A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortal Realm

Chapter 170: Demise

The brocade-robed elderly man's heart jolted slightly at the sight of the flashing balls around him, and he was overcome by an intense sense of foreboding.

He hurriedly swept his sleeves through the air, releasing seven or eight protective treasures at once as he braced himself for what was to come.

An earth-shattering boom rang out, immediately followed by a string of thunderous explosions as the 20 or so balls of Heavy Water Veined Lightning exploded like fireworks one after another.

Arcs of silver lightning erupted violently in all directions, instantly encompassing the entire surrounding area within a radius of 10,000 feet.

The runes being released by the brocade-robed elderly man's suit of armor were instantly destroyed as soon as they appeared, and all of his other protective treasures were also swallowed up by an enormous black sun.

A burst of powerful shockwaves swept through the area in all directions, causing the surrounding space to fold in on itself in layers as a series of alarming black spatial rifts appeared.

The crimson sea down below was also severely ravaged, and the seawater began to boil, sending large plumes of red water vapor rising up into the air.

At the same time, a massive crater appeared on the surface of the sea as if the seawater had been forced down by some type of tremendous weight, and massive waves hundreds of feet tall rose up around the edge of the crater before collapsing toward its center. The blue space that encompassed this area of the sea was also unable to withstand the force of the explosions and was violently shattered.

The astounding commotion continued for several moments before gradually subsiding.

At this point, all that remained of the small island were several small rocky sections that were jutting out of the surface of the sea, while massive waves continued to surge through the area.

On one of the remaining small sections of the island laid the brocade-robed elderly man in a puddle of his own blood. His suit of armor had been completely destroyed, and there were many protective treasure fragments scattered around him, but he was still alive, albeit extremely severely injured.

All of a sudden, Han Li appeared around 10,000 feet away, and his gaze instantly locked onto the elderly man down below.

The elderly man also looked up at Han Li at the same time, and his eyes were filled with burning resentment.

Han Li harrumphed coldly as killing intent gleamed in his eyes, and he was just about to swoop down from above when several bursts of azure light suddenly appeared around him, and five identical Fang Pans emerged out of thin air in unison, all of which were slashing their sabers at him from different directions.

The five black saber projections fused as one, layering on top of one another in a dream-like fashion as they pierced directly toward Han Li's heart, and Han Li immediately sped up in his descent upon seeing this.

A loud thump rang out as the saber projection struck him on the back, instantly shattering his True Extreme Membrane and inflicting a bleeding gash that was deep enough to expose bone.

Han Li took advantage of the force of the impact to further accelerate in his descent toward the elderly man, and at the same time, he sent a small bead flying down at his target with a flick of his wrist.

At this point, all of the brocade-robed elderly man's protective treasures had already been destroyed, and he was carrying extremely severe injuries, rendering him unable to evade the oncoming attack.

A determined look immediately appeared on his face as he thrust a palm down onto the top of his own head, and a golden nascent soul shot out of in a flash of before attempting to flee.

However, before it was able to get away, the Heavy Water Lightning Bead that Han Li had purchased at the grand auction exploded without any warning.

A black sun the size of a mountain instantly appeared out of thin air, releasing hundreds of thick bolts of azure and purple lightning, as well as a burst of devastating law powers.

The bolts of azure and purple lightning resembled whips of the lightning god as they lashed out in all directions, destroying the brocade-robed elderly man's body and nascent soul in a flash.

However, right at this moment, a burst of azure light suddenly flew rapidly out of the elderly man's destroyed physical body. It was traveling so quickly that its speed rivaled instantaneous teleportation, and it flew straight into Han Li's body as he was frantically flying away from the explosion.

While Han Li was putting an end to the brocade-robed elderly man's life, Fang Pan had darted back in retreat, and a black chain had appeared in front of him, around which countless black runes were circulating incessantly.

Immediately thereafter, he shot forth through the air in direct pursuit of Han Li.

An earth-shattering boom rang out as the mountainous black sun exploded into a vast expanse of black light that rapidly expanded in all directions.

Han Li and Fang Pan were able to just barely fly out of the black light's range, but they were still inevitably struck by the shockwaves resulting from the explosion, sending them flying away in a rather unsteady fashion.

Bright azure light appeared around Fang Pan as he darted through the air several times in succession, moving in a way that defied reason as he intermittently vanished before reappearing, reaching Han Li in the blink of an eye.

With a flick of his wrist, the black chain in his hand shot forth in a flash, hurtling directly toward Han Li's lower abdomen.

The oncoming chain was too close for Han Li to evade, and he immediately opened his mouth to release several balls of blood essence, which erupted into a large cloud of blood mist around him.

The black chain shot straight into the cloud of blood mist, but at virtually the exact same moment, a crimson figure flew out of the blood mist, and it had fled to hundreds of kilometers away in just a few flashes, then vanished altogether with one more flash.

The cloud of blood mist scattered quickly thereafter, and the chain was also nowhere to be seen.

