A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortal Realm
Chapter 668: Spatial Storm

Chapter 668: Spatial Storm

Looks like I won't be able to keep going forward...

With that in mind, Han Li began to make his way down from the bridge, but he had only just raised his foot when the bridge beneath him began to tremble.

He instantly swiveled around to discover bursts of fearsome spatial fluctuations surging out of the giant black rift behind him, and the area around it was slowly beginning to expand like a giant mouth aiming to swallow what remained of the arched bridge.

Han Li hurriedly darted forward before descending beside the stone lions, and by the time he turned around again, the commotion had subsided. The spatial rift had expanded slightly, but it seemed to have stabilized itself again.

Could it be that the True Mantra Sect ruins are still in a state of ongoing spatial disintegration?

If that were the case, then he would have to proceed with more caution.

Right at this moment, a burst of peculiar energy fluctuations suddenly erupted out of the ground beneath the stone lion beside him, immediately following which a black vortex that was over a hundred feet in radius emerged without any warning, and it was continuing to expand while releasing tremendous suction force.

Han Li hurriedly channeled his Mantra Treasured Axis as he attempted to flee the scene, but he was locked into place by a burst of formidable spatial power, rendering him unable to get away.

His expression instantly changed drastically as he hurriedly released his time spirit domain, and a layer of golden scales appeared over his body, as did the suit of dark green armor formed by his Xuanwu bloodline.

However, before he had a chance to summon his Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, the burst of suction force became significantly more powerful, and he was sucked into the vortex along with the stone lion.

All of a sudden, Han Li felt the ground give way beneath his feet, and he found himself in a dim, black space.

The stone lion that had fallen into the spatial rift with Han Li was swept up by a whirlwind that enshrouded in murky gray light, and it was instantly reduced to dust.

Han Li knew that he had been sucked into a spatial rift, and he immediately began to carefully inspect his surroundings with his Infernal Devilish Eyes.

At the same time, he flipped both hands over at once to summon his Profound Heavenly Gourd and a sword formed by nine combined Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords.

The sound of howling wind was ringing out incessantly from all directions, and everywhere he looked, he could see a series of gray spatial vortexes and spatial rifts of different lengths, giving the surrounding area an extremely unstable appearance.

Hovering extremely far away in the distance were landmasses of different sizes, and they seemed to be enveloped within transparent bubbles as they hovered between all of the spatial rifts and vortexes.

Some of the landmasses were larger and appeared relatively more stable, while some of the smaller ones were disintegrating at a rate that was discernible even to the naked eye under the compressive and tearing forces exerted by the surrounding spatial rifts.

Right at this moment, a deafening boom rang out in the distance, and Han Li hurriedly turned in that direction to discover an enormous gray current sweeping rapidly toward him.

The space in its wake was trembling incessantly, and the spatial fluctuations being released by the wave were so formidable that even the surrounding darkness was warping slightly. None of the nearby spatial rifts were able to hold themselves together, and they were all sucked into the wave.

That's a spatial storm!

Han Li couldn't help but curse his own luck. It was already extremely unfortunate that he had been inexplicably sucked into a spatial rift, and now, his woes were being compounded even further.

Even with his current physical constitution, he still wouldn't dare to face such formidable spatial power head-on.

Not daring to remain where he was any longer, he cast his gaze toward the nearest floating landmass, then channeled his Reversal True Axis as he sped toward it.

Due to the abundance of spatial rifts in the area, Han Li didn't dare to accelerate too much, and he could only move toward the landmass in an extremely wary fashion.

After flying for just over ten thousand feet, Han Li took a glance back at the spatial storm, and a grim look instantly appeared on his face.

The spatial storm had only been around a hundred thousand feet in size just a moment ago, yet since then, it had swelled to several times its original size. Even though it wasn't advancing directly toward Han Li, as it continued to expand, it was only going to exert more and more influence upon this already unstable space.

If he couldn't reach the landmass up ahead before the spatial storm reached him, then he would be sucked into the storm and pulverized.

If he were to die here, not only would his remains be completely destroyed, even his nascent soul would be eradicated as well.

I have to make a run for it!

