Chapter 1537: Confrontation (Part One)

“An avatar?”

Elder Hao and Great Master Lan were stunned when they heard what the other party said, but then they both immediately remembered something.

When Li Yan had first entered the mountain cave, his aura had been unstable, unlike his normal state. The two of them had thought at the time that Li Yan had been in a hurry to enter the cave passage.

So, without waiting for the aftershocks to completely disappear, he had flown directly out of the light shield summoned by Elder Hao and rushed over, possibly being hit by the shockwave from the attack on the mountain cave.

The avatar Li Yan looked at the changing expressions of the two people in front of him, and was actually trembling in his ‘heart’.

His main body was in the Earthen Patch, and at this moment, the Earthen Patch had long since become a part of the sole of his boot.

This way, as long as this avatar moved, Li Yan’s main body would follow.

But this method of his was actually extremely dangerous. If Elder Hao wanted to kill him, the avatar Li Yan would only have a small chance of being able to merge the Earthen Patch into the ground.

And this chance was only if Elder Hao was not enraged and did not smash him to dust with a single blow.

Otherwise, his entire body and clothes would be turned into nothingness, but a part of the sole of his boot might not be shattered and would be left there.

In that case, Elder Hao and Great Master Lan would of course notice the abnormality. It was impossible for your whole body to be shattered, leaving only that small piece.

And even if the avatar Li Yan could merge the Earthen Patch into the ground before his final death, he might not be able to survive.

After all, the chaotic power here was too terrifying. Once it spread over, could it shatter the Earthen Patch? Li Yan had no confidence.

In these few years, he had never dared to use the Earthen Patch to test or touch those chaotic powers.

First, of course, was the fear of damaging the Earthen Patch. Then he wouldn’t even have tears to cry.

Second, the rank of the Earthen Patch was very high. So, if it came into contact with the chaotic power, it was hard to guarantee that an uncontrollable strange phenomenon would not occur. Once the strange phenomenon appeared, he would have no way to explain it to the two of them.

In addition, he also knew later that before he entered the mountain cave, Elder Hao had risked entering the chaotic power to investigate, but had only escaped after a few breaths.

The other party was also a Body Integration Realm cultivator. When his Martial Uncle Qianchong had refined the Earthen Patch, he was also at this realm. Then the defensive magical treasures on Elder Hao’s body might not necessarily be inferior to the Earthen Patch.

Therefore, if Li Yan brought the Earthen Patch into the mountain cave, once the avatar was destroyed, even if it was not found by Elder Hao, the defense of the Earthen Patch might not be able to withstand the chaotic power here.

However, he still felt that his Martial Uncle Qianchong, who was good at earth-attribute cultivation methods, was in a realm of defense that was simply unimaginable, and probably not comparable to Elder Hao.

Besides carrying the Earthen Patch on his person at risk, Li Yan’s best option was actually to leave the Earthen Patch outside the mountain cave.

The area outside was so vast. Without Divine Sense, no matter what divine abilities Elder Hao used, Li Yan felt that nine times out of ten, he would not be able to find him.

But for various reasons, Li Yan would not consider leaving the Earthen Patch outside. If there was a chance to leave this place and escape to the outside world…

…that kind of opportunity might be fleeting. There would be no time for him to go back through the entire mountain cave, go back to get the Earthen Patch and take his main body with him.

At the same time, there was another reason. If Elder Hao and the others destroyed his avatar, there was an eighty to ninety percent chance that the two of them would retreat outside the mountain cave.

Although the Li Yan in the Earthen Patch could sense the disappearance of his Essence Blood and could immediately walk out from inside to avoid bumping into them…

…but Elder Hao and the other, without the guidance of the Power of the Cold Moon, would undoubtedly be left here, on the one hand studying how to break through the chaotic power, and on the other waiting for Elder Tang’s rescue.

So, after Li Yan came out, where would he go?

As long as the other party discovered the soul power fluctuations of a third person, Li Yan would have no way to escape!

Li Yan had already deduced these things that would happen, including every link, in his mind countless times after discovering the function of the Five Elements Return to Primordial Genesis.

In the end, he discovered with frustration that if he wanted to get out, he had only one path to take: to gamble with his life.

After comparing all the situations he could think of, he found that he should have a thirty percent chance of surviving and a seventy percent chance of dying.

For Li Yan, even if there was only a ten percent chance, he would take this gamble. To be trapped in the Earth-True Domain for the rest of his life, what would happen to Zhao Min, Gong Chenying, and the others? That was a result he could not accept.

Li Yan was also betting that Elder Hao would not kill him in a fit of rage, because opening the passage to the outside world was also the greatest wish of the Soul-Suppression Palace…

After Li Yan’s voice fell, a brief, strange silence fell in the mountain cave.

Not long after, an invisible and terrifying power instantly enveloped the top of Li Yan’s head.

