Chapter 277: All-out Battle
The battle intent of a Five Seas Realm Martial Cultivator, upon reaching the Dao Seed Realm, will transform into the even more profound “Dao Heart Mind” and “Dao Heart External Manifestation”.
Dao Heart Mind, after reaching the Dao Seed Realm Second Heaven “Palpitation”, will be significantly stronger, serving as an important way for Martial Cultivators to cultivate their own Soul Spirit.
Relying solely on Mind Power, it can press Five Seas Realm Martial Cultivators into fearful trembling, causing severe mental influence and achieving victory without battle.
At this moment, Qin Qian was in exactly this situation.
Li Weiyi also sensed that invisible Mind Power, releasing six ten-zhang-tall Battle Intent Divine Shadows, blocking Long Ting’s Mind Attack outside the Jade Boat.
Having cultivated Fifth Order Qi, he could maintain the six Battle Intent Divine Shadows for a relatively long time, erupting with 150% combat power.
Of course, this state consumed an enormous amount of Magic Energy.
“Shatter!”
Li Weiyi’s gaze locked with Long Ting’s from afar, and suddenly, he raised his arm, pressing a palm to Qin Qian’s occiput, surging thick Magic Energy into her. Before her Inner World collapsed, he undid the seal on her Feng Fu: “You steer the Jade Boat. Long Ting is mine.”
Qin Qian had recovered from the suppression of Long Ting’s Dao Heart Mind.
Enduring her injuries, she leaped out of the coffin, extremely obediently hurrying to the bow, pressing her palm to the Ship Hull, with Magic Energy surging continuously from her body.
Qin Qian turned back, reminding: “Be careful. Long Ting is not what he used to be. Their Dragon Gate’s Bloodline and Cultivation Method are extremely compatible with Dragon Seed. His Cultivation is very terrifying.”
“Boosting others’ morale while dampening your own. If it comes to a desperate fight, who will fall is unknown.”
Li Weiyi circulated Magic Energy throughout his body, breathing and exhaling to enter his optimal state.
“Splash!”
The Jade Boat’s light surged explosively, its speed surging once more.
On the crystalline Ship Hull surface, densely packed Scriptures flew out.
“This is…”
Qin Qian was quite surprised, feeling that this Jade Boat’s rank was not low.
If not for the winding Underground River path requiring constant direction changes, its speed should be extremely astonishing.
Long Ting closed to within sixty zhang, seeing the Jade Boat speed up, his eyes darkening slightly. He summoned his trump Magic Tool “Crimson Fire Dragon Scale” from Zu Tian.
This piece of Dragon Scale was left by the Ancient Heavenly Emperor’s Flying Dragon in its youth, refined by Dragon Gate predecessors into a Seventh Rank Hundred Character Scripture Magic Tool. It was the strongest War Weapon granted to Long Ting upon reaching the Dao Seed Realm, and also his confidence in challenging higher realms.
The Dragon Gate had another Thousand Character Artifact refined from Son of Heaven Dragon Scale, with even more terrifying power.
Under the urging of Dao Seed Magic Energy, crimson flame Scriptures emerged one by one on the Crimson Fire Dragon Scale, making the cold Underground Blood River space instantly scorching hot like summer.
The nearly one-zhang-diameter Dragon Scale flew out slashing, its erupting might boiling the river water of the entire river segment.
Li Weiyi held his sword at the stern, activating the protective power of the Blood Handprint Demonic Armor, with demonic script densely covering his skin.
“Splash!”
“Splash!”
…
The twelve Battle Intent Divine Shadows all manifested, crowding the space around the Ship Hull, like a host of gods descending.
In the recent three months, he had cultivated all Chan Sect Twelve Loose Hands into Battle Intent.
Li Weiyi’s mental state reached its peak, his mind calm as he judged the Crimson Fire Dragon Scale’s speed and trajectory, seeking the optimal moment to strike.
Raising the sword with both hands, he slashed horizontally through the air.
A ten-odd-zhang-long Sword Qi arc light flew out.
At that exact moment, the Crimson Fire Dragon Scale broke through the Jade Boat’s defense, appearing directly in front of Li Weiyi. The crimson flame radiance seemed intent on incinerating his entire body to ashes.
Qin Qian watched this scene intently, her heart in her throat.
A Five Seas Realm against a Dao Seed Realm strong practitioner—how could they fight?
“Boom!”
The Yellow Dragon Sword clashed with the Crimson Fire Dragon Scale, emitting a metal friction sound loud enough to pierce eardrums. The high-rank Magic Tool’s might pressed the Jade Boat’s stern to sink sharply.
Sword and scale, sparks flying everywhere.
The Magic Tools’ energies stalemated for an instant before Li Weiyi exploded backward, crashing through the coffin from the stern all the way to the bow. His palms’ tiger mouths split open, blood trickling between fingers, his outer robe exploding to reveal the Blood Handprint Demonic Armor worn over the Governor’s Official Robe.
