117: The name of the martial arts immortal

Stepping onto the shuttle, Chen Cuo frantically processed the information before him. To be honest, he never expected to encounter such a situation right upon entering this realm, and the key was how 'stupid' these Righteous Path individuals were.

Such an important area surprisingly lacked even a protective Formation; they were truly too careless.

However, this place was originally an absolute desolate land, the Extreme West Land, bitterly cold. Even Cultivators found it difficult to endure, and setting up a Formation here would likely incur astronomical maintenance costs. The fact that realm crossings only occurred once every hundred years was probably due to this reason, as the cost of using the Immortal Ascension Formation once was considerable.

As Bai Tang of the Bai family fled, various forces also employed their own methods. Some used Flying Magical Artifacts, others used small flying ship-like treasures, and some Cultivators relied on exquisite escape techniques to lead their respective personnel to flee.

The Demonic Path's Sky-Void Flying Ship could not fly fast in such a terrain, and it did not dare to ascend to high altitudes, where the extremely cold Qi winds were several times colder than on the ground.

If this Flying Ship were not controlled by a Master, it would not have been able to secretly cross the northwest border of the Yellow Sands. From the Extreme Flame Land to this Extreme Cold Land, although the Flying Ship could not be used to chase people, the machine cannons on board, fully charged with Rune power, were ready to fire.

They specifically targeted the small flying ships of the Four Great Sects and also focused their attacks on the four Golden Core Immortal Masters. Li Lingji did not aim to defeat the enemies; they only needed to hold them back for a period until reinforcements arrived.

The machine cannons spewed destructive beams of light. After the four Golden Core Immortal Masters desperately intercepted them, one Flying Ship still had its deck pierced; it was the Vajra Sect's Lotus Treasure Seal Ship.

Great Master Zhizhen's eyes immediately turned red. The surviving Foundation Establishment and Qi Cultivators immediately used all means to flee with the Immortal Seeds.

However, the Flying Ship's speed was still much faster than a Foundation Establishment cultivator's escape speed, and soon the other Flying Ships left under the cover of the four Immortal Masters.

Of course, the Demonic Path forces had no reason to let them go. Many Foundation Establishment cultivators on board immediately chased after them in various directions. As for the six Golden Core Cultivators of the Demonic Path, they charged towards Li Lingji and the other four with an extremely strong sense of oppression.

In the current situation, the Sky-Void Flying Ship did not dare to travel far. It stayed put, waiting for the Demonic Path Disciples to return to the ship with their Immortal Seed harvest, and then it would immediately escape to prevent being surrounded by the arriving grandmasters.

Thus, it could not pursue the personnel of various forces, but those who went in pursuit were all Demonic Path Foundation Establishment Disciples, and they were all ruthless individuals skilled in combat.

Five Demonic Path Golden Core Cultivators plus one Yao Beast, fighting against Li Lingji and his four companions, with the assistance of the Sky-Void Flying Ship's cannons, made them irresistible. When they blocked the first wave of attacks, the four of them immediately retreated from the encirclement of the Demonic Path Cultivators at the fastest speed, flying in different directions to harass them, rather than actively engaging in direct combat.

If the Sky-Void Flying Ship's cannons were to target large structures point-to-point today, they would indeed be Sharp Weapons for assault. However, for the escape speed of Golden Core Masters, if they could not be restrained, the cannons would be useless.

As for Great Master Zhizhen's arrangements, they could not be attended to. Only when the personnel of various forces and those Golden Core Cultivators had widened their distance could Li Lingji and his companions merely maneuver, preventing the Golden Core Cultivators from personally seizing the Immortal Seeds. If Heavenly Demon Sword Child and his group wanted to act and personally capture the Immortal Seeds and martial artists, they would be obstructed by Li Lingji.

But that was all. He could not keep an eye on those Foundation Establishment Demonic Cultivators; he could only rely on his Disciples themselves.

“Fortunately, I listened to Master and arranged for more Foundation Establishment Disciples to follow. Otherwise, we would have suffered a great loss this time.”

Just as Li Lingji was contemplating, an extremely fast sword light swept towards him. It was Heavenly Demon Sword Child. Li Lingji wanted to prevent the six Demonic Path Golden Core Cultivators from acting personally, so why wouldn't Heavenly Demon Sword Child want to keep the four of them there?

Even if he couldn't keep them, he couldn't let them interfere with the Foundation Establishment Disciples' actions. The sword light was very fast. Li Lingji flew onto a patch of green cloud and dodged in an instant, but the green cloud shattered without warning.

A man with a wild Qi soaring to the sky and an extremely handsome and evil evil appearance, holding a blood-red sword, cackled: “Heh heh, what kind of West Continent's First Martial Immortal are you? Do you dare to fight me for a few rounds?”

This person was precisely Heavenly Demon Sword Child. It was rumored that he accidentally obtained a Legacy from the Heavenly Devil Sect, entered the Dao of cultivation, and his cultivation soared, quickly reaching the Golden Core stage. He was a Genius of the same period as Li Lingji, and their backgrounds were also very similar: both were born ordinary mortals who stumbled upon an Opportunity to cultivate. Heavenly Demon Sword Child had long wanted to fight such an interesting opponent.

