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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 4: [Shuangsheng Dao Sect (Twin Rice Sect)]
Chapter 84 (339): [Facing Luansheng Linyou]
(84th of Volume 4)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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Energy ripples surged from the staff, causing the air to boil.
The Earth Spirit Child cried even harder, a blinding beam of light erupting from his head.
The earth's Yin energy swirled and danced, entwining with the beam as it shot dozens of meters and struck the Silver-Winged Great Sage.
"Boom!"
The Silver-Winged Great Sage's face was etched with horror as he frantically unleashed three Spiritual Artifacts.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Every defensive measure was shattered in a single blow.
Silver feathers rained from his body as he grunted in pain, plummeting toward the ground.
His opponent was simply too powerful, and his methods were utterly strange. The ability to manipulate the earth's Yin energy didn't seem like something someone in the Living Realm could do. Despite his Dao Seed Realm, Fifth Heaven cultivation, he couldn't even withstand a single strike.
Before the Silver-Winged Great Sage could hit the ground, Li Weiyi stepped onto the lake's surface, chasing the wind and moon, covering dozens of meters in an instant.
Carrying the earth's Yin energy, he swung his staff and struck the Silver-Winged Great Sage's chest.
"A Psychic Master in close combat... You... Cough..."
The Silver-Winged Great Sage was sent flying sideways, blood gushing from his chest.
He crashed heavily onto the ground, sending soil and stones flying.
The Thundercloud Sect's Outer Sect Elder, originally intended as a bargaining chip, tumbled from his grasp and rolled to the side.
The Silver-Winged Great Sage's cultivation was incredibly profound. If he had fought Li Weiyi with his life on the line, he wouldn't have been defeated so quickly and so utterly.
Many of his techniques never even had a chance to be unleashed.
He had misjudged his own speed and Li Weiyi's long-range combat abilities.
Li Weiyi, wielding the Golden Crow Flame, already possessed the power to contend with a Five-Star Spiritual Master.
The Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear was no ordinary weapon. When infused with the earth's yin energy, the combat prowess unleashed by his Psychic Power cultivation was unimaginable.
Li Weiyi pursued the Silver-Winged Great Sage relentlessly, denying him any opportunity to gather his strength and rise.
Meanwhile, hidden in the shadows, Tuoba Butuo unleashed the Seventh-Grade Hundred-Character Artifact, the Golden Mirror, instantly obliterating the head of a Fourth Heaven Dao Seed Realm Demon Clan Martial-Mystic Cultivator. He then swiftly charged forward to harvest the Dao Lotus.
Qi Xiao's opponent, a Third Heaven Dao Seed Realm demon cultivator, was being relentlessly pursued by the spectral image of his scaled lion war beast.
Moments later, Tuoba Butuo joined forces with Qi Xiao to kill the demon cultivator.
"Boom!"
Li Weiyi descended from the sky, his battle weapon resembling both a staff and a spear. Without giving the Silver-Winged Great Sage a chance to retaliate, he impaled him through the heart with a single thrust.
The humanoid corpse reverted to its original form, rapidly expanding into a silver-winged eagle dozens of meters long and weighing at least hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Its head alone was the size of a house.
Selling its meat, bones, and feathers would fetch a considerable sum.
The three of them dared not linger in this place.
Before engaging in battle, they had already decided to make it swift and decisive.
After plucking the Dao Lotus, Li Weiyi sealed the Silver-Winged Great Sage's corpse in his Boundary Pouch.
He then gestured, summoning the three members of the Thundercloud Sect.
Qin Qian had already refined the silver spiritual energy within her. She leaped from the water, her gaze fixed on Li Weiyi, not with gratitude, but with terror.
After all, this was a deal fraught with uncertainty from the start!
Who knew what the old man's true motives were?
He might be even more vicious than the Silver-Winged Great Sage himself.
They were far from escaping a tiger's jaws.
Faced with such a formidable figure, the three members of the Thundercloud Sect dared not flee, nor did they dare renege on their debt for the moment.
