The Earth Lion's Journey

"What a formidable battle formation! Indeed, an army is the most powerful force; no matter how strong one's cultivation, it will be crushed," said the Four-eared Ghost Monkey Marquis.

Luo Yinji said, "He still has at least two trump cards he hasn't used: a secret technique Mind-Martial Combination, and the Battle Corpse Puppet he used to capture Qingzao. This battle, barring any unforeseen circumstances, should result in mutual destruction."

Is it possible?

The Four-eared Ghost Monkey Marquis found it hard to believe that Li Weiyi, at the Early Third Realm, could reach that level of combat power.

In the midst of battle, Xue Sanguan charged out wielding his sword, his figure as swift as a dragon and as fierce as a tiger, cleaving through the blood-red light barrier with a single strike.

Li Weiyi immediately dodged, not daring to take the hit head-on.

With the Combined Battle Formation enhanced, Xue Sanguan's combat power reached the Great Longevity level, each strike was powerful and sweeping, capable of splitting mountains and cleaving peaks. Soon, Li Weiyi was forced into a perilous situation.

Luo Yinji frowned. "Something's not right. Li Weiyi couldn't possibly have dodged so many swords."

"Logically speaking, under the suppression of the battle formation and the six Battle Intent, he shouldn't have been able to dodge a single strike. He would have been forced to take the hit head-on and then die in battle," said the Four-eared Ghost Monkey Marquis.

"I see!"

Luo Yinji looked at Suiyue: "I know why Li Weiyi lured the six from the Demon Kingdom here. It's the spatial pressure of Suiyue. That invisible spatial pressure slowed down the movement speed of the battle formation's Formation Script and increased the consumption of the six from the Demon Kingdom's magical energy."

"Behold my strongest Puppet Battle Corpse!"

Li Weiyi let out a low growl and threw Sheng Wulian out of the storage bag.

Knowing the power of Li Weiyi's technique, Xue Sanguan dared not underestimate it. He mobilized all his magical energy and swung his sword at the flying "war corpse".

Having been Sheng Wulian by Li Weiyi's Immobilization Talisman, Sheng Wulian was now truly Sheng Wulian, his pupils dilated.

In his pupils, the light of blades swept in from all directions.

"No, it's 'Sheng Wulian'..."

By the time Xue Sanguan realized this, it was too late!

The power of this strike was immense; it directly cleaved Sheng Wulian's physical body into an explosion. The transcendent energy and scriptures within Sheng Wulian's ancestral field were then released.

For experts at the Xue Sanguan level, a single breath of transcendent magical energy is not frightening.

But to release it unguardedly right in front of him is a different matter entirely.

Xue Sanguan is extremely skilled; even in this critical moment, he activated the life-saving trump card on his armor. Instantly, countless Talisman Light appeared on the armor.

"Boom!"

Xue Sanguan was thrown backward, and the Talisman Light on his body quickly dimmed.

It was dim, but there were also Formation Script on the armor.

Instantly, the Formation Disk of the Combined Battle Formation trembled violently.

Li Weiyi seized the opportunity and unleashed the Purple Sky Lei Seal, transforming it into the size of a house. Thunder roared, and its primal power transformed into a blazing thundercloud, striking a border expert at the Peak Third Realm, causing him to spit out blood and be sent flying like a cannonball.

The body inside the armor was charred black, convulsing incessantly, its life force constantly ebbing away.

"Don't worry about me, control the battle formation. Don't panic..."

Xue Sanguan roared, and the moment he landed, he immediately shot out, slashing at Li Weiyi in mid-air.

With a gap appearing in the battle formation, he, as the leader, had to contain Li Weiyi to buy time for the other four to readjust.

But the breakthrough had already been made; why would Li Weiyi give him another chance?

With a single step, "Yellow Dragon Ascends to Heaven to Heaven," Li Weiyi's figure swooped upwards, dodging the blade's attack, and climbed to a height higher than the Xue Sanguan, before unleashing a sword strike that cleaved the sea as he fell.

"So fast?"

This time, Xue Sanguan had no battle formation to support it, and was forced to activate the runes on its armor once again.

"Bang!"

The sword light struck Xue Sanguan, sending him tumbling into the swamp below.

