Elsewhere!
The Li Family Elder looked at the white-clad figure before him. One man alone had blocked all of them.
It seemed he had not even used his full strength!
Nor could the elder discern his exact cultivation, only sensing an unfathomable depth that made him wary.
This caused the Li Family Elder to feel a trace of apprehension.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Jiang Yi slaughtering in all directions not far away, terrible killing intent bursting from the depths of his pupils.
Yet there was nothing he could do!
"Just wait!"
"For what happened today, my Li Family will never let this rest!"
The Li Family Elder's face turned ashen. After leaving behind those harsh words, he turned to mount his horse and leave.
Just then, a calm voice rang out!
"Leaving?"
"Did you get my permission?"
Jiang Yi strode over!
The Great Halberd in his hand hung low, specks of crimson still staining its blade, adding a few more traces of ferocity and bloodlust.
"Boy, you are arrogant enough!"
Hearing this, the Li Family Elder abruptly turned around. Gloom filled his eyes, revealing a cold and sinister chill.
Jiang Yi did not respond. Instead, he came to Qi Zhengyi's side and cupped his fists.
"Brother Qi, sorry for the trouble!"
"Leave the rest to me!"
He raised his head and looked at the Li Family Elder, as well as the five people behind him.
Under those pairs of eyes that seemed ready to devour men alive, his expression remained as calm as ever, utterly unmoved!
Only the Great Halberd in his hand rose high, its bloodstained tip pointing at them all.
"All of you, come at me together!"
"Utterly arrogant! Since you seek death, this elder shall grant your wish!"
The Li Family Elder felt that his dignity had been gravely provoked!
How could he endure it any longer? He instantly flew into a towering rage!
His cultivation at the Ninth level of Qi and Blood erupted!
Surging Qi and Blood rose up, yet it was like a freezing spring bursting forth, whipping up razor-sharp gusts of frigid wind!
They spread in every direction, cold enough to pierce the bones!
It was said that the Li Family cultivated a sword art comprehended from the four seasons of heaven and earth.
It corresponded to the four great seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter!
Once cultivated to a profound Realm, it could manifest the might of the four seasons out of thin air.
The Li Family Elder merely let his Qi and Blood leak out!
Ice formed across the ground beneath his feet, while thick white frost arose within thirty feet around him, cold winds howling.
It was like a small world of ice and snow!
Jiang Yi stepped forward, facing an opponent two full levels above him!
He was utterly fearless.
Cauldron Origin Qi and Blood surged from his body, rolling like a raging flood and gathering around him.
Strands of azure light condensed and gleamed brilliantly, like protective armor shielding his entire body.
They carried an ancient bronze luster!
He thrust out with his halberd!
Like a white rainbow piercing the sun, its heavy and tyrannical aura tore apart that field of snow and forced its way in.
Halberd and sword collided, ringing with a resounding clang!
Under that immense force, the Li Family Elder was blasted several yards backward.
Countless gusts of wind and frost swept in from all directions, seeking to drown him.
But then!
Jiang Yi's body shook, and his Qi and Blood burst outward like springing magma, blazing as hot as the sun.
Before the wind and frost could draw near, they had all exploded and melted away.
Jiang Yi pressed forward again!
The Great Halberd swung, humming in waves, as though a flood dragon had emerged from the sea, roaring into the sky and shaking souls.
Veins bulged on the Li Family Elder's forehead, horror flooding his heart. He raised a cold sword to block, only to be sent flying once more.
This strength was simply monstrous!
"Old bastard, you are even weaker than I imagined—"
"Than I expected!"
"You..."
The Li Family Elder was so furious he nearly vomited blood, his body trembling violently.
The wrinkles across his face nearly twisted into a knot!
He was a dignified Li Family Elder!
His status was immensely noble; countless people had humbled themselves before him, flattering and currying favor.
When had he ever suffered such humiliation?
For a moment!
His gray hair stood on end, his face twisted like that of a vicious ghost, and Ninth-level frosty Qi and Blood churned throughout his body.
