I Accumulate Spirit Roots for My Next Life - Chapter 342 - 198: Severing the Heart Demon (2)

“Brother Zhou!” Seeing the situation was dire, Ye Jingyu’s hands flashed with brilliance, and a Spiritual Treasure obtained from the Fire Domain flew out, shielding Zhou Cang’s head.

“Humph!” Shangguan Qingming’s eyes turned cold, followed by a cold snort.

“Boom!” The Spiritual Treasure shattered, and Zhou Cang instantly collapsed on the ground, his bones fractured, becoming a bloody figure, his life or death uncertain.

“You!” Yu Ziyu glared furiously, his heart ablaze with anger.

Meanwhile, Shangguan Qingming glanced coldly once again: “Anyone else?”

Instantly, the scene fell silent, as if trembling in fear.

However, a blaze of anger was growing in the hearts of all the righteous individuals from the Southern Domain.

“There’s me!” Finally, Yu Ziyu took a deep breath, raising his head.

“There’s me!” Unexpectedly, Qi Yuan at the edge also slowly lifted his head.

“Me!”

“Me!”

…

Following them, Jiang Li and the heirs of the Profound Celestial Sect and Carefree Palace all raised their heads.

In the blink of an eye, pairs of eyes below stared toward the sky.

Watching the sudden uprising of those below, Shangguan Qingming’s face turned extremely dark.

The other four factions’ ancestors retreated a step, observing with unchanged expressions, as if they were mere spectators.

Shangguan Qingming, as the ancestor of the Shangguan Immortal Race, leader of the top faction in the Eastern Desolation, had an immense aura, but ultimately suppressed it forcefully.

Under the watchful eyes of all, if he took action, it would undoubtedly become a laughing stock across the world.

“Liuyun, what do you have to say?”

Shangguan Liuyun’s face remained calm, unaffected by the embarrassment his family’s ancestor faced at the hands of a group of ants.

“Unless the Heart Demon is removed, I shall find no peace!”

“What kind of Heart Demon?” Shangguan Qingming’s face showed a trace of surprise.

Shangguan Liuyun didn’t speak, instead looking down at the crowd, pointing: “You, you, you, you, and you, come forth together, I shall give you another chance! If you defeat me, I shall spare your wretched lives!”

The ones he pointed at were the members of the Righteous Army who besieged him three months ago.

Yu Ziyu, Ye Jingyu, Jiang Li, Qi Yuan, and the heirs of Profound Celestial Sect and Carefree Palace, altogether eight people.

Upon hearing this, their expressions grew tense.

Back then, they managed to defeat him mainly because of the heavy treasures bestowed upon them.

Yet now, those treasures had long been retracted.

“Humph! Desiring to slay the Head Demon, it is a wish fulfilled!” Ye Jingyu eagerly accepted, having forsaken his life when he bravely questioned the Shangguan ancestor today, merely seeking justice for the countless souls harmed by the Demon Sect.

“You are most deserving of death!” Yu Ziyu also rose coldly.

“Hahaha, good, it is an honor to be an Immortal Prince’s Heart Demon, let this Heart Demon forever linger in the Prince’s heart!” The heir of the Profound Celestial Sect laughed heartily.

Jiang Li stared at Shangguan Liuyun with hateful eyes, his mind flooded with images of the multitude who perished in the Sea Domain.

Seeing the eight people stand up, Shangguan Liuyun’s narrow eyes flashed with a hint of violence.

However, just at that moment,

Jiang Mingyue leapt forward, blocking Jiang Li: “Wait, Little Sister Li is of our Jiang family lineage, Brother Shangguan, it’s better not to trouble her.”

The Jiang family’s ancestor glanced sideways, holding a gentle smile toward Jiang Li.

Her situation was already transmitted throughout the clan three months ago.

The entire clan was astonished by her Water Spirit Body, especially her achievement of forming a Golden Core and manifesting a Golden Core Dharma Aspect on the Southern Domain’s island, even within the realm of aspects.

With such talent and mindset, naturally, she quickly became an object of great cultivation efforts by the Jiang family.

Upon hearing of the ancestral issues, Jiang Li appreciated Jiang Mingyue’s gesture, having intention to return to the Jiang family for her ancestor.

After all, it wasn’t the Jiang family’s fault, but the ancestor’s mistake.

“Her? Not possible!” Shangguan Liuyun refused to show any mercy.

The fact that Li Jizhou took Jiang Li’s essence was a disgrace equivalent to being cuckolded for Shangguan Liuyun.

This hatred will never be forgotten.

This is his greatest Heart Demon!

Thinking of this, he suddenly paused, looking at Shangguan Qingming: “There’s one more person, named Li Jizhou, a cultivator from the Qi Kingdom, who took this girl’s Primordial Yin, I must slay him!”

Shangguan Qingming heard this and, disregarding the peculiar gazes around, immediately nodded.

“Brother Wang, please use the Divination Secret Skill to assist our Liuyun in locating that scoundrel.” He directly appealed to the Wang family ancestor for help.