The entire body of water was divided by Sword Qi, leaving watermarks stretching to the horizon.

Thanks to the life-saving rune, Xue Sanguan was unharmed and quickly got up.

Li Weiyi was besieged by four powerful border warriors and failed to capitalize on his advantage to deliver another heavy blow. However... the Combined Battle Formation was completely thrown into chaos, and the Formation Disk collapsed.

Xue Sanguan a chill run down his spine, a bad premonition rising within him. At this moment, calling for retreat was absolutely out of the question.

Even in a desperate battle, the advantage remains with them. If they retreat, the road back to the Demon Kingdom's stronghold will be the Yellow Springs where Li Weiyi will reap their lives one by one.

Having a military background, he knew better than anyone how much fighting power a defeated army possessed.

"He deliberately lured us this far away, not wanting us to have a chance to escape back to our base, intending to kill us all. How arrogant!"

Having grasped this point, Xue Sanguan roared, "Today, there is only one way: fight to the death! There is no retreat! Cowardice will lead to defeat, courage will lead to victory! Absolute Dark Domain!"

The dark power of the Sacred Dark Family was released from Xue Sanguan and enveloped Li Weiyi.

Li Weiyi had to admire Xue Sanguan's judgment of the situation. He desperately wanted Xue Sanguan to order a retreat, or better yet, to scatter and escape. Because from beginning to end, he only wanted to kill Xue Sanguan and had no interest in killing anyone else.

The enemy is well-coordinated, a seasoned veteran, and now, with their backs against the wall, their fighting spirit is high.

This is getting tricky!

Absolute Dark Domain enveloped them, Li Weiyi, having been prepared, immediately released four-colored spiritual light, condensing a psychic armor to resist the darkness while simultaneously unleashing his full power.

Originally, Li Weiyi had no intention of using the Mind-Martial Combination techniques on them.

Of course, even though they are both at the Second Realm, Li Weiyi's martial arts power far surpasses his mental power. Even if Mind-Martial Combination, the increase in combat strength will not be much.

"Sizzle!"

"Whoosh!"

Li Weiyi gave the five of them no chance to use their combined Daoist techniques. Relying on his speed and agility, he weaved between them and engaged in close combat.

Apart from Xue Sanguan, none of the other four could withstand a single sword strike from Li Weiyi; they were constantly being knocked back and thrown around.

If it weren't for Luo Yinji and the Four-eared Ghost Monkey Marquis circling around the battleground, waiting for an opportunity to strike, preventing Li Weiyi from using his full strength in the fight, they might have already been defeated.

"Luo Yinji, why aren't you making a move?" Xue Sanguan roared.

Luo Yinji said calmly, "You haven't yet created an opportunity worthy of our intervention."

She wasn't stupid. If she and the Four-eared Ghost Monkey Marquis made a move at this moment, the five people from the Demon Kingdom would definitely take the opportunity to retreat. Instead, they would sit back and watch the tigers fight.

"Huh!"

Luo Yinji sensed something and detected an aura moving at an incredibly fast speed. She rushed over. "It's Wenren Tinghai! He's actually entered the city!"

"No wonder the Xue Sanguan are so fearless, unaware that we are waiting in the wings. It seems they sent out a message long ago, inviting the Son of Heaven's Disciple to return and take charge of the overall situation," said the Four-eared Ghost Monkey Marquis.

Today, there is no longer a chance to defeat the Xue Sanguan.

After Li Weiyi sensed Wenren Tinghai's aura, the Heaven Sword Talisman between his brows erupted, transforming into a rain of Talisman Rain and a river of swords that rained down on a heavily injured border soldier at the Peak Third Realm.

More than twenty Heaven Sword Talisman shattered, and more than thirty dimmed, finally breaking through his defenses and sending him flying.

Li Weiyi seized the opportunity to break through the encirclement, drew his sword, put away the talisman, and fled into the distance amidst the chirping of cicadas.

The border general, a Peak Third Realm expert, lay on his back and plunged into the water with a splash. A talisman was inserted into his throat and between his eyebrows, blood gushing from it.

"Where do you think you're going!"

