Chapter 201: Fighting Four Alone

Thunder Law Profound Ice, collected from the eight-hundred-li Thunder Sea of the Lei Xiao Sect, was the nemesis of arrays.

Qi Xiao could not remain calm; his eyes fixed on the jade box emitting purple electricity, and he released a strand of Fa Qi mist from each of his arms, wrapping them around Qi Qi Wangshu and Brother Zuoqiu Brother Zuoqiu Baiyuan.

The moment Mie Truth unleashed the Thunder Law Profound Ice, he pulled the two of them, flying out from the other side of the array and landing on the sea.

The Thunder Law Profound Ice was extremely unstable; after being activated by Mie Truth's Fa Qi, it collided with the array's light veil and immediately erupted with blinding purple light.

"Boom!"

A thunderclap in the clear sky resounded through the entire city.

The earth shook, and the seawater churned.

Dozens of thick purple lightning bolts, like dragons and snakes dancing, shattered the defensive array's light veil completely. Several strands of residual lightning energy impacted Qi Xiao and the other two who had escaped the array.

Stones flew and sand drifted by the seaside; it was a scene of chaos.

The Thunder Law Profound Ice had immense power; it could not only break arrays but also kill people.

But its disadvantage also lay in this point of "killing people."

Because it could not only kill enemies but also kill oneself. It was too unstable and had an extremely wide reach; countless Lei Xiao Sect disciples had died under its thunder law energy.

The larger the volume of the Thunder Law Profound Ice, the stronger its power.

The higher the intensity of Fa Qi required for activation.

It was precisely for these various reasons that Thunder Law Profound Ice was called the nemesis of arrays, but it had never been a mainstream treasure for exterminating enemies.

Just by unleashing a square-foot-sized piece of Thunder Law Profound Ice, experts of the level of the Four Truths of Coffin Mountain would keep a distance of more than ten zhang from the defensive array, not daring to approach the center of the thunder law energy.

The ruthless characters of the Far West Cinder Region and Coffin Mountain appeared one after another; in an instant, this seaside area became a perilous place of right and wrong. Those young Wu Xiu no longer had the courage to watch the excitement; they screamed and fled in all directions.

Only one person was an exception.

He carried a giant axe the size of a door panel, his physique heroic, standing on the seawall without changing his expression, his protective Fa Qi blocking all the lightning light beams that drifted toward him.

The Four Truths of Coffin Mountain, who had originally intended to collect the Gushing Spring coins, all felt the combat intent and will rushing toward them from this person, and did not dare to act rashly.

Mie Truth looked up and asked loudly: "Which side are you on?"

"The Nine Li Clan!"

Yin Nine responded in a low voice, while simultaneously releasing his Fa Qi and combat intent and will, enveloping them.

The Four Truths of Coffin Mountain immediately had their nerves tightened, finding it difficult to breathe, as if an invisible, towering demon mountain were pressing down on them.

"With so much money placed in the open, there were indeed other arrangements," Dao Truth said.

"Whoosh—"

Yin Nine bent his knees and kicked off, leaping up like a pulled onion, crossing a distance of more than ten zhang, and swung his axe straight at the four.

The Fa Qi was vast and mighty.

The combat intent and will swept over the four like chains pulling and Qi circling, a supreme spirit of wanting to fight four alone.

The leader of the Four Truths of Coffin Mountain, "Ku Truth," was ranked eighth in the Southern Region's top rank.

She was only seventeen or eighteen years old, with an ordinary figure and no stunning appearance, but possessed a unique, serene, and quiet temperament.

Just as the other three Truths were intimidated by Yin Nine's combat intent and will, their souls shaken, Ku Truth stepped forward against the trend, the zhang-long tin staff in her hand rotating, emitting a crisp and pleasant clashing sound, colliding with the giant axe that had been swung down.

"Boom!"

Energy ripples overflowed.

Dense Amitabha Sutra scriptures appeared on the white monk robe Ku Truth was wearing. The ground and sea surface within a radius of several dozen zhang, centered on her feet, all trembled upward with sand and seawater.

Her legs were beaten into the soft sand, leaving only from the knees up.

The opponent's strength was like heaven and earth pressing down, endless and inexhaustible.

