Chapter 110: Killing the Five Seas, Punishing the Nine Springs

The mist in the riverside area had already dispersed.

The most striking sight was the layers of formation light shrouds, which had been conjured by over two hundred young Jiuli cultivators activating their array scripts.

They slowly retreated but were blocked by two Five-Sea Realm experts.

One of them was Wang Daozhen, one of the three greatest young masters of the Wang family from Suizong. He held a ten-foot long Array-Splitting Whip, and with every lash, the air exploded.

Each crack echoed like thunder.

“Boom! Boom...” The Array-Splitting Whip landed on the formation light shrouds, tearing long fiery cracks into them.

Although the fiery cracks quickly vanished, re-covered by the shrouds, constant whipping like this meant the formation would be broken sooner or later.

Zhuang Yue's gaze fell upon the enormous corpse of the Four-Armed Ape on the ground, a look of surprise appearing in her eyes. “The sixth-generation descendant of the Four-Extremes Ape King possesses astonishing physique and innate divine strength. Even without cultivating human techniques, by this age, its combat power would not be inferior to an ordinary Nine-Springs Paramount Being. Moreover, it was a Hundred-Vein Pure Silver Immortal Body, yet Sima Qin actually slew it!”

“Being able to cleave a Fiery Ape of the Law Path with a single strike, killing that ape king's cub is merely a matter of a few more slashes, nothing surprising.”

Jiang Ning's starlike eyes were as calm as a deep pool, her voice pleasant and melodious. She continued, “What truly surprised me was his decisive courage in slaying that ape king's cub. Does he genuinely have such confidence, unafraid of provoking a Demon King? Zhuang Yue, would you dare to kill a Demon King's sixth-generation descendant?”

Zhuang Yue replied, “Demon Kings have many sixth-generation descendants, but there's only one Hundred-Vein Pure Silver among them. In Lizhou, I would deliberate repeatedly and wouldn't be so decisive. However, if it were in the Ten Central States, it wouldn't matter at all!”

“Even you wouldn't dare, so what gives him such confidence?” Jiang Ning asked.

Zhuang Yue said, “Perhaps he's just a reckless hothead.”

“Based on his performance on the ship, do you think he's a reckless person?” Jiang Ning's gaze remained fixed on the phantom figure currently engaging the two Five-Sea Realm experts.

Even the invisibility power of the high-tier magical artifact, the Night-Traveling Robe, couldn't escape her intelligent and perceptive arcane eyes.

Jiang Ning said, “This is a good opportunity to win him over. If he's overwhelmed, go rescue him. I absolutely need this person; only he can sweep through Thirty-Three Li Mountain without opposition.”

She didn't believe that Li Weiyi, at the Spring-Gushing Realm, possessed the ability to overcome the current crisis. Crossing major realms wasn't easy, and the Five-Sea Realm cultivators before them were still formidable.

The leopard-like deformed human cultivator was from the Coffin Sea Pavilion, and his cultivation was at the first stage of the Five-Sea Realm.

Evidently, with his cultivation level, he hadn't yet accessed the secrets of the Coffin Sea Pavilion's upper echelons. Thus, every claw technique he unleashed was exceptionally vicious, aimed at killing Li Weiyi.

After going invisible, Li Weiyi completely gained the upper hand, pushing him back relentlessly.

Even the Five-Sea Realm leopard-like deformed human couldn't match the speed bonus from the high-tier magical artifact. Soon, he took two palms from Li Weiyi. These two strikes were heavier than he'd imagined, causing blood to spill from his mouth and nose.

“Swish!” An arrow of electric light flew, forcing Li Weiyi back.

The leopard-like deformed human cultivator finally caught his breath and roared, “He's wearing a high-tier magical artifact battle suit, which not only enhances defense and speed but also grants invisibility! I'm no match for him. Where's the Grand Nian Master? Quickly break his invisibility!”

The Grand Nian Master from Suizong, who was supporting from the riverbank, attacked together with a Beast Tamer from the Three Chen Palace.

“I'll illuminate his invisibility.”

The short, stout Grand Nian Master smiled, and from his glabella's spiritual realm, dazzling light burst forth, releasing six runes in succession.

Under mental power control, the runes flew from six different directions to Li Weiyi's approximate location.

“Bang!” The first rune exploded, its spiritual light illuminating several miles around, lingering for a long time.

