Chapter 578: Recruitment

As the saying goes, "One drum, then the spirit is aroused; the second, it wanes; the third, it is exhausted."

At this moment, the Marquis of Champion, the General of Heavenly Might, the Qingsong Daoist, and the Black Mountain Lord—four experts had come together. Originally, they had made a huge scene, like the descent of divine punishment, shaking people's hearts. But after a big fire burned down, it caused these few people to lose their momentum. Not to mention being gray-faced and dirty, their arrogance was also gone.

It could be said that the "Call the Wind" Great Art had made them calm down, and their eyes had become much clearer. They couldn't even say any harsh words, and their high-and-mighty attitude had also been restrained.

Facing this True Person Tai Yi again, they were already solemn-faced and vigilant.

"Who was shouting 'Evil Daoist Tai Yi' in the cloud layer just now? I am an evil Daoist, but what are you things? Dead people without bodies, or a monster that became a spirit from a piece of wood?" Li Yi's gaze was cold, holding the Son of Heaven Sword and scanning the few: "With just you few, you want to execute me? I truly don't know where you got the courage."

"Fine. Today, this Daoist will be kind and send you few on your way, to save you from being restless in the future, beating drums and gongs everywhere."

He said this while also scanning these few, seeing who would be better to behead first when they started fighting later.

"True Person Tai Yi, with such strength, why betray the imperial court, lead three thousand Embroidered Uniform Guards to hunt and kill Incense Gods everywhere? Isn't it good to be a high-and-mighty Imperial Preceptor and enjoy the incense offerings of the world? As long as you are willing to bow your head, I am willing to take you back to admit your mistake to the Majesty. I believe the Divine Martial Emperor and the founding Emperor will forgive your mistakes."

Marquis of Champion Zhao Zhenshan spoke. He understood in his heart that fighting such a fierce person was definitely not the best policy. The best way was recruitment.

On the battlefield, one couldn't distinguish the strength of the enemy and one's own side; rashly starting a war was undoubtedly courting death.

He was not a brainless brute who only knew how to fight and kill; he could also bend and stretch at critical moments.

"Not bad. If the True Person is willing to stop the conquest, I am also willing to guarantee for the True Person." Qingsong Daoist also immediately spoke.

"True Person Tai Yi, you are indeed very strong, but you cannot fight the world alone. There is a better path to take; you should choose a better path." The General of Heavenly Might also spoke to persuade him, but the saber in his hand flashed with cold light, filled with murderous intent, having the meaning of taking his life at any time.

Black Mountain Lord on the side didn't speak. In this situation, the more he said, the more he would be wrong.

After all, he was here with a mission.

Li Yi laughed upon hearing this: "Truly naive. At this time, you still want to recruit me. If I truly agreed, how would you report back to the people behind you? They are wishing for me to die. If I were still alive, I estimate many people would not be able to sleep or eat in peace. Enough talk; today's battle is unavoidable. Either you take my head back to finish the job, or you few Incense Gods will disappear from this world from now on. There is no other way."

The few people's gazes flickered.

These words were not wrong.

It was just that they had no confidence in taking down this True Person Tai Yi. Even if they finally had a chance to win, it was estimated that they would lose two or three people. It was just that everyone didn't know who would be dragged by this True Person Tai Yi to go on the road together.

Therefore, the risk was very high.

Having been Incense Gods for a long time, they naturally were not willing to die in a muddled way on this vast Taihu Lake.

"Kill!"

Yet they hesitated to act, but Li Yi did not indulge them. He suddenly shouted, turned into a streak of golden light, and killed his way over. He just pinched a fist seal, and an astonishing fist intent was emitted. In a trance, it turned into a fierce Buddha, and at this moment, Daoist arts operated on the fist edge, with extreme brilliance condensed on it.

One fist struck, heading straight for the General of Heavenly Might.

"How bold."

Seeing this, the General of Heavenly Might was furious, because Li Yi striking him meant he undoubtedly felt his strength was the weakest and easiest to bully; otherwise, why not strike the others first?

Without hesitation, he raised the long saber in his hand. Incense wrapped around it, and heaven and earth energy gathered in just an instant. A saber light that tore through the sky manifested, and then the large saber fell, slashing toward that fist light, intending to crush the opponent with one strike and decide the outcome.

Facing this feeling, this Incense God known as the General of Heavenly Might did not dare to have the slightest carelessness, and even more so did not dare to reserve his strength.

Boom!

As the two strikes collided, the fist light met the blade radiance, and the remaining power dispersed, sweeping out and churning up huge ripples; on the surface of Taihu Lake, it whipped up even more monstrous waves.

Yet immediately after.

The saber light shattered, a streak of extreme fist light pierced through the saber body and landed directly on this general.

With just one fist, his body was exploded. But his body was not a flesh-and-blood body, but a golden statue. That split body was a divine statue cast from pieces of gold. It was unknown how much incense power it had obtained to give people a feeling of a flesh-and-blood body.