"Hum!"

The Amitabha Sutra scriptures on Ku Truth's monk robe transformed into a golden bell.

A bell chime rang out; she broke free from the battle axe's suppression and retreated seven steps in succession.

After seven steps, the Four Truths converged.

Subsequently, the four released Fa Qi simultaneously, wrapped in a cloud of Fa Qi Buddha mist, each showing their divine powers, and joined forces to attack Yin Nine with the momentum of overturning mountains and seas.

Mie Truth manifested a five-zhang-long Golden Tiger combat intent and will, Dao Truth unleashed the Nine Thoughts Zen Beads, Jie Truth's golden body was immortal... all three were supreme experts of the Five Seas Realm who had cultivated the seventh sea, their methods extraordinary, and they cooperated with Ku Truth seamlessly.

One in front, three behind.

In an instant, the formation changed again; Ku Truth faced the attack head-on, while the other three moved to three directions, surrounding and attacking from four sides.

The young experts watching from the shadows were all shocked.

"The Nine Li Clan and the Brother Zuoqiu sect indeed still have hidden experts; this person's combat power can actually suppress Ku Truth of the Southern Region's top rank. What level has this reached?"

"Fighting four alone and not losing for a hundred moves—only figures in the top ranks of the top tier can do this."

"The ten-million-strong ancient clans and the ten-million-strong sects joining forces is too terrifying; no one knows how deep their foundations are."

After fusing with the combat intent and will of the Nine Li Clan's god, Yin Nine's combat power advanced by leaps and bounds, allowing him to enter the sequence of the most supreme experts of the young generation.

In the Hidden Monarch's deduction, today's battle would inevitably erupt due to the huge amount of Gushing Spring coins.

It was the battle where he and Yin Eleven would appear before the world in their official identities to claim the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival invitation. It was also a battle to tell the world that the Nine Li Clan had deep foundations and remained a ten-million-strong ancient clan of prestige.

Just as the three battlefields were locked in fierce combat.

A figure dressed as a man, wearing a bamboo hat and a veil, moved like a ghost, flying to the bottom of the five huge iron chests containing Gushing Spring coins.

She took out a huge boundary bag.

Her jade arm swung out a cloud of Fa Qi, enveloping the five iron chests, and she collected them all inside.

"Seeking death!"

Qi Xiao was furious, a broad-backed battle saber flying out from his ancestral field, held in his right hand, and he slashed toward the slender, tall figure.

The woman in the bamboo hat revealed a cold smile in her eyes. One hand held the boundary bag, the other drew her sword from its scabbard, and she slashed out a sword strike toward the sky, the sword Qi like a silver river hanging in the heavens.

"Bang!"

The saber light and sword Qi collided, and Qi Xiao retreated.

She did not linger in battle, immediately executing her movement technique, rushing onto the three-zhang-high seawall, and returning to the city.

"Thief woman, don't run."

At any other time, encountering such an opponent stronger than himself, Qi Xiao would not pursue. But this time was different; the five chests of Gushing Spring coins included his share. What was the difference between robbing his money and killing his parents?

Hearing the thunderous sound of the array breaking from the shore, Li Li Youyi rushed back desperately.

But he was still a step too late.

After landing, he only saw Qi Qi Wangshu and Brother Zuoqiu Brother Zuoqiu Baiyuan, who had been severely injured by the Thunder Law Profound Ice. The place where the five iron chests of Gushing Spring coins had been placed was now empty.

The thief woman and Qi Xiao were extremely fast, already several miles away.

Qi Qi Wangshu's back was charred black, blood continuously seeping out, his face pale: "Brother Li Youyi, we didn't guard the challenge money well; what should we do now? So much money, all robbed!"

"Qiuzhouzhou city really has no law; they actually robbed the Brother Zuoqiu sect... I want her to die... no..." Brother Zuoqiu Brother Zuoqiu Baiyuan was so angry his teeth were about to shatter, and subsequently, blood gushed from his mouth, and he fainted.

Li Li Youyi checked their injuries and confirmed there was no danger to their lives before heaving a sigh of relief.

"Daring to rob our money, she won't escape."

