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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 5: [Seeking Immortality in the Eastern Sea]
Volume 5 (Pinyin): [Dong Hai xun xian]
Chapter 7 (444): [Ah Li]
(7th of Volume 5)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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If Lord Lan were still alive, the Water Beaver Immortal wouldn't dare intercept the Nether Soldiers bearing the "Lan" banner, even with ten times the courage.
The Bone Dragon beneath the Yin Ghost Commander had two massive bone claws, each several meters long, with distinct joints indicating it had once been a living Dragon Python.
A fully grown Dragon Python possessed combat power comparable to a Martial-Mystic Cultivator in the Immortal Realm, capable of summoning rain, wind, and thunder.
A four-clawed Dragon Python, on the other hand, was a terrifying existence rivaling even Transcendents.
Though this particular Dragon Python had perished long ago and transformed into a Bone Dragon, it still radiated an aura akin to an Immortal Realm Great Power, capable of making ordinary Dao Seed Realm beings tremble in fear.
Netherfire burned within its claws, eye sockets, and abdominal cavity.
The Yin Ghost Commander and his Bone Dragon mount stood majestic as mountains, their overwhelming presence causing the Water Beaver Immortal considerable apprehension.
He secretly pondered his next move.
...
On the other side of the dune, Li Weiyi bit his right index finger and traced the ancient character "(Lin)" from the Six Jia Secret Incantation onto the Immortal Corpse's forehead.
He intended to awaken the corpse with his blood.
Given his Dao Seed Realm Blood Qi, ordinary blood wouldn't suffice to rouse the Immortal Corpse.
He needed to condense Essence Blood, imbued with Willpower and Soul Power.
Each drop of Essence Blood required dozens of drops of ordinary blood.
The higher the cultivation level of the corpse in life, the greater the price required to awaken it.
"Whoosh!"
The Immortal Corpse absorbed the blood from its forehead into its body.
Instantly, a crimson glow flickered in its decayed eyes, and it murmured, "Such muddled memories... as if I've slumbered for millennia. I remember, yet I can't quite recall... Who has awakened me?"
This wasn't the return of a soul spirit; its soul had long since dispersed. Rather, it was the residual memories within the corpse, stirred to life by Li Weiyi's mysterious, ancient bloodline power.
The Immortal Corpse on the ground propped itself up on its arms, sat up, and then knelt on one knee before Li Weiyi in obeisance.
Beside him, Yang Qingxi and Yang Qingchan widened their beautiful eyes, utterly stunned.
They knew Spiritual Masters could control puppets and command corpses, but how could they awaken memories from a corpse that had been dead for countless ages?
Yang Qingchan, in particular, felt a surge of memories flood her mind as the Dead Spirit within her stirred.
The Water Beaver Immortal raised his head, sensing the fluctuations in Qi behind the dune.
He bellowed, "You little whelps who dare frighten this Immortal, and that woman dripping with water - what are you skulking around back there for? Trying to snatch a bargain in the chaos? You've got some nerve!"
The Water Beaver Immortal dispatched the Sand Demon Leader, leading over twenty formidable white-furred Sand Demons, to burrow through the sand toward the dune's crest.
Li Weiyi, carrying Yu'er on his back, emerged at the dune's summit, wielding the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear.
A heroic aura radiated from him as he let out a hearty laugh: "Who's frightening you? You're scaring yourself!"
"Boom!"
Spiritual Qi erupted from beneath Li Weiyi's feet, sending a violent shockwave surging through the ground and radiating outward from the dune's base.
"Thump! Thump..."
Halfway up the dune's slope, white-furred Sand Demons burrowing through the sand were blasted out of their tunnels by the shockwave.
They tumbled down the slope, howling in pain.
Perched atop the Bone Dragon, the Yin Ghost Commander stood over five meters tall. Dense scriptures shimmered across his Battle Blade as he exuded overwhelming power. He turned his gaze toward Li Weiyi at the dune's summit, his eyes burning with malice.
The Water Beaver Immortal's golden eyes flickered.
"Skinny human whelp," he said, "tell him - did Lord Lan die in your Lingxiao Realm?"
"That's no lie," Li Weiyi replied, "Otherwise, why would I dare trespass into the Nether Realm of the Dead?"
The Yin Ghost Commander was now half-convinced.
He let out a mournful, piercing howl, and the blue flames engulfing his body surged violently.
The Bone Dragon beneath him slammed its claws into the ground, sending tremors through the surrounding sand sea.
Li Weiyi glanced at the Seven-Tiered Bone Pagoda and narrowed his eyes.
"Water Beaver Immortal, you're a clever demon with a shrewd mind. Why don't we team up to take him down first, then settle our own scores later?"
