Chapter 904: Inducing the Enemy

Volume Six: Heavenly Spirit Treasures

A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality VIP Volume Six: Heavenly Spirit Treasures

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"Senior, these Tianlan cultivators have been shaken off by this junior multiple times, by thousands of miles. But each time they track me down. Is there really a cultivation technique in this world that strengthens spiritual sense more powerful than the Great Development Art? Can it truly detect thousands of miles away?" Han Li asked, his face pale and bloodless.

At this moment, he was in the midst of unsealing his power, transforming into a green rainbow, streaking through the sky at lightning speed.

Having unsealed his power three times in a row, and also using the Blood Shadow Escape technique repeatedly, Han Li's body was in a precarious state.

If he hadn't used several high-level secret techniques to forcibly suppress the cultivation technique's backlash, and even consumed over ten drops of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to compensate for the partial loss of vital essence, he probably wouldn't have been able to continue. Even so, after he finished cultivating and lifted the seal, it would take at least two to three years for his magic power to return to its peak.

Of course, this was still considering his abundant supply of elixirs. For any other cultivator, it was highly probable they would have fallen an entire cultivation realm just from this.

In such a dire situation, he was also being pursued by late Nascent Soul cultivators. The danger involved was imaginable.

And before understanding the exact reason for the pursuers' accurate tracking, the Blood Shadow Escape could not be easily used again.

Otherwise, before shaking off the pursuers, he would have already destroyed himself by more than half.

"Hmph! Although I am very confident in the Great Development Art's ability to strengthen spiritual sense, I would never boast that it's the best in the entire cultivation world. There have been many cultivators with good aptitudes from ancient times to the present, and their numbers are certainly not few. What's so strange about a cultivation technique more powerful than this one! However, the reason you are being relentlessly pursued this time isn't because someone truly locked onto you with spiritual sense from a thousand miles away. It's because you've been targeted by something non-human," the Great Development Divine Monarch snorted coldly, speaking politely.

"Something non-human? Are you referring to that demonic beast?" Han Li, prompted by the words, suddenly understood.

"No. Don't you find the appearance of the demonic beast behind you very familiar? It's almost identical to the Heavenly Azure Sacred Beast described by the common people of Tianlan. It's likely those old fellows from the Sacred Hall, unable to bear the loss of face from you killing so many high-level Immortal Masters, specially summoned something from the Upper Realm. It's not uncommon for such beings, which are not from the Human Realm, to possess divine abilities to lock onto you," the Great Development Divine Monarch instructed.

"Heavenly Azure Sacred Beast? Of course, I noticed this beast. But the magical energy fluctuations on its body aren't strong, only around the seventh-level. It's far too different from the Mulan people's Sacred Avian. Can it really possess such divine abilities?" Han Li frowned, looking somewhat doubtful.

"Heh, I've heard you talk about that great war between you and the Mulan people. The avian summoned by the Mulan people was indeed a projection-like summoning, manifesting part of an Upper Realm spirit bird's power through the aid of a treasure, merely taking form out of thin air in this realm. It was essentially an illusion. However, the demonic beast currently following you, I sensed it, and it is indeed a physical entity. If that's the case, it's highly likely that the Heavenly Azure Beast used a divine ability similar to the Ancient Demon's Demonic Possession, using another demonic beast or a medium to allow a part of its spirit to descend into this realm. Don't underestimate this method. Frankly, this kind of summoning is a true descent of a clone, and its divine abilities and cultivation realm are extraordinary. Given enough time, it will soon become the most terrifying existence in this realm. To my knowledge, several such descending beings have existed in this realm for a long time. However, these existences seem to fear something and usually keep a very low profile, making them difficult for ordinary cultivators in the cultivation world to find." The Great Development Divine Monarch's voice became solemn.

"Such terrifying entities exist in our Human Realm? No, junior doesn't have time to discuss this in detail. Regardless of whether it's a demonic beast or a sacred beast, Senior, do you have a way to help me shake off its pursuit? Otherwise, once the unsealing time is up, I'll be in serious trouble." Han Li's spiritual sense swept backward again, and the three people and one beast reappeared within his detection range. He couldn't help but feel anxious.

"There are countless exotic beasts and spirit birds in the Upper Realm. Who knows what divine ability this creature uses to find you. Your qi-restraining and aura-concealing technique, in my opinion, is already quite complete. It seems there’s no other good way unless you kill this beast. However, I can temporarily teach you a simple method of feigned death, allowing your body to completely eliminate all vital energy. But whether it will work, I'm not very confident. After all, that demonic beast might not be tracking you by scent," the Great Development Divine Monarch gave Han Li a chilling reply.

Han Li fell silent. After a long moment, with a cold glint in his eyes, he suddenly spoke firmly:

"Alright, then I'll kill this beast."

"You want to kill the Heavenly Azure Sacred Beast first? I'm afraid there won't be a chance. This creature is accompanied by two Tianlan Grand Immortal Masters. The masked woman behind them, with a mid-Nascent Soul cultivation, should be the Heavenly Azure Saintess. Her divine abilities won't be minor either," the Great Development Divine Monarch was somewhat surprised.

"Without paying some price, there naturally won't be a chance. But if I'm willing to sacrifice my second Nascent Soul, it's not entirely without opportunity," Han Li said, his voice extremely cold and sinister.

"Master, what do you plan to do? Let me help too," Silvermoon suddenly spoke up at this moment.

