Chapter 354: Chapter 354: 55 Lu Youjiu versus Dai Mao

However, just at that moment.

A voice filled with rage emanated from the island:

“Who is it that dares to attack Li Yan Island and disregards me, Dai Mao? Are you courting death?”

Then, a surge of angry, monstrous Demonic Qi drew closer and closer.

Until finally, as the grey mists dispersed, a person emerged from the Formation.

This person had a sinister gaze and his body was enveloped in a very dense Demonic Qi. On his body, there was a pendant emitting white light, and as the black fog drew near the pendant, it would automatically retreat.

Even the white phantoms within the Myriad Swords Killing Formation would automatically avoid the white light upon encountering it.

Clearly, the jade pendant on Dai Mao was related to the Trap-Killing Formation and, quite likely, could control the Killing Formation.

As Dai Mao emerged, he looked at the several people before him. He paused for a moment, then frowned and fixed his gaze on Lu Youjiu, saying:

“Lu Youjiu…”

After speaking, he ignored Lin Jing and turned his attention towards Holaw Three Rivers:

“I presume you’re Lu Youjiu’s partner, Fourth-Rank Array Master, Holaw Three Rivers.”

Unexpectedly, the Demon Cultivator Dai Mao actually recognized both Lu Youjiu and Holaw Three Rivers.

It appeared that what Lu Youjiu had said earlier was not untrue.

He really did have some fame in these waters.

The way Demon Cultivator Dai Mao looked at Lu Youjiu was filled with wariness.

Moreover, although he came out of Li Yan Island to this place, he did not step outside the range of the Trap-Killing Formation.

Obviously, he was very wary of Lu Youjiu.

“I came, naturally, to kill you…” Lu Youjiu looked at Dai Mao and spoke directly.

Upon hearing this, Dai Mao’s face immediately darkened.

“You took on the task to kill me…”

“Lu Youjiu, I didn’t expect you to be so arrogant. Do you really think you can kill me just with your own power?”

“Of course I can…” said Lu Youjiu confidently and unhurriedly.

At this time, Dai Mao’s expression became even more somber and he coldly snorted:

“Hmph!”

“Don’t think that just because you’ve killed a Golden Core Peak Cultivator, it means you can kill me.”

“You should know there are differences even among Golden Core Peak Cultivators.”

However, Lu Youjiu just chuckled lightly:

“Heh heh…”

“I’d like to give it a try…”

However.

Dai Mao didn’t fall for this bluff and, staring directly at Lu Youjiu, he spoke:

“Do you really think you are invincible under the Nascent Soul level?”

“Not to mention the presence of this Trap-Killing Formation, which you cannot breach, even without this Killing Formation…”

But before Dai Mao could finish his sentence, something unexpected occurred.

Suddenly.

A massive Formation Pattern rose into the sky, enveloping the entire Li Yan Island within it.

The large Formation protecting the whole island also suddenly became visible.

At this moment.

Even Dai Mao, hidden within the Trap-Killing Formation, had his expression drastically change, and he quickly looked towards the center of the island.

As the Formation Patterns grew brighter, a “crackling” sound echoed, and numerous cracks appeared on the light barrier that was originally protecting Li Yan Island.

Without even the span of a breath, a loud “boom” rang out, and the light barrier protecting Li Yan Island shattered.

Following the collapse of the light barrier, the grey fog within the Trap-Killing Formation began to thin, and the white phantoms weaving through the fog also started to fade away.

“What has happened…” Dai Mao, looking towards the heart of Li Yan Island, was both shocked and enraged.

He then leapt up, attempting to fly back to the island to check the situation.

However, Lu Youjiu immediately unsheathed his sword, and as its rainbow-like brilliance shined, it flew straight towards Dai Mao. As the sword light passed through the Trap-Killing Formation, it was weakened by the Formation.

But this mighty sword light still pierced through the Formation and continued towards Dai Mao.

Seeing the sword light approaching, Dai Mao quickly dodged to the side.

Since the sword light had already been weakened by the Formation, both its speed and power were greatly reduced.

Therefore, Dai Mao easily dodged the sword light.

At that moment.

Dai Mao turned back and looked at Lu Youjiu, realization dawning upon him, and anger surging up as he pointed at Lu Youjiu:

“It’s you, you did this…”

Lu Youjiu admitted unabashedly, “It was me…”

After a short while, the grey fog completely dissipated, and the white phantoms vanished entirely.

It was clear that the Fifth-Rank Trap-Killing Formation had now lost its effectiveness.

Dai Mao, with his eyebrows furrowed and eyes full of rage, said to the few of them:

“Lu Youjiu, you dare to provoke me. Do you really think you’ve got me all figured out?”

However, Lu Youjiu was completely unmoved and plainly stated:

“You, I have decided to kill you today.”

Just as Lu Youjiu’s voice fell, preparing to take action,

Suddenly,

A figure flew out from the island, and as they flew, they also shouted:

“Brother Jiu, save me…”

Hearing this voice, it was indeed Yan Wanfei.

Yan Wanfei was very fast, and within a short span of time, he was already approaching the area.

At this moment, Lin Jing also clearly saw Yan Wanfei’s appearance.

Yan Wanfei was seen stepping on a silver-white long spear, holding two small girls in his arms, both looking panic-stricken.

