Chapter 2024: A Stunning Strike

A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, Volume 10: The Demonic War, Chapter 1998: A World-Shaking Blow

These Buddha shadows were initially only faintly visible, but after a moment, they emitted brilliant golden light and transformed into physical statues.

Each one shimmered with golden light, as if forged from pure gold.

"Golden Dharma Idols! No, these are merely simplified imitations," the blood-robed youth muttered, initially stunned. But after his spiritual sense carefully scanned the eighteen Buddha statues, he let out a disdainful sneer.

"Even if they are simplified Golden Idols, eighteen of them are enough to subdue demons and monsters," the old monk said indifferently. As he abruptly performed a hand seal, a seven-colored halo, several meters in size, instantly appeared behind his head.

The moment the eighteen golden Buddha statues were swept by this seven-colored halo, their eyes simultaneously opened, and they incredibly came to life, raising their hands and extending their legs.

Seeing this, the Bloodlight Avatar's expression darkened. Without a word, it reached a hand behind its head.

A piercing shriek instantly rang out, and a giant, blood-red skeleton eerily emerged.

This entity was five or six meters tall, its bones glistening and vividly red, with countless grayish-white wisps of qi coiling around it. The moment it appeared, it roared continuously, spewing blood-red light from its mouth, and a surge of malevolent energy shot towards the sky.

The silver-haired elder, without a second thought, abruptly fanned his seven-colored feather fan towards the distance, then with a flick of his wrist, he threw out the five shimmering silver concentric rings.

The seven-colored feather fan was precisely the Seven-Flame Fan, a spirit treasure that Han Li had once imitated when he was in the human world.

Back then, that imitated spirit treasure had helped him slay countless powerful enemies. Now it was time for the genuine article to display its divine power, and its might was naturally even more unstoppable.

A rumble sounded from the surface of the feather fan, and countless crimson runes surged forth. A crimson firebird emerged, initially only about a foot in size, but after a few flashes, it transformed into a colossal ten-meter entity.

With just a gentle flap of its wings, the firebird's entire body of feathers instantly emitted seven-colored flames. An intensely hot aura instantly filled the entire sky, and clusters of seven-colored halos enveloped the Bloodlight Avatar.

As for the five silver rings, the moment they were thrown, they transformed into five giant rings arranged in a row. It was as if five silver full moons had appeared in the sky, and with a strange humming sound, they descended downwards.

Grandmaster Jinyue's attack speed was not in the least bit slower than the silver-haired elder's. As he chanted incantations, the eighteen golden Buddha statues surrounding him eerily vanished in a flash.

The next moment, golden light flared around the blood-robed youth, and over a dozen Buddha statues silently reappeared. Although their limbs didn't move, immense invisible forces pressed in from all directions towards the center.

The Bloodlight Avatar's expression was grim, but after a cold snort, streams of blood-colored demonic clouds emerged from its body. After a flick of its sleeves, countless blood-colored light orbs shot out in all directions. At the same time, the blood-colored skeleton behind it blurred, transforming into a phantom image that directly charged towards the seven-colored firebird.

For a time, thunderous roars erupted near the blood cloud. The silver-haired elder and the other individual, relying on the power of their treasures and formation restrictions, began to battle this Saint Ancestor's avatar.

With a muffled thud like a clap of thunder,

Han Li felt his hands heat up as two mountains, over ten meters tall, flew out of his grasp. At the same time, his body trembled and shot backwards for over ten meters. After a somersault, he finally regained his balance and remained still in the air, though an unusual crimson flush briefly appeared on his face.

As for the demonic man opposite him, his body also greatly trembled and he retreated over ten meters away. The pair of dark green giant maces he had conjured also flew out of his hands.

On the other side, the three-headed, six-armed golden body was joyfully battling a monster as black as ink, resembling a mountain ghoul.

As the two swung their fists and feet, one flashed wildly with golden light and continuous explosions, while the other rolled with demonic energy, blinding black light shooting out everywhere and emitting shrill, piercing screeches.

However, neither the Brahma Saint Golden Body nor the humanoid monster opposite seemed to care when their powerful blows landed on each other, as if they were swatting flies. At most, their bodies would sway a few times, then they would charge back into attack, as if both possessed indestructible bodies.

"Not bad, not bad. To be able to fight me to a standstill with just your physical body, this is truly the first time I've encountered such a thing. But if this is all the strength you have, then there's no point in continuing." The demonic man shook his somewhat throbbing wrist, the surprise on his face having vanished, and spoke with a hint of ruthlessness.

"Don't you think you're talking too much?" Han Li replied expressionlessly upon hearing this. As the vast spiritual energy within his body circulated, the slight discomfort in his body instantly returned to normal.

"Hmph, I, Xiong, rarely show such benevolence, wanting to let you live a little longer. Since you don't appreciate it, I'll send you on your way!" The demonic man let out a wild laugh. The demonic shadow that had been indistinctly visible behind him suddenly solidified as if becoming corporeal, revealing itself to be a giant demonic lion with three heads.

The moment the demonic lion's body became clear, a vast aura, far surpassing its previous one, spread out from the man. At the same time, with a *puchi* sound from the blood armor on the man's body, a layer of blood-colored flames instantly enveloped his entire body.

After a sinister laugh, the man slowly raised his hands, spread his fingers, and aimed them at Han Li's location, then slowly closed his eyes.

