Chapter 111: Kill the Five Seas, Execute the Nine Springs

The clouds and mist in the area by the river had already been scattered.

Most striking were the layers of formation light-veils condensed by the two hundred or so young Wu Xiu of the Li clan as they channeled their formation scripts.

They were slowly retreating, but were intercepted by two powerhouses of the Five Seas Realm.

One of them was Wang Daozhen, one of the three great experts of the young generation of the Wang family of the Sui Sect. He held a formation-splitting whip a zhang long; every time he lashed it out, the air exploded with sound.

The sounds were like thunder.

"Boom! Boom..."

The formation-splitting whip landed on the formation light-veils, tearing long, fiery cracks into them.

Although the fiery cracks quickly vanished, covered over again by the light-veils, if he kept lashing out like this, breaking the formation was only a matter of time.

Zhuang Yue's gaze fell upon the massive four-armed ape corpse on the ground, a look of shock appearing in her eyes: "The sixth-generation descendant of the Four Extremes Ape King, with an astonishing physique and innate divine strength—even without practicing human cultivation manuals, at this age, its combat power doesn't lose to an ordinary Nine Springs Supreme. Moreover, it was a 'Hundred Veins All-Silver Pure Immortal Body,' yet it was actually slain by Sima Tan!"

"Being able to cleave a Law-Dao Fire Ape with a single blade, killing that ape king cub is nothing more than paying a few more blades; it's nothing to be surprised about."

Jiang Ning's star-like eyes were as calm as a deep pool, her voice melodious and pleasant as she continued: "It is, however, beyond my expectations that he dared to decisively slay that ape king cub. This shows he truly has full confidence and isn't afraid of provoking an Ape King. Zhuang Yue, would you dare to kill the sixth-generation descendant of an Ape King?"

Zhuang Yue said: "There are many sixth-generation descendants of Ape Kings, but there is only one sixth-generation descendant with the Hundred Veins All-Silver body. In Li Province, I would deliberate repeatedly and could not be so decisive. If it were in the Ten Provinces of the Central Plains, then it wouldn't matter!"

"If even you wouldn't dare, what is his confidence?" Jiang Ning asked.

Zhuang Yue said: "Perhaps he is just a reckless, hot-headed youth."

"Based on his performance on the ship, do you think he would be a reckless person?" Jiang Ning's gaze remained fixed on the blurry shadow currently engaging the two Five Seas Realm cultivators.

Even the stealth power of a high-grade artifact Night-Walking Suit could not deceive her pair of clever, wise, magic-power-imbued eyes.

Jiang Ning said: "An excellent opportunity to recruit him. Once he is at a disadvantage, you go and save him. This person, I must use; in the Thirty-Three Li Mountains, only he can be invincible."

She did not believe that Li Youyi, at the Gushing Spring Realm, possessed the ability to break the current perilous situation. Crossing major realms was not that easy, and the Five Seas Realm cultivators before them still had some weight to them.

The leopard-like mutant Wu Xiu came from the Coffin Sea Pavilion, his cultivation at the first realm of the Five Seas Realm.

Clearly, with his cultivation, he could not yet touch the secrets of the Coffin Sea Pavilion's upper echelons. Therefore, every claw technique he unleashed was incomparably ruthless, intending to put Li Youyi to death.

After entering stealth, Li Youyi completely occupied the upper hand, beating him into a steady retreat.

With the speed boost of the high-grade artifact, even the leopard-like mutant Five Seas Realm cultivator could not keep up, and soon he took two palms from Li Youyi. These two palms were heavier than he imagined, beating him until blood spilled from his mouth and nose.

"Swish!"

An electric arrow flew over, forcing Li Youyi back.

The leopard-like mutant Wu Xiu finally caught his breath and roared: "He is wearing a high-grade artifact battle suit; not only can it increase defense and speed, but it can also turn invisible. I am no match. Where is the Great Thought Master? Hurry and break his stealth!"

The Sui Sect Great Thought Master, who was guarding the formation by the river, acted together with an Insect Controller from the Three Chen Gong.

"I will come to illuminate his stealth."

The short, stout Great Thought Master revealed a smile, and from the Spirit Realm at the center of his brow, blinding brilliance bloomed as six runes flew out in succession.

Under the control of his thought power, the runes flew from six different directions toward Li Youyi's approximate location.

"Bang!"

The first rune exploded, the spiritual light illuminating the surrounding several li, lingering for a long time.

