The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 713 - 507 Sudden Sneak Attack

Chapter 713: Chapter 507 Sudden Sneak Attack

After dealing with these three Nascent Soul cultivators, Li Yi understood that he was now at war with the sect on the Floating Immortal Island. A fierce battle was inevitable, and either he or the Floating Immortal Island would be driven out of Tianchang City.

Thinking about this, his gaze flickered as he looked towards the direction of the Floating Immortal Island.

"Collect!"

Li Yi then put away the Xuanhuang Seal and decided to venture onto the island directly, having already startled the enemy. Might as well take the initiative and attack, preventing the opponent from making their preparations.

In case these people use Tianchang City as leverage like before, it would be troublesome.

"These cultivators are not only cunning and treacherous but also cold-blooded and ruthless. No wonder they’ve placed the Floating Immortal Island above the city; they intend to tie the lives of the city’s residents with them, making the Earth’s evolvers hesitate to use large-scale destructive weapons against them."

Now, Li Yi began to understand the opponent’s malicious intentions.

Otherwise, why not place the Floating Immortal Island in a deserted danger zone? Isn’t it because they’re afraid a missile might suddenly descend and wipe that island out?

With Earth acquiring the technological power of the Sixth World, Li Yi couldn’t even gauge the potential destructive force of some weapons.

He then stepped onto a cloud and was about to return to Tianchang City.

Suddenly.

Li Yi’s soul suddenly received a warning. He instinctively looked up towards the top.

Immediately, his eyes narrowed sharply.

A purple treasure sword appeared to strike down like a bolt of lightning at him with an unimaginable speed; his soul had just warned him when the purple flying sword was already upon him. He couldn’t even manage to defend himself; the opponent seemed to have been lurking here all along, waiting for him to withdraw the Xuanhuang Seal and show a flaw before attacking.

And the aura was hidden very deeply, Li Yi hadn’t noticed it at all during the previous battle.

"I am the Vice Island Master of the Floating Immortal Island, Master Chang Yi. You killed my three beloved apprentices, and today you shall face death," a cold voice finally sounded. At this moment, a hidden figure in the sky appeared—a young man dressed in a robe with a lean face.

Despite looking young, Master Chang Yi was over five hundred years old.

This strike instantly hit Li Yi, and the purple flying sword was extraordinary—a low-grade treasure known as the Purple Cloud Sword. Moreover, to ensure flawless execution in killing Li Yi, it was adorned with a Purple Thunder Talisman from the Purple Cloud Sect, which was extremely effective against the soul of an evolver. If struck by the purple thunder, the soul would immediately be annihilated.

Under such an attack, the Jiao Long Armor Li Yi wore was instantly shattered.

This leather armor from the Barbaric World had reached the end of its life. A dissatisfied Jiao Long spirit soared into the sky, attempting to unleash all remaining power to block the flying sword, but the dragon spirit belonged to the soul category and was suppressed by the Purple Thunder Talisman. Several purple lightning bolts struck down, the Jiao Long spirit roared in defiance, but in an instant, it vanished completely.

With the armor broken, Li Yi’s body took the full brunt of the strike.

No matter how remarkable his physique or unparalleled his Divine Bloodline, an incomplete evolution couldn’t possibly withstand the sudden strike of a flying sword at the Treasure Level grade, especially attacked by someone who was not merely a Nascent Soul cultivator; this Master Chang Yi was a genuine Divinity Transformation Expert.

The deadly Purple Cloud Sword pierced his body.

A huge, ferocious wound was torn open on Li Yi’s chest, and the purple lightning burrowed into every part of his body, intent on destroying his soul and obliterating him.

"Ugh!"

He was critically wounded, vomiting a large mouthful of blood, his tall and sturdy body staggering as the cloud beneath him vanished instantly, causing him to fall from mid-air.

"Damn it."

Li Yi hadn’t died yet, but he felt his life force slipping away at an unimaginable speed, this body reaching its limit, nearing doom. Fortunately, his Divine Bloodline rendered him immune to the lightning; otherwise, his soul at this moment would indeed face annihilation.

Even so, his soul was seriously damaged.

If not for the Jiao Long Armor he wore, which absorbed a substantial part of the damage, his body would likely have been completely shredded by that terrifying Sword Qi, and survival would have been impossible.

"Not dead yet?" Master Chang Yi’s eyes showed a flicker of surprise.

He, a Divinity Transformation Expert carrying a low-grade treasure, had dealt a fatal blow, yet couldn’t utterly annihilate a Spirit Power Realm evolver? If not witnessed personally, it would be hard to imagine such a bizarre event taking place.

"My three Nascent Soul Realm apprentices fell by your hand, it seems fitting. But no matter how resilient your life force is, today you will not escape this calamity."

As he spoke, he wasn’t slow to act. Before Li Yi’s body hit the ground, the Purple Cloud Sword circled in mid-air once more, then charged at Li Yi at an astonishing speed. Simultaneously, Master Chang Yi released an extreme aurora at him from a distance, containing tremendously terrifying power. Its mere appearance caused the surrounding ground to tremble slightly.

The overflowing force instantly caused nearby skyscrapers to collapse, turning into dust.

Such a blow, if landed in the city, Tianchang City would undoubtedly be destroyed.

Facing this kind of attack, Li Yi, severely injured, was utterly unable to contend, and the assault came too quickly. Even if he had methods, he couldn’t immediately wield them, as the opponent didn’t allow any time for counterattack—an unyielding viciousness in the move.

