A golden ray of light streaked across the sky above Li Yunqing and the two of them at an extremely fast speed. Wherever it passed, the air was turbulent and rippled.
Li Yunqing hurriedly exited the cultivation state and stood up suddenly.
She felt that the pressure emanating from Jin Xia was even more terrifying than that of Zhu Jingxuan.
"Yuan Yao, it's time for us to leave."
Hearing Li Yunqing's call, the little girl stopped adjusting her breath.
The two of them chased towards the golden glow.
………
In the dense and silent mountain forest, the leaves of a giant tree trembled slightly.
Li Yuan walked out slowly, frowned, and looked to the west, sensing that an extremely powerful aura was approaching.
Looking back at the eastern sky, he calculated in his mind.
Mu Yuting's location was about ten miles away, and they should be able to notice that Diao Zhiyuan released his aura so unscrupulously.
Li Yuan didn't think about it carefully, he used his Yuan Power to cast his Thunder Phantom Body. Only in this way could he get as close as possible to Mu Yuting and others before Diao Zhiyuan caught up with him.
The night spreads and the stars dim.
Blue and silver lightning streaked across the sky, shooting rapidly to the east, and a faster golden glow followed closely behind.
The use of Thunder Phantom Body consumed Li Yuan's energy greatly.
It flew for a moment, slowed down, and then revealed its figure.
Not far from Mu Yuting and others, he looked back at the golden glow behind him, then his figure swayed in the sky and rushed into the forest sea below.
His feet landed firmly on the ground filled with dead branches and leaves. The air beneath his feet moved slightly, and the dead leaves gently bounced up to half a finger's height.
The breeze blew into the silent forest, and the leaves rustled.
Li Yuan released his soul power to explore the nearby environment and the positions several directions away from him.
Suddenly, the surroundings became even quieter, and the golden glow fell a hundred feet in front of Li Yuan.
He withdrew his soul power, frowned slightly, and looked through the gaps between the trees, looking at the golden light in front of him.
The golden light slowly converged, and the appearance of an old man wearing black gold clothing gradually became clearer. His gray hair was glowing with a faint golden color, and a dark golden wheel blade was slowly spinning beside him.
"As expected of the person who led Yunjun Academy to five consecutive victories. Unfortunately, you have no chance to play in the next three games."
The old man in black stripes and gold clothes walked slowly towards Li Yuan. The aura on his body was the same as that of the Nirvana Perfection strongman who appeared in the north when he was exploring the academy.
This person is Tao Dingyang's grandfather, Diao Zhiyuan, the elder of Jinling Mountain. He has achieved nirvana and has vague signs of reaching the top.
Looking at Diao Zhiyuan, Li Yuan felt nervous.
Zhu Jingxuan and the other three were several miles away from him. Once the other party took action, there would be no time to save him.
In the face of the perfection of Nirvana, he has no power to fight back.
The opponent can turn him into blood mist without taking action.
Li Yuan could only rely on the life bone of the spirit pattern life-devouring bone to improve his body's repair ability, and at the same time use the thunder and fire bone to offset some of the pressure on his cultivation and hold on for a while longer.
The pressure of cultivation swept over without reservation, and Li Yuan suddenly felt suffocated.
Silently looking at Diao Zhiyuan who was gradually getting closer, thin sweat continued to break out from his forehead.
He took a deep breath, used his thunderous backbone to carry the huge pressure, and said loudly: "Who are you, your Excellency? At this time and at this place, you release your pressure to suppress me. What do you mean?"
Diao Zhiyuan put his hands behind his back, moved forward slowly, smiled faintly, and said, "What do you mean?
"You are outstanding and smarter than I thought. Since you deliberately led me here, I shouldn't need any further explanation!"
Li Yuan was nervous but didn't show it. His eyes were cold and he said, "You are Elder Diao of Jinling Mountain, right? Are you here for Tao Dingyang?"
When Diao Zhiyuan heard this, he finally paused slightly, and then continued forward, with murderous intent in his eyes, and his tone was cold: "You and I have never been masked, but you know me, and it seems that you have worked hard.
