Chapter 558

Violent wind and rain swept across a hundred miles.

The lake water stirred up monstrous waves, as if to submerge half the capital.

This Northern Nation-Protecting Divine General, Wang Wang Qijun, was truly fierce and invincible when he made a move. Every strike was a killing blow, intending to end Li Yi's life with one blade, to slay this so-called immortal in the marketplace, and let all the people of the capital see that the so-called immortal was nothing more than a ghost under his blade.

Only in this way could he reclaim the lost incense. If he allowed Li Yi's reputation to spread, the people of the capital would all worship Tai Yi, and who would still care about him, this Northern Nation-Protecting Divine General?

The struggle for incense concerned life and death; no incense god could tolerate such a thing happening under their nose.

However, amidst the sky-filling rain, in the place shrouded by the blade glow.

A cluster of crimson glow was seen condensing and not dissipating. This light transformed into a divine bird that spread its wings and shrieked, protecting Li Yi within it. Although the power of this strike was immense, it did not break the defense of this mid-grade magic treasure, the Red-Feathered Purple-Gold Armor. No matter how powerful the blade glow was, it could never advance a single step.

"This is impossible."

Seeing this scene, the Northern Nation-Protecting Divine General Wang Wang Qijun widened his eyes, and an inconceivable expression appeared on his face.

This strike, carrying the power of incense faith, could split a mountain; how could it not even damage the opponent's armor? This was simply an unprecedented event in ancient and modern times.

"There is nothing impossible. You are a frog in a well, relying only on incense to become a god, without thinking of progress. Although you have accumulated incense faith power for countless years, you do not know how to utilize it. It is truly a waste of heaven's gifts. If I had your level of incense faith power, I would have long since recreated the universe and reopened the sun and moon."

Li Yi's expression was cold at this moment. He was coiled with dragon and tiger aura, tightly gripping a divine wood great bow in his hand, his whole body full of killing intent.

Although this incense god was powerful, he did not understand cultivation. If he had learned a single Daoist technique or a cultivator's magic spell and used the incense power to cast it, the three-hundred-mile capital would have been destroyed in an instant.

It is a pity that mortals who become gods are mortals after all.

Without insight into cultivation, without control over power, and without the techniques to unleash that power—if it weren't for his several hundred years of incense accumulation being truly robust, he wouldn't even have the qualifications to fight with him, let alone clamor before him.

"Quick battle, quick decision. This is the capital, with countless incense gods. Once I get bogged down in a protracted battle, the one who suffers will definitely be me." Li Yi sensed that as soon as a fight broke out here, many obscure gazes from all directions were looking over.

Although it was the important territory of the capital, it was also a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers resided. He would never believe there were no other experts.

Immediately.

A golden arrow appeared in his hand.

His dragon and tiger divine power erupted as he drew the bow and nocked the arrow. The bowstring of this divine wood great bow was slowly pulled back at this moment.

"What a heavy bow." This was the first time Li Yi had used this divine bow.

It was truly worthy of being a weapon used by a great demon of the Demon God Realm; it was indeed extraordinary. He had vented all his strength and still hadn't completely drawn this bow, only pulling it back a small portion.

But even so.

When the bow was drawn, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered frantically. The golden arrow was shining brightly at this moment, like a ray of sunlight piercing the darkness. Just by appearing, it illuminated a hundred miles of land, and all the people of the capital nearby, as well as the incense gods, could see it.

"That bow..." The Nation-Protecting Divine General Wang Wang Qijun felt his heart jump upon seeing this scene.

When that divine bow was drawn, it seemed as if heaven and earth were being torn apart.

If this arrow were shot, how could he survive?

Wang Wang Qijun smelled a fatal crisis. He had been a god for a long time, but at this moment, he suddenly realized that he shouldn't risk his life for a little incense struggle.

Escape!

This thought popped into his mind almost instinctively.

Immediately after, Wang Wang Qijun could no longer hold back. He carried his great blade, coiled with incense energy, and without a word, turned and ran.

"The Nation-Protecting Divine General was scared away?"

This scene was seen by some powerful people in the capital, and they were dumbfounded.

The Nation-Protecting Divine General, who had been fierce for hundreds of years and had killed countless ghosts and monsters trying to enter the capital, had fled in panic after only one exchange with Daoist Tai Yi? Was this Wang Wang Qijun not afraid of his faith collapsing, his incense dissipating, and his strength plummeting?

"You want to leave after failing to win? How can there be such a cheap thing in the world? Die for me."

Li Yi shouted loudly at this moment. A divine thought had already locked onto that Nation-Protecting Divine General, and the divine wood great bow in his hand instantly shot out an arrow.

This golden arrow was a mid-grade magic treasure, and although it could not compare to the Black Gold Divine Arrow, it was also extraordinary, having been personally refined by the Bald Daoist.

Moreover, the golden arrow was refined from the metal energy of the Five Elements, with the sharpest edge.

The arrow flew out, the golden divine light piercing the dark night and illuminating the firmament. Its speed was unimaginably fast. In an instant, this arrow had caught up with the Nation-Protecting Divine General Wang Wang Qijun and struck his head in the blink of an eye.

Wang Wang Qijun, who was not originally a flesh-and-blood body, had his head disappear instantly, transforming into sky-filling incense energy that shrouded the firmament. Everyone in the entire capital smelled a special sandalwood scent.

"Are you kidding me? Wang Wang Qijun was defeated in one strike?" The Southern Nation-Protecting Divine General Zhang Wang Jian Gong was terrified upon seeing this.

