Becoming a Saint by Touching Corpses

"Boom boom boom!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Dense white air currents, red Gang Qi, blue-violet lightning, yellow sparks, and gray dust flooded the area where the two fought in an instant.

The whole space was almost beaten into chaos; no one could see what was happening inside.

When the smoke and multicolored radiance finally dispersed—

The Abyss Guardian’s Eighth Layer of the Spirit Platform gradually appeared before everyone’s eyes.

That Eighth Layer of the Spirit Platform, which had originally shone with dazzling multicolored light, lofty, vast, eternal like the Immortal City out of myth, invincible and unassailable—

At this moment, its surface was covered with spiderweb-like cracks and pitted with large and small craters.

The ornate flying eaves had all been smashed off, the silver city foundation at the very bottom had become rubble, every bronze lamp burning with heart-flames was shattered, and the celestial soldiers and generals on the top layer were dim of light, listless and languid.

In the span of just moments, Lou Yi had crippled the Abyss Guardian’s Eighth Layer Spirit Platform, rendering it almost useless.

Such a brutal act left everyone present, friend or foe alike, utterly dumbfounded.

"Is this Red Hero actually a Tier Seven Body Cultivator in Disguise?" someone cried out in shock.

A Tier Seven Body Cultivator was equivalent to a Golden Core Master, each one able to split mountains and sever seas, their might towering to the heavens.

Only figures on that level could so easily destroy the Spirit Platform of an Eighth-Layer Spirit Platform Cultivator, whose toughness was comparable to an "Immortal City."

Of course, it was only his lament; he knew very well this was unlikely.

The Laws of the First Layer of the Abyss were far too harsh. In the last ten thousand years, no one had ever heard of any Golden Core daring to personally enter it at the risk of falling.

In the field, under Lou Yi’s frenzied assault—

The Abyss Guardian could no longer maintain his lofty, condescending bearing of overlooking all living beings.

His hair was disheveled, the jade mask on his face was shattered by more than half, revealing blood-smeared cheeks and an expression of disbelief and enraged frustration.

"Die!"

The Abyss Guardian went mad; vast Spiritual Essence surged, and blazing red light like flames shot skyward from his body.

Under his full-force command, the "celestial soldiers and generals" atop the Eighth Layer Spirit Platform also went berserk, black deathly light erupting from them as their auras became even stronger than before.

They stepped out of the Spirit Platform one after another, faces twisted and ferocious, baring their teeth, wielding thunder hammers, fire cymbals, dragon-engraved white jade spears and all manner of weapons as they shot toward Lou Yi with swishing sounds, trying to join forces and mince him into paste.

The celestial soldiers summoned by a Sixth-Layer Spirit Platform Cultivator all possessed a trace of the power of Laws, with bodies that could be both real and illusory, unafraid of Magic and hard for blades to injure.

Let alone the celestial soldiers and generals summoned by an Eighth Layer of the Spirit Platform, which were incomparably powerful—each one could fight hand-to-hand against a Seventh Layer of the Spirit Platform Body Cultivator!

Dozens of them swarming right up to one’s face could bring the combat strength of these celestial soldiers and generals into full play.

If they burned their potential without regard for the cost, even a Fake Pill Giant would have to frown.

The Abyss Guardian was unwilling to accept defeat and was going all out for one last gamble.

"Surging Tide."

Lou Yi’s face remained calm as he threw dozens of punches into the air ahead. Ring after ring of dense red Gang Qi tides spread wildly outward from him as the center of a sphere, layer upon layer, endlessly surging.

"Bang bang bang!"

The celestial soldiers and generals trying to rush in close were blasted away by the never-ending tides of Gang Qi.

Their bodies, hovering between real and unreal, also exploded under the Gang Qi that carried Armor-Piercing might; they couldn’t even get near Lou Yi before they all dissipated into nothingness.

"Pfft!"

The Spirit Platform was intimately linked to the Cultivator; the Abyss Guardian couldn’t help spitting out a mouthful of vital blood, his face growing even paler.

The melee had failed.

Without a second thought, he mounted the winged spirit horse beneath him and tried to flee the field.

"Trying to run?" Lou Yi’s brows shot up.

This formidable enemy who could break through to Golden Core at any time was not someone he would let go easily.

His whole person leapt into the air, running across the void as though it were solid ground, relentlessly chasing after the Abyss Guardian.

The Abyss Guardian had ruled the First Layer of the Abyss for many years and possessed many trump cards.

All kinds of streaks of light flew out from his sleeves one after another—Flying Swords, Flying Sabers, offensive talismans and the like—scattering through every inch of the void like celestial maidens scattering flowers, trying to hinder Lou Yi from closing the distance.

