327: What do you mean by... just? ! !

After the great battle concluded, Li Qi withdrew his Divine Ability; the blood-colored barrier and the Eight Trigrams flames both receded, leaving only a pile of humanoid ashes.

Everyone looked at the pile of ashes on the ground, remaining silent, their expressions complex as they gazed at it.

Gu Mihua’s heart was even heavier; Zhang Yihong had been his close friend for many years, but this friend had long since met a cruel end and was no longer among the living.

Not only that, but the abominable Otherworldly Slave had desecrated Zhang Yihong’s corpse, impersonating him to carry out nefarious deeds.

Xiang Zhizhou walked towards Gu Mihua and asked with concern, “Elder Gu… are your injuries alright?”

During the recent battle with the Otherworldly Slave, Gu Mihua had been struck squarely by the opponent, sent flying, and was bleeding from his mouth and nose, already injured.

However, Gu Mihua shook his head: “My injuries are fine; I’ll recover quickly, so everyone needn’t worry.”

He had just taken a Medicinal Pill for healing, and his injuries had stabilized; he would fully recover in just a few days.

Gu Mihua looked at Li Qi, his expression puzzled as he asked, “Li Qi… when did you Breakthrough to the Harmony Realm?”

Li Qi shook his head and casually explained a few sentences: “I haven’t Breakthrough to the Harmony Realm yet; I merely used some special methods… and only then did I possess Harmony Realm battle power.”

Only possessed Harmony Realm battle power…

Harmony Realm battle power…

Only…

?!

Li Qi’s light words, like a thunderclap, echoed in Gu Mihua’s ears, leaving him stunned for a long time.

You explain to me… what do you mean by ‘only possessed Harmony Realm battle power’?

What do you mean by… ‘only’?!

Do you think Harmony Realm Peak powerhouses are like common cabbages, found everywhere!?

Your understated attitude will make me look very foolish, do you know that?

Gu Mihua’s face flushed crimson, and the injuries he had suppressed faintly showed signs of loosening again; he opened his mouth to speak but didn’t know what to say, so he simply said no more.

It was thanks to Li Qi that they discovered Zhang Yihong’s problem this time; Li Qi’s terrifying divination skills directly broke through the seal of the Life-Concealing Jade and pinpointed the target.

Furthermore, Li Qi played an irreplaceable role in killing the Otherworldly Slave!

He alone suppressed and killed the Otherworldly Slave; the other Elders basically didn’t play much of a role.

There exists a high wall between the Harmony Realm and the Enlightenment Realm; the power gap between them is immense, and if those Elders had truly fought that Otherworldly Slave… there would inevitably have been casualties.

To avoid unnecessary losses for the Four Seas Sect, Li Qi stepped up alone and single-handedly killed this Otherworldly Slave.

This was also why Li Qi insisted that Gu Mihua call Zhang Yihong to the Elder Pavilion; the Elder Pavilion’s space is relatively enclosed, so even if they fought to the death there, it wouldn’t affect the outside.

If they had truly engaged this Otherworldly Slave within the Four Seas Sect outside, the mere aftermath of their battle would have injured countless Disciples… there would surely have been innumerable deaths and injuries!

All the Disciples of the Four Seas Sect still didn’t know that a shocking great battle had erupted in the deepest part of the Four Seas Sect!

All of them had walked a path before the gates of hell.

“Li Qi… is this the Otherworldly Slave?”

Xiang Zhizhou came to Li Qi’s side, looking at the pile of ashes on the ground, and asked with a solemn expression.

Li Qi, however, shook his head: “No, this is not the Otherworldly Slave.”

“Not a Otherworldly Slave? Then what is it?”

“This is a Otherworldly Slave… a servant of the Otherworldly Slave.”

After some explanation, everyone understood the difference between the two; the true Otherworldly Slaves are not numerous, but each of them is an incredibly powerful existence.

However, many trivial matters are not handled by these Otherworldly Slaves themselves, but by their minions.

