Chapter 85: Defeating Hidden Nine, Confronting Yang Shenjing

"What about the others? What is the meaning of their existence? To continue fighting for their lives for a quota that is destined to be unattainable?" Li Youyi said.

"Entering the Hidden Sect is like entering hell. Without this psychological preparation, they are not qualified to appear here."

Hidden Twenty-Four suddenly had a thought in her mind and laughed: "If you are so compassionate, then go and comprehend the battle tactics and thoughts of the Nine Li God, and defeat the three people on the telekinetic wall painting. You will directly become a Divine Hidden One, and the quota for Hidden Twenty-Six will naturally become vacant."

Becoming a Divine Hidden One directly—how easy is that?

The Nine Li Hidden Sect hadn't produced such a person for over a dozen sixty-year cycles.

She felt that the reason Li Youyi said such words just now was because of Yao Yin. Not killing her in the spider cave, and then intercepting Li Qing to save her—his intentions were clear.

A Pure Immortal Body having such charm was not a strange thing.

Which hero doesn't love beauty?

"Alright, then I'll give it a try."

Li Youyi walked toward the telekinetic stone wall; he had long wanted to spar with those three.

Hidden Twenty-Four followed quickly, feeling very curious: who was stronger, this unfathomable freak or Hidden Nine?

Li Youyi always had an unyielding spirit and was full of fighting spirit in the face of all challenges.

Arriving beneath the telekinetic stone wall, he pressed his palm slowly onto it.

"Whoosh!"

The stone wall vibrated slightly, and the spirit light, magic Qi, and scriptures inside gathered rapidly, condensing into a human-shaped wall painting.

The thirteen-year-old Hidden Nine walked out of the wall painting, holding a giant axe, and asked: "Are you ready?"

Li Youyi felt the aura on him, which was far more powerful than Li Qing's, very similar to when he faced the Four-Winged Spider King: "I'll go first!"

"Boom!"

He stepped on the ground, and magic Qi surged out from beneath his feet.

Li Youyi flew several zhang, stepped on the void, and his first sword was with all his might, performing the Heavenly Dao Law Convergence level Universe Wishful Sword, wanting to weigh Hidden Nine's strength.

Hidden Nine raised his head slightly, and in his half-virtual, half-real pupils appeared over a hundred sword shadows.

"Opening Heaven and Earth!"

The first axe of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Demon Axes.

"Bang! Bang."

Sword and axe collided, like metal striking metal violently time and time again, sparking large flames.

Within ten-plus zhang, strong Qi energy appeared.

Hidden Nine was forced to retreat one step to resolve Li Youyi's aggressive sword momentum.

The next instant, the two collided violently again.

"Hidden Nine actually retreated!" Hidden Twenty-Four was incredulous.

Among their batch of Hidden Ones, no one had ever been able to make Hidden Nine retreat even half a step in the Nine Springs Ancestral Field realm.

In the medicinal diet kitchen, the two old men who were preparing to play chess stopped temporarily and looked at the two figures fighting fiercely on the plaza in the distance.

The old man said: "Could it be that another ultimate human has emerged?"

"Hard to say, hard to say... at least in physical strength, he is no weaker than Hidden Nine," the old man guarding the gate said.

They were both Nine Springs Supreme Humans; some had only eighty-plus meridians in their bodies, while others could reach ninety-plus.

The number of meridians in humans and deviant race members did not differ much, all in the range of eighty-one to ninety-nine. One hundred meridians was almost the limit recorded.

But the Pure Immortal Body had a much greater advantage than humans and deviant race members. After opening Nine Springs, almost all could reach over ninety meridians. Those who were particularly stunning could exceed one hundred.

Every extra one was an extra point of advantage.

The old man said: "It seems somewhat evenly matched. It seems it still depends on who has practiced more Heavenly Dao Law Convergence moves, whose breathing technique is stronger, and who uses magic Qi more exquisitely... Hidden Nine's situation is somewhat bad..."

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

……

Li Youyi liked to use fast attacks after gaining the upper hand, continuously expanding his advantage, and finally crushing his opponent with overwhelming force.

After Hidden Nine retreated that step, he never took another step forward.

Suddenly!

Hidden Nine's body glowed brightly, becoming much more solid, and he swung an axe full of thick magic Qi.

