Chapter 210

Almost the moment Li Li Youyi was hit by the sword Qi, Yang Yang Zhiyong attacked, his battle halberd like a windmill, wanting to take advantage of his illness to take his life. Any thought of capturing him alive had long been thrown to the nine heavens.

This child was too terrifying, his cultivation speed was heaven-defying.

Who could guarantee that before the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival ended, he wouldn't break through another realm?

If he broke through another realm, who in the Sui Sect could still control him?

"I already told you, your battle halberd is too long and not suitable for use in a narrow space; why didn't you listen?"

After several rounds of confrontation, Li Li Youyi pressed a palm onto Yang Yang Zhiyong's chest.

"Pfft!"

His palm was like a five-fingered iron mountain, hitting Yang Yang Zhiyong so hard his ribs shattered, blood sprayed from his mouth, and he was thrown flying backward.

Although the sword Qi of the Tai Xuan Needle hit him, the vast majority was blocked and neutralized by his night-traveling clothes and corpse-clothing soft armor, so he didn't suffer too heavy an injury.

Water flowed gurglingly.

The intention stream spread over again.

"Yang Yang Qingxi, do you really think I'm afraid of you? You have helpers, and I have them too."

Li Li Youyi released the five Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors from his insect bag, then split into six paths to meet Yang Yang Qingxi, who was attacking.

Just as they clashed, Yang Yang Qingxi noticed something was wrong.

It was one thing for Li Li Youyi's cultivation speed to be fast, but the growth speed of the insects he raised was also astonishingly fast. In terms of speed alone, the five exotic insects were no longer inferior to her.

Yang Yang Qingxi was originally on the offensive.

But under the siege of one person and five insects, she immediately changed to a defensive posture, using magic power and battle method intentions to protect her body, avoiding getting close to the exotic insects.

The five Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors were naturally not Yang Yang Qingxi's match, as the cultivation gap was still very large, and they were constantly knocked flying by the intention stream. But their bodies were like gold and iron; they shook their bodies and flew up again in an instant.

"Tai Xuan Supreme Law, Silk Rain Flying Sword Art."

"Clang!"

An ear-piercing sword sound rang out.

The three-chi-long Tai Xuan Needle in Yang Yang Qingxi's hand turned into a flying sword, as fast as a bright silk thread, shuttling through the hall.

The speed was so fast that the naked eye couldn't distinguish it.

Li Li Youyi's heart was filled with fear; he caught it three times in a row and swung his sword to knock it away. But the fourth time, he couldn't block it after all, and was hit on the shoulder by a sword, as if hit by a heavy hammer, and his left arm lost all feeling.

"Bang!"

The corpse-clothing soft armor he wore in the innermost layer was activated, releasing blood Qi and blood-colored scriptures, filling the entire hall.

"She actually has such a trump card; what kind of law is this?"

Li Li Youyi didn't dare to stay in place like before, immediately unleashing the Clear Void Cicada-Catching Step, his figure blurred like smoke, constantly changing and shifting. He figured that even if that needle sword was fast, it had to be controlled by Yang Yang Qingxi's intention.

As long as Yang Yang Qingxi's intention couldn't lock onto him, the threat of the needle sword would be greatly reduced.

"Boom!"

The brothel's front door was smashed open by a war chariot.

A large hole was broken in the wall, and even the formation was torn apart.

That war chariot was a Hundred-Character Scripture magic tool, the sharp weapon of the Earth Wolf King Army for breaking formations.

Shi Shi Shishi stood on the war chariot and shouted: "Brother Li Youyi, are you dead yet?"

"If you had come a moment later, you would only be able to collect my corpse!" Li Li Youyi, who was fleeing, flew and landed on the war chariot.

A Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperor stood on top of Shi Shi Shishi's head, looking at Li Li Youyi as if claiming credit, and made a strange, "howling" wolf cry from its mouth.

It was too small and hadn't howled like a wolf before, so the cry was very dainty.

It was Li Li Youyi who, before entering the brothel, had let it use a wolf howl as a signal to find Shi Shi Shishi.

Shi Shi Shishi looked at the dilapidated brothel hall in front of him, then at Yang Yang Zhiyong, who was lying on the ground heavily injured, and Yang Yang Qingxi, who was quite disheveled with her long hair scattered on both sides of her cheeks.

