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

Chapter 944: Subduing the Talisman Spirits

Only then did Han Li and Shi Chuankong manage to catch a clear glimpse of the white-robed man. It was an authoritative figure dressed in a tight-fitting robe, much like the divine generals one would see in mortal temples, and there was a hazy, indistinct appearance about it.

"This is a Heavenly Chief Profound General!" Shi Chuankong exclaimed.

Before Han Li had a chance to ask what that was, the white-robed man was already upon them again, unleashing a flurry of white sword projections in their direction.

Han Li was just about to raise his scimitar to ward off the attacks when Shi Chuankong's urgent voice rang out from beside him.

"Heavenly Chief Profound Generals are capable of switching between tangible and intangible at will, so we won't be able to block its attacks. We have to dodge!"

Han Li hurriedly dodged to the side upon hearing this.

At the same time, he lashed out with his scimitar, unleashing a series of white blade projections, only for them to pass straight through the white-robed man's body once again.

The white-robed man seemed to have been infuriated by Han Li's attacks, and it abandoned Shi Chuankong to come after him, raining down more sword projections upon him as it did so.

The Star Moon Boots on Han Li's feet immediately began to glow as he darted through the air as an indistinct shadow, evading all of the sword projections with relative ease.

The white-robed man let loose a low roar upon seeing this, and it redoubled its efforts, unleashing an even more formidable storm of sword projections that virtually completely inundated Han Li from all directions.

An urgent look appeared in Shi Chuankong's eyes upon seeing this, and he was just about to enter the fray as well when Han Li's calm voice rang out from within the storm of sword projections.

"I can handle this thing on my own. Do you know if these Heavenly Chief Profound Generals have any weaknesses?"

"Heavenly Chief Profound Generals are talisman spirits manifested by Heavenly General Talismans. In the Devil Realm, we would be able to contain it using a sealing ability, but they're very difficult to suppress in the Scalptia Spatial Domain," Shi Chuankong replied with tightly furrowed brows, unable to think of a way to subdue the Heavenly Chief Profound General.

"I see," Han Li replied as a confident smile appeared on his face, and all of a sudden, a streak of translucent light shot forth through the air, following which the storm of sword projections around him abruptly faded away.

As a result, Han Li was revealed with a hand plunged into the white-robed man's chest, while the white-robed man seemed to be completely immobilized and rooted to the spot.

Immediately thereafter, Han Li pulled his hand out of the white-robed man's chest, revealing a palm-sized white talisman that was glowing faintly in his grasp.

The talisman was twisting and writhing incessantly, but it was unable to struggle free from the spiritual sense chains around it.

After the talisman was pulled out of its body, the white-robed man imploded into countless specks of white light, while Shi Chuankong took an elated glance at the spiritual sense chains around the talisman as he asked, "How did you do that, Brother Li? Are those chains formed by your spiritual sense?"

"It's a spiritual sense ability of mine," Han Li replied in an ambiguous manner.

"I see. Thank heavens you had this ability up your sleeve. Otherwise, we would've truly been in trouble. This talisman has to be sealed or destroyed. Otherwise, it'll automatically draw upon the energy in its environment to manifest another Heavenly Chief Profound General," Shi Chuankong cautioned.

"It would be a waste to destroy just a precious talisman, so I'll seal it away for now," Han Li said.

Even though the talisman was trapped in the spiritual sense chains, he could sense that it was constantly absorbing the starpower in the surrounding environment in an attempt to break free.

All of a sudden, the spiritual sense chains around the talisman began to glow radiantly at his behest, transforming into a seal design that vanished into the talisman in a flash.

This was a sealing secret technique that he had developed using his spiritual sense chains by referencing Feng Tiandu's Origin Separation Yin Devil Arts.

The Heavenly General Talisman's struggles instantly ceased.

Han Li was very pleased to see this, and he stowed the talisman away.

The Heavenly Chief Profound General was quite formidable, and even in the outside world, it would be equivalent to a Golden Immortal cultivator. On top of that, it was also able to automatically absorb energy from the environment to sustain itself, so if he could refine the talisman, then he would essentially have an infinitely self-regenerating Golden Immortal Stage subordinate.

"Come to think of it, I've never heard of Heavenly General Talismans back in the True Immortal Realm. Could it be that this is a talisman unique to the Devil Realm?" Han Li asked.

"I'm not sure, perhaps so. I've seen records of Heavenly General Talismans in some books before, but I'd never seen it for myself prior to this," Shi Chuankong replied.

After that brief interlude, the two of them continued deeper into the altar.

