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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 2: [Jiuli Insect Valley]
Chapter 62 (89): [Slaying Another Five Seas Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivator]
(62nd of Volume 2)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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Li Weiyi's form blurred like a gust of wind as he caught up to the two Seven Springs Martial-Mystic Cultivators attempting to flee.
With a flash of sword light, he severed them at the waist, blood splattering on the spot.
Not only did the two Seven Springs Martial-Mystic Cultivators have no chance to fight back, they hadn't even seen Li Weiyi's form clearly.
Who would believe he had only opened his Eighth Spring?
"No one will leave this mansion today."
Li Weiyi stood before the three-zhang-wide Bronze Gate, his blood-stained sword in hand. His gaze was contemptuous as he surveyed the dozens of Martial-Mystic experts in the courtyard, exuding the aura of a single man standing against ten thousand.
Two Martial-Mystic experts from the Shi Gang tried to scale the wall to escape and report back.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Just as they leaped onto the two-zhang-tall wall, two bright, complex Formation Scriptures materialized in the air above them, striking them.
With pained screams, they plummeted back down, covered in blood.
Their deaths were gruesome.
"Impressive. They actually triggered our formation," Shi Chuan Yu remarked, remaining remarkably calm.
Yin Ershi Si said, "I merely added a talisman seal inside the Formation Tower. Now the formation covering the entire hundred-acre mansion is completely out of control. Anyone who tries to break through will be attacked."
All the gang members in the courtyard exchanged glances, their hearts immediately filled with dread.
These two ruthless individuals were actually planning to kill them all?
Shi Chuan Yu subtly signaled Xu Changlin with his eyes, then shouted, "The main gate is the formation's weak point. Seven Springs Martial-Mystic Cultivators can break through it. Whoever escapes the Shi Gang mansion and reaches the Yang Clan for help will be rewarded with a Five Seas Pill!"
"Kill!"
Spiritual Qi surged from every pore of Xu Changlin's skin, forming a cloud-like aura around him. His momentum was at its peak as he charged toward Li Weiyi, who was guarding the main gate, wielding a thousand-jin blade.
A dozen Seven Springs Martial-Mystic Cultivators followed closely behind, each brandishing their weapons, their battle screams shaking the surroundings.
Shi Chuan Yu drew a mirror-shaped Spiritual Artifact to intercept Yin Ershi Si, who was descending from the roof, buying Xu Changlin time.
Knowing Li Weiyi was under immense pressure, Yin Ershi Si ignored Shi Chuan Yu entirely.
Riding the wind, she drifted over his head, surprisingly arriving ahead of him. She gracefully landed on the open ground between Xu Changlin and Li Weiyi.
A thousand-jin blade swung down with a thunderous chop.
A ten-zhang-long beam of Spiritual Qi erupted from the blade's surface.
Yin Ershi Si unleashed the Heavenly Wind Palm Technique, striking out with a single palm strike that seemed to make the entire world within a hundred feet spin and tremble.
She met the blade with her palm, and a hurricane howled in the clash.
"Boom!"
The thousand-jin blade, as if made of wood, flew from Xu Changlin's grasp, soaring over his head.
Xu Changlin, a renowned Five Seas Realm expert with decades of experience, was sent flying backward like a broken kite, coughing up blood. The thousand-jin blade crashed to the ground, sending tremors through the earth.
Yin Ershi Si pressed her advantage, determined to finish him off swiftly.
But Xu Changlin displayed his seasoned combat experience. With a nimble tap of his toes, he swiftly stabilized his stance.
In a single breath, his Qi Sea roared like a hurricane, and he unleashed a ferocious punch.
Shi Chuan Yu arrived with his mirror in hand.
Activating it with Spiritual Qi, the mirror shot forth a scorching beam of light as thick as a bowl.
Yin Ershi Si met the combined attacks head-on, facing two Five Seas Realm experts with a single strike.
"Bang!"
Xu Changlin coughed up blood again, his face ashen as death. He tumbled across the ground like a rolling gourd, collapsing in a heap.
Shi Chuan Yu fared slightly better. With the protection of his mirror-shaped Spiritual Artifact, though his Spiritual Qi was thrown into disarray and his chest ached with a dull throb, he managed to remain standing, unlike Xu Changlin's utterly defeated state.
After Li Weiyi had slain three Seven Springs Martial-Mystic Cultivators in quick succession, driving back the Shi Gang's elite fighters, he watched Yin Ershi Si unleash such a formidable palm technique with a mix of awe and a curious thought.
The Heavenly Wind Palm Technique was the foundational martial art of the King Yao, one of the Nine Kings.
At her age of sixteen, she had already mastered this technique to Heavenly Dao Law Harmony Realm, and it was even possible she had used it to comprehend battle intent. This meant she must have been training since childhood, not just after joining the Hidden Sect.
Here's where it got interesting: Yaoyin's Heavenly Dao Law Harmony martial technique was also the Heavenly Wind Palm Technique.
These two, likely from the Yao Li Tribe and close in age, coupled with Yin Ershi Si's unusually talkative behavior around Yaoyin, gave Li Weiyi reason to suspect they had known each other for a long time, perhaps even shared a close bond, but were feigning unfamiliarity due to their identities.
