A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortal Realm - Chapter 586: Averting a Crisis

Chapter 586: Averting a Crisis

A resounding boom rang out as the bolt of golden lightning exploded violently upon making contact with the green shadow. The entire surrounding area was instantly illuminated a bright golden color, while the nearby space shuddered violently.

The green shadow that had shot out of the rat carcass’s mouth was also sent flying back by over 100 feet.

However, it remained completely unscathed, and after steadying itself, it launched itself at Han Li once again, this time even faster than before.

Han Li immediately let loose a loud roar as he summoned his Mantra Treasured Axis, which began releasing countless waves of golden ripples around him.

Everything in the surrounding area instantly fell still, including the churning baleful qi and the trembling space, and at this point, the green shadow was only about 10 feet away from Han Li.

A faint sheen of cold sweat had appeared on his head, and he heaved a faint sigh of relief.

The green shadow was extraordinarily fast, and if it weren’t for his lightning-fast reactions and his time law powers, it would’ve definitely already pierced into his body.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, then began to inspect the green shadow with a hint of intrigue in his eyes.

Right at this moment, the green shadow suddenly trembled slightly, then released a burst of bright green light that stained the surrounding golden ripples green as well.

Han Li was very alarmed to see this, yet before he had a chance to do anything, a burst of formidable law powers suddenly erupted out of the green shadow.

A green line then shot out of the green shadow, hurtling directly toward Han Li at a terrifying speed, and it was slicing straight through the golden ripples in its path.

However, slicing through the golden rippled was clearly very arduous for the green line, as evidenced by the fact that the light emanating from it was rapidly dimming, but in the end, it was still able to reach Han Li.

All of a sudden, the green shadow trembled once again before abruptly becoming extremely thin, resembling a sheet of green paper, and it also flew toward Han Li behind the green line, covering a distance of around 10 feet in the blink of an eye.

Before Han Li had a chance to react, the green shadow had already vanished into his body, immediately following which it transformed into a burst of tremendous baleful qi that spread rapidly throughout his entire body.

As the baleful qi flowed through Han Li’s body, all of his meridians instantly became numb and as cold as ice, rendering him completely immobilized and unable to muster up any immortal spiritual power.

The golden light radiating from his body rapidly faded away, as did the surrounding golden ripples, and he found himself completely enveloped within a layer of faint green light.

All of this had taken place in the blink of an eye, giving him no time to react.

His heart immediately sank, but he remained calm as his mind began racing to find a way out of this predicament.

Right at this moment, a burst of sinister cackling suddenly rang out within his mind, and a glowing green rat suddenly appeared in his consciousness, then immediately pounced at his nascent soul.

The golden nascent soul’s eyes sprang open, and a furious look appeared on its face as it rubbed its hands together before thrusting them forward, instantly releasing a translucent sword projection to strike the green rat.

Even though Han Li’s immortal spiritual power had become completely stagnant, his spiritual sense remained uninhibited, and the green rat was instantly sliced into two.

However, the green rat was completely unfazed, and it wasn’t even slowed down in the slightest as it continued to pounce at Han Li’s nascent soul, this time as two balls of green light.

The nascent soul’s brows furrowed tightly upon seeing this, and it raised its hands again to release a pair of translucent chains, which ensnared the two balls of green light in the blink of an eye, but didn’t constrict any further for fear of splitting the green rat’s body up into additional segments.

The two balls of green light immediately began to struggle frantically within the translucent chains, and even though they weren’t very bright, they were imbued with immense spiritual power.

As they struggled, the pair of chains around them began trembling incessantly, and they were displaying signs of loosening.

The nascent soul made a hand seal, and the two chains instantly intertwined with each other. At the same time, several more translucent chains emerged before also quickly intertwining with one another.

A cage of chains quickly took shape, and it was none other than Han Li’s Spiritual Sense Cage, which had trapped both of the balls of green light inside.

The two balls of green light fused as one to form a single green rat again, and there was an alarmed and furious look on its face as it struggled against the Spiritual Sense Cage with all its might while also tearing viciously at it with its teeth.

The Spiritual Sense Cage was trembling incessantly, but it was able to hold firm.

However, before Han Li even had a chance to catch his breath, the immense baleful qi that had been brought into his body by the green shadow suddenly became extremely erratic.

With the green rat trapped in the Spiritual Sense Cage, there was no one to control the baleful qi, and it had erupted into a chaotic frenzy.

Han Li was still unable to channel his immortal spiritual power, but the baleful qi in his body had emerged on its own upon sensing the extraneous baleful qi.

As a result, a cloud of dense black mist appeared over his entire body.

The baleful qi released by the green shadow immediately fused into the black mist surrounding Han Li, and the cloud of mist began to swell drastically in size, as if it were receiving tremendous sustenance.

At the same time, Han Li’s Profound Baleful Spirit Arts was activated on its own, and it was rapidly absorbing the extraneous baleful qi.

All of a sudden, a horrified look appeared on the face of the green rat that was trapped in the Spiritual Sense Cage, and it began to screech frantically in a state of panic.

The green light emanating from its body was flashing erratically, and with the absorption of this extraneous baleful qi, the rat’s body began to shrink at a very slow rate, much like a deflating balloon.

