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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 6: [Battle for the True Inheritance]
Chapter 7 (548): [Wind, Fire, Thunder, and Lightning]
(7th of Volume 6)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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A Martial-Mystic Cultivator in the Dao Seed Realm could never defeat someone in the Immortal Realm.
Tang Wanzhou couldn't do it.
Neither could the True Disciples of the Ancient Sect nor the Imperial Disciples.
Even achieving a draw was the absolute limit, even against the weakest Immortal Realm cultivator.
Of course, using heaven-defying artifacts or special techniques not cultivated by oneself might offer a slim chance.
Although Xue Yucai had only broken through to the Holy Spiritual Master realm a month ago, he was by no means the weakest Holy Spiritual Master in the Life Realm.
Li Weiyi said, "I understand your desire to reclaim the Blood Pool Silver Sea. But if I break through to the Holy Spiritual Master realm, you'll have no chance of victory."
"Not necessarily," Xue Yucai countered.
Li Weiyi replied, "I've given you your chance! I only hope that regardless of the outcome, we can put our grudges behind us. We came to the Cave Void (Dongxu) Camp to cultivate, to temper ourselves, and to face the life-and-death threat from the Nether Realm of the Dead. I don't want to constantly guard against the Sentinels of the Spiritual Master Guard - it's exhausting."
Anyone could hear the confidence and arrogance in Li Weiyi's tone.
Some found him arrogant and overly self-assured, while others admired his sharp, aggressive spirit.
Only Tai Shi Yu knew that Li Weiyi's words came from the heart, devoid of arrogance.
He was genuinely offering Xue Yucai a chance.
The cold glint in Qing Zijin's eyes faded, replaced by a calm indifference.
She glanced no further at Li Weiyi or Xue Yucai before striding gracefully into the depths of the camp, a dozen desiccated corpses trailing behind her.
What she had initially assumed to be Xue Yucai bullying others turned out to be her own meddling.
Xue Yucai and Li Weiyi locked eyes for a moment.
"Very well," Xue Yucai said, "If you can fight me to a draw, I'll consider it your victory."
From the Spirit Realm between his eyebrows, a jade-like Spiritual Staff materialized, resembling a translucent, crystalline tree branch.
"Though this staff isn't as precious as the Blood Pool Silver Sea, it's still worth a fortune. If you win, it's yours."
"I'm more interested in that pavilion you have down the mountain," Li Weiyi countered.
Xue Yucai's eyes narrowed slightly, momentarily taken aback.
'This jade staff is several times, no, ten times more valuable than that pavilion!'
Among the Spiritual Masters in the camp, someone murmured, "The pavilions down the mountain were once the residences of the Holy Spirit Masters of the Ancient Sect. Captain Qing Zijin chose Clear Sound (Qingyin) Pavilion, which is right next to the Deputy Valiant Guard's pavilion. Li Weiyi's true intentions are clear."
"I've heard he joined the Spiritual Master Guard because of the Deputy Valiant Guard," a Captain-level powerhouse said with a smile, "And on his very first day, he fought the Deputy Valiant Guard and forced his way into First Team."
"Whoosh!"
A flash of Spirit Light.
Yuan Jingsan appeared atop a three-story barracks in the New Recruit Barracks of the Spiritual Master Guard.
His robes shimmered like rippling water as he declared, "Defeat within the camp is just that - defeat. But misjudging your own strength and your opponent's outside these walls can cost you your life. This battle holds a valuable lesson. Now, as your instructor, I offer you this chance: settle your differences and resolve your grudges. I trust you will live up to your words."
He formed a Finger Seal and swept his sleeve.
Immediately, a vast ocean of spiritual light surged from the mountainside camp, cascading dozens of miles outward to form a luminous sea that radiated unfathomable depths of cultivation.
"The battle platform is ready!"
"All Sentinels, come witness this battle! Behold the true realm of a Holy Spiritual Master!"
Tai Shi Yu proclaimed loudly, "Li Weiyi is an Insect Controller! Since Xue Yucai initiated this challenge, he should be allowed to use his seven rare insects."
Tai Shi Yu had personally witnessed Li Weiyi's battle beneath the East Sea, where he had defeated Sheng Wulian using his seven rare insects.
"He may employ any means necessary, including Mind-Martial secret techniques, the Governor's Robe, and the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal."
Xue Yucai strode out of the camp first, stepping onto a bridge of Blood Mist that carried him to the luminous sea miles away.
Turning, he stood silently, staff in hand, waiting.
He was no fool to underestimate his opponent.
Cautious by nature, he had thoroughly investigated Li Weiyi, the rising star topping the Merit Ranking, and knew him inside and out.
"This looks bad! He knows your strengths and tactics completely, and clearly has a countermeasure," Tai Shi Yu murmured, his brow furrowed deeply.