After all, Hidden Ones must sever ties with their past.
The thought flashed through Li Weiyi's mind, but he didn't have time to dwell on it. The situation in the courtyard had taken a new turn.
The group of Blue-Robed Eunuchs guarding the convoy's cargo had remained in the corner of the front courtyard, watching like bystanders without joining the fighting.
Most of them wore calm expressions, some with disdain and mockery in their eyes.
"This Changlin Gang is truly a rabble," a Seven Springs Martial-Mystic Cultivator in his fifties sneered, "They can't even take down two kids who've just entered the Five Seas Realm."
The strongest among them was a middle-aged man who had opened his Eighth Spring. He croaked in a duck-like voice, "That girl is not a simple matter. It looks like she's broken through the Nine Springs Supreme's Five Seas, making her invincible at the same level."
"Invincible in one-on-one combat? What good is that? On the battlefield, who fights you one-on-one? A single charge would trample them all into bloody pulp," another Blue-Robed Eunuch retorted.
"Let's move. We must eliminate these two. We can't afford any mishaps with the cargo we're escorting."
The middle-aged man who had opened his Eighth Spring nodded. He retrieved a two-meter-long white Yin Banner from the carriage and roared, "Warriors, heed my command!"
"Draw blades, form formation!"
"Whoosh!"
The thirty-three Blue-Robed Eunuchs' spirits and energy instantly sharpened.
They drew identical battle blades from their waists and formed a three-by-eleven battle formation.
They held their blades aloft, their movements so precise they possessed a unique, almost breathtaking beauty. Every blade's tip aligned perfectly in a straight line.
With a single turn of their wrists, all thirty-three blades rotated in unison.
The thirty-three men seemed to become a single entity.
Fueled by the Spiritual Qi within them, Formation Scriptures materialized on their blue robes. A deafening roar erupted from the battle formation formed by the thirty-three Formation Scriptures.
A humanoid shadow wielding a Phoenix Beak Blade appeared above the formation, towering six or seven meters tall and radiating a terrifying aura.
All the Martial-Mystic Cultivators in the courtyard felt as if they were standing on a battlefield with thousands of soldiers, too terrified to even breathe.
Even Shi Chuan Yu and Xu Changlin were stunned, glancing at the formation in the corner and feeling the pressure.
Yin Ershi Si retreated to Li Weiyi's side, her expression grave, "So you're from the military. It seems the contents of those crates are truly extraordinary."
The Eighth Spring middle-aged man holding the white Yin Banner said, "Surrender now. Your cultivation is nothing before a Battle Formation."
Yin Ershi Si snorted: "The Thirty-Three Inscriptions Soul Battle Formation, combined with the Ghost General and the Yin Banner Spiritual Artifact, is indeed formidable. But it's not enough to make me surrender."
The middle-aged man replied, "An ordinary Thirty-Three Inscriptions Soul Battle Formation consists of three Seven Springs Martial-Mystic Cultivators, ten Sixth Spring Martial-Mystic Cultivators, ten Fifth Spring Martial-Mystic Cultivators, and ten Fourth Spring Martial-Mystic Cultivators arranged in a ladder formation. But look at us - do you see a single Fourth Spring Martial-Mystic Cultivator among us?"
"Since she's courting death, let's send her on her way first," a booming voice echoed from within the Battle Formation.
The middle-aged man holding the Yin Banner waved it.
"Whoosh!"
A gust of Yin wind erupted, accompanied by the roars of vengeful souls.
The giant Ghost General above the Battle Formation charged forward, its Phoenix Beak Blade cleaving down with brutal force.
Yin Ershi Si's expression shifted slightly.
Without hesitation, she formed a palm seal.
Instantly, wind surged from all eight directions, and the palm seal she unleashed transformed into a dazzling cloud of palm force.
The Phoenix Beak Blade sliced through the cloud of palm force like a hot knife through butter, crashing down directly toward her head.
Li Weiyi sensed danger ahead and charged forward, colliding with Yin Ershi Si. The two tumbled several dozen meters away.
"Boom!"
The Phoenix Beak Blade slammed into the ground, creating a deep crater. The blade sank completely into the earth.
The two fled at top speed, dodging the Ghost General's pursuit.
Li Weiyi asked, "What's going on? How can a group of Surging Spring Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators who don't seem particularly strong become so powerful when they form a Battle Formation? The entire Changlin Gang combined probably couldn't defeat them."
In Li Weiyi's eyes, the Changlin Gang was several times stronger than the Blue-Robed Eunuchs.
The current situation completely overturned his understanding.
"The Changlin Gang is just a rabble. How can they compare to an army?" Yin Ershi Si replied, "Martial-Mystic Cultivators of the same realm in the Changlin Gang only bully the weak, spending their days drinking, gambling, and whoring. But soldiers in an army train relentlessly every day, risking their lives in battle."
She continued, "Soldiers in a Battle Formation train only one type of blade technique every day, striving for absolute uniformity in their movements, including their spirit, energy, and battle intent. Didn't you notice? When the Ghost General swung his blade, all thirty-three Blue-Robed Eunuchs swung their blades simultaneously."
