The next day.
The sun rose in the east, and heaven and earth were bright.
On the Great Drum Mountain, the disciples of the academy were still in the middle of their cultivation.
Qin Li, Yang Jianyi, and Wan Qingshan were sitting on their knees, cultivating diligently.
Thanks to the two volumes of the Book of Different Cultivation into the Dao, they had learnt more about the Immortal King Realm, and would be able to become Immortal Kings in less than a few years.
Among them, Qin Li had changed the most, forming a vortex between his breaths, devouring heaven and earth aura in all directions.
As for the one thousand drops of Violet-Gold Blood within his dantian, originally they were all scattered apart, but now they were all fused together, and it wouldn’t take long for them to crystallise and form the Immortal King’s Crystal.
“Whew…”
Qin Li exhaled a mouthful of turbid breath and said, “Is everything ready? It’s time to set off.”
Yang Jianyi, Wan Qingshan, and a group of senior brothers and sisters awoke from their cultivation and began to gear up.
“Go!”
Qin Li rose into the air.
The rest of them followed behind.
However, none of the crowd had noticed.
Yang Xiaomiao was actually hiding in the middle of the Great Drum Mountain, deliberately detaching herself from the group, and it was only after everyone had left that she stepped out and said to herself:
“Hmph! You all bullied me, especially Qin Li and Lin Xiu Xiu, even my brother didn’t help me and even beat me up, you really pissed me off! I’m not going to stay with you guys, I’m going back to the academy, I’m going back to the sword department!”
Yang Xiaomiao rose up in the air and flew towards Golden Gate Mountain.
In the darkness.
An icy gaze was already on her.
Qin Li did not expect Yang Xiaomou to leave the group and thus did not pay much attention to it.
The people of the academy flew all the way and arrived at the Qingshui River in half a day’s work.
The river water here was cold and bone piercing, extremely clear, and at a glance, one could see pebbles of fish and prawns at the bottom of the river, and if one were to prop a boat on it, it would appear as if it was floating at first glance.
“This is the Qing Shui River, along the river, one can see a tall building, Wang Ju Lou, where is the residence of the White-Haired Demoness.”
Qin Li led the way in front.
Soon, the crowd saw a riverside high-rise with green bricks and green tiles, white tents and appendages, quite a bit of the elegance and gentleness of water village architecture.
“Who are you people, this is a private important land, if you dare to come one step closer, we’re going to take action.”
A few female cultivators rushed out from the Lookout Residence Building.
They had dyed white hair and held long swords, their gazes sharp and murderous.
“Finally, we’ve encountered a living person.”Qin Li breathed a sigh of relief, two consecutive tragic cases of extermination had caused him to be on edge, if this place was also littered with corpses, there was really no way to start.
“Have the White-haired Demoness come out to meet us!”Qin Li bellowed, bluntly.
A few female cultivators coldly grunted, “How dare you, where did you come from, a mountainous loose cultivator, actually scornfully calling the White-Haired Demoness, let’s see if we don’t chop off your dog’s head.”
Saying that, they were about to make a move.
“How dare you!”
Qin Li displayed his Immortal Dignity aura.
Terrifying pressure swept across the four corners of Gaea’s side, stirring up the waves of the Clearwater River, pressing down on these few white-haired female cultivators as they trembled.
At this time!
The Lookout Residence Building shook unceasingly.
An icy voice echoed across the sky.
“I can’t believe that you guys are so fast that you found the Lookout Residence Building.”
The white-haired demoness stepped out in the air, her face was handsome, her eyes azure, and her head of white hair was nine feet long, glowing with a metallic lustre as it fluttered in the wind. She was also wearing a white dress, but it was stained with blood and very eye-catching, and she seemed to have been injured.
“Wait, you’re not them!”As soon as the white-haired Demoness saw Qin Li and the others, she inexplicably came up with this sentence.
Qin Li became interested and pursued, “Who are they?”
With a defensive look on her face, the White-Haired Demoness asked back, “And who are you guys?”
Qin Li replied, “We are from the Xixuan Academy, this time, we have specially come over to audit the case of the murder of the academy’s graduates, and I now suspect that you are one of the murderers who destroyed the Leaning Mountain City.”
“What, you are students of the Xixuan Academy!”The white-haired demoness was shocked and hurriedly defended, “The heavens are unjust! The Xixuan Academy is like a tiger king entrenched in the Western Region, I, a half-immortal king, am but a grasshopper, how could I dare to stroke the tiger’s whiskers, unless I’m suffering from insanity.”
Qin Li frowned greatly.
She was right, the Orchid Evil Cultivator was but a Half Immortal King, how could he provoke the Academy?
With this speculation, it could be that the murderer deliberately framed the Orchid Evil Cultivator after killing many graduates, and then silenced the seven Evil Cultivators, dead or alive.
“Then, who are the ‘they’ you’re talking about?”Qin Li asked.
The white-haired demonic girl’s eyes rolled back in her head as she said in a pitiful manner, “They are the people of the Northern Domain Demon Kingdom, who are somehow madly chasing after me.”
Northern Region Demon Kingdom!
Qin Li’s heart jumped violently.
This time, the case was getting more and more confusing, even the people of the Northern Domain Demon Kingdom were involved.
