Struggle

"But with me here... even if they want to run, it won't be so easy!" The Serpent Venerable said lightly, "Moreover, since someone has made a move on you now, I think it's about time for someone to come to your rescue!" Li Yi pulled out a smile and replied lightly, "One wants me dead, and another wants to save me? It seems... I can no longer avoid getting involved with the Nalan family's affairs!"

"Old Coot! How do we deal with these guys now!?" The Serpent Venerable seemed to smile lightly, saying, "If you were practicing any other technique, dealing with the people from the Shadow Demon Sect would be extremely difficult... But the coincidences in this world, the Shadow Demon Sect people all practice dark attribute techniques, known as the most peculiar in the world. They have a restraining and corrosive effect on many types of fighting spirit, which is the fundamental reason why that person could block the young girl's attack... But you practice the Supreme Demon Transformation, known as the number one demonic technique! Dark attribute fighting spirit is inferior in front of you! Others might not be able to deal with the myriad transformations of the demonic hand, but you... hehehe..."

"So... there's no need to be afraid of them?" Li Yi licked his lips, muttering to himself in his heart. The Serpent Venerable seemed to smile again, continuing, "These dozen people, the strongest is but a peak Warrior, the rest, although Warriors, are not in your eyes... Moreover, such characters, within the Shadow Demon Sect, presumably won't have any remarkable status. Killing them is no matter!"

"If that's the case, then let them all stay..." Li Yi touched his nose, taking a deep breath. Today's battle with Nalan He had consumed a lot of his energy, and he hadn't fully recovered yet. But in this situation... he slightly frowned, Li Yi then took out a Qi Restoring Pill and threw it into his mouth. After the fighting spirit in his body was slightly replenished, he smiled and glanced at the dozen or so men in black around him, saying lightly, "Sister Gong, let down the protection!"

Gong Wushuang slightly frowned, but she gently patted with her right hand, and the ice crystals surrounding them slowly dissipated, eventually vanishing into the air. The dozen men in black instinctively took a step back, their right hands resting on the weapons at their waists. However, the leader stepped forward, coldly smiling, "What? Boy, decided to surrender?"

"Surrender? Hehe..." Li Yi smiled lightly, "For us two to surrender is not impossible, but, why don't you let your leader come out? If you rely on just these dozen Warriors, it won't be so easy to keep us here!"

The man seemed to frown slightly, then said lightly after a moment, "You've seen through our strength?"

Li Yi smiled slightly, "What do you think?"

"Even if you have seen through, so what?" The man clapped his hands, his face cold, "We people of the Shadow Demon Sect are completely different from the trash of your Tianfeng Empire... If you don't believe it, then try and see!"

"Attack!" With a shout, a man in black on Li Yi's right rushed forward, his body slightly flickering, like a black flame. Li Yi just coldly smiled, his right hand gently moving, fighting spirit instantly filled his fist. With his fierce strike towards the right, he cut down!

"Spurt—" The fast-moving figure of the man was split open by Li Yi's punch, the special effect of the lightning attribute fighting spirit seemed to make his figure slightly numb. However, this person still had some skills, almost at the same moment, he had fiercely retreated several steps, only to land on the ground with a face showing a hint of surprise and doubt.

"The corrosive effect?" Li Yi flicked his finger slightly, flicking away a bit of black fighting spirit that had attached to his own during the exchange, landing it on a large tree. Immediately, a plume of black smoke erupted from the trunk, and in no time, a large skeleton was corroded out.

This action of Li Yi made the leading man's eyes slightly narrow, and after a moment, he lightly waved his hand, signaling the dozen or so men in black to temporarily stand down, while looking at Li Yi with a somewhat strange gaze, coldly saying, "Kid, I originally thought you were just bluffing with a powerful fighting technique, but now it seems, you have some skills! No wonder Nalan He suffered a little loss at your hands and had to lure us to make a move!"

"Nalan He, indeed?" Li Yi smiled lightly, "But I wonder, what about me, Li, is so attractive that it has led the people of the Shadow Demon Sect to be lured out..."

The man said lightly, "You already know, don't you? It's nothing more than your fighting technique... But now, it seems there's something more, that peculiar technique of yours, I'm quite interested in!"

"Oh?"

"Kid, I'm different from those idiots in the Tianfeng Empire, they can't see, but do you think I can't?" The man coldly smiled, "The technique you practice, should also be of dark attribute, right? As for your superficial lightning attribute technique, it should just be a disguise?"

This time, Li Yi was genuinely surprised. Since his debut, only Gong Wushuang had seen through his real fighting spirit attribute... But Gong Wushuang, after all, was an Emperor, so having that insight was not strange. However, he did not expect that this person, at most a peak Warrior, could actually see through at a glance, truly remarkable...

