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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 5: [Seeking Immortality in the Eastern Sea]
Volume 5 (Pinyin): [Dong Hai xun xian]
Chapter 25 (462): [The Strength of the Physical Body]
(25th of Volume 5)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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Ku-Di was merely a Great Spiritual Master, her mastery of Psychic Power was not particularly advanced.
However, the Spirit Realm between her eyebrows could store talismans, and her Psychic Power could activate them.
Si Kong Yanlun stumbled backward, an Earth Sword Talisman tearing a foot-long sword mark across his back.
His spiritual Artifact Battle Armor had been breached, failing to provide adequate protection.
"Who dares cause trouble aboard this ship?"
"Activate the Defensive Formation immediately!"
The Twin Rice Sect Martial-Mystic Cultivators in the ship's various cabins were roused by the power of the Earth Sword Talisman.
Some leaped and flew toward the deck.
Si Kong Yanlun knew the consequences of this exposure all too well. He couldn't afford to incur the wrath of Great Immortal.
After a pained cry, he shouted tragically, "Those of different races harbor different intentions! Ku-Di, why did you ambush me? Who ordered you to do this?"
Ku-Di broke free from her Spiritual Qi chains, ignoring Si Kong Yanlun's attempt to shift the blame.
She darted toward the ship's railing at top speed.
Qiongji Daozi understood the consequences of letting Ku-Di escape even better than Si Kong Yanlun.
After only a moment's hesitation, he moved to intercept her.
Before his physical form arrived, five gaseous sword traces shot from his fingertips.
The five azure gaseous sword traces, each over thirty feet long, twisted and danced through the air, emitting piercing sword cries.
With his cultivation level, this strike would instantly tear Ku-Di into pieces.
"Whoosh!"
Outside the Formation Light Veil at the ship's railing, Li Weiyi soared upward, appearing above the deck.
"Swish! Swish..."
One after another, golden talismans flew from between his eyebrows, transforming into three-foot-long ancient swords that struck the same spot on the warship's Defensive Formation.
With the eighth sword strike, a crack tore through the Formation Light Veil.
The warship's Defensive Formation typically operated with only a single layer active, preventing silent infiltration.
All layers would activate only in times of danger.
Li Weiyi stepped forward, slipping through the crack in the Light Veil and landing before Ku-Di.
He thrust his palm forward.
Three-colored spiritual light erupted from his palm, forming an arc-shaped barrier that blocked the five incoming gaseous sword traces.
The sword traces slashed across the Spiritual Light barrier, leaving ripples in their wake.
"Go first," Li Weiyi said, glancing at the Formation crack that was rapidly closing.
He dared not linger.
Even an Immortal Realm Great Power would perish if trapped on this ship.
Ku-Di stared at his retreating figure, her expression a mix of confusion and bewilderment.
She then activated her Body Technique, darting toward the narrowing gap in the Formation.
Li Weiyi retreated through the crack as well.
"Adulterer and harlot! Neither of you will escape!"
From Si Kong Yanlun's Ancestral Field, a Seventh-Grade Hundred-Character Artifact - a silver wheel the size of a millstone - shot forth.
Spinning at terrifying speed, it generated a monstrous whirlwind as it slammed toward the closing gap in the Formation.
A cold glint flashed in Li Weiyi's eyes.
With a thought, he activated an Earth Sword Talisman, sending the Silver Wheel flying.
"Boom!"
The Silver Wheel crashed heavily onto the deck beside Si Kong Yanlun, the sound of shattering wood echoing as the spiritual artifact sank into the deck.
"Liu, you're too arrogant! The Twin Rice Sect has countless experts... Uh... You..."
Si Kong Yanlun retreated frantically, only to be pierced through his Protective Spiritual Qi and throat by another Earth Sword Talisman.
His cervical vertebrae were shattered, and his head slumped forward.
With a thud, his corpse collapsed to the ground.
This delay prevented Li Weiyi from escaping.
A terrifyingly intense wave of cold Qi surged toward him, threatening to freeze his blood solid.
Qiongji Daozi, widely regarded as the foremost expert below Immortal Realm of the Lingxiao Realm, closed the distance instantly.
The entire deck froze under the chilling aura emanating from his body.
The two exchanged a single strike.
"Boom!"
The Spiritual Light shielding Li Weiyi shattered instantly.
Palm met palm.
Relying on his formidable physical strength, Li Weiyi withstood Qiongji Daozi's palm strike, but was forced back over a hundred meters.
Deep cracks spiderwebbed across the deck.
Had it not been for the ship's Defensive Formation, the giant warship would have been cleaved in two.
