And the moment before, Li Yan looked down because of the obstruction on his left hand, and found that the Gui Yi Water-Dividing Spear in his left hand was stuck in a layer of dim light. That was... that was half a piece of azure armor.
Amid the rippling water, there came waves of soft yet strong defensive force.
The reason why it is said to be half a piece is that the armor rose from the feet of the purple-robed bald man, but it only rose to the back, and the shield and the head were broken, and it stopped "growing" in an instant.
Just as Li Yan saw the half armor clearly, he was suddenly startled. The protective light shield on his body flashed wildly, and a blood mist appeared on the light shield.
In a hurry, he and Gong Shanhe were knocked far away by the huge force of the explosion of blood and essence. The protective shields on their bodies lasted less than a breath before they were torn into pieces, like kites scattered in the wind.
Fortunately, both of them are veterans who have walked on the brink of life and death countless times. Their reaction to danger has long surpassed their spiritual senses.
Within a breath, the two of them moved incredibly fast, posting defensive talismans one after another as if they were free.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
Just like the firecrackers on New Year's Eve, with the continuous sound, dazzling flames burst out from the surface of the two people's bodies as they flew backwards. The talismans could not even hold out for half a breath and all exploded.
However, since the two reacted too quickly, these talismans still helped them block a lot of power. At the same time, with the center of the fight between the three as the center, a terrifying destructive force spread out in all directions.
Two nearby islands, each with a radius of seventy to eighty miles, seemed to have been wiped out from the sea. In a moment, all the reefs, mountains, trees, and monsters on the islands disappeared completely.
It was like a bottle placed on the table, swept away by someone's palm, leaving no trace.
In the sky above, a huge black hole crack appeared, which was three hundred feet in diameter. A strong suction force appeared inside, sucking up the sea water below, forming a "dragon sucking water" scene that was hundreds of miles in diameter.
In an instant, a huge dark pit appeared on the sea below. This was even more terrifying than the hundreds of miles of sea water that was pulled up when the purple-robed man performed his magic.
All the sea water rushed into the huge black hole crack above, and the ancient mountains and various strange reefs and corals under the seabed were revealed one by one.
It’s just that the seabed is too deep, and it’s pitch black at the deeper part, so you can’t see clearly, and it gives you a dark and scary feeling…
Li Yan, flying backwards, flew into the "Dragon Sucking Water" as if riding on the clouds.
His back knocked apart the thick water curtain that was stirred up between the sky and the earth, connecting the sky and the sea. Amid a violent cough, blood foam came out of his mouth.
Thousands of miles away, "cough cough cough...", feeling the force outside the body that could still tear everything apart, but with Li Yan's strong body, he was able to withstand it.
As the mana in his body circulated crazily, Li Yanfei's retreat speed finally slowed down. Suddenly, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, and his figure immediately shot out horizontally and rushed into the water curtain again.
In an instant he was three hundred miles to the other side. He stretched out his hand into the stormy sea and with another sudden pull, his five fingers had caught something.
It was a blue water droplet the size of half a fist, flashing a dim blue light. After being caught by Li Yan, it burst into an even brighter light, and jostled left and right in Li Yan's hand, as if trying to escape.
The moment Li Yan's magic power was firmly under control, a talisman appeared in his other hand and then fell on the blue water droplets.
As soon as Fu Lu fell, the light on the surface of the blue water droplets quickly dimmed and then became motionless.
As soon as Li Yan put away these things, he turned to look to the side. The water curtain was pierced by a figure, and Gong Shanhe had rushed over from another direction.
The two looked at each other and saw that the other was seriously injured.
The clothes of both men were tattered. Under the rags, there was a big hole in Li Yan's chest, and the continuous rise and fall of the lungs could be seen clearly.
Some broken tendons and flesh were mixed in with it, like a field of scarlet weeds, and there was blood all over the body.
But there was a flash of silver light in the big hole, and a large amount of surging blood was wrapped up by an invisible force and could not flow out of the body.
There were countless other scars of varying sizes on his body, with deep blood grooves crisscrossing one after another, which was shocking to see.
Gong Shanhe's situation was not much better than his. His legs had completely disappeared from the thighs, leaving only half of his body. He flew over like this.
The magic-level robe turned into pieces of rags, and white bone streaks appeared on the right shoulder, as if a sharp bone knife had stabbed in from behind and out from the shoulder socket in front, and blood and flesh were splattered all over his face.
The two just looked at each other and spoke in unison.
"Walk!"
The time they had been fighting with the purple-robed bald man was more than twenty breaths in total. Such commotion had already attracted strong men, and several powerful auras were flying from a distance.