"Now that everyone knows what's going on, it's up to me to do it myself, or you to do it yourself."
"Do you really want to kill me?" Li Yuan's face darkened.
The murderous intent in Diao Zhiyuan's eyes became a little stronger, and he snorted coldly: "You should understand this truth if you kill someone to pay for your life!
"I wanted to keep you for a few more days, but you actually lured me here on purpose. I'm also worried about the long nights and dreams, so you should end it yourself!
"What a pity. Your talent is quite good. I heard that after practicing the thunder-attribute skills, the Yuan bones in your body should soon evolve into first-class mortal bones."
Li Yuan looked at the dim environment around him, and gradually became clear, and said calmly: "A strong man who has achieved complete Nirvana attacks the Yuandan realm. How will you gain a foothold in front of strong men in the future?"
Hearing this, Diao Zhiyuan sneered, and a cold light appeared in his deep eyes: "I will kill you here, who will know. Don't worry, I won't leave any traces."
Li Yuandao: "Elder Diao, I didn't stay in the academy. I deliberately brought you here because I wanted to explain it to you and give you a way out.
"The duel between me and Tao Dingyang was originally initiated by him, as all the Yuan practitioners on Huang Xuan Yuan Zhou can testify.
“The situation was such that I had to take action.
"It's just that I didn't expect that the strength of No. 91 on the Jinling Mountain Tomb List is weaker than I thought. I have shown mercy."
"So what? You still have to pay with your life. I can kill whoever I want."
Diao Zhiyuan's face turned ferocious, and the distance between the two was less than fifty feet.
Li Yuan snorted coldly and shouted: "Do you think I am really stupid enough to explain to you and let you let me live after I brought you here?"
Hearing this, Diao Zhiyuan frowned slightly, stopped and said, "I am a powerful man who has achieved Nirvana. There are only five hundred people in the entire Qinggu Continent who have the strength to kill me.
"Even when Xia Lin won the championship, there was a cloud of nirvana here, but I'm afraid there is no one who can compete with me. I still have this confidence."
"Really? Are you really so confident?" Li Yuandao.
"Resign yourself to your fate! It seems that you don't want to do it yourself. Then I reluctantly took action." Diao Zhiyuan sneered.
When Diao Zhiyuan's voice fell, the surroundings seemed to freeze, and there was no sound at all.
A few palm-sized green leaves slowly fell down from the tree hundreds of feet high, and lay gently on the rotten leaves on the ground.
Suddenly, Li Yuan swayed and retreated backwards, as far away from the center of Diao Zhiyuan's pressure as possible.
Looking at Li Yuan who was gradually walking away, Diao Zhiyuan did not rush to pursue him. He squeezed out a smile on his wrinkled face, but his eyes were full of murderous intent.
"Fourth level elemental technique, golden blade dazzles with explosion."
Diao Zhiyuan raised one hand, and the slowly rotating dark golden wheel blade flew in front of him.
Yuanli continues to gather on it, emitting dark golden light.
Although Li Yuan didn't know the quality of the dark golden wheel blade, but based on the other party's perfect Nirvana cultivation level, this Yuanbao should not be a royal weapon, but most likely a low-grade Xuanbao.
As the energy gathered, a huge dark gold energy wheel emerged on the dark gold wheel blade.
The energy wheel blade rotates at high speed, and energy fluctuations permeate the air, causing ripples in the surrounding air.
As he retreated violently, Li Yuan uttered provocative words: "Elder Diao, before you, all the Yuan practitioners in Jinling Mountain who have used this technique in front of me have fallen."
"Arrogant boy, there are not many Yuan practitioners in the entire continent who can withstand this blow from me and survive."
When Diao Zhiyuan spoke, the dark gold energy wheel blade flew towards Li Yuan, destroying giant trees, vines, thorns and other vegetation and rocks wherever it passed.
Looking at the terrifying power rushing toward him, Li Yuan couldn't help but shrink his eyes.
