The Emperor Reigns Them All

Chapter 236 The Devil’s Power

The arhats followed. But none of them dared to leave the line and chased him at full speed.

Because Li Ye ran away like this more than once. After the initial melee, Li Ye fought quickly and decisively, and then he left immediately. He never gave the arhats a chance to besiege him. Relying on his speed, he launched a guerrilla war with the arhats.

“We can’t let him run away, or we’ll be punished!” The fifth and the sixth arhats were worried and hurried to speed up as they saw Li Ye opening the distance.

This was a dead end. Because of Li Ye’s speed, it would be impossible for them to catch up with him, if they didn’t speed up. But if they were able to catch up with him, they would die. However, the arhats had to chase him.

Li Ye jumped off a cliff and disappeared in front of the fifth and the sixth arhats.

“No!”

“There is a thick forest and a big river under the cliff. Don’t let him escape with the help of the terrain!”

While they were shouting hastily, they flew over the cliff.

But at this moment, a stream of cyan light rose steeply from the cliff. It went straight to the fifth arhat and instantly approached!

The fifth arhat had been staying alert. He was scanning the bottom of the cliff in case of Li Ye’s attack. But he didn’t expect that Li Ye did not jump off the cliff, but hid on the stone in front of the cliff.

The fifth arhat was unable to dodge this sudden attack from an unexpected position. As he saw the cyan light approaching, he quickly wielded his golden stick.

The golden stick hit the cyan light and instantly dissipated it.

The fifth arhat didn’t expect that he would succeed so easily, so he could not help feeling stunned and happy. But then, he could not help screaming out loud, because Li Ye arrived in front of him, and the sharp Luke Sword cut off his neck like a flash of lightning!

The fifth arhat’s head flew up high and was spinning in the sky. Li Ye grabbed his headless body and threw it at the sixth arhat.

The fifth arhat finally realized that the cyan light was just a cover for luring him to deal with it with all his strength, while Li Ye was hiding behind the cyan light. When he dissipated the cyan light, Li Ye had already fought with his sword.

“What a sinister devil...” The fifth arhat wanted to spoke, but he couldn’t. And then, he lost consciousness.

The sixth arhat’s sense told him that Li Ye was attacking the fifth arhat. Seeing the fifth arhat being killed, he was furious. He yelled at Li Ye with a ferocious expression and wielded his cane. Li Ye was calm and conveniently threw the fifth arhat’s body at him.

The sixth arhat was shocked as he almost hit the fifth arhat’s body. If he really hit it, it would turn into ashes, and then the fifth arhat would die without anything left.

The sixth arhat wanted to retrieve his cane, but he was alert and knew that he had no time to do so, so he hurriedly chopped his cane down again. However, his hesitation slowed his action. For Li Ye, this negligible time gap was his good chance to win.

Before the sixth arhat could chop his cane down, Li Ye approached, holding his sword. He looked cold. He pierced the sixth arhat’s chest with his sword.

The sixth arhat looked at Li Ye desperately with great hatred in his eyes. This devil was insane. He used the fifth arhat’s body as a cover, so the sixth arhat hesitated for a second. Otherwise, the sixth arhat would not have been killed. The sixth arhat, who grew up in the simple and pure place of Buddhism, had never encountered such a situation, so he could only nurse a grievance at this moment.

Li Ye left immediately. The sixth arhat still had consciousness, and he was glaring at Li Ye. At this moment, several techniques flew toward him and smashed him into ashes.

The other eight arhats caught up, shouting. When they saw Li Ye killing the sixth arhat, they knew he was sinister and treacherous and that they couldn’t have any hesitation, so they attacked him without mercy at all and had no time to leave the sixth arhat a whole body.

Li Ye looked back at the eight arhats behind him, without any emotions in his eyes. He sneered, and then, he jumped into the depth of the cliff and disappeared in the mist.

The eight arhats immediately chased him, without any hesitation.

Soon, blood splashed in the mist, and screams and roars were heard. The light of techniques dispelled the mist, and the thick forest and the big river under the cliff showed.

Li Ye, who had two more wounds on his body, jumped directly into the river. And there were only six of the eight arhats left.

“His Spiritual Qi has been exhausted, and his movement is obviously slow. Quick! Catch up with him!”

The thirteenth arhat shouted loudly. Li Ye paid a heavy price to kill two arhats just now. This arhat was aware that Li Ye’s breath was faint and that his injured movement indicated that his Spiritual Qi was nearly running out.

Even though they only had six people left, they would not miss such a good chance. They came to the riverside, but they saw nothing. Li Ye, who had jumped into the river, seemed to have disappeared. There was even no trace of blood on the river.

“Look up and down!” the thirteenth arhat shouted, “He can’t run away!”

After he spoke, four arhats searched up and down the river along both riversides. The thirteenth arhat jumped up and suddenly wielded his cane toward the river with force! His cane was shining golden light.

When the golden light fell into the river, a hole appeared in the middle of the river. It was so deep that one could see the bottom of the river. The water immediately rose, and the spray was splashing everywhere, blocking the sky and the sun. The river was rough, but the thirteenth arhat could see nothing. He frowned and concentrated on his perception.

But at this moment, a feeling of great danger struck him suddenly and made his breath stop for a second. The thirteenth arhat was startled and hurriedly looked around. But before he could see anything, Li Ye suddenly rushed out from the rising white water curtain. There was blood at the corner of his mouth, but his gaze was particularly ferocious. The Luke Sword sent out a stream of cyan light, straight to the thirteenth arhat.

The thirteenth arhat was shocked as he suddenly saw Li Ye. He hurriedly lifted the cane and wanted to protect himself, but he was a little slow. Li Ye flew past him, and the Luke Sword directly cut off his neck. Instantly, his blood sprayed like a spring. It rose and fell along with the white spray and water curtains.

