145: Chapter 145 The Offensive Begins

Looking at the remaining life span of just over four hundred thousand years, and then at the plundered Spells and legacies.

Jiang Yan decisively chose to upgrade the Alchemy Legacy. After all, from now on, he might have to rely on genuine cultivation.

As he activated the Alchemy Legacy, a tidal wave of information instantly flooded into his divine sea.

'Holy shit!'

Jiang Yan's body convulsed, his head shaking incessantly, as if a small electric motor had been installed.

After the Alchemy Legacy information settled, he felt as if he had just been fished out of water.

'Damn it, how could that monk absorb so many legacies?'

He simply couldn't understand. Others didn't experience this situation when receiving legacies.

What he didn't know was that others received legacies bit by bit, like squeezing toothpaste. Who would be so beastly as to absorb it all at once like him?... He glanced at the Artifact Refining Legacy... he hesitated, because this feeling was truly life-threatening... 'Forget it, I'll give myself a break this time. I'll activate it when needed.'

'Next, it's time to inherit the Spells.'

Jiang Yan rubbed his hands and decisively chose the "Ancient Sealing Art" and the "Pill Condensation Art".

These two arts, one was the Legacy of Hai Jiuyuan, the other was a Medicinal Pill art.

With fifty thousand years of life span invested, the "Ancient Sealing Art" instantly reached the 'grasped' Realm.

As for the "Pill Condensation Art", this intermediate-level art was maxed out, also consuming nine thousand years of life span.

For the "Nine Dragons Sword", this Legacy Martial Skill, he definitely needed to use it.

Glancing at the remaining four hundred and forty thousand years of life span, he decisively invested one hundred thousand years.

As the changes on the panel concluded, a smug smile appeared on Jiang Yan's lips.

[Host: Jiang Yan]

[Talent: Heaven Rewards the Diligent, Life Span Plunder, Sword Dao Growth, Alchemy Growth, Spear Realm Growth Bonus]

[Level: 29]

[Current Experience: 87.93%]

[life span: 22/76937 Years]

[life span: 349871 Years (Available life span can strengthen Cultivation Technique, Spell, Martial Skill proficiency)]

[Essence: 112.7 (Divine Valor Realm Middle Stage)]

[Spirit: 42]

[Realm: Primordial Flawless Core Formation Realm Great Perfection]

[Dao: 92.5]

[dao seed: Blood (Perfect Nine Apertures) Slaughter (Embryonic)]

[Concept: Sword (Illusion-Piercing Sword Truth) Spear (Hidden Origin Realm)]

[Talisman: Great Grandmaster Rank]

[Alchemy: Pill Envoy (All Ancient Legacies Activated)]

[Artifact Refining: Unranked Spirit Pattern (Ancient Legacy Not Activated)]

[Cultivation Technique: Qi Refining Technique Advanced Chapter (scratching the surface) Blood Coagulation Qi Refining Method Advanced Chapter (scratching the surface)]

[Spells: Ancient Sealing Art (Legacy Rank, grasped) Thunderstorm Art (grasped) Breath Concealment Technique (grasped) Tiger Roar Sound Wave (mastery) Blood Shadow Ghost Evasion (mastery) Cloud Breaking Art (mastery) Hundred Refinements Divine Mechanism Art (grasped) Pill Condensation Art (mastery)]

[Martial Skills: Nine Dragons Sword (Legacy Rank, Flawless mastery) Sword Rain Art (grasped) Sword Breaking Method (mastery) Sword Shadow Art (mastery) Qi Blood Fiend Source Scripture (grasped)]

...'Done. Next, continue drawing Talismans!'

Jiang Yan jumped off the bed, hurriedly took out his spirit brush, and began crafting Talismans.

After all, tomorrow's first battle was against the Dao Yun Sect. If things went smoothly, he would likely waste nearly a thousand low-grade Talismans.

As for mid-grade Talismans, he would need to use at least a hundred in coordination.

Tongtian Peak, Sect Master Hall.

Sect Master sat to the side, listening to Li Yi's battle plan.

The Peak Masters and Elders present understood clearly: tomorrow's assault on the Dao Yun Sect would undoubtedly be a bitter battle, and it was even possible it would cause significant casualties.

Defending one's own Sect and attacking another Sect are different. In defending their own Sect, they could rely on the grand Formation, terrain, and other aspects to counter invaders.

But in attacking another Sect, the Dao Yun Sect would be on home ground, and their Qingyun Sect would be the invaders.

However, Li Yi's plan that followed directly overturned the Sect Master's and the Peak Masters' understanding.

Li Yi's combat method was simple. The core Concept was to simply blow everything up!

First, use the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle to break their Formation. Anyone daring to show their head, he and Grand Elder Chen Yaofeng would take them out.

If they were pinned down, then the Peak Masters would step in.

Once the Dao Yun Sect's grand Formation was broken, Jiang Yan would use Talismans to level the Dao Yun Sect.