As the two of them continued onward, the passageway up ahead became wider and brighter, and they could sense a faint burst of peculiar energy fluctuations in the air.

Han Li and Shi Chuankong exchanged a cautious glance with each other before continuing onward.

After walking for around fifteen minutes, they rounded a corner, arriving in a square stone hall.

There were five translucent white stone pillars in the hall, all of which were giving off radiant starlight, making one feel as if they were surrounded by stars.

Aside from the pillar on the very left, the other four pillars each had a Heavenly General Talisman adhered to them, and in particular, the one in the middle was clearly far larger than the other three.

Han Li's eyes immediately lit up slightly upon seeing this, but right at his moment, the four talismans seemed to have detected their arrival, and they began to glow radiantly while flying off from the stone pillars.

Immediately thereafter, the four talismans vanished in a flash, transforming into four white-robed men.

Three of them were identical to the one that Han Li had just sealed away, but the largest of the of the four Heavenly General Talismans had transformed into a Heavenly Chief Profound General that was far larger in stature than the other three, and it was also clad in a suit of white armor with a jade belt around its waist, as well as a long halberd in its grasp.

Furthermore, there was clearly a more intelligent gleam in its eyes.

The four Heavenly Chief Profound Generals pounced at Han Li and Shi Chuankong right as the former was about to unleash his spiritual sense chains again, and the armored general was particularly fast, reaching Han Li in the blink of an eye before swinging its halberd down upon his head.

Boundless killing intent erupted out of the halberd, crashing down upon Han Li and Shi Chuankong, making both of them feel as if they had fallen into a pit of quicksand.

Even though the halberd was crashing down upon Han Li, it had conjured up another projection that was simultaneously sweeping toward Shi Chuankong.

The attack was too fast for Han Li to dodge, so in response, two thick, translucent chains shot out of his glabella, with one of them wrapping itself around the oncoming halberd, while the other one appeared above Shi Chuankong's head in a flash.

Two loud clangs rang out as the spiritual sense chains were shattered upon contact, and the halberd and its projection continued to swing down, but the chains had bought Han Li some time.

He let loose a loud roar as all of the profound acupoints on his body lit up, releasing a tremendous aura that tore the surrounding space apart.

"You don't have a way to deal with these Heavenly Chief Profound Generals, so get out of here for now!" Han Li said as he pushed Shi Chuankong out of the hall, then abruptly vanished from the spot himself.

Immediately thereafter, the white halberd came crashing down onto the spot where he had just been standing, smashing a deep crater into the ground.

The armored man instantly swung around, then shot forth toward one of the other Heavenly Chief Profound Generals as a white shadow.

Right at this moment, Han Li appeared behind that Heavenly Chief Profound General without any warning, then plunged a hand into its body like lightning.

The Heavenly Chief Profound General's body imploded, and Han Li pulled out a white talisman that was surrounded by spiritual sense chains before vanishing from the spot once again.

Han Li had only just disappeared when the armored general's halberd came crashing down to smash another huge crater into the ground.

"You're very fast, but still a little lacking compared with me, so why don't you surrender and become my subordinate?" Han Li suggested as he appeared beside one of the five stone pillars, following which his spiritual sense chains formed a seal that vanished into the Heavenly General Talisman in his grasp.

The talisman instantly settled down, allowing him to stow it away.

The armored man let loose a furious roar, and all of the starpower in the nearby space converged toward it in a frenzy before surging into its body.

The five stone pillars also lit up even further, releasing rays of dazzling white light, all of which were giving off formidable starpower fluctuations.

In the blink of an eye, the armored man's body had swelled by around 30% of its original size.

Han Li's brows furrowed slightly upon seeing this, and he immediately lashed out at the five stone pillars, shattering them in rapid succession.

As a result, the white light radiating from them faded away, and the armored man ceased to expand any further.

The armored man was even more infuriated upon seeing this, and it let loose a thunderous roar that caused the entire hall to tremble violently.

Immediately thereafter, it vanished from the spot before reappearing in front of Han Li, moving even faster than before as it swung its halberd down upon Han Li's head.

Han Li flew back in retreat while several spiritual sense chains shot out of his glabella alongside a white sword projection.

A burst of tremendous power erupted out of the Spiritual Sense Sword, snapping the halberd into two before crashing into the armored man's body.

A long crack was instantly inflicted onto its body, and it was almost split into two down the middle as it shot back in alarm.

A surprised look appeared on Han Li's face upon seeing this.

He had only unleashed his Spiritual Sense Sword on a whim, and he certainly wasn't expecting it to be so effective against the armored man.