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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 5: [Seeking Immortality in the Eastern Sea]
Volume 5 (Pinyin): [Dong Hai xun xian]
Chapter 14 (451): [The Phoenix Blood Tree]
(14th of Volume 5)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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"Being assigned to guard the city gate? Is this what powerhouses do? Everyone else is inside the city, grabbing treasures, resources, and Essence Herbs, while we get nothing!"
"They're all feasting on the meat, while we Huangjiang Faction members stand here like fools."
"I bet they're bullying you because you're such a pushover, you honest demon."
The Water Beaver Immortal roared in anger.
Crown Prince Ba was equally furious: "Don't bare your teeth at me! Guarding the East City Gate was Princess Dengfeng's order."
"So what about the Princess? What are you so afraid of? Why don't you dare fight her?" the Water Beaver Immortal retorted.
The two demons stomped into the mountain of corpses, resentment etched across their faces.
"What's going on, you two? Why did the battle suddenly start?" Li Weiyi asked, stepping forward.
Crown Prince Ba replied, "The Rice Palace and Lingxiao Twin Rice Sect forces launched the first attack, breaching the North City Gate. Now all factions are converging there. We need to move out immediately."
The Huangjiang Faction's demonic beast contingent numbered only about a hundred, each carefully selected for this mission.
"Whoosh!"
Li Weiyi stood atop the skull of a colossal serpent skeleton, using it as his mount.
Psychic Power Spiritual Light erupted from him, each strand a shimmering thread controlling over a hundred powerful corpse puppets.
The massive procession surged toward Old Yuzhou Prefecture City.
This, however, served to enhance the prestige of the Huangjiang Faction's Demon Clan.
When Li Weiyi, Water Beaver Immortal, and Crown Prince Ba arrived at the moat outside the East City Gate, Princess Dengfeng had already breached the gate. A hundred-meter-long gap had been torn in the city wall, with rubble scattered across the ground.
At the breach, Dead Spirits and Yin Ghosts continuously poured out, riding black mist and smoky clouds as they fled.
They were intercepted by Li Weiyi's corpse puppet army and the Huangjiang Faction's demonic beasts.
Princess Dengfeng had issued a death order: leave no survivors - kill them all.
Yang Qingchan joined the fray, absorbing soul nourishment.
Yang Qingxi stood atop the giant serpent skeleton, sword in hand, positioned behind Li Weiyi, resembling a stunningly beautiful green-robed sword attendant.
Li Weiyi, holding Yu'er's hand, opened his Heavenly Eye between his brows.
He observed the chaotic and intense battle within the city, then gazed into the endless darkness beyond the walls, detecting the fluctuating auras of numerous Human Martial-Mystic Cultivators.
Some were within the city, others outside.
A Jiu Li Tribe priest appeared - an elderly man in his seventies or eighties, with snow-white hair, clutching a clay soul bottle as he soared along the city wall. Each time he hurled the bottle, he captured hundreds of ghosts.
An Elder from the Thundercloud Sect also materialized, unleashing Thunder Method techniques to clash with Deac Spirit powerhouses, their electric arcs blindingly bright.
The Human Clan cultivators from the Lingxiao Realm dared to participate in this conflict, emboldened by the support of the Zen Hai Guanwu and Yu Yaozi.
They were confident that the old powerhouses of the East Sea Demon Clan and the Dead Spirits, those above the Great Immortal Realm, had all gone into hiding, leaving them feeling invincible.
Meanwhile, the Immortal Realm giants from various factions had already converged in an unknown realm, forming alliances and engaging in fierce battles.
The Water Beaver Immortal, perched atop a white bone puppet, watched anxiously, scratching his ears and cheeks, desperate to enter the city and seize its treasures.
He began to grumble sarcastically, "You said you'd help Lu Cangsheng capture some Dead Spirits with Immortal Corpse bodies. Now look at us - we can't even get into the city! Fine, let's just hunt ghosts here, then. Damn it, we won't get a single reward."
Li Weiyi replied, "Actually, I believe Her Highness wouldn't assign you two to a meaningless task. Why else would she order the extermination of all Dead Spirits fleeing the city?"
"What do you mean?" Crown Prince Ba and the Water Beaver Immortal asked in unison.
Li Weiyi explained, "I suspect that if the Dead Spirits inside the city knew they couldn't hold it, they might preemptively pack the resources and treasures into Boundary Pouches, harvest the fruits, and then escape during the chaos."
"The western route is only a few thousand miles from the East Sea, making it easily intercepted by Demon Clan powerhouses."
"The East City Gate offers the highest chance of escape. Once they break through, they can head straight east, deep into the Netherworld, where no one would dare pursue them."
"Look at that hundred-meter gap in the city wall. I suspect Her Highness the Princess deliberately blasted it open."
Hearing Li Weiyi's analysis, Crown Prince Ba's spirits soared, and his gaze toward Water Beaver Immortal lost its timidity.
"Lu Cangsheng speaks with reason. Her Highness the Princess must have entrusted this crucial interception mission to her most trusted demon - that's me, Crown Prince Ba! Cousin, you only know how to complain. You can't possibly grasp Her Highness's profound intentions."
