A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortal Realm

Chapter 1049: Breaking the Ice

"Certain laws of interaction have always existed between the five elements. Metal enhanced water, so it's no surprise that my water-attribute spirit domain is bolstered in this metal forcefield. If those metal beasts had remained in my spirit domain, then I would've been able to absorb the metal-attribute spiritual qi in their bodies, so they'll naturally avoid my spirit domain like the plague," Lan Yuanzi explained.

"I see," Han Li replied with a nod.

"I hold the environmental advantage here in this metal forcefield, so there's no way you can defeat me. Are you truly not going to consider surrendering yourself to us, Fellow Daoist Han?" Lan Yuanzi asked.

"If you were a Great Encompassment cultivator, perhaps you would be entitled to say something like this, but as you are now..."

Han Li's voice trailed off here as he took a step forward, using only the power of his own physical body to forge ahead without drawing upon any immortal spiritual power.

However, as soon as he attempted to step forward, he immediately felt as if he had crashed headfirst into a vast sea that was holding him back with all its might.

Han Li gave a cold harrumph as he channeled his Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts, and all of his profound acupoints lit up, releasing a burst of tremendous starpower that allowed him to force his way through the impeding water law powers up ahead.

"There's no way a High Zenith cultivator should possess such a formidable physical constitution!" Lan Yuanzi exclaimed.

"Let's see if he can take an Origin Water Slash from me!" Lan Yan harrumphed coldly.

She had already been suppressing her own fury for quite some time, and she launched herself at Han Li as a streak of blue light.

Unlike Han Li, she was completely unaffected by Lan Yuanzi's spirit domain, and she reached him in the blink of an eye.

A burst of formidable water law power fluctuations erupted out of her sickle, and it swelled to around twice its original size as it swept through the air.

"No! Get back!" Lan Yuanzi hurriedly yelled, but it was already too late as Han Li channeled his Reversal True Axis ability, significantly enhancing his own speed, allowing him to calmly evade her sweeping sickle before reaching out to make a grab for her throat.

Lan Yan was completely unable to resist as his hand closed around her throat, but instead of displaying any panic, she burst into laughter instead.

Han Li immediately tried to retract his hand, but it was already too late.

A bone-chilling sensation speared through his hand as a burst of blue light erupted out of Lan Yan's body, instantly washing over him to transform him into a blue ice statue, while Lan Yan herself also turned into a statue of ice.

Meanwhile, a burst of blue light appeared beside Lan Yuanzi before reforming her body.

"I know he's mastered the laws of time, Brother. I'm not that reckless," Lan Yan said with a wide smile.

"You really had me worried for a second there," Lan Yuanzi sighed.

"We've got him now, but you still need to completely seal him, Brother. My ice will only be able to keep him contained for a few minutes," Lan Yan said in an urgent voice as the smile on her face faded away.

As soon as her voice trailed off, a cold sneer rang out from nearby.

"A few minutes? You think far too highly of yourself, Fellow Daoist Lan."

Immediately thereafter, a dull thump rang out, and countless arcs of golden lightning erupted out of Han Li's body to shatter the ice around him.

"Impossible!" Lan Yan exclaimed with a stunned expression.

For the average High Zenith cultivator, their immortal spiritual power circulation would've completely ceased while encased in her ice, thereby rendering them unable to break free, and this applied even to peak-High Zenith cultivators.

However, with all of the profound acupoints that Han Li had opened, his physical strength and starpower were more than enough for him to break the ice, even without access to his immortal spiritual power.

As soon as he broke out of the ice, Han Li immediately released a golden spirit domain of his own, making it just large enough to fully encompass Lan Yuanzi's spirit domain.

Both of the Lan siblings' expressions changed slightly upon sensing the pervasive sluggishness within the time spirit domain.

"This man is far more difficult to deal with than we imagined. Only by using that technique will we have any chance at victory," Lan Yuanzi said with a grim expression, and Lan Yan nodded in response, then stowed her sickle away before snapping her fingers.

A spirit domain that was a slightly lighter shade of blue erupted out of her body, and a peculiar attractive force arose between her spirit domain and Lan Yuanzi's, fusing them together.

As soon as the two spirit domains came together, they immediately released a strange bone-chilling sensation, striking Han Li with a sense of asphyxiation, as if he were being crushed at the bottom of the sea.

