Tang Dynasty Demon Suppression Division

Li's usually indifferent face suddenly showed an expression, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes, followed by anger.

"You dare threaten me?"

A powerful pressure emanated from him, his mysterious and vast aura surpassing even that of the Demon Emperor, as if he were a god from the primordial era, making it impossible for anyone to even think of resisting.

Li Yuan's bones creaked under the pressure, as if a mountain was slowly pressing down on his back. However, his spine remained straight, and he wore a calm smile on his face.

"This is not a threat, it's a negotiation."

"You?"

The golden vertical pupils suddenly converged into a line, flashing with a cold light.

"Don't think that just because I call you master, you really are the master of the Myriad Realms Palace. You are not qualified in front of me."

The immense pressure intensified, and Li Yuan felt as if his spine was about to collapse, yet he still smiled.

"That's not how you calculate it. With a master like the Goddess Nuwa, who else in this world would you even look favorably upon?"

"But now I'm the only suitable candidate, and you don't have time to wait any longer, do you?"

Seeing Li Yuan's nonchalant smile, Li opened his mouth, his eyes so dark they could drip water.

"How did you know?"

Li Yuan's tense lips relaxed slightly; Li's question had given him the answer.

"I guessed."

Upon hearing his answer, Li frowned, his eyes flashing with anger, while Li Yuan revealed a confident smile.

"But I guessed right, didn't I?"

Li's gaze was like a blade, fixed on him, as if she wanted to torture him to death with her eyes.

Li Yuan slightly raised his chin, and their eyes met, neither giving an inch.

"Okay, you win."

After a long while, Li Yuan withdrew his gaze first, and Li Yuan felt the pressure on his body suddenly ease.

I hope you won't let me down.

After saying this, Li slowly sank into the starry river behind the bronze gate.

At this moment, the battle continued in the sea of ​​lightning. Li Yuan rolled to avoid a fatal bolt of lightning and awkwardly swung his sword back.

The eerie thunder crashed down like a thunderous prison, enveloping him within it.

Li Yuan stopped resisting and began to flee.

His figure transformed into a shooting star, weaving and dodging through the sea of ​​lightning, desperately widening the distance during the gaps in the lightning.

But the cunning man was in no hurry.

Now that he was confident of victory, he was no longer in a hurry to kill. He believed that the ultimate delicacy was to be enjoyed only when one was most fearful.

The black mist dispersed, hanging not too far behind Li Yuan. Every time he desperately tried to create some distance, a bolt of purplish-black lightning would strike precisely in his path, forcing him to change direction.

Like a cat playing with a mouse, they gradually pushed him, driving him deeper into the sea of ​​thunder.

Li Yuan was clearly aware of this as well.

The cunning creature was intentionally driving him deeper into the sea of ​​thunder.

"Run!"

The eerie voice echoed through the storm, unhurried and calm: "The more fear you feel, the more delicious your soul will be."

His voice seemed to be whispering in Li Yuan's ear, like a devil's whisper, enjoying his disheveled state.

"I have no interest in eating a tasteless piece of meat. Tremble! Despair! I will tear your soul apart bit by bit, and then..."

"Hehehe..."

A chilling laugh echoed, sending shivers down one's spine. "I'll let you watch me devour you piece by piece."

"Li Yuan, I want you to watch your own bones and flesh being devoured piece by piece, to see you wail in despair. It's the ultimate pleasure in the world."

Li Yuan did not answer, and continued to weave through the sea of ​​lightning without looking back.

The eerie demonic realm gradually shrank, slowly forcing him to the center. His escape routes became fewer and fewer, and from the air, he looked like a spinning top spinning endlessly.

Suddenly, a fierce glint flashed across his face, and he turned and flew towards the very center of the sea of ​​thunder.

The thunderclouds here resemble a giant, slowly rotating vortex, with countless incandescent lightning bolts interwoven into an impenetrable net.

The electrical charge in the air was terrifyingly concentrated; electric sparks crackled around Li Yuan, and even his hair emitted a faint blue glow.

Countless bolts of Heavenly Thunder gathered together, causing the world to lose its color. Even the purple-black lightning released by the Ghostly Beast became erratic here, like a snake thrown into boiling oil, struggling and unable to stretch out.

The strange creature stopped at the center edge, its misty body tumbling violently amidst the raging thunder.

He couldn't fully control the thunder here, but Li Yuan also didn't have the strength to run anymore.

The eerie creature stared at Li Yuan, noticing him huddled in a crevice of a thundercloud, his surrounding star field shattered, his body covered in blood, with almost no patch of undamaged skin.

But Li Yuan's eyes still glared at him fiercely, like a wolf trapped in a desperate situation.

An alluring fragrance of divine essence flooded into the ghost's senses, more intense than ever before.

Fear and despair, mixed with tenacious resilience, were like a jar of aged wine whose seal had been broken.

His breathing became heavy.

A bolt of lightning struck Li Yuan, and the tattered star field cracked again, on the verge of completely dissipating.

Guimo could no longer hold back. Judging from Li Yuan's appearance, the next bolt of lightning would likely reduce him to ashes.

He had been planning this delicious meal for so long, and now that it was within reach, how could he bear to let it slip by?

Absolutely not!

This guy hid in the center of the sea of ​​lightning, wasn't he just trying to take him down with him?

He calculated the risks; he only needed to take a small risk to obtain unparalleled deliciousness, which seemed like a worthwhile deal no matter how you looked at it.

The eerie black mist hesitated for a moment at the edge of the lightning, but finally gritted its teeth and lunged forward, rushing into the center of the incandescent thunderstorm.

"Sizzle!"

Purple-black lightning and incandescent lightning intertwined in the air, crackling and popping. The eerie figure twisted and deformed in mid-air, struggling to condense a giant claw, which fiercely grabbed at Li Yuan's head.

Your soul is mine now.

Greed gleamed in the monstrous eyes, and Li Yuan did not dodge when the giant claw descended.

He seemed to have no strength left, his body was covered in blood, his spiritual power was exhausted, and the star field gradually shattered into countless fragments of light.

He huddled in a gap in the thunderclouds, looking up at the colossal claw that blotted out the sky and pressed down on him, his expression indifferent.

A burst of white lightning suddenly struck, completely engulfing the two of them.

"boom--!"

At the center of the sea of ​​lightning, it was as if a sun had exploded, and dozens of lightning bolts as thick as water vats struck down simultaneously, intertwining to form a huge ball of lightning that completely engulfed Li Yuan's figure.

The seawater was instantly evaporated in the lightning, creating a white column of steam tens of meters high, and even the air trembled violently.

Deep within the sea of ​​consciousness, in the Myriad Realms Palace, Li manifested in human form, standing quietly in the endless darkness, gazing at the raging lightning outside the palace, a rare emotion appearing in his eyes.

Disappointment or melancholy?

He let out a soft sigh. Was he about to lose another master? Over the centuries, he had seen too many geniuses like this, who would fall down along the way and be buried by the dust of time.

"Li Yuan, you're too confident."

"What a pity."

He uttered a soft voice, which echoed in the empty palace before gradually fading into silence.

Ji Fanghua witnessed this scene from the distant sea.

"Li Yuan—!"

She let out a heart-wrenching scream and tried to rush over, but Ming Ji's figure blurred and black chains flew towards her. Ji Fanghua did not dodge.

Only one thought was screaming in her mind: she couldn't bear to see Li Yuan die.

Ji Fanghua stretched out her hand, her beautiful hair dancing wildly in the lightning, and a strange fluctuation suddenly erupted from her body.