Chapter 487: Trap (Happy New Year's Eve)

Just as Li Qi and the Demonic Prince were fighting, doing everything they could in a life-or-death battle, the other battlefield had already ceased hostilities.

Although the Dharma Idols of Demon Lord Moluo Yan and Cang Hou were still maintaining their fight, their true bodies had already put down their dispute and were sitting opposite each other.

As Fourth-Rank individuals, they naturally understood what was happening in the current situation.

To put it bluntly, the focus of the battle was not on them at all.

Since the two Geniuses below had already started close combat, they, as mere tools, could completely rest for a while.

They seemed to have already conversed for a bit, so Moro Yan could be heard saying, “So, you don’t actually know that Young Master of Shaman God Mountain?”

“Hmm, I’m not familiar with him, but from the looks of it, you should also know that he’s a Genius no less than the Demonic Prince. It’s not surprising that he would appear here,” Cang Hou said.

“No less than the Demonic Prince? Hmph, then you’re really thinking too much. I dare say, among the young people of this generation in the world, no one can compare to the Demonic Prince. Whether it’s Liu Junyi from the Imperial Academy, or Canghai Jun from the East Sea, Sariputra from the West Heaven, the Little Heavenly Master of Dao Orthodoxy, or that new ‘Sai Ba Wang’ who recently emerged in Martial Dao, none of them can be the Demonic Prince’s opponent.”

“Let alone Yao Ji, the most dazzling Shaman Mountain Goddess of Shaman God Mountain’s current generation. This Li Qi is not well-known, even less famous than Yao Ji. How could he be the Demonic Prince’s opponent?” Moro Yan said dismissively.

“Oh? The Demonic Prince is so formidable, then why haven’t I heard of his deeds? I’ve even heard of this Li Qi; he obtained the Celestial Pole Golden Elixir Method through an Opportunity, which is why he was sent to Chang’an as a hostage. But I’ve truly never heard of the Demonic Prince,” Cang Hou said, with a hint of curiosity in his expression.

He had just witnessed the Demonic Prince’s capabilities, and he was indeed a Genius. How did he manage to hide so well?

“That’s because he was previously in the Desire Realm and had never come to the world. This is his first time setting foot in the world. You wouldn’t know that in the Desire Realm, he has already carved out a place for himself.”

“From the moment he was unranked, the Demonic Prince had already begun to show his talent. As a being born in the Desire Realm, he was plunged into battle from the very beginning, and he was also born with physical defects, naturally weaker than others, making his cultivation even more difficult.”

“Under such circumstances, the Demonic Prince, alone, secretly endured, surviving with wisdom and strategy, and then cultivating diligently. After slaughtering a city of a million and killing four Eighth-Rank individuals as a Ninth-Rank, he finally attracted the attention of high-ranking figures in the Desire Realm.”

“Without any help, he ascended to Eighth-Rank despite his physical defects and lack of background, becoming a city lord. He even had two Seventh-Rank Demonic Overlords voluntarily submit to him.”

“He could achieve such a degree with nothing. Now that he has become the Demonic Prince, with Heaven And Earth Treasure, fortuitous encounters, and Spiritual Artifacts in abundance, he has been in the Seventh-Rank for a full eighty years. What do you think he can achieve?” Moro Yan asked.

“Hmm… In the previous exchange, he indeed displayed many powerful techniques. However, he was merely on par with Li Qi. Although excellent, he didn’t have an overwhelming advantage, and I don’t see the imposing Aura that could suppress all the younger generation,” Cang Hou evaluated.

He admitted that the Demonic Prince was indeed very powerful; being able to reach this level at Seventh-Rank was already quite formidable.

However, he was still far from reaching the point of suppressing the entire younger generation alone; he was still a long way off.

Cang Hou felt that those true young Geniuses, if placed here, would not be inferior to the Demonic Prince, because everyone was at the peak of the Seventh-Rank.

To put it bluntly, the Seventh-Rank has its limits, and for those young Geniuses, they had already touched this limit. Everyone’s attributes were maxed out, and what remained to be competed was knowledge and wisdom.

Moreover, the standard for selecting Disciples in the world is well-known, so these top Disciples, unless under special circumstances, would not be too far off.

Except for the Human Dao; with the blessing of official positions, they might be stronger, but official positions are not only beneficial. Official positions are the greatest restraint of the Human Dao, just like the Baiyue Kingdom Lord’s kingdom.

Therefore, facing Moro Yan’s effusive praise of the Demonic Prince, Cang Hou did not agree and did not think that the other party was truly that powerful.

“That means you still don’t understand. Look closely, look at the Demonic Prince’s true power, starting with Li Qi… You should know that the Demonic Prince stepping out of the Desire Realm was precisely to challenge all the young generation in the entire world. Li Qi is just the first,” Moro Yan said.

“Why start with Li Qi? Although this one is also a Young Master of Shaman God Mountain, he’s not well-known. Challenging him first doesn’t seem very good, does it? Isn’t it said that the first one must be earth-shattering?” Cang Hou asked, puzzled.

