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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 4: [Shuangsheng Dao Sect (Twin Rice Sect)]
Chapter 105 (360): [The Battle Against the Ghost Mother]
(105th of Volume 4)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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The Ghost Infant's speed was utterly inconceivable, a blur of purple-black shadow.
The stench of blood attacked Li Weiyi's senses.
His skin prickled with an icy, Yin-cold power, raising his hairs on end.
Almost instinctively, he summoned the Golden Crow Flame Spiritual Light from his Spirit Realm.
"Whoosh!"
With an arm-sweeping block, a wall of crimson-gold Spiritual Light Flame erupted across the back of his hand, sending the charging Ghost Infant flying.
The Ghost Infant crashed heavily into a merchant stall over ten yards away, scattering goods everywhere.
Despite its small body, its flesh was exceptionally tough. Li Weiyi's earlier strike could have shattered spiritual artifacts, yet the Ghost Infant merely struggled for a moment before scrambling back up and lunging at the fleeing pedestrians.
Its killing intent and malice were overwhelming, its laughter echoing incessantly as it slaughtered three more people in a flash.
The five-yard-wide street erupted into chaos: screams, shouts, pounding footsteps...
Everyone was running for their lives. Even top-tier Five Seas Realm experts intervened, but every one of them was instantly killed.
The Ghost Infant pounced on a merchant who hadn't managed to reach the safety of his shop's Formation. Its tiny claws clawed at his chest, aiming for his heart.
With a whoosh, a crimson-gold Spirit Light rope shot out from Li Weiyi's forehead, over a hundred feet away, and wrapped around the Ghost Infant's neck.
He pulled with all his might.
The Ghost Infant screamed and wailed as it crashed to the ground at his feet.
The Spirit Light rope burned its neck with a sizzling sound.
Li Weiyi took a closer look, and his breath caught in his throat.
This wasn't a human infant.
It was too grotesque, with jagged fangs like saw blades, pitch-black skin, and hair like fleshy knots.
Its belly bulged grotesquely, the heart it had swallowed whole still visible.
If this creature truly had been born from the Mother-Child Spring, one could only imagine the horror and despair of the women who had drunk from it in the past two years, and their families.
Such a monster deserved to be exterminated by all.
"Bang!"
Li Weiyi waved his hand, unleashing a massive handprint that slammed down and crushed the Ghost Infant.
The street cracked, leaving a handprint-shaped crater over three feet long. The crater was filled with purplish-black blood and scattered bits of flesh.
Li Weiyi's scalp prickled.
He released his Golden Crow Flame, incinerating the remains completely.
"Aaaah..."
A piercing, grief-stricken cry echoed from afar.
The sound waves transformed into a hurricane.
The Ghost Mother, perched atop a stone pillar archway, was writhing in agony. Her voice was filled with hatred as she clawed her hands into talons, her killing intent surging.
She swooped down toward Li Weiyi.
Her long hair was disheveled, her double pupils burned with green flames, and her body technique was uncanny as she flitted across the rooftops lining the street.
As she moved, layers of frost rapidly spread from the ground to Li Weiyi's feet.
"Whoosh! Whoosh..."
Six Dao Seed Realm experts from the Imperial Court, clad in white armor and riding Strange Birds, plunged through the Formation Light Veil surrounding the district to confront the Ghost Mother.
Working together, they unleashed a net-like spiritual artifact. The Scripture emanating from the artifact enveloped the entire City district within a one-mile radius, suppressing the Ghost Mother and binding her relentlessly.
The Ghost Mother was formidable, but the six who had come to capture her were no ordinary opponents.
The street below was deserted, with pedestrians either fleeing or taking refuge in the Formations within shops.
The seven figures flickered like seven stars, their powerful energies constantly being absorbed by the Formations in the sky and underground.
Several miles away, the World-Suppressing Stele of the Pale Moon Quarter glowed brightly.
Despite the chaotic battle between Dao Seed Realm experts, only one or two buildings had been destroyed.
The surrounding City district was filled with towering Vermilion Cloud Towers, each over a dozen stories high, surrounded by secondary structures.
The architecture was grand, offering expansive views. Countless young Martial-Mystic Cultivators gathered at the railings, gazing at the distant battle and murmuring among themselves.
Li Weiyi sensed the gazes fixed on him and, not wanting to draw attention, quickly descended the stone steps in front of the shop and hurried away.
"Boom!"
