Chapter 166: The Young Prefect Of Qiu Prefecture, Li Weiyi
Moments later, another group of people arrived.
They were all dressed in black tight-fitting clothes, each one emanating killing intent, with magic energy flowing throughout their bodies, their imposing presence overwhelming. The leading Deformed Humanoid Race Martial Cultivator was as burly as a demon, four meters tall, holding a two-zhang-long war spear, with thunderous winds and lightning in every breath.
It was Yuwen Chao of Night City.
Yuwen Chao’s nearly crippled right arm had regrown flesh and blood, his eyes sharp, gaze scanning the sea surface for suspicious targets.
Zhuang Yue’s hearing had recovered; as a Pure Immortal Body of the Five Seas Realm Fourth Realm, she could naturally hear the sudden chaotic clamor at the dock clearly.
She asked urgently, “Has the Imperial Court’s army arrived?”
“More or less! It’s an army, but it’s Night City’s Fire Crow Army,” Li Weiyi said.
Zhuang Yue froze, her lips moved, but she could say no more.
When Li Weiyi purchased the fishing boat, he deliberately did not change his attire, so after Huo Qiankun and Yuwen Chao’s two groups inquired, someone quickly pointed them in the direction.
These two peak experts of the Five Seas Realm looked toward the fishing boat two li away and happened to see Li Weiyi standing on the boat, waving goodbye to them.
Li Weiyi asked, “You’ve opened the fourth sea of qi, your internal magic energy should be very abundant. Can you help me propel the fishing boat?”
“That Lord Qi probably still wants to use my blood and magic energy to nourish the human skin, planning to use it for a long time, so he didn’t cripple my cultivation. Controlling the boat is of course no problem.”
Zhuang Yue asked, “But where are we going now?”
“Anywhere, just head into Bing Zu Marsh,” Li Weiyi said.
“Li Weiyi… how about we leave, leave Juze City, go to Fu Zhou. Fu Zhou is the Imperial Court’s main base; it’s absolutely safe there.”
Zhuang Yue hesitated for a long time before finally saying this.
From Lord Qi’s overwhelming power to the changes that arose in Juze City’s Prefectural Office, it gave Zhuang Yue a strong sense of powerlessness, making her clearly realize that with just her and Li Weiyi, under this torrent of the general trend, they were as fragile as two blades of mustard grass that could be snapped with a single swing.
She was someone who had already died once and didn’t care about her own life. But Li Weiyi still had a bright future ahead and shouldn’t end it here.
Huo Qiankun and Yuwen Chao had never seen such an arrogant person; anger burned in their hearts as they stepped on magic energy on the sea surface, like a majestic god and a blue-faced tiger-headed demon, rapidly charging toward the fishing boat.
“Leave, of course we leave, but not fleeing away with our tails between our legs. Don’t worry about it; I have my own arrangements.”
Li Weiyi gently patted Zhuang Yue’s back. “They’re coming; set off quickly.”
It was the first time Zhuang Yue was so obedient to someone other than Jiang Ning.
She pressed her hands to the fishing boat, releasing her internal magic energy continuously, enveloping the ship hull, displaying the profound cultivation of a Five Seas Realm Fourth Realm expert.
In an instant, the twenty-plus-meter-long fishing boat shot forward like an arrow off the string, heading deep into Bing Zu Marsh.
Li Weiyi pulled the sail ropes, unhurriedly raising the sailcloth.
Huo Qiankun was a step faster than Yuwen Chao, closing in to within twenty zhang of the fishing boat, swinging his silver spear horizontally across the water surface.
“Swoosh! Swoosh…”
A large wave surged up, condensing into dozens of white ice crystal spear thrusts that flew toward the fishing boat ahead first.
Li Weiyi leaped to the stern, shattering all the ice crystal spear thrusts with one palm, laughing loudly, “You two are truly bold masters. This isn’t a river; it’s the vast and boundless Bing Zu Marsh. Without a vessel, do you plan to cross the sea on foot? No matter how abundant your magic energy, how long can you last on the sea? Even those Dao Seed Realm experts aren’t as impressive as you!”
Huo Qiankun’s heart sank, feeling an ominous sense of falling into a trap.
“No need for Your Excellency to worry. We have no boat, but don’t you have one?”
A vortex of qi energy appeared under Yuwen Chao’s feet, depressing the surrounding several zhang of water surface; his figure then shot out like a cannonball, appearing above the fishing boat, his war spear thrusting straight down.
He was at the Five Seas Realm Fifth Realm cultivation, with battle techniques honed to perfection; a casual thrust was Heavenly Law Integration.
