Such a Shoddy Fake?!

Whoosh-

Li Ye sprang into the air. Before he could fall, his Law Power swept out, and a green-leaf flying boat appeared beneath his feet to catch him.

The invisible blades came fast and fierce, striking the giant flying boat in a dense barrage. Several overlapping slashes immediately sliced through its thick hull and struck the many Purple Profound Sect disciples before they could react.

Yet Li Ye was not harmed in the slightest.

The disciple with the highest cultivation among them, at Late-Stage Qi Refinement, reacted even a little faster than Li Ye. He had not only dodged but already had a Law Artifact in hand as he shouted,

"Enemy attack! Get off the flying boat, quickly!"

By then, most of the disciples had either leaped off the boat to dodge as soon as they came under attack or brought out Law Artifacts and talismans to block most of the attacks before moving away.

But two or three reacted a little too slowly and were struck squarely. Blood sprayed, limbs were severed, and they screamed as they fell from the shattered deck, their voices growing fainter and fainter.

"Ah! No-"

"I don't want to die! Save me!"

But the others had no time to attend to them. Immediately after the sudden attack, more than a dozen unfamiliar cultivators appeared from the clouds and charged at them!

"Hmph!"

Seeing a yellow-faced cultivator at the Middle Stage of Qi Refining riding a flying sword straight toward him, Li Ye snorted coldly. A small shield appeared and circled around him while the Blackwood Sword shot from his hand as a streak of black light.

The yellow-faced cultivator merely chuckled. His Law Power at the Sixth Layer of Qi Refining surged, and the spiritual light on his flying sword flared as he moved to cleave the Blackwood Sword apart.

But when the two swords met with a clang, the Blackwood Sword did not fall at a disadvantage in the slightest.

Only then did Li Ye fully release his Law Power, displaying cultivation no weaker than his opponent's.

The yellow-faced cultivator's expression changed slightly, and he moved to bring out a low-grade spherical Law Artifact.

But in that brief interval, Li Ye managed to activate several talismans in his hand.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh-

A dense barrage of seven or eight balls of flame came crashing over in an instant, the blazing light rapidly expanding in the yellow-faced cultivator's eyes.

Boom!

A great mass of flame exploded, dyeing a patch of sky red.

The yellow-faced cultivator, holding a huge shield, had a scorched head and face. A protective talisman on him activated, turning into a barrier of light as he fled swiftly from the flames, trailing black smoke.

Though he had defended himself in time and avoided serious injury, the blast that had engulfed him still had a considerable effect.

He almost immediately lost his composure in controlling his flying sword Law Artifact, and the Blackwood Sword gained the upper hand.

"Go!"

Li Ye raised a hand and pointed. The Blackwood Sword knocked the flying sword aside and surged forward at tremendous speed.

Swoosh-

"Ah-"

The yellow-faced cultivator tried to block with his shield, but the Blackwood Sword easily went around it, cut straight through his barrier, and pierced his skull, killing him.

"Junior Brother Huang! Brat, you're courting death!"

Li Ye followed close behind and had just collected the dead man's Law Artifacts and Storage Bag when he heard an enraged roar beside him.

It came from one of the two Late-Stage Qi Refinement cultivators among the attackers, a haggard middle-aged man with graying temples and an aged face.

The two of them had been joining forces to surround and attack the sole Late-Stage Qi Refinement disciple among the Purple Profound Sect group, intending to deal with him first before slaughtering the remaining disciples.

But the yellow-faced cultivator Li Ye had killed seemed to be a close friend of the haggard middle-aged man.

Seeing him dead, the man actually abandoned his companion and sent his Law Artifact at Li Ye.

"Junior Brother, please hold out as best you can. Once I've dealt with this man, I'll come to your aid at once..."

The late-stage disciple, who had been somewhat hard-pressed under the enemies' combined assault, found himself greatly relieved and immediately called out to Li Ye.

"He's only a middle-stage cultivator. I can wipe him out with a flip of my hand. You'd better worry about yourself!"

The other late-stage enemy facing him, a gloomy old man, sneered and abruptly intensified his assault, tying him down so tightly that he had no breathing room.

"Die!"