He felt that he had come unnecessarily, his heart shocked to an extreme degree: "You were wrong, weren't you? I think if I had come a moment later, I would have had to call Eldest Miss Yang 'sister-in-law'! How did you suddenly become so strong?"

"Clang!"

The Tai Xuan Needle flew over.

Magic power from under Shi Shi Shishi's feet surged into the war chariot; immediately, countless wolf shadows appeared in front of the chariot. One hundred and twenty-eight bright scriptures flew out from the chariot, blocking the Tai Xuan Needle and forming circles of light ripples.

Li Li Youyi stared at the vibrating Tai Xuan Needle, thinking of a way to crack Yang Yang Qingxi's move.

It was truly too terrifying; if characters at the level of inheritors faced it, they would probably have a headache.

"Spiritual Treasure Robbery" could cultivate a battle method intention, or perhaps it could be seized. Alternatively, one could directly attack her true body, but the requirements for speed and timing were extremely high.

"Whoosh!"

Li Li Youyi flew out, just about to unleash Spiritual Treasure Robbery.

Yang Yang Qingxi took back the Tai Xuan Needle, and a circle of magic power ripples surged from her body, knocking away all the Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors. Then her body became like an afterimage, landing on the ground, holding the heavily injured Yang Yang Zhiyong with one hand, smashing through the wooden wall, and rushing toward the street outside.

Since the people of the Earth Wolf King Army had arrived, today was naturally a total defeat.

Outside.

Tao Tao Yanyan's explosive shout rang out: "Where are you going?"

"Boom!"

A basin-sized gourd war hammer was swung out, hitting Yang Yang Qingxi and knocking her back to the ground.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Li Li Youyi and Shi Shi Shishi rushed out of the brothel like lightning, one holding a sword, one pinching a claw, their battle method intentions following like shadows.

The four great experts were locked in a chaotic battle.

After a dozen moves, a low, miserable cry came from Yang Yang Qingxi's mouth, and she and Yang Yang Zhiyong were thrown out, tumbling to the left and right on the wide long street.

Yang Yang Qingxi was hit in the back by Tao Tao Yanyan's gourd war hammer; even with defensive battle clothes, she still bled from her mouth and nose, was beaten into a heavy injury, and struggled to get up from the ground with great difficulty.

She was not Yin Jiu, who had obtained the Nine Li God battle method intention, nor was she Jiang Ning, who had all-silver hundred meridians; she couldn't manage one against three.

The Sui Sect martial cultivators on the Changning Street side rushed over here but were blocked by the Earth Wolf King Army.

Yang Yun couldn't get away and was cut in the tendons by the wings of a Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperor, lying prone on the side of the street.

A voice came from the building: "Tao Tao Yanyan, Shi Shi Shishi, let her go, and I, Yao Qian, will owe each of you a favor."

Hearing Yao Qian's voice, Tao Tao Yanyan and Shi Shi Shishi were both shocked, but they quickly returned to normal.

Because, on a lower courtyard wall to the right of the brothel, stood a young woman in a Taoist robe, holding a brush in one hand and a register in the other, quickly recording and writing: "Lizhou Li Li Youyi, fifth realm of the Five Seas Realm, carried insects to a draw with Yang Yang Qingxi."

Tao Tao Yanyan and Shi Shi Shishi's names and battle records didn't make it into the register; clearly, this battle wasn't considered brilliant.

Li Li Youyi wasn't afraid of Yao Qian making a move at all; he walked quickly to Yang Yang Qingxi, placed the Huang Long Sword by her neck, and questioned: "Where is my stuff?"

"What?"

Yang Yang Qingxi was heavily injured, her face as pale as paper, her eyes dazed.

Li Li Youyi didn't want too many people to know that the Gushing Spring coins were in Yang Yang Qingxi's hands, so he transmitted his voice with magic power: "Stop acting, where are the Gushing Spring coins?"

Yang Yang Qingxi was even more dazed; she had no idea what Li Li Youyi meant. Was he fighting for his life tonight just to snatch the Gushing Spring coins from her?

She looked with cold eyes, gritted her silver teeth, took off her money bag, and handed it over.