On the high-grade magic tool-level war spear, the shadow of an ancient general appeared, swinging out a several-zhang-long arm. The fist formed by the arm was right at the spear tip.
This was one thrust of the war spear, also a heavy punch meant to smash the fishing boat to pieces.
“Wanting to board my boat isn’t that easy.”
Li Weiyi didn’t dare underestimate Yuwen Chao; waiting at ease for the exhausted enemy, he nurtured his battle intent and momentum, raising the Yellow Dragon Sword overhead, his entire being becoming incomparably sharp.
“Splash!”
One sword cleaved the sea open, sword qi turning into a yellow dragon, its dragon’s roar shaking the water surface into tremors.
Li Weiyi didn’t use palm techniques to release battle intent. Instead, he prepared to hone the move “Grand Unity Opens the Sea,” cultivating a second kind of battle intent.
Based on his experience cultivating the first battle intent, he felt that cultivating the Chan Sect Twelve Loose Hands’ battle intents definitely required actual combat to comprehend the essence.
“Boom!”
The majestic yellow dragon shadow sword qi and the ancient general shadow on the spear collapsed simultaneously, turning into spreading energy qi waves.
Sword edge collided with spear tip.
Upon contact, both retreated backward, evenly matched.
Li Weiyi retreated six steps, his internal qi and blood churning, the sword body trembling incessantly.
If not for Zhuang Yue’s magic energy enveloping the fishing boat, the ship hull would have been crushed under his feet.
“Fighting head-on with a Five Seas Realm Fifth Realm martial cultivator, sure enough, I’m still a step behind. I had the advantage of waiting at ease, favorable timing and location, and a divine weapon in hand, yet I could only fight to a draw.”
Though thinking this in his heart, Li Weiyi laughed aloud, “Yuwen Chao, after being severely injured by Jiang Ning, you haven’t recovered yet? How did you get so weak?”
Yuwen Chao flew backward, quickly steadying himself on the sea surface. When Li Weiyi cleaved out the yellow dragon sword qi, he had already recognized him as the young man who possessed the seven strange insects, the one he had been searching for these past few days.
Night City’s Fire Crow Cavalry had been heavily defeated by this person.
Truly, after wearing out iron shoes in exhaustive search, he delivered himself to the door.
Yuwen Chao was overjoyed, vowing to capture Li Weiyi and make amends to the Young City Lord, while also stunned by Li Weiyi’s suddenly surging strength.
It had only been a few days.
That day on the Sui River, this kid didn’t even have the qualification to exchange blows with him.
Could it be… because of his arm injury, his combat power had seriously declined?
In this extremely short time, the fishing boat ahead had already rushed more than one li away.
Huo Qiankun caught up to the fishing boat; Li Weiyi again used one move of Grand Unity Opens the Sea to repel him.
Zhuang Yue at the bow heard Li Weiyi burst back again. Though she couldn’t see, her perception was keen, knowing the pursuers were two figures at the Five Seas Realm Fifth Realm level. Huo Qiankun was Five Seas Realm Fourth Realm, but as the Nine Springs Supreme Person, his combat power was not much weaker than Yuwen Chao.
She could hardly imagine that back in Zangxian Town, Li Weiyi was still just a Spring Gushing Realm Martial Cultivator; how in less than two months could he already fight evenly with such figures?
With such talent, no wonder the young lady valued him more each time.
“I’ll assist you. Though I can’t see, my cultivation is still there,” Zhuang Yue said.
Li Weiyi glanced at the increasingly distant dock and transmitted with magic energy, “Don’t rush; it’s not time for you to act yet. First lure these two into the deep sea. Propel the fishing boat at full power; don’t let the boats driven by the Tian Yi Sect and Night City martial cultivators from behind catch up.”
With that, the healed Li Weiyi raised his sword and strode to the stern, shouting, “Huo Qiankun, most of Tian Yi Sect’s industries are in the Seven Prefectures of the Southern Territory. Associating with Night City, Coffin Mountain, and Ash Spirit, aren’t you afraid that Zuo Qiu Gatehouse will issue an order and wipe them all out? I advise you, return to the shore; don’t bring disaster upon yourself.”
Tian Yi Sect was the weakest among the three great sects, far inferior to Sui Sect and San Chen Palace, completely dragged along.
Now was the same; they had no way out. If they didn’t advance, they would die faster, with no choice. At the beginning, they only wanted to take advantage and bite a piece of flesh from the Jiu Li Race.
These words undoubtedly poked at Huo Qiankun’s sore spot; his momentum instantly declined by thirty percent.
