A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality (Chapter 1601-Chapter 1800)

Meanwhile, Liu Shui'er had also stopped on a thick tree branch, appraising the golden Dark Beast with a grave expression on her face.

The Dark Beast Monarch was clearly also rather disoriented from crashing into Shi Kun out of the blue, and after shaking its head from side to side, a vicious light flashed through its eyes as it fixed its gaze on Shi Kun, who was still unable to get up.

Sharp claw projections immediately appeared on the front ends of its paws, and it seemed to be preparing to attack Shi Kun.

Both Han Li and Liu Shui'er's hearts jolted upon seeing this, and they were contemplating whether to step in or not.

It was quite clear that the Dark Beast Monarch hadn't discovered the two of them yet, so if they were to sneak away now, perhaps they'd be able to escape unscathed. Otherwise, even if the three of them could just barely hold off this Dark Beast Monarch, as soon as it summoned more of its brethren to the scene, they'd definitely be plunged into life-threatening danger.

However, if Shi Kun were to die, there'd be no way for them to access the restricted ruins, so their mission would end in failure before it had even begun.

If they were to fail to complete the mission and allow Shi Kun to perish in the Dark Beast Forest, they would definitely be punished by Cai Liuying and Duan Tianren, even if they could return from the Vast Glacial Realm alive.

However, even though this was quite a troublesome prospect, it was something for him to worry about in the future. For now, his top priority was naturally to save himself.

Thus, Han Li made his decision in the blink of an eye before quickly turning to glance at Liu Shui'er.

However, he discovered that the Dark Beast that Liu Shui'er had turned into was arching its back, and faint white light was shimmering from its body, looking as if it were going to rush to Shi Kun's aid without any hesitation.

This came as quite a surprise to Han Li, and a contemplative look appeared in his eyes.

However, he had no intention of risking his life with her. As such, after taking a deep breath, he planned to hurtle back in retreat.

However, the events that unfolded next had him completely flabbergasted.

The golden Dark Beast had a ferocious look in its eyes, and it was clearly just about to attack. However, its ears suddenly twitched, following which the vicious look on its face transformed into one of shock and fury.

It then let loose a low snarl, and shot forth as a golden shadow again, disappearing into the forest after just a few flashes.





Chapter 1690: Two Beasts


Han Li and Liu Shui'er couldn't help but exchange a surprised glance upon seeing this.

At this moment, Shi Kun finally struggled slowly to his feet, then transmitted his voice to his two companions in a furious manner.

"What's going on? Why would a Dark Beast Monarch appear alone here? I can't believe I was unlucky enough to crash into a Dark Beast Monarch out of the blue!"

"Are you alright, Brother Shi?" Liu Shui'er transmitted her voice in reply in a concerned manner.

"It's alright, my body went completely numb earlier, but I'm much better now," Shi Kun grumbled, and he really did appear to be fine.

Han Li's brows furrowed upon hearing this, yet just as he was about to ask something, the roars of countless beasts suddenly rang out in the distance up ahead.

The roars were like rumbling thunder, making their ears ring loudly, and even the nearby trees were trembling violently as if they'd come to life.

"What's happening?" Liu Shui'er exclaimed.

Han Li and Shi Kun also wore bewildered expressions.

However, in the next instant, the roars suddenly cut off, but countless astonishing auras abruptly appeared up ahead before approaching Han Li's trio at a rapid speed.

Moments later, all three of them heard an incessant rustling noise, and Han Li's face immediately paled as he hurriedly transmitted his voice to Shi Kun and Liu Shui'er. "Dodge!"

Immediately thereafter, he rushed toward a nearby tree, then vanished into it amid a flash of azure light.

Shi Kun and Liu Shui'er also reacted extremely quickly, springing into action almost as soon as Han Li had issued his warning.

Shi Kun stomped his foot into the ground beneath his feet, and he sank into the soil amid a flash of yellow light. Meanwhile, Liu Shui'er opened her mouth to expel a ball of blue light, and she gradually turned transparent within the blue light before disappearing on the spot.

Almost as soon as the three of them had taken these evasive measures, black light flashed in the distance, and countless Dark Beasts surged forth from up ahead.

It was as if most of the Dark Beasts in this entire forest had been gathered here.

Han Li was circulating the magic power within his body relentlessly, and after just a few flashes, he'd already fled to several kilometers away. He then turned around and focused his gaze on the scenes unfolding behind him, upon which he discovered that there were many remarkably large Dark Beasts among this astonishing torrent, and each of them had a vertical eye on their glabella.

These were Three-eyed Dark Beasts!

They hadn't encounter even a single high-grade Dark Beast along the way, and it turned out that they'd all been gathered here.

As soon as these Dark Beasts emerged, countless bursts of spiritual sense fanned out in all directions, encompassing an area with a radius of several hundred kilometers.

Han Li certainly didn't dare to try his luck in this situation, and black light suddenly flashed from his body, following which a black veil draped itself over him in a flash.

This was none other than the mysterious black veil he'd obtained from those two Black Rakshasa beings.

Immediately thereafter, he opened his mouth to produce a purple talisman before quickly plastering it to himself.

A cloud of purple mist intermingled with countless silver runes immediately appeared before encompassing his entire body.

His Dark Beast body then turned completely invisible, but at the same time, he was forced to slow down significantly.

At this moment, Han Li cast his gaze toward Shi Kun and Liu Shiu'er to find that they were still moving as quickly as ever, and they'd already fled to close to 10 kilometers away.

Han Li had chosen to conceal himself as best as he could, whereas Shi Kun and Liu Shui'er were clearly just trying to get as far away as possible before they were detected by the high-grade Dark Beasts.

It was hard to say which method was superior.

If the high-grade Dark Beasts were unable to see through their concealment techniques, then it was naturally best to take advantage of that and get away from this place as quickly as possible.

However, if traveling too quickly hampered the effect of their concealment techniques, thereby resulting in their covers being blown, then they'd be in grave danger.

The reason why Han Li had chosen to conceal himself while remaining on the spot was because he was confident in the concealment abilities of his High Zenith Invisibility Talisman and the black veil.

The third demonic eyes of the high-grade Dark Beasts scanned through the surrounding area, passing over Han Li, as well as Shi Kun and Liu Shui'er.

However, none of their eyes locked onto the trio, so it was quite clear that they hadn't been discovered.

Han Li and the others all heaved a long sigh of relief upon seeing this.

Right at this moment, Han Li suddenly caught sight of something in the beast pack, and he immediately drew a sharp breath as his expression changed drastically.

He had discovered an extremely eye-catching shimmering golden shadow among the beast pack; it was another Dark Beast Monarch!

However, this one was clearly different from the one they'd just seen. Now only was its body slightly larger, it had seven or eight Three-eyed Dark Beasts following closely behind it.

On top of that, the third eyes of these high-grade Dark Beasts weren't grey. Instead, they were shimmering with faint silver light.