NOVPUBAlthough he had been promoted to the Nascent Soul, Li Fan was powerful enough to rival those on the Unity-Path.
But this was a sensitive time when the confrontation between the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals and the Five Elders Organization was on a hair-trigger, and so Li Fan did not act too arrogantly.
The Seven-color Divine Light was too conspicuous, Li Fan decided to consume more Spiritual Power, just as he did when he destroyed the Yellow One-eyed Paper Man, by compacting the seven colors into a faint white light.
Flying low, he also masked his own aura with a Secret Technique.
His speed was astonishing; in just a moment, he had already crossed the entire region of Sky-spirit State.
Faced with the barrier of the White Mist Barrier ahead, he didn’t dodge or weave but charged straight through!
The Colored Jade Hollow Glare was extremely domineering and intolerant of any foreign substances.
Even this mysteriously originated White Mist, which could devour lifespans, couldn’t find a flaw to penetrate and could only hover aimlessly outside.
And with the nearly infinite and pure Spiritual Energy of the Five Elements Great Cave Heaven as his driving force, Li Fan was able to push the speed of the Seven-color Divine Light to its limit.
Before he set off, he notified Lin Ling.
Almost at the same time, the two reached Shilin State.
"The escape technique of the Seven-color Divine Light isn’t much slower than shuttling swiftly through the Leyline flow!" Li Fan nodded in great satisfaction.
This way, his weakness in escaping was remedied. In the future, when faced with life-and-death crises, he wouldn’t have to consider ’Even True’ at every turn, but could instead try to flee first.
"Master," Lin Ling sensed the heaven-overturning change in Li Fan and couldn’t help but express surprise, sizing him up.
"Let’s go," said Li Fan, who was gazing into the distance towards the border of Shilin and Jiushan Province, where arrays of Cultivators were gathering, as he instructed.
During his time in seclusion for ascension, due to the false information he had provided, the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals and the Five Elders Organization had already had a few minor frictions in the bordering state regions.
Some disturbances of varying degrees had also simultaneously appeared in both their heartlands.
Now, the protective arrays of the various states were in a state of constant activation.
Moreover, because the mole within the Array Strategy Hall had not been found, the Protective Array this time was the brand-new Gods Annihilation Array, freshly created by the Immortal Alliance Headquarters, an array never before seen.
The name was certainly impressive.
The actual performance was indeed not shabby.
The Final Separation Disk, which had previously worked without fail, seemed to take quite a while to unravel this array.
Li Fan narrowed his eyes slightly, "It seems it’s not merely an array. There are also some Cultivators with considerable strength acting as the critical points within the Gods Annihilation Array, compensating for any possible flaws in the array itself."
Based on the results derived from the Dissociation Disc, even if a Cultivator anchoring a certain part of the array was defeated, as long as the complete structure of the array remained intact, it could draw power from elsewhere and rapidly regenerate a new array.
Furthermore, this new array had changes from the previous ones.
"The power of the Gods Annihilation Array will continuously strengthen as the Cultivators presiding over the array grow stronger."
"If there were four on the Unity-Path..."
"Then only the Immortal Sovereign could break it."
This was the conclusion drawn from the analysis of the Dissociation Disc.
Fortunately, the array only covered the terrains, skies, and shallow surfaces of the land.
The deep currents of the Leyline, however, were left untouched by it.
Under the guidance of Lin Ling, Li Fan passed through the defenses of the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals and arrived in Jiushan Province.
At this moment, Jiushan also had an atmosphere of tension ready to burst.
It could be seen that the Five Elders Organization had constructed many fortresses on top of nine peaks.
They looked like black spheres buried underground, with only the upper arc exposed.
On the surface of the Black Sphere Fortress, there was a vague red dot.
The constant movement.
When Li Fan cast his gaze, the red speck immediately sensed it and stared back.
A faint sense of crisis emerged in his heart.
But soon, as the lock on the red spot shifted away, it disappeared without a trace.
It must have been because Lin Ling had released the contact signal.
While waiting for the other party to arrive, Li Fan observed Jiushan Province.
It had nothing to do with the defensive setup of the Five Elders Organization; rather, Li Fan was trying to see if he could find the traces of the Calamity Transcendence Sect’s yellow paper men here again.
Unfortunately, the brief effects of destroying the paper men were no longer visible. Li Fan scrutinized for a long time, but he couldn’t find where those hidden talisman papers were.
"Out of sight, out of mind, but there’s always something nagging at my heart," Li Fan muttered to himself with a frown.
As he pondered, a figure suddenly appeared from the edge of the sky.
In the blink of an eye and a thousand miles passed, the next moment, the figure appeared in front of Li Fan.
Unlike the previous contact, the person who came to negotiate this time was a young cultivator clad in scholarly attire, exuding an aura of integrity.
Oddly enough, the scholar carried a stone tablet on his back.
The inscriptions on it seemed to be concealed by some power and were unclear.
"I pay my respects to the two fellow Taoists from the Union," the scholar said with a gentle tone as he bowed politely.
"To be unable to discern his cultivation base," Li Fan’s heart chilled, daring not to be negligent.
"You seem unfamiliar. What about the previous person?"
"The Alliance of Thousands of Immortals launched a sudden raid a while back. He has unfortunately perished," the scholar said indifferently, without a hint of sorrow on his face.
Unsure of the truthfulness, Li Fan did not care about this matter.
He then became serious and got straight to the point, "This time, it is us from the United Federation of All Realms seeking help."
A hint of surprise flashed across the scholar’s face.
However, he quickly responded, "Although it was a transaction before, we indeed benefited a lot. If there’s any difficulty, feel free to speak."
Li Fan glanced around, then set up an array to isolate from the Ten Thousand Realms.
Afterward, he lowered his voice and said secretly, "Not long ago, an elder from our Union made a shocking discovery after ending his seclusion."
"This Xuanhuang World is infested with one-eyed little men made out of yellow paper."
"Not just the Xuanhuang Mainland, but even the surrounding Small Worlds are filled with these things."
"The feeling of being watched all the time is terrible. But we have tried many methods and all cannot clear these talisman papers..."
"May I ask if the fellow Taoist has any good solutions?"
As Li Fan spoke slowly, he observed the other’s reaction.
When he saw that the scholar had no particular reaction to the talk of paper men talismans, Li Fan knew.
This person’s identity was certainly not simple; he must have known about the existence of the talismans from the Calamity Transcendence Sect long ago.
The stone tablet-carrying scholar said gravely, "There are indeed many methods that can clean up these talisman papers completely. However, the cost is a bit high. I do not recommend that you do so."
"Moreover..."
A barely visible green light emitted from the stone tablet on the scholar’s back, and he paused, adding, "This ’World Watching Divine Eye’ has almost fused into the fundamental laws of the Xuanhuang World. If we were to sweep them all away, it would inevitably cause incalculable harm to the Xuanhuang World." At this point, the scholar’s implication was very clear.
Li Fan couldn’t help but frown, "Speaking of which, the Five Elders Organization also includes many former members of the Immortal Dao Ten Clans. With the Calamity Transcendence Sect being so disgusting, doesn’t anyone have an opinion?"
