A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortal Realm

Chapter 1020: Turning the Tables

As soon as Lü Yun's voice trailed off, the lightning and fire on the plaza faded away to reveal Dongfang Bai again.

However, he was no longer looking anywhere near as composed as before, and his entire body was charred black, giving him the appearance of a smoldering, charred stump.

There were also tiny crimson flames all over his body, but there was also a ball of flickering green light on his chest, releasing thin lines that spread out across his entire body like blood vessels.

The green lines were delivering life force to all parts of what appeared to be a lifeless body, and as a result, he was gradually beginning to recover.

Right at this moment, Han Li swooped onto the scene before sweeping a hand horizontally through the air.

Dongfang Bai's charred head immediately fell to the ground before being stomped into powdered coal beneath Han Li's foot.

At the same time, an Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword pierced through Dongfang Bai's chest before releasing a burst of golden lightning that eradicated the ball of green light with ease.

However, instead of displaying any relief or triumph, Han Li's brows were tightly furrowed as he swept a perplexed gaze over his surroundings.

At this moment, there was a frail blade of grass growing nearby, and it was swaying gently in the wind.

All of a sudden, it began to rapidly grow amid an eruption of green light, transforming into a second Dongfang Bai in the blink of an eye.

"How remarkable," Han Li mused with a smile.

"Playtime's over, Fellow Daoist Han," Dongfang Bai said in a cold voice, and as soon as his voice trailed off, he rubbed his hands together, upon which countless specks of azure light appeared within his azure spirit domain, giving off a burst of tremendous wood law power fluctuations.

Han Li's pupils contracted slightly upon seeing this, and he reflexively began to fly back in retreat.

Right at this moment, countless thick vines began to sprout within the azure spirit domain before rapidly spreading through the air, uprooting all of the giant trees in the area and instantly demolishing the entire ancestral hall.

In the blink of an eye, the lakebed was transformed into a lush forest.

The vines crawled rapidly over the four devilish projections stationed around the plaza, quickly inundating them and severing their connection with Han Li.

Meanwhile, Weeping Soul was ensnared by a series of special vines that were riddled with golden patterns, instantly rooting her to the spot.

Even though Han Li had reacted in a very timely fashion and already sprung back several thousand feet, the vines were still able to latch onto his feet, rooting him firmly to the ground.

Han Li took a glance at Weeping Soul to find that even though she had been trapped, she was in no danger for now, and that came as quite a relief.

"I've seen quite a few Creation Tier spirit domains before, but none quite as spectacular as this one."

"If Palace Master Dongfang hadn't spent so much time and effort cultivating his spirit domain, there's no way he would still only be at the peak-High Zenith Stage. No one in the entire Golden Origin Immortal Region dares to actually regard him as anything below a Great Encompassment cultivator," Lü Yun said with a confident smile, while Tao Ji turned to Dongfang Bai with a look of awe and veneration in his eyes.

"It doesn't actually make any difference whether you hand over that thing or not, Fellow Daoist Han," Dongfang Bai said as he slowly approached Han Li.

"I'm well aware of that," Han Li replied, and he channeled his own immortal spiritual power as he spoke, only for the immortal spiritual power that he had mustered up to instantly be sucked away by the vines clinging to his body.

He then channeled his starpower, and he discovered that it would also be absorbed by the vines, but at a far slower rate.

"Don't bother. Everything trapped in my spirit domain belongs to me. Once all of your immortal spiritual power has been sucked away, this powerful body of yours will be reduced to sustenance for my spirit domain, and your nascent soul will be forced to serve as my slave for all of eternity," Dongfang Bai said with a cold smile.

He could see that there was a string around Han Li's neck, and he extended a hand to reach down the front of Han Li's robe, but right at this moment, Han Li suddenly harrumphed coldly, "Don't touch what belongs to me!"

As soon as his voice trailed off, he channeled his Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts, instantly transforming into a devilish deity with three heads and six arms.

Dongfang Bai's heart jolted slightly upon sensing the strange aura emanating from Han Li's body, and he hurriedly rushed back in retreat while directing all of the countless vines in his spirit domain to swarm toward Han Li at once.

However, Han Li was able to wade directly through the vines, tearing right through them with ease.

Dongfang Bai swept both sleeves through the air upon seeing this, and his spirit domain shuddered violently as a series of massive trees emerged before transforming into eighteen wooden giants that were over a thousand feet tall.

