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Chapter 736 A Tiger Among Wolves: Defeat Them One by One (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
"Vice Sect Leader Li's sudden arrival, is there something important?"

Lin Xiaotian was filled with trepidation, after all, Li Yunjing's current status was extraordinary. He was not only the deputy palace master of the "Seven Star Palace", but also the future supreme leader of the "Divine Firmament Dao Sect".

"It's true."

Li Yunjing tapped the armrest lightly with his fingertips and said calmly, "Have you heard about the recent appearance of 'Void Divine Crystals' in the 'Crossing Mountains'?"

"heard!"

Lin Xiaotian nodded and said with a wry smile, "In the past few days, many independent cultivators and sect disciples have been rushing to 'Mist Valley,' and some have even started fighting in the city to compete for the so-called 'treasure map.'"

"Huh, a treasure map?"

Li Yunjing sneered, "It seems someone is deliberately muddying the waters."

"Does Vice Sect Leader Li mean... there's something fishy going on?"

Lin Xiaotian's expression hardened.

"Nine times out of ten."

Li Yunjing's gaze was deep. "I suspect someone wants to lure me into a trap."

"hiss……"

Lin Xiaotian gasped, then said in a deep voice, "Should I send the city guards to seal off 'Mist Valley' and prevent anyone from entering?"

"No need."

Li Yunjing shook his head. "Since the other party dared to set up a trap, they must have a backup plan. If we rashly block it, we might alert them."

"So, how does Vice Sect Leader Li plan to respond?"

"Use the trick to your advantage."

Li Yunjing's lips curled slightly, a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes. "However, I need you to do something for me."

"Vice Sect Leader Li, please speak!"

Lin Xiaotian said solemnly.

"Spread the word that I, Li Yunjing, have arrived in the 'City of Glory' and am preparing to head to the 'Mist Valley'."

"This……"

Lin Xiaotian hesitated and said, "Wouldn't that give the enemy time to prepare?"

"We just need to get them ready."

Li Yunjing said calmly, "Only in this way will they reveal their weaknesses."

Although Lin Xiaotian was puzzled, he nodded in agreement: "I will arrange for someone to take care of it right away."

"in addition……"

With a flick of his finger, Li Yunjing sent a jade slip flying toward Lin Xiaotian.

"There is a 'void communication talisman' inside. If I send a signal from 'Mist Valley', I will immediately crush it to notify 'Divine Firmament Dao Sect' to annihilate the enemy behind us."

"Yes!"

Lin Xiaotian solemnly accepted the jade slip, but secretly wondered about it.

With Li Yunjing's strength, does he really need the sect's support?
Li Yunjing seemed to have seen through his thoughts and said calmly, "This time, it's probably not just 'Jubaolou' that's making a move."

"what?!"

Lin Xiaotian's pupils contracted.

“I suspect that remnants of the ‘Netherworld Ghost Sect’ were also involved.”

Li Yunjing stood up, his gaze sharp as lightning. "They want to use the 'Netherworld Forbidden Zone' to kill me."

"The Netherworld Abyss?!"

Lin Xiaotian's expression changed drastically. "Isn't that an ancient forbidden area? It's said that even Nascent Soul cultivators have a nine-out-of-ten chance of dying if they go in!"

"That's why I need a backup plan."

Li Yunjing sneered, "However, they thought they could outmaneuver me, but little did they know... this is the moment I've been waiting for!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure vanished like a phantom, leaving Lin Xiaotian standing there alone, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

……

The following morning, outside "Misty Valley".

"Li Yunjing is here!"

"He's really here!"

"Quickly! Notify the Inspector General!"

……

Outside the "Misty Valley," several figures quickly disappeared into the forest, secretly passing on messages.

As rumored, Li Yunjing set off alone to "cross the mountain range".

At this moment, along the way, Li Yunjing discovered many cultivators from various sects and clans, many of which were familiar to him.

The direction from which these people gathered was almost entirely "Misty Valley".

Clearly, these people were also tempted by the news and decided to try their luck.

Li Yunjing, riding his flying magical artifact, followed at a leisurely pace behind the crowd.

He glanced at the excited cultivators and sneered inwardly.

Half of these people were rogue cultivators who had been blinded by the legend of the "Void Divine Crystal," while the other half had their own ulterior motives.

Some were spies planted by "Jubaolou" to mingle in the crowd and gather information.

Some were disciples from minor sects who had a grudge against the "Shenxiao Daozong" and wanted to take advantage of the chaos.

There were also a few sinister figures, clearly remnants of the "Blood Demon Hall" or "Netherworld Ghost Sect," secretly observing their surroundings as if confirming something.

