Chapter 279

Li Li Youyi's Jade Void Breathing Method was extremely remarkable; his magic energy recovery speed was several times that of other martial cultivators, and even when encountering the magic energy stripping of powerhouses like the Bone Bird King "Shanglie," he could still absorb the magic energy of heaven and earth.

He quickly recovered the severely depleted magic energy in his Five Seas and Wind Mansion.

At the same time, the magic power of the Ten Springs surged together, continuously converting into "Qi."

The scriptures on the jade boat flickered, fast as a streak of light, flying a few zhang off the ground, seeking low hills to hide from the attacks from the sky.

This treasure was no small matter; Li Li Youyi severely suspected it might be close to a Ten-Thousand-Character Artifact.

"Caw!"

A large, loud sound of crows rang out from the right front.

Dark red demon energy rose from a ground fissure several miles long, condensing into clouds.

Inside the demon clouds were countless crow shadows.

They did not have the massive bodies and intimidating aura of Yingji and Shanglie, but their numbers were vast; each was the size of a winnowing basket, with sharp beaks and talons all metallicized, and eyes like two egg-sized fireballs.

At this moment, it was Li Li Youyi's turn to steer the jade boat again.

Qin Qian was exhausted and was breathing and exhaling desperately.

Li Li Youyi looked at the Candle Shadow Demon Crows coming in a sky-covering wave, his heart sinking suddenly, and he changed the jade boat's flight direction to avoid them. At the same time, he prepared to activate his Prefect's official robes to escape underground again.

"Has Old Zhuo actually caught up or not?"

Li Li Youyi increasingly suspected that Old Zhuo had lost him, his heartstrings tightening, and his sense of crisis was stronger than ever before. Just at this moment, the injuries in his body worsened, sending waves of sharp pain.

"This is the Qiuzhou territory; how can the demon clan be so unscrupulous?" he said.

The Longevity Martial Prohibition Order only restricted internal strife among the major human forces; it did not restrict the human tycoons of the Longevity Realm from dealing with the demon clan.

Qin Qian, sitting in meditation, was pale, looking from time to time at Yingji and Shanglie, who were chasing closer and closer, and then at the demon clouds formed by the Candle Shadow Demon Crows, saying: "After the underground strangeness erupted, the demon clan, the Ash Spirits, the Departed Spirits, and the evil sects became active in this region. The reasons behind this are not for us juniors to fathom."

"Boom!"

A "Z"-shaped bolt of lightning tore through heaven and earth, blindingly bright, splitting a small hill and sending earth and stone flying as it sank downward.

The jade boat, flying around the side of the hill, was hit by countless stones, causing a large number of light ripples to appear.

Li Li Youyi was under even greater pressure, feeling a hair-raising sense of crisis, and shouted: "Come here, hold onto me tightly."

Qin Qian had long guessed that Li Li Youyi had some kind of incredible trump card, and that knocking her out earlier must have been because he didn't want her to know. She walked over quickly, hugging Li Li Youyi's arm tightly from behind, and whispered: "Tell me in advance before you knock me out."

"……" Li Li Youyi said.

A dozen miles from the jade boat, three figures—two men and one woman—rushed out from underground. Their movement speed was extremely fast, appearing on a low hill and looking out into the distance.

They were the three Dharma Kings of the Earth Wolf King Army.

Shi Shi Liuyu's body was thin and withered, with green eyes, a green crew cut, and wide robes; he giggled in a sinister, evil way: "Good kid, you play even wilder than me. Every time, the women you bring are different, and the key is that the quality is damn high—even among pure immortal bodies, they are top-tier goods."

As he spoke, he swallowed his saliva wildly.

The other two were Shi Shi Jiuzhai and Shi Shi Qiqing.

Shi Shi Jiuzhai smiled: "This kid has quite a connection with me; why don't we save him?"

