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

by Translator: Johnchen

  A hint of envy appeared in the red-faced man's eyes, while Han Li was appraising the badge with an intrigued expression.

  "With this Myriad Beast Badge, our chances of success will be boosted even further," Bao Hua said in an elated manner.

  At this point, the black-robed woman and red-faced man had also summoned their treasures. The woman had opened her mouth to release an inky-black spear, while the man had conjured up a giant white bone blade with countless crimson spirit patterns engraved onto its surface.

  The spiritual light being released by the two treasures had been forcibly repressed by them, but the fearsome auras they were giving off clearly indicated that they were both extremely powerful treasures.

  "Brother Xie, give this everything you have," Han Li said to Daoist Xie through voice transmission.

  Daoist Xie nodded in an expressionless manner, then raised a hand to summon a silver bead.

  A dull thump rang out, and countless arcs of lightning erupted out of the bead before forming a ball of lightning.

  Initially, the ball of lightning was only around the size of a human head, but as it slowly rose up into the air, it swelled to the size of a house.

  After that, Daoist Xie carried the lightning ball with one hand and remained still on the spot.

  Meanwhile, Han Li made a hand seal, and his Provenance True Devil Projection appeared amid a flash of golden light, then transformed into the golden body before fusing as one with Han Li.

  Bright purplish-golden light radiated forth, and Han Li's body turned a shimmering golden color.

  At the same time, countless silver spirit patterns appeared all over his skin before forming a series of silver formations.

  After that, Han Li made a grabbing motion, and a green longsword that was around three feet long appeared in his grasp.

  With nothing more than a light flick of his wrist, a buzzing sound rang out, and even the world's origin Qi was being swayed by the sword.

  This was none other than the Profound Heavenly Spiritslash Sword.

  In the face of a creature as fearsome as the Stemborer Queen, Han Li didn't dare to hold back and was releasing his ultimate trump card right away.

  Bao Hua had seen Han Li use the Profound Heavenly Spiritslash Sword before, so she wasn't surprised to see it again. However, everyone else's attention was immediately drawn to the sword, and it was clear that they had already guessed what it was.

  However, before any of them had a chance to ask any questions, Bao Hua suddenly made a hand seal before vanishing on the spot.

  In the next instant, Bao Hua re-emerged less than 200 feet away, then raised the giant nail up with both hands.

  Everyone else immediately turned their attention away from Han Li's sword and focused on the task at hand, beginning to inject their power into the treasures they had summoned.

  All of them were preparing to strike in the instant that the Earth Emperor Nail pierced into the Stemborer Queen's body.

  At this moment, the mountainous Stemborer Queen was still in a completely oblivious slumber.

  Faint silver light flashed through Bao Hua's eyes as she stared intently at the Stemborer Queen, and all of a sudden, a fierce look appeared in her eyes as the Earth Emperor Nail shot forth as a streak of yellow light.

  The nail pierced through the black formation with ease, then plunged into the Stemborer Queen's body before reverting back to its original form.

  Yellow light erupted from the giant nail in all directions, and these strands of yellow light blurred before vanishing into the Stemborer Queen's body.

  "Everyone, what are you waiting for?!" Bao Hua was elated as she let loose a loud cry, a massive floral tree projection appeared behind her before exploding into countless pink flower petals that surged toward the Stemborer Queen.

  At the same time, Han Li and the others had also sprung into action.

  The elderly man hurled his jade badge high up into the air, and it transformed into a white jade gate, from within which countless beastly projections rushed out.

  Meanwhile, the black-robed woman uttered an incantation, and her black spear immediately shot forth as a streak of black lightning.

  As for the red-faced man, he swept his giant bone blade through the air, and spatial fluctuations erupted above the Stemborer Queen, following which a massive blade projection over 10,000 feet in length emerged before crashing down with devastating might.

  A burst of enormous invisible power descended alongside the blade projection, and a giant ball of lightning also appeared beside it at the exact same moment.

