of cultivators. Instead, they shifted directions to the space far away.

  White arcs strangely cross the air and crimson light lit up through the air. Several split corpses then appeared and fell.

  These concealed cultivators weren’t able to escape the attention of the Yakshas and were easily killed.

  At that moment, the light that the cultivators amassed turned dim.

  What were originally over ten cultivators were reduced to a sparse six. Among them included the two Spatial Tempering cultivators.

  Their protective treasure was truly powerful. It was able to block the combined attacks of the Yakshas. As for the others they had turned to ash.

  Regardless of whether it was the Spatial Tempering cultivators’ huge flag, or the other cultivators’ several treasures, their light had turned dim with small cracks appearing on several of them.

  It was clear these treasures were damaged and couldn't sustain another barrage.

  But having survived the Yakshas’ initial attack, they weren’t about to sit still and accept death.

  Senior Zhu and the beautiful woman pointed at the huge flag in front of them.

  It spun as it turned back into two and brightly glowed. It released huge trembles before rupturing simultaneously.

  A red and a blue wind appeared and soared to the sky in the blink of an eye.

  Senior Zhu and the beautiful woman blurred, turning into two streaks of light as they fused with the two gales that appeared. Afterwards, they activated their techniques turning the two gales into a kilometer tall tornado. Thunder rang through the air as it overbearingly charged through the sky.

  When the Yakshas blocking their way saw the frightening power of the storm, they were thrown into disarray, even with their violent cruel nature.

  The remaining humans were delighted when they saw this and they took advantage of this opportunity to chase after the storm.

  The other cultivators clearly understood that unless they took this last lifeline, their lives would be forfeit.

  Wherever the blue-red tornado brushed past, the nearby space would become blurred and twisted, a clear sign of its might. When the storm charged towards the group of Yakshas, two huge black shadows appeared above the tornado. Before the other cultivators realized what was going on, four explosions sounded. Four waves of a huge invisible force struck the top of the storm.

  The tornado trembled and was forcefully blocked in its original location.

  Originally, there were a couple of two-hundred-meter-tall Yakshas that had remained suspended in the air. They had blurred and strangely appeared at both sides of the tornado. Their building-sized fists smashed down with immense force and block the tornado in its path.

  Senior Zhu and the beautiful woman were greatly alarmed. Without another thought, they immediately utilized the entirety of this magic power. The blue-red tornado trembled and increased by nearly half its size in an attempt to force their way through.

  However, the two giant Yakshas were like mountains. Red light flashed through both their eyes as their arms blurred and bodies blurred.

  Countless afterimages blurred at the giant fists pummeled either side of the tornado. In a short moment, the tornado was thoroughly suppressed by the barrage of attacks.

  When the nearby cultivators saw this, they were aghast and scattered, fleeing in every direction.

  At that moment, the sound of splitting air sounded from the air around them as countless blade streaks whistled.

  The hundred Yakshas surrounding the cultivators released their second wave of attacks.

  Not only did the remaining cultivators wear expressions of terror, but Senior Zhu and the beautiful woman had bloodlessly pale complexions.

  A huge world-shaking eruption sounded filling up the entire area.

  ...

  Deep underground, Han Li was wrapped in flickering grey light as he quickly fled.

  Strangely enough, there was silver-grey light that lit up his surroundings and continuously rubbed against his protective light, creating sparks of friction.

  Han Li wore an extremely grave expression.

  Although he didn't emerge from the ground like the other cultivators, he had recently heard a huge explosion from above ground. Even as deep under as he was, he still sensed the vibrations. Its fearsome power was clear to see.

  Could it be that the other cultivators were completely exterminated?

  Han Li felt his heart tremble.

  When the underground cave had collapsed entirely along with the mountain, the cultivators were in the middle of the spirit magnet vein and didn’t dare to flee through the earth. They could only rise to the ground. But Han Li with his Divine Essensefused Light, he was able to restrain the five elements and many of the world’s magnetic restrictions. As such, he took the risk of fleeing underground.

  In addition, when the mountain collapsed, his immense spiritual sense also detected very powerful foreign beings above them and he didn’t dare to delay. He immediately covered himself in the Essensefused Light and he dived underground.

  But after a short moment underground, the injured Blue-eyed True Toads emerged from their underground cave, right towards Han Li.

