Chapter 137: Li Si Must Die

In the night, Li Si crouched on the roof of the tallest temple in Greyrock City, like a helpless, weak, and pitiful little dog.

After basically confirming that the next target of the Big Fly was most likely Kaoshan City, he felt somewhat powerless. In fact, even if he told the Herb Gatherer Xia Xiaowan, it wouldn’t make much difference.

Because compared to one Kaoshan City, the front line between the Illusory Realm and the Mortal Realm was the most important.

Everyone understood the principle of choosing the lesser of two evils.

He couldn’t act like a spoiled child and make others bear all the burdens.

He dared to bet that even his own Fairy Leader Zhao Qingxie would face certain death against the Big Fly.

Moreover, Li Si couldn’t be one hundred percent certain about this. What if the unknown evil god had the ability to monitor the movements of all World Guardian True Immortals?

That would mean handing over the initiative and letting the Big Fly go on a rampage.

“We can’t play by the Big Fly’s rules. Let’s backtrack to the very beginning. Suppose Mizhou was a trap. What if I set it off early? Could I distract the Big Fly and make it focus on me?”

Li Si thought silently. In fact, he had already thought it through very clearly: if Mizhou really was a trap, setting it off would make him the unluckiest and most endangered. It would mean facing the Big Fly head-on.

Especially since the Soul Alienation Contamination brought by the Big Fly was extremely terrifying. One hundred thousand percent chance—what kind of concept was that? Even his one hundred plus Statue Avatars wouldn’t have time to take over before he died.

But now, time was too tight. Either Li Si had to abandon Kaoshan City and destroy the Hundred-League Law Seal, or he had to become bait himself.

“Come on, let’s stir things up!”

After a long time, Li Si let out a heavy breath and made a decision. This wasn’t the final battle, but it was absolutely a life-or-death struggle.

Whether it was Kaoshan City, Greyrock City, or any other small cities, they were all his property. He had to risk everything—no more holding back.

“Whoosh!”

Li Si teleported back to the Yunhua Sect base. The first thing he did was use Fate to boost his cultivation progress in the fourth layer of the three major techniques—the Heaven-Turning Scripture of the Floating Cloud Sect, the Jade Tome of Creation of the Yunhua Sect, and the Scripture of Praying to Heaven of the Jiuxuan Spirit Sword Sect—all the way to 100%.

In other words, he instantly reached the Nascent Soul Realm.

And not just one Nascent Soul.

He obtained a Heaven-Turning Nascent Soul,

a Creation Nascent Soul, and a Praying-To-Heaven Nascent Soul.

Each one increased his Magic Power limit by one million points.

In one go, Li Si used up 30 portions of Azure Fortune.

But that wasn’t enough. Li Si used more Fate to upgrade all the useful Divine Abilities—the Track-Finding and Trace-Erasing Curse, the Heart-Guiding Sword + Heart Cleansing Curse, the Jiuxuan Spirit Response Deduction Method, the Calamity-Dispelling Curse, the Spirit Stabilization Curse, the Heart-Interrogation Mantra, and the Golden Radiance Chant—pushing them all to become Primal Divine Abilities, which meant reaching the level that could be unleashed in the Nascent Soul Realm.

This consumed another 10 portions of Azure Fortune.

Now, with three types of Nascent Souls + Lamp Lighting, his combat power far exceeded that of an ordinary Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.

He might even be able to challenge some ordinary Divine Transformation cultivators.

But even with that kind of strength, he still wasn’t a match for the Big Fly. The only advantage he could gain was his ability to set up more powerful traps.

He had been very troubled that the Yunhua Law Seal failed to kill the Big Fly last time.

This time, it was simpler. He directly upgraded the Yunhua Law Seal one more level, consuming 300 portions of Azure Fortune. This caused his fixed assets to shrink significantly, but he didn’t care.

For this battle, he needed this kind of all-or-nothing determination. Hmm, in terms of fixed assets, he still had 500 portions of Golden Qi Luck Firewood left. How sad.

