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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 4: [Shuangsheng Dao Sect (Twin Rice Sect)]
Chapter 173 (428): [A Single Sword Strike]
(173rd of Volume 4)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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Wielding the Serpent Spear and protected by the Blood Qi and crimson scriptures of his Blood Handprint Demonic Armor, the Young Marquis streaked across the snowy plains like a crimson comet, hurtling toward the county town over a hundred miles away.
His heart ached, the headless corpse of his sister stored in his Cosmic Pouch. He gripped the Serpent Spear tightly, his eyes burning with boundless killing intent.
Yet he dared not pause for even a moment, his earlier arrogance and confidence completely shattered.
Though his opponent had relied on a powerful artifact, their strategic acumen and Battle Technique were undeniably exceptional.
More importantly, the youth remained composed throughout, as if everything were entirely within his control.
Behind him, a piercing whistle grew louder, closing the distance rapidly.
"Whoosh!"
Li Weiyi traversed space, a swirling vortex of purple mist materializing above the Young Marquis's head.
The moment Li Weiyi stepped out of the vortex, the Serpent Spear shot upward like lightning.
Cultivators of the Young Marquis's caliber possessed an uncanny ability to seize opportunities, even in the direst circumstances.
Attack and defense, escape and kill - these transitions had to be executed in an instant.
Undaunted, Li Weiyi parried with his sword.
"Shick!"
The clash of sword and Serpent Spear erupted in a shower of sparks, the screech of metal on metal piercing the air.
The Serpent Spear's overwhelming force sent Li Weiyi flying back twenty meters, his landing scattering snow in a violent spray.
"As expected," Li Weiyi thought, "one must always remain vigilant and never underestimate any Martial-Mystic Cultivator."
Earlier, Li Weiyi's Psychic Power had been focused on the distant county seat, wary of the immense pressure from the Immortal Realm Great Power.
This had diminished his attention on the Young Marquis, allowing the latter to catch him off guard.
The Young Marquis's timing in shifting between offense and defense was flawless.
The chase continued.
Within a hundred miles of the county seat, Li Weiyi intercepted the Young Marquis. The two clashed fiercely, spear against spear.
Li Weiyi kept most of his attention fixed on the county seat, unwilling to relax his guard.
Seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors emerged, each unleashing their Innate Dao Techniques.
In an instant, Li Weiyi seized an opening and sent the Young Marquis flying with a spear strike.
Though the Blood Handprint Demonic Armor absorbed part of the impact, the Young Marquis still suffered severe injuries, blood gushing from his mouth.
The seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors were at the Fourth Heaven realm, yet their combat prowess rivaled that of Fifth and Sixth Heaven Martial-Mystic Cultivators.
How could the Young Marquis possibly fight eight opponents alone?
Within the county town, the Divine Wing Marquis had never been so enraged.
To be challenged by a Dao Seed Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivator was an utter disgrace.
He glanced behind him at the sacrificial rites, now more than halfway complete.
The four ten-foot-long Bloodwings unfurled from his back.
With a thunderous flap, Spiritual Qi and gale-force winds swept through the town.
"Swish! Swish!"
Dozens of foot-long Blood Feathers, enveloped in a river of Spiritual Qi, shot toward the snowy plains ninety miles away.
Each Blood Feather was far superior to ordinary spiritual artifacts, imbued with the Bloodwing Marquis's primordial essence blood, allowing him to control them even across vast distances.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
A horizontal slash across the abdomen, a thrust into the heart, and a mid-air strike to the shoulder.
Li Weiyi moved with fluid grace, unleashing three consecutive spear strikes that completely shattered the Young Marquis's defenses.
The Young Marquis collapsed to his knees, his internal organs damaged, shoulder bones fractured, and blood streaming from his seven orifices.
He slumped forward, unconscious.
Li Weiyi had spared his life.
Such a young prodigy, riding a Wind-Chasing Beast, could hardly have a simple background.
Keeping him alive might lure out the Immortal Realm Great Power lurking within the town.
Sensing dozens of Blood Feathers entering his Psychic Field, Li Weiyi didn't dare lower his guard.
He fully activated the defensive capabilities of his inner Blood Handprint Demonic Armor and outer Governor's Robe.
The Blood Feathers flew from above the emerald pine forest, forming dozens of luminous silhouettes of strange birds.
