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

Chapter 1118: Revenge

Deep within the altar was an enormous underground space that was filled with flowing, molten lava.

The lava formed a dark red lake that was giving off plumes of scorching smoke, and hovering at the center of the lake was a huge, black rock with eight black rock pillars standing upon it.

All of the pillars were riddled with cracks that were flashing incessantly, as if there were molten lava flowing through them as well, and attached to each pillar was a golden chain, all of which led toward the center of the rock.

Seated on the ground there was an emaciated man with a head of disheveled hair.

He was completely nude and so thin that it was as if he were literally just a sack of skin and bones, and the eight golden chains were pierced through his chest, abdomen, shoulders, and arms, locking him firmly into place.

On top of that, a series of ancient runes had been engraved onto the ground beneath him, giving off bursts of formidable restrictive power.

Looking into the black hole, Han Li was struck by the feeling that he was peering into a bottomless abyss of desire.

He shook his head to rid himself of these erratic thoughts, following which a perplexed look appeared on his face.

For some reason, he felt like there was something strange about this array, but he couldn't put his finger on exactly what was strange about it.

Right at this moment, the man suddenly raised his head to meet Han Li's gaze, flashing him a wide smile that revealed two rows of gleaming, white teeth.

Han Li hurriedly channeled his Spirit Refinement Technique to protect his own consciousness, but it seemed that his concerns were unwarranted.

Everyone had been startled by the deranged display that Han Li had put on earlier, and as a result, no one had noticed that a plume of black mist that seeped out from the edge of the hole in a stealthy fashion, then vanished after making its way over to Lei Yuce and the others.

At this moment, Daoist Master Dao Yin was glowering at the hole in the altar with a grim expression, and he murmured to himself, "This is going to be troublesome... At this point, it seems like I have no choice but to put an end to this once and for all."

He heaved a faint sigh as he raised a hand to make a beckoning motion, drawing the Vast Earth Seal into his grasp.

He then sliced open his own finger to release a drop of blood essence, which instantly seeped into the seal.

Immediately thereafter, he began chanting an urgent incantation, and the engravings on the underside of the seal flashed with yellow light while releasing bursts of incredibly formidable earth law powers.

After refining the seal with his blood essence to forcibly eradicate the restriction that Wyrm 3 had planted within it, he began channeling the Five-Elemental Great Annihilation Array with all his might.

The five immortal treasures rose up into the air, and they began to glow with an unprecedented level of brightness, while the law powers of Lei Yuce and the others surged out of their bodies in a frenzy before being absorbed by the array.

At the same time, the five-colored light barrier around the altar began to rapidly contract, and it didn't take long before it was only just barely large enough to encompass the altar.

Immediately thereafter, the altar disintegrated into dust, as if it were a piece of artwork that had already endured countless millennia of decay.

At the same time, the hole in the altar began to expand, and as soon as the black mist flowing out of it entered the area encompassed within the light barrier, it would also disintegrate into dust, just like the altar had.

"This is the true power of the Five-Elemental Great Annihilation Array. All that is encompassed within it is annihilated into dust," Qi Mozi murmured to himself.

The five-colored light barrier slowly descended into the hole in the altar, encompassing the black rock floating on the surface of the lava lake, as well as the stone pillars and the emaciated man on the rock.

The black rock began to disintegrate, but the man's body remained intact, and there was a derisive sneer on his face.

Han Li was staring intently at the man, and the latter seemed to have detected his gaze as he turned to Han Li before making a funny face, as if he were entertaining a child.

Daoist Master Dao Yin's expression darkened slightly upon seeing this, and the divine lamp talisman before him suddenly erupted into flames.

The talisman was quickly incinerated into ashes, leaving only a golden flame behind, and the flame fell upon the Eon Divine Lamp to fuse as one with the flame already burning within the lamp.

The Eon Divine Lamp shuddered slightly, following which a burst of incredibly formidable energy fluctuations surged out from within it.

