Chapter 430: Dao Fruit's Five Transformations: the Primordial Dragon-Elephant Flame of the Dao Tribulation; Emperor Xixi, at seven, s

An unprecedented transformation!

So far, among all of Li Che's Dao Fruits, this is the one achieving the highest rank transformation!

lv7 rank!

Dragon-Elephant Vajra!

Five transformations!

The fifth transformation!

Li Che opened his eyes, flowing gold light gathering and intertwining before him into prompt text, like evening drum and morning bell constantly striking and erupting in a fierce explosive sound.

Boom boom boom boom——

The heart's extreme, mighty, powerful beating, as if a heavenly god were beating a war drum!

The raging wind drove without cease, the airflow surged, causing Li Che's black clothes on his body to constantly flutter, standing in place, golden qi and blood flowing out, dyeing his whole person gold.

Within his pupils, golden smoke flowed, yet like a substantive mountain peak, swaying and dancing wildly!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh——

Li Che's breathing became noticeably much heavier, his whole body slightly trembling, his emotions like a great river's waves!

Immortal Seed·Qilin Suppress Void Seal, entered minor accomplishment.

The reason this transformation could be achieved is inseparable from the Dao Fruit's lv7 metamorphosis; precisely because he relied on the power of the Dao Fruit's metamorphosis, Li Che could enable the obscure and difficult-to-cultivate Immortal Seed martial art to progress from entry to minor accomplishment.

This is not only an increase in power, but also a transformation of deeper understanding of the Immortal Seed martial art!

Clanging sounds rang incessantly, the Martial Immortal Golden Body's bones and tendons resonated together; within the lucid, translucent blood, bead-like golden blood flowed madly, emitting the terrifying sound of a great river pushing waves.

And Li Che's flesh, under the tempering of the Dragon-Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit's power bursting forth with each beat, slowly underwent transformation.

Like in a smelting furnace, after countless hammer strikes and vibrations, every impurity in each inch of steel is cleaned away; through extreme pure high temperature, the material undergoes extreme transformation!

"Exhale——"

"Inhale——"

Calming his emotions, with one exhale and one inhale, he stretched his body, bones and tendons exploding with sound.

Within his body, in every inch of meridians, mercury-like blood surged, causing the walls of the blood-colored meridians to seemingly faintly stain with a layer of gold.

As if starting from golden bones to transform into golden veins.

Li Che's heart faintly trembled with anticipation; the lv6 rank granted him a Dao Guide named Dragon-Elephant Crucible, forging his pure martial path, making martial arts more pure, and moreover, at present he condensed the Martial Immortal Golden Body!

And it is precisely this transformation that gave Li Che the foundation and basis to bear the Eight Odd Doors metamorphosis.

Only the flesh can truly achieve the unparalleled horizontal cultivation transformation!

Capable of erupting with the foundation and strength to slay a Divine Tribulation grand cultivator!

It can be said that each transformation of the Dragon-Elephant Vajra greatly aids Li Che.

Among all Dao Fruits, the Dragon-Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit is the sole one whose impact on his cultivation is extremely intense.

Whether it's the Immortal Artisan, Immaculate Mind, or the Chess Sage, Painting Immortal, etc., purely boosting his cultivation is actually not large; it's more of an auxiliary-type enhancement.

But only the Dragon-Elephant Vajra constantly helps Li Che temper his flesh, constantly helps him break through the inherent limits of martial arts, stepping onto a height never before attained!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh——

Wind and waves howled, sweeping through Ink City, torrential rain pouring down incessantly, the splashing sound exploding in every corner.

Li Che calmed his emotions, stood in place, and began slowly pushing forth his martial art.

It is the self-created Myriad Transformations Dragon-Elephant, this martial art now transformed into the God-Transforming True Martial, originally created alongside the Dragon-Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit.

Now, having received the Dao Fruit's feedback power, Li Che, aided by the Dao Fruit's power diffusing through his limbs and bones, begins practicing this martial art, wishing to use this fleeting stunning aspect to let the Myriad Transformations Dragon-Elephant martial art advance further beyond the hundred-foot pole!

Boom——

Li Che only felt that every inch of blood in his meridians was unblocked, as if even capillaries had received ample supply, fully suffused with qi and blood!

Fist thrown, fist wind howled, airflow exploded, transforming into the roars of a divine dragon and a giant elephant.

