"This person's mind is so meticulous, to be able to observe in such detail even under our constant interference. His cunning is truly terrifying!"
This thought rose in the minds of both the gray-robed elder and the green-robed guest at the same time. When they looked at Li Yan again, their gazes were already filled with gravity.
"Well, is there more? We hunt geese all day, yet we ourselves didn't realize there were so many problems."
"There are still more. You two have a deep master-disciple bond. You kept asking us to take your disciple away, but your 'disciple' seemed to only want to be taken away by us. She didn't care about your life or death at all, did she? Her true intention was to get close to us as quickly as possible and launch a sneak attack! What's more, there's also that…"
Li Yan paused, pointing in a certain direction. A patch of hazy light was shining in from there, vaguely revealing some of the scenery outside the pagoda.
"Good cunning, good reaction!"
The moment the gray-robed elder saw where Li Yan was pointing, he understood the other's meaning. That was the formation exit the green-robed guest had previously opened for Li Yan and the others to leave. He also knew that Li Yan had seen through their plan. The exit was a bit too close to where the gray-robed elder had been lying. If Li Yan and the others were to leave, they would have to get close to him.
Just as they were about to exit, most people's attention would be on the green-robed guest, constantly guarding against him going back on his word, and they would most likely overlook the gray-robed elder. At that time, the gray-robed elder would suddenly erupt and attack Li Yan and his companion. Coupled with a possible sneak attack from the beautiful young woman who might be brought along, Li Yan and Zhao Min would, in all likelihood, be successfully ambushed.
It was just that Li Yan had seen through the strangeness of it all earlier, especially since the beautiful young girl had concealed her cultivation. Although the beautiful young girl had always been very confident in her cultivation concealment technique, she never would have thought that Li Yan's Divine Sense was so powerful that it was beyond her comprehension.
When Li Yan had quickly transmitted his voice to Zhao Min, even Zhao Min had been a little uncertain about Li Yan's words. But this thought had only flashed by, and she had immediately chosen to believe him. Thus, Li Yan had her attack the beautiful young girl, while he himself first confused everyone here, seemingly pouncing towards the green-robed guest, but in reality, he had already used the "Phoenix Soars to the Heavens" movement skill.
In such a narrow space, the speed of "Phoenix Soars to the Heavens" made it impossible to catch even a trace of him. When everyone else thought that Li Yan's target was the green-robed guest, Li Yan had used the incredible and bizarre small-angle turn of "Phoenix Soars to the Heavens" to attack the gray-robed elder… This kind of unreasonable turning attack would not occur in ninety-nine percent of cultivators, because they couldn't do it, including Zhao Min.
At this time, both sides had said what needed to be said. The gray-robed elder held his saber horizontally, and the saber's light began to roam. He held the saber in one hand and pushed the back of the blade with the other.
Seeing this, a sharp glint flashed in Li Yan's eyes.
"Kill!"
His voice echoed in Zhao Min's mind.
"Hmph! In this formation, don't even think about escaping. It can only be a fight to the death!"
A body cultivator's attack was basically to violently destroy the enemy's physical body and soul. Since the gray-robed elder had blocked Li Yan's attack and had now swallowed a medicinal pill, delaying for so long, he felt that he had recovered more than half of his strength and could also act.
As soon as the gray-robed elder's voice fell, his figure had already shot out, his target being Li Yan. Apparently, he wanted to immediately deal with the weakest person. Although the gray-robed elder had been sent flying by Li Yan's attack just now, he had also seen that the other party should be a body cultivator, which he could just handle.
Zhao Min was facing the green-robed guest, and naturally, she met the green-robed guest who was also attacking. However, a scene that none of the three had expected occurred again. Li Yan, who had started at the same time as Zhao Min, actually turned sideways and also attacked the green-robed guest. He pushed off the ground with his back heel, his front leg bent into a running posture. Borrowing the power of the earth, he had already leaped high into the air, bent his elbow, and swung it horizontally from back to front, his elbow tip aimed at the back of the green-robed guest's ear, a heavy strike.
