Chapter 1022: Chapter 1016: Fifty Years Of Preparation
Venerable Elder Yuanliang charged out toward Bi Shihu, his eyes filled with resentment.
The battlefield on the ground was already a foregone conclusion.
Streak after streak of Qi signatures on the battlefield locked onto him, but he could no longer care about that.
“Fifty years of preparation! If Bi Shihu hadn’t betrayed me, even if the people of the Azure Cloud came, I could still fight a battle against the human race.
Even if I lost, I could still slaughter quite a few humans to break open my Dao path. Everything was ruined by your hands, Bi Shihu!!!”
With a fierce shout, his Half-step Body Integration aura was fully revealed.
Venerable Elder Yuanliang walked the Dao of Slaughter.
It was rare for Wu tribe cultivators to wield twin swords; they generally used Wu tribe artifacts like totems and large clubs.
This Venerable Elder Yuanliang was rather different.
Seeing that Venerable Elder Yuanliang was even more exasperated and furious than himself, Li Wei in the cloudy sky was momentarily stunned.
He also paused his action of shattering the void to charge at Bi Shihu. “Where did this Half-step Body Integration expert come from?”
The cultivators on the Deston Prefecture battlefield excelled at hiding their clumsiness, leaving a life-saving trump card for themselves while also seeking their Dao paths.
Li Wei had gained quite an understanding of this over the years.
He immediately concealed himself in the void and followed closely behind, constantly observing the situation of his clan’s descendants on the battlefield to protect them.
The cloudy sky was the true main battlefield for cultivators above the Divinity Transformation realm.
Bi Shihu fled in the front with his junior sister, Venerable Elder Yuanliang pursued them from behind with intent to kill, and Bi Shihu’s subordinates began to follow.
It was truly a bizarre scene.
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“Divine Archer Guan Mingxuan. This is the first time I’ve met an archer like me.”
At this moment in the cloudy sky, the Spiritual power of Void Refinement cultivators collided with one another.
They had long since stepped into the void, chasing and slaughtering each other within the Void Refinement Space.
The sounds of bows and arrows piercing the void could be heard as they continuously clashed against each other.
Although Guan Mingxuan was a divine archer, his speed was incredibly fast.
This person truly lived up to being Bi Shihu’s confidant; even though Bi Shihu had fled first, he actually stayed behind to block the rear, stalling for time for Bi Shihu.
However, as the Blue Phoenix shot toward him, Guan Mingxuan’s expression changed, and he could only watch as cultivator after cultivator bypassed him.
In an instant, within the Void Refinement Space, Li Changyao and Guan Mingxuan fired arrows at each other.
Their arrows collided, producing continuous booming sounds.
“Changyao is still lacking a little.”
In the distance, Li Wei shook his head and summoned helpers.
“Even with Yaoqing’s pills and the latest Void-Soul Exchanging Dao Technique buffing her, her cultivation base is still a bit too low.”
[Your descendant, Li Changyao, has broken through to “False-Void Refinement” through the Void-Soul Exchanging Dao Technique.]
[Over the past thirty years, she obtained the pill “Top-Grade Six-Revolution Heavenly Rainbow Spirit-Gathering Pill” concocted by Li Yaoqing.
Spending ten years to channel the Spiritual power of heaven and earth, she gained six hundred years of cultivation base, reaching the limit of the Divinity Transformation realm.
Through the Top-Grade “Bloodline Spirit Body Holy Medicine,” she spent ten years purifying her physique, Primal Soul, and the strength of her Void Refinement Space, thereby elevating her “Blue Phoenix Bloodline” physique!]
[She obtained the Mid-Grade “Heaven-Attracting Fire-Nature Venerable-Crossing Pill.”
Spending ten years drawing upon the flame laws of heaven and earth to buff her body, she pried into the Fire-attribute laws and had an epiphany.
She is only one step away from breaking through to the True Void Refinement realm!]
Over the past thirty-two years, relying on Li Yaoqing’s pills, Li Changyao was only one step away from breaking through to the True Void Refinement realm.
When that time came, even her Blue Phoenix Bloodline would experience a breakthrough.
But she was just short of that final kick.
Even so, the “Bloodline” allowed Li Changyao’s Spiritual power to barely reach the intensity of the mid-stage Void Refinement realm.
“Formidable.”
After briefly exchanging fire with Guan Mingxuan for a moment, Li Changyao had already perceived the gap between herself and her opponent.
She could easily kill Yun Manlou from thousands of miles away, but as time went on, she gradually fell at a disadvantage in her duel against Guan Mingxuan.
Seeing that Guan Mingxuan was dead set on selling his life for Bi Shihu, even as expert after expert brushed past him, Guan Mingxuan maintained his calm.
He continuously buffed himself with Spiritual arts, shifting his position at an incredibly fast speed.
As Spiritual power continued to buff his body, Guan Mingxuan’s speed and the intensity of his Spiritual power grew faster and stronger.
“A body cultivator!”
Li Changyao suddenly widened her eyes.
