Chapter 1587: Breaking the Pass with a Mutilated Body

As soon as Li Yan arrived on top of the crocodile-shaped demonic beast’s head, he arched his back. Amidst the raging flames covering his body, his short hair seemed to turn into individual strands of fire.

As he arched his back, his two arms, like a pair of flame pincers, descended from the left and right, fiercely plunging towards the eyes of the crocodile-shaped demonic beast.

At this moment, Li Yan’s method of passing the trial was identical to Master Wei’s before: shake off the other demonic beasts in the shortest time, accumulate power while advancing, and then launch a thunderous strike.

What led to this situation was actually a loophole in this trial. The person attempting the trial would gradually figure out the location and appearance method of the enemies in the process.

The most crucial point was that the manifested demonic beasts had a brief moment of confusion when they first appeared.

“Boom!”

Li Yan’s fingers on both hands were pointed like swords. Without any obstruction, they stabbed straight into the eyes of the crocodile-shaped demonic beast.

Instantly, a ball of gold and red fire exploded between his fingertips and the opponent’s eyes.

“Roar!”

Under the excruciating pain, the crocodile-shaped demonic beast let out a heart-wrenching, frenzied roar.

Because it was formed from essence blood, all its defenses came from the sea of fire or its own divine ability blocks.

When facing Li Yan, this demonic beast’s defenses appeared even weaker. In an instant, its eye sockets were deeply pierced by Li Yan’s hands.

The moment the crocodile-shaped demonic beast’s roar was heard, golden magma immediately spewed from its eye sockets.

As soon as this magma touched Li Yan’s hands, even with the protection of his magical power, his protective light shield was melted away in an instant.

Immediately after, the skin on Li Yan’s hands also turned into streaks of black smoke. But as soon as this black smoke rose, it was instantly evaporated by the high temperature here.

After the skin on Li Yan’s hands disappeared in an instant, the flesh below also vanished in a moment, followed by the white bones, which were dissolved by the magma in a flash.

Li Yan, in the flames, had a wooden expression, as if his hands did not belong to him. Even as his hands dissolved, he continued to thrust his arms deeper.

At the same time, Li Yan’s body was already flying up rapidly.

All of this happened in a flash. The three demonic beasts below had also pounced.

As Li Yan flew up quickly, the magical power in his body circulated like a wheel. A powerful suction force had already generated from his arms. With them still plunged into the opponent’s eyes, he had already lifted the crocodile-shaped demonic beast directly up.

And just as Li Yan carried the opponent away, three figures crossed paths at his original position in an instant, but all of them hit empty air.

After missing, the three demonic beasts quickly turned around, their reactions at the peak of speed. One’s long tail suddenly extended and curled back, another a stream of fire attacked, and another a sound wave was roared out…

At this time, the crocodile-shaped demonic beast, lifted by Li Yan’s arms, was still roaring continuously. It only felt that the opponent’s strength was unbelievably great.

Its body struggled and twisted desperately in the air, trying to break free from Li Yan’s grasp. At the same time, the golden magma from its eyes flowed out at an even faster rate.

The golden magma flowed out extremely quickly, causing the flames on the surface of the crocodile-shaped demonic beast to rapidly shrink.

But at the same time, Li Yan’s pair of arms had already been dissolved up to his forearms.

Just after dodging the attack from below, Li Yan felt himself instantly locked onto by three terrifying auras. Yet, a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

His two arms completely ignored the heart-piercing pain. He plunged them in up to his elbows, which were almost dissolved, and then fiercely slammed them inwards.

Immediately, the full force of his body erupted like a flood!

“Bang!”

The crocodile-shaped demonic beast’s head was instantly crushed by a violent force, exploding into a shower of golden magma that spread in all directions…

In the splash of magma, Li Yan’s spiritual light shield was instantly burned through with numerous holes. The smell of burnt flesh immediately emanated from his body.

And just as Li Yan unleashed his power, his entire body shot up into the sky again. At this time, the invisible membrane above his head was still present.

But below were three fifth-rank demonic beasts, which in an instant, launched another combined siege attack.

Li Yan couldn’t stop for a moment. If he got entangled, the outcome would either be death or waiting for an opportunity to crush the escape talisman.

Just as Li Yan’s head was pushed down hard by the powerful rebound from the invisible membrane, it was also the moment Li Yan slammed his arms together, crushing the crocodile-shaped demonic beast’s head.