The invisible Li Weiyi immediately appeared in the spiritual light, his human silhouette visible, with nowhere to hide.

“Swish!” The raven-like deformed human locked onto Li Weiyi with his battle-method intent and shot an electric light arrow. At the same time, he dove down, put away his war bow, drew a two-foot short sword, and attacked.

Utilizing the speed of the high-tier Night-Traveling Robe, Li Weiyi's feet left trails of light as he broke through the lock, dodging the fatal arrow.

Then, he extended his palm into the void.

He actually intended to receive the magical short sword swung by the raven-like deformed human with his bare hands.

“You're too ignorant! Catching a sword with your bare hand, even a character at the second stage of the Five-Sea Realm wouldn't dare do that!”

“Hiss!” The raven-like deformed human mobilized the arcane energy in his Qi Sea, and the short sword instantly burst into flames.

Li Weiyi's right arm and palm became a blur, as if countless hands were reaching out to seize. He was employing the “Spirit Treasure Seizure” from the Twelve Scattered Hands of the Chan Gate, which had reached the Heavenly Dao Accord level.

The short sword in the Five-Sea Realm raven-like deformed human cultivator's hand was instantly snatched away by him.

While he was still bewildered, Li Weiyi had already swung the sword back and chopped.

“Thwack!” The sword struck.

In a single encounter, the head of this Five-Sea Realm deformed human expert was sent flying.

The headless corpse, with its large black wings, fell heavily to the ground.

The leopard-like deformed human cultivator at the Five-Sea Realm, seeing this scene, was inexplicably horrified. He felt that Li Weiyi, when wielding a sword, was even stronger than when using a saber.

Li Weiyi, holding the short sword, pursued the leopard-like deformed human cultivator, while simultaneously observing all directions and surveying the overall situation.

The most dangerous battlefield was undoubtedly where Yao Yin and Yin Twenty-Five were; all their enemies were Nine-Springs Paramount Beings, including Nine-Springs Paramount Pure Immortal Bodies. Five or six Seven-Springs and Eight-Springs cultivators of the Jiuli tribe had already died.

At this point, he could no longer afford to worry about his identity being exposed.

From inside his Night-Traveling Robe, he took out an insect tube and released the seven Phoenix-Wing Moth Emperors within.

Three attacked the leopard-like deformed human.

Four attacked the Grand Nian Master from Suizong by the river.

Li Weiyi finally freed his hands and charged towards the group of Nine-Springs Paramount Beings.

Su Yunqing, a Nine-Springs Paramount Being from the Tianyi Gate, was in her early twenties. Although not a Pure Immortal Body, she possessed extraordinary mortal beauty and a proud physique that young women like Liling and Yao Yin did not have.

She mobilized the arcane energy from her Ancestral Field, swung her battle sword, and went all out to parry the short sword Li Weiyi was cleaving towards her.

“Bang!” The battle sword in Su Yunqing's hand instantly flew out of her grasp.

Blood streamed from the web of her hand that had held the sword.

Her face paled, and she retreated in escape, only then realizing how terrifying a person capable of cleaving a Demon King's sixth-generation descendant truly was.

Li Weiyi pursued closely and pressed a palm onto her chest. Her ribs snapped and fractured, her chest completely caving in, and her tall, graceful body was broken.

With all her bones broken, she naturally died instantly.

The Grand Nian Master from Suizong, standing by the river, never imagined his opponent was also a Beast Tamer! He quickly manipulated the four runes in the sky to intercept the four incoming Phoenix-Wing Moth Emperors.

The sole remaining rune flew towards Li Weiyi.

“Whoosh!” The rune landed on him.

Li Weiyi was rendered immobile, his body fixed in place.

Huo Zhanbai, a Nine-Springs Pure Immortal Body cultivated by the Three Chen Palace, knew that the rune could only immobilize Li Weiyi for a moment. Therefore, seizing this rare opportunity, he darted through the crowd and delivered a powerful punch to Li Weiyi's chest.

“Thud!”

This Heart-Destroying Fist of Heavenly Dao Accord, if it struck even a martial cultivator at the first stage of the Five-Sea Realm, would undoubtedly result in death or severe injury. The heart, after all, was the most vulnerable organ for all cultivators.

The turn of events was too sudden; Yao Yin and Yin Twenty-Five had no time to provide aid and desperately rushed towards Li Weiyi and Huo Zhanbai.

