The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 798 - 579: Emperor’s Sword

Chapter 798: Chapter 579: Emperor’s Sword

Li Yi looked at the White Water Lady on the small boat, who appeared as though a fishing village maiden, with a murderous aura radiating from her. His expression also became serious. As a cultivator who has traversed various worlds multiple times, he never takes any world expert lightly, even though he has now reached the third level of the Five Qi Realm, he still doesn’t consider himself a top expert and has plenty of room for improvement.

Therefore, caution and carefulness are very necessary.

So while confronting this White Water Lady, he was still sensing the surrounding aura of the heaven and earth.

He discovered that there were no other powerful incense fire gods appearing around him,

Clearly, the White Water Lady couldn’t restrain herself anymore after Li Yi arrived in Taihu City and dismantled her temple, which is why she came forward at this time without waiting for other experts to gather. Perhaps she believed her over a thousand years of cultivation and accumulation could easily handle a Daoist.

This is the arrogance that comes from being worshiped from above for countless years, unrelated to personality.

Thus, after a simple bow, Qiu Baishui’s eyes sparkled with divine light, then she merely raised a finger, causing the waters of Taihu to abruptly surge into waves.

In an instant, the splashing water transformed into streams of water spears, tearing through the sky. These water spears crisscrossed and yet converged into a single point, heading straight for Taiyi.

This strike was merely probing.

But even as a test, its power was not weak, as this strike carried the power of incense fire belief, albeit seemingly simple, it possessed the force capable of piercing through mountains, quite extraordinary.

Bang!

Yet the next moment, Li Yi suddenly raised a fist, a fist mark reflected in midair, dragon and tiger power roaring, and with a single strike, shattered the incoming water spears into countless water vapors that spread all around, in merely a blink of an eye, a dense fog seemed to drift over the city and lake surface.

"This Daoist..."

Qiu Baishui’s gaze shifted slightly, from this one strike she gauged that this Daoist’s physical prowess was astonishing, his divine power overwhelming, a single strike with such mountain-shaking force, simply beyond human.

"I see, you indeed differ from other incense fire gods, other incense fire gods merely rely on the strength of incense to condense their divine bodies, their methods are still shallow, but you have already comprehended the path of cultivation, understand spells, and the spells exercised through the power of incense are extraordinarily powerful."

Li Yi suddenly laughed, understanding why this White Water Lady became a top expert in this world.

The reason is quite simple; over the millennium, she comprehended cultivation and spells, and integrated it with incense, which is why her name as White Water Lady remained enduring, no one dared to destroy her temple.

While the National Guardian General was merely a common military general in life, trapped in the capital, without a chance to encounter cultivation, so even if incense accumulated over twelve dynasties, it would be just appearance, a decorative pillow, pleasing to see but practically useless.

The power of incense can only explode with amazing potential in the hands of real cultivators.

"You actually figured it out at a glance." Qiu Baishui then exclaimed with surprise.

She indeed mastered the Heart Cultivation Method, which she gained insight into by watching spirit monsters transform and shape in the water during her years of seclusion at Taihu and turned it for her own use, thus she had long cultivated a physical body, no longer just a spiritual body, and comprehended many spells. Utilized Taihu’s geographical advantage, she practically had no equal.

Even the Yin Emperor dared not provoke her at Taihu.

"The cultivation path, I am more proficient at it than you, but precisely because of this, you are all the more worthy of a fight with me." After Li Yi spoke, a golden cloud surged beneath his feet, and in a flash, he vanished from the spot.

A golden light suddenly appeared midair, and it was seen that he had already reached in front of Qiu Baishui.

Qiu Baishui’s pupils suddenly constricted.

This speed was unreasonably fast; even before one could blink, he had moved from Taihu City walls to right before her eyes.

"Not good."

Qiu Baishui sensed danger, but before she could react, she saw a hand already grasping her throat, and then Dragon Tiger Divine Power erupted, dragon and tiger roars instantly echoed beside her ears.

"It’s a pity, you understand cultivation but not fighting techniques, you are too close to me." Li Yi’s cold voice echoed, then his hand suddenly applied force.

Bang!

A loud bang echoed, the air was blasted at this moment, and simultaneously the neck of Qiu Baishui was shattered too.

Blood splattered, dyeing the lake surface red.

A frail body fell limply.

Li Yi casually waved, tossing the corpse into the lake water, allowing the surrounding waters to engulf it.

The blood-stained lake surface was initially calm, but soon a chilling wind howled across it, giant waves surged, and on the sky dense dark clouds gathered as if a divine figure was enraged, altering the weather, shaking Taihu waters, with an intent to flood Hu Guang City.

"Ruining you a physical body that’s all, no need to be this angry, after all, you are still alive, aren’t you?" Li Yi stood on the Xiangyun, unmoving, amidst the pounding giant waves and howling winds.

"Master Taiyi." An angry voice came from above Taihu.

The giant waves rolled, endlessly rising and falling, resembling a raging army, a strike from the waves held force of tens of millions of jin, enough to shatter mountains, flatten the earth, and the waves kept growing until they reached a towering height of kilometers, blocking out the sky and sun, rendering even Hu Guang City before it, exceedingly insignificant.

