A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality

The Battle at the Border (8)

After probing with his spiritual sense, he discovered that the brocade-robed man was at the late-Nascent Soul Stage! He was actually a Moulan Divine Sage! Wasn’t it said that Moulan only had three Divine Sages?

Han Li’s heart was filled with shock. Before he could understand what was going on, the brocade-robed man raised his hand and grabbed at the air in the face of the lightning beads.

Han Li’s heart skipped a beat. Without any further thought, he hurriedly pointed, and the lightning bead immediately turned around and was about to change directions.

However, it was too late.

A large azure hand suddenly appeared above the lightning bead and grabbed it with lightning speed.

There was no way to dodge!

Han Li raised his eyebrows and made a hand seal without hesitation, detonating the restricted lightning bead.

The golden and azure light exploded in the huge hand, and the huge hand and the lightning bead instantly disappeared without a trace.

The large embroidered-robed man harrumphed coldly, but azure light flashed from his face before his expression returned to normal.

Han Li did not make a move to escape. He just stared at the other party coldly and did not say a word.

The brocade-robed man looked up at Han Li and said indifferently, “You are Han Li, the cultivator with the Golden Lightning Bamboo!”

“Doesn’t Moulan only have three Divine Sages? Who are you?” Han Li did not answer the burly man’s question. Instead, he asked another question.

“Good! You’re still able to remain so calm despite knowing that I’m a Moulan Divine Sage. It seems that you’re indeed the person Divine Sage Zhong mentioned. I’m Tian Zhong, the fourth Divine Sage of Moulan!” the large man in embroidered robes said with neither shock nor joy.

“Fourth Divine Sage? This is the first time I’ve heard of this. However, your transformed hand can’t even restrain my lightning bead. I’m afraid you’ve only entered the late-stage and haven’t even consolidated your cultivation yet!” Han Li stared at the burly man and said bluntly. At the same time, he pointed at the sword lights in front of him in a seemingly casual manner. Immediately, the swords cried out in unison and turned into a green mist that stood in front of Han Li.

“I only reached the late-Nascent Soul Stage a few years ago, but do you really think you’ll be able to fight me? You sure are arrogant,” the embroidered-robed man sneered.

“He can’t do it alone, but what if I join him?” A pleasant female voice suddenly sounded from the side.

Han Li was stunned at first, but he was immediately overjoyed.

“Who is it?” The large man was startled and his eyes flickered as he asked in a stern voice.

“I didn’t expect Fellow Daoist Tian to advance to the late-Nascent Soul Stage in just over a hundred years. I am truly shocked! I wonder if Fellow Daoist Tian’s abilities have truly grown.”

With that said, white light flashed and a red-robed woman appeared in mid-air, coldly looking at the embroidered-robed man.

The embroidered-robed man’s expression stirred upon seeing the red-robed woman, and he said, “So it’s Lady Feng. However, aren’t you afraid that something will happen to Fellow Daoist Long Han? You and your husband have always worked together to fight against enemies.”

“Don’t worry! My husband is among thousands of cultivators. Even if you Divine Sages personally take action, you won’t be able to do anything to him. I really want to test the divine power of the fourth Divine Sage. Fellow Daoist Han, go and save the other Fellow Daoists,” the woman said to Han Li. Then, she raised her hand and opened her palm, revealing a sparkling red bottle.

Before the woman could activate it, the bottle flashed with red light and a ball of raging flames enveloped it before gently floating into the air.

“The Fire Spirit Bottle!” The large embroidered-robed man wore a solemn expression and muttered.

When Han Li heard the beautiful woman’s words, he did not hold back and flew into the sky as a streak of azure light.

The brocade-robed man’s expression sank and he suddenly took out a spirit beast pouch from his waist. He raised it into the air and spat out a mist of light, revealing two identical winged beasts with azure feathers and the heads of tigers and the bodies of eagles.

“Heavenly Tigers!” Seeing the appearance of these two beasts, Han Li was shocked and blurted out the names of the beasts.

These were extremely rare flying beasts in the Moulan Plains. They were proficient in earth and wind-type spells and were extremely difficult to deal with. Furthermore, these two seemed to have reached the late-Core Formation realm, so they definitely couldn’t be underestimated.

At this moment, the two Heavenly Tigers suddenly spread their wings and disappeared in the azure light. In the next moment, they appeared near Han Li one after another, staring at him covetously.

Han Li withdrew his light and came to a sudden stop.

“Teleportation!” Han Li secretly complained in his heart. He had long heard that this kind of demon beast had the ability to teleport, but he did not expect it to be true.

In this way, it would not be easy to get rid of the two beasts!

However, Tian Zhong didn’t stop there. His body blurred and a humanoid azure figure separated from his back.

The azure projection was exactly the same as Tian Zhong, but its entire body was covered in an azure barrier of light, and its face was so dazzling that it appeared to be a projection.

“External Avatar!” This time, the beautiful woman revealed a trace of surprise.

It wasn’t that she was surprised that this guy had an avatar, but this was the first time she had seen such a strange avatar.

The green light flashed and flew to Han Li’s side.

The red-robed woman didn’t try to stop him, because the embroidered-robed man opened his mouth and spat out a sparkling five-colored wheel.

“In that case, I’ll be able to spar with the two of you.”

With that said, he pointed to the rainbow wheel, and it immediately transformed into a rainbow light that quickly floated toward the beautiful woman.

When the woman saw this, she solemnly struck the Fire Spirit Bottle in front of her with an incantation seal.