The thirteenth arhat threw away his cane. He fell with his hand holding his neck, and his face was full of fear. Before he fell into the river, he heard Li Ye spoke out the word “idiot” coldly.

After Li Ye killed the thirteenth arhat, an arhat nearby reacted and wielded his golden knife toward Li Ye.

Li Ye’s gaze became serious. There was only one last wisp of Spiritual Qi left in the Ocean of Qi, but he injected the last Spiritual Qi into the Luke Sword and wielded it toward the arhat, without hesitation!

The knife and the sword hit together, causing the wave of Qi to burst out. Their clothes fluttered wildly. The arhat was so angry that he wished he could swallow Li Ye. Li Ye looked calm, but a hot flame suddenly flashed in his eyes. That was his morale and fighting spirit.

“Clank.” The Luke Sword directly cut off the golden knife and it continued to fly past the arhat’s chest as he watched in astonishment and surprise.

“Pfft.” Blood splashed. The arhat stepped backward feebly and fell on his back after a few steps.

At this moment, the four arhats, who searched up and down the river, flew over from both sides. When they saw the fallen arhat, they were furious and their faces twisted. They wished to rush forward and bite Li Ye to the death. Although they were angry, they also had a strong sense of fear. They looked at Li Ye, like he was the Asura in the troubled times.

Li Ye’s arms trembled slightly. He clenched his Luke Sword, holding down the trembling, and walked toward the upstream arhats step by step. The fighting spirit in his eyes was boiling, and his steps were steady, as if he would burst out at any time. He pointed his Luke Sword at the ground, as if he would lift it at any time to kill all opponents.

The Spiritual Qi in his body had been completely exhausted, with nothing left, but he still kept his body upright. Even though he had no strength, he did not lose his momentum. He exuded murderous intent from head to toe.

He turned a blind eye to the two arhats behind him and the two arhats across the river. He kept looking straight forward at the arhat in front of him and walked toward him step by step, as if he would kill him in an instant.

The thirty-third arhat knew that Li Ye had not much Spiritual Qi left, but he did not know that Li Ye already had no Spiritual Qi left at all. Seeing Li Ye walking toward him step by step, with great momentum, he could not help but step backward.

With disheveled hair, the devil in front of him was covered from head to toe with blood. Each of his steps left a bloody footprint. Obviously, he was injured seriously and he was also extremely weak. But at the same time, he was extremely scary.

18 Guardian Deities were all killed by the devil in front of him, and there were only 4 of 36 arhats left unwounded. Who had ever expected this situation in advance?

The other side was only a Spiritual Pool Spiritual Master, so how could he be so powerful?

The thirty-third arhat couldn’t understand how a Spiritual Pool Spiritual Master could kill dozens of cultivators, who were in the same realm with him.

After killing so many people, he must have been so weak that a gust of wind could blow him down...

But when the thirty-third arhat saw Li Ye walking toward him, this thought vanished immediately.

This was a devil. He could not be figured out the conventional way. Maybe he was not a human being at all. How could a human being be so powerful?

While Li Ye was getting close to the dangerous position and he was able to launch an attack at any time, the thirty-third arhat was sweating. He shouted in a low voice, “Devil, you have no strength left, so don’t struggle and quickly surrender! Go back to Buddhism with us, or you’ll be dead soon!”

Li Ye didn’t pay any attention to him. He didn’t say a word, nor did he sneer. Only the corner of his mouth curved upward coldly.

Seeing Li Ye’s sneer, the thirty-third arhat instantly felt like he had fallen into an ice cave! Every time the devil killed someone, he did this little action. And when he did it, it meant that someone was going to die!

The thirty-third arhat finally could no longer bear the pressure, and he was unwilling to take his life to bet if this terrifying devil had run out of the Spiritual Qi. He could not help retreating. He turned around and flew away!

Among 18 Guardian Deities and 36 arhats, there were only four people left. How could they fight against him?

The devil had already killed so many people, so it would take only a little strength for him to kill the four of them.

As soon as the thirty-third arhat left, the other arhats looked at each other and flew away at the same time.

As soon as they stayed away from Li Ye, they were suddenly relieved. The great pressure on them disappeared immediately, as if they had put down the heavy stones in their hearts and seen the sun through clouds.

They finally looked back and saw Li Ye standing with his hands clasped behind his back, facing the river. He didn’t fall or immediately meditate and breathe. It appeared that he still had strength and remained elegant demeanor. They felt lucky that they had left.

This devil... was not a human being... It seemed that only the 800 monks’ corps or the Great Six Paths of Reincarnation Formation was able to kill him.

The devil of the Western Regions really could not compare with the devil of the Tang Empire in the east.

Li Ye retrieved his Luke Sword and stood with his hands clasped behind his back, facing the river. The arhats had gone far away, but he remained motionless, because he was not sure whether they would return to fight again or not.

A long time later, Li Ye no longer heard any sounds, so he breathed a sigh of relief. Without hesitation, he sat down cross-legged at the riverside and seized the time to restore energy and control his injury.

He almost ate all the Dan Pills he was carrying, or he wouldn’t have held out till now.

The so-called 18 Guardian Deities in the Tang Empire and 36 arhats in the Western Regions were ones of the top fighting forces in Buddhism all over the world. They were all defeated by Li Ye using his sword.

Li Ye was one step closer to Fengxiang.

He was a step closer to Fengxiang and also a step closer to the solution of the thousand years of great chaos.

But even if he was only a step away from Fengxiang, it was not a success as long as he had not arrived. It was said that the last part of an endeavor was the hardest to finish. It was very likely that all previous efforts might be wasted.

The morning star was very dazzling in the eastern sky.

Dawn was coming.

The real challenge was just beginning.