Chapter 629

Chapter 629: Facing the Battle Alone

"Don’t! If you merge, where will I cultivate my incarnations? It’s best to remain separate for now; it’s not time for you to merge yet." Li Hui hurriedly attempted to suppress the Li Gui, but the Human Path Legal Form was no match, and thirteen pieces of Li Gui had already formed into a staff.

Fortunately, he reacted swiftly, sending three pieces of Li Gui out of his dantian. However, those three pieces merged into one, and just as they were about to return to the dantian, in the flickering light and shadow, they were sent to Shrimp Ball to nurture the wandering soul using the East Pearl.

“Clap, clap, clap…” Li Hui attached immobilizing and binding talismans to the East Pearl, wrapping it tightly in three layers. Hearing the sound, he felt the vibrations of the Li Gui gradually weaken, letting out a sigh of relief.

Shrimp Ball exclaimed, “Master, I can’t see outside anymore; you’ve immobilized me too.”

“Hehe, just stay inside! If I can’t return, you must send the Li Gui into my body in Mufeng City.” Li Hui prepared himself and walked toward the bronze coffin to check the situation inside.

The oil lamp on the coffin lid sensed someone approaching and emitted three rings of light.

Li Hui stopped and carefully observed the lamp, praising, “What a wonderful Wandering Soul Lamp! The witch priestess only cultivates this life, not the next. It’s a pity that its owner is no longer here; now the Red Warrior protects it as a projection of the Immortal Dao.”

The nine-headed monster bird enveloped the bronze coffin. If it weren’t for the Kui Niu Drum constantly thundering and drawing blood from it, it probably would have attacked.

Myriad Forms cultivators began facing tribulation, and the drum’s sound grew louder, smashing one of the nine-headed bird’s heads.

Li Hui seizing the opportunity, pushed open the coffin lid with all his strength, revealing a woman lying inside.

“A woman? An incredibly beautiful one at that! Could it be that all witch priestesses are women, maintaining their most beautiful appearance even after many years of demise? This is truly unbelievable!”

Suddenly, the woman opened her eyes, and Li Hui felt a shock to his soul. If it weren’t for the Li Gui’s protection, he might have lost himself then and there. Even so, he was affected; illusions flooded his mind, one moment showing a witch priestess named Wu Xingyun, and the next, the nine-headed pheasant spirit from the Xuanyuan Ancient Tomb.

“Older than that monkey using the Stabilizing Needle of the Sea, another Dark Immortal, enlightened by a certain powerful immortal, has gained a presence alongside the Nine-Tailed Fox spirit and the Pipa spirit, known as the Three Monsters of Xuanyuan Tomb.” Li Hui glared and scolded, “Hmph, how stubborn! You died many years before the immortal tribulation, yet under the influence of dark forces, you’re already starting to cause trouble again.”

“Calm down!”

“Boom, boom, boom…” The drum’s sound became particularly dense, shaking the sky when helping the cultivators resist the tribulation, instantly shattering five of the nine-headed pheasant spirit’s heads.

“Ying…” The remaining heads of the nine-headed pheasant spirit cried out, shrinking its form in exchange for instantaneously regrowing the lost heads.

“Oh? Must I break all nine heads at once?” Li Hui suddenly turned his gaze outside the cave, where hundreds of figures descended from the sky, all Reversed Demons. The five leading figures emanated enormous auras, making his brain throb as he used Bai Ze’s divine eye to observe them.

“Boom, boom, boom…” Amidst the noise, a more extensive tribulation rained down. Even though restrictions on Profound Law Stage Practitioners in the Heavenly Realm were minimal, such a large number of cultivators ascending together was quite terrifying.

The Kui Niu Drum suddenly absorbed all the red mist and, with the tribulation, unleashed a new round of drum sounds. Li Hui hurriedly formed hand seals and pointed at the drum body, using all his strength to control it, ensuring it didn’t go out of control. Following this, with a “boom,” the ground began to collapse, and all the stone walls in the cave turned to quicksand.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

The Human Path Drum struck the heavens, intimidating the enemies with unparalleled might.

