105: Fighting the Three Demons

It must be said that Soul-splitting Old Man and the other two were still very strong.

Among them, Soul-splitting Old Man mainly attacked the Divine Soul, and Blood Blade was a Sword Cultivator, whose Dao techniques were incredibly powerful.

As for the Corpse Puppet, he seemed to be a Body Cultivator and Qi Cultivator, excelling in both offense and defense.

Any one of these three individuals was not as strong as Wei Tiangang, but when they combined, the pressure they brought upon Li Xiangyun was immense.

Li Xiangyun dodged Blood Blade's cleave, thrusting his long sword forward, while simultaneously activating a spell to condense ice shards to block the attacks of the other two.

Blood Blade parried Li Xiangyun's thrust with his sword, then leaped up, swinging out several feet of sword energy towards him.

Just as Li Xiangyun was preparing to counterattack, a strange bell sound suddenly reached his ears.

Soul-splitting Old Man's hand suddenly produced a Soul-Splitting Ghost Bell, and as the bell swayed, waves of bell sounds transformed into a faint black energy that spread out.

Li Xiangyun's mind instantly felt a tearing sensation, causing his spirit to momentarily waver.

Only by protecting his Sea of Consciousness with the Dao Intent of Life did this tearing sensation lessen considerably.

But it was this brief moment of wavering that put Li Xiangyun in a dangerous situation.

At this moment, the sword energy above his head was already upon him, and Li Xiangyun could only move his thoughts, condensing an ice shield above his head.

But how could this hastily condensed ice shield block a full-power attack from a Golden Core Peak Cultivator?

Almost in an instant, the ice shield above Li Xiangyun's head was shattered.

But it was precisely this fleeting moment that allowed him to react.

In a flash, Li Xiangyun's body tilted, and at the same time, a crystal ice armor reappeared on his body.

"Boom!"

With a huge roar, Li Xiangyun was sent flying, crashing onto the ground.

Before he could react, the Corpse Puppet's fist was already upon him, its terrifying punch dispelling the dust.

Li Xiangyun ignored the wound on his chest and countered with a punch.

Without surprise, when the two fists collided, a powerful energy burst forth, and Li Xiangyun was once again sent flying without surprise.

He crashed into the distant mountain, his fate unknown.

After all, Li Xiangyun's current Body Refining cultivation was only at the Middle Stage of the Divine Treasury, so how could he be a match for a Golden Core Peak Cultivator?

"Boy, die!"

"Such a powerful Divine Soul will surely elevate this old man's Soul Banner to the next level!"

Seizing this opportunity, Soul-splitting Old Man and the other two accumulated power and launched their final attack on Li Xiangyun.

Soul-splitting Old Man shook the Soul Banner in his hand, and immediately, a dark black soul light, carrying energy that annihilated everything, shot towards Li Xiangyun.

Blood Blade raised the long sword in his hand, and in an instant, countless blood swords condensed in the air, then transformed into a giant blood sword, emanating an Aura that could pierce through anything.

The Corpse Puppet unleashed a punch, a Dragon roar sounded, corpse Qi permeated the air, and a bone Dragon slowly emerged, its Dragon might awe-inspiring and shocking.

"Sister-in-law, should we go up!?"

Lin Ye watched this scene, and even though he knew they were no match, he couldn't bear to see Li Xiangyun fight alone.

Long Ruoxuan's captivating eyes flickered, her hands clenched tightly, and just as she was about to speak, she changed her tone and said, "No need, I believe him!"

Li Xiangyun suddenly appeared in the air, his injuries already recovered. Then, he looked at the incoming attacks and took a deep breath.

Subsequently, Li Xiangyun's eyes turned blood-red, and the Nine Nether Qi throughout his body surged wildly into his long sword. The sword glowed with an extremely dazzling, eerie light, as if it wanted to devour everything.

Immediately after, he swung it fiercely.

"Nine Nether Sword Art's ultimate move, Nine Nether Annihilation Slash!"

In an instant, a colossal gray-black sword glow flew out. Wherever the sword glow passed, space itself collapsed, and all things were annihilated.

When that extremely dazzling eerie light touched the incoming attacks, it directly devoured the attacks of Soul-splitting Old Man and the others.

Then, with an even greater power, it continued to shoot towards them.

Lin Ye's eyes flashed with horror, "Is that even human?"

"I was worried about Li Xiangyun for nothing. Turns out I was just being sentimental."

Compared to the horror of the onlookers, Soul-splitting Old Man and the other two were terrified at this moment.

Watching the eerie light arrive in an instant, they had no time to dodge and could only watch as the attack came.

Just at this critical moment, a pitch-black vortex suddenly appeared in front of them, and then a palm emerged from it, crushing the incoming eerie light.

It then disappeared.

But the attentive crowd still noticed the drops of blood falling to the ground.

This shocked everyone, knowing that from the Aura just now, the owner of that palm was undoubtedly a Nascent Soul Demonic Lord.

But for such a powerful Nascent Soul Demonic Lord, Li Xiangyun actually broke his defense. What kind of strength was that?

In fact, only Li Xiangyun knew how great the cost of this strike was.

At this moment, Li Xiangyun's originally fair and smooth skin had become somewhat withered, and even the Dao Intent of Life could not alleviate it.

Only after he consumed the Blood Body Pill purchased from the System did he return to normal.

But this was only one-thousandth of the cost of this strike, because in addition to this, Li Xiangyun also expended fifty years of Lifespan.

In other words, with this strike, Li Xiangyun not only consumed all his vital blood but also reduced his Lifespan by fifty years.

And this was the final move of the Nine Nether Sword Art, at the cost of one's own vital blood and Lifespan, in exchange for the power to rise from the dead.

If it weren't for the System, Li Xiangyun was confident that he could Breakthrough to Nascent Soul in not many years.

Therefore, it was just fifty years of Lifespan, he didn't care!

Just then, Real Person Leilong on the cliff finally began.

The thundering lightning, like a sharp sword, split the clouds, striking Real Person Leilong with violent sparks.

The ground was blasted with a charred depression several feet deep, and scattered debris, wrapped in lightning fragments, grazed his shoulder, instantly igniting his robes with a ghostly blue flame.

Real Person Leilong was calm and composed. He suddenly opened his eyes and looked up at the tribulation clouds in the sky.

At this moment, a bottomless vortex was mysteriously swirling in the center of the cloud mass, and silver snake-like electric arcs moved between the layered cloud wisps, each carrying a world-destroying power, twisting the Spiritual Qi within a hundred-mile radius into a turbulent flow.

"Nine Heavens Soul Annihilation Tribulation!!"

Li Xiangyun watched this scene, a glimmer of light flashing in his eyes.

This was the first Heavenly Tribulation a Cultivator would experience after embarking on cultivation, and Li Xiangyun also wanted to observe it to prepare for his future Breakthrough to Nascent Soul.

And this was also one of the reasons why Li Xiangyun agreed.

"Rumble!"

The first thunderclap exploded in his ears.

A purple lightning bolt as thick as a bucket split the clouds, striking directly at Real Person Leilong.

Real Person Leilong's eyelashes trembled violently, but instead of retreating, he advanced. Dazzling lightning patterns appeared on his body, and as the purple lightning fell, he actually absorbed it directly.

"Two more to go..."

Real Person Leilong's throat overflowed with fresh blood, but he stared intently into the depths of the cloud vortex.