But a large, bloody gash had been cut into Yan San's back, and a sword mark had even appeared on his hard spine.
"Hmm? Such an innate divine ability still exists? Die!"
Seeing that his single sword strike had only killed two Wind Beasts, the short-haired, black-robed man's thick brows furrowed. He once again pointed a finger from a distance.
"Boom!"
With this sound, three figures were sent flying backward.
"You're courting death!"
The short-haired, black-robed man suddenly let out a furious roar.
His second attack had just been launched when it was blocked by someone. It was the Great Elder, Hong Yin, and Li Yan who had joined forces.
When the short-haired, black-robed man launched his first attack, they knew things were bad. Yan San and the other Wind Beasts didn't know Wan Qingshe and were clearly still investigating the strange events here.
But the moment they showed themselves, the other side had immediately attacked, without the slightest hesitation.
It was obvious that the short-haired, black-robed man wanted to directly kill the high-rank Wind Beasts here. Once the leading fourth-rank Wind Beasts were dead, it would be impossible for the Tianli Clan to live in peace with the three Wind Beast clans, no matter how much they wanted to. The other side would only hate the human race with incomparable intensity.
The Great Elder and the others instantly understood the other party's vicious intentions. Ostensibly, he was here to help Wan Qingshe settle the score with Li Yan, but that was just a pretext.
The Tianli Clan and the Sword-Washing Sect had no deep-seated hatred. A dispute between two Nascent Soul cultivators, as long as there were no deaths, should be nothing in the eyes of a Spirit Transformation cultivator.
Otherwise, was he going to protect his disciple for his entire life? The other party's greater purpose was to prevent the Tianli Clan from reaching a state of coexistence with the Wind Beasts, to not allow the Wind Beasts to exist on the Wind God Continent.
They might even have been coveting the Tianli Clan's cultivation methods and resources all along. After all, generations of Great Sacrificial Priests had appeared here.
This filled the Great Elder with shock and anger. He never thought that after his clan lost its Great Sacrificial Priest, this Spirit Transformation cultivator would be so despicable.
He flew out in an instant. At the same time, Li Yan and Hong Yin exchanged a glance and also charged out. Of course, they couldn't let the other party achieve this goal, even if they knew they were no match.
Li Yan felt that he should have no problem saving his own life, and could even take Gong Chenying away at a critical moment, but Li Yan himself would not agree to direct submission.
At the same time, voice transmissions from Li Yan and Hong Yin sounded in Gong Chenying's mind, and the crimson glow longspear on her back was also swept out by a great force.
"Don't go near that person, he's a Spirit Transformation cultivator. Just keep an eye on Wan Qingshe!"
"Don't you dare follow us, you'll only be a burden! I need to borrow your spear!"
Although the three of them were fast, they were still no match for the speed of a Spirit Transformation sword cultivator. Just as they flew out, the other party's sword light had already reached several thousand li away, truly unpredictable.
Immediately, Yan San's furious roar and two miserable screams sounded in their Divine Sense.
At the same time, the Great Elder's voice sounded in Gong Shanhe's and the others' minds.
"Quickly retreat to the clan-protecting grand formation, don't come out! Two fourth-rank Wind Beasts have fallen. Yan San is alive."
The Great Elder quickly transmitted the message, briefly relaying the shocking news to Gong Shanhe and the others. Hong Yin kept her eyes fixed on the opponent.
"Tie him down! He doesn't dare to use the true cultivation of the Spirit Transformation stage. We still have a chance!"
Her face had also turned exceptionally ugly. She had never expected that a Spirit Transformation cultivator would kill someone right in front of her.
Although she also hated the Wind Beasts to the bone, the three clans in front were not the "Yin Mountain Beast" clan, and it was the Tianli Clan's own choice. She was still a Guest Elder of the clan.
In this realm, after she had stepped into the Spirit Transformation stage, who could be so arrogant in front of her? But today, such a scene had occurred.
However, she had a better understanding of the power of the Spirit Transformation cultivators in this realm. They couldn't go all out, and could only rely on their deeper understanding of the laws to crush their opponents.
