Anyone who practiced martial arts dreamed of cultivating Martial Dao True Intent.
Yet Martial Dao True Intent was incredibly difficult to cultivate. For a martial artist to develop Martial Dao True Intent was immensely challenging; only those with extraordinary talent could do so. Martial Dao True Intent was both a kind of power and a realm!
It was a realm of martial arts that ordinary martial artists could hardly touch!
There were many martial artists in Jiujiang Commandery, but among them, only the Young Commander of the Jiujiang Commandery Special Capture Division had cultivated Martial Dao True Intent.
As an Attendant Spirit Master of Jiujiang Commandery, Zong Lin knew Chu Han very well. The two would occasionally spar with each other, and she had seen all of Chu Han's martial manifestations!
When Li Yuan unleashed Dragon's Bloodshed, she instantly recognized what it was... Martial Dao True Intent!
It was actually Martial Dao True Intent!
"You actually mastered Martial Dao True Intent?!"
Zong Lin could not help shouting in shock.
Li Yuan's palm pierced straight through the Blood Robe Evil Ghost's body. One snake shadow after another crawled along his arm and covered the Blood Robe Evil Ghost's entire body, binding it tightly like chains and leaving it nowhere to escape!
With an outburst of palm force, the Blood Robe Evil Ghost exploded into pieces and vanished into nothingness.
The Blood Robe Evil Ghost that Zong Lin had been unable to defeat after a long battle was easily killed by Li Yuan. She looked at him with a complicated expression. "Li Yuan, when did you master Martial Dao True Intent?"
Li Yuan answered vaguely, "Some time ago."
Some time ago?
Zong Lin froze, as though she had thought of something.
A martial artist who mastered Martial Dao True Intent possessed a powerful spirit and was impervious to evil. Illusions and the like found it difficult to shake the will of someone with Martial Dao True Intent.
As early as their trip to Changgan, Li Yuan had already been able to resist the illusion attacks of a Half-step Blood Robe. Could that mean... Li Yuan had already mastered Martial Dao True Intent at that time?
How was that possible?
Li Yuan had not even reached the True Qi Realm back then. How could a martial artist of the Inner Force Realm have comprehended Martial Dao True Intent?
One had to know that even Chu Han, the Young Commander, had only managed to comprehend Martial Dao True Intent after entering the True Qi Realm for many years and painstakingly studying martial arts. Yet Li Yuan, a mere martial artist of the Inner Force Realm, had comprehended Martial Dao True Intent so early. If word got out, it would frighten countless people half to death.
One could imagine how splendid the Young Commander's expression would be once this news reached her ears.
Zong Lin's thoughts raced in endless circles. She had many questions she wanted to ask Li Yuan, but in the end, she said nothing more. She looked around at the blood-colored space before them.
"We need to think of a way to break out of this space. Several others are still trapped in illusions. We have to rescue them."
This was no time for idle chatter. Rescuing the others came first. As a Spirit Master, she was not proficient in formations. Finding the formation's nodes and breaking out would probably take more time than they had.
What they lacked now was time. The longer it dragged on, the more danger the others trapped in the illusions would face.
Li Yuan looked at Zong Lin, who was searching everywhere for the formation's nodes, and said, "Let me do it."
After saying that, another horned flood dragon appeared behind him. Its enormous body stretched over a hundred zhang and coiled behind Li Yuan.
Seeing the colossal phantom of the flood dragon, Zong Lin's lips parted slightly, her face filled with shock. Before she could speak, a resounding dragon roar rang out.
Li Yuan directly bombarded the illusion with Dragon's Bloodshed. The illusion before them shattered like a mirror, and Li Yuan and Zong Lin returned to the forest.
"What a violent way to break a formation."
The corner of Zong Lin's mouth twitched. She had just been searching for the formation's core, while Li Yuan had simply blasted the illusion apart with Martial Dao True Intent.
After rescuing Zong Lin, three others were still trapped in separate illusion spaces. Li Yuan did not waste time. He used Dragon's Bloodshed to break the illusions one by one, completely destroying the formation.
Within these three illusions lurked not only three Blood Robe Evil Ghosts, but also two Evil Warriors. Concealed within the illusions, they had continuously launched surprise attacks on the martial artists and Spirit Masters.