If this had been Lou Yi before entering the True Monarch Blessed Land, he truly might have been hampered by these methods and been forced to watch the enemy escape.

Now, however, he was not affected in the slightest.

"Heavenly Steed Treading the Stars."

The next instant, Lou Yi’s figure flickered through the air like a ghost, weaving and darting.

All of the Abyss Guardian’s attacks were anticipated by him before they came, and he dodged ahead of time.

Moreover, his next position whenever he flickered was completely random and impossible to predict.

Ordinary people could only see streaks of red light flashing back and forth in the air.

"Riding the Wind."

Two pairs of crystalline blood wings as thin as cicada wings sprouted from Lou Yi’s back, and his speed surged again by a huge margin. Like a streak of red lightning threading through the void, he kept closing the distance between himself and the Abyss Guardian.

"How is he this fast!" the Abyss Guardian said in disbelief.

The winged spirit horse beneath him carried a trace of the Ancient Divine Beast Heavenly Steed’s bloodline; its speed at the Foundation Establishment and Demon General level was outstanding, its normal speed exceeding twenty times the speed of sound.

Right now, he was also burning its potential without regard for the cost.

Its speed had increased by more than half compared to usual, yet he still couldn’t shake off Lou Yi behind him, and the gap between them kept shrinking.

What he didn’t know was that Lou Yi’s Riding the Wind talent had already been elevated to the Great Success Level; his speed had improved greatly compared to before and was far beyond thirty times the speed of sound.

And in the last few days in the True Monarch Blessed Land, he had also used the authority of the cave-dwelling Magic Treasure to sense the existence of every strand of Innate Clear Qi within the blessed land.

He had continuously devoured Innate Clear Qi, raising his cultivation from two apertures to four apertures, reaching a saturated state where it could no longer be improved.

His Qi-Blood was more than doubled compared to before he entered the blessed land!

With the increase in Qi-Blood, his speed was in turn boosted as well.

Lou Yi’s current strength, speed, and defense—these three in one—had all surpassed the limits of Foundation Establishment.

He could even be called Unrivaled beneath Golden Core!

"Whoosh!"

Lou Yi very quickly closed the distance between them to within a hundred zhang.

"Grandmaster, Domain."

Immediately after, the Abyss Guardian discovered in shocked fury that heaven and earth on all sides were standing against him; terrifying pressure came crashing down one wave after another, as if he were mired in a quagmire, unable to move an inch.

He hurriedly summoned that already badly damaged Eighth-Layer Spirit Platform, placing it in front of himself, but the approaching Lou Yi casually blasted it away with a single punch, as if swatting a mountain aside.

Lou Yi advanced with overwhelming force, one punch exploding the twin-winged spirit horse, then grabbed the Abyss Guardian by the throat, making him too afraid to move at all.

The Abyss Guardian, once invincible on the First Layer of the Abyss, was at this moment being held up in midair by Lou Yi like a newborn chick!

The Abyss Guardian’s face flushed bright red; his abundant Spiritual Essence was tightly bound within his body by Lou Yi’s Gang Qi, leaving him with a body full of power he could not use.

"Spare... me, and you’ll gain the friendship of a Golden Core Master... I can swear a Dao Heart Oath that I will never seek revenge..." Faced with the sudden threat of death, the Abyss Guardian had no choice but to bow his head to Lou Yi.

"Smack!"

Lou Yi couldn’t be bothered to listen to his rambling; one punch directly blew his head apart, bursting like a smashed watermelon.

He casually flung the headless corpse aside, letting it slam heavily into the ground.

What the Abyss Guardian had done today had already formed a death feud with Lou Yi.

If his strength hadn’t been enough, the entire team would have been wiped out; how could he possibly let the other party off lightly?

All the more so when a Dao Heart Oath was not foolproof—he would not leave alive a terrifying enemy who could break through to Golden Core at any time.

Pathetic that the Abyss Guardian, who had rampaged through the Abyss for nearly a century, acclaimed as the strongest on the First Layer of the Abyss and able to vie with prodigies of the Ancient Era, had now died at Lou Yi’s hands.

Slaughtered like a chicken, his end was miserable.

Everyone watching at the scene, friend or foe alike, was stunned; their worldview suffered a massive blow.

"The Abyss Guardian was an Eighth-Layer Spirit Platform Cultivator, yet he couldn’t withstand even a few exchanges in this Red Hero’s hands. Could it be he’s a Ninth-Layer Spirit Platform cultivator that barely appeared even in the Ancient Era?"

