Chapter 263 The Man in the Painting

"Cut the sky, cut the earth, cut the gods and demons."

A piercing sword energy streaked across the sky above the Northern Territory, carrying with it a fierce murderous aura and terrifying sword intent, as if it could split the universe in half.

On the sword's edge, there was a faint image of the blood of thousands of souls dripping, accompanied by visions of gods and demons being punished, causing countless people's souls to tremble.

Then, the terrifying sword energy slashed on a divine seal that fell from the sky.

The divine seal seemed to be as big as a mountain, carrying a heavy momentum as it fell from the sky, as if it was going to smash the owner of the sword energy into a pulp.

"Qiang!"

After the Sky-Breaking Sword Qi and the Divine Seal collided, a sound of metal colliding was heard.

"boom!"

The horrifying aftermath of the collision caused the void to tremble, directly clearing the sky within a radius of tens of thousands of miles. Countless clouds were scattered and even compressed into huge ice blocks, smashing towards the earth.

A figure with a fierce aura was also blown away by the terrifying recoil force and fell heavily on the ground below.

"Boom!"

It was as if a saint had swung a hammer towards the ground, causing the earth within a radius of thousands of miles to shake.

Dozens of mountain ranges collapsed as a result.

At the same time, a deep pit thousands of feet deep was left on the red earth.

Thousands of miles away, in an oasis still under the control of a major human sect, many cultivators felt the vibrations coming from deep in the Gobi Desert.

"What happened?"

"Could it be that some ancient creatures are coming to attack the True Demon Palace?"

"Is there anyone who can go to the deep Gobi Desert to check the situation?"

Countless cultivators in the oasis walked out of their caves and went directly to a huge city located to the east of the oasis, asking each other about the reason.

To the north of the oasis, there is a towering magic mountain that is surrounded by demonic energy all year round, making it look quite mysterious.

This is an important sub-hall of the True Demon Palace of the Northern Territory Grand Sect. Three great masters are stationed here all year round.

Its status is second only to the True Demon State where the True Demon Palace headquarters is located.

After feeling the huge vibration coming from deep in the Gobi Desert, the three powerful beings immediately walked out of the cave.

Stand directly on the top of the Demon Mountain and look out at the Gobi Desert in the distance.

Deep in the Gobi Desert, a column of dust is rising into the sky, and you can see it even if you are ten thousand miles away.

"Something happened deep in the Gobi Desert. There is a fierce battle going on between super powerful people." A powerful person from the True Demon Palace said with a serious expression.

"Brother, can I go and take a look at the situation?" another slightly younger powerful man spoke up.

"Then be careful." said the senior brother.

"No one of us should go over there. Let's activate the mountain protection formation immediately." At this moment, another powerful man with silver hair spoke up.

"Uncle-master, why do we need to activate the mountain protection formation?" asked the young and powerful man.

"Even from such a long distance, we can still feel the aftermath of the battle. The cultivation levels of both warring parties are at least at the Great King level. It's not something we can get involved in. Now we can only hope that their fight doesn't affect the oasis." The silver-haired master said with a worried look on his face.

In today's Northern Territory, with the large-scale revival of the ancient races, the powerful ones have to live cautiously.

If you are not careful, you will encounter someone you cannot afford to offend.

At the same time, deep in the Gobi Desert, next to a large pit on the ground, two terrifying figures suddenly appeared there.

They even exuded fierce murderous intent and infinite anger.

They were none other than the Earth Spirit King and the Fire Cloud King who had been chasing Li Zhi all the way.

Li Zhi's escape speed was beyond imagination, making it impossible for even the saints to catch up with him.

He could only throw the magic weapon from a distance to suppress Li Zhi.

However, Li Zhi's strength was so powerful that he broke the two ancestral kings' cognition time and time again. Now he was able to escape from the full suppression of the Holy Soldiers.

Even the sacred weapon, the Mountain-Suppressing Seal, which was refined by the Earth Spirit Ancestor King, had several cracks on it because of the collision just now.

It seemed that it could not withstand another collision.

“We must not keep this boy. He is only at the fifth level of the King Realm now, but he already has the strength of a half-saint. If he is really allowed to become a half-saint, I’m afraid he will be able to defeat a saint.” The Earth Spirit King said coldly.

However, there was no trace of Li Zhi in the big hole he had dug on the ground, as if he had escaped the sight of the two ancestor kings again.

