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

Chapter 960: Internal Conflict

Even though Han Li had suddenly been immobilized, he remained calm and collected as he channeled his Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts with all his might to fight against the restrictions in his body.

However, the restrictions were situated deep within his dantian, and they were completely resistant to his efforts to counteract them.

Han Li's brows furrowed slightly as several translucent chains flew out of his glabella before vanishing into his own dantian.

The restrictions in his dantian had immobilized his body, but they had no effect on his spiritual sense.

After burrowing into his dantian, the spiritual sense chains wrapped themselves around the two crimson cloud restrictions before tearing at them with all their might, and the restrictions immediately began to tremble slightly.

Han Li was quite relieved to see that his spiritual sense chains were effective on these restrictions, and he took a deep breath as he redoubled his efforts, and a series of translucent threads shot out of his glabella before intertwining together to form a small, translucent sword.

The sword was only around an inch in length, but the spiritual sense fluctuations that it was giving off were far more formidable than those of the spiritual sense chains, and it was none other than Han Li's Spiritual Sense Sword.

The Spiritual Sense Sword vanished into his dantian in a flash, then swelled to around twice its original size, giving off such formidable sword intent that that the surfaces of the two crimson cloud restrictions immediately began rippling incessantly.

The Spiritual Sense Sword then flew straight into one of the crimson clouds, and the latter was instantly sliced into two before exploding into countless specks of crimson light without being able to put up any resistance.

Han Li was ecstatic to see this, and the Spiritual Sense Sword swung around at his behest to strike the other crimson cloud, quickly eradicating it as well.

With the two crimson clouds gone, Han Li instantly regained his mobility, and a contemplative look appeared on his face as he returned to his feet.

It was clear that these restrictions had come from the two Sulfurous Flame Blood Clouds that he had devoured, and with that in mind, a thought suddenly occurred to Han Li, following which he immediately continued to hurry back to the main group.

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Meanwhile, the subordinates of the four subsidiary city lords were still locked in a fierce battle against Shao Ying and the Zhu siblings.

Even though Fang Chan and the others had a numbers advantage, they were clearly on hte back foot, and it didn't take long before they began suffering injuries.

Shi Chuankong was looking on with an urgent expression, but he continued to refrain from entering the fray.

Inside the array, more and more crimson lines were appearing over the bodies of the four subsidiary city lords, and Fu Jian was howling in agony as he pleaded, "Please spare me, City Lord E! I've always been your most loyal servant!"

"I know you're loyal, and that's why I gave you this opportunity. You should be honored to sacrifice yourself for the greater good of Profound City," E Kuai replied with a faint smile, and there wasn't even a hint of sympathy in his eyes.

The crimson light pouring out of the four statues continued to surge into the bodies of the four subsidiary city lords, and it wasn't going to take long before the crimson lines spread over the entirety of their bodies.

"Fine! If this is how you're going to treat us, then there's no need for me to hold back any longer!" Fu Jian roared in a furious voice before opening his mouth to release a streak of white light, which contained a talisman that bore an image of a small dagger with a serrated edge.

A translucent dagger projection shot out of the talisman, then pierced into his lower abdomen in a flash.

A faint thump rang out, and much of the crimson cloud around Fu Jian's upper body instantly dissipated, allowing him to free his arms.

However, the crimson cloud around his lower body remained as dense as ever, rooting him to the stone statue down below.

"So you had a Soul Dagger Talisman up your sleeve this entire time," E Kuai mused, but he didn't seem to be particularly concerned.

After freeing his own arms, Fu Jian immediately swept both hands through the air, and four thin streaks of black light shot out of his sleeves, with two of them hurtling directly toward E Kuai, while the other two were aimed at the statue down below.

At the same time, he opened his mouth once again to release three more streaks of white light, which pierced into the bodies of Sun Tu and the others in a flash.

Immediately thereafter, much of the crimson clouds around them dissipated, and their upper bodies were freed as well.

"Thank you, City Lord Fu. Don't hold back anymore, fellow daoists! We're all going to have to work together if we want to survive!" Chen Yang yelled as he swept both sleeves through the air, and out of his left sleeve flew three short yellow spears, all of which immediately sped toward E Kuai like lightning.

At the same time, a bone saber appeared in his right hand, and he slashed it down upon the statue beneath him with all his might.

