Chapter 1400: The Chilling Li Yan

The moment the six had formed their encirclement, a murderous look had flashed in the depths of Li Yan’s eyes. According to what the old woman surnamed He had said, there were at least two Spirit Transformation cultivators on the second level of the skiff.

Right now, even though the battle below was raging, no one had come down from above. That was because they felt they had absolute power over life and death below. He couldn’t afford to wait any longer.

If this dragged on, the Spirit Transformation cultivators above would notice that something was wrong.

And to kill so many cultivators in a short period of time, he could only think of using every possible means to make them disappear as quickly as possible.

He was more confident in taking them down one by one, but that was only when the other party was unprepared, allowing him to finish the job in the shortest amount of time.

But now, after he had revealed himself, he had already alerted the enemy. The enemy was on guard.

However, right from the beginning of this lightning-fast assassination, he had already planned his follow-up trap.

In the beginning, although he had used the “Five Elements Disarray Mantle,” he had only controlled its range to his side, using the three magical treasures as cover.

And throughout the entire process, he had moved in sync with the three magical treasures, striking through to the end in one go.

The three magical treasures already had a large area of influence, and their effects overlapped. In the eyes of others, all the abnormalities were caused by those three magical treasures.

Especially since Li Yan had pushed his speed to the extreme. In that first assassination, the Divine Senses of everyone here simply couldn’t keep up and couldn’t lock on.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been like the petite female cultivator, who was in a daze and didn’t know what that blurry shadow was.

But here, it was also possible that others had noticed Li Yan’s own abnormality, but that would only be the person closest to Li Yan.

It was just that those people were no longer able to tell others the truth—that when the green-robed youth appeared, the spatial laws around him had been thrown into chaos.

Li Yan’s retreat after knocking away the petite female cultivator was to wait for the others from behind to gather. Otherwise, with his offensive momentum, he would have already launched a continuous attack on the three people near the petite female cultivator.

With the Spirit Transformation cultivator on the first level of the flying skiff gone, although the remaining Nascent Soul cultivators were numerous, the pressure on Li Yan’s heart had lessened considerably.

Just as the magical power on the six people’s bodies surged, and they began to form hand seals and prepare to summon their magical treasures, Li Yan’s hands, hidden in his large sleeves, had already quickly formed hand seals.

Then, an invisible force instantly filled a range of about twenty zhang.

The moment this force appeared, the immense power of heaven and earth that was about to be generated from the six people’s hand seals, as well as the pressure from their magical treasures, instantly disappeared.

Because the power of heaven and earth mobilized by their techniques and magical treasures had instantly weakened, strangely becoming almost non-existent. Even if some remained, it was extremely chaotic, and they were completely unable to condense the power of heaven and earth.

The “Five Elements Disarray Mantle” was activated and released again. Today, for the second time, Li Yan once again released the unfathomable secret art of the Five Immortal Sects!

The first time he used it, he had only used it slightly, deliberately holding back, and had only kept it contracted around his body.

This time, it was at full magical power, truly covering a large area forward, a group attack skill.

And just as the few people’s cries of alarm had just left their mouths, how could Li Yan let them continue to speak? He had tried his best to cover his tracks from the very beginning. How could he let the other party expose his methods now?

A whirlwind instantly kicked up on the spot!

“Bang, bang, bang…”

Amidst a series of impacts, Li Yan’s figure had actually appeared in front of everyone in an instant.

Knees, elbows, fists, and palms transformed into a series of afterimages, unleashing the most direct and bloody attacks of a body cultivator, short and powerful attacks like a violent storm.

He either rammed, smashed, pounded, or slapped. The cries of alarm turned into a chorus of terror, with only words like “No!” and “Ah!” remaining.

But the time they could make these sounds was extremely short. One figure after another was thrown high into the air, turning into meteors, their voices going from loud to small, and quickly fading away.

The moment their voices were made, they had been knocked out of the giant skiff’s defensive light shield, and then their voices disappeared at the stern of the skiff.

As Li Yan knocked these people away, he also conveniently snatched the storage rings from their hands one by one. His movements were extremely familiar and so fast that others couldn’t see them clearly.

Dealing with several Nascent Soul cultivators at such close range, as long as it wasn’t for the purpose of completely killing the other party, once he broke their encirclement, knocking them away was already an easy and familiar task for him.

