Her speed, strength, and techniques that allowed her to change her position within a super small range and shake herself into a cluster of shadows were far beyond what a beginner-level or even middle-level Yuanying Cultivator should be capable of.
She did not carry a sword with her. Li Yao did not sense that she had retrieved a flying sword from her Cosmos Ring, either. Instead, he felt that she was a sword in the first place, a sword that could not have been more terrifying when it exploded into thousands of stars all of a sudden.
The starry brilliance enshrouded the entire desolate island like a waterfall. Every space the size of a fingernail was cut hundreds of times by the most glamorous sword auras. The air was filled with the unpredictable but unstoppable traces of the sword auras.
Yes. Glamorous.
Long Yangjun's sword arts were so unbelievably brilliant that they were only slightly weaker than Yan Liren, the most terrifying swordsman that Li Yao had ever seen in his entire life.
But her sword riding style was entirely different from Yan Liren's.
Yan Liren's sword arts were simple, straightforward, and aggressive. They were usually well-hidden and only targeted with the will of the sword. Once he transformed the will of the sword into a real entity, the target would often have nowhere to run when he really unsheathed his sword.
It was a simple, unpretentious sword art, with the air of simplicity.
Long Yangjun's sword, on the other hand, was glamorous, splendid, and brilliant. It was like a volcano, like a waterfall, and like ten thousand stars exploding at the same time, unleashing infinite light and heat.
If Li Yao's right foot had stepped forward one millimeter a moment ago, or if one of the tendons on his left leg had not been tightened, the glamorous torrents of sword auras would have swallowed him completely.
Even though he stomped on the ground hard without caring if the bones on his left leg would explode the moment Long Yangjun's anomaly happened, and while he retreated quickly and attacked Long Yangjun with a thick crack on the desolate island, he only managed to slightly block the sword auras that were as aggressive as fire. Chi! Chi!
Chi! Chi!
Chi! Li Yao seemed to have been tied up by the sharpest fishing net. Hundreds of wounds the size of baby lips were bursting out all over his body, and blood was pouring out nonstop.
It was especially so when dozens of sword auras tied up his hands, not giving him the slightest chance to focus his attention and move his fingers slightly to retrieve the magical equipment from his Cosmos Rings.
Li Yao's heart was almost frozen, but it jumped to a super high frequency of more than five hundred beats per minute in the blink of an eye, increasing the circulation speed of his blood and spiritual energy to the maximum.
It was the most dangerous battle that he had ever had after he came to the Ancient Sages Sector. It was even more dangerous than the sword competition between him and Yan Liren.
After all, at that time, Yan Liren only had sword will but not killing intent.
But right now, Li Yao could sense infinite, aggressive killing intent from Long Yangjun.
Li Yao could only retreat to the edge of the island.
All the interconnected reefs on the desolate island were chopped into thousands of pebbles by Long Yangjun's shocking sword aura.
Li Yao had nowhere to retreat to. Behind him was a cliff. If he chose to jump off the cliff, he would certainly be caught in the awkward situation where he had no leverage for a moment.
Faced with such a terrifying swordsman like Long Yangjun, it would definitely be a suicidal action to wash himself clean and send himself to the chopping board.
Li Yao could only bellow. The blood that was spurting out of his body mixed with the pebbles turned into a saber of blood, which he flicked at Long Yangjun.
Long Yangjun put on a cold smile. There was not the slightest panic on her face at all. Like a cat that was playing with a mouse, she charged at the bloody saber precisely. After her body was slashed into halves by the bloody saber neatly, it gradually turned into two phantoms.
Below the cliff behind Li Yao, a cluster of crimson sword auras that were even more intense suddenly burst out.
Li Yao's pupils constricted violently. He had no idea when Long Yangjun had deceived his senses and snuck below the cliff.
However, the next moment, he realized that it was a sordid trick. It was impossible for Long Yangjun to hide below the cliff. She had merely transmitted an astonishing sword aura to his back in secret while the sword auras were flying in the sky.
It was an old trick of diversion.
Long Yangjun was still right in front of him.
There was no time.
Li Yao tried his best to move to the left, but he could still hear the cracking sounds of his breastbone exploding and the sound of his blood gushing out as if he were crying.
He crashed at the edge of the desolate island heavily and vomited a mouthful of blood. The sword auras were rampaging inside his body, destroying all the circulation routes of spiritual energy. The spiritual waves that he released were getting weaker and weaker, too.
At this moment, the starry brilliance that was dancing around the desolate island was finally condensed into Long Yangjun's hand one after another, turning into a dazzling longsword that seemed to be made of countless brilliant crystals.
Long Yangjun heavily wounded Li Yao in one attack. Instead of pursuing him, she ejected a streak of brilliance from her Cosmos Ring and turned into a round piece of magical equipment the size of a goose egg in midair. It was riddled with dense holes, making it look like a weird beehive.
Weird soundwaves were being released from every hole on the 'beehive'. The humming noises were echoing nonstop, making one's blood boil and feel extremely uncomfortable.