Each wooden giant was wielding a massive wooden spear as they charged at Han Li, and as they thrust their spears through the air, vortexes of azure light emerged from their tips, warping and tearing the space around them.

Han Li displayed no fear at all as he retaliated with his six arms, destroying the eighteen wooden giants in the span of no more than twenty seconds before leaping up into the air and plummeting down upon Dongfang Bai.

However, at this point, Dongfang Bai had already steadied himself, and countless vines had wrapped themselves around his body, transforming him into a wooden giant that was over a hundred feet tall.

These vines were riddled with golden patterns, harboring tremendous wood law powers and life energy.

As Han Li came crashing down from above, Dongfang Bai raised his left hand, sending a vine whip sweeping through the air before wrapping itself around Han Li's waist. He then tugged violently on the whip to accelerate Han Li's descent while thrusting the wooden spear in his other hand directly at Han Li's chest.

At the same time, the vine whip around Han Li's waist was rapidly absorbing his bloodline power, and if it weren't for his astonishingly formidable physical constitution, this would've already been too much for him to bear.

He reached out with one hand to grab the wooden spear, only for a powerful eruption of azure light from the tip of the spear to knock his hand away, following which the tip of the spear struck him on the chest.

A burst of tremendous immortal spiritual power surged through the entire spear, culminating in a ball of radiant azure and golden light at the tip of the spear that exploded violently, sending such formidable shockwaves sweeping in all directions that the entire spirit domain began to tremble and sway violently.

Lü Yun and Tao Ji were astonished as they witnessed this from afar.

Meanwhile, most of the immortal spiritual power in Weeping Soul's body had already been sucked away by the vines around her, forcing her to revert back to her human form, and she was watching Han Li's battle from afar with a concerned look in her eyes.

However, once the dust settled, it was revealed that Han Li was standing completely still on the spot, and the wooden spear hadn't managed to pierce even a single inch into his chest.

"Impossible!" Dongfang Bai exclaimed upon seeing this.

"I've heard that you possess power far beyond your cultivation base, but so what if you possess power on par with a Great Encompassment cultivator?" one of Han Li's heads sneered.

The combination of his true spirit bloodlines and Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts enhanced his physical constitution to the point that it was far beyond that of the average Great Encompassment cultivator, so Dongfang Bai's attacks never posed any true threat to him.

Han Li leaned down as he spoke, causing the wooden spear to bend like a bow, and he grabbed onto the vine whip around his waist before tugging on it to drag Dongfang Bai toward himself.

Immediately thereafter, he began unleashing a torrential barrage of punches upon Dongfang Bai with his six giant fists.

A string of deafening booms rang out as the entire azure spirit domain trembled violently.

The wooden vines around Dongfang Bai's body were only able to resist Han Li's punches for a short while before they were completely smashed to bits.

Lü Yun and Tao Ji exchanged a glance upon seeing this, and each of them could see their own horror mirrored in one another's eyes.

They possessed nowhere near enough power to play any role in this battle. In fact, just a single one of those punches that Han Li was unleashing would be enough to kill them on the spot.

Before long, Dongfang Bai was revealed amid a mass of shattered vines before being grabbed by Han Li.

"You shouldn't have done what you did to Azure Fox City. The Azure Fox Tribe was just a small tribe that would've never been able to pose any threat to you, why weren't you willing to spare them?" Han Li interrogated with all three of his heads, and his voice rumbled like thunder.

"Why do you care so much for those ants? They..."

Before Dongfang Bai had a chance to finish his sentence, Han Li clenched his fist tightly, crushing his body into a pulp.

However, no nascent soul flew out of the mangled body.

Han Li tossed the body aside, and he reverted back to his human form before turning to Tao Ji and Lü Yun with tightly furrowed brows.

A small vine beside them gradually swelled in size before transforming into yet another Dongfang Bai.

As for the body that Han Li had just discarded, it had already been devoured by the masses of surrounding azure vines.

"Looks like you've gotten the best of me here, Fellow Daoist Han. We'll meet again," Dongfang Bai said with a dark expression.

"You're not getting away!" Han Li harrumphed coldly, and as soon as his voice trailed off, a radiant golden spirit domain appeared within the surrounding azure spirit domain.