Seeing Tantai Yunzhi's figure vanish into the inheritance entrance, Su Yi felt slightly relieved, though the crisis before him hadn’t diminished in the slightest.
He had to break this deadlock as soon as possible!
His gaze turning sharp, Su Yi seized a fleeting opening as he broke apart from a clash with the Remnant Sword Prison Elder, flicking his sleeve once more to send several streaks of light shooting toward Shang Shuyi, Ling Qingyu, and Shi Yan.
“Everyone, I leave Fang Xiu, Tu Lingqie, and the demon clan rabble to you to clean up!” Su Yi's voice rang clearly in the ears of the three.
Shang Shuyi caught the pills. They were warm to the touch and brimming with majestic medicinal potency—evidently the same miraculous healing panacea from earlier! Casting a deep look at Su Yi, she offered no unnecessary words, only nodding firmly. “Rest assured, Young Manor Lord Su. We will not let them disturb you!”
Ling Qingyu and Shi Yan caught their pills as well.
“Hahaha! Very well! Young Manor Lord Su, leave those whelps to us!” Shi Yan laughed boisterously. Despite his battered appearance, his fighting spirit was reignited.
Exchanging glances with Ling Qingyu and Shang Shuyi, the trio turned around in tacit unison. Their formidable Foundation Establishment spiritual pressures, intertwined with killing intent, instantly locked onto Fang Xiu, Tu Lingqie, and the panicked demon clan disciples whose expressions shifted.
The division of battle immediately crystallized: in the high-tier battle, Su Yi would face off against the Remnant Sword Prison Elder; in the mid-to-low tier battle, Shang Shuyi's trio would lead the remaining righteous disciples to wipe out the demon clan remnants!
With arrangements settled, Su Yi had no more lingering concerns. Directing an icy glare toward the Remnant Sword Prison Elder hovering in midair, whose aura was likewise locked onto him, Su Yi brought up the store.
【Ding! Host has purchased Spirit Strengthening Pill, Spirit Elevating Pill, Violent Spirit Pill, and Spirit Healing Pill!】
【Stacked Effects: Spiritual Power Defense +30%, Spiritual Power Attack +30%, Spiritual Power Critical Rate increased, Spiritual Power Recovery Speed increased! Duration: 30 minutes.】
A surge of power—far more berserk, pure, and seemingly endless than before—instantly flooded through Su Yi's limbs and bones!
“Huh?!” The Remnant Sword Prison Elder's pupils constricted abruptly. His instincts as an old Nascent Soul monster warned him of an exceedingly dangerous aura radiating from Su Yi! How did this brat's aura shoot up another notch?! What kind of pill takes effect so fast without needing refinement?!
“Old dog, warm-up is over.”
Abandoning passive defense, he took an active step forward!
Su Yi's figure vanished in a flash, his speed more than twice as fast as before!
Alarm bells rang wildly in the Remnant Sword Prison Elder's mind. Without a second thought, demonic qi surged wildly from his broken sword, spinning a seamless, airtight black sword curtain before him!
“Lightning Technique: Thousand Strikes!”
A callous voice echoed from all directions, as if countless Su Yis were attacking simultaneously!
In the next instant, hundreds—thousands—of purple lightning spears condensed with destructive aura bombarded the black sword curtain from every conceivable angle like a torrential tempest!
Clattering impacts, dense as raindrops drumming on banana leaves, mingled with deafening explosions!
Empowered by the Spirit Elevating Pill and Violent Spirit Pill, the furious lightning strikes overwhelmed the seemingly sturdy black sword curtain in mere moments. With a mournful whine, it shattered into pieces!
“What?!” The Remnant Sword Prison Elder's expression warped in shock as he hastily raised his sword to block.
Bang!
Piercing through the remnants of the sword curtain, an incomparably solid fist of purple lightning slammed viciously into the body of the broken sword!
An irresistible force tore into him. Pain wracked the Remnant Sword Prison Elder's arm, the webbing between his thumb and index finger tore open, and the demonic sword nearly slipped from his grasp! He was flung backward uncontrollably, feeling as though he had been struck by a falling meteorite.
