Immortal Reincarnation Tribulation

Chapter 185 Jumped Too Late

The beast had a pair of golden rings in its mouth, which was none other than the mental artifact that Du Fan had activated earlier.

"Crack, crack..." A series of crisp sounds rang out as the magical artifact shattered into golden dust as the demonic rabbit gnawed at it, scattering into the void.

The magic rabbit hovered in the air, then turned its head and coldly swept its gaze over Du Fan and the other two.

"Transformation into a demon!" Junior Sister Liu's crystal eyes were filled with panic and disbelief as she spoke in a trembling voice.

"Junior Sister Liu, Fellow Daoist Du, we can no longer move this beast in its current state. Let's go!" Qian Yu took a deep breath, and after saying this, he no longer hesitated. He immediately blurred into a series of afterimages and rushed away into the distance.

A fleeting look of resentment flashed in Liu Xianglian's beautiful eyes. She quickly raised her jade hand, and as it fell, a beam of green light appeared. It was a speed talisman, which she instantly slapped onto her delicate body. Then, with a flash of green light, it shot out without looking back.

Du Fan was equally quick. Sensing danger, he swiftly took out a speed talisman and slapped it onto himself. Then, he stomped his foot on the ground and fled almost simultaneously with Qian Yu.

Whether intentional or coincidental, the three fled in different directions, each speeding in one of the three directions.

In the blink of an eye, they had vanished from the spot, leaving only the demon rabbit in its demonic state and the newly activated but unused demon-subduing array, which flickered with black light on its own.

……

A figure darted past a boulder, leaving a trail of blue afterimages, but without pausing, it disappeared into the depths of the dense forest, quickly becoming indistinct as if merging into the night.

The figure in green was none other than Du Fan. At this moment, he was breathing rapidly, his face was pale, and he was already cursing under his breath.

A hundred feet behind him, in mid-air, a whooshing sound rang out, and a black shadow about ten feet in size suddenly appeared. In a flash, it rushed towards Du Fan. This creature was none other than the Demon Rabbit.

For some reason, among the three who had attacked it earlier, this beast chose Du Fan, who had attacked it the least, and it seemed determined to pursue him relentlessly until he was dead.

Du Fan was shocked and extremely frustrated, but he had no choice but to use his speed to the fullest extent and escape with the help of the Swiftness Talisman.

This demonic rabbit was already equivalent to the Foundation Establishment Realm, and was currently in a demonic transformation state, which terrified the two Qi Refining Realm Great Perfection Realm beings. Du Fan had no intention of fighting it; he only wanted to rely on his speed advantage to shake it off.

However, Du Fan was ultimately disappointed. Although his speed was not slow, it was clearly not on the same level as this demon that could fly in the sky after transforming into a demon. In just a few breaths, the distance between the two was less than fifty feet.

"Mysterious Wood Silkworm... Forget it. Even if I forcibly summon this silkworm, I might not be able to harm this magical beast. It might even enrage it completely. At that point, I would truly have no chance of survival."

Du Fan scanned the demonic rabbit not far behind him with his divine sense and felt a chill run down his spine. His mind raced as he racked his brains for a solution.

"If there is no chance of a turnaround when this beast is ten feet away from me, then I will have no choice but to use the talisman wood that Senior Jiuyang gave me. With the power of this talisman wood, it should be able to resolve my crisis."

However, this talisman is truly my life-saving item, and it only has the power for two more strikes left. It should not be used lightly unless absolutely necessary.

A flicker of hesitation crossed Du Fan's eyes, but it quickly turned into decisiveness.

Forty zhang, thirty zhang, twenty zhang...

Sensing the approaching demonic rabbit, Du Fan took a deep breath, his eyes flashing with a cold light. He slapped his storage bag with one hand, and an object flew out, which he held firmly in his hand. It was none other than the talisman wood.

There was a thin crack on the surface of this talisman wood. Du Fan held it in his hand, and as he continuously poured in strands of magic power, the densely packed miniature spirit patterns on it flickered like fireflies, and it looked as if an invisible, powerful force was about to burst out from it.

But just then, Du Fan's feet lost their footing. Before he could react, he was completely airborne, and in the blink of an eye, his body plummeted downwards.

"what……"

After letting out a gasp, Du Fan looked around and finally understood the situation, rolling his eyes in disbelief.

It turned out that he had focused all his attention on the demon rabbit, intending to activate the talisman to kill it in one fell swoop, but he happened to arrive at the edge of the cliff of the second peak of Dongshi Mountain, and was propelled off by the force of inertia.

Below him lies a deep canyon between three mountain peaks.

