Ji Rufeng, Yu Ming, and the others also came out to join the excitement. High in the void, Li Xue summoned the Five Elements Flying Shuttle. With a flash of five-colored radiance, it instantly enveloped the surrounding area for a hundred yards. Li Lin felt his vision blur, and suddenly, he found himself in a world of swirling snowflakes.
"Sky-Filling Sword Rain, rise!" Li Xue formed a hand seal and shouted. This was an offensive spell from the Snow Dance Divine Art, which Li Xue had renamed the Sky-Filling Sword Rain. Within the Five Elements Illusory Killing Array, countless flying swords appeared, seemingly infinite. With another shift of her hand seals, the swords transformed into ice spikes that filled every corner of the space.
Li Lin’s Hidden Gloom Shield automatically activated to protect him, reaching its maximum defense. However, as wave after wave of ice spikes struck, the shield’s light began to dim. Li Lin immediately summoned the Purple Yang Tripod and activated its incantation. Pure Yang fire spiritual energy bloomed instantly, melting the surrounding ice spikes into nothingness.
Sensing the changes within the array, Li Xue’s lips curled upward. She shifted her hand seals again, and the ice spikes vanished instantly, replaced by a towering tidal wave that surged toward Li Lin like a bursting dam.
The Hidden Gloom Shield flared with brilliant light once more, maintaining its peak defense as Li Lin drifted like a small boat in a boundless sea.
Ji Rufeng and the others watched from the sidelines, their hearts stirred by the display.
"Sister Li, let me play too!" Yu Ming summoned her Dust-Returning Sword and flew into the array.
Li Xue’s hand seals moved rapidly as her heroic spirit soared. She called out to everyone, "All of you, come in! I’ll give you all a good match!"
Ji Rufeng summoned his Ice Feather Fan and entered the array as well. Dongfang Jing stamped his foot nearby, shouting, "You guys are going too far!"
Bai Xingyu giggled but did not join in. Instead, she stood guard, keeping a close eye on their surroundings.
In the void not far away, no one noticed Lord Fengchi floating in the air. He watched Li Xue and the others spar with a faint smile, though his eyes remained dark and inscrutable. Suddenly, as if remembering something, his expression clouded over.
After testing the shuttle, Li Xue and the others returned to Jinming Star. Once Bugui Sanren emerged from his seclusion, he took Yu Nanqing and left Jinming Star to return to the Fangyuan Star Domain.
Ji Rufeng and Bai Xingyu returned to Danxia Star, while Yu Ming and Dongfang Jing both entered seclusion within the Dream Realm. Li Lin had already reached the Great Perfection of the late Core Formation stage; his primary task now was to refine Nascent Soul Pills. Li Xue decided to head to the Chaotic Star Region to cultivate, as the environment there was perfectly suited for her needs.
Li Lin steered the Nebula Boat, taking Li Xue toward the Chaotic Star Region. The Nebula Boat was twice as fast as the Thunder Cloud Boat. Li Lin was uneasy about Li Xue going alone, so he decided to drop his mother off first before returning to the Dream Realm to refine pills.
"Eh? Xiao Lin, look. Could that be the Tie family’s Sword Cloud Boat?" Li Xue pointed toward the Void Mirror.
"Yes, it should be the Tie family’s boat. I hope it’s not that fellow Tie Yi, otherwise..." Li Lin said coldly.
"Wasn't that bastard placed under confinement? It shouldn't be him," Li Xue remarked.
By now, the two vessels were drawing closer. The other party also activated their Void Mirror. When Li Xue and Li Lin saw the figure on the screen, their expressions changed drastically.
The person shown on the Void Mirror was indeed Tie Yi. Fury erupted in Li Xue and Li Lin’s hearts. The Tie family was truly contemptible; Bugui Sanren had barely left Jinming Star before they released Tie Yi. It hadn't even been a hundred years yet, despite their promise to confine him for five hundred. These high-ranking families truly had no integrity; they clearly did not hold the Yuxuan Sect in any regard.
