Chapter 112: Things That Cannot Be Done

The Li clan's Long Mountain Great Sacrifice is held every four years, and based on the achievements of the cultivators of each tribe during the sacrifice, the number of coffins to be salvaged from the Blood Sea in the next four years is allocated.

The Other-Realm Coffins are the most important piece of interest for the nine great tribes, and they are always distributed unevenly.

Doing this is not only to avoid the nine great tribes falling into a vicious cycle of internal strife among the upper echelons again, which would allow outsiders to benefit and breed traitorous vassals like the Four Great Sects. It is also to screen for true young prodigies, concentrate resources to cultivate them, let the new generation radiate vitality, and restore the reputation of the ten-million-year-old ancient tribes.

This year the situation is special; two Nine Springs Supremes who had already participated in the Long Mountain Great Sacrifice four years ago were also in the team, responsible for protecting those ten-year-old seedlings of the new generation.

Both of them were already injured, and together with Hidden Twenty-Five and Seeing Yao Yin, they were resisting the pursuit of Nine Springs powerhouses like Yang Yun and Lu Dingsheng.

One of the Li clan's Nine Springs Supremes had his left arm severed, and as he fought and retreated, he said with a heavy heart: "The fighting on our side is tragic, the sounds of killing shaking the heavens, yet Cang Li and the others haven't turned back. Could it be, as Yang Yun said earlier, that the main target of these dog-bastards of the Four Great Sects is the Five Seas Realm side?"

The other Li clan Nine Springs Supreme, injured in the leg and limping, said: "Don't think so much. Cang Li is the number one person of the young generation in Lizhou; the Four Great Sects combined are no match for him."

Yang Yun, while pursuing and killing, laughed loudly: "Haha! The Four Great Sects have experts like clouds, rising like the morning sun, full of vigor; how can they be compared to your decaying and rotten Li clan? Before long, there will be no more Li clan in Lizhou; the Sui Sect will be the master of Lizhou. The Three Chen Gong will be the second sect of Lizhou."

Seeing Yao Yin and Hidden Twenty-Five were not affected by Yang Yun's words, knowing that the Hidden Sect had long made arrangements, and Hidden Nine and the others must have long since gone to the road to Burial Immortal Town on the Five Seas Realm side.

With them there, if the Four Great Sects want to wipe out a generation of the Li clan, they will likely have to pay with a generation of their own.

Compared to the battlefield on the Five Seas Realm side, Seeing Yao Yin and Hidden Twenty-Five were more worried about Li Youyi.

Li Youyi had a clear understanding of his own strength and the enemy's strength.

The five great experts before him.

The most dangerous was undoubtedly Wang Daozhen of the second realm of the Five Seas Realm.

Of the five realms of the Five Seas Realm, every time one rises a realm, the combat power is worlds apart. Wang Daozhen could be called one of the top three talents of the young generation of the Sui Sect's Wang family; naturally, he would not be a Seven Springs breaking into Five Seas.

In that residence of the Zhanglin Gang, Li Youyi had taken one palm from him and was beaten into a severe injury, directly losing his combat power and becoming a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

Even though Li Youyi had now broken through to Nine Springs, he absolutely did not believe that with his current cultivation, he could be his match.

The realm gap was too far!

But here, he had three advantages.

First, the stealth and speed of the high-grade artifact Night-Walking Suit.

Second, Wang Daozhen's magic Qi was heavily depleted in order to break the formation.

Third, this place was very close to the boundary of the Five Seas Realm, and that mysterious energy between heaven and earth that suppressed Five Seas Realm Wu Xiu was everywhere. Wang Daozhen's combat power must be greatly discounted.

Besides Wang Daozhen, the most dangerous was the Sui Sect Great Thought Master; his rune attainments had previously almost put Li Youyi to death.

The Three Chen Gong Five Seas Realm expert who broke the formation with Wang Daozhen was no less dangerous than the Sui Sect Great Thought Master; the iron book in his hand was clearly not a low-grade artifact.

As for the remaining leopard-like mutant Five Seas Realm cultivator and the Three Chen Gong Insect Controller, they were equally powerful, each with their own specialties.

If it were any other time, Li Youyi would have already fled.

But today, he could not.

Fortunately, with the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors holding back the leopard-like mutant and the Great Thought Master, this battle could still be fought. As long as he blocked the five people for a little time, allowing the young Li clan Wu Xiu to escape into the boundary of the Five Seas Realm, it would count as a victory.