"The title of strongest on the First Layer of the Abyss will change hands today. Red Hero has created new history; never before has a Loose Cultivator reached such a level!"

"So long as Red Hero doesn’t leave the Abyss, even the Major Sects of the various Alliance Hierarchs can’t do a thing to him..."

The boy Lin Xuan was even more excited, clapping nonstop: "Red Hero, Liu Shu, when you become Masters in the future, don’t forget us!"

As for the hook-nosed elder of the Taiyi Sect and the others, they were scared out of their wits by Lou Yi’s overbearing strength and were using every ounce of strength to flee.

"Where do you think you’re going!"

Seeing this, Lin Xuan, Su Xinghe, Daoist Ming Du and the rest all attacked in turn, cutting off their escape.

Four wings unfurled from Lou Yi’s back; like scarlet lightning he once again shot forward, one punch per "little fellow," knocking the hook-nosed elder and the others all down to the ground.

"Aaah!!"

"It hurts!"

The cultivators of the Taiyi Sect, Five Elements Sect, Spirit Treasure Sect, and Leaving Fire Palace each ended up with either broken arms and legs, or gaping holes in their chests exposing their organs, lying in pools of blood and clinging to life by a thread.

This was still because Lou Yi had held back; otherwise they would have been killed on the spot, with no chance of survival.

"With so many people watching, killing them would be the same as declaring war on the four sects." Su Xinghe frowned and tried to dissuade Lou Yi, afraid he’d act on impulse and kill cultivators of the four Alliance Hierarch Major Sects in front of everyone.

Slaughtering Zhao Wushuang, Ningshuang Daoist, and the rest in a True Monarch Blessed Land hadn’t had many witnesses; even if the Major Sects of the Alliance Hierarchs had suspicions, it would be hard to find concrete proof.

Killing here was different.

It would be a naked slap to the face of the Major Sects of the Alliance Hierarchs; they would never let Lou Yi go.

"Capital offenses can be spared, but living punishment cannot be escaped." Lou Yi flicked his right index finger, and streaks of ember-like Red Light shot out, accurately landing on the dantian of the hook-nosed elder and the others.

Amid a chorus of screams, their cultivation was directly crippled by Lou Yi, centuries of accumulation turned to dust.

"Damn you, Red Hero, if you’ve got the guts then kill me. Otherwise this old man will never rest until one of us is dead!" The hook-nosed elder’s face twisted with venomous hatred as he rasped out.

In the blink of an eye his features aged by decades; his hair and beard turned completely white, exuding a thick aura of twilight years.

With his cultivation abolished, even if Lou Yi didn’t kill him now, he didn’t have many good years left.

Falling from a lofty top-tier Foundation Establishment Cultivator down to the level of a mortal was even more unbearable than being killed.

Seeing this, Su Xinghe nodded slightly and said no more.

Even if Lou Yi made no response and magnanimously let these people go, would the powers behind them let Lou Yi off?

At times, an appropriate counterattack was necessary.

No matter how ruthless the retaliation, as long as no lives were taken, it wouldn’t pierce the bottom line of the Major Sects.

"Get lost." Lou Yi clasped his hands behind his back. "Before I change my mind."

"Red Hero, just you wait for this old man!" The hook-nosed elder still wanted to spit more vicious words, but was forcibly dragged away by the Five Elements Sect cultivators and the others.

With this group of enemies dealt with, the outcome was not bad.

Lou Yi didn’t relax in the slightest, instead speaking solemnly to Su Xinghe and Daoist Ming Du: "I may not be a disciple of the Corpse-Driving Sect, but I don’t want to implicate them for no reason.

Once we’re back in the main world, I’ll need your help so no one does anything reckless."

With the precedent of Taiyi Sect’s Top Golden Core Hua Baiyu causing chaos in the Northern Domain, Lou Yi had to make preparations in advance, so the Corpse-Driving Sect wouldn’t be dragged in without cause.

"Don’t worry, the Immortal Dao Alliance has rules, eternal and unchanging. It’s not something a few people can flout just because they feel like it." Su Xinghe said firmly.

"If the Taiyi Sect wants to break the rules and throw away their shame, they’ll still have to get past my Xuanyin Sect first!" Daoist Ming Du likewise said coldly.

"And our Lotus Sect as well..."

From the other side of the inter-world bridge came a leisurely voice.

A man of ordinary appearance crossed the bridge toward them.

As he neared Lou Yi and the others, his entire body flashed with light and quickly transformed into a handsome, bald man in a yellow monk’s robe.

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