  The ball of lightning then transformed into a massive silver lightning net that enshrouded the entire body of the Stemborer Queen down below.

  These attacks were truly extraordinarily fast, but they had still been unleashed marginally slower than Han Li.

  The silver formations all over Han Li's body emitted a faint buzzing sound as he slashed his Profound Heavenly Spiritslash Sword through the air, releasing a green thread that instantly vanished into thin air.

  In the next instant, the world's origin Qi above the Stemborer Queen tremored, and the green line descended to slice its mountainous body in half.

  Immediately thereafter, the giant blade projection, silver lightning net, storm of flower petals, black lightning, and spirit beast projections also arrived.

  A string of earth-shattering explosions rang out, and the inky-black formation was instantly torn apart.

  Countless flower petal projections surged through the air like sharp blades, and beyond those were the countless spirit beast projections, which surrounded the Stemborer Queen before self-detonating in rapid succession.

  Powerful shockwaves surged forth in all directions, and a series of halos proliferated outward.

  The barrage of attacks instantly inundated the Stemborer Queen's entire body, and it remained completely still throughout the entire process, as if it really had been slain in its slumber.

  However, not only were Han Li and the others not elated to see this, their faces instantly paled significantly.

  All of these Grand Ascension Stage beings had an extensive wealth of battle experience, and even though they were very confident in their own attacks, they definitely wouldn't be naive enough to believe that the vastly renowned Stemborer Queen would be killed so easily.

  After the dust settled, the giant Stemborer Queen's body had vanished, leaving only a fist-sized black crystal hovering in mid-air.

  A rusty nail was embedded deep into the crystal, and everyone was struck by a bone-chilling sensation upon seeing this.

  "Something's wrong! We have to get out of here," Bao Hua yelled in a decisive manner as she turned her hand over to produce a formation plate, which she immediately crushed.

  Chapter 2236: The Little Girl

  A phoenix cry rang out, and a ball of five-colored light erupted out of the shattered formation plate before enveloping Bao Hua's entire body.

  Spatial fluctuations erupted, yet just as Bao Hua was about to vanish into thin air, a tender yet very cold voice rang out from down below.

  "You're not going anywhere."

  As soon as the voice trailed off, the water down below parted, and a shadow suddenly shot out.

  A resounding thump rang out as Bao Hua was sent flying by a burst of tremendous force, and the layer of five-colored light around her instantly shattered.

  Only after flying back for around 500 feet did she manage to just barely steady herself, and she couldn't help but throw up a mouthful of blood.

  It seemed that she had sustained some substantial injuries from that attack!

  However, she had been very alert and injected all of her magic power into the protective spiritual light around her right before she was struck by that attack. Otherwise, even if that attack wouldn't have been able to kill her, she would definitely still have ended up with far more severe injuries.

  Everyone else was naturally very alarmed to see this.

  Han Li immediately focus
ed his gaze on the spot where Bao Hua had been standing before, and he caught sight of a small and delicate figure.

  This was a little girl who appeared to be no more than 12 years of age, and she was slowly withdrawing her little fist as she appraised the Grand Ascension Stage beings present with a hint of a smile on her face.

  The little girl had a dark complexion and was wearing an extremely ordinary set of tight-fitting clothes. Her appearance was quite ordinary, but her eyes were completely grey, as if she were blind from birth, and there was a glossy black crystal embedded into her glabella.

  The crystal was very similar in appearance to the one left behind after the giant insect's body had disappeared, except it was darker and smaller, seemingly able to suck in all light.

  The little girl was the one who had just sent Bao Hua flying, and as she cast her gaze toward Han Li, the latter immediately felt a chill run down his spine.

  As for the other Grand Ascension Stage beings, they were also very unsettled by the little girl's sweeping gaze.

  Even though she hadn't introduced herself, the fact that she had been able to send Bao Hua flying with a single attack was a clear indication that she was most likely the Stemborer Queen.

  As for what that giant insect from before was, no one had the spare capacity to worry about that now; all of them had their attention focused entirely on this little girl.

