Chapter 118: Li Ling's Aura of a Strong Person

Li Weiyi had fought against multiple Five Seas Realm cultivators and had a clear understanding of the quality and hierarchy of their elemental energy.

He secretly assessed that, when simultaneously activating both his internal elemental energy and immortal aura, his energy quality was certainly no less than theirs.

He wasn't in the Five Seas Realm, but there wasn't much difference between him and those in it.

Of course, there were vast differences between the five stages within the Five Seas Realm.

In the First Stage, one establishes the first Qi Sea and cultivates combat intent.

In the Second Stage, one establishes the second Qi Sea, which is typically several times larger than the first.

The elemental energy is several times denser than that of a First Stage Five Seas Realm cultivator, allowing for the manifestation of tangible attacks. For instance, Wang Daozhen could conjure flying swords from his mouth, striking enemies from ten, or even twenty, zhang away.

In the Third Stage, cultivators not only open up an even vaster third Qi Sea, but the quality of their elemental energy also undergoes a fundamental transformation.

A more significant change is the materialization of combat intent at this stage, elevating the cultivator's combat power to an entirely new level.

Cang Li's "White Tiger Intent" and the Dragon Gate inheritor's "Flood Dragon Intent" are both manifestations of materialized combat intent.

Yao Qian's "Thirty Miles of Snow" is also a form of combat intent.

By the Dao Seed Realm, combat intent transforms into an "External Manifestation of Dao Heart," serving as a bridge and medium for the cultivator's Dao Heart to connect with the external world.

In the Fourth Stage, the cultivator's fourth Qi Sea becomes a primary sea, more than ten times larger than the first three Qi Seas combined.

...In short, each stage of the Five Seas Realm brings about monumental changes.

Li Weiyi simultaneously activated his immortal aura and elemental energy to empower his black night suit, causing his body to become invisible. Even standing directly in front of Yao Yin and Yin Twenty-Five, they couldn't perceive his presence.

This was the true mystery of high-tier magical artifacts! It was akin to gaining another nefarious ability.

He wondered, however, how close he could get to a Five Seas Realm cultivator without being detected by their senses. *Whoosh!* He stepped into the energy barrier ahead, immediately experiencing a familiar and intense sensation of weightlessness, much like falling into a void.

The immortal aura before him was blindingly bright, obscuring all vision.

When Li Weiyi finally felt solid ground beneath his feet again, he had emerged into a world entirely different from the one outside.

Before him, there was no longer the cracked, scorching red earth, nor could he see Buried Immortal Town.

Instead, there was an boundless expanse of dark green grassland with rolling hills, occasionally dotted with a few solitary black trees.

The grass, over a foot high, reached his knees. It wasn't tender or vibrant, appearing as if steeped in ink.

The trees were exceptionally tall; the hills seemed like mere mounds beneath them, yet their trunks were as black as charcoal.

The soil on the ground was black, and the sky was a dim yellow.

In mid-air, the immortal aura drifted like a veil of mist.

The pillar of light from Buried Immortal Town now appeared on the distant horizon, faintly visible at the edge of the world.

"This is too bizarre. What in the world is this place? Masters, have any of you ever been here?" Li Weiyi held his breath, letting the shock settle within him.

He glanced back.

The energy barrier was still there; if he crossed it, he should be able to return.

The voice of the Spirit Tablet Master resounded: "Buried Immortal Town existed in our era. It was quite lively then, with people living there."

"Because it was close to the Mist Domain of Departed Spirits and on the necessary route to the Blood Sea Coffin Dock, the Jiuli clan had frequent contact with its inhabitants, and some of our people even married into the town."

"We never realized, however, that this town held another universe, concealing an astonishing secret."

The Coffin Master's voice followed: "When I was young, following my elders to retrieve coffins from the Blood Sea, I did hear some legends about Buried Immortal Town."

"They'd jokingly say that an immortal was indeed buried near the town, and the townspeople were descendants of the tomb guardians."

