NOVEL NEXT Chapter 596: Back Against the Wall
Up to this point, Jin Tong had been steadily eating her way toward the Gold Devouring Immortal's vital internal organs, and her entire body was covered in blood, while the gaps between her teeth were filled with bloody muscle fibers, presenting a terrifying sight to behold.
Right as she was about to bite through a layer of muscular membrane to tear hear way into the Gold Devouring Immortal's abdominal cavity, the muscles of the Gold Devouring Immortal around her suddenly began to compress toward her, while bursts of formidable immortal spiritual power were also converging toward her in an attempt to trap her.
However, having devoured so much of the Gold Devouring Immortal's flesh, Jin Tong's aura was rapidly approaching the mid-High Zenith Stage, and she was able to fight against the compressing flesh around her as she tore through the muscular membrane before forcing her way into the Gold Devouring Immortal's abdominal cavity.
The Gold Devouring Immortal was furious, but also at a loss for what to do. The problem was that Jin Tong was wreaking havoc inside its body, so it couldn't unleash any powerful attacks for fear of harming itself.
Originally, it wouldn't have been a bad thing for Jin Tong to have burrowed her way into its abdominal cavity.
Its soul was superior in power to Jin Tong's, so it should've been able to directly devour Jin Tong's soul, then digest her body, and that would've been the end of the matter.
However, its soul had been severely exerted during its escape from Han Li's Spiritual Sense Cage, whereas Jin Tong's aura had been growing steadily more powerful as she ate her way through the Gold Devouring Immortal's body.
As a result, the Gold Devouring Immortal was no longer confident in its ability to devour Jin Tong's soul, so it could only stay put for now and wait for its own soul to recover.
The helplessness of its situation made it even more infuriated, and it turned to Han Li with burning fury in its eyes.
If it weren't for this detestable human, it would've already hunted down its target long ago, and the Beast Race would've also been razed to the ground. Instead, it had been trapped in an illusion for 20 years and was now in a state of unprecedented peril.
This was all because of that human!
In this instant, Han Li became the sole object of the Gold Devouring Immortal's fixation, and it was determined to kill him.
Han Li had already anticipated this, so as soon as the Gold Devouring Immortal returned to his senses, he had already taken several pills to recover his own immortal spiritual power while also stabilizing his spiritual sense.
All of a sudden, the golden light emanating from the Gold Devouring Immortal's body faded, and a burst of scorching power was released from its body, manifesting itself as wisps of white steam.
Enshrouded within the steam, the Gold Devouring Immortal's body instantly became rather blurry and indistinct.
Han Li immediately activated his Brightsight Spirit Eyes, but before he had a chance to peer through the steam, a sense of foreboding welled up in his heart, and he reflexively dodged to the side.
Almost at the exact same moment, the Gold Devouring Immortal appeared right where he had been standing just a moment ago.
As soon as Han Li steadied himself, a streak of translucent light immediately came sweeping toward him.
Han Li was greatly alarmed, and he reflexively unleashed his Reversal True Axis ability, allowing him to vanish from the spot in a flash and evade the attack.
Only then did it occur to him that his Mantra Treasured Axis seemed to have recovered, and he was ecstatic.
A spherical light barrier instantly erupted out of his body, forming a giant time spirit domain that encompassed the entire bottom of the ravine.
As soon as the light barrier swept over the Gold Devouring Immortal, it immediately felt as if a layer of invisible force were acting upon it, thereby significantly slowing down its movements.
Compared with the Mantra Treasured Axis, the time spirit domain was able to encompass a larger area, but its slowing effect was far less potent. Hence, even though the Gold Devouring Immortal's speed was hampered in the time spirit domain, it could still catch up to Han Li in an instant if he weren't careful.
Furthermore, he could sense that the Mantra Treasured Axis in his body hadn't actually completely recovered, and it could suddenly become useless again at any moment, so he could only continue to take evasive measures while urging Jin Tong to speed up through their spiritual connection.
At the bottom of the ravine, two streaks of light, one azure and one golden, were flashing incessantly, with the latter pursusing the former, and even with Mo Guang's eyesight, he was struggling to keep track of the two streaks of light.
All of a sudden, a resounding boom rang out as the Gold Devouring Immortal crashed into one of the nearby mountain faces, causing an enormous avalanche.
Han Li flew through the massive cloud of dust that had been raised by the avalanche, then propelled himself directly upward until he landed on a protruding stone platform that was jutting out of the opposite mountain face.
The Gold Devouring Immortal's patience had been completely exhausted at this point, and it let loose a feral roar of fury and frustration.
Instead of continuing to pursue Han Li, it laid down onto the ground, and its wings began to tremble violently as the light emanating from its body rapidly contracted. Even the waves of scorching heat that had been released from its body were being withdrawn, forming a layer of strange substance around it that was somewhere between gas and light.
