The Long Journey to Immortality

Han Lu was not very skilled at using the light wings behind her to fly, and she changed her position from time to time to avoid being hit by the giant rocks that the desert behemoth randomly released in all directions.

With its eyebrows in the air, the desert behemoth clearly lacked the patience for careful aiming.

Half of the giant rock that shot into the air lost its strength before it even got close to Han Lu and fell back to the ground.

The other part was completely dodged by Han Lu, without harming a single hair on her head.

Han Lu looked at the pitiful desert behemoth that was still unable to deal with the flames raging above its head, and muttered to herself.

"Could it be that this ferocious-looking desert behemoth was easily defeated by my single move?"

As Han Lu was pondering this, the desert behemoth finally made up its mind and made a drastic decision.

The desert behemoth, which was basically made of sand, rapidly changed its form, and then it shot out the part of its body that was still burning with flames.

The Phoenix Flame burned away the portion of sand containing spiritual energy and then went out.

Although it lost 30% of its spiritual power and suffered severe injuries, the desert behemoth at least made the right choice based on its instincts, saving its life from Han Lu's successful surprise attack.

Watching the desert behemoth escape danger by injuring itself, Han Lu felt a little regretful, but based on the results of this round, she no longer took this monster, whose strength was probably at the late Foundation Establishment stage, seriously.

Although Han Lu admitted that she couldn't kill the tenacious beast on the spot in the short term.

But in her eyes, the desert behemoth had become a perfectly acceptable punching bag.

A punching bag that allows her to use various techniques as a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"Its intelligence is very low, and it doesn't seem to have much experience fighting cultivators... Apart from the fact that it's difficult to eliminate, it shouldn't pose much of a threat to me. But I should still be careful."

Hearing the desert behemoth once again standing on the sand, roaring angrily at her in a state of "incompetence," Han Lu felt increasingly relieved.

After controlling the light wings to increase her flight altitude slightly, Han Lu used her secret technique again.

The spiritual energy was drawn from and flowed within Han Lu's body, eventually converging in her eyes.

Soon, two golden lights emerged from Han Lu's eyes, and she unleashed the "See Through" secret technique.

When Han Lu's gaze locked onto the desert behemoth that was unleashing its impotent rage, she was stunned by what she saw.

"I'm sure the weaknesses on that courtyard wall in Jiulong Mountain are far fewer than those on this desert behemoth..."

Looking at the countless weaknesses on the desert behemoth, perhaps numbering in the five digits, Han Lu felt that using this "seeing through" secret technique was somewhat redundant.

Its entire body is composed of sand from the deep blue desert, but it is fused together into one through spiritual power in a way that Han Lu cannot understand.

It's perfectly normal to have many weaknesses.

Since that's the case, Han Lu naturally saw no need to waste her spiritual energy using the "See Through" secret technique.

She interrupted the secret technique and conjured the spiritual sword in front of her.

"go with!"

With a loud shout, Han Lu's spiritual sword instantly stopped and entered super-high speed, shooting from in front of her to in front of the desert behemoth.

The spiritual power of this weapon, comparable to a second-grade magic artifact, tore apart the body of the desert behemoth with minimal effort.

The spiritual sword, streaked with golden light, pierced through the desert behemoth, then glided through the air before returning to Han Lu's side.

However, what happened next surprised Han Lu.

Such a serious injury was like a minor wound to the desert behemoth.

It used its spiritual power to gather the surrounding sand grains and integrate them into itself.

In just a moment, the seemingly terrifying injury was completely healed.

Even the half of its head that Han Lu had just burned away with her Fire Phoenix True Flame had recovered somewhat. It was likely that in another minute or two, the desert behemoth would be fully recovered, except for some loss of spiritual power.

Han Lu was still somewhat skeptical, so she once again used her sword to pierce more than twenty holes in the desert behemoth with her spiritual energy.

Nevertheless, the desert behemoth still used its innate abilities to fully heal these injuries.

Seeing this, Han Lu felt a headache coming on.

"I knew this beast had strong regenerative abilities, but I never imagined it was this terrifying..."

"In this deep blue desert, desert behemoths have the upper hand."

"No wonder this ferocious beast looks so pathetic. It has cultivation but no ability to kill cultivators. During my days in Mingsha Village, I have never heard of any stories of desert beasts being killed by cultivators."

……

Han Lu guessed that if she were to use the Fire Phoenix True Flame to restrain the desert behemoth again at this time, it would probably not be as successful as before.

"This is tricky..."

Xiao Ran is still nearby and unprotected while he is forming his core, so Han Lu can't afford to waste too much time here.

"Since that's the case, let's stick to the original plan. If we can't finish off this beast quickly, let it change its route so as not to disturb Xiao Ran's core formation."

Although she couldn't understand the desert behemoth's expression, Han Lu was certain that it was thinking of her as a mortal enemy.

"Thinking about it that way, it should be easier to lure it away than to drive it away."

