Immortal Reincarnation Tribulation

Chapter 198 Despair

"Vice Alliance Leader Xiao has been incredibly kind to the four of us, like giving us a second life. This is the first time in the last hundred years that Vice Alliance Leader Xiao has given us any orders. If we go back like this, how will we explain it to her?" Another figure seemed to sigh and spoke in a hoarse voice.

"There's nothing we can do about it. However, for some reason, this flying spirit beast didn't kill Du Gongfeng, but just kept him in its belly. So Du Gongfeng's safety should be guaranteed for the time being."

"Alright then, you two should return to Zhongzhou immediately and report this matter to Vice Alliance Leader Xiao, so she can make a decision. My second sister and I will stay here to continue observing the situation."

The somewhat indifferent voice from before rang out again.

Then, the four figures vanished suddenly as the void twisted.

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Under the influence of a strange force, Du Fan and Ding Lan were swallowed whole by the giant beast and slammed against a hard cavity wall inside its body.

Du Fan was alright, but Ding Lan was, after all, only human. Even with Du Fan's protection, she was still dizzy and in excruciating pain from the impact.

After the two landed, before they could even regain their footing, another violent shaking shook the ground. Even Du Fan was somewhat overwhelmed and felt a wave of dizziness wash over him.

Fortunately, he activated the Soul Devouring Technique in time, quickly circulating it through his mind, which instantly refreshed him and brought him back to his senses.

However, Ding Lan was not so lucky. After the previous violent tremor, which was like an avalanche, she immediately fainted in Du Fan's arms.

Du Fan did not rush to wake the woman, but instead released his divine sense to scan everything around him.

A moment later, Du Fan's face turned extremely pale. He was now certain that he and Ding Lan were inside the belly of that giant fish-beast.

This monster's body was clearly extraordinary, possessing the ability to block divine sense. In other words, Du Fan's divine sense could only cover this giant beast, but he was completely unable to explore the world outside of it.

Inside this giant beast, it was pitch black, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face, like a night sky without stars or moon.

"How could something like this happen?" Du Fan thought to himself, speechless and quite frustrated.

Immediately afterwards, Du Fan released his divine sense again, scanning his and Ding Lan's bodies, and found that they were unharmed.

"Although I am safe now, I am still surrounded by a demonic beast. I can't just sit here and wait to die. I might be digested by this beast at any moment. If I could choose how to die, I would definitely not choose this one."

Du Fan's eyes flashed with a sharp light. After a moment's thought, he made a decision. He immediately activated the Soul Devouring Technique and allocated a portion of its power to Ding Lan's body, intending to wake her up.

A moment later, Ding Lan, under the power of the Soul Devouring Technique, gradually woke up with her delicate brows slightly furrowed.

"Young Master Du, where are we?"

After Ding Lan slowly woke up, she instantly regained her senses. Although she couldn't see anything at the moment, when she felt Du Fan's body, she seemed to have found a sense of security and wasn't very afraid. She simply asked softly.

"Although I really want to hide it from you, I still have to tell you that we are currently inside the belly of a monster," Du Fan sighed and said weakly.

"A monster? Is it the sea beast that cruelly slaughtered our entire village?" Ding Lan suddenly trembled, and a flash of hatred appeared in her beautiful eyes, flickering like a flame even in this dark space.

"That's right, but we need to stay calm now. Only if we get out of here alive can we talk about anything else." Du Fan spoke gently and softly, while his divine sense quietly fell on the woman to prevent her from doing anything.

"Yes, I understand." After a while, Ding Lan took a deep breath, nodded, and seemed to calm down a bit.

"I just checked with my divine sense. If we want to get out, there is only one exit: this beast's head. It's quite risky, but we have no choice but to take the risk." Du Fan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the woman had calmed down. At the same time, his eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he spoke in a deep voice.

"I'll listen to Young Master Du," Ding Lan said without any objection.

Du Fan slowly exhaled, grabbed Ding Lan's hand, and using his divine sense to determine the direction, he walked forward step by step.

However, when he was still seven or eight zhang away from the giant beast's head, he suddenly encountered an invisible barrier and was immediately bounced away.

This barrier was as invisible as air, leaving no trace. Even with Du Fan's powerful divine sense, he hadn't noticed it before.

Of course, even though he had been violently knocked back by this invisible barrier, when he swept his divine sense over it again, he still couldn't find anything. The barrier was as if it were nothing.

Du Fan took a deep breath and tried several times, but still couldn't get through.

A cold glint flashed in his eyes. He pulled Ding Lan back a little, patted his storage bag with one hand, and a magical weapon suddenly appeared. With a flick of his arm, a blue sword light comparable to a level three Water Shadow Sword appeared in an instant and slashed wildly forward.