"And you suddenly understand them now?" Water Beaver Immortal retorted, speechless.
Crown Prince Ba declared, "The facts are right before our eyes. No explanation is needed. Huang River demons, rally your spirits! Don't let a single Dead Spirit escape!"
The first Dead Spirit powerhouse revealed itself.
It had been hiding among a horde of Dead Spirit fiends near the moat.
When seven skeletal puppets intercepted them, it was forced to expose its cultivation level and brute-force its way through.
"Awooo!"
It was a four-armed Fallen Spirit Commander with two disheveled heads and an eye in the palm of each hand.
Each eye unleashed a different power, shattering the seven skeletal puppets into bone dust.
"East Sea Demon Clan, remember this day's annihilation of your city! This old man will repay you sooner or later!"
The four-armed, four-eyed commander transformed into a swirling mass of dark green Yin Mist, soaring skyward and fleeing at breakneck speed.
"Its strength is formidable, comparable to a Martial-Mystic Cultivator in the eighth layer of the Dao Seed Realm. It must be carrying a Boundary Pouch. I'll pursue it!"
The Water Beaver Immortal, brimming with enthusiasm, restrained Crown Prince Ba, who was about to give chase, and stepped onto a crimson mist, surging after the fleeing commander.
Li Weiyi glanced at Second Phoenix nestled in his sleeve but made no move to follow.
Having sensed the scent of the Phoenix Blood Tree Leaf, Second Phoenix could detect any Dead Spirit that had recently come into contact with the Phoenix Blood Tree.
It was impossible for an Immortal Realm Deac Spirit to carry away the Phoenix Blood Tree.
If an Immortal Realm Dead Spirit had taken the Phoenix Blood Tree, how could the Demon Clan possibly let it live?
"Clang!"
A blood-red greatsword, over ten meters long, shot from a breach in the city wall, sliced through the moat, and cleared a path through the skeletal puppets controlled by Li Weiyi.
It then hurtled into the night sky.
A Ghost Shadow clad in gray robes stood atop the massive crimson sword.
"This Yin Ghost Commander is renowned throughout Yu State, considered one of the top powerhouses below the Immortal Realm. Any treasures it possesses must be extraordinary. I'll pursue it," Crown Prince Ba declared, vanishing into the earth with Earth Evasion.
Li Weiyi, using his Heavenly Eye, surveyed the thick layers of ghostly clouds and black mist engulfing the city.
He carried Yu'er on his back and transmitted a message to Yang Qingxi and Yang Qingchan: "Two Dead Spirit powerhouses lingered near the breach in the city wall for a long time, engaged in secret discussions. They likely deliberately lured away the Water Beaver Immortal and Crown Prince Ba. If you encounter any Fallen Spirit Commanders who aren't too powerful but are exceptionally fast, intercept them. You might find unexpected rewards."
"Whoosh!"
A house-sized sphere of gray mist, like a phantom orb, burst through the breach in the city wall, carrying a violent hurricane in its wake.
Three Demon Clan powerhouses from the Huangjiang Faction immediately launched their Spiritual Artifacts to intercept it.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The three Spiritual Artifacts and the three Demon Clan powerhouses were all sent flying.
Strangely, with a single collision, all three Demon Clan powerhouses lost their Blood Qi.
Upon landing, they withered into three desiccated corpses.
"There's a faint aura of the Phoenix Blood Tree," Er Feng (Second Phoenix) transmitted to Li Weiyi.
Li Weiyi had already affixed the Divine Swiftness Talisman to his body. Activating it, he erupted into a blinding speed, wielding the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear as he gave chase.
The spherical gray mist fled the city and swiftly burrowed underground, vanishing from sight.
Li Weiyi locked onto it with his Psychic Power, tracking it from the surface.
Channeling the earth's Yin Qi through the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear, he launched attacks through the layers of soil, striking at the depths below.
The pursuit stretched for hundreds of miles.
Far beyond the Old Yuzhou Prefecture City, the gray mist underground finally reached its breaking point.
"With your meager cultivation, you dare pursue this venerable one?"
The spherical mist dispersed, revealing a towering Corpse Clan Commander over three meters tall. Resembling a colossal ape, its body was covered in gray corpse fur, and its mouth bristled with jagged, saw-like fangs.
Its speed was astonishing.
In a blur, a fist the size of a human head, reeking of decaying Corpse Qi, slammed into Li Weiyi.
A veteran of countless battles, Li Weiyi had long since activated the defensive scriptures of his Blood Handprint Demon Armor and Governor's Official Robe.
He instantly unleashed the Fusang Divine Tree Spiritual Light and his Dao Heart Manifestation.
"Boom! Boom..."
The Gray Corpse Ape's punch shattered the Fusang Divine Tree Spiritual Light, Dao Heart Manifestation, Blood Mist Scriptures, and Protective Spiritual Qi, colliding violently with Li Weiyi's Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear, which he had raised to block.
Li Weiyi was sent flying backward like a cannonball, crashing dozens of meters away and leaving a crater over a meter deep in the ground.
