Chapter 274: Strange Insect Shows Its Might
“I’ll go scout first. If there’s an ambush in the town, we might not be able to escape.”
Zuo Sheng pretended to be prudent, executed a movement technique, turned into ghostly afterimages, and disappeared among the densely packed blue tile white wall houses of the small town.
What an impressive movement technique! The cultivation of these Zuo brothers is profoundly deep and somewhat terrifying.
Li Weiyi had long ago worn the governor’s official robe underneath, in preparation for any eventuality.
Zuo Sheng did not return for a long time.
Zuo Shi, who stayed behind, had unknowingly retreated two zhang away behind Zuo Qiu Qingying and Li Weiyi, his old face growing increasingly grim. Especially when gazing at Zuo Qiu Qingying, there was a thick hatred in his eyes.
Zuo Qiu Qingying sensed the atmosphere was off, her gaze fixed on the market town several li ahead, and said in a low voice: “Something’s strange. Perhaps we should return to the city… even though it’s a bit embarrassing…”
“Good!”
Without warning, Li Weiyi instantly executed the Qing Xu Cicada Escape Step, turning into a streak of green smoke, dodging Zuo Shi, and speeding off to the right, vanishing into the night.
A look of surprise flashed across the faces of Zuo Qiu Qingying and Zuo Shi.
In the next instant, Zuo Shi roared loudly, his half-white hair on his head standing straight up like a lion’s mane. His right hand ignited, illuminating the night, and he struck a palm at the unprepared Zuo Qiu Qingying’s back.
“Bang!”
Zuo Qiu Qingying’s protective runes blocked this strike, preventing her physical body from being shattered by the palm.
“Zuo…”
Her body flew forward, blood spurting from her mouth, her eyes full of bewilderment.
“Swish! Swish…”
From Qingyi Town, several figures leaped one after another from the rooftops, heading toward her.
Even at this moment, Zuo Qiu Qingying only thought she had been ambushed by the Jiu Li Hidden Sect. She activated the speed runes on her body and fled toward the direction of Qiu Zhou Prefecture City.
“She’s yours. I’m going after Li Weiyi.”
Zuo Shi shouted to the several people in the distance, formed a finger seal with his hand, and executed the fire escape Daoist art “Flame Robe Technique”.
Magic energy surged explosively from his body, burning fiercely, forming a robe of flames on his body surface, which greatly increased his speed, and he pursued in the direction Li Weiyi had fled.
The combat power gap among Dao Seed Realm martial cultivators is enormous, but it’s hard to widen the speed gap by multiples.
Therefore, after reaching the Dao Seed Realm, the first Daoist art that martial cultivators cultivate and refine is inevitably related to life preservation.
Speed types and escape techniques are the top choices.
For someone like Zuo Shi, who has cultivated for nearly a century, his attainment in Daoist arts is far beyond those young successors.
“So fast!”
Li Weiyi had only rushed out twenty or thirty li when Zuo Shi caught up behind him, waves of heat coming one after another.
He wasn’t sure if Shi Jiuzhai had followed. At this moment, he could only rely on himself.
The reason for luring Zuo Qiu Qingying to Qingyi Town was to use her death to make Zuo Qiu Cangwu and Zuo Qiu Gatehouse “pay special attention” to this market town, employing the tactic of borrowing a knife to kill, letting the wolf devour the tiger. To see if Qingyi Town was truly a dragon’s pool or tiger’s den.
The appearance of Zuo Sheng and Zuo Shi was purely unexpected.
Now he had to face this unexpected event head-on.
“Kid, you’ve noticed it long ago, haven’t you? Hmph, your Jiu Li Hidden Sect does have some tricks.”
Zuo Shi closed to within twenty zhang behind Li Weiyi, flames vigor exploding from his body, instantly forming a massive flame vortex twenty zhang in diameter.
The surrounding vegetation instantly ignited.
Big trees turned into torches, small grass into ash.
“Is this his Dao Heart External Manifestation?”
Li Weiyi was trapped in the flame vortex, his body pulled backward by a violent force, unable to break free.
It was like being entangled by thousands of ropes.
