I Don t Want to Get Hurt, So I ll Max Out My Defense

Chapter 893: Chapter 894: Heading to the Coast Side
 

“Damn, what the hell is this!”

The white-haired elder shuddered with fright, never expecting a human figure to burst out from the flames in this core area, and he seemed somewhat familiar.

“You are Li Xiaobai!”

After seeing the true face in the flames, his pupils constricted. The one he had been pursuing all along had been hiding in this blaze, waiting for his arrival. Didn’t this mean that the previous three perilous situations were all this guy’s doing?

“Elder, it was quite difficult for you to reach this place; you can die now.”

From within the flames, Li Xiaobai swept his longsword, releasing the full force of the Demon-Sealing Sword Evocation. A dark sword glow aimed directly for the old man’s throat. At the same time, a blood-drenched heart appeared behind him, floating and pulsating in the void. Numerous bloody tendrils stretched from all directions, aiming to drain the old man dry.

If he had been in his prime within the Heavenly Immortal Realm, he naturally would not have clashed directly with the sharp edge, but after being weakened by three swords, the old man was now severely injured and his spirit was at its lowest, not devoid of fighting power.

“Slash!”

The elder, furious and distraught from losing all his disciples and reaching this point only to find it was all a scheme, felt deeply hurt. He swung his long blade, and in an instant, nine beams of light slashed out, smashing the dark sword glow to pieces with unmatched speed. However, he froze as the shattered sword intent didn’t disperse but clung to his nine beams of blade light, rapidly devouring and corroding them, turning to ashes in just a few breaths.

Meanwhile, over ten bloody tentacles stealthily attacked from behind, piercing through the old man’s body and frantically sucking out his energy.

“This is the Blood Demon Sect’s secret technique, Heart of the Blood Demon. Why can you use it?”

“You are from the Blood Demon Sect!”

“I have long seen that your actions carry the style of the Demon Path. Speak, what are your purposes for stirring up storms in the Eastern Continent!”

Feeling the rapid draining of his power, the white-haired elder paled with shock, his eyebrows raised, he shouted sternly.

“Die!”

Li Xiaobai did not respond. He knew that the elder’s questions were just an attempt to buy time to heal his injuries. His sword continued to slash fiercely at the old man. In the void, the Heart of the Blood Demon pulsated, draining a vast amount of his Immortal Yuan. The elder’s complexion turned deathly pale, and he flickered, turning into a beam of escaping light attempting to flee.

Above the heavens, snowflakes fluttered down once more, and a dark red sunset slowly rose. The lava waves transformed into a primordial fierce beast that swallowed the elder whole.

The light in the elder’s eyes dimmed, and vaguely, he seemed to see a young man carrying three swords slowly approaching.

“It was all the work of these three swords, truly worthy of the Sword Sect.”

“But you are now a marked man by my Blade Sect. After today, the Blade Sect will relentlessly pursue you. No matter where you flee, even to the ends of the earth, you only have one path—death!”

The elder’s face was pale and bloodless, extremely weak.

“I’ll be waiting.”

Li Xiaobai raised his sword and decapitated the elder. The Demon-Sealing Sword Evocation turned him to ashes. The void burst open with a massive amount of resources scattering everywhere, laying a fortune that a veteran expert of the Heavenly Immortal Realm possessed—something incomparable to mere disciples. Just the top-grade Immortal Stones alone numbered in the hundreds of thousands, not to mention countless elixirs and Magic Treasures.

Above his head, a red glow flickered, and a “Sin Value” of “Three Hundred Thousand” emerged.

Killing this Heavenly Immortal realm elder increased Xiaobai’s Attribute Points by fifty thousand, but the opponent only had five thousand virtues. Killing someone with virtue would increase his Sin Value tenfold. Unfortunately, most cultivators generally had low virtues, and even multiplying it by ten couldn’t compare to the Sin Value gained from killing a demon head.

The ranking on the List of Villains moved up slightly, but it remained in the least noticeable, trailing end of the list.

“I must leave the Eastern Continent quickly; the Heavenly Immortal realm is still quite fierce. Time to slip away.”

“Well done, this is for you.”

Xiaobai threw a Huazi to each of the three longswords, then a golden chariot appeared beneath his feet, transforming into a streak of golden light and disappearing.

At dusk, Xiaobai found a city with a Teleportation Formation that could directly transport cultivators to the edge of the Eastern Continent’s coast.

This Teleportation Formation, situated atop a large arena, could accommodate five hundred people at a time, costing each person ten top-grade Immortal Stones to use. Following the crowd, Xiaobai paid with Spirit Stones and entered the formation. This area was far from the Sword Sect, so no one recognized him yet.

The number of cultivators heading to the coast was surprisingly high, but most of them were generally of low realm. These people usually survived by capturing Demonic Beasts from the Sea Clan and exchanging them for resources, living off the sea.

“Make way, Blade Sect Inner Sect Disciple Mei Yisi is here, all others quickly step aside!”

Just as the teleportation was about to start, a group of cultivators in black shirts and carrying long blades burst in. The gold thread on the front of their shirts formed a large character for “blade,” clearly marking them as disciples of the Blade Sect.

Xiaobai frowned slightly. The golden chariot was not slow; how could the Blade Sect’s men have caught up so quickly? Moreover, the disciples who came this time seemed to have very average cultivation levels.

“Everyone off, this time the teleportation is for Blade Sect disciples first, the rest of you wait for the next one!”

A Blade Sect disciple yelled in a throaty voice.

“Sir, could you please accommodate us? The Teleportation Formation only operates every half hour, and I am in urgent need to trade for Immortal Stones. I really can’t wait!”

“Exactly, Lord Mei, can’t we all just squeeze in a little? The space in the Teleportation Formation is quite ample!”

The cultivators inside the formation pleaded with grim faces, their eyes full of fear, clearly bullied by Mei Yisi on regular days.

Hearing the clamor from the crowd, the attendant disciple immediately became furious, his voice restrained, “Rubbish, what right do you have to ride the same Teleportation Formation as my Brother Mei?”

“And I’m not afraid to tell you, Brother Mei just received news that a demon head named Xiaobai is rushing to the coast. He ordered us to capture him. Brother Mei, as an Earth Immortal realm power, manages myriad affairs. If he is delayed by you and misses his military exploits, can you afford the responsibility?”

The toady said disdainfully, a bunch of incompetents daring to defy them, truly oblivious to the word ‘death.’

Stirred by these words, the crowd became restless again. There was a demon head fleeing to the coast and their lives could be in danger if they went now. It indeed made sense to let the Blade Sect experts go first to capture him, so they could continue their trading.

In an instant, the crowd dispersed, jumping off the Teleportation Formation one by one with extremely respectful expressions, “Thank you, Lord Mei, for your righteous action!”

“Hmm.”

Mei Yisi snorted coldly, hands behind his back, leading his followers slowly onto the platform. At that moment, there was still one figure standing motionless on the platform, completely ignoring the Blade Sect’s words.

Mei Yisi’s eyebrows furrowed, “Who are you, and why haven’t you left yet?”