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

Chapter 936: Allies to Enemies

Right as Shi Zhanfeng's saber was about to fall, Han Li rushed out of the stone pagoda through the window, hurtling rapidly toward Shi Chuankong with his Star Moon Boots glowing radiantly.

However, after flying for several thousand feet, he suddenly spotted a white figure out of his peripheral vision, and they were also racing onto the scene from a different direction.

Han Li immediately stopped in his tracks upon seeing, then descended onto the roof of a relatively well-preserved palace.

Right as Shi Zhanfeng was about to plunge his saber through Shi Chuankong's heart, a blood-curdling howl suddenly rang out, and he immediately swung around with an alarmed expression to discover that a white flower had bloomed in front of Du Yuan's chest, and the flower was drenched in his blood.

Before he had a chance to figure out what had happened, the petals of the flower suddenly closed, forming a flower bud that was as sharp as a spear tip before being pulled out of Du Yuan's body.

A hole was left where his heart had once been, and a torrent of blood was gushing out from within.

Immediately thereafter, a slender figure clad in a suit of white bone armor emerged from behind Du Yuan, holding what appeared to be a bone spear in her hand as she smiled and waved at Shi Zhanfeng.

A stunned look appeared on Shi Zhanfeng's face, and his expression was mirrored by Han Li as he looked on from afar.

The armorclad figure was none other than Gu Qianxun!

The petite woman immediately began to dart back to Shi Zhanfeng's side upon seeing this, but the devilish ape refused to let her go, and she found herself entangled in a battle against it once again.

"I don't recall there being any bad blood between us, so why have you killed my companion?" Shi Zhanfeng asked with tightly furrowed brows.

Shi Chuankong had also opened his eyes and was looking at Gu Qianxun with a perplexed expression.

Gu Qianxun took a cold glance at Shi Chuankong, and she displayed no intention of answering the question posed to her as she darted straight toward Shi Zhanfeng.

"Are you trying to save him? I'm afraid I can't let you do that," Shi Zhanfeng chuckled as he swung his saber down toward Shi Chuankong's head.

It appeared that he was entirely focused on the task of decapitating Shi Chuankong, but in reality, he was simultaneously keeping a constant eye on the approaching Gu Qianxun out of his peripheral vision.

The skin and flesh on his arm was slowly regenerating, and he was secretly holding a white bone dagger that was as thin as a willow leaf. There were around a dozen star acupoints glowing on the dagger, and he was waiting to land a lethal blow upon Gu Qianxun as she swooped in to save Shi Chuankong.

However, as Gu Qianxun drew closer, Shi Zhanfeng noticed that her spear was aimed directly at his head, rather than at the saber in his hand.

She was here to kill, not to save anyone!

Shi Zhanfeng immediately swung around upon seeing this, the dagger in his hand flew out of his grasp, piercing directly toward Gu Qianxun's glabella.

All of the dozen or so star acupoints on the dagger were glowing radiantly, conjuring up hundreds of dagger projections that sped toward Gu Qianxun all at once.

Gu Qianxun's brows furrowed slightly upon seeing this, but she continued charging onward, seemingly without any regard for self-preservation.

However, at the same time, the tip of her spear had veered away from its original trajectory to point at the willow leaf dagger instead, and a burst of white light erupted out of it like a blooming flower to encompass all of the oncoming dagger projections.

The petals of the flower then closed once again, reverting the spear tip to its original form. The dagger had been caught within the tip of the spear, and it was now also aimed at Shi Zhanfeng.

In response, Shi Zhanfeng darted back in retreat to the edge of the crater.

He took a glance at the petite woman, who was still struggling to shake off the devilish ape, then at his own arm, which was still yet to fully regenerate, and he heaved a forlorn sigh before ordering, "Run!"

As soon as his voice trailed off, he turned and fled the scene, and the petite woman followed along after him without any hesitation.

The devilish ape chased after her for a while in futility, and after losing its target, it suddenly turned around before rushing at Gu Qianxun.

Gu Qianxun harrumphed coldly upon seeing this, then swept a sleeve through the air to release a small badge that hovered in mid-air in front of the devilish ape.

In the face of the badge, the devilish ape rapidly shrank back down into a miniature figure before being stowed away by Gu Qianxun along with the badge.

Han Li's brows furrowed slightly as he observed the unfolding scene from afar.

