The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 408 - 287: Sudden Blaze

Chapter 408: Chapter 287: Sudden Blaze

At this moment, for the first time, Li Yi felt what it was like to be exhausted, what it meant to be unable to fend off attacks from all directions with just his fists. His Qi-Blood was draining out of him, as he forcibly carved a path through this mountain of corpses and sea of blood. But his advance was too arduous; every step was a massive drain on his body.

Endless corpses lay before him, and even now, more kept falling down, attempting to bury both him and Lin Yue beneath them.

Despite that, Li Yi remained resolutely determined as he charged forward. His Fist Power rampaged, and once again, he blasted a way through the corpses. By now, he could hear the thunderous roars ahead, which were the sounds of Professor Zhang Songlin wielding lightning to slay the surrounding evil spirits. However, the current roars of thunder were no longer as deafening as before.

If he could exhaust his strength, so could Professor Zhang Songlin.

"There’s hope."

Hearing such thunder gave Li Yi encouragement; he knew he was close to reaching them.

Once they joined forces with Professor Zhang Songlin, Li Yi could potentially turn the tide with the mystical artifacts in his possession.

Though a strike from Li Yi would only calm the fierce ghosts for a mere ten or so seconds, even that short time was enough for everyone to escape and survive. As long as they lived, everything else could be dealt with.

However, the remainder of the journey was incredibly tough.

Li Yi felt his Qi-Blood depleting significantly, and he was close to exhaustion. When that happened, not to mention rendezvousing with Professor Zhang Songlin, even self-preservation would be difficult. Moreover, if he gave in, Lin Yue behind him would suffer; she too would be buried in this mountain of corpses without escape.

"Should I bring out my heart’s blood to restore my peak strength and fight my way through?"

Suddenly, this idea emerged in Li Yi’s mind.

As a Qi Cultivation Martial Artist, he harbored a drop of essence blood within his heart, unused. If summoned, it would allow him to restore his peak condition instantaneously, eliminating the risk of power depletion.

However, using his heart’s blood was risky; it was a desperate measure. Martial Artists from the Four Seas and Eight Continents would surely die after expending their heart’s blood, but Li Yi might not be the same. His body had evolved; perhaps it could withstand the side effects...

"Should I take the risk?"

Li Yi hesitated because it was a gamble with his life. If he couldn’t endure the aftermath of using his heart’s blood, he would truly die.

However, in his moment of indecision.

Suddenly.

The surrounding pile of corpses all started to wail in unison, painful expressions appearing on their stiff, deathly faces. If it was just one corpse doing so, Li Yi wouldn’t have paid much attention, but seeing every corpse behaving this way was surprising.

"Li Yi, something’s not right. It seems like there’s a fire around us..." Lin Yue was observant. She noticed through the gaps among the corpses that, somehow, a fierce fire had started outside.

Flames were dancing wild in the sky, spreading rapidly; bodies were ignited in an instant. In just a few seconds, the fire had reached right before them.

"It really is on fire... Wait, this fire is strange. It can actually burn these corpses," Li Yi also noticed the fire spreading in front of him. Those corpses shouldn’t have ignited so quickly, but for some reason, once they came into contact with the flames, the fire spread across their entire bodies as if doused in gasoline.

"Li Yi, this fire is cold, it doesn’t have a temperature, it doesn’t harm humans," Lin Yue exclaimed in surprise. At this moment, she too was set aflame, her body catching the fire.

But the fire only consumed the filth on her body, the debris of corpses she had touched, without causing even the slightest harm to her.

"Incredible," Li Yi observed with shock.

The fire did not harm humans, but it had a devastating effect on the corpses. He saw with his own eyes how a cold, bloody corpse turned to char under the flames and then the human-shaped char collapsed, shattered, and turned to ashes.

The same happened to all the other corpses.

The mountain of corpses that impeded everyone’s path began to crumble in a matter of moments, and even the dark sky above was engulfed in the fierce blaze.

The flames soared to the skies, brilliantly bright.

These bizarre entities had nowhere to hide, no refuge to seek. They could only desperately struggle and wail, as if aware of their impending doom, writhing, crawling, attempting to escape the flames, but to no avail. The fire seemed to use the corpses as fuel; the moment a body touched the flames, it was destined to be consumed.

The appearance of this fire was sudden and mysterious; no one knew who had started it.

But what was undeniable was that this fire saved everyone.

"We can’t waste time; we must seize this opportunity to deal with that thing in one fell swoop," Li Yi sighed in relief, then mobilized the last of his Qi-Blood. His Jin Qi burst forth once more, and he instantly charged into the sea of flames.

Just as Lin Yue had said, the fire did not harm humans.

Li Yi charged recklessly forward; wherever he went, the obstructing charred corpses were instantly shattered and pulverized, completely unable to stop him.

Soon.

As Li Yi crossed the last expanse of the fire sea, he was suddenly illuminated by a bolt of lightning.

A thunderbolt nearly struck instantaneously.

Li Yi’s eyes snapped open as his Spiritual Sense kicked in with a warning... but it was too late.

Luckily, Professor Zhang Songlin reacted in time, the thunderbolt took a detour in mid-air and struck the ground beside them.