"Chen Jingtang! You and Master Liu must kill all the Gushing Spring Realm Wu Xiu of the Li clan; do not let them escape into the boundary of the Five Seas Realm. Otherwise, when we return, it will be a dead end. Leave that brat to me!"

Wang Daozhen was under immense pressure and knew very well what mission failure meant.

If they could not achieve the great merit of slaying a generation of the Li clan, the four Five Seas Realm Wu Xiu of the Four Great Sects would be hard-pressed to escape blame for the death of the Ape King's sixth-generation descendant and would surely become scapegoats.

The Insect Controller Master Liu controlled the swarm of Iron-Eating Ants to pursue those young Li clan Wu Xiu who had lost the protection of the formation light-veils, laughing from time to time, enjoying the pleasure of the hunt.

Those thirteen or fourteen-year-old young Li clan Wu Xiu were caught up by the black swarm, their blades and swords swinging, but it was useless. After several screams, they were gnawed into a pile of white bones.

Li Youyi knew that Gao Huan and Cai Yutong were among that group of young Wu Xiu.

There was no other way to deal with an Insect Controller; one could only kill the person controlling the insects as quickly as possible, rather than fighting the swarm.

Li Youyi mobilized magic Qi to surge into the corpse-cloth soft armor. The next instant, his body was completely wrapped in blood-Qi mist, giving off a chilling, evil feeling. He rushed into the swarm, sword in hand, to kill Master Liu.

The Iron-Eating Ants were very afraid of the dense blood-Qi mist on his body and dared not attack him.

In the area where his feet landed, the swarm immediately scattered.

"Your opponent is me."

Wang Daozhen pursued behind Li Youyi, the distance closing constantly, the formation-splitting whip in his hand lashing out like a zhang-long fire dragon, striking a bright, winding whip-mark.

"Snap!"

The blood-Qi mist shrouding Li Youyi was exploded by the whip strike.

Li Youyi's gaze was locked tightly on Master Liu ahead, not turning to block at all, borrowing the two defensive artifacts, the Night-Walking Suit and the corpse-cloth soft armor, to hard-resist the shock force from the formation-splitting whip.

Even just the shock force felt like his back had been punched hard; his throat tasted of blood, but he swallowed the blood he was about to spit out, his momentum undiminished as he rushed to Master Liu's front.

Wang Daozhen had never seen such a ruthless person, hard-resisting his attack just to kill Master Liu.

This was a completely suicidal fighting style!

Master Liu knew the terror of the person before him; his face changed drastically, and while fleeing in panic, he released seven light-silk-like spirit-flame whip-swords from the center of his brow.

"Swish, swish!"

The spirit-flame whip-swords landed on Li Youyi, unable to break the defense of the Night-Walking Suit.

Li Youyi didn't care at all, the short sword in his hand slashing down fiercely.

"Pfft!"

Master Liu's right leg was neatly severed from the thigh, and his running body collapsed to the ground.

Fresh blood flowed from the severed leg, and he wailed in his mouth.

Zhuang Yue frowned, very confused: "The opportunity was won by risking injury, why not just kill the Insect Controller with one sword, instead of just severing a leg?"

Jiang Ning saw through Li Youyi's intention and said: "Because he knows very well what his purpose is. It is not to show off strength for the sake of killing, but to risk his life to save people. He wants to use the Gushing Spring Realm to hold back all the Five Seas Realm level enemies by his own strength."

Zhuang Yue's eyes were full of shock: "This is a thing that cannot be done! With his cultivation, just surviving in the hands of those five people is as difficult as ascending to heaven."

Zhuang Yue had full confidence in defeating the five of them combined.

Even, if they didn't flee, she had the certainty of killing them all.

But to hold back all five of them, not letting them pursue and kill the two hundred or so young Li clan Wu Xiu, she admitted she absolutely could not do it.

Jiang Ning said: "When there is no absolute crushing realm gap, combat wisdom and combat will are sometimes more important than combat power itself. Those few moth-insects of his are not simple; they should be rare insects."

"Seven rare insects?"

Zhuang Yue looked at Li Youyi in the distance again, without the condescending attitude, her gaze much more grave.

One must know, only commander-level insects can be called rare insects. And an adult commander-level insect has combat power comparable to the Dao Seed Realm.

An Insect Controller who masters seven rare insects is absolutely in a high position in the army.

Who would dare to underestimate him?

Li Youyi grabbed the screaming Master Liu and threw him into the river water not far from Chen Jingtang.

The water of the Suihe was boiling, the surface dense with bubbles.

