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

by Translator: Johnchen

  With that said, golden light flashed from her body and she flew out of the carriage.

  But Bai Bi raised his hand to stop Lei Lan and forced a smile, saying, “Junior Martial Sister Lei, you don’t need to help Lady Qin. We have other things to deal with.

  Lei Lan was startled and looked off in the direction Bai Bi was pointing.

  At another edge of the darkness, a large swarm of demon wolves was silently approaching. From a glance, one could only see their fur. Their true number was unknown.

  Meanwhile, cries sounded from a different direction.

  Lei Lan looked over and saw black silhouettes moving. They were a large group of three-meter-tall ice apes. Their fur was extremely long and somewhat curled, but they held wood or stone clubs in hand. They also had menacing fangs hanging from their mouths.

  “I’ll deal with the wolves. I’ll leave the ice apes over to Senior Martial Brother Bai.” Lei Lan gave a quick response before hurrying off in a silver bolt of lightning.

  Thunder clapped above wolves as a dozen bolts of lightning struck down.

  The silver lightning swept past the wolves, leaving them scorched and trembling on the ground.

  Bai Bi shook his head and gave Han Li a salute before flying off in a streak of light.

  A short moment later, the apes became restless and a ball of golden light erupted from the sky. Countless golden threads spread downward.

  Miserable screams echoed. Golden light flashed across the apes, piercing holes through them and spilling blood across the ground.

  The wolves and apes were only low-grade demons and didn’t prove a match to the two. But in a swarm, there were bound to be a few capable mid-grade demons. They could only slowly deal with them.

  Han Li watched this from the spirit carriage and his expression stirred. He pondered whether the three should return and he would deal with these demons using the might of the grand formation.

  But at that moment, a peculiar sound rang through the air, signalling that something has arrived.

  Blue light flashed from his eyes and he attentively looked in the distance and his expression sank.

  He saw over a hundred ice fiends of varying form flying through the air. Their bodies were a sparkling black and ranged from thirty meters to only a foot in size. From their aura, they appeared to be mid-grade demons.

  These demons appeared excited and were rushing over to the grand formation, clearly attracted by the Leopard Kirin Beast’s scent.

  Han Li coldly chuckled and stood motionlessly in place. The demons quickly arrived before the grand formation and they strangely buzzed as they rushed into the formation towards the small beast at its center.

  Han Li only took action when he saw nearly half of the flying ice demons enter the formation.

  He flipped his hand to produce a three-inch-large sparkling scarlet formation flag. He immersed the flag with the entirety of his magic power and quickly pointed downward.

  A crackle sound as a beam of red light disappeared into the spell formation.

  A huge rumbling sounded as the ten pillars at the edge of the spell formation trembled. Once the talisman characters appeared, mists of red light began to gather around the formation and completely envelop the ice fiends.

  In their fright, the demons either spat out icy white winds or spread out their wings to summon black snow and hail.

  But regardless of their abilities, when red light swept past them, they turned to ash, melting away as if they were thawing ice.

  In the blink of an eye, the demons inside the spell formation vanished, leaving only clouds of ice fiend Qi lingering in the air.

  The remaining demons outside the spell formation were alarmed.

  There were a few that didn’t want to leave because of the scent and lingered outside the formation, but those that were smarter quickly took off.

  Han Li raised his brow and opened his mouth, spitting out a ball of azure light that contained a small azure cauldron.

  The cauldron spun in the air and pulsed with light, expanding to three meters in size.

  A bang sounded as Han Li slapped his palm on top of the cauldron.

  The cauldron droned, instantly shooting its lid into the air. A swarm of azure threads shot out from it and strangely vanished into space itself.

  A short moment later, space warped near the ice fiend demon lingering outside the formation, and countless azure threads shot out in every direction. The ice demons were skewered. Even those that fled earlier weren’t able to escape the threads.

  Once the threads faded away, the corpses fell to the ground in fragments.

  With Han Li’s increase in cultivation, the might of the Heavenvoid Cauldron was also vastly different.

  The others also used their various abilities to slay the mid-grade demons and eventually repelled the swarm of demons.

  Lei Lan and Qin Xiao returned to the carriage and clicked their tongues in wonder. “I didn’t expect there were so many demons in the ice fiend territory. Who knows what else is hiding.”

  In a flash of golden light, Bai Bi returned to the carriage. He chuckled and slowly said, “An area this large is bound to conceal much. However, these were only the nearby demons. Soon, demons from farther away will come. There may be a few high-grade demons among them.

  When Han Li heard this, he remained calm.

  Not long after, howls sounded from all around them. Various demons had appeared again and were rushing the formation.

  This time, Han Li didn’t have the other three head out. Instead, he activated the restrictions of the grand formation. Any of the demons that entered the formation were given a painful death, turning to ash as red mist swept past them.

  Time slowly passed as they were besieged by waves of demons and half a day passed.

  During this time, only one high-grade demon appeared. However, Han Li decisively activated the Grand Aureate Sword Formation and made short work of it.

  After this, no other powerful demons had appeared for some time.

  Han Li and the others were happy to spend time peacefully.