"They said that Buried Immortal Town's history was even older than the Jiuli clan's, and even the Jiuli God held it in extremely high regard."

"In that incredibly ancient era, an immortal fell from the heavens, and the entire world was enveloped in a pure radiance that took thousands of years to settle and dissipate."

"Perhaps the pure radiance they spoke of is the immortal aura before us now."

As Li Weiyi listened intently, a rumble echoed in the distance, and the ground trembled.

Dust rose from a hill several miles away.

"Stop! Leave the spring water!"

A furious shout came from behind the hill.

A Five Seas Realm First Stage cultivator, riding elemental energy clouds, was fleeing rapidly ahead, pursued by an ape demon and a lynx demon.

The lynx demon, resembling a gigantic cat and as large as a leopard, exuded dense demonic energy like a cloud as it galloped in hot pursuit.

The ape demon, seven to eight meters tall and wielding a war hammer, charged out from another direction, then leaped down the hill, smashing its hammer onto the fleeing cultivator.

*Splat!* The human Five Seas Realm cultivator instantly turned into a bloody pulp.

The ape demon rummaged through the cultivator's remains, finding a treasure bottle, a magical artifact the size of a snow pear, amidst the blood and shattered bones.

Its lantern-sized eyes immediately glowed with intense heat.

The lynx demon joined it, agilely leaping onto its shoulder.

"Yuan Sheng, what good thing did you seize?" A deafening voice came from the top of another hill.

Li Weiyi quickly looked over.

A second ape demon appeared, also seven to eight meters tall, covered in long black fur, with coils of iron chains as thick as a human arm wrapped around its neck and waist.

At the end of the chains hung a several-thousand-pound meteor hammer.

Its name was Yuan Qi, and like Yuan Sheng, it was a demon cultivator from Tianya Ridge.

Yuan Sheng laughed heartily: "Just a bottle of Golden Spring, that's all!" "That's all?" Yuan Qi said, "Don't think I don't know that treasure bottle was refined from a cultivator's inner world."

"It looks palm-sized, but its internal space is probably one or two cubic meters. With so much Golden Spring, it's enough to exchange for a high-tier magical artifact from Lord Heartless Golden Ape! To compete for the top spot among the young generation in the Southern Region, it's desperately cultivating its body, and it wants all the Golden Spring it can get."

Yuan Sheng said, "The bottle is indeed large, but how could a mere First Stage Five Seas Realm cultivator collect one or two cubic meters? Why are you still guarding here? The exotic medicines in this immortal realm space are almost all picked!"

"Lord Heartless Golden Ape's command is to take Sima Qin's head and bring it back for him to drink with."

"That kid first killed the Fiery Ape of the Dao of Magic, then the sixth-generation grandson. It's said that even the Capital of Jia is enraged," Yuan Qi stated.

"Hehe!" A delightful, bell-like laugh drifted from afar.

A beautiful figure in red, holding a bronze lamp emitting a faint blue glow, walked along the trickling stream between the hills.

Her long hair flowed gracefully, draped over both sides of her face. Her skin was translucent and delicate, and she walked barefoot, her jade-like feet leaving trails of blue mist. Each step covered dozens of feet.

Soon, she reached the top of the hill between the two apes, her body seemingly weightless, treading on the tips of the grass, supported by the blue mist.

"Li Ling?" Li Weiyi recognized the woman as Li Ling, but her aura had undergone a distinct change.

When he first met her, she was arrogant, aloof, and reticent.

Later, when they went to the Blood Sea Coffin Dock together, she was playful and charming, fond of acting and pretending.

When she intentionally approached Li Weiyi, she was thoughtful, gentle, and appropriate.

Seeing her again now, Li Ling still had a delightful laugh and the appearance of a playful girl.

However, the aura of a powerful expert and the mysterious energy field emanating from her were impossible to conceal. Her eyes were filled with an indifference that saw all beings in the world as mere ants.

