Chapter 2027: Heavenly Halberd Exterminates the Enemy

A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality - Volume 10: War in the Demon Realm

Almost at the same moment the burly demon's figure was annihilated by a single strike, the demonized Han Li in the distance also groaned. The golden light on his body dissipated, and one head and two golden arms instantly disintegrated and vanished. His golden battle armor and the cyan horn on his head also rapidly faded away at a visible pace.

His massive body further shrank, returning to its original size. Everything reverted to his normal, pre-transformation appearance. However, at this moment, his face was ashen, his eyes dimmed visibly, and his aura rapidly weakened and dissipated.

The moment Han Li reverted from his transformation, he reached out, and several small, multi-colored bottles instantly appeared in his hands. Without hesitation, he uncapped them and swallowed all the pills inside.

After an abnormal flush repeatedly flickered across his face several times, a faint cyan light flashed around his body, and the draining of vital energy from within him finally ceased.

Han Li let out a long breath, his tense expression relaxing slightly. He then gravely swept his gaze towards the spot where the burly demon had vanished.

The golden giant palm also vanished at the same moment he ended his transformation.

Thus, from a distance, the area appeared completely empty; nothing remained.

Han Li's pupils contracted. Just as he was about to shift his gaze, the nearby void rippled. A surge of black light flashed, revealing a shadowy, several-meter-tall black demonic beast within – it was precisely the Three-Headed Demonic Lion Puppet that had barely managed to escape moments earlier.

After its six demonic eyes also swept over the spot where the burly demon had vanished, the creature's face immediately contorted into an expression of extreme rage. Its three heads simultaneously lifted, letting out thunderous roars.

“How dare you destroy this Lord's dharma body, perfected after over a hundred thousand years of arduous cultivation! Unless I tear you limb from limb and extract your soul for refinement, my hatred will never be appeased!”

The Demonic Lion moved, instantly transforming into a streak of black light that charged directly at Han Li.

The demonic creature knew very well that Han Li, in his current greatly weakened state, was absolutely no match for its possessed puppet body. Thus, filled with venomous hatred, it would naturally never allow Han Li to leave this place alive.

Han Li witnessed this scene, frowning slightly, but muttered in a voice too low to be heard: “This demon is quite decisive! Its main primordial spirit actually chose to abandon its physical body to escape disaster.”

“However, if it's possessing a puppet, its magical power and abilities should be less than a third of its original strength.”

As soon as his words fell, he stomped his foot on the ground. A flash of white light appeared in the void below, and a small, hazy white light formation emerged, instantly blurring his figure.

“A spatial formation! You won't escape that easily!”

Upon seeing the white light formation, the Demonic Lion immediately grew anxious. Its body suddenly elongated, and its escape light speed increased by more than half. After just two blinks, it arrived near Han Li, bringing a foul-smelling wind, its two front claws striking out like lightning.

Ten streaks of black claw energy immediately cut through the air like blades, aiming to instantly tear Han Li into countless fragments.

However, this attack was clearly a step too late.

With a hum from the formation, Han Li's body vanished within the white light.

The black claw energy swept past, slicing the light formation into more than a dozen pieces, but Han Li was unharmed.

But how could this demonic creature give up so easily? With a mere shake of its three heads, its immense divine sense immediately enveloped the surroundings. Then, with a fierce expression, it simultaneously opened its mouths towards a certain spot in the nearby void.

After three 'puffs,' three thick beams of light shot out, instantly striking the void and vanishing.

A series of explosions erupted, and a staggering shadow appeared. A ferocious look immediately emerged on the face of the Demonic Lion's middle head, but as soon as this expression appeared, it froze once again.

In the distance, the shadow's light receded, revealing its true form: a golden-yellow beast, about three meters tall.

It was the Leopard-Kirin Beast.

This beast had, at some unknown point, swapped places with Han Li and taken the previous blow on his behalf.

Although it possessed cultivation at the early Integration stage and hadn't expended much magical power in the recent battle, it was clearly still no match for the Three-Headed Demonic Lion Puppet. The previous strike not only forced it to manifest from the void but also scorched some of its originally golden-yellow fur.

However, the Leopard-Kirin Beast showed no weakness. As soon as its body stabilized, it immediately lowered its head and let out a low roar. At the same time, a layer of golden light flashed across its body, and its damaged fur instantly recovered.

Furthermore, a faint golden illusory image of a Kirin appeared faintly behind it.

“Kirin bloodline! Hmph, even so, with such meager cultivation, you dare to obstruct me?” The Three-Headed Demonic Lion was slightly startled by this sight, but then it let out a cold snort, laughing in extreme anger. Suddenly, one of its dark claws shot out fiercely in another direction.

A clap of thunder!

Countless black lightning arcs immediately intertwined and appeared on its claw, then vanished mysteriously with a roar.

The next moment, countless black lightning arcs violently flashed into existence in the sky not far from the Leopard-Kirin Beast. Upon condensing, they transformed into a black lightning giant claw about three meters in size, which menacingly clawed downwards.

Before the giant claw truly descended, several black lightning arcs already violently struck down ahead of it.

The space below rippled. After the black lightning flashed, the void twisted, revealing a faint cyan human figure.

It was Han Li.

At this moment, his hands were clasped together across his chest, and his aura was still extremely weak. However, as he gazed at the enormous lightning claw descending from the sky, he showed no trace of panic; instead, a hint of a sneer appeared on his face.

Just then, the Leopard-Kirin Beast nearby let out a furious roar and shot forward. In mid-air, its figure blurred, transforming into more than a dozen shadows, which then appeared like phantoms above Han Li's head after a single flash.

These shadows paused for a moment, then countless golden-yellow claw shadows flashed forth with a tearing sound, forming a massive net that rushed towards the black lightning claw.

