Chapter 128: Shang Zhi’s Death
“It is said that once the Earth Spirit Grey Mist is inhaled into the body, it immediately merges into the blood, causing the body to quickly stiffen until one cannot move.” After holding her breath, Zuo Qiu Lanlan asked in terror, “Che Ge, you have seen and known much, is it really like that?”
The five quickly retreated to an area in the valley without Earth Spirit Grey Mist.
Tian Che’s face was grim: “Not only that, if inhaled too much, the flesh and blood will rapidly rot.”
“Don’t scare yourself, we only inhaled a little bit, quickly mobilize magic power to refine it.”
Arriving at a flat area in the valley, Zuo Qiu Bai Ming inserted the Green Yin Banner into the ground and spat magic energy to activate it.
“Crash!”
The Yin Banner fluttered, quickly rising and enlarging, dispersing a layer of green light gauze that enveloped the surrounding several dozen feet. Dozens of departed spirits wearing armor manifested in the light gauze, each with a majestic and heroic posture, holding sabers to guard the four directions.
With Zuo Qiu Bai Ming’s cultivation, he could only activate this high-grade magic tool Yin Banner to this extent.
He stared at Shang Zhi, in a commanding tone: “You come activate the Yin Banner.”
“Me?”
How could Shang Zhi not know the current situation was dire?
Hastily refining the Earth Spirit Grey Mist in his body was the top priority.
“Your strength is the weakest, of course it’s you. Rest assured, we won’t abandon you. Once I refine the Earth Spirit Grey Mist and kill off this group of ignorant fools, I will personally save you.”
Zuo Qiu Bai Ming heard increasingly close breaking wind sounds in his ears, anxious in his heart, losing patience, and scolded: “Hurry up, don’t force me to chop you down with one saber right now.”
When entering the mountain, Zuo Qiu Bai Ming had already decided to use up Li Weiyi and Shang Zhi, then directly kill them off and seize their merit and gains. In this urgent moment, he actually voiced his inner thoughts.
Facing the Sky Flame Saber hanging over his head, Shang Zhi was forced with no choice, walked under the Green Yin Banner, and continuously mobilized magic energy from his hands to inject into it.
Even though he was the Heaven’s Chosen of the Shou Li Tribe, usually pursued and praised by countless tribe members, now he could only compromise. If he had the cultivation of the Second Realm of the Five Seas Realm, why would he suffer this humiliation?
Zuo Qiu Bai Ming sat cross-legged, already feeling his skin slightly numb. The Earth Spirit Grey Mist was more terrifying than he imagined, his mood instantly becoming extremely grave.
Li Weiyi glanced at Zuo Qiu Bai Ming whose whole body was enveloped in magic energy, feeling a strong sense of crisis, secretly glad that he had previously shown only part of his strength, otherwise he would definitely also be pulled to activate the Yin Banner now.
“Swish!”
The fox demon wrapped in departed spirit human skin charged into the valley.
It looked at the five people in the Yin Banner, its double pupils turning red, coldly snorted, and decisively attacked without mercy, not giving the opponents time to refine the Earth Spirit Grey Mist.
The white pendant on its neck was activated by magic energy, releasing dazzling bright light.
With one punch struck out, the sound of wind and thunder echoed through the valley, heavily striking the green light gauze released by the Yin Banner.
“Boom!”
Within the light gauze, fifteen of the armored departed spirits instantly converged together, joining forces to slash out one saber, blocking the fox demon’s earth-shaking punch.
On the steep cliff faces around, many mountain stones were shaken to roll down.
The green light gauze showed wave-like impact patterns, but inside it was calm as still water.
While refining the Earth Spirit Grey Mist, Zuo Qiu Bai Ming laughed: “This green banner of mine is a high-grade magic tool, how can you this demonic creature break it?”
Li Weiyi’s night-walking clothes were also a high-grade magic tool, but its defense was far inferior to the green banner, focusing more on invisibility and speed, the path of assassination and killing, to exert its strongest effect.
“Swish! Swish…”
Several more figures entered the valley.
Besides three Five Seas Realm demonic cultivators, there was one holding a white Yin Banner, saber at the waist, a tall and straight figure wrapped in departed spirit human skin.
His aura was powerful, gaze like torches, the magic energy dispersing from his body filling the valley, a top figure of the Second Realm of the Five Seas Realm.