He had previously thought that although Daoist Tai Yi's strength was not bad, it would not be difficult for him to take him down; he had only refrained from acting because he was wary of the serious consequences, so he had allowed him to enter the capital. He had never expected that this Daoist Tai Yi would shoot an arrow with a divine bow, and the Northern Nation-Protecting Divine General Wang Wang Qijun would lose his head.

And as a Nation-Protecting Divine General himself, his strength was about the same as Wang Wang Qijun's, which meant that this Daoist Tai Yi could also deal with him in one strike.

It was not just them who were terrified.

The Embroidered Uniform Guards, Daoists, and some monsters who had transformed into human form, as well as other incense gods in the capital, were also terrified.

The Nation-Protecting Divine General was defeated; how many years had it been since that happened?

Could it be that the majesty of the imperial court was weakening, and the world was about to be in turmoil?

However, how could the people of this incense-god-becoming world understand the power of divine weapons? Li Yi could fight across realms while holding a magic treasure, kill Nascent Souls, and resist Soul Transformation without being defeated, let alone this divine bow in his hand, which, combined with the Black Gold Divine Arrow, could shoot and kill Three-Flower Realm experts. How could these incense gods resist it? "Good divine bow, good arrow." Li Yi couldn't help but praise secretly in his heart.

Having lost so many magic treasures to kill that great demon and seize this divine bow, if it couldn't exert an equivalent effect, wouldn't that be too much of a loss?

However, although one arrow had exploded the Nation-Protecting Divine General's head, the opponent's headless corpse still stood in mid-air.

Clearly, this Nation-Protecting Divine General was not yet dead. The incense energy overflowing nearby began to gather toward his body at this moment, attempting to recover.

At the same time.

After the golden arrow that flew out disappeared into the far distance, it somehow turned around in the sky and flew back toward Li Yi's position. Although its power was exhausted and its speed was not fast, it was clear that the arrow refined by the Bald Daoist possessed an automatic retrieval function; as long as the arrow was not damaged, it could return to the archer's side.

Of course, this required a little time.

"Not dead, are you? Then I'll give you another arrow." Li Yi took out another arrow at this moment. This arrow was crimson, as if a fierce fire were burning.

This was an arrow refined from the fire energy of the Five Elements.

Nocking the bow again.

【No errors, one read-through!】

With his dragon and tiger power erupting, Li Yi barely managed to draw the divine bow again.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered, the air hissed, and this arrow aimed at the headless corpse.

At this moment.

The Nation-Protecting Divine General's head had already condensed into an illusory outline. He looked in horror at Li Yi in the distance behind him and could no longer help but shout: "Daoist Tai Yi, I am a Nation-Protecting Divine General appointed by the imperial court. Do you truly dare to kill me? Are you not afraid of being blamed and having your nine generations executed?"

However, Li Yi's expression was cold, and he did not answer. The second arrow in his hand was shot out again.

The next moment.

A crimson fire light lit up the firmament in an instant, drawing a fire dragon.

And the Nation-Protecting Divine General Wang Wang Qijun didn't even have time to react before his body suddenly exploded. Moreover, under the sweeping fire light, his incomplete incense body was being burned by the raging fire.

"Ah!"

He let out a painful wail, his soul suffering torment.

But the immense power of incense faith maintained his soul from being extinguished, leaving him neither dead nor able to recover for a time, his end being exceptionally miserable.

"He still doesn't die from this?" Li Yi was somewhat stunned at this moment.

His body had exploded into sky-filling incense, and his soul had already become fragments, yet he was still jumping around. Moreover, under the burning of the Five Elements fire energy, the opponent's soul not only did not vanish, but because of the incense energy, these soul fragments were constantly gathering together, and his injuries were being repaired.

This guy's incense faith was too thick; it had already undergone a certain qualitative change.

"Damn it."

The Nation-Protecting Divine General Wang Wang Qijun, after recovering a bit of consciousness, knew that he could no longer stay here. If a few more arrows came, he really didn't have the confidence that he could survive.

He couldn't care about recovering his body, nor could he care about how much incense he lost; he had to survive today first.

The next moment.

The sky-filling incense, wrapped in soul fragments, transformed into sky-filling light and scattered in all directions.

The sky above the capital seemed to have a meteor shower, which was quite spectacular.

For these soul fragments, as long as one entered a certain statue, he could slowly recover through the nourishment of incense.

"A pity. If you had met someone else, you might have lived, but meeting me, that is not necessarily so." Li Yi put down the divine bow and did not use it. Twelve heart-fire energies shot into the sky, illuminating the firmament. He once again whale-swallowed the energy of heaven and earth, operated the fire energy in his heart, and cast a Daoist technique.

Calling the Wind.

This technique was the most effective at restraining incense gods, because Calling the Wind and Transforming into Fire specifically burned the Primordial Spirit.

Previously, when the Nation-Protecting Divine General's body was still there, Li Yi didn't feel that a mouthful of the Calling the Wind Great Technique could kill him, but now that the opponent was left with only soul fragments, and the incense power was scattered, wasn't this equivalent to sending himself to death?

In an instant, a sky fire appeared, instantly submerging that meteor shower.

Fragments of souls vanished, dissipating in the fire light, leaving behind only countless incense energies that permeated the capital.

After the Daoist technique was finished.

Li Yi looked up and could no longer see a single light of a soul in the sky.

Clearly, this Nation-Protecting Divine General had ultimately failed to escape and had been forcibly killed in the sky above the capital.

"He couldn't even escape from this?" Zhang Wang Jian Gong couldn't help but shiver when he saw the sky-filling fire burning that divine thought to nothing.

This Daoist was simply the nemesis of incense gods.

This person held a divine bow, spat heavenly fire, and burned souls; who in the world could resist him?

(End of chapter)