Zuo Shi was far stronger than Wang Zhi.
“Whoosh!”
The Blood Handprint Demonic Armor activated, releasing blood mist and blood-colored scriptures to resist the body-incinerating flames.
Li Weiyi allowed the vortex force to pull him backward, suddenly drew his sword, sword light radiating, and cleaved straight down through the air.
The bright sword qi seemed intent on directly splitting the opponent’s Dao Heart External Manifestation.
“Haha!”
Zuo Shi did not dodge or evade, let out a long whistle, and swung out a palm blade.
Another Daoist art was executed!
It was the “Horizontal Severing Blazing Blade” cultivated by many experts of Zuo Qiu Gatehouse.
Once the Daoist art was unleashed, combat power surged.
“Bang!”
The sword qi of the Yellow Dragon Sword was shattered by the palm blade, the vigor smashing onto Li Weiyi.
Li Weiyi flew backward, crashing several zhang away. The demonic armor blood mist enveloping his body was dispersed, his body feeling as if struck by an iron rod.
“Hidden Person, you haven’t seeded Dao yet? With Five Seas Realm cultivation, you actually withstood one of my Daoist art strikes. You’re not simple.” Zuo Shi pursued and attacked again.
“With a century of cultivation, only Dao Seed Realm Second Heaven. Withstanding one strike from you isn’t anything to be proud of.”
Li Weiyi knew clearly that he was not yet a match for a Dao Seed Realm Second Heaven martial cultivator, so he decisively released the seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors, preparing for a quick battle.
Seeing the seven strange insects, Zuo Shi’s eyes narrowed slightly, becoming prudent.
“With just them?”
Zuo Shi struck out with a palm toward the two approaching Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors.
They did not fly backward from his palm as he expected.
One Phoenix Wing Moth Emperor spat Golden Crow Flame from its mouth, the other released lightning from its eyes. The two energies clashed against the palm wind, only slightly at a disadvantage.
While Zuo Shi was shocked in his heart, one Phoenix Wing Moth Emperor that was clearly much faster than the other six flew close to the ground to his legs, spreading its wings, sharp as blades.
Zuo Shi was greatly startled and hurriedly leaped into the air.
From above his head came the sound of sword cries.
“Not good!”
Zuo Shi didn’t even look up, hastily swinging out a Horizontal Severing Blazing Blade.
For veteran strong practitioners, Daoist arts are more useful than magic tools—not only wielded as they wish, but with power no less than magic tools.
They spend decades researching and polishing their selected Daoist arts.
This time, Li Weiyi learned his lesson and did not clash head-on with his Daoist art, immediately using a movement technique to dodge.
Zuo Shi was intimidated by the combat power of Li Weiyi and the seven little ones, hurriedly executing the Flame Robe Escape Technique, preparing to flee and avoid their sharpness.
“Why… is one missing…”
Zuo Shi felt a warning sign, his expression changing abruptly.
The Seven Phoenix manifested out of thin air, its body returning to nine inches long, its claws covered in dense dragon scales piercing through the protective magic energy at Zuo Shi’s neck and stabbing in.
The claws grew scales due to a mutation from consuming dragon bone.
“Ah…”
Zuo Shi cried out in pain.
He had just struck the Seven Phoenix flying away when the Great Phoenix transformed into a giant moth butterfly several meters long, its membrane wings like blades, cleaving at his waist and abdomen, sending him flying.
“Pfft!”
Li Weiyi’s figure shifted sideways, thrusting out a sword like lightning. Before Zuo Shi could land, it pierced his brow.
The corpse thudded to the ground.
His eyes wide open, dying extremely unwillingly.
The flame vortex formed by Zuo Shi’s Dao Heart External Manifestation gradually dissipated in the night wind.
Li Weiyi sensed a strong practitioner’s aura rapidly approaching from the direction of Qingyi Town, his expression immediately turning grave.
No time to loot the corpse, he directly stored the body in the boundary bag, collected the seven little ones into the insect bag, activated the spatial power of the governor’s official robe, turning into a mass of purple mist and light, and vanished from the spot.
Moments later.