As for the people of the "Shenxiao Dao Sect"?
There are quite a few of them!
Li Yunjing then saw some people from his own sect.

He did not try to persuade these people; they had chosen their own path, and if they wanted to come, they should be prepared to die.

Li Yunjing will lend a hand at crucial moments, but he will never interrupt these people's actions.

After all, they are all adults and should be responsible for their own actions.

Today, he saved these people, but without a painful lesson, they will surely repeat the same mistakes in the future.

Whether I die sooner or later, it doesn't matter if I die a few more days.

Defying fate is too difficult, and Li Yunjing knew he didn't have the ability to change other people's destinies.

Li Yunjing concealed his aura and slowly moved forward, blending into the crowd.

The closer one gets to "Mist Valley", the thicker the surrounding fog becomes, severely suppressing one's divine sense, and even one's vision can only see within a hundred feet.

"This fog... there's something wrong with it."

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and a wisp of lightning quietly gathered at his fingertips, which he then gently slashed through the mist.

"laugh……"

Subtle flashes of lightning caused the mist to twist slightly as if it were alive, faintly revealing a hint of blood.

"As expected, it is the 'Blood Demon Bewitching Array'."

Li Yunjing sneered inwardly.

This formation can bewitch cultivators, causing them to unknowingly fall into an illusion and ultimately become sacrifices for blood.

It seems that the people of the "Blood Demon Palace" have already laid a trap here, just waiting for him to fall into it.

However, he was not in a hurry to break the formation, but continued to pretend that he was unaware and followed the crowd deeper into the valley.

As soon as they entered the Misty Valley, the surrounding light suddenly dimmed, a faint gray mist filled the air, and the spiritual energy became unusually viscous.

Those cultivators who rushed to the front quickly realized something was wrong.

The once clear path suddenly became distorted, and the scenery in all directions began to overlap. Some people were clearly flying into the valley, but after a moment they returned to the entrance.

"Oh no! It's a maze!"

someone exclaimed.

Immediately afterwards, several screams rang out from the mist, mixed with the sounds of weapons clashing.

Clearly, some cultivators were already fighting amongst themselves within the formation.

Li Yunjing, however, seemed unaffected. He moved lightly, each step landing precisely on the weakest point of the formation.

This illusion array is the Shadow Assassin Sect's "Inverted Illusion Array," which appears complex but cannot hide his mastery of array formations.

He even deliberately slowed down, watching the cultivators frantically scramble around in the formation, secretly noting down the figures of several who took the opportunity to ambush their companions.

Those were all spies planted by "Jubaolou".

After going three miles into the valley, the fog gradually dissipated, and a wide-open space appeared ahead.

A towering black boulder stood on the open ground, covered with strange runes and emitting faint spatial fluctuations.

It was that counterfeit "Void Crystal".

At this moment, a number of cultivators had gathered around the boulder, several of whom were "plants" arranged by Li Tianba and others. They were pretending to fight over the divine crystal, which aroused the interest of the surrounding rogue cultivators.

Soon, a commotion arose ahead.

"Look! What is that?!"

someone exclaimed.

Li Yunjing looked up and saw a seven-colored crystal floating in mid-air deep in the mist, emitting a strong spatial fluctuation. Runes flowed around it, and the light was dazzling, just like the legendary "Void Divine Crystal".

"It really is the 'Void God Crystal'?!"

"Hahaha! I'm going to be rich!"

"Get out of my way! This treasure is mine!"

"Kill!"

"Anyone who tries to take it from me, I'll kill them!"

"That's the 'Void Divine Crystal'?"

"It looks so weird..."

"Who cares if it's weird or not, let's grab it first!"

……

With a shout, several rogue cultivators couldn't help but rush forward, only to be kicked away by those "shills".

The crowd erupted in a frenzy, with countless cultivators rushing madly toward the crystal. Some even unleashed their magical treasures and began to fight each other.

Li Yunjing stood still, observing coldly.

Just as the first group of cultivators were about to touch the "Void Divine Crystal", an unexpected change occurred.

"boom!"

The ground suddenly cracked open, and countless blood-red vines shot out like venomous snakes, instantly entangling the cultivators!

"what……"

Screams rose and fell as the entangled cultivators visibly withered away, their life essence drained away by the vines, turning them into dried corpses!

"No! There's an ambush!"

"Run away!"

The remaining cultivators retreated in terror, but suddenly dozens of dark figures emerged from the mist—the demonic cultivators of the "Blood Demon Palace"!

