“But my master…” Maria Takagi said nervously.
"Your master? Don't be so nervous. I've already spread the word that as long as they release your master, I'll release their people!" Li Yang comforted him.
"Didn't you already kill them?" Maria Takagi asked, puzzled.
"So what if I killed them? I was just fooling them!" Li Yang said disdainfully.
“You…” Takagi Maria Li Yang was speechless.
"Alright, you can rest now. Don't thank me, and don't try to repay me with your body. I don't have time for that right now. What I need to do now is improve my strength!" Li Yang said, then turned and left.
"How could he be so powerful? What happened?" Maria Takagi murmured to herself, watching Li Yang's retreating figure.
...
On the outskirts of Beijing, inside a seemingly ordinary yet vast modern factory, a skilled observer could discern that the factory buildings were constructed according to the orientation of a spirit-gathering array—in fact, it was a massive spirit-gathering array itself. Soldiers stood guard at the entrance like sentries, guns at their sides, their eyes sharp and cold.
A young man, excessively young, had eyes as bright as lamps, emanating a subtle yet imposing aura that made people afraid to look directly at him. Inside the room were a dozen or so elegantly dressed young men and women, all at the level of Qi cultivation, but capable of being dispatched as experts, already surpassing the Innate Realm.
"Listen up, everyone! You are outstanding scions of various powerful families, and you are here to serve the country. No matter if you were once young ladies or young masters, once you are here, you are members of my Dragon Group, and you must obey my orders, Fei Ling. Otherwise, I will absolutely not be polite!" After the young man finished speaking, he suddenly unleashed an astonishingly powerful aura, revealing himself to be a super expert who was already close to the Nascent Soul realm.
"A disciple who has been encountered by Kunlun for three hundred years is indeed extraordinary! Only our Emei elders have reached such a level, right?"
"Indeed, he is a genius. Even our elders of Maoshan don't have such a level of skill..."
The group of young people below immediately started discussing among themselves, clearly feeling both envy and fear of the young man's level of achievement.
Chapter 783: Samadhi True Fire, Questioning the Heavens
"Yes! We will obey the clan leader's orders!" Everyone nodded hastily in agreement. Their strength was undeniable; if you didn't know your place, you were courting death!
"Reporting to the team leader, Director Zhou from the Security Bureau requests an audience!" a soldier reported as he entered.
“Oh? Take him to my office!” Fei Ling nodded.
"Director Zhou, is there something you need?" Fei Ling met with Zhou Tong, an outstanding Shaolin disciple known as a national Arhat, in his office.
"Team Leader Fei Ling, don't be so polite. Our National Security Bureau may seem very powerful in secular society, but it's really nothing compared to you cultivators!" Zhou Tong was a middle-aged man of medium build, clean and refreshing.
"We are all serving the country and working hard for this land. There is no distinction between high and low status. Director Zhou's position is higher than mine, so please feel free to give me any instructions!" Fei Ling said without any airs.
“Alright, I’ll say it then. As you know, our Security Bureau is full of disciples from ancient martial arts families, and they’re all martial arts masters. We deal with mundane matters. But recently, a strange person has appeared in Jiangdong City. His martial arts skills are beyond the realm of ordinary martial arts, and some strange things have been happening in Jiangdong City lately. Moreover, it seems that several members of our bureau have a grudge against him. I think he will definitely retaliate against us. Based on Director Wang Gui’s description, I don’t think any of us are a match for him. I would like to ask Team Leader Fei Ling to step in and deal with this person.” Zhou Tong said.
"Oh? Is that so? Maybe it's some powerful demon again. I just killed a bigwig in the Northeast underworld, who knew it was just a big blue wolf that's become a demon and causing trouble~ Tell me his name and identity, and I'll send people to deal with him!" Fei Ling said arrogantly.
"Yes. His name is Li Yang. He's from Jiangdong City and is the city's underworld boss. He's very influential, with wide connections and close ties to local government officials. He runs a Bagua Sect with a large number of subordinates. He's so powerful that we have to take action against him! I even tried to recruit him into the National Security Bureau, but he refused and even beat up one of our men!" Zhou Tong said excitedly.
"Oh? I see. Wait for my good news~" Fei Ling said, her eyes gleaming. "Alright. Goodbye~" Zhou Tong walked away.
“Li Yang? Interesting. I’ll have to go and meet him.” Fei Ling said and walked out of the office.
...
