Chapter 1474: A Caged Confrontation (Part Two)

On the other side, Mu Guyue and the Nascent Soul cultivator were already locked in combat. Although Mu Guyue’s strength had not fully recovered, she surprisingly had the upper hand. However, killing her opponent in a short amount of time was impossible.

“Not good!” Li Yan’s heart tightened.

He was about to disregard everything and use the speed of “Phoenix Soars to the Heavens” to kill those Golden Core cultivators. But doing so would undoubtedly expose his back to a Spirit Transformation realm cultivator. Moreover, the other party might also attack Mu Guyue in that instant.

At this moment, the sound of something tearing through the air could be heard from the distance. It was coming from the rear of the manor. These sounds were rapidly approaching the front. It was the other cultivators from Li Yan’s squad. At the same time, sharp whistling sounds filled the air as several attacks crossed a great distance and struck at the gate. However, these attacks were all blocked by the enemy cultivators who had swooped down from the treetops.

In a flash of thought, Li Yan still shot towards the gate. When the Spirit Transformation cultivator saw this, a cold smile appeared on his lips.

“A turtle in a jar, and you still want to run!”

He thought that after seeing his cultivation, Li Yan was so scared that he was disregarding his companions and planning to flee. This Spirit Transformation cultivator immediately raised an arm, and with his five fingers held together, five thin red threads shot out from his fingernails like lightning, heading straight for Li Yan’s back. This person did not go to attack Mu Guyue but chose to attack the fleeing Li Yan.

Mu Guyue in the rear, seeing Li Yan flee towards the gate after one move, couldn’t help but frown. With two Crescent Moon Handguard Sabers, she swiftly cut out two streaks of light, forcing back a patch of dark clouds above her head to create some space for herself. She then also planned to flee towards the gate.

‘He’s still the same as before. The moment things look bad, he’ll choose to run!’

Although Mu Guyue had no soul power to sense and couldn’t be sure of the exact situation of the newly teleported cultivator, based on her years of experience in the “True Earth Domain,” the Soul Cultivator who appeared later was likely a Spirit Transformation realm existence. This was not something they could handle. So, Li Yan had immediately fled after one move, seeing the situation was not good, obviously disregarding these subordinates behind him.

She, Mu Guyue, had no reason to save these Soul Cultivators, but she was annoyed in her heart. This Li Yan was still a selfish person, fleeing without a word. She was a Soul Slave, but the other party was the captain of this team. This would never happen in their Demonic Clan army. Otherwise, what army morale and cohesion would there be?

The fleeing Li Yan quickly formed a hand seal. On the other side, the Gui-Yi Water-Parting Spikes that had already flown far away suddenly disappeared from the air… At the same time, his body, which was like a speeding arrow, suddenly bent downwards, and he plummeted straight down like a falling boulder.

And in this dazzlingly short period of time, several more screams came from the vermilion gate. The last two cultivators who were fighting against the ten enemies had also fallen to the ground. Only the last Golden Core cultivator was left, still attacking the vermilion gate alone!

The cultivator named Zhang Xin was already pale. With his strength alone, it was impossible to stop the closing of the large formation. Although the closing speed of the vermilion gate had been slowed by his attacks, it was still continuing to close, and only a gap of thirty percent remained. He now had two choices: one was to flee immediately, the other was to fight to the death and complete his mission.

But without an order from Li Yan, if he were to flee, unless Li Yan and the others all died here, he would be severely punished even if he managed to escape back to the sect. He suddenly roared, and the aura all over his body immediately became chaotic and violent! He knew the means the Soul Suppression Palace used against traitors, how severe and insane they were. It was truly a fate worse than death. At this moment, he actually planned to self-detonate…

Li Yan, who was shooting out like an arrow, his body suddenly plummeted like a heavy stone, as if he had suddenly lost the power to run and had been yanked down by someone. This sudden change was something these Soul Cultivators had never seen before. Even the Spirit Transformation cultivator attacking him from behind had never seen such a situation in his life. As Li Yan’s body suddenly turned, he felt his own heart plummet, making him feel particularly uncomfortable.

