Just as Li Yi thought he could use this method to return to Penglai Island, he suddenly sensed three auras locking onto him.
Li Yi furrowed his brow. He knew he had finally been discovered. Those great powers truly couldn't be underestimated.
As he'd suspected, three figures appeared, each taking up a position to form a triangle around Li Yi. Clearly, they were making sure he couldn't escape.
Li Yi took a look and saw that they were all familiar faces: Venerable Blazing Fire, Venerable Green Mountain, Venerable Great Mountain Sword, and the others.
"Come on, I only took one of your Innate Spiritual Treasures. Is there any need to gang up on me like this?" Li Yi sighed helplessly. "First you put a bounty on me, and now three Grand Unity Golden Immortals are personally coming after me, a mere Golden Immortal. Isn't that a bit much?"
Venerable Blazing Fire and the others twitched at his words. Apparently, this kid thought Innate Spiritual Treasures were as common as cabbages. He made it sound so easy. Worst of all, he didn't even mention the humiliation he'd dealt them in public.
"Hmph, you can stop making excuses, boy. Nothing you say will help you now. This time next year will mark your death anniversary." Remembering how he'd been humiliated in public, Venerable Blazing Fire's eyes gleamed with cold light.
"Hmph, having three Grand Unity Golden Immortals come after you—you can die proud," Venerable Green Mountain said coldly, his eyes also brimming with murderous intent.
Venerable Great Mountain Sword said nothing, but the murderous intent in his gloomy expression was plain to see. Ever since becoming a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, he had always been treated with respect wherever he went. He'd never expected Li Yi to humiliate him so thoroughly. How could he stand for that? Right now, he wanted nothing more than to tear Li Yi apart with his bare hands and vent his fury.
Li Yi knew there was no talking his way out of this. None of the three would let him go. I'll fight! The thought of battling Grand Unity Golden Immortals made his eyes flash with excitement, and his heart filled with fighting spirit.
"Nine-Colored Pagoda!" Li Yi pointed to the sky, and the pagoda, hundreds of feet tall, appeared once more between heaven and earth.
Venerable Blazing Fire and the others watched the colorful pagoda radiate soul pressure. They couldn't help marveling at how formidable Li Yi's ability was. They had no idea how he'd mastered such a powerful soul technique.
Even they could be caught off guard by this technique, but now it would only cause them a little trouble.
Li Yi knew that Grand Unity Golden Immortals were proud. They wouldn't join forces to deal with a mere Golden Immortal like him. If they hadn't wanted to stop him from escaping, they probably wouldn't all have shown up together.
Both Venerable Green Mountain and Venerable Great Mountain Sword were strong in direct combat. Li Yi's Slaughter Sword Dao manifested through the lotus projection, forming a unique Black Lotus World. If he faced either of them, the Black Lotus World probably wouldn't last long before they shattered it.
After weighing his options, he realized Venerable Blazing Fire specialized in Daoist arts and would be relatively easier to deal with.
"Go!" Li Yi pointed at Venerable Blazing Fire. The Nine-Colored Pagoda burst into brilliant light, spun rapidly, and shot toward him.
Venerable Blazing Fire's face turned ashen. He'd never expected Li Yi to attack him. He'd assumed Li Yi would choose Venerable Green Mountain or Venerable Great Mountain Sword, leaving him free to watch from the sidelines. After all, he was actually a little stronger than the other two. Wasn't Li Yi clearly saying he was the weakest of them?
"Ah! Sword Maniac, I'll make sure you die without a body, your body and soul utterly destroyed!" Venerable Blazing Fire seethed with fury.
Watching the Nine-Colored Pagoda bear down on him, he steadied his mind and raised his right hand. A thousand-foot fire dragon coiled through the air toward it.
As expected, with my current cultivation, the Nine-Colored Pagoda can't do a thing to a Grand Unity Golden Immortal. Li Yi saw Venerable Blazing Fire merely sway before recovering, his eyes still clear.
Whoosh! Two pairs of black wings appeared on Li Yi's back. Swish! He flashed to Venerable Blazing Fire's side. A cold glint flashed in his eyes. "Slaughter Sword Dao: Lotus Projection!" The Power of Slaughter surged through his entire body.
