Chapter 252: A Threat From a Golden Immortal
As soon as the tree giant took shape, it crouched down slightly before springing up into the sky, and all of the green runes on the wooden saber in its hand began to glow with dazzling radiance that illuminated the entire azure space.
In the next instant, the burst of azure light came crashing down with devastating might like a radiant waterfall.
Even before it fully descended upon Han Li's trio, a burst of terrifying power was already cascading down from the heavens, causing the black cloud and the barrier of yellow sand to tremble violently.
An earth-shattering boom rang out as the giant wooden saber came crashing down, and the black cloud, the barrier of yellow sand, and the golden sword array finally imploded amid an eruption of black, yellow, golden, and azure light.
At the same time, gusts of fierce wind were sent sweeping through the air in all directions, creating ripples that were visible even to the naked eye in the surrounding azure space.
However, the wooden saber didn't continue to come crashing down from above. Instead, it was repelled upward, and the tree giant stumbled back several steps in succession before steadying itself.
After the dust settled, Han Li's trio was revealed with a set of massive flag projections glowing radiantly above them while releasing vast spiritual power fluctuations.
The space around the flag projections was rippling, but the projections themselves remained completely resolute and steady, seemingly having withstood the attack from the tree giant with ease.
Even so, Han Li's trio didn't dare to get complacent, and they were continuing to cast incantation seals relentlessly into the flags before them.
All of a sudden, the three flag projections fused as one at Qilin 9's behest, forming a giant egg-shaped three-colored light barrier.
The outermost layer of the light barrier was golden in color, while the middle layer was black, and the innermost layer was silver.
Countless flag projections could be seen around the light barriers, giving off dazzling radiance while emitting a sharp screeching sound, and it seemed as if they were forming an independent space within the azure domain.
A dark look appeared on the Golden Immortal avatar's face upon seeing this, and it made a hand seal, upon which dazzling azure light erupted from the tree giant's body, and it strode forward before swinging its wooden saber viciously down onto the three-colored light barrier again.
The entire light barrier shuddered violently, and the spot that was struck caved in significantly.
However, the indentation was quickly mended amid a flash of three-colored light, repelling the wooden saber once again.
The tree giant swung its saber down over and over again, and with each strike, an indentation would appear on the three-colored light barrier, but it would always recover very quickly, and the light barrier was displaying no signs of breaking.
"This set of Triple Origin Great Millet Flags is truly extraordinary, Fellow Daoist Qilin 9! The aura of that avatar has already diminished significantly, so it must not be able to last much longer," Qilin 17 said in an ecstatic voice while recovering his immortal spiritual power using an Immortal Origin Stone.
Qilin 9 was also holding an Immortal Origin Stone, and a proud look appeared in his eyes upon hearing this, but he said in a cautious manner, "Don't get complacent. I'm sure the avatar has more tricks up his sleeve, so take this time to recover as much as possible."
Han Li was also absorbing immortal spiritual power from an Immortal Origin Stone, and all three of them had taken recovery pills to boot, but they were still struggling to keep up with the immortal spiritual power demands of the Triple Origin Great Millet Flags.
"Let's see how much longer you'll be able to last," the Golden Immortal avatar chuckled coldly as it switched to a different hand seal, then pointed a finger at the tree giant from afar.
The tree giant instantly stopped what it was doing, and its feet sank into the soil down below, following which it reverted back into an enormous tree amid a flash of blinding azure light.
Immediately thereafter, all of the leaves on the branches of the tree rapidly enlarged, following which a series of massive red flower buds emerged.
In the next instant, all of the red flower buds bloomed into vibrant flowers in unison.
The flowers then began to release flurries of red pollen-like particles that disintegrated into a cloud of red mist, which descended toward the three-colored light barrier at an astonishing speed. Upon reaching the three-colored light barrier, the red mist was able to bypass it with ease as if it didn't exist at all.
Han Li's trio were naturally extremely alarmed by this, and Han Li immediately released his spiritual sense to examine the cloud of red mist.
In the next instant, a drowsy sensation arose in his mind, and the circulation of immortal spiritual power in his body became a lot more sluggish.
However, in the next instant, his enormous spiritual sense jolted him out of his dazed state, and he immediately yelled, "Look out, this is a spiritual sense attack!"
At the same time, the nascent soul in his dantian made a hand seal with both hands, and a burst of cool and refreshing energy surged through his meridians, restoring his original rate of immortal spiritual power circulation.
Qilin 9 immediately issued an instruction upon hearing this, and Han Li and Qilin 17 instantly switched to a different set of hand seals accordingly.
All of a sudden, the middle black light barrier shuddered slightly before rising to the surface, and as a result, the silver light barrier shifted to the middle, while the golden light barrier became the innermost layer.