Li Li Youyi took the money bag and opened it to look.

Inside were only dozens of Gushing Spring coins and some silver money.

Li Li Youyi's fingers trembled, almost unable to control his speechless mood. Was she still trying to tease him even when death was imminent?

"Is this what I wanted? Hand it over yourself; don't force me to search your body and make it look bad for everyone," Li Li Youyi said in a low voice, then chose to compromise: "As long as you return my money... sparing your life tonight is not impossible."

Sparing her tonight didn't mean he would spare her tomorrow.

Li Li Youyi was confident that any enemy defeated by him would find it hard to see his back again, and the gap would only grow larger and larger.

At this moment, he couldn't care about so much; he just wanted his money back.

Yang Yang Qingxi realized that something she didn't know had really happened: "You can speak more plainly."

Li Li Youyi took a deep breath, one word at a time: "Those... five... boxes... of... Gushing... Spring... coins..."

"The five boxes of Gushing Spring coins stolen from the Soldier Ancestor Ze arena?" Yang Yang Qingxi suddenly realized and understood instantly.

Li Li Youyi said: "Take them out, in exchange for your life."

After a brief contemplation, Yang Yang Qingxi said: "Why do you think they are in my hands?"

Li Li Youyi lost the patience to continue communicating with her: "Search her body, search her whole body."

"Okay, I'll do it."

Shi Shi Shishi volunteered.

Li Li Youyi glanced at him and looked at Bai Shu: "You do it."

Bai Shu searched carefully on Yang Yang Qingxi's body and found a boundary bag.

After Li Li Youyi investigated the boundary bag, he shook his head: "Keep searching!"

After searching everything, naturally, there was no gain. Bai Shu dragged her chin with her fingers: "A martial cultivator cultivating the seventh sea can store some extremely important things in their ancestral field. The thing you are looking for might be inside her ancestral field."

Li Li Youyi didn't think Yang Yang Qingxi would hide the five boxes of Gushing Spring coins in her ancestral field; he used his mind power to summon "Er Feng," preparing to let it identify the magic power.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly.

Space fluctuations appeared in the ancestral field below Yang Yang Qingxi's navel, and countless needle rains flew out from inside.

"Careful!"

Li Li Youyi pushed Bai Shu away and bumped his body toward Yang Yang Qingxi.

Wearing night-traveling clothes and corpse-clothing soft armor, his upper body wasn't afraid of magic power flying needles.

Taking this opportunity, Yang Yang Qingxi ignored her neck being slashed, forcibly broke free from the Huang Long Sword by her neck, and a hideous and terrifying sword-scar blood wound appeared on her snow-white neck.

"Bang bang!"

The two fought hard for several moves, both retreating and separating, and Yang Yang Qingxi escaped.

Bai Shu waved her arm, and a talisman light hit Yang Yang Qingxi's back.

Behind the Fairy Music Workshop was a wide river channel; when Li Li Youyi chased after her, Yang Yang Qingxi had already disappeared without a trace.

Yang Yang Qingxi could escape from Brother Zuoqiu Ting's hands, so her speed and hiding methods were naturally extraordinary.

Shi Shi Shishi came to Li Li Youyi's side and investigated: "It should be the Water Escape from the Five Elements Escape Arts, which is similar to the Earth Escape cultivated by our Earth Wolf King Army martial cultivators, but more brilliant."

Li Li Youyi said: "Yang Yang Qingxi choosing this place as her hiding spot really wasn't a coincidence. Miss Bai Shu, the one you just cast was a tracking talisman, right?"

Bai Shu shook her head: "Shi Liuyu Talisman!"

Li Li Youyi and Shi Shi Shishi looked at her in unison, stunned.

"Stop joking! This woman definitely took Brother Li Youyi's important treasure; we must catch up with her," Shi Shi Shishi said.

Bai Shu said: "Do I look like I'm joking?"

Li Li Youyi sensed something, squatted down, and looked at the river surface.

He saw the river water becoming redder and redder.

Looking upstream, his expression suddenly froze.

This river, which flowed from under Peach Plum Mountain, through the city, and toward the Soldier Ancestor Ze, had actually turned into a river of blood.

Some incomplete floating corpses appeared on the river surface.

