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Chapter 1137: Chapter 615: Return

Li Yuanba’s ’Inches Apart, Worlds Away’ speed was incredibly fast. Behind him, ten thousand flying swords attempted to return to ’Ten Thousand Sword Peak,’ but couldn’t catch up to his speed, forming a swarm of flying swords behind him.

Following the swarm of flying swords were the figures of three Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners.

After chasing for a moment, they realized that their hopes of catching up to Li Yuanba were extremely slim.

If it weren’t for the ten thousand flying swords trying to return to ’Ten Thousand Sword Peak’ guiding them, they might have lost sight of Li Yuanba.

Li Yuanba hadn’t expected that deploying ’Ten Thousand Sword Peak’ would lead to such a situation. Though his speed was fast, the ten thousand flying swords couldn’t keep up; as long as he was unwilling to abandon ’Ten Thousand Sword Peak,’ the flying swords would continue trailing him.

It served as a marker, preventing the three Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners from getting lost.

This was not a big issue, though, as he planned to make a large turn over the ocean and fly towards ’Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.’ He didn’t believe the three Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners would dare chase all the way to ’Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.’

Of course, it was still a long distance to ’Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion,’ and there were many dangers along the way.

Estimates suggest this is why the three Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners were relentlessly pursuing him, hoping the Fourth Grade spirit beast in the ocean might hinder him, giving them an opportunity.

Li Yuanba didn’t intend to turn back for a battle; he could sense the ten thousand flying swords from ’Ten Thousand Sword Peak’ had exhausted their five Great Cultivator’s ’Void Breaking Sword Intent.’

Now, even retrieving the ten thousand flying swords was impossible, let alone recapturing the five Top-Grade Fourth-Grade Weapon Tribulation Flying Swords, which would need some time to replenish the energy of the Great Cultivator’s ’Void Breaking Sword Intent.’

”Come faster, you three, I’m waiting for you ahead!” Li Yuanba loudly urged, using Spiritual Power Pattern.

His voice, amplified by Spiritual Power Pattern, traveled extremely far, reaching the ears of the three Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners.

The three Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners detected Li Yuanba’s provocation and hesitated instead.

They had witnessed Li Yuanba’s ability to instantly kill an overseeing Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioner, indicating the combat prowess in Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion is more formidable than previously rumored.

They strongly suspected an ambush had been set up ahead by Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, with Li Yuanba deliberately leading them into it.

In fact, upon realizing Li Yuanba possessed Divine Foot Skill, the three Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners were already considering retreating, but none were comfortable mentioning it first.

With this excuse, they exchanged glances and then halted their pursuit.

By stopping, they lost sight of the swarm of ten thousand flying swords in just a few moments, losing all opportunity to chase Li Yuanba.

”A bunch of gutless cowards!” Li Yuanba, using ’Divine Eye Skill,’ could see the figures of the three Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners clearly from afar, and he mocked them.

He paused for a moment, waited for the ten thousand flying swords to arrive, and then collected them back into ’Ten Thousand Sword Peak.’

He glanced at the direction, changed course, and deployed ’Inches Apart, Worlds Away.’

About thirty minutes later, he saw a familiar flying boat, Yun Xiao’s flying boat.

He couldn’t help but smile; Yun Xiao and the others hadn’t left and were waiting for him.

”Yuanba, welcome back alive!” Yun Xiao looked at Li Yuanba entering the flying boat, stepped forward with a smile, and lightly tapped him with his fist.

This gesture was rarely used between cultivators; it was reserved for extremely close friends, or it could be mistaken as an attack.

Yan Gan, Du Lei, Guo Ping, and Zhuo Xuan all came forward, either tapping or patting Li Yuanba.

They regarded Li Yuanba as a trustworthy teammate, willing to entrust him with their backs.

This level of trust was exceedingly rare, as even cultivators who had worked together for centuries couldn’t reach such a degree of trust.

Li Yuanba had earned their trust through his actions.

”These are your battle spoils; those three Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners were too hasty to take them!” Yun Xiao said with a smile, handing two Mustard Seed Rings to Li Yuanba.

One Mustard Seed Ring belonged to the overseeing Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioner, and the other contained goods collected from the long-distance flying boat.

The long-distance flying boat carried a wealth of goods, many packed in commercially designated space boxes; the collected portion in the Mustard Seed Ring comprised the most valuable part.

Had the long-distance flying boat not been severely damaged by Li Yuanba’s flying swords, preventing size reduction, they intended to store the entire flying boat within the Mustard Seed Ring.

”You guys didn’t have to do this, I was confident I could escape!” Li Yuanba felt his teammates’ enthusiasm and couldn’t help but smile.

”Indeed, Divine Foot Skill is the fastest!” Yun Xiao nodded with a smile.

Even though Li Yuanba said this, all the Nascent Soul Sword Cultivators present knew that in the situation then, even possessing Divine Foot Skill meant dancing on the edge of a blade.

Bear in mind, Li Yuanba was confronting Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners; a Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioner attacking a Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioner is nearly impossible outside of surprise attacks.

During a surprise assault, Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners couldn’t deploy their realm pressure in time and must first counter the attacks of Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioners.

In direct combat, under realm pressure, a Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioner’s strength is greatly suppressed, making escape nearly impossible, let alone fighting.

No matter how Li Yuanba explained, he had taken significant risks to lure away the three Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners, saving the rest of the Nascent Soul Sword Cultivators in the squad.