  No one had been able to clearly see the punch that had just sent Bao Hua flying; it had simply been far too fast.

  The only one whose expression remained unchanged here was Daoist Xie.

  He was appraising the little girl in an indifferent manner while arcs of silver lightning appeared over his body to form a lightning robe.

  "Oh? An immortal puppet? How interesting; I didn't think I'd see something like this in a lower realm," the little girl said as she appraised Daoist Xie with an intrigued expression.

  "Are you the true Stemborer Queen?" Bao Hua asked as she finally recovered the breath that had been knocked out of her by the earlier punch.

  "Hmph, are you saying that body you just destroyed isn't my true form? I shed that body 100,000 years ago, and it was very useful to me, yet you've destroyed it; how are you all going to compensate me?" the little girl harrumphed coldly.

  "So that means your true body is hidden underwater; how crafty of you! I'm also very surprised that you were able to dispel the power of the heavenly phoenix within my Treasured Phoenix Spirit Plate," Bao Hua sighed.

  "Treasured Phoenix Spirit Plate? That's just a useless object containing a hint of the power of laws of the heavenly phoenix. It can wield some spatial power, but it's nothing more than a toy in my eyes. I haven't ever faced a true spirit heavenly phoenix, but I've devoured quite a few powerful beings of the phoenix race," the little girl scoffed with a disdainful expression.

  The black-robed woman had already snuck her Treasured Phoenix Spirit Plate into her hand, and her heart immediately sank upon hearing this. She knew that she couldn't fully trust the little girl's words, but she didn't dare to use her formation plate nonetheless.

  However, there was someone that was completely unconvinced by the little girl's claims; he was very confident in the Treasured Phoenix Spirit Plate's power, and he felt himself to be quite far away from the little girl.

  That person was none other than the red-faced man, and he suddenly summoned his Treasured Phoenix Spirit Plate before instantly crushing it.

  A burst of five-colored light emerged to envelop his entire body alongside a flurry of spatial fluctuations.

  A cold look appeared on the little girl's face upon seeing this, and she immediately shot forth as a blurry black shadow.

  The red-faced man was already prepared, and he let loose a loud cry as he slashed his bone blade through the air.

  An earth-shattering boom rang out as a mountainous blade projection struck the black shadow, tearing it into countless pieces.

  "Haha!" The red-faced man chortled, and he didn't care whether his attack had actually harmed the little girl; what was important to him was that he was about to teleport away.

  Everyone else had been intimidated by the Stemborer Queen's threat, yet he was going to teleport away, and it was very likely that he was going to be the only one in the group to survive, so of course he was very pleased with himself.

  However, his laughter then suddenly cut and was replaced by an agonized howl.

  A slender arm had plunged through his chest, completely disregarding his protective spiritual light and armor.

  It turned out that the little girl had appeared behind him in a wraith-like manner, and her arm was like a divine weapon capable of piercing through all things.

  The little girl giggled as she pulled a miniature crimson humanoid figure out of the red-haired man's chest.

  This was none other than the red-faced man's Nascent Soul, and it was struggling with all its might to escape, but to no avail.

  The little girl opened her mouth to release a black thread, which struck the red-faced man's body with unerring accuracy, and it instantly withered away before disintegrating into dust.

  "No! She's wielding the power of the law of time! Save me, fellow daoists!"

  The Nascent Soul thrashed violently with a horrified expression while calling for help in a panicked frenzy.

  A hint of incredulity appeared in Bao Hua's eyes upon hearing the words "law of time".

  The elderly man and black-robed woman had initially intended to step in, but both of them immediately abandoned those plans as horrified looks appeared on their faces.

  In contrast, Han Li faltered slightly upon hearing this before a contemplative look appeared in his eyes.

  Meanwhile, the little girl was looking at the little Nascent Soul in her hand as if she were appraising a delicacy, and she bit off half of the Nascent Soul in one mouthful, chewing several times before swallowing.

