50: No way back

At the same time, in that darkness, Li Xiangyun also saw the figures of the Zhao Family and others.

Evidently, the Zhao Family had already sided with the Demonic Cultivators, and even the Loose Cultivators and commoners who were attached to the Zhao Family had been transformed into hideous and terrifying Yin Corpses.

Seeing the opponent's massive attack, a cold glint flashed in Li Xiangyun's eyes.

Since there was no avoiding it.

Then let's fight!!!

At worst, it would be a lose-lose situation!

However, unexpectedly, the opponent did not directly attack. Instead, they sent Tian Shanhai and Old Man of Bliss to tempt Mo Lingfeng and the others, saying, "Fellow Daoists."

"Our Yin Corpse Sect has come this time only to eliminate the Li Family; all others will be spared."

"Why should everyone be buried with the Li Family?"

Upon hearing this, Mo Lingfeng and the others had not yet reacted, but the crowd below stirred and began to discuss animatedly.

"Heh~"

Mo Lingfeng sneered at this, dismissing it, and loudly retorted, "All others will be spared?"

"Then what are these hundreds of thousands of Yin Corpses below?"

"Is this what you mean by 'all others will be spared'?"

"Moreover, Demonic Path Prodigies are to be executed by everyone; I hope you all do not bring disaster upon yourselves!"

The Long Family Elder also spoke from the side, "Fellow Daoists, the reason those Demonic Cultivators are willing to waste their breath on us is to focus on dealing with Ice Peak Zhenren."

"Once Ice Peak Zhenren falls, we will truly become fish to be slaughtered."

Hearing this, the crowd below all reacted, beginning to angrily denounce the sinister intentions of Old Man of Bliss and the others.

It was as if they hadn't been the ones wavering just moments ago.

But they couldn't be blamed for this; after all, those Yin Corpses were truly chilling, and not directly fleeing already showed their strong Heart-Nature.

"Heh heh~" In response, Old Man of Bliss did not get angry but laughed instead, "Demonic Path Prodigy?"

"Why do you think this Li Xiangyun is so severely injured?"

"It's because the Great Zhou Dynasty was defeated in the Extraterritorial Battlefield, and even a Soul Transformation mighty expert died in that battle."

"Can such a Great Zhou Dynasty still suppress everything?"

"Demonic Path?"

"Righteous Path?"

"Isn't that for those with profound cultivation?"

"What?"

"How is this possible?"

As soon as these words came out, the crowd below all erupted, and eyes turned towards Li Xiangyun in the sky.

"Even Mo Lingfeng and the others were like this."

After all, this news was truly too astonishing.

"Ice Peak Zhenren, is this true?"

"Please, Ice Peak Zhenren, explain."

"As long as you, Ice Peak Zhenren, say it's not, I, Wang Shan, will absolutely believe you."

...To those incessant inquiries, Li Xiangyun merely denied it briefly, without offering much explanation.

Because he truly didn't know how to explain this matter.

Of course, he could vehemently deny it, but what would be the point?

When people are in danger, they often choose to believe what they already want to believe.

Good words are hard to persuade a doomed ghost; that is the principle.

As the saying goes, "The wise are self-aware, the foolish are self-deluded."

Anyone with a bit of insight would know that siding with those Demonic Cultivators, unless they possessed value like Mo Lingfeng, would lead to no good end.

But some people often prefer to gamble on that slim hope rather than fight to the death.

For such people, why should Li Xiangyun waste his breath?

At the same time, he also couldn't quite understand how those Demonic Cultivators knew such a secret piece of information.

It seems there were problems within the Great Zhou Dynasty as well!

And things indeed unfolded as Li Xiangyun had expected.

As soon as Old Man of Bliss uttered his "persuasion to surrender" words, half the battle was already won.

For those whose Heart-Nature was already unstable, these words sounded as beautiful as celestial music.

In their view, perhaps joining the Demonic Cultivators wasn't so bad; kill when they wanted, rob when they wanted, without restraint, how delightful!

Watching those Cultivators leave, Mo Lingfeng and the others' expressions were grim, but they did not stop them.

Firstly, because the initiative of the battle was not in their hands.

Secondly, because they also wanted to use this to weed out those with unstable Heart-Nature, to avoid being stabbed in the back during the fight.

"Ergouzi, don't you dare leave!"