“Boom rumble!”
The three clashed repeatedly, gradually entering the deep sea.
The shore dock was no longer visible.
Yuwen Chao and Huo Qiankun naturally knew what Li Weiyi intended: to block them outside the fishing boat and continuously drain their internal magic energy, but this was obviously wishful thinking.
The two attacked from left and right in a combined attack; Li Weiyi was instantly wounded, struck in the chest by the spear.
Even with multiple layers of defense on his body, his face turned deathly pale, suffering internal injuries.
“Splash!”
The seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors flew out from the insect tube, turning into seven streams of light that collided with the magic energy clouds on Yuwen Chao and Huo Qiankun who were trying to board the boat.
“What things?”
Huo Qiankun swung his palm, striking out a handprint about a zhang in size, swatting one Phoenix Wing Moth Emperor away like a mosquito.
The seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors had just divided and eaten the ice attribute thousand year elixir brought by Zuo Qiu Ting; their bodies were still only three inches long, at Five Seas Realm Second Realm cultivation, with combat power comparable to Five Seas Realm Third Realm.
However, their defense and speed were extraordinary.
Even taking a palm from someone of Huo Qiankun’s level, after falling into the seawater, they quickly flapped their wings again, flying up as if nothing had happened, attacking once more.
“Attack!”
Li Weiyi tossed the ghost flag to Zhuang Yue.
She couldn’t see, making this treasure perfect for her.
Zhuang Yue mobilized her extremely pure internal magic energy, injecting it into the ghost flag. Immediately, thick nether mist billowed out, not only completely enveloping the fishing boat but also covering a large area of the surrounding sea area.
With the nether mist concealment, Li Weiyi immediately activated the Dao Ancestor Tai Chi Fish; a Tai Chi Seal and spatial fluctuations appeared beside him.
The next instant, he brought Li Ling out from the Blood Mud Space.
“We must keep these two here; use all the talismans you’ve drawn, strike them all out,” Li Weiyi said.
“So it was you who stole that black metal box. You still dare to oppose us?”
Huo Qiankun, enveloped in the nether mist, had his five senses severely affected but recognized the ghost flag’s aura.
“Opposing you requires great courage? Besides, it seems like you’ve always been the ones opposing me; I haven’t even settled the score with you yet!”
Li Weiyi donned the governor’s official robe neatly, with a wide belt adorned with gemstones and jade pendant, straightening his official hat. His entire person was like a handsome and spirited young governor, majestic and high-spirited.
“Splash—”
Under magic energy activation, strands of purple mist escaped from the official robe, forming a purple mist cloud cluster enveloping his body.
“Boom!”
Li Weiyi’s figure vanished into the purple mist cloud cluster.
The next moment, directly crossing over ten-plus zhang of space, the purple mist cloud cluster appeared above Huo Qiankun’s head.
The Yellow Dragon Sword thrust out from the space, its edge sharp, piercing through all protective magic energy.
Huo Qiankun had never seen such a spectacle; a Five Seas Realm kid actually leaped through space to kill him?
This transcended the concept of speed; he was instantly scared out of his wits, releasing battle intent desperately, swinging the silver spear to rely on his realm advantage to resolve the death tribulation.
“Thud!”
After one clash, the purple mist cloud cluster above his head disappeared.
At the same time, the purple mist cloud cluster appeared in front of Huo Qiankun, another fierce sword strike.
“Boom!”
“Boom rumble!”
…
The purple mist cloud cluster flashed six times around Huo Qiankun.
The fourth sword severed his right arm.
The fifth sword pierced his lung leaves.
The sixth sword penetrated his brow and head.
The entire process took less than two breaths. Huo Qiankun could block the first three swords because of his rich combat experience and powerful battle intent protection.
Li Weiyi’s figure manifested in the space, feet on the sea surface, purple mist retracting into the official robe. One hand held the sword, the other grasped Huo Qiankun’s silver spear, a smile on his face—his plan finally had feasibility for implementation!
From the fishing boat behind him, a terrifying aura and icy energy burst out; signs of freezing appeared on the sea surface around the ship hull.
Evil and chilling, like a ghost king emerging.
Li Weiyi abruptly turned back to look.
Only to see, in the thick nether mist on the fishing boat, a four-zhang-tall ghostly shadow in metal armor walk out, holding a war halberd, stepping on the surging seawater, its baleful aura like a demon as it approached Yuwen Chao.
“Four zhang… taller than when I activate it, by one zhang. Just because her cultivation is higher than mine?”