This drum was ferocious, unafraid even of the tribulations of the heavens. Instead, it used the thunder as aid, bursting forth with drum sounds that resonated for fifty thousand miles.

Centered around the Kui Niu Drum, the bronze coffin had already toppled over, the corpse inside vanishing like smoke, while the nine-headed pheasant spirit let out a piercing cry as it was absorbed into the large drum.

Li Hui swiftly snatched a jade pipa from the bronze coffin, thinking, “Is this the item that summoned the projection of the nine-headed pheasant spirit? Could this pipa be the true form of the Pipa spirit from the Three Monsters of Xuanyuan? If I use the monster-conjuring talisman on it, will it summon the ancient Pipa spirit, or will it recreate a Pipa demon?”

On the bronze coffin, the Wandering Soul Lamp had extinguished and revealed cracks.

The surroundings had turned into a desert; Li Hui handed the East Pearl to Tianyi, secretly transmitting a message with brief instructions and said, “Follow my orders and enter the bronze coffin, quickly.”

At that moment, some practitioners had already completed their tribulations and, accustomed to obeying their master’s commands, without a second word, leaped into the bronze coffin. Their forms instantly shrank by nearly a hundred times, as the coffin contained a large expansion talisman.

As they jumped into the coffin, Li Hui laughed heartily, closed the coffin lid, exhaled a puff of fire toward the Wandering Soul Lamp, and grew massive as he swung the bronze coffin, roaring, “Go!”

With a “whoosh,” the bronze coffin vanished, just as some Reversed Demons were about to pursue, two Drum-Filled Gold Hammers smashed down on the Kui Niu Drum.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

This was a scene beyond description; “the heavens collapsed and the earth cracked” was an understatement.

The ground transformed into a tidal wave of quicksand rushing outward, and fragments of the Drum-Filled Gold Hammers flew wildly. At least two hundred Reversed Demons were struck, and nearly half of them fell, never to rise again.

Li Hui stood atop the Kui Niu Drum, which had shrunk to the size of a grinding wheel, wielding the triangular mace fragment to strike out dazzling sword light, fully committed to eliminating the Reversed Demons amidst the chaos. He thought, one down is one less; after all, these beings had cold blood, like venomous snakes, no longer deserving to be regarded as humans.

“Boom, boom, boom…” Sword light cut through the Dao, driven from the triangular mace, more imperious than ever.

These Reversed Demons, who once felt above others, had raided the lower realms in the dark, never before had they faced such disgrace in front of Myriad Forms Realm practitioners.

The power of the Drum-Filled Gold Hammers was evident, all the Reversed Demons sustained injuries, but the five leader figures faced the brunt of the assault. Ignorant of their limits, they raised their hands to block their fellow practitioners behind them, resulting in their hands turning into sieves, filled with metal shards.

Li Hui also sustained some injuries, but they were within his control—much lighter than what the enemies faced.

The power of the Kui Niu Drum was immense, but so was its consumption! With the tribulation and the Red Warrior gone, it could still handle ordinary Reversed Demons, but it fell short against elite foes. Thus, he was eager to send everyone away.

The purpose of this journey to the Heavenly Realm had been achieved; as long as the crew returned to Mufeng City with the Li Gui, it would be a success. Li Hui yearned to go back, but those Reversed Demons wouldn’t grant him that wish. Therefore, he decided to separate their actions, taking on all the risks to hold off these formidable foes.

The wind and sand surged violently, gradually calming down after fifty Moments. When the Reversed Demons regained their composure, they found the young man had already fled. They had lost half their numbers upon arrival; cold as it was in their hearts, they still felt the fire of rage rise within them.

“Chase!”

The five leaders almost gritted their teeth as they spat out that word. There were already not many Reversed Demons; with most still asleep, today’s losses had surpassed what they could bear.

Li Hui was bolting in the opposite direction of the bronze coffin, plunging into the boundless East Sea, devoid of water, heading toward the source of the Chaotic Mirage.