Chapter 91: Slaying Five-Sea Realm Experts Again

Li Youyi’s figure became blurred, like a gust of wind, as he caught up to the two Seven-Spring Wu Xiu who were attempting to flee.

With a flash of sword light, he sliced them both in half at the waist, blood splattering on the spot.

Forget about having the strength to fight back; the two Seven-Spring Wu Xiu hadn't even seen Li Youyi’s figure clearly. With such strength, who would believe he had only opened eight springs?

"No one is leaving this residence today."

Li Youyi stood tall and imposing before the three-zhang-wide bronze gate, sword dripping with blood. His gaze was disdainful as he swept it across the dozens of martial arts experts in the courtyard, possessing the aura of one man holding the pass against ten thousand.

Two martial arts experts from the Stone Gang attempted to scale the wall to escape and report the news.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Just as they leaped onto the wall, which was over two zhang high, two bright and complex formation patterns manifested out of thin air in the space above the wall, striking them down.

Amidst their screams, the two fell back, their bodies covered in blood.

Their state of death was miserable.

"How formidable, they actually triggered our formation." Shi Chuanyu remained calm.

Yin Twenty-Four said, "I merely added a talisman seal inside the formation tower. Now, the formation shrouding this entire hundred-mu residence is completely out of control. Whoever tries to break through will be attacked."

All the gang members in the courtyard looked at each other, their hearts filled with sudden panic.

Were these two ruthless people actually planning to kill them all?

Shi Chuanyu gave a secret look to Xu Changlin, then shouted loudly, "The main gate is the gap in the formation; a Seven-Spring Wu Xiu can break through. Whoever can fight their way out of the Stone Gang residence and go to the Yang Clan for help will be rewarded with one Five-Sea Pill."

"Kill!"

Magic power overflowed from every pore on Xu Changlin’s skin, as if he were turning into a cloud. His momentum was at its peak; wielding a thousand-catty heavy saber, he strode toward Li Youyi, who was guarding the main gate.

A dozen or so Seven-Spring Wu Xiu, each wielding blades and weapons, followed closely behind, their battle cries shaking the heavens.

Shi Chuanyu took out a mirror-shaped magic artifact and intercepted Yin Twenty-Four, who was flying down from the roof, to buy time for Xu Changlin.

Yin Twenty-Four knew that Li Youyi was under immense pressure, so she ignored Shi Chuanyu entirely. Riding the wind, she drifted over his head, arriving unexpectedly early to land in the open space between Xu Changlin and Li Youyi.

The thousand-catty heavy saber swung down.

A zhang-long ray of magic power erupted from the blade.

Yin Twenty-Four unleashed the Heavenly Wind Palm technique. With one strike, the entire world within several dozen zhang seemed to spin and turn.

Meeting the blade with her palm, a hurricane roared.

"Boom!"

The thousand-catty heavy saber was like a piece of wood; after being knocked from his grip, it flew out over Xu Changlin’s head.

Xu Changlin, a renowned Five-Sea Realm powerhouse of several decades, was struck by the palm, vomiting blood as he was thrown backward like a kite with a broken string. The heavy saber followed, crashing into the ground with a thunderous sound.

Yin Twenty-Four pursued the victory, intending to kill him quickly.

However, she saw Xu Changlin display his seasoned combat experience; he tapped his toes on the ground and quickly stabilized his figure. In the space of a breath, his Qi sea roared, and he unleashed a punch with fierce intensity.

Shi Chuanyu arrived with the mirror. After channeling it with magic power, the mirror surface shot out a scorching beam of light as thick as a bowl.

Yin Twenty-Four struck out with both palms, fighting one against two, clashing head-on with the two Five-Sea Realm experts.

"Bang!"

Xu Changlin vomited blood again, his face as pale as death, as he tumbled onto the ground like a rolling gourd.

Shi Chuanyu fared slightly better; protected by the mirror-shaped magic artifact, although his internal magic power was shaken into chaos and his chest felt tight and painful, he managed to remain standing, not as disheveled as Xu Changlin.

After Li Youyi had slain three Seven-Spring Wu Xiu and intimidated the crowd of Stone Gang experts, he was amazed to see Yin Twenty-Four unleash such a powerful palm technique, but a curious question arose in his mind.

The Heavenly Wind Palm was the fundamental martial art of the Medicine King, one of the Nine Kings.

At her age of sixteen, to have cultivated this palm technique to the Heavenly Dao Magic Harmony, and perhaps even to have comprehended the battle intent through it, she must have been practicing since childhood, not just starting after joining the Hidden Sect.

The interesting part was this: the Heavenly Dao Magic Harmony martial art that Yao Yin cultivated was also the Heavenly Wind Palm.

It was highly likely that both of them came from the Medicine Li Tribe. Added to their similar ages and the fact that Yin Twenty-Four talked too much when she was with Yao Yin, Li Youyi had reason to suspect that they had known each other for a long time, perhaps even being very close, only pretending to be strangers due to their identities.

