A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortal Realm - Chapter 597: Outcome of the Battle

Chapter 597: Outcome of the Battle

“What’s wrong, Jin Tong?” Han Li hurriedly asked in a concerned voice through their spiritual connection, but received no response.

He activated his Brightsight Spirit Eyes as he turned his gaze back to the Gold Devouring Immortal, upon which he discovered that it had descended back down onto the ground, and it was completely concealed within the vast cloud of dust and baleful qi that was hanging in the air.

Right at this moment, Daoist Xie, who had fled the scene earlier, arrived by Han Li’s side, and Han Li immediately said, “Something seems to have gone wrong on Jin Tong’s end, so I have to go and take a look. Please look after Fellow Daoist Mo Guang in my absence, Brother Xie.”

Daoist Xie gave an affirmative response, and Han Li immediately flew down into the completely collapsed ravine.

He quickly traversed through the dust and baleful qi, and it didn’t take long before he arrived at the body of the Gold Devouring Immortal.

At this moment, the Gold Devouring Immortal was laying on the ground in a completely still manner, and there was a layer of near-transparent light over its body, but Jin Tong was nowhere to be seen.

If it weren’t for the faint spiritual connection that still existed between the two of them, Han Li would’ve been led to believe that Jin Tong had already met her demise.

After taking a moment to compose himself, Han Li immediately swept his spiritual sense over the Gold Devouring Immortal’s body, upon which he discovered it was still teeming with vitality, and that its spiritual sense fluctuations were particularly strong.

It immediately occurred to Han Li that the Gold Devouring Immortal had to have forced its way into Jin Tong’s consciousness in an attempt to devour her soul, seeing as she was about to sever the arteries leading to its heart.

As it turned out, this was precisely the case.

At this moment, there were two golden beetles that were tearing ferociously at each other within Jin Tong’s consciousness.

One of the beetles was larger in stature, but the light emanating from its body was rather dull, clearly indicating that it was still yet to make a full recovery. In contrast, the smaller beetle was enshrouded in a layer of radiant golden light, and it held the home advantage, so it was not apparent which one of the two was going to come out on top.

There was no communication at all between the two of them, and each of them was focused solely on killing the other.

The sounds of tearing rang out incessantly as the two golden beetles tore away at each other’s bodies, but no blood flowed out of the wounds. Instead, layers of misty golden light emerged in the place of blood.

The High Zenith Stage beetle lunged forward, only for Jin Tong to evade its attack, and before it had a chance to arrest its own momentum, Jin Tong bit down onto its wing before tearing off a chunk.

However, right at this moment, the High Zenith Stage beetle suddenly swiveled around, paying no heed to its injured wing as it bit down toward Jin Tong’s head.

Jin Tong was unable to evade the attack, and it seemed that she was going to be decapitated, bu in this dire situation, a streak of translucent white light suddenly appeared in her consciousness, then struck the High Zenith Stage beetle on the head like a bolt of white lightning, causing it to tumble down from above.

However, the streak of white light also sent a burst of sharp pain spearing through Jin Tong’s soul.

After gritting her teeth momentarily to suppress the pain, Jin Tong immediately flew toward the High Zenith Stage beetle then bit down toward its head.

Outside the body of the Gold Devouring Immortal, Han Li was seated on the ground with his legs crossed and his eyes closed.

He had sensed the peril that Jin Tong was in, and he had channeled his Spirit Refinement Technique once again to forcibly send a spiritual sense thread into her consciousness, thereby saving her just in the nick of time.

……

The next day, at around noon.

A loud crack suddenly rang out, rousing Han Li from his seated meditation.

He took a glance at Mo Guang and Daoist Xie, who were seated not far away from him, then turned his gaze to the Gold Devouring Immortal’s body, upon which he discovered that the layer of translucent light over it had already faded. At the same time, its vitality was seeping away at a rapid speed.

Immediately thereafter, Jin Tong flew out of the gash on the Gold Devouring Immortal’s body.

A faint smile appeared on Han Li’s face upon seeing this, and he was just about to say something when Jin Tong declared in an expressionless manner, “Please keep a lookout for me, Uncle.”

Han Li’s brows furrowed ever so slightly at the sight of her cold demeanor, but he still nodded in response.

After that, he, Daoist Xie, and Mo Guang all retreated to several kilometers away, forming a triangle around Jin Tong and the body of the High Zenith Stage Gold Devouring Immortal.

Jin Tong took a glance at the three of them, then rose up into the air above the body before slowly closing her eyes.

With a sweep of her hand, a vast expanse of golden light surged out of her body, then began to swirl in mid-air, forming a golden vortex that was rapidly expanding, reaching several thousand feet in size in the blink of an eye.

