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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 2: [Jiuli Insect Valley]
Chapter 61 (88): [Slaying the Five Seas Realm Cultivator]
(61st of Volume 2)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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Li Weiyi felt the opponent's fist strike like a metal warhammer weighing ten thousand jin, its force capable of piercing through city walls.
The moment their fists collided, his entire arm was wracked with pain, and his body was sent flying backward.
At that moment, only one thought filled his mind: "Yin Ershi Si has tricked me. Even the first stage of the Five Seas Realm possesses power far beyond that of a Yang Shenjing with Hundred Silver Veins. This Tang Yan is beyond my current cultivation level. There's no way I can win."
Tang Yan fared even worse. .
"Boom, boom, boom-"
His feet shattered the stone tiles beneath him, his face instantly turning pale. The fingers that had been clenched into a fist now ached so intensely he couldn't maintain his grip.
'What kind of person have I provoked?'
There was no doubt about it - the opponent was definitely at the Five Seas Realm.
After entering the Changlin Gang Headquarters, Yin Ershi Si leaped onto the roof of the three-story main hall, stepping on the glazed tiles to gain the best vantage point. From there, she surveyed the entire compound, searching for the core of the formation.
When she saw Li Weiyi's first clash with the Five Seas Realm cultivator, surprisingly gaining the upper hand, she couldn't help but be secretly astonished.
True, one was a sneak attack and the other was caught off guard.
But this was a difference of an entire major realm!
She knew that the Yin Jun's true test for Li Weiyi wasn't the Changlin Gang at all. He had never expected Li Weiyi to actually destroy the gang.
Though Tang Yan's strength surpassed Yang Shenjing's, Li Weiyi would undoubtedly lose if they clashed head-on. However, Li Weiyi still had spiritual artifacts at his disposal, such as the Silver Silk Gauntlets he wore on both hands. When activated, these gauntlets could enhance his palm strikes by twenty to thirty percent.
It was thanks to the Silver Silk Gauntlets that he had managed to overpower Tang Yan with his previous palm strike.
With a surge of spiritual power, the pain in his arm vanished instantly. Li Weiyi drew the Yellow Dragon Sword hidden beneath his invisibility cloak and, employing the Clear Void Cicada-Chasing Step, charged toward Tang Yan for the kill.
Tang Yan's arm hadn't recovered as quickly as Li Weiyi's. Seeing the sky filled with sword glimmers, and unsure of his opponent's true strength, he dared not meet the attack head-on and immediately retreated to dodge.
Li Weiyi feared Tang Yan's unwavering fighting spirit and tenacious will. If fear and cowardice took root in his heart, even his Five Seas Realm cultivation might only allow him to exert seventy or eighty percent of his true power.
After dodging six or seven consecutive strikes, Tang Yan realized the Spiritual Artifact Battle Sword felt strangely familiar.
But Li Weiyi gave him no time to ponder.
Each sword strike came faster than the last.
"Sizzle!"
A flash of yellow light sliced through the air, the sword tip tearing a long gash in Tang Yan's chest.
However, he narrowly avoided being wounded.
"Impressive cultivation and speed. It seems my realm is still too low. Even this couldn't injure him," Li Weiyi thought, his gaze hardening.
The pressure mounted, and he grew increasingly worried that Xu Changlin would arrive at any moment.
Tang Yan stared at the tear in his chest robe, his heart trembling with fear. He fled even more frantically: "Just who are you? The Changlin Gang has powerful backers! The Yang Clan and the Sui Sect are renowned throughout Li Province. You'd better think twice before making an enemy of us!"
"Vice Gang Leader, your memory must be failing you. It's only been two months since the Changlin Gang seized my residence through despicable means, you haven't forgotten it right?"
Li Weiyi had previously visited the residence he once called home, only to find it had changed hands and become a Changlin Gang stronghold.
Tang Yan had engaged in countless acts of extortion and theft, and for the life of him, he couldn't recall who this enemy was.
His momentary distraction proved fatal.
Li Weiyi's sword pierced below his collarbone, the tip sinking a full inch deep.
Sword qi and spiritual power surged into his body, spreading agony throughout Tang Yan.
After a bloodcurdling scream, Tang Yan stumbled backward, bellowing, "They've already breached the Main Altar! What are you all standing around for? Attack together!"
"You're pinning your hopes on a mob of Spring Surge Realm gang members to save you? With such a weak spirit, how could you ever be a match for me?"
Li Weiyi no longer felt any fear or reverence for Five Seas Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators.
Seizing the opportunity, he unleashed the Heavenly Dao and Law Harmony-level Taiyi Opens the Sea Technique.
His sword slashed through the air, leaving a ten-foot-long streak of brilliant golden light in its wake.
Tang Yan let out a long, desperate roar, summoning all the spiritual Qi from his Qi Sea. He unleashed a flurry of punches, sending two waves of fist-force light surging toward Li Weiyi.
This was a fist technique at the Heavenly Dao Law Harmony level.
"Boom!"
