Chapter 235: Earth Spirit Ash Mist

The headquarters of the Far West Ash Region had been reduced to scorched earth. In an area covering hundreds of acres, all buildings had collapsed, some were still burning, and thick smoke was rolling.

On the ground were giant craters made by high-grade Hundred-Character Scripture magic artifacts, with countless cracks around them, shocking to the eye.

If a Seventh Sea Wu Xiu were hit, they would be left without even a corpse.

In the ruins, there were corpses of both Li clan Wu Xiu and Far West Ash Region Wu Xiu, all of them young, the heaven-favored children of their respective sides.

Last night's battle had resulted in countless casualties.

In the ruins, over a hundred Gushing Spring Realm Wu Xiu wearing yellow monk robes were transporting corpses and piling them up on the street.

Li Youyi stood in the crowd of onlookers, smelling the blood in the air, his heart heavy.

Suddenly, in this moment, he felt very lost, not knowing why everyone had to kill like this. Living in harmony, cultivating in purity, and welcoming the New Year together—wouldn't that be a more joyful thing?

He knew that this was just his unrealistic fantasy.

For the Wu Xiu of this world, pursuing longevity was far more important than pursuing joy.

And on the road to longevity, cultivation resources were scarce, and every step had to be fought for. If there were no resources, even with Li Youyi's heaven-defying talent, he would be trapped in the Five Seas Realm for decades before he could accumulate enough magic power. After decades, a person would already be aged, their blood energy would decline, and at most, they could only become a Dao Seed Realm Wu Xiu.

No hope for longevity!

Who would be willing to accept that?

The screams in the distance pulled Li Youyi's thoughts back to the cruel reality.

The Li clan had attacked this place last night, and although they had broken through the Far West Ash Region's headquarters and killed countless enemies, they had been met with a counterattack from countless powerhouses like Luan Sheng Lin You who had rushed back from the East City.

When Cang Li and the others retreated, they could barely protect themselves, let alone take away all the wounded.

At this moment, dozens of Li clan Five Seas Realm wounded were being beaten, humiliated, and retaliated against by the wounded of the Far West Ash Region, to vent the hatred and resentment of last night's battle.

Responsible for collecting the corpses and protecting the wounded were the Two Truths of Coffin Mountain.

In last night's battle, Coffin Mountain had suffered heavy losses, so Luan Sheng Lin You had arranged an easy task for them.

Ku Di held a tin staff, walking through the ruins littered with corpses, black dust drifting around her. Her eyes shed tears of compassionate sorrow, and her mouth kept chanting scriptures.

But on the other side, several Coffin Mountain Buddha-Crossing Thieves were roasting several Pure Immortal Body Wu Xiu over a fire, and the scent of meat was already wafting out.

Xu Fudu's love for eating human flesh was known to everyone in the Southern Region.

As the saying goes:

"Buddha belly, Buddha belly, Buddha doesn't eat vegetarian."

"Buddha belly, Buddha belly, eats people dipped in vinegar."

Besides Xu Fudu, Zen Master Xinku, one of the three great Zen masters of Coffin Mountain, had the same hobby and notoriety.

With the higher-ups like this, the Buddha-Crossing Thieves below naturally followed suit.

In their eyes, the meat of Pure Immortal Body Wu Xiu was the ultimate delicacy.

Ji Di appeared behind Ku Di like a golden-bodied Arhat: "Should we roast all those wounded Li clan members who are still alive, or keep them as bargaining chips to deal with Cang Li?"

Ku Di looked at the dozens of wounded Li clan members.

She saw some being beaten to death, some having their limbs broken, some being stripped of their clothes, and some being tied to roasting racks.

Mockery, humiliation, laughter, screams, crying... a portrait of the joys and sorrows of the human world.

Ku Di said: "The retaliation has been enough; let them stop. Since they are all heavily injured, they don't need to participate in the next three days of battle. Leave Qiuzhouzhou city immediately and withdraw from the battlefield. As for the Li clan's wounded... who is it..."

Ku Di carried the power of her intent and shouted coldly, her pupils releasing spirit light, scanning the crowd of onlookers in the distance.

"Swish! Swish!"

The Two Truths used their movement techniques, one after the other, rushing toward the area where the Five Seas Realm wounded were gathered.

It was Li Youyi who had acted.

