The Emperor Reigns Them All

Chapter 203 The First Battle (4)

Getting furious, Wujizi laughed at Li Ye’s arrogant words. He looked at Li Ye like looking at an idiot. “Are you crazy? Even though you have good fighting abilities and you can defeat Wuyazi who is partly in Foundation-building Stage, I’m really in the Spiritual Master Realm! I admit that you’re perceptive for you can see through my realm. But so what? Can you break it?”

Speaking of this, Wujizi shouted in a low voice. He suddenly rushed forward and pressed his palm toward Li Ye again. “You’re just in Level 9 of Qi-refining, so even though you can see through my realm, you also have to die! I will let you know the world is all insects before the Spiritual Master Realm!”

Li Ye twitched his mouth and sneered. “Since I can see through it, of course, I can break it.”

While he finished his words, he disappeared.

With Wujizi’s cultivation, he couldn’t find out how Li Ye disappeared. He was shocked about that. Without a target, his realm lost most of the effect. After all, the attack range of Level 1 of the Spiritual Master Realm was not large. If he wanted to suppress his opponent’s cultivation, he had to try his best.

Fortunately, Li Ye soon appeared above Wujizi and stabbed him with his sword.

“As long as you appear, you won’t escape the suppression of my realm!” Wujizi sneered and slapped Li Ye.

But at this moment, a green lotus appeared in front of Wujizi suddenly. It was crystal clear, emitting starlight. It was holy, beautiful, and not like the thing in the human world. When the green lotus bloomed, Wujizi was shocked and found that the Spiritual Qi in his body flowed slowly. Although the change was small and it didn’t have a substantial effect on the power, it did happen.

Wujizi was surprised that a cultivator in Level 9 of Qi-refining could, in return, influence the cultivator in the Spiritual Master Realm on mobilizing his Spiritual Qi. But then he sneered and said, “Your cultivation doesn’t work at all...”

He stopped abruptly before he could finish his words as if he were grabbed by the neck. After the first green lotus bloomed, the second one appeared so that the Spiritual Qi in Wujizi’s body flowed more slowly.

Moreover, the third and the fourth green lotuses appeared one after another after that. Soon the fifth, the sixth, the seventh... Instantly, there were many green lotuses in front of Wujizi.

There were no other things in his sight, and he couldn’t see other things either because the green lotuses covered the sky like snowflakes flying all over the sky. They had already covered the whole world!

Wujizi felt that he was like in an illusory space. There was nothing here but the green lotuses which covered the sky and the sun. Meanwhile, Wujizi couldn’t feel the Spiritual Qi in his body anymore. No matter how hard he tried to touch, to feel and to summon, there was nothing in his body, not even the Ocean of Qi.

It was as if he were an ordinary man, not a cultivator and there had never been Spiritual Qi in his body!

It made Wujizi’s face bloodless instantly, and the tide of terror enveloped him.

At this moment, an indifferent voice was heard in the illusory space. “Your realm can suppress cultivators’ cultivation? Unfortunately, I can do that, too.”

Wujizi heard the words very clearly and it sounded in his ear, but he couldn’t see that person and couldn’t make out where the voice came from. While the words finished, Wujizi suddenly felt unprecedented danger coming at him, like cold ice and a sharp arrow. It went right through his chest in a second, making his every hair shake!

“No! This is impossible! This is a territory! How could you have a territory as a cultivator?!”

Wujizi’s face became ferocious and he hit the green lotuses, which were flying all over the sky, with his palms constantly. However, the green lotuses were obviously in front of him, but it seemed that they didn’t exist. No matter what he did, he couldn’t touch them. “This is not the territory. This is an illusion. Do not confuse me!”

Suddenly, the crystal clear green lotuses were broken into pieces one by one. The place was filled with dense starlight. The sky was ablaze with light like millions of fireflies flying in the air. All the scenes became dreamlike and seemed unreal.

In the flowing light, a flash of sharp purple light suddenly appeared in front of Wujizi and approached him quickly. Wujizi’s first instinct was to run away as he saw the purple light because he felt himself in great danger. The purple light gave him a greater sense of danger than anything else.

The purple light was gone in a flash, like a shadow. Before Wujizi could step out, he was stiff abruptly and fixed there. Blood spurted from his neck and his head soared high in the air.

After his head flew away from the neck, his consciousness didn’t immediately disappear, so clarity returned to his eyes. The blue sky, white clouds, mountains, wildernesses, the battlefield, and the cavalry now appeared in his flying vision.

Finally, his vision shook and was fixed on the ground. He saw his headless body still standing up and Li Ye returning his sword to its sheath behind his body.

Li Ye turned to glance at Wujizi’s body. This cultivator of Zhongnan Mountain in the Spiritual Master Realm had been dead under his sword. Li Ye wasn’t easy. His guts churned and he felt a tightness in his chest. He didn’t feel better until he spurted out a mouthful of blood.

Li Ye had a deep understanding of the cultivation and the territory of the Spiritual Master Realm. He could kill Wujizi on the spot with his Level 9 of Qi-refining strength because he used the similar move to the Spiritual Master Realm and the powerful cultivation methods of “Purple Clouds from the East”. But he paid a high price. There were injuries in his meridians and viscera, which needed time to recover. In addition, the Spiritual Qi in his Ocean of Qi was empty, so he had no power to fight anymore in the short term.

