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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 6: [Battle for the True Inheritance]
Chapter 52 (593): [Facing Qingzao]
(52nd of Volume 6)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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Qingzao, clad in a pale yellow robe, let out a delicate laugh.
Her longsword circled and slashed, unleashing a sword technique and Daoist technique perfected to the fourth level.
"Boom!"
The sword qi stretched for miles, its majestic force nearly severing the Heavenly Capital River.
The two Third Realm demon cultivators who had joined forces to resist her met a grim fate: one dead, the other wounded.
The deceased was a Third Realm early-stage Immortal Realm Demon Bird, its body cleaved in two.
Instantly reverting to its true form, the massive halves of the avian corpse plunged into the river, staining the waters crimson.
The wounded cultivator, a Third Realm mid-stage demon cultivator, managed to survive but plummeted to the riverbed.
Having broken free, Qingzao soared upward like the Morning Sun at dawn, ascending toward the Nether Soul Divine Essence.
The Ember Spirit powerhouse had already approached the area containing the Nether Soul Divine Essence.
Sensing Qingzao's murderous intent, it realized that taking the time to collect the essence would leave it at a disadvantage in the coming clash, potentially suffering the same fate as the fallen Third Realm demon cultivator.
Thus, the Ember Spirit, standing like a peerless fire demon god amidst the clouds, swung its ancient, thirty-meter-long spear downward at Qingzao while simultaneously unleashing a scorching gale from its mouth, sending dozens of drops of Nether Soul Divine Essence hurtling toward Bai Yeqing on the riverbank.
Qingzao, flying upward from below, found herself in a completely disadvantageous position.
As the spear descended, it felt like a pillar of the heavens was crashing down upon her.
Gritting her teeth in silent fury, she could only summon all her Spiritual Qi and raise her sword to parry.
On the shore, Bai Yeqing watched dozens of drops of Nether Soul Divine Essence streak toward him like meteorites.
He immediately waved his sleeves, unleashing a swirling vortex of Qi to gather them into his palm.
Li Weiyi, who had almost given up, suddenly saw this perfect opportunity.
Transforming into a wisp of Azure Mist, he shot toward Bai Yeqing like a bridge of smoke.
"Cousin, don't turn around! It's your cousin!"
Li Weiyi called out in Luansheng Linyou's voice.
Sensing the surge of Vital Energy behind him, Bai Yeqing was initially terrified, ready to activate his life-saving measures.
But when he heard Luansheng Linyou's voice, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Yet he quickly realized something was amiss. Though Luansheng Linyou had entered the Void Ruins Ancient Kingdom, why had he been hiding until now, only to suddenly reveal himself at this critical moment?
In that instant, Bai Yeqing's emotions shifted three times in rapid succession.
There was no time to activate his life-saving measures.
Bai Yeqing whirled around, cradling the Nether Soul Divine Essence in one hand while striking out with the other in a claw-like motion.
Simultaneously, his twin pupils activated his Innate Dao Technique, Ice Soul Eyes, freezing the ground beneath his feet and the river surface beside him in an instant.
"Boom!"
Li Weiyi shattered Bai Yeqing's Ice Soul Eyes spell with a single palm strike, colliding with Bai Yeqing's claw strike.
Bai Yeqing felt an overwhelming force crash down on him, his entire arm going numb.
He coughed up a mouthful of blood as the surging power of Li Weiyi's Clear Radiance Immortal Haze Spiritual Qi palm strike sent him flying backward, crashing into the Heavenly Capital River with a thunderous splash.
The dozens of drops of Nether Soul Divine Essence he had been holding scattered into the air, only to be swept into Li Weiyi's sleeve.
"Li Weiyi..."
Bai Yeqing surged out of the water, his arm trembling and unable to lift. He glared at Li Weiyi, who was already fleeing, and roared coldly, his eyes burning with fury.
But then, a realization struck him, filling his heart with terror.
"He's broken through to Immortal Realm!"
Bai Yeqing had once discussed Li Weiyi with Luansheng Linyou, who had praised Li Weiyi's Martial-Mystic Path skills to the highest degree, claiming that if Li Weiyi's Ancestral Field hadn't been crippled, no one in the same cultivation realm could withstand three of his strikes after he broke through to the Immortal Realm.
"Whoosh!"
A slender, goose-yellow figure flashed overhead like a phantom, pursuing Li Weiyi.
"Splash!"
Activating the power of his Governor's Official Robe, Li Weiyi teleported over ten miles away, bursting out of the Purple Mist Light Cluster and sprinting wildly through the mountains.
