Chapter 90: Slashing the Five Seas

Li Youyi only felt that the opponent's fist was like a ten-thousand-jin metal war hammer, with power so great it seemed capable of piercing a city wall.

Just as they collided, his entire arm felt incomparably painful, and his body flew backward.

At this moment, only one thought was in his mind: "I've been tricked by Yin Twenty-Four. Even if the Five Seas Realm is only the first realm, its power is not to be underestimated; it's a notch higher than the Yang Spirit Realm where all hundred veins are silver. This Tang Yan is not something my current cultivation can rival; there is no chance of winning."

Tang Yan was in a much more wretched state than Li Youyi. With a series of thuds, he crushed the bricks and stones under his feet, his face instantly turned pale, and his five fingers, which had been clenched into a fist, were in so much pain he couldn't even grip.

Who was this sacred being he had provoked?

The opponent was definitely at the Five Seas Realm, without a doubt.

After Yin Twenty-Four entered the Long Lin Gang headquarters, she leaped to the roof of the three-story main council hall, stepping on the glazed tiles, occupying the best vantage point to overlook the entire mansion and find the hub of the formation.

Seeing that Li Youyi had actually gained the upper hand in the first clash with a Five Seas Realm expert, she couldn't help but be secretly shocked.

Although one was a sneak attack and the other was a hurried defense.

But this was crossing a major realm!

She knew that the Yin Lord's true trial for Li Youyi was not the Long Lin Gang at all, nor had he ever thought that Li Youyi could wipe out the Long Lin Gang.

Although Tang Yan's power was stronger than the Yang Spirit Realm, Li Youyi would definitely lose if he went head-to-head with him. But Li Youyi still had artifacts he could use, such as the silver-thread gloves he wore on both hands; after activation, they could increase his palm power by two or three tenths.

That palm just now was thanks to the blessing of the silver-thread gloves that he was able to suppress Tang Yan.

With magic power circulating, the pain in his arm instantly disappeared. Li Youyi drew the Yellow Dragon Sword hidden inside his invisibility clothes and, stepping on the Clear Void Cicada-Chasing Steps, attacked Tang Yan.

Tang Yan's arm hadn't recovered as quickly as Li Youyi's, and seeing the sky full of sword light attacking, he was shocked.

Not knowing the depth of the opponent, he naturally dared not take it head-on and immediately retreated to dodge.

Li Youyi was only afraid that he would have high fighting spirit and a tenacious will to fight. As long as he had fear and cowardice in his heart, then his Five Seas Realm cultivation would probably only be able to exert seven or eight tenths of its power.

After dodging six or seven moves in a row, Tang Yan noticed that this artifact war sword looked somewhat familiar.

But Li Youyi didn't give him any time to think, each sword faster than the last.

"Rip!"

A yellow light flashed, and the tip of the sword tore a long gash in the clothes on Tang Yan's chest.

It was only a hair's breadth away from wounding him.

"Such powerful cultivation and speed; it seems my realm is still too low, even like this I can't hurt him." Li Youyi's eyes were grave, the pressure in his heart growing, very worried that Xu Changlin would arrive the next moment.

Tang Yan looked at the tear in his chest robe, his heart trembling with fear, and he fled even more frantically: "Who on earth are you? Our Long Lin Gang has a backer; the Yang Clan and the Sui Sect are famous in Lizhou. You had better weigh whether you can afford to offend us!"

"The Deputy Leader has such a poor memory. It's only been two months, and you've forgotten the ugly act of your Long Lin Gang seizing my mansion?"

Li Youyi had previously gone to the mansion where he once lived and found that it had changed owners and become a stronghold for the Long Lin Gang.

Tang Yan had done many things of seizing by force, and for a moment, he couldn't remember who this opponent in front of him was.

A slight distraction.

Li Youyi stabbed his sword below his collarbone, the tip sinking in a full inch deep.

Sword Qi and magic power invaded his body, and pain spread throughout Tang Yan's entire body.

Tang Yan screamed and retreated, roaring: "Others have already killed their way into the headquarters; what are you all standing there for? Everyone, attack together!"

"Pinning your hopes on a group of Spring-Surge Realm gang members to save you? With such a state of mind, how could you be my opponent?"

Li Youyi no longer had any fear or awe of Five Seas Realm martial arts practitioners in his heart. Seizing the opportunity, he unleashed the Taiyi Sea-Opening, which was at the level of Heavenly Dao Law Integration.

A sword stroke drew a bright yellow light a zhang long.

Tang Yan let out a long whistle, mobilized the magic Qi in his Qi Sea with all his might, and threw both fists, sending out two waves of fist energy.

It was a fist technique at the level of Heavenly Dao Law Integration.

"Boom!"

