Chapter 120: Li Shanguang, One vs Twelve
Your gaze turned to the one who had spoken, and you chuckled lightly. "What, you want me dead that badly?"
Without waiting for a reply, you suddenly struck, dragging him out of the Dragon Transformation Pool in one pull!
A flicker of panic crossed Li Shanguang's face. The consequence of letting a Body Cultivator get close was death, and nothing else!
"Fe-Fellow Daoist, this humble one spoke out of turn. I apologize to you here." Li Shanguang, one arm seized by you, forced out a smile and apologized.
"No need for apologies. Hand over your soul blood." You gripped Li Shanguang's right hand and applied a little force, your tone brooking no doubt.
"What? Impossible!" Li Shanguang's expression shifted slightly. A flash of killing intent toward you flickered in his eyes, there and gone in an instant.
"You want to kill me? You can try!" You extended your left hand and seized Li Shanguang's neck. A slight squeeze produced the sound of cracking bone.
"Urk, urk…" Li Shanguang, his throat clamped, could make no sound. The pain radiating from his neck reminded him that he had already let a Body Cultivator get close!
Li Shanguang's gaze swept around, seeking help from the other twelve Spirit Transformation Consummation cultivators.
But alas, no one was willing to make an enemy of a Body Cultivator for no reason.
And this Body Cultivator could threaten their very lives!
"You have three breaths to think it over. Either hand over your soul blood, or die!" You issued your final ultimatum.
A cold sweat broke out on Li Shanguang's face. His mind raced through countermeasures, but the three breaths passed in an instant.
Your hand on Li Shanguang's neck began to tighten. The threat of death snapped Li Shanguang instantly awake.
"I-I am willing to hand over my soul blood!"
In the next second, a strand of soul blood floated out from Li Shanguang's mind and was taken into your Primordial Spirit.
You sensed the soul blood within your Primordial Spirit. In that moment, you could command Li Shanguang's life and death at will. The instant a thought arose in your mind, Li Shanguang's soul would scatter to the winds!
With your goal achieved, you flung Li Shanguang back into the Dragon Transformation Pool, then turned your gaze to the other Spirit Transformation Consummation cultivators.
As you took a single step forward, all twelve Spirit Transformation Consummation cultivators present rose to their feet, watching you guardedly, spiritual power already gathering in their hands.
You had no doubt that if you took one more step forward, they would deploy every technique at their command and launch a full-power strike worthy of Spirit Transformation Consummation against you.
Your gaze swept across the crowd, and you chuckled lightly. "What, all of you that afraid of me?"
"Fellow Daoist, I advise you not to act rashly. Be careful your little life doesn't end here!"
"We are not trash like Li Shanguang, who doesn't even notice a Body Cultivator closing in."
"Fellow Daoist, do not bring ruin upon yourself!"
"Everyone present is a core disciple of the Eight Great Clans, the Five Great Sects, or the Three Great Academies. I wonder if your strength can live up to those two words, core disciple?"
Your words had barely landed when you suddenly appeared beside a female cultivator at Spirit Transformation Consummation. Even though she was on guard, before an absolute gap in strength, everything was futile!
You exchanged a punch with Sun Cailian. The full physical power of half-step Return-to-Void erupted, blasting Sun Cailian away, blood spraying from her mouth. The arm that had clashed with yours was blown apart outright!
"How dare you!"
"Arrogant bastard, everyone, attack together!"
"Slay this villain!"
The slogans rang out loud. Just when you thought they were about to join forces against you, the twelve Spirit Transformation Consummation cultivators turned without a shred of hesitation and fled, heading straight for the formation's exit!
"Trying to run?" Heavenly Lightning surged beneath your feet. Your speed was extreme, surpassing everyone present and appearing first beside the formation passage, completely sealing off the path of everyone's escape.
"Fellow Daoist, are you truly set on mutual destruction?" A young cultivator spoke in a deep voice, killing intent seeping from his eyes as he watched you coldly.
"However strong you are alone, you cannot possibly stop so many of us, can you?" said a cultivator dressed as a scholar from one of the academies.
"Fellow Daoist surely doesn't think we cannot kill you?"
"Don't think being a Body Cultivator makes you invincible!"
"Fellow Daoists, why waste words on him? Let us join hands and slay this villain right here!"
You took in every expression of everyone present. If you did not still need them to help you find Yang Ji, why would you have struck directly at twelve Spirit Transformation Consummation cultivators?
"Li Shanguang! Guard the passage. Let no one leave, or your life is forfeit!" You transmitted your voice secretly to Li Shanguang. With his soul blood in hand, you were not afraid he would disobey.
Your gaze swept the crowd. Taking on twelve cultivators of the same rank at once, even for you, the pressure was great.
"Attack!" Someone shouted, no one knew who, and twelve Spirit Transformation Consummation cultivators struck at you in the same instant!
Streaks of incomparably powerful technique fluctuations came crashing toward you.
Facing the full-power strike of these twelve Spirit Transformation Consummation cultivators, even a Return-to-Void great expert would be badly wounded, if not killed outright!
Boom!
After the strike, the surrounding formations began to sway unsteadily, as if they might shatter at any moment.
The smoke dispersed. The location of the formation passage was already empty. Your figure had vanished.
"That's it, and you thought you could stop us? Truly overestimating yourself!"
"Some arrogant brat from who knows where. Dying serves him right!"
"Ah, what a pity. Such a powerful Body Cultivator too. I was thinking of taking him as a battle servant for fun!" A man in blue robes opened the folding fan in his hand, shaking his head and sighing.
"I heard you were looking for me?" Your figure appeared at some point beside the man in blue, speaking softly.
"Y-you, you're not dead?!!" The man in blue stared at you, so close at hand, and was so frightened that the folding fan slipped from his grasp. He turned to flee.
You pressed forward, fists swinging without pause. Every punch carried the full-power strike of a half-step Return-to-Void cultivator.
Three punches shattered every life-preserving measure the man in blue possessed. Five punches left him gravely wounded.
The instant you appeared, the surrounding Spirit Transformation cultivators all rushed toward the formation passage, with no thought at all of attacking you.
"Everyone, halt!" Li Shanguang appeared at some point by the passage entrance. A great bell appeared in his hand, and dong, dong, dong, the sound forced everyone present to stop in their tracks.
With every ring of the bell, Li Shanguang's face paled a degree.
Just as Li Shanguang was about to hold on no longer, you appeared once more at the passage entrance, hauling the gravely wounded, dying man in blue, blocking everyone's path.