"This Immortal was just thinking the same thing."
The Water Beaver Immortal was deeply concerned that Li Weiyi and Yang Qingxi might use this opportunity to slip away.
He was racking his brains for a way to trick them into staying.
To his surprise, the pair proved even greedier than he'd anticipated, their eyes now fixed on the treasures within the Bone Pagoda.
'Excellent.'
Using his Willpower, the Water Beaver Immortal instructed the Sand Serpent Leader on the ground and the Bone Dove Leader in the sky to seize the moment and capture the two women hiding behind the dunes.
"Attack!"
Li Weiyi's brow glowed as he thrust the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear through the air.
A brilliant beam of golden flame shot toward the distant Yin Ghost Commander.
The Yin Ghost Commander had been wary of the Water Beaver Immortal all along, paying little attention to Li Weiyi.
"Boom!"
The Bone Dragon unleashed a torrent of Netherfire, colliding with the incoming beam of Golden Crow Flame.
The air in the area burned and churned like boiling water.
The Water Beaver Immortal darted toward the Seven-Tiered Bone Pagoda with remarkable agility, evading the Bone Dragon's tail strikes.
Like a furry ball, it bounced onto the dragon's back.
The immortal spat out a dark red mist, enveloping the Bone Tower, intending to swallow it whole.
"Whoosh!"
The Yin Ghost Commander's blade slashed down, unleashing the full power of his spiritual artifact.
The blade's light tore through the Water Beaver Immortal's defenses.
The Water Beaver Immortal proved formidable, spinning its Golden Halberd like a windmill to parry the five-meter-long blade.
With a deafening clang, spiritual energy and Scripture erupted from the clash, sending Nether Soldiers and Sand Serpents flying across the battlefield.
The Water Beaver Immortal held its ground, engaging the Yin Ghost Commander in a fierce back-and-forth battle atop the Bone Dragon's back.
"Human brat!" the Water Beaver Immortal roared, "Are you still watching? Do you think Lord Lan's death means you're safe in the Nether Realm of the Dead? This realm belongs to the Dead Spirits! We must end this quickly, or we'll attract powerful Corpse Demons (Corpse Ghouls)!"
Li Weiyi inwardly marveled at the Water Beaver Immortal's prowess. Its combat strength rivaled that of Huang Xu or Kong Xu, explaining how it had effortlessly caught his Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear barehanded.
"I'm here!"
Li Weiyi activated his footwork technique, treading on Spiritual Qi to levitate through the air as he swiftly approached the Seven-Tiered Bone Pagoda.
He didn't immediately close in.
Instead, he hurled a spiritual artifact chain from sixty meters away, wrapping it around the pagoda's third tier.
"Boom!"
The Yin Ghost Commander knocked the Water Beaver Immortal off the Bone Dragon's back.
With a spinning motion, he unleashed a blade strike across the void.
"Crack!"
The spiritual artifact chain snapped.
He then steered the Bone Dragon westward, its massive body kicking up endless clouds of sand.
"Again! Today's battle is exhilarating!"
The Water Beaver Immortal pursued the Bone Dragon's colossal form, leaping back onto its back near the tail.
The Yin Ghost Commander glanced at the increasingly distant Li Weiyi before charging toward the dragon's tail, swinging his blade in a sweeping arc.
"Whoosh!"
A swirling purple mist materialized beside the Seven-Tiered Bone Pagoda.
The Human Race youth, who had been flung over three kilometers away, had somehow crossed space to appear right next to the thirty-meter-tall pagoda.
Li Weiyi activated his Cosmic Pouch, attempting to store the Seven-Tiered Bone Pagoda.
But he discovered that the pagoda was fused to the Bone Dragon, making it impossible to move.
"Bang!"
Wielding the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear, Li Weiyi struck the pagoda, sending it crashing down into the white desert below.
"Roar!"
The Bone Dragon roared in fury, immediately changing course to charge toward the fallen Bone Pagoda.
Simultaneously, Li Weiyi, the Yin Ghost Commander, and the Water Beaver Immortal leaped off the Dragon's back and raced toward the Bone Tower at top speed.
The distance was short, and activating the Governor's Robe's speed enhancement proved faster than using spatial jumps.
"Hahaha, the treasure in the Bone Tower belongs to this Immortal now... Ah, what's this? Another expert?"
The Water Beaver Immortal arrived at the Bone Tower first, reaching out to claim it.
Suddenly, an Immortal Corpse radiating a four-colored Immortal Haze erupted from the sand, striking the Beaver's round, furry belly with a palm strike that sent it flying.