He used a flying needle magic artifact he had won to strike at the wounded of the Far West Ash Region and the Buddha-Crossing Thieves roasting meat. The flying needles shone like cold light, dozens of them, flying according to his intent.

Immediately, screams rang out in succession.

Ku Di's speed was extremely fast; with a few flashes, she arrived in front of the Five Seas Realm wounded. The "Amitabha Sutra" engraved on her white monk robes fell off, transforming into a golden scripture that shook all the flying needle magic artifacts to the ground.

"Whoosh!"

Li Youyi rushed out of the crowd, holding the ten-foot-long grudge-soul spear of Yuwen Tuozhen, his legs springing as he soared into the air and swung the spear in a diagonal slash.

On the spear shaft, one hundred and twenty-seven white scriptures emerged, the white light brilliant, colliding with the golden scripture, sending shattered gold flying across the sky.

Unfortunately, the six departed spirits inside had been slain by the Huang Long Sword, so the value of this spear was greatly reduced.

"It's you..."

Ku Di recognized Li Youyi, felt the tyrannical and domineering power fluctuations on him, and rotated the tin staff in her hand, blooming with ten thousand zhang of silver light, and swung it out.

With a roar, the ground beneath her feet sank.

The force erupted from the collision of the two Hundred-Character Scripture magic artifacts, blowing all the wounded around them away.

Li Youyi flew back, and the moment he landed, he suddenly transformed into a residual shadow and attacked again: "If Amitabha Buddha knew that you practitioners of Buddhism were so cruel and sinful, I fear he would take action himself to deliver you to the afterlife."

"Bang!"

The Resentful Soul Spear and the tin staff collided again, silver light and scriptures exploding in circular ripples in all directions.

The headquarters of the Far West Ash Region, covering hundreds of acres, were all within the coverage of their magic power energy.

After dozens of exchanges, Ku Di sensed something was wrong and looked toward Ji Di.

She saw.

Ji Di was under siege by seven moth insects, and his protective magic power and golden body could not block them, with many bloodstains appearing on his body. His eyes were targeted, forcing this Pure Immortal Body Seventh Sea expert to fight with his eyes closed, relying on battle intent and hearing to perceive the outside world.

"Such strong physical defense; it's hard for the seven little ones to cause him fatal wounds."

Taking advantage of Ku Di's distraction, Li Youyi soared into the sky, took a step, his footwork fitting some law of heaven and earth, forming the sound of a dragon's roar and a yellow dragon shadow. From the dragon's tail, he stepped to the dragon's head, crossing a distance of ten zhang.

After a few steps, he rushed in front of Ji Di.

"Puchi!"

The Resentful Soul Spear in his hand thrust out; Ji Di could not react in time, retreated repeatedly, and was hit in the left chest.

Blood splashed out, and the poison on the spear tip seeped into the wound.

Ji Di let out a low roar, hugging the Resentful Soul Spear tightly with both hands, not letting the spear tip penetrate his body and break his Qi Sea. He spat out a waterfall of magic power from his mouth, wrapped inside with several golden blades, attacking Li Youyi's face.

Li Youyi did not dare to underestimate his opponent, directly abandoning the spear, crouching down, his legs moving, relying on mysterious and fast movement techniques to dodge, while also avoiding the pursuit of Ku Di who was chasing from behind.

Ji Di had just pulled out the Resentful Soul Spear.

The cold blade of the Huang Long Sword had already come from the side, pressing against his neck, making him afraid to move.

"Little nun, if you dare to take another step forward, I guarantee the Coffin Mountain Two Truths will become Coffin Mountain One Truth today." Li Youyi slapped his shoulder, forcing Ji Di to half-kneel on the ground.

"Ding ding!"

Ku Di stopped two zhang away, the silver light of the tin staff in her hand blinding, ringing incessantly, but her eyes were not fixed on Li Youyi, but on the seven moth insects flying around.

Ji Di was a Pure Immortal Body Seventh Sea Wu Xiu, his defense as strong as an inheritor. Even for her, defeating him required quite a few means.

But the seven moth insects were able to suppress him tightly.

Are they really larvae of seven Lord-level strange insects?

Ku Di's gaze moved back to Li Youyi: "Release Ji Di, and I will hand over all the wounded Li clan members to you. Otherwise, they won't live!"

The wounded Wu Xiu of the Far West Ash Region controlled all the wounded Li clan members, and with one word from Ku Di, they would all be killed.

