Chapter 229: Old Acquaintance From The Southern Border
Not only was Yuwen Tuozhen shocked.
Qi Xiao and Shi Shishi saw Li Weiyi descend like a heavenly god, with layers of sword shadows, then chopping the renowned young powerhouse of the Southern Territory off the eaves. The shock in their hearts could not be described in words.
Shi Shishi exclaimed in surprise: “Brother Weiyi, have you and Yang Qingxi been cultivating some secret dual cultivation technique these past few days? Otherwise, how could your cultivation and combat power have advanced to this level?”
“Absolutely successor level… This is an achievement reached in the Fifth Realm of the Five Seas Realm?” Qi Xiao was somewhat doubtful, wondering if his own martial way over the past twenty years had been on the right path.
It must be known that both Qi Xiao and Yuwen Tuozhen possessed pure immortal bodies, opening nine springs in the Spring Gushing Realm, with all veins fully silver. In the Five Seas Realm, the seventh sea had already been fully cultivated.
They stood at the absolute peak below the Dao Seed Realm, with no shortcomings.
The only ones who could swiftly defeat them in a dozen moves were figures at successor level.
What made successor level stronger than them was that in the Spring Gushing Realm, they had opened over a hundred veins, cultivating some golden veins. In the Five Seas Realm, each sea of qi was even broader.
Completely surpassing them.
Li Weiyi said: “There aren’t that many successors. Yuwen Tuozhen was already injured, so his combat power had seriously declined. A quick battle to send Young City Lord Yuwen on his way.”
The Far West Ash Region had vast forces, with masters as numerous as the clouds.
Whenever there was an opportunity, Li Weiyi naturally wanted to pull out their claws and teeth, clip their wings, and weaken Luan Sheng Lin You.
In front of Yin Twenty-Four and the others, he had to put on the airs of a hidden person at all times, so he naturally had to do what a hidden person should do.
The gap in cultivation between him and Luan Sheng Lin You was huge, and he couldn’t do anything to him for the time being, but he had to at least kill a few Seventh Sea martial cultivators from the Far West Ash Region, bring their heads back and place them on the sacrificial altar, which would be more convincing than anything else. More meaningful for commemoration than placing a few fruits.
“Send me on my way? What price are you prepared to pay?”
Under the eaves, Yuwen Tuozhen’s purple long hair scattered, his gaze sharp and cold as a knife, staring at Li Weiyi who had landed back on the ground opposite him.
Under the guidance of magic energy, the blood flowing out from his injuries turned into strands of blood mist, surging into the six-foot-long vengeful spirit spear in his hand.
At his brow, the glowing white crescent moon mark representing a member of the Night Clan royal family gradually turned blood-colored.
Qi Xiao, well-informed, shouted loudly: “Not good! That’s a blood-refined magic tool, with departed spirits sealed inside.”
Li Weiyi’s legs tensed like a drawn bowstring, shooting out, his speed so fast that it caused the air to explode with sound.
One sword thrust straight!
The dragon shadow bursting from the Yellow Dragon Sword moved along his arm and the sword body.
Yuwen Tuozhen’s five senses amplified to the extreme, he held the war spear flat, legs sinking, the five-zhang-long crescent moon battle intent above his head flowing into the war weapon in his hand.
“Bang!”
One spear strike out, precisely hitting the tip of the Yellow Dragon Sword.
The stone slabs on the dozens of meters street all shattered, crackling.
Yuwen Tuozhen’s power was naturally inferior to Li Weiyi’s, and he retreated fiercely. But within the vengeful spirit spear in his hand, scriptures and ghostly mist spread like waves in all directions.
Six auras of powerful departed spirits rushed out from the spear tip.
Each one had a massive body, taller than houses, with a blood moon mark at their brows.
The six blood moon ghosts formed a battle formation, intercepting Li Weiyi.
After clashing head-on with Li Weiyi, Yuwen Tuozhen’s injuries worsened, and along the shadowy area under the eaves, he swiftly fled into the darker alley.
He was very self-aware, knowing that even with the six departed spirits’ help, he absolutely could not defeat the three of them.
“Don’t worry about me, don’t let him escape.” Li Weiyi said lightly.
Qi Xiao used movement technique to raise his blade, chasing on the rooftops above Yuwen Tuozhen, sometimes leaping, sometimes flashing. At this moment, he understood why Yuwen Tuozhen ranked second rank in the Southern Territory, while he was third class!
Just the six departed spirits in the vengeful spirit spear alone could elevate his combat power by a large margin.
This battle treasure was several times more expensive than an ordinary first-grade Hundred Character Scripture magic tool.
Yuwen Tuozhen rushed to the end of the alley, suddenly alert, and immediately stopped.
Only to see Shi Shishi flash out, using his famous ultimate technique “Soaring Fist”.