The invisible Li Youyi was immediately revealed in the spiritual light; his human silhouette could be seen, with nowhere to hide.

"Swish!"

The crow-like mutant used his battle-intent to lock onto Li Youyi, shooting an electric arrow. At the same time, he dove downward, put away his battle bow, drew a two-foot short sword, and attacked.

Li Youyi borrowed the speed of the high-grade artifact Night-Walking Suit, his feet stepping on wisps of light-traces, breaking the lock and avoiding the fatal arrow.

Following that, he reached his palm out into the void.

He actually intended to catch the crow-like mutant's short sword with his bare hands.

"You are too ignorant! To catch a sword with your hand—even a person at the second realm of the Five Seas Realm wouldn't have the guts."

"Shhh!"

The crow-like mutant mobilized the magic Qi in his Qi Sea, and the short sword began to burn.

Li Youyi's right arm and palm turned into phantoms, as if there were countless hands reaching out together. What he was unleashing was precisely the "Spirit Treasure Snatch" from the Chan Sect's Twelve Scattered Hands, already reaching the Heavenly Dao Law-Convergence level.

The short sword in the hand of the crow-like mutant Five Seas Realm Wu Xiu was snatched away in an instant.

Just as he was bewildered, Li Youyi had already backhanded the sword and slashed out.

"Pfft!"

Hand raised, sword fell.

In one encounter, the head of this Five Seas Realm mutant expert was slashed away.

The headless corpse, which had a pair of broad black wings, fell heavily to the ground.

The leopard-like mutant Five Seas Realm Wu Xiu saw this scene, his heart filled with inexplicable terror. He felt that Li Youyi using a sword was actually even stronger than when he used a blade.

Li Youyi held the short sword, pursuing the leopard-like mutant Wu Xiu while keeping an eye on all directions, surveying the entire situation.

The most dangerous battlefield was undoubtedly the side where Seeing Yao Yin and Hidden Twenty-Five were; the enemies were all Nine Springs Supremes, and some were even Nine Springs Supreme Pure Immortal Bodies. Five or six of the Li clan's Seven Springs and Eight Springs Wu Xiu had already died.

At this moment, he could no longer worry about potentially exposing his identity.

He took out an insect tube from inside his Night-Walking Suit and released the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors inside.

Three attacked the leopard-like mutant.

Four attacked the Sui Sect Great Thought Master by the river.

Li Youyi finally freed up his hands and rushed toward the group of Nine Springs Supremes.

The Tianyi Sect's Nine Springs Supreme "Su Yunqing," in her early twenties, though not a Pure Immortal Body, possessed supreme beauty among mortals, and an arrogant figure that young girls like Li Ling and Seeing Yao Yin did not yet possess.

She mobilized the magic Qi of her Ancestral Field, swung her battle sword, and used all her strength to block the short sword Li Youyi slashed at her.

"Bang!"

The battle sword in Su Yunqing's hand was instantly knocked away.

Fresh blood flowed from the web between her thumb and index finger where she had held the sword.

Her beautiful face lost its color, and she retreated to flee, only then realizing how terrifying the person who could slay the Ape King's sixth-generation descendant was.

Li Youyi pursued closely, pressing a palm against her chest. Her ribs snapped with a crackling sound, her chest collapsed completely, and her tall, graceful body was broken.

As the saying goes, when flowers are ready to be plucked, pluck them.

With all the bones in her body broken, she naturally died completely in an instant.

The Sui Sect Great Thought Master standing by the river never imagined that the opponent was also an Insect Controller. He hurriedly controlled the four runes in the sky to intercept the four incoming Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors.

The only remaining rune flew toward Li Youyi.

"Whoosh!"

The rune landed on his body.

Li Youyi's whole body was unable to move, immobilized.

Huo Zhanbai, the Nine Springs Pure Immortal Body cultivated by the Three Chen Gong, knew that the rune could only immobilize Li Youyi for a moment. Therefore, seizing this rare opportunity, he bypassed the crowd and struck a heavy punch into his heart.

"Bang!"

This Heavenly Dao Law-Convergence Heart-Destroying Punch—even if a Wu Xiu at the first realm of the Five Seas Realm were hit, they would surely either die or be severely injured. The heart was the most fragile organ of all Wu Xiu.