It was visibly an Official Robe but unrecognizable as to what kind.
Official Robe protective Magic Tools were not rare.
Li Weiyi blocked the Crimson Fire Dragon Scale’s attack, forcing it to change direction and fly obliquely into the right-side Stone Wall, collapsing a large section of the Stone Wall.
Qin Qian stared at Li Weiyi beside her like he was a monster.
How could he block Long Ting’s strongest strike?
If he hadn’t been crippled, his future Martial Way attainment would be simply unimaginable.
Long Ting’s brows furrowed, clearly not expecting this outcome. He had thought using the Crimson Fire Dragon Scale would surely destroy their boat and kill them in one strike.
With his current Cultivation, he still couldn’t control such a Heavy Artifact at will, so the attack paused temporarily. While continuing pursuit, he released Magic Energy to retrieve the Dragon Scale from the Cliff Face.
“Li Weiyi, wasn’t your Zu Tian crippled? How has your combat power increased so much? Looking at you now, you don’t seem like Feng Fu Sowing Dao either.”
Long Ting’s voice came from the misty waves on the river surface.
Li Weiyi circulated Magic Energy in his body, his numb and painful arms quickly recovering.
He pondered darkly: exposing the Governor’s Official Robe, what were the odds of killing Long Ting? Quickly, he abandoned the idea.
The Cultivation gap was too great, the risk hard to control.
The current Long Ting was indeed a formidable enemy.
Li Weiyi feigned ease, chuckling: “It’s not that I’ve gotten stronger; it’s that you’re not as strong as you imagine. You can only bully that woman of Lu Cangsheng’s who hasn’t even comprehended the Seventh Sea properly… that… that one…”
Qin Qian rolled her eyes; this guy didn’t even know her name.
“I’m Qin Qian,” she said.
Long Ting saw the blood on Li Weiyi’s fingers and knew he was bluffing.
He was about to urge the Crimson Fire Dragon Scale again.
Dense insect chirps and wing-flutter sounds rang in his ears.
There, seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors had summoned a large number of Underground Fierce Insects, forming an Insect Swarm army like a glowing cloud flying toward Long Ting.
“I almost forgot—you’re still an Insect Tamer.”
Long Ting stood atop the dragon back, fearless, taking out the Bone Flute, injecting Magic Energy and infusing it with Dao Heart Mind, blowing a highly penetrating flute melody.
Sound waves and Magic Energy formed visible ripples in the Underground Space.
Not only those Fierce Insects, even a Seventh Sea Martial Cultivator like Qin Qian was affected by the flute sound, her mind filling with distracting thoughts, blood flowing from her ears.
Li Weiyi watched the increasingly chaotic Insect Swarm and immediately released the Earthly Nerve.
With Mind Power, he brought the Insect Swarm within dozens of zhang back on track.
At the same time, he quickly sketched Insect Scripts one by one, flying them from his brow to strike those General-level Fierce Insects.
Long Ting controlled the Insect Swarm with flute sounds, clashing and slaughtering against the Insect Swarm controlled by Li Weiyi and the seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors.
Insect corpses fell like rain.
When he saw the two Divine Tree light shadows propped up behind Li Weiyi, Long Ting was inwardly shocked, not expecting this person to have achieved a major breakthrough in Mind Power.
However, this also indirectly proved that Li Weiyi’s Zu Tian was truly crippled!
Otherwise, why shift cultivation focus to Mind Power?
“Roar!”
The Azure Dragon let out a long howl, Dragon’s Roar deafening.
The ten-odd-zhang-long Azure Dragon light shadow under Long Ting’s feet suddenly raised a sharp Dragon Claw, swatting toward the Jade Boat and Li Weiyi.
“Boom!”
The Jade Boat’s guarding Scriptures and Light Shield trembled violently from the Dragon Claw.
The boat rocked.
“He’s caught up! He’s faster… no, we’re slower!”
Li Weiyi turned to look at Qin Qian at the bow, seeing her face extremely pale, her body’s Magic Energy severely depleted.
“Just two Five Seas Realm—being able to make me chase this long means you’re already quite capable.”
Long Ting’s figure flashed, leaving the Azure Dragon light shadow to fly up, striking out the Crimson Fire Dragon Scale from above downward, slashing toward the Jade Boat again.
Li Weiyi knew clearly that the Crimson Fire Dragon Scale’s power was immense; even blocking it would injure him.
Moreover, Long Ting would follow up by boarding the Jade Boat.
Once he got on board, Li Weiyi would be in a completely passive position.
Without any hesitation, in an instant, Li Weiyi used Movement Technique to evade the Crimson Fire Dragon Scale, stepping on the Yellow Dragon light shadow to soar into the sky, appearing at Long Ting’s height.
