From subtle cues, those with a keen eye can instantly tell that this strike's power is extraordinary, likely not inferior to an attack of the Upper Heaven Immortal Realm.

It's important to understand that after reaching the Heavenly Immortal Realm, each level is vastly superior to the previous, incomparable to other realms, with the difference between each layer described as heaven beyond heaven.

The concept of the Minor Heavenly Immortal Realm and the Upper Heaven Immortal Realm are entirely different.

Most high-level cultivators, after reaching the threshold of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, halt at the Minor Success for life. Relying solely on resources for advancement becomes ineffective, as the normal cultivation methods cannot escape the relationship between absorption and time, and the required amount is overwhelmingly large.

The current attacking force astonished the group of demons; some could evade, while others feared it was too late to escape.

The white-haired elder, with hair reaching his waist, showed a drastic change in expression. He was the most superior among the group and one of the two Heavenly Immortal Realm experts present. He had the cultivation and strength to dodge in time, but the others lacked this ability.

Although he could avoid it, he did not. In a haste, he waved his hand, and a radiant light emerged, a mirror resembling a jade plate, spreading out into a misty, icy brilliance filled with frigid aura, shielding in front of everyone.

"Cold Moon Shield!"

Upon seeing this treasure, one of the black-clothed guests from the East Victory army, one of the three Heavenly Immortal Realm experts, exclaimed, "Cold Moon Shield!"

Another Heavenly Immortal expert in grayish clothing also urgently cried out, "He is the Ice Owl!"

The accompanying group, while lacking their insight, recognized the 'Ice Owl' as someone belonging to the West Bull King Court.

Could it be that those here to kill Li Hongjiu are all people from the West Bull King Court?

They now somewhat understood why these people were so bold and unbridled. Even knowing their side was also exceptional, they acted without scruples, confident since they were on their home turf.

Seeing the white-haired elder use his magical treasure shield, the group of demons steadied their panic-stricken hearts and collectively cast spells to resist.

Boom!

The distorted Xubo instantaneously collided with the brilliant icy light, causing it to disintegrate visibly, accompanied by an earth-shaking motion. The impact's point in the void even showed signs of distortion and tearing.

The aftermath of the attack left many demons behind swaying precariously; numerous ones even bled from their mouths and noses, faces filled with terror.

The white-haired elder was alright but also had his hair and beard fluttering wildly, wide-eyed in disbelief as the icy light reflected back into a mirror resembling a jade plate.

The East Victory troops were alarmed to the core.

In front of the inn's mirror image, whether Wei Mo or Lan and others, all gawked in bewilderment.

Lan quickly turned around, sending a telepathic message in one direction.

When she turned back to the mirror image, she saw Li Hongjiu making another move.

Seeing one strike blocked, Li Hongjiu withdrew his hand. Without waiting for the demons to recover, he switched to the other hand at his back, launching another palm attack towards the sky, his voice rumbling softly like an invitation, "Again!"

Through Shi Chun's right eye superpower, the image seen was that of the vast sea surface, continuously piling the 'ice layers', bursting skyward under Li Hongjiu's guiding palm.

In the air, many demon cultivators, already terrified, were heavily injured by the earlier blocked reverberation. How could they survive another hit?

They wanted to fly away but were afraid that without the protection of experts, they couldn't withstand the spreading aftershock, so they moved closer behind the white-haired elder.

Fortunately, the white-haired elder did not abandon them, still blocking in front of them. When the distorted Xubo arrived instantly, the 'Cold Moon Shield' in his hand exploded once more, reappearing with a magnificent icy light, shielding them once more with a moon-like disk.

Boom!

Another deafening boom resounded, the space surging, with infinite echoes seemingly hanging in the sky.

The onlooking East Victory troops had already retreated to a safer distance, casting spells to fend off the reverberations, their expressions drastically changing one by one.

The brilliant icy light was shattered once more, yet the white-haired elder, amidst the raging twisted force, desperately cast spells to steady himself, while those behind him screamed mournfully.

The group of demon cultivators seemed to be gradually dispersed by the wind, their clothes, flesh, and blood blown away at a visible speed, and their screams quickly followed suit.

Including the previously heavily injured Heavenly Immortal Realm expert who wielded the Silver Axe, unable to withstand the second strike, was also reduced to nothingness.

The group of demons immediately dwindled to just the white-haired elder alone. Though his condition was still decent, he looked back in horror, then swiftly flew farther away, whether in escape or avoidance, he dared not approach Li Hongjiu easily again.

As these two surviving factions distanced themselves from the air, a rift in the space over the sea, with flickering demonic blood-red eye shadows, silently vanished along with the space-time rift.

This rift had abruptly appeared when Shi Chun's mind and spirit were in extreme fear and despair.

Due to the angle and distance, and everyone's attention focused on the combat position at the time of appearance, no one noticed the rift's emergence, and its disappearance was equally silent and undetected.

A woman cloaked in a black hooded cape had quietly appeared in the inn's room, with her face covered in black gauze leaving only her eyes visible, just witnessing the scene of the attack in the mirror image, with surprise reflected in her eyes.

Others might not know who she is, but Lan recognized her at a glance; it was undoubtedly the Lady. Since the Lady didn't want her appearance to be seen by others, Lan also refrained from showing any obvious courtesy in front of everyone.

Seeing the demon cultivators she sent getting killed by Li Hongjiu until only one remained, Lan found it hard to calm her emotions. It was truly unbelievable that the opponent was just in the Human Immortal Realm; how could that be possible? She had to confirm this again.

On the sea and sky, the East Victory group gathered together, looking at each other, unsure of what to do. That brat Shi Chun was hiding behind Li Hongjiu, and with Li Hongjiu blocking the way, how could they capture him?