Countless golden runes were swirling within the vortex, giving off bursts of formidable law power fluctuations that contained some type of violent aura, and the body of the Gold Devouring Immortal was slowly being sucked into the vortex.

All of a sudden, Jin Tong’s eyes sprang open, and the golden light radiating from her body became even brighter while also taking on a more substantial form.

In the next instant, all of the world’s origin qi within a radius of thousands of kilometers began to converge toward the golden vortex in a frenzy, and the nearby ground also split open as bursts of spiritual power surged out of the underground spirit vines and into the golden vortex.

In the blink of an eye, an enormous five-colored spirit cloud appeared in the sky above the golden vortex, and arcs of five-colored lightning were flashing incessantly within the cloud.

Inside the golden vortex, Jin Tong’s body was gradually enshrouded within the surrounding golden light until she was completely out of sight, but her aura was clearly elevating and steadily growing stronger.

Han Li was standing in mid-air not far away, observing the unfolding scene in silence.

Mo Guang was also standing in silence with his hands clasped behind his back, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

As for Daoist Xie, it had sat down and closed its eyes to meditate, seemingly completely uninterested in what was happening to Jin Tong.

Xiao Bai arrived by Han Li’s side, then looked up at the five-colored cloud in the sky with a hint of envy in its eyes as it exclaimed, “She’s about to make another breakthrough!”

The golden vortex was revolving faster and faster, while the Gold Devouring Immortal’s body continued to be sucked into it bit by bit.

All of a sudden, the golden vortex expanded drastically, and an incredibly bright ball of golden light appeared at its center, while countless golden runes of different sizes emerged around the ball of golden light.

Immediately thereafter, a series of massive bulges suddenly began to appear over the surface of the ball of the golden light, and it was also swaying and trembling incessantly.

At the same time, a string of low roars rang out from within. It was Jin Tong’s voice, and she sounded both agitated and in a great deal of pain.

Han Li’s brows furrowed slightly upon hearing this, and a grim look appeared on his face.

Right at this moment, a projection of a giant golden beetle suddenly emerged within the golden vortex. The projection was identical to the Gold Devouring Immortal that had just been killed, and it was roaming throughout the vortex while roaring with fury, displaying intense animosity toward the ball of the golden light at the center of the vortex.

“Jin Tong has destroyed that Gold Devouring Immortal’s soul, but there’s still some residual resentful intent left in its body. If Jin Tong is to completely absorb the Gold Devouring Immortal, then she must defeat its resentful intent first,” Mo Guang suddenly explained.

As soon as his voice trailed off, a thunderous roar rang out from within the ball of golden light, immediately following which a thick pillar of golden light erupted forth from within, then faded to reveal another giant golden beetle projection, this one representing Jin Tong.

A burst of thunderous rumbling rang out as the projection of Jin Tong pounced at the other golden beetle projection with tremendous power, and the other projection did the same, meeting Jin Tong with an equal degree of ferocity.

A battle immediately ensued between the two, and a string of resounding booms rang out as they clashed over and over again.

The beetle projection formed by Jin Tong was a little smaller in stature compared with its opponent, and it was constantly being forced back, seemingly on the back foot.

“She’s in trouble, Master! We have to help her!” Xiao Bai yelled in an urgent voice upon seeing this.

“We can’t help her. She has to face this battle alone,” Han Li replied with a calm shake of his head.

As soon as his voice trailed off, a resounding boom rang out as Jin Tong’s projection was sent flying back through the air.

The other golden beetle projection let loose a roar of excitement as it sprang forward in pursuit while lashing out with its pair of massive front limbs, preparing to tear Jin Tong’s body to shreds.

Right at this moment, Jin Tong steadied herself before twisting around in mid-air, flying through the gap between her opponent’s front limbs before appearing behind it in the blink of an eye.

Before the golden beetle projection had a chance to react, Jin Tong wrapped her legs tightly around it from behind, completely immobilizing it.

At the same time, she raised her front limbs and slashed them at the golden beetle projection’s head.

Even though the golden beetle projection wasn’t able to turn around to face her, it was still able to raise its own front limbs to withstand the attack, and a loud clang rang out as the two pairs of front limbs clashed, sending flurries of sparks flying in all directions.

A deranged look appeared in Jin Tong’s eyes as she suddenly threw her head back and roared to the heavens, following which both of her front limbs began to glow with blinding golden light.

Another resounding clang rang out as Jin Tong’s front limbs sliced through those of her opponent, then severed its head in one swift and violent stroke.

The decapitated body of the golden beetle projection instantly exploded into a vast expanse of golden light, and Jin Tong immediately opened her mouth to release a burst of suction force, upon which all of the golden light surged into her mouth like a golden wave.