But this did not mean that his “Five Elements Disarray Mantle” was invincible.

If this were in the outside world, even if he had used this art, the number of people here was a bit too many.

They also had a high chance of retreating. Because of the magical power in their bodies, Li Yan could not guarantee that he could break everyone’s defense with one blow.

Then the other party, relying only on the magical power in their bodies, might be able to break free from the restraints and immediately distance themselves from him. But in these few short breaths of time here, their lives were taken.

To cast a heaven-defying art like the “Five Elements Disarray Mantle” also placed a burden on Li Yan himself. His sea of consciousness could not sustain it for many times. Everything had to be done quickly.

In three breaths, there was no one left around Li Yan.

Only the blurry scenery outside the giant skiff remained, showing that it was still moving forward at extreme speed. The cultivators who had entered the desert had been left far behind. They would disappear forever, left in this vast wind and sand.

This turn of events made the five people who were fighting in the distance and had been paying attention to Li Yan’s side stop their fight for a moment. They all turned their heads to look at Li Yan in a daze.

The three cultivators who had been held back suddenly flickered their bodies and, taking advantage of Jia Fugui and Donglin Tingyue’s daze, immediately rushed towards the bow of the skiff.

They did not let out any extra cries of alarm. They had obviously experienced this kind of danger countless times.

At this moment, although they still outnumbered the other side, they had completely lost the confidence to fight again. The fear in their hearts had reached its peak.

And one of them, the male cultivator who had been fighting with Donglin Tingyue, still had dozens of red round beads on his body. He ignored them and frantically urged the magical power in his body.

A distance of several hundred zhang, the three of them, with just a flicker of their bodies, had already rushed into the corner staircase. By the time Jia Fugui and the other two wanted to attack again, they found that the three had already disappeared from their sight.

“After them!”

Jia Fugui let out a low roar, and his person had already shot out like lightning.

He was secretly annoyed at his own foolishness. He had been dazed by the sudden turn of events on Li Yan’s side just now and had failed to hold back anyone.

Donglin Tingyue’s pretty face also turned crimson, but it was more due to nervousness and fear of what might happen next.

The three of them, at the first moment, had sensed a mortal crisis. Seeing Li Yan like a peerless demon, they had lost all will to fight and immediately fled.

The reason Donglin Tingyue’s face was red was that of all the cultivators on this level, in the end, they had not been able to kill a single one, only managing to delay the three for a few breaths.

She also didn’t bother to greet Li Yan, but chased after Jia Fugui’s figure and flew directly towards the bow of the skiff.

In their hearts, they were even more nervous, worried that a terrifying Spirit Transformation aura would suddenly appear from the staircase at any moment.

But things had already reached this point. They had to fight even if they didn’t want to.

Moreover, a female cultivator from the “Heavenly Mountain Garden” had already gone up to the second level. Although the actions of both sides below were fast, that person should have already sent a message.

They had no way to retreat. At this time, they could only kill one more person if they could. This was the evil side of human nature. In a desperate situation, everything would not matter. It would only make one crazier, fighting desperately without regard for anything.

As the two of them flew up, they also spread out their Divine Senses. But when they reached the corner, they saw that the staircase there was already empty. They couldn’t help but feel their hearts sink.

The speed of the three was so fast that they had already rushed up to the second level.

Because the distance of several hundred zhang was too close, the moment their Divine Senses spread out, their figures had also reached the bow of the skiff.

However, before they could turn the corner and see the entrance to the stairs clearly, the two of them suddenly stopped in their tracks.

Because a figure had suddenly appeared, blocking their way. The two were startled. The person had appeared silently, as if he had emerged from the ground.

Just as they were about to attack, they also saw the other party’s appearance clearly. It was actually Li Yan.

“So fast!”

This was a thought that simultaneously arose in the hearts of both of them. They had clearly seen Li Yan on the other side of the deck before. Without them noticing, the other party had suddenly arrived here.

But at this time, they were already a little numb to Li Yan’s skills, and at this time, they had no time to think too much.

“Fellow Daoist Li…”

Donglin Tingyue saw that it was Li Yan. She didn’t understand why Li Yan was blocking them, so she quickly spoke.

They actually still felt that their chances of escaping from here were slim. Now they were thinking of taking more of the other party’s lives with them.

“Don’t go near the stairs. I’ve laid a potent poison here. I got this poison by chance, and I don’t have the antidote!”