Since he intended to challenge everyone with the might of an absolute powerhouse, the first choice should be very important, similar to a good start, where the Aura must be established from the beginning.

What’s the point of quietly coming to challenge an unknown nobody like Li Qi now?

You should know that Li Qi is a typical shrinking turtle; he absolutely refuses to fight if he can avoid it, and he absolutely refuses to stand out if he can avoid it. Unless forced by circumstances, his greatest ideal is to cultivate and enjoy life with his wife.

Contending for supremacy is something people like the Demonic Prince do, and it has nothing to do with Li Qi.

“Regarding this, I am also very puzzled. However, it is said that another young Genius of the Demonic Dao whom I don’t know recommended Li Qi to the Demonic Prince, saying that Li Qi was the most powerful among the younger generation. The Demonic Prince didn’t believe it, but that Genius whom I don’t know exchanged blows with the Demonic Prince once. I’m not entirely clear about the outcome, but the Demonic Prince later acknowledged this point and thus changed his target from the Little Heavenly Master to Li Qi,” Moro Yan replied.

“Originally, his first challenge was to seek out the Little Heavenly Master? That is to say, you all believe the Little Heavenly Master is the strongest, the most threatening?” Cang Hou inquired, gathering information.

Such matters concerning the Demonic Dao’s definitions of various Dao Orthodoxy were still very valuable.

Moro Yan, for some unknown reason, did not conceal it and directly said, “That is natural. How noble is the title of Heavenly Master? Among the many Second-Rank Heavenly Immortals of Dao Orthodoxy, only one can obtain the title of Heavenly Master. To be called the Little Heavenly Master at Seventh-Rank is already enough to explain many things.”

“That’s true. I heard that the Little Heavenly Master has completely mastered the Five Thunder Righteous Law and already possesses the Aura of ‘when the Thunder Law emerges, it is the command of Heaven, its authority is supreme, and all things in the Three Realms and Nine Earths are subject to its control.’ The contemporary Heavenly Master praises him as ‘driving wind and thunder, commanding all things, going wherever it desires without hindrance.’ It seems to be true,” Cang Hou nodded, mentally evaluating based on the information he had gathered.

“However, any Little Heavenly Master, in front of the Demonic Prince, is probably nothing more than a local weakling,” Moro Yan laughed, full of confidence.

“Since that’s the case, why not reincarnate? If the Demonic Prince is so powerful, if he could mend his crippled body, his strength and talent would surely increase by a notch. Even if his physical defects are difficult to mend and cost too much, then he could simply undergo Reincarnation and re-cultivate, which wouldn’t cost much and would be better than dragging a broken leg now,” Cang Hou asked, puzzled.

Moro Yan, however, shook his head and said, “I don’t know. We suggested Reincarnation, but the Demonic Prince refused, citing his unwillingness to bear the confusion of the womb. Later, the Demonic King found him the Five-Colored Life-Generating Lotus. You know this item; the white Lotus root it produces can even reshape the body of a Third-Rank, allowing them to continue cultivating without issues. This Lotus is sufficient to mend physical defects, but the Demonic Prince still refused.”

“This is a bit ungrateful, isn’t it? With the Demonic Dao’s character, he should be punished,” Cang Hou guessed.

“Of course not. Not only was he not punished, but he became even more favored. I don’t know why, but wait… The two below are getting serious,” Moro Yan suddenly interrupted the topic.

Cang Hou immediately fell silent, looking at the battle below and concentrating his attention.

Before, he had only been casually watching, but now he truly began to focus on observing the two in the battlefield.

The other party had praised the Demonic Prince to the skies, making him somewhat curious.

What kind of favored son of Heaven could earn such high praise from a Fourth-Rank? To the point where he believed he could single-handedly suppress all the young Geniuses in the entire world?

Down in the battlefield below.

Just a moment ago, Li Qi played a trick.

He set up two illusion arrays, one nested within the other. The Demonic Prince easily shattered one of them, but his eyes were deceived by the other, causing him to attack an illusion.

Li Qi seized this Opportunity, using a Spiritual Artifact exoskeleton constructed at some unknown time, plus the Qi used by the Shen Yijun for fishing to control fish, and erupted with Wave-Breaking Force, directly kicking the Demonic Prince into his miniature heaven and earth!

Then, it was a series of continuous strikes, with all attack targets aimed at the Demonic Prince’s crippled right leg!

Li Qi used Martial Dao techniques, and Martial Dao, as is well-known, is best at close combat.

Even the Demonic Prince, under Li Qi’s continuous sets of fist techniques, could only dodge as much as possible, with no chance to retaliate.

However, the gaze behind his mask, the look in his eyes, was very calm.

But there was still some confusion.

He was curious: how did Li Qi manage to assemble a Spiritual Artifact exoskeleton from that pile of tableware? Li Qi shouldn’t have had that capability; he was very clear about this.