At this critical moment, he thought of something, gritted his teeth, and used his last bit of time to retrieve the Dao Artifact from the Five Elements Bracelet—the Yin Yang Creation and Transformation Tripod.

Whether it would help was unknown, but it was all Li Yi could do now.

And the moment the Dao Artifact was taken out, the attack had already approached; he barely had time to infuse it with mana to activate the artifact for defense.

"Boom!"

A deafening explosion echoed from the sky, spreading a terrifying blast. The residual force swept the nearby ground, shaving off several meters, turning everything to scorched earth. Closer buildings were directly lifted into the air by this powerful force, then shattered to dust as the fierce waves swept over them.

Buildings a bit further away also collapsed in an instant.

The ground split open with hideous cracks, like an abyss devouring everything around.

Luckily, this strike occurred outside the city, and its impact was considered small, otherwise countless people would have died due to this shockwave.

Yet the perpetrator, Master Chang Yi, stood expressionless in mid-air, his gaze full of indifference.

He wants Li Yi dead.

As for how many innocent people would die, he doesn’t care at all; anyway, those people’s deaths are irrelevant to him, especially being Earth natives.

Meanwhile.

The investigation bureau within the city responded.

Zhang Zhixiong, Director Zhang, accompanied by Zheng Gong, Captain Zheng, as well as Lu Yue, Fu Bing, and other Soul Realm experts, rushed to provide support. Although they couldn’t help much in such a battle, as the investigation bureau, they absolutely could not refrain from showing themselves in such a major event.

"No mistake about it, with the aftermath of this level of power, Floating Immortal Island is likely not just having Nascent Soul cultivators fighting; perhaps Divinity Transformation experts have come, this isn’t good." Zhang Zhixiong’s face changed drastically, he soared into the sky, gazing towards the direction of the battle.

"Director Zhang, how’s Li Yi?" Zheng Gong asked urgently.

"I don’t know, I can’t see the situation, but I can see a cultivator over there; Li Yi hasn’t been seen for now. If the opponent really sent Divinity Transformation experts, then Li Yi is likely in grave danger this time." Zhang Zhixiong’s face turned somewhat grim: "You also felt the power of their strike, with such strength Tianchang City would be wiped out in an instant."

"And whatever the opponent plans to do, we simply can’t stop them either."

For a moment, he didn’t know what to do.

Although the opponent is alone, they can still dictate the survival of a city; despite being an Evolver of the Spirit Power Realm and also practicing the Cultivation Technique, he couldn’t even defeat Nascent Soul cultivators, let alone face Divinity Transformation experts.

If the opponent is displeased, with just one strike, all these elites from the investigation bureau would be annihilated.

"Let’s hurry over to take a look; at least don’t let the situation get worse." Zhang Zhixiong said.

They immediately quickened their pace.

Meanwhile.

"That strike should have killed him." In the high sky, Master Chang Yi’s expression relaxed slightly.

He withdrew his Divine Sense, daring not to probe, lest he be harmed by the power of the Purple Thunder Talisman. Only after the residual power dissipated could he determine whether Li Yi was indeed executed; if he was dead, he could immediately return to Xuanxian Continent to claim his reward. Although he lost several disciples, he still profited in comparison.

Moreover, Li Yi possessed a Treasure Seal in his hand, with extraordinary power; if obtained, Master Chang Yi would fear no Heavenly Tribulation in the future.

With a wide flutter of his sleeve.

Master Chang Yi blew away the surrounding dust, eagerly wanting to investigate.

Soon, the residual power vanished, and the dust scattered.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, an ancient Great Tripod was quietly floating in mid-air. This tripod was extraordinary, with the sun and moon simultaneously illuminating, surrounded by Chaos Qi, and within the tripod, a phantasmal flame flickered. This flame was beyond Master Chang Yi’s understanding, yet he could perceive that the fire could refine nature’s spiritual energy, producing the Chaos Qi, offering unimaginable benefits for cultivation.

In just a moment.

Master Chang Yi displayed greed towards the Yin Yang Creation and Transformation Tripod.

But... where did Li Yi go?

Suddenly, his expression changed slightly, scanning with Divine Sense, attempting to find traces of Li Yi. Even if a person dies, there should at least be some traces left behind.

However, when his Divine Sense swept over the Yin Yang Creation and Transformation Tripod, Master Chang Yi felt his Divine Sense instantly suffer severe damage. Immediately afterward, a stream of Chaos Qi unexpectedly charged straight at him along the direction of his Divine Sense.

"Bad! This treasure has spirit, can’t recklessly spy on it." Master Chang Yi immediately severed that strand of Divine Sense, unwilling to conflict with such a treasure.

As the Divine Sense was cut off, the Chaos Qi surged into the sky but then lost its target, quickly retreating back, continuing to coil around the Great Tripod.

Meanwhile.

A powerful heartbeat suddenly resonated from within the Great Tripod, and this heartbeat grew louder and deeper, until it sounded like a giant drum being struck, shaking the sky.

With this drum-like heartbeat echoing, a silver flame shot up from the Great Tripod, instantly illuminating the night sky of the city, rendering everything nearby in silver-white.

"What a joke, not dead yet?" Master Chang Yi immediately lost his calm, his expression drastically changed.

To think the opponent could survive such an attack, and earlier his aura clearly seemed fragile, like a flickering candle about to go out, yet now at this moment his potential exploded unexpectedly, the flame of life on the verge of extinguishing now burned fiercely with no risk of dying, but instead growing stronger.

It’s truly unbelievable.

Master Chang Yi now had an urge to curse.

A mere Evolver of the Spirit Power Realm, is really this hard to kill?