Mortal: Li Feiyu, who came from the realm of a supreme being

Li Feiyu's patience was never as abundant as it appeared. After all, this place was adjacent to Yan Family Fortress. If the Yan family patriarch noticed the abnormality and came, the Five Elements Reversal Formation might not be able to withstand the attack from both inside and outside.

Although the current situation seems to favor them, with the dwarf Li Tong already injured and his [Azure Sky Bow] arrows hitting their mark every time, Li Feiyu knows that a swift victory is necessary.

"Old Ghost, these piecemeal attacks are useless against this formation. We must concentrate our efforts to break through its core!" Dwarf Li Tong spoke rapidly, his bloodshot eyes glancing at Li Gui. "Someone needs to directly withstand that ancient treasure arrow to buy time for the other to break the formation!"

Despite being in dire straits, the two remained remarkably clear-headed.

With such a meticulous plan and astonishing methods, it's impossible that the opponent only had one Foundation Establishment junior.

That incredible defensive armor is something even the Nascent Soul patriarchs in the sect might not possess.

Delaying will only lead to a dead end, whether the long-term plan is about to be abandoned or our own resources are gradually exhausted.

Li Gui's face was ashen; he understood this perfectly well.

This inverted five elements array seems to have been strengthened. It is less of an illusion array but more solid. It can only be broken by a strong and continuous impact on a single point. However, if you stop casting the spell to gather your strength, the deadly green arrow will arrive in an instant.

Are you going to send him to block that terrifyingly powerful ancient treasure? He's not good at defense, so how many arrows could he withstand?

"So you want me to fill this hole?" Li Gui's voice was hoarse, tinged with anger.

Li Tong said no more, and suddenly slapped the blood gourd beneath him. Thick, viscous red and black mist gushed from the gourd's mouth, emitting a foul stench.

At the same time, he bit his tongue, spitting out a mouthful of blood into the mist, which churned and emitted mournful wails.

Seeing this, Li Gui, though unwilling, knew that this was the only chance of survival. He immediately gritted his teeth and summoned several eerie array flags, which, together with the essence blood talisman, were injected into the red and black mist.

The two worked together, and the mist rapidly contracted and condensed, transforming into a terrifying phantom of a blue-faced, fanged demon with bone spurs on its back!

The ghostly figure did not attack Li Feiyu in the distance. Instead, it crossed its arms to protect its chest, and red and black mist swirled around it, firmly protecting Li Tong and Li Gui behind it. They knew that attacking the talisman armor would only waste their magic power, so they used all their strength for defense.

Li Feiyu's eyes narrowed slightly.

The Core Formation cultivator was indeed quite accomplished; the illusory Heavenly Ghost that they had jointly created possessed a sinister and solid aura, clearly a combination of formations and demonic secret techniques.

He raised his hand and shot an arrow. The emerald green arrow pierced the red and black mist in the chest of the Heavenly Demon, but it was like a mud ox entering the sea. It only stirred up a violent turbulence and failed to penetrate it!

Taking advantage of this brief moment, Li Gui sat down cross-legged, his hands forming hand seals. The black bone blade above his head hummed and began to gather astonishing magical power, clearly preparing to forcefully break the formation.

If a Core Formation cultivator can break the formation with all their might without interference, the Reversed Five Elements Formation indeed cannot last too long.

Moreover, this place is not far from Yanjiabao.

Li Feiyu's mind raced, and he instantly dismissed the idea of ​​risking his life to extract the meager spiritual energy from his inner world—the uncertainty was too great, and the consequences were unpredictable.

A sharp glint flashed in his eyes, and his internal energy suddenly changed.

The next moment, his aura became profound and sharp. True essence surged in his left hand, flowing along a special meridian route into the arm holding the bow, faintly resonating with a certain martial arts archery technique; magic power flowed in his right hand, generously pouring into the [Azure Sky Bow], activating the deepest power of the ancient treasure.

True essence and magical power are not simply superimposed, but under his exquisite control, they intertwine and entwine along the bow and bowstring, transforming into a more powerful and concentrated destructive energy.

He slowly drew the Azure Sky Bow to its full length, and the bow shone with an unprecedentedly dazzling azure light. Countless tiny runes flowed like living things, and on the bowstring, a dark green arrow, solid as a solid object and seemingly containing tiny wind and thunder, gradually took shape.

Before the arrow was even released, the sharp aura that locked onto everything caused the illusory celestial demon protecting the front to fluctuate violently.

Bow-type magical artifacts are quite unpopular in the cultivation world, simply because ordinary object manipulation techniques can easily replace their function. However, once they are refined into magical artifacts, their power often far exceeds that of other artifacts of the same level. This is because the power of a bow and arrow does not entirely depend on the user's magical power, but rather on its unique power storage and activation structure, which can project power in an extremely concentrated manner.

At this moment, Li Feiyu understood this principle well. He not only pushed the power of the Azure Sky Bow to its current limit, but also used martial arts true essence as a guide to infuse it with penetrating and destructive properties that surpassed magic power!

