Chapter 596: Going All Out

The Golden Boy had been devouring his way toward the vital organs of the Devouring Gold Immortal at the Taiyi stage, his entire body already blood-red, with shreds of bloody flesh hanging from between his teeth, making him look exceptionally ferocious.

Just as he was about to bite through a layer of muscle and membrane and enter the Devouring Gold Immortal's abdominal cavity, the surrounding flesh suddenly seemed to gain intelligence, pressing in on him from all sides, carrying with it powerful immortal spiritual power, trying to trap him.

However, having devoured a large amount of flesh and blood, the Golden Boy's aura now pressed close to the mid-Taiyi stage. Golden light radiated from his body, and rows of tooth-shaped light pillars protruded from his surface, pushing back the encroaching flesh.

With a single bite, he tore through the membrane, tumbled forward, and fell directly into the Devouring Gold Immortal's abdominal cavity.

The Taiyi-stage Devouring Gold Immortal was furious but helpless, for the Golden Boy was wreaking havoc inside its body, and it was constrained at every turn, unable to launch a powerful attack.

Originally, the Golden Boy entering its belly was not necessarily a bad thing.

The Devouring Gold Beetle and it were originally one entity. Once their bodies merged, it could use its powerful soul to directly devour the Golden Boy's soul, then merge with his Nascent Soul and absorb his flesh, completing the task.

But unfortunately, its soul had just been trapped by Han Li's Divine Thought Prison, and it had expended too much energy trying to break free early. Meanwhile, the Golden Boy's aura had soared after successive devourings.

With this shift in balance, it no longer had the confidence to devour the Golden Boy's soul, so it could only lie low temporarily, waiting for its soul to recover.

At this thought, the Taiyi-stage Devouring Gold Immortal's heart grew even heavier. When its gaze swept toward Han Li, fury nearly erupted.

If not for this detestable human, the little Devouring Gold Beetle would have long merged with it, the little beast tribe would have been razed to the ground, and that fellow who dared trap it in an illusion for twenty years would never have dared attack it.

It was all because of him!

The Taiyi-stage Devouring Gold Immortal's eyes saw nothing else, only Han Li. It wanted to kill him to vent its rage.

Han Li had long anticipated this. As soon as the Taiyi-stage Devouring Gold Immortal broke free, he had swallowed several pills, restoring his immortal spiritual power while stabilizing his divine sense.

The golden light on the Taiyi-stage Devouring Gold Immortal suddenly contracted, and a scorching heat emanated from its body. White vapor began to rise from its surface.

As the vapor billowed, the surrounding void twisted, becoming blurred and indistinct.

A blue light flashed in Han Li's eyes, and before he could see clearly, his heart suddenly leaped.

Instinctively, he flickered and dodged to the side.

At almost the same moment, the Taiyi-stage Devouring Gold Immortal's figure appeared where he had just stood.

As soon as Han Li steadied himself, a streak of crystalline light shot toward him, tearing through the void.

Alarmed, he urgently activated the Truth Dharma Wheel, reversing it within his body. His figure blurred and vanished from the spot again.

Had the Truth Dharma Wheel somehow recovered?

Delighted, Han Li suddenly expanded a spherical light screen from his body, forming a massive Time Domain that enveloped the entire abyss floor.

As the light screen swept over the Taiyi-stage Devouring Gold Immortal, its pupils contracted. It felt as if an invisible force had enveloped it, slowing the flow of time within the domain.

Compared to the Truth Dharma Wheel, the Time Domain, though vast in range, had a much weaker deceleration effect. The Devouring Gold Immortal's speed was somewhat limited, but it could still move swiftly; if Han Li was not careful, it could still catch him.

Moreover, Han Li sensed that the Truth Dharma Wheel within him had not fully recovered and could fail again at any moment. So he could only dodge the Taiyi-stage Devouring Gold Immortal's pursuit while mentally urging the Golden Boy to devour its flesh as quickly as possible.

On the abyss floor, a cyan and a golden trail of light chased each other back and forth. Even with Mo Guang's eyesight, he could only see blurry afterimages flickering intermittently.

With a thunderous boom!

Dust and smoke rose in the abyss as a cliff face was struck by the Devouring Gold Immortal's massive body, shattering directly.

A huge torrent of rocks cascaded down from above, rumbling like rolling thunder.

Han Li's figure shot out from the dust and smoke, his toes tapping the void as he soared upward, heading straight for a stone platform on the opposite cliff wall above the abyss.

Roar!

Seeing him evade again, the Taiyi-stage Devouring Gold Immortal's remaining patience vanished. It let out another furious roar.

Instead of chasing again, it crouched on the ground, its wings vibrating violently. All the light on its body rapidly contracted, and even the scorching heat waves withdrew, condensing on its surface into a strange substance between light and gas.

This substance accumulated more and more, growing denser, emitting a suppressed and eerie fluctuation.