They swooped down from all directions, coiling and twisting as they attacked Li Weiyi.
"Boom! Boom..."
Li Weiyi wielded a sword in one hand and a spear in the other, his movements fluid and unpredictable.
He leaped upward, teleported through space, and shattered the Blood Feathers with each strike.
Soon, only a dozen remained.
The Willpower of the Immortal Realm Great Power within the city retracted them, causing them to vanish into the horizon.
"At this distance, you still can't touch me," Li Weiyi shouted again, desperate to provoke the Immortal Realm Great Power into leaving the city, "Stop wasting your feathers, or you'll end up bald!"
He had no confidence in facing the Great Power within the city walls.
When no response came, Li Weiyi approached the Young Marquis, retrieving his Serpent Spear and removing the Blood Handprint Demonic Armor. He took the Young Marquis's Cosmic Pouch, dumped Luo Yi's corpse from it, and stripped her of her Blood Handprint Demonic Armor.
Three Seventh-Grade Hundred-Character Artifact spears lay within the pouch.
Suddenly...
Li Weiyi's eyes sharpened as he sensed a terrifying aura entering the edge of his Psychic Power field, approaching with unparalleled speed.
At that speed, the attacker would arrive within a few breaths.
'Did I really provoke him?'
'Can a Great Power of the Immortal Realm be this impatient?'
Li Weiyi sheathed the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear, affixed the Electric Escape Talisman given by Tai Shi Yu to his body, gripped the Yellow Dragon Sword in one hand, and hoisted the Young Marquis as a shield with the other.
"Boom!"
With a thunderous roar, Li Weiyi's body transformed into a bolt of lightning and vanished from his position.
Barely had he moved when a Qi Trace Dao Technique tore through the space where he had stood moments before.
The Divine Wing Marquis was indeed enraged, but his reckless attack on the county town stemmed primarily from recognizing the extraordinary treasures Li Weiyi carried.
Rescuing his beloved son came second, with anger as the final motive.
Empowered by the Electric Escape Talisman, Li Weiyi's speed temporarily rivaled that of a newly ascended Immortal Realm expert.
He knew this speed alone wouldn't suffice to escape the Divine Wing Marquis.
The next few dozen breaths would present an unprecedented challenge.
The Yellow Dragon Sword, bore a Divine Sword Talisman, forged by Duke Tai Shi, capable of slaying Immortal Realm Great Powers.
On his back, Li Weiyi wore the Thousand-Character Artifact cloak given by Tang Wanzhou, which contained the full-force strike of the Dragon-Headed Camel.
These were his two most powerful offensive techniques!
However, Li Weiyi's current gap in strength compared to an Immortal Realm Great Power was immense.
His opponent could kill him from miles away without even needing to approach.
The fact that the Great Power hadn't used long-range spiritual artifacts suggested they were afraid of harming the hostage in Li Weiyi's grasp.
This resolved Li Weiyi's most pressing concern!
Secondly, the Great Power's speed was terrifying. If they got too close, Li Weiyi might not even have time to activate the Divine Sword Talisman before being incapacitated.
The engagement distance had to be precisely calculated.
Thirdly, Immortal Realm Great Powers possessed an incredibly sharp sense of danger and lightning-fast reaction times.
In essence, Li Weiyi's greatest advantage was his weakness.
No matter how cautious the Immortal Realm Great Power might be, they would inevitably underestimate him.
Li Weiyi glanced back at the Grand Palace Mistress on his back.
Her eyes remained tightly shut, her breathing even.
Even after calling her name repeatedly, she showed no response.
Zen Hai Guanwu had claimed that carrying her would act as a protective talisman, but its reliability remained uncertain.
"Here it comes!"
The crimson Dao Heart Manifestation descended upon Li Weiyi like a thousand shackles.
Li Weiyi, who had been sprinting at full speed, suddenly shuddered as his momentum plummeted, slowing to a crawl.
Though the Divine Wing Marquis remained three miles away, his oppressive presence had already rendered Li Weiyi virtually immobile.
Spiritual Qi coalesced into misty chains, coiling around his arms and legs in ever-tightening loops.
"Then we'll die together! Today, I've already slain nine Dao Seeds from the Demon Kingdom - that's enough!"
Li Weiyi deliberately feigned desperation, veins bulging on his face as he roared with feigned defiance.
