With the Li family members all gathered and the members of Skynet lending their aid, the situation in Eternal Sun Prefecture became completely one-sided. Under the Li family's offensive, the rebellious powers were all on their last legs.
Li Wei began to appear beside his descendants, watching as they quelled the rebellion.
Those powers wanted to beg for mercy, but it was a pity…
If the Li family had ever intended to let them off the hook, they would never have set up this grand scheme in the first place.
The assassins of the Hall of Heavenly Principle were striking everywhere, and the great powers fighting alongside the Li family, in their desire for more land and resources, were using nearly all of their strength.
Even though this was an alliance of convenience, the Li family had no intention of being the kind of villains who would stab their allies in the back.
In a situation like this, only by putting forth their own utmost effort could they ensure that these powers of the Eternal Sun Prefecture would quell the rebellion on their behalf with peace of mind.
This was especially true since every Li family member led from the front—a tradition passed down through the generations. As long as it was a battlefield, not a single one of them was afraid to fight on the front lines, nor were they afraid to risk their lives.
In just three short days, Li Wei snapped out of his meditation and instantly appeared at the Green Lotus Sect.
In the skies above the Green Lotus Sect, Li Yaowen's spirit soul also arrived from a distance, holding her breath with focused attention as she watched the great battle below. T
he Green Lotus Sect's defenses were formidable, but a flaw had been found after all, because… Li Xinghuo had arrived with his thousand-strong Asura Army!
[Your descendant, Li Xinghuo, with the help of Daoist Poxu, has broken through a corner of the Green Lotus Sect's grand formation. Leading the Asura Army, he has stormed the sect's grounds and is heading for the formation core array.]
"Asura Annihilation Formation, break the formation core array!" Li Xinghuo roared. "Any deserters—your entire squad will face collective punishment! Your clansmen will face collective punishment!"
"Kill!"
Inside the grand formation, the assassins of the Asura Army instantly formed their array. Their spiritual powers linked together, and a colossal Asura Dharma Body materialized in the sky above them.
The combined spiritual power of the thousand-strong Asura Army, coupled with Li Xinghuo charging at the forefront with his twin daggers, meant that the Asura Dharma Body they formed actually possessed the power of the Divinity Transformation realm.
From this alone, one could see the formidable strength of the troops under Grand Tutor in the Northern Border.
Within the Asura Army's formation, the world turned a bloody crimson.
The Asura's face was savage, but it was not like the powerfully built Asuras the Li family had seen in the past. Instead, its body was slender and covered in demonic tattoos, its sixteen arms all brandishing daggers. At an incredible speed, it followed the army's charge towards the Green Lotus Sect's formation core array.
Just as the formation core array was broken, the Supreme Elder of the Green Lotus Sect appeared.
He had the appearance of a young man, and a Dharma Treasure in the shape of a green lotus floated up with him, releasing a formidable, oppressive aura and omnipresent sword Qi.
The Supreme Elder was utterly enraged. He knew he had fallen into the Li family's trap, and though he had begged for mercy just days ago, it was clear the Li family had no intention of letting them live.
Thus, he decided he would fight to the bitter end!
"Disciples of the Green Lotus, activate the Green Lotus Annihilation Formation!"
"As long as the Green Lotus Sect stands, so shall we!"
Thousands of disciples formed a grand array. Lotuses bloomed from the ground, and sword phantoms shrieked as they charged towards Gu Yinming, who was leading his vengeful spirits through the mountain gate.
The thousands of sword cultivators moved like streaks of azure light, the phantom of a great sword-lotus creating a wondrous phenomenon in the sky. With an aura of magnificent righteousness, it moved to suppress Gu Yinming.
"This is bad!"
"Myriad Demon Tongues, suppress them for me!"
Gu Yinming dared not hesitate. Pinching incantation seals, he used his Divinity Transformation power to summon the might of his Corpse Soul Life-Severing Banner.
The space around him tore open, and black mist billowed out from the cracks. Accompanying it, appearing from an unknown origin, were sickening tongues. They were like tentacles, drooling endlessly, and looked utterly savage!
The technique was formidable; hundreds of disciples in the formation were grazed by the tongues, and their bodies and spiritual power began to dissipate as they wailed in agony.
But the disciples, knowing they could only fight for a path to survival, charged back into the array. From the sky, the Green Lotus Dharma Idol dropped lotus leaves, and the Green Lotus Sword Formation shot towards Li Kuangren.
The forces from Hundred Treasures Mountain saw that Gu Yinming had the upper hand in his fight against the Green Lotus disciples, killing many of them every few moments. So, they focused on defending and dodging, not meeting the brunt of the Green Lotus Annihilation Formation head-on.
But at this moment, Li Kuangren's face was filled with panic. "Xinghuo!"
He could see it. The disciples of the Green Lotus Sect were suffering, but his Asura Army was taking heavy losses as well!
That Green Lotus Supreme Elder was formidably powerful. Atop his Green Lotus Throne, his longsword flashed like a rainbow.
The Green Lotus Supreme Elder's lotus platform scattered like an ephemeral flower, its petals transforming into longswords that fluttered down like falling leaves. Wherever the swords landed, that place became his Domain. Within this Domain, the Supreme Elder seemed omnipresent, his body a phantom that left afterimages everywhere. Each time he grasped a longsword, he would stab it into the body of the sixteen-armed Asura Dharma Body.
The clang of sword against dagger rang out—Li Xinghuo was in grave danger!
[Li Xinghuo]
[Realm: Peak Nascent Soul (Nine-by-Nine)]
[Cultivation Methods: Asura Art, Azure Cloud Undying]
[Techniques: Heaven-Traversing Killing Technique, Asura Annihilation Formation, Void-Entry Body-Hiding Technique]
[Traits: King of Assassins, Never Stopping, Slaughterer...]
Admittedly, the Li Xinghuo of today was already incredibly powerful within the Nascent Soul realm. But even leading the Asura Army and using their Annihilation Formation to summon a Divinity Transformation Dharma Body, how could he possibly be a match for a veteran Divinity Transformation expert?
All of his cultivation methods and techniques were at the Earth-rank. The Heaven-Traversing Killing Technique he had obtained from Tian Xing could allow the user to float in the air and gather power, their form becoming illusory and ethereal, but this was no time for an assassination.
In order to break the Green Lotus Sect's formation foundation, Li Xinghuo led the Asura Army to do the one thing an assassin should never do: engage in a direct confrontation.
Whether on the battlefield or in service to his family, this kid always fought with his life on the line. And this time, he was fighting with complete disregard for his own.
The sixteen-armed Asura Dharma Body was pierced again and again by the Supreme Elder's sword.
Hundreds of Asura soldiers were killed, and the Dharma Body was becoming difficult to maintain.
But Li Xinghuo was still fighting!
"Whoever dares to retreat, I'll make you regret it even in the underworld!" Li Xinghuo roared, his face savage, after killing an Asura soldier who had attempted to flee the formation.
Immediately, he led the Asura Army and continued to charge at the Green Lotus Supreme Elder!
Watching the Supreme Elder leave an afterimage as he once again pierced the Asura Dharma Body with a sword, Li Xinghuo's face became savage, his Qi and Blood surging through his entire body.
He had to kill this old bastard who was blocking his family's path—regardless of price!
Xingchen was coming home with his wife; his nephew was about to be born.
His own life had been filled with enough hardship.
He would ensure that the next generation would never have to walk the path that he had!
"Those who block my path…"
"Die!"
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