Li Yan did not wait for the other party to finish and immediately spoke in a low voice.

“Poison!”

Jia Fugui’s eyes suddenly widened, and he subconsciously took two steps back.

“It’s fine as long as you don’t get close!”

As Li Yan spoke, his body immediately turned the corner, and he retreated towards the bow of the skiff, leaving a lot of distance for them.

Seeing this, the two also understood Li Yan’s meaning. Then, carefully, they turned the corner as far away as possible.

And after turning the corner, a staircase with light from the second level appeared there, exactly the same as what had appeared in their Divine Senses.

The three of them were already gone. They couldn’t help but become more nervous, carefully looking up the passage, afraid that some figures would suddenly appear.

“Let’s leave here first. We’d better hide…”

Jia Fugui stared at the top while quickly saying to Li Yan and Donglin Tingyue. At this time, the only thing to do was to hide again.

But before he could finish speaking, Li Yan had already walked over. At the same time, he flicked his sleeve forward, and the staircase in front of them suddenly blurred and the scene changed.

“An illusion formation!”

The two almost exclaimed in unison. Following Li Yan’s movement, they had seen a scene that left them dumbfounded.

In front of the stairs leading to the second floor, a person was lying on the ground, and three others were circling in front of the stairs, but they just couldn’t find the stairs that were right in front of them.

And these three were the cultivators they had been chasing.

Their eyes were filled with fear. Some had their hands clasped around their own necks, while others were taking out pill bottles one after another and pouring large amounts of medicinal pills into their mouths.

And the person lying on the ground not far away, from their clothes, it was the female disciple from the “Heavenly Mountain Garden” who had gone out to deliver the message at the very beginning.

The three seemed to be forever unable to get out of that circle. And they opened their mouths wide, but could not make any sound.

In just the short time Donglin Tingyue and the other two had seen, the three of them had already turned a dark purple color. From their aimless circling like headless flies, they had all fallen headfirst to the ground.

Soon, their bodies began to convulse violently, twitching on the ground like fish out of water. After a few twitches, they soon stopped moving.

Seeing all of this, the two of them couldn’t help but gasp, feeling a cold chill spreading up their backs. Even though they had steeled themselves for death, when faced with all of this, they still couldn’t suppress the fear in their hearts.

How long had it been? The first female cultivator from the “Heavenly Mountain Garden” could be ignored, but these last three had arrived here almost at the same time as the two of them.

This meant that the potent poison here was almost instantly fatal. And it was a potent poison that could render a Nascent Soul cultivator completely powerless to resist.

And what made the two even more chilled was that the Nascent Souls of the three had no ability to escape and were all trapped and died inside their bodies. The two of them had heard of such a potent poison, but they had never seen it with their own eyes.

In the dead silence, Donglin Tingyue and the other two subconsciously retreated again and again. It was only after a few more breaths that they finally managed to stabilize the shock in their hearts.

They all turned to look at Li Yan. Li Yan had actually set up so many traps in the short time he had been out, turning the entire first-floor deck into a land of certain death.

At this time, thinking back on all of Li Yan’s attacks on the deck just now, as well as the result that had happened before their eyes.

This made them think carefully and fearfully. The other party’s plan was flawless, one ring linked to the next. It was as if he had already calculated everything that would happen afterward.

Even for someone as skilled in scheming as Jia Fugui, when he looked at Li Yan at this time, he only felt a coldness in his back that could not be dispelled.

The silent Li Yan standing there was a demon from hell. All the enemy cultivators on the first level, in such a short period of time, had been slaughtered by him.

Thinking about the strength of these dead people, Jia Fugui felt as if he was in a dream.

“This person is not only ridiculously strong in cultivation, but his scheming is such that even if there were a few more of me, I would probably be schemed to death by him and still not know…”

On the side, Donglin Tingyue could no longer find the words to describe the feeling in her heart. She would never have imagined that the eighteen Nascent Soul cultivators, led by the old woman surnamed He, would end up like this.

“Fellow Daoist Li, I admire you. Many thanks!”

Jia Fugui glanced at the top of the stairs again and let out a light sigh. There was an indescribable feeling in his heart, a complex emotion that could not be put into words.

At this time, the Spirit Transformation cultivator on the second level must not have discovered the change below, so they had a hope of survival.