Chapter 19 - Battle of True Essence!

Contrary to his wishes, it wasn’t that the ice shield couldn’t block Leng Yan’s attack. Instead, before the ice shield could fully form, it had transformed into Water Qi and clung to Leng Yan’s water dragon, bolstering its momentum as it roared towards Li Kai.

“How can this be? Golden bell shield! Protect me!” Li Kai exclaimed, his shock beyond words.

First, his mystic ice dragon qi was dissolved by a mere statement from Leng Yan, and then, Leng Yan had unexpectedly broken through to the divine transformation and entered the magical power realm. That wasn’t all! What mattered most was that his own magical techniques were deeply restrained, even showing signs of submission towards Leng Yan.

Not long ago, Leng Yan had been beaten and humiliated by Chen Hai, yet now, Li Kai found himself at a disadvantage in front of Leng Yan, which was utterly shocking.

Faced with the soaring water dragon, Li Kai dared not use his magical techniques to defend any longer, as that would only amplify the water dragon’s power.

Retreating swiftly, Li Kai flew back, but in an instant, Leng Yan’s water dragon had struck him.

Li Kai’s golden bell shield, formed from the low-grade treasure tool “golden purple bell,” firmly protected him.

“Boom!”

The water dragon, over thirty feet in length, slammed into the golden bell shield, creating a thunderous roar.

The water dragon burst into countless droplets, as if the forest had just been cleansed by a heavy rain.

The golden bell shield, now covered in cracks from the water dragon’s impact, was on the verge of shattering!

“It still hasn’t broken! Sky-splitting slash! Cut it open!” Leng Yan took a step forward, seeing that Li Kai’s golden bell shield had not yet shattered, he roared in anger! A golden gear, the sun essence wheel, flew out from behind him, spinning rapidly as if it would tear through the Void.

As Leng Yan’s mind moved, a dragon within the sun essence wheel let out a long roar, and the sun essence wheel instantly charged towards Li Kai.

“High-grade treasure tool! Do you even deserve to use a high-grade treasure tool? Why? Are you that lucky? Not only do you possess a high-grade treasure tool, but also top-tier Divine Powers. You don’t deserve them! Today, I will show you that the gap in realms cannot be crossed! And your magical treasures, your cultivation techniques, they will all be mine! All mine!” A brief moment of contemplation had already helped Li Kai understand why his magical techniques were firmly countered by Leng Yan. There was only one possibility! It must be that Leng Yan’s cultivation technique was of a high level, which explained why the water primordial force within himself felt an urge to bow down to Leng Yan.

The top-tier cultivation technique had already tempted Li Kai, and now, Leng Yan even wielded a high-grade treasure tool, which made Li Kai envious. As an inner disciple in the true essence realm, he only had a low-grade treasure tool, which was a gift from Jin Kuang when he and Chen Hai became sworn brothers.

Initially, Li Kai’s intention was to save Chen Hai by killing Leng Yan, but now, his true motive was to obtain Leng Yan’s magical treasures and cultivation techniques.

Drawing his supreme-grade spiritual weapon, a water-jade-colored flying sword, he blocked the assault of the sun essence wheel. His eyes, filled with greed, looked at Leng Yan as if he were a lamb ready for slaughter.

“Hmph! I also want to see if my strength is enough to kill someone in the true essence realm. Since you’re willing to be a ghost under my sword, I’ll gladly take you!”

“Three sky-splitting slashes! Break!”

Leng Yan stood his ground, controlling the attack of the sun essence wheel with his mental power. He only lamented that his current strength was too low to unleash the true power of the sun essence wheel. Even so, the sharpness of the high-grade treasure tool was not something that even a supreme-grade spiritual weapon could withstand.

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

Two attacks, quick as lightning, were blocked by Li Kai, but the third strike was already rushing towards him.

“Clang!”

A crisp sound echoed as the Golden Light shield around Li Kai shattered, turning into specks of golden light that dissipated into the air.

The sun essence wheel, delayed by Li Kai’s block, was knocked away, flying to the side.

“Bang! Bang!”

As the sun essence wheel flew out, it turned and sliced through several giant trees before flying back to Leng Yan’s side.

Biting the tip of his tongue, a drop of essence blood flew out and landed on the sun essence wheel. Instantly, the sun essence wheel blazed with Golden Light, and the shadow of the weapon spirit circled above it, significantly increasing its power.

“Sun wheel transforms nine! Nine sky-splitting slashes!”

Leng Yan burned a drop of essence blood for a temporary increase in the power of his magical treasure. Suddenly, the sun essence wheel split into nine!