In an instant, Li Yan’s entire person was bound tightly, unable to move a single inch.

But this power only touched him for a moment before it immediately dissipated without a trace. Li Yan only felt his body tighten, and an extreme palpitation similar to death descended.

But before he could react, the next moment, he had regained his freedom.

After the restraint was gone, Li Yan, upon reacting, did not pause, but raised his hand and summoned a cultivation manual.

But he was not counterattacking, but was attacking the two brushes in front of the chaotic power. It was spreading over again.

At this time, the expression on Li Yan’s face had also returned to normal. He knew that the most dangerous trial for him should be over!

“He really doesn’t have a soul!” Elder Hao immediately said to Great Master Lan.

He had been able to cultivate to this realm by walking through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. He would not be polite in attacking Li Yan.

Li Yan had said it so clearly. If he could plant a soul imprint on Li Yan, what was there to hesitate about?

But the fact was, just as Li Yan had said, his soul imprint could not cover the other’s soul at all. The place where the soul should have been in his body was completely empty.

After a probe, he did not hide it and told Great Master Lan.

At the same time, the two of them were secretly probing with their soul power, and it was extending infinitely, instantly reaching hundreds of li outside the cave. They were looking for Li Yan’s main body.

Li Yan acted as if he didn’t know. After casting the spell, he watched Great Master Lan, with a gloomy face, lead that piece of pure power away, and then he continued to speak.

“My goal is only to get out! Seniors, what promise can you give me?”

“Oh? Even if we give you a promise, can you believe it?”

As Elder Hao spoke to Li Yan, he gave Great Master Lan a look.

He was indicating that he had not found Li Yan’s main body outside! With his cultivation, his soul power had instantly spread out like a blanket, probing in all directions and into the seabed.

He remembered that Li Yan had been to the seabed before. He had also warned him about the dangers of the seabed and had clearly advised him not to go there if possible, but Li Yan had still entered.

This made Elder Hao think that Li Yan might have hidden his main body in the seabed.

But as his soul power spread rapidly, he did not sense the kind of resonating fluctuation that a living soul would have with the laws of heaven and earth.

Without Divine Sense, it was extremely difficult to find the existence of a cultivator, even for a Body Integration Realm cultivator.

On Great Master Lan’s side, her eyes also flickered for a moment, indicating that she, too, had not been able to find Li Yan’s main body.

However, their soul power still had not been retracted and was still continuously spreading and probing…

They felt that the current result was because they hadn’t been able to search for a long time. Otherwise, they should have been able to find the other party.

Similarly, Elder Hao and the other were deep in thought. At this point, they already felt that Li Yan, being so cunning, might have brought his main body with him.

But since he could think of it, Li Yan could of course also consider the consequences.

So, the Void Shadow Spirit-Storing Space on this avatar Li Yan’s body, ninety-nine percent of the time, did not contain Li Yan’s main body. So where did his main body go?

Just as the two’s thoughts were spinning rapidly, how could Li Yan give them any time to consider? He immediately pressed on with another question.

Hearing Li Yan’s pressing question, were they thinking that he wanted them to make an inner demon oath?

If the other party really made such a request, and if they were unable to find Li Yan’s main body later, then they would just agree.

Let Li Yan cooperate in breaking through the chaotic power here first. If the two of them didn’t kill him, the sect had plenty of people who could kill this young man.

Seeing that Elder Hao and the other were still considering, a dark light flashed in the depths of Li Yan’s eyes.

“Seniors, do you know of the Immortal-Seeking Lineage?”

Li Yan suddenly spoke again, but asked such a question.

The two who had been gloomy just a moment ago, after hearing Li Yan’s question again, their expressions instantly changed greatly. Great Master Lan blurted out.

“You… what did you just say?”

The aura on Elder Hao’s body also suddenly surged at this moment.

“Whoosh!”

Li Yan’s entire person was instantly sent flying into the distance by a powerful aura. While his body was still in the air, it had already begun to become illusory.

Li Yan in mid-air also had a great change in expression. He quickly took out a Soaring Spirit Pill and swallowed it in one gulp. His retreating body, under his frantic circulation of magical power to refine it, began to fill up.

“I was almost crushed by the other’s spiritual pressure. If this wasn’t an avatar, my internal organs would definitely be injured now,” Li Yan thought quickly to himself.

At this moment, Elder Hao also realized his loss of composure. Even Great Master Lan on the side had stepped back. He quickly and forcefully suppressed the surging aura.

The retreating Li Yan then stopped, and with a turn, he flew back. He quickly cast a spell and attacked the two brushes in front, in order to stop the spreading chaotic power in time. At the same time, he spoke again.

“This junior said, the Immortal-Seeking Lineage!”

This time, Li Yan spoke very slowly.

“Brat, you… how do you know about the Immortal-Seeking Lineage?”