Before them lay a sea of fire.
The Nirvana Sage Elder's Heavenly Fire Great Dao incinerated all things.
Even after having the majority of its Spiritual power diminished by Zhao Guang and Wenren Jiuyue, this explosive, murderous charge still contained matchless Dao rhythm.
Above the sea of fire, a phoenix cried out. Wherever it passed, even space itself could not resist the incineration of the fierce flames.
The entire void was illuminated solely by the firelight.
Everyone present, even the Void Refinement realm experts, felt their own Great Daos obstructed by the Nirvana Sage Elder's instantaneously erupting Great Dao.
They were forced to use all their strength to resist the flames that burned toward their souls, their physical bodies, and their laws.
It seemed as if the world before their eyes was left with nothing but a vibrant red color.
Within this world dominated by flames...
A figure reeking of rot and decay appeared.
The Huan Gui possessed a graceful posture and commanded the same Dao path as Fei Heng.
Her body exuded the aura of someone who had only just broken through to the Dao-Glimpsing realm, yet her mastery over the Corpse-Stitching Daoist technique was far more proficient than Fei Heng, who had controlled the corpse dragon!
Eight identical figures, representing eight types of laws, stood behind the Huan Gui, forming hand seals.
In an instant, they unleashed eight Void Refinement techniques.
Her true body stood in front of the eight clones, her eyebrows furrowed tightly. Her cheeks puffed out as she extended her neck, spewing white mist from left to right.
Just as the Nirvana Sage Elder charged over with killing intent, walls of flesh rose up on the left and right of the Li Clan members.
Ghostly hands, a blurry mess of flesh and blood, reached toward the phoenix, intercepting the Nirvana Sage Elder alongside the techniques of the eight clones.
The Daoist technique of the Dao Integration realm continued to burn.
How could the Huan Gui, a cultivator who had merely just entered the Dao-Glimpsing realm, possibly be a match for the Nirvana Sage Elder?
The ghostly hands were incinerated, and the walls of flesh made sizzling, oil-popping sounds, charring black at a speed visible to the naked eye before finally turning into ashes.
The colorful and dazzling Void Refinement techniques could, at most, only form an obstacle that delayed the Nirvana Sage Elder's advance.
...
"Ants!"
The appearance of the Huan Gui caused a hint of surprise to flash in the Nirvana Sage Elder's eyes, but it didn't even take a blink of an eye for his expression to return to calmness.
A cultivator who had just entered the Dao-Glimpsing realm fundamentally could not stop him.
The only reason he had tangled with the people here for so long was to take away Fei Heng's corpse and find the opportunity Min Tiange had plotted for over many years.
Now that the madman Zhao Guang was paralyzed, so what if the Li Clan had more Void Refinement cultivators?
Killing them and taking Fei Heng's corpse was merely a matter of convenience!
He saw the Li Clan Ancestor, whom he had met at the borderlands back then, summon mirror surfaces one after another.
These mirror surfaces contained spatial laws and could absorb Spiritual power.
The Nirvana Sage Elder's expression was unkind. Decades had passed, and this Li Clan Ancestor had grown increasingly powerful.
In particular, it was unknown what laws this person cultivated, or what secret arts he possessed that rendered him immortal and imperishable; not even he could deduce it.
Now this person was charging at him with killing intent again. Incredibly troublesome.
Every single one of the Azure Cloud Li Clan descendants unleashed massive amounts of Spiritual power.
It was obvious that their previous state of resting and recovering Spiritual power while looking completely unbothered on the battlefield was also a sleight of hand—a trap meant to deceive the Nirvana Sage Elder into coming!
"You've prepared thoroughly. A cultivator who has just broken through to the Body Integration realm is your trump card?"
"Naive!"
Closer, ever closer. From within the fire phoenix, the Nirvana Sage Elder looked at Li Wei with pity.
The techniques of the Li Clan descendants struck toward him, but before they could even get close, they were incinerated and annihilated by his Heavenly Fire Great Dao.
He even saw that as the charging Li Clan Ancestor continuously traversed through space, his body was already burning with Heavenly Fire.
Kill the Li Clan Ancestor, kill the Li Clan descendants, take the spatial rings from their bodies—everything would be effortlessly easy!
But suddenly, a hint of doubt flashed through the Nirvana Sage Elder's heart.
Calmness.
In the eyes of the Li Clan Ancestor, who was being eroded by the Heavenly Fire, he only saw a placid indifference devoid of ripples, and a trace of... mockery.
Ten semi-transparent cubes, with black energy swirling within them, appeared in the hands of the Li Clan Ancestor!
The Nirvana Sage Elder instinctively sensed danger.
At the same time, his expression changed as the Heaven-Imprisoning Lock entangled toward him.
Above him, several more auras appeared in the void!
An ancient and unadorned white jade Dao Gate floated in the air, carved with ancient seal script.
This seal script wrapped around him like ropes, sealing his Heavenly Fire Great Dao that incinerated all things.
Standing atop that gate was a gray-robed figure. Behind him, a woman painted, and an old crone chanted incantations, suppressing him.
In just an instant, the Nirvana Sage Elder felt the spatial power drawing ever closer.
Time seemed to stagnate in the span of a single thought.
The Li Clan Ancestor had already arrived right in front of him.
The ten cubes shattered inch by inch, and the power of annihilation erupted outward!
He only saw the Li Clan Ancestor's ferocious face, and a hearty burst of laughter resonated through the void.
"Aim right here! Use your strongest techniques to finish off this old bastard!"
White light completely engulfed everything before Li Wei's eyes. Having his body torn apart by antimatter bombs once again, Li Wei actually felt he was getting used to it.
The surrounding crowd was stunned for a moment, then unleashed their strongest Spiritual power without hesitation.