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Chapter 814: Chapter 820: Death
"But if we really want them to make a move, there’s one more thing we need to do."
Li Mingzi rose to her feet and headed towards the Purification Spirit Realm.
"What else now?"
Li Zhirui, whose meditation was interrupted, frowned, but let Li Mingzi enter.
"After you leave Wanxian Island in front of all the cultivators," Li Mingzi said directly after bowing respectfully.
Li Zhirui was momentarily stunned but quickly understood and asked thoughtfully, "What are you planning?"
"A large number of our family’s cultivators have already left Wanxian Island, and certain forces harboring ill intentions think this is their chance to overthrow the family."
Li Zhirui instantly understood Li Mingzi’s intention, looked at her deeply. He knew there was more to it than she said, but he did not feel inclined to probe further, simply asking, "Why do you think they’ll definitely take action?"
Even if Wanxian Island is attacked, according to what she said, there are still plenty of members of the Li family outside, and with him, who had undergone Divine Transformation, still here, these forces will have no escape once the family members return and discover what has happened!
"Because they had already planned to leave Wanxian Province and had thought through their escape routes, naturally they became reckless," Li Mingzi answered respectfully.
In fact, their desire to leave stemmed largely from Li Mingzi’s deliberate actions. Upon realizing their dissatisfaction, she had specifically targeted those few vassal forces.
Originally, she had intended to force them to rebel, then have the Li family eradicate them in the name of justice, but her plan changed when she unexpectedly discovered a Fourth Order Secret Realm.
In terms of tactics, Li Mingzi’s temperament was completely different from the past two Clan Leaders; she was more ruthless, unscrupulous, solely for the benefit of the family, and no one in the Li family could blame her.
"Alright, I understand." The plan was nearly complete, and Li Zhirui naturally wouldn’t disrupt it.
After receiving a firm answer, Li Mingzi bowed and left.
The next day, Li Zhirui transformed into a rainbow of light and soared into the sky. He didn’t make it too obvious, but did not fully restrain himself either— if someone observed carefully, it was still noticeable.
"It seems that the battle between the Li family and the Sea Clan is fierce, even the Divine Transformation has left."
Those with ulterior motives quickly received this news and immediately took action.
That very night, tens of thousands of cultivators surrounded Wanxian Island layer by layer.
Dang dang dang—
The island’s warning bells rang continuously, awakening all family members from cultivation and sleep in a panicked rush to check on the situation.
Due to worries about news leakage, even though she had previously eradicated traitors and rebels ruthlessly, over the years, another batch had definitely emerged.
Therefore, Li Mingzi did not share her plan with any other Clan Leader except for the Elder of the Dark Division.
"Enemies are invading! Everyone, prepare for battle! Activate the Island Defense Array completely!" Li Mingzi was excited internally because they had indeed fallen into her trap, and if they could seize this opportunity, they could completely resolve some hidden dangers. However, she instructed calmly.
The sound of Li Mingzi’s voice gradually calmed the panicked family members, who began to organize a counterattack methodically.
Meanwhile, the external cultivators had already launched two rounds of massive attacks. Various Spirit Lights converged, illuminating the dark night as bright as day.
The Li family’s Fourth Order Defensive Formation showed waves of turbulence and could not calm down for a long time.
Clearly, in front of tens of thousands of cultivators, including numerous Nascent Soul Cultivators, the Fourth Order Defensive Array could not hold out much longer.
Li Mingzi flew up into the air, looked at those cultivators and loose cultivators making a concerted effort to attack, and asked coldly, "Aren’t you afraid of the Ancestor returning?"
She had miscalculated the number of cultivators and their strengths, originally thinking there were only ten to twenty thousand cultivators, but now it seemed there were nearly thirty thousand!
Among them, some were vassal forces that Li Mingzi hadn’t inquired about, while others were loose cultivators.
The number of loose cultivators wasn’t large, but their cultivation levels were at least at the Golden Core stage, with quite a few at the Nascent Soul stage.
Despite this, Li Mingzi was not the least bit afraid, because Li Zhirui was currently on the island!
"Afraid? How could I not be? That’s a Divine Transformation being! But I think he shouldn’t have returned so soon, right? As long as we deal with you quickly, even if he comes back, it will be too late."
One of the loose cultivators, a Nascent Soul, laughed loudly, "But till now, we haven’t seen any Nascent Souls take action. No one can stop us. In a moment, you will all be dead!"
"I originally thought our family was already merciful enough, not like other territories that exploited loose cultivators and vassal cultivators, but I didn’t expect it to rather foster your ambitions." Li Mingzi’s cold voice reached every cultivator’s ears.
"Ha! Stop pretending with your sanctimonious act. If it weren’t for the oppression of the Li family, why would we stand up and rebel?"
Li Mingzi shook her head and said, "Since you are stubbornly seeking death, you can’t blame us." n𝚘𝚟pub.𝚌o𝚖
"Grow!"
Suddenly, a cold, commanding sound echoed between heaven and earth. Below, in what was originally an empty sea area, countless Spirit Vines burst forth shooting into the sky, encircling all cultivators with a count in the hundreds of thousands.
In the blink of an eye, a massive cage was formed, and the cultivators were instantly plunged into endless horror.
"Divine Transformation! Li Zhirui is still on Wanxian Island!"
"Impossible! How could that be?! We clearly saw him leave."
"It’s all over... all done."
"I don’t want to die! I still have several hundred years of lifespan left. Please spare me. I’m willing to be a slave just to spare my life."
Human nature, in all its forms, was on display among these tens of thousands of cultivators.
Li Mingzi looked at them with a disdainful gaze; she genuinely hadn’t expected these people to be so foolish! This flawed and misguided scheme could actually deceive so many cultivators.
"Take action."
Li Zhirui’s voice reached all the clan members’ ears.
With so many cultivators, he dared not kill them all. It was best to let the clan members share the karmic force.
Without the slightest hesitation, the previously suppressed members of the Li family, already accumulating a great deal of anger, found this the right moment to vent.
Some of the tens of thousands of cultivators tried to resist, but Li Zhirui always struck precisely, interrupting their spells.
And these cultivators met the most miserable end, their spells backfiring and combined with the concentrated firepower of the Li family cultivators, they instantly exploded into blood and gore.
"Let’s fight together! Since the Li family does not leave us a way out, let’s drag them down with us!" a roar erupted among the cultivators.
Several dying cultivators immediately mobilized their mana, their bodies inflating like balloons.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Cultivators exploded one after another, trying to grasp a chance at survival.
Interestingly, the first cultivator who suggested self-detonation did not explode himself.
And Li Zhirui had already prepared, hiding Fourth Order Golden Vines among the many Spirit Vines. Their self-detonations hardly damaged the vine cage at all.
