Chapter 1960: Retreating the Enemy

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

A golden glow rolled, and six golden blades suddenly merged into one, transforming into a colossal, sky-piercing sword, tens of meters long.

After a flash of cold light, the demon's central head first showed a hint of disbelief. Then, a thin line of blood appeared at its neck, and the head immediately rolled off and fell to the ground.

This demon had actually been decapitated by Han Li's sword.

However, the giant ape's face showed no sign of joy. Its massive body bore down, and its six hands suddenly separated again; the giant sword instantly split back into six golden blades.

The six arms blurred, a cacophony of piercing detonations erupted, and countless golden threads emerged, raining down densely, as if to rend the leading youth's crippled body into countless fragments.

An incredible scene unfolded!

The demon's remaining body suddenly flapped all four wings on its back, retreating dozens of meters in a flash. Simultaneously, the sea of blood beneath it churned, and countless blood-formed arrows shot through the air, instantly blocking all the golden threads falling from above.

At the same time, a wisp of black mist emanated from its headless neck, and to everyone's surprise, another head, identical to the original, suddenly appeared. However, one of the eight green ghost heads on its shoulders strangely disappeared.

The giant ape, which had been intending to pursue closely, grimaced. Its hand movements did not cease for a moment as the golden blades rapidly shifted, transforming into six distinctly different weapons, including a ring, spear, mace, and drill. With a slight wave, countless golden lightning-fire surged from the weapons, roaring towards the distant demon, raining down upon its head.

The colossal demon, having just lost a head, was clearly enraged as well. With a fierce roar, its remaining seven heads began chanting incantations, while its two hands suddenly formed a strange and profound mudra.

A great howling sound arose!

The sea of blood that had been surging below suddenly began to rotate rapidly around the giant demon, forming a massive whirlpool instantly, which then transformed into a colossal crimson water pillar that shot straight up into the sky.

The giant demon ceased its spellcasting, and a massive hand suddenly snatched at the water pillar below.

The crimson water pillar flashed wildly with light, and after a roar, it solidified into a crimson giant club, hundreds of meters long, with dark-black runes inscribed on its surface.

The giant demon immediately grasped it and, without hesitation, swung the club fiercely towards the giant ape.

The swirling club shadows instantly transformed into a crimson hurricane that swept forth, while a putrid, fishy stench emanated from the club, enveloping the area.

Golden lightning-fire and the crimson hurricane intertwined and flashed, with rumbling explosions reverberating intermittently.

Seeing this, the three-headed, six-armed giant ape's gaze turned cold. With a raise of its six weapons, it aggressively charged directly towards the giant demon.

The giant demon snorted coldly, and with a horizontal sweep of its crimson giant club, it too suddenly stomped on the void with one foot and shot forward.

For a moment, the two equally ferocious behemoths clashed in mid-air, their battle echoing with clanging sounds.

The six golden lights and one blood-red shadow intermittently blurred and then burst forth with dazzling radiance.

The sound of their struggle was deafening!

Shortly after their close-quarters combat began, thirteen clusters of purple light and a massive grey shadow flashed in from both sides, joining the fray.

These were Han Li's Purple-patterned Gold Devouring Beetles and the colossal grey python.

Their addition naturally made the battle even fiercer, with buzzing and hissing sounds occasionally mixing with the roars.

Suddenly, an earth-shattering boom resounded, and a multicolored halo emerged from the center of the battle. Following this, an alarming wave of fluctuations spread outwards, darkening the void wherever it passed, giving the impression that space itself was collapsing.

And at the center of this collapsing area, two figures staggered backward, flying apart for two or three hundred meters before they barely managed to regain their footing.

These were Han Li's giant ape form and the leading youth, who had been demonized.

At this point, both figures appeared somewhat disheveled.

The giant ape not only had many scorched patches on its golden fur, but only three of its six weapons remained in its hands, and even those were incomplete, broken in half.

As for the giant demon, it was not only covered in blood, but two of the ghost heads on its shoulders had been directly obliterated, leaving gory, mangled flesh. Its crimson giant club had also been split in two, forcefully severed by something.

It seemed that in the recent fierce battle, the giant demon had clearly suffered a significant disadvantage.

The golden-furred giant ape and the giant demon eyed each other from afar, both clearly showing signs of apprehension.

Just then, a rumbling sound emanated again from the center of the collapsing space. The multicolored glow swirled, contracting and expanding, then exploded once more.

This time, however, amidst the explosive fluctuations, more than ten clusters of purple light flashed out.

These were Han Li's Purple-patterned Gold Devouring Beetles.

On the other side, the grey giant python likewise tried to dart out from the center of the explosion, but just as half its body emerged from the collapsing space, it was swept back by a massive suction force from behind.

Instantly, the exploding light completely engulfed the giant python.

Witnessing this, a wave of grey mist suddenly surged around the giant demon. It couldn't help but open its mouth again, spewing out a ball of vital blood, and its face instantly grew paler.

