#1352 - War

The Batian Sect's group exceeded three thousand people, including six Earth Immortals and twenty-odd Human Immortals, making their strength more than twice that of the Li family!

Don't let the fact that the Corpse Refining Sect also had six Earth Immortals fool you; there was no comparison between the two, as these six in front of them were unscathed and their strength undiminished.

Especially the leader, who was in the mid-stage of Earth Immortal, gave Li Zhizui a very dangerous feeling.

Fortunately, the Li family had the advantage of terrain in this battle, so there was still a chance of victory.

"Fengwu, fully activate the power of the grand formation, don't worry about issues like spiritual veins being overdrawn."

Li Zhizui forced himself to calm down and instructed, "Zhixuan, leave the leading Earth Immortal to you, don't worry about the other five!"

"Okay!"

Li Zhixuan's eyes shone brightly, her fighting spirit bursting forth; she was just lacking this kind of powerful opponent to hone herself.

Moreover, among the Li family's cultivators, only she had the possibility of defeating this mid-stage Earth Immortal.

If Li Zhizui's strength hadn't been weakened, he might have had a chance as well.

"Daqing, Xiaoqing, Xiaocang… you lead the clansmen, divide into three groups, and continuously attack the other cultivators, with the main goal of injuring and weakening them."

As for why not directly kill them? Because injuring people and preventing them from continuing to fight was more achievable than killing a cultivator.

"All clansmen, don't be stingy with the consumption of talismans, pills, and magical artifacts; after this battle, the family will replenish them for you!"

Finally, Li Zhizui summoned Yu Hong from his personal world and said, "I'll have to trouble Fellow Daoist Yu Hong next."

He didn't let Yu Hong take action when he attacked the Corpse Refining Sect before in order to hide an ace in the hole.

But he didn't expect an accident to happen, forcing him to expose it.

"Don't worry, although I'm not good at killing, I can still trap three Earth Immortals, but if you want to kill them, you'll need your help."

After all, Yu Hong was only in the early stage of Earth Immortal, his special feature being his mastery of various laws, making him unpredictable and difficult to figure out.

And now, he had to rely on his own strength to trap three Earth Immortal cultivators of the same realm, which was already his limit, making it even more difficult to use many methods.

"Okay, I will end the battle as soon as possible!"

Li Zhizui took a deep breath, his eyes like a deep pool, profound and calm.

Just as he was making various arrangements, Xiong Batian and his party had already arrived thirty miles away from the nameless mountain peak; if left unchecked, they would only need a few breaths to directly attack the formation.

"Prepare!"

All the clansmen, especially those assigned to the second and third groups, were brewing their trump cards!

Because they didn't need to attack immediately, they had time to recover their mana.

Moreover, doing so could also defeat their morale in the first instance!

Thirty miles, twenty miles, ten miles, five miles…

A few short breaths, at this moment, seemed particularly long.

Under the pressure permeating the crowd, many clansmen's foreheads broke out in cold sweat, but the brewing divine powers did not jump the gun and were still firmly controlled by them.

One mile!

"Attack!"

Li Zhizui's eyes narrowed, he shouted loudly, and the mana in his body was like a flood released from a gate, surging and mighty, roaring towards the attacking group of cultivators with endless power.

Then came the torrent formed by the divine powers of thousands of clansmen, the colorful spiritual light flickering in mid-air, like a giant dragon devouring the world, opening its bloody mouth at them.

"Hmm?"

But when his arm came into contact with the sword light, he immediately regretted it, followed by a monstrous rage erupting in his heart.

Li Zhixuan's sword directly cut through his skin, and a large amount of bright red blood instantly flowed from his thick arm.

Xiong Batian couldn't remember when he was last injured; since he obtained a body-forging secret technique, although he wasn't a body cultivator, his physical strength wasn't worse than that of an ordinary Human Immortal body cultivator.

Coupled with his Earth Immortal cultivation, ordinary late-stage Earth Immortal cultivators were no match for him.

But now he was actually injured by an early-stage Earth Immortal female cultivator! This greatly embarrassed him.

Not only that, but he also felt something contained in the sword energy drilling into his body, but his divine sense searched all over his body and found no trace, as if it was just his illusion.

"You're courting death!"

Xiong Batian only froze for a moment before regaining his senses, roaring to the sky like a violent bear, directly killing over.