Fortunately, Li Yan had a plan in advance and deliberately dragged the other party to fly here. Li Yan had been chased for more than half an incense stick of time, and the sea area where the "Broken Sea Beast" was located was also in another direction.
Li Yan and the other person could sense that those flying over included both human cultivators and monsters; they should be the strong ones from the wind beast clan.
As soon as the two finished speaking, they rushed into the water curtain. It was not until this time that the huge black hole in the sky disappeared.
The seawater that was sucked in the air turned into layers under the remaining suction force, like a layered water curtain, and fell into the sea below...
Two years later, in an endless ocean with no end in sight, some low-level sea monsters were swimming through the water under the reflection of the sea water.
Some seabirds stretched out their wings in the air and glided in elegant arcs. Occasionally, they touched the sea surface below with their wing tips and flew up again, leaving behind a string of sparkling water droplets in the sun, and their crisp chirping echoed through the heavens and earth.
Thousands of feet below the sea, there is a mountain range that rolls and undulates like an ancient behemoth. The seabed is pitch black and dead silent.
Those overlords who can swim in the sea will only come to such depths after reaching the fourth level or above. It is silent here all year round, and boundless darkness is the eternal color here.
At this moment, in a cave in this mountain range, two people were sitting cross-legged.
The entrance to the cave had long disappeared, having been covered by a magic array. Looking from the outside, there were only dark, bizarrely shaped reefs.
Inside the cave, which was originally filled with sea water, there was not even a drop of sea water, just like a normal cave outside.
Li Yan slowly opened his eyes and looked at Gong Shanhe who was not far ahead. The other party's breathing was steady and he was still breathing in and out.
After Li Yan felt his body, a smile appeared on his face. After swallowing a large amount of pills, his injuries were finally healed by about 80%.
The reason why he woke up at this time was that the elixir he swallowed last time had been completely refined by him. Two years ago, that battle still made Li Yan think of it. Even with his current cultivation, he still felt scared when he thought of it.
"The self-detonation of a late Nascent Soul cultivator is too terrifying. No wonder the Second Elder's self-detonation left the Qionglin Sect helpless under siege, and even allowed the Fifth Elder to escape!"
Li Yan was thinking in his heart, this was the first time he encountered a Nascent Soul cultivator self-destructing, and it was a great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage who self-destructed.
When he fought with others in the past, he always guarded against the opponent's dying counterattack, so there were basically no enemies who could self-destruct in front of him.
In addition, he had used various means in the past few years, and with the help of the "Vajra Zhenyue Formation", he was able to suppress Yan San at once. He really felt that he had no problem dealing with a great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage.
However, he ignored the various factors that trapped Yan San. Moreover, whether Yan San was really waiting to die in that battle, Li Yan didn't dare to say now.
But if Yan San used his last secret technique regardless of the consequences, he would most likely die. However, the biggest possibility was that the "Vajra Zhenyue Formation" sealed Yan San and prevented him from self-destructing.
The final result of the battle more than two years ago was beyond the expectations of Li Yan and Gong Shanhe. He and Gong Shanhe successfully ambushed the opponent, and when the opponent was caught off guard, the Gui Yi Fen Shui Spear in Li Yan's hand pierced into the opponent's body.
Li Yan was afraid that the other party would not die, so in an instant, he infused the tip of the thorn with seven kinds of poisons, all of which were powerful poisons that could kill Nascent Soul cultivators.
At the same time, Gong Shanhe also took the opportunity to shatter the protective light shield of the island master. When they thought they had won the game, they did not expect that the opponent's magic weapon that turned into the "Water-avoiding Golden Beast" was actually a defensive treasure.
The moment he sensed his master's death, he, who was only half a step slower than Li Yan, did not attack Li Yan, but directly transformed into a set of water armor to protect the island master.
But it was still a little slow, and the island master's sea of consciousness was still penetrated by Li Yan, but it blocked Li Yan's fatal blow to his Nascent Soul.
The soul of the great island master was already powerful. Although the first layer of the Guiyi Fenshui Stab Fu Bo Soul Killing Spear pierced part of his soul and touched his Nascent Soul, he actually regained consciousness in extreme pain.
He instantly realized that his physical body was destroyed and that he was on the verge of life and death, so he used the water armor to block the moment and immediately exploded his physical body.
A great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage self-destructed. Li Yan and Gong Shanhe were so close to each other, but fortunately their instinctive reaction was faster than their spiritual sense, and they retreated instantly.