"What kind of vicious battle happened upstream? The river water is dyed red."

Seeing this scene, Shi Shi Shishi and Bai Shu's expressions were grave and pale.

The corpses rushing downstream kept increasing; some wore official robes, some were demon martial cultivators, and some were martial cultivators from the Li clan and the Brother Zuoqiu Sect.

Li Li Youyi's expression suddenly changed; a magic power mist rope flew from his fingertips, fished up a corpse in brocade clothes, and placed it on the bank.

To be precise, it was half a corpse.

Qi Qi Wangshu had been cut in half at the waist, with only the upper body remaining.

Shi Shi Shishi knew Qi Qi Wangshu was Li Li Youyi's friend and comforted him: "Brother Li Youyi, this is war; tonight is even more of a life-and-death war. The imperial court must win, and the Brother Zuoqiu Sect and the Li clan must also win, so it is destined to be a river of blood. Moreover, looking at this, the Extreme Western Ash Region also participated."

Li Li Youyi's mood was heavy; he packed up Qi Qi Wangshu's half-corpse in a bag, took away Yang Yang Zhiyong and Yang Yun, and rushed back to the Qin Garden at high speed.

Even in the most dangerous situation earlier, when Yang Yang Qingxi escaped, she had taken Yang Yang Zhiyong with her. It could be seen that these two were useful, and Yang Yang Qingxi also had weaknesses in her character.

Bai Shu accompanied Li Li Youyi.

"Once Yang Yang Qingxi discovers she has been hit by the Shi Liuyu Talisman, she will definitely come to find you. This is the best way to handle her!"

With three trump cards in hand, Li Li Youyi didn't believe he couldn't get back the five boxes of Gushing Spring coins.

He decided to return to the Qin Garden to hide for a period of time and use the Dao Fruit to cultivate the fourth gas sea to perfection.

This battle tonight was destined to be tragic.

No one knew what kind of pattern the Qiuzhou Prefecture City would be in tomorrow?

Only with a sufficiently powerful cultivation could one protect oneself and then advance.

Returning to the Qin Garden, Li Li Youyi and Bai Shu immediately used mind power to set up more formations and defensive measures.

The sounds of battle in the city rang for the whole night.

The next day, the sky was just barely brightening.

Yin Jiu and Cang Li fled to the Qin Garden, covered in blood.

Li Li Youyi immediately opened the formation, brought them in, and instructed Bai Shu to clean up the bloodstains on the road.

Yin Jiu had lost an arm, his night-traveling clothes had long been shattered, and his exposed upper body was like mud, covered in blood wounds, with no idea how many bones were broken. The battle axe in his hand was full of gaps, like scrap iron.

Cang Li's armor was tattered, his back was dented by a claw, and his skull was severely deformed.

He gently placed Yin Shi, whom he was holding in his arms, on the ground.

Yin Shi's body had been pierced by a claw, a bowl-sized blood hole appearing, her internal organs shattered; it was only because Cang Li was continuously inputting magic power that she was still holding onto a breath.

Blood kept pouring from her mouth: "Brother... Brother..."

Yin Jiu hurriedly leaned down, used his only arm to grab her cold little hand, hot tears rolling from his eyes: "A-Li... A-Li... I'm here... escaping from the Green Luan-born Born Qilin... it was all thanks to you, all thanks to you..."

Yin Shi couldn't say anything after all; her hand went limp, her eyes still open, but the pupils had already lost their luster.

Even if Yin Jiu, Cang Li, and Li Li Youyi all input magic power together, it was useless.

Yin Jiu's temperament was so strong and resilient, but at this moment, he was sobbing to the point of being unable to speak.

Cang Li stood to the side, his eye sockets red, his eyes full of bloodshot veins.

Li Li Youyi found it hard to accept this fact, his eyes dazed and hollow, looking toward the small building by the lake in the distance.

In his mind, the beautiful dance Yin Shi had performed in his room that night appeared: the smoke-gauze flowing immortal skirt, the tinkling sound of rings, the plain gauze shawl, and the waist tied with a belt. After the song ended, the beauty was gone, leaving only the room full of fragrance.

Another 7,000-plus characters; I can really only pay it back slowly.

(End of chapter)