Shi Shi Qiqing stood on the other side of Shi Shi Liuyu, her pink hair nearly two meters long, floating in the air, and her fragrance could spread for miles. She wore a chest-wrapping colorful garment, and the large expanse of skin above her twin peaks, as well as her flat, snow-white lower abdomen, were completely exposed—extremely graceful and sexy.

Slender silver chains were wrapped around her waist.

The chains were strung with tiny rose flower ornaments, winding all the way down to her slender jade legs, making tinkling sounds in the wind.

Several strange insects were perched on her, all of commander level.

She smiled like silver bells: "What a powerful jade boat artifact; in the imperial court, it must be top-tier, right? If I had one like that, I would have a certain degree of confidence in saving my life when encountering Longevity Realm tycoons."

"After all, he is a God-Hidden person of the Nine Li Hidden Sect; the treasures he holds are indeed not something we can compare to," Shi Shi Jiuzhai said.

Shi Shi Qiqing said solemnly: "Yingji and Shanglie are no ordinary characters; both have cultivated Dao Fruits and are not to be trifled with. Sixth Brother, you are the First Head of the Earth Wolf King Army; what do you say? This sister listens to you!"

"Old Nine?"

Shi Shi Jiuzhai said: "If we're going to save him, then stop talking nonsense and do it; don't be wishy-washy."

"I'll deal with Yingji. Old Nine, you go and contain Shanglie. Seventh Sister, that demon cloud is yours! After we're done, we'll make that kid treat us... haha..."

Shi Shi Liuyu's body was like a spring; after crouching, he jumped up several dozen zhang high. A large amount of green flames surged from his body, pausing briefly in mid-air, and two magical artifacts flew out from his Ancestral Field.

One was a disc-shaped flying artifact, the other a green-tasseled long spear.

"Boom!"

He held the long spear with both hands, his speed increasing sharply, and flew toward the black cloud region where Yingji was located.

One must know that Yingji's wingspan was over sixty meters, with lightning interwoven on its body, and its momentum was extremely vigorous; there were definitely not many martial cultivators below the Longevity Realm who dared to charge at it so savagely.

Li Li Youyi heard Shi Shi Liuyu's strange laughter, turned to look, and his expression was both surprised and happy: "Dharma King Shi Liuyu is reliable; although his character is at the bottom of the Southern Region, when something happens, he really steps up."

Shi Shi Jiuzhai took out a hundred-character scripture artifact bow and arrow; the sound of the bowstring being pulled could reach ten miles away.

The magic energy ripples erupting from his thick arms spread toward the surroundings of the hill.

"Boom!"

An arrow was shot out.

Just the power of the bowstring's vibration was enough to send sand and stones flying at the top of the hill and shatter the withered grass.

The arrow broke through the air and shot toward the Bone Bird King Shanglie, but it was knocked away by its long tail bone.

Shi Shi Jiuzhai knew that the opponent's cultivation was terrifying—an existence above the seventh layer of the Dao Seed Realm—so after shooting one arrow, he immediately fled far away, shooting a second and third arrow while escaping...

A dozen ripples of energy erupted in the firmament from head-on collisions.

Following that was an ear-splitting thunderous roar; Shi Shi Liuyu fell from the firmament and crashed heavily into the ground, forming a large pit with dust flying.

Li Li Youyi steered the jade boat and flew past this spot: "Sixth Brother, if we can't beat them, let's run. Will you come and steer this jade boat artifact?"

"Shi, leave this to us."

"Sixth Brother misunderstood; this is Lu Lu Cangsheng's woman."

Li Li Youyi hurriedly explained; these Dharma Kings had no filter, and anything would be twisted once it reached their mouths.

Shi Shi Liuyu had already rushed out, but hearing this, he stopped and looked at Li Li Youyi in surprise: "You really have guts! As someone who has been there, Sixth Brother must remind you: don't just focus on the stimulation; the Thunder Heaven Sect is not to be trifled with."

"Don't talk nonsense, it's not what you think..." Li Li Youyi was speechless.

