Li Ling chuckled and raised his hands as if to surrender. "Okay, you got . What a clever plan to catch a thief in the act. So, what’s going to happen next?"
Song Yan’s smile beca less friendly as he did not understand why Li Ling could remain calm, which indicated that the lad felt that he had sothing to rely on against the threat he faced. This made the Fourth Realm Elder hesitate, but he still sent a ssage to the sect reinforcents he had called earlier to hurry it up.
The realm gap was there, as he assud that Li Ling could only be at the peak of the third realm at most during this short period of ti. He couldn’t actually gauge the young man’s level because Li Ling kept the Mana Regressing Art fully activated in order to maintain his stealthy nature when traveling through subspace.
In fact, it was this very uncertainty that contributed to why Song Yan had not yet attacked heavily, mainly monitoring Li Ling sharply with eyes full of suspicion while opting to distract him with the details of how he had been outplayed. Even with two Fourth Realm beings, Song Yan couldn’t help but feel so apprehension in his heart, his Purple Mansion giving him warning signs.
Song Yan even decided to overestimate Li Ling and assu that he had sohow used three weeks to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, sothing that made next to no sense and was almost entirely impossible, but he did not want to be caught off guard due to preconceptions.
"What happens now is that you will surrender and co with back to the sect for a trial. After your cris are read, we will notify your sect of what you did, which would be enough justification for us to seek revenge, especially if you were careless enough to get caught." Song Yan revealed with a playful smile, outwardly exuding the confidence that he didn’t have internally.
Li Ling tapped his chin thoughtfully. "Hmmm, after thinking about it..."
He then glanced at Song Yan with folded arms, a smile tugging at the corner of his lips. "No, I don’t think I will."
Song Yan’s smile faded as he knew that the play could not go on any longer. As such, his expression beca neutral as he pointed a finger at Li Ling. "That is not up to you anymore, Young Man. Co quietly or co with your limbs and cultivation crippled, the choice is yours."
Even though he said this, Song Yan did not actually give Li Ling a choice as his pointed finger launched a surge of power towards Li Ling, taking the form of a Rolling Boulder that grew in size as it hurtled towards Li Ling, looking like it would crush him into a pulp once it connected.
Li Ling felt the aura of the boulder and raised an eyebrow, knowing that he definitely could not withstand this casual attack. The gap was just too big for even Perfection-stage daoist arts or special physiques to cross, being sothing that was akin to ’absolute power’ that could invalidate all ’trickeries’.
Luckily, he still had sothing he could use, as the young man took a step forward and disappeared, causing the Rolling Boulder to rush past his location and dissipate into earth elents that returned to Song Yan, who was frowning heavily. He did not see or sense how Li Ling disappeared, making him beco vigilant and alert for a sudden sneak attack from the latter.
However, when nothing happened for a second or two, he was initially puzzled and skeptical, because how could that vindictive brat not use this chance to get his revenge?
Then Song Yan’s face changed greatly as he glanced downwards, and what he saw sent him into such a rage that his hair began to stand on end.
Li Ling, instead of running away using whatever miraculous thod he utilized to avoid Song Yan’s attack, had sohow sneaked into the number 5 marketplace’s core despite its grade three barrier being active, and had spat out a full-power Fire Stream Art that covered the entire market, setting all beings within on fire.
｢System Prompt: You have gained 102,825 Slaughter Points.｣
The young man chuckled with glee at the huge payout and was about to finish off the stragglers who had managed to resist the initial attack and were persisting futilely when he heard a roar of rage co from above.
"LI LING! HOW DARE YOU!!"
Looking up, Li Ling saw the enraged vajra-looking Song Yan who was furiously rushing over on the back of his mount, a long brown naginata in hand that was definitely at the fourth grade in terms of quality from the aura it was giving out.
"Oh, he’s quite angry, isn’t he?" Li Ling exclaid to himself in mock surprise, sothing which Song Yan both heard and saw, which elevated his fury by one tier.
"Die! THUNDEROUS CRASH!" Song Yan roared without saying anything further, charging his naginata with thick greenish-brown energy that ford the visage of a giant slab of rock as he threw it downward with such force that the weapon broke the sound barrier.
Li Ling’s face changed to one of fear and horror as he covered his face with terror, screaming. "No! Don’t kill please! I don’t want to die!"
However, his words fell on deaf ears as the thrown weapon stopped for no one, crashing into the grade 3 barrier of the market and destroying it with ease as it had no controllers at the mont, unleashing the rest of its power onto the market, causing the two mountains which were covered with flas to be leveled, shattering piece by piece like peeling a hard-boiled egg.
SHABOOOM!
A huge shockwave erupted after the mountain was elevated, spreading the remnant force for a few miles around that caused any ambient wildlife or shrubbery to be shattered into pieces. The smoke and dust cleared to reveal a scene of utter devastation, as if soone had dropped a small nuclear warhead atop what used to be this marketplace, only leaving a scene of utter desolation.
Song Yan frowned as his mount ca to hover in the sky above the forr marketplace, stretching a hand downward as his brown naginata flew back into his grip with ease. Wielding the weapon while riding his giant horned snake, he continually scanned the debris with his soul sense, making sure he didn’t miss either the corpse or spirit of Li Ling.
However, no matter how hard or how deeply he searched, he could not find a hint of Li Ling, which made him start to entertain a shocking notion.
It couldn’t be that he actually survived that, could it?
As if to confirm his thoughts, Li Ling suddenly spoke from the center of the debris, coughing loudly as he waved his hands to clear the remnant dust.
"Gefum! Fellow Daoist, can’t you be more gentle to nature? Have you never heard of global warming? I will report you to the EPA!" Li Ling threatened with red eyes from dust and high-pitched coughs as if he had contracted tuberculosis.
Song Yan saw this and was initially flabbergasted, then beca even angrier because which cultivator at their level would be bothered by re dust? Clearly, Li Ling was exaggeratedly acting in order to mock him, not to ntion his confusing words which made no sense!
Seeing that he had enraged his foe, Li Ling cut the act and stood up with folded arms, smiling with mild amusent. "Fellow Daoist, don’t get high blood pressure. I am only doing this because I care about you and your future, wanting to drill it into your mind that not every person you et on the street can be ssed with."
Saying this, Li Ling didn’t continue to posture as his Purple Mansion was warning of new presences rapidly closing in that were on par with Song Yan, so he simply cupped his fists respectfully and entered subspace, rushing away to his planned escape route.
Seeing him disappear like that once more, even evading his soul sense, Song Yan was both surprised and confused. He obviously did not think that Li Ling had reached the Void Refinent realm nor did he think he had any void physique.
Rather, he suspected that Li Ling either had a stack of Void Breaking Talismans, which was possible but extrely wasteful, or that he had learned so shadowy or ghostly yin elent technique from the Six Paths Demon Sect, which seed more likely to Song Yan.
Whichever it was, he couldn’t use it forever, especially after wasting a few attempts over here. So before his compatriots even arrived, Song Yan quickly gave the order for the entire Qing Shan Sect to mobilize and search for Li Ling, even if they needed to dig three feet into the ground!
No matter what, that demonic scoundrel could not be allowed to leave after all he had done!
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