Chapter 1943: The Battle of the Heavenly Sword (8)

A Mortal's Journey to Immortality, Volume 10: The War of the Demon Realm

The Kalun Demon Warriors, whose cultivation levels were at least at the Deity Transformation stage, and who practiced the Demon Race's formidable top-tier demonic arts, were naturally not something ordinary cultivators could withstand.

However, the commotion on the city walls did not last long. After a soft clang of a gong, thousands of astonishing escape lights suddenly shot out from nearby buildings. Each ray was dazzlingly bright, and with a flash, they transformed into high-level cultivators in various attires, who, in groups of two or three, confronted these Kalun Demon Warriors.

As for the ordinary Kalun Demon Warriors, the high-level human cultivators, with their combined strength, could barely halt their offensive.

However, the dozens of demonic creatures leading the charge, whose magical abilities far surpassed others of their rank, were exceptionally fierce. Even with several cultivators working together, they were frequently routed and intercepted by these demon warriors, who then carved a bloody path directly into Yitian City.

Just then, a patch of ground near the city wall also shook violently. Thirty-two dazzling golden giant puppets, holding various weapons, flew out from underground. With expressionless faces, they intercepted the leading Kalun Demon Warriors in mid-air.

Various magical abilities and treasures flew everywhere, accompanied by continuous explosions and roars!

The bodies of these golden puppets were as hard as magic treasures. As they wielded their weapons, they subtly stirred the power of heaven and earth. Furthermore, they fought without the slightest fear, instantly engaging the intercepted Kalun Demon Warriors in a fierce, inextricable battle!

Overall, the Demon Race naturally held a slight advantage on the battlefield. However, relying on Yitian City's various restrictions and formations, the human side barely managed to resist the Demon Race's frenzied assault.

Now, it depended on the struggle among the top-tier entities to see which side could gain the upper hand.

At this moment, the blood cloud formed by that strange demonic army churned in the air, but remained stationary. Roars of beasts and thunderous sounds echoing throughout the void rose and fell intermittently, along with human shouts and "hissing" screeches occasionally tearing through the air.

For a time, it was impossible to discern the outcome of the battle within.

As for Silverlight Fairy and Lin Luan on the other side, under the frequent frenzied attacks of the young woman and the white-robed man, they were forced to retreat step by step, seemingly unable to hold on much longer.

In the struggle among the top-tier entities, the human race seemed to be in a dire situation!

Han Li waved one hand, and with a single sweep, seventy-two azure flying swords transformed into seventy-two azure lotus flowers that soared into the air. With a spinning rotation forward, they tore the two-headed lion-like beast in front of him into countless fragments.

Han Li not only didn't smile, but instead slightly furrowed his brow.

Ever since he was pulled into this strange space by the Seven-Colored Pagoda, the surrounding colorful light had transformed into countless strange beasts, continuously launching attacks against him.

At first, these beasts posed no threat to him. With a single sweep of his attack, they were easily annihilated.

However, as soon as one wave of these beasts was destroyed, another immediately emerged, seemingly endless and inexhaustible!

Han Li wasn't overly concerned. After all, he had been inside such Sumeru treasures more than once, so he had some confidence in how to escape them.

He immediately used his seventy-two flying swords for protection, ensuring that the beasts could not get within half an inch of him. At the same time, he began searching for the spatial node, intending to forcibly open the space with a secret technique and escape.

But after a while, he realized something was wrong.

This space, shimmering with seven-colored light, seemed to be boundless, just like the Demon Suppressing Lock. Despite flying for such a long time, he still couldn't find its edge.

With a shock in his heart, he naturally stopped and began searching for another escape plan.

“It seems I can only try to find the spatial node, then perhaps I can forcibly break through this barrier,” Han Li mused for a moment before instantly making a decision.

Just then, the surrounding seven-colored light shimmered, and groups of hazy, strange beasts reappeared.

Han Li let out a cold snort. With a sweep of his flying swords in front of him, countless hazy azure lotus shadows swept out in all directions.

Wherever the lotus shadows passed, the charging beasts were torn apart, just like the beasts that had appeared before, all cleanly slain with a single strike.

But Han Li's expression was somewhat grim, and he felt a slight unease in his heart.

He wondered if it was an illusion, but these newly formed strange beasts seemed somewhat stronger than before. While they still appeared to be slain with a single strike, it took slightly more magic power than at the beginning.

Although the difference was small, if this continued to change, it truly might cause him some trouble.

It seemed he couldn't afford to spend too much time here; he had to escape as soon as possible.

Having made up his mind, Han Li immediately, without hesitation, pointed a finger between his eyebrows.

A mass of black light appeared out of thin air. With a swirling rotation, an ink-black demonic eye emerged.

It was precisely the Eye of Destruction!

After so many years of nurturing this demonic eye within him, he had already cultivated many profound magical abilities. This time, to find the weakest spatial node, he could conveniently utilize the magical abilities of this eye.