"Hehehe... Now that you're here, you're not leaving!"

The old man in the blood-red robe at the head of the group grinned maliciously, waved his sleeve, and the blood-red array was fully activated, instantly enveloping the entire "Mist Valley" in blood-red light!
"A blood sacrifice formation?!"

A knowledgeable cultivator, his face ashen, cried out in despair, "We're finished..."

Li Yunjing took in all of this. He pretended to be attracted by the divine crystal and slowly walked forward.

Just then, Li Tianba's voice came from behind the boulder: "Li Yunjing, now that you're here, don't even think about leaving!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the boulder suddenly split open, revealing a pitch-black hole. Black smoke billowed from the hole, and faint sounds of ghosts wailing and wolves howling could be heard coming from it.

This is the entrance to the "Netherworld Abyss"!

At the same time, dozens of stone pillars rose from the surrounding ground, their surfaces covered in blood-red runes, instantly forming a massive array that enveloped the entire valley. Zhang Daoyou's voice rang out like a ghost: "This is the 'Soul-Locking Array,' specifically designed to suppress the soul. Li Yunjing, even if you can break through space, you won't escape!"

Li Yunjing looked around and saw Li Tianba, Monk Dingnan, Xueji and others emerge from the shadows, all with confident smiles on their faces.

Those rogue cultivators who were caught in the formation were terrified and tried to escape, but they were instantly reduced to ashes when they touched the black energy at the edge of the formation.

"It seems you are well prepared."

Instead of panicking, Li Yunjing laughed.

"You dare to speak harshly even when you are about to die!"

Blood Princess sneered, "Today I'll let you taste what it's like to be devoured by ten thousand ghosts!"

"is it?"

Li Yunjing quietly crushed a communication talisman between his fingertips.

It was a sub-talent of the "Void Communication Talisman" that he left for Lin Xiaotian.

He looked up at Li Tianba and the others, a cold glint in his eyes. "You think you can kill me by luring me into the 'Netherworld Abyss'?"

His figure suddenly blurred, and the next moment he appeared on the top of the boulder. The "Yin Yang Five Elements Heavenly Evolution Sword" in his hand emitted a series of hums, and lightning and spatial laws intertwined to form a dazzling pillar of light.

With a single sword strike, a beam of light pierced the sky.

In an instant, dark clouds filled the sky, thunder roared, and bolts of purple lightning fell like giant dragons, striking the stone pillars of the "Soul-Locking Array" with precision!
"No!"

Zhang Daoyou's eyes widened in fury as he tried to activate the formation to resist, only to find that the stone pillars crumbled instantly under the heavenly lightning, as if made of paper!

The entrance to the "Netherworld Abyss" began to tremble violently, and roars of resentment came from the black mist, but they were suppressed by the power of heavenly lightning and gradually contracted.

"Why panic!"

Seeing the "Soul-Locking Array" collapse, a hint of panic flashed in Li Tianba's eyes, but he still forced himself to remain calm: "Even if he breaks the array, he can't escape this 'Misty Valley'! Blood Princess, activate the final form of the Blood Sacrifice Array!"

"Yes!"

Blood Princess bit her tongue, spitting a mouthful of blood onto the bone hairpin in front of her chest.

The blood-red vines that were wrapped around the mummified corpse suddenly swelled up, soaring into the sky like giant pythons, weaving into a blood-red net that blotted out the sun and enveloped Li Yunjing.

The blood-red light flowing through the mesh carried a strange fluctuation that corroded the soul, even staining the space itself a dark red.

"A mere grain of rice dares to compete for glory?"

Li Yunjing snorted coldly, and the "Yin Yang Five Elements Heavenly Evolution Sword" drew an arc in the air.

"Boom!"

The light screen formed by the intertwining of "Five Elements Divine Thunder" and "Yin Yang Divine Thunder" suddenly unfolded. The blood net struck the light screen, emitting a sizzling burning sound, and then quickly disappeared like melting ice and snow.

"Amitabha!"

Upon seeing this, the monk Dingnan suddenly patted his belly, and his obese body suddenly swelled to three times its original size, with golden Buddhist light emanating from his body.

It turned out to be the protective supernatural power of Mingxin Temple, "Indestructible Vajra Body".

He roared as he charged toward Li Yunjing, his large, fan-like hand slapping down with a force that tore through the air: "Let this old monk have a go at you, the future leader of the 'Divine Firmament Dao Sect'!"

"A disgrace to Buddhism, dares to talk about Buddhist teachings?"

Li Yunjing's figure blurred as he dodged the palm strike, and in that instant, the tip of his sword lightly touched the monk Dingnan's brow.