"I reckon that with that head full of sand, if I led him around the area a few times, he would definitely get lost."

Thinking of this, Han Lu decided to deliver several more heavy blows to the desert behemoth, firmly drawing its hatred to herself.

[Author's Note] What did everyone buy on Singles' Day?

Chapter 316 Solving the Problem

Thinking that the desert behemoth was of low intelligence, Han Lu decided to try illusion magic and use her best illusion magic to solve the problem.

The paulownia wood flute, which had not been taken out of the storage bag for a long time, appeared in Han Lu's hand.

"There is no other musical instrument or magical artifact that fits this perfectly."

"But for now, this is enough."

When the topic of the wooden flute's low grade came up, Han Lu couldn't help but think of the three small drops of fire phoenix blood essence remaining in the bottle. She pondered whether she could find a reliable and skilled weapon-refining master in the future to try and fuse the fire phoenix blood essence with the paulownia wood flute in her hand, so that it could be upgraded into a magic weapon more suitable for Foundation Establishment cultivators to use.

The desert behemoth, still roaring and tumbling across the desert, hurling sand into the air, brought Han Lu's attention back to the problem at hand.

She channeled her spiritual power, activated her magical artifact, and slowly began to play a tune.

Beautiful music was played in the desert.

In Han Lu's plan, if this trick works, she can directly remotely control the desert behemoth to change direction and resolve the crisis.

However, in the next moment, Han Lu realized what it meant to play the lute to a cow.

Perhaps because this desert behemoth was so stupid, Han Lu's illusion didn't have much effect on it.

The beautiful music mixed with illusions only quieted the desert behemoth down a bit, stopping it from shouting and yelling, and it didn't become under her control as Han Lu had hoped.

When this tactic failed, Han Lu tried another one.

She summoned the boundless snow and ice.

The desert, already cold at night, dropped another twenty or thirty degrees Celsius, and the endless cold air enveloped the desert behemoth.

Even with the aid of spiritual power, sand with its extremely low specific heat capacity could hardly resist the true spiritual power unleashed by Han Lu.

From bottom to top, the desert behemoth was slowly frozen into a block of ice.

This True Spirit Divine Power, which can sluggish the flow of spiritual energy, also significantly affected his recovery ability.

But it's only a temporary effect.

Desert behemoths are large in size and powerful in strength.

The ice layer, which ordinary spells could not break through, was easily shattered by it with a single move.

He first shrank the sand that made up his body, creating a gap between his body and the ice.

With another sudden burst of force, as if delivering a powerful punch, it broke through a corner of the ice.

Even this tiny gap is enough for it to perform its function.

The sand that makes up the body and fangs breaks into smaller pieces and flows out quickly through this not-so-large gap, forming a "new" desert behemoth once again.

The only difference between this new behemoth and the old one is its fang.

The fangs looked new, unlike the sharp fangs of the old ones.

Clearly, with this inferior fang, the desert behemoth could no longer swim as fast in the desert as before.

Watching the desert behemoth escape unscathed once again, Han Lu sighed slightly and muttered, "You're really something."

Although she possessed many secret techniques and true spiritual abilities that ordinary cultivators did not know or understand, she still had no way to deal with this tenacious desert behemoth.

However, in her current state, Han Lu felt that she had firmly drawn the desert behemoth's hatred, and all she had to do next was escape, escape at a reasonable speed.

Looking around to get a general idea of ​​the location of the talisman she had buried in the desert a few days ago, Han Lu determined a direction opposite to the location of her temporary cave.

He relinquished his semi-true spirit form and retrieved the light wings on his back.

She once again rode her sword, flying through the desert night sky.

This time, having already fought with Han Lu and been beaten up by her, the desert behemoth would no longer ignore this tiny creature.

Without the slightest hesitation, it howled twice more and then followed closely behind Han Lu, trying its best to catch up with this enemy.

Noticing this, a smile finally appeared on Han Lu's somewhat depressed face.

"It's really difficult to outwit and scheme against such a stupid beast."

With a sigh in her heart, Han Lu reduced her flying speed slightly to prevent the desert behemoth from losing interest in her.

And so, under the moonlight, Han Lu fled, pursued by a giant desert beast, enacting a scene of a giant beast chasing Han Lu under the moonlight.

The chase lasted for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea.

Han Lu realized that she had completely disoriented the desert behemoth and could no longer tell which way was which, so she began to think of a way to escape.

Escape wasn't difficult; Han Lu chose the most discreet method, one that the desert behemoth's "sand sculpture" brain couldn't comprehend.

Slightly increasing the speed of her flying sword, Han Lu landed on the sandy ground far from the desert behemoth.

Immediately afterwards, she took out a very ordinary illusion talisman from her storage bag and stuck it on herself.

A moment later, Han Lu's figure completely disappeared into the bright moonlight.

The desert behemoth that had been relentlessly pursuing Han Lu managed to stop after losing sight of her, but Han Lu was nowhere to be found.