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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 5: [Seeking Immortality in the Eastern Sea]
Volume 5 (Pinyin): [Dong Hai xun xian]
Chapter 71 (508): [Unleashing All Trump Cards]
(71st of Volume 5)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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Li Weiyi's secret identity as "Liu Fengshu" had been exposed.
Moreover, Zuoqiu Hongting's mastery of the Transformation Technique and the presence of a Supreme Artifact - a remnant lamp - within the Spirit Realm between her eyebrows were common knowledge.
It was a simple deduction to conclude that the "Liu Fengshu" before them was her, not some other entity.
"Li Weiyi must have cultivated the Immortal Body through the Great Immortal technique. His combat prowess now rivals that of Immortal Realm Great Powers. We must retreat immediately."
"Since Zuoqiu Hongting is blocking our path, we'll crush her. I refuse to believe she's also cultivated the Immortal Body."
Fu Wenyan had clashed with Li Weiyi multiple times, gaining deep insight into his cunning and ruthlessness.
Now that Li Weiyi's power had surged dramatically, he had become an even greater threat.
Fu Wenyan secretly resolved that after leaving the East Sea, he would summon a Immortal Realm expert from his clan to cross the Nether Realm and ascend to Lingxiao, assassinating this potential enemy to eliminate future troubles.
He bitterly regretted underestimating his foe.
"Boom!"
Fu Wenyan's cultivation was extraordinary.
Wielding the Bronze Brush, its bristles crafted from the hair of Transcendents, each strand pulsed with unique energy, sharp as a blade.
The brush danced through the air, its strokes obliterating Zuoqiu Hongting's runes across a hundred-zhang radius, showcasing the majesty befitting a Young Celestial Emperor of the Ninth Heaven.
Even the most legendary Nine-Star Spiritual Master would find it nearly impossible to defeat a Young Celestial Emperor of the same realm.
Wielding the Eighth-Grade Thousand-Inscriptions Artifact, Fu Wenyan radiated overwhelming power. Scriptures and the artifact's radiant light enveloped his body, each strike capable of cleaving mountains and shattering the void.
Had he not suffered a setback against Li Weiyi earlier, his confidence would have been even greater.
Zuoqiu Hongting retreated steadily, protected by her Spiritual Light.
"Whoosh!"
She slammed her Peachwood Staff into the ground, focusing Spiritual Light from the Spirit Realm between her eyebrows onto it.
The staff rooted itself, sprouted branches, and rapidly grew into a towering Peach Tree, dozens of zhang tall.
Zuoqiu Hongting struck the tree trunk with her palm.
Petals fluttered down like snow, coalescing into a pink river that surged outward.
If she could hold Fu Wenyan at bay for even a moment longer, completing the encirclement, the three great masters of Zongsheng Academy would have no escape.
"Roar!"
Fu Wenyan channeled all his Spiritual Qi into the Governor's Robe.
Instantly, a colossal Dragon Soul materialized from the dragon-shaped patch on his chest, unleashing an overwhelming aura of power. Its claws slammed into the ground, sending rubble flying and the earth trembling.
With Fu Wenyan's Spiritual Qi, nearly at the peak below the Immortal Realm, the Dragon Soul's combat power surpassed even his own.
With the Dragon Soul imbued in his Governor's Robe, Fu Wenyan believed that he and his dragon could face any opponent below the Immortal Realm, including Sheng Wulian and Si Wuyan.
Behind them, Meng Hualong covered their retreat, blocking Li Weiyi's pursuit.
From Meng Hualong's Ancestral Field, a torrent of Spiritual Qi erupted, launching a jet-black inkstone that rapidly expanded to three feet in diameter before slamming into Li Weiyi.
This ancient inkstone was no ordinary artifact. For centuries, it had been wielded by a Transcendent of the Confucian Dao.
Nurtured by the Transcendent's Spiritual Qi and Willpower, it had spontaneously generated Scripture within its core, transforming into an Innate Treasure.
The Scripture wasn't carved into the stone; it had manifested naturally.
Sensing the Transcendent Willpower emanating from the inkstone and its influence on his mental consciousness, Li Weiyi found himself trapped in an Illusion Realm filled with swirling text and images.
He channeled all his power into the Yellow Dragon Sword.
The sword unleashed a resounding dragon's roar that shattered the faint Transcendent Willpower within the inkstone.
Nine ancient characters from the Six Jia Secret Incantation materialized on the sword's blade.
Instantly, the sword's power surged, bathing heaven and earth in golden light.
With a single strike, Li Weiyi cleaved the incoming three-foot inkstone in half, causing it to explode.