The Fourth Divine Son, Zuo Sheng, and two other Rice Person experts appeared on this messy battlefield.
The Fourth Divine Son examined the blood and traces on the ground.
Zuo Sheng’s hands were stained with blood; he had just killed Zuo Qiu Qingying barehanded. At this moment, using his Dao Heart Mind, he sensed Zuo Shi’s location.
The two Rice Person experts went to search for the direction and traces of Li Weiyi’s escape.
Anger filled Zuo Sheng’s eyes as he said furiously: “I can’t sense Zuo Shi anymore. He must have been killed.”
One of the Rice Person experts: “No traces of enemies leaving within dozens of zhang around. Truly strange. Could it be an earth escape technique?”
“It’s a space escape technique! Just now, I vaguely sensed spatial fluctuations. It should be a Jiu Li Hidden Sect guardian expert who killed Zuo Shi and took Li Weiyi away.”
The Fourth Divine Son added: “Search a bit farther; we should find traces. But with this method of searching, the enemy would have fled far away long ago. We won’t catch up.”
“Roar!”
A low and resonant dragon’s roar came from the pitch-black night.
Long Ting’s tall and straight figure, stepping on wisps of thin mist, appeared ten zhang away from the Fourth Divine Son. Behind him stood several demonic shadows, with demon race experts accompanying him.
Long Ting asked coldly: “Where is Li Weiyi?”
The Fourth Divine Son said: “He was rescued by people from the Jiu Li Hidden Sect!”
“Your Twin Rice Cult truly excels at failing at crucial moments. I’ve waited so long in Qiu Zhou Prefecture City for Li Weiyi to leave the city.”
Long Ting had inherited the dragon soul and Azure Dragon Battle Intent from Long Dian, and obtained the dragon seed and dragon bone. Because his physique and martial way cultivated from childhood were more compatible with the dragon seed, his cultivation now led everyone else’s.
Even facing the Fourth Divine Son, in terms of aura, he could hold his own proudly.
He regarded Lu Cangsheng, Tang Wan Qiu, and Li Weiyi as the three primary culprits in Long Dian’s death.
Over half a year passed, but the hatred in his heart not only did not diminish but grew stronger.
The Fourth Divine Son’s eyes chilled: “If you have the ability, your Dragon Gate should go chase him! Perhaps you can intercept him before he escapes back to Qiu Zhou Prefecture City.”
Long Ting said: “Li Weiyi absolutely won’t flee back to Qiu Zhou Prefecture City! He met with Tang Wanzhou last night and left the city today; it must be related. His next stop is definitely the Underground Immortal Mansion. I’ll go intercept him. People from Zuo Qiu Gatehouse will soon come here. Take care of yourselves.”
Suddenly, he thought of something.
Long Ting stopped, turned around, and patted the boundary bag at his waist.
Wrapped in magic energy, a coffin flew out from the boundary bag and crashed to the ground.
A sinister smile appeared on his handsome face: “Here’s a gift for you. Enjoy it well, then throw it into your rice paddy to turn her into rice fertilizer.”
After Long Ting and the demon race martial cultivators left, the Fourth Divine Son pushed the coffin lid halfway open and saw the pure immortal body woman bound inside, already beaten unconscious, wearing Lei Xiao Sect’s magic tool battle robe.
“Is this ultimate hatred? Long Ting is completely different from before; his mind is truly twisted.” The Fourth Divine Son muttered to himself.
Li Weiyi did not flee but used the spatial power of the governor’s official robe to escape to seven or eight zhang underground. The ghost flag wrapped around him, concealing his aura.
Hearing the conversation above, he was extremely worried in his heart, secretly pondering who exactly had been captured by Long Ting.
Although Long Dian’s death was not directly by Li Weiyi’s hand, it was absolutely caused by him. How could Long Ting not seek revenge?
“Rumble!”
The great earth shook, and the sound of mounts galloping came from above.
The three groups that had previously chased Li Weiyi out of the city, one of which was sent by Zuo Qiu Cangwu to contain the Jiu Li Hidden Sect experts. At this moment, this group surrounded the Fourth Divine Son and the others.
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