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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 6: [Battle for the True Inheritance]
Chapter 56 (597): [Ambush]
(56th of Volume 6)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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"Impatient after only two and a half years? Those True Disciples of the Ancient Sects often take several years, even a decade, to reach the Second Realm."
Li Weiyi naturally hoped the Seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors would break through quickly.
Reaching the Second Realm would allow them to play a crucial role in coordinated attacks against True Disciple, posing a significant threat.
After advancing to the Second Realm of Holy Spiritual Master, Li Weiyi's mastery over Formations had taken a major leap forward.
Li Weiyi pondered for a moment: "We must act preemptively. Once the escort convoy enters the Netherworld Domain of the Heavenly Capital River, it will be too late! The Blood Mountain Marquis is even more formidable than Qingzao. He alone has suppressed the Demon Clan and Demon Kingdom forces in this region, preventing them from daring to show their faces."
Er Feng agreed. "Old Li is right. I also believe we should strike first. Seventh Phoenix followed the Ghost Spirit Marquis back to report his mission and learned the convoy's approximate route."
"Plan thoroughly, then act decisively. Er Feng, you're becoming increasingly mature!" Li Weiyi remarked.
"That's all thanks to Old Li's guidance," Er Feng replied, "Old Li is my only boss."
Li Weiyi glanced at Big Phoenix, "Let's move out now."
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Seven hundred miles from the Netherworld Domain of the Heavenly Capital River, on the ridge of a snow-capped mountain range, the sky was dark and a frigid wind howled.
Seventh Phoenix and the five fastest Phoenixes had been sent ahead as scouts, each exploring different directions.
Li Weiyi sat on a cold black stone, polishing his Yellow Dragon Sword and Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear, weapons he hadn't used in two years.
Er Feng flew over, "Old Li, didn't we come to the Void Ruins Ancient Kingdom to find the Rice Palace's True Disciple? Have you forgotten Jiang Ning? Even if she's dead, wouldn't you feel any sorrow?"
Li Weiyi's hand paused mid-polish: "Why bring this up now?"
"While you were in seclusion, Martial-Mystic Cultivators from the Rice Palace faction appeared in the Netherworld Domain of the Heavenly Capital River - two identical men. The Rice Palace's True Disciple must have arrived. Shouldn't we at least go see them? She spared me in the East Sea that day. I believe Jiang Ning is still alive. I'll never forget the look in her eyes - there was such pain in them."
Er Feng gripped Li Weiyi's sleeve with his front claws: "After this job, can we go find her?"
Li Weiyi pondered for a moment: "Alright."
"Great!"
Er Feng somersaulted excitedly and flew off, dragging a bewildered Sixth Phoenix along to share the news.
Then he went to find Fourth Phoenix and Third Phoenix.
Fifth Phoenix and Seventh Phoenix returned in succession.
"They're here, already three hundred miles away," they reported.
Li Weiyi and the Seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors immediately advanced ahead of the escort team, aiming to ambush them from a position of advantage.
Soon, a procession shrouded in dark clouds and Nether Mist appeared on the horizon.
The metal containers transporting the Epoch Stones were chained to the back of a hundred-meter-long Earth Dragon Corpse Marquis.
This Earth Dragon Corpse Marquis possessed four claws, a dragon's neck, tail, and head. Its body was severely decayed, radiating intense malevolence. Its skull was grotesque, and its fangs were like swords.
Hidden within the concealment formation, Li Weiyi frowned.
Even this single transport beast was extraordinary, likely having been a Transcendent being in life.
However, given the advanced state of decay, little Transcendent Qi likely remained within its corpse.
Huo Tianming sat within a white formation-art tent on the Earth Dragon Corpse Marquis's back, embracing a shapely Beauty Corpse Marquis in his arms.
He was drinking and chatting merrily.
The Beauty Corpse Marquis's corpse was remarkably well-preserved, her features still striking, though her skin was unnaturally pale.
Two towering Ghost Marquis followed at the rear of the procession.
As they passed, gusts of Yin Wind swept away the Earth Dragon Corpse Marquis's footprints.
"Something feels off," Li Weiyi muttered.
After Li Weiyi's breakthrough in Psychic Power, his perception sharpened dramatically, allowing him to detect subtle tremors beneath the ground.