The air itself seemed, under a single fist, to begin twisting and changing.

Myriad Transformations Dragon-Elephant encompasses fist, leg, spear, sword techniques……

It is that all laws can be fused; at first, Li Che, in a furnace posture, merged multiple martial arts to secure achievement.

One method becomes myriad methods; Dragon-Elephant can undergo myriad transformations!

Boom——!

Li Che, while striking, had his mind and spirit sunk and focused; his martial talent, aided by the Dao Fruit, is now far beyond ordinary, at this moment vaguely entering a feeling akin to sudden enlightenment.

Li Che's emotions surged, his ambition ran wild.

Having witnessed the might of Immortal Seed martial arts, his heart, in anticipation and tremor, wonders whether he can elevate this self-created Myriad Transformations Dragon-Elephant to the level of Immortal Seed martial arts.

From Divine Seed, transform into Immortal Seed!

Is it difficult?

It is surely extremely difficult, but such a thing is precisely what makes it challenging, right?

Suddenly.

Li Che kicked out like a divine dragon, the air bursting with a deafening explosion; his whole body then stood on one leg like a golden rooster, as if a frozen frame.

"Here it comes."

Between heaven and earth, the sounds of wind, rain, and rolling gravel all vanished completely, leaving only within the chest the Dao Fruit's each beat, like the roar of a terrifying demon god's heart.

Boom——!!!

Heaven and earth in an instant fell silent, even the last trace of sound disappearing, as if a mute play.

And Li Che's mind and spirit were being pulled by the terrifying power.

Then the stars shifted and the heavens turned, the earth spun!

A vast, boundless aura surged forth, as if an ancient dragon-elephant roared, blasting forth thousand-layered spatial waves!

Familiar space, the Dao tree is mysteriously profound, shooting up from the ground, piercing the clouds for tens of thousands of feet, as if it wanted to puncture the cloud layers!

Branches flourishing, leaves abundant, their surfaces shimmering like ripples.

Familiar space, familiar Dao tree, yet even though it was already familiar, its reappearance, another glimpse, still fills one with boundless shock—could such a plant truly exist between heaven and earth?

Li Che glanced, and at once saw the 【Dragon Elephant Vajra】 Dao fruit hanging on the Dao tree, having grown a size larger than the other Dao fruits.

The Dao fruit was bursting forth with endless rosy light, swaying.

Li Che was very curious—what changes could this Dao fruit's metamorphosis bring this time?

Last time, at lv6 metamorphosis, the Dao fruit shed its skin and gave birth to a Dao Guide, extraordinarily mystical, greatly benefiting Li Che.

And this time?

No clue at all, utterly impossible to guess.

Li Che didn't bother guessing; he simply waited for the Dao fruit's feedback.

Boom——!!!

Suddenly.

That 【Dragon Elephant Vajra】 Dao fruit hanging on the Dao tree, with a booming sound, burst forth with endless rosy light!

That rosy light, vast and endless, in an instant enveloped Li Che's mind and spirit.

Then……

Li Che then felt that the scene before his eyes was undergoing distortion and change.

His whole being felt as if drifting like an immortal, yet also as if falling into boundless void, drifting aimlessly.

Seven-colored glazed light continuously swirled around his body.

Before his eyes, it slowly wove and sketched out a scene as if he were truly present.

Within the scene.

It seemed there was a river constantly surging, the river roaring and thundering, flowing through the boundless dark space, striving to uphold the light.

And upon that river stood a figure, facing the endless darkness, roaring and howling!

Li Che's pupils contracted, as if peering beyond heaven and earth, he saw that figure erupting with boundless terrifying qi and blood—within every inch of qi and blood, a dragon-elephant form seemed to roar; in every pore, every orifice, every cell, a dragon-elephant seemed hidden!

His entire being was like an ultimate terrifying beast!

Yet that figure stood in the river, its stature tiny, yet it gave the feeling of being more terrifying than heaven and earth.

The mighty qi and blood raged, intertwining into whip-like strands that lashed wildly between heaven and earth, striking darkness and void into endless explosions!

That is……

What the hell?!

Li Che's eyes narrowed slightly.

Even as formidable as his current Martial Immortal Golden Body, it seemed to tremble uncontrollably at this moment—a suppression emanating from the very source, power, and aura on all levels!

Boom——!!!

Suddenly.

