"You don't need to worry about that."
“Alright~ I’ll hand over the person and the book in return~ I’ll count to three~” Li Yang said fairly.
“No problem!” Blood Demon agreed.
"Alright, one, two, three..." Li Yang immediately began counting, while secretly drawing a mysterious symbol with his hand and tossing away the Heavenly Book. Meanwhile, as the Blood Demon threw out the little fox, he simultaneously cast a streak of blood onto its body.
Li Yang caught the little fox, and a venomous magical force instantly entered his body. Li Yang groaned and coughed up a mouthful of blood. He immediately threw the little fox to Hu Meiniang and forced out his Samadhi True Fire to resist. However, he was horrified to find that the Samadhi True Fire could not burn it; it only temporarily blocked it.
"Hahaha... You've been cursed by my Bloodlust Curse, you're doomed, and once you die you'll turn into a pool of filthy blood, your soul will never be able to reincarnate~" The Blood Demon grabbed the Heavenly Book and laughed triumphantly.
"Is that so?" A cold laugh suddenly rang in his ears, and a flash of light appeared. The Heavenly Book was snatched away first. It was another Li Yang. However, it was Li Yang's true form; the one who had been confronting the Blood Demon was merely his second primordial spirit.
"A second primordial spirit?" the Primordial Blood Demon exclaimed in surprise. Because he saw two identical Li Yangs.
"Your true form is only at the mid-stage? Fine, you dare to deceive me, I'll tear you to pieces—" The Blood Demon went berserk. Since his debut, the Primordial Blood Demon had only ever played people, never been played himself.
The other three demons also roared and attacked. Li Yang knew things were going badly. He hadn't expected the Blood Demon's technique to be so vicious; even the Samadhi True Fire couldn't ignite it. A thought flashed through his mind, and he immediately thought of something extremely filthy. Could it be that this Blood Demon was formed from the blood of the deep mountains, absorbing death energy to create its human form?
Li Yang opened his mouth and absorbed the second primordial spirit, then shouted, "Let's go! Master can handle things here!"
Knowing Li Yang's prowess and realizing there was no time to lose, Hu Meiniang immediately grabbed the little fox and fled.
"Twelve Heavenly Capitals... Gods and Demons bestow their blessings—" Li Yang roared, and a flash of light appeared in his hand, instantly conjuring twelve flags. The flagpoles were made of fine steel, and the flags were woven from silk, with wondrous patterns drawn with gold and silver threads, radiating a strange power that penetrated into the twelve surrounding directions.
The flagpole, made of some unknown material, was easily inserted into the cement ground as if it were tofu. It trembled immediately, and the gold and silver threads on the painted surface seemed to come alive, shooting out wisps of black smoke. The room instantly became filled with a smoky atmosphere, and the Hunyuan Blood Demon and his three monster subordinates were all trapped inside.
"The Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation! How is this possible... Wasn't it supposed to be lost to time...?" The Blood Demon's frantic shouts echoed from within the formation, but it was too late.
Li Yang breathed a sigh of relief and wiped away a cold sweat. Damn it, if he hadn't already spared no expense and spent tens of millions to create twenty-four flags of the Twelve Degrees Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation, he would have really been finished this time.
"As expected, it's true that scholars are poor while warriors are rich. Cultivation is extremely expensive!" Li Yang sighed, then immediately cast a speed talisman on his leg and disappeared from the room in an instant.
"This incomplete Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation can only trap them for about half an hour at most. We'd better get out of here quickly!" Li Yang transformed into a streak of light and chased after Hu Meiniang. But as soon as he leaped out of the door, he immediately saw that Hu Meiniang was surrounded by three people. All three were mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators. Since his second primordial spirit was unusable and his cultivation level was only mid-stage Nascent Soul, he was no match for three such experts all at once.
"Never mind, let's give it a shot!" Li Yang sneered, and the Heavenly Sword transformed into a streak of black light, unleashing a vast expanse of sword light that enveloped the three of them. At the same time, he quickly unleashed eight jade talismans around them.
"Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin!! You're a disciple of Mount Shu?" Wang Feiyun exclaimed in surprise. He, Lu Zhifei, and Zheng Nuo were using the Heaven, Earth, and Man Three Talents Formation to trap Hu Meiniang and the little fox when they suddenly saw someone use Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin to save them. How could he not be surprised?
"I am the ancestor—" Li Yang roared, unleashing a barrage of swords that caught the three off guard. Hu Meiniang, who was also at the mid-stage of cultivation, immediately seized an opening and escaped the formation.
"Go!" Li Yang shouted, spitting out a mouthful of blood essence. He was really risking his life. At the same time, the eight jade talismans suddenly appeared in the air. When he spat out the blood essence, they hummed and trembled, shooting out streaks of green light. A huge Tai Chi Bagua diagram immediately appeared in the air.
