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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 5: [Seeking Immortality in the Eastern Sea]
Volume 5 (Pinyin): [Dong Hai xun xian]
Chapter 41 (478): [Red Silk]
(41st of Volume 5)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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Zuoqiu Hongting's mastery of Formation was profound. Using Formation Scriptures, Formation Plates, and Star Patterns, she relentlessly trapped Zhenxin until Li Weiyi vanished into a golden speck on the horizon.
Only then did she withdraw, retreating to stand beneath the Heaven's Edge Warship.
"Li Weiyi, you'll share in the blood debt we settle today."
Zhenxin, usually composed, was now consumed by incandescent rage, yearning to overturn heaven and earth in his fury.
Huoxin's massive severed head floated conspicuously on the sea's surface.
Such a Heaven's Chosen stood even above ordinary Immortal Realm Giants in status.
The loss of one was a grievous blow, even to an Ancient Sect.
Zhenxin cast Zuoqiu Hongting a bone-chilling glare before mounting his azure gourd and pursuing Li Weiyi's escape route.
Zuoqiu Hongting's expression darkened, her mind racing.
This sudden turn of events had caught her completely off guard; she had never imagined Huoxin could fall.
"What's going on? Who exactly is Liu Fengshu?"
A crowd of senior experts from the Lingxiao Realm surrounded Zuoqiu Hongting, mistaking her for Li Weiyi and demanding answers.
The situation seemed utterly unbelievable.
First, a master of Huoxin's caliber, with his cultivated escape techniques, could likely evade pursuit even by ordinary Immortals if he truly intended to flee.
Second, the Rice Palace had undoubtedly provided him with protective treasures to counter Immortal Realm Giants.
Third, why would Liu Fengshu want to kill Huoxin? Killing him offered no benefits and carried significant risks.
Faced with the crowd's inquiries, Zuoqiu Hongting remained silent, pondering why Li Weiyi would make such a dramatic move.
Tang Wanzhou stepped forward, his back ramrod straight and neck slender, and declared loudly, "Well done! If Huoxin had lived, the East Sea Demon Clan and Western Monster Race might have challenged us next. Now, they'll think twice before acting. Whoever Liu Fengshu is, since he aided our Lingxiao Realm, he's our friend. We must help him escape."
Tang Wanzhou transmitted a message to Tang Zhan.
Moments later, Tang Zhan led ten of the Lingxiao Realm's veteran powerhouses in pursuit of Li Weiyi's escape route.
Zuoqiu Hongting cast a deep, scrutinizing glance at Tang Wanzhou aboard the warship, realizing this woman likely knew Liu Fengshu's true identity.
Otherwise, why would she go to such lengths to help him?
Given Tang Wanzhou's intelligence, she must have also deduced Zuoqiu Hongting's true identity as the Fake Li Weiyi.
'Could it be... he's so determined to kill Huoxin to help Tang Wanzhou break free from her predicament?'
The moment Zuoqiu Hongting considered this possibility, she was consumed by fury.
Gripping the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear, she plunged into the deep sea in pursuit.
'If I can tolerate this, I might as well become a saint through sheer endurance!'
Tang Wanzhou watched Zuoqiu Hongting's retreating figure, her eyes shimmering with amusement.
A faint smile curved her lips: "Her Psychic Power and Martial-Mystic Power are both extraordinary, a rare combination in this world. It's a pity she was born ten years too late. Otherwise, she would have been a worthy opponent."
Yu'er stood at the railing of the fifth deck, her eyes fixed on Li Weiyi's vanishing figure at the horizon.
"Master abandoned me again!"
Yaoyin patted her head and smiled: "Don't worry. Your master is clever. If he dares to kill Huoxin, he must be prepared for the consequences. From now on, stay close to me. I'll protect you."
"Sister, your eyes look exactly like Grandmaster's - they're identical!" Yu'er couldn't see Yaoyin's face beneath her veil, only her eyes and brows.
Yaoyin paused slightly: "Grandmaster?"
"Yes, Master's master. She also wears a veil, just like you. What's your relationship with her?" Yu'er asked innocently, her expression earnest.
