Meanwhile.

  "Heavenly Heavy Tortoise Shell, protect my body! Bck Tortoise Prote Teique!"

  Unlike Li Tianming, Li Tianqi charged forward with his physical body. That "Heavenly Heavy Tortoise Shell" was the spirit treasure he obtained when he was recklessly c death at Heavenly Heart Lake and had to be rescued by Li Wei over fifty times!

  Spirit treasures were truly wondrous things. They could merge with a person's body, and some innate spirit treasures could even grow stronger alongside their owner, reag incredible heights.

  "Boom!"

  Li Tianqi, at the early Golden Core stage, was instantly blohen fag this half-step Soul cultivator.

  But with the spirit treasure within him and the Bck Tortoise Sect's secret teique, he wiped the blood from his mouth, grinned, and charged back toward the wind spirit!

  "Damn, that was brutal! If they weren't chasing Big Brother and focused all their attae, I would've been seriously injured."

  He tinued charging forward relentlessly!

  This time, he was even faster. With each step closer, the wind spirit slowed down. Gradually, the spirit became enraged by his persistence.

  But, Every time he was injured, Li Tianqi's aura grew stronger!

  Li Wei watched quietly, gradually breathing a sigh of relief.

  While Li Tianqi wasn't as powerful as Li Tianming and didn't have as many traits, as long as he wasn't killed instantly, he would show his oppo what it truly meant to be a tenacious adversary!

  Over the years, while breaking through to the Golden Core realm, he had also acquired a trait—[The More He Fights, the Braver He Bees]!

  As long as he wasn't killed, his strength would tinuously increase for a period of time, based on the duration of the fight and the number of times he faced mortal danger.

  His most terrifying traits were the ones he had from the beginning: [Numbness of the King of Hell] and [Walking with Death].

  He had faced tless dangers in his life and had bee incredibly sensitive to threats, like an unkilble cockroach!

  With these three traits bined, he would bee the most tenacious oppo imaginable!

  ...

  "How is this possible?"

  The masked man flew, his Soul power sensing the battle raging far behind him. His expression was grim. "What's wrong with the Li family? What's going on?!"

  He had lived for many years; no genius in the Azure Clion could escape his notice.

  He khe fearsome reputation of the Li family's young talents, but witnessing it firsthand was another matter entirely.

  Li Tianming, whose bat power soared when he went berserk.

  Li Tianqi, who stantly danced with death, like an unkilble cockroach, rising stronger each time.

  These two were beyond his prehension.

  "Earth-rank... they must have cultivated strah-rank teiques. No, there must be powerful treasures on them!"

  The masked man finally uood why these three youngsters dared to e and seize the treasure, and even y a trap for him!

  "Escape!"

  The sense of danger in his heart intensified. He increased his speed even further, even bringing out a supreme-grade spiritual artifact.

  But just as he thought he had left Li Tianyi far behind, his expression suddenly turned grim.

  "Seniors, help me!"

  Li Tianyi, behind him, roared.

  In an instant, his aura surged!

  From the early Golden Core stage, he instantly reached the mid-Golden Core stage!

  "What the hell!"

  The masked man cursed under his breath. His Soul sensed a wisp of a Soul remnant within Li Tianyi, boosting his absorption of spiritual energy from heaven ah!

  He gritted his teeth. "Do you really think a mere Soul remnant handle me?"

  He snorted. Even though the Li family geniuses were fearsome, he tio flee. He could sehat the Li family wouldn't stop there; they had more tricks up their sleeves.

  As if to firm his thoughts...

  Li Tianyi's aura behind him tio grow, and the masked man even heard an aged voice.

  "What are you old geezers waiting for? This old man will use his divine soul to protect Tianyi's body and meridians, allowing him to ie a portion of your power! There's strength in numbers!"

  As soon as these words were spoken.

  The masked man only felt a cacophony of voices, so overwhelming it made him want to vomit!

  "Hahaha, good! After years of recovery, I've only regained a fra of my former strength."

  "This old man has long wao meet the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion. e to think of it, this is our first enter."

  "Take him down!"

  "..."

  His aura grew steadily, like stalks of wheat. Li Tianyi's eyes gleamed with golden light. His power, which had surged to the mid-Golden Core stage, now rose to its peak... half-step Soul, and then to the full Soul stage!

  He even sensed... remnant souls at the mid and high of the Soul stage, and even at the peak of the Soul stage...

  A barrier appeared in the sky, firmly trapping him within. Even his secret teiques from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion were blocked by the Hexa-Ren Divine Calcution of the former Azure Cloud Pavilion Masters!

  "Impossible..."

  Trapped within this peak-level formation of the Azure Cloud Pavilion, he had o escape. He turned around, his face covered in cold sweat, and looked at Li Tianyi ahead of him.

  Li Tianyi, at this moment, strolled through the air as if it were solid ground. A golden trapping formation surrounded him, with inscriptions from the Hexa-Ren Divine Calcution flowing around it. The twe old seniors appeared behind Li Tianyi as if walking alongside him.

  In the blink of ahe masked man from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion recalled the Azure Cloud Pavilion of 130,000 years ago. It was as if he could see their peak, when they domihe entire Azure Clion!

  All the peak strength of the Azure Cloud Pavilion, no, even the bined might aage of the entire Azure Clion, was now trated within Li Tianyi!

  Fear desded upon him.

  He was at the early Soul stage, and he was one of the best among them. He had learned tless teiques from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion and other pces. He tried them all, with the spiritual energy of heaven ah raging within this trapping formation for half an hour.

  But... how could he possibly tend with the entire heritage of the Azure Clion? In the hands of those old seniors, all the spells and martial arts had reached a transdent level. They were all usih-rank teiques, and their uanding of divination and calcutions surpassed even his own.

  The masked man, who could calmly face multiple priests and even snatch the "Rootless Soul Soil" from them, was now pletely helpless.

  Li Tianyi gazed at the masked man from afar.

  It was no exaggeration to say that, at this moment, he was the stro of the Li family!

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