This wasn’t his first encounter with Li Qi.

On-site smelting of Spiritual Artifacts, assembling them into Spiritual Artifacts used by the Dao of Reason, and even being able to operate Martial Dao techniques—Li Qi definitely couldn’t do this before today.

Thinking of this, the Demonic Prince actually managed to speak during this intense close-quarters combat!

He asked Li Qi, “This is the Dao of Reason’s smelting technique; you shouldn’t know how to do it.”

The cost of speaking was that his right leg was once again heavily struck by Li Qi. This time, it was the Demonic Prince who was sent flying by Li Qi, crashing heavily against the protective wall.

However, with the force of this blow, the Demonic Prince finally escaped Li Qi’s attack range. Although still suppressed by the miniature heaven and earth, he finally had a moment to breathe, immediately propping himself up with his crutch, and with a wave of both hands, countless Demonic Overlords suddenly appeared around him for protection, isolating Li Qi outside.

The Demonic Overlords came aggressively, and Li Qi did not continue to pursue. Anyway, the opponent had already fallen into the miniature heaven and earth, and he had already gained the geographical advantage, so he merely formed hand seals, and countless Qi surged, slowly suppressing the Demonic Overlords back.

During this time, Li Qi also freed his hands and answered the other party’s question.

Li Qi said, “I just learned it, just fifteen minutes ago. Did you see those two giant spirit god puppets?”

“I heard you’ve only been cultivating for a few years. Indeed… you’re very powerful! Did you learn all this just by watching? And hitting weaknesses is also very effective. However, you don’t have Martial Dao Divine Intent and Martial Dao Inner Qi, so you can only rely on your fists, which cannot truly harm me,” the Demonic Prince replied to Li Qi, controlling the countless black smoke-like Demonic Overlords.

This was true.

Although Li Qi used Martial Dao’s force exertion methods, what he struck out was not Martial Dao Inner Qi, nor did he possess Martial Dao Divine Intent, so the lethality was greatly reduced. Although he hit the weakness, he did not cause substantial damage.

However, at this moment, Li Qi suddenly smiled.

He smiled and said, “Who said I don’t have Martial Dao Inner Qi?”

As soon as his voice fell, the miscellaneous Qi attached to the Demonic Prince’s crippled leg suddenly began to circulate!

Just a few days ago, Li Qi had learned the method of circulation and, with it, learned how to create various types of Qi, including Martial Dao Inner Qi! (See Chapter 464 for details)

These miscellaneous Qi fused with each other and then increased in intensity!

The essence of Martial Dao Inner Qi is chaotic and violent Qi. No matter what kind of Qi, when consumed by a Martial Artist, it will all turn into this!

Therefore, the Qi attached to the crippled leg by Li Qi’s attack directly erupted! Although far from comparable to a true Seventh-Rank Martial Artist, it was already genuine Martial Dao Inner Qi!

The Demonic Prince was first shocked, then showed an appreciative expression, and immediately began to deal with it.

However, this was not so easy to deal with.

Li Qi was not a Martial Artist. Martial Artists are purely destructive, but he was not.

Using Martial Dao Inner Qi to break through the Demonic Prince’s Physical Body, and at the same time, those so-called Martial Dao Inner Qi immediately transformed back into the previous miscellaneous Qi, and then began to form new spells, disrupting the weather of the Inner World!

A book says: “The roundness of a human head embodies Heaven, and the squareness of feet symbolizes Earth. Heaven has four seasons, Five Elements, nine divisions, and three hundred and sixty days; likewise, humans have four limbs, five viscera, nine orifices, and three hundred and sixty joints. Heaven has wind, clouds, cold, and heat; humans also derive from joy and anger. The gallbladder is clouds, the lungs are rain, the spleen is wind, the kidneys are marshes, the liver is thunder, thus resembling Heaven and Earth, with the heart as their master. The ears and eyes are the sun and moon, and blood and Qi are wind and rain.”

The human body is a miniature heaven and earth, corresponding to the greater Heaven and Earth outside.

The head is Heaven, representing Yang Qi; the feet are Earth, representing Yin.

The left side of the body is Minor Yang, and the right side is Minor Yin.

Therefore, based on this distribution, a conclusion can be drawn.

The left hand is above and to the left, and the superposition of Yang Qi makes it the Yang of Yang, thus representing the ultimate Yang of summer.

By analogy, the right hand is autumn, the left foot is spring, and the right foot is winter.

The Demonic Prince’s crippled leg is his right foot, which represents winter, meaning that his body naturally lacks winter Qi.

So, Li Qi used extreme Yang Qi, extreme fiery intensity, to penetrate his crippled leg, forcing his Inner World to directly transform towards ‘summer.’

The Inner World was completely unbalanced! The seasons were disordered, and disasters arose immediately!

The Demonic Prince’s natural order collapsed, and he immediately froze.

Seizing this Opportunity, Li Qi once again fiercely attacked the opponent’s weakness!