It was a feeling of extreme dislocation that arose from the depths of his heart. Especially under his direct observation, the change before his eyes gave him an impulse to erupt and vent his frustration. The other party’s movements also made him feel that at such a speed, and then being suddenly pulled down by a great force from below, only by his heart rushing out of his chest like a flying stone would he feel a sense of thorough relief.

And what was even more so, Li Yan, who was falling, once again defied his cognition. That unheralded straight fall, before you could smooth out the awkward force, Li Yan’s straight-falling body suddenly made another sharp horizontal turn, shooting out like an arrow again. This made Li Yan, who was falling in the air, once again draw an “L” shape at an incomprehensible speed. And this time, he had arrived in front of a large tree.

And the Spirit Transformation cultivator in the rear was still immersed in Li Yan’s two turns. There was a force in his chest that he couldn’t vent. He saw Li Yan, at such a speed, still able to rapidly and continuously change his figure. This not only subverted his imagination, but more importantly, his heart couldn’t bear it. It was tense and couldn’t be released.

As Li Yan flew rapidly twice in a row, watching that unimaginable turn, he felt his entire marrow also emit a needle-like pain. It was as if his own bones were making a series of cracking sounds every time Li Yan turned, causing an itchy and unbearable pain. And in his heart, he wished that these continuous cracking sounds in his mind would directly turn into a crisp, decisive sound.

“Crack!”

That way, his heart and sea of consciousness would have a sense of liberating relief, allowing his tense nerves to have a decisive and clean release! Even if he could see Li Yan, in his flight, suddenly turn into pieces due to his body’s inability to withstand the transformation at such a speed, and a rain of blood filling the sky, it would also make his heart feel incomparably relieved…

But at this moment, Li Yan had arrived in front of a large tree. And the side of the tree he was facing was the other side from the ghostly face on the tree trunk. The moment he arrived here, Li Yan, like a bolt of lightning, without the slightest hesitation, crossed his palms and fiercely slapped them onto the tree trunk in front of him.

After the Spirit Transformation cultivator had appeared, and even after he had emerged and blocked his own attack, no other cultivators had been teleported over. Li Yan already knew the situation was even worse. The teleportation time was getting longer and longer. The “Five-Ghost Revolving Locust” formation was accumulating even greater power. The next cultivator to appear might have an even more formidable cultivation.

Unable to attack the ghostly face from the front, Li Yan’s mind raced, and he had already thought of a method. As for whether it would succeed, he could only give it a try. Li Yan first made this Spirit Transformation cultivator think that he wanted to escape, creating a false impression. Then, unexpectedly, he finally got close to one of the large trees. As long as he could get close, it was fine. He no longer cared about what position to attack. With a cross of his palms, he had already struck the tree trunk in an instant.

“Thud, thud!”

As two dull sounds rang out, a series of cracking sounds also came from within the large tree. Without any warning, it began to slowly tilt to one side. However, the tree trunk itself, because it was already covered by the power of the teleportation space, the moment Li Yan struck the tree trunk, he was sent flying by the shock. Once the power of the law was in motion, these few large trees were no longer ordinary trees. Anyone who attacked would suffer a backlash. When Mu Guyue had tried to destroy it earlier, the grand formation had just started operating, and the backlash it produced was limited, much smaller than now.

“You’re courting death!”

A thunderous roar came from behind Li Yan. The Spirit Transformation cultivator had finally reacted by now. In reality, everything had happened in just a brief moment. The five thin threads he had shot out from his five fingers had only just passed through Li Yan’s afterimage from above. Then he saw a large tree tilting, making a cracking sound, and slowly falling to one side.