As more and more of this substance accumulated, it began to release waves of extremely strange energy fluctuations, and a sense of foreboding welled up in Han Li's heart upon seeing this.
Inside the Gold Devouring Immortal's body, Jin Tong was tearing away at its internal organs as quickly as she could when she suddenly noticed that these internal organs had begun trembling violently, and some of the tissues had begun to disintegrate into gas before seeping out of its body.
At the same time, its internal bodily temperature began to rise rapidly, and it didn't take long before Jin Tong felt as if she were in a lit furnace.
On top of that, there was a very strange burst of pressure rising up within the Gold Devouring Immortal's abdominal cavity, and the pressure was so immense that even Jin Tong was beginning to feel quite fearful and apprehensive.
Could it be that it's planning to self-detonate?
As soon as this thought occurred to her, Jin Tong immediately called out to Han Li through their spiritual connection.
"Run, Uncle! This thing's going to self-detonate!"
"Get out of there, Jin Tong!" Han Li hurriedly urged with tightly furrowed brows.
"No! I'm going to see this through to the end!" Jin Tong replied in a determined voice.
Han Li gritted his teeth momentarily, then unleashed his Reversal True Axis ability, flying directly upward as quickly as he could with Mo Guang right behind him.
The two of them had only just begun ascending up the ravine when an explosion of blinding white light erupted beneath them.
A deafening boom rang out from the bottom of the ravine, and waves of devastating shockwaves crashed against the mountain faces on either side of the ravine one after another.
In this instant, it was as if a second sun were rising up from the depths of the ravine, and all of the darkness and baleful qi was instantly replaced by blinding white radiance.
The walls of the ravine began to collapse layer after layer in the face of the explosion, causing the ravine to widen rapidly as all of the tumbling rocks were melted away within the scorching light.
At the same time, an enormous pillar of white light erupted straight into the heavens, incinerating all of the baleful qi in the ravine before rising up all the way to an altitude of close to 10,000 feet above the opening of the ravine.
A black humanoid figure emerged from within the pillar of white light in a completely spreadeagled fashion, floating in the air like a kite. The figure's entire body was severely charred and ravaged, looking as if they were on the verge of being vaporized.
On this figure's back was another humanoid figure that was curled up into a ball and encompassed within a layer of azure light, seemingly completely untouched by the explosion of white light.
After flying out of the ravine, the two figures flew several kilometers to the left to escape the explosion.
These two were naturally none other than Han Li and Mo Guang.
Han Li was hovering in mid-air as he turned to the severely disfigured Mo Guang and asked, "Are you alright?"
A smile that was more hideous than even the most horrific of grimaces appeared on Mo Guang's unrecognizable face as he chuckled, "Looks like you've made another winning gamble, Fellow Daoist Han."
His voice was extremely feeble, clearly indicating that he was severely injured, and the flesh of his cheeks had been completely stripped away, revealing two full rows of teeth that presented a harrowing sight to behold.
The explosion of white light had spread far too quickly for them to escape it.
In that dire situation, they had no choice but to take a gamble, using the Gray Immortal's body as a shield against the white light while Han Li used his time spirit domain to slow down the explosion as much as possible.
Ultimately, they were only able to fly for several hundred kilometers before Han Li's time spirit domain failed, and ultimately, the Gray Immortal's body was what had saved their lives.
Through their spiritual connection, Han Li could sense that Mo Guang's injuries were extremely severe, but he could also tell that Mo Guang was in no life-threatening danger, and he couldn't help but be amazed by the resilience of the Gray Immortal's body.
Right at this moment, a burst of thunderous rumbling rang out from down below.
Han Li looked down to find that the ground below was collapsing incessantly, and the ravine was continuing to expand, forming an enormous basin.
The nearby valley where the tree demon was residing had also collapsed before being buried into the earth and inundated by the waves of spreading baleful qi.
A string of panicked roars rang out from within the valley, only to subside a few moments later.
Mo Guang immediately flew into the waves of baleful qi that were rising up from down below, and as the baleful qi entered his body, his skin began to regrow.
His internal injuries weren't going to heal so quickly, but at the very least, he was gradually recovering from his external injuries.
Right at this moment, Han Li suddenly turned his gaze to a certain direction, where he spotted a giant shadow rising up out of the clouds of dust and baleful qi.
It was the Gold Devouring Immortal, and it was pouncing at Han Li once again as it roared with fury and indignation, "Why are you still not dead?!"
Han Li hurriedly cursed to himself under his breath before fleeing the scene, and right at this moment, Jin Tong's voice rang out in his mind.
"Hold on for just a bit longer, Uncle. Once I sever the arteries leading to its heart, it'll..."
For some reason, her voice abruptly cut off before she had a chance to finish.