Chapter 144

Li Youyi secretly recalled the various entanglements he had with Li Ling, his heart full of shock and suspicion, and for the first time, he doubted the true purpose of the Chan Hai Temple's Mist: "It seems that's the case! Then, may I ask what exactly is the intention of Senior Chan Hai?"

"You're still a sensible person, knowing that I don't want to kill you is enough. As for my intention..."

Li Ling's gaze swept disdainfully over Cang Li and Zhao Zhizhuo; Qi Shanshan had already fainted under her aura. Her eyes were extremely cold and arrogant, but her tone suddenly softened: "Marry you!"

Li Youyi had already prepared for the worst, that he would be refined into human medicine by her. How could he have expected this extremely cold and arrogant Ancient Son of Heaven to suddenly say something like this?

Given her personality and status, it didn't seem like something she would joke about.

Zhao Zhizhuo and Cang Li were also stunned, doubting that these words were spoken by the Chan Hai Temple's Mist, but rather that Li Ling had regained control of her body.

"Clatter."

On the cliff wall on the right side of the valley, gravel rolled down.

Everyone's gaze looked over.

Hidden Nine, wearing a high-grade magical night-walking suit, appeared from invisibility. A look of embarrassment appeared on his young, thin, and stern face: "I came to pick someone up! I accidentally heard such an unbelievable piece of news and almost fell off this cliff. Don't worry, I didn't hear anything."

Li Ling seemed to have known he was hiding there all along, without any change in expression: "No matter! If the news of the Chan Hai Temple's Mist's return to the Nine Li Tribe spreads, the first to be exterminated by outside forces will definitely be the Nine Li Tribe; I don't care."

Suddenly.

She sensed something, her eyes instantly becoming solemn: "There is an army slowly approaching, hurry and leave... not good, we've already been surrounded!"

"Follow me!"

A strand of her hair, floating in mid-air, curled around Li Youyi and pulled him onto the back of the Zouwu beast.

"Rumble!"

The Zouwu beast stepped on Dharma Qi clouds and galloped along the canyon stream at top speed.

The direction it ran was not Yao Guan City, but the opposite direction, deep into the Long Mountain range.

Because she sensed that although the mysterious army was closing in, the heavy troops were gathered in the direction of the canyon where Yao Guan City was located, blocking their way back.

Breaking through from that side was too difficult.

The pressure on Cang Li eased, and he could finally breathe. Looking at the Zouwu beast that had already fled to the end of the canyon, he knew it was too late to chase, and he roared: "Chan Hai... Li Youyi, protect Li Ling for me."

Cang Li, Hidden Nine, and Zhao Zhizhuo had all sensed the dangerous aura and released their Dharma Qi one after another.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh..."

In all directions of the night sky, countless bright runes rose, filling the field of vision like stars.

The runes descended, became blurred, and turned into a shallow mist that shrouded a three-mile radius, and the entire canyon became quiet.

Hidden Nine and Zhao Zhizhuo, one above and one below, exerted their movement techniques to the extreme, chasing along the canyon after Li Youyi, who had been captured by the Chan Hai Temple's Mist. Today's events were too strange; no one would believe it even if told.

Cang Li immediately sent the fainted Qi Shanshan into the insect bag.

The next moment.

"Whoosh!"

A violent gale, like a knife and sword, blew along the canyon.

Wrapped in the gale was a black shadow. It was the Three Chen Palaces' Dao Seed Realm expert Chen Qianchi; he smashed down with an iron fist, wanting to quickly kill this top genius of the Nine Li Tribe.

"Awoo!"

The light released from Cang Li's body turned the night into day. A tiger roar that shook the rock walls to crack sounded, the White Tiger Battle Method intent was released, and a giant claw reached out to collide with the incoming Chen Qianchi.

With a roar, Cang Li flew backward for six or seven yards, countless scriptures rushed out of the silver armor on his body, neutralizing Chen Qianchi's fist power completely.

