Ten Years Later
In a deep mountain range with high peaks and dense forests, several figures were rushing about at high speed.
One figure fled ahead, while the others chased after it.
All the figures exuded a powerful aura, and wherever they passed, the birds and beasts in the mountains trembled and fled in all directions.
"Li Bao, don't even think about escaping! You violated the Holy Mountain Decree and slaughtered hundreds of people from the Miao Family Village for a single Spirit Herb. Your crime deserves death! Do you think you can hide in this remote Qiao Zhou and no one will know? Even if you escape back to your sect, your Azure Mountain Sect will never dare to protect you. Quickly surrender and come back to the Holy Mountain with me to face trial!"
The figure ahead was running away and seemed to be getting further and further away.
The people chasing behind suddenly became anxious, and the leader shouted loudly.
"Hahaha... You little brats from Holy Mountain, you can catch up with me first! You only killed some lowly people, and you want me to go to Holy Mountain to atone for my sins? Bah! You lackeys of Holy Mountain, one day, when I Major Accomplishment my divine skills, I will flatten this damn Holy Mountain! Even those three old bastards, the Holy Lord, will be trampled under my feet and beg for mercy!"
The figure called Li Bao laughed loudly upon hearing this, his tone extremely arrogant.
The only ones chasing him were newly Innate Realm cultivators.
With his Innate Lesser Completion achievement level of cultivation, he had nothing to fear.
If it weren't for his fear of the Holy Mountain's reputation, he would have turned around and killed all those brats long ago!
"How dare you insult the Holy Mountain and the Holy Lord!"
The figures chasing behind him were furious upon hearing this.
As the Holy Mountain Enforcement Team, the Holy Mountain and the three Holy Lords held an incomparably high position in their hearts.
Hearing that Li Bao dared to insult the Holy Mountain and the Holy Lord, how could he not be furious?
In his rage, the young man in the lead disregarded his own feelings of heartache and pulled out a talisman from his pocket, activating it with his mind.
The next moment, a bolt of lightning shot out from the talisman and headed straight for Li Bao in front of him.
"What?!"
Li Bao sensed the sudden deadly aura and was greatly alarmed. He couldn't care less about escaping forward and instinctively rolled to the side.
Then he felt a pain in his right arm, and a bolt of lightning grazed past him.
A violent explosion came from in front of him.
"Ah! My right arm!"
Li Bao looked to his right in horror; his right arm was nowhere to be seen.
Only a small, charred section of the severed arm remained on his body.
However, his right arm had been completely severed and burned by the lightning.
"Li Bao, let's see where you run now!"
As Li Bao clutched his severed arm, several men caught up behind him, surrounded him, and pointed their weapons at him.
The young man in the lead held a white talisman and aimed it at him.
The aura emanating from the talisman made Li Bao feel a sense of unease.
"Li Bao, you have nowhere to run now. Surrender and come back to the Holy Mountain with us!"
The young man holding the talisman said calmly.
"Thunder Light Talisman! I never imagined that a mere enforcer at the Innate Initial Realm of the Innate Realm would possess Thunder Light Talisman!"
Li Bao's face turned deathly pale as he sensed the deadly aura emanating from the talisman.
He had long heard that some of the Law Enforcement Team on the Holy Mountain possessed extremely powerful talismans.
However, most of them are basic talismans like the "Light Body Talisman".
As for powerful talismans like the [Thunder Light Talisman].
Most of them are Law Enforcement Team that are at least at the Innate Greater Completion or even the Foundation Establishment Realm, and only they have the potential to control them.
Unexpectedly, this small team, which was only at the Innate Initial Realm, also had someone who possessed the [Thunder Light Talisman].
No wonder these few people at the Innate Initial Realm the Innate Realm dared to hunt down him, a criminal who had just reached the Innate Lesser Completion of the Innate Greater Completion.
"Thanks to you, I'm forced to use this Thunder Light Talisman that I finally managed to exchange for."
The young man felt a pang of heartache when he thought of this.
This [Thunder Light Talisman] was something he had accumulated over a long period of time before finally obtaining it.
It was originally intended to be used as a trump card, but unexpectedly it has to be used in this mission ahead of schedule.
It's important to know that the [Thunder Light Talisman] can only be used a maximum of three times.
He had already used it once before during a crisis.
After this use, the [Thunder Light Talisman] will only have one last chance to be used.
"Even the credit for capturing Li Bao cannot make up for this loss." The young man's heart was bleeding.
He had made thorough preparations for this arrest.
They even invited a master from the Heaven's Secret Pavilion to calculate Li Bao's hiding place.
However, to his surprise, Li Bao actually knew a very advanced lightness skill.
Even when they used the [Light Body Talisman], he still managed to shake them off repeatedly thanks to his familiarity with the terrain.
With the effect of the Light Body Talisman about to wear off, if Li Bao were to escape any further, their mission would fail.
Left with no other choice, the young man had to suppress his heartache and resort to his most trump card.
Thinking of this, the young man's eyes sharpened.
Looking at Li Bao, he said, "Seal his cultivation and tie him up!"
"Yes!"
The other members of the Enforcement Team responded in unison.
He then took out Spirit Needle and inserted them into the major acupoints all over Li Bao's body, completely sealing his cultivation. He then bound him with tough ropes woven from the tendons of Strange Beast.
Throughout the entire process, the young man used talismans against Li Bao to prevent him from making any rash moves.
At such close range, enveloped by the aura, any movement he makes will inevitably be met with the attack of the [Thunder Light Talisman].
Just a swipe was enough to break his arm.
If he were hit head-on, he would surely die.
Li Bao understood this, so he did not resist and allowed the men to seal his cultivation and bind him.
However, his expression was ashen.
He knew the way the Holy Mountain did things, and the sins he had committed this time were truly grave.
Once he is escorted back to the Holy Mountain, even if he is not executed on the spot, he will certainly be imprisoned for many years.
The young man and his companions didn't care about Li Bao's thoughts.
This person, for the sake of a Spirit Herb, was able to slaughter an entire village.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were vicious and utterly depraved.
As a member of the Holy Mountain's law enforcement team, he detested nothing more than such scum who arbitrarily slaughtered ordinary people.
If it weren't for the need to force him back to claim credit, he would have killed him outright.
The other team members shared the same thoughts.
So after sealing Li Bao's cultivation and binding him, they showed no mercy, picked him up and left, preparing to rush back to the Holy Mountain to report back.
The journey back was uneventful.
The Law Enforcement Team on the Holy Mountain is renowned.
Even if a major sect encounters them, they must treat them with utmost respect and dare not make things difficult for them.
After all, they represent the Holy Mountain.
And within the Holy Mountain, not only are there those three holy lords, but who else stands behind them?
Any sect that participated in the Holy Assembly in Central Province ten years ago.
Everyone knows just how terrifying that person is.
After a long journey, the young man and his companions finally returned to Central Province.
Looking at the majestic Holy Mountain that stretched into the distance, a hint of fanaticism appeared in their eyes.