Han Li gritted his teeth as the time spirit domain around him swelled to several times its original size, and he abruptly sped up significantly, racing through the air as a streak of golden light.

As the landmass drew closer and closer, Han Li was able to see the landmarks on it with increasing clarity, and he was even able to catch a whiff of the scent of spirit plants in the air.

Right as he was about to reach the edge of the continent, a resounding boom suddenly rang out, and the enormous spatial storm suddenly exploded as a ball of blinding white light appeared within it, which countless blades of gray light erupted forth in all directions.

These blades of gray light ranged from only around an inch in length to several thousand feet long, and they were imbued with immeasurable spatial power.

Han Li's expression darkened even further upon sensing this, but he had no time to turn around, and he could only continue to rush toward the landmass up ahead as quickly as he could.

Right at this moment, he felt a burst of violent spatial fluctuations behind him, and before he had a chance to do anything, several loud explosions rang out behind him as several blades of gray light struck his time spirit domain.

The spirit domain didn't even get a chance to exert its slowing effect before it was torn apart by the blades of gray light, and Han Li let loose a desperate roar as he sped toward the landmass with all his might.

A loud thump rang out as he crashed into an invisible, yet extremely sturdy spatial barrier, and he was sent flying back from the force of the collision.

At this point, it was already too late to make a second dash for the landmass as there was a blade of gray light that was around three feet in length hurtling toward him from behind.

In this dire situation, he had no time to think as he placed his Profound Heavenly Gourd behind himself while making a rapid string of hand seals with his other hand.

The gourd began to glow radiantly as a vortex appeared at its opening, and a faint thud rang out as the blade of gray light was sucked into the gourd.

A burst of tremendous force surged through the gourd, almost wrenching it out of Han Li's grasp, and he hurriedly tightened his grip around the gourd before darting toward the landmass again.

Right at this moment, he suddenly felt a sharp, burning pain in his hand.

He looked down to discover that the gourd had become red hot, resembling a piece of smelted metal, and it was also trembling incessantly, looking as if it could explode at any moment.

Han Li immediately stowed his Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords away upon seeing this, then thrust his palm firmly into the underside of the Profound Heavenly Gourd.

A faint thud rang out as the blade of gray light that had been sucked into the gourd erupted forth before hurtling toward the spatial barrier around the landmass, and a long and thin gash similar to a spatial rift was instantly sliced into the surface of the spatial barrier.

The gash was several dozen feet in length, but it was very unstable and looked as if it could disappear at any moment.

Han Li knew that this was his only opportunity, so he channeled his Reversal True Axis ability to its limits, then shot through the gash at an astonishing speed.

In the next instant, he began plummeting toward the ground like an asteroid, crashing straight through a mountain and emerging on the other side.

From there, he hovered in mid-air as he looked up at the gash in the spatial barrier, which was slowly closing, and he heaved a long sigh of relief with more than a hint of lingering fear in his eyes.

If he had reacted just a little slower, or he didn't have the Profound Heavenly Gourd in his possession, then he would've most likely been in a world of trouble.

It seemed that under the tranquil facade of the True Mantra Sect ruins was an extremely dangerous place, and he had been too complacent up to this point.

Moments later, he slowly drifted down onto the ground near a lush tree, then sat down onto a strange-looking rock.

He then raised the Profound Heavenly Gourd in his hand, which was still carrying some of its residual heat, but it was no longer as scorching hot as before. Furthermore, its red coloration was slowly fading as it gradually reverted back to its original green color.

After inspecting the gourd momentarily with his spiritual sense, he discovered the circulation of spiritual power within it had become a little chaotic, but aside from that, it was completely fine.

Hence, he stowed the gourd away, then promptly swallowed a pill before closing his eyes to meditate.

Around an hour later, his eyes sprang open, and at this point, his aura had settled down again.

After rising to his feet, he began to inspect his surroundings, upon which he discovered that there were many more strange rocks like the one that he had been sitting on in the surrounding forest, and they extended all the way into the forest.

What is this place? Is it still somewhere within the True Mantra Sect ruins?

After a brief moment of contemplation, Han Li began to make his way along the trail of strange rocks.