"A Dao Seed Realm Wu Xiu is nothing more than this."

Cang Li shouted, feigning ease, while quickly suppressing the surging blood in his body.

"As expected of the Hundred Meridians All-Silver Pure Immortal Body, your combat power is indeed remarkable. But you don't need to shout like that; the three-mile radius is covered by runes, and the movement here cannot be sensed by Yao Guan City."

Chen Qianchi's figure was like lightning, attacking again.

Cang Li did not fight him head-on, fighting while retreating, chasing after the Chan Hai Temple's Mist and the others.

Above the canyon, the shallow mist dispersed, and two military formations appeared out of thin air.

The military formations were arranged neatly, all wearing iron-cloth battle suits.

They mobilized their Dharma Qi together, injected it into the formation, and activated a hammer-shaped magical tool.

The war hammer was as big as a water vat, rose into the air, erupted with purple brilliance, and under the control of several old men in the battle formation, attacked the Zouwu beast running at the front in the canyon.

The runes were not yet fully stable, so they couldn't let them get close to the edge.

The war hammer was like a bright purple star, smashing down from outside the sky.

"Boom!"

The Zouwu beast jumped diagonally, avoiding the war hammer, and the mountain rock wall beside it was bombarded, causing a large-scale collapse, shaking the earth and mountains.

Li Youyi looked back and didn't see Hidden Nine or Zhao Zhizhuo, only hearing the sound of battle coming from the constant roaring. At the same time, the corpses of soldiers kept falling from above the canyon cliff, their screams miserable.

"The enemy doesn't know our strength, and the preparation is very insufficient; it must have been a hasty arrangement. We should kill our way back; by joining forces, we can break their battle formation and definitely inflict heavy damage on the enemy," Li Youyi said, holding the Yellow Dragon Sword in one hand and the Black Iron Seal in the other.

He didn't want to leave Cang Li, Zhao Zhizhuo, and the others behind.

"The best way to break the enemy is to rush out of the rune mist domain set up by the opponent, and then, by relying on the intense battle fluctuations, attract the Nine Li Tribe's army from Yao Guan City to wipe out this Iron-Clad Army of the Three Chen Palaces here."

"Give me the seal!"

Li Ling's eyes were deep, her star-like eyes staring fixedly ahead, seeing the runes that ordinary people couldn't see at the edge of the mist domain.

Taking the Black Iron Seal from Li Youyi's hand, she flew up gracefully, ten-odd yards off the ground, found the weakest point of the runes, injected her thick magic power into the seal, and swung it out.

After the Black Iron Seal left her hand, it grew rapidly, releasing a dozen thick purple lightning bolts that intertwined in the valley.

"Boom!"

The deafening sound of thunder echoed repeatedly in the canyon.

The Black Iron Seal became several yards in size, forcing the runes shrouding the heaven and earth to appear. Then that thin layer of shallow mist tore open like paper, forming a huge hole in mid-air.

"So that's how it's used; what great power."

The Zouwu beast jumped up, carrying Li Youyi, and rushed out of the rune hole.

Li Youyi released Dharma Qi and retrieved the Black Iron Seal.

A fragrant wind arrived in an instant, and Li Ling landed on the back of the Zouwu beast. The overbearing aura on her body disappeared, her legs were unsteady, and fortunately, Li Youyi stopped her, or she would have fallen off the tiger's back.

"Awoo!"

"Awoo!"

After rushing out of the rune mist domain, the Zouwu beast roared.

The sound could reach dozens of miles away.

It was highly intelligent, and someone from the Cang Li Tribe could judge whether Cang Li was in danger based on its roar. With the ability of top experts, they would arrive very soon.

An old man of the Chen family in the battle formation changed his expression: "Oh no, how did so many experts gather here? They actually broke the runes and escaped; is that woman from the Leixiao Sect?"

"A serious miscalculation; we shouldn't have caused such side issues. The encirclement has failed; retreat quickly."

"The Nine Li Tribe has gathered a large number of experts in Yao Guan City and will arrive here soon."