Judging from the brilliance on the surface of the weird magical equipment, it must have been produced at a rather shocking level. It was definitely not something that the locals of the Ancient Sages Sector could produce. It must be of the same origin as the map core and a product of the Nuwa Clan.
"This treasure is named Sound Nest. It is a rather weird piece of magical equipment. It is not designed to attack the enemy, but it can release a special soundwave that will seal all the Cosmos Rings in the hundreds of square meters nearby, rendering them temporarily ineffective. There is no way to put anything into the Cosmos Rings, and there is no way to retrieve the items inside."
Long Yangjun said with a smile, "Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture, you are the famous Sword Grandmaster of Great Zhou and one of the best masters of refining in the Ancient Sages Sector. You must be very reliant on all kinds of bizarre magical equipment in a battle.
"Our Cultivation is on par with each other in the first place. The outcome of a battle only depends on the tiny details. Right now, you are heavily wounded, and you cannot retrieve the magical equipment inside your Cosmos Rings. How confident are you that you can defeat me when I have my secret sword?
"Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture, you are a smart man. Under such circumstances, there is no need for you to act recklessly and get yourself killed, right?"
"Cough, cough. Cough, cough, cough, cough."
Li Yao vomited a mouthful of blood. Licking his bloody teeth, he stared at Long Yangjun like a wolf that had fallen into a trap and hissed, "You are not Long Yangjun. There is no such person as Long Yangjun at all. You are Wang Xi."
Wang Xi smiled and said, "Long Yangjun and Wang Xi are just code names. For people like me, I naturally have countless identities and names. What's so strange about that?"
"I should've thought of that."
Li Yao smiled bitterly. "Wang Xi is such a sophisticated and ambitious man. How could he have given such ultimate treasures as the Thousand Stars Tray and the map core to a subordinate so casually? How could he have let a subordinate know so many of his secrets? Also, as a subordinate, you are too naggy.
"I just don't understand. If you are Wang Xi, why didn't you reveal your real capability at the beginning? Why did you make such a mess?"
"As I said just now, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture and I are on par with each other in terms of capability. If we cannot find each other's fatal flaws, neither of us will be able to do anything to the other. Even if I had revealed my real capability at the beginning, the best I could've done was defeat you, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture. It would've been barely possible for me to keep you here."
Li Yao's pupils constricted violently. "You've been trying to keep me here since the beginning?"
"Of course."
Wang Xi smiled. "Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture, you are an extraordinary person who has risen to fame recently. You have made a name for yourself in less than half a year. When I said that I've admired you for a long time, it was not a lie. Besides, you are adept at refining, which will be of great help to the exploration of the Divine Palace. If we can work together, the odds of success of the operation will be much higher.
"Therefore, I've been waiting for the best opportunity to ask you to stay so that we can have a good talk frankly."
Li Yao gnashed his teeth. "Wasn't it the best opportunity when Mother White Lotus caught up with us?"
"It wasn't."
Wang Xi shook his head and said, "For people at our level, numbers alone are not enough to keep them here. Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture, Qi Zhongdao, and the other experts besieged Mother White Lotus together, but they failed to keep her here. How could I have been sure that I could've kept you here if the Mother White Lotus and I dealt with you together?"
Li Yao narrowed his eyes and asked, "Then, why didn't you take action in the febrile typhoon?"
"It was still not the best opportunity."
Glamorous brilliance beamed out of Wang Xi's eyes as he smiled. "Besides, I didn't expect that you would be so crazy as to charge at the febrile typhoon, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture. There were too many variables in that place. I was still not confident that I could've kept you here.
"Only after we arrived here, when you learned most of the secrets and gradually lowered your wariness, even preparing to unlock the shackles on my body, would it have been the best opportunity.
"According to my original plan, I should've been able to subdue you in one attack, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture, but I didn't know that your wariness of danger was so high. It took me a lot of effort."
"You …"
Li Yao looked at Spiritual Vulture's shackles in a daze and mumbled, "How did you unlock Spiritual Vulture's shackles? Nobody, even if they were at the peak of the Yuanying Stage, could've broken free from my shackles so easily."
The brilliance in Wang Xi's eyes grew brighter and brighter as he said, one word after another, "Nothing can trap me. Not just a tiny shackle, not even the world itself."
The muscles on the corner of Li Yao's eyes were twitching nonstop. He said hoarsely, "Now that I've fallen into your hands, you can do whatever you want to me. But I wonder, how are you going to deal with me, Lord Wang?"
"Believe it or not, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture, I am sincerely inviting you to participate in the operation to explore the Divine Palace," Wang Xi said.
"After all, the other three of the Four Rapscallions are not easy to deal with. Even though I'm determined to unite with them, there's no guarantee that they won't abandon me after I've outlived my usefulness. Of course, it will be great if I can add a very important bargaining chip for myself.
"However, I know that you won't cooperate with me obediently and work as my assistant willingly, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture.
"Even if you swear to cooperate with me right now, I won't believe it."
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