To defeat Ling Tian, the Heavenly One Path had gone to great lengths. Not only had they gifted Long Li a high-grade armor containing the powers of life and death to ward off the intrusion of Dao Dissipation Power, they had also lent him the God Devouring Soul Locking Chain, a treasure worthy of being called the sect's supreme secret treasure. On top of that, he possessed a Sarira formed after a Quasi-Saint expert had undergone Dao Dissipation. Against Ling Tian, he was in no way at a disadvantage; in fact, he even held the upper hand for a time.
Long Li was also quite clever. He used the Sarira in conjunction with the God Devouring Soul Locking Chain to disable the Corpse Incense Demon Lotus and the corpse ghosts. That left Ling Tian with no choice but to fight him at close quarters, and one of his means of teleportation was gone as well.
Long Li's cultivation was far higher than Ling Tian's. A practitioner of Buddhist Cultivation Methods, he possessed an extremely powerful physique after using high-grade Quenching Liquid, and he was quite skilled at close-quarters combat. His Buddhist staff strikes were also immensely forceful. With all these advantages, he believed he could easily defeat Ling Tian.
Ling Tian knew that he wouldn't necessarily have the advantage in a direct clash, even if he used the secret art to compress his Golden Buddha Image. So he avoided Long Li's strongest attacks and used teleportation to launch sneak attacks instead. Most of the surrounding Soul Threads had been devoured by the Soul Devouring Arrows, so he had no reservations.
Although his corpse ghosts had been disabled, Ling Tian could still use the Phenomenal Domain of the Nine-Colored Ice Lotus Clan. His teleportation range was much shorter, but it was