Summoning every ounce of strength, he raised his arm within the Marquis's Dao Heart Manifestation and slashed at the Young Marquis.
"How dare you!"
The Divine Wing Marquis spread all four of his wings, swooping low as he bellowed.
His Willpower surged across the distance, attempting to intercept Li Weiyi's attack.
The Battle Technique Intent of an Immortal Realm Great Power could easily crush the soul spirit of a Five Seas Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivator across miles. Dao Seed Realm cultivators, having begun cultivating their soul spirits, possessed some resistance.
Prepared for this, Li Weiyi summoned the Spiritual Light of the Fusang Divine Tree to shield against the Marquis's Willpower attack.
In his mind, the Marquis's form towered even higher than the Fusang Divine Tree, radiating overwhelming pressure.
The Fusang Divine Tree couldn't withstand the full force, but it bought him precious seconds.
Seizing this fleeting opportunity, Li Weiyi activated the Divine Sword Talisman on the Yellow Dragon Sword.
Countless runes erupted across the blade's surface, glowing with divine light.
A thousand years ago, special envoys dispatched by the Lingxiao Palace on missions carried Divine Sword Talismans, specifically designed to intimidate and slay Immortal Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators, akin to the Imperial Sword.
To Li Weiyi's surprise, the Divine Sword Talisman hadn't even been activated when a pained scream echoed from a mile away.
The Divine Wing Marquis plummeted from the sky, clutching his head as blood streamed from his eyes and nose.
Terrified, he stumbled backward, abandoning his pursuit of Li Weiyi.
Moments earlier, the Divine Wing Marquis had unleashed a devastating Battle Technique Intent attack, intending to crush Li Weiyi's consciousness and obliterate his soul spirit.
Instead, he suffered a catastrophic backlash.
An unknown force of Willpower surged back with overwhelming force, severely damaging his soul spirit and shattering his mental focus.
Unbeknownst to the Divine Wing Marquis, Li Weiyi carried Yu Yaozi on his back.
Sensing the danger from the Immortal Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivator's murderous intent and Battle Technique Intent attack, Yu Yaozi had automatically retaliated with a counterstrike of Willpower.
The timing couldn't have been better.
Li Weiyi activated the Yellow Dragon Sword, and the Divine Sword Talisman's runes erupted from the blade.
Sword qi tore through the surrounding landscape, pulverizing vegetation into dust.
"Boom!"
A single strike cleaved through the snowy plains, carving a twenty-mile-long ravine.
The sword qi trench stretched from Li Weiyi's feet to the distant horizon, reaching depths of six to seven meters and widening to the width of a river channel.
'Could this be the power of a talisman?'
Li Weiyi froze in place, taking a deep breath of the frigid air.
He enveloped the Young Marquis in Spiritual Qi, activated his Body Technique, and dashed toward the end of the sword qi ravine, twenty miles away.
The Divine Wing Marquis's body lay scattered in pieces across several miles.
His armor remained relatively intact, save for a gaping hole in the abdomen where the Yellow Dragon Sword had pierced through.
"Clang!"
Li Weiyi retrieved the Yellow Dragon Sword from the depths of the earth.
Gripping the hilt, he sighed inwardly.
He had only crafted one Divine Sword Talisman.
Such a rune was far more valuable as a deterrent than as a one-time weapon.
Having lost the Divine Sword Talisman, Li Weiyi immediately searched for the Divine Wing Marquis's Cosmic Pouch.
He found nothing.
Whether the pouch had been destroyed by the talisman's power or the Marquis simply hadn't possessed one remained a mystery.
The only item he recovered was a two-meter-long bow.
With no time to examine its quality, Li Weiyi tossed the bow into his Blood Mud Space, collected the damaged armor, and carried the Young Marquis toward the distant county town.
Seven or eight miles from the town, Li Weiyi employed various methods to probe the area.
After confirming the absence of other Immortal Realm experts within the town, he led seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors and their swarming insect armies to attack the town.
"Boom!"
The Purple Heaven Thunder Seal shattered the town's Defensive Formation.
The seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors and their seven insect armies surged into the town from both the ground and the sky, their advance relentless.
The county town's Defensive Formation was weak.
By the time the Demon Kingdom's experts arrived, they had only managed to deploy a Great Formation to conceal the entire town.
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END OF CHAPTER
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