"It’s you, I thought it was some other dangerous entity approaching. Sorry that I scared you," Professor Zhang Songlin was also panting, extremely exhausted. But fortunately, with the sudden appearance of this bizarre fire, he had a chance to breathe, otherwise he might have been forced to let his soul escape its vessel and flee to another realm.

"Professor Zhang, I have a way to deal with that thing," Li Yi immediately said, without dwelling on the recent events.

"It seems I was right, the resolver must be the one who caused the knot," Professor Zhang Songlin said. "What do you plan to do?"

"Wait for its appearance, then I’ll attack," Li Yi said.

"Good, when you act later on, control your strength. Don’t kill it with one blow. But it’s useless how many times you kill this thing, it will resurrect each time, and their numbers will keep increasing. I thought I could gradually wear it down by continuously killing it, but now it seems like before it’s worn down, I’d already be exhausted to death," Professor Zhang Songlin said with a wry smile, shaking his head.

However, before he could finish speaking, Professor Zhang Songlin’s gaze suddenly shifted: "It’s here."

The next moment.

Human figures flickered within the flames.

Soon after, a charred corpse reached out its hand, rapidly closing in. Despite being scorched by the raging fire to this extent, it still firmly attempted to attack Professor Zhang Songlin.

It was as if this was not a person, but a machine following orders.

Boom!

Electrical arcs flickered around Professor Zhang Songlin; he held lightning in his hand again and threw it at the target, but at this moment, he controlled his power. After the bolt of lightning struck, the charred corpse, still emitting flames, did not disintegrate on the spot but had half of its body blown off and staggered to the ground.

Even when it fell to the ground, the half-charred corpse was still alive and continued to advance in this direction.

Li Yi immediately rushed over, holding an old, cracked, short stick in his hand, and without hesitation, brought it down heavily on the charred corpse’s head.

With that strike, the previously active charred corpse instantly fell to the ground, and immediately afterwards, it stopped moving.

But the charred corpse was not dead; it had merely passed out.

However, upon its fainting, the surrounding light abruptly brightened, and the darkness above them along with the burning flames began to rapidly dissipate, everyone once again saw the sky above them, and the surrounding area was no longer shrouded in mist. All these changes proved that the crisis had been resolved.

But Li Yi knew that this resolution of the crisis was very brief and could only last for about a dozen seconds.

After those dozen seconds, the silent fierce ghost would resurrect again, and the ghost realm would reappear, and they would once again be trapped.

"Now is the time, everyone leave this place," Li Yi shouted loudly, passing the message to the others.

In reality, without him stressing the point, the survivors understood as well.

One after another, forms dashed out from amidst the flames, fleeing this place as quickly as they could, not wanting to be involved any further. In just about three seconds, several Spiritual Perception Masters, along with the two Soul Realm powerhouses, had already left the villa and appeared on the street outside.

They were in disarray, with spots of flame still clinging to them, and their faces a mix of shock and fear.

"Who saved us? With the situation just now, I thought I was surely dead."

"That fire was very peculiar, very strange in its arrival. Who set it? And strangely, the fire seemed to be the bane of those corpses, the evil spirits, but didn’t seem to pose any harm to people."

"I’m not sure, everything happened too suddenly."

After escaping death and retreating to a safe place, they looked towards the villa still enveloped in flames in the distance and discussed the recent events.

"Wait, who is that person? Was he one of the people who came to listen to the lecture before? He doesn’t seem familiar; I have no recollection of him." Suddenly, Wang Bo’s gaze sharpened, and he saw someone standing atop the villa’s roof, amidst the rising flames.

That was a young, unfamiliar man, completely new to them; they had never seen him before and had no idea when he suddenly appeared there.

"I don’t know him either, he probably came after the incident, most likely an Evolver from the vicinity wanting to help out. After all, Professor Zhang has always had a good reputation, many have received his kindness; it’s normal for them to want to lend a hand when he’s in trouble," Zhang Tao said from the side.

At this moment, without enough corpses to fuel the flames, the fire that rose to the sky began to extinguish at an unimaginable rate. After the blaze, all that was abnormal disappeared again, the corpses turned to ash, blown away by the wind, and the blood had been cleansed clean by the flames.

Everything around was just as it was originally, without any change.

It seemed as if the fire had cleansed the human realm, taking all the filth away.

And while the remaining fire had yet to go out.

A figure suddenly leaped down from a high place, landing on the lawn.

His movements weren’t loud, but they immediately attracted everyone’s attention.

"Who?"

Professor Zhang Songlin was the first to notice. He soared into the air, moving away from the charred corpse while scanning the surroundings for anomalies.

When he saw that the person who appeared was just an unfamiliar young man, his heart relaxed, feeling that he had made much ado about nothing.

"You’re all too careless; leaving a ghost untended, everyone ran away, isn’t this just waiting for it to resurrect? The fire already reminded you how to deal with this crisis, yet it was still in vain," Yang Wei said, shaking his head. Treading on the remaining flames that had yet to be extinguished, he strode towards the charred corpse.

Li Yi was guarding near the charred corpse, holding the cracked short stick, ready to strike again upon its awakening to ensure everyone’s safe departure. After all, he was the only one with the means to temporarily restrain this thing, so even if he had to leave, he would choose to do so last, to ensure complete safety.

However, when he saw the unfamiliar young man who had suddenly appeared before him, his eyes abruptly narrowed, and his face showed disbelief, as though he had seen a ghost.

"It’s you..."