The True Opponent

"Roar!"

With a long roar, the Yellow Dragon Sword shone brightly, like a blazing yellow sun blooming in the palace.

Behind Li Weiyi, a two-zhang-tall figure of Battle Intent naturally appeared as he slashed with his sword. This figure of Battle Intent was completely different from the Battle Intent cultivated through the Overturning Sky Palm Seal; it was another old immortal.

It is Battle Intent cultivated through practicing "Taiyi Opens the Sea".

"Whoosh!"

The palm print of magical energy that was about to strike was shattered by Li Weiyi's sword, which split the sea. The Sword Qi transformed into a yellow dragon and flew out, shattering the window of the room. The yellow dragon then dissipated into Sword Qi, drawing gasps from countless martial artists on the fourth floor.

Little did they expect that while the inheritors below were fighting, martial arts practitioners above were also engaging in combat.

A look of surprise flashed in Gan YanZhen's eyes. He called out "Good!" and his true form moved swiftly towards Li Weiyi.

Everyone in the room knew very well that if Li Weiyi were captured, they would also be killed to silence them.

On the contrary, if they help Li Weiyi escape, it would be pointless for Gan YanZhen to kill them again. He would definitely flee immediately to avoid being hunted down by the Imperial Court's experts.

In a duel between masters, analysis and judgment are made in an instant.

The outcome of a life-or-death battle often depends on whether the judgment made at the crucial moment is correct.

"You want to borrow my Brother Weiyi's skin? Have you even asked me, the Dharma King Shi Shi?"

On Shi Shishi's chubby, smiling face, his eyes suddenly sharpened, and his magical energy exploded out of his body, filling every inch of the room.

Gan YanZhen clearly hadn't expected that a chubby, gluttonous sixteen or seventeen-year-old could unleash such powerful magical energy in an instant.

He cultivated the Sixth Sea and was Perfected Person the Nine Springs.

These are all secondary.

What truly troubled Gan YanZhen was the layered power fluctuations that came with the opponent's punch, which struck like a meteor.

For mortals at the same cultivation level to challenge Pure Immortal Body, they either need to utilize a higher-grade magical artifact, possess a higher level of Battle Intent, or have more refined magical energy...

Each one is difficult. Pure Immortal Body will not allow mortal martial artists of the same realm to catch up with it in these aspects, and will strive to make up for its weaknesses.

Shi Shishi was currently using a fist-based martial art that could instantly unleash multiple times the power, specifically designed for Pure Immortal Body martial artists of the same realm. If he could severely injure him in one move, he would have a chance to win.

Without using this move, he is merely a mortal in the underworld.

With this move, he intends to overcome adversity and rise above his opponent.

Of course, such explosive martial arts are extremely difficult to cultivate, and they have special requirements for the distribution of Trace Meridians in the body. Only those with exceptional talent can master them.

Gan YanZhen couldn't ignore this sudden punch. If he continued to pursue Li Weiyi, even with his cultivation level, he would be severely injured if he tried to withstand it head-on.

"Two misjudgments led to this outcome."

Gan YanZhen sighed, turned around, and extended his five fingers with a mysterious technique that seemed to encompass the heavens and earth in his palm, accurately grasping Shi Shishi's fist.

"Boom!"

The force of the impact not only sent Qi Wangshu and Zuoqiu Baiyuan crashing into the wall and falling to the ground, shattering the tables and chairs in the room, but also caused the entire Bright Moon Seven Stars Pavilion to tremble slightly, revealing the seven-layered array.

Shi Shishi cried out in despair, having never encountered such a terrifying enemy before. How could he possibly fight back against such a formidable opponent who could break his Soaring Fist in this way?

"Clang!"

Behind him, the piercing clang of swords echoed.

Something unexpected happened again; it was the third time Gan YanZhen had made a wrong judgment.

When he heard the sword's cry...

Instead of fleeing, Li Weiyi returned with lightning speed, her sword already piercing his back.

The sword tip pierced in an inch, then could not go any further.

