Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 304 - 310: Death

”Well met!” Li Zhirui, frustrated by the lack of opportunity to discipline them, certainly wouldnʼt pass up the chance now that the Water Devils were charging at him.

Thousand Spirits leaped atop his head, the Spiritual Cloud expanded, and the Spirit Bamboo swayed with the wind. Bamboo leaves filled with Sword Qi shot out, not allowing the enemy any chance to come close.

With a flick of his right hand, a rope made of Water-Wood Divine Light appeared and shot towards the Water Devil, attempting to bind it.

”Roar!”

The Water Devil sensed danger and immediately stopped and retreated explosively. It transformed the sea water into ice, morphing it into various weapons, trying to block the Divine Light.

Li Zhirui, taking advantage of the situation, didnʼt give them any quarter. With a Spirit Sword in hand, he charged forward, the sword light splitting into countless strands, forming a large net. With Divine Light infused within, it tightened from all directions, ready to completely bind the Water Devil.

Unexpectedly, the Water Devil, seeing the dire situation, dove directly into the sea and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

”Hmph!” Li Zhirui scoffed in disdain and immediately turned to assist Li Shiqing, who was barely holding his own.

”That damn Huang Lin!” The Water Devil, seeing Li Zhirui coming over, cursed with an ugly expression but moved quickly, imitating the previous Water Devil by sinking into the seabed.

As for the remaining two Water Devils, seeing the tides had turned, they didnʼt dare linger and forcefully repelled Li Shilian and Da Qing before quickly disappearing from sight.

And at the very moment they all vanished, at the boundary between the near sea and the Outer Sea, two gigantic whales reared their tails high and angrily smashed them into the sea surface, instantly raising waves a hundred feet high that howled towards the near sea.

Regrettably, they were still too far from Wanxian Island. By the time the giant waves arrived, all that was left was a two-yard wave with a trace of terrifying devilish aura, posing no threat at all.

Seeing this scene, Li Zhirui and the others, their tensions eased due to repelling the third-grade Water Devils and the beast tide nearing its end, grew tense once again.

They knew this was a warning from the fourth-grade Great Devil and it also signified that the matter might not be over yet!

However, Li Zhirui was not too worried because it was clear from this beast tide that the Monohorn Behemoth clan would not take part, and the attackers were only the parents from the smaller Lan Jiao family.

A family that could only bring forth four third-grade Water Devils, without even a late-phase third-grade among them, did not pose a great threat to the Li family, unless they dared to cross the boundary and personally attack the Li family.

”Sigh!”

Li Zhirui, who had been forcefully holding on, released a heavy breath of turbid air after confirming that the Water Devils had indeed fled. His body swayed slightly. If not for Da Qingʼs quick reflexes, he might have fallen directly into the sea.

He was far from being in good shape, mainly because he had expended too much Mana while fighting against the four Water Devils earlier.

Thatʼs why Li Zhirui was so aggressive afterwards, unwontedly unlike his usual style, to prevent the enemy from discovering his true state.

”Are you alright?” Li Shiqing asked worriedly.

Li Zhirui weakly replied, ”Iʼm fine, just overexerted. Iʼll recover after some rest.”

”Uncle, if you still have some strength left, please go and help the rest of the clan. Let Da Qing stand guard by my side.”

Although they had prepared many Spiritual Objects and a large number of Talismans, and set up Formations near the island chain, unexpected events always occur on the battlefield, and it was feared that some clan members might still get injured or even die as a result.

Why Da Qing? Because he had also participated in two large battles and didnʼt have much Mana left.

As for Li Zhiruiʼs other Contracted Spirit Beast, Xiaoqing, it had entered the critical period of its breakthrough a while ago and was now diligently cultivating in the clanʼs territory, striving to transcend its Tribulation and breakthrough as soon as possible.

It was precisely because Li Zhirui was a third-grade Alchemist that he didnʼt need to worry about a lack of resources, unlike other clan members who simply didnʼt have the financial means to support two Spirit Beasts, let alone cultivate them to the third grade.

”You rest well; we will handle these matters,” Li Shiqing said, and then he and Li Shilian flew up above the beast tide, starting to deal with these low-level Water Devils.

With the strength of Golden Core cultivators, these Water Devils were as easy to deal with as crumbling earth and tiles, easily annihilated in large numbers.

Before long, the beast tide collapsed, and a large number of low-level Water Devils began to flee in all directions, leading cultivators to hunt them down at sea.

However, when tallying casualties after the battle, the Li family heaved a sigh of relief; although there were casualties, the number was not large, only a few dozen people.

But there was one person of significant standing in the clan who, due to a moment of inattention, was seriously injured—she was Li Shiting!

Li Shiting, who was already of an advanced age, looked even more aged after the injury and seemed to have not much life left in her.

However, Li Shiting seemed quite carefree in her attitude. Facing Li Shiqing and Li Shilianʼs concerned gazes, she wore a faint smile and said, ”Living for so many years is enough for me. Although I did not achieve Golden Core breakthrough, at least I cultivated Zhiyue. She can fulfill my wishes.”

”Shiting, donʼt speak such disheartening words!” Li Shilian said, unable to bear it.

The most skilled Medical Cultivator of the clan, Li Chengjing, along with other medical cultivators, hurried over, but on the first glance at Li Shiting, he internally voiced his alarm!

Li Shiting, who was already old and frail, had suffered organ injuries, and given her resignation to death, her life force was rapidly diminishing!

In the end, despite using all available means, Li Chengjing and others could not save Li Shiting, and she perished above this vast ocean.

When Li Zhirui recovered some mana, the first news he heard was of this tragedy, and he was completely stunned.

He never imagined that Mrs. Ting would die in this war!

Li Shiren might have felt some empathy, as from then on, he would be the only one left from the generation of the clan with the ʼShiʼ character in their names!

He increasingly became decayed, and Li Zhirui even suspected that if it werenʼt for needing to teach Jiang Fengwu about Formations, he might have also lost the will to live.

What others found even more unexpected was that, at the moment of Li Shitingʼs last breath, Li Zhiyue, who was undergoing a secluded breakthrough in the Spirit Cave, seemed to have sensed something!

The Golden Core gate that had always been closed to her suddenly opened at that moment!

She, like a plant in the desert, crazily absorbed the insights, forging an excellent foundation for herself.

The outside worldʼs Spiritual Energy also formed a small vortex due to Li Zhiyueʼs breathing, attracting the attention of all the clan members within the territory, including Jiang Fengwu.

”This is...” Jiang Fengwu watched the scene with some surprise, having gone through a similar experience herself.

If she remembered correctly, the person currently breaking through was Li Zhiyue!

”I wonder how the great battle is going,” Jiang Fengwu worried, concerned that she alone might not be able to fulfill her role as a protector.

However, because she didnʼt know the situation on the battlefield, she dared not use the Communication Talisman, fearing that in a moment of crisis, it might put Li Zhirui in danger.