Li Ling, exuding peerless charm, spoke in an unhurried tone: "Do you truly believe you can kill him? Tianya Ridge is already on the path to destruction."

"Is Cang Li's sister really that arrogant?" "Still, be careful. For this girl to break through and reach here, she's definitely not simple."

...After exchanging glances, Yuan Sheng, Yuan Qi, and the lynx demon circulated their elemental energy, demonic aura surging around them, and collectively charged towards Li Ling.

Yuan Sheng and Yuan Qi were enormous, each step causing the ground to shake, but their speed was a notch slower than the lynx demon's.

The lynx demon leaped high, its sharp claws sweeping several zhang, creating three streaks of razor-sharp light that tore through the air.

Many demon cultivators collect various refining materials to forge into their teeth and claws, tempering them into magical artifacts.

The three claw marks it unleashed possessed power comparable to a magical artifact's attack.

*Whoosh!* A cloud of blue fire erupted from Li Ling, rapidly spreading outwards from her body.

It dissolved the claw marks and simultaneously sent the lynx demon flying, while the entire hill burst into flames.

Flames shot into the sky, and heat radiated in all directions.

Chains flew from Yuan Qi's body, carrying the several-thousand-pound meteor hammer. It smashed through the flames, reaching Li Ling.

However, Li Ling's movement technique was as fast as lightning. Her oddly nimble feet stepped onto the chains, and she moved to attack it.

Yuan Qi was horrified and immediately spewed elemental energy from its mouth, forming several flying blades that shot towards her.

*Pfft!* Li Ling's eyes turned cold. A dense rain of spiritual light arrows flew from her brow, overwhelming the elemental energy blades and, in turn, leaving dozens of bleeding holes on Yuan Qi's body.

"No good, her psychic cultivation has reached the Heavenly Fire Realm, and her combat power is comparable to the Third Stage of the Five Seas Realm!"

Yuan Sheng never imagined a girl of sixteen or seventeen could possess such terrifying psychic cultivation. Ignoring Yuan Qi's fate entirely, it turned and fled.

"Stop hiding, one for each of us."

Dropping these words, Li Ling, barefoot, stepped across the grass blades as if chasing the wind and moon, swiftly moving towards the lynx demon.

Li Weiyi rubbed his chin. "Is this high-tier magical night suit so unreliable? I was at least two or three miles away from her, yet she still detected me. Or does Li Ling truly possess some ability to sense my location? Although Li Ling is strange, she must harbor a great secret."

However, Li Weiyi wasn't overly apprehensive; no matter how strange she was, could she be stranger than his Dao Protector wife? Therefore, he didn't hesitate, fully channeling his elemental energy into the night suit, and swiftly pursued Yuan Sheng, who was carrying a war hammer on his shoulder.

He was very interested in the "Golden Spring" Yuan Sheng had mentioned earlier, wondering if it was the same as the Hidden Sect's Golden Spring, capable of helping to forge Golden Veins.

"There's still a master hiding!" Yuan Sheng, a Second Stage Five Seas Realm cultivator, detected the rapidly approaching invisible person. The opponent's speed was even greater than his own.

He could only hear the wind, but saw no one.

"Stop! Leave the spring water!"

Li Weiyi drew his magical bow and arrow to a full moon, and shot an arrow.

The arrow trailed a several-meter-long tail of electric light, narrowly missing Yuan Sheng's shoulder.

With a boom, dirt splattered, and a one-meter-diameter crater exploded in the ground ahead.

*Boom!* A second arrow followed immediately. Yuan Sheng had nowhere to dodge and spun around, smashing it with his hammer, causing it to explode.

The distance closed.

*Swish! Swish!* Li Weiyi threw out the mid-tier magical artifact, the Iron Book. Enveloped in elemental energy, its thirty-five pages flew around his body, emitting piercing whooshing sounds. A ten-zhang radius around him transformed into an attack zone.