A massive wave of overwhelming magical energy, accompanied by numerous Mars, surged from Gan YanZhen's body, blasting Li Weiyi back. Shi Shishi, on the other hand, was struck by a palm, his body flying through the air, blood flowing from his seven orifices.

Gan YanZhen knew very well that he was still alive despite making three consecutive misjudgments, solely due to his far superior cultivation level compared to the two men. If their cultivation had been even one realm higher, he would probably have been severely injured by now.

Gan YanZhen to strike and kill Shi Shishi and suppress Li Weiyi, a pain he had never experienced before, one that went straight to his soul, surged through his back.

"This... there's something wrong with the sword..."

Being pierced by a sword by only an inch would not cause any injury to Ember Spirit at all.

But at this moment, Mars gushed out from the spot where the sword had pierced him, like blood spurting out uncontrollably. The human skin on his back instantly burned to ashes, revealing the true form of the Ember Spirit.

Seizing this rare opportunity, Li Weiyi and Shi Shishi, one carrying Qi Wangshu and the other holding Zuoqiu Baiyuan, rushed straight to the wide window behind the table and jumped down to Soldier Ancestor Marsh below.

This is the fastest way to escape!

The staircase is already congested; if you try to escape with people, you might be caught by Gan YanZhen. Also, there's no guarantee that there aren't Ember Spirit and demons from the Far West Ash Region inside the pavilion.

Gan YanZhen focused all his efforts on healing his injuries and refining the strange sword energy that had invaded his body. He could only watch helplessly as the two escaped, remembering the name Li Weiyi and his sword that could release the Yellow Dragon Sword Qi.

That sword seems capable of restraining the Ember Spirit; it's too dangerous.

From the fourth-floor pavilion to the sea surface, it is several tens of feet high.

Amidst the whistling wind of the falling object, Li Weiyi heard a Dragon Roar's roar coming from afar and looked towards it.

In the distance, on the sea near the shore, a giant azure dragon formed from the Battle Intent meandered through the water, enveloped by clouds of magical energy, seemingly capable of overturning rivers and seas and stirring up huge waves.

It is currently engaged in a magical battle with a powerful being.

Before Li Weiyi could even see who was on the other side, his body was already splashed into the water, sinking into the cold, deep sea.

Upon hearing the screams of the Lei Xiao Sect disciples coming from the sea, Lu Cangsheng decisively abandoned the suppression of Ming Niansheng, rode the wind and lightning, and headed towards the Soldier Ancestor Marsh.

The Dragon Hall ranks first among the top sects in the Eastern Territory; its cultivation level makes it absolutely impossible for the Long Ting to have the opportunity to kill the Lei Xiao Sect disciples. There is no doubt that something unexpected has happened there.

Long Ting fled eastward along the coastline of Soldier Ancestor Marsh.

At this moment, there was no sign of the Long Ting at all. Only the Dragon Hall was releasing its full magical energy and Battle Intent, riding on a blue dragon, its body radiating bright immortal light, and was fighting a great, unseen enemy on the sea.

The water was originally the Dragon Hall's home ground, and his most advantageous fighting environment.

But Lu Cangsheng, who rushed over, gasped in shock, realizing that the Dragon Hall was completely at a disadvantage and constantly retreating. "How is this possible... How could the younger generation have such a strong expert?"

He searched for the seven or eight Lei Xiao Sect disciples he had sent out, but couldn't find a single skeleton.

"As expected of the number one Dragon Descendant Immortal in the Eastern Realm, his strength is quite impressive, but without dragon bones and a sufficient dragon soul, he appears to be all show and no substance."

Phoenix-born Unicorn-young, with his handsome and elegant figure, came from the sea. His robes were strange, like a cloak of Starry Sky. Reflected in the water, they sparkled and shimmered, making the vast sea appear as if it were Starry Sky.

After fighting for a long time, the enemy finally showed up.

"My bones are dragon bones. My soul is dragon soul. Only a fight will tell who is all show and no substance."

The Dragon Hall met its gaze with pride, its blood surging, scale-like patterns appearing on the skin of its arms, and a bronze war spear weighing 120,000 jin flew out from its ancestral field in its abdomen.