The turn of events was too fast; Seeing Yao Yin and Hidden Twenty-Five had no time to rescue him and desperately rushed toward the direction of Li Youyi and Huo Zhanbai.

Although Li Youyi's body could not move, the magic power and magic Qi within his body could still circulate, all surging toward the corpse-cloth soft armor he wore close to his skin.

This corpse-cloth soft armor was obtained on the bronze warship.

On the soft armor was a blood-handprint, and within the handprint existed countless scriptures.

Li Youyi's cultivation had reached Nine Springs; under the channeling of his Ancestral Field magic Qi, the blood-handprint on the corpse-cloth soft armor spilled out wisps of blood-mist, which quickly transformed into a cloud of blood that wrapped around him.

Zhuang Yue, in the distance, saw this scene and was even more shocked than when she saw Li Youyi slay the Five Seas Realm cultivator with one sword, saying: "Miss, this person is not quite right! He hides a great secret on his body."

On the other side of the battlefield.

"Rustle!"

The elderly Three Chen Gong Insect Controller released a swarm of Iron-Eating Ants from his insect bag.

The Iron-Eating Ants were only the size of rice grains, but their numbers were massive, like an army of thousands crossing the border, surging toward the formation light-veils protecting the two hundred or so young Li clan Wu Xiu.

"Bang!"

Wang Daozhen swung his formation-splitting whip, striking fiery cracks into the light-veils.

The Iron-Eating Ants followed, drilling in through the cracks. Immediately, several screams came from inside the light-veils, which became chaotic, and the formation collapsed.

The two hundred or so young Wu Xiu were completely exposed.

Wang Daozhen finally let out a sigh of relief; having used the formation-splitting whip for so long, the magic Qi in his body was heavily depleted. He said: "The hunt begins. Leave none alive; slaughter the young generation of the Li clan."

"Boom!"

He was the first to strike, the thick magic Qi of the second realm of the Five Seas Realm sweeping out from his sleeves, sweeping nine young Six Springs and Seven Springs Wu Xiu away, all of whom died on the spot with blood flowing from their seven orifices.

Wang Daozhen was able to come here with the cultivation of the second realm of the Five Seas Realm because he wore the Nine-Rune Treasure Garment, which could to a certain extent resist the dangerous, mysterious energy between heaven and earth. At the same time, in Yang Qingxi's view, it was necessary to have such an expert sitting in command to be sufficiently secure.

Huo Zhanbai's screams came from the distance. Wang Daozhen, intending to start a massacre, hurriedly looked into the mist, only then discovering that several experts on his side had already fallen.

"What a bunch of trash! Two Five Seas Realm cultivators and one Great Thought Master, yet they couldn't take down a Gushing Spring Realm Wu Xiu."

Wang Daozhen was speechless to the extreme; the crushing victory had suffered such heavy losses. He stepped on magic Qi, held the zhang-long formation-splitting whip, and rushed over.

On the other side, Huo Zhanbai had struck Li Youyi's heart with a punch, but was instead shaken back repeatedly by the blood-Qi mist surging from within his body, his arm going numb.

Seeing Yao Yin and Hidden Twenty-Five, who had arrived quickly, entangled him for several rounds. Li Youyi broke free from the suppression of the immobilization rune, his figure as fast as a series of afterimages, and struck Huo Zhanbai away with one palm.

Huo Zhanbai fell to the ground screaming, a fountain of blood pouring from his mouth, unable to crawl up again.

"Pfft!"

Hidden Twenty-Five slashed his head off with one sword and snorted coldly: "Only the strength of ninety trace-veins, and the Three Chen Gong dares to call you a successor seed? Only a Hundred Veins All-Silver has that qualification!"

Li Youyi locked his gaze on the rapidly approaching Wang Daozhen. Enemies meeting were especially jealous; he whispered: "Stop the nonsense! Hurry and escort the young Li clan Wu Xiu and Thought Masters to the direction of Burial Immortal Town. Once you pass the boundary of the true Five Seas Realm, it will be relatively safer. I will hold back all the Five Seas Realm cultivators and Great Thought Masters here by myself!"

"The boundary of the true Five Seas Realm?"

Hidden Twenty-Five's eyes were surprised, but in a flash, he understood everything, his admiration for Li Youyi deepening by another layer. Afterward, he rushed toward the group of young cultivators and roared: "Fleeing outward, you won't escape. Fleeing inward is the path to life."

Didn't sleep well last night, today is just right!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 112 =====