  With such a fortunate matter knocking on his door, he didn’t allow them to pass him by. With no regard for his magic power, he released many of his abilities and exterminated the True Toads. He then recovered their bodies and head on his way.

  As for the Thousand Heart Flowers that Senior Zhu was looking for, he didn’t have the time to look for them.

  The spirit magnet vein was far more fearsome that Han Li anticipated, but his Divine Essensefused Light was nothing to scoff at either. By using the power of the Divine Essensefused Mountain, he was able to forcefully protect himself and block the huge attractive force deep in the mountain.

  Although the foreign tribes were powerful, they wouldn’t dare to chase him into the earth as they would be in range of the spirit magnet vein.

  After some thought, Han Li felt relieved.

  It was a pity that he couldn't use his spiritual sense to scout for him as the spirit magnet vein blocked it, or else he would feel even more assured.

  As Han Li thoughts whirled through his head, he eventually traveled thousands of kilometers underground and found that the silver light surrounding him began to grow dim.

  The silver light eventually disappeared and Han Li’s expression stirred. Feeling more at ease, he swept his spiritual sense above ground.

  There was an unfamiliar valley above him surrounded by three mountains and had only once entrance. It was dense with foliage and didn’t have anything out of the ordinary. He could sense the aura of foreign beings of huge ancient beasts.

  Han Li repeatedly swept his spiritual sense several times before finally feeling at ease. He then tunneled up in an azure streak.

  When his surroundings lit up, he withdrew his flight light and floated a hundred meters in the air.

  When Han Li swept his gaze around and his sights focused on a nearby area, he felt a cold chill shake his body and hold him in place.

  Above a huge tree three hundred meters away, there were two tall devilish Yakshas. They stood there looking in different directions.

  The two Yakshas had a pair of huge wings and they were over thirty meters tall. When they glanced at Han Li, they appeared greatly surprised.

  But what left Han Li dumbstruck wasn’t that he saw the two Yakshas, but that he wasn’t able to sense their aura in the slightest. When his spiritual sense swept past them, he hadn’t detected them in the slightest. It was as if nothing was there.

  Han Li clearly realized what this meant.

  The two Yakshas possessed cultivation far beyond his own.
They were likely the so-called Yaksha kings.

  As such, he couldn't help but hold his breath.

  As Han Li inwardly cursed, the two Yakshas had yet to take any action. They simply looked at an area a kilometer away. A light flashed and another rainbow light shot out of the ground. There was another cultivator that appeared.

  Han Li was stunned when he saw this.

  The light that emerged from the ground was a dainty woman on top of a rainbow jade boat. She was Lady Xiao.

  When she saw Han Li, her expression lit up and thought to call out to him. But when she saw the two motionless Yakshas, her complexion paled.

  Chapter 1400: Demented Minions

  One of the Yakshas wore an odd expression and said, “How strange! From their smell, they should be two of the humans that our king detected earlier. Those fellows are useless. They can’t even handle such an easy task.”

  The Yaksha that spoke was the one that cleaved the mountain, Meng Xiang. It was unknown why he was here.

  The other Yaksha chuckled and said, “Indestructible King, there is a spirit magnet nearby. They were able to fly underground without being affected. Please don’t blame your subordinates.”

  The first Yaksha king snorted and raised his hand, producing a cloud of crimson light from his hand. “That still isn’t a reason to let these two escape. When I return, I will have to properly punish them. You two must have some skill to be able to make it this far, but your lives end here.”

  Han Li’s and Lady Xiao’s expression greatly changed.

  With a ring of thunder and gust of wind, a rainbow phoenix phantom and an azure bird phantom appeared from Han Li’s back. They flashed and turned into a pair of crystalline wings.

  As for Lady Xiao, her small rainbow boat shouted, unfolding as it turned into a five-headed wyrm. The rainbow wyrm bared its fangs in a menacing appearance.

  When the other Yaksha saw Han Li’s and Lady Xiao’s abilities, his eyes lit up and he called out to his companion, “Indestructible King, wait! These humans appear to be unordinary cultivators. That person seems to have the true phantoms of a Heavenly Phoenix and a Kun Peng. The other one seems to have a True Dragon variant, the sliver of the soul of a rainbow wyrm. How surprising.”