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The Xihe Lotus Platform moved with incredible speed, like a golden shooting star, flying a hundred zhang above the sea surface.
"Splash!"
From the azure sea, a vibrant red silk ribbon burst forth.
The ribbon, three zhang wide and stretching over a thousand meters, shot straight into the sky, connecting sea and sky.
Sensing danger, Li Weiyi fixed his gaze on the sea, his brow center spirit realm erupting with light.
He swung his Peachwood Staff downward, unleashing a cascading waterfall of tri-colored Spiritual Light to intercept the Red Silk.
"Boom!"
The Red Silk was an extraordinary Spiritual Artifact. Each thread was forged from the bloodline and Meridian of a Transcendent Demon Beast, as fine as spider silk and as thin as cicada wings. It shattered the Spiritual Light waterfall with a single strike, then slammed heavily into the Xihe Lotus Platform.
The Lotus Platform shattered, its petals disintegrating into dust.
Like golden rain, the fragments drifted toward the sea.
Clutching Huoxin's corpse, Li Weiyi spread his wings like a divine eagle and soared into the air, evading the Red Silk.
Looking down, his eyes widened in shock.
"What kind of Spiritual Artifact is this?"
The Formation Scriptures on the Xihe Lotus Platform had already been worn down by the red gourd and Blazing Ember Divine Flame during the battle with Huoxin, so its inability to withstand the Red Silk's strike was understandable.
But the fact that his Spiritual Light waterfall had also failed to block it was truly alarming.
After shattering the Xihe Lotus Platform, the Red Silk's power was exhausted.
The Red Silk floated in mid-air like a crimson, harmless veil, radiating an ethereal beauty.
"Whoosh!"
Beneath the Red Silk, a second wave of attacks surged forth.
Strands of pure Spiritual Qi condensed into crimson birds, spiraling upward along the silk.
Li Weiyi knew the consequences of being trapped here.
Abandoning any thought of resistance, he tossed the Huoxin into his Boundary Pouch.
With a swift movement technique, he stepped on empty air, escaping the spiraling circle woven by the Red Silk.
He drew a Divine Swiftness Talisman between two fingers and pressed it against his chest.
"Boom!"
An explosive sound erupted behind him.
It was the Red Silk, lashing out and shaking the sky within a hundred-zhang radius.
The force of the pursuing energy slammed into Li Weiyi, throwing him off balance and sending him plummeting toward the sea.
The Red Silk, as if alive, relentlessly pursued him, its silken rustle echoing in his ears.
It was like a crimson phantom, impossible to shake off.
What truly alarmed Li Weiyi was that he still couldn't sense the Red Silk's master.
'How strange!'
How could someone evade the mental power of an Eight-Star Spiritual Master?
'Could it be an Immortal?'
If he hadn't known that Tang Wanzhou and the Jiu Li Hidden Sect would hold off the Immortal Realm Ricefolk, Li Weiyi would have already activated his Dragon-Headed Camel Cloak and fled at full speed.
"Whoosh!"
The Divine Swiftness Talisman's light spread out, enveloping Li Weiyi completely.
In that instant, he sensed his enemy.
The enemy burst forth from the Red Silk, soaring above him like a celestial maiden in a bewitching dance.
Her slender figure and long legs moved with astonishing speed.
She transformed into a dozen alluring and ethereal figures, sealing off Li Weiyi's every escape route.
A melodious laughter echoed from all directions, its hypnotic sound attacking his Soul Spirit.
"Zhe!"
Li Weiyi uttered an ancient syllable, invoking the Heart-Cleansing Evil-Shattering Law.
Instantly, all distracting thoughts vanished, and his eyes regained clarity.
He saw her exquisite, slender figure, but her face was a terrifying skull, now inches away.
The bone-white face and neck starkly contrasted with her translucent, crystalline skin.
Any man facing this ghastly, ashen skull at such close range would inevitably tremble and lose his composure.
Li Weiyi's eyes blazed like torches as he dodged instantly.
"Sizzle!"
Wu Hongling's crystalline fingernails pierced the skin at his temple, leaving a thin trail of blood.
A fraction of a second slower, and her strike would have pierced his brow center spirit realm.
It was a near-death experience.
