The situation had taken a sudden turn for the worse.
The petals, carrying their own energy, could not only block their vision but also the probing of their divine sense.
Li Xingtian's blood qi could not pierce the dense curtain of petals.
The battlefield seemed to have been instantly divided.
When facing an opponent with such strange methods, a minor deviation could overturn the entire battle.
The woman was deliberately stalling for time, and the battlefield was being divided.
However, there was some good news.
The disciples of the Tianyan Sect were truly tough.
In one-on-one fights, they didn't seem to be losing the upper hand at all.
A terrifyingly sharp aura, one that the petals could not block, pierced through the flowery wall that blotted out the sky.
Li Xingtian glanced sideways at the Tianyan Sect disciple, whose face was filled with worry. This time, Li Xingtian didn't hesitate to first take out the Tianyan Order.
He said in a stern voice, "Remember what I said before I came? This time, I'm the one in command! Not your team leader! If you act on your own and disobey orders again, do you want to go back to the sect to be punished?"
If they ran off again, who knew what kind of trouble they'd get into.
The Tianyan Sect disciple took a deep breath at his words. "Fine. Do you have a plan?"
Li Xingtian's gaze fell on the soaring wall of flowers:
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"You protect me, and I'll lead the attack."
The Tianyan Sect disciple looked puzzled, almost thinking he had misheard.
A Nascent Soul for protection, a Golden Core for the main attack?
But the Tianyan Sect disciple still nodded in agreement.
Li Xingtian closed his eyes, and his blood qi began to boil. As he manipulated his spiritual energy, a vast torrent of blood qi erupted from his body.
The blood qi quickly spread out, erasing and absorbing all the flowers in its wake, dyeing everything a brilliant crimson.
The Tianyan Sect disciple stared at Li Xingtian in astonishment—to think he was an evil cultivator... but wasn't this a bit too evil?
A real evil cultivator's petals danced about like a beautiful dream in a painting.
A fake evil cultivator's blood qi overflowed, annihilating all living things nearby?
Seeing this, the disciple finally understood why Senior Wang always had that—what the hell—look on his face.
This was truly... hard to judge.
The blood qi spread at an incredible speed. In just a moment, it was on the verge of consuming the entire area within the illusion.
Suddenly, a wooden sword pierced through the wall of flowers and shot straight for Li Xingtian.
The protecting Tianyan Sect disciple reacted swiftly. Faced with the incoming wooden sword, he swung his long sword to block it.
Bang!
The Tianyan Sect disciple's expression turned fierce.
The woman paid no mind to the disciple in front of her, her gaze fixed instead on Li Xingtian in the distance, who was still commanding a monstrous torrent of blood qi and looked like a great demon at this moment.
Had he noticed it? When?
The woman's voice was filled with confusion. "You're evil cultivators too?"
"As righteous as they come evil!" The disciple parroted Li Yingling's words, and the light on his sword surged.
He swung his sword down with immense force.
The woman didn't dare to take it head-on and retreated, dodging the follow-up attack.
Behind her, the flowers continued to dance, still doing their best to hold back Wang Lin and
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the others.
The woman looked utterly bewildered.
Were Nascent Soul cultivators these days this formidable?
And why did everyone have such high-quality protective treasures?
Why was everyone so ridiculously strong?
In one-on-one fights, neither side had a clear advantage?
Had orthodox righteous sects started making peace with evil cultivators now?
Could a top-tier blood qi demon lord like this actually join forces with a righteous sect?
Was this place not a dream?
The woman felt the energy within her body rapidly depleting. How could the gap between two Nascent Soul cultivators be this vast?
Not just in quality, but the sheer amount of spiritual energy was too different, wasn't it?
Her own domain was now being rapidly tainted by Li Xingtian's blood qi.
If she lost the suppression of her domain in the current situation, she would surely be finished.
The woman pressed forward again, her wooden sword transforming into countless flowers that drifted away:
"Ten Thousand Flowers—Extreme Realm!"
A Dao rhyme manifested on the disciple's spirit sword. His face showed no fear as he drew his sword and advanced:
"Tianyan—Great Peace!"