Following this transition, the light radiating from the three-colored light barrier became extremely gentle, while ripples began to surge over its surface.
This time, the three-colored light barrier was able to completely keep the cloud of red mist at bay.
However, the red mist that had already seeped into the light barrier had enveloped Han Li's trio, constantly lulling them into a state of drowsiness.
Han Li's eyes narrowed slightly as he activated his Spirit Refinement Technique while also summoning a small white jade bell that began to revolve on the spot above his head.
Bursts of cool energy surged through his mind, instantly dispelling the majority of the red mist's effects to minimize its influence.
Following Han Li's warning, Qilin 9 had also braced himself, slamming a palm down onto the top of his own head, upon which a small white lock flew out of his sleeve, releasing halos of white light that enveloped his body down below.
Immediately thereafter, a hint of clarity returned to his eyes.
As for Qilin 17, he had summoned a yellow silken scarf that was revolving around him to keep the red mist at bay.
Even though all three of them had ways to deal with the red mist, it was requiring additional immortal spiritual power expenditure on top of having to maintain the three-colored light barrier, and inside this azure domain, they were unable to draw upon the world's origin qi.
As a result, even though they were constantly using Immortal Origin Stones to replenish themselves, their faces had still turned extremely pale, and they weren't going to be able to last much longer at this rate.
Unbeknownst to them, the Golden Immortal avatar was astonished by the resilience that they had displayed up to this point.
It had thought that it would be able to easily take down this trio of pesky little rats, but that was not proving to be the case here, and it was becoming more and more frustrated by the second.
Bright azure light erupted out of the Golden Immortal avatar's eyes, and it made a strange hand seal with both hands as it declared in a furious voice, "I'm going to make you pay for what you did even if I have to make some heavy sacrifices myself!"
All of a sudden, all of the red flowers on the giant tree down below shuddered slightly in unison, following which they were enveloped by balls of azure flames that instantly spread over the entire tree while giving off extremely formidable law fluctuations.
As the tree was set alight by azure flames, the Golden Immortal avatar's body began to take on a transparent appearance.
Immediately thereafter, the massive tree shuddered violently before collapsing toward Han Li's trio with devastating might.
Even before it fully descended upon Han Li's trio, it was already giving off an indescribable sense of pressure that struck them with a sense of asphyxiation, and it was already too late to take evasive measures.
"Look out!" Qilin 9 yelled in an urgent voice as he expelled a mouthful of blood essence into the golden flag before him.
Countless specks of golden light instantly emerged from the flag to form a golden wall of light, and Han Li and Qilin 17 also immediately followed suit, injecting all of their remaining immortal spiritual power into the Triple Origin Great Millet Flags.
As a result, the other two flags released walls of silver and black light, respectively, following which Han Li summoned his Heavy Water True Axis to act as a shield.
At the same time, Qilin 9 and Qilin 17 also summoned a series of treasures that released layers of light barriers that enveloped the trio from all directions.
Before they had a chance to do anything else, the giant tree fell upon them with an earth-shattering boom, and Han Li's trio was inundated by an eruption of dazzling azure light.
The azure light then exploded violently, creating rifts that were visible even to the naked eye in the surrounding space, and it was as if the entire area were about to be torn apart.
Incredibly fierce gusts of azure wind swept through the air in all directions, and Han Li's trio were sent flying out of the explosion of azure light.
Their robes were in tatters, their faces were deathly pale, and their bodies were riddled with wounds, but all of them had ecstatic looks on their faces, having finally weathered the storm.
The azure light quickly faded to reveal the Golden Immortal avatar, but at this point, its body was already virtually completely transparent, and it appeared to have been on the verge of fading away.
"You may have gotten away this time, but remember my name, I am Gu Jie of the Northern Glacial Immortal Region. Once I come out of seclusion, I'll be sure to capture all three of you and torment you for the rest of eternity! Mark my words!"
The Golden Immortal avatar's body gradually faded away as its voice trailed off into silence.
The golden talisman re-emerged in the avatar's place, then erupted into flames before quickly being incinerated into ashes.
"It looks like we've finally managed to get out of this predicament, but there's going to be more trouble to come now that we've made an enemy out of a Golden Immortal from the Northern Glacial Immortal Region," Qilin 9 said in a grim voice.
"Considering how much trouble we had with this avatar, our chances of surviving against the actual Gu Jie would be slim to none," Qilin 17 sighed.
"There's no point in talking about that now. What's done has already been done, and we should clean up the battlefield here and leave this place as soon as possible," Han Li suggested, two which both Qilin 9 and Qilin 17 nodded in agreement.
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