"My Guan Clan Inkstone..."
Meng Hualong's heart bled.
This treasure, capable of unlocking insights into the Great Dao of the Confucian Dao Transcendent, could have fetched a sky-high price at Zongsheng Academy.
Now it was utterly destroyed.
'Why?'
'Why couldn't even the Transcendent Willpower suppress him?'
Realizing Zuoqiu Hongting was in dire straits, Li Weiyi ignored Meng Hualong.
Stepping onto the illusory form of the Yellow Dragon, he soared into the air and charged toward Fu Wenyan, who stood at the forefront.
"Roar!"
Even before his figure had fully risen into the air, a Dragon Soul erupted from the patch on his Governor's Robe.
The hundred-meter-long serpentine entity coiled downward, its clawed hand striking Fu Bawu, who had been shielding Fu Wenyan from behind, sending him flying.
Sensing the danger approaching from behind, Fu Wenyan sidestepped to the right, evading the Dragon Soul.
He swung his Bronze Brush in a swift, slashing motion.
A river of white brush hairs collided with the Yellow Dragon Sword Qi that followed closely behind the Dragon Soul.
"Boom!"
Scriptures and sword qi exploded outward in concentric rings.
Fu Wenyan staggered backward, his internal Spiritual Qi disrupted.
He roared, "Bawu, use the scriptures and Spiritual Qi Great Immortal Grandpa gave you! If we don't use them now, we're all going to die here!"
Fu Bawu, who had been sent flying by the Dragon Soul, flipped to his feet.
He let out a deafening tiger's roar.
From his Ancestral Field, a radiant Thousand-Inscriptions Manual emerged, its characters aligning into a coherent text - a wall of light that blocked the Dragon Soul's second attack.
"Boom!"
The Thousand-Inscriptions Classic trembled, unleashing a counter-force that repelled the Dragon Soul.
Each character was a scripture cultivated by Great Immortal himself, arranged by a single breath of his Spiritual Qi.
Any Superior Chief-level Heavenly Pride in the Dao Seed Realm held significant weight for any faction. It was unthinkable to let them swim naked in danger while competing for opportunities.
Unless they were rogue cultivators without any backing.
"Li Weiyi, we all have life-saving powers bestowed by our elders. Are you prepared for mutual destruction if you try to kill us?" Fu Wenyan moved to Fu Bawu's side, his gaze locked on Li Weiyi across the Thousand-Inscriptions Manual.
Meng Hualong joined the two.
Liu Ye positioned herself at a third point, maintaining distance from the Thousand-Inscriptions Manual, her halberd held ready.
Yu'er peeked out from above Li Weiyi's right shoulder, her head tilted in curiosity.
Li Weiyi recalled the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal, which hovered above his head, rotating like a palace.
"First, you insisted on fighting. You lost, so you want to leave? The world doesn't work that way."
"Second, the Great Immortal's Thousand-Inscriptions Manual and a wisp of Spiritual Qi aren't the Great Immortal's full power. They don't scare me."
"Third, Fu Bawu, the life-saving power your Founding Ancestor gave you is meant for you to escape danger, not to stay and protect these two. Once that power is exhausted, how will you protect yourself?"
Li Weiyi calmly affixed the protective talisman to his chest.
Using Spiritual Qi and Willpower, he manipulated the Purple Heaven Thunder suspended in mid-air.
Instantly, dozens of bright purple lightning bolts snaked through the air, twisting and turning as they surged toward the trio, engulfing the Thousand-Inscriptions Classic.
Having witnessed the Transcendent Scriptures and the Transcendent Spiritual Qi within the Huoxin Ancestral Field, Li Weiyi could accurately assess the power Fu Bawu had unleashed.
For defensive purposes, it could easily withstand over a dozen strikes from Martial-Mystic Cultivators in the First and Second Immortal Realms.
However, to kill enemies, it required an element of surprise.
Even Li Weiyi, when using the Heaven Sword Talisman, always sought the optimal moment for deployment, rather than revealing it so openly.
"Boom! Boom..."
After enduring six or seven attacks from the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal, Fu Bawu said, "Use the Escape Technique and get out of here now! Li Weiyi is too cunning. He used the Myriad-Inscriptions Artifact's lightning to shatter my Willpower, obscuring my vision and preventing me from locking onto his position."
Fu Wenyan formed a hand seal, releasing Scripture from his Dao Fruit.
He activated a profound Escape Technique, enveloping the trio in Azure Cloud Qi and transforming them into a streak of azure light that shot away.
"Boom!"
