Chapter 2905: Golden Leaf Island Falls

The Qingzhi Mountain Range is one of the Li family's strongholds in the interior. It houses a large spiritual medicine garden, guarded by four Void Refinement cultivators from the Li family, with Li Yuwei being one of them.

Li Yuwei has cultivated for over ten thousand years and is currently at the mid-Void Refinement stage.

In the main hall, Li Yuwei was holding a meeting with over a dozen clan elders. With the front-line situation tense, they had been ordered to gather spiritual pills and elixirs for transport to the front.

"The prices of spiritual herbs and demon cores are quite high now, making them difficult to acquire!"

"Indeed!" another elder agreed, "Even fifth-grade pills have doubled in price."

War was proving to be a costly endeavor. If Li family members went to battle, the spiritual pills and elixirs refined by their own family could save their lives at critical moments.

"Send people to negotiate with those merchant associations and procure more spiritual pills and elixirs," Li Yuwei instructed. "It's unclear how long this war will last, so it's better to stock up on more spiritual medicines."

Just then, a massive boom resounded, shaking the ground and mountains.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" Li Yuwei exclaimed, "Follow me to confront them!"

Li Yuwei's expression darkened, and she was the first to fly out.

A thick, azure light barrier covered an area of tens of thousands of miles. Its surface was adorned with patterns of flowers and plants.

Outside the azure light barrier, fifty-five cultivators were attacking it. Leading them was a graceful woman in a black dress, with blue eyes.

This was Yixin, who had cultivated for over twenty thousand years and was currently at the mid-Integration stage.

The Human, Yaksha, and Spiritfire races were besieging the Lizard race, which had suffered heavy losses and lost a significant amount of territory. To alleviate the pressure, the Lizard race dispatched a group of masters to infiltrate deep behind enemy lines and harass them.

As the leader, Yixin brought four Integration-stage cultivators and fifty Void Refinement cultivators, infiltrating the human heartland to carry out harassment.

After careful consideration, Yixin decided to target the Li family.

The Li family ancestors originated from the Xuanqing Sect. With a heritage spanning tens of thousands of years, the Li family was one of the ten major human forces on Xuanling Continent. Destroying them would have a significant impact, potentially striking a blow to human morale.

The Nine Xuanqing Sons had slain several Integration-stage foreign cultivators on the front lines, and Yixin's cousin had been killed by Xu Xiang, the leader of the Nine Xuanqing Sons.

The Li family's main base, Jinyie Island, was overseas, and a long-distance raid would easily be discovered by human cultivators. Yixin devised a compromise: attack one of the Li family's important strongholds and use a teleportation array to get there.

They captured several Li family Nascent Soul cultivators alive and extracted much useful information through soul-searching. They ultimately decided to attack this stronghold.

"Integration cultivators!" Li Yuwei exclaimed. "Quickly, go to Qingzhi Peak and destroy the teleportation array!"

Li Yuwei's expression darkened. The formation was only sixth-tier and absolutely could not withstand the attacks of Integration cultivators.

The Li family had over a dozen large spiritual medicine gardens in the interior. It was impossible to set up seventh-tier formations in every single one; while the Li family wished to do so, their capabilities did not allow it.

The Li family did not have any seventh-tier formation masters. To set up a seventh-tier formation, they would have to invite one for assistance, and such masters were not easy to find.

She worried the enemies would use the teleportation array to reach Jinyie Island, so she quickly dispatched people to destroy it.

Just then, a piercing sound of thunder erupted, and tens of thousands of massive silver lightning bolts struck down. The Li family cultivators rushing to Qingzhi Peak were obliterated by these bolts, leaving nothing but dust.

A tall, thin elderly man in silver robes stood above Qingzhi Peak, his expression cold and indifferent.

This was Yilei, at the early Integration stage. He had infiltrated the area in advance, taking control of Qingzhi Peak, where the teleportation array was located.

For this deep infiltration and harassment mission, Bianyan also participated. With a flick of his sleeve, twelve gleaming golden small mirrors flew out, their spiritual light flickering continuously.

Bianxiao and two others had gone to attack the Qianlei Mountain Range. After Bianxiao's vital soul lamp extinguished, Bianyan took the clan's masters and escaped using a teleportation array.