The treasure trembled for a moment before brilliant red light erupted from it, releasing countless scorching flames. These flames were vastly different from ordinary flames.

All of the flames seemed to be alive. One moment, they scattered, and the next moment, they converged. After rolling for a while, they transformed into several huge crimson snakes that fiercely pounced towards the rainbow light.

Hearing the rumbling sound behind him, Han Li did not need to turn his head to know that the beautiful woman and Tian Zhong had started to fight.

He glanced at the strange azure figure in front of him before glancing at the two Heavenly Tigers that were eying him with hostility.

He knew that if he didn’t defeat these three inhuman beings, he wouldn’t be able to save the other trapped cultivators.

And now, even these two people with special identities had taken action. It could be seen that the others truly did not have the time to reinforce this place. If he had known this would happen, he would have given Silvermoon a few more lightning beads from the start and let her secretly save the others. Now, he would definitely not have this opportunity.

What he had to do now was to immediately defeat these three enemies before he could consider other matters.

Thinking of this, Han Li reached out to his waist and took out a spirit beast pouch. A large number of Gold Devouring Beetles swarmed out of the pouch and turned into a golden cloud, circling in the air.

Without any hesitation, Han Li cast a spell, which disappeared into the cloud of insects.

A buzzing sound rang out as the cloud of beetles transformed into three streaks of golden mist in a flash of azure light, and they flew toward the three enemies in an overbearing manner.

“Gold Devouring Beetles! If they were mature, I would be more afraid.”

The azure projection harrumphed coldly and uttered the same voice as Tian Zhong. It didn’t seem surprised at all. When the two Heavenly Tigers saw the Gold Devouring Beetles, they spread their wings and instantly retreated over 200 feet away with fear on their faces.

At that moment, the azure shadow opened its mouth and spat out three bowl-thick pillars of light. With each shot, the azure light on the projection’s body grew dimmer and dimmer. After three shots, even its body had grown three inches shorter.

The three pillars of light were extremely fast and accurately struck the insect clouds.

Pu, pu, pu. Three sounds rang out as azure light flashed. Three azure balls of light with a diameter of 10 feet suddenly appeared, and the three waves of Gold Devouring Beetles were all imprisoned within.

Han Li was shocked. He did not have time to think and hurriedly pointed at the three clouds. All the Gold Devouring Beetles immediately crawled onto the walls and began to crazily devour them.

A moment later, Han Li’s expression turned ugly.

These azure barriers seemed to be extremely durable, and the Gold Devouring Beetles were only able to devour them at an extremely slow speed.

At this moment, he realized that these three azure light barriers were all made of pure wood spiritual Qi. It was not surprising that they could temporarily trap the Gold Devouring Beetles.

However, the azure shadow possessed restrictions and the Heavenly Tiger possessed teleportation abilities, causing him to feel restricted.

Could it be that this fourth Divine Sage had come specifically for him? Han Li’s figure did not move, but he could not help but mutter in his heart. He had a faint bad feeling.

Han Li’s guess was not far from the truth.

Before the start of the battle, the upper echelons of the spell warriors had a discussion and decided to hand over the matter of killing Han Li to Tian Zhong. Furthermore, they had specially lent Old Man Zhu’s Heavenly Tigers and a few other treasures that could restrain Han Li’s abilities to this person.

However, at the beginning, they did not expect Han Li to participate in the battle of battles, so Divine Sage Tian naturally put this matter to the back of his mind.

When Han Li appeared again, he killed a group of spell warriors and even destroyed the body of a Grand Sage. This Tian Zhong immediately discovered Han Li.

Whether it was to stop Han Li from saving the cultivators in the blood barriers or to kill him so that he could give the Yin Sifting Sect an explanation, Tian Zhong had no choice but to come over.

Unexpectedly, Long Han, who had been paying attention to the blood barriers, also discovered that Han Li had broken out of the barrier and immediately took the risk to send Feng Bing over. If Han Li could really save the other cultivators, they would naturally have the upper hand in this battle.

Seeing that the Gold Devouring Beetles had been temporarily restrained by the other party before they had even made any contributions, Han Li naturally felt very depressed.

However, before he could launch another attack, the two Heavenly Tigers saw that the Gold Devouring Beetles were trapped and their fear was greatly reduced. In a flash of azure light, the two spirit beasts disappeared.

When Han Li saw this, he sneered and waved his sleeve. The small blue shield flew out again. At the same time, he pointed at the swords in front of him. Instantly, sword Qi expanded and danced around Han Li, protecting him from all directions.

Azure light flashed and two Heavenly Tigers appeared on Han Li’s left and right sides. They opened their mouths and each spat out a ball of blinding light.

Han Li’s eyes flashed with a fierce light, and the sword lights immediately split into two groups and met the two balls of light.

After two muffled explosions, the sword light easily pulverized them before sweeping toward the two beasts.

When the two beasts saw this, they didn’t panic. Instead, a cunning glint flashed through their eyes, and they disappeared once again, flashing into the distance.

Han Li was furious. Just as he was about to command the sword light to chase after the beasts, the azure shadow attacked.

At this moment, Long Han and the shriveled spell warrior, who were still holding the line, gave their orders in unison and used their trump cards.

There were seven white-haired Nascent Soul cultivators in the cultivator camp. They each held an ancient treasure in their hands as they calmly flew out from behind Long Han.

As for the spell warriors, the woman surnamed Le, who had yet to appear, also walked out of the spell warrior lineup with a solemn expression and arrived in front of the shriveled old man. Under the shriveled old man’s signal, she carefully took out the ancient bronze lantern from her storage pouch and held it in her hand.