However, for Du Fan now, this is not too bad. With his current strong physique, a mere thousand feet of height is not enough to kill him.

At most, he was just unlucky and broke two ribs. After all, his entire body was still much weaker than his physical body.

To Du Fan's slight relief, a quick scan with his divine sense revealed that the demonic rabbit was merely roaring at the edge of the cliff, but showed no intention of pursuing them.

In this way, Du Fan was willing to fall like this. If he could exchange the breakage of two ribs for a chance to use the talisman wood, it would naturally be a very worthwhile thing, and he would be more than willing to do so.

With gusts of wind whistling past his ears, Du Fan had already fallen six or seven hundred feet. This distance was beyond the range of his divine sense at the cliff edge, and he could no longer sense the presence of the Demon Rabbit.

Du Fan finally breathed a sigh of relief, twisted his body forcefully in mid-air, faced downwards, looked around, and began to make various preparations for the landing.

First, he took out a power talisman from his storage bag and instantly attached it to his body.

Du Fan's eyes flashed, and he quickly took out three mobile defensive talismans, which he tore apart in an instant. Immediately, red, yellow, and blue light burst out, forming three soft light spheres that enveloped him completely.

After doing all this, Du Fan was less than a hundred feet above the ground.

Looking down, the situation was completely different from that on the mountain peak, with only sparse trees. At this moment, his eyes narrowed and he couldn't help but swear.

He deduced that, based on his current trajectory, when he hits the ground, he will crash into a large, protruding boulder, the kind with a sharp point on top.

A moment later, Du Fan took a deep breath, clenched his fists, and a golden light emanated from his arms, condensing into his fists and turning into two golden fists.

A strange light flashed wildly in Du Fan's eyes. One after another, incantations quietly formed within his body. With a sudden "crackling" sound like bones rubbing together, his fists suddenly grew larger, becoming half a foot in size, like giant steel fists, enveloped in golden light.

An expert would immediately recognize this as a minor achievement of the Copper and Iron Arm Forging Technique, a Buddhist or Taoist practice.

Du Fan had never practiced this technique before, but he had already thoroughly understood it and deduced it many times in his mind. At this special moment, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he suddenly remembered this physical technique and executed it with exceptional ease.

When Du Fan was still seven or eight zhang away from the boulder on the ground, he suddenly let out a low roar and unleashed a barrage of punches. In an instant, more than ten punches landed, transforming into a golden fist shadow that thundered towards the boulder.

A deafening roar erupted in an instant, the boulder shattered, and dust billowed into the air.

Du Fan showed no sign of stopping. With a swing of his arms, he delivered more than ten punches, leaving a deep crater about ten feet in size in the ground after the booming sound.

Under this series of powerful attacks, a considerable counterforce was generated.

Du Fan felt his body suddenly stop, as if he were being lifted up by an invisible wave, and his falling speed was actually gradually slowed down.

At this moment, Du Fan was only three zhang away from the ground, but there was no fear in his expression. Instead, a look of joy appeared on his face.

With the enhancement of the Copper Iron Arm Forging Technique and the Power Talisman, his strength was as heavy as a thousand pounds. Under such circumstances, the magnitude of the counter-force was unimaginable.

In this way, even though his falling speed is still not slow, he will not pose much of a threat. As for the previously anticipated broken bones, they will most likely not happen.

Du Fan's eyes flashed, seizing the last moment, and his fists fell again.

Immediately afterwards, with a loud "boom," Du Fan slammed into the large pit, causing the surrounding ground to shake. The pit was now three zhang deep.

After everything calmed down, Du Fan lay at the bottom of the pit, grimacing and panting heavily. Although he hadn't been injured, he had fallen directly from a height of thousands of feet, so the pain was unbearable.

After a full cup of tea's time, Du Fan took a deep breath, did a somersault, stood up, and with a powerful stomp of one foot, leaped out of the pit and landed steadily on the ground.

Du Fan held his breath and focused his mind, spreading his divine sense outwards while his eyes scanned the surrounding area, carefully observing everything within a radius of several hundred feet. After a dozen breaths, he finally breathed a sigh of relief; there was no danger here.

Du Fan shifted his gaze to the third peak in the distance, then looked back at the second and first peaks, a thoughtful expression on his face.

"I jumped too late..." After a long while, Du Fan sighed.

According to the topography of Dongshi Mountain, the order of entering each peak should be the first peak, the second peak, and the third peak, and then one can enter the valley from the foot of the third peak.

However, Du Fan's unintentional fall off the cliff unknowingly shattered the established mindset of everyone in the area.