Chapter 128: The Death of Shang Zhi

"It is said that once the Earth Spirit Gray Mist is inhaled into the body, it immediately integrates into the blood, and then the body quickly stiffens until it cannot move." Zuoqiu Lanlan asked in horror after holding her breath: "Tian brother, you are well-informed, is it really like this?"

The five people retreated quickly to the area in the valley without Earth Spirit Gray Mist.

Tian Che's face was ugly: "It's not just that; if you inhale too much, your flesh and blood will rot quickly."

"Don't scare yourself; we only inhaled a little bit, hurry up and mobilize magic power to refine it."

Arriving at a flat area in the valley, Zuoqiu Baiming inserted the cyan shadow banner into the ground and mobilized it with magic Qi from his mouth.

"Whoosh!"

The shadow banner fluttered, rising and becoming larger rapidly, emitting a layer of cyan light gauze, shrouding the area of several zhang around. Dozens of departed spirits wearing armor appeared in the light gauze, each heroic and majestic, holding knives to guard the four directions.

With Zuoqiu Baiming's cultivation, he could only mobilize this high-grade magic shadow banner to this point.

He stared at Shang Zhi and said in a commanding tone: "You come to mobilize the shadow banner."

"Me?"

How could Shang Zhi not know that the situation was critical?

Grasping to refine the Earth Spirit Gray Mist in his body was the top priority.

"Your strength is the weakest, so naturally it is you. Rest assured, I won't leave you behind; when I refine the Earth Spirit Gray Mist and kill this group of guys who don't know the height of heaven and earth, I will naturally take action to save you myself."

Zuoqiu Baiming heard the sound of breaking wind getting closer and closer, anxious, and lost his patience, scolding: "Hurry up, don't force me to split you with a knife now."

When Zuoqiu Baiming entered the mountain, he had already decided to kill Li Youyi and Shang Zhi after using them, swallowing their credit and harvest. At this moment, he was anxious and actually spoke his inner thoughts.

Facing the Heavenly Flame Knife hanging over his head, Shang Zhi was forced to be helpless, walked to the cyan shadow banner, and mobilized magic Qi to inject into it continuously.

Although he was the heaven-favored child of the Beast Li tribe, usually chased and praised by countless clansmen, now he could only compromise. If he had the cultivation of the second realm of the Five Seas Realm, why would he suffer this humiliation?

Zuoqiu Baiming sat cross-legged, already feeling his skin slightly numb; the Earth Spirit Gray Mist was more terrifying than he imagined, and his mood instantly became incomparably heavy.

Li Youyi looked at Zuoqiu Baiming, who was shrouded in magic Qi, his sense of crisis strong, secretly rejoicing that he had shown part of his strength earlier; otherwise, he would definitely have been pulled to mobilize the shadow banner at this moment.

"Swish!"

The fox demon wrapped in departed spirit human skin rushed into the valley.

It looked at the five people in the shadow banner, its pupils turned red, snorted coldly, and took action decisively, never giving the opponent time to refine the Earth Spirit Gray Mist.

The white pendant on its neck was mobilized by magic Qi, releasing dazzling brilliance.

With one punch, the sound of wind and thunder resounded through the valley, hitting the cyan light gauze released by the shadow banner heavily.

"Boom!"

Inside the light gauze, fifteen of the departed spirits wearing armor merged together, slashing out with a combined force, blocking this earth-shaking punch of the fox demon.

Many mountain stones on the surrounding steep cliffs were shaken and rolled down.

The light gauze appeared with impact patterns like waves, but inside, it was calm.

Zuoqiu Baiming, while refining the Earth Spirit Gray Mist, smiled: "My cyan banner is a high-grade magic treasure; how can it be broken by you demon species?"

Although Li Youyi's night-walking suit was also a high-grade magic treasure, its defensive power was far inferior to the cyan banner, focusing more on invisibility and speed, and only by walking the path of assassination could it exert the strongest effect.

"Swish! Swish..."

Several more figures entered the valley.

Besides three Five Seas Realm demon cultivators, there was also a tall figure wrapped in departed spirit human skin, holding a white shadow banner and hanging a battle saber at his waist.

