Chapter 816: Shocked Zi Canglan!
"Elder Zi..."
Li Yun had just opened his mouth, but before he could finish speaking, Zi Canglan interrupted him in an unquestionable tone.
"Li Yun, stop talking. Hurry up and leave this place. I will do my best to stall them for a while."
"Stall?"
"Zi Canglan, at a time like this, do you really think anyone here can still leave?"
The three black-robed demonic cultivators sneered in unison.
"Whether it is you or Li Yun, none of you are leaving today. All of you are destined to become bargaining chips for us to exchange for great treasures."
They looked at Li Yun and the others with calm confidence, like hunters watching prey that had already fallen into a trap.
Although Li Yun’s side also had three people, Li Yun was merely at the 5th level of Heavenly Core Realm, so he was not worth mentioning in their eyes.
As for Elder Bai Jing, he seemed to have only just entered the Spirit Manifestation Realm, which also counted for nothing.
The only slightly troublesome one was Zi Canglan, but he had already suffered heavy injuries beforehand and was destined to be unable to turn the situation around.
To the three black-robed demonic cultivators, these people had no chance of escaping their grasp.
"Heh heh, Zi Canglan, why do you not just fall down for me?"
One of them laughed sinisterly and made the first move.
His figure transformed into a black afterimage as he instantly appeared before Zi Canglan and struck down with a palm.
"Hmph."
Zi Canglan snorted coldly and was just about to attack.
But at that moment, a stream of Sword Qi swept past him.
Its speed was extremely fast. Before Zi Canglan could strike, it had already whistled through the air and landed on the black-robed demonic cultivator.
"Ah!"
In the next instant, the black-robed demonic cultivator cried out in pain and was sent flying backward at twice the speed he had arrived.
"What?"
Immediately, Zi Canglan and the remaining two black-robed demonic cultivators widened their eyes.
They were completely dumbfounded, as if they could not believe what they had just seen.
Because the one who had unleashed that stream of Sword Qi was actually Li Yun.
A cultivator at the 5th level of Heavenly Core Realm had casually swung his sword and sent a 1st level Spirit Manifestation Realm powerhouse flying backward head-on.
How was this possible?
"Ah!"
The black-robed demonic cultivator who had been sent flying also reacted.
He roared, and his face flushed crimson with anger.
Being knocked away by a mere 5th level Heavenly Core Realm brat, even if he had been careless, was an immense humiliation he could not tolerate.
"Brat, you are courting death."
He roared and attacked again.
The qi around his body poured out violently. Rolling devilish qi surged from his body as he fiercely punched toward Li Yun.
However, when facing this punch, Li Yun only swung his sword casually again.
He did not even lift his eyelids.
Whoosh!
A stream of Sword Qi directly shattered the devilish qi, then struck the black-robed demonic cultivator’s body.
"No!"
The black-robed demonic cultivator screamed in horror.
His black robe was split apart by the Sword Qi. A long and narrow sword mark appeared across his chest, and blood flowed out wildly. His heart was only a hair’s breadth away from being pierced.
With just one sword strike, he had nearly died by Li Yun’s hand.
"Kill him."
The expressions of the other two black-robed demonic cultivators darkened.
Although they did not know why Li Yun possessed such terrifying strength, they could tell one thing clearly.
Li Yun was an enormous threat, perhaps even greater than Zi Canglan.
"Heavenly Devil Cloud-Shattering Fist."
"Heavenly Devil Wind-Rending Palm."
The two cooperated with great synergy.
One threw a punch, and the other struck out with a palm.
Surging devilish qi poured out, covering the sky and earth, sealing off all of Li Yun’s escape routes and suppressing him from every direction.
"Too weak to withstand a single blow."
Li Yun’s expression remained indifferent as he calmly spoke those words.
His current strength was already equivalent to a peak 5th level Spirit Manifestation Realm powerhouse and was even approaching the 6th level of Spirit Manifestation Realm.
Yet these three black-robed demonic cultivators were merely ordinary 1st level Spirit Manifestation Realm cultivators.
They were completely beneath his notice.
Forget him.
Even any genius ranked within the top twenty of the Heaven’s Chosen Assembly could easily sweep these three away.
To Li Yun, they were pitifully weak.
He casually swung his sword again.
A sharp stream of Sword Qi directly neutralized all the attacks from the two black-robed demonic cultivators before landing on their bodies.
"No!"
The two black-robed demonic cultivators screamed at the same time.
Their heads were actually severed directly by that sword strike, and blood splashed into the air as their bodies fell.
At the moment their heads separated from their bodies, their eyes still carried disbelief.
They simply could not accept this reality.
Two Spirit Manifestation Realm powerhouses had joined forces, yet they could not even withstand the casual sword strike of a 5th level Heavenly Core Realm cultivator.
They had been killed instantly.
This was utterly absurd.
Even in death, they could not rest in peace.
"Th-this..."
Zi Canglan was also completely stunned.
He stood speechless, eyes wide, looking as though he had truly seen a ghost. He even could not help pinching his own thigh.
"Hiss!"
The sharp pain made him gasp, but immediately afterward, the expression on his face became even more horrified.
When he looked at Li Yun again, it was as if he were staring at a complete monster.
What exactly had happened?
After being apart for just over a year, how could Li Yun possess such strength?
Two 1st level Spirit Manifestation Realm powerhouses had joined forces, yet they were not even a match for Li Yun in a single exchange.
This was simply unbelievable.
One had to know that even at his peak, Zi Canglan could only barely fight those two black-robed demonic cultivators to a standstill.
Yet Li Yun could kill both of them with a single sword strike.
Did this not mean that if Li Yun wanted to, he could also kill Zi Canglan with one sword strike?
Thinking of this, Zi Canglan’s heart became even more shaken.
In just over a year, the junior in his eyes had already obtained strength far surpassing his own.
His feelings instantly became extremely complicated.