The Primordial Law

Chapter 452 Phoenix Blood Tree

"Being assigned to guard the city gate, is that something only the strong do? When others go into the city, they grab all sorts of treasures, resources, and rare medicines, and divide them up among themselves, while we get nothing."

“They’re all eating meat, while we Huangjiang lineage are just standing there like idiots.”

"I think it's because you're too timid that they're taking advantage of you being an honest little devil."

The water beaver fairy howled in anger.

Prince Baba was also annoyed: "Don't grin at me. It's Her Highness the Princess's order to guard the East Gate."

"What's wrong with Her Highness the Princess? What are you afraid of? Why don't you dare to fight her?" said the Water Lily Fairy.

The two demons entered the Hill of Bones, their resentment written all over their faces.

"Gentlemen, what's going on? Why did the war suddenly break out?" Li Weiyi stepped forward and asked.

Prince Baba said, "It was the forces of the Rice Palace and the Lingxiao Rice Sect who made the first move and broke through the North Gate. Now, all the forces have gathered there, so we should hurry up and set off as well."

The number of demonic beasts in the Huangjiang lineage is not large, only about a hundred, all of which were carefully selected and brought over.

"Wow!"

Li Weiyi stood atop the giant python's skeletal head, using it as his mount, and unleashed his spiritual power. Each beam of light was a thread, controlling over a hundred powerful skeletal puppets, which marched in a mighty procession towards the old city of Yuzhou.

It actually helped to enhance the prestige of the Huangjiang demon clan.

When Li Weiyi, Shui Lixian, and Prince Baba arrived at the moat outside the East Gate, the gate had already been breached by Princess Dengfeng. Even the city wall had a hundred-meter-long gap, with rocks scattered everywhere.

At the gap.

Ghosts and spirits kept fleeing outwards, riding on black mist and smoke.

They were intercepted by the skeleton puppets controlled by Li Weiyi and the demonic beasts of the Huangjiang lineage.

Princess Dengfeng gave a death order: kill them all, leaving no one alive.

Yang Qingchan participated and absorbed the soul food.

Yang Qingxi stood atop the giant python skeleton, holding a sword behind Li Weiyi, resembling a stunningly beautiful swordswoman in green robes.

Li Weiyi, holding Yu'er's hand, opened his Heavenly Eye between his eyebrows to observe the chaotic and fierce battle within the city, and then looked out into the endless darkness, where he discovered the aura fluctuations of many human martial artists.

There are some inside the city, and some outside the city.

A priest from the Jiuli tribe appeared; he was an old man in his seventies or eighties, with white hair, holding a clay soul bottle, and leaping across the city wall. Each time he threw the soul bottle, he could collect hundreds of ghosts.

Elders from the Thunderclap Sect also unleashed their thunder magic, clashing with the powerful spirits of the departed; the lightning bolts were dazzling.

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The humans of Lingxiao Realm dared to participate in this struggle, naturally because of the confidence given to them by Chanhai Guanwu and Yuyaozi. They were certain that the demons of the East Sea and the old guys above the Great Longevity level among the departed spirits were all hiding, so they were fearless.

The powerful figures from various factions in the realm of immortality have long since gathered, formed alliances, and clashed in unknown lands.

The water beaver fairy stood on the back of a skeleton puppet, watching anxiously, scratching its ears and cheeks, eager to go into the city and reap the benefits.

It started being sarcastic again: "You said you'd help Lu Cangsheng catch a few spirits with the bodies of Longevity Realm cultivators, and now look what's happened, we can't even get into the city. So we'll just have to catch ghosts here, damn it, we won't get a single benefit."

Li Weiyi said, "Actually, I think that with your strength, Her Highness the Princess wouldn't put you in a useless position. Why did Her Highness order that all the escaped spirits be killed?"

"What do you mean?"

Prince Baba and the Water Fox Fairy asked in unison.

Li Weiyi said, "I believe that if the spirits in the city knew this, the city would definitely not be able to be defended. It is very likely that they would put the resources and treasures into their dimensional bags in advance, harvest them ahead of time, and then take advantage of the chaos to escape from the city."

"To the west, which is only a few thousand miles from the East Sea, it would be easy for powerful demons to intercept us."

"The most likely way to escape is through the east gate. Once they escape, they can head east and venture deep into the Netherworld. No one will dare to pursue them easily."

“Look at that hundred-meter-long gap in the city wall. I suspect that Her Highness deliberately breached it.”

After listening to Li Weiyi's analysis, Prince Baba's spirits lifted, and his gaze towards the Water Lily Fairy was no longer hesitant: "Lu Cangsheng is right. Her Highness the Princess must have entrusted this most important interception mission to the demon she trusts most, which is me. Cousin, all you do is complain. How could you understand Her Highness the Princess's deeper meaning?"

