Chapter 790 - 131: New Grudges and Old Hatreds (Part 3)

The next instant, the two of them no longer hesitated.

Their figures flickered and turned into two streaks of flowing light, charging straight toward Li Ji’an.

The moment they struck, it was with killing moves, holding nothing back.

The Saintess of Cangyue waved her jade-like hand, and an Ice Blue Longsword suddenly appeared.

A bone-piercing chill coiled around the blade.

She hacked down viciously toward Li Ji’an.

Wherever the sword momentum passed, even the air was frozen into ice crystals.

Murong Yan, meanwhile, sacrificed a golden Shield.

On the Shield’s surface was engraved a ferocious beast-head pattern.

He pushed the Shield forward, and it instantly swelled in size.

It transformed into a golden barrier, cutting off all of Li Ji’an’s paths of retreat.

Li Ji’an’s eyes hardened.

Although the two were in Disguise, they had long since been thoroughly seen through by his Primordial Spirit.

Facing their encirclement, Li Ji’an didn’t show the slightest panic.

At the first possible moment, he flipped his right hand, and a Jade Talisman covered in Space Runes appeared in his palm.

It was the Teleportation Talisman he had long prepared.

"Buzz!"

The Teleportation Talisman activated instantly, turning into a brilliant Spiritual Qi radiance that wrapped around Li Ji’an’s figure.

The next instant, his figure vanished from where he stood.

He reappeared atop a desolate Gobi, a thousand miles away.

"Want to run? Not that easy!" The Saintess of Cangyue let out a cold snort.

She flipped her right hand, and a deep blue ring carved with wave patterns appeared in her palm.

It was none other than the Spatial Magical Treasure bestowed by the Holy Land—Canglan Ring.

She tossed the Canglan Ring into the air, and the ring instantly grew larger.

It emitted a powerful spatial fluctuation.

After that, she began chanting under her breath.

The Canglan Ring suddenly flashed, taking her and Murong Yan’s figures with it.

In an instant, they vanished from where they were, chasing right after Li Ji’an.

This scene had long been within Li Ji’an’s expectations.

Back then, ten years ago, when you escaped my pursuit, it was this Shifting Divine Abilities of the Canglan Ring that forced me to strike back.

This time, his purpose in activating the Teleportation Talisman to flee was precisely to lure the two of them here.

Far away from that Nascent Soul True Monarch who had trapped True Monarch Qingxiao.

"Boom!"

Just as Li Ji’an steadied his figure—

The Saintess of Cangyue and Murong Yan had already appeared behind him.

The Ice Blue Longsword in the Saintess of Cangyue’s hand slashed out once more.

An ice-blue sword shadow that spanned heaven and earth swept toward Li Ji’an.

Where it passed, the yellow sand was frozen into ice mountains.

"Fleeting Shadows!"

Li Ji’an let out a low shout, and his right hand flipped sharply.

A folding fan of translucent white, its surface painted with countless light-and-shadow patterns, appeared in his hand.

This was the Floating Light Fan.

This Third Grade Magical Treasure contained Spatial Divine Abilities.

Now that he was at Late-stage Golden Core cultivation, he could fully act as its Spirit Binder.

He gently flicked the fan, and the light-and-shadow patterns on the fan surface lit up at once.

An invisible spatial barrier appeared before him.

The ice-blue sword shadow struck the barrier and was instantly absorbed.

Then, Li Ji’an twisted his wrist and flicked the folding fan again.

The ice-blue sword shadow that had been absorbed suddenly shot out from the barrier.

Reversing its direction, it hacked viciously toward Murong Yan.

"Hm?" Murong Yan’s expression changed drastically.

He hadn’t expected Li Ji’an’s Magical Treasure to have such a bizarre ability.

He had no time to think further and hurriedly raised the golden Shield before him.

"Clang!"

The ice-blue sword shadow struck the golden Shield, emitting a sharp metallic crash.

Murong Yan was shaken into staggering backward.

Caught off guard, his aura churned chaotically.

A hint of shock flashed through his eyes.

His gaze toward Li Ji’an now carried a few degrees more wariness.

The Saintess of Cangyue’s expression also darkened.

She hadn’t expected that Li Ji’an, merely a small Honored Guest Elder of the Qinglan Sect, would possess such a Magical Treasure.

She no longer held back; the Spiritual Qi around her flared violently.

Other than the Ice Blue Longsword in her hand, three High Tier Magical Treasures floated up around her body.

They were respectively an ice-blue Shield, an Ice Crystal Bead Chain filled with freezing power, and a Jade Pendant flickering with eerie spiritual light.

Each Magical Treasure radiated might no weaker than a full-force strike from a Late-stage Golden Core Cultivator.

"Little thief, today even if you grow wings, you won’t escape!" The Saintess Cangyue’s tone was icy, her eyes brimming with killing intent.