The figure standing as if upon a heavenly river suddenly opened its eyes.

That resplendent golden light, as if spanning heaven and earth, the primordial cosmos, came crashing forth, colliding with Li Che's probing gaze.

"Who… are you?"

"A later comer? It seems… I am still dead."

"The nine metamorphoses of the Dao fruit… can never be attained…"

Rumble——!!!

Those three words seemed to collapse the void of myriad zhang!

Like an endless storm, it raged wildly, sweeping away and annihilating everything!

As if, mortals cannot hear the divine sound.

Li Che, in an instant, had his mind and spirit withdraw from the scene, even retreating from the vast Dao tree space.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh——

Gasping heavily, Li Che's eyes widened, his pupils shrinking to tiny particles.

Scorching, searing, a terrifying power like molten iron seemed poised to smelt and melt his viscera, bones, every inch of flesh and blood cells.

At this moment, his Martial Immortal Golden Body actually endured a terrifying oppression as if eight Mysterious Gate Divine Seeds had detonated.

Skin, blood, apertures, meridians, bones…

Every inch burst forth with boundless agony!

Yet Li Che kept his eyes wide open, his gaze still flashing with shock bordering on despair and bewilderment.

"That person… that person, is he the previous wielder of the Dragon Elephant Dao fruit?"

"Wait, is he the one who wielded the Dragon Elephant Dao fruit, or the one who cultivated the Dao tree?"

Li Che's heart surged with tumultuous waves; of course, it was not due to the opponent's strength, but because…

Although it was merely a fleeting glance, he sensed the aura of the Dao fruit on the opponent's body.

That scene might be a lingering image upon the river of time.

And that opponent might perhaps be the previous master of the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao fruit?

Lord of the Dao fruit?!

The opponent seemed to have transmuted the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao fruit to its utmost limit, every gesture possessing the power to destroy heaven and earth.

Such a powerhouse…

Truly shocking to the world and outrageous to convention!

But what surprised Li Che even more was… the words spoken by the opponent, their utterance vibrating like a divine chant recited by a god.

Dao Fruit nine transformations, ultimately cannot be obtained?

That is to say……

Dao Fruit…… actually has nine transformations?!

Moreover, even such an existence could not be completed?!

So, this strong one failed, perished?!

And he now, in this way, slowly cultivates the Dao Fruit, allowing the Dao Fruit to undergo transformation—could it be that he is retracing the path of that Dao Fruit master?

"No…… not right…… he is just a Dao Fruit, I have…… many……"

Li Che felt somewhat confused.

The bond between the Dao Fruit, Dao Tree, and his daughter seemed to exist as a secret he could not understand.

In Mo City.

Violent rain like pillars.

Li Che stood in Mo City, each inhale and exhale rough as a fierce beast, he let his emotions calm down, stretched his body, under the energy of the Dao Fruit's transformation, his transformed flesh burst forth terrifying power, air currents tore and raged around his body, black hair twitched, emitting explosive sounds!

His spine twisted like an azure dragon, coiling, as if scales colliding produced a resonant sound!

But none of these transformations could attract Li Che's attention.

Before his eyes, gleaming gold light sank like golden smoke.

【Dao Fruit lv7, five transformations, Dao Guide (Dragon Elephant Forge) promoted, Dao Tribulation (Primordial Dragon Elephant Flame)】

Boom——!!!

As if heavenly sound shook!

Golden flowing light, the condensed fragrance that emerged before his eyes, gathered and intertwined into a hint.

In a vague moment, a terrifying aura like a calamity that could topple the heavens sealed Li Che's whole body, making his form seem frozen.

Dao Tribulation?!

Li Che's pupils constricted slightly!

His mind seemed to explode at this moment!

Calamity Tribulation power?!

Li Che instantly thought of this term; the reason God Tribulation grand cultivators are strong is because they have passed the three calamities and nine tribulations sent down by the will of heaven and earth; after successfully passing the tribulation, they can seize calamity tribulation power and condense it into a "Calamity Tribulation Wheel"!

That is the source of the strength of God Tribulation grand cultivators!

And now, the Dao Fruit's five transformations have actually come into contact with calamity tribulation power!

Rumble——

Li Che's flesh was still undergoing subtle transformation, like an ultimate blazing flame, unconsciously jumping out, as if to annihilate everything, burn everything!