The late-stage middle-aged man flew toward Li Ye, the spherical Law Artifact in his hand blazing with light as it smashed straight at him with crushing force.

It looked quite similar to the slightly smaller sphere the yellow-faced cultivator had held earlier.

Li Ye's expression grew somewhat ugly.

He had merely killed a fellow who had come after him, so how had he inexplicably attracted the attention of a late-stage cultivator?!

Could it be that this man couldn't beat that senior brother and had deliberately come to squeeze him like a soft persimmon?

Killing intent surged in his chest.

He immediately retreated rapidly toward the ground. At the same time, the shield before him expanded swiftly, and he activated a Golden Bell Talisman.

Clang!

The spherical Law Artifact was so fast that the small shield Li Ye had just activated at full power was knocked violently away almost at once.

Its momentum undiminished, it shattered the golden bell barrier on the spot. Several protective talismans activated, and although they failed to stop the sphere completely, they considerably weakened its power.

With a bang, the spherical Law Artifact struck Li Ye squarely in the chest.

"Ah!"

He let out a miserable scream and went headfirst with the force of the blow toward the mountain forest, which was already not far below.

He's such a shoddy fake?!

Seeing Li Ye defeated almost in the blink of an eye, the late-stage senior brother's expression turned ugly.

Caught by the sudden sneak attack, the Purple Profound Sect disciples had suffered deaths and injuries, greatly reducing their overall fighting strength. They were no match for this group of enemies who had come prepared, and the situation had turned entirely against them.

In just this short time, another two had fallen. Counting the few who had died on the boat earlier, their losses had almost reached half the group!

If this continued, once the middle-aged cultivator dealt with Li Ye and came back to join the attack on him, he feared that even he would struggle to escape. His life would be in danger!

At that moment, he could not help feeling deep resentment toward the sect, along with some blame for Li Ye.

"Hmph! You dare let your mind wander? No matter how desperately you struggle, you Purple Profound Sect disciples are all going to die here today!"

The gloomy old man taunted him and seized the chance to press his attack.

Whoosh-

His blade slashed out, startling the late-stage senior brother, who narrowly dodged it. Their fight grew all the fiercer.

There was no relying on his companions now. His only option was to kill this man and fight his way out while the other late-stage enemy was venting his anger!

The middle-aged cultivator held the precious sphere in his hand and pursued Li Ye straight into the mountain forest.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh-

Several talismans flew out and turned into fireballs, but a flash from his precious sphere shattered them all.

He casually threw it again, and in the distance, Li Ye was struck hard by the sphere and sent flying once more. He spat blood and fell to the ground.

The middle-aged cultivator watched with cold eyes and a touch of cruelty, like a man toying with his prey. Seeing Li Ye clutching his sword and struggling backward, unable even to bring it out for another counterattack, he could not help smiling.

He followed in a few strides, swiftly closing the distance between them.

The precious sphere shone with a soft light as he threw it again.

"Purple Profound Sect trash, go be buried with Junior Brother Huang..."

Boom-

The precious sphere shot forward, but Li Ye suddenly sprang up from the ground, his whole body taking on an ivory-white color. He dodged the blow in an instant and charged straight at the man.

His fist, covered in ivory-white hard armor, slammed viciously into the man's chest, ignoring every defensive measure and punching straight through it!

A muffled boom sounded behind him. It was the precious sphere smashing into the ground and blasting out a deep crater.

But the middle-aged cultivator no longer had the strength to turn it back.

His eyes went wide, the cruel expression on his face not yet faded. Looking at Li Ye's calm face so close to his own, he said in astonishment,

"You deliberately lured me closer..."

Splash!

With no intention of answering him, Li Ye violently pulled his hand free. Blood gushed from the middle-aged cultivator's chest, and he died on the spot, collapsing to the ground.

Thanks to Conglai Bu Sheqiu for the 600-point tip, and thanks for the support!

I forgot to change the Blood Li Spiritual Essence figures in Chapter 47. There should have been two thousand strands, and refining one batch of Qi and Blood Pills used a hundred strands.

Also, I wrote Crimson Scale Armor out of habit. It should be a high-grade Law Artifact.