That said, the people of the Northern Domain were extremely withdrawn and rarely travelled other Immortal Regions, so how did they come to the Western Region now?
Could it be that the Northern Domain Demon Kingdom had risen up strongly and was eyeing the Western Region, wanting to infiltrate and invade?
Thus the first step was to uproot the affiliated forces of the academy and kill all the academy graduates?
At this time!
Dark clouds rolled in the distance.
Dozens of cultivators were vaguely seen treading the clouds.
Seeing this, the white-haired demoness was alarmed, ”No good, they’re coming after us! That’s the people from the Northern Region Demon Kingdom.”
Qin Li’s face was grave as he gave the order, “All hands prepare for battle!”
The disciples of the academy drew their blades, their moods tense.
Not long after!
The dark clouds rapidly approached.
Above it stood forty-nine Immortal Exalted Ninth Grade, all dressed in black steel armour and wielding blood-coloured long spears, aligned neatly with each other, like an iron-blooded lion that had won a hundred battles.
Standing at the forefront, was a brash general, clad in white and silver armour, holding a ghost-headed greatsword, his cold gaze swept over the crowd, and he sneered, “White-haired Demoness, you actually found so many little dolls to be your helpers.”
The White-Haired Demoness retreated two steps in fear.
Qin Li, on the other hand, said, “With so many top-tier experts setting foot in the Western Region, it seems that the Northern Region Demon Kingdom’s purpose is not small!”
The rough general snorted coldly, “Hmph! It’s not your turn to meddle in our affairs. Quickly hand over the White-Haired Demoness, or else I’m going to go on a killing spree.”
Qin Li was calm and collected as he asked, “Spirit Eyes Elder Ancestor and the others, did you kill them?”
The brash general laughed loudly, “You said that old man with glowing eyes was hit by my move of the Heart Destroying Palm, counting the time, he also dared to die violently. Not only that, we also killed the bloodthirsty old devil, the white bone devil, and the next one is the white-haired witch.”
Qin Li’s heart shook, counting carefully, the seven Orchid Flower cultivators were almost dead.
“Ah! I’ll fight you guys.”
The White-Haired Demoness shrieked in shock, catalysing her immortal power and striking out immediately.
Her head of white hair danced chaotically, roots like needles, sharp and unrivalled, rolled together was a nine zhang long whip, comparable to a fifth grade immortal weapon, lashing down, the ninth grade of Immortal Exaltation would have to die physically.
“Sculpture small skills!”The rude general gave a disdainful cry and ordered:
“All hands on deck, form a formation!”
At once!
The auras of the forty-nine Immortal Dignitaries hooked together and were indistinguishable from each other. Pitch-black smoke emanated from their bodies, this was highly condensed immortal energy, converging together to grow rolling black clouds, revealing a terrifying demonic might.
“Moving Mountain Demon Hand!”The rough general shouted, manipulating the rolling black clouds into a five hundred foot wide black hand that slammed down.
Boom!
There was an explosive sound.
The white-haired Demoness was jerked out and smashed fiercely on the ground, imprinting a crater. Fortunately, her body was wrapped in white hair, like an armour, alleviating much of the killing power, or else this palm was going to crush the bones of her entire body.
“So this is the unique battle formation of the Northern Region Demon Kingdom.”Qin Li was appalled in his heart, the battle formation could twist the strength of multiple people into a single force, erupting with the power to cross the boundary and decapitate the enemy, this was the fundamental reason for the strong rise of the Northern Domain Demon Kingdom.
Seeing that the group of people knocked away the white-haired Demoness and slowly placed their gazes on Qin Li and the others, immediately, Qin Li’s chilling hairs stood straight up!
“Ten Thousand Sword Torrent!”
Qin Li didn’t nag, and directly used his strongest move.
The Qing Yan Sword slashed out angrily, erupting with thousands of sword qi, like a great river hanging in the air, containing countless sword blade twisting wheels.
Boom!
Sword river versus demonic hand.
Two killing moves against the bombardment, Qin Li is in a comprehensive disadvantage, the waves of the sword river was crushed inch by inch, the pitch-black devil hand as into no man’s land, killing in all directions.
After all, this move had fused the entire strength of the forty-nine Immortal Zun Ninth Grade, already reaching Immortal King level combat power, even if Immortal King First Grade was here, it would be difficult to suppress the Demon Kingdom’s battle formation, let alone Immortal Zun Ninth Grade Qin Li.
“Senior Brother Qin, I’ll come to your aid, Five Petal Lotus Peak!”Wan Qingshan rested his two hands on the sky, drumming up his immortal power, transforming into five majestic peaks that crashed down with a mighty force.
“Unbearable!”
The rough general’s hands split, and the terrifying pitch-black demonic hand split into two smaller ones, one suppressing Qin Li’s torrent of sword dao, and one pumping towards the Lotus Peak.
Rumble!
There was a terrifyingly loud bang.
The five-petalled Lotus Peak was like papier-mâché as it was pierced through by the pitch-black demonic hand.
Wan Qingfeng was traumatised, and although his strength far exceeded that of a normal Immortal Zun Ninth Grade, he was a long way behind Qin Li, and could not be compared to the Demon Kingdom Battle Formation.