The Power of Slaughter all around them rushed toward him. A black lotus more than a hundred thousand feet across appeared in the sky and quickly swallowed Venerable Blazing Fire.
Watching the enormous black lotus, Venerable Great Mountain Sword couldn't help marveling at Li Yi's profound mastery of the sword. It was a pity the man was too arrogant and constantly got himself into trouble. Today, he would fall here. Otherwise, his future would have been limitless.
Venerable Green Mountain felt no such admiration. Anyone who provoked him deserved to die. As an esteemed elder of the Eastern Alliance, he'd been thoroughly humiliated by a mere Golden Immortal like Li Yi, his authority utterly tarnished. The more talented Li Yi was, the more he needed to be killed. He was lucky if they didn't rip out his bones and peel off his skin.
"Bang, bang, bang..." A series of violent impacts rang out from within the Black Lotus World. The entire world shuddered on the verge of collapse.
Crack! The Black Lotus World shattered completely, revealing two figures.
Venerable Blazing Fire's hair was disheveled, his Daoist robe torn, and several small sword wounds marked his body. He looked utterly battered.
"Good, good." Venerable Blazing Fire's killing intent had never been stronger. His furious eyes were fixed on Li Yi.
"Ah, a Golden Immortal really can't compare to a Grand Unity Golden Immortal." Li Yi thought of how this move had killed thousands of Golden Immortals last time, yet Venerable Blazing Fire had barely been wounded. He couldn't help sighing.
"I'll have to call in my Main Body." Watching Venerable Blazing Fire seethe with murderous intent, Li Yi slowly closed his eyes.
In a secret cave on Buzhou Mountain, the Main Body, which had kept its eyes closed for more than a thousand years, suddenly opened them. Golden threads of law flashed across its silver pupils, and a world-shaking storm of will surged out of the cave. All living beings around Buzhou Mountain trembled beneath its pressure, not daring to move.
The storm of will sped toward Li Yi at nearly the speed of light. Wherever it passed, the clouds high in the sky parted of their own accord, forming a cloud-sea rift billions of meters long. Every cultivator in its path, including Grand Unity Golden Immortals, was pressed down and dared not move...
In the main hall of the Ancient Gold Sacred Dynasty, Ancestor Tun Tian trembled slightly. "It's him. It can only be him. He's appeared."
On Kunlun Mountain, Hongjun, one of the three surviving Chaos Demon Gods from the time after the world was created, also looked toward Buzhou Mountain. "It's him." A trace of solemnity crossed his face.
On an ordinary barren mountain in the Primordial World, an old man with a willow twig tucked into his hair suddenly opened his hazy eyes, a sharp glint flashing within them. "It's him."
At that moment, countless mighty figures across the Primordial World sensed a terrifying will appear. Before it, even Grand Unity Golden Immortals felt like ants.
The Primordial World was in an uproar. No one had imagined that such an exalted existence was hidden within it.
Not long after Li Yi closed his eyes, the Main Body's terrifying will appeared overhead. All the clouds swirled, forming a gigantic funnel, and a beam of light stretched from its base down to Li Yi.
As soon as the Main Body's will arrived, Venerable Blazing Fire and the others were pinned in place, unable to move. They watched in terror as the terrifying will poured into Li Yi's body.
The beam of light gradually faded. Li Yi opened his tightly shut eyes again. They were pale, icy, and merciless. Venerable Blazing Fire felt his scalp prickle. The Main Body now controlled this body.
The Main Body pointed at Venerable Blazing Fire and the others. Without warning, a massive surge of Mystic Ice Cold Qi welled out of thin air, freezing everything within thousands of miles. An enormous hexagonal ice sphere appeared on the land of the Primordial World.
Li Yi had asked that they not be killed, only frozen for a hundred thousand years. He wanted to defeat them himself once he was strong enough.
With everything done, the Main Body departed. Knowing that its immense display would attract plenty of attention, Li Yi also turned into a streak of light and quickly flew toward Penglai Island.
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