"Kid! Don't be fooled by him. The only reason he noticed is because, apart from those who also practice dark attribute fighting spirit, no one can easily dispel dark attribute fighting spirit. Yet, your strength is clearly lower than his, but you could easily dispel it, so naturally, he could see this point!" The voice of The Serpent Venerable faintly echoed in Li Yi's mind, "However, noticing this point indicates that he is also a meticulous thinker, so kid, you'd better be careful!"

The Serpent Venerable's voice made Li Yi's heart slightly settle, his gaze lingering on that person once more, before he lightly said, "You guessed right, I indeed practice dark attribute fighting spirit, but... what of it?"

The man sneered darkly, saying, "What of it? Leave behind your technique and fighting skills scrolls! Then I will leave you a whole corpse!"

Li Yi's mouth corners slightly lifted, "And if I refuse?"

"Then, I will make you die without a burial place!" His words made Li Yi slightly startle, before he shook his head lightly, saying, "This esteemed one, I think, even if you did not see the battle with Nalan He, you must have sensed it... And yet, you still think you can defeat me?"

The man lightly said, "Every powerful fighting technique has two weaknesses. One is the long preparation time, and the other is the enormous consumption... Unless you can reach beyond an Emperor, these two weaknesses are hard to eliminate! Today, you are already weakened, if I don't take this opportunity to deal with you, wouldn't I be a fool?"

"Oh, are you really sure about that?" Li Yi smiled lightly, "But even so, have you forgotten that there's a King strong fighter by my side? With this, you still have confidence?"

"A King strong fighter is indeed formidable, I admit, my people can't kill her... But, to entangle her is not too big of a problem, this, I think you also understand." The man spoke coldly, then, with a light clap of his hands, the dozen or so men in black simultaneously drew their black long swords, spreading out with extreme coordination, surrounding Li Yi and Gong Wusuo.

"Hehe, you don't think that this will keep the two of us here, do you?" Li Yi's face showed a meaningfully sarcastic smile, his eyes casually glancing over several of the men in black, then he lightly said.

"Don't talk too much! My patience is limited! One last question! Will you hand over the items yourself, or let me kill you and then search for them?" The man coldly shouted, at the same time, his body's dark aura slowly wrapping around him, then forming a dark black fighting spirit robe, enveloping his entire person, and his hands eerily extending out two blade-like things, gleaming with a faint light under the sunlight...

"So, if I hand over the items to you, I can live?" Li Yi said with a smirk.

"No!"

"Hehe, then aren't we just wasting words now?" Li Yi shrugged, a face full of sarcastic amusement.

"Good! Good! Good!" Saying 'good' three times, the man's mouth twitched for a moment, then he coldly said, "Originally, I wanted to give you a quick death, since you're courting death, don't blame me!"

"Kill!!!" With the word 'kill' spat out, the dozen or so men in black who had formed a surrounding circle, all at once issued a fierce shout, seeing a dozen streams of dark air surging, then forming various shaped fighting spirit robes! The black long swords in their hands boiling with dark flames, then with a light tap of their feet, all of them burst towards Li Yi's position at once! Their appearance clearly intended to take down Li Yi first!

Feeling the boiling killing intent around, Li Yi's mouth corner only slightly twitched, then suddenly, the soles of his feet lightly stamped, immediately, a blood-red fighting spirit spread out from his body, instantly enveloping together, forming a slightly illusory fighting spirit robe! However, he did not take action right away, instead, he coldly smiled, lightly saying, "Kill them! Don't be polite!"

Gong Wusuo had been silent all along, but the anger in her heart was obviously boiling to the extreme. Hearing Li Yi's shout, she lightly smiled, suddenly her right hand swung fiercely, immediately seeing several crystal-clear fighting spirits whips fiercely sweeping out, those streams of fighting spirit whips like giant pythons, accurately and powerfully striking among the dozen men in black, showing no mercy!

"Boom—Boom—Boom—" "Clang—Clang—Clang—"

Between the sweeps of fighting spirit whips, various sounds emitted, and with every sound, a man in black would spew blood and fly backward, then crash to the ground like a dead dog. Some of them seemed to want to struggle and get up, but after a few attempts, they still fell powerless.

"Clang!" The last sound echoed, and the last remaining black-clad individual had his weapon smashed by a heavy Qi thread, spewing a mouthful of bloody mist. His weapon broke inch by inch, and his hand burst open. His body gradually weakened. He was the strongest among this group of people, which allowed him to hold on until now. The others couldn't even last a round when faced with Gong Wushuang's frenzy!

This bizarre scene of one-sided defeat made the black-clad person who hadn't acted show a hint of astonishment on his face. After a moment, as if recalling something, he stared at Li Yi with gritted teeth and said, "So, she's not a King... she's an Emperor..."

King and Emperor, only one word apart, but their strength differs several times! If this person had confidence that their group could barely hold off a King, they had absolutely no chance against an Emperor! Even if their martial skills and techniques were extremely strong, they still couldn't do it! When facing a King, they could barely hold their ground with their numbers. But in front of an Emperor...