A colossal roar!

Dense black lightning arcs emerged from the black giant claw. The moment they contacted the claw net below, they tore through it as if it were rotten wood.

Even more, over a dozen lightning arcs, thick as bowls, violently struck down, causing the Leopard-Kirin Beast's illusory images to vanish one after another.

After taking the blow, the beast's main body was thrown back over ten meters with a cry of pain. Its fur stood on end, becoming completely black, and its aura weakened by several degrees.

The Demonic Lion in the distance let out a wild laugh, simultaneously activating its spell with all three heads. The enormous lightning claw, now unimpeded, pressed straight down towards Han Li.

The dark lightning was about to instantly engulf him.

But at this moment, Han Li let out a faint sigh, and his clasped hands suddenly separated.

A long cry like a dragon's roar!

A golden rainbow shot out from between his hands. After a flash, it streaked past the black lightning claw.

The black lightning claw let out a whimper, then strangely flickered and vanished without a trace.

Upon seeing this, the Demonic Lion in the distance couldn't help but change its expression. But before it could comprehend what was happening, the golden rainbow circled in the high sky, then suddenly transformed into a thick, hazy golden pillar of light that shot upwards, reaching over three thousand meters tall.

Within the pillar of light, a faint golden halberd-like weapon's illusory image quietly floated motionlessly. At the same time, countless specks of golden light appeared around it, surging wildly towards the halberd like moths to a flame.

The astonishing aura emanating from the golden halberd seemed to stir the very elemental energy of the entire sky.

At this very moment, the halberd's illusory image let out a muffled rumble. Its entire body flashed with golden light, and the entire pillar of light transformed into a magnificent, sky-piercing golden halberd.

Witnessing this scene, the Three-Headed Demonic Lion's face instantly changed drastically. Without hesitation, its figure moved, immediately transforming into a streak of black light and soaring away.

Han Li's eyes flashed with cold light, and he subtly pointed a finger towards the sky.

The golden giant halberd lightly swayed, then silently cleaved down towards the Three-Headed Demonic Lion.

After a flash, the Demonic Lion had escaped over three hundred meters away. Just as it was about to unleash some great divine ability to forcibly break through the spatial restrictions and flee, it suddenly felt the surrounding air grow hot, and the magical power within its body became stagnant and unresponsive, unable to be mobilized in the slightest.

“This is bad!”

The demonic creature had just enough time to let out a cry before it felt its entire body go cold, and its vision went black, losing all consciousness.

In Han Li's eyes, from a distance, he saw the golden giant halberd descend, transforming into a massive halberd shadow that enveloped the Three-Headed Demonic Lion.

Amidst the flashing golden light, the Demonic Lion's massive body instantly shattered into countless pieces, and then, along with its primordial spirit, turned into dust and completely vanished.

At this point, the burly demon was truly defeated and perished, leaving no trace in this world.

After Han Li let out a long breath, he finally relaxed a little.

The final blow that destroyed the Demonic Lion Puppet's body was, of course, a 'Heavenly Halberd Talisman,' which he had painstakingly refined.

This talisman truly lived up to its name as a Celestial Realm spirit talisman; once unleashed, it effortlessly slew the formidable enemy.

Naturally, this was also because the burly demon had lost its physical body, and its magical power and abilities were greatly diminished by more than half.

Otherwise, no matter how heaven-defying the talisman's power, it would have been impossible to slay such a powerful demonic enemy out of thin air.

As for the divine ability he had previously used to kill the burly demon's physical body, it was one of the most powerful abilities recorded in the 'Sanskrit Sacred True Demon Art.'

However, this divine ability, as the burly demon had stated, was not something Han Li could fully utilize with his current cultivation and physical condition. It was a heaven-defying ability that could only be fully wielded after advancing to the Great Ascension stage.

After a brief attempt during his secluded cultivation, Han Li had naturally discovered this as well.

Nevertheless, the power of the Nirvana Sacred Body was truly immense. Once activated, even a basic 'Nirvana Transformation' could inexplicably increase his magical power by more than twofold, not to mention the terrifying strength that could make even gods and demons recoil.

Therefore, after much contemplation, Han Li finally conceived a makeshift method to barely use it: he would use the power of the 'Awakening Sting Art' to temporarily stimulate the hidden true spirit blood within his body, using this true blood's power to temporarily activate the divine ability.

For Han Li at present, this method was practically a Pyrrhic victory, like killing a thousand enemies but suffering eight hundred casualties himself.

Not only would it cause significant vital energy damage upon use, but the expenditure of true blood was also an absolutely unbearable loss for Han Li.

Therefore, he had originally had no intention of using this divine ability against the enemy in this battle.

However, the burly demon was simply too powerful, especially with the 'Nine Demon Mother-Son Spears' he suddenly unleashed at the end. This heaven-defying ability, formed from his primordial spirit power, was comparable to a full-strength strike from a Great Ascension cultivator. Even if Han Li had taken a direct hit, he would surely have been either dead or severely injured.

Left with no choice, Han Li could only have his Nascent Soul instantly escape, while his main body, borrowing the power of true spirits, transformed into various true spirit avatars to jointly block the attack.

Since he had already stimulated his true spirit blood, and the burly demon was not an enemy that could be slain by ordinary divine abilities, Han Li gritted his teeth and, seizing the opportunity, directly activated the Nirvana Sacred Body, which he had not originally intended to use.

Of course, Han Li's daring use of this divine ability was also because he held another trump card, the 'Heavenly Halberd Talisman,' and thus did not have to worry about ending up in a mutually destructive situation.

With both trump cards unleashed, he indeed successfully slew the burly demon, whose divine abilities were almost on par with his own.

This left Han Li filled with immense emotion.