As she rapidly transmitted her thoughts, she saw the short-haired, black-robed man wave his hand again. This time, the three of them had already reached the vicinity of the short-haired, black-robed man.
All three were Late-stage Great Cultivators. The short-haired, black-robed man did not dare to truly use all the power of the rules he had mastered, so the three of them were able to catch a glimpse of a blurry sword shadow.
The Great Elder thrust his staff upwards from below. He dodged the direct path of the sword shadow, instead using a skillful force to try and disrupt its trajectory.
This was actually not common for Tianli Clan cultivators. They were more inclined to use brute force to overcome skill. This already showed the Great Elder's apprehension towards the Spirit Transformation cultivator.
Hong Yin, on the other hand, held the spear with one hand. A speck of red light appeared, and the tip of the spear had already touched the sword shadow. The position she attacked was on the almost invisible hilt of the sword.
Gong Chenying, who had retreated into the clan-protecting grand formation, saw her beautiful eyes narrow. She couldn't have executed that spear strike from Hong Yin, nor could she have dodged it. It was like a swimming dragon, leaving no trace.
At the same time, she tightly bit her lower lip, frustrated that even though she had reached the Nascent Soul stage, she was still unable to act at such a critical moment.
She had advanced quickly, but she was still not at the peak of combat power in this realm.
Gong Shanhe, the Third Elder, and the others had the same thought. Although they were all skilled in combat, it was precisely because of this that they knew that a siege at this time would absolutely not be won by numbers.
And they knew that two Wind Beasts had been killed in an instant on Yan San's side. They had also seen the man wave his hand earlier, but had not seen the sword light.
Under such circumstances, they immediately obeyed the Great Elder's voice transmission.
But the Great Elder did not say what would happen if the three of them were to fall. There were some things he knew Gong Shanhe would know how to do, and he also believed that Xue Longzi would not dare to slaughter the entire clan.
Wan Qingshe was still standing behind the short-haired, black-robed man at this time, his face still showing shock. He couldn't believe that even knowing his master's realm, the Tianli Clan still dared to charge out.
'This... isn't this courting death?'
Li Yan's speed was slightly faster than the Great Elder's and Hong Yin's, but he did not directly intercept the sword shadow. Instead, with his index and middle fingers together, he slashed fiercely at the empty space in front of him.
Instantly, a crack was torn in the space in front of them, and a whistling astral wind blew out from it.
Almost at the same time, the attacks of the Great Elder and Hong Yin both struck the side of the sword shadow. The sword shadow trembled, and a white light erupted from its body, slightly altering its direction.
"Boom!"
With a deafening roar, the white light on the sword's body flared, and at the same time, it sent the staff and the crimson glow longspear flying high into the air.
The bodies of the Great Elder and Hong Yin both shook violently, and they were thrown high into the air. Blood trickled from the corners of their mouths in that instant.
The sword shadow flashed and plunged into the spatial crack that had appeared in front of them. Li Yan only managed to block it for a moment, and his face immediately turned from black to red. He followed the momentum and swiped with his sword fingers, and the spatial crack was stretched a little longer diagonally.
His body was also instantly sent flying by the shock. At the same time, two streams of blood shot out from his nostrils.
Li Yan felt a tightness in his chest, and his Qi and blood roiled violently, as if a great mountain was pressing down on his internal organs. Blood dripped from the tips of his two fingers.
His indestructible skin had been torn open in several places from just this one block.
Fortunately, this was a joint effort by three people, and all three had used skillful force from the side to deflect the blow, rather than taking it head-on.
'How much of his strength did he actually use?'
Li Yan's heart was filled with terror. This was his first battle after reaching the Late-stage Nascent Soul. The sense of inflation that came with his advancement was instantly extinguished.
A Spirit Transformation cultivator was so strong, and this was with him not even daring to use his true cultivation.
After this block, Yan San in the distance had already brought the two Wind Beasts and landed in the "Heaven's Eye Pit."