"If you don't want the whole army to be wiped out, break into small groups and flee into the depths of the Long Mountain range or toward the Dead Man's Nether Realm."

"Who will go with me to chase the two people on the back of the Zouwu beast?"

The reversal of the battle situation came too fast; Chen Qianchi never expected that the few people here all had extraordinary combat power and great battle wisdom.

Someone was actually able to judge the weakest direction of the encirclement at the first opportunity and, even more decisively, smash it before the runes were fully stabilized.

The whole process took only about ten breaths of time.

Let alone him, even if the Clan Leader of the Three Chen Palaces had come to hunt them down personally, it would definitely have failed.

"Who exactly is she?"

How could an older figure like Chen Qianchi recognize all the juniors of the Nine Li Tribe?

After heavily injuring and repelling Cang Li with one punch, he stepped on Dharma Qi clouds, jumped onto the canyon cliff dozens of yards high, and chased after the Zouwu beast that had disappeared into the dense forest.

"Commandant Chen, where are you going? What about the ferocity you just had?"

Hidden Nine's high-pitched voice came from the dense forest, shaking the night mist.

"Clatter!"

A battle axe the size of a door panel spun and flew out from the direction the voice came from, countless scriptures coexisting, and it collided with Chen Qianchi, who had just jumped off the ground.

The battle axe was heavy and fierce, breaking Chen Qianchi's protective Dharma Qi.

Chen Qianchi pierced through the scriptures carried by the battle axe and just reached out his iron hand, wearing a gauntlet, to grab the blade of the axe.

Behind him, a silver pillar of light rose.

Cang Li's vigorous figure chased up, stabbing out with a rotating spear, forming a storm vortex with a diameter of dozens of yards, his momentum sharp and unstoppable.

"Chan Hai Temple's Mist!"

"Chan Hai Temple's Mist..."

Li Youyi found that Li Ling's eyes in his arms were closed, and there was not a trace of her previous powerhouse aura on her body, so he couldn't judge what kind of condition she was in.

Slowly, Li Ling opened her eyes, her gaze clear, and she detached herself from Li Youyi's hand: "She is only a remnant soul body; just now, to intimidate my brother and activate the seal to break the rune mist domain, she consumed a lot of energy and is now fully recovering her strength. If you take action now, I might not be your match."

"Swish! Swish..."

Countless sharp sounds of breaking wind chased from behind, coming from different directions.

"She is exactly... forget it, let's get through this hurdle first!" Li Youyi said.

Now was not the time to resolve the doubts in his heart.

"Then next, we can only rely on ourselves. This Iron-Clad Army of the Three Chen Palaces is all retreating in this direction; it seems we can only continue to flee into the depths of the Long Mountain range, and I only hope my mother can arrive as soon as possible."

Li Ling took out an ancient copper lamp, mobilized the spiritual light flame in the spiritual world of her forehead, and let it bloom and dissipate. Instantly, the ancient lamp emitted strands of ghostly blue brilliance, shrouding the Zouwu beast.

"They're catching up!"

Li Youyi let Li Ling drive the Zouwu beast, moved to the tiger's rear, and stabilized his feet with Dharma Qi.

In his pupils, several arrows shot by Five Seas Realm old men pierced the night sky and chased after them. The arrows hit the blue brilliance emitted by the ancient lamp, as if they had stalled for a moment, their speed slowing down significantly.

"Swish, swish!"

He swung his sword several times in a row, the sword light like a dragon and snake, sweeping all the arrows away.

In mid-air, a long roar came, and an old man of the deformed species with a heavy aura swooped down. He had no feet, only a pair of golden claws emitting bright flames, a foot long, sharp and piercing to the eyes.

Sweat, I got hit, the flu hit, I'm coding in a state of 38-39 degrees today, it's especially sour and refreshing... my state is especially bad. I'll decide the number of updates based on my physical state tomorrow; I'll definitely write as much as I can.