Li Yan first sensed a powerful force suddenly emerge. He also disregarded everything, driving the magical power in his body, desperately trying to resist that seemingly invincible pressure.

In an instant, Li Yan’s legs were fully bent, his entire body almost curled into a ball. At the same time, his entire skeleton, under the immense pressure from above, emitted a continuous series of popping sounds like roasting beans.

The pressure from above disappeared the moment the crocodile-shaped demonic beast died.

“Boom!”

Li Yan’s body suddenly snapped open. A cracking sound came from the void beneath his feet, and his entire body shot upwards like a meteorite from outer space…

“Swoosh!”

“Bang!”

“Caw!”

A long, fiery chain-like tail, brushing past the soles of Li Yan’s feet, swept by with a whistling sound of rolling flames. It was the crimson flood dragon, with a ferocious expression, turning back for a strike.

At the same time, a huge figure flashed past, also ramming fiercely into the void, crashing into a space of fire and setting the raging flames ablaze. It was the massive body of the desolate rhino.

Another flame also landed on Li Yan’s previous position. It was a shockwave sound wave spat out by the golden crow, plowing a long fiery trench in the sea of fire in front of it.

Their lightning-fast attacks were blocked by an invisible membrane, and Li Yan’s figure, just a fraction faster, had already passed through!

Li Yan could still hear the angry roars of the three demonic beasts below his feet, but he was already charging straight for the top of the lamp cover.

With a flash, Li Yan appeared in the sky above the Blood Pagoda Lamp!

And at the same time, a sudden voice immediately echoed throughout the entire sky.

“The Broken Army Sect has passed the trial!”

At this moment, the entire plaza was silent. The cultivators on the high platform were also looking at the figure in the sky.

Li Yan’s appearance was tragic. His green robe was in tatters. His arms were gone from the elbows down.

Because he had crushed the crocodile demonic beast’s head by clapping his arms together, there were blackened holes on his chest, abdomen, and face.

His right cheek had been pierced through, leaving it mottled. Among them was a black, blood-red hole. Many of the charred blood holes were still emitting wisps of green smoke.

But for a Spirit Transformation cultivator, regenerating lost limbs was no longer a big deal. The various injuries on the physical body only brought immense pain.

Li Yan’s face, with a black hole on it, was indifferent, as if the flesh and blood on his body did not belong to him.

As he looked down, he heard the grand voice ring out. Then, before anyone else could react, his figure extended and immediately flew towards the Broken Army Sect.

Similarly, his return speed was not too fast.

And during the flight, a light quickly flashed on his body, and a new set of black robes had already appeared, covering him.

The black hole on his cheek also recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye. At the same time, although his arms were shrouded in large sleeves, a pair of hands soon reappeared.

This was the power of a cultivator. When cultivation reached a certain level, regenerating lost limbs was no longer a problem, but it also required consuming one’s own essence blood.

Even a Spirit Transformation cultivator could not produce too much essence blood, so it was not unlimited and could not be restored indefinitely.

At the same time, once the essence blood was consumed, one’s own strength would decline for a period of time.

But no one knew that Li Yan had not consumed a single drop of essence blood to repair these injuries on his body.

On the contrary, he was constantly suppressing his own bloodline, not letting the immortal essence blood in his body recover his physical body so quickly.

Otherwise, the magma from the demonic beast’s body would probably not have been able to inflict these injuries faster than he could recover, and his physical injuries would not have been visible.

However, Li Yan still felt that the golden magma inside the crocodile-shaped demonic beast was still very powerful.

Li Yan’s defensive light shield, without being fully defended, was indeed instantly broken by the opponent, and Li Yan immediately felt his flesh and blood dissolve in an instant.

The recovery power of the Undead Nether Phoenix in his body also erupted at that moment, but it was immediately suppressed by Li Yan.

In that instant, Li Yan thought of using this attack damage to get himself injured, so as to better prove the difficulty of his trial.

This kind of cautious thinking was already deeply ingrained in his bloodline memory.

It was almost an instinctive reaction, requiring no thought at all, and he just went along with it.

“He passed the trial!”

At the Bright Flame Sect’s location, Han Zhumei’s beautiful eyes blinked, a strange color flashing in them.

She looked carefully at Li Yan, who was flying back quickly. There was very little information on this person. Similar to Li Yan was the female cultivator named Mu Guyue, who also had very little information.

However, these two were completely different. Li Yan had been in the Broken Army Sect for a long time and was not a newly promoted Supreme Elder.