After all, Hidden Sect members must sever their pasts.

This thought flashed through Li Youyi’s mind and vanished; there was no time to ponder it, as the situation in the courtyard had taken a new turn.

That group of green-clad eunuchs guarding the convoy’s cargo stood in the corner of the front courtyard, acting like bystanders and not participating in the slaughter at all.

Most of them had calm expressions, while some had disdain and mockery in their eyes.

"This Changlin Gang is truly a bunch of rabble; they can't even take down two children who have just entered the Five-Sea Realm," a fifty-year-old Seven-Spring Wu Xiu laughed sinisterly.

The strongest among this group was a middle-aged man who had opened eight springs. He said in a voice like a duck, "That girl is not simple; she looks like a Five-Sea expert who broke through from the Nine-Spring Supreme realm, invincible at the same level."

"What is the point of being invincible one-on-one? On the battlefield, who fights you one-on-one? One charge, and everyone is crushed into blood and mud," another green-clad eunuch said.

"Let's do it. Kill these two; we cannot allow any accidents with the cargo we are escorting."

Among the green-clad eunuchs, the middle-aged man who had opened eight springs nodded, took a white spirit banner more than two meters long from the cart, and roared, "All soldiers, listen to my command!"

"Draw your blades, form the formation."

"Whoosh!"

The spirits and energy of the thirty-three green-clad eunuchs instantly became sharp. They drew the standard battle blades from their waists and lined up in a three-column, eleven-row battle formation.

They held their blades pointing toward the sky, filled with a beauty that only comes from extreme uniformity; the tips of every blade were on the same straight line.

As the blades turned, they all turned in unison.

Thirty-three people seemed to have become one.

Driven by the magic power within their bodies, a formation pattern appeared on the green robes of all thirty-three men. Within the battle formation formed by the thirty-three patterns, a deafening roar erupted.

A humanoid shadow wielding a phoenix-beak blade manifested above the formation, six or seven meters tall, releasing an awe-inspiring aura.

All the Wu Xiu in the courtyard felt as if they were on a battlefield of thousands of troops, and they were all too scared to breathe. Even Shi Chuanyu and Xu Changlin were stunned, looking toward the battle formation in the corner, feeling the pressure.

Yin Twenty-Four retreated to Li Youyi’s side, her eyes solemn. "So you are people from the army. It seems the things in those boxes are truly not simple."

The eight-spring middle-aged man holding the white spirit banner said, "Surrender now. In front of the battle formation, your cultivation is simply not enough to look at."

Yin Twenty-Four sneered, "The Thirty-Three Character Passing Spirit Battle Formation, plus the Ghost General Spirit Banner magic artifact, is indeed very tricky, but not enough to make me surrender."

The banner-holding middle-aged man said, "An ordinary Thirty-Three Character Passing Spirit Battle Formation is composed of three Seven-Spring Wu Xiu, ten Six-Spring Wu Xiu, ten Five-Spring Wu Xiu, and ten Four-Spring Wu Xiu, arranged in a ladder-like configuration. But look at us—is there a single Four-Spring Wu Xiu among us?"

"Since she is seeking death, let's send her on her way first," a loud voice echoed from within the battle formation.

The banner-holding middle-aged man waved the spirit banner.

"Whoosh!"

Ghostly winds rose, and fierce ghosts roared.

The giant ghost general above the battle formation charged out, its phoenix-beak blade slashing down fiercely.

Yin Twenty-Four’s expression changed slightly; without reservation, she formed palm seals. Suddenly, winds blew from all eight directions in the courtyard, and the palm seals she unleashed turned into a brilliant cloud of palm power.

The phoenix-beak blade slashed through the palm power cloud like a hot knife through butter, falling straight toward her head.

Li Youyi sensed something was wrong in advance, rushed out, and collided with Yin Twenty-Four, the two of them rolling several zhang away.

"Boom!"

The phoenix-beak blade slashed into the ground, creating a deep pit, the blade sinking completely into it.

The two fled rapidly, avoiding the ghost general’s pursuit.

Li Youyi asked, "What is going on? A group of Spring-Surging Realm Wu Xiu who don't look like much, how can they be so strong after forming a battle formation? The entire Changlin Gang combined probably isn't their match."

In Li Youyi’s view, the strength of the Changlin Gang was several times that of the group of green-clad eunuchs.

The situation before him overturned his understanding.

"The Changlin Gang is just a bunch of rabble; how can they compare to the army?"

"At the same cultivation level, the Changlin Gang can only bully the weak, spending their days eating, drinking, and gambling. But people in the army train hard every day, fighting for their lives on the battlefield."

