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

Chapter 1083: Reversal

After taking a moment to compose themselves, Lei Yuce exchanged a glance with Wen Zhong, and the former shook his head ever so slightly.

Wen Zhong gave a slight nod in response, and the two of them remained silent, seemingly content to serve as bystanders.

After some contemplation, Su Anqian also decided to remain an impartial observer, while Fox 3 and Wyrm 3 naturally remained silent as well.

She Chan swept her gaze over everyone one after another before settling her gaze on the Lan siblings.

Lan Yuanzi cupped his fist in an apologetic salute as he said, "Please forgive us, Elder She. Lan Yan and I have already sworn a vow against going after Fellow Daoist Han for as long as we're in the Eon Pagoda. If you need our help in apprehending him, then I'm afraid we'll only be able to lend you our assistance once we've left this place."

"Are you an idiot? What does a trivial vow matter for in the face of the greater good? Have you forgotten our objective for hunting down this man?" She Chan snapped.

Lan Yuanzi's expression changed slightly upon hearing this, but after a brief hesitation, he maintained his cupped fist salute with his head lowered, and Lan Yan also did the same.

"Fine, do as you please then! Once we return to the sect, I'm going to report this matter to our patriarch and have your master provide an explanation for this farce!" She Chan said in a furious voice.

Lan Yan's expression changed drastically upon hearing this, but before she could do anything, Lan Yuanzi tugged on her sleeve as he said through voice transmission, "We can bear the consequences of disobeying orders, but if we go back on a vow, then our master will be extremely disappointed in us."

Lan Yan bowed her head again upon hearing this.

She Chan was feeling very embarrassed by the fact that even the fellow members of her own sect were unwilling to help her, and she threatened in a cold voice, "I hope you two won't come to regret this."

All the while, Jin Liu was looking on with a hint of schadenfreude in his eyes.

He knew that the more enraged She Chan became, the more ruthless she was going to be against Han Li, and that was naturally a very welcome sight for him.

Meanwhile, Han Li remained standing on the spot with a calm and relaxed expression, pondering how he was going to deal with She Chan.

He probably doesn't even realize just how screwed he is! Jin Liu scoffed internally at the sight of Han Li's composed display.

"If you're all going to just stand by and watch, then make sure you stay back and don't do anything out of line!" She Chan warned, then abruptly vanished from the spot without any warning, leaving only a ball of yellow light where she had been standing just a moment ago.

Everyone immediately backed away far into the distance upon seeing this, and in the next instant, a violent sandstorm rose up from behind Han Li before converging toward him from all directions.

Han Li was already prepared for this, and he channeled his Reversal True Axis ability to instantly vanish from the spot, escaping from the sandstorm in the process.

As soon as the sandstorm closed in around the spot where Han Li had been standing just a moment ago, countless grains of sand instantly erupted in all directions, and a yellow light barrier emerged from within before spreading outward, encompassing the entire surrounding area with a radius of dozens of kilometers in the blink of an eye.

Caught within the light barrier, Han Li instantly felt a burst of tremendous gravitational force crash down upon him, as if he were being crushed under several invisible mountains, thereby severely hampering his movement.

The scenery within She Chan's spirit domain was constantly shifting, and a series of short and barren mountains had appeared on the edge of the spirit domain.

As for the area near Han Li, numerous yellow swamps of different shapes and sizes had appeared on the ground, and there was earthy yellow sludge flowing inside, with large bubbles occasionally emerging from within them.

Han Li's brows furrowed slightly upon catching a whiff of the nauseating odor of rot and decay in the air, and right at this moment, a burst of low croaking suddenly rang out from nearby.

Han Li hurriedly turned in that direction to discover the head of a toad that was the size of a house exposed above the surface of a swamp no more than several thousand feet away from him.

Its two golden eyes were staring at him in a cold and emotionless manner, and the dense clusters of warts on its skin presented a disgusting and unsettling sight to behold.

With a flick of his wrist, thirty-six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords appeared around Han Li in unison, and they circled around in the air momentarily before hurtling directly toward the giant, yellow toad.