“Directly dueling me? You’re really clueless!”
Long Ting’s mouth curved up, pointing out with the Bone Flute in hand.
Densely packed Scriptures emerged on the flute body.
The sword in Li Weiyi’s hand, just touching the Bone Flute, felt an irresistible immense force, nearly sending the War Sword flying.
Long Ting saw Li Weiyi’s predicament, knowing he held incomparable advantages in realm and power. Thus, he formed Claw Seal with five fingers, grabbing toward his neck.
“Swoosh!”
Two Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors rushed out from behind Li Weiyi, one left one right.
One spat Golden Crow Flame, the other released Lightning from both eyes.
Long Ting’s Protective Magic Energy was broken through; greatly startled, he could only retract the claw grabbing for Li Weiyi’s neck. Then, he struck out a Magic Energy Dragon Claw phantom to neutralize the Golden Crow Flame and Lightning.
At the same time, his Dao Heart Mind sensed three Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors rising from behind him, extending sharp claws to attack.
Long Ting compromised again, giving up offensive initiative against Li Weiyi, instead mobilizing massive Magic Energy to urge the silver robe white jacket on his body.
Countless silver Scriptures emerged on his body.
“Shatter!”
The sixth Phoenix Wing Moth Emperor manifested out of thin air, impacting his body, shaking the silver Scriptures.
Long Ting suffered a heavy punch-like blow, retreating backward in midair, breaking into cold sweat.
Fortunately, he had chosen compromise earlier, prioritizing defense. Otherwise, under Li Weiyi and the Strange Insects’ tacit coordination, the first wave of attacks would have wounded him.
These seven Strange Insects’ combat power, compared to the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival, was simply incomparable.
Li Weiyi gained time to heal; circulating Magic Energy once through his body, his arms recovered. Carrying the seven Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors, he attacked together with them, engaging Long Ting in chaotic battle from midair down to the water surface.
“Shatter! Shatter…”
Stone Walls on both riverbanks continuously collapsed.
Meanwhile, the Jade Boat struck by the Crimson Fire Dragon Scale had its Light Shield and Scriptures explode, sinking suddenly into the water.
After a while, the Jade Boat floated back up.
Qin Qian lay at the bow, too injured to stand, looking toward the two battling on the water surface. What she thought would be a one-sided fight was now evenly matched and hard to separate.
Long Ting fought extremely uncomfortably; clearly crushing his opponent in Cultivation, yet restrained everywhere.
It was like being besieged by eight Dao Seed Realm Martial Cultivators.
He could easily repel any one individually, but one man and seven insects together threw him into chaos. He occasionally took hits.
Even more headache-inducing was that whether Li Weiyi or the seven Strange Insects, their defense and endurance were abnormally strong, hard to break one by one.
After exchanging hundreds of moves, Long Ting seized the opportunity; the Azure Dragon light shadow erupted from his body again, his figure bursting out of the encirclement, retrieving the Crimson Fire Dragon Scale, preparing to use this Heavy Artifact to break the one-man-seven-insects formation.
“Swoosh!”
Five Phoenix excelled in speed, catching up to Long Ting, its wings slashing toward his neck to restrain him.
Even Qin Qian on the Jade Boat saw the perilous situation, immediately using her last strength to cast Lightning Law, summoning eighteen Thunder Strike Formations to strike Long Ting.
Li Weiyi’s figure reached speed limit, stabbing a sword toward Long Ting’s brow.
Long Ting shook off Five Phoenix, roaring: “Qiu Dragon Arm!”
This was the first Daoist Art he had cultivated!
Cultivating Daoist Arts was extremely difficult; refining even the first layer of one took at least one or two years.
Long Ting spent most time impacting realms; Daoist Arts only at entry level, not yet reaching first layer. Even so, it could instantly erupt with strong combat power.
Dense black iron Dragon Scales emerged on his right arm, colliding with Li Weiyi’s stabbing sword and the power of six Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors.
“Rumble!”
Li Weiyi’s whole body shook violently, the demonic script on his body dimming, organs in severe pain, body flying backward with a mouthful of blood spraying out.
The six Phoenix Wing Moth Emperors all plunged into the Underground River water.
On the other side, blood flowed from all seven apertures of Long Ting, injured even more severely; his body flew out, slamming into the Stone Wall with a shatter, embedding inside.
Both were decisive, with stubborn battle will and extremely high battle wisdom.
Li Weiyi pulled out the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal, drawing over a dozen Lightning radiances, smashing it toward the Stone Wall.
Long Ting finished urging the Crimson Fire Dragon Scale, striking toward Li Weiyi.
Seeing the incoming Heavy Artifact, both men’s faces changed abruptly, each using Movement Technique to flee and dodge.