He knew very well that what he was about to face was the most difficult and important battle he had ever fought since he began cultivating, and the speed at which his internal energy surged reached an unprecedented level.

Phoenix-born Unicorn-young hair shifted between silver and white, the waves beneath his feet rising higher and higher. Finally, he stood with his hands behind his back as if atop a mountain, glancing at Lu Cangsheng who had caught up a step behind. "The Thirty-Six Lightning Strike Array, the will of the Thunder Department Deity. What a pity!"

"What's a pity?" Lu Cangsheng asked indifferently.

The two were several miles apart, yet their voices, though spoken in hushed tones, were clearly audible to each other.

The waves and wind at sea seemed to have calmed down.

"If your Lightning Strike Array had reached seventy-two strikes, I would certainly consider you a worthy opponent today. But as it is now, it falls short by quite a bit," Phoenix-born Unicorn-young said.

Lu Cangsheng smiled bitterly, "In the history of the Lei Xiao Sect, all those who mastered the Seventy-two Lightning Strike Arrays were sages at the Longevity Realm. I'm only at the Fifth Sea!"

"So, you two can go together!" Phoenix-born Unicorn-young.

Upon hearing this, both Dragon Hall and Lu Cangsheng felt their eyelids shrink, a sense of humiliation rising within them, while the flames of battle within them burned ever brighter.

The martial arts practitioners on the Bright Moon Seven Stars Pavilion in the distance were all stunned by the aura of Phoenix-born Unicorn-young.

Among the younger generation, no one can stand against the combined might of the two inheritors.

Moreover, they are the two strongest in the Eastern Territory.

"Boom!"

Lu Cangsheng hovered several feet above the sea, electric patterns appearing in the flesh at the ends of his eyebrows, his pupils transforming into lightning vortexes, sharp and fierce, his fighting spirit soaring to the heavens.

Pointing both fingers to the sky.

Suddenly, the weather changed dramatically, and thirty-six pillars of lightning and the Battle Intent the Thunder Department Deity appeared simultaneously on the sea.

Thunder rumbled incessantly, and lightning bolts, like winding snakes, sped along the coast towards the Phoenix-born Unicorn-young and unicorn.

The entire sea area became bright.

"Aww!"

The Dragon Hall roared, its long Dragon Roar echoing through the heavens. Its hair shot upwards, and it rode the dragon and rode the waves forward. It swung its bronze war spear, splitting the water's surface and spreading towards the water-covered mountains beneath the feet of the Phoenix-born Unicorn-young.

Strategic maneuvering, dominating the vast expanse.

That imposing aura seemed poised to cleave apart the Soldier Ancestor Marsh.

Phoenix-born Unicorn-young took a step forward.

The towering Giant Wave Mountain beneath their feet, following his magical energy, arched over them like clear clouds obscuring the moon, burying the two beneath it.

Dragon Hall and Lu Cangsheng looked up and saw the water curtain above them, reflected by the robes on Phoenix-born Unicorn-young's body, looking like a real Starry Sky, suddenly pressing down on them.

The Thunder Department Deity Battle Intent, raised his arms, attempting to support the falling Starry Sky.

Lu Cangsheng, wielding the Thirty-Six Lightning Strike Array, and the Dragon Hall cleaved out by a spear, one on the left and one on the right, unleashed their full magical energy and used all their martial arts skills to jointly meet the figure that brought them immense pressure.

"Boom!"

The energies clashed, and a giant wave exploded in the collision of the three powerful beings, shattering both the Azure Dragon and the Thunder Department Deity Dharma Idol.

Dragon Hall and Lu Cangsheng were sent flying back, both bleeding from their mouths and noses.

Phoenix-born Unicorn-young had already flown over their heads like a silver streak, cutting through the sea. Reaching the Bright Moon Seven Stars Pavilion, it suddenly shot upwards like a pillar of light, standing in mid-air at the same level as the seventh floor. "Ge Xiantong, you are my true opponent!"

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