The grey giant python was a manifestation created by the demon's magic, and it was connected to the leading youth's mind. Its sudden destruction caused a considerable backlash to the demon's main body.

As a result, the giant demon's expression grew even more grim.

Seeing this, the giant ape's six arms suddenly swung simultaneously. Instantly, golden light flashed, and six different weapons reappeared, each one brand new and gleaming with cold light.

After a layer of golden light flowed over the giant ape's massive body, its damaged fur instantly recovered.

Then, a ferocious expression appeared on the ape's face, and it seemed ready to wield its weapons and pounce forward again.

But just then, in the mist formed by the Nine Palaces Heaven-Earth Talisman that had trapped the Seven-Colored Pagoda and another avatar in the distance, an earth-shaking muffled roar suddenly erupted. Simultaneously, the phantom image of a seven-colored giant pagoda flashed and appeared above the mist. With a rapid spin, countless beams of light surged out like a tide.

Wherever the beams of light passed, all the mist was swept away. The palaces and pavilions hidden within the mist were pierced through one by one, dissolving into countless scattered spiritual lights and vanishing.

In an instant, the Nine Palaces Heaven-Earth Talisman formation was completely broken.

With a whoosh!

A seven-colored rainbow shot out from the giant phantom image. After a few flashes, it appeared high in the sky, then its light receded, transforming back into a human figure.

Han Li's giant ape form witnessed this scene, and its pupils involuntarily contracted.

The giant demon's face, however, revealed a look of pleasant surprise.

The figure that appeared was precisely the other avatar that had been trapped by the Ten Thousand Swords Diagram.

This avatar, at such a crucial moment, had finally used the Seven-Colored Pagoda's incredible divine ability to forcefully break free.

However, after Han Li carefully scrutinized the opponent again, his expression shifted, then quickly returned to normal.

The youth who had just escaped, though still holding the small seven-colored pagoda, had no color in his face. His aura was extremely weak, and the small pagoda in his hand was dim and lusterless, seemingly having lost some of its spiritual essence.

The giant demon also noticed its companion's disadvantage. Its expression hardened, and it immediately let out a low cry:

"What happened? With the Seven-Colored Pagoda protecting you, how could you end up like this?"

"Hmph, that brat used a very troublesome treasure, which doesn't seem to be from the Spirit Realm. If I hadn't decisively used my last resort, you probably wouldn't have seen me!" the youth replied via telepathic message, letting out a cold snort.

"Not from the Spirit Realm? Then how are you now? Can you still fight?" The giant demon was stunned by this reply, a look of surprise and doubt appearing on its face, but it still asked the last question.

"As long as you're fine, I naturally won't have too much of a problem. However, the Seven-Colored Pagoda has lost some spiritual essence, so I can't use its spatial divine abilities for a while," the youth said, shaking his head.

"Is that so? So, even if the two of us join forces, our chances of victory aren't great." The giant demon frowned, its expression shifting between light and shadow.

The youth looked at the transformed golden-furred giant ape, then glanced at the last companion still entangled in battle with the spirit body on the other side, but remained silent, not replying.

On that side, although the spirit body was clearly at a disadvantage, relying on the immortal characteristics of the Ganoderma Immortal's physical body, along with various bizarre innate divine abilities, it was more than capable of defending itself.

The other blood-light avatar, despite wanting to escape, was temporarily unable to do so.

The giant demon also saw all of this, and its hesitation naturally deepened.

Although the current situation seemed highly unfavorable, it was truly unwilling to retreat just like that.

After all, he had taken a tremendous risk to simultaneously project three wisps of his divine sense into the Spirit Realm, originally intending to reclaim the Demon Suppressing Pagoda to carry out his grand scheme. Now, not only had his wishes not been fulfilled, but he had also caused one of the other two broken Heaven-Tier treasures to lose spiritual essence, and the other to mysteriously disappear. His reluctance and frustration were thus imaginable.

Han Li naturally perceived the other party's hesitation. Suddenly, the giant ape he had transformed into opened its three mouths simultaneously and began chanting. One of its arms then abruptly reached out into the void before it, and a broken golden blade suddenly appeared.

The giant ape simply held the blade horizontally before itself. Instantly, myriad rays of light burst forth, and the surrounding heaven and earth vital energy churned and surged. Simultaneously, countless colorless specks of light densely appeared in the nearby void, swarming towards the golden broken blade opposite.

The display was astonishing!

"A broken Heaven-Tier treasure!"

The giant demon gasped aloud, its eyes fixed intently on the sparkling broken blade in the giant ape's hand, a look of horror appearing on its face.

The other youth, upon seeing this scene, felt a sudden twitch in the corner of his eye.

"Let's go!"

The giant demon's face darkened, and it finally spoke in a low voice.

Then, its four wings moved, and the sea of blood below surged, instantly transforming into a mass of crimson light that enveloped its massive body, allowing it to escape backward through the air.

The youth holding the pagoda, seeing this situation, twitched a facial muscle, lightly shook the treasure in his hand, and also transformed into a seven-colored rainbow, shooting away.