"Don't we need flying boats for the assault?" Duan Tianhai voiced the question on everyone's mind.

"That kind of thing is already outdated; at most, it's just a transport tool," Li Yi explained.

Hearing this, the Peak Masters had no further questions. They clearly understood that the old warfare model had been rendered obsolete by Li Yi's fighting style.

If they didn't adopt this war model, their Qingyun Sect would only suffer losses.

"What if the Fire Cloud Sect and Chilian Mountain attack us from both sides?" Xiao Mubai asked.

"Then we focus on destroying one Sect. Once it's gone, the other two Sects can only choose to flee," Li Yi said, glancing at Lu Wuxiu. "Junior Martial Uncle, I'll trouble you and Senior Martial Uncle Zhang to make a trip to the Dao Yun Sect later. I hope you can set up a spatial Formation on the route the two Sects will take for reinforcements. I don't require them to be trapped, just buy us some time."

"Alright, that's no problem at all," Lu Wuxiu stood up and agreed.

When it came to this type of Formation, he, Lu Wuxiu, was extremely proficient. Attack Formations weren't his forte, nor were defensive grand Formations his specialty, but Spatial Folding Grand Formations? That was his Domain.

"Junior Martial Uncle Duan, Senior Martial Uncle Gu, I'll trouble you two to go to the Fire Cloud Sect and Chilian Mountain late tonight. Cause a big commotion. No need to kill, just delay the two Sects' rescue efforts," Li Yi said.

"Don't worry, leave it to us," Duan Tianhai and Gu Chen stood up and said.

With the plan laid out, Li Yi left the Sect Master Hall. After all, he still had many Talismans to prepare.

Dao Yun Sect, Yunmiao Peak.

Grand Elder Ge Xuan listened to Sect Master Liang Qiu's report, the blue scales under his arms suddenly standing on end.

"How dare they! You are truly a bunch of useless trash!" Ge Xuan scolded sharply, his voice piercing. "The combined elites of two Sects plus the Ten Thousand Mechanisms Hall couldn't even take down a single Qingyun Sect, and they even caused us to lose so many Sea Race powerhouses. What use are you to me!"

"Please calm your anger. According to the intelligence sent back, not only has Li Yi recovered his former cultivation, he's even stronger than he was over fifty years ago. We humbly request you join forces to kill that Li Yi," Liang Qiu pleaded, kneeling on both knees.

Ge Xuan's scales trembled violently. The seawater within the entire Immortal Cave began to stir without wind, forming eerie whirlpools around him.

His pupils narrowed into vertical slits, emitting the cold light unique to deep-sea creatures.

"Stronger than before?" His voice suddenly became low and terrifying, with eight illusory tentacle shadows faintly appearing behind him. "Good... very good! Just in time, Old Seventh's Physical Body is about to rot. We'll use Li Yi's body as the vessel!"

Liang Qiu pressed his forehead against the ground, cold sweat mixing with seawater seeping from the walls, soaking him completely.

He could sense the terrifying, non-human aura within the Grand Elder awakening. This highest existence of the Dao Yun Sect was no longer a pure Cultivator.

"Pass down the order," Ge Xuan's nails suddenly grew three inches long, carving deep grooves into the stone wall. "Activate the 'Deep Sea Altar'. Awaken the slumbering Lord. I want the Qingyun Sect to come and never return!"

Liang Qiu trembled violently, looking up in disbelief. "B-but that..."

"Silence!" Ge Xuan waved his hand, and Liang Qiu was lifted by an invisible force, choking him by the neck. "Do you think we have any choice left? Since Li Yi has regained his strength, then let the entire Qingyun Sect... no, let the entire Eastern Domain Continent be buried with him! I want those damned Human Race Cultivators to know that opposing our Sea Race leads to only one path!"

Fire Cloud Sect, Huoling Peak.

The black-robed Elder, upon hearing that Red Heavens Son had fallen in battle, remained very calm, as if he had anticipated it.

"Tomorrow morning, take all the remaining Elders and Disciples and head to support the Dao Yun Sect."

"Yes, my lord," a Peak Master clasped his fist and accepted the order.

Before this Peak Master could leave, another black-robed Elder suddenly appeared. His face appeared human, but his blue hair and the fin on his back indicated he was no longer human.

"Greetings, Lord Wen Mo," the Peak Master clasped his fist in salute.

"Elder, stay. The Dao Yun Sect plans to awaken that slumbering Lord," Grand Elder Wen Mo said.

Hearing this, the black-robed Elder was shocked. "Doesn't he understand how great the risk is?"

"Lu Jun, there are some things we of the Sea Race do not understand. I, however, believe Ge Xuan's method is not wrong," Wen Mo said.

Lu Jun let out a shrill cry of anger, seemingly complaining about the injustice.

Then, he calmly spoke, "He is a madman. If not for Old Third giving him a chance back then, he would never have been able to set foot in the Human Race's Domain in this lifetime."