A powerful Imperial Court warrior in white armor shot across the street like a cannonball, spewing blood as he crashed to the ground a dozen paces from Li Weiyi, unable to rise.
He had been severely wounded by the Ghost Mother's palm strike, delivered through the spiritual artifact net.
Dozens of paces away, trapped within the net, the Ghost Mother glared at the fleeing Li Weiyi and emitted a piercing, ear-splitting shriek.
The Imperial Court experts holding the corners of the spiritual artifact net had their eardrums shattered, their skulls nearly split open by her roar.
"Sizzle!"
From the Ghost Mother's Ancestral Field, a five-foot-long Azure Gold Horse-Cleaving Saber materialized, its hilt over a foot long.
The purple-black Ghost Mist and the spiritual artifact net were torn apart by the azure blade qi she unleashed.
The blade qi formed a wall of azure light that stretched from dozens of paces away, all the way to Li Weiyi's back, its domineering power was overwhelming.
A deep groove appeared in the center of the street, as if it had been plowed.
All five Imperial Court experts were sent flying, crashing haphazardly against the Formation Light Veil.
"She actually knows how to use a blade?"
Li Weiyi was speechless.
He'd heard earlier that she was from the West Sea Prince's Estate and a disciple of the Third Palace Master, meaning she had two Transcendents backing her. Her inherited strength was unimaginable.
He charged forward at lightning speed, but the Formation Light Veil blocked his escape.
In an instant, the Ghost Mother had crossed dozens of meters, appearing behind Li Weiyi with her blade raised.
Her porcelain-white skin was crisscrossed with a dense network of purple-black veins, contorting her face into a terrifying grimace.
"Whoosh!"
Clenching the blade with both hands, she raised it above her head, channeling all the power of her muscles and bones into her Sky-Cleaving Horse-Dismounting Strike.
Countless blade qi swirled around her. The Azure Gold Horse-Cleaving Saber's blade shimmered with over eight hundred Scripture characters. It was an Eighth-Grade Hundred-Character Artifact, its power beyond imagination.
"Forward!"
Spiritual Light Flame erupted from Li Weiyi's body.
He teleported sideways over a dozen meters, appearing atop a three-story building to the right.
The Ghost Mother's blade cleaved through empty air, the blade qi crashing against the Formation Light Veil nearby, causing the veil to ripple like a raging ocean.
Her Body Technique was swift and fierce, as she crossed the Empty Void, catching up to Li Weiyi once more, her hatred reaching the heavens.
"Swish! Swish..."
Li Weiyi continuously activated the "Qian" (Forward) secret incantation, dodging and teleporting, leading her toward the five Imperial Court experts.
To his surprise, the five Imperial Court experts had never encountered such a formidable Ghost Mother before and fled in disarray.
As long as they could trap her here, the Imperial Court would soon send even stronger reinforcements to suppress her.
What made the situation dire was that Li Weiyi had killed her child, and she was solely focused on pursuing him.
There was nowhere left to run.
Li Weiyi abruptly stopped, standing tall atop the pavilions.
He released a fragment of his Spiritual Power. With a wave of his arm, a branch of the Fusang Divine Tree materialized, stretching several dozen feet long. Its leaves, like crimson gold, stirred up terrifying energy fluctuations as it clashed with the Ghost Mother's slashing blade.
The impact of their direct collision sent her reeling backward.
They separated momentarily, then collided again.
"Boom! Bang!"
One wielded a branch of Spiritual Light, the other a blade.
They advanced and retreated, their power pure and unadulterated, exchanging blows with ever-changing techniques.
Even without using the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear, Li Weiyi's Psychic Power was no less formidable than hers.
The only thing to be wary of was the Eighth-Grade Hundred-Character Artifact, the Horse-Slaying Saber, she wielded.
Forget slaying horses; at her cultivation level, she could cleave through city walls with a single strike if not protected by a Formation.
Two miles away, atop a towering cylindrical Cloud Pavilion in the Immortal Forest, countless noble scions of Lingxiao City gathered.
All possessed Pure Immortal Physiques, they gazed at the Ghost Mist-shrouded streets in the distance.
Blade light clashed with fiery shadows, the deafening roar of battle echoing through the air as their intricate moves unfolded.
"This young Mind Master is incredibly strong," one remarked, "Spiritual Light enshrouds his body, granting him lightning-fast reflexes. He can hold his own in close combat with Song Qingli."