He even disregarded the gray-robed elder who was pouncing from behind him. This move even stunned Zhao Min for a moment, let alone the green-robed guest opposite her. This sudden change caused the magical power surging from the green-robed guest's body to stagnate for a moment.
'Desperate? Risking his life…'
Various thoughts flashed through the green-robed guest's mind, but he didn't understand why the other party would do this, completely exposing his back.
The gray-robed elder, who had already reached Li Yan, was also stunned when he saw Li Yan suddenly turn around and expose his back. But he immediately guessed the other party's intention!
It seemed the other party was relying on the fact that he was a body cultivator, with a strong physical defense, or perhaps he had some magical treasure to protect his body. He was planning to take his own attack head-on. Then, they would concentrate all their power in an attempt to instantly inflict heavy damage on his junior brother, breaking their two-man alliance!
'Hmph, you've miscalculated. Let me show you what a difference in realm means!' The gray-robed elder sneered in his heart. Did the other party really think that a body cultivator could defend against all cultivators of the same realm?
"Be careful, that male cultivator is also a body cultivator. Block his attack with all your might!"
The gray-robed elder's warning also sounded in the green-robed guest's mind.
Just as the green-robed guest's aura stagnated, Li Yan and Zhao Min's figures had already pounced. The gray-robed elder's attack was a bit slower, but he also held his long saber with both hands and chopped down fiercely from top to bottom.
In such a narrow space, the two sides instantly collided.
"Boom!"
The green-robed guest was instantly hit by an incomparably fierce force. At the same time, he also thrust out his fork, but it was slapped on the side of the fork head by Zhao Min's palm. Facing the attack of a magical treasure of the same realm, Zhao Min didn't dare to take it head-on with her physical body. Streaks of blue light surged from outside her palm, and at the same time, a deafening sound came from her ear. Then, she felt the pressure on her hand lighten. The sharp fork magical treasure spun backwards with a buzzing sound. At this time, a rain of blood was already falling from the sky…
The green-robed guest was suddenly attacked by two people. He thought that he would take a hit from the other party in order to disrupt their plan. With Li Yan's back defense wide open, the gray-robed elder would surely deal a fatal blow to the other party. At that time, it would not be him who was besieged, but the other party's plan would have failed, and one of them would die first…
And his reaction was even faster than his thoughts. A protective spiritual energy shield surged from his body, protecting his whole body. At the same time, a strange, broken shovel head appeared. As soon as the broken shovel head appeared, it instantly grew to a foot in size, emitting streaks of yellow light as it blocked the side of the green-robed guest's head. With his Mid-stage Golden Core strength, if he hadn't diverted his power to deal with the female cultivator of the same realm in front of him, he felt that with preparation, he could have resisted the attack of an Initial-stage Golden Core cultivator with just his protective light shield. His broken shovel head was also a treasure that could defend against Golden Core realm attacks. With a double defense, there would be no problem.
But the result was completely beyond his expectations. Li Yan used ninety percent of his strength in this attack. With a horizontal swing of his elbow, he heavily smashed onto the broken shovel head.
"Bang!"
The yellow light on the broken shovel head was shattered into a rain of sparks that flew into the air. The shovel head was carried by a great force and embedded into the green-robed guest's spiritual energy shield. The broken shovel head's momentum did not decrease, and it was pushed by Li Yan's elbow tip to continue smashing in.
The next moment, the green-robed guest's spiritual energy shield began to shatter inch by inch. His head was heavily struck on the side of his face by Li Yan's elbow wrapped around the broken shovel head. His face was first hit so hard that his muscles twisted and stretched, his mouth contorted. With a "boom," his large head shattered into countless pieces. Then, the force of Li Yan's strike continued to spread, and the green-robed guest's physical body immediately exploded, a rain of blood and bone fragments shooting out in all directions!
