The Unruly Immortals

A drop of fresh blood splattered into Li Huowang's mouth, which was slightly agape from extreme shock, "Salty, fishy, and bitter."

Li Huowang didn't have the time to savor the taste too much because the gleaming Long Halberd had already pierced through Jin Shanzhao's body, smashing toward his face.

The attack was originally aimed at him, Jin Shanzhao was just collateral damage.

Li Huowang instinctively switched positions quickly, shifting his body two inches to the left.

"Boom~" The Long Halberd pierced through Li Huowang's head and heavily struck the ground behind him, splitting the earth into fragments.

The unharmed Li Huowang looked down at Jin Shanzhao on the ground, watching as the smile on his face gradually faded, replaced by confusion.

He opened his mouth as if he wanted to entrust Li Huowang with something, but the light in his eyes quickly dimmed.

Looking at Jin Shanzhao's bisected corpse on the ground, Li Huowang felt an oppressive sensation in his chest – things shouldn't have turned out this way.

Jin Shanzhao, who had just been planning his grand ambitions, was dead, silent as a joke.

"Tap tap tap" The continuous sound of horse hooves approached from afar, and Li Huowang looked in that direction, the fire in his heart burning ever fiercer.

When it reached its peak, he roared at the familiar armored figure, "Peng Longteng!!"

Peng Longteng, with a hundred cavalrymen, rode her signature iron steed slowly into the pass. Having hidden for so long, she finally came chasing in the final moments.

Through the eye slit of her helmet, she saw the unscathed Li Huowang, and a cold smile formed on her tattoo-covered face.

"Indeed, you have some tricks up your sleeve. I underestimated you before, but there will be no repeat of that. Wounding a general like me, you do have some skill. Since that's the case, I'll leave you a whole corpse, charge!"

Hundreds of iron cavalry roared in unison, charging toward the outnumbered Li Huowang with the sound of thunder and the momentum of an unstoppable force.

Just when they had charged halfway, Peng Longteng suddenly pointed at Li Huowang and commanded, "Fire!"

All the cavalrymen drew their bows, and a hail of arrows shot directly toward Li Huowang.

Facing such a dire situation, Li Huowang didn't flinch. Instead, he kicked off the ground with his right leg, raised the Heavenly Book above his head, and charged toward the iron cavalry.

This was the plain, the cavalry's home turf; escape was impossible. The only option was to fight to the death!

"Swish~" An arrow shot from a tricky angle, stealthily piercing through Li Huowang's chest.

But it still had no effect, as Li Huowang once again separated his physical form from his shadow form.

He was now very close to them. Close enough to see the expressions on their faces.

"That's just a distraction! That kid must be near here! Use the same method we did against that black-faced Monk to force him out!!"

Suddenly, Li Huowang saw the entire line of cavalry spread out quickly, circling around him.

While they ran, the wretched military continuously threw projectiles towards Li Huowang's surroundings.

They left no spot unchecked, seemingly intending to fill the whole area with arrows to force Li Huowang out.

With a "pchit" sound, a sharp Long Awl with barbs pierced through the palm of Li Huowang's hand.

With a quick twist and pull, accompanied by Li Huowang's hysterical screams, the bone marrow was ripped from his forearm. Mixed with blood, it spilled onto the "Great Thousand Record."

The galloping warhorses, as if stepping into invisible pits, suddenly folded their front limbs and plummeted towards the ground.

The sudden move caused a chain reaction. In an instant, men and horses tumbled in all directions, and the barrage of arrows was forcibly halted.

Suddenly, Li Huowang felt a shadow over his head, as Peng Longteng brought down his Giant Halberd.

He didn't strike at Li Huowang but at the Great Thousand Record he held in his hands!

After Li Huowang picked up the Great Thousand Record and quickly rolled to the left to dodge, he made a split-second decision to kick off with his right foot, stepping on the Armor Plate on the horse, and thrust his sword towards Peng Longteng's faceplate.

He planned to repeat what he had done before.

"Ding!" A crisp sound emanated from the metal clashing.

This time, however, Peng Longteng didn't attack Li Huowang's body, but with one hand on his halberd, he executed a move called Sweeping Thousands of Troops.

A whooshing sound filled the air as Peng Longteng turned his surroundings into his attack range.

In midair, Li Huowang strained his body backwards, barely dodging in a heart-stopping moment.

But in the next instant, Peng Longteng seemed to sense Li Huowang's position and kicked out with his right foot, striking Li Huowang in the stomach.

Li Huowang, spitting blood, was kicked into a mud house at the edge of the street, collapsing the dilapidated building amidst a cloud of dust.

As Peng Longteng slowly surrounded the area with her soldiers, waiting for the dust to settle, she unexpectedly found that Li Huowang was nowhere to be seen inside.

"Earth Escaping Technique?" Just as the thought crossed her mind, the battle-hardened Peng Longteng suddenly sensed extreme danger and swiftly dismounted with a flip.

In the next moment, her warhorse's belly split open without warning.

As the warhorse, like Jin Shanzhao before, was cleaved in half, the blood-covered phantom image of Li Huowang finally emerged from the ground, late to the scene.

Just now, Li Huowang had discovered a new use for his abilities; by shifting the position of his phantom image down into the earth, he could become invisible to those standing above.

And this might be the key to defeating Peng Longteng.

When Li Huowang landed heavily, sword in hand, the blood-covered body beneath him once again sank into the ground.

Watching Peng Longteng, who had already dismounted, the invisible Li Huowang crept toward her, sword in hand.

But just as he was about to reach her, Peng Longteng swiftly took a few steps forward, yanked a bandit soldier from the ranks, and mounted up.

A cold laugh came from behind Peng Longteng's faceplate, "Kid, don't think that just because you know a few tricks, you can do whatever you want. Those little tricks aren't omnipotent. The art of warfare is far more useful than whatever you have, like the tactic called feint to the east, strike in the west!"

Having said that, Peng Longteng pulled on the reins and led the rest of the bandit soldiers off into the distance.

Li Huowang was stunned for a moment, and then a shiver ran through him; they were headed in the direction of Bai Lingmiao and her group!

Li Huowang immediately turned and rushed towards them, but he couldn't run as fast as the horses. Before he got there, the cavalry had already arrived.

Hearing the screams of women in the distance, Li Huowang rapidly unfolded the Great Thousand Record.

With the heart-piercing pain came the sight of men and horses overturned in the distance.

Sharp bone spurs spun out from his swollen fingers, flying in the same direction,

Immediately after, Li Huowang tore open his clothes, his face veins bulging as he violently grabbed the sides of his wound and let out a ferocious roar.

A lump of vague flesh was forcefully slapped onto the Great Thousand Record.