The Mighty Cannot Be Insulted

"Yin Xiaokong, your dog's nose is sharp enough to track us all the way here!"

Wei Yushan spoke coldly.

Midair, Yin Xiaokong looked down at them with contempt and said, "This is your last chance."

"Either submit fully to my Lie Huo Mountain, or die!"

Wei Yushan stepped forward icily. "Who do you think you are? Do you really believe the Lihuo Sect is so easy to bully?"

Yin Xiaokong shook his head. "In my eyes, you're nothing but ants."

"I'm giving you a chance to surrender. Don't be ungrateful."

Arrogant and overbearing!

He held the Lihuo Sect in no regard at all.

As he spoke, his aura gradually leaked out, and in an instant, half the sky was filled with an overwhelming pressure!

Spirit Severing Realm, Ninth Heaven!

"Even if your Lihuo Sect's Old Ancestor were still alive, he'd only be at the Spirit Severing Realm—and besides, he died long ago."

"What do you have to stop me?"

He took a step forward, standing aloft in the air, and his powerful aura made the grass and trees below sway violently.

"Spirit Severing?"

Wei Yushan sneered. He too stepped forward, and an equally terrifying aura burst forth!

"Spirit Severing?!"

Yin Xiaokong was startled!

Wasn't Wei Yushan just a mere Nascent Soul cultivator?

When had he broken through to the Spirit Severing Realm? And his aura was almost matching his own!

Impossible. The intelligence couldn't be wrong. When Gongsun Qi reported back, Wei Yushan was still at Nascent Soul...

He had only come to this Small Mountain Village!

A great unease stirred in his heart, but he still said in a deep voice, "Even if you've broken through to Spirit Severing, you're still no match for me!"

"Oh, is that so? Then what about adding me in?"

At that moment, Yu Qishui suddenly spoke. He stepped forward calmly and stood shoulder to shoulder with Wei Yushan.

An even more terrifying aura spread out, instantly suppressing Yin Xiaokong's presence!

Yin Xiaokong was shocked. This was... the aura of Nascent Soul Realm Perfection?!

How was that possible!

Hadn't Yu Qishui been half-dead for ages, his cultivation barely holding?

But now, he was clearly at his peak, so formidable that even Yin Xiaokong felt fear!

Both were at Spirit Severing Ninth Heaven, but he was far inferior to Yu Qishui!

"Why... you were both only at the Nascent Soul Realm..."

He blurted out in disbelief.

Two Nascent Soul cultivators, in a single day, had both broken through to the Spirit Severing Realm—one at the Seventh Heaven, the other at Perfection?!

This was enough to drive a man to despair!

How was this possible...

What exactly was in this village?

Yin Xiaokong couldn't help but glance down at the calm, simple-looking village below, but a storm raged in his heart!

Could it be that the Old Ancestor of the Lie Huo Sect really hadn't died? And had reached an utterly terrifying level of cultivation?

Or was there some incredible opportunity hidden here?!

"Yin Xiaokong, meet your death!"

Wei Yushan and Yu Qishui said nothing more. They struck together!

If they didn't kill Yin Xiaokong, he would remain a threat to their Lihuo Sect.

Yin Xiaokong's heart sank. With two experts of the same realm attacking together, he had no way to resist.

But he refused to retreat. He said in a low voice, "Today, I want to see what kind of opportunity in this tiny village let you two advance so quickly!"

With that, he suddenly shook four large banners from his sleeve!

White Bone Pole, Human Skin Banner—they flapped loudly amid gusts of eerie wind!

The four banners directly surrounded Yu Qishui and Wei Yushan.

A ghastly aura spread, as if countless vengeful spirits were wailing.

"This... what is this thing?"

Wei Yushan's face changed.

"Devilish Heresy tricks!"

Yu Qishui's face changed too. His wild hair whipped about as he unleashed his violent aura with a roar, trying to blast open those four great flags!

But between the four flags, black, formless chains instantly appeared, pressing down from all sides like a canopy.

Wei Yushan and Yu Qishui resisted with all their might, yet the chains ignored their Spiritual Power Barrier and lashed heavily against their bodies.

"Ah—!"

Yu Qishui and Wei Yushan plummeted straight from the air.

They crashed hard to the ground.

"Did you really think the Spirit Severing Stage could make you my equal?"