But in the outside world, for more than two hundred years, the only thing known about him was his battle with Mang Yan.

“This person is quite terrifying. His combat strength has actually reached the point where he can repel a late-stage Spirit Transformation. He is truly a powerful Body Cultivator!”

At this time, the beautiful woman standing with Han Zhumei also said softly.

But while she acknowledged Li Yan, she only used the word “repel.”

Because they had already learned about the situation inside the Pagoda Lamp from Master Wei, and they could also see many scenes inside the lamp cover.

The defenses of the fiery heads and demonic beasts there were not as good as those of real cultivators and demonic beasts; only their attack power was equal to their realm.

Therefore, killing these demonic creatures inside, if viewed from the outside world, should more accurately be described as repelling them.

The other Spirit Transformation cultivators of the Bright Flame Sect did not speak, but their faces were all filled with solemnity.

The Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators of the Bright Flame Sect dared not say much at this moment.

Their temperament was not as calm as the old Spirit Transformation monsters. At this moment, their hearts were filled more with a sense of jealousy.

The Broken Army Sect had actually succeeded in passing the trial, which meant that at this moment, they were already a third-rate sect, while they were still just a fourth-rate sect.

This was a huge letdown compared to their previous full confidence, and even a huge blow.

But they did not dare to speak at this time, for fear that these Spirit Transformation Supreme Elders, in their extremely bad mood, would bring misfortune upon themselves…

And on the Broken Army Sect’s side, after a brief stun from everyone, Shangguan Tianque had already let out a light laugh.

“He did it!”

Ren Yanyu’s pretty face also blossomed in an instant. Her whole person was like a blooming peony, smiling as she looked at the approaching Li Yan.

Mu Guyue’s expression, however, remained the same. From the moment Li Yan entered the Blood Pagoda Lamp, her expression had not changed much from beginning to end.

Only when Li Yan came out and she saw his tragic appearance, the corner of her mouth curled slightly, but no one noticed.

‘Would you really let yourself get hurt that badly?’ she thought to herself, completely disbelieving.

As for the group of Broken Army Sect disciples led by Yu Banjiang, they were not so calm. After a few breaths of pause, they erupted into a wave of cheers.

This created a scene that was completely out of place with the quietness of the other areas.

As Yu Banjiang and the old disciples of the Broken Army Sect cheered, their eyes couldn’t help but become moist.

They had come this time to raise the sect’s rank, but in reality, they only had a ten to twenty percent hope.

Especially after Shangguan Tianque’s failure, their confidence had instantly dropped to a freezing point.

Many of them had accompanied the Broken Army Sect from weakness to strength, walking all the way through a sea of blood and a mountain of corpses.

The feelings these people had for the sect were already deeply engraved in their bones!

It wasn’t that they lacked confidence in the sect’s promotion. On the contrary, it was precisely because they knew the overall strength of the sect and deeply understood the characters of Shangguan Tianque and Ren Yanyu that they dared to take a gamble.

As long as Shangguan Tianque and the other had even a sliver of hope, they were the type to immediately risk their lives and fight for it.

Therefore, they, as always, decided that if you want to climb a mountain of swords, then we’ll brave it together. If you want to go into a sea of fire, then we’ll stir it up until the heavens and earth are overturned.

Now that they had really succeeded, although they were still in a daze, they could no longer control their emotions, and their minds were in a state of chaos.

And just as Li Yan flashed and landed at the location of the Broken Army Sect, amidst the wave of cheers from the Broken Army Sect that broke the silence, the various noisy sounds in the entire plaza also rushed towards the sky like waves.

It made it impossible to hear clearly what others were saying.

But from their expressions, it was clear that they were all faces filled with disbelief, and some with agitated expressions.

It was just that their “agitation” was tinged with deep doubt and indignation.

At the location of the few Void Refining realm cultivators, Chongyangzi just nodded without saying a word, but in his heart, he was extremely satisfied with Li Yan’s performance.

‘I was not wrong about this child!’ he thought to himself.

And that charming Elder Fang exhaled like an orchid.

“Truly surprising. I always felt that this time, the Broken Army Sect might not even pass the first trial, but in the end, it was the Bright Flame Sect that got stuck here!”

“This kid’s character is decisive and ruthless. I like it!”

The handsome and bewitching Elder Zhou shook his head. He was quite appreciative of Li Yan’s final self-mutilating ruthlessness.