"This absolutely synchronized battle formation is known as Heavenly Dao Law Harmony Realm. It requires years, even decades, of rigorous training to achieve."
"With the aid of the Thirty-Three Inscriptions Formation Scriptures, they move as one."
"This is merely a Thirty-Three Inscriptions Soul Battle Formation. If they were to face formations with thousands or even tens of thousands of inscriptions, their battle intent could manifest as cities, rivers, seas, fiery plains, mountain ranges, giants, dragons, phoenixes, starry skies... In short, such an army is invincible, impossible for any individual to withstand."
Li Weiyi reflected: "If I had known, I shouldn't have underestimated them. I should have struck down a few before they could form their battle formation."
"I'll break the formation! Leave the rest to you!"
Yin Ershi Si charged toward the formation of thirty-three Blue-Robed Eunuchs. She slashed her wrist, using her own blood to activate the Three-Headed Serpent Bracelet, preparing to test the power of the Blood Soul within this High-Grade Spiritual Artifact.
"Leave it all to me?"
Li Weiyi glanced at the bronze gate of the mansion in the distance, where several Seven Springs Martial-Mystic Cultivators were already attempting to break the formation. With no other choice, he tapped his Insect Tube, revealing his true trump card.
"Wuwu!"
The seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors all flapped their wings in unison, transforming into seven dazzling, multicolored halos.
With lightning-fast speed, they annihilated the Seven Springs Martial-Mystic Cultivators who were attempting to break through the gate and escape.
Corpses lay scattered across the ground in a chaotic heap.
Over the past twenty days, after consuming the five-hundred-year-old Cistanche, the Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors had grown even larger.
Li Weiyi had repeatedly measured their body lengths, and they were still just shy of two inches.
"They're Fierce Insects, he's actually a formidable Insect Tamer!"
Shi Chuan Yu recognized the extraordinary combat prowess of the Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors. Their wings moved with the speed of spiritual artifact battle swords, effortlessly slaughtering the Seven Springs Martial-Mystic Cultivators as easily as eating or drinking. Their speed was terrifying, rivaling that of Five Seas Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators.
Legendary Insect Tamers were said to be capable of single-handedly holding off an entire army or defending an entire city.
How could Shi Chuan Yu not be astonished?
"Clang!"
He raised his mirror-shaped Spiritual Artifact and attacked Li Weiyi.
The best way to deal with a swarm of Fierce Insects was to kill their Insect Tamer.
"Swish! Swish..."
Five Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors swooped in from five different directions, tracing winding arcs as they converged to attack Shi Chuan Yu.
The remaining two Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors stayed at the gate, mowing down any Changlin Gang members who tried to charge past.
Shi Chuan Yu was undeniably strong.
Wielding his mirror-shaped Spiritual Artifact, he sent the first Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperor flying, slamming it heavily into a pillar of a distant building.
The pillar snapped under the impact.
But the Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperor seemed unfazed, instantly flapping its wings and soaring back into the air. Its body was like cast iron, its defenses so formidable that even ordinary Spiritual Artifacts couldn't harm it.
"Swoosh!"
One of the Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperor's membranous wings sliced across Shi Chuan Yu's arm, instantly opening a deep, inch-long gash.
Then came a second gash, a third...
Surrounded by five Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors, Shi Chuan Yu couldn't defend himself.
He grew increasingly flustered, his body covered in wounds.
The more he fought, the more horrified he became, realizing the terrifying power of Li Weiyi, the Insect Tamer. The thought of fleeing immediately flashed through his mind.
Meanwhile, Li Weiyi and Xu Changlin had exchanged more than a dozen blows.
Xu Changlin, already weakened by Yin Ershi Si's earlier attack, gradually fell behind under Li Weiyi's relentless attacks.
"Boom!"
After their swords clashed with full force, both of them retreated.
Li Weiyi seized the opportunity.
He formed a hand seal, channeled the Spiritual Qi from his Fengfu Acupoint, and unleashed his most powerful attack - a single finger strike.
"Cihang Enlightenment!"
Xu Changlin's war blade was too cumbersome to swing in time.
He could only form a palm seal, unleashing a torrent of Spiritual Qi from his palm to meet Li Weiyi's finger.
"Pfft!"
Xu Changlin's palm was pierced through.
A beam of finger force, like a ray of light, pierced through his hand and into his chest, leaving a transparent, wine-glass-sized hole in his chest.
Xu Changlin screamed and stumbled backward.
He first looked at his shattered palm, then down at the hole in his chest. Despair filled his eyes as he collapsed straight to the ground.
Li Weiyi, having clashed head-on with a Five Seas Realm Martial-Mystic cultivator, was also severely injured.
Xu Changlin's palm force had sent him crashing through a wall. It took him a long time to struggle to his feet.
Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
He walked over to Xu Changlin's corpse, confirmed he was dead, and finally exhaled a long sigh of relief.
Having fought two Five Seas Realm cultivators in succession, the battle had been incredibly dangerous (perilous), costing him a significant price.
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