Chapter 785: Long Life Valley Brawl

It seemed as if he met Mr. Bai's deep gaze. Li Fan's heart instantly stopped. "As expected, I was right!" he thought. "The first thing he'll do after resurrecting is to get his hands on Huanzhen." Li Fan's spiritual senses screamed a warning, as he put himself in Mr. Bai's shoes. The thought of a powerful being, whose strength was equivalent to countless Dao Integration experts combined, about to come knocking, made him feel as though a black cloud was pressing down on a city, the immense pressure nearly stifling his breath.

He exhaled slowly, forcing himself to calm down. The Dao Transformation Stone crystal in his mind operated at its peak, as he pondered if there were any omissions in his preparations. But he also knew that in the face of such a vast disparity in strength, all calculations ultimately depended on luck!

"My life shall not end!" In this moment of life and death, and without Huanzhen to rely on, Li Fan, however, felt his tension gradually disappear, his mind becoming perfectly clear. All distracting thoughts vanished as he calmly considered possible countermeasures.

"Although I've lost the physical connection with Sacred Embryo Xu Bai, this 'loss' might only be a one-way, simple blockage," he mused. "I cannot rule out the possibility that Mr. Bai can still sense my situation through the clone Xu Bai, or even through the contamination of his main body. Therefore, the first step is to discard the clone Xu Bai, attempting to sever or weaken his connection with me. Otherwise, any plan would be transparent to him. And next..." Li Fan frowned, deducing and considering all the possibilities that might unfold. At the same time, he waited for Mr. Bai's arrival.

However, Mr. Bai's speed of approach seemed much slower than anticipated. A full incense stick's worth of time passed, yet his figure was nowhere in sight. "Could it be that he went to find Dongfang Yao first, to eliminate those lingering shadows?" Li Fan's thoughts stirred, and upon checking, he found both Dongfang Yao and the lingering shadows were unharmed. "Then where did he go?" A hint of doubt flashed in his mind.

However, he soon vaguely guessed a possibility. He believed that with Mr. Bai's current strength, he could easily teleport, breaking through spatial restrictions, to arrive in the Valley of Eternal Life. But one must not forget that the Celestial Venerable of Transmission was above the firmament, watching and observing the Xuanhuang Realm. Such a conspicuous action would be tantamount to deliberately exposing himself. Therefore, Mr. Bai might have adopted a method that would not appear abnormal: "walking slowly." Of course, this "slow walk" was relative to "teleportation."

"Regardless, it should be soon," Li Fan muttered, sitting in the center of his cultivation chamber. Meanwhile, the clone Xu Bai had quietly arrived at the entrance of the Valley of Eternal Life.

Li Fan's guess was correct. Not long after, the sealed spatial passage was suddenly opened. The patrolling Medicine King Sect disciples were astonished. When they stepped forward to investigate, they found that no one had actually arrived. Just as they were utterly bewildered, a figure appeared within the Valley of Eternal Life.

Before he could even steady himself or speak a single word, thousands of black malevolent energies, like countless flying insects, burst forth. They transformed into a sky full of flying swords, slashing towards Mr. Bai! Each strike was enough to severely wound a Dao Integration expert!

"Yushan?!" Liu San's shocked voice rang out. Those countless black malevolent swords were precisely unleashed by Jiang Yushan—her ultimate technique, the Ethereal Unfixed Sword. The Unfixed Sword Intent, imbued with monstrous malevolent energy, could easily destroy body and soul with a single strike. Under normal circumstances, Jiang Yushan's limit was simultaneously unleashing a thousand sword intents. But now, it was clearly beyond her maximum tolerable load. It was as if countless wounds were tearing open all over her body. Blood flowed from her entire body, even from the corners of her eyes. Such injuries might be inconsequential for new-method cultivators, but for old-method cultivators, they were extremely severe. Yet Jiang Yushan paid no heed. The endless black malevolent swords continuously struck, relentless until death!

Although he didn't know who this mysteriously appearing figure was, seeing Jiang Yushan fight so desperately, how could Liu San stand by and do nothing? "Fang Zaiji!" he roared, waking old Fang, who was still engrossed in artifact refining. At the same time, he swung both palms, sending forth green light. One stream of green light surged towards Jiang Yushan, repairing her injuries. The other stream of green light instantly transformed into thousands of threads, intending to bind Mr. Bai. Before the green threads even reached Mr. Bai, a colossal black hammer, resembling a small mountain, appeared above his head, about to crash down heavily.

The coordinated attack by the three Dao Integration experts of the Medicine King Sect was Li Fan's first prepared move. Jiang Yushan attacked first due to the influence of the second True Temptation Fruit she had consumed earlier; under Xu Bai's instruction, she launched a relentless assault. As long as Jiang Yushan was engaged in battle, Liu San would inevitably get involved. Fang Zaiji was also very likely to join the fight. Just one True Temptation Fruit could drive three Dao Integration experts into battle. Although the three Dao Integration experts of the Medicine King Sect were somewhat weaker than those of the new method, their combined strength was definitely considerable.

However, Mr. Bai seemed to have anticipated their encirclement. A gentle smile appeared on his face. His figure flickered, disappearing within the encirclement of thousands of malevolent energies, green threads, and the black hammer. At a speed that no one present could discern, he arrived one by one beside Liu San and the others. He extended his right index finger and gently tapped. The three Dao Integration experts instantly froze, as if they had lost all their abilities, and gently fell from mid-air to the ground.

It was then that Mr. Bai looked at the Dao Integration attacks that were still hovering in the air, about to unleash their power. He gently clenched his right hand. The fluctuations of those divine abilities instantly twisted like a ball of twine, drawn into his hand. Without any visible motion of dissolution, the small, spherical mass containing terrifying energy was absorbed into his body from his palm.

Liu San and the others were not injured. They landed safely on the ground, staring blankly at Mr. Bai, who bore a striking resemblance to the Sect Master's clone, Xu Bai. He had effortlessly subdued them with a mere gesture. Such strength was far beyond their imagination. "Celestial Venerable Changsheng? And why does he look exactly like the Sect Master's clone?" Countless questions instantly welled up in their minds. But before they could ponder further, another anomaly occurred.

A gigantic metal furnace, appearing from nowhere, swiftly hurtled towards Mr. Bai. Fine cracks were already visible on the furnace's surface. The moment it was about to reach Mr. Bai, it exploded with a roar. The furnace fragments scattered, but midway through their flight, they were swallowed by a mass of twisted, expanding beast flesh.

"Roar!" A gigantic mass of flesh appeared, upon which countless distorted, ferocious beast faces continuously emerged. From its myriad eyeballs, only violence and destruction gleamed. From the moment of its birth, the first thing it saw was Mr. Bai. The Emperor Beast let out a strange roar and violently charged towards him. From its body, countless tentacles instantly branched out, each carrying an aura of demonic energy, lashing forward.