The city’s residents upon witnessing this scene fell into total panic, even the Jinyi Guard in the city were astounded.

This was not a power humanity could resist.

"Quickly, run! The White Water Lady is angry."

"The court destroyed White Water Lady’s temple, she intends to flood the entire city with Taihu water."

"My heavens, is that a wave? I’ve never seen waves like that which can block out the sun."

Sounds of alarm and fear kept resonating.

Li Yi heard the sound coming from the city and couldn’t help but say, looking at the thousand-meter high wave, "Earlier they accused me of excessive killing, harming the balance of heaven. Now, you submerge a city in anger without even blinking. The Incense Fire God is indeed an Incense Fire God; with enough time, they truly consider themselves lofty deities."

"Well then, let me show you a spell that I’ve recently learned."

That said, he activated his Daoist skills, his mana surging as he reached out and pointed at the massive wave: "Shrink!"

Li Yi was employing the Big and Small Ruyi Skill.

This skill was infinitely mysterious. Without Xiang Xiangzi’s help through the power of incense, he feared it would take him twenty years to learn it.

As the Big and Small Ruyi Skill was cast, the massive wave, capable of submerging a city, began to shrink in an uncharacteristic and bizarre manner. Initially a thousand meters high, when it surged in front of him, it was only a hundred meters high, and when it reached Li Yi, it was only ten meters high.

When it hit the city walls, it was just a meter high.

It was merely an ordinary splash of water, its power vastly diminished, causing no harm at all.

"Impossible."

This scene left White Water Lady, Qiu Baishui, hidden in Taihu, astonished and in disbelief.

She couldn’t imagine a spell in this world that could directly shrink the wave she conjured.

"Slash the River!" At this moment, Li Yi sensed her location and, with a wave of his hand, unleashed an extremely concentrated beam of Divine Light.

In an instant, the water of Taihu was forcibly split open, tearing a grim fissure that extended to the lakebed, unable to heal, and this force precisely struck Qiu Baishui.

In almost the blink of an eye, Qiu Baishui’s incense fire body was torn apart, split into two pieces.

But the split body merged with the water of Taihu, and she quickly summoned another gigantic wave, dispersing, seemingly unharmed.

However, the point of impact was left with a significant amount of incense fire energy.

It was evident she had paid a substantial price.

"Taiyi."

Despite this, Qiu Baishui did not retreat in fear. She shouted abruptly, causing the nearby water to surge, and then her figure suddenly charged. This time, Qiu Baishui held a simple and unadorned treasure sword, on which were inscribed the four characters "Eternal Stabilizer of Mountains and Rivers," imbued with the power of incense from all under heaven, entwined with dragon and tiger energy, making it extraordinary.

With a slash of the sword, like mountains and rivers overturning, the strike aimed to end Li Yi’s life.

Li Yi similarly unleashed a dragon’s roar and tiger’s howl, striking a punch with dazzling fist light, entwined with three-colored mana.

The power of this strike exploded, raising another monstrous wave over the lake.

"This sword... is so heavy." At this moment, Li Yi’s expression flickered.

This punch was powerful enough to shake mountains, yet it couldn’t destroy this treasure sword. On this sword, he felt the multitude of lives, the people of the world, the unification of mountains and rivers, and this tremendous power suppressed his punch wind, controlled his mana, giving him a sense of retreat.

"This is the Emperor’s Sword, of course, it’s heavy. How can a Daoist like you possibly oppose the belief of the world?" Qiu Baishui glared at Li Yi angrily, never imagining that this Daoist was so formidable that he forced her to draw the Emperor’s Sword.

This sword was not the ceremonial sword of the current Emperor Shenwu but was lost in a bet by a previous emperor while boating on Taihu Lake.

Boom!

The sword light dissipated.

Li Yi’s punch withdrew.

The duel seemed evenly matched.

"Let’s see how many strikes you can withstand." Qiu Baishui once again charged with her sword.

"So naive."

Li Yi gazed at her coldly, and just as the sword came slashing down, his figure suddenly dispersed, transforming into endless cloud mist, spreading all around.

Hmm?

Qiu Baishui held her sword and looked around,

But in the next moment, the cloud mist condensed, Li Yi’s figure attacked once more, a flash of fist light, and before Qiu Baishui could react, her body exploded again, lake water mingling with waves of incense fire diffused, and the Emperor’s Sword flew from her hand, captured by Li Yi.

A magical treasure not refined could be seized so easily.

"Return my Emperor’s Sword."

Qiu Baishui turned pale with shock, her body reconsolidating, a water tornado rising in an attempt to entrap Li Yi and reclaim the Emperor’s Sword.

For this sword posed a massive threat to the Incense Fire God.

However, Li Yi’s figure once again dissolved into cloud mist, vanishing into the vastness of the world. When reconstituted, it was already beside Qiu Baishui, the Emperor’s Sword in hand lifted high.

Qiu Baishui glanced back, revealing a trace of fear.

The Emperor’s Sword descended.

A head was severed, flying into the air.