"He's a Holy Spiritual Master! No matter how many tricks I have, they're meaningless against absolute cultivation realm superiority," Li Weiyi said, boosting his opponent's morale while undermining his own.
He summoned the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear and strode into the spiritual light ocean.
With each step, the three-colored spiritual light blooming from the Spirit Realm between his eyebrows grew brighter.
A radiant shadow of the Fusang Divine Tree Spirit Light, hundreds of feet tall, materialized.
Its branches gleamed like gold and iron, its leaves blazed like fire - a sight both miraculous and overwhelming, bathing the surrounding dozens of miles in a resplendent crimson-gold glow.
As waves of fire surged from the Fusang Divine Tree back toward the Blazing Absolute Mountain camp, the Spiritual Master Guard exchanged uneasy glances, sensing Li Weiyi's extraordinary power.
"His Spirit is actually the Fusang Divine Tree."
"Who do you think is stronger: his Golden Crow Flame Spirit Light, the Valiant Guard's Pure Light Flame, or the Deputy Valiant Guard's Sun Holy Radiance?"
"The Golden Crow Flame and Sun Holy Radiance are probably evenly matched, but the Pure Light Flame is definitely superior."
....
Amidst the murmurs of the crowd, Xue Yucai and Li Weiyi each began deploying their formations above the sea of light.
From Xue Yucai's Ancestral Field, thirty-six High-Grade Blood Crystals soared into the air, arranging themselves in a circular formation a mile in diameter around him.
Dense formation glyphs materialized on the crystals, erupting into a crimson barrier of light.
Over two thousand formation glyphs shimmered into existence.
Xue Yucai had also cultivated the Martial-Mystic Dao, reaching the Seventh Heaven of the Dao Seed Realm.
'A hundred glyphs guard a town, a thousand glyphs defend a city.'
With this formation, Xue Yucai alone could defend an entire city.
"This is a defensive formation! Xue Yucai is being cautious. Once this formation is complete, he'll be virtually invincible."
"In this battle, he either wins or loses! What's the point of merely avoiding defeat?"
"Whoosh!"
Formation glyphs surged forth from the Fusang Divine Tree's Radiant Shadow, and a crimson morning sun rose above Li Weiyi's head, hurtling directly toward Xue Yucai's formation.
It was the True Spirit of the Rising Sun Grand Formation.
Waves of heat rolled outward, the air boiling with flames.
"Boom!"
The morning sun crashed down, violently shaking Xue Yucai's Defensive Formation.
Martial-Mystic Qi erupted outward in a shockwave.
Xue Yucai stood firm, effortlessly wielding his Spiritual Staff to shatter the morning sun in mid-air.
In the next instant, a Formation Plate dozens of meters in diameter materialized, spinning upward to block the surging flames from the Fusang Divine Tree and redirect them downward, pressing toward Li Weiyi's head.
No one saw how the Formation Plate had been conjured; the Holy Spiritual Master's casting speed was impossibly swift.
Cloudglow, as heavy as mountains, condensed around the Formation Plate. It not only descended from above but also pressed in from all sides with formation glyphs, imprisoning Li Weiyi's form and preventing his escape.
"Whoosh!"
A Xihe Lotus Platform flew out from Li Weiyi's Wind Mansion, releasing formation glyphs of wind, fire, thunder, and lightning.
A massive vortex of wind swirled outward in concentric rings of flame, thunderous roars shook the space, and bolts of lightning scattered in all directions.
The wind, fire, thunder, and lightning Formations were inscribed on four pages of the Earth Tome, concealed within the Xihe Lotus Platform.
Li Weiyi had been studying the four pages of the Earth Tome he obtained from Pu Yanzi, learning to use them as four spiritual artifacts to awaken the inner forces of wind, fire, thunder, and lightning.
These four elemental Formations were the first he had ever crafted, and he intended to use this opportunity to test their effectiveness.
The four elemental Formations now encircled the Fusang Divine Tree's Radiant Shadow, their combined power blocking the Formation Plate Xue Yucai had pressed down with his blood jade material.
"Whoosh!"
Li Weiyi raised the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear above his head, drawing down strands of Sun Radiance from the sky like a river of light.
This radiant torrent shattered the Formation Plate pressing down on the Fusang Divine Tree.
He then commanded Xihe, using the Fusang Divine Tree Spirit Light's Radiant Shadow and the Four Elemental Formations of Wind, Fire, Thunder, and Lightning, to clash against the Crimson Defense Formation surrounding Xue Yucai.
"Boom!"
The collision of these forces sent shockwaves through the spiritual light ocean, shaking the surrounding dozens of miles.
Crimson energy and flames devoured each other in a chaotic dance.
Outside the camp, gasps of astonishment erupted.
Inside the camp, Qing Zijin was roused by the violent energy fluctuations.
Her slender figure stood before the camp gate, her eyes wide with surprise.
She hadn't realized Li Weiyi's mastery of Formations was so profound.