A fist struck head-on.
The fist shone like stars, causing the air within several zhang to oscillate.
This was Shi Shishi’s explosive attack fist technique specifically for dealing with same-realm pure immortal body martial cultivators!
Yuwen Tuozhen had no time to thrust the vengeful spirit spear, and could only plant it as a pillar to block.
“Bang!”
The fist collided with the spear shaft, emitting a clang of metal.
Over a hundred scriptures flew out from the fist, impacting Yuwen Tuozhen’s body.
Yuwen Tuozhen then discovered that Shi Shishi wore lotus flower finger tigers on his fingers. The scriptures shot out from the finger tigers, piercing protective magic energy, shaking him to fly backwards.
Qi Xiao flew down from the rooftop, raising his blade to swing and chop.
On the street, Li Weiyi stepped with Qing Xu Cicada Escape Step, his figure leaving the ground, stepping six times in mid-air, leaving six light shadows of Li Weiyi using different sword moves. Then, without looking back, he chased into the alley.
Behind him, the six powerful departed spirits, at the spots hit by the Yellow Dragon Sword, began burning, spreading to their whole bodies.
Moments later, they burned into six clumps of bright red smoke.
The six Li Weiyi light shadows also disappeared accordingly.
Li Weiyi rushing in the alley lifted his head and, on the rooftop, saw a familiar figure following him forward. It was that patrol immortal envoy from Du’e Temple, whom he had seen twice before.
“Why is it her again?”
Li Weiyi frowned.
Moments later, they arrived at the battlefield.
Under the three’s siege, Yuwen Tuozhen failed to beg for mercy, and was beheaded by Qi Xiao’s blade, his head rolling several zhang away. Li Weiyi picked up the bloody head and put it into a boundary bag.
“Quickly find the invitation.”
Qi Xiao and Shi Shishi quickly crouched down, searching the corpse’s bosom.
Li Weiyi turned around, looking at the Du’e Temple patrol immortal envoy also wearing a daoist robe, standing in a high place. Thinking for a moment, he turned into a remnant shadow of green smoke, flying to the immortal envoy’s side, glancing at the booklet in her hand, wanting to know what she was writing.
Immediately, he was dumbfounded!
Only to see her recording: “Twelfth Day of the Lunar New Year, night, Li Zhou’s Li Weiyi, combat power risen to successor level, killed Yuwen Tuozhen.”
“Even as a patrol immortal envoy, you can’t record randomly. Yuwen Tuozhen was injured, my combat power hasn’t reached successor level. Also, the one who killed Yuwen Tuozhen was Qi Xiao. Qi Family of Li Zhou, Qi Xiao.”
Li Weiyi was very clear that in this perilous Qiu Zhou Prefectural City, one needed vigorous fighting spirit to meet all difficulties and challenges. But also needed to recognize oneself, never overestimate oneself, best to… slightly underestimate oneself.
The patrol immortal envoy did not record Qi Xiao’s feat.
She put away the brush, closed the booklet, then her figure flashed and disappeared before Li Weiyi’s eyes.
Her speed was so fast it was hard for the naked eye to capture.
Li Weiyi returned to the ground, sighing deeply.
Qi Xiao and Shi Shishi had already found a dragon seed voucher and two dragon bone tickets on Yuwen Tuozhen, and were discussing how to divide them.
“Brother Weiyi, what’s wrong?” Shi Shishi asked curiously.
“I feel that patrol immortal envoy from Du’e Temple is preparing to boost me to death.”
Li Weiyi told the two what had just happened.
Qi Xiao laughed heartily: “I was the one who chopped off Yuwen Tuozhen’s head, but you put in the most effort. I think her record is fine. Besides, your strength is definitely successor level. Perhaps a bit reluctant, but absolutely a level higher than me and Yuwen Tuozhen!”
“Brother Weiyi, that ultimate technique you used to kill Hua Yuzi is now spreading like legend. With that move, ordinary successors can’t block it.” Shi Shishi said.
Li Weiyi said: “Which successor doesn’t have their own ultimate technique?”
“Don’t think too much. Perhaps Du’e Temple is already preparing to seal you as a hidden dragon. Let’s first discuss how to divide the vouchers?” Qi Xiao said.
“You two divide them.”
Li Weiyi removed Yuwen Tuozhen’s boundary bag, picked up the vengeful spirit spear, then went to retrieve the dragon scale spear he had thrown earlier.
A first-grade Hundred Character Scripture magic tool!
Each one worth tens of thousands of spring coins, a large sum.
The reason he temporarily didn’t want the dragon seed voucher and dragon bone tickets was that he planned to return to Zhuo Garden tonight first, hide for three days. Wait until the seven phoenix wing moth emperors grew to seven inches, then he could practice a peak battle intent move that could explode with 150% combat power.
