Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 282 - 288: Great Defeat

”Interesting, a little ant has woken up early.” At the rear of the Devil Beast Army, a colossal green-headed lion, covered in long fur and as huge as a mountain, lifted its eyelids and looked towards the Spirit Boat that was frantically fleeing into the distance, letting out a light chuckle.

No visible action was taken, yet a beam of green light, incredibly fast, condensed out of thin air around them, appearing behind Li Zhirui and the others in the blink of an eye.

”Damn it!” Feeling the terror of the green light, Li Zhirui summoned his Life-bound Magic Treasure, Thousand Spirits, above his head, while the mana within his body burst out uncontrollably like a roaring torrent, unleashing the most powerful attack he had ever performed!

The Water-Wood Divine Light transformed into two massive dragons, which roared heavenwards and slammed directly into the beam of green light.

”Da Qing, use all your strength to carry out defensive spells and Divine Powers!” Li Zhirui gasped out the order, ”Everyone, use your strongest spells and attack this green light!”

Boom boom boom—

The seemingly mighty dragons, upon contact with the beam of green light, swelled up with spiritual energy, expanding several times in size before exploding violently.

However, this action only caused the green light to dim slightly, still ferociously assaulting the group.

The violent explosion also woke the unconscious cultivators, who, recalling the strange situation they had just experienced and the Fourth Order Great Devil that had already made a move, dared not linger in this place any longer. They hurriedly controlled the Spirit Boats to escape.

As for the person currently being attacked who had just saved their lives? Not one cultivator was willing to lend a helping hand.

Li Zhirui had anticipated this and didnʼt intend to ask for their help; his aim was only to keep the Great Devilʼs attention off them.

As expected, the Great Devil withdrew his gaze, no longer focusing on them, and began capturing the cultivators trying to escape.

How could ordinary cultivators outpace the methods of a Fourth Order Great Devil? In an instant, a large number of cultivators were easily caught by him, their cries and pleas for mercy echoing through the heavens and earth.

By this time, the clan members had finished casting their spells. Although less powerful, dozens of attacks combined still managed to reduce the power of the green light considerably.

In fact, the most effective were Li Shiqingʼs Third Order Talismans. One after another, the precious Third Order Talismans were activated, as though they were free, with more than a dozen being used in an instant.

But even with everyoneʼs techniques being deployed and their mana and Talismans completely spent, the green light remained unstoppable, crashing against Da Qingʼs multiple layers of defense.

Crack crack crack—

Layer by layer, the Spirit Light shattered upon contact, leaving only the Spirit Boatʼs Defensive Spiritual Light within a few breathsʼ time.

All of the clan members on the boat were plunged into despair, as if they had seen the very image of their own death. Several of them, psychologically fragile, were already wailing loudly.

It was at this moment, having forcibly refined a large number of Spirit Pills and recovered most of his mana, that Li Zhirui stood up. He pointed a finger towards the green light, and a surge of Water-Wood brilliance shot out explosively.

When the two collided, the massive impact caused the Spirit Boat to rock and nearly capsize, the Spirit Light flickering on and off, but also propelled the Spirit Boat hundreds of miles away!

”Cough cough!” Drained of all his strength, his meridians cracking, Li Zhirui collapsed onto the deck, the corner of his mouth still smeared with a glaring trickle of fresh blood.

ʼCould it be that heaven wants to doom me!ʼ The moment he fell, he saw the green light dim significantly yet still possessing formidable power, whereas they were left powerless to resist!

Just as Li Zhirui braced himself to close his eyes and await death, a streak of Sword Qi flew over his head and collided with the now-dim green light.

ʼUncle?! Could it be that he, like me, has forcibly refined a large number of Spirit Revitalizing Pills?ʼ

Unfortunately, he was now lying on the deck, and his divine sense was also extremely weak, unable to see the outside world.

However, the fact that the green light did not fall and strike them down showed that they had survived!

Li Zhirui was overjoyed, and his tightly stretched mind relaxed, causing him to suddenly fall into a deep sleep.

If he had been awake, he would have been amazed to find that the green light had been shattered by sword qi!

But at the same time, the originally middle-aged Li Shiqingʼs hair had turned significantly grayer, wrinkles appeared on his face, and his vitality had weakened a lot.

The reason Li Shiqing could shatter the green light with a sword qi was not only because it had been weakened by numerous attacks but also because he had burned his own essence blood and even his lifespan!

”Uncle!” Li Shiren and Li Shiting exclaimed with voices filled with worry.

”Iʼm fine. You two quickly control the Spirit Boat, leave this place, and return to Shen Leishan,” he urged, fearing that the Great Devil would continue their assault in a fit of rage.

Fortunately, everyone understood the seriousness of the situation; some stayed behind to take care of Li Shiqing and Li Zhirui, while the others took turns meditating to recover mana and piloting the Spirit-controlled Flying Ship.

”Eh, these little ants actually escaped?” The Green-Headed Lion Great Devil noted that its attack had been shattered and looked over in surprise.

But it could only see a tiny black dot, far from its sight, too distant to attack them any further.

”I was careless and let a bunch of little bugs escape!” The Great Devil was annoyed and vented its anger on the cultivators that hadnʼt escaped, capturing many of them.

Meanwhile, the fleeing Li Zhirui and his group encountered some cultivators who had been lucky enough to escape certain death.

But since two of the Li familyʼs Golden Cores were incapacitated, with one unconscious and the other needing to consolidate his vital energy due to burning his lifespan, they did not want to risk attracting attention and chose not to join the surviving cultivators.

In fact, there was another Golden Core-level fighter on the ship, Da Qing, although more skilled in defense and also nearly depleted of mana.

Luckily, since they had just narrowly escaped from the Great Devil, they were all in a state of shock and did not notice anything amiss with the Li family.

Upon reaching the edge of Myriad Thunder State, they happened to come across a group of Shen Leishan cultivators who seemed to be heading to the battlefield for support.

”Fellow Daoists, do not proceed to Great Void Province!”

”A fourth-rank Great Devil has acted, and countless cultivators have fallen. We only managed to escape by sheer luck,” two of the Golden Core cultivators advised, also considering their own safety, knowing that delays in battle are a serious taboo. Should Shen Leishan decide to investigate, they feared they would suffer greatly.

They were actually aware of this news, as Qiu Xuan had sent someone to bring back the situation from the battlefield to Shen Leishan.

However, they did not understand why the fourth-rank Great Devil had suddenly made a move.

”Come back, all of you!” The Jade Token of the Shen Leishan disciples flickered with Spirit Light, and soon these four characters appeared.

Following them back to Shen Leishan, they were summoned to the sectʼs grand hall to gather detailed information about the battlefield and to find out why the Great Devil had suddenly attacked.

While everyone knew a bit about the former and could roughly discuss the strength of the Devil Race, the latter had them utterly confused; they truly had no idea what had happened.