Chapter 782: The Power of Summoning Spirits

A Mortal's Journey to Immortality, Volume 5: Renowned in All Directions

At this moment, Han Li was deeply frustrated, partly because the two Heavenly Tiger Beasts were exceptionally cunning.

They clung to him like persistent leeches, yet dared not engage him in a direct confrontation, only circling nearby and harassing him relentlessly.

Not long ago, he intentionally exposed a weakness to lure the two demonic beasts closer, then suddenly launched an attack, severing half of one beast's claw with several sword lights. From then on, these two demonic beasts refused to fall for his tricks again. They simply kept attacking him from a distance with light projectiles, never approaching within thirty meters of Han Li.

However, whenever Han Li tried to shake them off using his Wind-Lightning Wings, the two demonic beasts would immediately teleport to catch up, pestering him relentlessly. This forced him to halt his lightning evasion technique and fend them off.

The other half of his frustration naturally stemmed from the green light silhouette.

This green light silhouette seemed to be entirely composed of pure wood spiritual energy. His Azure Bamboo Cloudswirl Swords had no effect on it whatsoever; no matter how many sword qi attacks shattered it, it would immediately re-coalesce, utterly impervious to Han Li's attempts to slay it.

This was the first time Han Li had encountered such a situation since entering the cultivation world. It was quite an eye-opener.

Seeing this, Han Li naturally unleashed his Azure-Blue Ice Flames.

To his surprise, the green silhouette spat out a blue round alms bowl. As the Azure-Blue Ice Flames shot towards it, they were instantly absorbed into the bowl. This sent a cold sweat down Han Li's spine! Fortunately, these ice flames had long been refined and integrated with him, and after being urged by his divine sense incantations, they finally struggled out of the bowl and returned to his body. Otherwise, since he hadn't fully refined much of these ice flames, losing even a part of them would have been a significant blow.

As a result, Han Li didn't dare to use his Violet-Aurora Extreme Flames lightly either.

As for other treasures like the Silver Bell and Thousandfold Peak, Han Li later tried them all, but similarly found them useless against the opponent.

Although the green silhouette was not an immortal body, each time it suffered heavy damage, its green light would dim and it would shrink slightly. However, it was definitely not an opponent that could be dealt with quickly.

Fortunately, the opponent had no potent attack methods or magical treasures, only releasing streams of green spiritual threads to attack. Han Li handled these with extreme ease.

It seemed this so-called avatar merely intended to stall him.

On the other side, the beautiful woman in red, Feng Bing, although at the peak of the mid-Nascent Soul stage, was significantly weaker compared to her opponent who had already advanced to the late stage. Despite unleashing all her divine abilities, the woman was still completely at a disadvantage.

Meanwhile, the Fourth Divine Master's occasional cold glances made Han Li feel as if needles were pricking his back, causing him great discomfort.

At this moment, on the side of the cultivators, a holy bird with unfathomable divine abilities appeared. It had managed to overpower seven Nascent Soul cultivators wielding strange treasures, leaving them only able to parry, with no strength to retaliate. Seeing this, Han Li's heart sank.

The only hope for victory now was to rescue the trapped cultivators; this might still allow them to turn the tide. Otherwise, this battle would truly end in a crushing defeat.

After a moment's consideration, Han Li steeled his resolve, deciding not to drag things out any longer. He immediately sent out several sword qi attacks. After repelling one Heavenly Tiger Beast with a teleportation, he slapped his storage pouch with his other hand, and a wooden box covered in talismans appeared in his hand.

The green silhouette opposite, seeing Han Li's actions, let out a soft exclamation of surprise. But with a raised hand, countless green wood-spirit threads immediately enveloped Han Li.

Han Li remained motionless. With a thought, the sword light around his body automatically transformed into a dazzling aura, slicing all the green threads into countless pieces. Meanwhile, a green light flashed on the surface of the wooden box, the talismans peeled off, and a blood-red light shot out from the box. After circling once, it landed in his palm.