Yin Twenty-Four continued, "Battle formation soldiers train only one type of blade technique every day, and they must achieve absolute uniformity, including the uniformity of spirit, energy, and battle intent. Didn't you notice? When the ghost general swung that blade, the thirty-three green-clad eunuchs also swung their blades at the same time."

"This kind of absolute uniformity in battle tactics is also called Heavenly Dao Magic Harmony. It requires years, even over a decade, of rigorous training to achieve."

"With the assistance of the thirty-three character formation patterns, they are like one."

"This is only the Thirty-Three Character Passing Spirit Battle Formation. If you encounter a thousand-character or ten-thousand-character level battle formation, their battle intent can even manifest as cities, rivers, seas, fire plains, mountain ridges, giants, dragons, phoenixes, or starry skies... In short, the army is invincible and cannot be countered by individual strength."

Li Youyi reflected, "I should have known better than to underestimate the enemy; I should have killed a few of them before they formed the battle formation."

"I will break the formation; leave the rest to you!"

Yin Twenty-Four charged toward the battle formation formed by the thirty-three green-clad eunuchs, cut her wrist, and used her own blood to activate the Three-Headed Snake bracelet, preparing to test the power of the blood soul inside this high-level magic artifact.

"Leave it all to me?"

Li Youyi looked at the bronze gate of the residence in the distance and found several Seven-Spring Wu Xiu breaking the formation. Helpless, he had to slap his insect tube and use his true trump card.

"Woo woo!"

Seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors flapped their wings and flew out simultaneously, turning into seven colorful halos, killing all the Seven-Spring Wu Xiu who wanted to break the door and escape at an incredibly fast speed.

Dead bodies lay scattered all over the ground.

Over the past twenty days, after eating five-hundred-year-old Cistanche, they had grown a bit larger.

Li Youyi had measured their body lengths repeatedly; there was still a small gap before they reached two inches.

"It is a fierce insect; he is actually a formidable insect tamer."

Shi Chuanyu saw that the combat power of the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors was extraordinary; their wings were as fast as magic artifact swords, killing Seven-Spring Wu Xiu as easily as eating and drinking. And their speed was terrifyingly fast, not losing to Five-Sea Realm Wu Xiu.

A legendary insect tamer could fight an entire army alone and guard a city alone. How could Shi Chuanyu not be shocked?

"Whoosh!"

He held the mirror and attacked Li Youyi.

The best way to deal with a swarm of fierce insects is to kill the insect tamer.

"Swish! Swish..."

Five Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors flew from five directions, drawing winding arcs, and besieged Shi Chuanyu together.

The remaining two stayed at the main gate, killing all the gang members who rushed over.

Shi Chuanyu was not weak; he waved the mirror-shaped magic artifact, knocking the first Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperor away, hitting it heavily against a pillar of a building in the distance.

The pillar was broken.

But that Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperor acted as if nothing had happened, flapping its wings and flying up from the ground in an instant. Its body was like gold and iron, and its defensive power was so strong that even ordinary magic artifacts could not hurt them.

"Chirp!"

A membrane wing of a Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperor grazed Shi Chuanyu’s arm, instantly cutting a one-inch-deep blood wound.

Immediately after, a second blood wound, a third...

Under the siege of the five Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors, Shi Chuanyu could not defend himself at all, gradually becoming flustered, with more and more wounds on his body. The more he fought, the more horrified he felt. He sensed the terror of Li Youyi, who had the identity of an insect tamer, and the thought of fleeing immediately arose.

On the other side, Li Youyi and Xu Changlin had already fought more than a dozen moves.

Xu Changlin had been internally injured by Yin Twenty-Four earlier, and under Li Youyi’s all-out attack, he gradually fell into a disadvantage.

"Boom!"

After a full-force collision between blade and sword, both retreated.

Li Youyi took this opportunity to pinch his finger seals, mobilize the magic power in his Wind Mansion, unleash his strongest strike, and strike out with one finger.

Compassionate Aperture Opening!

The battle saber in Xu Changlin’s hand was too clumsy to swing in time, so he had to form palm seals, his internal magic power spraying out wildly from his palms, colliding with Li Youyi’s finger.

"Pfft!"

Xu Changlin’s palm was pierced through.

A beam-like finger force, after piercing the back of his hand, landed on his chest, creating a transparent blood hole the size of a wine cup.

Xu Changlin screamed and staggered backward.

He first looked at his shattered palm, then looked down at his pierced chest, his pupils filled with despair, and he fell straight down.

Li Youyi was naturally not feeling well after clashing head-on with a Five-Sea Realm expert; he was hit by Xu Changlin’s palm force and crashed through a wall, and it took a long time before he could climb up with difficulty.

With bloodstains on the corners of his mouth, he walked to Xu Changlin’s corpse, and only after confirming he was dead did he let out a long sigh of relief.

Fighting two Five-Sea Realm experts in succession was extremely dangerous and came at a high price.