Although Li Weiyi's body couldn't move, his internal arcane power and energy could circulate, all surging towards the Corpse-Robe Soft Armor he wore close to his skin.

This Corpse-Robe Soft Armor had been obtained on the bronze warship.

On the soft armor was a bloody handprint, within which countless scriptures were inscribed.

As Li Weiyi's cultivation reached the Nine-Springs Realm, propelled by the arcane energy from his Ancestral Field, wisps of bloody mist emanated from the handprint on the Corpse-Robe Soft Armor, quickly forming a blood cloud that enveloped him.

From a distance, Zhuang Yue, seeing this scene, was even more shocked than when she had previously seen Li Weiyi cleave a Five-Sea Realm expert with a single sword. She said, “Miss, there's something amiss with this person! He harbors a great secret.”

On the other side of the battlefield.

“Rustle!” The elderly Beast Tamer from the Three Chen Palace released a swarm of Iron-Eating Ants from his insect bag.

The Iron-Eating Ants were only the size of grains of rice, but their numbers were vast, like an army passing through, surging towards the formation light shrouds protecting the two hundred-plus young Jiuli cultivators.

“Bang!” Wang Daozhen swung his Array-Splitting Whip, creating fiery cracks in the light shrouds.

The Iron-Eating Ants then drilled through the cracks. Immediately, several screams erupted from within the light shrouds, a chaotic mess ensued, and the formation consequently collapsed.

The over two hundred young cultivators were completely exposed.

Wang Daozhen finally breathed a sigh of relief; constantly using the Array-Splitting Whip had severely depleted his arcane energy. He declared, “The hunt begins. Leave no one. Annihilate the young generation of the Jiuli tribe!”

“Boom!” He struck first, unleashing a torrent of profound arcane energy from his sleeve, characteristic of the second stage of the Five-Sea Realm. It swept away nine young cultivators at the Six-Springs and Seven-Springs stages, who instantly bled from all seven orifices and died on the spot.

Wang Daozhen was able to reach this place with his cultivation at the second stage of the Five-Sea Realm because he wore the Nine-Rune Treasure Robe, which could, to a certain extent, resist the dangerous mysterious energy in the world. At the same time, from Yang Qingxi's perspective, such a master was necessary to ensure stability.

Huo Zhanbai's scream came from a distance. Wang Daozhen, intent on a massacre, quickly looked into the mist and only then realized that several of his own experts had already fallen.

“What a bunch of wastes! Two Five-Sea Realm cultivators and a Grand Nian Master couldn't even take down a Spring-Gushing Realm cultivator!”

Wang Daozhen was utterly speechless. Such heavy losses in what should have been an overwhelming victory. He propelled himself with arcane energy, holding his ten-foot Array-Splitting Whip, and charged forward.

Meanwhile, Huo Zhanbai's punch struck Li Weiyi's chest, but he was instead thrown back repeatedly by the surging blood mist from Li Weiyi's body, his arm going numb.

Yao Yin and Yin Twenty-Five, who arrived swiftly, entangled him for several rounds. Li Weiyi broke free from the immobilization rune's suppression, his figure moving like a blur of afterimages, and sent Huo Zhanbai flying with a single palm strike.

Huo Zhanbai screamed as he fell to the ground, blood continuously gushing from his mouth, unable to rise again.

“Splutter!” Yin Twenty-Five decapitated him with a sword, coldly snorting, “With only the strength of ninety trace meridians, the Three Chen Palace dares to call you a successor seed? Only those with a Hundred-Vein Pure Silver Body qualify!”

Li Weiyi's gaze locked onto Wang Daozhen, who was rapidly approaching. Seeing his enemy, his eyes burned with fierce intensity. He said in a low voice, “Stop wasting time! Quickly escort the young Jiuli cultivators and Nian Masters towards Burial Immortal Town. They'll be relatively safer once they cross the true Five-Sea Realm boundary. I'll handle all the Five-Sea Realm cultivators and Grand Nian Masters here myself!”

“The true Five-Sea Realm boundary?” Yin Twenty-Five's eyes showed surprise, but in a flash, he understood everything, and his admiration for Li Weiyi deepened further. Then, he charged towards the group of young cultivators, shouting, “Fleeing outward is futile. The way to survival lies inward!”