Chapter 2080: One Enters the Illusionary Howl

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

Volume 10: War in the Demon Realm

The image displayed was clearly Han Li, who had been sitting upright in the hall earlier. Although there was no sound, Han Li's image on the screen was lifelike, as if everything that had just happened was being replayed in reverse time.

At this moment, the big man said to the purple-haired woman, "Watch closely." Then, with a flick of his finger towards the empty space of the screen, a speck of black light shot out, disappearing instantly into the light mass.

The next moment, layers of light flames suddenly emerged from Han Li's body in the image. The outermost layer was an ink-black radiance, slightly inside that was a layer of purple-gold light, and further inward was a hazy, chaotic gray color, beyond which nothing could be distinguished.

"Oh, what is this?" the purple-haired woman gasped in surprise as soon as she saw the sight.

"Heh heh, this Guanyin Realm secret art, younger sister, it's your first time seeing it, isn't it?" the big man said gravely, pointing at the layers of light flames on Han Li's body. "As you've observed, this young man, Han, seems to practice a rather unique cultivation method. The outermost black layer indicates the purest True Devil Qi of our Sacred Realm, which is normal. If he didn't show this black light, I'd suspect he wasn't from our Sacred Realm. As for the purple-gold inside, it means this person also cultivates an extraordinary body-refining demonic technique and has already cultivated it to its extreme, seemingly close to the rumored Violet Marrow Golden Bones realm. However, this seems unlikely. Aside from some Saint Ancestor seniors, I, your elder brother, haven't heard of anyone else achieving such physical strength."

"Violet Marrow Golden Bones. His physical body is truly that powerful! Could the Guanyin Treasure Mirror have made a mistake?!" The purple-haired woman's expression changed drastically, and she shook her head repeatedly in disbelief.

"It should be correct," the big man said with a long breath. "Although the Guanyin Treasure Mirror's effect on this person is greatly reduced, such a rough examination wouldn't produce too significant an error. What's more, this person is only close to that realm; otherwise, the outermost True Devil Qi wouldn't show up in the mirror at all. It would all be contained within the meridians, not leaking out even a bit."

"But even so, this person's physical body alone is probably enough to suppress an ordinary Devil Lord," the purple-haired woman said, glancing at the image in the void. "But what is that gray light on his body? Could he also be cultivating other formidable divine abilities?"

"The gray light represents the part that even the Guanyin Treasure Mirror cannot detect," the big man replied with a solemn expression. "It must be absolutely extraordinary. Being able to observe to this extent is already my limit. Otherwise, if I had injected more magic power into the mirror to activate it further at that time, I might have truly offended this person. That would have been more trouble than it's worth. But the fact that this person could detect me within the restriction also indicates that his spiritual sense is extraordinarily strong."

"A powerful physical body, bizarre divine abilities that the treasure mirror cannot see through, and even extraordinarily strong spiritual sense," the purple-haired woman said with a wry smile after thinking for a while with an uncertain expression. "So, our Phantasmal Night City has truly welcomed a monstrously powerful being. Fortunately, he seems to have no intention of staying here long, and the Bai family was also the first to establish a connection with him. This way, not only will there be no major issues, but solving the problem with that demonic beast will also be no problem at all."

"From this perspective, it's good news," the big man said seriously. "Our Bai family must never offend this person, but there's no need to put great effort into winning him over either. This person's strength is so unfathomable; he's not someone a family like ours can accommodate. Younger sister, be more careful when you interact with this person again."

"I naturally understand that, elder brother," the purple-haired woman said, her beautiful eyes flickering slightly as she nodded gently.

At the same time, Han Li, sitting cross-legged in the beast carriage, was toying with a white crystal orb in one hand, a half-smile playing on his face.

Suddenly, black qi emanated from his body, and a layer of black light barrier diffused from him out of thin air, enveloping the empty space within several yards. Then he pointed a finger between his eyebrows and tossed the crystal orb in his hand forward.

With a soft 'puff' sound, black light flickered between his eyebrows, and a third black demonic eye suddenly appeared. A golden beam of light flashed out from it, striking the white crystal orb in his hand precisely.

The next moment, the white crystal orb became brilliantly golden. After a slight flicker of spiritual light, a golden light curtain also shot out from it.

The light curtain was initially blurry. Then, with a flash of white light, a figure about ten feet tall appeared, holding a rhomboid ancient mirror.

It was precisely the blond-haired big man from the Bai family.

This ethereal figure of the big man remained motionless, one hand forming a spell sign, while the other appeared to be casting a spell at the ancient mirror.

Han Li quietly observed the big man's ethereal figure for a few moments, a faint cold smile appearing on his lips. He withdrew his hand gesture, and the black demonic eye between his eyebrows vanished in a flash.

Just as the Bai family's Devil Lord had said, when he was hidden within the restriction performing a secret detection art, Han Li's powerful spiritual sense almost instantly detected his presence. Without showing any change in expression, Han Li also cast a secret art to counter-detect him.

