These thoughts only flashed through Li Yan's mind. If he did that, Bai Rou and the other four would be more likely to die than live.
Although Li Yan's mentality is completely different now than before, he still cannot do such a thing.
Hence, a fierce look flashed in Li Yan's eyes, and he was about to use all his strength to mobilize the Qiongqi Purgatory Body blessed by the "Immortal Dark Phoenix". He felt that he should be able to barely withstand this dark golden light ball that contained the power of thunder.
At this moment, the formation below first made a "crunching" sound as if it could not bear the heavy weight, and then exploded into a ball of golden light.
At the same time, a dazzling white light suddenly appeared beside Li Yan, and in a flash it hit the center of the dark golden light ball. At the same time, Li Yan also heard a delicate cry of "Hurry!" That was Bai Rou's voice.
All this happened in an instant. A loud noise was heard above the heads of several people with pale faces. The loud noise seemed to shake the entire sky, and it instantly illuminated the sky and earth for dozens of miles.
Just before the others could react, another voice of shock and anger came from the air, "Golden Elixir Magical Treasure, actually has such a protective treasure..."
Then there was another loud noise, and then a figure rose rapidly towards the sky. It was the figure that Teng Wuji was avoiding.
At the same time, the Cloud-piercing Willow appeared under Li Yan's feet, and he shouted "Go!"
He reacted the fastest and already knew what was happening. He stepped on the Cloud-piercing Willow and moved in an arc to pick up the other six people. The next moment, he quickly fled out of the valley.
At the same time, Li Yan secretly said in his heart, "Senior Sister is too kind-hearted, what a pity!"
He knew that Bai Rou should have a life-saving protective item on her, but he didn't expect that this girl would use it so easily without hesitation.
What’s even more regrettable is that the terrifying power contained in that white light clearly showed that it was an offensive treasure, otherwise the demon cultivator wouldn’t have been in such a hurry to avoid it.
Bai Rou, however, chose to use it to defend everyone. It was clearly a subconscious action just now. She did not consider at all that this treasure was used to save her own life.
Teng Wuji was even more surprised as he retreated. If the small piece of jade ruler had attacked him unexpectedly instead of confronting him head-on, he would have had a 50% chance of being ambushed and injured.
The power of that small piece of jade ruler was so great that even he could not take it head-on. Not only did it disperse his "Dark Gold Lightning" in one fell swoop, but it also still had enough power to hit him back.
He had just used up half of his strength to block it. He was sure that the cultivator who had refined this small piece of jade ruler had definitely stepped into the late Jindan stage and was the kind of cultivator who was good at killing people.
Teng Wuji was certain that this small piece of jade ruler was extremely difficult to refine. It must have been mixed with an extremely rare refining material, which was why the small jade ruler was able to completely shatter his "Dark Gold Lightning" and still have enough energy to attack him.
"That girl must be a disciple of a very high status in the sect, otherwise no one would waste such refining materials that even they would envy to refine such a high-grade magic weapon for her. That magic weapon seals 60% to 70% of the magic power of a Jindan strong cultivator."
To achieve this step, the cultivator who refines the magic weapon will have to spend at least five years, or even more than ten years to slowly seal in the lingering aura of magic power bit by bit, leaving it to burst out with terrifying power to destroy the world at the last moment.
What made Teng Wuji most speechless was that such a treasure that was so difficult to refine was just a one-time high-powered attack magic weapon. It was simply a waste of resources.
"This group of cultivators is a bit strange. They allowed the core disciples to risk entering Zhouyang Town to cause trouble. They must be doing something unspeakable."
Teng Wuji was already an experienced man and he immediately thought of some possibilities. So in the next moment, he withdrew 30% of the force of the three fist-sized dark golden light balls that were attacking the six fleeing people.
Although Li Yan and the others blocked Teng Wuji's attack at this time, they would still be defeated at any time in front of a Jindan cultivator, especially a Jindan demon. The distance they escaped in an instant was still within the opponent's attack range and was not safe.
Li Yan and his companions had already reached the edge of the valley. If they accelerated further, they would rise into the air. However, at this moment, a cold laugh came from behind them, "Hehehe, you want to run? You'd better stay and let me search your soul!"
Li Yan and his companions were shocked to find that behind Chuanyunliu, three dark golden light balls were coming one after another like a string of meteors, as powerful as thunder and arriving in the blink of an eye. In such a short distance, their speed was actually half a point faster than Chuanyunliu.
"Not good!" The dark golden light ball quickly enlarged in the pupils of the people who turned their heads, reflecting the fear on their faces. Moreover, Hu Xiaowang and the other three subconsciously glanced at Bai Rou and Li Yan out of the corner of their eyes.
They hoped that the two of them might have treasures like the small piece of jade ruler just now. The master of these two people was a distinguished figure in the sect, so he should have other magic weapons on him.
But Bai Rou and Li Yan's faces showed fear and solemnity, and there was no gesture of hand gestures between them, which made everyone understand the outcome in an instant.
Li Yan knew best that, apart from the two "Ice Cloud Feathers" given by Wei Chongran, which were weapon-refining materials, he had no life-saving items like Bai Rou's small piece of jade ruler.
As his mind moved, just as the dark golden light ball caught up with Chuan Yunliu, the spiritual power in Li Yan's body surged violently, and Chuan Yunliu made a sharp turn, barely avoiding the attack of the first dark golden light ball.
Just as the first ball of dark golden light brushed past the side of the Cloud-piercing Willow and passed quickly, Li Yan and the other six felt that the spiritual energy around them suddenly disappeared. Everyone was instantly unable to breathe, and the force brought by the dark golden light ball was pressing directly against their bodies.