“An archer who cultivates both body and Spiritual arts, using Spiritual power to buff his own body. So that’s how it is.”
She immediately knew deep down that she was no match for a veteran archer like Guan Mingxuan.
She also saw that unless Guan Mingxuan died, he would absolutely not retreat.
Thus, she didn’t think any further. Calling over a Void Refinement cultivator from Highsun City to help hold the line, she silently took out the Top-Grade Dharma Treasure bow and arrows gifted by Li Yaotie.
Of the nine arrows, only eight remained.
Li Changyao reluctantly took out three arrows—Metal, Fire, and Earth.
“Respecting that you are a real man, using these three arrows on you won’t be considered a waste.”
At this moment, Li Tianqi intercepted the fleeing Cai Yongzhen.
Li Tianqi was a Formations Master, and Cai Yongzhen was also a Formations Master.
Once the array formations of the two were activated, only life and death remained within; only the winner would have the right to leave the array formation laid down by the other.
“Let me out!”
Cai Yongzhen, pale-faced, roared, “I swear, if you let me go, I will never have any involvement with Bi Shihu again in this life. Why must you fight me to the death?!!”
Cai Yongzhen was nowhere near as pedantic as Guan Mingxuan.
Bi Shihu’s flight had also stripped Cai Yongzhen of his final shred of loyalty.
But who would have thought that even though he had clearly fled in the opposite direction, Li Tianqi still intercepted him.
Furthermore…
This man, Li Tianqi, was an out-and-out madman.
The Gate of Death, in a grand array, which others wouldn’t dare to touch, he insisted on touching.
Even when injured, Li Tianqi showed no fear whatsoever; instead, he grew braver and stronger the more he fought.
He was dead set on killing him!
“You want to escape?” The tortoiseshell on Li Tianqi’s body gradually spread across the entire Void Refinement Space, ensuring that Cai Yongzhen had nowhere to run.
“Don’t even think about escaping, nobody from the Shadowfell Prefecture border pass will escape. You’ve been running for decades, aren’t you tired?”
In a short period, Li Tianqi was already covered in scars, yet Cai Yongzhen looked terrified, while Li Tianqi’s expression was ferocious.
[Your descendant, Li Tianqi, studied array formations under He Hao, the former Sect Master of the Eternal Immortal Sect, in the Thunder Fire Demon Cave.
Through He Hao’s legacy, he gradually mastered Grade 4 array formations.]
[In the thirty-second year in Deston Prefecture, through the “Void-Soul Exchanging Dao Technique” yielded by Li Tianyi, he achieved False-Void Refinement.]
[Through the “Void-Breaking Pill,” and with the help of Li Yunlin, the Skyveil Hall, and Old Cat, he spent ten years comprehending the Dao.
He gradually used He Hao’s legacy, the “Talisman Array Golden Bamboo Slips,” to engrave his Void Refinement Space with the Dao of the Earth-attribute “Tortoiseshell,” becoming a Void Refinement expert.]
[Obtained Trait: Formation Dao Grandmaster. Can utilize Grade 4 array formations.
Due to his fearlessness of death and his daring to test the “Gate of Death” in the Array Dao, his comprehension of array formations is increased by 10%.]
[Obtained Void Refinement Space: Tortoiseshell Domain. Within this space, the defensive power of array formations is increased by 100%.]
[Obtained Void Refinement Spiritual Technique: Array With a Glance.
By infusing the tortoiseshell with his Divine Soul, he can instantly activate an array formation engraved within his Divine Soul.
For array formations of Grade 6 and below, an array can be formed with a single glance.]
[Over twenty years, through the Top-Grade “Holy Spirit Pill” and the Top-Grade “Six-Revolution Heavenly Rainbow Spirit-Gathering Pill,” he gained a total of 1800 years of cultivation base, breaking through to the mid-stage of the Void Refinement realm.]
Looking at Li Tianqi—who was fighting a death match with Cai Yongzhen in his Void Refinement Space, speaking with his fists, looking nothing like an Array Master at all yet constantly activating array formations and chasing Cai Yongzhen to brawl—a myriad of thoughts raced through Li Wei’s mind.
Even he hadn’t expected that this kid—who used to be so good at courting death back then, whose bizarre traits like [Courting Death] had constantly caught Li Wei’s eye and forced him to continuously use skills to save his life—would actually become the most defensive Array Master in the eyes of the world.
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Pagoda Ge Li similarly attempted to flee.
He looked in despair at Li Yunbing and Li Xinnian blocking his path ahead.
Just like Cai Yongzhen, the moment Bi Shihu abandoned his soldiers and fled, he had already felt extreme regret.
The grand blueprint Bi Shihu had painted for them from beginning to end had always been a lie; it was just that they still believed in the invincible Marshal in their eyes.
“I was wrong, I was truly wrong! I shouldn’t have served Bi Shihu!”
Ge Li pleaded bitterly, but the two men before him remained expressionless.
Greeting him were only Li Xinnian’s Yun-Slaying Saber and Li Yunbing’s Wu Slaughterer Sword.