And Otherworldly Slaves… are the minions of the Otherworldly Slave.

“What?? This Harmony Realm Peak monster isn’t even a Otherworldly Slave?”

“Then how powerful must the true Otherworldly Slave be?”

Gu Mihua was startled and exclaimed.

Just now, he had fought this Otherworldly Slave, was a step weaker, and got injured; originally, he thought this was a Otherworldly Slave capable of plundering and devouring a realm, so it was nothing much.

But he didn’t expect that this thing wasn’t a Otherworldly Slave at all, just a follower of a Otherworldly Slave!

If a true Otherworldly Slave were here… wouldn’t he have already been killed by the opponent?

Li Qi shook his head and explained to everyone: “Everyone, calm down; although this Otherworldly Slave’s strength is formidable, Harmony Realm Otherworldly Slaves are still rare, there are only a few of them.”

Gu Mihua became a bit anxious again; when you speak, speak properly, don’t keep saying “only, only.”

Otherworldly Slaves are cultivated by Otherworldly Slaves and inherit part of the power from Demonic Slaves; if they are low-level Otherworldly Slaves, it’s easy to say, as a large number can be cultivated without much effort.

But if they are Harmony Realm Otherworldly Slaves, they are not so easy to cultivate; even the Otherworldly Slave doesn’t have many such Advanced battle powers.

Since a Harmony Realm Otherworldly Slave was lost here today, the Otherworldly Slave must be fuming with rage.

“So that’s it, I was just thinking that there couldn’t be so many Harmony Realm Otherworldly Slaves.”

“If the Otherworldly Slave truly had so many Harmony Realm Otherworldly Slaves… then there would be no way to fight.”

“Since this Harmony Realm Otherworldly Slave is so valuable, and the Otherworldly Slave actually sent it directly to my Four Seas Sect, it seems the Otherworldly Slave’s ambition is not small… it probably wants to take down the entire Four Seas Sect in one fell swoop!”

“Wolfish ambition! Truly wolfish ambition!”

The Otherworldly Slaves of the three powerful forces that previously besieged the Flying Snow House were only at the Enlightenment Realm, but when it came to the Four Seas Sect, they were replaced by a Harmony Realm one…

Clearly, the Four Seas Sect was treated differently.

The Otherworldly Slave considered the Four Seas Sect a higher threat!

Li Qi also realized the key point in this, feeling a headache for a moment; he could imagine that the Four Seas Sect would definitely continue to be a primary target of the Otherworldly Slave.

Moreover, with a Harmony Realm Advanced Otherworldly Slave dead here, the Otherworldly Slave side would certainly not let it go.

Li Qi looked at Gu Mihua and reminded him: “Elder Gu, I have thoroughly calculated everyone in the Four Seas Sect, and besides that Zhang Yihong… no one else is a Otherworldly Slave in disguise.”

“But just because there isn’t one today doesn’t mean there won’t be one in the future.”

“I would like to ask Elder Gu to calculate the Four Seas Sect every few days to prevent any more Otherworldly Slaves from sneaking in.”

Gu Mihua was startled and nodded repeatedly; if Li Qi hadn’t reminded him, he would indeed have overlooked this point.

The Otherworldly Slave’s disguise technique is very strong, making it difficult to distinguish with ordinary methods, and the Law of divination is one of the key methods for identifying these Otherworldly Slaves.

However, in the Four Seas Sect, only Gu Mihua and Li Qi are proficient in this Dao, and only the two of them can do this.

Harmony Realm Otherworldly Slaves are rare, and the Life-Concealing Jade that can obscure past and fate is even rarer, with only one piece; if another Otherworldly Slave were to infiltrate, Gu Mihua would also be able to detect the abnormality.

Gu Mihua nodded: “Alright, I will constantly divine the situation within the Sect…”

At this point, Gu Mihua paused; he vaguely perceived the meaning behind Li Qi’s words.

“Li Qi, are you leaving the Sect again?”

Li Qi nodded slightly: “Yes… and no.”