He had a strong aura, eyes like torches, and the magic Qi emitted from his body filled the valley; he was a top figure at the second realm of the Five Seas Realm.

Li Youyi mobilized the Immortal Mist in his Divine Palace to quickly refine the Earth Spirit Gray Mist in his body, and the numbness of his skin and flesh disappeared. He looked at the departed spirit human skin figure holding the white shadow banner and recognized him: "Xue Qi, you have a lot of nerve; the Sui Sect is an enemy of the Zuoqiu Gate; have you thought about the consequences?"

Under the departed spirit human skin, Xue Qi's tone was flat, and he said to the fox demon strong person of Tianya Ridge: "Kill them all, don't leave any alive."

"The Zuoqiu Gate sending these three pure immortal bodies into the Thirty-Three Li Mountain itself has the meaning of training them; it is reasonable for them all to die."

The fox demon strong person fully mobilized the high-grade magic pendant on his neck, and the power fluctuations on his body kept increasing.

"Boom!"

"Rumble!"

……

Various attacks fell from all directions, scattering the departed spirits wearing armor one by one, and the cyan light gauze released by the shadow banner was torn into a huge hole several meters long.

"Baiming Senior Brother, it's not very good; Tianya Ridge has united with multiple forces, and today they dare to take action against you in

Various attacks fell from all directions, shattering the armored lingering spirits on the cyan light gauze one by one.

"Senior Brother Bai Ming, this is not looking good. The Tianya Ridge has united with multiple forces; if they dare to make a move against you in the Thirty-Three Mile Mountain today, who's to say they won't dare to attack Qiuzhou tomorrow?"

After saying this, Li Youyi stood up, leaving the three members of the Zuoqiu Sect with a distinguished back: "No matter what, someone must survive. You continue to refine; I will go help Shang Zhi drive the Yin Banner."

He did not dare to use Immortal Cloud in front of Zuoqiu Bai Ming, fearing jealousy and hatred, which would invite a fatal calamity, so he did not dare to refine the Earth Spirit Gray Mist for them.

Zuoqiu Lanlan and Tian Che opened their eyes one after another and looked at Li Youyi, who was driving the Yin Banner; they were both moved, and their suspicions about some of his previous actions naturally vanished into thin air.

This Sima Tan...

What a righteous man!

As Li Youyi released his magic power into the Yin Banner, more armored lingering spirits flew out from it.

"We can't wait any longer! Although Zuoqiu Bai Ming is a fool, his martial talent and combat power are extremely strong. We cannot let him fully refine the Earth Spirit Gray Mist."

Xue Qi retreated several yards and took a three-inch square jade box from his sleeve.

He undid the seal on the surface, and the jade box opened, releasing purple clouds and lightning from within.

Unless absolutely necessary, he did not want to use this treasure of immense power.

Li Youyi wanted to drag the Zuoqiu Sect into the water, forcing them to provide greater support to help the Li clan cope with the impending crisis of extermination. How could Xue Qi not also want to completely bind forces like Tianya Ridge and Guan Mountain to the Sui Sect's war chariot?

From Zuoqiu Ting's actions, the Sui Sect saw the attitude of the Zuoqiu Sect.

Clearly, the Zuoqiu Sect still wanted to support the Li clan to be the masters of Li Province.

Then the Sui Sect could only deeply bind forces like Tianya Ridge and Guan Mountain to have a chance to destroy the Li clan and force the Zuoqiu Sect to make a new choice. In the face of the general trend and the gains and losses of interests, even a thousand-year sect can only compromise.

Therefore, when Tianya Ridge wanted to deal with Zuoqiu Bai Ming, Xue Qi was very proactive; not only did he want to help them take back the Immortal Soil, but he also wanted to kill everyone from the Zuoqiu Sect!

As a member of the younger generation, this was all he could do. Perhaps in the face of the big picture, his influence was as slight as a straw, but it might just become the final straw that changes the decisions of the higher-ups.

The wind rises at the end of the duckweed, and waves form amidst the ripples.

The Sui Sect's current momentum was built by one person after another following in each other's footsteps, working together. The goals Xue Qi pursued were the Senior Jia Shou Yao Qian and the Sect Master Yang Shenjing.

