49: Storm is coming

Through Li Xingyan's narration, Li Xiangyun understood the reason why Li Xingyan and Li Muwan had separated.

But clearly, Li Xingyan and Fire Old had fallen into the trap of demonic Cultivators.

The true Formation core was not in the Qian Family, but rather in the Wang Family, which Li Xingyan had mentioned casually.

Li Xiangyun thought that the only reason even Fire Old was kept in the dark, besides him being too weak, was that there was no other explanation.

After all, Fire Old had only awakened less than half a month ago, and before that, he had expended a great deal of mental energy both in repairing the myriad beast spirit gathering cauldron and assisting in refining Medicinal Pills.

Now, in order to help Li Xingyan reach the Qian Family, he had acted multiple times, so it was normal for him to be deceived for a while.

But now that Fire Old had fallen into a deep sleep after saving Li Xingyan, how was he going to break the Formation?

Li Xiangyun's brows were tightly furrowed, his heart filled with worry.

From his previous probing, Li Xiangyun had already received bad news: the strange fleshy orb was connected to the entire Formation, and even to the entire Purple Cloud City.

To destroy that fleshy orb, the Formation had to be broken.

But the problem was, if he could break the Formation, he wouldn't be here looking so troubled.

Now, that fleshy orb already had the strength of an Early Stage Golden Core and was still growing.

Even his full-power strike only managed to break its defense; who knew what it would become if it continued to grow?

Therefore, that fleshy orb had to be dealt with as soon as possible!

It seemed the problem had formed a closed loop.

But in reality, there was only one core problem: this damned Formation.

And to break the Formation, his strength alone was clearly not enough; he needed Fire Old's help.

Suddenly, Li Xiangyun thought, "Perhaps he could use the System to strengthen Fire Old's power?"

It wasn't that Li Xiangyun hadn't thought of breaking the Formation through the System before, but first, the treasures capable of breaking a third-grade Formation were too expensive for him to buy.

Even if he could afford it, his prosperity points would definitely be completely depleted, leaving him no extra prosperity points to deal with the subsequent demonic Cultivators.

However, if it was just buying Medicinal Pills to restore Divine Soul power, he thought it should be feasible.

So, Li Xiangyun tentatively searched and found that there indeed were some.

Soul Gathering Liquid: A third-grade low-tier spirit liquid, with the effect of repairing the Divine Soul, gathering the soul, and solidifying the spirit.

Price: 12,000 prosperity points.

That was 120,000 Spirit Stones, a value only slightly more expensive than ordinary third-grade low-tier Medicinal Pills, not considered expensive.

Therefore, Li Xiangyun did not hesitate and purchased it directly.

After having Li Xingyan take out the ring, Li Xiangyun hesitated for a moment and poured down the Soul Gathering Liquid.

A miraculous scene occurred: the dark red ring suddenly emitted a faint, shimmering light, and then the Soul Gathering Liquid disappeared.

Seeing this, Li Xiangyun breathed a sigh of relief, which meant his prosperity points were not wasted, and the Soul Gathering Liquid was useful.

Time slowly passed, and soon three days went by.

During this period, Fire Old did not awaken.

Li Xiangyun also did not try to find a way to break the Formation, but instead stayed in the Li Family, coordinating all sides, and dispatching tens of thousands of Cultivators to fight against the Yin Corpses in the city.

"Old Ancestor, the offensive outside is getting fiercer, and Clan Chief and the others are already struggling to hold on."

Just then, a servant came to report, making Li Xiangyun involuntarily rub his tightly furrowed brows.

Since the probing three days ago, those demonic Cultivators had gone mad for some unknown reason, constantly manipulating Yin Corpses to attack the Li Family.

At the same time, even the Rakshasa Purgatory Formation was activated to suppress the Li Family's Formation.

This led to a sudden doubling of the pressure faced by the Li Family.

Even though he had controlled the overall situation with his Divine Sense during this time, he still couldn't change the situation; on the contrary, the decline became more apparent.

After all, if the enemy's Yin Corpses died, they were truly dead, but if their Cultivators died, they would be transformed into Yin Corpses.

With this ebb and flow, how could they resist?

Unless they could deliver a finishing blow the moment their allies died.

But setting aside the issue of whether they could bring themselves to do it, who could react immediately in a rapidly changing battlefield?

Therefore, what other options did Li Xiangyun have but to say helplessly, "This Ancestor understands. You may withdraw for now.~"

"Report any news promptly."

"Yes!"

Watching the Cultivator's retreating figure, Li Xiangyun could only hope that Fire Old would awaken soon.

Otherwise, he really wouldn't be able to hold on.

Meanwhile, the battle outside had reached an extremely tragic state.

In fact, although the Li Family now had nearly a hundred thousand Cultivators, those in the Early Stage of Qi Condensation, or even at the fourth level of Qi Condensation, didn't even qualify to enter the battlefield and could only stay in the Li Family to maintain the Formation.

Excluding these people, there were fewer than twenty thousand who actually had combat power.

As for Cultivators in the Late Stage of Qi Condensation, there were even fewer, only a few thousand.

And this number was constantly decreasing, which was also the reason for the current difficult situation.

Therefore, this ironically brought news of unknown good or bad.

That is, if these Cultivators died, the Heaven And Earth Treasures Li Xiangyun promised would not need to be fulfilled.

After all, many of them were Loose Cultivators, and all were solitary individuals.

Even if Li Xiangyun wanted to fulfill his promise, he wouldn't find anyone. This saved a large amount of resources.

"Wang Ning, be careful and watch your safety."

"Don't worry! I have plenty of experience dealing with situations like this."

Hearing this, Li Muwan was somewhat puzzled but didn't ask further.

At this moment, Wang Ning seemed to have transformed into a Vicious Beast, charging through the battlefield.

Clearly, Wang Ning was also very tempted by the Heaven And Earth Treasures Li Xiangyun offered.

With every raise of his hand, a Yin Corpse would be shattered, making him look like a war machine.

"Oh no, Granny Meihua is dead, everyone run!"

Just then, such a loud shout came from an unknown place on the battlefield, startling everyone.

"What?"

Wang Ning, who was in the midst of fighting, felt somewhat caught off guard.

One must know that in this battlefield where Golden Core Cultivators did not appear, Granny Meihua and Mo Lingfeng, being at the Peak of Foundation Establishment, were invincible.

Who could possibly kill a Cultivator at the Peak of Foundation Establishment?

Could it be a Golden Core demonic Cultivator who made a move?

Wang Ning stared blankly up at the sky and saw Granny Meihua's body, which had been pierced through.

"Alas~" Li Xiangyun arrived in the air, catching Granny Meihua's falling body one step ahead, and couldn't help but feel a pang of regret.

He wasn't actually familiar with this elderly Cultivator, but she was the first Cultivator to leave the Li Family when he announced the merit point System.

During this time, Granny Meihua had also worked very hard, and was on the verge of accumulating enough merit points to exchange for a Quenching Gold Pill.

But he never expected... However, there was nothing he could do; the opponent's attack was too fast!

Clearly, they had prepared long in advance, aiming for a single fatal blow.

This naturally took into account the factor of his intervention.

With Granny Meihua's death, this powerful combat force was lost.

The already grim battlefield quickly began to crumble.

At the same time, an extreme darkness gradually spread from afar, with countless blood-red eyes flickering in the darkness, and countless ferocious tentacles waving.

It seemed the opponent was no longer willing to wait and intended to resolve them in one fell swoop!

Li Xiangyun sensed an impending storm.