At this moment.
Within the entire Azure Dynasty, all the Tian Xing avatars were fleeing!
Starting from the edges of the Azure Dynasty, those 'caged sparrows' who had once been imprisoned by Lin Wudao had, on the contrary, become the night cats toying with the sparrows.
They were pursuing the avatars of Tian Xing, and all of Tian Xing's avatars, in that same instant as Lin Wudao's fury, were stunned for a moment.
They, too, had lost the perspective of the other avatars and had become blind men. They were incomparably lost and bewildered.
That was the Imperial Capital.
"How is this possible? Lin Wudao... the mark of the main body... You... have you all died?!!"
Lai Teng, who had already become a Divinity Transformation expert, was nevertheless sitting quietly on the Azure Dynasty's Horizon Mountain.
He, surprisingly, did not flee. His eyes were still focused in concentration; he must have had a definite plan. But losing contact with the other Tian Xing avatars had nevertheless made him panic.
It was only for that brief moment of being stunned.
He abruptly shot to his feet. In just an instant, Horizon Mountain was completely surrounded by people!
It was Li Kuanghua. On that day, he had watched as Li Kuanghua entered the Imperial Capital and had even wanted to kill her.
Now, Li Kuanghua stood before him, and he, on the contrary, had become a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow!
Before his eyes.
"Roar!"
A Flood Dragon roared. Over a hundred years had passed, and the Old Raging Sky Flood Dragon, who had once fled from the Azure Cloud region with Li Kuanghua, had also undergone a change!
As it was now, it surprisingly no longer had the frenzy of its Raging Sky Flood Dragon form, where the clash of thunder and fire caused roaring sounds everywhere it passed; nor did it have the ethereal and illusory nature of its Mist Flood Dragon state.
Instead, it had taken on the strange form of a semi-transparent, purple flood dragon.
Within its body was the light of fiery flames and flashing arcs of lightning, and white mist emanated from its body. It possessed a strange and bizarre beauty!
This Mountain had long since been razed flat, first by Ye Xiu's breakthrough and then by the great battle fought there by numerous cultivators.
The Flood Dragon hovered low in the air, directly facing this newly advanced, Fifth-Grade Divinity Transformation expert.
Atop its head, a young woman in a yellow dress was holding onto one of its flood dragon horns. She, too, was completely without fear.
This young woman, who had cultivated in the Five Elements Absolute Grounds for a hundred years, had spoken with eloquence and confidence when facing the Twelfth Prince, Feiheng, and with her Nascent Soul body, she faced Lai Teng, also completely without fear.
Having experienced the terrifying circumstances within the Five Elements Absolute Grounds and having faced the pale white solitude of the Snowy Region, it was likely that there was nothing left that was worthy of her fear.
The black and white Buddha-Demon Disc floated behind her. She just quietly stared at the opponent who had once fought her, but who, in terms of cultivation level, had now walked ahead of her.
Around The Mountain.
The numerous cultivators from Azure Cloud who had once gone to the Five Elements Absolute Grounds with Li Kuanghua, one could see that every single one of them produced uncontrollable sonic booms with their every move.
It must have been because they had just come out of the Five Elements Absolute Grounds and were unable to control the physical power they had gained from cultivating within.
"I thought you were going to run. I never expected you would actually hide on this Mountain."
Li Kuanghua's expression was calm, but her voice was uncontrollably high-spirited.
There was no longer time to investigate why he had lost perception of his other avatars.
Lai Teng gritted his teeth and swept his gaze across the people from Azure Cloud around him.
He sneered savagely, "Hahaha! Run? As if I would be afraid of you?! Where is Ye Xiu? Where is Daoist Shanchen? Have them come out! I am a Fifth-Grade Divinity Transformation expert, not some piece of trash like that Qu Yang. Today, I will kill you all together!"
He had already perceived Li Kuanghua's aura.
Now, her aura was even greater than before, having reached the peak of the Nascent Soul realm, but she had not even reached the stage of Nascent Soul 'Leaving the Body'.
This was the difficult point for body cultivators. They are tempered by the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi, their bodies integrating with it, and they must use pure strength to break through to the divine realm.
It is difficult for them to comprehend the Rules, so wanting to break through to Divinity Transformation, let alone Nascent Soul 'Leaving the Body', is harder than hard.
Even that Ye Xiu from back then did not break through to Divinity Transformation as a body cultivator.
Those cultivators from Azure Cloud around her, every single one of them has become a body cultivator, and there are even seven Nascent Soul experts among them.
That bizarre flood dragon, however, has reached the Nascent Soul 'Leaving the Body' stage.
But relying on just these people?
Even if Li Kuanghua once again used that life-burning technique from the past, it would be nothing more than a joke!
Ye Xiu and Daoist Shanchen must be here, he thought. Only then would they dare to be so arrogant.
However, Li Kuanghua remained completely unmoved. The two Divinity Transformation experts who had once appeared to fight Qu Yang did not appear.
After waiting for a long time, as a cool wind blew past, the people Lai Teng was waiting for still had not arrived.
He only got a sneer from Li Kuanghua.
"You are more composed than any other Tian Xing avatar," she said. "I am very curious. All the other avatars are fleeing, so why are you waiting for us here so calmly?"
Hearing this, Lai Teng suddenly burst into loud laughter. His laughter summoned the fierce gales of the Mountain, and the desolate black earth was swept up into the air.
He stared ferociously at Li Kuanghua and the others.
"Although I don't know what methods you used to make me unable to contact the other avatars," he snarled, "do you genuinely believe that you can do whatever you please in front of me?"
Hearing this, Li Kuanghua looked at Lai Teng's ferocious expression, and her own expression couldn't help but change.
Seeing the look on Li Kuanghua's face, Lai Teng was even more overjoyed.
"Do you genuinely believe I am the same person I once was? Do you think I am some piece of trash like Lin Wudao or that Qu Yang?"
Lai Teng sneered savagely. "For over a hundred years, I have not forgotten for a single day the humiliation your Li family inflicted upon me. You stormed my residence and took things from my treasury time and time again. Here on this Mountain, you chased me until I fled in a wretched state."
"But you have forgotten! The me of today is not the me of yesterday! I have become a Divinity Transformation expert—a Fifth-Grade Divinity Transformation expert!"
"I have become a general of the Imperial Capital, and within this Imperial Capital, I have already established myself."
"Did you think," he taunted, "that only you people from the Li family are growing stronger?"
"Laughable!"
As his voice fell, Li Kuanghua and her numerous comrades from Azure Cloud all furrowed their brows.
They saw Heaven and Earth Spirit Qi surge from all directions as cultivator after cultivator arrived, riding on their swords!
"My avatars in the Imperial Capital are few and far between now," Lai Teng declared, "but I, too, have my own helpers. Did you Li family people think that you are the only ones with allies?!!"
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