Losing its physical body, the attack could no longer maintain the infusion of magical power. The long fork in his hand was struck by Zhao Min, and the artifact spirit inside let out a mournful cry!
Behind him, the gray-robed elder's saber chopped down. This was just as Li Yan had just shattered the defense of the broken shovel head, and the green-robed guest's spiritual energy shield was still in a defensive state. The sharp glint in the gray-robed elder's eyes grew even stronger, and his magical power surged wildly. But in the next instant, he found that his infusion of magical power was like a river that had burst its banks. In his terrified eyes, the hands holding the long saber suddenly disappeared. Yes, his hands disappeared before his eyes at an incredible speed.
A large amount of thick yellow liquid dripped from the wounds, one drop after another, quickly falling on the hard rock under his feet. A thick, nauseating stench rose from the ground. And in just a blink of an eye, his two hands had already disappeared up to his forearms. The chop that had been made immediately lost the support of subsequent magical power. Although the force was still fierce, it heavily chopped onto the junction of Li Yan's neck and shoulder. But a dark light flashed from Li Yan's protective light shield, emitting a series of "hissing" sounds, the dark light flashing wildly. The long saber only lasted for less than half a breath before it fell to the hard ground with a "clang."
The space was small, the attack was swift. Everything happened in one breath, as fast as a hare springs and a falcon swoops!
On the side, even Zhao Min was stunned for a moment. She had always believed Li Yan's words, but she didn't know what Li Yan's plan was. After a slight daze, Zhao Min's arm suddenly shot out to the side. With a ripple in space, she had already grabbed a dark yellow object.
"Fellow Daoist, spare my life, spare my life!"
Just as blue light flickered in Zhao Min's hand, a terrified cry for help came from her palm. And at the same time as this voice, there was also a mournful and painful roar not far away.
"Ah…"
It was a mournful scream from the gray-robed elder. The bone-deep pain was unbearable even for a Golden Core cultivator, and he couldn't help but cry out in agony.
Until now, the rain of blood was still falling, but it was all dispersed by the aura outside Li Yan and Zhao Min's bodies.
Zhao Min glanced at the soybean-sized dark yellow Golden Core in her hand. The terrified expression of the green-robed guest was floating on the surface of the Golden Core. He never would have dreamed that he couldn't even take a single hit from that Initial-stage Golden Core body cultivator! At this moment, the memory of the terrifying force he had felt just before his head exploded was still lingering in his mind. This was simply not something a Golden Core cultivator could possess.
"You… you all… good… hiss… ah… ah… sinister!"
Not far away, the gray-robed elder's eyes were bloodshot as he stared at Li Yan. He already knew that he had unknowingly fallen for this person's sinister trick again. At this time, his arms and shoulders had completely disappeared, and the poison was still spreading. Even his chest was exposed, revealing his bloody internal organs. He was still desperately resisting with his spiritual power. It was just that the unknown poison was incredibly fast. Although he had used his Divine Sense to communicate with his storage pouch at the first moment, and there were already more than ten porcelain bottles of various colors floating around him, even after quickly swallowing them, it had no effect at all. The gray-robed elder's neck had already rotted to the point where only a single vertebra was left supporting his head, struggling to keep it from falling off.
Only then did Li Yan and Zhao Min turn to look at him. Li Yan's eyes suddenly narrowed, and he slammed his fist towards a certain spot. With a "pop," a ripple spread out from the void, and another soybean-sized golden-yellow pill appeared there.
"Still trying to escape at this time? Don't you think it's a bit too late, Your Excellency?" Li Yan said with a sneer.
The face of the gray-robed elder also appeared on that golden-yellow pill. His face was a mixture of shock and anger. He had already guessed that Li Yan must have taken the opportunity to apply the poison to his saber when he had first punched him, leaving a sinister hidden move. While they were plotting against the other party, the other party had already made a ruthless move, which was why he had so kindly explained the reason to him!