A Record of A Mortal's Journey to Immortality

Chapter 817: Slaying the Beast

Suddenly, a red light burst forth at the center of the water curtain, and a towering pillar of flame spiraled up around the fire toad beast.

In an instant, the water dragons, the ring, and the two blue long halberds were all forcibly pushed out from the fiery pillar. At the core of the pillar, the faint but imposing silhouette of the ancient fire toad beast could be seen.

Just as all attacks were deflected by the flame pillar, the fire toad beast, realizing it had fallen into a trap, seized the opportunity to retreat with a powerful thrust. It transformed into a blazing ball of fire, shooting out toward the gradually closing hole.

The Marquis of Nanlong and the old man surnamed Lu were startled by this and hastily commanded their magical treasures to intercept the beast, trying to prevent its escape from the sealing formation.

But it seemed a little too late.

As the fiery ball neared the water curtain, about to flash out in the blink of an eye, a sudden sharp whistle echoed from afar. The fire toad beast had just stretched one front limb out of the hole when a black gleam flashed past, grazing its limb. At the same time, the limb felt a sudden hot and cold sensation, and abruptly, a large segment was severed.

The fire toad’s body convulsed, an unbearable pain radiating from the severed limb.

Though this beast possessed considerable magical abilities, it couldn’t help but emit a desperate cry before falling from the air.

Outside, the Marquis of Nanlong and the old man rejoiced at this sight. They immediately directed their treasures to surround the fallen fire toad beast, unleashing a furious barrage of attacks.

Among them, the Emerald Green Ring shimmered and released hundreds of illusions that flipped and rolled around the fire toad, attempting to bind it closely. The two blue long halberds transformed into two five- or six-zhang-long blue ice pythons and lunged directly at the beast.

However, this beast was truly a primeval wonder that even Master Cangkun had been wary of in the past. Despite losing a limb, its cultivation base and magical abilities were unaffected. In almost a heartbeat, a dense spiritual light shield reappeared before it, blocking all attacks.

Those emerald ring illusions could not close in even an inch, rendering their attempts to bind futile. They could only continuously strike the light shields with ordinary power, producing minimal effect.

The two ice pythons, whose attributes countered the fire-based shields, shattered a small shield with each attack. But the shields seemed endless, so the effect was limited.

After a moment, six blue light pillars shot down from beyond the sky, joining the assault. Each flash shattered a shield.

A rumbling sound swelled instantly, and the fire toad beast, attempting to rise, was forced back to the ground.

The Marquis of Nanlong was stunned and glanced over.

He saw Han Li had quietly flown over nearby, waving his hand to disperse a patch of black energy clinging to his arm. Behind him, six giant turtle puppets sprayed bowl-sized beams of light, attacking the fire toad inside the water curtain.

Han Li’s gaze shifted to the severed limb of the fire toad that had fallen outside the water curtain.

Though severed from its original body, it still emitted faint red light, floating near the water curtain as if it still possessed some intelligence.

Han Li’s eyes flickered with surprise.

Earlier, seeing the situation grow dire and the fire toad about to escape the sealing formation, he had hastily released a shadow demonic slash, severing one of the beast’s front limbs.

Unexpectedly, even after losing the limb, the fire toad remained fierce. Despite attacks from two nascent soul cultivators’ six giant turtle puppets, it still held strong. No wonder Master Cangkun had retreated when severely injured in vital energy, knowing he could not defeat it.

“Fellow cultivator Han, this fire toad’s fire attribute spiritual shields are endless and unyielding. You might need your cold attribute magical abilities to suppress them; otherwise, this battle could drag on indefinitely,” the old man surnamed Lu shouted anxiously as he watched shattered small shields quickly reform and be absorbed back into the fire toad’s body, followed by a new batch of shields appearing.