Qiongji Daozi stared at his palm, then turned an incredulous gaze toward Li Weiyi. His palm strike hadn't employed any Dao Technique, yet its raw power should have been insurmountable for a mere Spiritual Master.
Not only had Li Weiyi withstood the full force of the blow, but he appeared completely unscathed.
"This man killed our Divine Son and suppressed him. Do not let him escape!" Qiongji Daozi roared, tearing through the Formation Light Veil in pursuit of Ku-Di.
Ku-Di was already vanishing into the night.
Liu Fengshu, trapped aboard the ship, was now nothing more than a fish on a chopping block, regardless of his origins.
But if Ku-Di escaped, the consequences would be catastrophic.
The ship teemed with experts from the Twin Rice Sect: Heavenly Principles (Tianli) Hall, Wither-Flourish (Kurong) Hall, Spirit Valley (Linggu) Hall, Heaven Valley (Tianxia) Hall, Godslayer Servants, Coffin Mountain, Sui Sect, disciples from the Twenty-Eight Prefectures... representatives from every major faction were present, the majority being experienced veterans with centuries of cultivation experience, their Spiritual Qi as vast and deep as the ocean.
Having been knocked back by Qiongji Daozi, Li Weiyi had barely regained his footing when six spiritual artifacts hurtled toward him.
These artifacts, wielded by six peak-tier experts - each a centuries-old cultivator with profound cultivation and boundless Spiritual Qi - possessed immense destructive power.
Simultaneously, over a dozen Dao Techniques descended like a storm, engulfing Li Weiyi.
These attacks originated from the third deck of the warship, unleashed by over a dozen Martial-Mystic Cultivators in the Dao Seed Realm.
Li Weiyi remained silent, his eyes piercingly cold.
A six-foot-long Peachwood Staff materialized in his hand, which he swung upward in a sweeping arc.
"Boom!"
Amplified by the staff, his Spirit Realm Psychic Power erupted into a cascading waterfall, surging skyward to shatter the six spiritual artifacts and pierce through every Dao Technique.
The Peachwood Staff had been borrowed by Yao Qingxuan from the Hidden Lord.
This staff was a treasured artifact of the Hidden Sect.
It had been unearthed from an Otherworldly Coffin by Li Yuanzhe, Chief of the Jiuli Clan, and the Ancestor of the Zuoqiu Sect.
Using a peach pit from the coffin, the Zuoqiu Sect cultivated a Peach Tree, one of the ten renowned plants of the Lingxiao Realm. The remaining wood from the coffin was forged into the Peachwood Staff.
It was likely a small branch from the mythical Peach Tree itself.
"Whoosh! Whoosh..."
Li Weiyi surged toward the Formation Light Veil at the ship's edge, manipulating fourteen Earth Sword Talismans to bisect the six pursuing elders, their corpses crashing onto the deck.
He had to escape immediately.
Otherwise, no matter how high one's cultivation, they would be overwhelmed and killed by sheer numbers.
If the warship's more powerful Defensive Formation were activated, escape would become impossible.
"Boom!"
A horizontal strike of the Peachwood Staff slammed into the Formation Light Veil.
The staff erupted in brilliant light, shattering the Defensive Formation into concentric ripples before tearing a gaping hole through it.
"To come and go as you please, Your Excellency shows utter contempt for the Lingxiao Twin Rice Sect."
Two wizened elders, their white hair cascading down their backs, materialized like lightning bolts on either side of Li Weiyi.
Their eyes, like thunderous orbs, glared with fury.
Each strand of Spiritual Qi erupting from their bodies resembled a divine chain, thick and overwhelming, coalescing into two towering walls of divine energy that pressed down, leaving Li Weiyi no air or space to maneuver.
These were the Elders of the Heaven Valley (Tianxia) Hall, responsible for overseeing the affairs of the Twenty-Eight Prefectures.
Each Elder presided over a single prefecture.
If we disregarded the Jiu Li Clan's vast reserves of ancient spiritual artifacts and ancestral Battle Treasures, the cultivation and combat prowess of either of these Elders would only be slightly inferior to that of the Chi Li Tribe Clan Chief.
Huang Xu and Kong Xu appeared on the warship's fifth level, peering down at the scene below, their Spiritual Qi already surging.
Huang Xu roared, "Young Master Liu, you are far too arrogant! You have slaughtered seven of our sect's greatest experts. Tonight's events will not end peacefully!"
At the ship's highest deck, Huoxin, an Inheritor-level powerhouse from the Rice Palace, pushed open the door and strode out of his chamber.
Standing three meters tall and radiating a scarlet glow, he glanced down at Si Kong Yanlun's corpse lying on the deck below, his eyes darkening with frustration.
'How could such a simple task be botched so badly?'
The Martial-Mystic Cultivators of the Lingxiao Twin Rice Sect had utterly disappointed him.