Li Lin narrowed his eyes and sent a divine sense transmission to Li Xue. Then, he opened the Void Mirror and shouted at Tie Yi, "Old Tortoise, you still have the face to show yourself? Aren't you afraid of shaming the Tie family to death?"
Tie Yi was startled to see Li Lin. Seeing no one else around and hearing Li Lin’s insults, his anger flared. He immediately decided that if no one from the Bai family was present, he would simply exterminate them to avenge his grand-nephew.
Li Lin steered the Nebula Boat to land on a nearby planet and stowed the vessel away.
Seeing only Li Xue and Li Lin, Tie Yi’s mouth split into a sinister grin. "You brought this death upon yourselves. You cannot blame this Lord!"
Li Xue snorted and summoned the Five Elements Flying Shuttle, casting it directly over him. It instantly shrouded the surrounding hundred-yard area.
Tie Yi gave a disdainful huff and summoned his Golden Light Wheel. He wanted to resolve this mother and son pair as quickly as possible and then head straight for the outer realms; by then, no one would be able to trace it back to him.
Li Xue performed several hand seals, activating the Five Elements Illusory Killing Array’s maximum offensive power. Li Lin vanished into the array, summoning the Purple Yang Tripod to coordinate with the formation’s attacks against Tie Yi.
Initially, Tie Yi was dismissive of this small array. However, when he summoned his Golden Light Wheel to search for the two, they were nowhere to be found. Only then did he realize something was wrong and grew cautious.
Within the Five Elements Illusory Killing Array, towering flames lunged at Tie Yi. Among them was the Sun Crow Fire; its power to incinerate all spiritual energy forced even Tie Yi to retreat. He pushed the Golden Light Wheel to its maximum defense, barely withstanding the first wave of fire.
But soon, the pill fire from the Purple Yang Tripod mingled with the surging inferno and struck again.
"Sky-Filling Sword Rain!" Li Xue cried out. Wave after wave of flaming swords assaulted Tie Yi. He summoned a defensive treasure, blocking one wave after another as the battle turned into a war of attrition.
Tie Yi had no immediate way to break the illusory killing array, but Li Xue and Li Lin’s attacks were also unable to deal him a fatal blow for the time being.
Li Xue let out a dark laugh, having made a decision. With a thought, seven Ice Soul Divine Needles hid themselves within the endless stream of flaming swords and shot toward Tie Yi.
At this moment, Tie Yi’s spiritual sense was highly concentrated, observing every minute change in the array. Unfortunately, the Ice Soul Divine Needles were spiritual sense treasures, and hidden among the flaming swords, even his spiritual sense could not detect them.
"Ah!" Tie Yi let out a muffled cry. The agonizing pain deep within his consciousness caused a lapse in his defenses.
Li Xue seized the opportunity to launch the array’s strongest strike. Simultaneously, Li Lin’s Phoenix Yang Sword and Purple Yang Tripod were activated, accompanied by countless talismans and the detonation of high-grade pills.
Under such a powerful onslaught, Tie Yi’s physical body—his spiritual sense already severely wounded—was instantly reduced to ashes. Although his Nascent Soul was protected by Heart Armor, a Nascent Soul without a physical body is extremely fragile. Unable to escape the illusory killing array, it was ultimately extinguished by Li Lin’s Purple Yang Tripod.
Li Xue retracted the Five Elements Illusory Killing Array and immediately collected Tie Yi’s storage ring and other belongings.
Li Lin summoned the Nebula Boat, preparing to fly Li Xue away from the scene. He knew that the Tie family would surely be notified of Tie Yi’s death immediately, and he feared their Tribulation Transcendence ancestor might rush over.
"Haha, not bad!" Suddenly, a burst of laughter rang out. Li Xue and Li Lin were instantly struck with terror.
Lord Fengchi appeared before them. Li Xue and Li Lin exchanged a glance, a dark glint flashing in their eyes. They prepared to summon Yun Xi, ready to silence the witness at any cost. If the Tie family learned that they had killed Tie Yi, they would face an endless pursuit, which would even implicate the Yunjin Sect on Mangyun Star.
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