"Are you here to save me or kill me?" Shi Chuankong asked with a calm expression.

Gu Qianxun offered no response, but a hint of melancholy had appeared in her eyes as she raised her spear before plunging it down at his glabella without any hesitation.

Right at this moment, a streak of white light raced through the air before striking the tip of her spear with a loud clang.

Immediately thereafter, Han Li arrived onto the scene, descending beside Shi Chuankong like the wind before catching the white scimitar that he had just hurled through the air.

"What is the meaning of this, Fellow Daoist Gu?" Han Li asked with tightly furrowed brows.

"I should be the one asking you that, Fellow Daoist Li. Why are you getting in my way?" Gu Qianxun asked in an indifferent manner.

"Fellow Daoist Shi is a friend of mine, so I'm not going to let you hurt him," Han Li declared.

"And what if I insist on killing him?" Gu Qianxun asked as a cold tone crept into her voice.

"In that case, you'll have to get past me," Han Li replied without any hesitation.

A cold gleam flashed through Gu Qianxun's eyes upon hearing this, and she abandoned Shi Chuankong to charge at Han Li without any hesitation.

Over thirty star acupoints lit up over her white bone spear, releasing radiant white light and over a hundred identical white spear projections that hurtled toward Han Li in unison.

Han Li remained completely unfazed as he swept his white scimitar through the air, and its blade sliced into the mass of oncoming spear projections.

All of the spear projections instantly dissipated as the blade of the scimitar struck the tip of the bone spear with unerring accuracy, stopping it cold in its tracks.

However, this seemed to have played right into Gu Qianxun's hands, and her eyes immediately lit up as the tip of her spear opened up once again, then immediately closed around the scimitar, catching its blade like a four-pronged mouth.

At the same time, an arrow of white light shot out of the tip of the spear directly toward Han Li's chest.

Simultaneously, Gu Qianxun swept a hand through the air to release a streak of black light, which contained the pendant that Shi Chuankong had been wearing earlier.

A dull thump rang out as the pendant exploded to form a vortex of black light, and the devilish ape re-emerged, albeit a little smaller than before, then rushed directly at Han Li.

As the devilish ape charged at Han Li, all of the countless spikes on its body shot forth as countless streaks of black light, which converged toward Han Li from all directions.

Meanwhile, Gu Qianxun had tossed her bone spear aside, and she swept her hands through the air to send eight white daggers flying out of her sleeves, all of which were aimed at Shi Chuankong, who had been her target this entire time.

Shi Chuankong was currently still completely unable to move, so he could only look on helplessly at the approaching daggers.

However, in the next instant, an earth-shattering boom rang out from Han Li's body, and his profound acupoints were glowing radiantly, releasing bursts of tremendous force in all directions.

The arrow of light released by the bone spear and the black spikes that had shot out of the devilish ape's body were all stopped cold in their tracks before shattering into countless pieces, while the devilish ape itself was also sent flying before crashing into a nearby building.

The building immediately collapsed, burying the devilish ape under a pile of rubble.

At the same time, Han Li vanished from the spot, then reappeared in front of Shi Chuankong an instant later as if by instantaneous teleportation before reaching out with his right hand to catch the eight oncoming daggers.

A stunned look appeared in Gu Qianxun's eyes upon seeing this, while Han Li took a glance at the eight daggers that he had caught before hurling them back at Gu Qianxun.

The daggers were sent flying back several times faster than when they were hurled by Gu Qianxun, and an alarmed look appeared on her face as he hurriedly grabbed onto her bone spear before sending the white scimitar that was still caught in its tip flying through the air.

The scimitar and the spear combined to keep the oncoming daggers at bay, but there was such tremendous force behind the daggers that Gu Qianxun was sent stumbling back seven or eight steps.

A fearful look flashed through her eyes as she turned and fled without any hesitation, but she wasn't able to get very far at all before Han Li appeared in her path in a wraith-like manner.

"Who exactly are you, Fellow Daoist Gu?" Han Li asked as Gu Qianxun drew to a shuddering halt.

"Why do you want to know so much, Fellow Daoist Li? If you want to save Shi Chuankong, then you can have him," Gu Qianxun replied as she composed herself before putting on a faint smile.

"Tell me who you are! Don't make me kill you!" Han Li threatened as a cold gleam flashed through his eyes.