The sword Qi tore through the fist energy light waves, but there was still residual energy impacting Li Youyi, and his body flew backward uncontrollably.

The magic Qi intensity of a Five Seas Realm martial arts practitioner was definitely not comparable to that of the Spring-Surge Realm.

This all-out clash shattered a small building above the two of them, beams and pillars collapsed, and tiles and bricks fell to the ground. The momentum was so overbearing that martial arts practitioners below the Seventh Spring fled one after another, scared out of their wits.

Two Five Seas Realm experts fighting, the aftermath alone could kill ordinary Spring-Surge Realm martial arts practitioners; they dared not get involved.

Tang Yan recognized the sword just now, his eyes staring fixedly at the semi-transparent figure, and he said in shock: "It's you, you've broken through to the Five Seas?"

Li Youyi had just landed on the ground.

Seven Long Lin Gang members holding heavy crossbows fired flying needle arrows without any sound of breaking wind.

"Ding ding!"

Li Youyi was not what he used to be; how could he still take such an attack seriously? He waved his long sword, and the thick magic Qi and sword shadows formed a spherical air shield.

All the incoming crossbow arrows fell to the ground.

"Whoosh!"

He drew a circle with his arm, and wisps of magic Qi surged from his sleeves, rolling up the crossbow arrows on the ground, which then flew out like a rainstorm.

Amidst screams, all seven crossbow-wielding gang members fell to the ground, their bodies covered in countless blood holes.

After Tang Yan recognized Li Youyi, all fear in his heart vanished. Even if he had really broken through to the Five Seas Realm, it was only the initial success of the realm, while he had been bitterly cultivating in the Five Seas Realm for more than twenty years.

He took out a silver ruler artifact and injected magic power to activate it; instantly, a dazzling silver light illuminated the entire front yard.

The silver ruler was swung, and a waterfall of light beams rushed toward Li Youyi with the momentum of a landslide, cracking the stone slabs on the ground inch by inch wherever it passed.

"Using an artifact at the Five Seas Realm, it actually has such power?"

Li Youyi immediately took out the Ghost Flag, used his arm as a flagpole to wave it, and injected his Eighth Spring magic power with all his might.

Amidst the fluttering sound of the Ghost Flag, a large amount of black underworld mist surged out, turning the front yard into a gloomy and terrifying ghost realm. A suit-wearing ghost shadow, a zhang tall, walked out from the flag, holding a war halberd, erupting with terrifying cold air that could turn summer into winter.

The ground within a dozen zhang was covered in frost.

Every time Li Youyi broke through a realm, the power erupted when activating the Ghost Flag was different.

This very faint suit-wearing ghost shadow was being activated for the first time, and Li Youyi himself was somewhat surprised.

After the waterfall of light beams swung by Tang Yan collided with the suit-wearing ghost shadow, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, not stirring up a single ripple. Just as he was stunned by the momentum on the ghost shadow, Li Youyi's sword light arrived in front of him.

"Pfft!"

Tang Yan tried his best but couldn't dodge it, and was pierced through the chest by the sword.

"Awoo... If I'm going to die, we die together!"

Tang Yan let out a miserable howl, actually enduring the pain in his chest, and swung the ruler toward Li Youyi's head.

The distance was too close, and no one expected that at this moment of death, Tang Yan would erupt with such a terrifying fighting will. Li Youyi had no choice but to abandon his sword and roll to the left to dodge.

Before he could get up, a sharp and overbearing power fluctuation, accompanied by Xu Changlin's roar, slashed over.

"Boom!"

It was a dark, profound artifact war saber, which slashed a groove several meters long into the ground where Li Youyi had just rolled.

Just by touching the saber Qi, the semi-transparent night-traveling clothes on Li Youyi's body couldn't withstand it and appeared with several cracks.

Long Lin Gang leader Xu Changlin, although also at the first realm of the Five Seas, had combat power clearly above Tang Yan's. The war saber in his hand was not only an artifact but also a supreme heavy weapon, weighing more than a thousand jin.

Once it landed on the body, even diamond bones would be smashed to pieces.

Besides Xu Changlin, more than a dozen Seventh Spring level gang experts rushed out together, each with overflowing magic Qi, vigorous spirit and energy, clearly all powerful figures who had been through many battles.

Tang Yan sat paralyzed on the ground, blood constantly flowing from his chest, his mouth making a sound like a broken bellows: "He... he is Li Youyi, he pierced my lung Qi Sea, abolished my Five Seas Realm cultivation... kill him, tear him into ten thousand pieces."

Li Youyi rushed over a step before Xu Changlin, grabbed the hilt of the sword, pulled it out, and then swung another sword arc.

"Pfft!"

Tang Yan's head left his neck and flew toward Xu Changlin, who couldn't dodge in time and caught it in his hand.

