A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortal Realm
Chapter 543: Battle

Chapter 543: Battle

After sending Han Li flying with a swipe of its claws, the black wyrm paid no further heed to him and swooped down to make a grab for the golden lotus flower.

Han Li's pupils contracted slightly upon seeing this.

He could tell that the black wyrm possessed incredible power, but the golden lotus flower was an extremely rare and precious spirit plant, so he was naturally unwilling to pass it up without a fight.

With that in mind, he swept a sleeve through the air to stow the green jade flying carriage away, then flew directly toward the golden lotus flower as a streak of golden light.

However, he wasn't able to get very far before the ground up ahead began to tremble violently, as if an earthquake were taking place, and he instantly stopped cold in his tracks before darting back in retreat at an even faster speed.

Immediately thereafter, the ground up ahead split apart explosively, and an incredibly thick black appendage shot out from underground before sweeping toward the black wyrm.

The black appendage was releasing a burst of tremendous force that swept up a gust of ferocious wind, and even though Han Li was already several thousand feet away, he was still sent flying back involuntarily like a fallen leaf in a storm.

His entire body was dealt an incredibly heavy blow, and he felt as if he were about to fall apart at the seams. If it weren't for his fast reactions and his incredible physical prowess, he would've already been reduced to a pile of mincemeat.

After steadying himself close to 10 kilometers away, he cast his gaze forward to discover that the black appendage was a gargantuan black tentacle that was over 10,000 feet thick.

It was riddled with countless giant suction cups, and at this moment, the tentacle was wrapped around the black wyrm, which was made to resemble a tiny chick that had been caught in the talons of an eagle.

It was roaring and struggling with all its might, but its efforts to free itself were completely futile.

Several more resounding booms rang out in succession, and a few more identical black tentacles erupted out of the nearby ground before also wrapping themselves around the black wyrm, while Han Li looked on in astonishment.

There had been no warning signs at all prior to the emergence of these black tentacles, and he wasn't able to detect them even with his tremendous spiritual sense.

The entire swamp began to tremble and sway as an enormous black figure slowly rose up from the ground behind Han Li.

It was an unimaginably massive creature with a lizard-like upper body.

It had a long and thin neck and a bright red crown of flesh on its head that resembled the comb of a rooster.

However, its lower body resembled that of an octopus, consisting of around a dozen giant tentacles.

The mountainous creature was several dozen times larger than the black wyrm, and its enormous body obscured the entire sky.

Its gargantuan tentacles were flailing violently as they delivered the black wyrm into its mouth, making it resemble a large worm in the beak of a rooster.

An unfathomably powerful aura was emanating from the creature's body, and Han Li's face had turned deathly pale as a sense of horror welled up in his heart for the first time in a very long time.

He immediately turned around and summoned his Mantra Treasured Axis, then unleashed his Reversal True Axis ability to flee the scene as quickly as he could.

The creature's bright red eyes immediately settled on him, following which a black tentacle shot forth like lightning. Han Li was already several dozen kilometers away from the gargantuan creature, but its tentacle was able to catch up to him in the blink of an eye before wrapping itself around him.

Wrapped within the black tentacle, a burst of tremendous force was constricting around Han Li from all directions, causing all of the bones in his body to creak and groan.

He gave a muffled groan as he reversed the direction of revolution of his Mantra Treasured Axis so that it was revolving conventionally again.

Countless golden ripples emerged before spreading outward in all directions, instantly encompassing the surrounding area in a radius of over 10,000 feet, enveloping part of the black tentacle as well.

The part of the tentacle that was enshrouded within the golden ripples was instantly immobilized, and the black creature let loose a low roar as it tugged its tentacle back with tremendous force.

The golden ripples shuddered violently, looking as if they were about to fall apart at any moment.

Right at this moment, a burst of golden lightning flashed past, and all of the golden ripples vanished in a flash.

As a result, the black tentacle was freed, and it flew back to the gargantuan creature, which unfurled its tentacles, only to discover with a surprised expression that Han Li was already nowhere to be seen.

Meanwhile, Han Li appeared out of thin air thousands of kilometers away amid a flash of golden lightning. His face was deathly pale, there was blood trickling down from the corner of his lips, and one of his arms had been twisted to a grotesque angle.

He paid no heed to his own injuries as a burst of dazzling golden lightning erupted out of his body to form another lightning teleportation array, immediately following which he vanished from the spot once again.

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In the sky above a lush forest, a golden lightning array quickly took shape, and Han Li appeared at the center of the array, then scoured his surroundings momentarily before heaving a long sigh of relief.

