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Chapter 904: Chapter 910: Twists and Turns
Dragon Carp’s Tribulation Transcendence went smoothly, and after the Thunder Tribulation dissipated, Li Zhirui also vanished.
Li Zhirui heard the discussions of his clansmen, but he didn’t take them to heart, as his mere presence was enough to pacify everyone.
"Fengwu and Da Qing should be returning soon," he said.
Li Zhirui sat cross-legged within the Spirit Realm, six intact Life Tokens placed beside him, his eyes seeming to peer through space, envisioning the six people walking through The Void.
"I wonder how much they will have gained."
Once they returned, Li Zhirui also planned to head to The Void in search of opportunities.
Although his current rate of cultivation was already fast compared to an ordinary Divine Transformation, Li Zhirui still wanted to break through sooner and ascend to the Upper Realm.
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Meanwhile,
In The Void.
"Be careful, there’s something odd about the chaotic fluctuations ahead!" Jiang Fengwu sharply sensed something amiss and immediately alerted everyone.
Da Qing and the others instantly tensed up. Their journey in The Void had been smooth sailing, encountering no danger.
But they hadn’t let down their guard because of this, instead becoming even more cautious.
Jiang Fengwu led everyone carefully around it, thinking they had escaped danger, but to their misfortune, they ran into a heavily injured, early stage Void Refinement Demon Cultivator!
His appearance sent Jiang Fengwu and the others into a heightened state of alert. Despite his severe injuries, he still exerted a powerful oppressive force.
"Fortune favors me, Luo Bi! Who would have thought I’d run into such rich nourishment!" The Demon Cultivator laughed wildly, charging at them without hesitation.
To Luo Bi, Li Chengsheng and his group were already his prey.
"Attack!" Jiang Fengwu said solemnly, striking with his most powerful Divine Power, sending layers of Formations flying towards him.
Da Qing deployed his Life-bound Magic Treasure, turning it into a thick beam of Spirit Light that shielded the six of them.
Xiaoqing and Feng Peng stirred up Gang Winds and fierce gales, howling as they rushed to attack the Demon Cultivator.
Cang spat out a Dragon Ball, Thunder Light splashing everywhere, transforming into a bursting long spear aimed at the Demon Cultivator’s wound.
Li Chengsheng gathered a giant sun, flames tumbling down, forming a sea of fire that trapped the Demon Cultivator.
"Hmph!"
The Demon Cultivator snorted disdainfully, easily shattering the group’s attacks with a wave of his hand, creating tempests as he did so.
"Why struggle? Wouldn’t it be easier to surrender quietly? I won’t let you feel any pain."
But the response he received was an even more fierce attack from Xiaoqing and the others.
Jiang Fengwu attacked only once, then stopped to focus solely on setting up a Great Array.
She was aware that their combined strength couldn’t compare to Luo Bi, even with his injuries, and they had to rely on external forces.
In an instant, numerous Array Flags flew out, standing around them, Array Patterns extending far, Jiang Fengwu quickly setting up a Fifth-order Great Array.
"Ha ha ha ha, such a shallow Formation, you dare to use it in front of me?!"
Luo Bi shot a streak of black air towards the Formation, causing the Spirit Light to shake violently; several Array Flags soon showed cracks.
A Fifth-order Great Array, unable to withstand even three strikes in front of him!
Jiang Fengwu’s expression hardened, her hands shifted the spell in reverse, and the Array Plate exploded with a loud boom, the Array Flags detonating alongside, the elaborate Fifth-order Formation that had cost numerous Spiritual Objects was blown up by her!
The massive shockwave swept in all directions, and the already unstable void quickly formed a chaotic stream under this stimulation, which ominously surged towards Luo Bi’s location, obscuring the sky.
"Damn!" Luo Bi cursed gloomily, ignoring Jiang Fengwu and the others, and hurriedly flew to the side.
Even if he was unharmed, let alone severely injured, he wouldn’t dare to confront the chaotic stream head-on.
Jiang Fengwu and the others happened to be on the backside of the stream. Although they would be affected slightly, it wasn’t serious, and Da Qing, if he exerted his full strength, could block it for them.
Thus, the other five began attacking frenziedly, utterly disregarding the consequences of excessive mana consumption in the void.
Especially Cang and Li Chengsheng; one wielded the majestic Thunder Power, and the other harnessed the supremely fierce Sun, both extremely effective against the evil, mana-wielding Demon Cultivators.
"You’re courting death!"
Luo Bi roared furiously, "I will chop you into thousands of pieces, and tear your bodies apart, to soothe the hatred in my heart!"
As Luo Bi tried to evade the chaotic stream, it was hard for him to also dodge attacks coming from both sides, and he couldn’t even stop to retaliate.
With the stream fiercely rushing just a few miles behind him, he could only endure the blows with his physical body.
Already severely injured, Luo Bi occasionally got hit on his wounds by Jiang Fengwu and the others, causing him to twitch all over in pain and involuntarily slow down.
The once-safe distance of the chaotic stream was closing in, terrifying Luo Bi into desperately speeding up by igniting his essence blood.
"As long as I don’t die! One day, I will find you and avenge today’s grievances!" Luo Bi’s voice, filled with resentment, echoed through the void.
"Unfortunately, you don’t have a future."
Suddenly, a late-stage Void Refining Cultivator appeared out of nowhere, throwing out a golden rope that extended tens of miles to bind Luo Bi and drag him forth.
But the appearance of this cultivator didn’t reassure Jiang Fengwu and the others; instead, it made them more nervous.
Cultivators aren’t necessarily just, only having a slightly higher moral ground compared to Demon Cultivators.
But when it comes to killing and stealing treasures, Cultivators are certainly not compassionate!
And in this vast void, it was the perfect place to kill someone and dispose of the body.
"Hiss!"
Seeing how anxious Jiang Fengwu and the others were, the cultivator coldly sneered in disdain and then turned to leave.
He had let Jiang Fengwu and the group go merely because it was thanks to them that he was able to easily locate Luo Bi and capture him.
Otherwise, in a void filled with chaotic spiritual energy, leaving almost no traces, with his current cultivation, it would have been very difficult to find one person.
He had sensed the battle occurring here, coming on a whim, and unexpectedly caught Luo Bi.
From this perspective, they had indeed done him a favor, and he was not one to repay kindness with enmity.
Secondly, he didn’t believe that a few newly ascended Divine Transformation Cultivators could possess any valuable Spiritual Objects in the void.
Rather than wasting time on them, he’d prefer to capture more Demon Cultivators.
"Quickly leave!"
Without needing Da Qing’s urging, Xiaoqing revealed her true form, a colossal Qingpeng, flapping her wings vigorously, carrying everyone swiftly away.
Feng Peng assisted on top, helping gather the Wind Principle to increase Xiaoqing’s speed.
Da Qing intervened to shield everyone from the invasion of the Chaotic Spiritual Energy, allowing the other three to focus on restoring their mana for eventual rotation.
Perhaps, due to the collective bad luck encountering that Void Refining Demon Cultivator earlier, their journey back to the Profound Origin Realm faced only minor disturbances.
"We’re finally back!"
Looking at the solitary hall standing alone in the void, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