"Eight Arrows of Cloud Splitting - Piercing the Wind!"

The martial arts arrow strikes suddenly, the bowstring vibrating as if tearing cloth.

The arrow, imbued with the power of wind and thunder, shot out of the bowstring at such speed that it left a straight, long-lasting trail of emerald light in the air, accompanied by a sharp, explosive sound as it passed through.

The first phantom of the Heavenly Ghost let out a shrill howl. The red and black mist was easily torn apart and shredded by the subtle wind and thunder power wrapped around the arrow. The huge phantom body was pierced by the arrow and instantly dimmed and dissipated by more than half!

The arrow continued its trajectory with almost no decrease, heading straight for the rear!

Li Tong, who was fully activating his bone blade to break the formation, looked up in horror, only managing to barely hold the blood gourd beneath him in front of him.

"puff!"

The Blood Gourd, his magic weapon that had been with him for many years, was pierced directly by the arrow! The remaining force slammed into his protective aura, and the dwarf cultivator let out a short scream. He was thrown into the air by the immense force, blood splattering in the sky, and his aura plummeted.

After shattering the Heavenly Demon and the Blood Gourd, the emerald arrow, still brimming with power, struck the light barrier of the Inverted Five Elements Array behind them with a resounding "thud!" The light barrier rippled violently, and a fine yet clearly visible crack appeared where the arrow had pierced the barrier!

"Brother!" Li Gui's eyes were bloodshot. Seeing his brother seriously injured and the formation showing a gap, his instinct for survival and his insane rage instantly overwhelmed everything.

He suddenly spat out several mouthfuls of his vital essence, sprinkling them all onto the nearly vanished remains of the Heavenly Demon before him, and roared fiercely, "Explode!!"

The remnant body of the Heavenly Demon, having absorbed the essence of blood, suddenly swelled up, emitting extremely unstable and violent fluctuations, and then crashed hard into the cracks caused by the arrow on the array's light screen!

Boom—!

Amidst the violent explosion, the light screen of the Inverted Five Elements Array flickered wildly and erratically, finally being blasted open with an unstable gap several feet wide!

Li Gui's face drained of color, his breath weak, but his will to live sustained him. He transformed into a dim streak of blood-red light and rushed toward the gap with all his might!

However, just as he was about to burst through the gap, a figure suddenly appeared behind him at an astonishing speed!

It was Li Feiyu.

The arrow, fired while simultaneously wielding both immortal and martial arts, had consumed immense energy and caused a temporary disruption to the true essence and magical power within the body. The [Azure Sky Bow]'s radiance dimmed, rendering it temporarily unusable.

But he suppressed his churning blood and qi, and with his exquisite manipulation of objects and martial arts techniques, he caught up with him like a shadow.

Li Gui was terrified and hastily erected a last shield of spiritual light.

Li Feiyu's eyes were icy cold. He exhaled and spoke, without using any fancy spells. He simply concentrated all the power he could muster at the moment—his remaining true essence, magic power, and even physical strength—into a single punch and slammed it directly onto the hastily erected shield.

"Bang!!"

The shield shattered instantly. A terrifying force slammed into Li Gui's back.

"Pfft—!" Li Gui's eyes bulged out, and he spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs. Countless bones in his body were broken.

The anti-flight formation was still in effect, and he could no longer maintain his flight. Like a kite with a broken string, he plummeted headfirst to the ground!

"Click..."

A sickeningly sharp crack came from the ground. The Core Formation cultivator had landed headfirst, his neck twisted in an eerie way, and his aura vanished instantly.

It's true that those at the Core Formation stage can die from falls...

Two weak, terrified souls had just emerged from Li Gui and the dying corpse of Li Tong in the distance, trying to escape, when the eight pale gray shadows around them coiled around them like fish that had smelled blood, binding them tightly and dragging them back into the formation.

"Fellow Daoist, spare our lives! We are willing to serve you as our master!"

"Have mercy! I have a secret treasure..."

A mournful and terrified wail begged for mercy came from within the ball of primordial spirit light.

They are not Nascent Soul cultivators; their primordial spirits have a very short lifespan after leaving their bodies. Bound by the Nine Yin Soul-Locking Array, they will dissipate completely before long.

Ignoring the pleas for mercy, Li Feiyu walked directly to Li Gui's corpse and skillfully took out two dark golden pills that were still warm and contained sinister energy, then sealed them in a specially made jade box.

As for the two futile struggles of the remaining souls, he didn't even glance at them again.

Demonic cultivators have many mysterious methods, and he didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble.

Maintaining the operation of the Nine Yin Eight Locks Formation, their fate was already sealed in this desolate place.

The dust settled, and the wilderness returned to silence.

Li Feiyu breathed a sigh of relief and carefully removed and stored the [Six Ding Heavenly Armor Talisman]. Next, it was time to properly prepare Young Master Wang.