It was clear that the telekinetic stone wall was simulating the combat power level of Hidden Nine when he mobilized the massive amount of magic Qi in his Ancestral Field.

Li Youyi had opened the Wind Mansion, but the Wind Mansion was only a small Qi Sea and could only exert a supreme strike. This strike naturally could not be used easily and had to be used at the most critical moment.

"Let me test how strong your combat power is when you open the Ancestral Field."

Li Youyi became more excited as he fought, his heart filled with pride, and he didn't dodge or evade, going to hard-receive the battle axe Hidden Nine slashed down.

"Boom!"

Sword and axe collided.

The stone slabs beneath their feet exploded, and a wave of magic Qi expanded violently.

The branches and leaves of the Purple Forest in the distance rustled.

Li Youyi finally couldn't bear it and flew backward for two zhang. Just as his toes touched the ground, he shot out again, swinging his sword to open the sea, hard-fighting Hidden Nine's Ancestral Field magic power, his sharp eyes filled with an invincible spirit of "I am the world's number one."

Hidden Twenty-Four had long been holding her breath: "He... he seems not to have mobilized Ancestral Field magic power to enhance his combat power. Can he still hard-fight Hidden Nine like this? He is too contemptuous of Hidden Nine!"

If it were a real duel, this would be pure contempt.

She dared not imagine that Li Youyi actually only had Eight Springs cultivation and had no Ancestral Field magic power to mobilize.

The old man asked nervously: "How many rounds have they fought?"

The old man guarding the gate didn't count and said: "Hidden Nine's Ancestral Field magic power is about to run out; he will definitely be defeated within five moves."

The old man felt his mouth go dry: "This kid hasn't even used Ancestral Field magic power yet. Could it be that he is truly going to become the first break-the-rules Divine Hidden One in over a dozen sixty-year cycles?"

"Slash!"

"Slash again!"

"Third slash!"

Li Youyi slashed out three Heavenly Dao Law Convergence level Taiyi Sea-Opening swords in succession, each sword's momentum stronger than the last. With the third sword, he actually used his pure momentum and fighting spirit to drive the power of the sword move to increase by ten or twenty percent.

"Bang!"

Hidden Nine's light shadow shattered and burst open, turning into light points and flying back into the telekinetic stone wall.

Hidden Twenty-Four, who was almost suffocated, only then took a long breath and slowly exhaled.

Hidden Twenty-Three and Hidden Twenty-Five were startled by the huge momentum and rushed over, staring at the figure on the plaza with wide eyes.

"What did we miss?" Hidden Twenty-Three said.

Hidden Twenty-Four was silent for a long time before saying: "Missed slaughtering a god."

In the eyes of these Hidden Ones, Hidden Nine, who was in the Nine Springs realm, was truly like a god, bringing them a sense of decadence that they could never defeat.

Hidden Twenty-Five said: "Hidden Nine is the ultimate human physique in the Gushing Spring realm. Defeating him with a human body is indeed equivalent to slaughtering a god. If he becomes Hidden Twenty-Six, he will definitely be a hot favorite for a Divine Hidden One."

Hidden Twenty-Four laughed: "Don't you realize yet? He is not competing for Hidden Twenty-Six, but to directly become a Divine Hidden One and become our leader."

Hidden Twenty-Three and Hidden Twenty-Five were both shocked.

"No, he has no chance. Hidden Nine is the human limit, possessing all-silver meridians. In terms of physique alone, he can challenge a Pure Immortal Body with all-silver meridians. But he was only thirteen years old at the time, his body was not fully developed, and the number of Heavenly Dao Law Convergence moves he practiced was limited, so his combat power had a clear gap compared to a Pure Immortal Body with all-silver meridians," Hidden Twenty-Three analyzed.

Li Youyi's arms were in splitting pain, his Qi and blood were churning, and he hurriedly sat cross-legged, practicing the breathing technique to recover his state.

He wanted to fight again!

"Although I haven't practiced the Ancestral Field and cannot borrow a large amount of magic power to enhance my combat power, my Jade Void Breathing Technique mobilizes magic power faster, continuous and endless, which can compensate for some gaps to a certain extent."

Half an hour later.

Li Youyi's state recovered to its peak, and he pressed his palm onto the telekinetic stone wall again.

"Whoosh!"

Inside the stone wall, brighter spirit light, magic Qi, and scriptures gathered like countless silk threads.