Even though the Cloud Piercing Willow itself was protected by a spiritual shield, a stream of energy still penetrated in, forcing their clothes to rustle. Without waiting for Bai Rou and the other four to react, Li Yan stomped on the Cloud Piercing Willow again, and the Cloud Piercing Willow began to glow with layers of emerald green light. It turned rapidly and suddenly fell to the ground.
At this moment, a sharp whistling sound that made their scalps tingle pierced the eardrums of the six people, causing expressions of pain to appear on the faces of the six people on the Piercing Cloud Willow.
Everyone knew that Li Yan had pushed the Cloud-Piercing Willow to its limit. Under his powerful spiritual sense, his reaction was beyond everyone's expectations. However, his cultivation level was ultimately unable to fully control the Cloud-Piercing Willow. The second ball of dark golden light arrived in an instant and hit the top of the Cloud-Piercing Willow's spiritual power shield.
Although the outer light shield of Chuanyunliu was hit, fortunately Li Yan was prepared.
There are two spirit stone slots on the Cloud-Piercing Willow, one at the head and the other at the tail. Shuang Qingqing had told Li Yan that if both slots were filled with medium-grade spirit stones, the cultivator would not need to use too much of his own spiritual power, and his speed would be comparable to the terrifying flying speed of a cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage.
However, to activate the spell, one needs to reach the late Jindan stage at least. The power of a mid-grade spirit stone is definitely not as simple as adding two hundred low-grade spirit stones together. Low-grade cultivators can often only make use of it slightly.
This is also the fundamental reason why Shuang Qingqing told him that although the Cloud-Piercing Willow is powerful, the controller must also have corresponding strength to truly bring it into play.
The total amount of spiritual power in Li Yan's body now cannot reach the requirements for activation. Otherwise, even if he exposed the true flying speed of the Cloud-Piercing Willow during his escape this time, he would use the spiritual energy generated by the mid-grade spirit stone to drive the Cloud-Piercing Willow to escape.
Although two mid-grade spirit stones are not enough to cast a spell, according to Li Yan's current real strength, plus the spiritual power increase brought by the Guishui Sutra, Li Yan can now barely unleash some of the power of a mid-grade spirit stone.
Normally, in order to achieve the fastest flying speed, he still used his own spiritual power to control it. However, when facing a middle-stage Jindan before, he had already embedded a medium-grade spiritual stone into the spiritual stone slot of the Chuanyun Willow, and used it entirely on the protective light shield.
Being able to unleash some of the power of the Cloud-piercing Willow that has a mid-grade spirit stone embedded in it, if this spiritual energy is used for flying, its speed will not be much faster than Li Yan's own control, and it cannot be controlled at will.
However, if this spiritual energy is applied to the spiritual power shield outside the Cloud-Piercing Willow, since the spiritual energy in the spirit stone is slowly accumulated and distributed on the shield, it can still greatly enhance the Cloud-Piercing Willow's own defense.
However, every time the spiritual power shield was attacked, it would take at least five breaths of time to recover to its strongest defensive state. For this reason, the light shield on the Piercing Cloud Willow was not broken immediately.
After the second dark golden light ball brushed against the light shield, it swayed in the air for a moment, like a small boat in a raging tide. Li Yan could no longer control it. As the Cloud-piercing Willow light shield flickered, a large amount of spiritual energy began to surge up and recover.
But then another loud explosion sounded outside the Cloud-piercing Willow, and circles of emerald green light bloomed in all directions like brilliant fireworks in the night sky.
This time, the third ball of dark golden light followed closely and hit the tail of the Cloud-piercing Willow solidly.
Now, the spiritual shield outside the Cloud-piercing Willow could no longer hold on. After a flash of green light, the light suddenly shrank inward. After bearing most of the power of the dark golden light ball, it made a "bang" sound like a mirror breaking, and turned into green dots that dissipated in the air.
At this moment, most of the dark golden light ball had been consumed, and it was as light as mist, but it still hit the six people on the Cloud-piercing Willow directly without any suspense.
There were crisp explosion sounds again. Feeling dizzy, the six people took out their magic weapons and spiritual power shields one after another.
Looking at the six people who were shouting one after another, Teng Wuji showed a sneer on his face, and slowly withdrew his hands, as if he was watching a group of clowns jumping around in panic.
Sure enough, the next moment, the sound of "thump" was heard continuously, and one after another human figures fell heavily to the ground from the air.
Fortunately, Li Yan had not had time to take off just now, and in order to avoid the second dark golden light ball, he fell to a height more than two people. The body of an immortal cultivator is certainly not comparable to that of a mortal, so he naturally could not die on the spot from this height.
Teng Wuji's face showed even more greed. "This flying magic weapon is definitely a high-grade magic weapon that can only be refined by a Yuanying cultivator. It's just wasted in the hands of such a low-level cultivator.
Just now, he withstood two attacks from his dark golden light ball, one on one side and one on the other. If he were to use it on his own hands, the effect he exerted would surely make other golden cores stare in awe. "
When Teng Wuji sneered, the smile on his face suddenly froze, because the result was different from what he expected. An incredible thought arose in his mind: "Is this... can I... hold on?"
He originally wanted to capture these monks alive and search their souls directly, so that he could get the answers he wanted to know, and at the same time obtain a magic weapon that made him jealous.
But what surprised him was that after a series of explosions, there were still five figures in the air.
Li Yan looked at Bai Rou beside him with a pale face. Just now, Li Yan relied on his physical body to withstand the force of the dark golden light ball hitting him.
The dark golden light ball made Li Yan feel numb and slightly tingling.
"This is the power of thunder and lightning!"