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

Chapter 820: You Again?

Right at this moment, Daoist Master Bone Shine's soul raised both of its hands, and specks of white light immediately rose up from his consciousness before converging around it like countless fireflies.

At the same time, an enormous array that had been engraved deep into his consciousness emerged.

He had engraved the array into his own consciousness at an unimaginable cost, and he was saving it for a battle of life and death.

Never did he think that he would be forced to use the array at a time like this, but given the dire nature of the situation, he had no choice in the matter.

The white light radiating from the array was becoming brighter and brighter, and an enormous tiger-like beastly projection rose up from it, then pounced at the Spiritual Sense Sword with its mouth open wide.

A resounding boom rang out within Daoist Master Bone Shine's consciousness as the Spiritual Sense Sword struck the head of the beast, and both were stopped cold in their tracks fro an instant before the head of the beast was split open, while the Spiritual Sense Sword continued to crash down from above.

However, even though the beastly projection had been torn apart, threads of translucent light were surging out of its body to try and reconnect the two halves.

The translucent threads resembled chains that were constantly impeding the Spiritual Sense Sword in its descent, whittling it down bit by bit.

Even so, the Spiritual Sense Sword was still able to crash down with immense power, and it sliced completely through the beastly projection before falling upon Daoist Master Bone Shine's soul.

An agonized roar rang out, and Daoist Master Bone Shine felt as if his head were about to split apart as he shuddered violently before plummeting out of the sky, while his spirit domain also faded away.

Both Han Li and Shi Chuankong regained control over their own skeletons, but at the same time, Han Li's vision turned completely dark as he fell out of the sky, having completely overexerted his own spiritual sense.

Shi Chuankong gritted his teeth through the pain of his own injuries as he hurriedly flew over to catch Han Li by the arm, and after taking a glance at the surface of the sea down below, he promptly flew away as a streak of light.

Meanwhile, Daoist Xie used the azure gourd to recover all of the Dao Warriors, then also retrieved Han Li's Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords before also flying away after them.

......

Half a month passed by in a flash.

A black flying carriage was racing over the sea, and Shi Chuankong had already reverted back to his original appearance, with his head of silver hair dancing in the wind.

Han Li was laying on the carriage behind him with his eyes tightly shut, and he remained unconscious. There was a small piece of Purple Sun Warm Jade hovering above his head, giving off a faint purple glow.

On top of that, there was also a spatial barrier around him that kept out all of the devilish qi in the surrounding environment.

Seated on the carriage not far away from Han Li was Daoist Xie, and his eyes were also closed.

Right at this moment, his eyes suddenly sprang open as if he had sensed something, and at the same time, Han Li also slowly opened his eyes.

There was still a dazed look in his eyes, and it took a moment for them to focus.

He massaged his temples as he slowly set up, then plucked down the piece of Purple Sun Warm Jade that was hovering above his head.

"You're finally awake, Brother Li. How do you feel?" Shi Chuankong asked.

"How long was I unconscious for?" Han Li asked.

"About half a month," Shi Chuankong replied.

"What happened to Daoist Master Bone Shine?" Han Li asked.

"I don't know. At the time, he seemed to have been severely injured as well, and he fell into the sea. However, you had also fallen unconscious, so I could only prioritize taking you to safety," Shi Chuankong replied.

"He must've suffered some severe spiritual damage from my Spiritual Sense Sword, so he won't be coming after us again anytime soon. Having said that, now that we're getting really close to Night Sun City, there's no guarantee that no one else will come after us," Han LI mused.

"That's what I was concerned about as well, and that's why I didn't dare to go straight to Night Sun City. Instead, I've been flying around aimlessly this entire time, and I was thinking that we would make a decision on what to do from here once you woke up," Shi Chuankong sighed.

"I severely overexerted my spiritual sense earlier, and I would've most likely remained unconscious for a lot longer if you hadn't used that piece of Purple Sun Warm Jade to help me nurture my soul," Han Li said.

"In that case, let's wait until you're fully recovered before we set off," Shi Chuankong said.

Han Li shook his head as he replied, "Spiritual sense takes a long time to replenish, and the longer we delay, the greater the chance that something could go wrong, so let's focus on getting back to Night Sun City as soon as possible."

