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

Chapter 969: One-Sided Battle

Sun Tu and Duan Tong hurriedly sprang back in retreat upon seeing this, but to their surprise, despite the wolf puppet's enormous stature, it was extremely fast and agile.

Before Duan Tong had a chance to react, a millstone-sized front paw had already appeared before him in the blink of an eye, sweeping toward him with tremendous power.

Duan Tong's expression changed drastically upon seeing this, and he could only retaliate against the wolf puppet's formidable paw with his thick right arm.

A gruesome crack rang out as Duan Tong's arm was instantly snapped in several places upon impact, and he was sent flying like a cannonball before crashing heavily onto the ground with blood gushing out of his mouth.

The wolf puppet shuddered as it took a step back, but it was immediately able to steady itself before opening its mouth to release a burst of white light.

The white light contained countless white flying needles that were screeching through the air, and they rained down upon Duan Tong in the blink of an eye.

The needles were imbued with tremendous power, punching countless holes into Duan Tong's body and the ground around him, granting him a swift and painless death.

A fearful look appeared on Sun Tu's face upon seeing this, and he immediately turned to flee.

However, right at this moment, the bald man descended upon him atop his silver panther puppet, which was swinging its two massive front paws through the air in unison.

Having just witnessed how easily the giant wolf puppet had overwhelmed Duan Tong, Sun Tu didn't dare to directly withstand the puppet's attack, and he frantically dodged to the side, only just barely evading the puppet's sweeping paws.

Right at this moment, a sharp screeching sound rang out, and the giant wolf puppet released another torrential barrage of white needles that rained down upon Sun Tu.

Sun Tu let loose a low roar as a thin, black bone sword appeared in his hand amid a flash of black light, and he slashed his sword at the oncoming barrage of flying needles.

A burst of black light erupted out of the sword, then transformed into a projection of a black feline creature that opened its mouth to release a black whirlwind, which swept up all of the flying needles.

In the blink of an eye, all of the flying needles vanished without a trace, while the feline projection also faded away, but the black light emanating from the sword had dimmed significantly, indicating that it had just expended a great deal of its power.

However, Sun Tu then flipped a hand over to produce a white crystal, while he pressed into a slot on the hilt of the sword, and the crystal instantly vanished, while the black light radiating from the sword was restored to its former brightness.

A hint of surprise flashed through Zhuo Fa's eyes upon seeing this, but he continued to keep up the pressure, and the giant wolf puppet pounced on Sun Tu in the blink of an eye, displaying far superior speed to the silver panther puppet.

Sun Tu remained calm and composed as he once again evaded the puppet's sweeping front paws, but after failing to strike Sun Tu with its initial attack, the wolf puppet immediately pushed off against the ground with its hindlegs to send itself crashing toward Sun Tu like a small mountain.

Yet again, Sun Tu was just barely able to evade the attack.

Thus, a game of cat and mouse ensued, with the giant wolf puppet throwing itself at Sun Tu over and over again, while Sun Tu evaded all of its formidable attacks.

Even though he was severely injured, Sun Tu was still a city lord, so he was far more powerful than Duan Tong and the others, and the giant wolf puppet was struggling to pin him down.

The puppet was displaying exceptional speed and agility, far superior to what one would expect to see in a living creature of its stature, but it hadn't unleashed any more barrages of flying needles, and it was unclear if this was because it had already used up all of its flying needles.

Even so, the giant wolf was picking up more and more speed as the battle wore on, and it was gradually beginning to catch up to Sun Tu.

Meanwhile, the bald man observed the battle from afar atop his silver panther puppet, making no attempt to help Zhuo Fa.

Zhuo Fa's Lone Wind Wolf was a puppet of an extremely high caliber, and it would have no problems dealing with an injured city lord. On top of that, the bald man knew that he would only serve as a hindrance to Zhuo Fa, and that was why he was remaining on the sidelines.

The giant wolf puppet continued to grow faster and faster, and right at this moment, it swept its front paw through the air once again.

This time, the attack was too fast for Sun Tu to evade, yet right as he was about to be struck, he let loose a loud roar as he slashed his black sword through the air once again, releasing the same black feline projection, which bit down onto the front paw of the giant wolf puppet, and the paw abruptly vanished into thin air, while the black feline projection returned to the sword.