"Tai Chi Bagua Formation—" Li Yang roared, and eight jade talismans immediately surrounded the three of them. Immense pressure descended from the sky, suppressing the three of them and rendering them unable to move.
However, Li Yang was also finding it very difficult.
"Blazing Sword—" Wang Feiyun roared, spitting out a blazing, fiery flying sword. The fierce heat instantly ignited, and the entire formation erupted with immense heat.
Li Yang's jade talisman trembled instantly, as if it were struggling to defend itself.
"What powerful fire energy!" Li Yang was secretly surprised. He didn't know that this was made by the elders of Mount Shu, who collected volcanic rock fire and added its poison to refine it. Although the level wasn't very high, the intense fire and poison within were extremely vicious, significantly increasing its attack power. Li Yang's low-grade jade talisman-made Tai Chi Bagua formation immediately began to struggle.
"Perfect timing—" But after his initial surprise, Li Yang became delighted. He gritted his teeth, made a hand seal, and roared, "Explode—"
The eight jade talismans were struck by the raging fire poison and then shaken by Li Yang's talisman, causing them to explode. Powerful energy shot out in all directions, completely enveloping the three of them.
"Ah—" Wang Feiyun was terrified when he saw the fire poison he had unleashed tumbling towards him.
"Spare his life!"
A loud roar came from afar and arrived in an instant. A radiant immortal sword flashed by and easily extinguished the powerful fireball!
Chapter 791: Stained Blood, Straw
"Senior Brother!" Upon seeing the immortal sword, Wang Feiyun immediately became excited. It was none other than Qingye, the eldest disciple of Mount Shu, who was already a master in the late stage of Qi Refining. His Flowing Light Sword was very famous, on par with the Cold Light Sword of Kunlun's Flying Feather.
Lu Zhifei and Zheng Nuo were also rescued by Qingye, who arrived just in time. However, Qingye was a rigid person, focused solely on cultivation, and indifferent to anything outside of it.
He scolded, "What's wrong with you all? This is the territory of the Primordial Blood Demon! The Three Yin Soul Gathering Array is one thing, but he himself was formed from a thousand years of tainted blood absorbing death energy. Even the elders would give him a wide berth. Aren't you all courting death?"
Wang Feiyun was ungrateful; instead of being grateful, he felt quite disgusted.
"Senior Brother, we only came to try our luck because we heard that the Blood Demon was injured. It's all because of that Fei Ling from Kunlun. Didn't we cultivators just form a Dragon Group? That Fei Ling spoke rudely, saying that our Shu Mountain is no good and that his Cold Light Sword is more powerful, so he became the group leader~ I'm not convinced, so I wanted to come and prove Shu Mountain wrong..."
"Feiling? Hmph~ Too arrogant! I'll have a match with him sooner or later and see which is stronger, his Cold Light Sword or my Flowing Light Sword! You guys should leave now, this place is not safe to stay~" Qingye left. Wang Feiyun and the others also left. Li Yang, after detonating the Tai Chi Bagua Formation, cast a Swiftness Talisman on his leg and disappeared.
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"Master's wife... Master will be alright~" Hu Meiniang looked fearfully at Chu Hong, whose face was very sour.
"Hmph! If anything happens to your master, I'll..." Chu Hong was also terrified. She was extremely anxious outside the formation. When Li Yang and Hu Mei came out and saw them covered in blood, she was terrified and immediately used a teleportation talisman to bring Li Yang back. Li Yang is currently in seclusion.
"Is this your sister?" Chu Hong realized she had overreacted; after all, she was Li Yang's disciple and her junior. She shouldn't have acted this way. She should have shown some manners.
"Yes~" Hu Meiniang breathed a sigh of relief and affectionately patted the little fox hiding to her side. The little girl blinked her big eyes and looked at Chu Hong fearfully.
"Oh, you guys, alright, come with me, I'll prepare a place for you to stay!" Chu Hong got up and left.
"But I want to wait for Master to come out!" Hu Meiniang said guiltily.
"Alright~ Little fox, come with me!" Chu Hong pulled the little girl away. Although the little girl was a little scared, she knew that they had saved her and wouldn't harm her, so she followed Chu Hong.
In Li Yang's room.
Li Yang looked at his second primordial spirit in agony. The six-winged golden silkworm fluttered its pair of huge fan-shaped wings, its strength greatly diminished, and it looked like it was about to be ruined.
Li Yang tried everything, hoping to gradually force out the Bloodthirsty Curse with the Samadhi True Fire. However, the curse was incredibly powerful and stubborn, having no effect whatsoever. Watching it slowly corrode the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm, Li Yang was heartbroken. If the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm were to perish like this, Li Yang would be devastated. Without the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm, he would be reduced to a low-level mid-stage cultivator—how frustrating and humiliating that would be!