Li Youyi said: "Give me a pile of wounded and disabled, how can I leave today? You release everyone first, and then we will continue to talk."

Ku Di said: "If I release everyone, how can I talk to you?"

A muffled sound came from Ji Di's mouth; the wound hit by the Resentful Soul Spear turned black, the blood could not be stopped, and a look of horror appeared in his eyes: "It's Yuwen Tuozhen's Resentful Soul Spear, it has... Night Emperor Toad poison on it..."

"You don't think my main goal is to save people? Saving people while putting myself in danger—do you think I'm that kind of Bodhisattva-hearted person?" Li Youyi sneered.

Ku Di said firmly: "You don't need to hide it! I have full confidence in believing that you, Li Youyi, are a soft-hearted person, and they are your weakness."

Li Youyi's eyes sank, and he waved his hand coldly.

Immediately, seven Phoenix-Wing Moth Emperors flew from seven different directions at high speed toward the group of wounded.

Ku Di could not stop them, because the speed of the Phoenix-Wing Moth Emperors was not inferior to hers.

The Wu Xiu of the Far West Ash Region had already seen the power of the Phoenix-Wing Moth Emperors, and before they could get close, they fled in panic.

They were not as firm as Ku Di.

Their own lives were more important than anything.

Ku Di sighed long.

"Now you have no bargaining chips!" Li Youyi said.

Ku Di shook her head: "The wounded Li clan members haven't left yet. If I want to kill them, you can't stop me! You and the seven moth insects can beat me, but you can't trap me."

Li Youyi did not want to continue wasting time with her and asked: "Do you have Earth Spirit Ash Mist on you?"

Ku Di showed a look of surprise.

Li Youyi knew there was a chance when he saw her look: "Give me the Earth Spirit Ash Mist, and I will return Ji Di to you. I will take the wounded Li clan members and leave, and you take the heavily injured Ji Di and leave. Everyone is wary of each other, so we won't attack each other."

Ku Di's eyes remained calm: "The Earth Spirit Ash Mist is one of my trump cards, extremely precious. Why should I give it to you? Wouldn't it be better if I used it on you?"

"Ji Di, it seems she has long wanted to be Coffin Mountain One Truth."

Yellow light appeared on the sword in Li Youyi's hand, which had already sunk into the flesh of Ji Di's neck.

Ji Di hurriedly said: "It's just a bottle of Earth Spirit Ash Mist, give it to him. Anyway, there are still dozens of wounded Li clan members in our hands, he won't dare to act rashly. I can't hold on anymore... the poison is flowing toward... toward my heart pulse..."

Ku Di stared at Li Youyi.

Li Youyi transmitted his voice with magic power: "Give me your trump card, and I will deal with Ge Xiantong for Luan Sheng Lin You."

Ku Di said: "Jiang Ning couldn't kill you, so the imperial court is preparing to send Ge Xiantong to kill you himself. Your purpose in acting was to get the Earth Spirit Ash Mist to deal with the coming disaster. That explains it!"

Li Youyi said: "You guessed seven or eight out of ten! In the next three days, I will sooner or later face Ge Xiantong. If I don't want to die, I can only collect a few more trump cards. Give me the Earth Spirit Ash Mist; what if I actually succeed in a sneak attack?"

"I... I really... can't hold on..."

Ji Di could not mobilize magic power to protect his body, and his golden skin had turned dark gold.

Ku Di took out a small porcelain bottle and threw it to Li Youyi: "Release him!"

Li Youyi grabbed the small porcelain bottle, opened it carefully, probed it with intent, and asked: "How do you use it?"

Ku Di said: "Activate it with magic power, and the liquid Earth Spirit Ash Spring will transform into Earth Spirit Ash Mist and permeate the air."

"Sounds like it's easy to hurt yourself," Li Youyi said.

Ku Di said: "If it weren't, I would have used it on you last night!"

"Bang!"

Li Youyi kicked Ji Di over.

With the injuries and poison on Ji Di, he wouldn't be able to participate in the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival for the next three days.

Half an hour later.

Li Youyi sent the dozens of wounded Five Seas Realm Li clan Wu Xiu to the outer city gate.

"Many thanks to Young Master Li for your great kindness."

"Be careful, Sister Li Ling and the others have fled to the North City! After the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival, we will definitely visit and thank you."

"You must be careful of Luan Sheng Lin You, he is too terrifying... Why don't you come with us?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 236 =====