Zuoqiu Hongting intercepted their escape route, creating a three-zhang-wide Eight Trigrams Formation Seal that collided violently with Fu Wenyan's Escape Technique.
The escape light shattered, sending the three members of Zongsheng Academy tumbling backward.
Zuoqiu Hongting fared no better, flying back over sixty meters and losing her Transformation Technique, reverting to her true form.
She braced herself with one hand on the ground, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, and looked at Li Weiyi.
"Must we kill him?"
"Fu Wenyan possesses the Earth Tome," Li Weiyi transmitted telepathically, revealing this crucial information.
Having deeply studied the Confucian Dao, Zuoqiu Hongting immediately understood the significance of the Earth Tome. Her exquisite eyes lit up with shock and excitement.
"How is that possible? Such a treasure... how could he possess it? Our Founding Ancestor searched his entire life and only found a single page, which he traded for half a stalk of Emperor Herb!"
She abruptly stood up, her tall, straight figure radiating battle intent. Her fingers pressed against her temples.
"Sizzle!"
A scorching, eerie Spiritual Light erupted from the Spirit Realm between her eyebrows.
A battered ancient lamp materialized deep within the Spirit Realm. Its light surged, and flames surged like a tidal wave toward the three members of the Zongsheng Academy.
"The battered Supreme Artifact ancient lamp between Zuoqiu Hongting's Spirit Realm possesses extraordinary power, capable of incinerating all things. Unleash all your strength!" Fu Wenyan commanded.
Fu Bawu's hands manifested illusory tiger claws, unleashing the Thousand-Inscriptions Classic scripture and the Great Immortal's Spiritual Qi, which collided with the onrushing flames.
"Whoosh!"
Li Weiyi shifted his position repeatedly, arriving beside Zuoqiu Hongting and activating the final protective talisman given to him by the Hidden Lord.
The talisman exploded into a cloud of Talisman Light, blocking the remaining force of the Thousand-Inscriptions Classic's strike.
"Pursue them! We must retrieve the Earth Tome. No wonder Fu Wenyan's Spiritual Qi is so pure - even a Demon Child in the same realm couldn't match him," Zuoqiu Hongting exclaimed, her delicate face flushed with excitement.
Light wings materialized on her back. Using her Peachwood Staff as a brush, she inscribed a ten-feet-long rune in the air and hurled it at the fleeing trio.
The entire underground cavern had long been emptied of all life except for these few combatants.
An eerie silence fell.
Li Weiyi hurled the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal a mile away.
"Boom!"
The Purple Heaven Thunder Seal crashed down from the sky, as large as a house and as heavy as if forged from profound iron. It struck Fu Bawu, who had been the slowest to flee.
How could he possibly withstand the power of a Myriad-Inscriptions Artifact?
Fu Bawu's body collapsed limply, his bones shattering in dozens of places. He was reduced to a charred corpse.
The ground cratered, collapsing into a massive thunder-scarred pit.
"Good, very good! Li Weiyi, Zuoqiu Hongting, I'll send you to your graves!"
Seizing the moment, Fu Wenyan's eyes narrowed.
He whirled around, and a pre-prepared talisman shot forth from his Ancestral Field.
It was the Myriad Beasts Purifying Fire Talisman!
Borrowed from an exceptionally powerful Holy Spiritual Master at the Calamity Crossing Temple after arriving in the East Sea, this talisman possessed immense power, capable of both saving lives and annihilating enemies.
However, it had to be returned upon the conclusion of their East Sea expedition.
Using the talisman would mean forfeiting his Bronze Painting Brush as collateral.
Fu Wenyan, a master of timing, waited until the three pursuers had converged before activating the talisman. Eliminating them would yield far greater gains than the cost of a single talisman.
"Aow! Roar! Caw..."
The Myriad Beasts Purifying Fire Talisman ignited mid-flight, transforming into a vast cloud of fire.
From this fiery cloud surged colossal flame beasts and avian creatures, melting the ground beneath them and distorting the air with scorching heat.
Li Weiyi and Liu Ye abruptly halted, sensing the imminent danger.
They hadn't anticipated that Fu Wenyan, even after being relentlessly pursued by Yao Qian, still possessed such a formidable Battle Treasure.
"Leave this to me," Zuoqiu Hongting declared, stepping forward and unleashing a scroll from her sleeve.
The scroll erupted with blinding radiance, clashing against the onrushing tide of flame beasts and avian creatures.
After a tense stalemate lasting several breaths, both forces annihilated each other.
Over three hundred meters away, Fu Wenyan watched as the flames subsided, revealing the three figures unscathed.
His face twisted with shock and agony, his entire body trembling violently.
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END OF CHAPTER
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