The Central Domain’s Wang family had once produced a Mahayana Celestial Venerable, whose life and death remain unknown, and the Wang family was well-versed in Divine Soul Secret Skills, with many in the clan proficient in divination.

The contemporary ancestor of the Wang family before them was a Tier Six Divination Master.

Before the Wang family ancestor could respond, the Jiang family ancestor spoke first, his tone somewhat displeased.

“Brother Shangguan, is the Jiang family bloodline to be casually handled by your Shangguan family’s Divine Son?”

Shangguan Qingming’s expression froze, glanced at Shangguan Liuyun, and then at the Jiang family ancestor: “Brother Jiang, rest assured, this old man promises to keep that girl safe. It’s merely to help our Liuyun overcome his Heart Demon.”

“Oh? Your young one has a Heart Demon, but does that mean my young one won’t have a Heart Demon?” The Jiang family ancestor was not conceding.

“This…” Shangguan Qingming hesitated slightly, his gaze towards Shangguan Liuyun was somewhat conflicted.

“Ancestor, Jiang Li is unfilial, bringing trouble to the family before even returning to the clan. However, I hope the ancestor will not interfere this time. Right now, Li’Er has not returned and is not considered part of the Jiang family. And this scoundrel, Li’Er holds a vendetta against him; even if he doesn’t come for me, I am sworn to kill him!” Jiang Li stepped forward promptly.

“…”

The Jiang family ancestor, hearing this, looked at Jiang Li with even more appreciation.

But ultimately, he nodded.

An experience-hardened Water Spirit Body has more potential than a sheltered Divine Body.

He had already decided to act at a critical moment.

This celestial seedling granted by the heavens to the Jiang family must not be lost under his watch.

Seeing the Jiang family ancestor nod, Shangguan Qingming’s expression relaxed, once again looking towards the Wang family ancestor.

Following a transaction, the Wang family ancestor agreed to his request.

At the same time, in the Purple Vine Mountain Range, Li Jizhou forcibly suppressed a breath in his heart.

After three months of absorbing and digesting.

The nectar and jade liquid taken from Jiang Li was now nearly complete, and after three months, had pushed Li Jizhou directly to Golden Core Peak.

Just now, he attempted to connect with the heavens, trying to sense the Nascent Soul celestial tribulation.

However, the increasingly dense Heaven and Earth Cage around the Golden Core had almost completely sealed the aura of the Golden Core.

Not to mention sensing the heavens, even the first step of the Nascent Soul, the gathering of magical power, could not absorb even the slightest essence from the heavens and earth.

“Is my path truly to be completely severed?”

Li Jizhou quickly calmed his mind.

After several attempts, he ultimately had to accept this result.

A Middle Grade Spirit Root reversing Core Formation is defying the heavens, let alone touching the undying, and thus it is not tolerated by heaven and earth.

“So, Golden Core Peak is the end of my path in this life!” Li Jizhou couldn’t help but sigh, powerless against this outcome.

While Li Jizhou was lamenting,

suddenly, an inexplicable feeling emerged, as if a pair of eyes in the sky were spying on him.

And in the next moment, before he could comprehend, the void in front of him quaked, and ripples suddenly emerged.

Subsequently, a huge oppressive force abruptly descended.

Li Jizhou’s expression drastically changed, rapidly condensing all his magical power.

But before he could act, a large hand reached out from the Void Domain Gate, grabbing him outright.

Then came a dizzying sensation, a whirl of stars, as if he was experiencing the Teleportation Array in the Moon Worship Dynasty ruins then.

At this moment, Li Jizhou’s heart was in his throat.

With such means, at least above Divinity Transformation level.

And to pinpoint his location so precisely, this level of ability was beyond his imagination.

The most critical thing was, while he was secluded for Alchemy, Guagua was patrolling outside with Bai Yi and the puppet, making him lose several powerful trump cards.

However, he then gradually felt at ease, knowing that with such means to capture him, even if he exerted all his strength, how could he resist?

Even if using a puppet to simulate An Liuli’s bloodline aura to activate the Quasi-Immortal Artifact Guanghan Seal, it might not guarantee his defeat, as the simulated An Liuli was only at the Middle Stage of Core Formation, and even with bloodline aura reinforcement, it could at most exert thirty percent of the Quasi-Immortal Artifact’s power.

“Shū~”

In the next moment, a bright light suddenly appeared.

When Li Jizhou opened his eyes again, he was in Sky Immortal City.

“Ji Zhou!” Yu Ziyu’s expression changed at once.

“Brother Li!” Jiang Li rushed forward a few steps quickly.

“Brother Li, for the last time fighting side by side, show me your real strength!” Ye Jingyu also transmitted with a smile.

…

The Jiang family entourage also immediately looked at Li Jizhou.

This young man who had taken the Jiang family’s rising star’s purity, their hearts were also discontent.

However, Jiang Li, at the Late Stage of Core Formation, would not affect his path.

The fear was that Jiang Li might end up like that Third Miss back then…