"He actually dodged it!"
Wu Hongling's eyes widened slightly in surprise as she murmured to herself.
With graceful, fluid movements, her slender jade-like arms dispelled Li Weiyi's Spiritual Staff strike.
Her delicate, orchid-like fingers brushed against the staff, creating a sticky force that sought to wrest it from his grasp.
A veil of Red Silk enveloped them both, preventing Li Weiyi from escaping with his Divine Swiftness Talisman.
Li Weiyi found himself pulled toward her against his will, unable to resist even when unleashing the full power of his Physical Body.
She moved like water flowing around a finger.
Any force directed at her was effortlessly redirected, vanishing without a trace.
Her mastery of the Martial-Mystic Path clearly surpassed his by a vast margin.
"Bang! Bang..."
Li Weiyi steeled his mind, throwing punches and palm strikes with tremendous force, yet he couldn't even graze the hem of Wu Hongling's robe.
Every blow landed on empty air.
"Your Divine Swiftness Talisman is impressive for travel, but it's just rigid speed. In close-quarters combat, you're still far behind," Wu Hongling's voice drifted like mist, sometimes distant as the horizon, sometimes so close Li Weiyi could feel her breath on his ear.
"If you could kill Huoxin, you must possess more than this. Show me your true abilities."
As soon as the words left her lips, the Red Silk that had been swirling around him suddenly began to contract inward.
Li Weiyi knew she must be within the Red Silk's enclosed space. If it continued to shrink, wouldn't he be trapped inside as well?
He couldn't apply logic to her actions; her Dao Technique was too profound.
"You're good," Li Weiyi conceded, activating the Governor's Official Robe to escape the rapidly constricting Red Silk cage.
He fled several miles away.
Barely had he landed on the sea surface, before the Red Silk coiled around him again.
"How is this possible? A Tracking technique?"
Li Weiyi activated the Governor's Official Robe once more, evading another few miles.
As expected, the Red Silk still hovered above him, impossible to shake off, tracking him with uncanny speed and precision.
Fortunately, Wu Hongling's true form wasn't as formidable.
He had already put seven or eight miles between them.
"Rustle."
A light rain began to fall on the sea.
Another invisible force enveloped Li Weiyi.
Qiongji Daozi flew his sword close to the water's surface.
"Liu Fengshu is wearing the Governor's Official Robe crafted by the Mist Heavenly Sovereign. Li Weiyi must have given it to him."
Li Weiyi's sense of danger intensified.
In his already precarious situation, facing another enemy meant more than just a slight increase in peril.
Enveloped in the Talisman Light of the Divine Swiftness Talisman, he unleashed his maximum speed.
Simultaneously, he activated his official robe's Space Evasion ability, desperate to escape the range of the Dao Heart Manifestations of his pursuers.
Otherwise, their numbers would only grow.
Qiongji Daozi, hot on his heels, drew his bow and fired arrow after arrow, harassing him relentlessly.
"Whoosh! Whoosh..."
The arrows flew ten miles, their impacts echoing across the sea.
The woman with the pale gray skull-like face employed Water Evasion, repeatedly closing the distance whenever Li Weiyi nearly escaped her Dao Heart Manifestation.
The chase dragged on from afternoon until dusk.
At breakneck speed, the trio traversed over two thousand miles of ocean, arriving in an uncharted deep-sea region.
The seawater was pitch-black, its waves churning violently.
After repeatedly activating the Governor's Official Robe, Li Weiyi's Spiritual Qi was nearly depleted, leaving him utterly drained and exhausted.
Wu Hongling and Qiongji Daozi fared little better. Their ranged attacks and Water Evasion Dao Techniques had also drained their Spiritual Qi significantly.
They had never imagined Liu Fengshu could be such a tenacious escape artist, capable of enduring such prolonged exertion.
Another two or three hundred miles into the chase, a faint golden glow emerged from the black seawater.
At first, none of them paid much attention, assuming it was merely the lingering light of the setting sun.
Then, wisps of golden flame began to rise from the depths.
"Something's wrong... What is this?"
Sensing danger, Li Weiyi immediately soared into the air.
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END OF CHAPTER
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