Hearing Li Weiyi's summons, they grew even more tense.
"You should know how to leave the Thirty-Six Thunder Tombs, right? Lead the way quickly. We need to get out of here as soon as possible... Damn... He's coming!"
Li Weiyi's senses were sharp.
He sighed inwardly and turned to face the distant mountain pass.
"Brother Weiyi, it's been two years. Now that we've finally met, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"
Luansheng Linyou's youthful voice echoed through the mountains.
In the next instant, he soared from above the mountain pass, his wings spread wide. Even from a mile away, his flowing silver mask transformed into dozens of razor-sharp silver shuttles, raining down on Li Weiyi and his companions like a meteor shower.
This Spiritual Artifact was extraordinary, shifting between liquid and solid states with countless variations and immense power.
Luansheng Linyou's Dao Heart Manifestation was vast beyond imagination, locking everyone in place with his overwhelming Intent.
The three disciples from the Thundercloud Sect were petrified, unable to even twitch a finger.
Seeing Luansheng Linyou himself arrive, they were terrified out of their wits.
Over the past year, Luansheng Linyou had carved out a formidable reputation in the Lingxiao Realm, slaying numerous Human Clan masters listed in the Jiazi Register.
He grew stronger with each battle, his record increasingly glorious, and he seemed poised to ascend all the way to the Immortal Realm.
Major Powers of the Human Clan had dispatched elder experts to deal with him, but he had always escaped, leaving them empty-handed.
"Form the Formation!"
Li Weiyi stared at Luansheng Linyou, his eyes blazing with resolve.
He reversed the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear, pointing the tip upward and the Earth Spirit Child downward.
Raising the staff-spear above his head, he unleashed the full force of his Psychic Power from the Spirit Realm.
A golden-red radiance illuminated the entire wilderness.
Tuoba Butuo and Qi Xiao, their faces hidden behind masks, strained with all their might to reach Li Weiyi, preparing to combine their three-man Formation to confront their former formidable foe, Luansheng Linyou.
But it was already too late...
A sight beyond anyone's expectations unfolded.
"Whoosh!"
Li Weiyi's body was enveloped in streaks of starlight.
Above him, the celestial dome stirred, drawing down every star's brilliance.
Like radiant trails pulled by the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear, the spear's tip blazed with blinding light.
Li Weiyi suddenly swung the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear, conjuring a wall of light formed from Spiritual Light (Lingguang) and starlight to block the dozens of incoming silver shuttles.
Luansheng Linyou's cultivation far surpassed that of the Silver-Winged Great Sage.
The dozens of silver shuttles contained terrifying power, capable of mountains-toppling seas-overturning force, as if dozens of experts had combined their attacks into a single strike.
The impact staggered Li Weiyi back half a step.
He could only spin the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear, diverting the overwhelming force to the side.
"Boom!"
The dozens of silver shuttles veered and plunged into the sea, causing the entire lake surface to explode.
"In terms of combat strength, he's even stronger than Long Xiangcen," Li Weiyi realized.
He knew his prolonged accumulation in the Five Seas Realm had left him significantly behind Luansheng Linyou, and he couldn't afford to clash head-on.
He enveloped the three members of the Thundercloud Sect in Spiritual Light (Lingguang) and swiftly retreated, landing on the opposite side of the lake to regroup with Tuoba Butuo and Qi Xiao.
"Whoosh!"
Luansheng Linyou retracted his wings and landed on the opposite shore, his silver hair flowing in the wind.
He glanced at Li Weiyi with a look of surprise.
The young man's earlier technique had been extraordinary.
Li Weiyi himself was filled with doubt, glancing up at the starry sky above.
The Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear could actually harness the power of the stars for its own use.
Li Weiyi had once heard Elder Xu mention that the Twin Rice Sect's Imperial Technique, called the "Three Thousand Starry Bhagavata," could summon the power of celestial stars to cultivate oneself and launch attacks.
The Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear's ability to mimic such an Imperial Technique suggested an extraordinary origin, likely a crucial spiritual artifact of the Bhagavata Sect.
Qin Qian stood behind Li Weiyi, recalling Luansheng Linyou's scream of "Brother Weiyi."
A chilling certainty dawned on her: this smiling Buddha was very likely the same person.
His actions were too similar.
She whispered, "Are you Li Weiyi?"
Li Weiyi didn't answer. With a wave of his sleeve, he sent the three of them flying.
Then, he planted the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear in the ground and chanted the character "Zhan" (Formation) from the Six Jia Secrets Incantation.
"Whoosh!"
A beam of Spiritual Light (Lingguang) shot from his brow, sketching formation plates across the surrounding heavens and earth.
Each formation plate was filled with golden characters "Zhan" (Formation).
This character differed from the formation Scriptures of this world, originating from one of the nine characters on the Yellow Dragon Sword.
Li Weiyi, as the scorching sun, bathed the surroundings in radiant light, supporting the Formation.
Tuoba Butuo, holding a golden mirror as the moon, absorbed the sun's power, standing beside him.
Qi Xiao, wielding a battle saber with a Divine Swiftness Talisman affixed to his chest, stood at the edge of the formation, swiftly flying along with the Formation Plate's rotation.
This was a combined attack formation Li Weiyi had devised by modifying the Twin Rice Sect's Sun, Moon, and Stars Grand Formation, incorporating the "Zhan" (Formation) Formation Scripture from the Six Jia Secrets Incantation.
During his year-long confinement in the Southern Purity (Nanqing) Palace, he hadn't been idly cultivating.
One day, one month, one star.
The sun took the lead in combat, the moon provided support, and the stars launched the surprise attacks.
Through the formation, the three's powers could be transferred and combined.
In truth, releasing the Seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors would have formed an eight-star formation, making it even more powerful.
However, Li Weiyi didn't trust Luansheng Linyou's certainty about his identity.
The earlier exchange had clearly been a test, so he chose not to reveal his true identity just yet.
Luansheng Linyou was indeed suspicious at that moment.
The man before him had an aura completely different from Li Weiyi's. Moreover, his mastery of Psychic Power was astonishingly high, not just in realm but also in Psychic Techniques and Formations.
Two years ago, Li Weiyi was at most a Great Spiritual Master in the Earth Fire Realm.
He couldn't believe anyone in this world could cultivate their Psychic Power to such a level in just two years.
Luansheng Linyou noticed the Demon Clan Martial-Mystic Cultivator's blood on the ground and probed again, "I didn't expect your Psychic Power cultivation to have advanced so far in just two years. With such talent, what does it matter whether you cultivate the Psychic Path or not?"
Li Weiyi rasped, "Young Venerable, what are you suspecting? I know your combat prowess is formidable, but this old man's century of cultivation isn't for show. If you want to fight, let's get it over with."
Luansheng Linyou was intensely interested in the golden-faced Buddha before him.
"Why are you calling yourself 'this old man' again? Aren't you the Fifth Divine Son, Si Kong Jingyuan?"
"Haha, just a little trick. I never thought I'd actually fool that slut Long Xiangcen. She couldn't even tell the fake Divine Son's Life Token from the real one! When I transform into your form in the future and lure her into bed, she probably won't even realize it and will serve me wholeheartedly."
Li Weiyi changed his tone, adopting the manner of a Demonic Path old monster to avoid making Luansheng Linyou think he was deliberately explaining himself.
He didn't expect to fool him completely, only to muddy the waters.
After all, the entire Lingxiao Realm was likely to become a murky mess anyway.
As expected, Luansheng Linyou's suspicions vanished at these words, replaced by pure killing intent.
"You saved the Thundercloud Sect's people, yet they abandoned you."
The three members of the Thundercloud Sect fled in different directions.
Qin Qian glanced back repeatedly, her curiosity piqued, but she dared not linger.