It was precisely the Spirit Descent Talisman.

Han Li slapped the blood talisman onto his body without hesitation. The blood-red light flashed, and the talisman vanished in an instant.

A green light flashed across Han Li's face, and he suddenly let out a soft breath.

A massive flood dragon-like shadow emerged from Han Li's body. It was over thirty meters long, entirely blood-red, and resembled the eight-level poisonous flood dragon.

As soon as the flood dragon shadow appeared, it coiled above Han Li's head and let out an earth-shattering roar towards the sky, startling the nearby cultivators into a daze. The two individuals locked in combat on the other side looked over in astonishment.

Upon seeing the flood dragon shadow, Tian Zhong frowned, his face showing a hint of solemnity. Feng Bing, however, had bright eyes that sparkled, revealing a trace of expectation.

As the dragon's roar subsided, the flood dragon shadow soared into the sky. After circling once, its form rapidly contracted, and it plunged downwards, disappearing into Han Li's back.

At this moment, Han Li felt a burning sensation on his back. After a blood-red light emanated from his spine, a blood-red flood dragon pattern, several inches in size and vividly crimson, appeared on his back.

Simultaneously, Han Li's entire body glowed with a flickering blood-red light. Then, from his cheeks to his arms, uniform blood-red scales, thumb-sized and exceptionally crystal-clear, emerged. After a sharp pain in his head, a small, exceptionally translucent flood dragon horn also sprouted. His fingertips, at some unknown point, had transformed into sharp, pointed claws.

Han Li had astonishingly transformed into a half-human, half-flood dragon form.

"This..." Han Li felt the astonishing spiritual energy within him, a mix of surprise and shock in his heart.

Although the effects of this Spirit Descent Talisman were briefly mentioned at the end of its refining incantation, stating that a portion of the refined demonic soul's cultivation could be superimposed onto the caster's body, thereby greatly increasing the caster's magic power and significantly boosting their cultivation.

However, it did not mention that the caster would transform into such a half-demon, half-human state, akin to a spirit possession technique.

Of course, this demonic transformation was significantly milder than true spirit possession. At the very least, he hadn't grown fangs or a flood dragon tail. It bore about seventy to eighty percent resemblance to Barbarian Beard's Heaven-Supporting Demonic Art.

Han Li sighed, touched the pointed horn on his forehead, and remained silent.

Han Li naturally didn't know that this so-called Spirit Descent Talisman was actually developed by the founding patriarch of the Heavenly Talisman Sect, based on the spirit possession technique. He improved several flaws of the spirit possession technique, not only allowing the caster to maintain their original consciousness but also eliminating the severe harm of lifespan depletion caused by the mixture of demonic and spiritual energy. Furthermore, it wouldn't turn the caster into an unconscious monster.

The only drawback of this technique was that refining the Spirit Descent Talisman was exceedingly difficult.

In this realm, let alone possessing an eight-level demonic soul, many cultivators would never even have the chance to see an eight-level demonic beast in their entire lives.

However, only the demonic souls of eight-level demonic beasts that had undergone transformation could be refined without harming the caster. While lower-level demonic souls could also be used to refine Spirit Descent Talismans, their demonic essence was too impure. Once refined into talismans, they would be just as harmful as the spirit possession technique. Therefore, the refining method repeatedly emphasized that only demonic souls of eight-level or higher were suitable for refining this talisman.

Although Han Li was somewhat surprised, he felt his cultivation level soar dramatically. He had seemingly reached the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage, proving that the Spirit Descent Talisman's effects were indeed genuine.

After Han Li's body was possessed by the flood dragon soul, the two Heavenly Tiger Beasts sensed the poisonous flood dragon aura emanating from him and once again showed signs of unease. However, the green silhouette let out a few low growls, and the two Heavenly Tiger Beasts calmed down again.