The upgraded Yunhua Law Seal now covered a range of three thousand leagues instead of one thousand, bringing more land under its control. He already met the requirements to establish a small kingdom.

Of course, that wasn’t important. What was important was that a Yunhua Law Seal like this could at least suppress the Big Fly for a moment.

Next, Li Si used the Creation Nascent Soul to craft three Substitute Wooden Figurine treasures. These were the most crucial part of the plan and the reason he needed to upgrade to the Creation Nascent Soul.

Only a treasure-level Substitute Wooden Figurine could better deceive the enemy.

With all preparations complete, Li Si teleported to Greyrock City, where he placed two Substitute Wooden Figurines. One was the most obvious decoy, placed in plain sight, and one was a high-grade version, hidden inside a Divine Idol.

He cast the Primal Divine Ability level Track-Finding and Trace-Erasing Curse on both, making them nearly invisible.

Then, Li Si teleported a hundred leagues away. In a hidden location, he set up various Formation Arrays and deployed a Demon Sealing Domain. Inside, he placed a Substitute Wooden Figurine and cast the Clear Heart Spell, Calamity-Dispelling Curse, Spirit Stabilization Curse, and Heart-Interrogation Mantra on it.

Following the same method, Li Si went another hundred leagues away and hid the final treasure-level Substitute Wooden Figurine in an even more advanced and concealed environment.

With everything ready, Li Si himself took out the Wish-Fulfilling Pearl. With tears in his eyes, he handed it to the first Substitute Wooden Figurine in Greyrock City. It could unleash all of Li Si’s Divine Abilities, but only at ten percent of their power. That was enough to operate the Wish-Fulfilling Pearl.

Moreover, if nothing unexpected happened, even with the Wish-Fulfilling Pearl equipped with ninth-level armor and helmet, it would probably only last a moment.

Li Si set up such a big scene—the Wish-Fulfilling Pearl was the spark that lit the ten-thousand-cracker firework string…

The wind howled, cold as the Yishui River. Once the pearl was gone, it would not return.

Li Si left without looking back. The pain in his heart was unknown to anyone.

At that moment, it was evening. Dark Mist shrouded the area. The members of the Jiuxuan Sect were all cultivating in their respective Quiet Rooms. Thanks to Jiuxuanzi’s skillful handling, the Jiuxuan Sect now enjoyed VIP treatment here…

So even Mi Zhou’er, who was being monitored and isolated, had her own Quiet Room. No one knew how it was arranged, but it was situated a hundred meters away from the others.

Li Si was already very familiar with these details. Without hesitation, his true self teleported back to the Yunhua Sect base, but used Soul Leaving the Body to attach to the Statue Avatar of Old Ancestor Mingyue in Greyrock City. Hmm, trap within trap.

All for the sake of safety.

Then, under the control of that Substitute Wooden Figurine, the Wish-Fulfilling Pearl rose into the air, locked onto Mi Zhou’er, and began further exploration based on the three previously detected clues. At the same time, Li Si’s Jiuxuan Spirit Response Deduction Method was also activated—not directly, but transmitted through layers of Substitute Wooden Figurines.

At this point, the wonder of the Creation Nascent Soul and the uniqueness of Creation Magical Power became apparent.

The four Substitute Wooden Figurines could actually transmit information without loss. Of course, credit also went to the twelve Little Night Wanderers, which made the near as far and the far as near—truly a very advanced information relay and interference technique.

In any case, as the Wish-Fulfilling Pearl proceeded deeper into the darkness, it locked onto and illuminated all three clues.

The next moment, the Jiuxuan Spirit Response Deduction Method followed.

Sure enough, in just a second, the first clue went wrong. The coordinates this clue pointed to went who-knows-where. In any case, with a scream from Mi Zhou’er, a head as huge as a mountain emerged from the void. The aura it emanated was at least at the Evil Immortal Level.

A trap—it really was a trap!

And this trap also hid some unknown secrets.