The two small girls did not look old, around eleven or twelve years old.

And Lin Jing also noticed, these two young ladies looked exactly the same—it turned out they were a pair of twins.

Behind Yan Wanfei, two Golden Core Cultivators were following, one tall and one short, both seething with anger.

“Bastard, stop right there…”

These two cultivators were incensed; they had never imagined they could be played like this.

The fox clan girl they had bought turned out to be a rugged big man.

This left the two cultivators, who had initially thought themselves to have gotten a bargain and were quite pleased with themselves, so angry that they felt like spitting blood.

Moreover, this rugged man had activated a jade pendant when they weren’t paying attention, and it flew into the center of the great formation.

What happened next sent a chill down their spines.

The fifth-rank Trap-Killing Formation that had always protected Li Yan Island just crumbled away like that.

How could the two of them not be terrified?

By this time, saying anything else was pointless; the only thing they could do was to capture this rugged man and atone for their failure.

Hoping to gain Dai Mao’s forgiveness, for a blunder this big meant death for them without a doubt.

At this moment.

Dai Mao, too, saw Yan Wanfei rushing out with two little girls in his arms.

How could he not understand what was happening?

So.

Dai Mao quickly stepped forward, trying to stop Yan Wanfei.

However, it was at this moment that Lu Youjiu made his move.

He lifted his sword and charged toward Dai Mao.

“San He, from here on out, it’s all on you…” Lu Youjiu said.

“Okay…” Holaw Three Rivers nodded.

After nodding, Lu Youjiu then turned his head, facing Dai Mao, and swung his sword straight toward him.

“One sword stroke commands three thousand miles!”

A magnificent sword energy burst forth from Lu Youjiu’s Cold Light Longsword engulfing everything in its path with the might to sweep through heaven and earth…

And like that, it flew towards Dai Mao.

As Dai Mao sensed the oncoming sword Qi, he quickly halted his steps, not daring to charge at Yan Wanfei anymore.

Instead, he turned around, brought out his Magical Treasure Flying Sword, and demonic qi also started gushing out of his body, enveloping Dai Mao in an aura of demonic Qi.

Then, all this demonic Qi gathered and surged into Dai Mao, making him seem like a preeminent demon lord, even more terrifying.

After that, Dai Mao’s speed surged, enabling him to dodge the sword Qi flung by Lu Youjiu.

Dai Mao then waved his hand, and several streams of demonic Qi transformed into giant pythons, lunging at Lu Youjiu with gaping mouths.

Lu Youjiu simply swung his sword again, and this time the sword Qi shattered the demonic Qi pythons like a rain of swords, dispersing them…

…

…

Like that, the two of them began to fight…

However.

Although the two seemed evenly matched, Lu Youjiu seemed to have the upper hand consistently, intentionally or not, he was leading Dai Mao away from the range of Li Yan Island.

……

After Lu Youjiu left, Holaw Three Rivers began to form hand signs, muttering under his breath.

He then took out several array flags and threw them out casually.

The flags flew out on their own, directly piercing into the sea near Li Yan Island.

Soon after, countless pillars of light shot into the sky.

The light pillars arranged themselves in a peculiar pattern.

Once the light pillars rose, formation patterns appeared at their bases, interconnecting the pillars.

Turns out, this was also a formation.

The formation was so vast that it enveloped the entirety of Li Yan Island.

At that moment, Yan Wanfei charged over and successfully regrouped with Lin Jing.

“We finally got out. You have no idea how fierce those two were just now,” Yan Wanfei said, still shaken.

At this time, the tall and short Golden Core Cultivators tried to break out but were blocked by Holaw Three Rivers’ formation.

“Why did you bring two kids with you?” Lin Jing asked in confusion.

“These two little girls were also bought by those men to give to Dai Mao; of course, I had to save them…” Yan Wanfei replied.

“Alright, you two can get off of me now.”

Yan Wanfei told the two little girls.

However, the two girls clung to Yan Wanfei’s neck as if holding onto a lifeline, unwilling to let go.

“You two are nearly strangling me to death,” Yan Wanfei said helplessly.

It was only then that the two girls realized what they were doing and loosened their grip a little.

Seizing the opportunity, Yan Wanfei took the two girls off him.

Then, regardless of Lin Jing’s objections, he placed the two little girls on Lin Jing and said:

“Brother Lin, I’m leaving these two with you.”

Having said that, Yan Wanfei’s gaze turned to the two cultivators.

“Those two bastards have been pinching my face all the way, chasing me down like a dog with its tail between its legs.”

“I’ve been tolerating them for a long time.”

“No, I must get revenge. I need to beat them until their heads bloom; otherwise, my heart will not be at ease.”

Hearing this, Yan Wanfei proceeded to grab his spear and charged forward.

Lin Jing watched the scene with a speechless expression.

Then Yan Wanfei charged in, entering into a brawl with the tall and short cultivators.

But Yan Wanfei was no ordinary fighter; even against two opponents, he managed with ease and did not fall behind.

While Lin Jing, looking at the twin girls in his arms, shook his head helplessly and said to Holaw Three Rivers:

“Fellow Daoist San He, you keep watch here. I’ll find a safe place to leave these two girls and be right back.”

Holaw Three Rivers nodded and replied:

“The formation is active, and no one inside can escape.”

“It’s fine, go ahead…”