"I'm telling you again, don't call me by my nickname."

"Are you leaving or not? If you don't, I'll be the first to deal with you later!"

"Damn it!"

"Brother, do we really have to side with those Demonic Cultivators?"

"Little sister, brother doesn't want to. But to survive, brother has no other choice."

"Don't we still have Ice Peak Zhenren? And those Demonic Cultivators are so scary, I'm afraid..."

...And those Cultivators who defected were mostly Loose Cultivators.

After all, Family Cultivators all had their Families outside.

Only those lone Loose Cultivators, with nothing to lose, would disregard these things as long as they could survive.

As time passed, nearly a thousand people from Li Xiangyun's already small group left one after another, making Li Xiangyun feel his pressure double.

Fortunately, high-level combatants like Mo Lingfeng did not leave, which made Li Xiangyun breathe a sigh of relief.

"Hahahaha~" Seeing this, Old Man of Bliss immediately burst into wild laughter, "Mo Lingfeng, do you see?"

"This is the general trend!"

"Now I have a million Yin Corpses behind me. How can you win?"

"Join us! Don't follow this invalid to your death."

"Elder Mosha will help us Breakthrough to Golden Core..."

Just as Old Man of Bliss was gloating, Li Xiangyun could no longer hold back. He flashed and appeared before him.

"Slap!"

A crisp, pleasant slapping sound rang out. Li Xiangyun, like swatting a mosquito, slapped Old Man of Bliss away.

He just loved to slap people in the face when they were getting carried away.

One word: "Refreshing!"

Just then, the demonic clouds in the sky suddenly churned, and then countless tentacles fiercely shot out from within, heading towards Li Xiangyun.

The great battle was about to erupt!

Without the slightest hesitation, Mo Lingfeng directly charged towards Old Man of Bliss, kicking him while he was down.

The other Foundation Establishment Cultivators also sought out their opponents.

In the darkness, the Clan Leader Zhao had just rushed out when he was squarely intercepted by Li Zhongwen.

"Brother Zhao, where are you planning to go?"

"Li Zhongwen, you don't really think I'm afraid of you, do you?"

"Then what about with us?"

Long Hua and Ye Tao also came forward.

Long Hua, as an Elder of the Golden Core Long Family, also had a cultivation of the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment.

As for the Ye Family of Sunset Valley, as an old Foundation Establishment Family, their ancestors even produced a Golden Core, so it was normal for their Elder to be in the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment.

Without any unnecessary chatter, the outer perimeter of the Li Family had now completely transformed into a massive battlefield. Figures surged, and various powerful magical techniques and Martial Skills were constantly unleashed.

Although the opponent had numerous Yin Corpses, fortunately, Li Xiangyun's side had more high-end combat power, especially Foundation Establishment Cultivators, numbering nearly a hundred.

Therefore, not long after the battle began, the Zhao Family's Foundation Establishment Elders continuously fell.

Even those Foundation Establishment Cultivators could spare time to support the Qi Cultivators.

But just then, in the darkness, dozens of black-robed Demonic Cultivators suddenly rushed out.

Their attacks were ruthless, each move fatal, and in the blink of an eye, they reversed the situation.

"Get out of my way!"

In the air, Zhu Youde was also being besieged by two black-robed Demonic Cultivators.

One wielded a saber, the other a sword, and they cooperated seamlessly. Even with Zhu Youde desperately resisting, he still found it difficult to withstand them.

And this was just a microcosm of the battlefield; clearly, those Demonic Cultivators had come prepared.

Even Mo Lingfeng was being besieged by as many as five Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

No matter how strong he was, he had not yet Breakthrough to Golden Core, and for a time, he found it difficult to resist.

As for Li Xiangyun.

He was feeling extremely uncomfortable at this moment.

Due to his injuries, he could not use his full strength.

This resulted in him constantly being suppressed by those tentacles.

Often, as soon as he cut off one tentacle, a sky-obscuring mass of tentacles would follow.

He wanted to use the System, but the problem was that the tentacles before him were just monsters created by those Demonic Cultivators through Formations.

If using the System could solve these monsters, it would be fine, but if it couldn't, they would truly have no hope.

But the current situation clearly no longer allowed him to retreat!

Just as Li Xiangyun was about to use the System.

In the Li Family, Fire Old slowly opened his eyes at last.