"Not good, it's Lightning Method Black Ice."

Li Youyi recognized the object in Xue Qi's hand, his face changed drastically, and he immediately surged his ten springs to drive the several defensive magic artifacts on his body.

"Boom!"

Xue Qi struck out the Lightning Method Black Ice from the jade box; the ice crystals shattered, releasing streaks of bright purple electric beams.

Some electric beams flew dozens of meters away, hitting the cliff, causing the mountain rocks to crack and trees to burn.

The armored lingering spirits exploded one by one, and the cyan light gauze released by the Yin Banner was torn open with a huge hole several meters long.

"Snap-bang!"

Li Youyi and Shang Zhi were struck by the lightning one after another and thrown out.

The fox demon powerhouse and Xue Qi had mysterious movement techniques and strange speeds; they rushed into the area covered by the light gauze at the first opportunity and attacked Zuoqiu Bai Ming, who was sitting cross-legged.

Li Youyi quickly stood up, rubbed his chest, and checked his whole body.

He was not injured.

Shang Zhi sat up slowly, the blood-colored runes on his talisman robe flickering, blocking this fatal calamity. But his flesh became stiff, his limbs were difficult to move, and the strange power of the Earth Spirit Gray Mist had already entered his heart.

Li Youyi was not a person who would stand by and watch someone die; he was preparing to pull him up and escape together.

"Swish! Swish..."

Countless metal feathers fell from the sky, piercing Shang Zhi's body into a bloody sieve.

Scattering the metal feathers, Li Youyi rushed to Shang Zhi's side and helped him up. He had only one breath left; he widened his eyes and grabbed Li Youyi's sleeve tightly: "Hurry... escape... down the mountain... Zuoqiu... Bai Ming... is unreliable..."

Li Youyi's mood was extremely complicated; although their friendship was not deep, he had a good impression of Shang Zhi. As a Nine Springs Supreme, he should have had a bright future, yet he died in an instant; truly, the world is impermanent.

He touched Shang Zhi's money bag with his fingers.

In the end, he took it off; he wouldn't be needing it anymore anyway!

"Go, leave here immediately. The valley entrance must be blocked by a large number of martial cultivators; we can't go there. We will escape from the valley cliff."

Zuoqiu Bai Ming's combat power was extraordinary; he fought off the combined efforts of the fox demon and Xue Qi with his own strength, then leaped with his blade toward the cliff on the left side of the valley. With one jump, he was six or seven yards high.

The cliff was not steep and had hanging cypresses; with the cultivation of a Five Seas Realm martial cultivator, one could easily climb like an ape.

Zuoqiu Lanlan and Tian Che released their magic power, used their movement techniques, and quickly followed.

The fox demon and Xue Qi ignored Li Youyi entirely, only focusing on Zuoqiu Bai Ming, who was escaping in the lead, chasing him from the left and right toward the top.

Li Youyi looked up at the huge deformed figure with metallic wings circling in the sky; it was he who killed Shang Zhi, and his strength was quite formidable.

"The valley entrance must be dangerous, but wouldn't the people from Tianya Ridge, Sui Sect, and Guan Mountain know they could escape via the cliff? If the opponent attacks from top to bottom, occupying the geographical advantage, I'm afraid we would only die faster."

"Then we will break through from the front."

Li Youyi quickly made a decision, his gaze sweeping over the three demon Five Seas Realm creatures that had surrounded them; unhurriedly, he picked up Shang Zhi's corpse, tied it to his body, and prepared to take it back to the Li clan for burial.

Having taken the money, he would do the job; he would not let the deceased feel cold.

Carrying Shang Zhi's magic artifact battle blade in one hand and grabbing the cyan Yin Banner abandoned by the panicked Zuoqiu Bai Ming in the other, his eyes were sharp: "If you don't want to die, step aside."

After dropping these words, Li Youyi rushed toward the valley entrance.

"Just a martial cultivator at the first realm of the Five Seas Realm, how strong can he be?"

"Three against one, the advantage is ours."

The three demon Five Seas Realm creatures looked at each other, then rushed up from three directions, attacking Li Youyi together. They knew Li Youyi's power, so they went all out from the start.

(End of chapter)