"Bai Yeqing is truly remarkable, worthy of his lineage as the Martial-Mystic Dao Heavenly Emperor. His combat prowess at the same Cultivation Realm likely rivals even the True Disciples of the Ancient Sects. To gather his strength so hastily and withstand my palm strike, sustaining only severe injuries, is astonishing."
Li Weiyi surmised that Bai Yeqing couldn't possibly be at the early stages of the First Realm; otherwise, he wouldn't be so formidable.
"Not good! He's closing in fast! What an incredible Evasion Dao Technique and a Dao Heart Manifestation of immense power!"
Li Weiyi felt the Dao Heart Manifestation settle upon him, his heart tightening.
This meant his opponent could launch Intent attacks or strike with Spiritual Artifacts at any moment.
'The Spiritual Artifact might already be behind me.'
"Whoosh!"
Activating the Governor's Official Robe again, he teleported another dozen miles away.
Yet he remained within the range of his opponent's Dao Heart Manifestation.
Li Weiyi was about to activate the Governor's Official Robe for a third time when -
"Zing!"
An Intent attack, manifesting as the ringing of a sword, pierced directly into his mind.
For a Martial-Mystic Cultivator in the First Realm's Immortal Realm, such an Intent attack would have been crippling, leaving them unconscious and collapsing to the ground.
Li Weiyi blocked the Intent attack, but at the critical moment of activating the Governor's Official Robe, his consciousness faltered briefly.
His Spiritual Qi surged violently within him, nearly tearing his Physical Body apart with Spatial Power.
He narrowly escaped the Purple Mist Light Cluster, tumbling out into the open.
Space Evasion is extremely dangerous for low-realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators who haven't mastered Spatial Power.
A single mistake - an interruption, a strike, or spatial turbulence - could tear them to shreds.
"Swish! Swish!"
A rain of countless needles, each shimmering with scriptures, descended upon Li Weiyi, completely enveloping him and denying him any chance to use Space Evasion again.
"It's Chen Envoy Qingzao."
Li Weiyi had personally witnessed Qingzao slay a Third Realm demon cultivator with a single sword strike while fighting two opponents simultaneously. Her combat prowess far exceeded what Li Weiyi could currently withstand.
"Clang! Clang!"
He activated the Ruyi Qiankun Sword, its sword shadows weaving into an impenetrable net.
Myriad sword qi surged forth, deflecting every needle.
Yet, under Qingzao's control through Spiritual Qi and Intent, the needles surged back like relentless waves.
Each wave repelled only to flip and strike again.
Li Weiyi spotted Qingzao's figure.
She was three miles away, rapidly closing the distance.
"Heh heh, this technique to counter Space Evasion is something I've painstakingly devised. It was originally meant for Tang Wanzhou, but it seems you'll be the first to experience it."
"Little Li, you killed Luo Pingdan and several Fallen Spirit Marquises. The True Disciple Master is furious. He's raised the bounty on you to the same level as Tang Wanzhou's."
As the voice faded, Qingzao had already crossed three miles, closing in with a swift leap.
Seeing Li Weiyi completely enveloped by the needle rain, she was utterly astonished.
She hadn't imagined the boy's Martial-Mystic Path cultivation was so formidable - the needle rain hadn't left a single scratch on him.
Many Third Immortal Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators couldn't achieve such a feat.
According to intelligence reports, just over a year ago, when Li Weiyi fought Rice Palace's True Disciple, he was still in the Dao Seed Realm.
He must now be at the First Realm of the Immortal Realm.
"Huanghun wasn't exaggerating. Even without your battle corpse puppet, you're already a top-tier expert."
Qingzao clenched her palm in a gesture of summoning.
The needle rain hummingbird-like returned to her palm, coalescing into a Seventh-Grade Thousand-Inscriptions Artifact-level longsword.
Breaking free from the needle rain's encirclement, Li Weiyi barely had time to catch his breath before sword radiance struck like lightning, blinding him with white light.
Sword qi surged from all directions.
Qingzao's Dao Heart Manifestation and hundreds of thousands of Immortal Sutra Scriptures pressed down on him, locking him in place.
"Dao transformation."
Li Weiyi closed his eyes, no longer looking at her sword, and instead relied on his senses to counter her attack.
Simultaneously, he unleashed the tenth move of the Chan Sect's Twelve Dispersed Hands.
From his Ancestral Field, the Immortal Haze Radiance and Immortal Scriptures surged forth, coalescing into a towering divine shadow that enveloped his body.