On the last day, search for targets again, seize dragon seed vouchers, dragon bone tickets, and if possible, grab a longevity pill voucher.
If he took the vouchers now and went anywhere, he would be locked onto, unable to sleep peacefully.
Li Weiyi put the two spears into the boundary bag and quickly returned.
The two had already finished dividing the vouchers.
Qi Xiao took one dragon seed voucher, Shi Shishi took one dragon bone ticket.
The second dragon bone ticket was temporarily kept by Qi Xiao, to be given to Li Weiyi when he needed it later.
“No need for many words of thanks. After the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival, I must immediately break through to Dao Seed Realm. Once brother enters Dao Seed Realm, I will definitely arrange everything properly for you two, food, drink, sleep, all top-tier. Dao Seed Banquet, you both must come!” Qi Xiao said with a beaming smile.
Shi Shishi, having gained a dragon bone ticket, grew greedy for a dragon seed voucher: “With our three’s strength, joining hands, we can even suppress a successor. How about seizing a few more vouchers?”
Li Weiyi shook his head: “I keep feeling something’s off tonight, my heart uneasy, better not stay in Eastern City anymore, first return to Southern City.”
“Not good… We stayed here too long just now, someone has surrounded us!”
Qi Xiao opened the invitation, able to see on the map that dragon seed vouchers and dragon bone tickets were moving toward their three’s position.
“Go!”
Qi Xiao led the way ahead.
Li Weiyi and Shi Shishi followed closely behind, constantly adjusting direction, weaving through alleys and leaping walls, trying to break out of the encirclement.
But they encountered at the bank of this several-zhang-wide small river.
“Ding ding!”
Ku Di stood on the opposite riverbank, her stave spinning in her hand, large and small rings colliding with pleasant sounds.
Dense scriptures floated from her white monk robe, her temperament serene and ethereal, blending into the darkness.
“Roar!”
A tiger roar sounded, forming strong wind force.
Nirvana Truth with a five-zhang-long golden tiger battle intent walked out from the woods by the river on the three’s right side. He said with a deep laugh: “What a narrow road for enemies. I thought it was Dragon Gate’s dragon seed voucher and dragon bone tickets, but unexpectedly it’s three old acquaintances from the Southern Territory.”
“Amitabha Buddha!”
One-armed Dharma Truth pinched a buddha seal, appearing on the water surface of the left riverbank, magic energy under his feet turning into a mist bridge, standing on the bridge.
Li Weiyi sensed it and turned around.
He saw Ji Di, ranked second among Coffin Mountain Four Truths, standing on the rooftop of a building dozens of zhang away. He was a variant pure immortal body, his flesh and blood like golden cast, full of explosive power.
He was Southern Territory second rank, combat power not inferior to Yuwen Tuozhen.
Li Weiyi’s gaze searched again, always feeling that the Du’e Temple patrol immortal envoy was nearby, but saw no figure, not knowing where she was hidden.
Qi Xiao transmitted to the two: “Coffin Mountain Four Truths are all here, definitely can’t win, but as long as we stay together, they can’t do much. Which direction to break out?”
“We haven’t even fought, how do we know we can’t win? Successor against successor, pure immortal body against pure immortal body, I’ll take a bit of a loss, mortals battling deformed humanoid race.” Shi Shishi said.
Qi Xiao wanted to strangle him; Ji Di and Dharma Truth were both pure immortal bodies.
If he could fight two alone, how could he be relegated to Southern Territory third class?
Li Weiyi naturally wanted to pull out these four claws of Luan Sheng Lin You from Coffin Mountain Four Truths, but he was very clear about the gap in strength between enemy and us, rationally saying: “Don’t mess around, break out to the left, join hands to kill the one-armed Dharma Truth… Coming…”
Before the words finished.
Ku Di on the opposite riverbank leaped up, her light body arriving before them like a released arrow, with strong intent pressure.
“Quickly break out, I’ll block her.”
Li Weiyi’s left hand pinched finger seal, magic energy circulating.
A three-zhang-tall battle intent divine shadow rose behind him. Then, a powerful bright beam shot from his fingertip.
“Ding ding!”
The stave head, tower-shaped, with twelve large and small rings ringing violently.
Ku Di swung it out, clashing head-on with Ci Hang Kai Guang Finger.
The stave emitted brilliant silver light, shattering the finger force, energy pouring downward, the river channel exploding with a boom.
Nearby trees snapped and fell one after another.
Li Weiyi retreated two steps, changing finger seal to palm seal, two fingers becoming five. Magic energy surged in his body, striking upward a massive golden yellow divine seal to block the stave chopping toward his head.
“Boom!”
Retreating again.
On the river embankment, he stepped out several footprint-sized pits, magic energy and vitality churning in his body.
