Chapter 596: Back Against the Wall

Chapter 596: Back Against the Wall

Up to this point, Jin Tong had been steadily eating her way toward the Gold Devouring Immortal's vital internal organs, and her entire body was covered in blood, while the gaps between her teeth were filled with bloody muscle fibers, presenting a terrifying sight to behold.

Right as she was about to bite through a layer of muscular membrane to tear hear way into the Gold Devouring Immortal's abdominal cavity, the muscles of the Gold Devouring Immortal around her suddenly began to compress toward her, while bursts of formidable immortal spiritual power were also converging toward her in an attempt to trap her.

However, having devoured so much of the Gold Devouring Immortal's flesh, Jin Tong's aura was rapidly approaching the mid-High Zenith Stage, and she was able to fight against the compressing flesh around her as she tore through the muscular membrane before forcing her way into the Gold Devouring Immortal's abdominal cavity.

The Gold Devouring Immortal was furious, but also at a loss for what to do. The problem was that Jin Tong was wreaking havoc inside its body, so it couldn't unleash any powerful attacks for fear of harming itself.

Originally, it wouldn't have been a bad thing for Jin Tong to have burrowed her way into its abdominal cavity.

Its soul was superior in power to Jin Tong's, so it should've been able to directly devour Jin Tong's soul, then digest her body, and that would've been the end of the matter.

However, its soul had been severely exerted during its escape from Han Li's Spiritual Sense Cage, whereas Jin Tong's aura had been growing steadily more powerful as she ate her way through the Gold Devouring Immortal's body.

As a result, the Gold Devouring Immortal was no longer confident in its ability to devour Jin Tong's soul, so it could only stay put for now and wait for its own soul to recover.

The helplessness of its situation made it even more infuriated, and it turned to Han Li with burning fury in its eyes.

If it weren't for this detestable human, it would've already hunted down its target long ago, and the Beast Race would've also been razed to the ground. Instead, it had been trapped in an illusion for 20 years and was now in a state of unprecedented peril.

This was all because of that human!

In this instant, Han Li became the sole object of the Gold Devouring Immortal's fixation, and it was determined to kill him.

Han Li had already anticipated this, so as soon as the Gold Devouring Immortal returned to his senses, he had already taken several pills to recover his own immortal spiritual power while also stabilizing his spiritual sense.

All of a sudden, the golden light emanating from the Gold Devouring Immortal's body faded, and a burst of scorching power was released from its body, manifesting itself as wisps of white steam.

Enshrouded within the steam, the Gold Devouring Immortal's body instantly became rather blurry and indistinct.

Han Li immediately activated his Brightsight Spirit Eyes, but before he had a chance to peer through the steam, a sense of foreboding welled up in his heart, and he reflexively dodged to the side.

Almost at the exact same moment, the Gold Devouring Immortal appeared right where he had been standing just a moment ago.

As soon as Han Li steadied himself, a streak of translucent light immediately came sweeping toward him.

Han Li was greatly alarmed, and he reflexively unleashed his Reversal True Axis ability, allowing him to vanish from the spot in a flash and evade the attack.

Only then did it occur to him that his Mantra Treasured Axis seemed to have recovered, and he was ecstatic.

A spherical light barrier instantly erupted out of his body, forming a giant time spirit domain that encompassed the entire bottom of the ravine.

As soon as the light barrier swept over the Gold Devouring Immortal, it immediately felt as if a layer of invisible force were acting upon it, thereby significantly slowing down its movements.

A black humanoid figure emerged from within the pillar of white light in a completely spreadeagled fashion, floating in the air like a kite. The figure's entire body was severely charred and ravaged, looking as if they were on the verge of being vaporized.

On this figure's back was another humanoid figure that was curled up into a ball and encompassed within a layer of azure light, seemingly completely untouched by the explosion of white light.

After flying out of the ravine, the two figures flew several kilometers to the left to escape the explosion.

These two were naturally none other than Han Li and Mo Guang.

Han Li was hovering in mid-air as he turned to the severely disfigured Mo Guang and asked, "Are you alright?"

A smile that was more hideous than even the most horrific of grimaces appeared on Mo Guang's unrecognizable face as he chuckled, "Looks like you've made another winning gamble, Fellow Daoist Han."

His voice was extremely feeble, clearly indicating that he was severely injured, and the flesh of his cheeks had been completely stripped away, revealing two full rows of teeth that presented a harrowing sight to behold.

The explosion of white light had spread far too quickly for them to escape it.

In that dire situation, they had no choice but to take a gamble, using the Gray Immortal's body as a shield against the white light while Han Li used his time spirit domain to slow down the explosion as much as possible.

Ultimately, they were only able to fly for several hundred kilometers before Han Li's time spirit domain failed, and ultimately, the Gray Immortal's body was what had saved their lives.

Through their spiritual connection, Han Li could sense that Mo Guang's injuries were extremely severe, but he could also tell that Mo Guang was in no life-threatening danger, and he couldn't help but be amazed by the resilience of the Gray Immortal's body.

Right at this moment, a burst of thunderous rumbling rang out from down below.

Han Li looked down to find that the ground below was collapsing incessantly, and the ravine was continuing to expand, forming an enormous basin.

The nearby valley where the tree demon was residing had also collapsed before being buried into the earth and inundated by the waves of spreading baleful qi.

A string of panicked roars rang out from within the valley, only to subside a few moments later.

Mo Guang immediately flew into the waves of baleful qi that were rising up from down below, and as the baleful qi entered his body, his skin began to regrow.

His internal injuries weren't going to heal so quickly, but at the very least, he was gradually recovering from his external injuries.

Right at this moment, Han Li suddenly turned his gaze to a certain direction, where he spotted a giant shadow rising up out of the clouds of dust and baleful qi.

It was the Gold Devouring Immortal, and it was pouncing at Han Li once again as it roared with fury and indignation, "Why are you still not dead?!"

Han Li hurriedly cursed to himself under his breath before fleeing the scene, and right at this moment, Jin Tong's voice rang out in his mind.

"Hold on for just a bit longer, Uncle. Once I sever the arteries leading to its heart, it'll..."

For some reason, her voice abruptly cut off before she had a chance to finish.