An arc of golden lightning emerged from the flame in the lamp, then shot out of the lamp like a flying dagger before piercing into the five-colored light barrier.

A resounding boom rang out as an explosion of golden light took place within the five-colored light barrier, completely obscuring the space within.

A string of resounding booms rang out within the hole in the altar, and the stone pillars, the golden chains, and the emaciated man were all completely inundated by the blinding, golden light.

A long while later, the commotion within the five-colored light barrier subsided, and it was revealed that everything within it had been utterly annihilated, leaving a void of emptiness behind.

The five-colored light barrier then disintegrated with a dull thump, while Daoist Master Dao Yin heaved a long sigh of relief.

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust... After sealing you here for so long, I've finally been able to kill you once and for all."

Meanwhile, Lei Yuce and the others slumped to the ground while gasping for air, looking completely drained, and they hurriedly took some pills to speed up their recovery.

Almost all of the law powers and immortal spiritual power in their bodies had been exhausted, but thankfully, they had managed to slay the old devilish deity.

"Now then, it's time for all of you to suffer the same fate," Daoist Master Dao Yin said as he turned a cold gaze to Han Li and the others, all of whom immediately bristled in response.

Daoist Master Dao Yin was a Great Encompassment cultivator, and he controlled the Eon Divine Lamp. If he were to unleash another wave of balls of five-colored light, then the vast majority of the people left in the palace were undoubtedly going to be wiped out.

Right as everyone was trying to think of a way out of this dire situation, a long blade suddenly pierced through Daoist Master Dao Yin's back before emerging from his lower abdomen, and blood immediately began to seep into his robe from the wound.

His eyes widened in shock and fury as he swung around before lashing out at his assailant, but the latter had already sprung back in retreat to preemptively evade his retaliatory attack.

Everyone's attention was immediately drawn to the assailant in question, and an incredulous look appeared on Lei Yuce's face as he yelled, "Wen Zhong, what the hell are you doing?!"

At this moment, Wen Zhong's facial features were twisted with intense resentment., and he had caught everyone completely off guard with his sneak attack.

Daoist Master Dao Yin had just slain the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity, and a sense of relief and complacency had inevitably welled up in his heart. That was the opportunity that Wen Zhong had pounced on to make his move.

"What am I doing? I'm going to kill this shameless, biased old bastard!" Wen Zhong roared in a deranged manner.

"Why? Have you gone insane? He's our master! We owe everything to him!" Lei Yuce yelled in a furious and incredulous voice.

"If he's truly our master, as you say, then why is it that he's only passed down the Almighty Sword Array to you? In his eyes, I've never been good enough compared to you. He was never even willing to give me a chance! What did I do to deserve this?" Wen Zhong roared as his eyes seethed with resentment.

Lei Yuce was rendered speechless upon hearing this, while Daoist Master Dao Yin's complexion had turned deathly pale.

Wen Zhong's blade had pierced straight through his dantian, and he couldn't help but throw up a mouthful of blood as he pulled the blade out of his own body.

A concerned look appeared in Lei Yuce's eyes upon seeing this, and he was just about to continue reprimanding Wen Zhong when Daoist Master Dao Yin raised a hand to stop him. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"I am already aware of the resentment Wen Zhong harbors in his heart, and I spoke about it with him in private. I thought I had already resolved the matter, but it seems like he was never able to truly let go of his resentment, and that was what the old devil had taken advantage of," Daoist Master Dao Yin said as he wiped the blood from his lips.

"What are you saying, Master?" Lei Yuce asked with a perplexed expression.

"That old devil has mastered the laws of inner demons, and his forte is to fan the flames of the deepest, darkest desires in one's heart. It looks like Wen Zhong has fallen prey to his power," Daoist Master Dao Yin sighed.

A look of realization appeared on Han Li's face upon hearing this.

"Finally! Finally, I get to exact my revenge!" Wen Zhong cackled as his expression became even more twisted and deranged.