Li Yi witnessed the entire process of the Zhican Valley Massacre.
Before the massacre erupted, he had even wanted to persuade and stop the rebellious minor sects;
During the massacre, the entire Zhican Valley was engulfed, with flying swords and spells everywhere. He, along with his junior brother Lin Han, fled for their lives, barely surviving the brutal aftermath of the battle;
After the massacre, he wanted to withdraw from the fight, but ultimately did not.
After the battle, he heard many rumors.
Some said that this massacre was instigated by someone in the shadows. The instigator was Qin Ran, a member of the Dao Sword Sect.
The poisoned victims that day had ingested pills that Qin Ran had mixed into the medicines in Zhican Valley; the Death Announcing Pills that destroyed the spiritual fields and killed countless people were also refined by Qin Ran; during the chaos, it was Qin Ran who stirred up panic and initiated the slaughter.
Qin Ran, of the Dao Sword Sect.
This name was etched deep into the souls of Li Yi and other survivors of the Zhican Valley Massacre.
Some called him the Thousand-Faced Poison Lord!
Dao Sword Sect's Qin Ran...
Li Yi felt fear in his heart and wanted to stay far away from such a person. But their Cangjiang Sect had to stay to help Zhican Valley, and he didn't want others to know he was afraid of Qin Ran.
So, he stayed.
And so, he became even more indignant!
Vengeance! Gratitude!
He was determined to kill Qin Ran, they were determined to destroy the Dao Sword Sect!
When the senior formation masters of Zhican Valley needed someone to break Qin Ran's formation, he was the first to step forward.
Although his junior brother Lin Han secretly tried to stop him, because he now disliked, or rather feared, people like Qin Ran, he ignored Lin Han's advice.
He gripped his Golden Staff and entered the Mountain Life Gate.
Inside the Mountain Life Gate, within the formation space, stone mountains stood tall, with hard rocks above and below.
As Li Yi entered, he glanced around and saw a medium-built, sturdy young man on a stone mountain. In front of him hovered a fist-sized, earth-yellow pearl, spinning rapidly.
Seeing him enter, the young man stood up from the stone mountain and said to him, "I am Liu Tu, the guardian of the Mountain Formation Space."
Li Yi glanced at him but didn't respond, immediately gripping his Golden Staff, bending his knees, and with a powerful leap, he shot towards Liu Tu on the stone mountain like a cannonball.
Seeing Li Yi start fighting without a word, Liu Tu didn't panic.
He channeled his spiritual energy, waved his hand, and the stone mountains around Li Yi suddenly softened, their upper halves closing in like rubber, blocking his path and attacking him. �
"Haahhhh..."
Li Yi roared, his Golden Staff swinging non-stop, producing loud "boom" sounds as the approaching mountains were smashed to pieces.
The shattered rocks flew everywhere, shooting wildly within the stone space.
After brutally smashing through the mountains, he continued to rapidly close in on Liu Tu.
Seeing Li Yi's ferociousness, Liu Tu quickly summoned two more stone mountains and immediately retreated.
Li Yi smashed through the mountains, regained his sight, and saw two more stone mountains approaching from left and right.
"Ah!"
He shouted, his Golden Staff instantly expanding to over ten zhang in length, and with a powerful swing, he smashed one mountain away.
He then changed his position, dodged the other mountain, and with a powerful leap, accelerated towards Liu Tu.
Liu Tu had just stabilized on a stone mountain when he saw Li Yi charging at him like a demon. Li Yi was still some distance away when he swung his staff, which instantly elongated, aiming straight for Liu Tu's face.
The thick staff arrived in the blink of an eye, and Liu Tu was shocked. He quickly threw the pearl in his hand, which rapidly transformed into a semi-spherical shield in front of him.
"Snap!"
Suddenly, his entire arm was severed at the shoulder.
Blood gushed out like a burst water pipe, spraying down from the air.
Li Yi didn't care at all. With his arm severed, he felt like he had broken free from a shackle, his speed increasing even more, and in the blink of an eye, he was in front of Liu Tu.
Unable to recall his lifebound treasure in time, Liu Tu spread his palms and waved them upwards, causing the ground to flip over, forming two semi-spherical shells that closed in from both sides, enveloping him.
"Boom!"
The earth-stone defense shell trembled violently from Li Yi's strike, stone fragments wildly falling, and Liu Tu's body also shook.
He quickly chanted a spell, and as he recited the incantation, he began to petrify from head to toe.
"Boom!"
Another strike, and the defense shell cracked.
Liu Tu sped up his incantation, and his petrification also accelerated.
"Boom!"
The defense shell collapsed!
Li Yi, drenched in blood, charged in with his staff through the broken shell.
Liu Tu had just petrified down to his thighs when Li Yi struck, hitting him squarely. Liu Tu was sent flying like a torn sack, crashing hard against the formation barrier.
The entire formation space trembled.
Liu Tu slid down the formation barrier but couldn't stand up.
He tried to stand, feeling a void below, and looked down to see his unpetrified legs had been severed.
"Hum!"
But before he could feel the pain, the air suddenly vibrated, a huge sense of crisis struck, and he raised his hand to block...
"Dang!"
He was struck again and his arm was severed.
Lying on the ground, he didn't hesitate to shout, "Save me!!"
Li Yi was about to rush over and finish off Liu Tu, but the shout made him stop in his tracks.
He turned around and saw the mountains that he hadn't shattered begin to crack open. From each mountain, a cultivator flew out—thirty in total, ten Golden Core cultivators and twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Seeing this formidable lineup, even the reckless Li Yi knew he couldn't take them on.
He jumped back, arriving beside Liu Tu, and thrust his staff down, lifting Liu Tu up.
"One for one!"
His hoarse voice uttered the first words he had spoken since entering this formation space.
The Golden Core cultivators glanced at each other and didn't dare to accept his demand.
"Alright!"
But Liu Tu, the guardian of this formation space, quickly agreed.
He closed his eyes to sense, and the formation space trembled, then suddenly stopped. The door through which Li Yi had entered reappeared.
"Bang!"
Li Yi struck Liu Tu with his staff, sending him flying. Then, with a leap, he bounded out of the door like a leaping grasshopper.