Ge Li also possessed extraordinary strength, being the number one person in the three armies below Bi Shihu.
Yet, facing the Top-Grade Dharma Treasures in the hands of these two men and their Spiritual power, he was on the verge of dropping to his knees.
“When Bi Shihu attacked Highsun City, I objected!”
“I told him I wouldn’t raise my hand to kill my compatriots, and I wouldn’t associate with the Wu tribe. I am not like him…”
If Ge Li were pleading with anyone else in the Li Clan, facing such begging and remorse, someone might have actually felt a sense of compassion.
Unfortunately…
Li Yunbing and Li Xinnian exchanged a glance.
These two former Patriarchs of the Li Clan only had eyes full of cold indifference, not saying a single word.
Within the Void Refinement Space, long needles suddenly appeared like raindrops.
This was the Top-Grade Dharma Treasure “Hidden Void Needles” that Li Yunlin had gifted to Li Yunbing during the battle at the Mountain of Esoteric Stratagems all those years ago.
This top-tier hidden weapon was formless and traceless.
In an instant, they shot out from the void like a torrential downpour.
Li Xinnian also said nothing. He silently activated his bloodline.
The Dharma Image “Blood Spirit,” formed from his ancient bloodline, surged with a sweet, fragrant blood Qi throughout its entire body as it blasted forward to kill.
[Your descendant, Li Xinnian, spent ten years comprehending the “Void-Breaking Pill” over the past thirty-two years to break through to the Void Refinement realm.
Through two types of spiritual pills that increase cultivation base, he spent twenty years acquiring the Spiritual power of heaven and earth, as well as blood Qi throughout his body, breaking through to the mid-stage of the Void Refinement realm!]
Li Xinnian’s Blood Spirit Dharma Image was sufficiently powerful.
Inherently composed of blood and formed from the ancient bloodline granted by the “Primordial Blood Fruits,” it possessed extremely strong regenerative abilities and Spiritual power.
However, under Li Wei’s observation, he also saw Li Xinnian’s shortcomings.
That was, this kid Li Xinnian possessed top-tier aptitude and comprehension, truly living up to his [Destined Villain] trait.
Yet, precisely because Li Xinnian was overly eager for quick success and cultivated secretly through devouring methods, he only possessed a profound cultivation base and Spiritual power but lacked strong combat experience.
He didn’t even know any Spiritual techniques; he only knew how to use his Blood Spirit body to kill enemies.
And it wasn’t just him; in truth, the same applied to Li Yunbing.
[Your descendant, Li Yunbing, broke through to the early stage of the Void Refinement realm through the “Void-Breaking Pill” and the guidance of Li Yunlin and the black cat.
Following Li Yunlin’s teachings, he forged his Void Refinement Space using his Dharma Body “Thunder Hawk” and Dharma Body “Metal Thunder Roc.”
Within his Void Refinement Space, he can increase the Spiritual power of his dual Metal and Thunder attributes by 20% and summon the Dharma Image “Metal Thunder Roc” to slay enemies.]
[Obtained Void Refinement Spiritual Technique: Ten-Directional Thunder.
Summons the thunder of the ten directions to slay enemies, possessing astonishing destructive power.]
[Spent ten years breaking through to Void Refinement, and twenty years utilizing two types of pills to gain 1800 years of cultivation base, breaking through to the mid-stage of the Void Refinement realm.]
Li Yunbing’s aptitude was much worse than Li Xinnian’s, and he had only barely reached the mid-stage of the Void Refinement realm.
His Void Refinement Space was even just an ordinary Void Refinement Space.
If Li Yunbing hadn’t seized a body, he would definitely be much stronger than he is now; moreover, his years holding high positions and heavy authority had delayed his cultivation.
“The Primordial Blood Fruits will bear fruit soon. When the time comes, I’ll give one to Yunbing.”
Just as Li Wei’s thoughts settled.
He saw the two Top-Grade Dharma Treasures and the top-tier hidden weapon “Hidden Void Needles” fall upon Ge Li without the slightest mercy.
Even with such heavy strikes, it still took Li Yunbing and Li Xinnian half a day, along with the help of a Void Refinement expert from Highsun City, to finally slay Ge Li within the Void Refinement Space.
Two days later, Li Tianqi, covered in scars, ended his battle for the clan.
Li Changyao pushed Li Changsheng, who sat in his wheelchair, and gathered with Li Yunbing and Li Xinnian.
Of Bi Shihu’s subordinates—Ge Li, Guan Mingxuan, and Cai Yongzhen—only Guan Mingxuan still clung to his final breath.
As the group headed toward Bi Shihu’s location, Guan Mingxuan, on the verge of death, let out only one last resentful roar.
Its tone was so mournful that it made Bi Shihu, who was in the midst of a fierce battle, freeze as if turned to stone.
“Bi Shihu! Our tiger-wolf army is waiting for you in the Netherworld. Even if we turn into vengeful ghosts, we will come to claim your life!!!”
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