One martial artist of the True Qi Realm had been run through the chest by a blade. He was severely wounded and hanging by a thread.
Just as the Evil Warrior who had succeeded was preparing to deliver the killing blow, the entire formation shattered with a boom, and everyone's figures appeared once more in the formation outside.
Evil Warrior: ???
Before he could react, Li Yuan arrived in an instant and slapped his head apart.
One Wu Haoqian had escaped earlier, so Li Yuan naturally would not allow the remaining enemies to flee again.
His speed was astonishing. His figure twisted and changed direction rapidly, closing the distance in an instant. The two Evil Warriors and three Blood Robe Evil Ghosts were all killed by a single palm from him, and these people were completely rescued.
When the formation broke, those who had been rescued also saw Li Yuan's Martial Dao True Intent. One by one, they stared at him with their mouths agape, unable to believe their eyes.
"That's Martial Dao True Intent!"
"Incredible! At such a young age, he actually comprehended Martial Dao True Intent!"
"His Martial Dao True Intent looks somewhat familiar, but I can't recall which technique it comes from."
"Poison Dragon Palm! It's Poison Dragon Palm!"
"I never expected that Li Yuan's swordsmanship would be superb, and his fist technique would be so profound as well."
The group praised him without end. Li Yuan asked, "That bald man escaped. Do you have any way to track him down again?"
Zhuang Xian closed his eyes and sensed the surroundings, only to discover that he could no longer detect the bottle-bearer's location. He could only shake his head helplessly.
"I can't sense his location anymore."
"He must have noticed my spell mark and either removed or blocked it."
When Li Yuan heard that they had lost the man's trail, a trace of regret appeared on his face. He had severely wounded the bottle-bearer, making it the perfect opportunity to kill him completely, but the man had still managed to escape.
Once they realized there was nothing more they could do, the group could only return to the county town.
The two Spirit Masters used Sweet Dew Talismans to stabilize the wounded, then headed toward Meishan County.
After a long journey, they returned to the county town once more. Kong Zhuohua felt regret when he saw that they had failed to kill the bottle-bearer, but when he heard that they had killed five Blood Robe Evil Ghosts and two Evil Warriors, his face immediately broke into a broad smile.
The Blood Robe Evil Ghosts' illusion attacks were extremely troublesome. If one was caught off guard, even a martial artist of the True Qi Realm could fall victim to them. Killing five Blood Robe Evil Ghosts was no small achievement.
Moreover, they had killed two Evil Warriors. Both of those Evil Warriors had mastered true qi and were no minor characters.
In this pursuit, the bottle-bearer's side had lost five Blood Robe Evil Ghosts and two True Qi Realm experts. The losses were enormous. As a result, Meishan County's pressure would inevitably be greatly reduced for some time, and it could remain peaceful for a long while.
When Kong Zhuohua heard that Li Yuan had actually mastered Martial Dao True Intent, broken the formation and turned the tide, and personally killed all the Blood Robe Evil Ghosts and Evil Warriors, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
"Brother Li, thanks to your intervention. Otherwise, I don't know how great the losses in Meishan County would have been."
Without realizing it, Kong Zhuohua's tone and attitude had changed greatly. He treated Li Yuan with immense respect.
Li Yuan waved his hand, indicating that he should not take it to heart. "It was what I should have done. Don't worry about it."
Kong Zhuohua had spent many years in the Special Capture Division and was no fool. Li Yuan said not to worry about it, but he could not truly take that to mean Li Yuan did not care. The proper gesture still had to be made, so he continued,
"I will naturally report this matter to the Special Capture Division. There will certainly be an additional reward."
Normally, the contribution points awarded for missions were fixed. One received a set number of contribution points for killing a certain number of Evil Creatures. The moment Li Yuan heard "additional reward," his spirits immediately lifted.
"Haha, how could I trouble you, Brother? I'm ashamed, truly ashamed."
While the two were chatting merrily, a disheveled figure was fleeing through the dense forest in utter panic.
He ran at top speed while repeatedly looking back over his shoulder, as though a colossal beast that devoured people could pounce out from behind him at any moment.
"Damn it!"
"How could I... run into someone like that!"
This person was Wu Haoqian, who had fled while wounded. His injuries were extremely severe, yet he continued fleeing into the distance without pause.
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