Watching from afar, Han Li frowned deeply, a sense of foreboding rising in his heart.

Inside the Devouring Gold Immortal, the Golden Boy was tearing at its organs when he suddenly noticed its internal organs trembling violently. Some of the flesh and blood began to vaporize in the tremors, dissipating outward.

The temperature inside also rose sharply, soon becoming as hot as a furnace.

Besides, Jin Tong sensed an unusually intense pressure rising within the Devourer Gold Immortal's abdomen, and the fluctuation of that aura made even her feel a sense of dread.

Could it be... that this thing wants to break all ties and self-destruct its body?

At the thought of this, Jin Tong did not intend to leave but immediately contacted Han Li through her mind, urgently shouting:

"Uncle, run quickly, this thing might self-destruct..."

"Jin Tong, get out now!" Han Li replied swiftly with a frown.

"No, I'm going to fight it to the death!" Jin Tong said resolutely.

Han Li's brows tightened. Gritting his teeth, he rapidly reversed the true wheel within his body, charging into the baleful aura and shooting upward. Mo Guang, receiving the warning, followed closely behind.

The moment their figures had just risen, a dazzling white light burst forth from the depths of the abyss.

"Boom!"

A thunderous roar that shook heaven and earth came from the depths of the abyss, and a colossal shockwave, powerful enough to destroy the world, swept out in all directions, pounding against the cliffs on both sides in wave after wave.

"Boom, rumble..."

The abyss, which had not been illuminated by light for countless ages, seemed to have a sun rising within it at that moment, filled to the brim with dazzling white light, bright beyond measure.

Yet within this white light, the cliffs of the abyss began to collapse layer by layer, like a dam breached by a flood, continuously retreating backward, gradually dissolving into the scorching radiance.

At the same time, an enormous pillar of white light shot straight into the sky, burning and dissolving countless abyssal miasmas, rising nearly a thousand zhang above the mouth of the abyss.

Within the white pillar of light, a pitch-black human figure, with limbs spread wide, floated like a kite in the impact of the radiance, his entire body's skin and flesh ulcerated, emitting trails of white steam, as if he were about to melt away.

On his back, another figure curled up tightly, wrapped in a green glow, completely untouched by the white light.

After rising above the abyss, the two figures immediately shifted sideways for over ten li, flying out of the range of the white light.

Naturally, they were none other than Han Li and Mo Guang, who had narrowly escaped death from within the abyss.

Han Li hovered to the side, looking at Mo Guang, whose body was in a miserable state, and asked, "How are you? Can you still hold on?"

"Hehe, Fellow Daoist Han, you've won the bet again..." Moguang, now barely recognizable as a human form, gave a bitter smile and said.

His voice was low and extremely weak, clearly indicating severe injuries. On his cheek, where all flesh had been lost, two rows of gleaming white teeth stretched into a huge grin, sending chills down one's spine.

When the white light exploded earlier, it had been too fast for them to escape.

At that critical moment, they had no choice but to gamble with their lives, using the Gray Immortal's corpse as a shield against the white light, supplemented by Han Li's time domain to minimize the impact.

As a result, after flying only a few hundred li, Han Li's time domain collapsed under the strain, and they barely managed to escape by relying on the Gray Immortal's corpse.

Through their soul connection, Han Li could sense that Moguang was severely damaged, but seeing that he could still smile, he knew his life was not in danger. He then looked over the Gray Immortal's corpse again, feeling increasingly that this body was not ordinary.

Just then, a rumbling sound came from the earth below.

Han Li looked down and saw dust and smoke billowing across the ground, the land collapsing continuously, and the original abyss gradually expanding into a huge sunken basin.

The valley where the tree demon had dwelled, not far from the abyss, also collapsed amidst the rolling dust, buried in the earth and swallowed by the rising torrent of baleful qi.

A series of strange roars then emerged from within, lasting for a while before fading away.

Seeing the baleful qi surging upward, Moguang immediately flashed and plunged into the rolling baleful qi.

As wisps of baleful qi entered his body, the skin on his surface began to regenerate. Regardless of his internal condition, his external injuries were gradually mended bit by bit.

At that moment, Han Li suddenly turned his gaze toward the dusty earth below.

Amid the rolling dust and baleful qi, a huge shadow rose abruptly, and the form of the Taiyi-stage Devouring Gold Beetle flew out, charging at Han Li once again.

"Why... are... you... still... not... dead!"

A roar came from the Taiyi-stage Devouring Gold Beetle, each word enunciated slowly, filled with resentment and hatred.

"Truly a clinging spirit..." Han Li cursed under his breath and rapidly fled into the distance.

At that moment, Jintong's voice sounded again:

"Uncle, hold on a little longer. Once I bite through its heart meridian, I can..."

For some reason, before he could finish his words, he suddenly stopped.