The Lizard race had provided a territory to settle the members of the Purple Mink race and dispatched Bianyan to accompany Yixin on the deep infiltration and harassment mission behind enemy lines.

Because Bianyan escaped quickly, the Purple Mink race's accumulated wealth of many years did not fall into enemy hands.

He performed a hand seal, and the twelve small golden mirrors emitted dazzling golden light. Each spewed forth a thick golden beam, heading straight for the azure light barrier.

Yixin and the others all made their moves, attacking the formation.

While Yixin and the others attacked the formation from outside, Yilei cooperated from within. Carrying multiple sets of Heaven-reaching Spirit Treasures, the formation could not withstand the assault at all. Soon, the formation was breached.

Li Yuwei and the others did not even have time to escape and were submerged by dense silver lightning.

The disparity in strength was too great; Li Yuwei and the others were no match at all.

After eliminating Li Yuwei and the other Li family descendants, Bianyan and Yilei teleported first, with the main force following closely behind.

Jinyie Island, the Li family's main base.

In a secret chamber, a round-faced, small-eyed elderly man in golden robes sat cross-legged on a red meditation mat, his eyes closed tightly. His body was enveloped by a crimson glow.

The golden-robed elder was named Li Yixin, at the mid-Integration stage. During the last racial war, Jinyie Island was breached by Integration-stage cultivators of the Spiritfire race, suffering heavy losses. The clan's guardian spirit beast was killed, and Li Yixin himself was severely wounded, though he had since recovered.

The stone chamber he was in shook violently, and alarms blared loudly.

The crimson glow around Li Yixin's body dissipated, and he opened his eyes. He took out a shimmering red communication plate and injected a spell into it. A panicked male voice rang out: "Ancestor, something terrible has happened! Powerful enemies have invaded! The Lizard race..."

Before he could finish speaking, a man's scream echoed, accompanied by a piercing boom.

Li Yixin's expression sank. He immediately rushed out of his residence. Booming sounds were continuous, flames shot into the sky, faintly mixed with mournful screams.

The moment Li Yixin appeared, a massive golden lightning bolt descended from the sky, heading straight for him.

Li Yixin quickly summoned a golden shield, placing it in front of him.

With a dull thud, the golden shield blocked the golden lightning.

When he saw Yixin and her group, his expression turned grim.

He hadn't expected the Lizard race to value the Li family so highly, actually dispatching five Integration-stage cultivators to lead the attack, specifically to deal with the Li family.

"Kill them all, leave no one alive," Yixin declared, her voice cold. She activated the illusory lizard projection above her head, which spewed out a large cloud of golden poisonous mist. Low-level Li family cultivators who touched the golden poisonous mist instantly turned into a pool of bloody water.

"Li family descendants, heed my command!" Li Yixin declared grimly, his voice reverberating throughout Jinyie Island, "Disperse and flee for your lives!"

If the enemies had attacked Jinyie Island from the outside, Li Yixin, personally controlling the formation, would have had no problem holding back five Integration-stage cultivators for a period. However, with the enemies having already entered Jinyie Island, they could not be stopped at all.

Li family descendants scattered to flee for their lives. However, Yixin and her group would not allow them to escape; they activated their Dharma Idols or treasures, annihilating the Li family descendants.

Li Yixin quickly summoned a gleaming golden banner, which released countless slender golden rays, heading straight for Yixin and her group.

The Li family had numerous teleportation arrays. Some Li family descendants immediately teleported away from Jinyie Island, heading to other locations to deliver reports.

Xuanqing Sect, Main Hall.

Qin Yufeng was holding a meeting with dozens of elders. The Lizard race sending masters to infiltrate and harass their rear had caused them significant trouble.

Qin Yufeng took out a shimmering spiritual disk and injected a spell into it. A panicked voice rang out: "Something terrible has happened, Sect Master Uncle! Integration-stage cultivators from the Lizard race are leading an attack on the Li family! The Li family is requesting assistance!"

"Junior Brother Li, Junior Sister Sun," Qin Yufeng instructed, "you two immediately go and assist the Li family."

The two Integration-stage cultivators acknowledged and departed to carry out the order.

By the time they arrived at the Li family, Jinyie Island had no living souls left.

News of Jinyie Island being captured by the Lizard race quickly spread. The major human forces were alarmed and uneasy, and all of them strengthened their defenses.