Han Li sneered, unfurled his Wind-Lightning Wings behind him, and vanished from his spot, reappearing over thirty meters away.

Seeing this, the two Heavenly Tiger Beasts immediately flashed with green light simultaneously, one of them instantly teleporting close to Han Li, while the other opened its mouth and spat out several light projectiles that shot towards him.

Han Li's eyes flashed with a subtle light, and a thunderous sound erupted behind him as he abruptly vanished again. The next moment, he appeared behind the demonic beast.

But at that moment, the other demonic beast, precisely timing its move, also spat out light projectiles to attack.

According to their previous tactics, Han Li would normally have to first use his sword light to block this attack, giving the Heavenly Tiger Beast in front of him a chance to escape.

This time, however, with his greatly increased cultivation, Han Li didn't even need to use sword light. With a flash of green and blood-red spiritual light around him, he daringly intended to block these light projectiles with just his body-protecting spiritual energy. His body swayed slightly, and with a single raise of his hand, an azure rainbow streaked down, slicing through the air. Its speed was like a celestial immortal descending from the heavens, unstoppable.

The Heavenly Tiger Beast, startled, had no time to cast its teleportation art. It could only open its mouth and spit out a greenish-yellow demonic core, hoping to block the attack.

The green silhouette, seeing the unfavorable situation, also rushed over. As it waved its hands, dense green threads shot towards Han Li.

With a resounding "boom," several light projectiles exploded near Han Li. However, Han Li merely swayed slightly, completely unharmed. Instead, with a full-force slash of his flying sword, he not only split the demonic core in half but also sliced the demonic beast's body into two pieces.

The beast, unable to cast its teleportation art in time, was no match for the greatly strengthened Han Li.

However, the green silhouette's green spiritual threads also instantly entwined around Han Li. But with a flash of blood-red light on Han Li's body, these green threads, upon touching Han Li's body-protecting spiritual light, turned black and then vanished.

"What powerful flood dragon poison!" Han Li exclaimed, surprised at first, then overjoyed.

He had only intended to use his body-protecting spiritual light to block the green threads, but to his surprise, once activated, it easily countered the attack.

It seemed the green silhouette was actually afraid of potent poisons.

A mournful roar echoed. The other Heavenly Tiger Beast, seeing its companion slain, had a look of madness in its eyes. After a flash of green light, the beast directly teleported beside Han Li. Its two sharp claws glowed with claw-lights about a foot long. It viciously clawed at Han Li, seemingly having lost its reason.

Han Li remained expressionless. Instead of using his sword light, he raised his hand, revealing a sharp, scaled claw. With a shake in the air, a burst of blood-red light erupted, directly meeting the opponent's claw-lights.

Two soft "thud" sounds echoed. The blood-red light on Han Li's sharp claw easily pierced through the beast's claws. Then, with a flicker of his body, his arm easily pierced through the beast's body, and he snatched out a greenish-yellow demonic core the size of a broad bean.

The corpse plummeted straight down.

From the moment Han Li activated the Spirit Descent Talisman and his cultivation greatly increased, to his consecutive slaying of the two beasts, it was merely a matter of moments.

This caused the green silhouette's figure to pause, and it surprisingly did not step forward to continue its entanglement, showing signs of hesitation.

Han Li, however, flickered, turning to face the green silhouette and scrutinizing it coldly.

On the other side, Tian Zhong, who was currently overwhelming the beautiful woman and making her gasp for breath, had clearly witnessed the scene unfolding here. Naturally, he felt both shock and anger. He abruptly commanded his five-colored wheel to furiously assault the beautiful woman opposite him a few times, then his body flickered, abandoning his current opponent, and transformed into a shocking rainbow that shot directly towards Han Li.

But just then, a muffled "rumble" echoed from below, and the nearby blood-red barrier suddenly burst open.

A vast expanse of white, chilling mist erupted from the rupture, and a silver rainbow shot out from within it, circling once before stopping near Han Li.

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