Li Si didn’t hesitate. He immediately activated the Yunhua Law Seal to suppress it!

That terrifying mountain-like head suffered a heavy blow before it could even fully emerge and had to retreat. With the Yunhua Law Seal’s suppression, that false coordinate was rendered useless.

Of course, this also meant that the Yunhua Law Seal was exposed.

“Continue!”

Li Si gritted his teeth and made the Wish-Fulfilling Pearl explore the second coordinate clue, while the Jiuxuan Spirit Response Deduction Method followed. This was pure violent exploration.

But as expected, this was also a false coordinate. Mi Zhou’er had already fallen unconscious. Using her as the Mortal Realm coordinate, a rift hundreds of meters long was forcibly torn open in the void, and countless maggots poured out like a flood.

As soon as these maggots touched the Mortal Realm, they grew upon encountering wind, burrowed into any crack they found, and began rapidly transforming. Each one had the strength of the Foundation Building Stage.

But with the Yunhua Law Seal present, what chance did these little devils have?

Did Li Si spend 300 portions of Azure Fortune earlier on the upgrade as a joke?

“Boom!”

The Yunhua Law Seal instantly erupted with brilliant light. Divine patterns spread out, and a divine glow invisible to ordinary people swept through. Everything in the Mortal Realm—even a blade of grass—remained unharmed, but the bizarre maggots were completely wiped out.

Then, nine ethereal Dharma Seals flew out from the Yunhua Law Seal. Clang! Clang! Clang! Like small hammers striking wildly in a blacksmith’s shop, they sealed the exit of that false coordinate in an instant.

Of course, there was a cost.

Ten portions of Azure Fortune, please.

Li Si paid the price happily and, incidentally, collected 972,190 portions of Black Fate Fuel. Those strange maggots were really plump.

Yes, he had suddenly discovered a new source of income.

Because as long as he had enough Fate, the Yunhua Law Seal was simply a violent gold-farming machine.

“Continue!”

Li Si’s face darkened. He felt something was wrong because the Big Fly still hadn’t appeared. That meant the last coordinate clue most likely wouldn’t show up either.

The only good news was that the Wish-Fulfilling Pearl had broken a record—it actually survived into the second round!!

Amazing.

It just went to show how powerful a treasure-level Wish-Fulfilling Pearl was.

Swish!

The Wish-Fulfilling Pearl immediately illuminated the third coordinate clue. The Jiuxuan Spirit Response Deduction Method followed. Damn, it really felt like voluntarily delivering himself to certain death.

This time, Li Si’s heart suddenly filled with dread. But the trigger wasn’t the third false coordinate—instead, it was at the Yunhua Sect base. His Number One Statue Avatar had exploded.

But the key issue was that his true body was hiding inside Statue Avatar Number 21! He could even hear a buzzing sound—the Big Fly was nearby.

Li Si forced himself not to withdraw his soul. His true body was now stacked with every possible ultimate buff, and all anti-deduction methods were in place.

So unless the Big Fly ignored all reason and attacked wildly, he should be fine.

After all, he had placed a full 64 Statue Avatars at the Yunhua Sect base.

And there wasn’t a single living creature within five hundred leagues. If the Big Fly descended, it now only had two chances left to possess a body.

Sure enough, the Big Fly flew away, heading for Greyrock City.

It flew extremely fast, ignoring the remaining 63 Statue Avatars. It no longer trusted its own deductions because, in its deduction, every one of those statues looked highly suspicious.

For an Unknown Deity/Demon like it, this was simply a great insult.

So this time it chose another method—fishing.

The bait was Mi Zhou’er, because it knew Li Si had a good relationship with this bait. And sure enough, it managed to lure out that hard-to-kill guy.

Don’t worry, this time it wasn’t going to play possession. It was going to crush everything, town by town. It would kill every last member of the Human Race it saw. It had wasted too much time and energy on this damned Little Bug. With the long-laid chess game about to pay off, it couldn’t afford any more changes to the situation.

Li Si must die!