The Blade-Wielding Legend

They seemed to be aware of Li Yan’s presence, but their reaction was slow, instinctively avoiding the Gang Qi energy that his soul body emitted, which didn’t belong to this space.

Not long after, Li Yan saw a murky "river" flowing with dark red liquid, winding past, with some broken stone lanterns scattered along the riverbank.

The wicks had long extinguished, leaving only empty sockets.

On the river’s surface, occasionally the figure of a woman in white clothes with disheveled hair silently floated or sunken, or a giant moss-covered stone awkwardly moved.

Kong Shangzhao had already roughly described the strange creatures of Japan along the way.

The figure on the bridge is called "Bridge Spirit," and those stones are called "River Monster Stone."

Further away, a forest of dead trees, with branches like ghostly claws, was the legendary Monster Forest, where faint green ghost fires flickered and chilling chewing sounds echoed from the darkness.

This place of High Heaven was more like a forgotten, contaminated corner of the Netherworld, filled with primal, barbaric, decaying, and insane aura.

Definitely not some legend of the Divine Realm.

Li Yan felt danger in his heart frequently rising, dared not linger for a moment, as the yin soul turned into a faint shadow, fleeing deeper into this eerie space.

However, just after entering deeper, a cold, bone-chilling, enormous Divine Thought with intense malice and death locked onto him like a maggot on a bone!

Xuanyinzi’s Yin God also entered High Heaven silently!

"Young one, where do you think you’re going!"

Xuanyinzi’s Yin God was far more condensed than Li Yan’s, and his speed was astonishing, closing the distance like teleportation.

He didn’t use flashy spells, just flicked his fingers, and several strands of extremely condensed Yin Sha Qi transformed into "Black Needles," whistling towards him.

He was discovered!

Li Yan’s sense of alert intensified greatly.

Though he didn’t understand what kind of spell this was, he could feel that these needles were intangible, devoid of substance, specifically targeting the Divine Soul, extremely insidious; once they attached, it would lead to certain death.

The North Emperor Mysterious Water Escape was fully activated, Li Yan’s yin soul painfully twisted and refracted in the sticky space, narrowly avoiding vital points.

However, eventually a yin needle grazed the edge of his soul body.

Immediately, a rending soul-like agony and coldness swept over, causing his flying speed to abruptly slow.

It was an Earth Immortal expert!

Seeing the opponent’s condensed Divine Soul once more, Li Yan could no longer guess.

He dared not confront it head-on, relying only on Escape Skills and familiarity with chaotic Qi to dash through Skeleton Mountains and dead ghost forests in a desperate flight.

Xuanyinzi shadowed him closely, launching all sorts of sinister and malicious Divine Soul attacks:

Enchanting Divine Sound that incited Heart Demons, Xuanyin Cold Qi that froze the soul body, Soul Capturing Spell that transformed into ghostly claws for capture...

Li Yan struggled left and right, his soul body continually damaged, his aura rapidly dwindling. If not for the special environment here, along with the Daluo Dharma Body’s repair, he would have been captured and killed long ago.

"Hmm, surely some peculiarities..."

The Earth Immortal in pursuit was also intrigued.

An ordinary Fifth Floor expert, taking a hit of his "Soul Loss Nail," would, at the least, be severely wounded and even if not dead, skinned. Yet the young one ahead was only of the Fourth Floor, acting as if unharmed.

Could it be that he’s hiding some protective treasure?

Thinking of this, Xuanyinzi sped up even further.

Just as Li Yan was on the brink of crisis, outside the Monk Soldier Hall ruins, Wang Daoxuan and others were also discovered.

"Not good! There’s someone!"

Sha Lifei, responsible for guarding the perimeter, let out a low growl, the flintlock short gun in his hand simultaneously erupted with fire.

Bang!

A black-clad ninja just pounced from the shadows, his chest exploded with a spray of blood, but more figures surged like a tide from all directions.

Among them were agile member specialists of the Longye Group, tossing poisoned shurikens; monk soldiers wielding glaives and Zen sticks, hideous-faced, muscles knotted; and several Onmyoji dressed in divine official garb, holding Imperial Coin and Magic Bell.

They muttered incantations, summoning Shikigami resembling ravens, covered in black smoke, diving down!

"Protect the magic platform!" Wang Daoxuan, his hair and beard bristling, shouted fiercely, thrusting the Peach Wood Sword into the center of the magic platform, hurling several purple "Demon Suppression Golden Light Talismans" at the same time.

Whoosh~

The talisman burst into flame upon encountering the wind.

Gang Qi quickly spread, dispersing those Shikigami.

The Onmyoji controlling the Shikigami collapsed, spitting blood but remained battle-ready. Other ninjas and monk soldiers ran madly, continuing their charge forward.

The fight instantly reached a fever pitch.

Fortunately, the Twelve Primordial Spirits were never short of counter-methods for group attacks.

Lv San patted the demon gourd, releasing a swarm of poison bees like black smoke into the air, dispersing, while Long Yan’er simultaneously deployed Gu Technique, causing the hum of Qin Insects to enhance the power of the poison bee swarm.

In an instant, the ground lay littered with bodies, cries of anguish unending.

However, everyone wore an expression of somberness.

In the Monk Soldier Hall ruins, powerful cold, sinister auras were awakening...

...

Inside Kyoto City, the Hai Cang Team’s situation was even more perilous.

Sea Moon Monk, Hai Qiao, Ruan Amo, and Lin Feng acted according to plan, simultaneously activating nodes across Kyoto, using Buddhist Secret Technique coupled with Danzu’s secret Witchcraft, exerting their utmost effort to disturb the Earth Vein, attempting to ignite the accumulated resentful energy of a thousand years.

Initially, the effect was remarkable.

Near Vermilion Bird Gate, Hai Qiao struck the Earth Vein node with the Mountain Opening Axe, in concert with Ruan Amo’s eerie sea snail spell, successfully shaking the buried Sky Cloud Sword replica...

At the Yin Yang Hall direction, Lin Feng utilized superior Qinggong and Hidden Weapon techniques to create chaos, while Sea Moon Monk seized the chance to use Buddhist Lion’s Roar to collapse a corner of the secret vault storing the Twelve Divine Generals Talisman Disc, triggering a violent explosion and chaos...

The Yin Sha Qi across Kyoto surged wildly.

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