Almost all the defensive talismans on their bodies were attached at an astonishing speed. One can imagine the defensive power of each talisman they carried on their bodies. These were prepared by the two before coming to "Qionglin Gate".
The accumulation of so many talismans removed a lot of the impact force. The protective light shields of the two of them, which were comparable to those of great monks in the late Nascent Soul stage, also played a crucial role and removed some of the impact force.
In the end, the two of them survived thanks to their powerful bodies that were almost at the pinnacle of physical cultivation in this world.
But they were still caught in the first wave of explosions. Gong Shanhe's legs, which stepped into empty air as he retreated, were destroyed on the spot and turned into nothingness. Li Yan also had a big hole in his right chest that almost went through him.
However, the island master's Nascent Soul took the opportunity to escape. Nascent Soul has the ability to teleport, which is faster than any escape speed of Li Yan and the others. The moment the opponent's body exploded, the Nascent Soul escaped from his body.
However, Li Yan's consciousness also captured the instantaneous light and shadow. When the other party entered the void, the Nascent Soul had already turned gray and black.
Li Yan and his men retreated thousands of miles and stabilized their bodies. They could no longer catch up with them.
Just after Li Yan stabilized his body, he actually felt the breath of the "Water-avoiding Golden-eyed Beast" that had attacked him before. The opponent was no longer in armor, but had turned back into a blue water bead.
I don't know if it was because the moment the island master's body exploded, his soul was injured and poisoned, and the only thought in his mind was to escape, or he thought that the armor could not be kept under the power of the self-explosion, so he didn't take it with him.
The magic weapon was also severely damaged and could no longer maintain its appearance as armor. However, after returning to its original water drop shape, it was actually blown hundreds of miles to Li Yan's side and finally fell into Li Yan's hands.
Li Yan and the others had no time to look for the storage ring and other storage devices on the island master.
Li Yan felt that under such a terrifying explosion, it was very likely that they had all been destroyed. Another possibility was that they had been sucked in by the huge black hole formed above.
As soon as the two of them sensed that a strong man was coming, they were both badly injured, so how could they dare to stay where they were? They fled for their lives at all costs.
Fortunately, the place chosen by Li Yan and Gong Shanhe for the attack was remote, and it was also possible that "Qionglin Gate" and "Pohai Beast" were on guard against each other.
After chasing them for an hour, those auras were getting farther and farther away from their base camp. Finally, the auras circled behind them for a while and then disappeared.
This made Li Yan and Gong Shanhe feel relieved. However, the two did not stop, and after swallowing the elixir, they desperately fled for nearly a month before entering a deserted deep sea area.
After opening the formation restriction, they began to practice and recover. The external injuries of the two of them had recovered during their escape outside, at least on the surface, they seemed to be fine.
Both of them are Nascent Soul cultivators, so regenerating severed limbs is not a difficult task at all. Moreover, both of them are top-notch physical cultivators, so their physical recovery is even faster.
However, the internal injuries in the body need to be healed with elixirs and cultivation. With internal injuries like theirs, it would take two normal practitioners decades or even a hundred years to recover.
But the power of the blood and essence of these two people was too strong, and Li Yan was carrying the blood and essence of the "Immortal Dark Phoenix". The speed at which the two recovered from their injuries was astonishingly fast, reaching an incredible level.
Just as Li Yan was about to take out the pill again, Gong Shanhe also opened his eyes. Although his face was still a little pale, there was already a divine light flowing in his eyes.
As he opened his eyes, he looked at Li Yan. Of course he could sense Li Yan's previous movements. The moment Li Yan sensed the other party's gaze, he immediately stopped moving.
"Why, are you planning to leave?"
"Well, it has been almost three years since I left the clan. Although I have the soul lamp in the clan, Ah Ying must be very anxious about this. I have recovered about 60% of my strength.
Moreover, I don’t know what happened to the seal in recent years. It has disturbed me and I can’t concentrate on my cultivation. I should go back as soon as possible!"
Gong Shanhe nodded. Li Yan stood up immediately after hearing this. The moment he saw Gong Shanhe's eyes, he knew this would be the result.
If it weren't for the first elder and the third elder in the clan, Gong Shanhe would probably have chosen to leave more than a year ago.
"Let's collect more information about 'Qionglin Gate' on the way!"
Gong Shanhe said another sentence, and Li Yan smiled slightly.
If nothing unexpected happened, "Qionglinmen" might have already declined or even disappeared.
How could they still contend with the "Sea-breaking Beast" after losing two Nascent Soul cultivators at once? Although the island master did not die, his soul had been injured, and he had also been poisoned by several deadly poisons from Li Yan.