"Hey, friends," Li Kuangtu called out, "take my word for it, the inse is almost burnt out. If you don't leave now, it will be too te."

  Over two thousand geniuses had already left, with less than ten pert remaining.

  Li Kuangtu shouted to the remaining geniuses. He knew full well the capabilities of his elder brother and sister, as well as those twe siblings. He had already experieheir strength ba the Thunderfire Cave.

  He thought to himself, if these people actually left, he wouldn't have to fight. It would be a shame to kill so many geniuses. If they all went to the family estate and helped cultivate the spiritual fields, and he could draw some blood to feed the diviree in his spare time, wouldn't that be wonderful?

  Besides that, he looked around anxiously. He could sehat some geniuses and experts were still lingering.

  "Ridiculous!"

  But Li Kuangtu's words didn't cause any ripples among the geniuses.

  They came from the twenty-four districts of Azure Cloud. Whie of them hadn't grown up surrounded by praise? Whie of them wasn't a leading figure in their ion? And whie of them wasn't filled with arrogance?

  The speaker looked at Li Kuangtu, who was riding a donkey, and sneered. "Others may fear your Li family," he said, "but I certainly don't! I've heard that your Li family is a bloodstained family, emerging from mountains of corpses and seas of blood. But haven't I also walked my own path to reach this point?"

  Everyohin the Azure artial Pavilion looked toward the speaker, their eyes filled with apprehension, but they remained silent.

  This person's name was Yan Xiao. He came from a small family and , yet he once single-handedly challenged a Golden Core sect, defeating their exceptionally talerue disciple, a woman rumored to have the potential to reach the Golden Core stage, who had also previously broken off their e.

  Yan Xiao had faced tless dangers in the Azure Clion. His bat abilities were extraordinary, and he feared nothing!

  There were even meniuses present.

  Some had emerged from the mountains, obtaining rare treasures.

  Some came from powerful families and s, iing the legacy of Soul cultivators.

  There were even those who had gathered the souls of a beasts and could and a myriad of creatures!

  As for those so-called geniuses who had fled...

  Those present scoffed at them. Hadn't they heard about Li Tianyi's massacre of the petitors at the Azure artial Pavilion years ago? But how could those who came before pare to the geniuses of today? These cultivators even looked down upoatus of being a true disciple of the Azure Cloud Pavilion. Even if Li Tianyi himself reappeared, they would dare to challenge him!

  In an instant, silence fell upon the se once more.

  Only the wind and snow of this harsh winter remained, along with the many geniuses poised for battle.

  ...

  In front of the s, Li Wei also nodded slightly.

  Indeed, as Yan Xiao had said, the geniuses who came this time were inparable to those Li Tianyi faced before.

  But, the current fifth geion of the Li family had been cultivated with the heart and soul of their elders. Their talent might not surpass Li Tianyi's, but they had experiehings that Li Tianyi had never entered!

  "Whoosh!"

  As the wind and snow swept through the game, the inse before Li Kuangren burned out!

  At that moment, all the geniuses unleashed their true energy, dispersing the wind and snow. They were indeed far more powerful than the geniuses Li Tianyi had faced before. None of them were below the middle stage of Foundatioablishment, and many of them wielded Spirit ons!

  In an instant, brilliant lights erupted within the Azure artial Pavilion, verging upon the Li family's desdants.

  The immense surges of true energy caused the entire Azure artial Pavilion to tremble. Even the experts hidden in the shadows ged their expressions.

  Because they withe extraordinary abilities of the Li family desdants!

  "Sigh."

  Li Kuangtu sighed. As his oppos unleashed their true energy, he kicked his donkey away a his sights on Yan Xiao, who had just been arguing with him.

  And then...

  "BOOM!"

  Fake Core Formation true energy erupted from him. An image appeared behind him—it was the Spirit on obtained by the Li family elders when they annihited the Su family, the ohat had been given to Li Tianyi. And now... the Spirit on, the "Great River Dragon General Diagram," beloo Li Kuangtu!

  His true energy, like that of all the Li family members, was cultivated from the Azure Cloud Pavilion's "Azure Cloud Unfallen" teique. This Earth-grade cultivatiohod made their true energy far surpass that of ordinary cultivators.

  And he also...

  [Your desdant, Li Kuangtu, has been taught by the old masters residing within Li Tianyi. His foundation is solid, and he ow perfectly utilize his true energy through his Water spirit root, achieving perfect synergy with the Great River Dragon General Diagram! Over the past three years, he has received enlighte from the old masters, gaiensive knowledge of talismans, and acquired the profession—]

  [Eighth-Grade Water Talisman Master!]

  In an instant, shrimp soldiers and crab generals emerged from the Great River Dragon General Diagram!

  Behind Li Kuangtu, talismans appeared as if they were limitless, flowing with his true energy and attag themselves to the shrimp soldiers and crab generals.

  The true energy cultivated from the Azure Cloud Unfallen teique, the trol provided by his Water spirit root, and the numerous Ninth- to Eighth-Grade Water talismans obtained from his family elders.

  the reason he cultivated Water talismans was because they were the fastest to activate!

  In an instant, thousands of frenzied shrimp soldiers and crab generals, along with the r water dragon, occupied the grounds of the Azure artial Pavilion.

  Li Kuangtu stood in pce, his fingers f hand seals, his true energy still surging. A long spear materialized in his hand. It was the Spirit on that Feng Qingyang had gifted them before they left the Jun Prince's Mansion!

  One by ohe shrimp soldiers and crab generals, empowered by talismans, charged past him. He was like a general anding a vast army!

  "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

  Yan Xiao and the cultivators around him were irouble. The moment the battle began, they withe terrifying power of Li Kuangtu!

  This guy riding a donkey, whose only hy feature seemed to be his looks, exerted unimaginable pressure on them.

  The shrimp soldiers and crab generals that emerged from the Great River Dragon General Diagram, after being empowered by talismans, all possessed the strength of high-level Qi Refining cultivators, or even Foundatioablishment cultivators.

  The water dragon that emerged from the diagram was no ordinary fake Core Formation cultivator. It was now s across the battlefield!

  They were fighting against a Talisman Master with abundant resources, They were fighting against a mountain of spirit stones!

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