He had never expected that a Spirit Transformation cultivator, who might not even show up on their own initiative for thousands of years in this realm, would actually come to the Tianli Clan. The moment his side showed their faces, two of them were killed.
This feeling made them both terrified and trembling with fear.
'A Spirit Transformation sword cultivator, should be from the "Sword-Washing Sect." Wasn't he being watched by the "Skyfire Beast," a fifth-rank Wind Beast? Damn it, how did he appear here?'
As a fourth-rank Wind Beast, Yan San had a rough idea of the distribution of high-level cultivators on the Desolate Moon Continent. Since there were only a few Spirit Transformation cultivators and fifth-rank Wind Beasts that might still exist, Yan San had inquired about such secrets.
Among the sword cultivator Spirit Transformation experts, there was only Xue Longzi from the "Sword-Washing Sect." He had entered the Spirit Transformation realm for over a thousand years but was still firmly stuck at the Initial-stage.
It was already as difficult as ascending to the heavens for a Nascent Soul cultivator to advance, let alone a Spirit Transformation cultivator, and in a lower realm restricted by the rules.
At this moment, the figures of the Great Elder and the other two had already appeared in Yan San's Divine Sense. The three of them had joined forces and actually blocked the fatal blow that followed for them.
For a moment, a fierce light flickered in Yan San's eyes. At the same time, he quickly took out a medicinal pill and, controlling it with his magical power, applied it to his back. At this point, they had already landed in the "Heaven's Eye Pit."
Although it wasn't his own clan's "Heaven's Eye Pit," even if that Spirit Transformation cultivator came, he probably wouldn't dare to venture too deep.
"Big... Big Brother, what do we do?"
"Let's hurry and descend!"
At this time, the trembling voices of the other two fourth-rank Wind Beasts came from his side. This human cultivator's cultivation was too terrifying. In just one exchange, they had almost been completely wiped out.
At this time, the "Heaven's Eye Pit" was filled with mid- and low-rank "Wind-Iron Beasts." They were even more terrified. If the human expert came down, their chances of death would be even greater.
Because they couldn't go deep near the eye of the "Heaven's Eye Wind," they could only hide in the upper layers, which would make them easy targets for the other party to harvest at will.
Outside.
"Three Late-stage Great Cultivators, and all at their peak. I underestimated you. Especially you—Li Yan. You concealed your cultivation and tricked my disciple."
Seeing the three figures being sent flying, although they had retreated several hundred li, they all managed to stabilize themselves one by one. None of them had died under his sword qi.
This surprised him. In his eyes, these three were all peak Late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators. He hadn't expected the Tianli Clan to have such a foundation after the death of their Great Sacrificial Priest.
And where did that bald nun come from? That woman's spear strike was extremely clever. Of the three attacks, it was the one with the least leakage of magical power and the most concentrated attack power.
And the strength Li Yan displayed was comparable to a normal peak Late-stage Nascent Soul Great Cultivator. Therefore, he concluded that Li Yan had concealed his cultivation, which was why Wan Qingshe had suffered a loss.
No matter how strong an Initial-stage Nascent Soul sword cultivator was, it was impossible for them to fight a Late-stage Great Cultivator. That was undoubtedly courting death. This Li Yan was too insidious.
And just then, a powerful aura suddenly shot up into the sky from a distance, and it flew towards them at an incredible speed. The short-haired, black-robed man's eyes narrowed.
"So you really have joined forces. Do you want to take on the entire human race together?"
The Great Elder and the other two stood in a triangle formation in the air. When they sensed that aura, their eyes also showed surprise. The Great Elder, however, spoke coldly.
"Senior Xue, my clan has never had much interaction with your esteemed sect. Why did you come to my clan and slaughter even low-level cultivators and mortals? What is your intention? And as a senior, you can just casually throw accusations around. Do you represent the entire human race?"
Faced with the other party's immediate slaughter of mortals, the Great Elder showed no politeness. For the Tianli Clan, life and death were rarely the first consideration. They had their own clan soul.
"Those people are just worthless grass. I sent my disciple to negotiate with you in good faith, to ask why you are helping the Wind Beasts grow stronger, and you actually laid a poisonous hand on him. Are you trying to betray the human race?"