However, with this practical experience, it would be easier and smoother and he would feel better when he used the same skill next time.

The three thousand soldiers of the Wolf Tooth Army defeated Zhu Zhen’s troops. Li Ye glanced at the battlefield and saw Zhu Zhen fleeing. If nothing went wrong, the Wolf Tooth Army would win the battle.

Zhu Zhen was a great general, and his five thousand cavalries was also an elite one and much better than the ordinary army. After Wujizi was dead, Zhu Zhen knew he couldn’t succeed, so he retreated decisively.

After Shangguan Qingcheng chased them for 15 kilometers with her troops, she didn’t continue to chase because she was afraid that they would have helpers in Dengzhou.

Even so, Zhu Zhen lost half of the elite when counting the results after the battle. They were Zhu Wen’s best cavalries. As Zhu Wen lost half of the elite, he would definitely be heartbroken and his strength would be greatly weakened.

This was the first battle of the Wolf Tooth Army and also the first battle between the official troops and Zhu Wen. It was a great victory.

Needless to say, when all the troops heard the news, the official troops would surely have high morale, while Zhu Wen’s troops would inevitably have low morale. It was absolutely good news for the coming battle.

Shangguan Qingcheng took people to clean up the battlefield. Li Ye found a place to restore energy, and the Senior and Junior Priestesses were still guarding behind him.

The Senior Priestess was injured in the battle, but it was not serious and had no impact on her action. She looked as usual and had no special expression. But the Junior Priestess frowned with an unhappy face. She seemed to have many problems on her mind and looked pitiful. Her tiny body was encased in armor, making her look like a small snail.

When Li Ye went to communicate with Shangguan Qingcheng about the battle situation, the Senior Priestess looked at the Junior Priestess seriously, grabbing her hand, and asked with concern, “Are you all right? Are you badly hurt?”

The Junior Priestess shook her head.

The Senior Priestess got close with the Junior Priestess, so she knew her well. She comforted her. “Li Ye, that fellow, can’t be measured by common sense and he is a freak, so you don’t have to compete with him. He is the only person who can defeat the master in the Spiritual Master Realm with Level 9 of Qi-refining cultivation all over the world. Such a fellow cannot be called a person, so we don’t have to compare ourselves to him.”

The Junior Priestess glanced at the Senior Priestess blankly. It seemed that she wondered why the Senior Priestess would say such words.

The Senior Priestess was stunned for a while and thought if she was wrong about the Junior Priestess. But it was impossible. Since the Junior Priestess was defeated and captured by Li Ye that day, she was not convinced of Li Ye. With her competitive temper, she thought to defeat Li Ye and save face all the time. How could she survive that three years when she was alone in the enemy camp without this belief?

But the affairs of the world were inconstant. Li Ye improved his cultivation from Level 7 to Level 9 of Qi-refining in three years, so the Junior Priestess had a slimmer chance to defeat Li Ye.

However, the Junior Priestess had been in Level 9 of Qi-refining for a long time and had deep accumulation, so it was possible that she would reach the Spiritual Master Realm faster than Li Ye. Therefore, she still had hope.

However, the Junior Priestess felt disheartened and helpless as she saw Li Ye defeating the cultivator in the Spiritual Master Realm today. She was dejected because of that.

The Senior Priestess looked at the Junior Priestess oddly and suddenly realized that maybe it was not exactly what she thought. Following the Junior Priestess’ gaze, the Senior Priestess saw Li Ye talking with Shangguan Qingcheng. She was completely confused now.

Perhaps only the Junior Priestess herself knew that she was disappointed not because she couldn’t defeat Li Ye but because she made no contribution to the battle just now. Li Ye defeated Wujizi depended on his own. As Li Ye’s guard, the Junior Priestess failed to perform her duties. She was disappointed because of self-accusation, the same as she was captured by Li Ye.

After cleaning up the battlefield and simply treating the wounded, the Wolf Tooth Army slowly retreated.

As Zhu Zhen was defeated, Zhu Wen was likely to get angry and send the troops to go out of the city. If the Wolf Tooth Army continued to move forward, it was possible to be attacked face to face. Even though the possibility was low, caution was more important than strategy on the battlefield, so Li Ye didn’t take it lightly.

A few days later, the troops came to join the Wolf Tooth Army and set off for Dengzhou.

As Li Ye expected, the tens of thousands of the official troops were very excited and eager to fight as they heard the news that the three thousand cavalries of the Wolf Tooth Army had defeated the most elite five thousand cavalries of Zhu Wen and killed over two thousands of them.

Originally, in the view of the official troops, Zhu Wen had experienced elites and was difficult to defeat because he occupied Dengzhou, so they had low morale. But now, with this victory, they were inspired.

The soldiers were eager to attack the city, and the valiant generals pleaded with Li Ye to agree with them to be the vanguard.

Of course, some people were not so positive, such as Wang Shu, the general of Caizhou.