Han Li continuously formed hand seals with one hand, murmuring incantations. The demonic eye between his brows finally slowly opened. Black light flickered within, and faint runes continuously rotated around the pupil, appearing extremely mysterious.

As the runes around the pupil expanded, a black thread suddenly shot out from the eye. It vanished in a flash into the nearby void.

Han Li's regular eyes closed, but his third black demonic eye opened wide. With a flash, his figure transformed into an azure rainbow and shot away.

The direction he fled was precisely where the black thread had vanished!

Just then, the colorful light ahead flickered, and new strange beasts began to condense and form, blocking his path forward.

Han Li, without opening his normal eyes, seemed to have full grasp of the situation before him. His brows knitted fiercely. With a mental command of his sword art, all his azure flying swords vibrated as they converged and merged in front of him. After a moment of blur, they transformed into a giant azure sword, which then slashed forward fiercely.

A hundred-zhang-long azure light flashed and split forth. Wherever it passed, all the unformed beasts shattered and vanished, creating a clear path through the beast horde.

With his magic power surging wildly, the azure rainbow flashed past, bursting out of the beast horde. After a few more flashes, it vanished into the depths of the void.

At this point, the fully formed monsters began to roar and frantically gave chase.

Two hours later, in front of a several-hundred-zhang-tall, seven-story giant pagoda, Han Li opened his eyes again and looked at the enormous object before him, his face filled with solemnity and disbelief.

This giant pagoda, which appeared to be constructed from ordinary stone blocks, was entirely grayish-white. At its top, there was a huge crystal sphere resembling an eyeball, standing eerily.

At the first level of the giant pagoda, there was also a ten-zhang-tall stone door, tightly shut.

And about a li (approx. 0.5 km) away from Han Li, countless silver ruler shadows, about a foot long, were crackling and smashing a large group of strange beasts into smithereens, turning them back into specks of spiritual light that dissipated into nothingness.

“The spatial node here has actually been deliberately hidden. This is truly a clever method. This way, even if one knows the location of the spatial node, one would still have to force their way in,” Han Li murmured to himself. Then, with a backhand gesture, the distant ruler shadows immediately retracted and vanished into thin air.

The next moment, silver light flashed in his palm, and a silver short ruler appeared between his fingers out of thin air.

Han Li retracted his gaze from the crystal sphere at the top of the giant pagoda, and suddenly, a sharp glint flashed in his eyes. He wielded the silver ruler and slashed downward at the giant pagoda through the air.

With a "puchi" sound!

Just as the silver ruler shadow was about to strike the crystal sphere, a layer of seven-colored runes suddenly appeared on the pagoda's surface. The moment the ruler shadow touched this layer of runes, it immediately shimmered with silver light and vanished into it.

Han Li's expression changed.

This wasn't him casting some magical ability to make the attack disappear into thin air; rather, the ruler shadow had been absorbed by that layer of runic restriction.

“Just as I thought! This pagoda is formed by the external manifestation of an inner treasure, so it cannot be directly destroyed from the outside,” Han Li muttered to himself, looking a bit helpless.

But immediately, a streak of escape light rose from his body, and he slowly floated towards the stone door at the bottom of the stone pagoda.

Before he even got close, Han Li raised a hand and slapped at the stone door through the air.

With a "boom," an azure giant hand appeared and fiercely slammed into the stone door.

With a muffled thud, the stone door easily opened inwards with a push, revealing a passageway within that emitted a faint white light.

Han Li was slightly startled. After his expression shifted a few times, he did not hesitate at all. With a movement, he boldly floated directly into the door.

Beyond the stone door was a passageway paved with bluestone, apparently leading directly to another stone door not far away.

Han Li narrowed his eyes, and a blue light flashed in his pupils. He intended to use his spiritual eye to directly see through the distant stone door.

However, as soon as his spiritual eye penetrated about a foot into the stone door, a layer of golden light suddenly bounced back.

Upon contact with his pupil, he felt an intense stinging pain, and a faint, strange suction force deeply drew his gaze in, making it impossible to withdraw.

Han Li was greatly alarmed!

But he was not an ordinary cultivator after all. Almost instinctively, the Great Evolution Art furiously operated within his body. A cool energy rushed into his eyes, allowing him to barely retract his gaze. Moreover, an azure shadow flashed in front of him, and an azure body blocked his path, completely isolating the golden light.

Even so, cold sweat broke out on Han Li's back.

He had truly rarely encountered such a powerful restriction before.

But with this, Han Li's last shred of underestimation instantly vanished.

As for the azure body that suddenly appeared, it was naturally the spiritual body incarnation of the "Ganoderma Immortal."

After a brief thought, he not only made his seventy-two flying swords hover and dance nearby, but also, with a flick of his sleeve, twelve purple-patterned spirit insects buzzed out from his spirit beast bracelet, hovering and dancing above his head.

With another turn of his hands, the silver short ruler vanished in a flash.

In its place, an azure and a black small mountain appeared, which he held with one hand, placing them horizontally in front of him!