Chapter 2084: War Beasts

The Immortal Cultivation of Mortals, Volume 10: Battle of the Demon Realm

Han Li and Luan Fang Tianjun hovered motionlessly over the lava lake in a triangular formation, their spiritual senses quietly sweeping downwards into the molten rock.

They immediately felt a strange, layered wave-like obstruction within the lava. Their spiritual sense could only penetrate a little over a hundred feet before it could go no deeper.

This was due to Han Li's spiritual sense being far stronger than that of Luan Long Tianjun and others. If other Demon Venerables tried to probe with their spiritual sense, penetrating thirty or forty feet into the lava would be considered good.

At a distance of just over a hundred feet, Han Li could only vaguely discern a massive dark shadow lurking deeper within the lava lake. However, due to the obstructing waves in the lava, he couldn't see it clearly and didn't know if this shadow was their target, the late-stage Demon Venerable beast.

Although the enormous dark shadow lay motionless like a dead object, Han Li remained extremely cautious, coldly monitoring its movements.

While Bai Yunxin and the others were setting up the formation, the two Old Ancestors of the Bai family were also busy.

At some point, the yellow-haired man had conjured the ancient prismatic mirror into mid-air. It then transformed into hundreds of fragmented mirror images that spread across the sky above the lava lake, faintly shimmering with dark demonic light downwards.

The man's lips moved silently, his face solemn. Clearly, casting this spell was not easy, especially with most of his magical power suppressed.

Meanwhile, the purple-haired woman formed a hand seal, causing a pure white, jade-like demonic armor to appear on her body. With her other hand, she gripped the air, and a dark halberd materialized directly in her grasp.

With just a slight tremor, the weapon faintly revealed the shadowy image of a dark, one-horned giant tiger. It growled menacingly in the woman's hand, as if ready to lash out and harm anyone at any moment.

After about fifteen minutes, Bai Yunxin and the other six had completed setting up the entire formation. Instantly, black mists emerged around the lava lake, within which an aura of fierce combat brewed. Faint glints of cold light flickered within, as if countless sharp blades were hidden inside.

The six Void Refinement disciples of the Bai family then concealed themselves within the black mists, secretly manipulating the entire formation.

"Fellow Daoist Luan Long, the formation is ready. Please force this beast out of the lava," the yellow-haired man transmitted to Luan Long Tianjun upon seeing this.

Hearing this, Luan Long Tianjun's fleshy face twisted into a ferocious grin. He let out a loud roar and pointed a finger at a blue round bowl in the air.

The bowl immediately vibrated, expanded greatly, and transformed into a round blue moon. Simultaneously, a clear resonant sound emanated from within, and a bowl-sized blue light beam surged out, fiercely plunging into the lava below.

The beam stirred the lava lake like a giant club!

In an instant, the entire reddish surface of the lake churned with fiery energy, and massive waves of lava rolled upwards.

The next moment, a furious roar immediately erupted from the lava. The lava parted left and right, and a stream of green gas shot out from within. Upon contact with the blue light beam, it actually pushed the beam forcefully out of the lake surface.

Witnessing this, Luan Long Tianjun immediately let out a cold sneer. A shocking aura erupted from his body, and simultaneously, he rapidly flicked his ten short, thick fingers at the blue round bowl. Over ten black rays shot out in succession, vanishing in a flash.

The clear resonant sound from the round moon intensified, and countless hazy white runes appeared on its surface. The emitted blue light instantly became several times thicker than before. Its greatly increased power pressed down from the air, and the green gas that had erupted from the lava, caught off guard, was extinguished in a flash.

The blue light beam unceremoniously plunged back into the depths of the lava lake.

"Boom!" A thunderous sound erupted!

The entire lake surface trembled. It seemed that the unexpected attack had indeed struck the demonic beast hidden deep within the lake.

"How does that feel? Not so good, eh?" Luan Long Tianjun said with a burst of wild laughter, about to urge the blue round bowl to launch more attacks.

But just then, the entire cavern suddenly shook violently. Following this, the lava lake's flames surged up, transforming into a vast crimson wave of fire that rolled towards Luan Long Tianjun. Even Han Li and Han Qizi, who were nearby, were within the attack's range.

Han Li's eyes flashed, but his expression remained unchanged. The five-colored lotus beneath his feet spun slightly, and a layer of incredibly cold, five-colored light barrier appeared around his body, easily repelling the flames.

Han Qizi, standing nearby, also remained still. The twelve swirling balls of cold light around him suddenly expanded, forming a protective layer of cold light around him.

Luan Long Tianjun, however, who had initiated the attack, suddenly let out an angry, surprised roar amidst the rolling fire waves. His body was abruptly sent flying backward as if struck by an invisible, immense force, slamming hard into the tall rock wall beside the lava lake. He sank several feet deep into the wall, sending countless stone fragments scattering.

And in the empty space where Luan Long Tianjun had been moments before, a beast claw, about ten feet in size and enveloped in green flames, appeared out of thin air, looking as though it had just struck Luan Long Tianjun and sent him flying.