A brand-new wall painting appeared, his body handsome and majestic, far taller than the thirteen-year-old Hidden Nine, holding a zhang-long spear, stepping out of the stone wall.

The spear in his hand shook, and ripples of magic Qi erupted from the spear tip.

In the medicinal diet kitchen in the distance, the old man reminded: "It's the all-silver meridian Pure Immortal Body, Yang Shenjing."

Li Youyi was surprised: "The number one powerhouse in Lizhou, Sect Master of the Sui Sect, Yang Shenjing?"

"It is him. This telekinetic wall painting was bought many years ago. Yang Shenjing happened to have practiced one hundred meridians, which is the threshold for an all-silver meridian Pure Immortal Body in the Gushing Spring realm. Defeating him means you have passed the second level," the old man said.

The old man guarding the gate said: "Don't mislead that kid! The number of meridians does affect a Wu Xiu's combat power, but a few more or a few less will never be the deciding factor of victory or defeat. When Yang Shenjing was young, he swept across the entire Southern Region, without a single opponent, and his battle tactics were already very seasoned in the Gushing Spring realm."

Yang Shenjing had defeated six tribe chiefs of the Nine Li tribe in succession, with brilliant achievements. How could Li Youyi dare to underestimate him?

He attacked first with one sword!

Yang Shenjing was as steady as a divine mountain, shaking the long spear in his hand.

Where the spear tip pointed, all of Li Youyi's attack angles were sealed, bringing the advantage of "one inch long, one inch strong" to the extreme.

The next instant, the long spear swung out like an iron rod, and the shadows of the rod filled the sky, enveloping Li Youyi.

"Boom!"

Li Youyi hard-fought one strike to test his strength.

As the sword edge touched the rod shadows, Li Youyi immediately felt the essential difference between an all-silver meridian Pure Immortal Body and an all-silver meridian human. Yang Shenjing's strength was too strong, surpassing Hidden Nine by a notch.

He could definitely lift the Five Seas Pillar in the Gushing Spring realm.

"Cannot hard-fight."

Li Youyi's arm was in pain and numb, and he hurriedly performed his movement technique to dodge and retreat, opening the distance.

And after the distance was opened, it was even more suitable for the long spear's offensive. Yang Shenjing pursued, the zhang-long weapon in his hand like a living dragon, stirring up a magic Qi vortex, tightly enveloping Li Youyi in front.

Li Youyi knew he couldn't escape and immediately mobilized the magic Qi in the Wind Mansion, turned around, and stabbed out with one sword.

At the same time, he stepped out with the Clear Void Cicada-Chasing Step.

"Swish! Swish!"

After breaking the magic Qi vortex, the sword edge grazed the spear shaft, and spirit light sparks flew.

Li Youyi's sword strike had an extremely clear purpose: to stab directly at Yang Shenjing's glabella.

But all his calculations seemed to be seen through by the other party. Yang Shenjing's body suddenly became incomparably bright, mobilizing Ancestral Field magic power, and struck with one palm, releasing a magic Qi giant palm print, the palm power as heavy as heaven and earth.

"Bang!"

The Yellow Dragon Sword was knocked off course and almost flew out of his hand.

Li Youyi had to bite his teeth, mobilize the magic Qi in his meridians, and hurriedly form a palm print to hard-fight Yang Shenjing with one palm.

His body slid backward for five zhang, his entire arm lost sensation, a trace of blood hung from the corner of his mouth, and when the long spear stabbed again, he could only shout the two words "I admit defeat."

Yang Shenjing turned and walked into the telekinetic stone wall.

The old man was more indignant than anyone else, slapping the railing heavily: "Oh... why didn't you use Ancestral Field magic power to meet the enemy? Yang Shenjing is very strong, but he is not invincible. Hidden Nine could fight him back and forth until his Ancestral Field magic power was exhausted."

The old man guarding the gate said gloomily: "Perhaps, he hasn't practiced the Ancestral Field yet."

The old man turned his head to stare at him, then jumped out of the medicinal diet kitchen and appeared beside Li Youyi after a few leaps, pointing to his Ancestral Field position.

Retreating three steps, he looked at Li Youyi as if he had seen a ghost.

"Little Twenty-Four, protect him well during the trial."

