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

Chapter 981: It's Your Turn

At the same time, the sword-wielding golden puppet emerged from behind its shield-bearing counterpart like an agile golden monkey, springing up into the air before swinging its sword viciously down upon E Kuai's neck.

Its golden sword was riddled with star acupoints, and all of the starpower within it erupted forth at once, releasing a fiery aura that created a serrated edge around its blade.

However, as the golden sword came crashing down, the starpower erupting out of it clashed against the cloud of crimson mist around E Kuai's body, and sparks erupted in all directions as a screeching clang rang out.

The sword was unable to slice into the layer of crimson mist at all!

E Kuai gave a cold harrumph as he abruptly withdrew his fist from the golden shield, and as he thrust his fist forward again, the muscles on his right arm bulged, giving it an appearance of explosive power.

As E Kuai's fist struck the golden shield once again, the star acupoints on the latter flashed incessantly as it counteracted the force of his punch, but E Kuai simply ducked down to avoid the burst of reactive force, taking advantage of it to send the sword-wielding puppet flying.

At the same time, he struck the golden shield with his right fist a third time, and before it had a chance to reflect the force of his punch, he threw another almighty punch into the shield with his left fist.

A torrential barrage of punches came raining down upon the shield, and it was only able to withstand the ferocious assault for a few seconds before it exploded with an earth-shattering boom, while the puppet behind it was sent flying back through the air.

E Kuai was forced to take a few backward steps, and only after plunging his feet into the ground was he able to steady himself.

Right at this moment, Han Li descended upon him from above, and he was somehow completely unaffected by the shockwaves generated from the golden shield's explosion, as if he were a leaf drifting through a storm.

He channeled his Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts with all his might, and all of his 475 profound acupoints lit up as he threw a punch directly at the top of E Kuai's head.

His fist was enveloped in starpower, forming a radiant white first projection that was imbued with astonishing power.

E Kuai had been keeping an eye on Han Li this entire time, but he still didn't anticipate that Han Li would be able to strike at this moment. With no time to defend himself, he could sway his head to the side to withstand the punch with his own body.

As a result, Han Li's fist glanced past his head before crashing heavily down onto his shoulder.

The ground beneath E Kuai instantly exploded, sending countless shattered rocks flying in all directions, while E Kuai himself was tipped to one side and buried beneath the rubble.

Han Li continued to rain down more punches without pause, battering the ground over and over again to raise an enormous cloud of dust.

As the ground caved in over and over again, both Han Li and E Kuai quickly became hidden within the ever-deepening crater that Han Li was creating with his fists.

All of a sudden, a resounding boom rang out, and Han Li flew up from the crater before falling onto the ground outside.

Immediately thereafter, E Kuai came flying out in hot pursuit.

His entire body was riddled with wounds, and he appeared very bloody and battered, but in reality, all of these were only minor, skin-deep injuries. However, he was furious to have suffered the humiliation of being pummeled by Han Li like this.

After landing on the ground, E Kuai turned to Han Li as he sneered, "So you've also cultivated the Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts. No wonder you were able to accomplish so much. Which statue do you have?"

At this point, Han Li had also identified that E Kuai was cultivating the Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts as well, and he was far more advanced in the cultivation art.

"Which statue do you have, City Lord E?" Han Li asked as he spat out a globule of blood.

"The Devilish Lord intentionally split up the four statues, and I've only managed to obtain two of them. Hence, you must have either the first one of the fourth one, either one of which will make a fine addition to my collection," E Kuai replied with a cold smile.

"How about we make an exchange?" Han Li suddenly proposed.

"Is this really the time to be making jokes, Fellow Daoist Li?" E Kuai chuckled.

Right at this moment, the ground beneath him abruptly shattered, and a golden figure shot out of the ground before grabbing onto him from behind.

The golden figure was none other than the shield-bearing puppet, which had just lost its shield, and a series of mechanical clicks rang out as its body split up into pieces before closing themselves over E Kuai like a golden sarcophagus.