"when……"

A faint flash of lightning streaked across the sky, and Monk Dingnan trembled all over. His forehead, which was known as "indestructible," cracked with countless fine lines like porcelain.

"Amazing!"

Monk Dingnan's eyes widened. His fat body was extremely agile. In a flash, he had already retreated behind the others.

"Master Dingnan! Are you alright?"

Li Tianba and the others were horrified.

"Stop asking, everyone attack together!"

Blood Princess let out a shriek, and three blood-red bone hairpins transformed into streaks of light, each carrying a deadly poison that corroded bones and pierced the soul.

Mo Ying completely blended into the shadows, and a poisoned dagger silently pierced Li Yunjing's back.

With a wave of his folding fan, Feng Wanli unleashed a fierce wind, cutting off all of Li Yunjing's escape routes.

Fellow Daoist Zhang directly unleashed the "Netherworld Decree," and amidst the surging gray mist, countless fierce ghosts roared and pounced.

In addition, there were over a hundred other people, a dozen or so Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, and nearly a hundred Golden Core Realm cultivators, all of whom launched a combined attack.

Hundreds of figures surged in from all directions, the pressure of the Nascent Soul cultivators like dark clouds looming overhead, and the magical light of the Golden Core cultivators' treasures intertwined to form a dazzling yet deadly net of light.

Throughout the entire "Misty Valley," many cultivators who were still alive screamed and fled frantically.

Before these people could escape, they were struck by streaks of light and turned to ashes.

The terrifying beams of light were so dense that they almost filled the entire space, and even the eternal mist was torn apart, revealing the true scene of "Mist Valley".

Li Yunjing stood atop the giant rock, his robes billowing in the turbulent flow of spiritual energy, yet his longsword remained as steady as a rock.

"Well done!"

He let out a long roar, and his true energy exploded without reservation.

Above his head was an ancient bronze bell, and the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror danced around Li Yunjing. The Five-Colored Divine Light formed a protective shield around him.

The "Yin and Yang energies" transformed into a green dragon and a white tiger, one on the left and one on the right, attacking in response to Li Yunjing's attacks.

Li Yunjing held the "Yin Yang Five Elements Heavenly Evolution Sword" in his left hand and the "Boundary Breaking Sword" in his right. The two swords combined, humming and the phantom images of the sun and moon rotating appeared on the swords.

He pushed the main forces of the laws surrounding his body to their absolute limit.

"Void! A Thousand Shadows!"

Li Yunjing's figure suddenly split into hundreds of afterimages, each carrying real lightning fluctuations, which instantly collided with the oncoming cultivators.

"Pfft!"

The Golden Core cultivators in the front row didn't even see who their opponents were before their bodies were pierced by the lightning in the afterimage's hand.

"not good!"

Blood Princess's three bone hairpins pierced through the three afterimages, only to find that those figures were just illusions formed by lightning. The real Li Yunjing had already appeared three zhang to her left.

"Your opponent is me!"

The sword flashed like lightning, aimed straight at Blood Princess's face.

Fellow Daoists, come quickly to save me!

She was so terrified that she immediately summoned a blood-red shield.

However, the lightning easily tore through the shield, leaving a deep, bone-revealing wound on her shoulder. The corrosive lightning energy spread along the wound, instantly paralyzing half of her body.

"what……"

Blood Princess screamed and retreated, her eyes filled with fear as she looked at Li Yunjing.

On the other side, Mo Ying's short dagger was about to pierce Li Yunjing's back when it was swallowed up by a spatial rift that suddenly appeared.

He felt a chill on his wrist as the dagger fell into the crevice. Immediately afterward, a tremendous force came from the crevice, dragging him forward two steps.

"Is that all you have?"

Li Yunjing's voice sounded behind him.

"How can you possibly fight against hundreds of us all by yourself? That's impossible!"

Mo Ying was terrified and quickly turned around to throw out three poison needles before transforming into a wisp of black smoke and disappearing into the distance.

But he had only flown about ten feet when he crashed into an invisible spatial wall. As he bounced back, he was met with the long sword that Li Yunjing was thrusting at him.

"Swoosh!" The sword light pierced through the body, and the black smoke form of the shadow suddenly dissipated, revealing a corpse with its eyes wide open.

"Brother Mo!"

Seeing that things were not going well, Feng Wanli suddenly closed his folding fan, which transformed into a two-foot-long jade sword.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

He made a hand seal with his fingertips, and thousands of wisps of wind shot out from the jade sword, enveloping Li Yunjing's vital points like a drizzle.