Having reached the Immortal Realm, Li Weiyi could finally manifest this Dispersed Hand's Technique as a true Dao Technique.
Before, it had merely been a martial move, less powerful than the Tai Yi Sea-Opening and less practical than the Clear Void Cicada Chase Step.
"Boom!"
Qingzao's sword struck Li Weiyi, but the divine shadow blocked the blow.
The blade pierced the shadow, but a tremendous force halted its progress, deflecting the sword's momentum and sending it veering uncontrollably to the side.
"Swish!"
Seizing the opportunity, Li Weiyi thrust his sword straight at Qingzao's heart, with far greater force than usual.
Qingzao's heart skipped a beat.
She swiftly flicked a finger from her left hand, striking the Yellow Dragon Sword's blade.
In the blink of an eye, their heart-stopping clash concluded.
Though Qingzao's sword aimed for Li Weiyi's head had been deflected, its residual sword qi still struck him, sending him flying backward.
One exchange had already decided the outcome.
Li Weiyi felt as if he had been struck in the chest with an iron rod, his Five Viscera and Six Bowels aching as if about to burst.
Fortunately, he was wearing four layers of defensive armor; otherwise, this single strike of sword qi would have critically wounded him.
Without hesitation, he summoned the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear and the Seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors, preparing to form a Combined Attack Formation.
But before he could unleash his Spiritual Light, a storm of sword qi condensed from Dao Techniques erupted, scattering the Seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors and sending them crashing to the ground.
With this single strike, Qingzao demonstrated terrifying combat prowess rivaling even those who had achieved Great Immortal.
In the next instant, her charming, mischievous, and youthful face appeared before Li Weiyi.
Li Weiyi felt that this face was even more terrifying than a Corpse Demon.
Against an opponent of this caliber, he had no time to activate his Governor's Official Robe or the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal.
Every moment could mean life or death.
Not from the moment Qingzao appeared before him, but from the instant he sensed her presence.
"Bang!"
Li Weiyi mustered all his strength to block Qingzao's second sword strike, sending him flying backward once more, blood streaming from his five fingers gripping the sword.
Before he could even hit the ground, the sword light was already upon him.
"Boom!"
Finally, the Fusang Divine Tree Light Shadow and Spiritual Qi coalesced, solidifying into a Wrathful Vajra.
At this critical moment, Li Weiyi achieved Psychic-Martial-Mystic Fusion, unleashing the Sixfold Samsara Burning Karma Technique.
The three-zhang-tall Wrathful Vajra, blazing with searing light, struck out with a fiery palm seal that collided with the sword's radiance.
Qingzao's sword split the Wrathful Vajra apart in a thunderous explosion, but her attack was momentarily blocked, forcing her to retreat as well.
Since sensing Qingzao's pursuit, Li Weiyi finally had a brief moment to catch his breath.
Landing heavily, he roared, "Fight!"
The shattered Spiritual Light fragments reformed around him, solidifying into a suit of armor.
Qingzao's delicate, willow-leaf eyebrows furrowed slightly.
How could a mere First Immortal Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivator withstand three of her sword strikes without sustaining serious injury?
Her anger twisted into a mocking smile.
"Is this your Secret Technique of Psychic-Martial-Mystic Fusion?"
Li Weiyi prepared to release his battle corpse puppets.
Qingzao instantly sensed his intent, her sword piercing through the air toward him.
The air split in two as the sword's shadow flashed like lightning.
"Whoosh! Whoosh..."
As Li Weiyi retreated explosively, divine figures materialized around him, twelve in total, each striking a different combat pose.
The figures scattered chaotically along his retreat path.
Qingzao narrowed her eyes, astonished by this extraordinary Dao Technique she had never witnessed before.
In the next instant, the twelve divine figures merged into one.
Li Weiyi halted his retreat, his eyes burning with murderous intent.
With the force of splitting the Heavens and Earth, he raised his sword and unleashed his most powerful strike.
Tang Wanzhou, racing at full speed, her heart ablaze with urgency, gripped the Divine Snow Sword.
Each step she took spanned a mountain range, leaving snow-covered peaks in her wake.
For days, she had been healing in a frozen, sealed state deep beneath the Netherworld Domain of the Heavenly Capital River, until the fierce battle above had awakened her.
'Just in time!'
"Immortal Slaughter of All Beings."
Tang Wanzhou's black robes billowed as she leaped across the mountains, descending behind Li Weiyi.
Even mid-air, she slashed out her most devastating sword strike.
Two streams of sword qi, one vertical and one horizontal, converged on Qingzao from opposite directions.
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