  Six hours later, when the Leopard Kirin Beast’s scent had begun to wane and a murder of strange crows was charging into the spell formation, the crows suddenly fled without warning.

  Just as Han Li observed this, he heard heavy footsteps thud from a distance away.

  Each step caused the ground to shake and it was slowly growing closer.

  Lei Lan and the others glanced at each other with astonishment.

  As for Han Li, he narrowed his eyes as blue light flickered from them.

  A short moment later, a kilometer tall dark-green colossus walked out from the darkness.

  As soon as it could be seen, Bai Bi gravely shouted, “A Green Wood Demon! It’s a Green Wood Demon!”

  The demon before them was quite peculiar.

  Its huge figure was half-man, half-deer. Its surface appeared emerald green as if it were chopped out of a tree. And the green leaves and flowers growing on top of it also appeared quite comical.

  However, the demon was holding a pair of huge hammers the size of hills, stifling any laughter about its appearance.

  Bai Bi quickly glanced at Han Li and said, “No matter. Although it may be large and powerful, the Green Wood Demon, but its body is cumbersome. So long as we don’t let it strike with its weapons, it is no threat.”

  However, the three only saw Han Li’s sullen expression. This was the first time he showed such an expression since the beginning of the demon assault.

  “Brother Han, you...” When the others saw this, they were bewildered.

  After some silence, Han Li said, “If it were only this demon, it would be easily dealt with. But the demon standing on its head might be a problem.”

  “There’s another one?” Frightened, the others quickly looked on top of the giant’s head.

  Under closer examination, they eventually made out another demon.

  It was only two feet tall, appearing to be a lon
g-haired dwarf with green robes. He held a cane in one hand and stood motionlessly on top of the giant. Most of his body was concealed by vegetation, so it was no wonder he wasn’t easily discovered.

  When the demon saw Han Li and the others had discovered him, the dwarf hadn’t opened his eyes and arrogantly said, “I know you are from the Flying Spirit Tribe and have some abilities. However, you are no match for me at your level of cultivation. So long as you obediently hand over the evolving spirit beast to me, I will immediately leave. Otherwise, you will die here.”

  Lei Lan and the others looked at each other in dismay at his arrogant tone and uncertain abilities.

  Han Li’s eyes flickered, but when he saw the opponent’s cultivation, he couldn't help but sigh.

  It was no wonder he spoke so arrogantly. To control a high-grade demon like the Green Wood Demon, he had the fearsome cultivation of a mid Spatial Tempering stage. Ordinary Flying Spirit Tribe holy disciples wouldn’t prove a match against him. But to Han Li, so long as he didn’t have any heaven-defying abilities, he wouldn’t be a strong match against Han Li. Too lazy to respond, Han Li held his arms behind his back and looked at him with a mysterious smile.

  Bai Bi and the others felt apprehensive, but they tactfully kept quiet as Han Li was their leader.

  When the dwarf saw this, he was enraged and opened his white eyes. He coldly said, “Since you choose death, allow me to take you there!”

  The dwarf tapped his cane on the giant below him.

  The demon let out a bellowing roar and stepped toward the grand formation in large steps.

  Chapter 1455: Blood Puppet

  Han Li coldly watched as the huge demon took a few steps forward, betraying no emotion from his face.

  Only a bit closer and the Green Wood Demon would enter the range of his Aureate Sword Formation. He would release it without reserve and slay both demons in a single attack.

  At that moment, red light flashed from the distant sky, followed by a howling cry.

  Three balls of blood light appeared from the dark and streaked in their direction.

  When the dwarf saw this, his expression vastly changed. He tapped his cane on the wood demon and turned his head to face the crimson streaks. A trace of astonishment appeared on his face.

  After several thuds sound, the Green Wood Demon stopped right outside the Aureate Sword Formation

  Han Li frowned, but when he saw this new development, he also turned to look at the distance.

  The other three appeared apprehensive at the new demons that appeared.

  The three crimson streaks were incredibly fast, travelling near them at lightning speed. The light faded away to reveal three foot-tall silhouettes.

  These small people had delicate faces and one couldn't make out their age, but they wore peculiar red armor, dense talisman characters appeared on the surface of their faces, their skin gleamed scarlet, and they smelled of rotting blood.

  The three emotionlessly swept their gaze around them before setting their glowing eyes on Han Li.

  Han Li narrowed his eyes and felt an icy chill spread across his body. It was as if three vipers were staring at him.

  When the demon saw the silhouettes, his complexion paled and his eyes were filled with awe, “Blood puppets! They’re the puppet incarnations of Lord Di Xue!”

  “Blood puppets? Di Xue?” Han Li’s mind quickly stirred, but he found the name unfamiliar.

  The three small figures stared at Han Li for a long while before a harsh expression appeared on their faces. They opened their mouths and released three blood-red beams at Han Li.

  Although Han Li was already prepared, furious alarm still range through his mind as the attack came with no warning.

  He instantly reacted, raising his hand and summoning a grey mist in front of him. At that same time, black Qi burst from his body to create a simple black armor.

  Three muffled pops sounded.