“Brother Tu Ling, this boy seems to be proficient in the art of earth escape. Every time he escapes underground, he disappears. You and I have to spend a lot of effort to find him. Now we are close to the Northern Divine City. If we continue to chase him like this, I am afraid we will alarm Jiang Taixu.” The Fire Cloud Ancestral King felt very aggrieved.

Two ancestor kings who were in the middle stage of sainthood joined forces to hunt down a human king, but they were unable to kill the man even after crossing most of the Northern Territory.

It didn't even manage to injure anyone seriously.

The Earth Spirit Ancestor King took out the damaged Zhenyue Seal and said, "He can't escape this time."

Then, a few strands of Li Zhi's blood appeared on the Zhenyue Seal, which were captured by the Seal when Li Zhi was vomiting blood due to the suppression of the Divine Seal just now.

"Using blood as a guide, the earth as a medium, and the spirit of the mountain, we will reveal the enemy's whereabouts."

The Earth Spirit King hardened his heart and used his innate magic. The few strands of blood shed by Li Zhi were refined into a mysterious blood rune. Then the Zhenyue Seal emitted infinite divine light and pressed the blood rune down onto the earth.

It’s like putting a stamp on the earth.

"Oh!"

The earth immediately erupted with a terrifying recoil force.

"Crack!" A shattering sound suddenly came from inside the Holy Soldier Zhenyue Seal.

However, the Earth Spirit King did not hesitate to worry whether the mountain seal would really be destroyed.

Still pressing it firmly onto the ground.

Then, with the Zhenyue Seal as the center, a mysterious blood-red line appeared on the ground, like blood vessels.

"Trace the source, the ground veins are bleeding, kill!"

As the Earth Spirit King continued to use his ancestral magic, the blood vessel-like lines on the ground immediately turned into a blood sword stuck to the ground.

Then the tip of the sword pointed directly towards the direction of the city of gods.

"Hmph, wanting to escape to the Divine City is wishful thinking." The Earth Spirit King snorted coldly.

“We must not let him escape to the Divine City. The Saint Tianxuan, who is suspected to be the Saint King, is in charge of the Divine City. If we lure him out, you and I may not be his match.” The Fire Cloud Ancestor King said in a cold voice.

"He can't escape." The Earth Spirit Ancestor King grabbed the blood sword from the ground and shouted, "Chase!"

"Whoosh!"

The blood sword immediately drew a streak of light in the air, and flew quickly towards the city of gods along the path that Li Zhi had walked under the earth.

At the same time, under the earth, Li Zhi, who was lying in the Coffin of Life to recover from his injuries, felt a sense of being locked in his heart.

“These ancient ancestor kings are really versatile. Even if the Coffin of Life conceals the secrets, it can still be found.” Li Zhi showed a trace of depression on his face.

Unexpectedly, just after trying to practice magic skills with those ancient creatures, he was targeted by the two ancestral kings.

Didn’t it say that the saints discussing matters at the Assembly of All Races cannot take action?

Why do these two ancestor kings seem determined not to stop until they kill him?
Li Zhi was a little confused.

In fact, it was normal for Li Zhi not to understand. His state in Beidou could be described in one sentence, that is, "the body is in the painting, but the mind is outside the painting."

From beginning to end, he looked at everything that happened on the ancient star Beidou from a third-party perspective.

It seemed as if everything that happened on the ancient star Beidou had nothing to do with him.

But being in Beidou, how could it not be related?

Since you are already a person in the painting, how can you possibly enjoy the kind of treatment that is free from the consequences of karma that only viewers of paintings can enjoy?

Moreover, he didn't have any imperial weapon to cut off the cause and effect for him, so how could he be free forever?

He was only hunted down by two ancestor kings at the saint level, and did not encounter any ancestor kings at the saint king level, or even a great saint. This was already a sign of good fortune for him.

From the day Li Zhi decided to represent the human race in the Conference of All Races, the cause and effect of today were destined.

However, facing two ancestor kings at the mid-stage saint level, he really couldn't defeat them.

Of course, if he was willing to expose the Hundred Herbs Map, he would be able to kill the two ancestral kings after paying a certain price.

However, Li Zhi was unwilling to expose the existence of the Hundred Herbs Map at this time.

That was his real life-saving trump card.

Although he was now in a somewhat embarrassing situation as he was being chased by the two ancestral kings.

However, there is no danger to life.

Neither the Earth Spirit King nor the Fire Cloud King is the type of king who is good at speed.

Li Zhi, who has attached great importance to speed of escape since the initial stage of his practice, is now almost as fast as a cultivator who has practiced the secret of the word "Xing".