"How are your injuries? If you only use your artifact spirit body to lure the enemy, can you hold on?" Han Li was taken aback, but asked slowly.

"I am the artifact spirit of Master’s soul-bound magic treasure. No matter how serious my injuries are, as long as Master’s flying sword remains undamaged, I am an immortal body. Master doesn't need to worry too much about me. After this, I just need to slumber within Master's magic treasure for some more years," Silvermoon said with a light smile.

"Alright. The current situation is indeed not good. I'll have to trouble you once more then." Han Li pondered for a moment before sighing.

Subsequently, Han Li first obtained the feigned death technique from the Great Development Divine Monarch. After a brief contemplation, finding no issues, he reached up and touched the top of his head.

Black light flickered. His second Nascent Soul appeared above his head. It opened its mouth and spat out the Ghost Luo Banner. It then held the banner and shook it repeatedly, leaping into the air. In a blink of an eye, dark clouds gathered, winds surged, and a hundred-zhang-wide black cloud covered the sky and earth, filled with demonic energy.

"Take this with you too. If that Heavenly Saintess pursues you with the Sacred Beast, use this sword to kill it," Han Li said grimly. With a flick of his hand, a small blood-red sword shot into the demonic clouds and disappeared. It was the Blood Demon Sword.

Then the demonic cloud emitted a piercing shriek and fled rapidly to one side, its momentum incredibly astonishing.

Han Li watched the distant demonic cloud, his face extremely grim. With a flip of his hand, a small bottle appeared. He poured its contents into his mouth, and a drop of spirit-filled milky liquid entered.

Subsequently, his entire body glowed with spiritual light. The green rainbow shot through the air at a speed even faster than his previous escape light, soaring into the distance.

"What’s going on? I’m not mistaken, am I? That person’s Nascent Soul actually left their body and fled on its own."

The pursuers behind also sensed this scene with their spiritual sense, becoming surprised and bewildered. The purple-haired beautiful woman even raised her eyebrows in astonishment.

"That’s not right. If it were an ordinary Nascent Soul leaving the body, its physical body shouldn’t be able to move. But that person is still fleeing in the same direction. Could it be that they cultivate a divine ability similar to the Three Corpses Primordial Spirit Art?" The refined young man shook his head, his expression solemn.

"If they were using a doppelganger technique to escape, they wouldn’t be able to deceive our senses at all. As long as we pinpoint the Nascent Soul’s location, it’s impossible to confuse us. But now, an entire Nascent Soul has flown away, and it’s not a Nascent Soul splitting technique like Fellow Daoist Gui’s Six Souls Splitting Primordial Qi Art. This is somewhat strange. Could it truly be the legendary second Nascent Soul?" The purple-haired beautiful woman mused.

The silver-robed woman also frowned tightly, secretly astonished.

"Can the Sacred Beast sense anything unusual?" The young man turned his head and asked the Heavenly Azure Saintess.

"No. The Sacred Beast is only a wisp of a divided spirit that descended into this world. It would need hundreds of years of cultivation to fully awaken its spiritual intelligence. Its current cultivation is only at the seventh-level beast standard, so it cannot display too many divine abilities," the silver-robed woman said with a sigh.

"This is a bit troublesome. Alright then. Since we can’t distinguish whether the Nascent Soul is real or fake, and we can’t let this Nascent Soul just escape, how about I go after this Nascent Soul alone? You, Immortal Master, continue to accompany the Sacred Beast and Fellow Daoist Sun to pursue the original person. With my divine abilities, dealing with a mere Nascent Soul won't take too much time," the refined young man suggested after thinking for a moment.

"This method is indeed more reliable. I will ensure the Saintess is safe. Brother Xu, go quickly and return quickly. But that Nascent Soul might be the main one, so don’t kill it. Find out the method for cultivating Gold Devouring Beetles first," the purple-haired beautiful woman said with a smiling expression.

"Naturally. I understand."

The silver-robed woman thought for a moment, also finding no issues, and nodded in agreement.

Immediately, the young man surnamed Xu parted ways with the two of them, transforming into a jade-green rainbow over ten zhang long, pursuing Han Li's second Nascent Soul. In a blink of an eye, he disappeared.

Meanwhile, the Heavenly Azure Saintess and the beautiful woman, maintaining their direction, continued to relentlessly pursue Han Li.

One after the other, between Han Li and the two groups, they pursued for another hundred miles in an instant, gradually closing the distance with Han Li.

"They’re only fifty to sixty li away now. It’s almost time. Silvermoon, you should also depart." Han Li made a quick estimation in his mind. With a shake of his sleeve, a small silver wolf shot out from it. After rolling its body, it astonishingly transformed into another Han Li.

Han Li's face showed a bitter smile, but with time pressing, he didn't say much. With a wave of his hand, a spirit beast pouch and a thumb-sized green bead were thrown to the other figure.

"You are an artifact spirit body, without a physical body, so other magic treasures aren't easy for you to wield. Just take this pouch of Gold Devouring Beetles and this Thunder Bead. If that demonic beast pursues you, you don't need to consider anyone else. Just kill or temporarily heavily injure it," Han Li meticulously instructed.

"Master, don’t worry. If the Heavenly Azure Sacred Beast pursues me, I definitely won't let it escape easily," the "Han Li" opposite spoke with Silvermoon's voice. After putting away the two items, it transformed into a silver streak and flew diagonally through the air.