pappabearbooks Chapter 809 - 673: Threats and Movements (Part 2)
Chapter 809 - 673: Threats and Movements (Part 2)
"Since I obtained the first strand of innate pure energy, according to our previous agreement, True Mastery Daoist will be second, and you, Daoist Lady, will be third," Zhao Wushuang said.
Beside him, True Mastery Daoist of the Spirit Treasure Sect and Ningshuang Daoist of the Five Elements Sect both nodded without objection.
"Chen Qi was injured by the Red Hero; I’m afraid the prospects aren’t good," Ningshuang Daoist spoke, her voice as crisp as gold beads falling on a jade plate.
Chen Qi, whom she mentioned, is the real name of Daoist Heaven-Burning, originally one of the agreed participants.
"If he returns safely, the fourth strand of pure energy will be his," Zhao Wushuang said nonchalantly, indifferent to Chen Qi’s safety.
These Daoists and Daoist Ladies joined forces only to meet their own needs; they had no emotional ties.
They even hoped there would be one less competitor, as the amount of pure energy each person could obtain would be more.
As for the other followers, they could only pick up the leftovers of the Daoists and Daoist Ladies, though they did receive some promises, presumably not too undercompensated.
Elsewhere, Lou Yi was unaware that someone in the blessed land had already broken through the Sixth Layer of the Spirit Platform and continued to search for powerful local demon creatures and peculiar phenomena.
He once discovered a black Tiger Demon with cultivation comparable to bloodline perfection, easily killing it.
Unfortunately, not even its talents were gained, let alone any innate pure energy.
He also found a forest filled with red miasma, searched for half a day without discovering any other special place.
Finally, in a fit of anger, he unleashed advanced martial arts, Shocking Tide, destroying the woodland till it was mostly ruined, startling away a flurry of birds and beasts, yet still finding nothing.
The True Monarch Blessed Land was too vast, and the appearance of innate pure energy was filled with uncertainty.
Even though Lou Yi’s eyesight far exceeded that of ordinary cultivators, along with having detection skills, he still found nothing after searching for a day and a night.
He thought about using fortune-telling talents to calculate the presence of pure energy.
Unfortunately, innate pure energy pertains to a True Monarch, and the calculated results were shrouded in darkness.
There was even one instance where he seemed to touch nameless existence, causing him to vomit a large mouthful of vital blood, his face pale, his breath suddenly dropping, thus making him dare not rashly attempt again.
"If innate pure energy were easy to calculate, the cultivators of the Heavenly Machine Sect would have already monopolized everything in the blessed land."
In the cultivation realm, the Heavenly Machine Sect specializes in fortune-telling magic, its status is not much lower than the seven great alliance hierarch sects.
Lou Yi shook his head, could only use a clumsy method, continuing to spend time grinding it out.
While rushing forward, all of a sudden, he sensed astonishing spiritual energy fluctuations a hundred miles ahead, and his eyes lit up.
His figure blitzed like lightning, disappearing instantly from the spot.
Lou Yi hurried through the air, like a meteor chasing the moon, and within less than ten breaths, he arrived at the site of the fluctuations.
In front of him was a cultivator and demon engaged in battle, the momentum was immense, and their appearances were familiar faces.
The cultivator wore white gowns, in his twenties, with a slightly sinister temperament.
With a wave of his hand, a vast number of clouds formed, some turning into a mass of thorn-covered thickets, some becoming tall-tree-like spears, and others transforming into meteorites larger than houses.
This was the signature magic of the Floating Cloud Sect, and the cultivator was a prominent figure in the first layer of Abyssal Sky — Zhuge Feng.
The demon was several hundred zhang long, with sharp, elongated black thousand legs, resembling a dragon raging through the air, stirring up white vapor all around.
It was the thousand-legged Insect Demon, once part of the Demon Clan that besieged Lou Yi.
The two were fighting fiercely, each desperate to deal a killing blow to the other, shattering several small nearby mountains.
Of course, their current states weren’t good.
The thousand-legged Insect Demon had hundreds of broken legs, with black and red blood raining below, its breath weak.
Zhuge Feng wasn’t much better, blood trickled from the corners of his mouth, his breath unstable, his eyes starting to lose focus.
Outside, the two were once allies, jointly targeting Lou Yi and Su Xinghe’s side.
But in the blessed land, there were no conditions for cooperation; instead, there were competitive dynamics, constantly guarding against each other, unknown how they came to engage in battle.
Since Lou Yi’s approach was conspicuously loud and uncovered.
Upon seeing his appearance, both parties were shocked.
"Red Hero!"
"That freak from the Human Race?"
Zhuge Feng and the thousand-legged Insect Demon stopped fighting immediately, without any thought of attacking Lou Yi jointly.
