Chapter 1480 - 1481: Forcing with Death
In the shocked gaze of the crowd, Li Mengli's body moved like a whirlwind, directly pouncing towards Yuan Tiangang.
Her eyes were as cold as ice, filled with anger and murderous intent.
When she was still tens of meters away from Yuan Tiangang, she flipped her wrist, and a stream of black energy quickly condensed, transforming into a sharp sword that stabbed towards the large hand.
Crack!
The large hand formed by illusion was unexpectedly incinerated and consumed in that instant.
Lin Chen fell from the air, gritted his teeth, and wobbled to stand from the ground, looking at Li Mengli with a flash of heartache in his eyes.
He knew that Li Mengli's sudden increase in power was due to the Nine Yin True Fire's energy, and using this power consumed her greatly, even at the cost of her lifespan.
The most dangerous part was, if this power went out of control, Li Mengli might be devoured by this terrifying power, even losing her sanity.
"Tsk tsk, China truly produces talents in abundance, I didn't expect another rising star to appear," Yuan Tiangang sneered coldly.
"But even if you forcibly enhance your power to the God Realm, you still can't save that boy."
Li Mengli's gaze slightly focused, her eyes brimming with intense killing intent, disregarding Yuan Tiangang's threat completely. Black energy behind her quickly gathered into countless black swords, tearing through the void, aiming straight at Yuan Tiangang.
"Overestimating yourself, thinking you can fight me with just that."
Yuan Tiangang snorted coldly, reached out his hand, and a barrier of light appeared in front of him.
"Boom boom boom!"
The black swords struck the light barrier like raindrops.
Yuan Tiangang's light barrier trembled continuously, creating ripples upon ripples.
Though the onslaught was ferocious, it was clear that since Li Mengli had forcibly elevated her power, defeating Yuan Tiangang was evidently a challenge.
"Tsk tsk, impressive momentum, but lacking in strength. If you had time to grow, maybe you could defeat me. But I'm afraid you won't get that chance now," Yuan Tiangang's voice fell as he focused his gaze, and the heavenly-devouring giant python reassembled.
The giant python, with its bloody maw agape, charged ferociously towards Li Mengli.
Facing the onrushing giant python, Li Mengli showed no trace of panic on her face. Her pupils, surprisingly, flashed with black light, and the black aura from her body surged out, transforming into nine black spirit snakes.
Nine spirit snakes slowly emerged, instantly bringing an eerie chill to the surroundings.
Even some strong individuals felt a shudder throughout their bodies.
Nine spirit snakes coiled in front of Li Mengli.
"Kill him." A cold voice came from the sky.
The nine spirit snakes instantly charged out to confront the giant python.
The heavenly-devouring giant python and the nine spirit snakes collided in a moment, two masses of black energy intertwining and devouring each other.
Bang!
With a dull sound, Li Mengli's spirit snakes unexpectedly shattered the mighty heavenly-devouring giant python.
However, the spirit snakes conjured by Lin Chen also dispersed into the sky.
As the spirit snakes dissipated, the black energy surrounding Li Mengli had noticeably weakened, clearly indicating that Li Mengli was still unable to control the formidable force fully.
"Tsk tsk, little girl, let's see how long you can hold on." Yuan Tiangang sneered, as a gold beam shot towards Li Mengli again.
Whoosh!
With a tearing sound, the golden beam instantly pierced towards Li Mengli.
"Mengli, dodge quickly!" Lin Chen's face changed, realizing that Li Mengli was at the end of her strength and couldn't withstand this blow.
Li Mengli indeed had no strength left to block Yuan Tiangang's attack. She turned her head, her beautiful eyes looking at the blood-stained Lin Chen, yet a poignant smile appeared on her face.
Puff!
At that moment, Yuan Tiangang's golden beam heavily pierced into Li Mengli's body.
Her delicate body spurted blood from the chest and fell like a wilting rose.
"Mengli!"
Regardless of his wounds, Lin Chen sprang forward, catching the falling Li Mengli.
Though his body was unsteady, and his arms were both broken, he held Li Mengli with trembling hands. The excruciating pain caused sweat to drip constantly, but he gritted his teeth and endured.
"Silly girl, who told you to make such a reckless move, why didn't you dodge?"
Lowering his head, Lin Chen angrily looked at the pale, blood-covered Li Mengli.
Li Mengli let out a bitter smile: "I'm not his match, but my great-grandfather can handle him..."
Despite being gravely injured, a sly smile appeared at the corner of Li Mengli's mouth.
Only then did Lin Chen understand that Li Mengli had purposefully taken Yuan Tiangang's attack head-on to force Li Chunfeng to appear.
"I'm sorry, Lin Chen, it's always you protecting me, but I can't protect you... Nevertheless, I won't watch you die."
Lin Chen was instantly stunned, the anger on his face replaced by an indescribable emotion. Looking at the girl filled with blood in his arms yet smiling, his eyes moistened.
This girl who wanted to reprimand him harshly from their first meeting.
This girl who gave him her first time atop the snowy mountain.
This once extremely fragile obedient girl now, for his sake, risked her own life to force her ancestor to appear.
She did this all for one reason: she couldn't bear to watch him die, and she wanted to ensure his survival.
Lin Chen tightly embraced Li Mengli, a brilliant smile on his face: "Don't worry, for you, I won't die..."
"Alright, done with your dying declarations? Then go die together." With those words, Yuan Tiangang sneered, about to strike.
"Yuan, you've gone too far this time, daring to harm my family, thinking Li Chunfeng is made of clay?"
At that moment, a somber figure suddenly appeared in front of Lin Chen and Li Mengli.
With his appearance, the oppressive aura from Yuan Tiangang vanished entirely.
Seeing the new arrival, everyone focused their gaze intently.
The elder, clad in a clean Taoist robe, despite a head full of silver hair, had eyes brimming with sharp light.
Yuan Tiangang also focused his gaze, a shock appearing on his face at the sight of the figure.
"Li Chunfeng, it's actually you," Yuan Tiangang said, somewhat surprised.
"Hmph, Yuan Tiangang, after all these years, you're still as shameless as ever, attacking two juniors." Li Chunfeng snorted coldly.
Yuan Tiangang snorted: "These two youngsters are not ordinary people. Since they are so hostile to me, they must die."
"What if I don't agree?" Li Chunfeng retorted coldly.
"Don't agree?" A sinister grin crept onto Yuan Tiangang's lips.
"I might let your little granddaughter go, but I must take Lin Chen," Yuan Tiangang said coldly.
"Great-grandfather, if you don't save Lin Chen, I will never speak to you again," Li Mengli said urgently.
Li Chunfeng sighed: "Did you hear that, old ghost Yuan? It looks like I'll be taking this young lad too."
"Are you saying you want to fight me?" Yuan Tiangang's face twisted into an icy smile.