"His Psychic Power is quite unique, exceptionally potent. To match Song Qingli's strength, he must be no ordinary individual. Do you know anything about his background?"
"I've never seen him before! With such mastery of Psychic Power, he should have already made a name for himself and been listed in the Jiazi Register."
"Song Qingli is the top expert under forty from the Song Clan of the West Sea Palace. Even if you include those in their forties and fifties, she still ranks among the top five."
"The West Sea Palace is truly brimming with talent, rivaling even the Ancient Myriad Sects."
....
Among the noble scions gathered at the Cloud Pavilion, there were several mid-generation masters.
However, none of them rushed to the scene.
They wanted to avoid getting involved in the trouble.
Song Qingli's special status and the significant interests and reputations at stake behind her made the situation delicate.
Winning and suppressing her offered no benefits.
Injuring her could bring disaster.
Losing and dying at her hands... would be a pointless death.
Tai Shi Yu, the number one Psychic Power user in Lingxiao City within the Sixty-Year Cycle, held a high position among this group, surrounded by admirers like the moon encircled by stars.
Martial-Mystic Dao masters, high-ranking officials' sons, and immortal attendants all gathered around him.
"This Zuo Ning... Hmph, I didn't expect him to be such a busybody."
Tai Shi Yu's Psychic Power nerves had long been focused on the scene. He saw that Li Weiyi had missed his chance to escape the street district only to save someone. His anger had led him to kill the Ghost Infant, which had brought trouble upon him.
This behavior dispelled much of Tai Shi Yu's suspicion.
He had been worried that Li Weiyi was a master planted by a Heretical Sect or the Demon Race to infiltrate Tai Shi Bai's circle.
Tai Shi Yu instructed a retainer beside him, "Investigate why Song Qingli was in the Pale Moon Quarter."
Nearby, a gasp erupted: "Azure Cloud Obscuring the Moon, Flowing Wind Returning Snow. It's the West Sea Palace's Great Technique, the Return to Truth Blade Technique!"
Two miles away on the street.
Li Weiyi had initially believed that the Ghost Mother's erratic mental state and chaotic battle tactics gave him the advantage. He planned to stall until the Imperial Court's top experts arrived.
But suddenly, the Ghost Mother's Spiritual Qi erupted explosively, transforming into a denser, inky-black cloud.
The wind howled, and snowflakes fell like blades.
With a single slash, she unleashed the second layer of the Return to Truth Blade Technique: the Formless Slash.
Ten thousand blade shadows surged forth, merging into a river of steel.
The Ghost Mother danced above the blade river, her form splitting into three, then nine.
In all nine directions, figures wielding long blades materialized.
"Whoosh!"
Li Weiyi retreated swiftly, activating his Heavenly Eye to discern truth from falsehood.
He then summoned the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear hidden within his Wind Mansion, channeling psychic power to wield it.
"Boom!"
Swinging the spear like a club, he struck the Ghost Mother's Azure Gold Horse-Cleaving Saber.
Spiritual Light and blade qi surged outward in all directions, filling the entire street with their overwhelming power.
"Clang!"
Li Weiyi parried the long blade.
In the next instant, his form blurred like a wisp of blue smoke as he flashed before the Ghost Mother.
He struck her forehead with a single finger, shouting, "Zhe!"
[T/N: There are several meanings for word "Zhe", so I have decided to use pinyin (Zhe) for now, since it's a secret incantation and I can't be certain of its exact meaning.]
A ripple of sonic Spiritual Light emanated from Li Weiyi, sending her flying like a fallen leaf.
Strangely, the Ghost Mother, who had been utterly ferocious moments before, collapsed to the ground after being calmed and her soul subdued by the "Zhe" character. Her body went limp, her long blade clattered to the ground, and she fell prone.
The purplish-black veins that had covered her face rapidly faded.
"Whoosh!"
The Formation Light Veil opened, and a hundred-man cavalry unit from the Imperial Court and several experts from the West Sea Palace's arrived, surrounding the Ghost Mother.
The Clan Elder from the West Sea Palace removed his outer robe and knelt down, preparing to cover the Ghost Mother's face and carry her away.
Just then, the Ghost Mother's eyes fluttered open slightly, and she called out, "Grandpa Fu..."
The Clan Elder froze, surprised that Song Qingli could still be conscious after being caught up in the Ghost Infant Incident.
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END OF CHAPTER
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