"Even your clothes are worn on her body; what else is there to explain?"

Shi Shi Liuyu laughed out loud, raised his spear, and charged into the sky.

Li Li Youyi's magic energy was severely depleted, so he let Qin Qian control the jade boat and turned to walk to the stern, observing the battle in the sky.

Yingji, Shanglie, and the demon clouds in the distance were all contained; clearly, at least three great experts of the Earth Wolf King Army had come. But just by judging the intensity of the magic energy, one could tell that these demon beasts were not simple, and the three Dharma Kings were no match.

The entire sky was interwoven with various magic energy, and the roaring sounds were incessant.

Shanglie's cry suddenly came, containing a mental attack that crossed ten miles of void and fell upon Li Li Youyi and Qin Qian.

The cry rang out as if in their minds, and Li Li Youyi's head throbbed with pain.

Qin Qian fainted directly, and the jade boat tilted and overturned, crashing heavily to the ground and plowing a groove over a dozen zhang long on the plain.

"This demon beast... what realm is it?"

Li Li Youyi's brow spirit realm emerged with a bright light, resisting with mental energy, and he gradually recovered, standing up shakily from the ground.

"Clatter!"

Dozens of Candle Shadow Demon Crows flew down from the sky.

Each one's combat power was comparable to a Five Seas Realm martial cultivator, their eyes burning with fire.

"Clang!"

Li Li Youyi drew the Yellow Dragon Sword and strode forward to meet them, unleashing the Ruyi Huo Qiankun Sword, cutting down the demon crows one by one, blood splashing on the wilderness.

On the plain, the wind became increasingly urgent.

Yellow and red leaves flew all over the sky.

A long, lingering sword hum came from the north.

The sound was very faint but extremely clear, like a vibrating string, causing the air between heaven and earth to vibrate rhythmically.

All the cultivators present felt an extraordinary aura.

"Clatter!"

Autumn leaves in the forest flew up in large areas.

The second sword hum came, from north to south; the sound was clear and loud, already very close.

The third sword hum rang out!

A sword carrying terrifying icy cold air flew past Li Li Youyi, carrying a monstrous sword intent, drawing a meteor-like trail of light straight toward Yingji in the firmament.

Where the sword passed, snowflakes flew.

The demon crows besieging Li Li Youyi were all turned into ice crystal blood mist, their bones ground to powder.

"God Snow Sword!"

Li Li Youyi narrowed his eyes and looked in the direction from which the sword had flown.

The God Snow Sword broke through the air, bright and brilliant, crashing through the black clouds and piercing Yingji's massive demon body with irresistible force, leaving a huge blood hole.

Yingji's mournful cry resounded through the clouds, and its corpse fell to the ground.

Even while falling in mid-air, the blood hole began to congeal, with a large amount of ice crystals appearing.

The Bone Bird King Shanglie knew who had come, and fear appeared in its eyes; when the sword hum rang out, it flapped its bone wings, wanting to escape.

"Shanglie!"

Tang Tang Wanzhou called out softly, like a death-summoning sound.

She came from the north; with every step she took, the ground beneath her feet turned into a hundred zhang of ice and snow. Arriving on the high-ground wilderness where Li Li Youyi was, she pinched a sword formula.

After the God Snow Sword pierced Yingji, it drew an arc and killed Shanglie with one strike.

The demon body was split in two, blood staining the dim twilight.

This added even more horror to this land full of tombstones and grave mounds.

"Clang!"

The God Snow Sword flew back into Tang Tang Wanzhou's hand.

Her blue hair tie, tied in a ponytail, swayed in the wind; she was heroic and tall, waving a sword toward the void.

"Whoosh—"

A bright sword energy flew out, connecting from east to west, clearing the demon clouds in the firmament, and all the Candle Shadow Demon Crows turned into flesh and flying feathers.

The whole world became quiet as a result.

Only the wind was urgent, and the sound of leaves was noisy.

(End of chapter)