"Hahaha... My second primordial spirit has finally succeeded..." Li Yang laughed triumphantly in the room. He opened his mouth and spat out a beam of green light, and a small figure suddenly appeared in the air. It grew rapidly in the wind and grew to the same size as Li Yang, looking exactly like him. It was practically a second Li Yang.
It exuded an astonishing aura, far surpassing Li Yang's own abilities. This was the second primordial spirit refined by the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm. Li Yang had fed it with Chi You's essence blood, while simultaneously absorbing the soul power from the Heavenly Net Blood-Transforming Divine Blade, and had actually refined the second primordial spirit within a month. If the people of Kunlun, Shushan, Maoshan, and Emei knew this, they would be utterly shocked. Such a heaven-defying feat accomplished in a month—no one would believe it even if they were beaten to death!
"Looks like we can forge our own flying sword! We don't have any top-quality natural materials! That's it, we'll use you!" With a thought, Li Yang activated his true essence, and the Heaven-Asking Divine Spear, which he couldn't control before, suddenly appeared. Although it was only half the size, it was enough to transform it into a flying sword.
Although Chi You, the Demon God, was powerful in the ancient times, he was only a Great Shaman. He was far from the level and ability of the Ancestral Shaman. At that time, he was only at the level of an ordinary Golden Immortal. He would be very powerful in the mortal world, but he would be very ordinary in the immortal world.
Therefore, although his Heaven-Asking Divine Spear was powerful, Li Yang's second primordial spirit was a six-winged golden silkworm with a pair of feathers, which had absorbed a large amount of Chi You's essence blood, making it incredibly powerful. Being a fire-attribute ferocious beast, its power was truly astonishing. "Let's draw some talismans first," Li Yang said, using jade talismans and essence blood to create many sunflower water talismans, which he then pasted all over the room to cool it down and prevent it from melting. After all, if he were to refine a flying sword later, the temperature would be too high, and the room could easily burn down.
"Pfft—"
The second primordial spirit opened its mouth and spat out a beam of shimmering white flame. The temperature in the room instantly rose to an unbelievable level, even Li Yang's main body, which was covered with talismans, could hardly withstand it.
"Samadhi True Fire~"
It turned out to be the Samadhi True Fire that could only be spewed out after reaching the highest realm of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation. The Samadhi True Fire, which was extremely powerful in the world, was the same Samadhi True Fire that had caused Sun Wukong to flee in a sorry state.
"Hiss hiss hiss—"
The Samadhi True Fire was directly sprayed onto the Heaven-Asking Divine Spear. The dark spear initially showed no reaction, demonstrating its incredible hardness. However, the Samadhi True Fire is said to be able to melt anything in the Three Realms, and even the mighty Heaven-Asking Divine Spear, being a damaged weapon, quickly began to melt away, albeit slowly.
"The Samadhi True Fire is indeed terrifying!" Little White said in fear, hiding in Li Yang's arms. It was only at the Demon Core Realm, which is the Qi Refining and Body Entering Realm, and had not yet entered the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation Realm, so of course it could not withstand the power of the Samadhi True Fire.
It's safe to say that Li Yang is no longer afraid of Xiao Bai. Although his main body is no match for Xiao Bai, his second primordial spirit's clone is more than enough for Xiao Bai to kill and burn to ashes.
"Now you know how powerful I am. From now on, you have to call me Big Brother, understand?" Li Yang said with a smug smile.
"You're so mean!" Xiaobai said, displeased.
"Hahaha..." Li Yang laughed triumphantly again.
As Wentian melted away bit by bit, Li Yang kept his eyes fixed on it, not daring to relax even slightly. The moment had come, and he dared not tease Xiaobai any longer.
"Hiss hiss hiss..."
Several hours passed, and the Heaven-Asking Spear finally melted, turning into a stream of black water that shimmered with a strange charm.
"The will follows the heart... the sword heart is clear... done—" Li Yang roared, and his second primordial spirit once again spewed out a nearly clear flame, the black liquid completely liquefied and safely melted away.
With a thought, Li Yang channeled the Samadhi True Fire, causing the black water to stretch and deform in waves...
"Buzz—"
A dark, broad short sword suddenly took shape. Li Yang immediately poured all the profound array techniques he had comprehended from the Twelve Degrees Heavenly Gods and Demons Array into it. The sword trembled, and many mysterious patterns appeared. These were all external manifestations of the arrays, all of which were incredibly powerful attack arrays, carrying a strong killing intent and evil aura. After all, the Twelve Degrees Heavenly Gods and Demons Array was inherently a fierce and evil array!