Er Feng remarked, "I recognize that familiar stench - the same Corpse Fluid Hong Hou used to ambush Nangong with the Imperial Pattern Bone Marquis. It's invisible from above, likely concealed underground."
Li Weiyi had only managed to wound Hong Hou by deploying four battle corpse puppets to activate the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal.
Even then, the Thunder's natural counter to Hong Hou's nature had played a crucial role.
Hong Hou's true combat prowess was far from simple.
After careful deliberation, Li Weiyi decided he couldn't miss this opportunity to strike from the shadows.
Together with the Seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors, he channeled their combined power into the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal, preparing a devastating first strike.
The Earth Dragon Corpse Marquis entered the three-mile range.
Li Weiyi could now faintly hear the sound of water flowing beneath his feet.
He couldn't wait any longer.
"Whoosh!"
A blinding purple lightning bolt tore through the concealment formation.
The Purple Heaven Thunder Seal expanded to the size of a house, its surface erupting with tens of thousands of glowing scriptures.
The seal hurtled toward the formation-covered tent on the Earth Dragon Corpse Marquis's back, altering the very sky as purple thunderclouds coalesced overhead.
The earth below was bathed in an eerie purple glow from the lightning.
"Enemy attack!"
Huo Tianming reacted swiftly, grabbing the Beauty Corpse Marquis in his arms and smashing through the tent.
He dove to the right, plunging into the earth.
The speed at which they fled astonished even Li Weiyi.
"Boom!"
The Purple Heaven Thunder Seal descended, shattering the Formation on the Earth Dragon Corpse Marquis's back in an instant.
The iron chains binding the carriages snapped apart.
Time Stones scattered from the shattered carriages, some exploding into dust.
The massive seal crashed onto the Earth Dragon Corpse Marquis, followed by the sickening crack of breaking bones.
The Third Realm Corpse Marquis let out a wretched howl before collapsing heavily, its back caved in and flesh torn open.
Not even Chu Yutian could have survived a surprise attack from the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal unscathed.
Li Weiyi stepped onto the luminous silhouette of a Yellow Dragon soaring toward the heavens, rising into the air. .
With a wave of his arm, he summoned the Spiritual Qi River to pull the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal back from three miles away, preparing to unleash its second strike of primal power.
"Splash!"
The moment he left the ground, corrosive corpse fluid erupted from the spot where he had stood, forming a towering wall of water dozens of meters high.
In the next instant, the ground within several miles began to seep with corpse fluid, transforming into a black lake.
The putrid stench of Corpse Qi filled the air, its waves churning with an unnatural motion.
"It's you again, human. This Marquis has been searching for you for over two months. Finally, you reveal yourself."
In the center of the black lake, a grotesque human face emerged, roaring with fury.
Enveloped in Corpse Qi, over a dozen water columns shot skyward, coiling toward Li Weiyi.
"Excellent timing!" Li Weiyi declared, his eyes burning with boundless battle intent.
A golden Buddhist Dao Imprint materialized in his palm.
As the Imprint left his hand, it began to spin, growing larger and larger until the entire void seemed to rotate with it.
"Boom!"
The Buddhist Dao Imprint crushed the water columns, shattering them into droplets that rained down.
Immediately, more water columns surged forth.
Hong Hou's Soul Spirit was formidable, unleashing Intent-based spells.
Endless soul mist and ominous clouds enveloped Li Weiyi, seeping into his body.
Against this strange power, the defenses of his spiritual artifact battle armor proved utterly useless.
"Swoosh!"
The Fusang Divine Tree Light Shadow rose into the void, forcing out all the soul mist and ominous clouds that had invaded Li Weiyi's body, then incinerating them completely.
Huo Tianming appeared at the edge of the black lake, simultaneously activating the Heavenly Battle Ring and roaring, "You dare attack this envoy, Li Weiyi? If I don't cut you down, how can I face the True Disciple?"
Li Weiyi glanced at him, and from between his brows, a dense swarm of Heavenly Sword Talismans erupted, transforming into a talisman rain that crisscrossed the sky.
"Your tricks won't work anymore! I've broken through to the peak of the Third Immortal Realm, invincible beneath the True Disciple... How come there are so many?"
Huo Tianming's expression shifted as he realized the Heavenly Sword Talismans flying toward him numbered far more than the fifty or sixty he'd expected - closer to a hundred.