The Immortal Corpse possessed formidable combat prowess, able to channel residual power from its remains to unleash Martial-Mystic Power and Dao Techniques from its past life.
Moreover, this particular Immortal Corpse was unique.
During its ambush with Luan Sheng Lin You, it had already nurtured a nascent spirit within its body, cultivating a Yin Corpse Dao Fruit within its corpse.
The Immortal Corpse clashed fiercely with the Yin Ghost Commander.
The latter's cultivation was formidable, possessing combat strength rivaling a Ninth Heaven Martial-Mystic Cultivator in the Dao Seed Realm.
The Immortal Corpse could only restrain him, unable to defeat him.
Seizing this opportunity, Li Weiyi claimed the Bone Tower.
He then activated the Governor Robe's Spatial Power, teleporting several miles away.
The Water Beaver Immortal scrambled out of the sand, howling in fury as it gave chase.
"Human brat, don't run! My subordinates have already captured your two women!"
In the distance, atop a sand dune, Yang Qingxi and Yang Qingchan had hurled the Sand Serpent Leader and Bone Dove Leader into the air.
They then urged the Jade Boat forward, accompanied by the Seven Little Ones, to rendezvous with Li Weiyi.
"Ah Li, it seems your calculations were off. You lost the Bone Tower and your troops," Li Weiyi taunted, deliberately trying to provoke the Water Beaver Immortal.
Without eliminating this threat, their journey to Yu Prefecture would be fraught with peril.
"This Immortal will fight you to the death!"
The Water Beaver Immortal hurled his Golden Halberd from afar, disrupting Li Weiyi's Body Technique and speed.
He then unleashed a Profound Evasion Technique, transforming into a glowing sphere that rolled faster and faster as it pursued.
After several breaths, just as Li Weiyi was about to reach the Jade Boat, the Immortal finally caught up.
"Boom!"
A single clash of power sent Li Weiyi flying backward until he slammed into the side of the Jade Boat.
Regaining his footing, he plunged the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear deep into the sand.
Stellar Orbit Patterns erupted from the staff, swirling around him like celestial rings.
"Formation!"
Li Weiyi formed a hand seal, unleashing his Psychic Power Spirit Light.
Instantly, the Formation Plates of the Twin Rice Sect's Great Sun-Moon-Stars Formation materialized beneath his feet and above his head, expanding outward in a radiant web.
Yang Qingxi and Yang Qingchan soared into the formation, transforming into twin moons on either side.
They had practiced this formation extensively over the past two days.
"Swish! Swish!"
The seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors, like seven stars, hovered at the formation's edges.
The pursuing Water Beaver Immortal, unable to halt his momentum, crashed headfirst into the formation.
The Water Beaver Immortal was besieged.
A storm of powers and spiritual artifacts rained down upon him.
"How despicable! Ganging up on the few - what kind of heroic act is that? If you have the guts, face me one-on-one! A fair duel, one against one, with no breaking the rules!"
The Water Beaver Immortal's physical body was formidable. His seemingly soft fur was tougher than any spiritual artifact armor.
The crimson mist enveloping his body was a protective treasure called the Eternal Undying Mist, refined from the ashes of Immortal Corpses. Its defensive power was immense.
Yang Qingxi and Yang Qingchan's swords, along with the Seven Little Ones' Innate Dao Techniques, couldn't even breach his defenses.
They could only restrain and harass him, suppressing his spatial power.
The only one who posed a true threat to the Water Beaver Immortal was Li Weiyi.
The Great Sun-Moon-Stars Formation channeled a portion of Yang Qingxi, Yang Qingchan, and the Seven Little Ones' power to Li Weiyi, amplifying his explosive force.
This was the power of a Combined Formation!
With each thrust of Li Weiyi's Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear, the Water Beaver Immortal shrieked in terror, scrambling to defend itself.
"You human whelp! You're so treacherous! First you tricked me into joining forces against the Yin Ghost Commander of the Golden Orchid Plains, then you stole the Bone Tower for yourself. Then you feigned weakness to lure me into throwing my spiritual artifact, leaving me empty-handed to face your ten-on-one attack! This is unfair!"
"Ah Li, stop playing the victim! You gathered all these Dead Spirit Fiends, weren't you planning to attack us all along?"
A cacophony of croaking filled the air as Li Weiyi noticed a swarm of Bone Vultures rapidly approaching from the sky.
"This creature's defenses are too strong to break through. Help me activate the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal!"
Fueled by the combined Spiritual Qi of Li Weiyi, Yang Qingxi, and Yang Qingchan, the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal expanded to the size of a millstone, radiating overwhelming power.
Thunder roared as the seal hovered above the Water Beaver Immortal's head, unleashing a relentless barrage of lightning bolts.
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