"This little fellow called Seven Stars—though he was at perfected Nascent Soul with a fifth-grade immortal foundation—should at most have reached the Earth Immortal threshold," Earth Immortal Qingli thought. "That sword of mine, mixed in with the aftershock of Earth Immortal Zhiyun's self-detonation, won't stand out at all. It should be just enough to destroy his body."
"Mm. Plenty of Nascent Soul cultivators have already died today anyway. What difference would one more make?" Earth Immortal Qingli thought to himself. "No one will be able to say a thing."
"Little fellow."
"Only taking you alone already makes me magnanimous." Earth Immortal Qingli considered himself very kind.
After all, when many Earth Immortals refined life-extension pills, they simply seized people by force. To eliminate future troubles, they would often fabricate crimes and wipe out the target's friends, family, and bloodline as well.
Even loose cultivators mostly had friends and blood descendants. But the next scene went completely beyond Earth Immortal Qingli's expectations.
"What is that? How is that possible?" Earth Immortal Qingli's pupils shrank slightly, because he saw that restrained sword light of his, just as it passed through the golden light of the array and was about to land on Li Yuan—
It was as if something invisible swept past, and that streak of sword qi of his simply dissipated.
It was not only Earth Immortal Qingli. The other two Earth Immortal generals also clearly sensed this.
"He hid his strength."
"He isn't a Nascent Soul cultivator!" This thought flashed through the minds of the three Earth Immortals at the same time, and they had just wanted to act.
But it was already too late.
The instant he detected Earth Immortal Qingli making a move against him, Li Yuan made his decision—to strike!
After probing for information for so long,