Boom...
A violent explosion erupted where Li Shouyi stood. Shattered rocks flew everywhere, and smoke filled the area, blocking everyone else's view.
"What happened? Are the God of Gambling and Lin Shuishui dead?"
The spectating disciples all looked toward Li Shouyi's position, silently praying that Su Wan'er and Lin Shuishui would be all right!
There were still plenty of single disciples in the sect!
Tang Que's thoughts were much simpler.
Li Shouyi could die, but those two geniuses absolutely could not.
They were the Boundless Sect's hope of rising to greatness!
"How is this possible?"
Wu Dalang's terrified cry suddenly rang out from within the smoke.
A breeze swept past, dispersing the smoke.
Only then did everyone see what had happened!
Li Shouyi held Wu Dalang's head in one hand, his expression utterly calm.
And because Wu Dalang was short, with a tiny body and stubby arms, he could not reach Li Shouyi. The scene looked just like a father disciplining his son.
"You've reached the Spirit Severing Realm too."
Wu Dalang looked shocked. When the magical power coating his hand had touched Li Shouyi's body, the force that rebounded had told him that this pretty boy had also reached the Spirit Severing Realm.
But he found it inconceivable. After all, Wu Dalang had only reached his current realm through the resources his Lineage provided, combined with several times the effort others put in.
How could an unsupported pretty boy like Li Shouyi possibly have cultivated to the Spirit Severing Realm too?
Wu Dalang's words stunned the surrounding crowd.
Tang Que and the others, in particular, refused to believe it when they first heard that Li Shouyi was in the Spirit Severing Realm.
But Wu Dalang's shocked expression told everyone the truth: Li Shouyi really had reached the Spirit Severing Realm.
Li Shouyi was very pleased with their expressions. After cowering for so long, he could finally stand tall for once.
"Ahem, ahem. That's right. No more pretending. I'm putting my cards on the table."
"I actually reached the Spirit Severing Realm long ago, all so I could kill you today, Wu Dalang."
If Li Shouyi had dared say that an hour earlier, everyone around him would surely have flipped him off and spat at him.
You're just an old Golden Core cultivator. Who the hell are you trying to fool?
Now, the disciples were all filled with regret. Why hadn't they sided with Li Shouyi earlier? If they had, they would have a legitimate reason to become his disciples now.
They also understood why Su Wan'er and Lin Shuishui had progressed so quickly.
With the careful instruction of a Spirit Severing Realm powerhouse, wouldn't breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm in half a month be a piece of cake?
The shameless disciples spoke up.
"Elder Li, j-just now, someone forced me! Please accept me as your disciple!"
"Elder, me too! If Li Goudan hadn't grabbed my hand, I would've charged over and beaten up that dwarf!"
"Stop slandering me, you brat! You were the one holding me back! Elder Li should take me as his disciple!"
Only after hearing them did Li Shouyi realize that people could be this shameless.
"Master, you're actually in the Spirit Severing Realm?"
"So were you testing me and Senior Sister just now?"
Su Wan'er looked very excited, her little face flushed. Aside from no longer having to worry about dying, the most important reason was that she had never imagined her master was a Spirit Severing Realm powerhouse.
After all, beyond the Spirit Severing Realm lay Void Refinement, and with a little more effort after that, he could reach the Tribulation Transcendence realm.
Once he survived the Heavenly Tribulation, he would become an Immortal with a lifespan of over ten thousand years.
At that thought, Su Wan'er's eyes gleamed as she stared intently at Li Shouyi, looking like a money-grubber who had spotted countless treasures of gold and silver.
"Hey, hey, hey! You wretched disciple, keep your distance! Don't drool on my clothes."
Seeing Su Wan'er draw closer and closer, Li Shouyi pressed his hand against her forehead and pushed her back in disgust.
Then he looked at the dwarf, Wu Dalang, and said disdainfully, "Dwarf, how do you want to die?"
He could hardly be blamed for sounding arrogant. He now had the strength to back it up.
If he didn't show off now, he wouldn't get another chance once the next two hours were up.
"Li Shouyi, do you think you've already beaten me? You forced me into this."
Wu Dalang stared at Li Shouyi with a contorted expression and thought, I never expected to have to use the trump card Grandfather left me.
As he spoke, he pulled a pill from his robes and swallowed it. Laughing loudly, he said, "Li Shouyi, no one gets to seduce my wife and live."
"You're no exception. If something hadn't held me up, you would've died ten years ago."
Li Shouyi saw Wu Dalang's aura surge abruptly after he swallowed the pill.
It shot all the way from the early Spirit Severing Realm to the peak of the Spirit Severing Realm.
Holy shit!
At the sight, Li Shouyi could not help cursing.
That bastard's popping pills! I miscalculated. I miscalculated!
"Die!"
Wu Dalang roared and pulled a huge hammer from his Spatial Ring.
The hammer was at least two meters tall. Paired with Wu Dalang's short stature, it once again succeeded in making Li Shouyi laugh.
Boom...
Li Shouyi flew backward with his two disciples, dodging Wu Dalang's Heaven-Shaking Hammer.
"Find somewhere safe and wait for me. I'll come get you once I've dealt with this dwarf."
When two equally powerful opponents fought to the death, whichever side had something holding them back was doomed to lose.
So he had to get the two of them away quickly, lest they distract him.
"Master, be careful."
With that, the two women hurried away from the battlefield.
Li Shouyi immediately darted sideways again, because while he had been speaking to his disciples, Wu Dalang had swung his huge hammer down at him once more.
Bang...
The ground where Li Shouyi had stood instantly split apart, becoming a massive crater four to five hundred meters across.
It was no joke that a Spirit Severing Realm powerhouse could move mountains and overturn seas with a flip of the hand.
"Li Shouyi, you coward! Is running all you can do?"
A flying sword appeared beneath Li Shouyi's feet. Hovering in the air, he looked down at Wu Dalang.
"You've got it wrong, dwarf. I just don't want to waste time."
With that, Li Shouyi formed a sword gesture with his fingers.
He swiftly mobilized his Spirit Severing Realm magical power, murmuring, "Rhythm of the Dao—Thirteen Hundred Swords."
Dazzling light burst from Li Shouyi's body, forming gleaming swords around him that hovered behind his back and slowly revolved.
Wu Dalang sensed a lethal threat coming from Li Shouyi. His pupils contracted slightly, and he lowered his enormous iron hammer vertically to shield himself.
Then he shouted, "Immovable as a Mountain—Heavy as a Forest! Block it!"
An ink-black circular disc emerged from the iron hammer, shielding Wu Dalang's entire body behind it.
At that very moment, a bright gleam flashed through Li Shouyi's eyes, and his body vanished from where he stood.
When he reappeared, he was already right in front of Wu Dalang.
His entire body became a sharp sword, countless glowing flying swords hovering around him as he slammed viciously into the black circular halo.
Bang...
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