The imposing blue sword shadow struck the invisible barrier, but without causing any roar, it was silently dissolved, like a mud ox sinking into the sea.

Upon seeing this scene, Du Fan was shocked and his guard was reduced, replaced by a fierce determination. He instantly activated the Copper Iron Arm Forging Technique in his mind, and a golden light burst forth, wrapping around his arms.

Du Fan suddenly twitched his arms, and with a series of crackling sounds, they transformed into two massive steel arms that were several times thicker. He roared and slammed them down towards the invisible barrier in front of him.

However, when the two terrifying golden energies, mixed with violent winds, struck the invisible barrier, they were also silently and instantly dissolved, giving Du Fan a frustrating feeling of punching cotton.

Du Fan's lips twitched. Next, he used a series of techniques. The wooden stick transformed into a large number of cyan stick shadows, and dozens of talismans burst forth with various colorful spiritual lights. A golden flying knife talisman suddenly materialized...

However, even after he had exhausted all his means, including summoning the Xuanmu Silkworm once, the invisible barrier that had filled Du Fan with despair remained intact, unshaken in the slightest, without even the slightest ripple.

"What the hell is this thing?!" Du Fan was getting a little irritated.

"Young Master Du, why must we leave from here? If we pierce through this beast's body, wouldn't we be able to get out the same way?"

Despite the shock in Ding Lan's eyes at Du Fan's frenzied attack, she remained calm until he stopped, at which point she spoke softly.

"That's right, how could I have fallen into this misconception? If we pierce through this beast's body, not only will we severely injure it, but our chances of escaping will also be much lower." Du Fan muttered to himself, his eyes shining.

Then, he led Ding Lan back a distance, and when they reached about the middle of the giant beast's body, they suddenly stopped.

Du Fan's eyes flashed with cold light. With a flick of his wrists, a silver sword weapon appeared in his left hand and a green staff weapon in his right. He took a deep breath, gave a low shout, and then his arms moved suddenly. Instantly, a deep blue sword shadow over ten feet in size and a large number of densely packed green staff shadows appeared and roared toward a certain spot on the inner wall of the giant beast.

"Bang bang bang..." A series of extremely faint sounds rang out one after another.

The next moment, both the imposing Water Shadow Sword Technique and the countless cyan staff shadows transformed into clusters of blue and cyan light within inches of the giant beast's inner wall, melting away and disappearing completely into nothingness in no time.

However, not a single mark was left on the inner wall of the giant beast.

Du Fan's eyes widened, his expression one of disbelief, and he stood there, stunned.

After a long while, a glint flashed in his eyes, and a decisive look appeared on his face. He patted his storage bag with one hand, and an object suddenly appeared in his hand. It was the talisman wood given to him by Jiu Yang, which was also Du Fan's greatest reliance and trump card.

"Miss Ding, please step back a bit." Du Fan's expression was solemn. He knew the terrifying power of this talisman wood. Even he couldn't control it perfectly, so he had to be cautious.

Ding Lan nodded without asking any further questions. She stepped back to the inner wall on the other side of the giant beast. Although she couldn't see anything, her eyes remained fixed on the front without blinking.

Du Fan also took a few steps back, and after he steadied himself, a wisp of magic power flowed from his right hand and slowly into the talisman wood.

As magical power was continuously poured into the talisman wood, it began to flicker with a faint bluish-green light, resembling a will-o'-the-wisp in this pitch-black space, adding a touch of eeriness.

After a few breaths, the green light grew brighter, and there seemed to be some kind of spiritual pattern within it, densely packed and extremely fine.

Du Fan's eyes flashed, and he suddenly swung his arm forward. Immediately, a golden halo rolled out from the talisman wood, and after expanding and contracting in mid-air, it transformed into a ten-zhang-long dragon.

After the golden dragon appeared, it instantly let out a deafening roar, and then, guided by Du Fan's divine sense, it roared towards the inner wall of the giant beast in front of it.

In an instant, the golden dragon bared its fangs and claws, slamming into the giant beast.

However, what chilled Du Fan to the bone was that this piece of talisman wood, which he regarded as his trump card, did not produce the earth-shattering sound he had expected when he struck it with all his might.

With a loud "bang," as if a porcelain bowl had shattered, the entire golden dragon vanished into thin air, while the giant beast didn't even tremble slightly...

Du Fan had already grabbed Ding Lan's arm, ready to rush out, but after witnessing this scene, his body trembled, and he was utterly desperate. His left hand slid limply off the woman's arm and drooped there.

After a long while, Du Fan sighed deeply, looking dejected and somewhat dejected.