"You understand now?" The water fox fairy was speechless.

Prince Baba said, "The facts are clear, no explanation is needed. Demon cubs of Huangjiang, be alert, don't let any of the dead escape."

The first powerful undead has appeared.

It was originally hidden among a group of dead and fierce spirits. On the banks of the moat, it was intercepted by seven skeleton puppets and forced to reveal its cultivation level and forcefully break through the barrier.

"Ow!"

It was a four-armed undead commander with two disheveled heads and an eye in the palm of each of its four hands. Each eye released a different power, shattering the seven skeletal puppets into bone dust.

"You demons of the East Sea, remember the grudge of the destruction of our city today. I will pay for it sooner or later."

The four-armed, four-eyed commander transformed into a dark blue-green mist, soaring into the sky and fleeing rapidly into the distance.

“It is very strong, comparable to a martial artist at the eighth level of the Dao Seed Realm. It must be carrying a Boundary Bag. I’ll go after it.”

The Water Civet Fairy was very eager and excited. She held back Prince Baba, who was about to give chase, and stepped on dark red clouds to catch up.

Li Weiyi glanced at Erfeng in her sleeve, but did not pursue her.

Erfeng could sense the scent of the Phoenix Blood Tree leaves and any spirit that had recently come into contact with them could not escape its perception.

The Phoenix Blood Tree could not have been taken away by the spirits of the Longevity Realm.

The immortal spirit that took away the Phoenix Blood Tree, would the demon race give it a way out?
"Zheng!"

A massive, blood-red sword, over ten meters long, flew out from a gap in the city wall, crossed the moat, cleared out a section of the skeleton puppets controlled by Li Weiyi, and sped away into the night.

A ghostly figure dressed in gray stood atop the blood-red greatsword.

"This Yin Ghost Commander is very famous in Yuzhou, one of the top beings below the Longevity Realm. The good stuff must be on it, I'll go after it."

Prince Baba used earth magic to pursue him.

Li Weiyi used his Heavenly Eye to observe the thick ghostly clouds and black mist within the city. He carried Yu'er on his back and transmitted his voice to Yang Qingxi and Yang Qingchan: "The two powerful spirit beings ahead have been lingering in the gap in the city wall for a long time, secretly discussing something. They are probably deliberately trying to lure away Shui Li Xian and Prince Baba. If you encounter a spirit commander who is not so powerful but very fast, you can chase after them and intercept them. You might get some unexpected gains."

"Wow!"

A cloud of gray fog, the size of a house, like an ethereal sphere, burst through the breach in the city wall, carrying a violent hurricane.

Three powerful demons from the Huangjiang faction unleashed their magical artifacts and rushed to intercept them.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The three magical artifacts and the three powerful demon warriors were all sent flying.

It was bizarre; just from being bumped, the three powerful demons lost all their life force. Upon landing, they turned into three withered corpses.

"There is the scent of the Phoenix Blood Tree, but it is very faint," Erfeng transmitted to Li Weiyi.

Li Weiyi had already affixed the Swiftness Talisman to his body. After activating it, he unleashed tremendous speed and chased after the enemy with the Staff of All Things Spear.

The spherical gray mist, after leaving the city, quickly disappeared underground. Li Weiyi used his telekinesis to sense it, locked onto it, and chased it on the ground. Using the Staff of All Things, he mobilized the earth's yin energy and attacked the underground through the mud layer.

They chased after him for hundreds of miles.

It was already far from the old city of Yuzhou, and the gray fog underground was unbearable.

"With your cultivation level, you dare to pursue me?"

The spherical gray mist dispersed, revealing a three-meter-tall commander of the Corpse Clan, resembling a giant ape, covered in gray corpse hair, with a mouthful of serrated fangs.

It is incredibly fast.

In a flash, a fist the size of a normal human head, carrying the aura of decaying corpse, landed on Li Weiyi.

Having experienced countless battles, Li Weiyi had already activated the defensive scriptures of the Blood Handprint Demon Armor and the Governor's Robe, and immediately released the spirit of the Fusang Divine Tree and the external manifestation of his Dao Heart.

"Bang! Bang..."

The gray corpse ape punched and shattered the spirit, the external manifestation of the Dao heart, the blood mist scripture, and the protective magic energy of the Fusang Divine Tree, colliding with the Myriad Things Staff Spear that Li Weiyi was blocking in front of him.

Li Weiyi flew backwards like a cannonball for dozens of meters, leaving a crater more than a meter deep beneath his feet.