Tang Yan, sitting on the ground, had a three-zhang-high blood fountain spraying from his neck.

A Five Seas Realm expert was actually slashed just like that!

Xu Changlin was furious, murderous intent exposed in his eyes, and he casually threw Tang Yan's head on the ground like a watermelon: "Li Youyi, the Shi Gang has been looking for you for many days. Since you came to die yourself, I, Xu, will definitely fulfill your wish."

Surrounded, Li Youyi was not panicked at all, but sneered: "Why did the Long Lin Gang change its name?"

"It was just changed! Xu Changlin has already passed the position of gang leader to me, Shi."

A large sound of footsteps arose, and Shi Chuanyu brought another team of people, dressed as a scholar, looking elegant at forty or fifty years old, appearing behind Li Youyi.

Li Youyi naturally recognized him, the flag leader of the Long Lin Gang with Eighth Spring cultivation; he was one of those who chased him along the Sui River.

"It looks like Gang Leader Shi has actually broken through to the Five Seas. The gang is really a place where strength is king; just breaking one realm is the difference between a subordinate and a gang leader, even the gang name has to be changed because of you," Li Youyi said.

"It's all the Young Lady's cultivation."

Shi Chuanyu had a strong feminine aura and was also a eunuch, with a smile of planning on his face: "Eighth Spring breaking into the Five Seas, even if Xu Changlin and Tang Yan had cultivated in the Five Seas Realm for twenty or thirty years, they still couldn't compare. What about you? It looks like you haven't broken through to the Five Seas, but rather you are still at the Nine Spring Realm."

Two months ago, Li Youyi slashed the Eighth Spring Pure Immortal Body Xue Zheng with his sword, causing a stir in Yao Guan, and everyone called him a Nine Spring Supreme.

Shi Chuanyu naturally didn't believe that Li Youyi had broken into the Five Seas from the Nine Springs; otherwise, how could killing a Tang Yan be so laborious?

He believed more that Li Youyi had borrowed the incredible artifact war treasure on his body.

In history, there were many examples of inheritance seeds cultivated by ten-million-family gates borrowing powerful artifacts to slash Five Seas Realm experts at the Nine Spring Supreme Realm. Not to mention the distant ones, the number one person in Lizhou, Yang Shenjing, had once severely wounded a Five Seas Realm expert and almost killed him while at the Nine Spring Supreme Realm.

"The Xue Clan has a bounty of five thousand Spring-Surge Coins for his head. You and I will join forces to kill him; how about a four-six split of the reward?" Xu Changlin suggested.

Shi Chuanyu smiled: "The rewards from the Yang Clan and the Xue Clan all go to you, the artifact on his body goes to me."

Li Youyi looked around; all escape routes were sealed by Seventh Spring martial arts practitioners, and the two Five Seas Realm powerhouses had locked onto him with wisps of magic Qi mist. As long as he moved, he would immediately attract the two supreme killing forces from the front and back.

"Is Eighth Spring breaking into the Five Seas very strong?" Yin Twenty-Four's crisp voice came from the three-story glazed tile roof.

She sat on it, not invisible, wearing a black suit.

Li Youyi shouted to her: "The Long Lin Gang is already gone; is my mission over? Or, you kill this Gang Leader Shi and let Xu Changlin be the gang leader again?"

One against two, fighting two Five Seas Realm experts?

Li Youyi would be crazy to fight hard alone.

Shi Chuanyu's attention was attracted by Yin Twenty-Four on the roof, and he laughed heartily: "Eighth Spring breaking into the Five Seas is, of course, very strong."

While speaking, Shi Chuanyu spat out a flying sword condensed from magic Qi. The flying sword was as bright as a light trace, both powerful and surprisingly victorious.

"Boom!"

Yin Twenty-Four slapped out a palm, and a cloud of magic Qi in her palm shattered the flying sword.

She stood up, her figure slender and tall, but she had a terrifying aura that stood as high as the heavens and earth, her tone cold: "Just now I went to the backyard to investigate and found that many young girls and young boys were being held. Listening to the conversations of those gang members, the young girls will be sent to various brothels in Nine Li City, and the young boys will be sent to be offered to a great demon to become the great demon's snack."

"So, whether it's the Long Lin Gang or the Shi Gang, they are simply unforgivable. We don't need to be soft-hearted; let's join forces to wipe them out today!"

Shi Chuanyu realized that the black-clothed girl was not to be trifled with and immediately dispatched two Seventh Spring martial arts practitioners, telling them to rush to the Sui Sect and the Yang Clan for help at the fastest speed.

The Dragon Gate had sent dozens of crates of important items to the Shi Gang, and with danger appearing here, the Five Seas Realm experts of the Sui Sect and the Yang Clan would definitely arrive at the first moment.