Li Che's whole body exuded ultimate fine golden blood beads, burned by the terrifying heat.

【Dao Tribulation (Primordial Dragon Elephant Flame): guide Dao to produce tribulation, heaven and earth primordial, primordial fire tribulation, control tribulation martial immortal】

Accompanied by heat, the true words of the Dao Tribulation hint slowly emerged before his eyes.

Li Che felt the blood in his body boiling, exhaling a mouthful of scorching airflow that almost twisted space, as if burning the void!

With a slight stir of heart and mind, in his pupils seemed to burn and twist with ultimate scorching flame.

Primordial fire tribulation, control tribulation martial immortal?

Using primordial fire tribulation to temper the martial immortal golden body?

True gold fears no fire refining?

In his mind, the introduction to the Dao Tribulation flowed out like water, and Li Che's eyes gradually showed a solemn color.

"Dao Tribulation……"

"Primordial Dragon Elephant Flame…… different from before, but I need to pass the tribulation to master Dao Tribulation power!"

Only by passing the tribulation can one obtain the blessing of Dao Tribulation power.

For a moment, Li Che's heart could not help but be eager to try.

If he could directly pass the Primordial Dragon Elephant Flame, it would be equivalent to mastering calamity tribulation power, facing God Tribulation also counts as having a new means.

Thus, Li Che involuntarily began to anticipate the situation after mastering the Primordial Dragon Elephant Flame.

Heart and mind stirred slightly.

Instantly, in his chest, the newly successful lv7 Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra emitted an extremely heavy throbbing, like a huge stone being dropped and lifted on a lake surface, dropped and lifted again!

Perhaps because the Dao Fruit underwent transformation to lv7, achieving five transformations, compared to before it became heavier and more substantial!

Dao Tribulation!

Guide it, come undergo tribulation!

Hum——!!!

A resounding hum to the extreme, Li Che violently lifted his head, everything around changed, the whole person seemed, in silence, to be pulled into a mysterious space.

Shattered, ruined, destroyed, the ground devoid of any vitality, only bare rocks, jagged and ferocious, plus faint white smoke bands, rampantly intertwined……

A scene of heaven and earth after suffering destruction!

Like a life-bearing star just born, its surface a terrifying scene where nothing exists.

Li Che stood, feeling only an immense, vast heaven-and-earth pressure!

That pressure……

Indeed too terrifying!

Extreme explosion and terror, the whole heaven and earth extremely violent, as if just experienced a great extinction-like fury!

Boom——!!!

Suddenly.

Li Che raised his head; above his head, a streak of purple instantly burst forth.

The purple flame grew larger and larger, finally turning into a colossal demonic elephant woven from purple fire!

That demonic elephant plummeted from the high sky at great speed!

The flame's long trunk swung, the void twisted and burned from the blaze; Li Che's hairs stood on end, his five fingers clenched tight, his Martial Immortal Golden Body roared into action, terrifying golden qi and blood surging like a dreadful bullet detonating, a fearsome pillar of flame shot up into the clouds, piercing the firmament three hundred zhang high!

Afterward, he fiercely collided with that purple-flame demonic elephant!

Just a single glance…

Li Che then opened his eyes and plopped down onto the damp ground of Mo City.

Sizzle—

The ink rain splashed onto his body, instantly evaporated by Li Che's scorching red skin, twisting into vapor that rose weakly, hazy in midair.

Li Che sat on the ground, his chest heaving like a bellows.

Dao Tribulation…

Cannot block it, simply cannot block it.

Li Che let out a long breath; just a single encounter, he couldn't even resist before being outright annihilated.

Now his Martial Immortal Golden Body is immensely strong; even if the power of the Eight Odd Gates exploded simultaneously, he could bear it, yet he cannot withstand a single flame…

"In that tribulation space, it seems I'm not allowed to detonate the Eight Odd Gates; I can only rely purely on my flesh to hard‑resist… Martial arts can be used, but before absolute power I don't have time to employ them…"

Li Che gave a bitter smile.

Primordial Dragon-Elephant Flame…

A bit terrifying.

But Li Che's mood quickly heated up; though it's terrifying, if he could master it…

Then to his enemies, the terrifying thing would be him, Li Che!

Having calmed his emotions, Li Che's eyes flowed with light.

