Chapter 905: Mutual Predation

In the sea of lightning, Li Yi and the divine avatar continued their brutal battle; the collision of terrifying forces seemed ready to shatter the sky, and as time passed, the frequency of their clashes grew ever more intense.

Both sides had clearly reached an extremely savage state of combat.

Countless strands of silver blood sprayed outward, like a meteor shower; sometimes the dragon and tiger roared in unison, sometimes the sun and moon lost their light, sometimes the lightning sea cracked open—various prodigies erupted one after another. Though many could only glimpse a fraction of the battle, all knew that this Lord of Chijin Mountain, Da Yi, was enduring the cruelest trial.

And no one could assist in this situation.

Merely that sea of silver lightning was enough to seal off all entry; even the Lord of a Hundred Mountains who rushed in would suffer grave injury within moments. Only those possessing the same divine blood could move freely within such an environment.

“Can Tai Yi win?”

On Chijin Mountain, many cultivation experts harbored this very question.

Unlike previous battles, when the Divine Tree Lord and the Great Wilderness Lord had invaded, Li Yi’s strength had firmly surpassed them. But the divine avatar in the lightning sea was different—its power was slightly stronger than Li Yi’s.

Had Li Yi not possessed vast combat experience and mastery of martial arts, he would have been defeated quickly.

Meanwhile,

Miaohui Zi, one of the Seven Immortal Maidens, felt she ought to do something to aid Tai Yi. Though she could not interfere in the battlefield, she could still find ways to offer auxiliary support from outside.

She then turned her gaze to the great mountain where Li Yi had often trained.

Though the mountain’s body was shattered, she knew its interior concealed a sacred site, brimming with astonishing transformative power—even after Li Yi had cultivated there for months, its essence had not been exhausted.

Miaohui Zi swiftly rode the clouds away, exerted her magic power to peel back the mountain’s crust, revealing the sacred site from the ruins, then employed the Great Heaven-and-Earth Qi Absorption Method to gather the lingering torrents of life essence and directed it toward Li Yi within the lightning sea.

Li Yi and the divine avatar were still locked in mortal combat.

Neither side retreated an inch; both exchanged wounds for wounds. Li Yi’s hundred-zhang flesh body was riddled with scars, silver divine blood flowing freely, many limbs shattered outright, yet the divine avatar fared no better.

Though the divine avatar could absorb the lightning sea’s power to repair itself, Li Yi’s assaults were too fierce—he had battered the avatar’s body into tatters and was frantically draining the divine power leaking from its form.

This was not merely a contest of strength, but of will.

Defense was meaningless; only by inflicting maximum damage upon the opponent could one secure ultimate victory.

“My body’s recovery is inferior to his, but the divine avatar’s physical resilience is weaker than mine—it’s merely condensed natural force, not a true divine-blood body. So enduring this longer is pointless. I must seize the chance to kill it with a single strike.”

By now, after this prolonged battle, Li Yi knew exactly what he must do.

But

He glanced at his severed arm.

Due to enduring the divine art, he had lost the use of one arm, making subsequent combat far more arduous—but there was no alternative. A misstep in wielding divine art could have killed him outright; losing one arm was already fortunate.

Moreover, the divine avatar had not used divine art again, meaning even it had limitations.

Thus Li Yi must kill it before the divine avatar could unleash divine art a second time.

Otherwise, the situation would become dire.

Yet at this very moment,

Suddenly,

Li Yi felt a surge of vigorous life essence flooding into his body; his wounded form rapidly healed, and even his severed arm began to regain sensation.

He understood—it was the immortal maiden on Chijin Mountain secretly aiding him.

“Good.”

With this influx of life essence, Li Yi grew ever more confident of victory.

But the battle raged on.

Li Yi’s fist now sharpened further; one strike cleaved clean through the divine avatar’s body, instantly draining vast amounts of divine power—but he was struck in return, his chest caved in, terrifying force shaking him into spitting blood, and part of his own divine power was stolen back.

Both sides maintained a fragile equilibrium.

The moment to break that balance had not yet arrived.

The divine avatar roared in fury, frenzied and wild, like a rampaging beast; its instinctual combat awareness was terrifyingly sharp, always evading Li Yi’s killing blows to strike back instantly and inflict grievous wounds.

To surpass one’s ancestral bloodline was indeed no easy feat.

After further prolonged combat,

Though Li Yi’s old wounds had healed, new ones multiplied; often he deliberately absorbed the divine avatar’s attacks, all to buy time for his arm’s recovery.

As he continuously absorbed the life essence,

At last, in a certain moment, Li Yi’s arm fully regained sensation—though not yet fully healed, it was usable.

The chance for victory had arrived.

Li Yi unleashed his killing intent; all his divine power and magic power coalesced. Silver radiance wrapped around him, his aura surging to its zenith.

The divine avatar sensed something amiss—it roared, its massive body glowing fiercely, the light converging to blot out the lightning sea’s radiance, as if a divine art were about to be unleashed.

“Too late.”

But Li Yi moved faster—he punched forward, shattering the divine avatar’s gathered power, yet was caught off-guard by a retaliatory blow that shattered his arm.

But his other arm had nearly fully recovered.

He raised his hand and struck—a punch drove deep into the divine avatar’s skull. Terrifying force exploded across heaven and earth, utterly pulverizing its head; the avatar’s massive body froze in place.

The divine consciousness within seemed to dissipate considerably.

Yet the divine avatar did not vanish—its divine power still lingered, and the lightning sea had not dried up.

But Li Yi seized this brief moment of stillness and struck again.

His fists fell like a storm of rain and wind; even as the divine avatar rapidly repaired its head, this fleeting pause allowed Li Yi’s attacks to pour forth unimpeded—only in this instant.

The divine avatar’s body was pierced through, its limbs violently blasted away.

In an instant, its once-intact form became shattered and fragmented.

Vast quantities of divine power erupted outward, drawn by bloodline and surging wildly into Li Yi’s body.

He was growing stronger—rapidly, astonishingly stronger.

“Not enough. Not nearly enough.”

Li Yi’s exhausted body greedily absorbed this torrent of divine power; his attacks never ceased, as if determined to crush the divine avatar into dust and extract every last drop of its divine energy.

As wave after wave of divine power flooded in, the scales of victory tipped decisively toward Li Yi.

The divine avatar’s repair speed could no longer keep pace with its destruction.

This brutal battle would end with Li Yi’s triumph.

(End of Chapter)