Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 537 - 543: Purification

Yun Leiʼs expression stalled upon hearing this.

”So...”

”Senior Brother, make your move! Donʼt let my sacrifice be in vain!” Qing Lei pleaded with a desperate look on his face.

Yun Lei closed his eyes, filled with complex emotions, as if digesting the situation, but in the next instant, he immediately opened them again, his expression returning to firm resolve, his gaze becoming calm and steady as he declared resolutely, ”Alright!”

”Alas!” Li Zhirui let out a bitter sigh. If he didnʼt want to end up like Qing Lei, severing his own path, there was only one way left.

Escape back to Wanxian Island, and with the power of the array, hold off Yun Lei and Qing Lei for a moment, giving him time to flee with outstanding juniors like Li Zhixuan and Li Chengshuo.

Despite his reluctance, Li Zhirui still used reason to suppress his emotions. Wanxian Island could be lost, after all, with him there, they could easily take over a third-order Spirit Mountain.

But the Li family could not be allowed to collapse; otherwise, even if he escaped, he would just be a lone Loose Cultivator.

Moreover, this incident was very likely to become Li Zhiruiʼs Heart Demon, haunting him day and night.

Therefore, when Qing Lei appeared, Li Zhirui had already prepared to retreat to Wanxian Island, planning to flee with a small portion of his clansmen.

But Yun Lei and his companion were not fools; naturally, they would not allow him to leave freely.

Especially Qing Lei, who seemed to know his future was completely ruined and had lost the will to live, lunged at Li Zhirui recklessly, only hoping to stop him and then slay him.

Already greatly exhausted and internally injured, coupled with Li Zhiruiʼs own slightly inferior strength, he soon found himself in a dire situation against the joint assault of Yun Lei and Qing Lei, becoming ragged and covered in wounds in merely a moment.

”Cough cough!”

Li Zhirui could no longer contain the surging blood within him, coughing repeatedly as a glaring streak of fresh blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

”It seems that fellow Daoist wonʼt last much longer,” Yun Lei said coldly, ”If fellow Daoist is willing to take his own life to apologize, I might magnanimously spare the other cultivators of the Li family.”

Previously, Yun Lei had only requested a strand of Li Zhiruiʼs Spiritual Soul, but with Qing Leiʼs suicidal attack, Yun Lei was unwilling to tolerate this instigator any longer.

And just as Qing Lei had said, as long as Li Zhirui was still alive, he would always be a menace. It was better to eliminate him sooner rather than later.

”Even in death, I shall take you with me!” Li Zhiruiʼs eyes blazed with ferocity, glaring fixedly at Yun Lei.

Clearly, the two had made up their minds not to let him leave. Rather than struggling in vain, it was better to fight with all he had!

Qing Lei needed no concern; the Ghostly Cold Energy pervading his body, reaching into his bones, would soon turn him into an ice corpse.

Therefore, once Yun Lei was dead, Water Spirit Sect and Wuya Mountain would definitely not let Shen Leishan, this sect with countless years of heritage, go.

Of course, without Li Zhiruiʼs protection, the Li family was also likely to be jointly annihilated by these two factions to prevent future troubles.

But by doing so, at least he had bought some time for the Li family, allowing more clanspeople to arrange their escape through the secret sea passage.

Just as Li Zhirui was about to fight to the death, he sensed a trace of Ghostly Cold Energy and, as if struck by a thought, he suppressed the sorrow in his heart and swallowed three Green Heaven Pills in one breath, filling his Dantian with a vast amount of mana in the blink of an eye.

Then, like a torrent unleashed, the encompassing rain curtain fell in an instant, and thick vines, like giant trees, shot up from the ground, connecting with the rain curtain, forming a barrier that isolated Yun Lei and Qing Lei within that space.

”Not good!”

Realizing what was happening, Qing Lei cried out urgently, ”Senior Brother, hurry! Break the Water-Wood Barrier quickly!”

”Too late, both of you!” Li Zhiruiʼs eyes were bloodshot, filled with not just rage but even more grief.

A dreadful Ghostly Cold Energy filled the small space, rapidly eroding the flesh of Yun Lei and Qing Lei.

”Who cast this evil spell?” Yun Leiʼs expression changed slightly, but he managed to stay calm, searching for the origin of the spell.

After all, they had clearly seen that Li Zhirui hadnʼt moved at all, so it was definitely not him casting the spell, and the Li family did not have a second Nascent Soul True Lord. If it was cast by a Golden Core Cultivator, it wouldnʼt likely be so powerful.

Yun Lei had harbored this thought at first, but it only took a few moments for him to sense that something was wrong because his body was transforming into the state Qing Lei was in!

Moreover, the rate of change was even faster than Qing Leiʼs had been!

As for Qing Lei, already severely tainted by the Ghostly Cold Energy, in these brief moments, he became completely immobilized!

”This is impossible!” Yun Lei was instantly filled with horror, his face revealing a mix of madness and fear as he roared at Li Zhirui, ”What evil spell do you possess!”

Li Zhiruiʼs gaze was terrifyingly cold, looking at him as if he were a corpse, with no explanation, only increasing the output of his mana to reinforce the Water-Wood Barrier, preventing his escape.

”Brother… hurry…” Qing Lei could feel his Spiritual Soul also being tainted by this bizarre and dreadful cold energy, on the verge of death.

Regrettably, even with his last bit of strength, he couldnʼt finish his plea.

Bang!

A once-regal Nascent Soul fell from the sky, crashing heavily onto the ground, its body shattered like ice, no longer recognizable in its former glory.

”Junior brother!” Yun Lei cried out in agony, but the fear in his voice was greater.

This was the fear for his very life.

”Fellow Daoist, please depart this life.”

”No, no, no! I cannot die! How could I possibly die here!”

Yun Lei felt the stiffness in his body, the sluggishness of his Spiritual Soul; at this moment, he seemed to see the Netherworld filled with countless screaming and wailing evil spirits.

”Even in death, I will not let you get away easily!” Perhaps it was that fleeting vision that made Yun Lei realize his end was near; he stopped struggling and instead stirred up the mana within his body to self-destruct.

It must be said, Yun Leiʼs timing was impeccable.

Because at that moment, Li Zhirui had no mana to stop him, and could only hide inside the Mountain Protection Array as Yun Lei began to self-destruct.

”Use all the remaining Spirit Stones, put them into the Array Eye, and elevate the Formationʼs defense to the maximum, even if it overdraws from the Spirit Vein!”

”All clan members, use your strongest defenses to protect yourselves!”

The dozen or so clan members who had been stationed at the Array Eye, upon hearing this, did not hesitate to act according to the instructions.

Spirit Stones piled up like a small mountain were poured out from storage rings, the Spirit Vein frantically transformed Spiritual Energy, supplying it to the Formation, strengthening the Starlight River Arrayʼs defenses.

The other clan members did not dare delay, quickly bringing forth their own powerful forces.

Rumble—

In the instant of completion, a dazzling Spirit Light shot into the sky, immediately followed by a deafening explosion, and an unimaginably terrifying energy blast that seemed to destroy everything.

In that instant, the entire world appeared to be purified and erased by some dreadful might, leaving only pure, blinding white light.