A look of disdain appeared in the short-haired, black-robed man's eyes. If it weren't for the fact that killing too many mortals would displease the other old fellows, what would it matter if he exterminated their entire clan of mortals?
Those so-called rules between immortals and mortals were just things formulated by top cultivators like them anyway, and the other party actually dared to question him.
"It was your disciple who wanted me to take three of his moves to prove that I was not some wanted criminal. After the three moves, he launched a sneak attack again. In my haste to counter, how could I hold back?"
Li Yan wiped the blood from his nose and looked at Wan Qingshe, who was standing behind the short-haired, black-robed man. Wan Qingshe, however, just shook his head.
"Master, he is spouting nonsense. I had arranged with him to have an open and honorable spar, but he suddenly used poison. If I hadn't seen that the situation was bad and fled quickly, I would have long since fallen into his hands. And the Tianli Clan is simply in cahoots with the Wind Beasts, forgetting their ancestors!"
As Wan Qingshe spoke, a black-robed figure of Yan San appeared behind the Great Elder and the others with a flash of space. He had used his ultimate speed and had still managed to arrive during the standoff between the two sides.
Although Xue Longzi was anxious, he couldn't just not give a "reason." He wanted others to see that he was being reasonable.
At this moment, Yan San's face was extremely gloomy. To be able to come here, he had also struggled internally. The decisiveness and ruthlessness of the other party's earlier move meant that there was a high chance he would pursue them into the "Heaven's Eye Pit" afterward.
Although this human cultivator might not dare to go too deep, the distance he could descend was also limited, and he might not be able to escape the other party's pursuit.
And the fact that the other party had killed two of his companions as soon as he arrived finally brought out Yan San's fierce nature.
"This Xue Longzi has his reservations. He is being watched by that fifth-rank Wind Beast, the 'Skyfire Beast.' He must have used some concealment method to come here, but he probably doesn't dare to delay for too long. Otherwise, he wouldn't have attacked on sight."
Yan San quickly transmitted his thoughts to the Great Elder and the other two. He had also seen their methods of resistance just now. Although they were defeated in one move, the short-haired, black-robed man also seemed to not dare to use his full strength.
It seemed that if several Late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators fought with their lives on the line, they might really be able to hold their own against the other party for a while. There was another key reason for this, which Yan San mentioned: the other party didn't dare to stay here for too long.
Among the four of them, Yan San was the weakest, but his speed was probably the fastest here, aside from Li Yan.
"This little Wind Beast is truly loyal. Your alliance is as strong as iron. Then I shall teach you a lesson on behalf of your Great Sacrificial Priest. Do not forget the ancestral teachings of the Tianli Clan!"
Sure enough, the moment the short-haired, black-robed man saw Yan San arrive, he didn't want to say any more. His hatred for the Wind Beasts was already too deep to be diluted or melted away. He simply didn't want any Wind Beasts to exist on the Wind God Continent.
As for how many of his sect's disciples would have to die to achieve this goal, he didn't care. As long as there was fighting, there would be deaths. It was nothing to make a fuss about.
After cultivating for a long time, the personalities of Nascent Soul old monsters would all become unreasonable, let alone an old demon like him who had cultivated for several thousand years. Apart from the obsessions he once had in his heart, he had grown indifferent to the life and death of others.
If it weren't for the fear that the other Spirit Transformation cultivators would accuse him of indiscriminate killing, he would have immediately wiped out everyone here and taken their cultivation resources.
So, he planned to ultimately spare the Tianli Clan's Great Elder and Clan Head, kill everyone else, and then make them "confess their crimes" to show that his "Sword-Washing Sect" was not an arbitrary sect.
"Since he can't delay here for long, I'll tie him down. You assist from the side. At the very least, prevent him from killing indiscriminately again. Stall for some time and make him retreat in the face of difficulty!"
A sharp glint lit up in Hong Yin's beautiful eyes, and her voice transmission quickly echoed in the minds of the other three.