Within the Tianyan Sect, for cultivators of the same great realm, one became a commander not because of their strength, but because they were capable of commanding.
It was the same for Wang Lin's small team, but it was also a coincidence that he was currently recognized as the strongest in the group.
A streak of luminous energy appeared, piercing the heavens.
Petals rose and fell in waves.
The light pierced through the flowery wall, crushing countless petals.
The petals advanced relentlessly, gorgeous yet brimming with murderous intent, pressing down on the Tianyan Sect disciple.
The woman released her sword hilt: "Old Dream—Fading Blossoms."
The disciple stared intently, only to see her figure dissipate into petals.
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He slashed at the incoming petals and immediately turned back to aid Li Xingtian.
But the moment he turned, his divine sense flared—he had been deceived.
But it was too late. The woman appeared again, but this time she was already right beside the Tianyan Sect disciple.
Boom!
Petals shot into the sky.
The shield on the disciple's body was shattered more than half, and he was sent flying far away, rolled up in a torrent of petals.
Ignoring the others, the woman charged straight for the unguarded Li Xingtian.
In her hand, the wooden sword's petals drifted about, beautiful yet revealing a killing intent.
Li Xingtian opened his eyes. His blood qi instantly condensed, his eyes turning a bloodshot red. The spirit treasure in his hand pulsed with boiling blood qi, becoming almost solid.
Two simple words escaped Li Xingtian's lips:
"Slash Body."
The blood qi condensed and contracted, forming a seemingly plain blade, facing the woman who had managed to put a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Tianyan Sect on the back foot.
Li Xingtian's expression was calm as he casually swung out such a plain strike.
He had always listened to his Master's words.
Back in Yuzhou City, his Master had told him to practice his divine abilities more.
Although his Master had never mentioned it again since that day, Li Xingtian had been diligently practicing the divine abilities his Master had given him.
It had to be said, the more he practiced his Master's divine abilities, the more he realized just how formidable they were.
The blood qi was like a wild beast, frantically devouring the incoming petals.
In that brief exchange, Li Xingtian was not at a disadvantage.
The terrifying blood qi was immensely powerful.
"Times are certainly getting stranger and stranger," the woman said, a hint of astonishment returning to her face. "So you were the variable after all."
As she spoke, she brought her sword down in a press.
Boom!
Li Xingtian was sent flying backward, crashing into the ground and creating a large crater.
As a top-tier cultivator, even if he was slightly weaker, the gap in their realms was difficult to
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bridge.
Li Xingtian felt as if his body was being torn apart. He had several wounds, separated by the petals, and a strange energy was continuously eroding them.
He quickly flipped back to his feet and then took out the healing pills his Master had given him, popping them into his mouth without hesitation.
Although his Master's pills were hard to endure, there was no choice but to take them now. If he missed this opportunity, it would be even harder to take them later.
An extreme sense of discomfort arose, but the healing effect also manifested quickly.
His Master's medicine was good medicine, of high quality. Besides the awful taste and the unbearable side effects, it was actually quite effective.
Li Xingtian raised his head with a fierce expression. The blood qi on his spirit treasure flared brightly, and he raised his blade to block the woman's descending wooden sword.
But this time, the woman's wooden sword did not strike down.
A sword-shaped aura of water-based divine ability shot towards the woman.
She turned to block, neutralizing the incoming divine ability with a single slash.
Li Xingtian's gaze followed the divine ability and saw his Senior Sister had already entered the illusion.
"Senior Sister?! Something's wrong here! Retreat quickly!"
The woman's gaze instantly locked onto her, and she also sensed Li Yingling's cultivation level—Golden Core!
Oh, great! Another delivery!
The woman unleashed her full pressure and said with a cold laugh: "You've come! Then don't leave!"
Li Yingling showed no fear on her face, silently shifting her position.
A tall figure also stepped into the illusion. His gaze swept over the injured second disciple before locking onto the woman.
His tone was calm, yet a hint of anger could be detected:
"That's right... you're right. Now that you're here, don't leave."
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