Following Leng Yan’s command, they danced in the air and charged forward!

Nine sun essence wheels charged at Li Kai from nine different directions. Facing the onslaught, Li Kai’s expression grew serious as he swiftly maneuvered his flying sword, creating an impenetrable shield around him.

Even so, the nine sun essence wheels couldn’t gain the upper hand for the moment.

After a fierce attack, Leng Yan, controlling the nine sun essence wheels, rapidly depleted his mental power and was beginning to feel he couldn’t hold on much longer.

Li Kai, being a realm higher than Leng Yan, exhibited far greater mental strength, showing no signs of faltering up to this point.

“What should I do? If this continues, I will surely be the first to falter,” Leng Yan thought as he attacked, strategizing simultaneously.

“Oh? Running low on mental power, are you? This is the difference in realms! Physical strength, mental power, magical power, you can’t compare to me in any of them. Even if you possess a high-grade treasure tool, you can’t withstand the consumption! Haha!” Li Kai, seeing the desperation on Leng Yan’s face, guessed his thoughts, laughed heartily while parrying the relentless attacks.

“Is that so? Let’s see who falters first then!” At that moment, Leng Yan suddenly remembered how he had once cut through someone’s low-grade spiritual weapon with his azure light sword.

Instead of spreading his attack, it would be better to concentrate his power on a single point!

Channeling his intention through his mental power, the nine sun essence wheels suddenly converged into a massive circle, resembling a giant gear, and spun towards Li Kai.

Li Kai, caught off guard by Leng Yan’s sudden change of tactics, hurriedly raised his flying sword to block overhead.

But this was exactly what Leng Yan had hoped for; the nine sun essence wheels, as fast as lightning, sequentially struck the same spot on Li Kai’s flying sword.

Li Kai could only retreat while holding his flying sword in place. He dared not move it aside because the sun essence wheels were spinning too fast, and any lapse in defense would allow them to close in.

“Break!” Leng Yan shouted, as the sun essence wheels increased their radiance, and a notch appeared on Li Kai’s flying sword.

“Whoosh!”

With a harsh sound, Li Kai’s flying sword was finally cut into two pieces. Losing his weapon, Li Kai retreated in panic, but his speed was no match for the high-grade treasure tool.

“No! Ahhh!”

Li Kai watched helplessly as the sun essence wheel slashed towards him, screaming in terror.

Unfortunately, Leng Yan was no saint.

The sun essence wheel slashed repeatedly across Li Kai’s body, cutting open wounds and drenching his white robe in blood. Under Leng Yan’s control, four sun essence wheels severed the meridians in Li Kai’s limbs.

“Thud!”

With his meridians severed, Li Kai collapsed to the ground, his facial muscles twitching violently as he moaned in pain.

After retracting the sun essence wheels, Leng Yan swallowed a primordial spirit elixir to replenish his vital energy and approached Li Kai.

“Sorry! The magical treasure is still mine! The cultivation technique is also mine! Even your life is now mine! Weren’t you here to save your brother? Well, tonight, I’ll let you brothers thoroughly enjoy yourselves!”

Leng Yan injected cold air into the meridians of Li Kai’s limbs to prevent them from healing, then healed the wounds on his body before stowing him in the storage bag.

He then took out the beast token and summoned Little Tiger. As soon as Little Tiger appeared, he jumped to the side, crawled on the ground, and clasped his paws over his head, howling mournfully, “Respected master, I am just a spirit beast. Please don’t take your anger out on me. After all, my previous master is now dead. I am willing to follow you and serve you loyally, just spare my life.”

Hearing this, Leng Yan was infuriated. It turned out that Little Tiger had never planned to survive; he was begging for mercy right from the start. Truly a fitting name, a real cowardly tiger!

“If you speak again, I’ll cut off your tiger penis! You dare to curse me to die! You’re asking for a beating, aren’t you?”

Leng Yan rolled up his sleeves, his demeanor fierce and menacing, and approached Little Tiger, scolding him.

Hearing Leng Yan’s voice, especially the threat to cut off his tiger penis, Little Tiger was terrified out of his wits. Seeing that Leng Yan was unharmed, he quickly changed his tune.

“Master, please don’t be angry. I was just practicing my lines. Master, you are wise and mighty, imposing and dashing; how could you die? You are the bright sun in my heart, the fire that warms me. I am willing to serve you loyally, please don’t cut off my tiger penis!”

“Enough, stop the chatter, let’s go!” Leng Yan said with a smile.

With an elegant leap, Little Tiger positioned himself and waited for Leng Yan to be seated, saying, “Chirp! Little Tiger is ready to move!”