Huoxin had intended to study the Dragon Seed as preparation for absorbing the Six-Clawed Immortal Dragon Qi, hoping to seize this opportunity to further enhance his innate foundation.
Now that the situation had spiraled out of control, how could he salvage it?
Li Weiyi secretly circulated the liquid qi within his Divine Gate, channeling it through his Meridian Veins without letting a trace escape his body.
He focused on amplifying his inner strength.
"Boom! Boom!"
With a palm strike in one hand and a staff swing in the other, he simultaneously clashed with two peak Ninth Heaven Dao Seed Realm elders who had lunged at him from either side.
The two forces collided with earth-shattering force, like mountains collapsing and oceans surging.
Li Weiyi was sent flying backward, crashing through the hole in the Formation Light Veil and plummeting toward the sea.
The two white-haired elders were sent staggering backward several dozen feet by Li Weiyi's palm strike, their bodies swaying.
The elders were even more shocked than Qiongji Daozi.
How could a Spiritual Master possess the power to simultaneously repel both of them?
Li Weiyi's Immortal Body was already more than half complete. With his physical strength alone, he could challenge peak Ninth Heaven Martial-Mystic Cultivators in the Dao Seed Realm.
Only an Inheritor of the Ninth Heaven could truly suppress him.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Kong Xu unleashed three Flying Swords, each erupting with the power of Thunder and Lightning, Flames, and Light, to intercept Li Weiyi's escape.
Huang Xu and the two white-haired elders were the first to pursue him from the warship.
Soon, a series of top-tier experts erupted with their Qi, their afterimages streaking across the sky to block Li Weiyi's path. They forced him onto the open sea, preventing his return to Moon Dragon Island.
"Boom! Boom!"
Li Weiyi fought against the overwhelming force, but he was steadily pushed back, unable to withstand the onslaught. The sea behind him erupted in continuous explosions.
"This Liu is not only a Spiritual Master, but his physical body is also incredibly powerful," one of the elders observed, "He might even be a creature of the Demon Race."
"It could also be a Dead Spirit wearing human skin, or perhaps the corpse of a Immortal Realm Great Power that has developed sentience, explaining its formidable physical strength."
Soon, Li Weiyi was completely surrounded, with no escape.
One after another, the Earth Sword Talismans were shattered by the Twin Rice Sect masters using their spiritual artifacts.
"Boom!"
Li Weiyi spread his arms wide, his long hair flying wildly.
Xihe erupted from the Spirit Realm between his eyebrows, blazing with flames and unleashing a blinding golden light that transformed into a Formation Lotus Platform radiating scorching heat.
Intricate Formation patterns surged outward.
The glowing traces of the Formation Plate expanded in concentric circles.
"Pfft!"
Xihe slammed into Huang Xu, sending him flying. Blood gushed from his mouth as he felt as if he had been struck by a blazing sun, his entire body scorched.
Li Weiyi stood murderously upright atop Xihe, Peachwood Staff in hand, channeling all the Earth Sword Talismans to pursue Huang Xu.
'Better to sever one finger than wound all ten.'
"Stop him..."
Huang Xu was severely injured, blood streaming from his mouth. He activated the Water Escape Technique and plunged toward the seabed.
"Bang!"
The Peachwood Staff struck the water's surface, unleashing a psychic power attack that pierced directly into Huang Xu's soul spirit.
The Dao Technique was disrupted, and Huang Xu's soul spirit was wounded.
He immediately retrieved a black Formation Flag.
This flag, bestowed by Great Immortal Realm Expert, was meant for seizing opportunities and protecting its wielder.
But now, targeted by the man surnamed Liu, Huang Xu sensed the threat of death and had no choice but to use it prematurely.
"Whoosh!"
From the black Formation Flag surged a torrent of inky-black Spiritual Qi, spreading across the sea surface and coalescing into a cloud dozens of meters wide, completely enveloping Huang Xu.
This was a condensed cloud of Spiritual Qi refined by Great Immortal himself. It could withstand two or three strikes even from ordinary Immortal Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators, making it virtually impossible for anyone below that realm to kill him.
Xihe crashed into the inky-black Spiritual Qi cloud, its Golden Light and flames relentlessly burning through it.
"Impudence!"
"Liu Fengshu, you are utterly lawless and arrogant!"
The Twin Rice Sect's experts saw Li Weiyi's unwavering resolve to kill Huang Xu.
They unleashed a barrage of techniques, one spiritual artifact after another, striking at the True Spirit of the Rising Sun Grand Formation.
The formation glyphs of the True Spirit of the Rising Sun Grand Formation were inscribed on Xihe's petals, covering a radius of three Zhang.
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