【Dragon-Elephant Crucible: Martial Immortal Golden Body (8%)】

【Half-Child of Heaven Conquering Heaven: Heaven-Conquering Dao Domain (fifty chi)】

【Dao Tribulation: Primordial Dragon-Elephant Flame (0%)】

…

Li Che rose to his feet, his eyes shining: "My Martial Immortal Golden Body has improved a bit; also, the range of my Heaven-Conquering Dao Domain has expanded to fifty chi—these are all transformations brought by cultivation progress."

"How can there be any satisfaction in overpowering the weak with strength when one can defeat the strong while being weak?"

Li Che muttered a sentence.

Cultivation truly is the foundation.

If one could possess great cultivation and overwhelm the weak with strength, who would willingly fight to the death to overcome the strong while being weak?

He clenched his five fingers.

The Flying Thunder chess piece in his palm burst forth with light.

Thereafter, Li Che's entire person vanished.

Zhao Beidou transformed into a subdued divine servant; now, within one camp of the imperial court, Li Che has exchanged for three of the enemy's great generals!

Xie Yunshen, Great Dharma Master Huang Mei, and Zhao Beidou—these three great generals are all his own people.

The distance to converting all of the court's power to topple mountains and destroy temples into the Li surname's goal seems truly not far.

Divine Tribulation… there's also Gu Qianchi of the Bashu Sword Pavilion!

Besides that, there's the immensely powerful Old Dragon God.

"Once I grasp the power of the Dao Tribulation, I'll be able to act against the Old Dragon God—within the realm of One Calamity, Two Tribulations… one must not underestimate it; even if I've prepared for teammates' betrayal, descendants' backstabbing, and deadly poison, it still cannot be taken lightly."

Li Che muttered a sentence.

This Old Dragon God of the dragon‑god clan, a three‑thousand‑year‑old monster, Li Che naturally ought to give him the grandest treatment.

However, the lethal poison Nine‑Turn Ascending Dragon Pillar has not yet been successfully refined, so Li Che is not in a hurry.

The poison hasn't been successfully refined, and his own Dao Tribulation power remains unmastered…

Without ninety‑five percent confidence to act, it's an extremely high‑risk gamble.

Li Che shares no heaven with gambling poison!

Hum—

Li Che returned to the study of the Qianyuan Divine Sect.

The Heaven-Earth Chessboard spans across the firmament.

His five fingers spread open; the Three Pure Divine Nature Crystal obtained from Zhao Beidou's small Qiankun space instantly fell into Li Che's hand.

However, just as Li Che was about to cultivate his divine nature…

The Heaven-Earth Chessboard trembled slightly.

A thread of his mind that had been paying attention to his daughter's situation gave feedback.

Li Che clenched his five fingers around the Three Pure Divine Nature Crystal; his eyes slowly opened and closed as golden light surged wildly.

He looked toward the image reflected on the Heaven-Earth Chessboard.

…

…

Lead‑colored clouds roiled, flying snow howled!

Snowflakes the size of a hand drifted down softly from the cloud layers.

They piled up into a thick layer on the ground.

A figure burst up from the snow; Xixi wore a little calf mask, pushing it onto her forehead, revealing a face frozen bright red.

Xixi narrowed her eyes; in her lively big eyes, a hint of anger and fierceness surged through.

Behind her, the soft snowflakes parted, and the other three also hurriedly emerged.

They were precisely Jin Tai Sui, Zhou Peng, and Yun E.

"Xixi… this won't do; our three cultivations are too weak, we'll drag you down. That Martial Saint Gu Chuan can always track us down by the slightest clues—it must be because of us."

Yun E held the rabbit, looking at Xixi, a look of self-reproach appearing in her eyes.

Zhou Peng and Jin Tai Sui also fell silent.

The three of them lacked Xixi's ability to conceal their aura, a method even a Martial Saint couldn't detect.

Xixi exhaled hot air, her nostrils snorting.

"Actually, it's my fault; I was careless. When we came to Guangling Dao City, we should have planted Flying Thunder Chess Pieces all along the way—then we could have easily escaped."

Xixi blamed herself, her heart beginning to reflect on herself.

If it were Master Niu Niu, he'd surely have thought of this already, right?

"Saying these now is useless……"

"A Martial Saint……"

Xixi narrowed her eyes, and in the depths of her gaze a hint of killing intent surged up.