Yin Xiaokong spoke coldly. Before coming, he had already prepared to face the Old Ancestor of the Lihuo Sect.

These Array Flags were his ultimate trump card, capable of slaying a Void Integration expert!

"Grandmaster! Master!"

Mu Qianning rushed forward urgently, releasing her spiritual power to catch Yu Qishui and the others.

Yu Qishui and Wei Yushan were both pale-faced, their lips cracked and dry.

They were utterly weakened.

"Those Array Flags... there's something wrong with them. They might be a Mahayana Artifact..."

Yu Qishui said with difficulty.

"What do we do..."

Wei Yushan's heart was filled with unwillingness.

By now, Yin Xiaokong had slowly descended. He didn't spare Yu Qishui and the others a glance, instead fixing his gaze on the tranquil Small Mountain Village before him.

"What's in there? A stroke of fortune?"

He muttered, then suddenly waved his hand. The four great flags in the sky shot toward the four corners of the Small Mountain Village!

"Whatever's there, I'll refine every living thing inside it first!"

He was extremely cautious, intending to use the Array Flags to annihilate all life within.

"How dare you!"

Mu Qianning's face changed drastically.

"Why wouldn't I dare? Heh, I should thank you for pointing me toward such a great opportunity. Perhaps I'll soon break through to the Void Integration Stage!"

The flags streaked across the sky like four meteors, about to plunge into the earth around the Small Mountain Village.

But, just as the Array Flags were about to land, they suddenly halted. The next moment, they exploded into pieces!

They turned directly to ash!

In that instant, Yin Xiaokong's face shifted. He violently spat out a mouthful of blood, cried out in pain, and flew backward hundreds of meters!

"Boom!"

He slammed heavily into the ground, sending dust and debris flying.

Yu Qishui and the others were stunned.

"Senior Li... made a move?"

Wei Yushan spoke in disbelief.

"No... he didn't make a move. It was just a passive defense. This mountain village... because Senior Li lives here, it's long become a terrifying forbidden ground..."

Yu Qishui said, his voice trembling with awe.

Those four Array Flags were likely the work of a Mahayana cultivator, yet Senior Li hadn't even acted—the flags simply shattered upon approaching his dwelling?

Too terrifying.

Was this the might of a supreme being?

"A great power cannot be insulted. The saying holds true..."

Wei Yushan murmured.

"No..."

Yin Xiaokong crawled out of the dirt, his heart trembling. Staring at the peaceful Small Mountain Village ahead, his eyes were filled with terror!

What was happening?

How could this be...

The Array Flags in his hands were weapons nearly capable of killing a Void Integration expert!

And now they had shattered? Worse, his own cultivation had been wiped out in that single moment—he was a cripple!

All of this, just from the formation flags approaching this mountain village?

What exactly lies within this mountain village?

Whatever it is, it's absolutely not something at my level that I can touch!

I must report this immediately!

In that instant, he abandoned all caution, took out a white jade formation plate, once again burned his essence blood, and activated the teleportation formation!

His figure vanished directly.

He fled!

Yu Qishui and the others all let out a long breath of relief!

"Grandmaster, Master, how are you?"

Mu Qianning spoke anxiously.

Wei Yushan and Yu Qishui both exerted all their strength to circulate their energy, only to find that the wounds left by the black chains within their bodies could not be removed no matter what!

"These are wounds left by an expert at the Mahayana stage; with our power, it's impossible to heal them..."

Yu Qishui gave a bitter laugh, turned back to look at the mountain village, and said, "We can only go ask Senior Li for help..."

All of this, just from the Array Flags getting near this mountain village?

What exactly lies within this village?

Whatever it is, it's absolutely not something someone at my level can touch!

I must report this immediately!

In that instant, he abandoned all caution, took out a White Jade Array Plate, burned his essence blood once more, and activated the Teleportation Array!

His figure vanished outright.

He fled!

Yu Qishui and the others all let out a long breath at that moment.

"Grandmaster, Master, how are you?"

Mu Qianning asked anxiously.

Wei Yushan and Yu Qishui both channeled their power to the utmost, only to find that the wounds left by the Black Chain inside their bodies could not be removed no matter what they did.

"These are wounds left by an expert at the Mahayana Realm. With our strength, there's no way they'll heal..."

Yu Qishui gave a bitter laugh, then turned his head to look back at the mountain village. "We can only go ask Senior Li for help..."