However, the giant wolf puppet then performed a barrel roll before lashing out with its other front paw with perfect timing, as if Zhuo Fa had already anticipated that the feline projection would appear. In the same instant that the feline projection vanished into the black sword, the giant wolf puppet's front paw struck Sun Tu on the chest, inflicting several long and deep gashes.

Sun Tu was sent flying back through the air with blood spraying out of his mouth, and he slammed heavily into the ground with a loud thump.

Before he had a chance to get up, a short halberd shot forth through the air like lightning, piercing straight through his dantian to pin him to the ground.

Sun Tu struggled and writhed for a moment longer before falling completely still.

"Your puppet manipulation abilities have improved even further, Palace Master Zhuo. At this point, no one in our city aside from City Lord Sha is a match for you," the bald man praised as he approached Zhuo Fa atop his silver panther puppet.

"You're far too kind, Brother Hei Da. In terms of puppet manipulation, Palace Master Wu Yun and Palace Master Kun Yu aren't inferior to me, and Celestial Maiden Xiao Zi possesses such exceptional aptitude that even City Lord Sha has nothing but praise for her. Compared with them, I still have a lot of room for improvement," Zhuo Fa replied, then jumped down from his puppet before landing beside Sun To to recover his halberd.

His gaze then fell upon Sun Tu's black bone sword, and his eyes lit up slightly as he stowed the sword away.

After that, he rummaged through Sun Tu's robes to fish out a few more items before jumping back onto his white wolf puppet.

Hei Da raised no objections to this. Zhuo Fa was the one who had killed Sun Tu, so he was naturally entitled to all the spoils.

The two of them then turned their attention to Wu Yun and Hei Er, who were currently locked in a fierce battle against Zhu Ziyuan and Zhu Ziqing.

Both Zhu Ziyuan and Zhu Ziqing were carrying some injuries that hampered their combat prowess, and as result, Wu Yun and Hei Er had already gained the upper hand. At this rate, it was only a matter of time before they emerged victorious.

Meanwhile, Chen Yang and Xuanyuan Xing were still standing in front of the Weeping Blood Array, making no attempt to enter it.

Zhuo Fa's expression darkened slightly upon seeing this, and he rushed over to the two of them atop his giant wolf puppet before asking in a cold voice, "What are you still waiting for, Fellow Daoist Chen Yang?"

Hei Da also arrived on the scene behind Zhuo Fa, and he suddenly interjected, "Hold on, something's not quite right here."

Only then did Zhuo Fa notice the dazed looks on Chen Yang and Xuanyuan Xing's face, and he drifted down from his puppet before giving Chen Yang a nudge as he asked, "What's going on here?"

However, Chen Yang and Xuanyuan Xing remained completely still and unresponsive.

"It looks to me like restrictions have been placed on their souls," Hei Da remarked.

"That does appear to be the case, but who could've done this? Does it have something to do with this array?" Zhuo Fa mused as he cast his gaze toward Han Li and Fu Jian inside the array.

At this point, the crimson cocoons around them had already become so thick that it was impossible to see the two of them from outside the array.

"In any case, we can't allow this array to keep operating any longer," Zhuo Fa said as a cold gleam flashed through his eyes, and he leaped back onto his giant wolf puppet.

A burst of radiant white light emerged over the puppet's body at his behest, all of which converged toward its only remaining front paw.

Immediately thereafter, the puppet sprang up into the air before swiping its front paw at the Weeping Blood Array, unleashing five crescent-shaped claw projections that were each several hundred feet in length.

The claw projections were giving off an extremely formidable aura, and Zhu Ziyuan and the others all turned to see what was happening from afar.

The five claw projections descended upon the crimson light barrier in the blink of an eye, and right at this moment, countless crimson runes suddenly appeared over the light barrier.

As a result, the light barrier was significantly bolstered, and an earth-shattering boom rang out as blinding red and white light erupted in all directions, causing the entire hall to tremble violently.

The tremors quickly subsided, while the white and red light also faded away to reveal the crimson light barrier, which remained completely unscathed.

Zhuo Fa's expression immediately darkened slightly upon seeing this.

"It looks like the two people in the array must be responsible for what happened to Chen Yang and Xuanyuan Xing. Palace Master Zhuo, let's combine our powers to break this light barrier together!" Hei Da urged.