He cursed under his breath, "Does talisman crafting cost nothing?"
He hastily spun the Heavenly Battle Ring, which he had intended to launch, into a massive vortex shield before him.
Simultaneously, he warned the Beauty Corpse Marquis beside him, "Yan Ji, quickly hide behind me! This brat is far more dangerous than he seems - one of the True Disciple's most feared enemies."
Li Weiyi watched the Heavenly Sword Talismans being repeatedly blasted away by the Heavenly Battle Ring, confirming that Huo Tianming had indeed undergone a significant cultivation breakthrough.
'Most of the Millennial Essence Herbs must be on Huo Tianming! I need to eliminate Hong Hou as quickly as possible, or their combined forces will trap me in a situation like the one with Nangong before.'
Li Weiyi acknowledged that his combat prowess still fell short of Nangong's peak strength, but he possessed unique methods for countering yin spirits - a domain where none could match him.
"Whoosh!"
The Purple Heaven Thunder Seal finally coalesced its primal power once more and plunged into the black lake below.
With a thunderous roar, the lake erupted, and the earth trembled.
Violet lightning surged outward in all directions, like ten thousand roaring dragons.
Nine ancient secret texts materialized on Li Weiyi's Yellow Dragon Sword.
He activated his Heavenly Eye, unleashing a beam of light that pierced the black lake below, searching for Hong Hou's soul form.
"Found him. He's underground."
"Swoosh!"
Li Weiyi hurled six pages of the Earth Book into the depths, anchoring the area where Hong Hou's soul form lay trapped.
Immediately, one hundred and eight Thunder Annihilation Formations coalesced, transforming into beams of lightning that converged upon Hong Hou's soul form.
Hong Hou's thunderous, terrified voice echoed from the depths: "Huo Tianming, save me! This boy is truly bizarre. He's locked down the terrain; my soul form can't escape!"
"Hold on! I'll break free soon!" Huo Tianming roared, trapped beneath a storm of Heavenly Sword Talismans.
"Swoosh!"
Li Weiyi raised his sword overhead, summoning the Six-Jia Yang Lightning.
In the next instant, his body and sword became a lightning-fast shuttle, plunging straight down toward the earth with unstoppable momentum, crashing deep into the ground.
After a fierce clash, with a resounding boom, the Yellow Dragon Sword pierced Hong Hou's soul form, shattering it into fragments.
Hong Hou's cultivation had reached the peak of the Third Immortal Realm.
The scattered soul mist surged toward Huo Tianming, attempting to reform.
To Hong Hou's horror, all the soul mist suddenly ignited.
"No... why is this happening...? What power is this? Why is it even more terrifying than thunder and lightning? Wh...y..."
Amidst his agonizing screams, Hong Hou's wisps of soul mist transformed into a river of burning flames, gradually consuming him until nothing remained.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
The Heavenly Sword Talismans that had been swarming Huo Tianming retreated like a receding tide.
Huo Tianming stood enveloped in scriptures, the Heavenly Battle Ring hovering above his head.
His tiger-like eyes remained fixed on the lightning-shrouded black lake and the Soul Fire burning on its surface, his heart pounding with shock.
How much time had passed?
Li Weiyi had managed to restrain him while simultaneously slaying a Heterogeneous Dead Spirit Marquis at the peak of the Third Immortal Realm in an impossibly short span.
Meanwhile, two Dead Spirit Ghost Marquises were being overwhelmed by seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors, their soul bodies already crumbling.
Li Weiyi, wielding the Yellow Dragon Sword and with the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal floating above his head, rose majestically from the black lake.
His gaze locked onto Huo Tianming on the shore.
"So, you truly believe yourself invincible beneath the True Disciple? I recall you once challenged me to a fair one-on-one duel?"
"Of course I remember. I remember the stakes perfectly. Wait, who's there?!"
Huo Tianming suddenly roared, then did something that shocked Li Weiyi.
The Heavenly Battle Ring, which had been hovering above his head, suddenly slammed into the Beauty Corpse Marquis beside him, knocking her unconscious to the ground.
"Jingzhe, I have extremely important news. You must report it to the Holy Commander of the Shaoyang Division immediately," Huo Tianming said, his demeanor suddenly transformed.
His expression was now serious and earnest, his tone completely devoid of any flippancy.
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