Chapter 718: Come on

As the big-headed doll casually tossed the two tattered Door God puppets aside, they landed on the ground. Her eyes then curiously fixed on Li Huowang.

"So you're Li Huowang?" she asked. "I'll ask you one more time: are you truly unwilling to surrender to our Great Li Kingdom?"

Li Huowang couldn't even be bothered to speak. More than ten tentacles extended from his body, pushing off the ground, and he leaped towards the big-headed doll, sword in hand.

Just as Li Huowang's long sword was about to strike the big-headed doll, the ridge beast beneath it suddenly sprang to life, opening its massive, bloody maw and lunging towards Li Huowang's abdomen.

However, Li Sui's tentacles emerged from Li Huowang's abdomen, firmly grappling the ridge beast's body and allowing Li Huowang to focus without wasting energy on the lower threat. At that moment, the Purple Tassel Sword in his hand was less than three inches from the big-headed doll's head.

With a soft 'snap', the big-headed doll's head suddenly flew off as if it had grown wings, revealing a middle-aged woman beneath. Facing Li Huowang, who was attempting to kill her, the woman looked at him with a blank expression. The moment their gazes were about to meet, Li Huowang suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

He didn't know what this woman was, but Li Huowang instinctively sensed extreme danger. The moment their gazes met, Li Huowang instantly recognized the feeling. "No, it's Heart-Turbidity!"

This was a trap.

"Close your eyes!" Li Huowang roared, and the old woman immediately obeyed, shutting her eyes. Under Li Huowang's gaze, the eyelids of this Heart-Turbidity quickly fused to her face, preventing her from opening her eyes again.

"Hahaha," laughed the big-headed doll's head, rolling on the ground. "Li Huowang, do you think this is over?! Since we ambushed you, of course we've made thorough preparations! Today, you will certainly not leave alive!"

"Thump!" A heavy, iron-shod hoof stomped down, instantly crushing the big-headed doll into a pulp.

"Hahaha! Come on! All of you! Let me test your skills!" Peng Longteng shouted, brandishing his halberd at his surroundings.

While Peng Longteng shouted provocations, Li Huowang dared not be careless. He immediately turned and retreated towards the breached city gate in the distance. Knowing he had walked into a trap, there was no point in waiting.

Li Huowang's figure darted up and down the rooftops, swiftly leaving the immediate area. However, Li Huowang soon spotted a black-robed lama sitting cross-legged on a rooftop ridge, his back to Li Huowang and blocking his path. A piece of black cloth also hung from his sleeve.

"A lama?" The thought had barely formed in Li Huowang's mind when he saw a prayer wheel appear in the lama's hand and begin to spin. As it spun, the lama chanted utterly incomprehensible incantations.

As the prayer wheel hummed, Li Huowang immediately felt his body being pulled by something, and his gaze was involuntarily drawn to the wheel. "It's a lama from the Zhongyin Temple! What's going on with the Siming of Death? Are they betting on both sides?" Li Huowang raised his sword-holding hand, and a rift flew towards the lama.

"Whoosh!" Tiles shattered, and whistling gusts of wind surged from below. White figures flew out from beneath, circling Li Huowang's body and leaving several bone-deep wounds. When another white figure drifted past Li Huowang, he pulled out his copper coin sword and swung it powerfully, striking the white figures around him. To Li Huowang's surprise, the white figures were easily pierced by the copper coin sword, proving to be extremely fragile. With a rapid shaking of the copper coins and red threads, the white figures instantly dispersed, turning into a flurry of paper scraps.

When he saw two three-armed scholars carrying fans, blocking his path one after another, Li Huowang finally realized who had just ambushed him. Clearly, these few weren't the only ones ambushing him. Soon, various cultivators of the Dharmic Sect appeared all around Li Huowang; he was completely surrounded.

Li Huowang didn't know how his movements had been revealed, but it was clear they had come prepared. Soon, a person stepped forward. With that familiar face and the white headscarf, Li Huowang immediately recognized him as Taishan Shi, a cultivator from Great Qi.

"I wondered why there was no news of you," Li Huowang said, observing his surroundings, "so you ran here." He was completely surrounded, with no chance of a tactical retreat. Now, he could only fight head-on.

"Do you truly believe this small group can stop me?" Li Huowang asked slowly.

"Stop bluffing. Last time you managed to escape the Earth Dragon, it was thanks to Cang Qiang's ascension. Now you're alone; you can't escape."

Taishan Shi finished speaking coldly, then subtly lifted his chin, and everyone around them surged towards Li Huowang. With a crash, Peng Longteng, riding a warhorse, descended from above, landing directly on the heads of two individuals and instantly crushing them into pulp. The next moment, she pulled the reins with a wild laugh and charged towards the others.

"Fire!" As Li Huowang opened one hand, flames quickly enveloped his entire body, sacrificing his skin to Ba Hui. However, Ba Hui apparently deemed this level insufficient. His flesh and blood burst open like fish scales, and the flames burning on his skin burrowed into the fissures.

Sensing something was wrong, Li Huowang immediately spat out Li Sui. His fresh blood sizzled as it was seared by the scorching flames. For a moment, Li Huowang endured pain several times greater than before, feeling the burning from the inside out. But sacrifice brought reward: the black-smoking flames on Li Huowang's body surged several times higher.

"Ba Hui! You're ruthless!" Li Huowang cursed towards the sky. Enveloped in flames that had burrowed deep into his flesh, he charged towards Taishan Shi in the distance. At this moment, it was hard to say whether Li Huowang was merely fuel for the flames or the flames themselves. Everything he passed, whether combustible or not, was now ignited, and the scorching flames warped the air around them.

"Giddy up!" Peng Longteng leaped high over Li Huowang's head, passing directly through the flames. Her heavy armor, the giant halberd in her hand, and the warhorse beneath her were all now enveloped in the same flames as Li Huowang. Since becoming Li Huowang's hallucination, Peng Longteng had never been so happy.

"Come on!!"

Peng Longteng flicked her giant halberd backward, hooking Li Huowang's body with the blade. Then, with a sudden burst of strength in her arms, she forcefully flung Li Huowang from the halberd like a fireball towards the distant enemies.