If this kind of power were to explode, even if he had the spirit pattern to eat his life bones, he would probably be wiped out in ashes.
The energy wheel blade exceeds fifty feet, and the power contained in it far exceeds the golden blade dazzling explosion used by the two Nirvana early stagers that Li Yuan had previously killed.
At this moment, the mountain forest was shrouded in dark golden light, covering the ground.
Pulled by this force, Li Yuan's actions became sluggish.
The energy wheel blade suddenly exploded when it was still about thirty feet away from him, and a powerful shock wave spread, destroying everything around it, and the muffled thunder echoed through the sky.
In the western sky, Li Yunqing and Yuan Yao looked at the dark golden area ahead with slightly dull eyes.
Yuan Yao, who was standing on the black umbrella, pointed to the area with her little finger, looked sideways at Li Yunqing, who was flying with his sword, and asked: "That should be where Xiao Yuan is. Will he be okay?"
"No. How could something happen to Xiao Yuanzi so easily?" Li Yunqing's voice trembled slightly.
"I can't feel... Xiao Yuan... Yuan Gu's existence!" Yuan Yao stammered, with a chill in his heart.
Li Yunqing did not respond because he also lost the subtle connection with Li Yuanyuangu.
She used all her energy and flew towards that area.
………
Diao Zhiyuan put his hands behind his back and moved forward slowly against the terrifying wave of air.
The dark gold wheel blade floats behind and rotates slowly.
Although he had full confidence in the golden blade dazzling explosion he used, he still wanted to personally confirm whether Li Yuan had died.
The light at the center of the explosion gradually dimmed, and everything within a few dozen feet was turned into powder.
The sight in front of him made Diao Zhiyuan almost certain that Li Yuan had fallen. Suddenly, a dark brown energy sphere about three feet in diameter appeared in front of him.
Diao Zhi is far-sighted and knowledgeable, and he naturally recognizes energy spheres.
Yu Zong's Shield of Darkness and Level 4 Elemental Technique are the same level as the Golden Blade Dazzling Explosion he performs.
In the Yuan Dan realm, the power of third-level or fourth-level Yuan arts is almost the same.
But when it comes to Nirvana, the gap between the two will become apparent.
However, in the end, it depends on the Yuan user's control over Yuan Shu, and the most important thing is the charging time.
Li Yuan was in the dark brown energy sphere and did not receive any damage.
Diao Zhiyuan's eyes with murderous intent fell on the white-haired man next to Li Yuan.
"Are you from Yuzhi Sect? Why did you mess with me?" Diao Zhiyuan shouted coldly.
Meng Yi raised the corners of his mouth slightly, cupped his hands and said: "You are the elder of Jinlingshan, and you hold a high position.
"I heard that you are reaching the peak of perfection. With such an identity and strength, you are not afraid of making the Yuan masters in the world laugh at you if you attack a junior in the Yuan Dan realm?"
"How can I allow you to dictate what I do? Even in the late stages of Nirvana, you dare to be presumptuous in front of me.
"How can you overcome the suppression of cultivation at different levels? I am in the perfect state of Nirvana.
"No one in Yuzhong teaches you how to be a good person, so I will teach you."
Diao Zhiyuan's face was gloomy and murderous.
"Fifth level Yuan Shu, Jin Ling Split Wheel Blade."
The old man exerted force on his feet, and the rotten trees and leaves around him flew around. He jumped into the air, suspended in mid-air, raised one hand, and the dark gold wheel blade circled, flew forward, and spun wildly.
Suddenly, the wheel blade glowing with dark gold light was divided into three parts. It was impossible to tell whether it was real or fake. It seemed that the terrifying energy contained in the three wheel blades was equal.
He put his hands on his chest to form a seal, and then clasped his hands together.
The three wheel blades formed a triangle, standing upright and rotating around Diao Zhiyuan. He stepped back two positions and pushed his right hand in the direction of Li Yuan and the two of them. The three wheel blades swept over and brought up three dark gold wheels from behind. Blade shadow.