Li Li Youyi's expression was also extremely ugly; he immediately mobilized the Fa power within his body, moving it through his trace meridians and gathering it toward his mouth and nose.

His sense of smell was amplified to the limit.

No matter how high her cultivation was, there must be a unique scent belonging to her; it was impossible to hide it completely.

Li Li Youyi had just sniffed carefully.

In the air, more than ten different scents drifted over...

"Covering it up in this way?"

Li Li Youyi's eyes were sharp; he stopped using his sense of smell and instead released a Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperor.

Li Li Youyi called this Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperor "Second Phoenix."

"Big Phoenix" was good at disguising the aura of experts, while "Second Phoenix" was good at identifying Fa Qi.

As long as that thief woman had made a move just now, she would inevitably have left residual Fa Qi energy.

Appearance and figure could be disguised, but Fa Qi could not deceive people; every person's cultivated Fa Qi had subtle differences. Wu Xiu found it difficult to identify this point, but some strange insects were extremely sensitive to it.

Second Phoenix flew a circle in the area where the thief woman and Qi Xiao had fought, landed back on Li Li Youyi's left shoulder, and whispered in his ear with mental power.

"It's actually her!"

Li Li Youyi narrowed his eyes; in his mind, the battle that night with Yang Yang Zhiyong of the Sui Sect surfaced.

That black-clad woman who suddenly appeared to save Yang Yang Zhiyong had cultivation not inferior to Yang Yang Qingxi's, but she had almost pierced his forehead with a sword.

Second Phoenix identified that there was residual Fa Qi aura of hers.

"The courage is indeed great! Before the four forces of the Brother Zuoqiu sect, the Nine Li Clan, the Far West Cinder Region, and Coffin Mountain, she dared to snatch food from the tiger's mouth." Knowing who had taken the Gushing Spring coins, Li Li Youyi instead calmed down quickly and no longer cared whether Qi Xiao could catch up to her.

She could run for the first day, but not the fifteenth.

"Awoo!"

A demon howl resounded from the chaotic battlefield a hundred zhang away.

The battle situation entered a white-hot stage.

Yin Nine condensed a combat intent and will figure, the demon soul light shadow of the Nine Li God appearing, its momentum intimidating the minds of the Four Truths of Coffin Mountain.

"Pfft!"

An axe swung down heavily; Mie Truth could not resist at all, and the Golden Tiger light shadow collapsed. The axe blade cut past the edge of her huge head, and a large piece of scalp was shaved off.

Mie Truth screamed and retreated, mobilizing Fa power to heal her wounds.

A moment later, Jie Truth flew out with a bang, his body sinking into the seawall, his golden body becoming dim.

After several hundred moves, the Four Truths of Coffin Mountain finally showed signs of defeat; only Ku Truth could still cope with Yin Nine's fierce attacks, but she was also retreating continuously.

Young Venerable stood on the Nancheng wall, standing outside the three-story-high gate tower, watching Qi Xiao and the woman in the bamboo hat, one chasing and one fleeing, and asked: "Who is that, and which side is she on?"

Hua Hua Yuzi, wearing a liquid flowing silver mask, stood to the left of Young Venerable and laughed: "In this world, all right and wrong and slaughter are indeed related to interests; five chests of Gushing Spring coins drew out a large pile of hidden experts. I will go and capture her!"

Young Venerable closed his eyes, sensed something, and suddenly said: "He is here!"

"Who?" Hua Hua Yuzi asked.

"Awoo!"

A loud tiger roar resounded through the Nancheng.

Cang Li stood atop the White Tiger combat intent and will, holding a silver spear, controlling intent with Qi, running wildly on the straight avenue several dozen zhang wide. His eyes, like torches, stared fixedly at the three-story gate tower that was constantly approaching, his fighting spirit rising rapidly.

"My injuries haven't healed yet; why don't you go and weigh this Southern Tiger for yourself?" the Young Venerable said.

"That works too."

Hua Hua Yuzi had no interest in the woman in the bamboo hat; what he was interested in was only the Gushing Spring coins on her. But this money would not fly away out of thin air, so he was not in a hurry to take it.

Southern Tiger Cang Li was the only person among the ten in the Southern Region's top rank who was ranked ahead of him.

This could truly arouse his desire to win.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 202 =====