Although Luan Long Tianjun's body was deeply embedded in the rock wall and most of his clothes were torn to shreds, a dark battle armor had appeared on him, absorbing most of the fierce blow. Besides looking quite disheveled, he had only sustained minor injuries.

Even so, the corpulent Demon Venerable's face turned blood-red. A murderous aura appeared on his face, and with a slight struggle of his arms, the surrounding rock wall instantly crumbled inch by inch, freeing him in an instant.

He then cursed in annoyance, and with a single hand grasping the air, a flash of yellow light appeared. A long-handled, strange blade resembling a three-pronged, double-edged halberd materialized in his hand. Immediately, his body, wreathed in black mist, suddenly swelled by a significant fraction. Gripping the strange blade's handle with both hands, he unleashed a lightning-fast strike towards the green-flamed giant claw.

A yellow blade light shot out. In a flash, it somehow traversed dozens of feet, arriving before the beast claw, and swept past it fiercely.

The beast claw, though massive, was far more agile than expected. It suddenly blurred and vanished into thin air.

The yellow blade light swept through, narrowly missing its target.

Not only that, but the surface of the lava lake below churned violently. A colossal creature, enveloped in green demonic flames and over sixty feet tall, burst forth from the lava, emitting a low roar resembling a bull's bellow.

Han Li and Han Qizi, who were nearby, almost simultaneously moved aside. Han Li rubbed his hands together and flung them upwards, sending out countless grey light threads. Han Qizi directed two of the twelve swirling balls of cold light beside him, which burst with a muffled sound and shot directly towards the monster. As they flew, they emitted layers of white ice rings, appearing incredibly cold.

However, the demonic beast, enshrouded in green flames, simply shook its massive head. The green flames on its body instantly transformed into layers of green fire curtain. Upon contact, both Han Li's grey light threads and the ice rings melted and vanished as if encountering their nemesis.

Seeing this, Han Li's heart tightened slightly.

It was crucial to remember that his Primordial Magnetic Divine Light could suppress the power of the five elements. Yet, it was so easily neutralized by the green demonic flames before him, which was utterly unexpected.

However, the two balls of cold light released by Han Qizi seemed to possess some other strange power. Enveloped by the green flames, they suddenly burst with bright white light, tearing through the flames and heading directly towards the demonic beast's body.

But the demonic beast merely grunted, suddenly spewing two streams of black gas from its mouth. Upon colliding with the cold lights, the streams actually reverted them into two crystal banners, which then plummeted from the sky.

A look of surprise flickered in Han Qizi's eyes, but he immediately made a grasping motion downwards. The two falling crystal banners trembled, transforming into two streaks of white light that shot back to him, vanishing into his body in a flash.

At this moment, the demonic beast in the green flames let out a strange roar. The temperature throughout the entire cavern suddenly surged several times over, and countless crimson fireballs densely materialized around its body, ready to attack everyone.

However, at this moment, the yellow-haired man and the purple-haired woman, positioned higher up, intervened without hesitation.

The man chanted an incantation, pointing a hand at the ancient mirror fragments filling the sky. Instantly, with a clap of thunder, all the fragments simultaneously spewed forth black lightning bolts, which interwoven and flashed, forming a black lightning net that descended.

The purple-haired woman, meanwhile, expressionlessly thrust her dark halberd downwards into the empty space. Immediately, the previously faint shadowy image of the giant black tiger on the weapon erupted with an earth-shattering roar, transforming into a streak of black light that pounced downwards.

Wherever the black light passed, space itself twisted. In a single flash, it appeared directly above the demonic beast; the dense fireballs were unable to obstruct it in the slightest.

However, the demonic beast below merely gave a slight shake of its body. The green flames on its form suddenly surged, transforming into a murky green, two-armed fire serpent demonic manifestation. With a leap, it immediately entangled itself with the shadowy demonic tiger.

Although both were merely manifestations of demonic energy, as they clashed and rolled, continuous tiger roars and hissing sounds erupted, as if two ferocious demonic beasts were indeed locked in a fierce struggle.

As for the strange black lightning net, under the demonic beast's activation, the crimson fireballs that had materialized in the air immediately shot upwards like a torrential rain. Amidst countless exploding red lights, they forcibly held the lightning net suspended in mid-air, preventing it from descending even an inch.

This demonic beast, indeed worthy of being a late-stage Demon Venerable, actually resisted the yellow-haired man and several other Demon Venerables single-handedly for a time, not appearing to be at a disadvantage.

But during this brief delay, Luan Long Tianjun's figure flickered and blurred, appearing in the empty space above the demonic beast. With a murderous expression, he suddenly slapped his abdomen. After a buzzing sound, a treasure shot out from his belly.

This treasure was only a few inches in size, resembling a small drum, but it was blood-red all over, with countless layers of bizarre snowflake-shaped runes etched on its surface.

Luan Long Tianjun simply tapped the drum lightly with one hand, without a sound. However, in the high sky nearby, gusts of cold wind instantly howled, and countless flakes of fresh red snow condensed and descended in a dense, overwhelming shower towards the ground below.