"Incredible speed and astonishing power," he muttered, steadying himself.
The moment he regained his footing, Li Weiyi retrieved the Immortal Corpse from his Boundary Pouch, slashed his wrist, and splashed blood onto it.
As the Gray Corpse Ape charged again, the Immortal Corpse's eyes snapped open. It surged forward like lightning, flanking Li Weiyi on either side to meet the attack.
"Boom!"
Two colossal arms erupted from the swirling gray mist, relentlessly driving Li Weiyi and the Immortal Corpse backward. Each retreating step left deep imprints in the ground.
"Heart-Cleansing Evil-Shattering, "Zhe"!" Li Weiyi roared, unleashing a burst of crimson-gold Psychic Power Spiritual Light that surged into the gray mist.
The Gray Corpse Ape's eyes froze momentarily.
Seizing the opportunity, Li Weiyi soared into the air and slammed the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal downward with overwhelming force.
"Roar!"
The Gray Corpse Ape instantly regained its senses, spewing forth a torrent of Corpse Qi from its mouth as it swung its fist to meet the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal head-on.
Thunder roared, and the collision echoed like metal striking stone, sending shockwaves that rippled outward from the ape's feet, causing the ground beneath it to buckle and crack.
The ape's entire body was engulfed in crackling lightning.
"Boom!"
Seizing the opportunity, the Immortal Corpse unleashed a four-colored palm strike, slamming it heavily into the Gray Corpse Ape's chest.
The ape was sent flying over a hundred meters, crashing into the side of a mountain.
The Immortal Corpse's combat prowess rivaled that of a Ninth Heaven Dao Seed Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivator.
With Li Weiyi's support, their combined attack formation, and heavy artifacts, they could even challenge someone like Qiongji Daozi.
However, the Immortal Corpse's stamina was limited, and maintaining it drained Li Weiyi's blood rapidly.
Inside the mountain:
The Gray Corpse Ape roared in fury. Gray Corpse Qi surged from its body, causing massive sections of the mountain to collapse, sending boulders tumbling down.
"Not even a serious injury?"
Knowing the ape's terrifying speed, Li Weiyi kept his eyes fixed on the collapsing mountain.
He released the Little Seven, planted the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear into the ground, and activated the Spirit Realm, inscribing Formation Scriptures to activate the Sun, Moon, and Stars Combined Attack Formation.
"Whoosh!"
The Gray Corpse Ape burst from the earth, soaring into the sky with crimson eyes and a swirling Blood Mist around its body.
It dove downward, unleashing two palm strikes that manifested as clouds of scriptures, colliding with the Sun, Moon, and Stars Grand Formation made by Li Weiyi.
The formation's Formation Plate and Starlight-etched patterns blocked the ape's palm strikes.
On the hand struck by the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal, the ape's flesh and fur had completely vanished, revealing gleaming golden bones.
This corpse was no ordinary Immortal Realm demon ape.
Of course, no matter how powerful it had been in life, it was now merely a corpse inhabited by a nascent spirit, its physical strength greatly diminished.
With a thunderous boom, the ground within a dozen meters of Li Weiyi sank abruptly.
At that very moment, a bone-chilling sense of danger struck Li Weiyi from an indiscernible direction.
Before him, a Purple Mist Light Cluster materialized.
"Pfft!"
From within the cluster, a calligraphy brush shot forth, piercing Li Weiyi's chest.
It was too fast.
The attacker's cultivation was extraordinarily high, their speed surpassing even the Gray Corpse Ape's.
This was a spatial ambush, timed with deadly precision.
"Crack!"
Li Weiyi's ribs snapped, his internal organs cracked, and he was sent flying, blood gushing from his mouth and nose.
The bronze brush had been aimed at his heart, but he had narrowly avoided the fatal blow.
The Blood Handprint Demon Armor and Governor's Official Robe he wore had prevented the brush from piercing his body completely.
Any other Dao Seed Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivator would have died instantly.
"Master..." Yu'er wailed, her voice breaking with grief.
She had also been thrown violently to the ground.
The Formation Plate of the Combined Attack Formation shattered, and the Little Seven were slammed into the earth by the Gray Corpse Ape's palm strikes.
Fu Wenyan emerged from the Purple Mist Light Cluster, clad in the Governor's Official Robe. He held the Prefectural Governor's Official Seal in one hand, while twirling the bronze brush in the other.
He glanced at the critically injured Li Weiyi, "How can the hunter know when he himself has become the prey?"
"Roar!"
A white mist Dragon Soul erupted from the embroidered patch on Fu Wenyan's robe, sending the Gray Corpse Ape flying.
"The Governor's Official Robe truly lives up to its reputation!" Fu Wenyan sneered, "You haven't even condensed your Dao Fruit yet. Your Spiritual Qi is too weak to summon such a powerful Dragon Soul."
Fu Wenyan's Governor's Official Robe and Official Seal had been stripped from a fallen Mist Shadow Army soldier in Lingxiao City.
With these treasures, he had repeatedly escaped from dangerous situations, snatching victory from the jaws of death.
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