The six eyes of the demonic lion's three heads, which had been tightly closed, slowly opened. They fixed their gaze on the giant ape, no longer shifting, their pupils emerald green like water, devoid of any emotion.

Upon seeing this, a chilling sensation instantly enveloped Han Li's entire body. Startled, he let out a loud shout. With a single-hand seal, the Brahma Saint Golden Body, which was entangled with the black monster in the distance, vanished into thin air. At the same time, his body swelled, instantly transforming into a golden-furred giant ape over ten meters tall.

Golden light flashed behind the giant ape, and the three-headed, six-armed golden body appeared. It then merged with the giant ape in a single pounce.

The golden ape's aura greatly increased, and as its two hands parted, two mountain peaks, one green and one black, appeared out of thin air in its palms.

At this moment, blood-light flashed in the demonic man's two palms, and two viscous, seemingly corporeal blood-colored light pillars shot out. At the same time, the three heads of the demonic lion behind him also opened their mouths wide, and three distinct light pillars — green, white, and black — shot forth.

With a mere flash, the five light pillars instantly merged into one in mid-air, transforming into an even more powerful four-colored light pillar.

This light pillar was silent, but the terrifying power it contained made Han Li, who had just transformed into the giant ape, shudder involuntarily. Without thinking, a hazy green light instantly burst forth from his two palms, as he frantically poured the vast magic power within his body into the two mountain peaks like a tide.

With two *rumbling* sounds, the green and black mountain peaks merely swayed, then rose from the ground and transformed into colossal flashes hundreds of meters tall, completely shielding the giant ape.

After a flash, the four-colored light pillar violently crashed onto the two mountain peaks.

After a world-shattering roar, various colored halos appeared before the mountain peaks. The surging light flames that formed, with a single sweep, astonishingly grew to over a thousand meters in height, completely engulfing both mountain peaks and the giant ape behind them.

Amidst the flashing light flames, the surfaces of the two extreme mountains twisted and trembled, then rapidly shrank and reverted to their original state. Within a few breaths, they vanished without a trace.

Without the two extreme mountains to block it, that utterly terrifying power surged entirely towards the giant ape.

The golden-furred giant ape let out a furious roar. From the black demonic armor covering its body, black qi surged, and countless black runes swarmed out, astonishingly forming a massive light barrier. This barrier forcibly blocked the seemingly indestructible flames outside.

As the light flames and black runes collided and intertwined, terrifying crashing sounds were emitted.

The light barrier formed by the black runes twisted and blurred, emitting a strained, grating *crack* sound, as if it could collapse and disintegrate at any moment.

The golden-furred giant ape let out a roar filled with alarm and fury. After a layer of golden light flowed over its body, it instantly expanded more than tenfold in size. At the same time, after bright spiritual light flared on both sides of its head and below its body, two more heads and four shimmering golden arms appeared, astonishingly transforming it into a three-headed, six-armed sky-supporting giant ape. And the moment the transformation was complete, its six arms simultaneously reached upwards into the sky. Six dazzling golden lights simultaneously emerged, and merged in front of it. A golden vortex appeared out of thin air, and with a flash, it became as huge as an acre.

With just a slight rotation within the golden vortex, a colossal force surged out, violently colliding with the various colored light flames.

After another deafening roar, rings of airwaves swept outwards like a hurricane, causing the nearby void to blur and distort, and emitting piercing explosive sounds, as if the entire space was about to be torn apart.

The demonic man in the distance, witnessing this astonishing sight, couldn't help but change his expression. With a shift in his thoughts, he brought the five fingers of his two hands together, and the blazing golden light pillar instantly retracted and vanished.

However, at this moment, the man's face showed a hint of fatigue, as if the previous attack had consumed a considerable amount of his True Essence.

At the same time, the three-headed demonic lion behind him also closed its large mouths, ceasing its attack. The divine light in its six eyes also dimmed considerably.

However, when the astonishing phenomenon in the distance finally dispersed and vanished, the true scene that reappeared made the demonic man, after witnessing it and his mouth twitching slightly, reveal a look of shock for the first time.

The golden-furred giant ape stood motionless in the distance, but its six arms were continuously performing hand seals. The golden vortex in front of it, which was originally an acre in size, not only hadn't disappeared, but had now astonishingly expanded tenfold or more. Its periphery vibrated with pulsating expansions and contractions, and faint golden waves rippled outwards from its center, appearing exceptionally mysterious.

"My previous attack, in terms of power, was not much weaker than a casual strike from a Mahayana stage cultivator. You were actually unharmed; it seems I truly underestimated you," the demonic man said, a trace of surprise flashing in his eyes.

"Courtesy demands reciprocity. It's not too late to say that after you've taken one of my attacks." A cold light flashed in the giant ape's six eyes as it spoke in a chilling human voice. Then, its six arms twitched, and simultaneously gripped fiercely at the void in front of it.

With a *whoosh*,

After the giant vortex rapidly spun around, it was astonishingly compressed by an immense invisible force, rapidly flashing, into a golden sphere the size of a human head.

Then the giant ape suddenly took a large step forward with its leg. After its massive body, along with the light sphere in front of it, blurred, both surprisingly vanished from their original spot in a single flicker.

The next moment, the demonic man's pupils constricted, and he abruptly looked up.

The high sky was awash with golden light. The giant ape's form was silently positioned high above, fiercely throwing the golden sphere in its hand downwards.