Han Li faltered slightly upon seeing this, but a thought then suddenly seemed to have occurred to him, and a complex look flashed through his eyes.

Inside his spiritual sense, his nascent soul continued to focus on keeping the green rat contained in the Spiritual Sense Cage.

As the Profound Baleful Spirit Arts continued to operate, the surrounding baleful qi also began to churn violently before flooding into Han Li’s body. Furthermore, the immense baleful qi emanating from the giant rat carcass had formed a thick pillar of baleful qi, which was also surging incessantly into his body.

All of a sudden, Han Li was experiencing a completely unprecedented rate of baleful qi influx.

As the vast volumes of baleful qi surged into his body, it formed an enormous wave that crashed toward his closed immortal acupoints.

Han Li was astonished by what he was seeing, but at this moment, he was still completely immobilized, so he could only look on helplessly as the situation continued to unfold.

The immortal acupoints in his body were quickly beginning to loosen in the face of this overpowering wave of baleful qi, and they were forced open one after another.

Within mere moments, three of his immortal acupoints had been opened in rapid succession!

Han Li was ecstatic to see this, but his elation quickly turned to concern as his face suddenly turned a dark crimson color.

With his immortal acupoints being opened so forcefully and aggressively, his meridians were trembling violently, and the resulting pain was countless times more severe than when he had previously been channeling baleful toward his immortal acupoints.

However, there was nothing that he could do aside from grit his teeth and fight back the pain.

As time passed, Han Li’s Profound Baleful Spirit Arts began to operate in overdrive, and all of the baleful qi released by the green shadow was quickly integrated into his own baleful qi.

At this point, the green rat in the Spiritual Sense Cage had shrunk down to nothing more than a tiny speck, and with one final screech of despair, it disintegrated into nothingness.

Han Li was quite relieved to see this, and he withdrew his Spiritual Sense Cage.

With all of the extraneous baleful qi absorbed, he was able to regain control over his own body, but the Profound Baleful Spirit Arts were still completely out of his control, continuing to rapidly channel the surrounding baleful qi toward his immortal acupoints.

Two dull thumps rang out in rapid succession as two more immortal acupoints were opened.

Han Li shuddered as the crimson coloration of his complexion deepened even further. A trail of blood began to trickle down from the corner of his lips, which his chest heaved violently, and his aura was becoming very erratic.

He hurriedly channeled his immortal spiritual power to protect his own body and meridians, but he ultimately decided not to attempt to arrest the frenzied operation of the Profound Baleful Spirit Arts.

After what seemed like an eternity, the density of the baleful qi around Han Li had reached a terrifying level, and it looked as if there were balls of black flames dancing all over his body.

His face had turned such a dark shade of crimson that it was virtually black, and blood continued to flow down from the corners of his lips, but his eyes were filled with elation.

At this point, 106 immortal acupoints had already been opened in his body, yet the Profound Baleful Spirit Arts was still operating in overdrive, frantically devouring the surrounding baleful qi.

A dull thump rang out within Han Li’s body as yet another immortal acupoint was opened, and he shuddered as he involuntarily threw up a mouthful of blood, but the elation in his eyes only became more pronounced.

With 107 immortal acupoints opened, he had reached the pinnacle of the Golden Immortal Stage, and just a single step further would take him to the High Zenith Stage.

Right at this moment, all 107 of the immortal acupoints suddenly began to tremble in unison as if they were resonating with one another, and the surrounding world’s origin qi began to surge rapidly into them.

Upon entering Han Li’s body, the world’s origin qi was converted into bursts of pure immortal spiritual power that flowed through his meridians like a turbulent river.

It seemed that the Profound Baleful Spirit Arts had finally run its course, and it slowly ceased its operation before stopping entirely.

Han Li slumped to the ground in an utterly exhausted fashion, looking as if he didn’t have a single ounce of strength left in his body.

After laying still for a while, he summoned a restorative pill before devouring it, then sat up straight and closed his eyes to meditate.

A long while later, he opened his eyes, and the crimson coloration of his complexion had largely faded, clearly indicating that he had mostly recovered from his injuries.

After taking a deep breath, he rose to his feet, and as he felt the immense immortal spiritual powers coursing through his body, he couldn’t help but clench his fists in excitement.

The sequence of events that had unfolded just now had been extremely perilous. It seemed that there had been a residual soul fragment left in the giant rat carcass, or perhaps the skeleton had developed its own sentient will over the course of countless years. In any case, it had attempted to use its vast baleful qi to infiltrate Han Li’s spiritual sense.

In the face of such an enormous influx of baleful qi, he had been completely immobilized, and even if the average High Zenith cultivator had been in his place, their soul would’ve been destroyed long ago, forcing them to surrender their body to the green rat.

It was only thanks to the combination of his Profound Baleful Spirit Arts and his tremendous spiritual sense that Han Li was just barely able to weather the storm, and he had reaped some significant rewards during the process.

With 107 immortal acupoints opened, he was now only a single step away from reaching the High Zenith Stage.

However, the obvious downside to all of this was that there was now an enormous amount of baleful qi deposited in his body, and that was rather concerning to him.