This made the Spirit Transformation cultivator so angry that smoke was coming out of his seven orifices. He had not expected the other party to be as cunning as a fox. The appearance he showed and the things he did were completely different. And all of this was because this person’s cultivation method was strange, with such a bizarre movement skill. He had never heard of it, never seen it. To be repeatedly foiled in his two attacks against a Nascent Soul cultivator, he was so angry that he was on the verge of going mad, with an impulse to tear this person apart to vent his frustration.

And at this moment, a change also occurred at the gate. Suddenly, a series of screams shot into the sky. Two streaks of black light, with a bend, instantly crossed through from two different directions, bringing up large sprays of blood arrows that shot out.

The ten enemy Golden Core cultivators in the air were resisting the arts attacking from the rear of the manor, preventing the other party from rescuing the five people here. And the remaining ten enemy Golden Core cultivators, after just having dealt with four Soul Suppression Palace Golden Core cultivators, were about to blast the last one into smithereens. But just as they were about to go over, the last remaining Soul Suppression Palace Golden Core cultivator, with a flash, had arrived at the last remaining crack in the gate, and the aura on his body suddenly became violent.

“He’s going to self-detonate!”

The enemy Golden Core cultivators saw the other party’s intention at a glance. The last remaining Soul Suppression Palace Golden Core cultivator was actually also brave, choosing this method. Not only did he want to take these people nearby with him, but he was also thinking of using this final blow to erupt with his strongest power and directly destroy this gate. Although this person had had the thought of escaping before, in the end, seeing his other companions fall, he chose this method.

This immediately made the ten enemy Golden Core cultivators facing him somewhat flustered. They immediately wanted to retreat, but also wanted to stop the other party from destroying the gate. If the other party succeeded, then the large formation would not be able to complete its closure and form a blockade.

And at this moment, two streaks of black light shot out from the ground like phantoms. One shot towards the ten enemy Golden Core cultivators in the air, and one shot towards the ten at the gate. The two streaks of black light were so fast that even the Spirit Transformation cultivator before had only just managed to block them in time. It was impossible for these people to react.

Thus, wherever the two streaks of black light passed, a bloody hole was left in all of their dantian positions. And then they pierced out from their lower backs, bringing out a trail of blood arrows!

A series of screams shot into the sky. The position Li Yan attacked was actually all their dantians. This was to make it so that their Golden Cores had nowhere to escape. A one-hit kill!

At this time, the Spirit Transformation cultivator had only just reacted. An extremely cold light also appeared in his eyes. The deaths of those Golden Core cultivators didn’t matter to him, but first, he had been played by the other party. Secondly, he had already sensed a strong fluctuation in the “Five-Ghost Revolving Locust” formation. He knew who was being teleported next, a Late-stage Spirit Transformation companion.

And similar things were happening in many hidden sects at this very moment. It was just that they had never expected that in this empty manor, they would so coincidentally encounter cultivators from the Soul Suppression Palace. The moment they arrived, they had discovered the enemy, but these enemies had also immediately taken the most appropriate response, destroying the manor’s protective formation and the teleportation formation.

This Spirit Transformation cultivator fiercely pulled down with his five fingers, and the five thin threads that had just passed through Li Yan’s afterimage, like five rakes, fiercely cut down towards Li Yan’s body below. The speed was so fast that almost as soon as Li Yan’s body was sent flying, it cut down directly. Li Yan only felt his scalp tighten, and the shadow of death instantly enveloped him.

While he was still in mid-air, he could only rely on his powerful physical body to forcibly twist his body again. His body almost scraped against the five descending rakes as he flashed horizontally to one side.

The Spirit Transformation cultivator, only after launching his attack, saw that the large tree that had been struck by Li Yan’s two palms, although it was tilting, had not collapsed. The “Five-Ghost Revolving Locust” formation was still operating. And the teleportation power fluctuation at the center of the formation had already reached its peak, and a blurry figure within it was also rapidly emerging.