"Its speed is terrifying, and its strength is astonishing."

The moment he stood still, Li Weiyi threw the Longevity Corpse out of the Boundary Bag, cut his wrist, and splattered his blood onto it.

When the gray corpse ape attacked again, the immortal corpse opened its eyes and, together with Li Wei, charged forward like lightning from the left and right.

"Boom!"

From within the gray spherical cloud, two enormous arms rose up, crushing Li Weiyi and the immortal corpse, forcing them to retreat continuously.

With each step backward, a section of the ground would sink.

"Purify the mind and dispel evil, that is!"

Li Weiyi roared, and a burst of crimson-gold psychic energy erupted, rushing into the gray clouds.

The gray ape's eyes froze briefly.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Weiyi soared into the air and slammed the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal downwards.

"Roar!"

The gray corpse ape instantly regained its senses, exhaling a torrent of corpse energy as it punched the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal head-on.

A thunderous roar followed, the impact sounding like metal clashing against stone, causing the ground beneath the gray corpse ape's feet to arch and spread outwards.

Its body was completely enveloped in lightning.

"Oh!"

The immortal corpse was extremely powerful. Seizing the opportunity, it unleashed a four-colored palm strike that struck the gray corpse ape heavily in the chest, sending it flying more than a hundred meters away and crashing into the interior of a mountain.

It should be noted that the combat power of the immortal corpse is by no means inferior to that of a martial artist at the ninth level of the Dao Seed Realm.

With Li Weiyi and it joining forces, along with their combined attack formation and powerful weapons, they are not without the power to fight against an existence like Qiongji Daozi.

Of course, the immortal corpse's endurance is poor, and it consumes a lot of Li Weiyi's blood.

Inside the mountain.

The gray corpse ape roared angrily, and the gray corpse energy surging from its body caused a large section of the mountain to collapse, with rocks tumbling down.

"This isn't even a serious injury?"

Li Weiyi knew the Gray Corpse Ape was incredibly fast. He kept a close eye on the collapsed mountainside, released the seven smaller ones, and planted the Myriad Things Spear into the ground. In the Spirit Realm, he drew array runes and unleashed the Sun, Moon, and Stars Combined Attack Array.

"Wow!"

The gray corpse ape burst from the ground and soared into the sky, its eyes bloodshot and its body enveloped in a cloud of blood mist.

It swooped down, unleashing two clouds of scriptures from its palms, which collided with the Sun, Moon, and Stars Formation erected by Li Weiyi.

The array's discs and star trail patterns blocked its palm print.

The hand of the gray corpse ape that was struck by the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal lost all its fur and flesh, revealing golden bones.

Its corpse was not that of an ordinary longevity-realm demon ape.

Of course, no matter how strong it was in life, it is just a new spirit born from a corpse, and its physical strength has long been lost.

With a loud "boom", a section of the area within a radius of several dozen feet sank down, centered on Li Weiyi.

Just at this time.

A chilling sense of crisis emanated from an unpredictable direction, sending shivers down Li Wei's spine.

A purple mist appeared in front of him.

"puff!"

Within the purple mist, a paintbrush struck out, hitting Li Weiyi squarely in the chest.

That's too fast! The opponent's cultivation level is incredibly high, and their speed is even faster than the Gray Corpse Ape. It was a sneak attack that crossed space, and the timing was extremely precise.

"Crack."

Li Weiyi suffered two broken ribs and internal organ ruptures. He was thrown off his feet, blood gushing from his mouth and nose.

The bronze pen was originally aimed at his heart, but he forcibly avoided it, preventing it from hitting his vital spot.

Only because he was wearing the Blood Handprint Demon Armor and the governor's robes did his body avoid being pierced through. Any other Dao Seed Realm martial artist would have been killed on the spot.

“Master…” Yu’er burst into tears, heartbroken.

She also fell quite hard.

The array plate of the combined attack formation naturally collapsed, and the seven little ones were knocked into the ground by the palm print of the gray corpse ape.

Fu Wenyan, dressed in the robes of a governor, holding the governor's seal in one hand and twirling a bronze pen in the other, stepped out from the purple mist and glanced at the heavily injured Li Weiyi: "How can the cicada catcher know that he is also the prey?"

"Ow!"

A white mist dragon spirit flew out from the rank badge on the chest of his official robe, knocking the gray corpse ape away.

"The official robes of the prefectural government are indeed useful! You haven't even condensed your Dao Fruit yet, and your level of magical energy is not high enough to summon such a powerful dragon soul as mine."

Fu Wenyan's official robes and seal were taken from the body of a fallen Mist Shadow soldier in Lingxiao City. He escaped from danger several times with the help of these treasures.

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