No one dared to step forward easily, nor dared to rashly retreat. They knew that the Heavenly Mirror above might be watching the situation, and no one dared to withdraw without permission from above.

Seeing Li Hongjiu standing proudly, with a demeanor that asked who would dare to approach, Shi Chun went from shock to elation and was overjoyed.

That feeling of surviving a deadly encounter was unimaginable to outsiders. Overcome with emotions, he raised and shook the Black Flag wildly, boldly showing off and clearly signaling to the crowd, come on, if you dare, come and attack me again.

Of course, at this moment, how could he not hold on tight to his backer? He didn't forget to flatter Li Hongjiu, "Brother Jiu, who would have thought you were hiding such depths!"

He still had a grievance left unsaid: having the skill you had, you didn't help me earlier and even tried to leave me behind to escape alone—is that something a brother would do?

Li Hongjiu looked around the Four Emptiness, seeing that no one dared to approach, he let out a silent sigh of relief, glancing back, and said lightly, "If I didn't have some ability to protect myself, how could you easily trick me into coming down the mountain?"

Shi Chun didn't like hearing this, but now was the time to rely on others, and he couldn't allow any unfriendly remarks to become reality, so he quickly said, "Brother Jiu, heaven and earth's conscience, I didn't trick you, truly I didn't!"

Though those in the air retreated, they hadn't left, still eyeing with caution. Li Hongjiu didn't want to expend more focus, unwilling to argue with him, remaining vigilant of the surroundings.

In the distance, Wu Jinliang, who was quickly riding the Wind Scale, suddenly landed and hid, sticking his head out secretly among the grass and trees, startled by the enormous battle noise from afar.

Earlier, he received a message from Shi Chun, but then no response came from further communication with Shi Chun. Realizing something was wrong, he specifically came to see what was happening, only to be shocked by the earth-shattering commotion from afar before he even reached the beach...

In the sky, an elder with white hair hanging down to his waist had shifted his gaze from Li Hongjiu, sniffing as if sensing something, with a look of surprise and confusion observing all around. It seemed he detected the undisguised powerful aura of some great demon, yet saw nothing despite looking around.

Sniffing again, he couldn't discern whether the aura had dispersed or if it was just his illusion, failing to sense it again.

Whether it was an illusion would have to be determined later; for now, with nothing seen, he had to confront the proper matter, or he wouldn't be able to report back. His gaze returned to Li Hongjiu on the sea, and viewing from afar, it was hard not to notice the abnormal waves on the sea surface.

After a round of observation, his figure flashed swiftly, flying to the East Victory people, raising his chin at the square-faced leader who was mistakenly injured and still needed support, asking, "Earlier, when observing Li Hongjiu leaving the scene from the whirlwind, you didn't stop him. If I'm not mistaken, the move you made earlier was to capture someone else, right?"

The somewhat weak square-faced leader wasn't intimidated by him, replying, "And what if it is? What if it isn't?"

The white-haired elder said, "My goal is to kill Li Hongjiu. If you aimed to catch someone else, then we can cooperate."

The square-faced leader snorted, "Cooperate? All your people are dead. Can you withstand Li Hongjiu's attack? Dare you still get close?"

The white-haired elder turned to point at Li Hongjiu on the distant sea, "He himself couldn't possibly have such powerful cultivation strength. Can you not see the abnormalities on the sea? If he truly had such powerful cultivation, having made a killing move, why wouldn't he pursue? I've heard that back in the High Martial Realm, he had a knack for the skill of Borrowing Force. We've witnessed it just now, and now that he neither pursues with attacks nor leaves the sea, is he confident or unwilling to leave? Could the sea anomaly be related to his Borrowing Force technique?"

Hearing this, everyone's gaze simultaneously examined the sea surface, previously noting the anomaly, and now each appeared deep in thought.

The white-haired elder further guided, "I reckon nine out of ten, if four experts could form a blockade from four sides to sever the water, cutting off his connection with the vast surrounding sea, we could certainly test his depth."

The square-faced man thought for a moment and said, "I'm gravely injured and powerless to cut off and hold a sea area alone."

The white-haired elder glanced over the crowd, asking, "Mustn't there be more than just you at the Heavenly Immortal Realm?"

The square-faced man looked at the two comrades beside him, "Them two as well."

The white-haired elder said, "Including me, that's enough. A triangle can also sever it. If the outcome matches our speculation, with their strength, it will certainly be unavoidable disaster, and by then, each can take what they need. What do you all think?"

Seeing them still hesitating, he promptly urged, "Opportunity lost once will not return!"

The two groups in front of the inn's mirror, seeing the two groups in the mirror gathering together, also realized the intention to join forces, all silently observing the changes.

Soon, Shi Chun on the sea surface also sensed something amiss and reminded, "Brother Jiu, they might join forces against us. Can we withstand it?"

Just as he finished speaking, three individuals from the group came together and headed towards the sea, with the white-haired elder among them, setting down in three separate directions, surrounding them in the middle from afar upon landing on the sea.

"Ha, indeed, something's up!"

The white-haired elder, whose feet couldn't directly touch the sea surface, let out a cold snort.

The three descending in separate directions all had their landing cushioned by a force veiling the sea.

Boom!

The white-haired elder was the first to act, striking with his palm to burst through the blocking force, not too strenuously. Targeting a single point, the resistance at that point couldn't stop him; he easily drilled into the sea below.

Upon entering the sea, without any hesitation, he swiftly struck down with his palm, genuinely splitting waves and cleaving water, instantly presenting a spectacle of heaven and earth.

A white line broke through the waves, instantly plowing a deep trench visible to the bottom in the five or six miles deep sea, with the damp seabed being upheaved and shot up all the way.

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