"Chichi——"
The wheel blade emits terrifying energy fluctuations, and the surrounding space is turbulent, ups and downs, causing ripples and spreading outwards, while the sound of wind breaks through the air.
Centered on the wheel blade, everything within a radius of several dozen feet was affected.
In the late stage of Nirvana, even if you are hit by the energy contained in it, you will probably die instantly.
The Jinling Split Wheel Blade is one of the three most powerful techniques among the twelve major mountain-suppressing Yuan techniques in Jinling Mountain.
Nirvana has successfully performed the fifth-level Yuan Technique, and its power can be imagined.
The Shield of Darkness used by Meng Yi was already weaker, not to mention the level of cultivation suppression.
In this case, even if Diao Zhiyuan's blow is blocked, Meng Yi may be injured to a certain extent, not to mention Li Yuan.
When the wheel blade was still more than thirty feet away from Li Yuan and Li Yuan, Diao Zhiyuan thought he had a chance to win. In an instant, a vine wall tens of feet high and wrapped with countless wooden vines appeared from the ground.
This is the fourth-level elemental technique of Qingmu Temple, the Panmu Barrier.
"Bang bang——"
The wheel blade hit the vine wall entangled with wooden vines, splashing countless sparks.
The dark gold wheel blade attacked fiercely, and the vine wall only supported for a moment before bursting open.
Although it was unable to stop the attack momentum of the lower wheel blade, it weakened its power somewhat.
The three dark gold wheel blades continued to run towards Li Yuan, and Meng Yi used the time of the vine wall to block them to strengthen the dark shield.
"boom--"
The next moment, the wheel blade bombarded the dark brown energy sphere, making a loud noise.
The chakra blades, whose strength was somewhat weakened, ran out of energy when the Dark Shield was about to be breached. Two of the chakra blades disappeared, and the last chakra blade flew back to Diao Zhiyuan.
With his toes in the void, Diao Zhiyuan's feet landed on the dark gold wheel blade.
Zhu Jingxuan rushed out from behind and stood in front of Li Yuan and Meng Yi. Only then did Meng Yi take down his shield.
Diao Zhiyuan frowned slightly, looked at Zhu Jingxuan and said coldly: "Are you Zhu Jingxuan from Qingmu Palace?"
Smiling slightly, Zhu Jingxuan nodded: "I seldom walk around the Jinling Mountain area. I didn't expect Elder Diao to recognize me."
After receiving Zhu Jingxuan's confirmation, Diao Zhiyuan smiled and said: "The name of Protector Zhu is very famous in our Jinling Mountain area, and I am like a thunderbolt.
"I just didn't expect that you and I would meet in this way. What? Protector Zhu acted like this just to stop me."
Zhu Jingxuan cupped his hands and said: "Elder Diao, the showdown between Li Yuan and your grandson Tao Dingyang was originally initiated by Tao Dingyang.
"The two sides were equally powerful, so they would naturally try their best to attack, and then they missed and injured Tao Dingyang. In the end, Tao Dingyang was seriously injured and died.
"Now that your grandson has died and you are holding on to Li Yuan, even if you kill him, Tao Dingyang will not be able to survive.
“We, the elders, should not interfere in matters between the juniors.
"Otherwise, in the future, if the disciples of each sect lose in a duel, they will ask the strong men of the sect to take action to get it back. What's the point of that duel?"
"From what Protector Zhu means, is this guy a disciple of your Qingmu Palace?" Diao Zhiyuan pointed at Li Yuan behind Zhu Jingxuan and asked.
Zhu Jingxuan said: "Not yet. However, Li Yuan fell in love with me and hit it off immediately, so he had already had the idea of inviting him into the Qingmu Palace.
"I hope Elder Diao will give me some mercy and let Li Yuan go. If Elder Diao needs any compensation, just ask for it."
Diao Zhiyuan sneered: "Are you going to save this kid? I don't want any compensation now, I just want to take this kid's life.
"The gap in strength between us cannot be made up by even you and the one from Yuzhao Sect. There is no way that I can be my opponent."
(End of chapter)
