Chapter 774: Power of the Immortal
Master Yulian faced the oncoming Sky Moon Demon King with a calm expression, maintaining a look of compassion, without the slightest hint of fear. As a Cultivator on the verge of achieving the Bodhisattva state, he would not fear life or death, let alone a mere demon.
The Bodhisattva Dharma Image, towering a thousand feet, radiated a Buddha light. The Heaven-swallowing Treasure Bottle Seal he held just moments ago transformed again, revealing a new hand seal. With its appearance, the once benevolent Bodhisattva Dharma Image seemed to transform into a wrathful Vajra, as Buddhist light gathered, and various divine glows converged.
Suddenly.
Heaven and earth darkened, as a mountain obscuring the sky descended from above, aiming to suppress all evildoers between heaven and earth.
The mountain was not real, but rather a manifestation of Master Yulian's divine skill, inscribed with scriptures, Dharma Seals, and blessed by countless Buddhas, holding infinite Divine Power.
Such a divine skill's might completely roused Li Yi, who was in the midst of cultivation.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Master Yulian engaged in combat with the Sky Moon Demon King, with two other Immortals watching from a distance. In an instant, Li Yi understood what was happening.
"They really think highly of me, sending a Great Demon and two Human Immortals to personally act, and they even managed to find me here. Is this how far they're willing to go just to kill me?" he thought, slightly alarmed.
But soon, he understood their reasoning.
It was likely because they saw his potential threat on the battlefield last time and couldn't wait to eliminate him. If he continued to grow, they probably wouldn't be able to sleep at night.
Yet, he hadn't expected Master Yulian to confront the Sky Moon Demon King head-on. Without her, he might not even know how he would have died.
However, in such a crisis, Li Yi didn't have time to ponder further.
He immediately left the pile of rubble, escaping the influence of the power of time. When he instinctively channeled his mana, an unusual expression flashed across his face.
Have I become so strong already?
With just a casual grip, the terrifying power within him erupted, making him feel as if he could easily shake the heavens, shatter the void. After being tempered by the power of the Five Elements, his Primordial Spirit Dharma Image seemed immune to all laws, exuding unprecedented strength.
If his physical body and Primordial Spirit united, even Li Yi himself didn't know the extent of his combat strength.
At least against a Great Demon or a Mahayana Cultivator, he could extinguish them with a wave of his hand.
"Woman, get out of the way, don't obstruct me from killing."
However, at this moment, the Sky Moon Demon King's icy voice roared through the heavens and earth, his blood-red eyes brimming with endless killing intent, unleashing a terrifying Demon King's Power. The demon king weapon beside him, the Treasure Moon Disc, instantly erupted with a thousand beams of light capable of destroying the heavens and earth.
This strike, once it landed, would be enough to shatter a continent. If it were in the precarious sky, on the yet-to-evolve Earth, facing two or three strikes from the demon king would likely lead to total destruction.
But in this mystical place, although the demon king's attack was terrifying, it was enveloped by the power of time, preventing the residual force from spreading widely, thus limiting the destruction caused.
Even so, as the Treasure Moon Disc struck, the thousand-foot-tall Bodhisattva Dharma Image was struck all over with cuts and bruises, broken and incomplete, even the vast mountain above it suffered continuous breaks and damage.
Yet, Master Yulian, possessing Great Divine Power, didn't retreat even in such circumstances, continuing to suppress downward.
As the two top experts clashed, everything around seemed on the brink of destruction, inducing fear and trepidation.
Even Li Yi, despite having cultivated for twelve years under the influence of the power of time, had experienced tremendous growth in strength, but facing such attacks still showed some impudence. After all, the gap in realm was not something a mere arduous cultivation could bridge.
"Red Gold Treasure Armor." Without any hesitation, Li Yi stacked armors.
In an instant, he took five pieces of Red Gold Treasure Armor from within the Red Gold Five Elements Bracelet. A single Red Gold Dao Artifact could almost rival the defense of an Immortal Artifact on the Xuanxian Continent; with five overlapping layers, the Red Gold Divine Light intertwined, securing him firmly.
However, during battle, more Red Gold Treasure Armor is not necessarily better, as maintaining the Dao Artifact requires consuming a large amount of mana.
But for Li Yi now, that wasn't a problem. His ninety acupoints resonated, generating mana eighteen times that of a normal cultivator, making maintaining five Red Gold Dao Artifacts more than sufficient.
"Master Yulian, I'll leave the demon king to you, I won't stay here to cause trouble." Li Yi's Red Gold Divine Light was pierced by residual force and two layers shattered instantly. Sensing the danger, he left those words, then swiftly retreated into the deeper part of this mystical place.
Master Yulian's battered thousand-foot Bodhisattva Dharma Image glanced at Li Yi but didn't intervene. She wished to enlighten Li Yi and achieve Bodhi and naturally didn't want to see him die, so she didn't stop his escape.
However, this scene was caught by Bai Xuan the Sword Immortal and Feihong Fairy.
"Li Yi, don't think you can escape, Demon King, we'll kill Li Yi for you." The two Immortals immediately bypassed the battlefield, blocking the residual force while rapidly heading toward Li Yi.
In such an environment, instant teleportation couldn't be used, because the demon king's power could shatter the void, leaving the entire area's space unstable. Forced instant teleportation might result in disappearing into the void.
"Profound Immortal, Human Immortal level experts from Xuanxian Continent?" Li Yi noted this while retreating.