Li Weiyi mobilized the immortal radiance in his Divine Gate, quickly refining the Earth Spirit Grey Mist in his body, the numbness in his skin and flesh and blood disappearing. He looked outside the light gauze and recognized the departed spirit human skin figure holding the white Yin Banner: “Xue Qi, you have such great boldness, Sui Sect making an enemy of Zuo Qiu Gatehouse, have you considered the consequences?”
Under the departed spirit human skin, Xue Qi’s tone was flat, speaking to the fox demon strong practitioner of Tian Ya Ridge: “Kill them all, leave no survivors.”
“Zuo Qiu Gatehouse sending these three pure immortal bodies into Thirty-three Mile Mountain itself has the intention of tempering them, if they all die, it is also reasonable.”
The fox demon strong practitioner fully activated the high-grade magic tool pendant on its neck, the power fluctuations on its body continuously strengthening.
The third figure wrapped in departed spirit human skin unfolded wings, flying in the sky above the valley, body length four meters, voice echoing through the valley, laughing: “The flesh and blood of pure immortal bodies is extremely delicious, this time, it seems we can eat our fill.”
He was the leader of Coffin Mountain, dharma name “Di Ran”, a deformed humanoid race who had swallowed blood of two kinds of ancient immortal giant beasts, possessing two kinds of beast features, wings on the back, both arms covered in flame scales.
“Boom!”
“Rumble!”
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Various attacks fell from all directions, dispersing the armored departed spirits on the green light gauze one by one.
“Senior Disciple Brother Bai Ming, this is not good, Tian Ya Ridge has united multiple forces, daring to attack you in Thirty-three Mile Mountain today, tomorrow they might dare to attack Qiu Prefecture.”
After saying this, Li Weiyi stood up, leaving the three of Zuo Qiu Gatehouse a distinguished back view: “In any case, one of us must survive, you continue refining, I will go assist Shang Zhi in activating the Yin Banner.”
He didn’t dare use immortal radiance in front of Zuo Qiu Bai Ming, fearing jealousy and inviting death tribulation, thus didn’t dare refine the Earth Spirit Grey Mist for them.
Zuo Qiu Lanlan and Tian Che successively opened their eyes, looking at Li Weiyi who was activating the Yin Banner, all surging with moved emotions, the suspicions in their hearts about some of his previous actions naturally dissipating like smoke.
This Sima Tan…
Righteous to the heavens!
As Li Weiyi released magic energy surging into the Yin Banner, more armored departed spirits flew out from the Yin Banner.
“We can’t wait any longer! Although Zuo Qiu Bai Ming is a good-for-nothing, his martial way talent and combat power are extremely strong, we cannot let him completely refine the Earth Spirit Grey Mist.”
Xue Qi retreated several dozen feet, taking out a three-inch square jade box from his sleeve.
Releasing the seal on the surface, the jade box opened, dispersing purple glow and lightning inside.
Unless absolutely necessary, he didn’t want to use this treasure of enormous power.
Li Weiyi wanted to drag Zuo Qiu Gatehouse into the water, forcing them to provide greater support to help Jiu Li Tribe cope with the impending clan extermination crisis. How could Xue Qi not want to thoroughly bind forces like Tian Ya Ridge and Coffin Mountain to Sui Sect’s war chariot?
From Zuo Qiu Ting’s actions, Sui Sect had seen Zuo Qiu Gatehouse’s attitude.
Clearly, Zuo Qiu Gatehouse still wanted to support Jiu Li Tribe as the master of Li Zhou.
Then Sui Sect could only deeply bind forces like Tian Ya Ridge and Coffin Mountain to have a chance to exterminate Jiu Li Tribe and force Zuo Qiu Gatehouse to make a new choice. In the face of the general trend and gains and losses of benefits, even ten million gateways could only compromise.
Therefore, for Tian Ya Ridge to deal with Zuo Qiu Bai Ming, Xue Qi acted very proactively, not only helping them seize back the immortal soil, but also to kill all of Zuo Qiu Gatehouse’s people!
As a disciple of the younger generation, he could only do this much. Perhaps in the face of the big picture, his influence was as light as a straw, but it might become the last straw that changes the higher-ups’ decisions.
The wind arises from the end of the green ping, the waves form between tiny ripples.