Shi Chuankong raised no objections to this, and the flying carriage flew away into the distance.

......

Another half a month quickly passed by.

The black flying carriage continued to race over the inky-black sea, and a giant black structure that was hovering in mid-air had appeared on the distant horizon.

"We're about to reach Night Sun City soon, Brother Li," Shi Chuankong declared with an elated expression.

Han Li activated his Infernal Devilish Eyes as he observed the black structure, and he was rather surprised by what he saw.

It was an extremely irregular structure with what appeared to be many branches protruding from it. However, these branches were crystalline in appearance, and they were all of different lengths, jutting out in different directions.

The structure was thousands of feet tall, and it appeared to be a natural structure with bursts of time law power fluctuations emanating from it.

For some reason, Han Li wasn't able to clearly gauge the structure. It was clearly right in front of him, but for some reason, he felt like it was also impossibly far away, as if it were in a different realm altogether.

Right as he was about to activate his Infernal Devilish Eyes to take a closer look, he was stopped by Shi Chuankong, who warned, "This is a paramount divine artifact of our Holy Realm, so it must be treated with the utmost respect."

"Divine artifact? Why does it look like it was abandoned here?" Han Li asked.

"Let me tell you this, Brother Li: even if a Dao Ancestor were to come here, they may not be able to move this thing even a single inch," Shi Chuankong chuckled.

"What exactly is this..."

All of a sudden, Han Li's voice trailed off mid-sentence, and he suddenly turned to a certain direction with a grim look on his face.

Shi Chuankong also turned in the same direction, and moments later, a streak of light appeared in the distance, stopping several thousand feet away from them.

It was none other than Daoist Master Bone Shine!

However, he was looking very pale, and his eyes were sunken and a little dazed. His hair had also become extremely disheveled, and he seemed to be in a very sorry state.

In contrast with the grim looks on the faces of Han Li and Shi Chuankong, Daoist Master Bone Shine was looking a little panicked.

His eyes widened in shock as he raised a trembling finger to point at Han Li, and he exclaimed in a fearful voice, "How... How is it you again? This is impossible! How did you recover so quickly?"

"What is he talking about?" Shi Chuankong asked as he turned to look at Han Li, but Han Li was looking just as perplexed.

"Could it be that he sustained such severe spiritual trauma from your Spiritual Sense Sword from last time that he's been driven insane?" Shi Chuankong speculated.

"I don't think so. He had a powerful array protecting his consciousness, so there's no way that my Spiritual Sense Sword would've been able to inflict such severe damage. Something must've happened to him after we left," Han Li replied with a shake of his head.

"No, it must be an illusion! That's it... I'm going to kill you!" Daoist Master Bone Shine roared as a fierce look suddenly appeared on his face, and he reached out with one hand, upon which his entire arm instantly elongated drastically, transforming into a white bone scythe that swept rapidly toward Han Li.

Han Li could sense that Daoist Master Bone Shine wasn't quite in the right frame of mind, but he didn't dare to let down his guard, immediately releasing his time spirit domain, and Shi Chuankong hurriedly released his spatial spirit domain as well.

Upon flying into the two spirit domains, Daoist Master Bone Shine was instantly slowed down drastically, but he let loose a thunderous roar as he swept his scythe arm through the air, and the world's origin qi within the two spirit domains were completely shredded by a burst of violent power, allowing him to speed up significantly once again.

Han Li made no attempt to take any evasive measures upon seeing this. Instead, he swept a sleeve through the air to summon a sword formed by eighteen combined Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, and at the same time, he unleashed his Reversal True Axis ability before launching himself forward.

As he drew close to Daoist Master Bone Shine, he abruptly stopped cold in his tracks, then summoned his Mantra Treasured Axis, which released countless rays of golden light that encompassed the oncoming Daoist Master Bone Shine.

In response, Daoist Master Bone Shine spread a hand open, and it transformed into a giant bone shield.

The surface of the shield was etched with countless runes, and it was giving off a burst of corrosive law powers that kept the rays of golden light at bay.

At the same time, he swung his other scythe arm toward Han Li with tremendous power, aiming to slice his body into two in one fell swoop.