A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Volume 1 – Chapter 52: Seven Ghost Devouring the Soul

Dear readers, i have updated chapter 52. Please enjoy! 🙂 we will wait for Linked to be back from his hiatus for the rest of the story.

Enjoy this short teaser for now :d (i have TLed a few chapters but will only release after Linked is okay with it), I will officially start to take over once i receive the go-ahead from Linked.

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Han Li’s facial expression started to turn green as he saw Doctor Mo brandishing the sinister looking blade.

Under the rays of sunlight, the edge of the blade started to sparkle intensely, emitting an extraordinary aura.

His heart involuntarily begin to panic, but logic told him that, Doctor Mo was only intimidating him.. To capture Han Li alive, Doctor Mo has expended so much effort. He would definitely not kill Han Li off so easily.

As he watch the sharp blade targeting to pierce through his body, slowly descending from the skies, Han Li remained silent, refusing to give Doctor Mo any sense of satisfaction and forcefully maintaining a expression of resoluteness.

Just before the strange sinister blade was half an inch away from splitting his head, the tip of his hair could feel the waves of coldness generated by the sinister blade.. Han Li closed his eyes slowly.. his heart begin to have traces of regrets.

“Could it be that Doctor Mo is really going to kill me? If i had know earlier, I would have begged for mercy, there may be a sliver of hope for me to survive. I am still young, I really don’t want to die like this. If the news of my death reached my parents, would they have regretted sending me to the Seven Mysteries Sect?”

At the fine line between life and death, all kinds of distracting thoughts arose in Han Li’s mind, threatening to overwhelm him. All of a sudden, in an instant, Han Li’s seemed to have experienced all the joys and sorrows of life, gaining enlightenment regarding the matters of life and death.

“Ka cha!” the sound of the sinister blade piercing a human body sounded out.

Han Li’s body slightly shuddered, but surprisingly, he did not feel any pain from that.

“What is happening?” Han Li opened his eyes in surprise.

Han Li mutely stared in shock

An extremely strange sight awaited Han Li. That sinister blade was lodged in Doctor Mo shoulder blades, penetrated deeply in his body to the extent that only the pommel of the blade remained on the outside, trembling slightly. It may be that the edge of the blade was too sharp, as despite the grievous wound, there not even a drop of blood..

As Han Li was still bewildered by the sight, Doctor Mo, against all sanity and reason actually started to praise Han Li.

“Excellent! you little brat. You do have some guts indeed! Not crying out for mercy even when you were half an inch from death. Excellent! hahaha”

When i was out journeying in Jiang Hu [1] in the days of yesteryear, I met plenty of heroes who claimed that they were not afraid of death. But the moment they landed in my hands, just under the slightest bit of pressure, they instantly turned from a supposed hero into a coward, falling to their knees and begging for their lives.

Han Li froze. He stuttered incoherently, unsure of what to reply.

Previously, he almost gave in to the pressure and shat in his pants. Only by gritting his teeth and forcibly enduring it could he managed have not to cried out. It was also because, in his heart he believed that Doctor Mo would not have killed him just like that and thus he luckily passed this “test”. Moreover, Han Li also has his pride as a man and he was unwilling to change his stance to beg Doctor Mo for mercy.

Facing the praises from Doctor Mo, Han Li of course would not correct him. But countless contradictions arose in his heart, uncertain whether should he be happy or disappointed.

Just as a multitude of thoughts swam around in Han Li’s mind, Doctor Mo grabbed the rest of the sinister blades swiftly and proceeded to impale every part of his body deeply, only leaving the demonic head of the sinister blades exposed.

After Han Li recovered from his state of shock, he realised that there was a total of 7 sharp blades impaled in Doctor Mo’s body. The blades are inserted in both of his shoulders, both of his legs, his lower abdomen and rest of the blades were embedded in front of his chest. When looked at from afar, Doctor Mo gave off the impression that his body was hacked apart and dismembered in the midst of chaos.

Han Li did’nt know should he be happy or terrified by Doctor Mo’s self mutilation. Could it be that method was a prelude to a very powerful martial art? Could Doctor Mo be using the powerful martial art to deal with Han Li?

After Doctor Mo finished impaling himself, he entered into a state of mediation, no longer speaking a word, ignoring all distractions from outside.

Han Li’s heart shuddered slightly, he felt that this was a heaven sent opportunity to escape. Just when he wanted to make a move, he abruptly stopped, seeming to have  realised something.

Han Li smile bitterly, how could he have forgotten the giant fellow not far from Doctor Mo’s side. That giant fellow has always been observing Han Li’s movements, how could he have the chance to escape!

It appears that before entering his meditative state, Doctor Mo had already planned out everything meticulously. He was unafraid of any tricks that Han Li might have up his sleeves. This strange giant fellow named “Iron Slave” seems to have originated from some place mysterious. His body was the same as Doctor’s Mo “Demonic Silver Hands”, the toughness of his body was such that even the fatal weakness of the male species (groin area) was impenetrable by sword or guns. All of Han Li’s plans to escape was destroyed by the mere presence of this man.

As Han Li was silently cursing the giant fellow in his heart, a change that seemed demonic in nature occurred in front of him.

The facial features of Doctor Mo started to twitched, followed by violent trembling of his whole body. His facial features contorted grotesquely, as if he was bearing tremendous pain. Along with the sinister blades that was impaled in his body, people observing would not help but be terror-stricken, as if that they could feel that there was an emergence of a extremely chilled air rising in the room Doctor Mo was in.

All of a sudden, Doctor Mo stopped trembling. However an extremely weird low-toned roaring noise emitted from deep inside his throat, this sound has the feel of a savage primal bestiality, at that instant, Doctor Mo appears to be no longer an old man but a terrifying primordial beast from the wilds!

Following which, a even more horrifying thing happened, the ghostly mist that appeared on Doctor Mo’s face a year ago, materialized again.

Compared to a year ago, the ghostly mist that appeared now was distinctly different. Other an increase in the volume, the colour of the mist now was blacker than black. When it appeared on Doctor Mo’s face, it was akin to him wearing a pitch-black mask obscuring his original features.

Shadowy tentacles also started to emerge from the ghostly mist. Other than that, the ghostly mist also underwent a earthshaking change. Amidst the shadowy tentacles, the black fog seemed to have gained texture, becoming shiny and velvety.It seemed to have a will of its own, expanding and contracting uncontrollably, giving the appearance of it dancing madly on Doctor Mo’s face.

Both hands of Doctor Mo assumed the lotus gesture, contorting into a strange posture. His lips were moving slightly, as if he was muttering some spell incantations, only that his voice was too low so Han Li could not catch what he said.

Alongside with the strange gesture of Doctor Mo, the ghostly mist on his face seemed to be extremely agitated, just like pouring ice cold water on a boiling hot pan, the ghostly mist started to surge and seeth, creating a lot of small tentacles that were writhing threateningly in the air. It seemed that they wanted to stop Doctor Mo from doing something..

Just as the black fog was at its most saturated point, Doctor Mo suddenly opened his eyes, despite the intense blanket of black fog, Han Li could still see Doctor Mo’s eyes were full of vitality and concentration.

“Seven Ghost Devouring the Soul!”

Doctor Mo roared out the name of the secret art that he is planning to use on Han Li.

[1]: world of martial artists