This is his trump card, "Spring Breeze Turns into Rain," a seemingly gentle breeze that can actually sever a Nascent Soul.

"Just you?"

Li Yunjing neither dodged nor evaded, but drew a circle with his longsword in front of him.

The power of wood thunder in the Five Elements Divine Thunder flowed along the sword patterns, giving rise to a patch of emerald green thunder vines.

The wind wisps struck the thunder vine, were entwined by the vines, and eventually transformed into spiritual energy that nourished the thunder vine.

"This is... the mutual generation of the five elements?"

Feng Wanli's expression changed drastically. He had never seen anyone so perfectly combine the laws of thunder and wood.

Before he could react, the vine suddenly swelled up and coiled around his wrist like a serpent.

Feng Wanli felt a powerful surge of lightning energy flow from his arm into his dantian. His nascent soul let out a mournful cry and was even cracked by the lightning energy.

"Destroy my Nascent Soul!"

Feng Wanli's eyes were bloodshot, but he could only watch helplessly as his cultivation level rapidly declined.

At this moment, the Netherworld Token summoned by Fellow Daoist Zhang had transformed into a vortex of gray mist, from which countless vengeful ghosts surged forth and pounced toward Li Yunjing.

These vengeful spirits are all resentful spirits refined by the secret techniques of the "Netherworld Ghost Sect." They are not afraid of ordinary swords and blades and specialize in devouring the souls of cultivators.

"Divine Firmament Thunder Technique! Purify the World!"

Li Yunjing raised his hand and pointed, and a golden bolt of lightning shot into the sky, exploding into a rain of thunder and lightning.

"Zizzizi..."

Every drop of thunder and rain that falls on a vengeful ghost can trigger a violent explosion, purifying it into the purest form of yin energy.

In just a few breaths, hundreds of fierce ghosts were swept away by the thunder and rain, with only the gray mist emanating from the Netherworld Token still stubbornly resisting.

"Impossible... How could the 'Netherworld Ghost Sect's' most treasured artifact be..."

As if struck by lightning, Zhang Daoyou's fingers, gripping the "Netherworld Token," turned white from the force.

Little did he know that the thunderous power within Li Yunjing's body originated from the "Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin Thunder Scripture," the sect's signature technique of the "Divine Firmament Dao Sect," which was specifically designed to counter evil and yin forces.

To avoid trouble, the Nine Heavens Responding Thunder Scripture, the strongest technique passed down by the Celestial Venerable, was renamed the Divine Firmament Path.

In fact, it is the Celestial Venerable's transmission of the Dharma, which is the strongest thunder magic in the Xuanmen (Taoist sect).

Although the Netherworld Decree is powerful, it is precisely countered by lightning.

"Fellow Daoists! Let's fight to the death! Today, it's either him or us!"

Just then, Monk Dingnan led more than ten Nascent Soul cultivators to charge in again.

This time, they formed a circular formation, surrounding Li Yunjing in the center, each holding a Buddha relic in their hand, clearly preparing to unleash some kind of combined attack technique.

"Ten Thousand Buddhas Chaozong!"

More than ten people simultaneously crushed the relic, and countless golden Buddha images surged from all directions, condensing into a Buddha phantom ten feet tall in the center of the circular formation.

The Buddha slightly opened his eyes, and a golden light containing the power of restraint shot towards Li Yunjing.

"These scoundrels in Buddhism are truly hateful!"

A flash of anger appeared in Li Yunjing's eyes. "Today I will show you what the true orthodox Xuanmen sect is all about!"

He formed a thunder seal with his left hand and pointed his long sword to the sky with his right.

"Nine Heavens Respond to the Origin, Thunder God, Hear My Command!"

With a clear shout from Li Yunjing, a huge crack suddenly appeared in the sky.

A bolt of purple-gold lightning struck down from the crevice, and in mid-air, it condensed into the majestic phantom of a divine general clad in lightning armor and wielding a lightning halberd.

"The Thunder God?!"

Monk Dingnan's expression changed drastically. He recognized that this was the highest thunder technique recorded in the "Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder Scripture," which was "summoning the righteous gods of the Thunder Department!"
The phantom of the Thunder God had eyes like lightning, and with a swing of his thunder halberd, the golden light of the Buddha instantly dissipated.

Immediately afterwards, the Thunder Halberd swept across, and the combined attack formation of more than ten Nascent Soul cultivators shattered like paper.

"puff……"

Monk Dingnan and the others coughed up blood and flew backward. Those with slightly weaker cultivation were even shattered by the lightning force on the spot, their bodies and souls destroyed!

(End of this chapter)