However, after witnessing Li Zhixuan's powerful lethality, he didn't dare to be as arrogant as before, and activated a defensive magical artifact to protect himself.

"Brute!"

Li Zhixuan snorted coldly in disdain, but the solemnity in her eyes revealed that she had never underestimated this powerful opponent.

"Die for me!" Xiong Batian clapped his hands, and two mountain peaks suddenly appeared in mid-air, crushing towards her with the sound of breaking through the air.

And there was also a powerful gravity pressing down on her, slowing down Li Zhixuan's speed.

He also acted at the same time, his palms flashing with spiritual light, carrying a strong aura of danger, seemingly wanting to show his strength, intending to kill her in one fell swoop.

But at the last moment, Li Zhixuan successfully broke free from the suppression of gravity, and even slashed out with a sword, the sword light like a rainbow, cutting through the sky, and interrupting Xiong Batian's offensive.

Bang!

The sharp sword light was shattered by him, and he attacked her again.

"Little bitch, today is your death! No one can change it! No one can save you!" Xiong Batian sneered, his momentum even greater.

Li Zhixuan didn't speak, the hint of sarcasm at the corner of her mouth showing her attitude.

Faced with his killing move, she just slowly raised the Xuan sword in her hand, and the surrounding sword intent was poured into this sword, and the wind howled instantly!

In fact, this was not the sound of the wind, but the sound of the sword energy in this sword being instantly torn when the air passed through.

When Xiong Batian saw this, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, but he did not retreat, but mobilized more mana, rushing towards Li Zhixuan with faster and stronger power.

But she stood in place, motionless, continuing to brew the sword energy in her hand, until a huge black shadow appeared in front of her, and then she suddenly swung a sword!

There were no sword moves, just the slash that countless sword cultivators had practiced tens of millions of times.

There were no visions, very ordinary, only a sword light.

Clang!

The sound of gold and stone colliding exploded, as if Xiong Batian had blocked it.

But in the next instant, you could see a huge black shadow flying out upside down, heavily smashing on the ground in the distance.

In fact, at the first moment of seeing the sword light, he knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly increased the input of spiritual energy.

But he didn't expect that he would still lose a move in such an embarrassing posture in the end!

Huge wounds appeared on his fists, revealing the ghastly white bone beneath. The flesh around the wounds was a bloody mess, his internal energy surged, and his magical power was in disarray.

This filled Xiong Batian with shock and horror. How long had it been since he'd suffered such a great loss?

Li Zhixuan naturally wouldn't give him the slightest chance to catch his breath. Why wouldn't she seize such a good opportunity?

With a flash of sword light, she instantly pressed close to him. The Mysterious Sword was wielded continuously, either slashing, hacking, or cleaving, creating an impenetrable defense that gave him no chance to escape.

Moreover, with each strike, a sharp sword light left wounds on Xiong Batian's formidable body.

Before long, he was like a man of blood, dodging the attacks in a sorry state.

But the more he was like this, the more frustrated he felt, and the anger in his heart grew even more intense!

Even though he was at a disadvantage and already so battered, he had no intention of leaving the battlefield. Instead, his mind was filled with the desire to kill Li Zhixuan before him!

What Xiong Batian didn't know was that, unknowingly, baleful aura and murderous intent had already invaded his sea of consciousness and were expanding at an extremely rapid pace!

Finally, Li Zhixuan seized a sliver of opportunity, and the Mysterious Sword stabbed directly towards his dantian, a vital point.

Feeling the crisis of life and death, Xiong Batian instantly woke up, greatly alarmed, and frantically managed to block the attack.

But who knew that that sword strike was just a feint!

The real killing move was actually Li Zhixuan's finger sword!

Puff—

The sharp sword energy pierced through Xiong Batian's chest, and fresh blood spurted out instantly. To ensure complete success, she also deliberately detonated the sword energy.

The sword energy exploded, shattering his chest, and his upper body was teetering on the verge of collapse.

"This is impossible! How could you possibly be my opponent…"

Xiong Batian couldn't accept this fact even in death! His wide eyes were filled with disbelief and unwillingness.

"Nothing is impossible! You were too arrogant, too confident…"

After saying that, Li Zhixuan collected the spiritual objects from his body, turned around, and left, continuing to the next battle.

—

Time returned to the beginning of the great battle.

