Chapter 667

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Li Yi sat with closed eyes on the fortress roof, sitting there for eight days straight.

During this time, silver lightning wove around him, continuous thunder rumbled, and his divine blood rapidly increased under a constant supply of vital energy; as his divine blood grew, he was undergoing a transformation toward a divine physique.

Li Yi had a feeling that when his divine blood and golden dragon blood filled all sixty major acupoints, a unimaginable change would occur within him.

"My strength has increased far more than when I first arrived here; if I faced a heavenly demon now, I'd have a slight advantage over before, and the magic power within my acupoints has also grown much more potent. Though my cultivation has improved, true qualitative transformation only comes upon reaching the peak of the Five Qi Realm."

He mused inwardly.

All his current accumulation is merely for one brilliant bloom in the future.

The Five Elements are incomplete, Dao arts are deficient, divine blood is insufficient, the power of Dragon and Tiger is unmanifested—all because his breakthrough in this incense-deity world came too fast; fully making up for these deficiencies will take time.

"Li Yi."

Yet on the morning of the ninth day, a loud voice suddenly rang out from one point along the frontline.

This voice immediately drew the attention of Su Mu, Tao Sheng, Pan Hongjie, and Lu Yi, who were stationed here.

After this period of recuperation, they had fully recovered; even Su Mu, whose soul had been damaged, was far better than before. Though Li Yi didn't need them to do anything, they still patrolled the frontline daily as usual.

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Thus, upon hearing the voice, they all appeared instantly near the fortress.

"Who are you?" Su Mu stared at the man shouting.

A towering, immensely muscular man strode forward; even before he drew near, a forceful, unyielding aura surged toward them.

"A master."

Feeling this aura, Su Mu and the others beside him subtly changed expression.

"He must be a newly recruited expert—we've never seen him on the frontline before. His strength is formidable; he doesn't seem to specialize in Evolution Method, but cultivates some unknown art. I suspect he's already reached the Heavenly Demon level."

"Even a Heavenly Demon might not be his match. The moment he appeared, my soul went on alert."

"He's here for Li Yi—could he be an enemy? That won't do. Internal fighting is forbidden here; all grudges must be set aside. Only by uniting to defend the frontline can we survive this crisis."

As they spoke, the man had already arrived before them.

Without hesitation, Su Mu stepped forward to block him: "Stop. This is our guarded frontline. If you have no other business, leave immediately."

"Li Yi, you bastard! You stood me up! We agreed to fight a month ago, but you vanished for over three months—today you owe me an explanation!"

Then the man roared, his voice shaking the air and making ears ring.

"Wang Hu?"

Li Yi, seated on the roof, had opened his eyes. He stared at Wang Hu—after this time apart, Wang Hu's transformation was astonishing: he stood over two meters tall, muscles bulging, radiating explosive power that instilled dread.

To an outsider, he might have seemed a warrior from the Wildlands.

"You came for the broken coin, didn't you?" Li Yi spoke.

"So you remember," Wang Hu raised an eyebrow. "I traveled a great distance just to find you. The coin matter must be settled. What do you say, Li Yi?"

"You're obsessed with this. You've chased me all the way to the frontline. But look at the situation—demons from the Demon God Realm are about to invade, yet you still care about fighting over a coin?"

Li Yi leapt down from the roof, landing steadily on the ground.

"It's two different things. I came here with no intention of leaving easily. I'll deal with those Demon God scum myself, but today I'm taking that coin." Wang Hu said.

Hearing this, Li Yi replied: "Fine. It's time to settle old matters—no more lingering grudges. Wang Hu, where's your half of the coin? Show it."

Without hesitation, Wang Hu pulled out his half of the coin.

His half clearly fared far better than Li Yi's—upon being revealed, it emitted a faint bronze glow.

Li Yi then took out his own half from the Five Elements Bracelet; his coin's glow was dim, as if drained dry, for he had once used it as an energy source to open the interdimensional gate.

Fortunately, he hadn't used it many times—otherwise, his half would have long since depleted and shattered.

"Good. Attack, Li Yi," Wang Hu grinned.

Li Yi said: "How about we change the terms?"

"How do you want to compete?" Wang Hu crossed his arms. "Whatever it is, I'll win."

"Fighting here serves no purpose—it'll only cause bad repercussions. Let's make a contest: over twenty days, whoever kills the most Heavenly Demons wins, and the loser must surrender their remaining half of the coin. Deal?" Li Yi said.

"Compete by number of Heavenly Demons killed? Fine, I accept," Wang Hu replied instantly. "In twenty days, I'll make you willingly hand over your half of the coin."

Li Yi said: "I'm worried you'll get killed by a Heavenly Demon and lose your coin. Better have someone hold it for you—otherwise, if you lose, I won't get your half."

"Don't worry about that. And don't you dare leave this realm again—if you do, I won't let you off." Wang Hu spoke seriously, clearly irritated.

After all, Li Yi had already stood him up once—he couldn't be sure it wouldn't happen again.

"I have a duty to guard the frontline. I won't leave here for a month."

"Good," Wang Hu grunted, then turned and left.

Li Yi said nothing, merely watched him go.

In truth, he could have simply defeated Wang Hu outright, seized his half of the broken coin, and given it to the Bald Daoist to see if the two halves could be fused and reforged into a complete coin.

After all, it was a rare artifact, seemingly holding some great secret—otherwise, Wang Hu wouldn't be so obsessed.

"Forget it. We'll see in twenty days," Li Yi thought.

At least he'd tricked Wang Hu into fighting Heavenly Demons—this counted as contributing to the frontline's defense.

"Alright, nothing to worry about. Ignore him—he came for me, and he's no enemy, just a minor dispute between us." Li Yi then waved his hand, signaling Su Mu and the others to lower their guard.

Su Mu and the others nodded—they figured as long as no fighting broke out on the frontline, it was fine.

But just then—

The alarm device, silent for ten days, suddenly blared.

At first, only one alarm sounded; then two, three… dozens, hundreds of alarms erupted simultaneously.

Moreover, the alarms transmitted the highest-level danger signal.

Seeing this, Li Yi froze.

He didn't understand the differences between alarm levels, but he glanced at Su Mu, Tao Sheng, Pan Hongjie, Lu Yi, and the others.

Su Mu's pupils shrank sharply; instinctively, she turned toward the frontline and said: "This—this—this is a Great Demon incursion! Not just one—multiple Great Demons! Damn it, what's happened? Why are so many appearing together?"

At that moment, she was utterly panicked.

For this had never happened since the frontline was built.

"Great Demon crossing the border?" Li Yi's face darkened instantly—he realized the gravity of the situation.