And within the shattered golden body, a silhouette appeared again. He gathered incense and quickly gathered the shattered golden body, and soon it was restored again.

It was just that array after array of cracks on his face could never be wiped away.

"One fist exploded the General of Heavenly Might's golden statue? Attack together, don't hesitate anymore, otherwise, we might all die here today." Marquis of Champion Zhao Zhenshan saw this scene, shocked and enraged. Clearly, the True Person Tai Yi's ferocity exceeded his imagination; the big fire before was not his full strength.

"At this point, there is no other way."

Shou Mountain God, Qingsong Daoist, gritted his teeth at this moment and took out a seal. This was carved from Shou Mountain stone, gathering countless incense, and had already become spiritual. Just by smashing it down, it was like Shou Mountain falling; few in the world could contend with it.

"Go."

He threw the seal. Under the situation of incense power carrying heaven and earth spiritual energy, it turned into a giant seal phantom in the sky. Although not substantial, it had already covered the firmament. Falling at this moment, in a trance, one saw a towering Shou Mountain falling from the sky.

"Good." Marquis of Champion Zhao Zhenshan was overjoyed upon seeing this.

This kind of method was truly extraordinary.

"Actually realized the method of refining tools—this Mountain God of Shou Mountain also has some tricks." Li Yi saw the falling seal and immediately thought of the Xuan Huang Seal he had used before. But it was precisely because he thought of the fate of the Xuan Huang Seal that he immediately took out a divine wood large bow from the Five Elements Bracelet.

And for the arrow, he took a golden arrow; this was a superior-grade magic tool.

To deal with the Incense Gods of this world, there was no need to use the Black Gold Arrow.

Draw the bow and nock the arrow.

The sound of dragon roars and tiger howls came. Even with Li Yi's current cultivation at the third level of the Five Qi Realm, he couldn't completely draw this divine bow. Perhaps only when he reached the Five Qi Facing the Origin would he be able to truly unleash the power of this divine bow.

However, this was enough.

The golden arrow shot out suddenly.

The speed was so fast that it could no longer be captured by the naked eye.

A hideous crack was torn open between heaven and earth. In just an instant, the giant seal that covered the firmament suddenly exploded, turning into incense power that dissipated, and the seal itself was shattered directly, turning into pieces that splashed everywhere, falling into Taihu Lake and disappearing into the lake water.

"My Shou Mountain Seal." Qingsong Daoist saw this scene, his teeth cracking with hatred.

He simply couldn't believe that the Shou Mountain Seal he had refined for countless years, gathering incense spiritual energy, which had already become spiritual, had been shot to pieces by this True Person Tai Yi as soon as he took it out. This caused his heart to shrink violently, and the whole person suffered a huge blow, almost spitting out a mouthful of old blood.

"Don't take out such trash to show off." Li Yi said coldly.

But before his words were finished, Marquis of Champion Zhao Zhenshan had already killed his way to Li Yi's front with a large spear in an instant. He thought this strike could succeed, but when the long spear landed on this Daoist Tai Yi, an unbelievable scene happened.

The weapon that had followed the Marquis of Champion to conquer the world was actually fragile, failing to pierce the Red Jade Purple Gold Armor on the True Person Tai Yi, but instead, the spearhead snapped, and the spear shaft shattered one after another.

"How is this possible..." Marquis of Champion Zhao Zhenshan was incredulous.

But Li Yi understood.

Ordinary weapons were, after all, ordinary weapons. They had obtained incense power to maintain them for a thousand years; otherwise, they would have rotted long ago. Only Daoist tools had spirits and would become incomparably powerful after obtaining incense power. Other weapons simply had no way to completely unleash the incense power.

This was the drawback of this world.

The incense method combined with any kind of cultivation method was a king bomb; only using it alone was a dead end.

Li Yi couldn't be bothered to explain. He held the bow in one hand and pinched a fist in the other. Dragon and tiger power exploded, and three magic powers intertwined. He smashed out with one fist.

This Marquis of Champion took a strike, his body retreated violently, and in the process of retreating, he shattered and peeled off one after another. He was not a golden statue, but a mud-sculpted body, only tempered by incense and heaven and earth spiritual energy to be like a real person.

But after this fist, his body also collapsed and could no longer be maintained.

"Damn it."

Marquis of Champion gathered incense and manifested his true form. He looked at the True Person Tai Yi in the distance, feeling a sense of powerless frustration for the first time.

It was fine that this person's strength was powerful, but his weapons and armor were also terrifyingly strong.

Moreover, long-range attacks, close combat, and human-sea tactics were all useless. He was simply born for battle and had no weaknesses at all.

But this was natural. Li Yi practiced multiple methods. Even if some cultivation methods had shortcomings, they had long been filled by him. Now, if he had any flaw, it was just that his soul had not yet transformed into a primordial spirit and could not achieve leaving the flesh and existing in heaven and earth for a long time. ===== CHAPTER 579 =====