After Li Zhirui unleashed a divine ability to block the group of cultivators who came menacingly, he flew out to face two Earth Immortal stage cultivators.

"Chuckle!"

One of them, an Earth Immortal named Zhang Jiang, chuckled and said, "I don't know who gave you the confidence to want to fight two against one."

"Hahahaha, Brother Zhang is absolutely right! How about this, I'll take care of this person, and Brother Zhang can help me by guarding the formation. When the time comes, we'll split the spiritual objects seven to three, how's that?"

"Since Brother Liu has said so, then I can only oblige." Zhang Jiang smiled and flew to the side to watch the battle.

Seeing this scene, Li Zhirui raised an eyebrow. He didn't feel looked down upon, nor did he feel frustrated or angry because of it. Doing so was more in line with his intentions.

"Die!" Liu Xuan grinned, and a long spear appeared in his hand, bursting into flames and quickly stabbing towards him.

Li Zhirui's expression remained unchanged. Two Azure Dragons instantly appeared beside him, roaring and fighting with Liu Xuan.

For a time, they were evenly matched!

The reason for this was that he had used 60% of the magical power in his body. It should be known that Li Zhirui's magical power was extremely pure. This 60% of magical power, if placed on some rogue cultivators, would be 80%, or even more. With such massive magical power support, the divine ability's power would naturally be strong.

"Brother Liu, if you can't win, just say so. I can support you at any time!" Zhang Jiang actually said something sarcastic at this time.

A trace of annoyance flashed in Liu Xuan's eyes. "There's no need to trouble Brother Zhang to take action yet. When I can't hold on, I'll ask Brother Zhang for help."

Stimulated by this, he couldn't care less about anything else and just wanted to end the battle quickly to avoid losing face in front of his companion.

As mentioned before, the Batian Sect was not like an immortal sect, but more like a bandit's stronghold, where everything was based on strength, including sect status, resource distribution, and so on.

Roar—

Liu Xuan didn't know what secret technique he used, but his figure soared, and in the blink of an eye, he turned into a giant like a small mountain. The long spear in his hand was like a pillar supporting the sky. When he smashed it down, a long and deep pit appeared on the ground.

At the same time, raging fires burned wherever he passed, evaporating all the moisture nearby.

"Die for me!"

A huge black shadow descended from the sky, and it was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, it appeared above his head.

Li Zhirui was still calm and composed. With a flash of green light, the whole person retreated several miles away, not only unscathed, but even his clothes and hair were not disheveled.

At this time, several giant vines appeared from nowhere, like pythons, climbing up towards Liu Xuan's legs, wanting to completely entangle him.

"Hmph!"

Only to see Liu Xuan burst out with balls of spiritual fire, and the whole person was like a fire god, trying to burn these vines to ashes.

But the situation was far beyond expectations!

The vines were indeed burned to ashes, but not all of them, and the burning speed was very slow, even unable to keep up with the growth speed of the vines.

Moreover, the more vines that were burned, the more vines grew. In just a moment, most of his body was entangled, and he couldn't even move!

Only then did Liu Xuan realize that the cultivator in front of him was not easy to deal with, and a hint of panic and fear appeared in his eyes.

"Brother Zhang, save me! Please save me!"

In the face of the crisis of life and death, face was not worth mentioning.

But no matter how much he shouted, the Brother Zhang in his mouth did not come to save him!

It wasn't that he didn't want to, but Zhang Jiang himself was not in a good situation.

In order to end the battle quickly, Li Zhirui not only used a lot of magical power in each attack, but also used a secret technique to mobilize the power of the world he carried with him to bless himself!

This power did not come from the outside world, but from himself, so even in the Golden Light Realm, it would not be affected by the suppression of the Heavenly Dao.

With the blessing of the Minor Thousand World, Li Zhirui's strength not only returned to its peak state, but even became stronger.

So while fighting with Liu Xuan, he also provoked a battle with Zhang Jiang.

His strength was indeed stronger, but only to a limited extent, and unfortunately, he was a demonic cultivator, and also a demonic cultivator who practiced the path of Yin ghosts, completely restrained by the purification laws mastered by Li Zhirui!

In fact, these two opponents of his were specially selected by him, and could end the battle quickly!

After all, the blessing of the Minor Thousand World could not be maintained for too long. Once it was over-consumed, it would damage the foundation of the world.