"They're all my prey. They won't escape. Sooner or later, I'll turn them all into Puppet Rice Slaves, just like those two!"
Li Weiyi made no attempt to conceal his affiliation with the Twin Rice Sect.
Seeing that his opponent remained utterly impenetrable, revealing not a single flaw, Luansheng Linyou's patience wore thin. If he could just kill Li Weiyi, the truth would be revealed.
The dozens of silver shuttles circling him coalesced into a single staff.
"Swish!"
Using some unknown form of teleportation, Li Weiyi vanished and reappeared instantly within the formation.
Luansheng Linyou hadn't underestimated his opponent. He had been observing the formation closely, noting that Qi Xiao, at the outermost edge, had the weakest cultivation.
He planned to attack from the weakest point and work his way inward.
Luansheng Linyou had assumed a casual strike would be enough to cleave his opponent in two.
But his fastest staff strike had missed entirely.
This Sun, Moon, and Stars Grand Formation was like a colossal grinding wheel.
Li Weiyi, who controlled the formation at its center, could shift Qi Xiao's position on the outermost edge with a mere turn of his wrist.
"Excellent! Luansheng Linyou, today is your day to die!"
Li Weiyi deliberately shouted this, hoping to exploit Luansheng Linyou's unfamiliarity with the Sun, Moon, and Stars Grand Formation to unsettle him and gain an advantage.
"So confident?"
Luansheng Linyou abandoned Qi Xiao and charged straight toward Li Weiyi at the formation's center.
His movement triggered a chain reaction: Li Weiyi, Tuoba Butuo, and Qi Xiao all moved in together.
Li Weiyi channeled the earth's yin energy and thrust his spear forward, unleashing a dazzling web of light beams from its tip.
"Hiss!"
Luansheng Linyou's silver staff struck the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear, and in that instant, he was stunned to find Tuoba Butuo appearing beneath him and Qi Xiao's blade cleaving down toward his head.
It all happened in a flash!
"Boom!"
Li Weiyi took the full force of Luansheng Linyou's attack, instantly suffering severe injuries.
His internal organs churned violently, and he barely managed to suppress a mouthful of blood, standing ramrod straight despite the pain.
His mask concealed his true condition.
If necessary, he would have to unleash the Seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors at full power.
Luansheng Linyou met Tuoba Butuo's Golden Mirror with his palm and took Qi Xiao's blade squarely on his head. The sensation was like being struck by a blunt club.
If Qi Xiao's cultivation had been just one realm higher, he would have been severely injured.
This Formation was too strange, too unfamiliar. Luansheng Linyou quickly broke free and fled: "The Formation is quite good, but your cultivation is far too lacking. Next time we meet, I'll cut you down again."
"Pfft!"
"Pfft!"
After Luansheng Linyou disappeared, Li Weiyi and Tuoba Butuo each coughed up a mouthful of blood, both severely wounded.
"He's too strong," Qi Xiao muttered, still baffled, "He stood there and let me strike him, yet I couldn't even wound him. Why did he run?"
"Quick, the people from Phoenix Terrace are coming! Luansheng Linyou is fleeing to avoid them."
Li Weiyi looked into the distance, where he saw several women in Phoenix Terrace official robes atop the snow-capped mountain.
They resembled celestial maidens, with light wings on their backs and feet resting on clouds of Spiritual Qi, hurrying towards the lake.
The three immediately activated their Divine Swiftness Talismans and pursued the fleeing Thundercloud Sect disciples.
With Li Weiyi's current mastery of Mental Power, he had incorporated the "Xing" (Move) character from the Six Jia Secrets Incantation into each Divine Swiftness Talisman, making them priceless treasures.
Even the a Spiritual Master would have exclaimed at his genius upon seeing them, and they (Six Jia Secrets Incantation) could even help him escape from a Seventh Heaven Dao Seed Realm expert.
The reason they hadn't fled earlier was because they had been enveloped by Luansheng Linyou's Dao Heart Manifestation, locked in place by his Intent.
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END OF CHAPTER
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