The swords left a trail of golden lightning in their wake, but due to the effects of the earth law powers within the spirit domain, they were traveling far slower than usual. However, the power imbued within them hadn't been diminished in the slightest.

Right as the flying swords were about to reach it, the yellow toad suddenly vanished into the swamp.

Han Li hurriedly channeled his Spirit Refinement Technique upon seeing this, trying to use his spiritual sense to track it down, but all he could detect was a boundless sea of earth law powers.

She's able to use her spirit domain as cover and perfectly conceal her own aura within it! This could be troublesome...

Right at this moment, the ground beneath Han Li's feet reared up violently as the giant toad abruptly emerged from below, flinging him up into the air.

Han Li remained calm and composed as he swiftly swept a sleeve through the air, and his thirty-six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords immediately began flying back to his side.

However, before the flying swords could reach him, a huge shadow suddenly appeared up above. s it turned out, a huge mountain had suddenly flown over from afar, and it was in the process of crashing down directly upon him.

An ordinary mountain of this size wouldn't have posed any threat to Han Li, but given that it had been manifested within She Chan's Spiritform Stage spirit domain, it was sure to contain boundless earth law powers that would grant it unfathomable weight.

With that in mind, Han Li's brows furrowed slightly as he flicked his wrist upward, and his Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords instantly began flying upward at his behest.

Right as the mountain was about to crash down upon Han Li, the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords pierced into its underside, then began releasing a flurry of golden lightning and azure sword projections.

A vast sea of golden lightning erupted out of the flying swords, holding the mountain aloft to arrest its fall, while Han Li channeled his Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts, then began plummeting out of the sky in an upside-down orientation with his fist held close to his waist, as if he were preparing to throw an almighty punch.

A massive crater had already opened up on the ground below, and the giant, yellow toad was springing upward with its cavernous mouth wide open to swallow Han Li whole.

Within mere moments, Han Li had already plunged headfirst into the yellow toad's mouth, and the toad instantly closed its mouth to devour him.

However, at the same time, Han Li threw a punch downward with resplendent starlight glowing from his fist.

A vast expanse of blinding, white light erupted within the toad's mouth, which was quickly forced open by a burst of tremendous power that exploded outward from within.

Immediately thereafter, the giant toad's entire body exploded with a resounding boom.

In the wake of the yellow toad's demise, the surrounding spirit domain rapidly shrank down to only around a tenth of its original size, and the light radiating from it also began to gradually dim, as if the spirit domain were about to vanish altogether.

At the same time, the mountain up above disintegrated into yellow sludge that rained down from the heavens like a mudslide.

Han Li had no time to evade the falling sludge, and it cascaded down onto his entire body.

With a flick of his wrist, he withdrew his Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords back up his sleeve, while everyone was looking on with bewildered expressions, clearly incredulous that a Great Encompassment cultivator had been defeated and slain so easily.

Among them, Jin Liu was displaying the strongest reaction, one of both disappointment and indignation.

However, right at this moment, Han Li abruptly stiffened like a clay statue, then plummeted out of the sky in a completely uncontrolled fashion before crashing down onto the ground with a resounding thump.

An alarmed look immediately appeared on Wyrm 3's face as she began rushing to Han Li's aid, only to be stopped in her tracks by Fox 3, who yelled in an urgent voice, "What are you doing? Have you forgotten our mission? We need to remain focused on the big picture!"

Wyrm 3 stopped in her tracks upon hearing this, but her gaze remained fixed on Han Li.

The yellow sludge that had fallen onto him earlier had solidified into a cloak of clay that encased his entire body, and it was as if he had truly been transformed into a clay statue.

Furthermore, this cloak of clay was riddled with strange patterns that were giving off extremely formidable earth law power fluctuations, forming a powerful seal that trapped him inside.

Initially, Han Li was still able to struggle slightly against the cloak of clay, but as the coloration of the clay rapidly darkened, he was quickly rendered completely immobilized.

Only after the layer of clay had completely dried did a palm-sized toad jump out of a nearby swamp before transforming into She Chan's human form, who turned to the clay statue beside her with a derisive sneer in her eyes.