The surface of the golden sarcophagus was riddled with profound runes, and at the same time, the sword-wielding puppet also sprang out of the ground.

It tossed its sword away before jumping onto the golden sarcophagus, following which its body also split up into pieces before fusing as one with the body of the shield-bearing puppet.

"Die, traitorous scum!"

A desperate roar rang out from afar, and it had come from Sha Xin.

Immediately thereafter, the runes on the bodies of the two golden puppets began to release blinding white light, following which both of them exploded violently.

A deafening boom rang out, and it was as if a radiant white sun had risen up in the night, completely illuminating the entire landscape.

Han Li had sprung back in retreat as soon as he saw the shield-bearing puppet emerge from the ground, and he was forced to shield his eyes from the blinding light and powerful shockwaves.

Some time later, the dust slowly settled, and Han Li saw a giant black crater up ahead.

E Kuai was standing at the bottom of the crater, and his clothes had disappeared, while hsi skin had turned pitch-black. However, it was a glossy black that was giving off a faint gleam, rather than a charred black that one would expect to see after such a powerful explosion.

Furthermore, the red symbol on his glabella had turned white.

A peal of harrowing laughter escaped E Kuai's lips, and all of a sudden, he vanished from the spot without a trace.

In the next instant, a loud boom rang out in the distance as Sha Xin's body was slammed high up into the sky.

E Kuai then immediately caught up to her before pounding her with a torrential barrage of punches, sending her tumbling down like a broken ragdoll, and it was unclear whether she was dead or alive.

He's become even faster and stronger!

A grim look appeared on Han Li's face upon seeing this.

"It's your turn now!" E Kuai said as he turned to Han Li, and even his voice had changed, striking the listener with a bone-chilling sense of foreboding.

In the next instant, Han Li's pupils abruptly contracted as he sprang back as quickly as he could, but E Kuai was still able to catch up to him in the blink of an eye.

His eyes were completely bloodshot, and it seemed that even his sanity had been a little compromised as he threw a punch at Han Li's chest.

In response, Han Li channeled both his Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts and his bloodline power, and his arms swelled up like a pair of balloons, forming a sturdy barricade in front of him.

At the same time, Han Li was struck by a very peculiar sensation, as if a type of special power had suddenly appeared in his arms, and it felt different from any previous occasion where he had separately channeled his true spirit bloodlines or the Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts.

Before he had a chance to ponder this any further, a burst of devastating force crashed into his arms, and the bones in his arms were only just barely able to hold themselves together.

Immediately thereafter, he was sent flying back, leaving a massive trench that was tens of thousands of feet in length and close to a thousand feet wide in the ground, and he only drew to a halt after crashing into a rock face.

The entire rock face instantly collapsed, burying him under a huge pile of rubble.

Han Li's arms were feeling very numb, but thankfully, none of his bones were broken.

At this moment, E Kuai was burning through both his blood essence and his starpower, and the longer he used this secret technique, the more severe the backlash would be. Hence, his intention was naturally to end this battle as soon as possible, and he immediately launched himself at Han Li, refusing to give him any respite.

In the face of his almighty punches, the pile of rubble that Han Li was buried beneath was instantly reduced to dust, and a Giant Mountain Ape abruptly emerged before launching a massive golden fist directly at E Kuai.

E Kuai's entire body was dwarfed by the Giant Mountain Ape's fist, but he remained completely unfazed.

An earth-shattering boom rang out as his fist clashed against the giant oncoming fist, and a burst of tremendous power that surprised even Han Li himself swept directly toward E Kuai.

A stunned look appeared on E Kuai's face as he was forced back by Han Li's punch, but Han Li's entire arm was also in excruciating pain as he tumbled out of the air.

After landing on the ground, the Giant Mountain Ape abruptly transformed into a Lightning Bird, then flapped its wings vigorously as it flew away as quickly as it could.

"You're not getting away!" E Kuai roared.