With the physical strength of an Insect Controller, once he fell into it, he would likely be boiled cooked very quickly.

"Save me... Jingtang, save me..."

Master Liu was scared by the scalding water vapor rising from the river surface, his old face twisted, terrified, begging Chen Jingtang for help.

Both were under the Three Chen Gong and were close at hand; it was just a matter of lifting a hand, so it wouldn't delay time. Chen Jingtang naturally could not watch him die without helping.

Chen Jingtang temporarily gave up pursuing the young Li clan Wu Xiu, his figure shifting horizontally toward the Suihe, stepping on a cloud of magic Qi, appearing on the water surface about two zhang from the shore.

"Whoosh!"

Extending a hand, he lifted Master Liu, who had fallen into the boiling water, and Chen Jingtang was about to return.

But he saw.

Li Youyi flew over like a cloud of blood, a short sword within the blood cloud stabbing straight down.

Chen Jingtang fell into an extremely passive situation, his brows furrowed, truly not understanding how Wang Daozhen's cultivation could fail to intercept even a Gushing Spring Realm Wu Xiu?

The magic Qi cloud under his feet could not support standing on the water surface for a long time, let alone carrying Master Liu in his hand.

"He actually calculated everything in advance! Fortunately, he hasn't broken through to the Five Seas Realm yet. Once he enters the Five Seas Realm, this person will surely leap over the dragon gate and soar into the sky."

"Bang, bang!"

Chen Jingtang's combat power was extraordinary, extremely capable; he swung his iron sleeve with one hand, hard-clashing three times with the short sword in Li Youyi's hand.

"Damn it!" Failing to take down Chen Jingtang within three moves made Li Youyi's heart sink to the bottom of the valley.

This Chen Jingtang was at the first realm of the Five Seas Realm, but it was very likely a Nine Springs breaking into Five Seas, his combat power far exceeding an Eight Springs breaking into Five Seas.

The Three Chen Gong's young generation had talent after talent; the strength of their foundation was likely not inferior to the Sui Sect by much.

"This child's movement technique is remarkable; I arrived late!"

Wang Daozhen's voice sounded, a burst of anger pent up in his heart. He stepped into the Suihe and unleashed the Five Elements Facing Heaven Palm.

His figure split into five, blocking all directions for Li Youyi to return to the shore, all five people striking palms together.

Five palms merged into one and fell.

Li Youyi had already experienced this palm and was mentally prepared; Ancestral Field magic Qi surged toward the corpse-cloth soft armor, blood-Qi mist and blood-colored scriptures surging out together.

He met the attack with both palms, the blood-Qi mist and blood-colored scriptures spinning and dancing on his arms, colliding with Wang Daozhen's palm power.

After hard-resisting this palm, Li Youyi stepped on the water surface, retreating repeatedly, spitting out the blood he had previously swallowed hard. The injury within his body further worsened.

"Scripture artifact!"

Wang Daozhen was incomparably jealous, stepping on the boiling river as if on flat ground, the surging magic Qi of the second realm of the Five Seas Realm permeating under his feet like smoke waves, rushing toward Li Youyi like a teleportation.

Li Youyi no longer clashed with him head-on, running on the waves of the river, rushing toward the direction of the Five Seas Realm boundary downstream of the Suihe.

Wang Daozhen realized something and looked toward the shore.

He discovered that most of the young Li clan Wu Xiu had already fled into the Five Seas Realm boundary, disappearing into the mist.

"Damn it, a bunch of trash!"

The cursing had just ended.

That leopard-like mutant Five Seas Realm Wu Xiu let out several screams in succession; under the siege of the three Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors, six blood holes appeared on his body, and he fell to the ground severely injured, not knowing if he was dead or alive.

On the contrary, that Great Thought Master rushed out of the siege of the four Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors, his body wrapped in spiritual light flames, running toward the Five Seas Realm boundary like a flying man.

After Chen Jingtang landed on the shore, he threw Master Liu down and also rushed over rapidly.

This contest of saving people and killing people entered the final stage; both sides were risking their lives, and both had reasons to risk their lives.

There were still enough young Wu Xiu who hadn't fled into the Five Seas Realm boundary—over a hundred.

Li Youyi stepped on magic Qi clouds on the water surface, intending to land on the shore to intercept that Great Thought Master and Chen Jingtang.

Behind him, Wang Daozhen's voice sounded: "You can't save them! Half of them will die in front of the Five Seas Realm boundary, and Yang Yun and the others will take care of the remaining half."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 113 =====