The sword qi sliced through the fist energy shockwave, but residual force still slammed into Li Weiyi, sending his body flying backward uncontrollably.
The spiritual Qi intensity of a Five Seas Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivator was far beyond what a Spring Surge Realm cultivator could withstand.
This all-out clash shattered a small building above their heads. Beams and pillars collapsed, and tiles and bricks rained down.
The sheer power of the impact sent Martial-Mystic Cultivators below the Seven Springs Realm fleeing in terror, their souls nearly torn from their bodies.
When two Five Seas Realm Martial-Mystic cultivators clashed, the residual energy alone could obliterate ordinary Spring Surge Realm cultivators. They dared not get involved.
Tang Yan recognized the sword technique from earlier. His eyes fixed on the semi-transparent figure, and he exclaimed in shock, "It's you! You've broken through to the Five Seas Realm?"
Li Weiyi had just landed on the ground.
Seven Changlin Gang members, each holding a heavy crossbow, fired a volley of silent Flying Needles.
"Clink! Clink!"
Li Weiyi was no longer the same person he had been before. He wouldn't even bother to glance at such a trivial attack.
With a wave of his sword, he unleashed a torrent of spiritual Qi and sword shadows, forming a spherical shield around him.
All the incoming crossbow bolts clattered to the ground.
"Whoosh!"
With a circular sweep of his arm, strands of spiritual Qi surged from his sleeve, swirling the fallen bolts into the air before launching them back like a rain of arrows.
Amidst screams, all seven crossbow-wielding gang members fell to the ground, their bodies riddled with blood holes.
Once Tang Yan recognized Li Weiyi, his fear vanished. Even if Li Weiyi had truly broken through to the Five Seas Realm, he was only at the beginning of his cultivation, while Tang Yan had been cultivating in the Five Seas Realm for over two decades.
He retrieved a silver ruler spiritual artifact, infused it with spiritual power, and activated it. Instantly, dazzling silver light illuminated the entire front courtyard.
With a wave of the ruler, a torrent of light surged towards Li Weiyi with the force of a landslide. Wherever it passed, the stone slabs on the ground shattered inch by inch.
"To think a spiritual artifact could wield such power when driven by the Five Seas Realm!"
Li Weiyi immediately produced the Ghost Banner, using his arm as a flagpole to wave it.
He poured all of his Eighth Spring spiritual power into it.
As the Ghost Banner fluttered, a vast amount of black Nether Mist erupted, transforming the front courtyard into a chilling Ghost Domain.
A ten-foot-tall armored Ghost Shadow emerged from the banner, wielding a war spear and radiating a terrifying cold aura that reversed the summer heat into winter.
Within a dozen yards, the ground was covered in frost.
Each time Li Weiyi broke through a realm, the power unleashed by the Ghost Banner was different.
This faint armored Ghost Shadow was being summoned for the first time, even surprising Li Weiyi himself.
Tang Yan's torrent of light collided with the Ghost Shadow, vanishing without a ripple, like a stone sinking into the sea. Before he could recover from the Ghost Shadow's imposing aura, Li Weiyi's sword beam reached him.
"Pfft!"
Tang Yan strained with all his power, but he couldn't dodge the blow.
A sword pierced through his chest.
"Aargh... If I die, you will die with me!"
Tang Yan let out a miserable howl, ignoring the searing pain in his chest as he swung his ruler towards Li Weiyi's head.
The distance was too close.
No one had expected Tang Yan to unleash such terrifying fighting spirit in his dying moments.
Li Weiyi had no choice but to abandon his sword and roll to the left to evade the attack.
Before he could regain his footing, a sharp, overbearing wave of power, accompanied by Xu Changlin's roar, crashed down upon him.
"Boom!"
It was a pitch-black, somber spiritual artifact battle saber, cleaving a several-meter-long groove into the ground where Li Weiyi had just rolled.
Even just brushing against the saber's aura was enough to tear several cracks through Li Weiyi's translucent night-traveling cloak.
Xu Changlin, the Gang Leader of the Changlin Gang, was also at the first stage of the Five Seas Realm, but his combat strength was clearly superior to Tang Yan's.
The battle saber in his hand was not only a spiritual artifact but also a Supreme Secret Heavy Weapon, weighing over a thousand catties.
A single blow from it would pulverize even the most resilient iron bones.
Besides Xu Changlin, more than a dozen Seven Springs Martial-Mystic Cultivators from the gang surged forward. Each one radiated spiritual Qi, their spirits and vitality at their peak, clearly battle-hardened veterans.
Tang Yan collapsed to the ground, blood gushing from his chest.
He wheezed like a broken bellows: "He... he's Li Weiyi! He pierced my lung and Qi Sea, crippling my Five Seas Realm cultivation... Kill him! Tear him into pieces!"
Li Weiyi surged forward, reaching the sword hilt before Xu Changlin. He yanked the blade free and swung it in a deadly arc.
"Puff!"
Tang Yan's head separated from his neck, soaring toward Xu Changlin.
Caught off guard, Xu Changlin instinctively caught it, cradling the severed head in his hands.