Immediately thereafter, Jin Tong and the Pixiu appeared beside him, and the former's face was also pale from fright as she exclaimed, "What was that thing, Uncle? I was so scared..."

The Pixiu was also looking quite shell-shocked.

At this point, Han Li had regained some of his composure, and he replied, "I'm not sure. It must've been some kind of primordial true spirit."

"Are primordial true spirits that scary? I thought they would all only be similar to that big Sand Beast," Jin Tong said with a hint of lingering fear in her eyes.

She then turned to the Pixiu with an enraged expression as she accused, "Xiao Bai, weren't you born in the primordial land? How could you lead us into such a dangerous place? Were you trying to get us killed?"

"I was born in the primordial land, but I was taken away by primordial hunters not long after I was born, so I don't know much about this place at all. On top of that, I've already signed a contract with Master, and if he dies, I'll be in a terrible position as well, so there's no way I would've willingly led us into danger like that!" the Pixiu hurriedly argued.

This made sense to Jin Tong, and she gave a cold harrumph before dropping the subject.

"Looks like we've underestimated the primordial land," Han Li murmured to himself.

They hadn't encountered any significant peril during this journey through the primordial land thus far, and as a result, he had become a little complacent, which had almost cost him his life.

He quickly swallowed a recovery pill to heal his broken arm, then cast his gaze toward the primordial landscape up ahead with furrowed brows.

It hadn't been long since they entered the primordial land, yet they had already encountered such a fearsome creature, and there was no telling what other perils laid up ahead.

"What do we do now, Uncle?" Jin Tong asked.

Han Li made a hand seal to conjure up a projection of a map in mid-air, one that depicted the areas that they had previously passed through, as well as areas that appeared repeatedly in the maps that he had previously purchased.

This was a map that he had put together by referencing the map given to him by Wyrm 3 and the ones that he had purchased from Primordial Origin City.

"Let's go here," Han Li decided as he pointed at a hilly region on the map.

"Bright Deer Hill..." Jin Tong read aloud as she looked at the spot on the map that Han LI was pointing at.

"According to the map, Bright Deer Hill isn't too far away from here, and there aren't any large primordial tribes residing in the area, so let's go and rest there for a while before we make a decision on where to go next," Han Li said.

He then swept a hand through the air to erase the projected map, following which the green jade flying carriage set off into the distance at a low altitude.

In the wake of that close call, Han Li knew that he had to be more wary of the primordial land, and he activated all of the flying carriage's protective restrictions, even though doing so was quite costly in terms of Immortal Origin Stones. On top of that, he didn't search for any more treasures, and after flying uneventfully for about half a month, they finally arrived on the edge of Bright Deer Hill.

The dense vegetation on the ground below was gradually becoming sparser here, and even though it was already late at night, Han Li could still see some ferocious beasts prowling through the forest for food or engaged in battle with one another down below.

Some of the more sensitive creatures were able to detect the flying carriage, and they immediately roared up at the heavens to establish their dominance.

Han Li cast his gaze into the distance, and a perplexed look suddenly appeared on his face.

He could sense bursts of powerful spiritual qi fluctuations surging through the air several hundred kilometers up ahead, and it seemed that there were many people locked in battle there.

After a brief moment of contemplation, Han Li swept a sleeve through the air to stow his flying carriage away, then put on his Dragon 5 mask, using which he disguised himself as an unremarkable-looking middle-aged man.

At the same time, he completely concealed his own aura before flying toward the battlefield up ahead in a stealthy fashion.

As he flew through the air, the spiritual qi fluctuations up ahead became stronger and stronger, and upon reaching within 25 kilometers of the battlefield, Han Li descended into sparse forest down below before advancing through the forest on foot.

Before long, he arrived in front of a spacious clearing where an elevated bonfire stand was situated. There was a bright bonfire lit on the stand, illuminating the entire surrounding area, while two groups of strange-looking foreign beings were locked in a fierce battle.

One of the camps of foreign beings were humanoid in appearance, but they were very tall and wiry with extremely long necks. Each of them was standing at around 10 feet tall, and their bodies were dark green in color. Furthermore, there were pairs of long white tusks protruding out of their mouths before curling away to the side.

In contrast, their opponents were far more horrific in appearance.

These creatures were only around five feet tall, but they possessed extremely wide and bloated bodies that were gray in color and covered in thick slabs of armor-like exoskeletons. They had virtually no necks, with nothing separating their chins and chests, and their lips were wide and thick, giving them the appearance of giant bipedal toads.