Below, Shang Shuyi's trio—locked in fierce combat with Fang Xiu and Tu Lingqie—along with everyone else witnessing this scene, righteous and demonic alike, drew in a sharp breath of cold air!
Su Yi... had actually repelled that unfathomable demon clan Elder with a single punch in head-on combat!
The previous Demon Theft Nest Elder had been caught off guard, but this time, he had achieved absolute dominance in an open clash!
Steadying his footing, the Remnant Sword Prison Elder felt the numbness and burning pain transmitting from his sword blade and the churning blood qi within his chest. Gone was his prior composure and contempt, replaced by a mixture of shock and fury, coupled with the humiliation of being injured by a mere ant!
Glaring venomously at Su Yi, who was wreathed in purple lightning and still at the height of his power, he let out a low, infuriated roar:
“Little bastard! If not to enter this damned secret realm, for which this old man shattered his own Nascent Soul to suppress his cultivation to Peak Foundation Establishment, would I need a second strike to slaughter you?!”
Amidst his furious roar, a glint of ruthless resolve flashed in his eyes. He thrust his empty left hand toward the surviving demon clan disciples below, clutching the void!
“Elder, spare us!”
“No—!”
Amidst Fang Xiu and Tu Lingqie's alarmed expressions and the desperate wails of the demon clan disciples, a terrifying suction erupted from the palm of the Remnant Sword Prison Elder.
Aside from Fang Xiu and Tu Lingqie, who were shoved aside by an invisible force, all the other demon clan disciples—injured or not—shriveled up at a speed visible to the naked eye. Their flesh-and-blood essence and remaining demonic qi turned into turbid, blood-colored streams, surging frantically into the Remnant Sword Prison Elder's body!
In the blink of an eye, those demon clan disciples were reduced to dried husks and desiccated corpses, tumbling to the ground and crumbling!
Having absorbed this power, the Remnant Sword Prison Elder's waning demonic qi surged anew. Although his realm remained suppressed at Peak Foundation Establishment, his aura grew noticeably denser and more sinister. The injuries along his arm appeared temporarily stabilized by the demonic qi's nourishment, and his eyes burned with even greater crimson brutality.
He sneered viciously at Su Yi, his voice rasping like scrap metal grating together: “I don't believe a pill so domineering and instant could come without side effects! Let us see how long you can maintain this state! Once your medicinal effects fade and your strength runs dry, that will be the moment you beg for life and crave death!”
He intended to wage a war of attrition and grind Su Yi to death!
Not good! He wants to stall for time and exhaust Young Manor Lord Su! Locked in combat with Tu Lingqie below, Shang Shuyi instantly deduced his plan, alarm spiking in her heart.
She could tell that Su Yi's current strength was undoubtedly tied to those instantaneous medicinal pills, but explosive methods of this sort usually came with a staggering price or fleeting duration.
Once the medicine wore off, Su Yi would inevitably fall into a weakened state, and by then...
She wanted to help, but Tu Lingqie was elusive as a phantom before her. The bizarre techniques of Soul Lost Ridge emerged in endless variety; countless wailing soul phantoms and twisted demonic screeching pinned her down, giving her no chance to break away.
On the other side, Shi Yan and Ling Qingyu's situation was even more dire!
After the Remnant Sword Prison Elder devoured his kin and recovered, Fang Xiu seemed to have received a boost of demonic qi as well. Fighting one against two, he suppressed the heavily wounded Shi Yan and Ling Qingyu so thoroughly that they could only desperately defend, without any power to retaliate!
The scales of battle seemed once again to tip toward the demon clan!
Yet facing the Remnant Sword Prison Elder's sneer and stalling tactics, Su Yi's face showed none of the panic or anxiety his foe had anticipated.
Feeling the thunder spiritual power surging endlessly within his body under the influence of several medicinal pills, and seeing the clear thirty-minute countdown on the system interface, the corners of his mouth curved up into a cold smirk instead.
“Side effects? A war of attrition?”
【Violent Spirit Pill +99, Spirit Healing Pill +99, Spirit Elevating Pill +99, Spirit Strengthening Pill +99】
“I can do this all day.”
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