Upon discovering that this person was also a Devil Lord, and only at the mid-stage, Han Li felt relieved.

With the demonic qi contained in the Brahma Saint True Devil Art he cultivated, and the power of the false demonic beads, he naturally had nothing to worry about when facing others in the Demon Realm, except for possibly revealing some clues in front of those unfathomable Saint Ancestors.

After a muffled sound from the crystal orb, it restored its original translucent clarity. At the same time, the big man's ethereal figure silently shattered and dispersed.

Everything returned to normal within a few breaths, as if the previous spell casting had never occurred.

At this moment, Han Li closed his eyes and entered a meditative trance with an expressionless face.

In the following days, Han Li went to the Bai family daily, transported by the giant beast carriage, to exchange cultivation insights with the purple-haired woman. Besides the body-refining techniques and ordinary demonic arts they discussed initially, they even began discussing some secret arts and extraordinary techniques.

Both of them benefited greatly from these exchanges.

During this period, after some searching, Han Li finally confirmed that Patriarch Long and other human cultivators, as well as the Spirit Race's Sacred Spirits, had not yet arrived at Phantasmal Night City. He was surprisingly the first to arrive.

This left Han Li feeling a bit dejected, wondering if others had encountered trouble along the way or if something else had delayed them.

However, he wasn't genuinely worried about it.

After all, Patriarch Long and the others, as well as those Sacred Spirits, were not ordinary Integration-stage beings. Even if their identities were exposed and they were besieged by several Devil Lords simultaneously, they would at most be forced to flee; it was impossible for them to easily perish.

The matter concerning the Eight-Legged Demonic Lizard, however, was indeed somewhat tricky. Although he could acquire one from the Bai family when the time came, he would have to find other ways to obtain mounts for the others.

But Patriarch Long and the others were old monsters who had lived for countless years; they should be able to find ways to solve these matters themselves. He only needed to wait quietly for the others to arrive after the Bai family matter was concluded.

During this period, the other two major families in Phantasmal Night City also learned of the arrival of Han Li, a Devil Lord, and each sent invitations through their representatives.

This time, Han Li politely declined. But half a month later, he attended the Zhao family's ancestral worship ceremony.

At the ceremony, he met a Devil Lord-level Grand Elder of the Zhao family and had a brief conversation with him.

This Zhao family devil was a short, emaciated old man. When he learned that Han Li was merely passing through the city and would not be staying long, he visibly relaxed and his demeanor immediately became enthusiastic.

Han Li naturally understood why the other party had changed so. After a perfunctory exchange, he safely departed from the Zhao family.

After returning from the Zhao family, Han Li no longer visited the Bai family.

However, about ten days later, he was met by the purple-haired woman's personal visit.

She informed him that the friend the Bai family had been waiting for had finally arrived. She decided to set off for the Phantasmal Howl Desert in two days to expel the Devil Lord-level demonic beast and asked Han Li if he had any issues.

Han Li naturally had no other opinions and readily agreed.

The purple-haired woman was immediately overjoyed, and after expressing her thanks repeatedly, she took her leave.

In the following two days, Han Li did not go out again. He merely sat quietly in meditation on the top floor of the pavilion, resting and recuperating!

Although he didn't believe a Devil Lord-level demonic beast could truly pose much of a threat to him, he also didn't want to suffer an unexpected setback due to his own carelessness.

Two days later, after giving instructions to Zhu Guo'er, Han Li took the beast carriage and sped directly towards a city gate in a certain direction of Phantasmal Night City.

Several hours later, on a dirt mound outside the city gate, Han Li finally saw the Bai family group.

Besides the purple-haired woman and the big man present, there were also two other unfamiliar Devil Lords, and six additional Void Refinement stage devils. Bai Yunxiao was notably among them.

After the purple-haired woman greeted Han Li with a radiant smile, she introduced the big man and her two invited friends to Han Li.

It was then that Han Li learned the blond-haired big man was named Bai Xijiao, and even the purple-haired woman referred to him as "Elder Brother."

The other two Devil Lords included one who did not reveal his true name but called himself Heavenly Lord Luan Long. He was an exceptionally rotund fat man, his body layered with fat, and his eyes squinted into two thin slits. Anyone who saw him would immediately think of a plump, white fat pig, making it truly difficult to associate this image with his title.

The other was named Han Qizi, a middle-aged man wearing a green ghostly mask. His build was ordinary, but his entire body exuded wisps of white cold qi, causing anyone who got a little close to feel an icy, bone-chilling cold.

The blond-haired big man was very polite to Han Li and seemed to rely heavily on him. Although the fat man exchanged a few words with Han Li, he wore a forced, unnatural smile. As for Han Qizi, he remained silent when facing Han Li, as if he were truly formed from ice.

Han Li's expression remained unchanged when facing these three. After saying a few vague words, he said nothing further.

Thus, a moment later, after the Bai family's big man gave a signal, the group immediately activated their escape lights and flew towards the Phantasmal Howl Desert.