Not only because Martial Saint Gu Chuan of the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect has been relentlessly hunting them, but when Gu Chuan identified Xixi's identity, he became like he'd been injected with chicken blood, pursuing them without rest.

And Xixi wanted to kill Gu Chuan for an even more important reason.

That is, this Gu Chuan is the hidden mastermind protecting the Ascension Immortal Pavilion!

Because Gu Chuan fought his way out of the Ascension Immortal Pavilion, this shows that the Pavilion's sordid deeds—using girls' essence blood to feed the temple deity and refine Ascension Immortal Pills—must be known to Gu Chuan.

But he not only protects it, he also indulges it!

Is he even human?

If he isn't even human, what's there to hesitate about killing him?

"Chase, he's been chasing us; since we can't escape, we'll counter‑kill him!"

Xixi clenched her little fists, then put her hands on her hips and stuck out her small belly.

Flames flickered in her eyes; Xixi the Great Emperor… has never been one to suffer a loss!

Zhou Peng sucked in a breath, hurriedly stuffing three buns into his mouth to suppress his shock.

Xixi the Great Emperor… actually wants to kill a Martial Saint?

This is a Martial Saint!

Xixi's cultivation is quite good—she even won the championship among the chick dragons at the Peach Banquet Victory Assembly!

But wanting to kill a Martial Saint is still not enough, right?

Xixi said nothing, tapped the ground with her toes, and shot forward explosively across the snow.

Her chubby hand took out one after another of the Xuanhuang talisman papers from the Qiankun Jade; as the inheritor of the Painting Immortal Legacy, Xixi's talent for divine talismans is excellent, having received the certification of the Sect Master's wife!

These divine talismans prepared by the Sect Master's wife for Xixi, she can all use.

Laying out divine talismans, hiding mechanisms……

Even kids have big tempers!

Zhou Peng, Yun E, and Jin Tai Sui all looked dazed.

Looking at that Xixi, pouting her buttocks as she laid out things in the snow……

For a moment, they really felt from Xixi a spirit of fearlessness.

Seven‑year‑old Xixi……

She really wants to kill a Martial Saint!

……

……

Primordial Origin Divine Sect.

Inside the study.

Li Che, seeing this scene through the Heaven and Earth Chessboard, couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.

He had left many mechanisms for Xixi; earlier, at the Chick Dragon Victory Assembly, when Xixi defeated Zhang Yun Long, her method also relied on the power of mechanisms.

Moreover, as the rank of the Chess Saint Dao Fruit rises, the power of the mechanisms has also increased considerably.

Perhaps this little lass might actually be able to pull it off.

Li Che was quite satisfied with Xixi's state; this little lass, facing the Martial Saint's pursuit, did not despair during her flight, nor did she scream in terror.

Instead, she chose to face it positively and bravely.

As for whether she can kill this Martial Saint…… it depends on the little lass's means and layout.

Li Che was very satisfied.

Letting Xixi go out to train—isn't it just to cultivate her ability to make decisions and judgments when confronting dangers in the martial world?

"At seven years old, she already wants to kill a Martial Saint……"

"You little lass, you're indeed fiercer than your father."

Li Che laughed, clutching the Three Pure Divinity Crystal with his five fingers, beginning to absorb the divinity of the crystal while quietly watching Xixi's performance.

"Lass, what are you going to do?"

……

……

Boom——!!!

The white snow covering the ground exploded with a boom, a scorching hot breath rolling and surging rapidly from midair.

Most of the snow melted directly; Elder Gu Chuan of the Heavenly Elixir Divine Sect, clad in robes, drifted down onto the snow, and each step he took melted a large hole in the accumulated snow.

His sharp gaze kept scanning, and his heaven-man resonance was triggered to the extreme at this moment.

"Escape? Where could you run? I've already sensed your aura…… little girl."

Gu Chuan had his hands behind his back, his face showing an expression of everything being under his control.

Although Xixi had won the championship of the Infant Dragon Victory Assembly, her cultivation was not high; in Gu Chuan's eyes, she was no different from a slightly larger ant.

He fell into the snow.

A powerful heaven-man resonance swept outward.

Although the aura was very faint, it was still caught by Gu Chuan's heaven-man resonance; besides the little girl Xixi, there were three other children.

This Xixi actually wanted to bring these three and escape his pursuit?

I have to say, this seven‑year‑old girl's thoughts are simple and pure.