The moment Li Yan fled, Mu Guyue, amidst a flurry of attacks, had also forced back the Nascent Soul cultivator. With a horizontal leap in the void, she had already circled to one side. She didn’t dare to charge directly at the gate, as that would inevitably pass by the Spirit Transformation cultivator, and she would be attacked from both front and back.

The Nascent Soul cultivator behind her, how could he let her escape? Seeing that this female cultivator was also trying to flee, a mocking laugh escaped his lips.

“None of you will escape!”

With a flash of his body, he immediately gave chase.

As Mu Guyue was circling, her phoenix eyes suddenly narrowed. She suddenly saw the fleeing Li Yan, in an incredible way, turn at an angle in the air. At that speed, even if she wanted to change direction, her bones might crack and her internal organs would be damaged. But Li Yan had actually made that move, and without spitting out any blood, he had unexpectedly appeared below. Then, it was another incredible horizontal turn, and he was at the side of a large tree. At the same time, the group of Golden Core cultivators at the gate also let out a series of screams.

“He wasn’t running away… Hmph! He’s still as cunning as ever. This is another trap!”

Mu Guyue finally understood Li Yan’s intention, which immediately reminded her of Li Yan’s cunning nature.

And the next moment, a bright light flashed in Mu Guyue’s phoenix eyes.

“Damn it, he didn’t succeed! Another expert is about to be teleported over!”

Mu Guyue saw that after Li Yan’s two palms struck the large tree, he himself was sent flying back, while the tree only tilted with a cracking sound but was not destroyed. And at this moment, Mu Guyue also sensed that in the middle of the five large trees, an even sharper aura fluctuation began to appear. She knew what this meant.

She didn’t hesitate at all. Although she was still some distance from Li Yan, she raised both her hands, and two streaks of moon-like water light slashed towards the tilting large tree. She wanted to assist Li Yan in completely destroying that tree…

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A breath ago, Zhang Xin knew he was going to die this time. The other four people in his group, they had been talking and laughing before, but in just a blink of an eye, they had all died. Only he was left to destroy the gate. He could have passed through the vermilion gate and fled directly. But he felt he wouldn’t get far. With the changes in the manor, and the sudden appearance of cultivators at the Nascent Soul level and above, how could they let him live to report the news?

There were so many Golden Core cultivators in front of him, they wouldn’t let him escape. The next moment, they would turn him into a corpse just like his companions. What’s more, even if he could escape back to the sect, unless everyone here was dead, this would be desertion. Li Yan had told him to destroy the gate, but he had taken the opportunity to escape. As long as it was found out, with his understanding of the Soul Suppression Palace, even his master might be implicated.

“Then let’s die together!”

Zhang Xin’s entire body’s magical power surged wildly, reaching its peak in an instant. His entire body, like an inflated bubble, had swelled by three or four times in just a blink of an eye. His five internal organs were filled with rampaging magical power. This made his skin sting unbearably, as if ten thousand steel needles were being inserted at the same time. His skin began to crack and split open, and blood continuously seeped out.

And at the same time, he saw the ten Golden Core cultivators who had just rushed over, their faces all showing expressions of horror, and at the same time, multicolored lights flickered on their bodies.

Zhang Xin smiled. At such a close distance, these ten people still wanted to escape. But even if they wanted to, not all of them could. Some people and this gate would accompany him into the underworld.

‘We are all Soul Cultivators. Can our souls really be reincarnated?’

As he was thinking this, the final surge of powerful magical power in his dantian was about to be injected into his Golden Core. Then, the Golden Core would explode, followed by his physical body. And then, the soul he had been cultivating all this time would also dissipate with the smoke and step onto the Way of Reincarnation.

And at this moment, Zhang Xin saw a shocking scene. A streak of black light suddenly appeared, like a sword from beyond the heavens, in front of the enemy Golden Core cultivators at the very front!