  The Nascent Soul immediately let loose a bloodcurdling cry as it fainted on the spot. Even though it managed to instantly regenerate, the light radiating from it had dimmed significantly, and its aura had also become close to non-existent.

  Bao Hua's expression changed slightly, and she raised a hand to try and do something, but it was already too late.

  The little girl giggled as she quickly devoured the rest of the Nascent Soul, then licked her lips with a pleased expression.

  This was supposed to be quite an adorable display, but it was downright demonic in the eyes of the Grand Ascension Stage beings present.

  Not only had the elderly man and black-robed woman's faces paled significantly, Bao Hua had also fallen into a solemn silence.

  Han Li remained quite calm, but he still waved a hand toward Daoist Xie, who immediately teleported over to Han Li.

  It seemed that the situation was not looking good.

  The Stemborer Queen had managed to wound Bao Hua with a single attack and easily killed a Grand Ascension Stage; it was definitely far more powerful than they anticipated.

  How was it this powerful after only just awakening? Wasn't the spirit of the ancient seal supposed to have used all of its power to restrict the Stemborer Queen?

  Even in its current state, the Stemborer Queen could still kill Grand Ascension Stage beings with ease; how had a pair of true immortals managed to seal it at the height of its powers?

  There was clearly something suspicious about this story.

  However, before Han Li had a chance to ponder this notion further, Bao Hua suddenly transmitted her voice to him.

  "Brother Han, this is not the Stemborer Queen's body; it's a clone manifested from its soul. As such, aside from Profound Heavenly Treasures, all other treasures will struggle to harm it. On top of that, its mastery of the law of time is very elementary, so it can't use that power easily. Every time it does so, its soul will be slightly weakened. As long as we use our Profound Heavenly Treasures to protect ourselves, there's nothing to fear."

  "How do you know so much?" Han Li couldn't help but ask. />
  "I was informed of all of this by the spirit of the ancient seal. Let's hold off this clone together while our other fellow daoists go underwater to destroy the Stemborer Queen's body. As long as its body is destroyed, its soul won't pose any substantial threat," Bao Hua replied.

  Chapter 2237: Battle Against the Stemborer Queen (1)

  "So are we just supposed to trust the others? What if they take advantage of the opportunity to teleport away?" Han Li asked through voice transmission.

  "Rest assured, Brother Han, I tampered with the Treasured Phoenix Spirit Plate that I gave to everyone, so as long as I don't allow it, they won't be able to use the formation plates. Once they're all made aware of this, I'm sure they wouldn't dare to try anything," Bao Hua revealed with a smile.

  Immediately thereafter, she turned and transmitted her voice toward the others.

  Han Li cast his gaze toward the elderly man and black-robed woman, and sure enough, upon hearing what Bao Hua had to say, enraged looks appeared on both of their faces.

  In contrast, Bao Hua's expression remained unchanged, and she even had the nerve to smile at the two of them.

  The elderly man and black-robed woman were naturally extremely furious; if it weren't for the fact that they were facing such a fearsome enemy, they could've easily turned on Bao Hua already.

  Before they had a chance to communicate any further, the little girl cast her gaze toward them, and giggled, "Have you thought about how to compensate me? How about this? Hand over your Nascent Souls, and perhaps I'll be full after eating one or two more, and I'll let the rest of you leave."

  "Do you really think such a blatant attempt to sow dissension among us will work? If we allow you to kill one more of us, the rest of us will completely be at your mercy," Bao Hua replied in a calm manner, then immediately swept a hand through the air.

  The Earth Emperor Nail embedded into the black crystal instantly vanished, then reappeared in her grasp.

  "Oh? So you're determined to fight me? You were able to survive one of my attacks, and that's certainly quite remarkable. However, your Nascent Soul isn't the one I want to eat the most right now; it's his! His spiritual sense is so powerful; I'm sure his Nascent Soul would be far more delicious than the one I just had," the little girl said with a smile as she pointed toward Han Li.