Tang Yan's headless body, still seated on the ground, spewed a three-foot-high fountain of blood from his neck.
A Five Seas Realm Martial-Mystic cultivator had been slain so easily!
Xu Changlin's fury blazed. Murderous intent flashed in his eyes as he casually tossed Tang Yan's head to the ground like a watermelon.
"Li Weiyi, the Shi Gang has been searching for you for days. Since you've come to offer yourself up, Xu will gladly grant your wish."
Surrounded on all sides, Li Weiyi remained unfazed. He sneered, "Why did the Changlin Gang change its name?"
"We just did! Xu Changlin has already passed the Gang Leader position to Shi."
A wave of footsteps echoed as Shi Chuan Yu, dressed in scholar's robes and appearing to be in his forties, emerged from behind Li Weiyi with another group of men.
Li Weiyi recognized him instantly - the Eighth Spring Banner Leader of the Changlin Gang, who had participated in the Shui River pursuit.
"It seems Gang Leader Shi has broken through to the Five Seas Realm. This gang truly is a place where strength reigns supreme. Just one breakthrough, and the gap between a subordinate and the Gang Leader widens so much that even the gang's name must change because of you," Li Weiyi said.
"All thanks to Young Mistress's cultivation," Shi Chuan Yu replied, his feminine aura palpable. He was also a eunuch, a calculating smile playing on his face.
"Breaking through from the Eighth Spring to the Five Seas Realm - even if Xu Changlin and Tang Yan had cultivated in the Five Seas Realm for twenty or thirty years, they still couldn't compare. What about you? You don't seem to have broken through to the Five Seas Realm. It looks more like you're still in the Ninth Spring Realm."
Two months ago, When Li Weiyi cleaved through Xue Zheng, an Eighth Spring Pure Immortal Physique, with a single sword strike, causing a sensation in Yaoguan.
Everyone hailed him as a Nine Springs Supreme.
Shi Chuan Yu naturally didn't believe Li Weiyi had truly broken through from the Ninth Spring to the Five Seas Realm. If he had, why would killing a mere Tang Yan have been such a struggle?
He suspected Li Weiyi had relied on an extraordinary spiritual artifact Battle Treasure.
Historically, there were many examples of Successor cultivated by the Ancient Myriad Sects, at the level of Nine Springs Supreme, using powerful spiritual artifacts to defeat Five Seas Realm cultivators.
Without going too far back, Yang Shenjing, the number one cultivator in Li Province, had once severely wounded a Five Seas Realm cultivator while still in the Ninth Spring Realm, nearly killing him.
"The Xue Clan has offered a reward of 5,000 Yongquan Coins for his head. If we work together to kill him, how about we split the reward 60/40?" Xu Changlin proposed.
Shi Chuan Yu chuckled: "You take all the rewards from the Yang Clan and the Xue Clan. I'll take the spiritual artifacts on him."
Li Weiyi scanned his surroundings. Every escape route was blocked by Seven Springs Martial-Mystic Cultivators.
Two Five Seas Realm experts had locked onto him with wisps of spiritual Qi mist. The moment he moved, he would be caught in a deadly crossfire.
"Is it really that impressive for an Eighth Spring to defeat a Five Seas?" Yin Ershi Si's clear voice echoed from the roof of the three-story glazed tile building.
She sat there in plain sight, wearing a black robe.
Li Weiyi called up to her, "The Changlin Gang is gone. Has my mission ended? Or should I kill Gang Leader Shi and let Xu Changlin become the new Gang Leader?"
Facing two Five Seas Realm experts alone?
Li Weiyi would have to be insane to try and fight them head-on.
Shi Chuan Yu's attention was drawn to Yin Ershi Si on the roof. He laughed heartily: "Of course it's impressive for an Eighth Spring to defeat a Five Seas."
As he spoke, Shi Chuan Yu spat out a flying sword formed from condensed spiritual Qi.
The sword shone like a streak of light, both powerful and unexpectedly effective.
"Bang!"
Yin Ershi Si struck out with a palm, a cloud of spiritual Qi coalescing in her palm and shattering the flying sword.
She stood up, her slender and tall figure radiating a terrifying aura that seemed to rival the heavens.
Her voice was icy cold: "Just now, I went to the rear courtyard to investigate. I discovered many young girls and boys being held captive. From the conversations among the gang members, I learned that the girls are to be sent to the major brothels of Jiuli City, while the boys are to be offered up to a great demon - served as nothing more than snacks."
"So whether it's the Changlin Gang or the Shi Gang, they are utterly heinous. We need not show mercy - today, we shall join forces and eradicate them!"
Realizing the black-clad girl was not to be trifled with, Shi Chuan Yu immediately dispatched two Seven-Spring Martial-Mystic cultivators, ordering them to rush with all speed to the Sui Sect and the Yang Clan for reinforcements.
Since Lord Min had just delivered dozens of crates of vital goods to the Shi Gang, any danger here would compel the Five-Sea-realm experts of Sui and the Yang Clan to hurry over at once.
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