Sun Tu and Qin Yuan also retaliated as soon as they were freed, sending a black sword projection and a streak of resplendent crimson light hurtling toward E Kuai.

Simultaneously, they were also attacking the statues beneath themselves.

All of this had taken place in the blink of an eye, but E Kuai remained completely unconcerned.

A mocking sneer appeared on his face as he switched to a different hand seal, and a crimson light barrier instantly emerged over each of the statues beneath the four subsidiary city lords.

The statue beneath E Kuai also began to release radiant crimson light that formed a protective light barrier.

A string of resounding explosions rang out, as lights of different colors flashed within the array, while the nearby ground also trembled violently.

Fang Chan, Shao Ying, and the others hurriedly stopped what the were doing upon hearing the commotion, then backed away from one another before looking into the array.

All of the lights in the array quickly faded away, and it was revealed that E Kuai and the five stone statues remained completely unscathed.

The crimson light barriers around the statues appeared to be rather thin, but they were extremely resilient.

Stunned looks appeared on the faces of the four subsidiary city lords upon seeing this, while E Kuai sneered, "The Weeping Blood Array is not something the likes of you can even hope to destroy. You should save your energy. Maybe you'll be able to survive a little longer then."

Immediately thereafter, the stone statues beneath the four subsidiary city lords up lit upon again, and countless threads of crimson light shot forth before ensnaring them.

Numerous tadpole-like crimson runes were dancing around the threads of light, all of which were giving off a glacial aura.

In the blink of an eye, the four subsidiary city lords had been tied up from head to toe by these threads of crimson light, and the glacial power within the threads of light instantly seeped into their bodies, immobilizing them once again.

A pleased look appeared in E Kuai's eyes upon seeing this, and he returned to what he was doing before.

The light radiating from the five statues grew brighter and brighter, and more and more threads of crimson light emerged, forming four giant crimson cocoons around the subsidiary city lords in the blink of an eye.

A look of despair instantly appeared in the eyes of Fang Chan and the others upon seeing this.

"The fates of your city lords are sealed, so you should all just surrender to spare yourselves of unnecessary suffering," Shao Ying sneered.

A cold look flashed through Fang Chan's eyes as he pounced forward once again, and before long, the battle between the two sides resumed.

Meanwhile, E Kuai sliced his own finger open, then began inscribing runes onto the air before him.

A series of crimson runes that were roughly a foot in size took shape under his fingertip, then drifted away before fusing into different parts of the surrounding array.

More lines began to appear on the Weeping Blood Array, and in the blink of an eye, it had become far more complex than before, once again.

At this point, E Kuai's complexion was looking a little pale, and it seemed that setting up this massive array had been quite a taxing endeavor for him, but his eyes were glowing with elation as he made one final hand seal.

The entire array instantly began to glow brightly at his behest, releasing a thick pillar of crimson light that encompassed the door of light at the bottom of the pond.

A burst of thunderous rumbling began to ring out from within the door of light, following which a burst of viscous crimson light shot out of it.

The burst of crimson light was as viscous as blood, and there were many black impurities within it, but it was giving off tremendous bloodline power, even more so than the blood in the pond from before.

The burst of crimson light seemed to be rather reluctant to conform, but in the end, it was unable to resist the Weeping Blood Array and fused into the latter.

The entire array instantly began to glow even brighter, and instead of dissipating after entering the array, the burst of viscous light flowed through it like a crimson python, making its way over to the crimson cocoon that Fu Jian was in before vanishing into it in a flash.

Radiant light instantly erupted out of the crimson cocoon, while countless crimson runes danced over its surface, and the aura that the cocoon was giving off began to fluctuate violently.

In the next instant, the burst of viscous crimson light emerged from the back of the cocoon before continuing onward.

Much of the black impurities within it had been eradicated, as if it had undergone some type of purification process.

E Kuai was very pleased to see this, and the burst of viscous light roamed over to the crimson cocoon that Sun Tu was in at his behest before vanishing into it.

Before long, the burst of crimson light re-emerged from the back of the cocoon once again, this time with even fewer impurities within it.

After that, it passed through Chen Yang and Qin Yuan's cocoons as well, and after four bouts of purification, all of the black impurities within it had faded away.

E Kuai made a beckoning motion with an elated look on his face, and the purified burst of crimson light quickly made its way over to him before vanishing into his body.