Linghu Xian changed instantly before his eyes.
Up in the cloudy sky, beneath the swaying tentacles outside Jade Mist Valley, white mist began to seep from Linghu Xian's body—this was the so-called immortal qi.
Li Wei had seen half-immortals before; the Zhao Clan's Old Ancestor had transformed into a massive heart, and Zhiheng in his family, who inherited the Heavenly Dao Divine Heart, could also take the form of a heart.
But the Linghu Xian before him was different.
As the white mist spread, Linghu Xian's body became as flawless as white jade, and... began to turn ethereal!
"Hahaha!" Linghu Xian sneered hideously.
Li Wei's expression turned grave. Linghu Xian's aura... was disappearing even as its power continuously climbed!
"You destroyed my Jade Mist Valley!"
A trace of bewilderment flashed across the faces of the Jade Mist Valley disciples at Linghu Xian's roaring laughter.
Under that oppressive might that instilled primal fear in the body, Linghu Xian's body grew increasingly ethereal.
He looked down on everyone as if viewing mere ants, his gaze finally locking onto Li Wei.
"You asked me to join you in dealing with the watchdog? Ridiculous. No one can order me!"
Beside Li Wei, the Fox Saint felt Linghu Xian's current oppressive might and wore a solemn expression.
"He doesn't care about the Jade Mist Valley disciples. His only goal is to use them to elevate his status beneath the Blood Moon.
Rather than cooperating with you against the watchdog, he would much prefer to compete with the watchdog over its food."
The Fox Saint did not lower his voice in the slightest.
The Jade Mist Valley disciples all wore horrified expressions.
One second ago they were fighting a massive battle against the Li Clan, and now their Martial Grandfather was actually going to... eat them!
"He is a complete and utter lunatic..."
Before the Fox Saint could finish speaking, Linghu Xian's body completely vanished.
Li Wei had been staring intently at Linghu Xian. As Linghu Xian disappeared, his heart skipped a beat.
The Body Integration realm already allowed one to sense everything around them through Spiritual power.
Yet, even though his Yin-Yang Fish diagram had encompassed the entire battlefield, he could not sense where Linghu Xian was now.
"Watch out!"
Following Li Wei's sharp shout, the cultivators of the Three Prefectures were all instantly on high alert.
At that moment, the crowd looked down.
"Ah!" A terrified scream rang out.
Chaos erupted inside Jade Mist Valley, and its cultivators frantically fled for their lives.
The vanished Linghu Xian had already appeared amidst the panicked crowd. With his flawless white jade body and lotus-root-like hands, he pressed down on the heads of two disciples.
Li Wei was too familiar with this sight. Whether it was the Heavenly Dao Divine Heart, Dalong's Underworld techniques, or Xinnian—all of them could do this.
"Use array formations to block him."
Li Wei called out to the arriving Li Tianqi, then exchanged a glance with the numerous Body Integration experts. Everyone nodded in unison.
In a flash, Li Wei appeared on the ground of Jade Mist Valley. But just as he arrived, Linghu Xian vanished once again, leaving behind only two mummified corpses on the ground.
Turning his head.
Linghu Xian had already pressed his hands on the heads of two other Jade Mist Valley disciples. He stared mockingly at Li Wei.
"It's useless. Humans will always be the most inferior creatures in the mortal realm.
Your lifespans are brief, and you only utilize the natural rules of heaven and earth. But once you become an immortal, everything is different."
"We are the masters of heaven and earth, the sovereigns of the world. The Dao paths humans have painstakingly carved out will never be able to touch the Immortal Dao."
Li Wei's expression sank instantly.
To ordinary cultivators, the Spiritual power of an immortal was simply a dimensional strike. These ghost-like entities were bizarre to the extreme.
Right now, Linghu Xian was right in front of him. The two cultivators under Linghu Xian's hands were drained dry once again, which also boosted Linghu Xian's Spiritual power a bit.
Yet, Li Wei felt as if Linghu Xian was incredibly far away; even utilizing spatial rules, he still couldn't catch up to the opponent.
What was worse...
"Bang!"
Li Wei looked toward the cloudy sky. The watchdog's massive tentacles whipped down from the air, attacking the cultivators of the Three Prefectures.
Using the "Divine Array Tome", Li Tianqi's tortoise shells had formed the most fundamental grand array.
With just a single strike, it was already bombarded to the point of cracking. Fortunately, the cultivators of the Three Prefectures all possessed their own abilities, jointly fortifying the grand array.
But just how many tentacles did the watchdog have?
The mighty figures of the Three Prefectures could only join the Fox Saint in blocking the watchdog.
These sky-propping tentacles could not be frozen even by the Fox Saint's Dao Integration realm techniques.
The suction cups on the tentacles emitted a pulling force, and the ice and snow that had initially frozen them began to be sucked away.
It was difficult for even Dao-Glimpsing realm cultivators to leave a scratch on the tentacles.
Now, all the mighty figures were searching for the watchdog's vital weak point.
Linghu Xian looked up at the watchdog's tentacles, his voice ethereal. "You won't last much longer. In the face of immortals, your ultimate fate is merely to become food."
"You're just a half-immortal, shut the fuck up!!!"
Li Wei's expression was ferocious. The Yin-Yang Fish diagram spun as he used his previous method to deal with Linghu Xian.
"Boom!"
Following the explosion of the Yin-Yang Detonation, it still couldn't touch Linghu Xian.
It could only coincidentally blast the Jade Mist Valley disciples on the ground to death—which was still better than them being eaten by Linghu Xian.
Cultivators filled the sky, fleeing for their lives!
Li Wei continuously pursued Linghu Xian, but Linghu Xian seemed untouchable.
Originally, Linghu Xian had used the Dao of Wind, but now, after activating the immortal seed, he had become bizarre to a degree Li Wei couldn't even comprehend; he was no longer bound by the Great Daos!
"What the hell is this thing?!!" Li Wei was covered in cold sweat.
It wasn't out of fear of Linghu Xian, but because he was only facing one Linghu Xian, and Linghu Xian was created by the Blood Moon.
Inside the Blood Moon, there were many such things!
"It's not an illusion. This oppressive might is a primal bodily instinct. Linghu Xian hasn't even reached the Dao Integration realm; he's inferior to Uncle Rain, yet more troublesome to deal with than Uncle Rain."
"And this is a fucking half-immortal!"