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Close to 100,000 kilometers away, a flash of silver lightning appeared in the sky above a dark blue sea, and Han Li stumbled out from within with his entire body covered in blood. He almost fell out of the sky before steadying himself, and his complexion had paled even further.

The Blood Shadow Movement Technique that he had just unleashed had worsened his condition even further, and his constant fleeing over the past nearly two months was taking a real toll on his body.

He took a deep breath to compose himself, and only after devouring an Origin Return Pill did a hint of color begin to return to his cheeks. He then closed his eyes and directed his spiritual sense into his own dantian, and sure enough, four extremely familiar black chains had appeared around his nascent soul.

However, he was quite relieved to see this.

Thankfully, he had managed to react just in the nick of time, so Fang Pan was unable to completely unleash the power of these troublesome chains. Otherwise, if he were to have his nascent soul sealed again, then he would've been as good as dead.

Even so, half of his immortal spiritual power had still been sealed away.

Immediately thereafter, his brows furrowed slightly as he noticed a glowing black mark hovering beneath his nascent soul, and it had been left behind by that streak of azure light that had shot out of the brocade-robed elderly man's body right before his demise.

This wasn't a restriction or anything of that nature. Instead, it was most likely some type of tracking mark.

Given sufficient time, he would be able to eradicate the mark, but Fang Pan clearly wasn't going to afford him that luxury.

What was rather peculiar was the aura emanating from the mark belonged to Fang Pan as opposed to the brocade-robed elderly man.

Right as Han Li was pondering this matter, he suddenly turned to take a glance in a certain direction as a peculiar look appeared on his face, and after a moment of contemplation, he began to fly deeper in that direction as a streak of azure light.

Around 15 minutes later, he drew to a halt above a certain section of the sea, and a rather perplexed look appeared on his face.

His spiritual sense told him that the surrounding sea in a radius of close to 100,000 kilometers was extraordinarily peaceful. There were many ordinary fish in the area, but barely any demon beasts.

With that in mind, he began to fly deeper into the area as a streak of azure light, and at the same time, he completely concealed his own aura, sinking toward the seabed like a rock.

As he did this, he released his enormous spiritual sense to envelop the mark in his body one layer after another in a bid to keep it as concealed and undetectable to the outside world as possible.

Not long after Han Li sank to the bottom of the sea, Fang Pan appeared above the surface of the sea amid a flash of azure light.

He closed his eyes to sense Han Li's location for a moment, then cast his gaze downward.

Even though the tracking mark he had left behind was being suppressed by something, he was still able to vaguely sense it.

A cold smile appeared on his face as he shot straight down toward the surface of the sea as a streak of azure light, then plunged into the water.

With his speed, he was able to reach the seabed in the blink of an eye.

It was completely dark and silent at the bottom of the sea, and he quickly scanned his gaze across his surroundings before focusing his attention on an unremarkable-looking giant rock several thousand feet away.

He then rushed toward the rock without any hesitation, unleashing a black saber projection that was several thousand feet in length, parting all of the seawater in its path as it surged along the seabed.

The saber projection struck the giant rock, but much to Fang Pan's surprise, the rock wasn't split apart.

All of a sudden, Han Li shot back from the other side of the rock as a streak of black light, and there was a barely detectable smile on his face.

A pair of clones appeared on either side of Fang Pan, and they slashed their black sabers through the water, sending a pair of saber projections hurtling toward Han Li from both the left and the right.

The two saber projections came together to form a black cross as they sped toward Han Li, stirring up all of the seawater in their wake.

Han Li seemed to have already been prepared for this, and he crossed his scaly arms in front of himself to form a barrier.

A loud clang rang out as he was sent flying back like a cannonball from the force of the impact, and right at this moment, a thunderous roar rang out from afar, causing the entire seabed to tremble and quake.

The seabed in the distance then exploded violently, sending countless rock fragments flying in all direction as a mountainous black shadow slowly emerged, giving off a terrifyingly powerful aura.

As it turned out, that seemingly unremarkable giant rock from before had actually been one of the fleshy bulbs on the mountainous creature's body.

Fang Pan was naturally quite alarmed by this unexpected turn of events, and he immediately paused in his pursuit of Han Li.

Meanwhile, Han Li gave Fang Pan a gloating grin, then vanished into a nearby trench on the seabed, completely vanishing out of sight. Even his aura had completely faded.

Fang Pan's heart immediately sank upon seeing this, and right as he was also about to conceal his own aura, a pair of giant green eyes suddenly opened up before him, and it was glowering at him with furious killing intent.

An unprecedented sense of fear immediately welled up in Fang Pan's heart.

At this point, he had already caught a clear glimpse of the black shadow's complete form, and it was a gargantuan purplish-black octopus that was over 10,000 feet in size. Its body was riddled with black bulbous growths that resembled giant rocks, and its massive, scaly tentacles were swinging through the water violently, churning up the entire sea.

A rift opened up beneath the pair of eyes, revealing a huge black hole, within which an array of sharp white teeth could just barely be made out, and it was clear that being devoured by this creature would be sure to spell one's demise.

This is a late-True Immortal Stage sea beast!