Sui Sect’s current momentum was created by one generation after another of green ping tiny ripples striving forward successively. Xue Qi’s pursuit target was Leader Yao Qian, was Sect Master Yang Shenjing.
“Not good, it’s Thunder Law Profound Ice.”
Li Weiyi recognized the item in Xue Qi’s hand, his face changing drastically, immediately ten springs surging together to activate the several defensive magic tools on his body.
“Boom!”
Xue Qi struck out the Thunder Law Profound Ice from the jade box, ice crystals shattering, releasing streaks of bright purple electric beams.
Some electric beams flew dozens of meters far, striking the cliff, splitting mountain stones, igniting trees.
The armored departed spirits exploded one by one, the green light gauze released by the Yin Banner torn open with a huge gap several meters long.
“Crack bang!”
Li Weiyi and Shang Zhi were successively struck by lightning, thrown flying out.
The fox demon strong practitioner and Xue Qi had profound movement techniques, strange speeds, rushing into the area enveloped by the light gauze at the first moment, attacking Zuo Qiu Bai Ming sitting cross-legged.
Li Weiyi quickly stood up, rubbed his chest, and checked his whole body.
No injuries.
Shang Zhi slowly sat up, blood runes flickering on his rune robe, blocking this death tribulation. But his flesh and blood became stiff, limbs hard to move, the strange power of the Earth Spirit Grey Mist had already entered his heart.
Li Weiyi was not one to see death without saving, just preparing to pull him up and escape together.
“Swish! Swish…”
Countless metal feathers fell from above, penetrating Shang Zhi’s body into a bloody sieve full of holes.
Dispersing the metal feathers, Li Weiyi quickly rushed to Shang Zhi’s side, helped him up. He was already left with only his last breath, eyes bulging wide, tightly grabbing Li Weiyi’s sleeve: “Hurry and escape… down the mountain… Zuo Qiu… Bai Ming… unreliable…”
Li Weiyi’s mood was extremely complex, although their friendship was not deep, he quite liked Shang Zhi. As a Nine Springs Supreme Person, he should have had a boundless future, yet perished in an instant, truly the ways of the world are impermanent.
His fingers touched Shang Zhi’s money bag.
Finally took it off, anyway he couldn’t use it anymore!
“Go, hurry and leave here. The valley entrance is definitely sealed by a large group of martial cultivators, cannot go there, we escape from the valley cliff face.”
Zuo Qiu Bai Ming’s combat power was extraordinary, relying on his own power to repel the joint attack of the fox demon and Xue Qi, then raising his saber and leaping toward the cliff face on the left side of the valley. One leap was six or seven dozen feet high.
The cliff face was not too steep, with hanging cypresses, with Five Seas Realm martial cultivator’s cultivation, one could easily climb like an ape.
Zuo Qiu Lanlan and Tian Che released magic energy, using movement techniques, quickly following up.
The fox demon and Xue Qi completely ignored Li Weiyi, only valuing Zuo Qiu Bai Ming escaping at the forefront, one left one right, pursuing upward.
Li Weiyi looked up, at the huge deformed humanoid race figure with metal wings circling in the sky above, it was he who killed Shang Zhi, strength quite powerful.
“The valley entrance is bound to be dangerous, but would Tian Ya Ridge, Sui Sect, Coffin Mountain’s people not know they could escape via the cliff face? If the opponent attacks from above down, occupying complete geographical advantage, I’m afraid they would only die faster.”
“Then breakout from the front.”
Li Weiyi quickly made the decision, gaze sweeping the three Demon Race Five Seas Realm living beings closing in, unhurriedly, back up Shang Zhi’s corpse, bind it on his body, preparing to bring it back to Jiu Li Tribe for burial.
Having taken the money, he would do the job, not letting the deceased feel cold.
One hand holding Shang Zhi’s magic tool war saber, one hand grabbing the Green Yin Banner abandoned by the panicked fleeing Zuo Qiu Bai Ming, his eyes sharp: “Those who don’t want to die, step aside.”
Dropping these words, Li Weiyi quickly rushed toward the valley entrance.
“A mere First Realm of the Five Seas Realm martial cultivator, no matter how strong, how strong can he be?”
“Three against one, the advantage is with us.”
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The three Demon Race Five Seas Realm living beings exchanged glances, then charged from three directions, joining forces to attack Li Weiyi. They knew Li Weiyi’s prowess, thus struck with full power.