The Four-eared Ghost Monkey Marquis, wielding a vajra, used one end of a three-headed Buddha statue to strike Li Weiyi, who was fleeing, in an attempt to intercept him.

Suddenly, a three-headed Buddha statue the size of a mountain appeared, lying horizontally like a reclining Buddha.

Li Weiyi's eyes darkened, and his magical energy and spiritual light intertwined to form a three-zhang-tall, Wrathful Vajra, which burst forth with ten thousand zhang of Buddhist light.

The two Buddha statues clashed, and with a deafening roar, the light and shadow of the three Buddha statues exploded.

The next instant, Li Weiyi's true form appeared in front of the Four-eared Ghost Monkey Marquis. With a single sword strike, he cleaved through the Ghost Qi and struck the monkey, sending it tumbling and flying away.

Four-eared Ghost Monkey Marquis let out a miserable cry as a Sword Qi flame erupted from his body, causing him unprecedented pain.

Luo Yinji arrived, her umbrella spinning as it flew away.

Instantly, a shower of Talisman Rain rained down, scattering like raindrops in all directions.

Li Weiyi had already seen Wenren Tinghai burst out of the blue clouds of the Netherworld Spirit Qi, his body divided into black and white, his feet stepping on the Yin-Yang diagram, his long hair being pulled straight back in the wind, each step he took crossing mountains and lakes.

"Forward!"

Li Weiyi traveled eastward, away from the passage of time, flashing past continuously.

Each teleportation allowed him to avoid Luo Yinji, who was chasing behind him, giving her no chance to entangle him.

Xue Sanguan followed behind Luo Yinji.

"To be honest, of all these people, I most want to fight you one-on-one." Even in this extremely critical moment, Li Weiyi still had the leisure to say this to her.

Luo Yinji said, "No need to fight! After Mind-Martial Combination, you'll be stronger than me."

"I'm not here to compete for victory, but to expose your true colors and see if you are the real Luo Yinji. No matter how well you disguise yourself, the dead cannot come back to life."

"Earth Lion Walk!"

Li Weiyi left those words behind and unleashed the eleventh move of the Chan Sect Twelve Loose Hand Techniques.

Stand with your legs in a horse stance, extend your hands forward as if to release magic energy from your palms, and lunge forward.

"Whoosh!"

He burrowed underground, and the soil beneath him automatically condensed into an earth lion. The wisps of magical energy in his hands transformed into reins, propelling him forward at breakneck speed.

This is actually a ground escape technique!

Once Li Weiyi emerged from the ground, he had broken free from the mental suppression of the group of experts. He then activated his Provincial Governor's Official Robe, used spatial teleportation, and returned to the Sentinel Spirit Army's encampment.

The Taiyin Sect and the experts from the departed spirits outside the camp have all retreated.

Li Weiyi rushed into the array's Light Veil, covered in blood and deathly pale. He casually tossed aside the Yellow Dragon Sword, his legs gave way, and he collapsed to the ground.

The three people inside the formation were startled and immediately surrounded them.

"Li Weiyi, don't scare me!" Qing Ziqin's eyes welled up with tears as she knelt down and reached for his chest.

Li Weiyi immediately grabbed her hand and gently pressed it there. "Saint Mind Master checks if someone is dead by feeling their heartbeat? If you want to take advantage, just say so. You wouldn't dare to touch it normally, would you?"

Seeing that he could still make fun of her, Qing Ziqin immediately shook off his hand and kicked him. "Don't scare people like that again."

"Miss Qing is absolutely right. What you just did startled me. I thought you didn't even have time to say your last words. Are you badly injured?" Chang Yujian asked.

Li Weiyi said, "My injuries aren't too bad; it's all other people's blood. The main problem is that my magical energy is almost completely depleted. I'm so tired that I really don't want to stand and talk to you. Let me lie down for a while."

Liu Ye asked, "What exactly happened? Why is there fighting everywhere?"

Outside the array's Light Veil.

"Li Weiyi, come out and answer this! Why did you kill two of my Demon Kingdom's strongest border generals?"

Wenren Tinghai flew to the outside of the Sentinel Spirit Army's garrison. He threw the two corpses of border soldiers at the Peak Third Realm into the ground with his left and right hands, displaying a cold and arrogant attitude of questioning and accusing them.