  The three beams of blood light was only stalled by the Divine Essensefused Light for a moment before piercing through and striking Han Li’s baleful armor.

  The blood light swayed as it struck, gradually dimming to reveal three bowl-sized holes through the armor and directly striking his chest.

  Lei Lan and the others turned bloodlessly pale when they saw this, but what happened next left them even more dumbstruck.

  Thunder rang from Han Li’s chest and boomed, revealing blood light clashing against golden-silver lightning and cancelling each other out.

  The attack was blocked in the end by Han Li’s lightning robes.

  Even so, Han Li was still greatly frightened and his face suddenly sank. He coldly snorted and released clouds of black Qi, instantly mending the three large holes in his baleful armor.

  If his baleful armor hadn’t scattered the power of the three beams of blood light, he feared his lightning robes wouldn’t have been able to block it.

  Seeing that their attacks didn’t succeed, the three blood puppets hadn’t betrayed any emotion. Light simply flickered from their back as pairs of blood-red wings unfolded, and they immediately vanished.

  Han Li felt his heart tremble. Before he could react, the nearby space fluctuated and the three silhouettes flickered into existence.

  Their hands blurred, slicing at the air with a long crimson saber in each hand. Three bright red crescents streaked out from the swords towards Han Li, completely ignoring any of the others.

  As the puppets had a thread of their master’s spiritual sense within them, it determined that the only threat present was Han Li and that the others would collapse at the first blow.

  Han Li let out a furious shout and the wings on his back shook. With a clap of thunder, he disappeared.

  A short moment later, he reappeared sixty meters away in a flash of azure-white lightning.

  At nearly the same time, three crimson lights flashed in his direction. The three small figures reappeared and performed seemingly the same attack, but this time, their sabers transformed into a barrage of countless blood streaks surrounding him.

  With a face as cold as ice, golden light flashed from Han Li’s body to reveal a layer of sparkling golden scales on his flesh. At that same time, he let out a huge shout, striking out with his black and white palms. In the blink of an eye, they turned into intertwining black-white palm projections.

  Metallic clangs and screeches sounded as a result. The barrage of crimson streaks struck Han Li’s palm, but they wailed in scattered as if repelled by an immense force.

  The three puppets felt pushback from the huge force through their blades and were each pushed back ten meters.

  Crimson light wildly flickered from their bodies before they regained their balance, but when they raised their heads, they were stunned.

  Han Li had vanished from his original location.

  In an instant, Han Li had blinked back to his original location on the spirit carriage.

  The three figures eventually lowered their heads and found them, but Han Li simply sneered. With his hands quickly forming an incantation gesture, he began to chant.

  The nearby space let out a loud clear cry as golden threads began to flicker and shine, surrounding the three blood puppets tightly.

  This was the Grand Aureate Sword Formation Han Li originally placed down.

  The might of the sword formation vastly increased along with his cultivation. The originally slow sword threads were now surging with greater speed. However, they still definitely couldn't be considered very fast.

  When the three blood puppets saw this, their eyes roiled and their wings stirred as they strangely vanished from the air.

  It appeared they wanted to employ a secret technique and escape the sword formation. However, something as mysterious as the Aureate Sword Formation wasn’t about to let them escape.

  Three drones sounded from the edge of the formation where a hundred golden threads lashed out.

  Crimson light immediately appeared and the three silhouettes were forced to appear. The
three puppets were instantly shredded into countless pieces as if they were destroyed.

  Even the dwarf was left dumbstruck by the scene.

  The dwarf quickly realized something and immediately had the wood demon below him to slowly retreat.

  As an indigenous creature of the earth abyss, the dwarf understood how fearsome the blood puppets were. He couldn't prove a match against the combined forces of the three blood puppets, so he abandoned any thoughts of laying hands on the Leopard Kirin Beast.

  But at that moment, a strange scene appeared from the sword formation.

  It appeared the shredded fragments of the crimson puppet were glowing and turning into blood drops. They then gathered together to form three fist-sized balls of blood, filling the air with their rotten scent.

  As soon as they appeared, they spun and gradually turned back into their blood puppet form.

  Han Li wasn’t surprised by this and simply pointed at the center of his sword formation with an odd expression.

  A rustle sounded and a silver firebird flew out from the ground. As it approached the puppets with a flicker, it exploded, separating into three bowl-sized balls of silver flame.

  With a muffled boom, the silver flames struck the blood balls head-on.

  The silver flames surged high and completely enveloped the blood balls. As the flames burned, a scorched scent filled the air, followed by miserable screams.

  The balls of silver flames wildly knocked against the edges of the sword formation like a headless fly.

  Although Han Li was watching this expressionlessly, he was inwardly shocked.

  He had a great understanding of the might of his Spirit Engulfing Flames. When an ember of it caught on his opponent, they should turn to ash in an instant. However, these blood puppets were able to endure.

  However, the flame’s overbearing power became clear to see as the blood balls were soon thoroughly burned away.

  With their blood turning to ash, the puppets could no longer reform.

  Han Li waved his hand. The balls of silver flames fused back into one, returned to him as a firebird, and vanished into his sleeve.

  His expression stirred as if he sensed something and looked to the side.