A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality

Slaying the Beast

Red light suddenly erupted from the center of the water curtain, following which a huge pillar of flames swept up around the Fire Toad.

In an instant, the water dragon, the ring, and the two blue spears were all forcibly expelled from the pillar of fire. At the center of the pillar of fire was the indistinct figure of the ancient Fire Toad.

Just as all of the attacks were deflected, the Fire Toad, knowing that it had fallen into a trap, took the opportunity to step back and transform into a ball of raging flames. Its target was the hole that was gradually closing up.

When Marquis Nanlong and Lu Weiying saw this, they hastily commanded their treasures to chase after the beast and prevent it from escaping the restriction.

However, it seemed to be too late.

Just as the ball of flames was about to reach the water curtain and blink out, a sharp cry suddenly sounded from a distance. The Fire Toad stuck out one of its forelimbs and felt a black light flash in front of its eyes. Something brushed past it. At the same time, the forelimb felt hot and cold, and a large portion of it suddenly disappeared.

The Fire Toad’s body convulsed, and an unbearable pain came from its broken limb.

Although the beast was quite powerful, it couldn’t help but let out a bloodcurdling scream before plummeting to the ground.

Marquis Nanlong and Lu Weiying were ecstatic to see this, and they immediately commanded their treasures to surround the Fire Toad before unleashing a barrage of attacks.

The jade-green ring among them turned illusory for a moment before transforming into several hundred phantoms that continuously rolled around the Fire Toad in an attempt to imprison it. As for the two long blue spears, they also swayed before transforming into two forty-meter-long blue ice pythons that pounced toward the toad.

However, this beast was worthy of being called an ancient beast that even Master Cang Kun feared. Although one of its limbs had been severed, it didn’t affect its cultivation base or abilities in the slightest. In almost an instant, densely packed light shields appeared in front of it again, blocking all of these attacks.

The green ring projections were unable to approach it in the slightest, so they were naturally unable to restrain it. They could only rely on their ordinary power to continuously strike the light shields, but the effect was negligible.

As for the two ice pythons, their attributes perfectly countered these fire-attribute light shields. Every time they pounced, they would shatter a small shield. However, these shields were nearly endless, and their effects were similarly insignificant.

A short moment later, six pillars of blue light shot forth from the sky and joined the attack. With every flash, a light shield would be destroyed.

Rumbling sounds echoed. The Fire Toad was just about to stand up when it was pressed to the ground once again.

Marquis Nanlong faltered slightly upon seeing this.

Han Li had flown close and was waving his hand to disperse the black energy on one arm. Behind him, six huge blue tortoise puppets opened their mouths and spat out bowl-thick pillars of light, attacking the ancient Fire Toad in the water curtain.

Han Li turned his gaze and looked at the Fire Toad’s severed limb that had fallen out of the water curtain.

Even though the item had left its original owner’s body, it was still emitting wisps of red light. It floated near the water curtain as if it were still alive.

When Han Li saw this, a trace of surprise flashed through his eyes.

He had seen from afar that the situation was dire and the Fire Toad was about to escape from the restriction. In a moment of desperation, he released a Yin Devil Execution and cut off the beast’s forelimb.

However, he didn’t expect that the Fire Toad would still be so ferocious after its forelimb fell off. Although it was attacked by the six huge tortoise puppets of the two Nascent Soul cultivators, it was still able to hold on. It was no wonder that Master Cang Kun had taken the initiative to retreat when he knew that he was no match for it.

“Fellow Daoist Han, the fire-attribute spirit shields on this Fire Toad’s body are inextinguishable. I’m afraid we’ll need your ice-attribute abilities to restrain it. Otherwise, we don’t know how long this battle will take,” Lu Weiying shouted anxiously when he saw that the small shields on the Fire Toad’s body were immediately absorbed as faint fire clouds when they were broken, only to produce new shields as replacements.

Even without the old man’s words, Han Li saw the situation.

He did not say anything. With a wave of his sleeve, more than ten golden flying swords flew out from his sleeve. After circling once, they condensed into a huge sword that was three meters long under Han Li’s control.

The sword was shimmering with golden light and exuded an oppressive coldness.

This action stunned Lu Weiying and Marquis Nanlong.

They wanted Han Li to use that terrifying blue cold flame to deal with the Fire Toad, but Han Li actually released an outstanding flying sword, so they were naturally puzzled.

Seeing the huge sword take shape, Han Li expressionlessly waved his hand at it.

With a flash of golden light, the huge sword fell and stopped in front of Han Li.

Han Li opened his mouth and spat out a thin blue flame, striking the huge sword.

The golden sword trembled slightly before a layer of blue flames enveloped it and began to burn.

Han Li hesitated for a moment. He rubbed his hands together and cast another spell, activating the Divine Devilbane Lightning in his sword.

A deep thunderclap erupted as countless thin arcs of golden lightning appeared within the huge sword’s blue flames.

When Han Li saw this, a cold light flashed in his eyes. He pointed at the Fire Toad in the water curtain and said, “Go.”