Murong Yan steadied his figure, his Magical Power condensed to the limit.

A hint of ruthless ferocity flashed through his eyes.

He waved his right hand, and a black Token appeared in his palm.

Complex Space Runes were engraved on the Token’s surface.

He tossed the Token into the air, and it instantly expanded.

It turned into a black curtain of light, completely shrouding this area.

"This is my Murong clan’s Celestial Sealing Order," Murong Yan said with a cold sneer.

"It can isolate space and block all probing."

"Little thief, today no matter how you struggle, you won’t escape this place!"

Li Ji’an’s eyes narrowed.

He could feel the Spiritual Qi in this area rapidly draining away.

And space was completely sealed; the Teleportation Talisman simply could not be used.

He remained unmoved, his left hand secretly forming a seal.

A faint stream of spiritual light burrowed into the ground.

The next moment, the ground suddenly trembled.

A gigantic frog, relying on its Innate Concealing Divine Abilities, silently emerged from the yellow sand.

It was precisely Gugu, whom Li Ji’an had long since released.

Gugu was now a Tier Three Middle Stage Golden Core Great Demon; its Innate Divine Abilities lay in ultimate Concealment, allowing it to merge into the environment, erase its own presence, and approach a target without a sound.

Dense Demon Qi poured off its body; its tongue was tightly wrapped around a crescent-moon-shaped saber—this was the Fifth Grade Magical Treasure, the Crescent Saber.

As soon as Gugu appeared, it violently surged its power, its long tongue shooting out with a piercing sonic boom, the Crescent Saber on its tongue darting forward with it, aiming straight at Murong Yan’s face.

This strike was both fast and vicious; the Crescent Saber on its tongue flowed with cold light, wrapped in the might of a Golden Core Great Demon, its momentum astonishing.

Although Gugu’s cultivation was inferior to Murong Yan’s, its Concealing Divine Abilities combined with this unexpected tongue-thrust attack gave it an extremely high margin of error.

Even if Murong Yan reacted swiftly, once this sudden attack got close, he would inevitably be thrown into disorder; with the slightest carelessness, he would be wounded by the Crescent Saber.

Murong Yan’s expression changed drastically; he had no time to gather a counterattack and could only hurriedly twist his body to dodge.

Gugu’s tongue brushed past his shoulder, the cold light of the Crescent Saber slicing a deep gash into his Magic Robe.

His heart trembled with shock; he had not expected this demon pet to not only approach in utter silence, but to attack with such ferocity.

He had even less expected that Li Ji’an actually kept such a demon pet, one so adept at Concealment and ambush; his wariness grew even deeper.

With Gugu’s harassment, Li Ji’an’s pressure instantly lessened considerably.

Fan of Fleeting Shadows in hand, his figure flitted through the battlefield like a ghost.

He continuously dodged the attacks from Saintess Cangyue and Murong Yan.

At the same time, he searched for chances to counterattack.

The Spatial Divine Abilities of the Fan of Fleeting Shadows were brought to their limit in his hands.

At times, it absorbed and reflected the opponent’s attacks.

At times, he borrowed space’s power to shift and evade in an instant.

For a time, he was actually deadlocked with the two of them.

But Saintess Cangyue and Murong Yan were, after all, the prodigies of two great powers.

Their foundations were deep, and the High Tier Magical Treasures in their hands seemed endless.

As time passed, Li Ji’an gradually began to feel strained.

The consumption of Magical Power around his body grew greater and greater.

And within the area covered by the Celestial Sealing Token, Spiritual Qi grew increasingly thin.

He had no way to replenish his Magical Power.

"I can’t go on like this!" Li Ji’an thought to himself.

A hint of grim resolve flashed in his eyes.

After a rapid calculation, he suddenly swung his left hand.

Six streaks of spiritual light flew out from his Qiankun Ring and landed on the ground.

They turned into six lifelike Puppets.

Of these six Puppets, two were Tier Three High Level, and four were Tier Three Middle Level.

Each one radiated a powerful aura.

Li Ji’an chanted under his breath.

The six Puppets flared with surging spiritual light.

Long swords shimmering with cold light appeared in their hands all at once.

Then, chains of blood-colored light shot out from within the Puppets’ bodies.

They linked the six Puppets together, forming a bizarre military array.

"Kill!"

At Li Ji’an’s command, the six Puppets charged toward Murong Yan simultaneously.

As the military array operated, a powerful killing intent swept in all directions.

Even Murong Yan felt a faint chill in his heart.

And the instant she saw these six Puppets, Saintess Cangyue’s face changed drastically; it first turned deathly pale, then suddenly flushed red. Boundless killing intent erupted in her eyes, her hair bristling with fury as she roared, "It was you! Return Luan’s life to me!"