Leaving these words behind, the old man and the old man guarding the gate walked toward the mountain gate, no longer having the mood to play chess.

The three Hidden Ones were all digesting the shock in their hearts. Could it be that he only had Eight Springs cultivation?

On the other side, Li Youyi left dejectedly, his mood extremely depressed, his chest feeling as uncomfortable as if a mountain were pressing on it.

Yao Yin, who was waiting by the Blood Tree Forest, saw him return safely, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and stepped forward: "How was it?"

"Lost... completely defeated, there was no chance of winning at all, the other party seemed to have no weaknesses or flaws..."

Li Youyi muttered to himself, as if he didn't see Yao Yin at all, passed by her, and walked toward his cave dwelling alone.

Yao Yin had never seen him in such pain, and her heart felt somewhat uncomfortable. Seeing Hidden Twenty-Four chasing after him to the Blood Tree Forest, she asked: "What's wrong with him? He seems to have suffered a severe blow."

"He suffered a blow?"

Hidden Twenty-Four was so angry that her teeth itched. Who exactly suffered a blow? She said: "You didn't see how he displayed his divine power to defeat Hidden Nine earlier."

In Yao Yin's crescent-like beautiful eyes, there was a look of surprise. It should be known that ordinary Nine Springs Supreme Humans couldn't even withstand one move from Hidden Nine.

"Then why did he say he lost?" Yao Yin couldn't understand.

Hidden Twenty-Four said: "Lost to the all-silver meridian Pure Immortal Body, Yang Shenjing."

Yao Yin couldn't understand even more: "For a human to lose to a Pure Immortal Body in the same realm is a very normal thing. More importantly, that is the all-silver meridian Pure Immortal Body, the top of the Pure Immortal Body, the number one person in Lizhou, Yang Shenjing. What is there to be sad about?"

Hidden Twenty-Four stared deeply at Yao Yin. Pure Immortal Bodies are indeed all proud, but... you are thinking too shallowly this time!

Too lazy to explain more, Hidden Twenty-Four came to Li Youyi's cave dwelling and knocked on the stone door: "Can I come in?"

The door was open.

Hidden Twenty-Four walked in.

Li Youyi rushed out from inside and appeared before her, his eyes already restored to vigorous fighting spirit: "I just broke through, I can still practice more Heavenly Dao Law Convergence moves, I can eat Cistanche and medicinal diet to temper my physical body. I feel that if you give me a month, I will definitely be able to defeat him. By the way, I can also temper gold meridians!"

"You can also break through to the Ninth Spring!" Hidden Twenty-Four said with a black face.

Li Youyi said: "There is also the legendary Tenth Spring."

Still pushing his luck, Hidden Twenty-Four said: "I was ordered to teach you the Disguise Technique! Once you enter the Hidden Sect, you can no longer easily show yourself with your former appearance and identity; you are no longer the former you, and you no longer possess your former name."

Li Youyi asked: "Can't even a Divine Hidden One?"

"A Divine Hidden One naturally has a higher degree of freedom," Hidden Twenty-Four said.

Li Youyi said: "Then why are you telling me this?"

Hidden Twenty-Four would have retorted if she didn't know that the other party might truly be able to break the rules and become a Divine Hidden One, but now she could only endure and endure, biting her teeth and saying in a calm tone: "You are not... not a Divine Hidden One yet, so we have to follow the rules."

Li Youyi asked: "Is there a time limit for the trial?"

"Complete it within a month," Hidden Twenty-Four said.

"I am not yet an opponent of the Nine Springs all-silver meridian Pure Immortal Body, and the Long Lin Gang has two Five Seas Realm powerhouses and a large number of Seven Springs experts. This is a fierce battle," Li Youyi said.

Hidden Twenty-Four said: "I will go to Nine Licheng with you. Just two Seven Springs Five Seas Realm powerhouses."

"My meaning is, I want to retreat and practice for a period of time, at least I must be able to lift the Five Seas Pillar, practice a few more Heavenly Dao Law Convergence moves, and telekinetic practice..." Li Youyi was immersed in planning and thinking, very focused, wanting to improve his strength as much as possible.

Nine Licheng is full of dangers, and the Long Lin Gang is backed by the Yang tribe and the Sui Sect.

Hidden Twenty-Four left gracefully, taking the stone door with her: "I will come tomorrow to teach you the Disguise Technique!"

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