At this moment, the two of them were already far from the Flying Ship, so Li Lingji no longer feared the suppression of the ship's cannons. His Battle Intent also burned fiercely towards this scoundrel. Martial Dao cultivates the spirit, and the spirit is true. Martial Dao is about contention, not inferior to Immortals.

“Then let’s fight!”

Before he finished speaking!

The blood-red Flying Sword, accompanied by whistling wind, swiftly struck down. The sword light glowed blood-red, and even before it materialized, a foul, fishy smell could be detected.

Li Lingji, unhurriedly, drew a white jade flute from his waistband and quickly played musical notes, his fingers continuously drawing several Runes on it.

They condensed into a bamboo curtain, trapping all the rapidly incoming sword light and instantly grinding it to dust.

“I never expected the famous Martial Immortal to also be a musical Cultivator. It’s truly laughable to even mention it.”

Heavenly Demon Sword Child smiled sinisterly, mocking Li Lingji, but his face revealed a few more hints of caution. Those who achieve Golden Core through Martial Dao cultivation often possess strong will, intelligence, and astuteness. Li Lingji's current offensive, which left him unaffected, couldn't help but make him a little more careful.

“Die for me!”

At this moment, Heavenly Demon Sword Child no longer probed. He struck instantly, his entire body enveloped in thick, dark blood-colored sword light, accompanied by two wailing, grotesquely laughing Yin Souls. Like an unbreakable straight line, it traversed the Void Realm, intent on severing anything in its path.

The speed of this sword was incredibly fast, exceeding Li Lingji's imagination. It was as if the sword had passed through the traces of the Void Realm, abruptly striking before him.

His white jade flute surged with Magical Power. When the sword light arrived, it seemed as if the flow rate of all surrounding objects slowed down. It was as if the flowing Qi, air, and even the shining light trails in that part of the sky underwent a subtle change in that instant.

“The Mortal World is fleeting, like water leaving no trace!”

It slowed down. In that one ten-thousandth of a second when Li Lingji employed his technique, Heavenly Demon Sword Child's sword light slowed down. It was like a movie being paused, no, it should be a slow-motion playback.

Heavenly Demon Sword Child's heart panicked: “He used some kind of Divine Ability to slow me down. But my Sword Intent was forged by fusing a trace of the Law of night blood, capable of cleaving through the Void Realm. What exactly is this? Could it be…”

Time does not manifest, space reigns supreme. His blood Dao Sword Intent, infused with a trace of the spatial Bloodline Law of the owl, was always effective against powerful enemies. Even against a Golden Core Late Stage Cultivator, he could handle it calmly. His extreme devotion to the sword made his Sword Dao fearless of any Divine Ability. Yet, Li Lingji seemed to have comprehended a trace of the power of time.

He momentarily slowed his figure within the music of the jade flute. However, upon sensing it, he realized that breaking free from this state would only take a single breath. But in a battle between Masters, a hair's breadth difference leads to a thousand-mile error.

How could Li Lingji let go of this Opportunity? Seven light needles, shimmering with red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, simultaneously pierced towards Heavenly Demon Sword Child's vital points. The seven light needles, each with a different form, carrying distinct Qi and power, rushed into the blood-red light. Heavenly Demon Sword Child immediately grunted, letting out a strained roar.

“You want to leave? Stay!”

Li Lingji’s Physical Body, enveloped in a flowing seven-colored halo, formed an incredibly large handprint that reached out to grasp Heavenly Demon Sword Child’s figure. However, with a sudden explosion, a burst of blood-light erupted, and fragments of the blood-red Flying Sword shot out, catching Li Lingji off guard, forcing him to dodge.

Heavenly Demon Sword Child seized the Opportunity to escape the attack, his eyes turning blood-red. He had injuries around his chest and lower body, and the Flying Sword in his hand had disappeared, replaced by a black long banner. Beside him was a tiny cloth doll with blood-red gems inlaid in its eyeballs.

The cloth doll let out a cackling, wicked laugh, continuously absorbing the blood-red vital Qi around Heavenly Demon Sword Child. Then, Heavenly Demon Sword Child's wounds rapidly healed, and the cloth doll became tattered.

“The Yin Soul Banner and the Substitute Doll! Your Excellency truly has many treasures!”

“I don’t deserve it. You are the truly skilled one, having comprehended a trace of the superficial aspects of the Law of time. No wonder you are called the West Continent's First Martial Immortal. I almost, almost died by your hand!”

“Heh, thank you for the compliment. You’re not bad either. If it were anyone else, that sword technique of yours would probably have killed them already.”

Li Lingji also secretly thought himself fortunate. As for the Dao of time, it was not truly that; it was merely his Martial Dao reaching the divine will, encompassing the Mortal World.

Time imprisonment was one of its functions, but not the entirety, and thus it was not truly the Law of time. But these things did not need to be told to the enemy.