"Human Immortals' power is much weaker than the Demon King's, at most somewhere between the peak Three Flowers Realm and Great Perfection. With my current power, I might not be unable to fight them." His eyes flashed with thought as he weighed the strengths of both sides.
But Li Yi didn't make a move, instead continuing to retreat, drawing them out of the center of the battlefield, avoiding the demon king's attention.
"Still trying to escape? Courting death."
Bai Xuan the Sword Immortal shouted coldly, and a beam of sword light instantly illuminated the world. In the next moment, an immortal sword, crystal clear and exuding a tricolor divine radiance, suddenly shot out from the endless sword light and directly attacked Li Yi.
The Sword Immortal's kill, even over a thousand miles, arrives in the blink of an eye, let alone when the distance between the two was merely dozens of miles.
As soon as Li Yi saw that immortal sword, he felt a terrifying force descend upon him. The layers of red gold divine light in front of him shattered instantly, broken through by this sharp immortal sword, layer after layer.
Just when Bai Xuan the Sword Immortal thought this strike could directly kill Li Yi, his face darkened the next moment.
Although the immortal sword landed on Li Yi, it did not pierce through the red gold treasure armor.
In fact, it wasn't that it didn't pierce through; Li Yi felt that a piece of his red gold treasure armor was directly penetrated, and it finally got stuck on the second piece, unable to advance further.
Apparently, even for the Sword Immortal's lifebound immortal sword, breaking through all five pieces of his red gold treasure armor in one go wasn't an easy task.
"Sword Immortals of the Xuanxian Continent are merely so-so." Seizing this opportunity, Li Yi wielded a red gold divine sword in each hand, and then the mana from his ninety acupoints surged out, the power of thirty dragons and tigers roaring to the heavens.
Terrifying power exuded, and the two red gold treasure swords shone incomparably at this moment, with the power of the Dao Artifact pushed to the extreme.
"Bai Xuan the Sword Immortal, quickly retract your lifebound immortal sword." Feihong Fairy realized something and shouted immediately.
Upon sensing Li Yi's power, Bai Xuan the Sword Immortal's expression also changed. The last time, Li Yi's strength only allowed him to dominate among Mahayana Cultivators, but the current outburst of power was already somewhat threatening to even immortals.
No time to think more, he used his Primordial Spirit Power to control the immortal sword to withdraw it back into his body.
But it was too late.
At this moment, the two red gold divine swords in Li Yi's hands, carrying all his strength, slashed down on this flying sword. He knew very well that the lifebound flying sword was a sword cultivator's life; if this immortal sword was damaged, the other party would definitely not be unscathed.
Boom!
The Dragon and Tiger Combined Attack, divine power unleashed, red gold divine light exploded in front of him like countless meteors, followed by the sound of gold and iron clashing resounding through the heavens and earth.
Although the red gold divine sword was a Dao Artifact, its material was also capable of crafting an Immortal Artifact. At this moment, in the collision, the immortal sword from the Xuanxian Continent was instantly damaged, and several pieces flew off immediately.
But the red gold divine sword suffered more severe damage, with a deep notch appearing on it, surrounded by cracks, seemingly about to completely shatter at any moment.
Feeling his lifebound flying sword being damaged, Bai Xuan the Sword Immortal shuddered immediately, spitting out a mouthful of immortal blood. His complexion turned pale instantly, and he had to stop in his tracks.
"You little thief, die."
Seeing this scene, Feihong Fairy was both shocked and enraged. Immortal power surged, and she slapped across the air, various immortal lights blooming instantly, containing endless killing intent, like an ocean wave swallowing Li Yi instantly.
"The power of an immortal is merely like this."
Yet in the next moment, Li Yi let out a long roar, like a True Dragon emerging from the sea, rushing out from the killing-imbued immortal light. Cracks appeared on his red gold treasure armor, but his flesh remained unharmed.
"What?" Upon seeing this, Feihong Fairy was quite astonished.
"The treasure armor on him has astounding defense, almost not inferior to a low-grade defensive Immortal Artifact. Moreover, he wears more than one; my immortal sword broke through five layers of protective divine light, pierced through two layers of battle armor, yet was still blocked by him."
At this moment, Bai Xuan the Sword Immortal, behind him, gritted his teeth and said.
He had retracted his lifebound immortal sword, but it was no longer at its peak. It had two notches, and the fragments had flown who knows where. Moreover, due to the damage, the immortal sword's radiance dimmed, and who knew how much time it would take to repair it.
"This little thief is actually this wealthy?" Feihong Fairy was somewhat shocked.
Could Immortal Artifacts really be of so little worth?
One must know that on the Xuanxian Continent, in order to craft an Immortal Artifact, immortals must toil for innumerable years.
"However, the other party suffered a great loss to damage my flying sword."
Bai Xuan the Sword Immortal took a deep breath, his infinite immortal power surged, then he condensed a new flying sword.
Besides the lifebound flying sword, as a sword cultivator, he himself was also a sword.
However, Li Yi, having cut his way out, merely sneered, retrieving the two damaged red gold divine swords back into the Five Elements Bracelet, and then took out two new red gold divine swords.
He had plenty of such treasure swords. When he returned from the Barbaric World, he had brought back a full fifty pieces; aside from the few he had given away, he still had more than forty.
Seeing the new red gold divine swords in Li Yi's hands, Bai Xuan the Sword Immortal and Feihong Fairy were stunned.
More?
Since when could treasures comparable to Immortal Artifacts be mass-produced?
They could see that the newly taken red gold divine swords were identical to the two previously damaged ones, all crafted by the same person.