'If his Martial-Mystic Dao is truly as legendary as they say, this battle might actually be worth watching.'
"Roar!"
A deafening lion's roar erupted from within the crimson formation.
Xue Yucai unleashed his Spirit - a crimson lion over two hundred meters long, as massive as a small mountain, its aura overwhelming.
Its thick mane framed its neck, and its eyes glowed like twin pools of blood.
With a surge of Qi, it charged forward, shattering the Fusang Divine Tree Spirit Light's Radiant Shadow and the Four Elemental Formations.
On the Xihe Lotus Platform, Li Weiyi was thrown back several kilometers, clearly sensing a terrifying soul-based attack had struck him.
It was the Heavenly Surge Soul!
The Heavenly Surge Soul had fused completely with the Spirit Blood Lion.
"He actually forced Xue Yucai to use his Spirit," Yun Song, the deputy captain of the squad, marveled, gaining a profound understanding of Li Weiyi's mastery of Psychic Power.
Tai Shi Yu finally relaxed, smiling.
"I see now, this battle is far from decided! Li Weiyi's secret Psychic-Martial technique, combined with the seven rare insects' Combined Formation, is his most formidable weapon."
At the heart of the Crimson Defense Formation, Xue Yucai's mood grew heavy.
He had already unleashed his Spirit, yet failed to inflict a critical blow to his opponent's consciousness.
The current situation contradicted the information he had gathered.
Li Weiyi's Psychic Power was terrifyingly strong, far beyond mere auxiliary cultivation.
"The Holy Spiritual Master is truly formidable! With Psychic Power alone, I am no match for you," Li Weiyi acknowledged, gaining a clearer understanding of his own Psychic Power's capabilities.
Only now did Xue Yucai truly grasp Li Weiyi's arrogance, having previously dismissed it as mere pride.
"Then show me your true strength," he declared, "I will give this my all as well!"
"Four Directions Blood Spirit Formation!"
Xue Yucai planted his Spiritual Staff in the sea of clouds, spread his arms wide, and array glyphs erupted across his skin.
The crimson Spirit Light within the Spirit Realm between his eyebrows fully unleashed.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh..."
Four Blood Spirits emerged from the darkness behind Xue Yucai, their bodies covered in formation glyphs.
Each stood five meters tall, their bodies gaunt and withered, with three eyes blazing with murderous Qi that pierced the heavens.
With these four Blood Spirits, what need had he to fear Li Weiyi's seven rare insects?
Yun Song sensed the terrifying yet familiar aura.
"Captain, something's wrong! During the New Recruit Assessment, these Blood Spirits were all below the Immortal Realm. How are they now exuding a pressure comparable to a Immortal Realm Great Power?"
Qing Zijin replied, "In the month he spent in the Fire Abyss, he refined one of the Blood Spirits to the Immortal Realm."
Yun Song was aghast: "If he successfully refines all four Blood Spirits, wouldn't that be equivalent to commanding four Immortal Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators? If they form a Formation, who could possibly challenge him at next year's annual assessment? Among the Martial-Mystic Cultivators, only Chang Yujian might stand a chance."
"Let's see if he can refine them first," Qing Zijin said calmly, her bright eyes fixed on the two figures clashing in the spiritual light ocean.
Her tone was utterly devoid of concern.
"Refinement isn't that easy! Each one requires vast amounts of resources and materials," Tai Shi Yu interjected.
He knew firsthand the staggering wealth Li Weiyi had poured into nurturing his seven rare insects.
The Xue Yucai material, resembling a crimson sun, soared into the sky, carrying a Defensive Formation and four Blood Spirits.
It descended upon the Blood Lion Spirit's head, charging fiercely at Li Weiyi, intent on ending the battle.
Its momentum was overwhelming, as if it could split mountains and drain seas.
Li Weiyi remained calm, wielding the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear.
He chanted the word "Fight!" Instantly, an endless stream of sun radiance poured down from the Sky, merging with the three-colored spiritual light within his body to form a suit of armor.
He fixed his gaze on the four diving Blood Spirits.
He observed that their Spirit Light intertwined, their formation glyphs resonated, and their Combined Formation was exceptionally sophisticated.
"Whoosh! Whoosh..."
From the Spirit Realm between Li Weiyi's eyebrows, ten Heaven Sword Talismans shot forth, transforming into ten golden Talisman Swords.
Their sword qi surged as they crisscrossed the heavens and earth, intercepting the approaching Blood Spirits.
Simultaneously, Li Weiyi transformed into a streak of light, colliding with the Crimson Defense Formation - a mile-wide barrier made by the Xue Yucai material.
With a single thrust of his spear, he pierced through the barrier with devastating force.
"Boom!"
Before the Spiritual Masters stationed outside the camp halfway up Blazing Absolute Mountain could react, three of the Blood Spirits had been pierced by the Talisman Swords, exploding into three clouds of Blood Mist.
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