His Qi and Blood burst forth as he slashed out with his sword!
Sword Qi froze heaven and earth!
Carrying the might of an icy world, layer upon layer of frost formed wherever it passed, as if it would freeze all things.
Cold winds coiled around it, howling without end.
Like blades and swords, they swept in!
Clearly, the Li Family Elder had begun using his full strength, revealing the trump card he had kept hidden at the bottom of the chest.
He had driven the Four Seasons Sword Art to its utmost limit.
In his view, even someone in the same Realm would have to avoid its sharp edge.
Yet unexpectedly!
Jiang Yi advanced instead of retreating!
Qi and Blood surged wildly within his body!
Like furious billows, like a spring tide overflowing, it covered his entire body and spread onto the Great Halberd.
Killing intent erupted, grand and tyrannical!
He seemed clad in armor and precious mail, holding a flood-dragon Great Halberd in his hand.
Like an Asura war god who wielded Asura's power, fierce and bloodthirsty!
Yet also like Da Li, a mighty war general!
With every movement, fierce winds surged and space trembled, as though it could scarcely bear such tremendous power!
The two combined, sending his momentum soaring into the heavens!
It seemed as if the entire world would be shaken by him!
At this moment, Jiang Yi and his halberd became one, as though he were riding a black flood dragon.
Turning rivers and seas upside down, suppressed and killed everything!
What world of ice and snow, what sword intent like frost—before his Great Halberd—
They were crushed like rotten wood, all shattered to pieces!
In everyone's eyes, they saw only a tyrannical streak of black light slash across the sky and collide with a sharp white gleam.
Metal struck metal, and the hum resounded!
It was deafening enough to split eardrums, making them unable to stop themselves from raising their hands to cover their ears.
An elderly figure flew backward!
The luxurious silks and satins that had once covered his body, lending him an air of nobility, had now all turned into strips of tattered cloth.
They hung loosely from his body!
His hair was disheveled, and he looked utterly wretched!
That innate air of arrogance had been thoroughly smashed into the dust!
The Li Family Elder lowered his head and looked at the protective Qi and Blood aura around his body, now torn into pieces.
Blood poured from his chest, where a wound deep enough to expose bone had opened.
He could not believe it!
He was a member of the Rock Mountain Li Family, one who cultivated a profound sword art!
His cultivation had even reached the Ninth level of Qi and Blood.
He stood at the peak of this Realm!
Only one step away from the next Realm!
Yet now, he had been defeated by a nameless nobody two minor levels beneath him.
How could he accept this?
At that moment, Jiang Yi stepped forward. Dressed in plain gray clothes, he was completely unscathed.
His expression remained indifferent, as though nothing in the world could move him.
He gave the Li Family Elder no chance to catch his breath!
His halberd cleaved down!
Sending him on his way!
Already heavily injured, the Li Family Elder's Ninth-level Qi and Blood had long since fallen into chaos.
How could he possibly block it?
"Save—"
In the face of life and death, he instinctively turned to flee, trying to cry out.
But how could Jiang Yi give him that chance?
His remaining protective Qi and Blood aura was like paper before the halberd's edge, shattering in an instant!
His entire body was split diagonally in two!
His lower half continued to flee, staggering more than thirty feet onward.
Until it reached the remaining Li Family members!
Only then did it collapse to the ground with a thud!
Blood spurted like a pillar, splashing across the ground and dyeing it into a scarlet "carpet."
"You are next!"
Jiang Yi's figure flashed, swift as a flying swan!
Killing intent overflowed from him as he charged straight at the remaining Li Family members!
"Run!"
"Run, quickly!"
At this sight, the five remaining Li Family members were already scared out of their wits.
Even their Li Family Elder had been slain!
What could they possibly use to stop him?
Their arrogance?
But Jiang Yi was already before them. With one sweep that could sweep away a thousand armies, five heads soared high into the air.
Thick terror still lingered on every face!
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