Seeking death so straightforwardly.

Click-click-click-click-click-click—

His five fingers clenched, bones grating, a teeth‑aching sound exploded the moment he made a fist!

Boom——

He stepped down heavily; the snow on the ground was blasted by his qi and blood, sending up showers of snow powder!

"Found you!"

Gu Chuan's face showed a cold smile; his body swayed, then leaned forward, and the vast Martial Saint's primal vigor erupted and burst forth.

It seemed to condense into a substantive blood‑red hue, twisting the air, blazing and boiling!

Boom——

He stamped down heavily; the countless piles of white snow on the ground exploded upward, and in the hazy heavens and earth it seemed as if countless mists were rising.

He abruptly turned his head to look fifty zhang away.

There——

Xixi wore a little calf mask, her eyes shining with extreme brightness, two pigtails bound with red rope shooting up high, as if piercing the clouds!

In Gu Chuan's heaven-man perception, Xixi was lingering alone, while five hundred zhang away her three companions were fleeing at high speed.

"Covering for your teammates?"

"At such a young age, to have this kind of self‑sacrificing courage……"

"Not bad at all."

"Don't worry, I only plan to capture you alive; I'm reluctant to kill you, for offering you alive to the patriarch will bring me greater benefits!"

Gu Chuan smiled.

However.

His smile quickly froze.

Because, beneath her mask, Xixi's eyes looked at him as if he were an idiot.

"Covering for them? I, Li Nuanxi, a seven‑year‑old grand master of divine physiognomy, would stake my life on it?"

"You're dreaming…… Xixi just wants to kill you."

The next moment, a Xuanhuang divine talisman appeared in Xixi's hand out of nowhere.

The talisman ignited instantly.

Xixi slammed it onto the snow, and the swirling snowflakes could not extinguish the flame.

The flame spread across the ground, fiery lines intertwining and spreading rapidly, as hundreds of talismans ignited simultaneously!

Gu Chuan only felt the air around him suddenly become extremely viscous, as if his whole body had sunk into a mire.

"Immortal‑binding…… talisman formation?"

"This is the signature talisman art of the Profound Talisman Divine Sect!"

Gu Chuan's eyes narrowed slightly; he hadn't expected this little girl to have such accomplishment in the way of talismans.

Although I had long heard that this little girl cultivated talismans with Lady Lü Taibai, I never imagined she had mastered them to such a superb degree.

But……

That's all!

Gu Chuan's pupils burst with strong light; he opened his five fingers and pointed them into the void, as if five ultimate sharp divine spears were about to tear open the solidified air.

However, this talisman formation seemed to be the work of a half‑sage of talismans, and it had a considerable effect even on him, a Martial Saint.

The Martial Saint's martial will came crashing down!

However, Xixi clenched her five fingers around the Flying Thunder chess piece.

Yet her whole body vanished.

Again, this strange translocation technique……

Gu Chuan, under the pressure of the Immortal‑binding talisman formation, threw a punch into the void and exhaled a breath.

However, he had not yet finished exhaling that breath.

He abruptly turned his head to look at the ground around the talisman formation, and saw that, in the snow surrounding the activated formation, talisman after talisman was affixed to each carved seated lotus pedestal's Guanyin divine eagle.

These divine eagles inexplicably gave him a feeling of palpitation.

Not only that, his mind and spirit sensed it.

He suddenly lifted his head.

But he discovered that this time, Xixi had not clung to the Flying Thunder chess piece to translocate and flee.

Instead, she had translocated to a height of one hundred zhang above.

She unleashed a mechanism‑based killer!

Fire God Angry Flood Dragon Thousand-Armed Observing the Sounds Lotus Seat Main Battle Tank!

Crack-crack sound.

Thousand arms piled up, forming a ring!

It looks like a barrel formed by piling up the incessantly reaching hands of wandering souls from the Nine Abyss……

It aimed from afar at the ancient river whose movements were bound by the Immortal-Binding Divine Seal Formation!

Under Xixi's little calf mask, her eyes shone brilliantly, boundless excitement!

Four Great Avalanche Black-White Extreme Collapse Observing the Sounds Lotus Bombs were set into the formation.

Furthermore, the actively released main battle tank Observing the Sounds Lotus Bomb serves as the detonation primer.

Xixi, Great Emperor!

Release the super invincible great fireworks!

Today, slay the martial saint!