At the same time, both Lan Yan and Lan Yuanzi had already vanished from the spot, replaced by a blue ice sculpture that was around a hundred feet tall. The statue had a gender-neutral appearance and bore some resemblance to both of the Lan siblings.

Right at this moment, four bursts of light rose up from the ground around Han Li, forming four blue ice sculptures that were identical to the original one.

Immediately thereafter, the five ice sculptures opened their mouths in unison, and waves of white glacial qi that were visible even to the naked eye converged toward Han Li from all directions.

Rays of light began to refract in the air, and a layer of white frost quickly began to take shape over Han Li's body.

His expression changed slightly upon seeing this, and he swept a sleeve through the air to summon eighteen Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, which released arcs of golden lightning that converged to form golden balls of lightning.

However, right as the balls of lightning were about to explode, a gust of glacial wind swept over the area, freezing Han Li and the eighteen Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords solid.

Even the balls of golden lightning had been encased within the ice, with every single arc of lightning still clearly visible.

To Han Li's surprise, he discovered that some glacial qi had even seeped into his consciousness, causing his spiritual sense to go a little numb.

"Brother, our combined spirit domain can trap him, but not for long. How are we going to take him back to the Nine Origins Temple?" one of the ice sculptures asked.

"It was never a requirement to take him back alive, our top priority is to recover the Heaven Controlling Vial. It's going to be extremely difficult to capture him, so let's kill him and take his soul back with us," another sculpture replied.

"Should we use the Profound Origin Iceslash Sword?" a third ice sculpture asked.

"Let's do it!" the remaining two ice sculptures answered in unison, immediately following which all five ice sculptures began making a string of hand seals.

A radiant blue array took shape above Han Li's head, and the tip of a blue ice sword emerged from within.

The surrounding air temperature instantly plummeted even further as a burst of terrifying pressure came crashing down upon Han Li from above.

This must be an immortal treasure of an extremely high caliber!

Judging from the fearsome aura emanating from the sword, Han Li could tell that even the average Great Encompassment cultivator wouldn't be able to withstand its power, so it was no wonder that the Lan siblings had to join forces to unleash it.

At the moment, the immortal spiritual power in his body had been completely frozen, and his starpower circulation had also become very sluggish. On top of that, his Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords had also been sealed in ice, so there was no way for him to free himself.

Meanwhile, a chaotic battle was still taking place in the surrounding area, and those outside the stone gate could only hear the commotion ringing out from within, but their vision remained impeded by the golden light inside.

"When should we go in?" Su Anqian asked through voice transmission.

"Let's keep waiting for now. There's clearly a battle of a very large scale going on inside, so if we were to go in now, it's very likely that we'll be swept up in it. Hence, I think we should wait until the battle concludes before we go in," Jin Liu replied.

Right at this moment, a burst of formidable glacial qi erupted out of the metal force field upon ahead.

Several Worry Not Pavilion cultivators were standing too close to the entrance, and they were instantly frozen solid. Before anyone had a chance to save them, they had already perished.

Everyone hurriedly retreated further from the stone gate in a fearful manner upon seeing this, while Su Anqian and Jin Liu exchanged an alarmed glance with each other.

"There's been no news from Fellow Daoist Yu and the others, even though they've already been in there for a very long time. Could it be that something's gone wrong, Fellow Daoist Jin?" Valley Master Fu of the Azure Lock Valley asked.

Before Jin Liu had a chance to reply, a resounding boom rang out from up ahead, following which a wave of scorching heat erupted through the air, forcing everyone back even further.

At this moment, Han Li was still encased in ice within the space beyond the stone gate, but there were silver flames swirling around his entire body, giving off an incredibly fearsome scorching aura.

A sharp cry then rang out as a silver fire raven with rainbow flames on its head sprang out of the silver flames, crashing directly into the Profound Origin Iceslash Sword that was descending from above.

Countless rays of glacial blue light rained down from the Profound Origin Iceslash Sword before clashing against the scorching flames with a resounding boom, raising a huge cloud of steam that filled the entire space.

"Is that... an Essence Fire Raven?" one of the ice sculptures asked.

"How could there be such a powerful Essence Fire Raven?" another ice sculpture exclaimed.

"That bastard, Dongfang Bai, didn't mention this at all!" a third ice sculpture cursed.