Amidst a buzzing sound, the huge sword transformed into a streak of golden light as it hurtled toward the Fire Toad.

At that moment, Marquis Nanlong and Lu Weiying’s frantic attacks were ineffective, and their attacks had slowed down. The Fire Toad took advantage of this opportunity to catch its breath.

Flame-red spiritual light flashed from its body, and its abdomen suddenly swelled. It seemed that it was planning to use some sort of ability to counterattack.

Right at this moment, the huge golden sword instantly flew above the Fire Toad’s head and slashed down with astonishing thunderclaps.

The Fire Toad stared at the golden sword in the sky and blinked its green eyes several times. It seemed to have sensed a huge threat. Its stomach, which had only expanded by a few times, could not be bothered to continue. It let out a strange cry and spat out a red crystal fireball, heading straight for the golden sword that was falling from above.

The fireball was only the size of a fist, but its surface was smooth and sparkling with red light, resembling a huge fire pearl. As soon as it left the toad’s mouth, the air within the water barrier began to heat up.

“Demon core? No! It’s not the real object, it’s not.” Han Li was shocked when he saw the fireball. However, he immediately realized that it was not the real core and was relieved. After all, if it was really the Fire Toad’s demon core, he would be afraid of taking action.

Han Li cast a spell and the golden sword struck the fireball without hesitation. With the sharpness of the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword and the power of the ten flying swords condensed, although the fireball was a little strange, Han Li imagined that he would be able to destroy it with one strike.

However, a shocking scene ensued.

With a loud bang, the fireball shone with brilliant light and intertwined with the golden light. The huge sword was only halfway into it before it was forcibly blocked by the fireball.

A trace of ridicule flashed through the Fire Toad’s human-like eyes before it opened its mouth and let out a sharp cry.

The fireball that was split in half instantly exploded.

A vast expanse of crimson light erupted, but in the blink of an eye, it condensed into a twenty-foot-long red snake of light. With a leap, the snake of light coiled around the huge sword, firmly enveloping it within.

The huge sword faltered for a moment, and it appeared that it had been restricted.

Han Li was stunned at first, but then the corner of his mouth curled up, revealing a cold smile.

He formed an incantation gesture with his hands and pointed at the huge sword. Golden light immediately flashed from the sword, following which a thin net of lightning appeared on the surface of the huge sword. Countless arcs of lightning crackled and exploded, forcibly repelling the snakes of light that were wrapped tightly around the huge sword.

The huge sword took this opportunity to tremble slightly and suddenly disappeared from its original spot. In the next moment, it appeared on the many light shields of the Fire Toad and slashed down. The blue flames on the sword suddenly rose by a foot.

Crackling sounds rang out.

As soon as the light shields were struck by the huge sword, they were frozen into ice by the blue glacial flames, turning into sparkling ice shields. However, they were then instantly shattered by the huge sword.

After destroying the dozen or so small shields in front of it in one breath, the huge sword appeared above the Fire Toad’s body and ruthlessly slashed at its huge head.

The Fire Toad did not expect the situation to suddenly change. It had just spat out the fireball that was formed from the true essence fire in its body and did not even have the time to catch its breath. The huge sword broke through its shields and reached the top of its head. This time, even if its intelligence was not high, it still revealed a look of fear.

Helpless, the Fire Toad could only open its mouth.

With a swish, a long pitch-black tongue suddenly shot out from its mouth, directly coiling around the huge falling sword. At the same time, its two hind legs stomped on the ground, wanting to jump up and dodge this slash.

If it were an ordinary flying sword or saber, the beast would’ve done the right thing.

After all, the toad’s tongue was no less durable than an ordinary magic treasure. If the giant sword were an ordinary magic treasure, it would be able to block it for the time being.

However, the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword had been refined with Geng Metal, and its sharpness was incomparable to that of an ordinary flying sword. As soon as it came into contact with the sword, golden light flashed, and the huge sword easily cut the long tongue in half.

The Fire Toad had just leaped three meters into the air when its huge head fell from its body.

The surrounding light shields were immediately annihilated.

When Lu Weiying saw this, he shouted with joy, “It’s done!”

Marquis Nanlong also heaved a sigh of relief and revealed a smile. At the same time, he formed an incantation gesture with his hands and prepared to open the water curtain to take a look.

“Wait.”

Han Li coldly said and stopped Marquis Nanlong from removing the water curtain.

Marquis Nanlong wore a bewildered expression and unconsciously placed his hand on the storage pouch at his waist. “What? What do you mean, Brother Han?”

Lu Weiying glanced at Han Li and slightly turned his body, also looking slightly vigilant.

Han Li turned a blind eye to this and indifferently said, “It’s nothing. It’s just that this Fire Toad hasn’t been completely exterminated. Brother Nanlong is too impatient.”

“What? This Fire Toad is still alive!”

When Marquis Nanlong and the old man heard this, they were both shocked and hastily looked at the water curtain.

Only then did they discover that the corpse of the Fire Toad in the water curtain was indeed quite strange.

The body and head, which had been separated, were still floating in the air without any intention of falling.