They instantly fled in two directions, so decisively clean that even Lou Yi was stunned.
However, would he let these two enemies before him escape?
"Body Transformation."
To boost his speed to the utmost, Lou Yi extravagantly used his innate martial arts.
The whole person transformed into a magnificent rainbow light, soon catching up with Zhuge Feng, the faster of the two enemies.
When less than a hundred zhang from Zhuge Feng, the effect of Body into Sword dissipated.
"Grandmaster, Domain."
The next moment, Zhuge Feng’s expression changed dramatically.
He felt the surrounding void solidify, as if crawling in a mire, unable to advance an inch.
Lou Yi stood in the void, raising his right arm high.
"Divine Power: Shaking Mountain."
’Boom!’
The defensive spiritual artifact and protective spirit essence on Zhuge Feng’s body instantly exploded, his chest opened up with a large bloody hole, blood flowers shot out, and his mind froze.
This was the result of Lou Yi holding back most of his strength.
Otherwise, he would have exploded directly with no chance of survival.
Lou Yi crippled Zhuge Feng with one punch, casually caught him between his arms, and ’swish,’ sliced through the void again, quickly catching up to the Thousand-legged Insect Demon.
’Boom!’
Another punch, like a thunderclap, split the Thousand-legged Insect Demon into two, even severing hundreds of leg limbs.
"Did you enjoy cutting me up back then?"
Previously, the Thousand-legged Insect Demon teamed up with Sky Demon Horse, Fei Demon, Giant Scorpion Demon, and Weasel Demon to launch a siege against Lou Yi, hundreds of legs attacking simultaneously, embarrassing him considerably.
But the tables have turned as the tides changed.
Lou Yi raised his right arm, producing a thirty-zhang long red Gang Qi blade, starting to ’pedicure’ the Thousand-legged Insect Demon, cutting off its sharp legs one by one.
"Ah!!"
The Thousand-legged Insect Demon let out a miserable scream, finally becoming a smooth ’Caterpillar Demon.’
"Where are your accomplices?" Lou Yi first asked Zhuge Feng for information.
"If you want to know, you can find out yourself." Zhuge Feng laughed coldly.
’Poof!’
In the next moment, his eyes bulged, and his vital blood spurted wildly as his stomach was heavily punched.
"Speak properly," Lou Yi said.
"Heh, today’s destined to be my death, but you’ll join me sooner or later." Zhuge Feng was straightforward, knowing escape was impossible today, and disclosed all the info about his teammates.
"Zhao Wushuang and True Mastery Daoist both broke through to the Sixth Layer of the Spirit Platform?" Lou Yi’s expression turned somewhat unpleasant.
With numerous members, they search a much larger area, likely aided by their sect’s backing with hidden cards, managing to locate several innate pure qi sources and make cultivation breakthroughs.
Lou Yi himself remained empty-handed.
"Heh, in six days, the cross-border bridge will appear, and everyone will leave." Zhuge Feng sneered, "Do you think by then, you can escape the joint efforts of the Sixth Layer, even Seventh Layer Spirit Platform?"
’Pa!’
Next moment, Zhuge Feng took another punch.
This time Lou Yi did not hold back, and Zhuge Feng was completely shattered, turning into a rain of blood scattered about.
A long-standing prodigy, first-tier under Daoists, met a tragic end.
Lou Yi began seriously considering Zhuge Feng’s words.
His current strength certainly surpassed the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Platform; as for battling the Sixth, he wasn’t confident.
As for the Seventh Layer, that was out of the question, definitely no chance at all.
The nearer the Ninth Layer, the closer to the limit, cultivation grows terrifyingly stronger, with rumors saying the Eighth Layer might rival a Fake Pill.
The fastest way to turn the situation is to find innate pure qi.
However, he knew his own situation well; he was actually only at the ninth level of Qi Cultivation, a third-tier Body Refinement practitioner, his real reliance was mid-stage Martial Saint cultivation.
Will innate pure qi really benefit a Martial Artist?
If it’s useless...
Upon thinking of this, Lou Yi turned again to the Thousand-legged Insect Demon.
"Spare me!"
The Thousand-legged Insect Demon, or now the Caterpillar Demon, had shrunk to just three feet long, filled with terror towards Lou Yi, hastily knocking its tentacle-covered head to beg for mercy.
Being a cowardly demon, Lou Yi began inquiring about news from the Demon Clan.
The Thousand-legged Insect Demon spilled the beans without hesitation, some information even voluntarily offered before Lou Yi asked.
"Did the Demon Emperor’s bloodline also enter?" Lou Yi frowned.
The Demon Emperor’s bloodline was that half-dragon-like monster, its power surpassed even the descendants of demon kings, deep and unfathomable.
Last time, it didn’t join the siege against Lou Yi, otherwise, he might not have escaped so easily.
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