After his energy was restored, Li Zhi immediately forced out a drop of essence and blood, and then used the secret method of incarnation "Light and Shadow Body" to condense an identical real body.

Then, the shadowy figure flew out of the Coffin of Life, rushed out of the ground and ran wildly towards the City of God.

His real body continued to lie in the Coffin of Life, borrowing the power of the human-shaped elixir of immortality and escaping towards the depths of the earth of the ancient star of Beidou.

"Light and Shadow Body" is a secret method of escape that Li Zhi upgraded based on the "Light and Shadow Escape" in "Xiantian Changsheng Gong".

The incarnation of light and shadow is almost exactly the same as the real body.

However, this incarnation only exists for a relatively short time, and apart from running fast, the combat power of the light and shadow incarnation is less than one percent of the real body.

Li Zhi did not master other methods of incarnation and could only use his light and shadow body as an incarnation.

As soon as the light and shadow rushed out of the ground, the two ancestral kings immediately discovered his trace.

Then it pierced through the void, crossed endless mountains and rivers, and blocked him in a deep no-man's land.

It was also the first time that Li Zhi stood face to face with the two ancestral kings.

"Wulian Tianzun, I, Qingfeng, greet the two seniors. I wonder why the seniors want to block my way? I don't think I have offended the two seniors."

Li Zhi pretended that he had just met them, his face full of confusion.

"Qingfeng boy, are you very proud of having teased the two ancestor kings along the way?" Ancestral King Huoyun looked at Li Zhi with cold eyes.

"Why do you say that, senior?" Li Zhi pretended nothing had happened and said to the two ancient ancestor kings.

"Brother Huoyun, the human race is best at sophistry and loves to show off their eloquence. You and I don't need to waste time talking to him. We can just search his soul and refine his spirit, and we will know everything." After the Earth Spirit King finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to grab Li Zhi.

There was a flash of light under Li Zhi's feet, and twisted dragon patterns appeared on the soles of his feet. Then he slipped out from between the fingers of the Earth Spirit King like a swimming dragon.

"What do you mean, senior? Have you forgotten the agreement made at the Ten Thousand Races Conference? Only those who are stronger than Saints are allowed to take action. Do you want to start another war?" Li Zhi said.

"Haha, a nobody like you is qualified to start a war?" The Fire Cloud Ancestor King looked at Li Zhi as if he was watching a joke.

"You are such a slippery guy. I can't let you go today." The Earth Spirit King once again stretched out his huge hand that covered the sky, and with the supernatural powers of a saint, he wanted to catch Li Zhi in his hand.

"Aren't you afraid that Emperor Wu Shi will issue an edict to kill you?" Li Zhi shouted while dodging.

“Wu Shi, haha, if you have the ability, just ask him to save you.” Huoyun Zuwang sneered, “Don’t think that a mere imperial weapon can protect your human race forever.”

Seeing this, Li Zhi thought to himself, "Sure enough, that battle did not convince these ancient ancestor kings."

Then he said, "If you want to catch me, it depends on whether you have the ability to do so."

Then mysterious runes began to appear on Li Zhi's light and shadow incarnation.

"Oh no, he's going to attract thunder." The Earth Spirit King quickly pulled the Fire Cloud King back thousands of miles away.

"boom!"

Li Zhi's light and shadow incarnation was also directly exploded by a bolt of lightning.

Deep in the earth, Li Zhi, sitting in the coffin of the God of Life, felt helpless.

The lightning-inducing technique still cannot bring about a true heavenly calamity.

How did the Thunder Emperor control the pool of thunder to bring about a true heavenly calamity and destroy the enemy?

"It's actually an incarnation." The two ancestral kings were so angry.

"He definitely hasn't gone far. Look at my secret method." The Earth Spirit King once again used their racial magical powers.

Even when his holy weapon, Zhenyue Seal, was broken into more than a dozen pieces, he did not give up.

The Earth Spirit Ancestor King was born into the Earth Spirit Clan. According to legend, the ancient ancestor of their clan was an earth spirit born within the earth, and had an extraordinary connection with the earth.

Standing on the earth, he is undefeated in his level.

However, after that terrifying talent was passed on to future generations, its effect was constantly reduced. Finally, a wise ancestor king of the Earth Spirit Clan took great pains to transform his bloodline talent into ancestral magic.

Nowadays, even the Earth Spirit King can only rely on powerful magic power and holy weapons to perform that kind of ancestral technique.

I have to say, that kind of ancestral technique is extremely terrifying.

It actually revealed Li Zhi's escape route under the ground.

"He definitely has a secret treasure on him that can conceal the secrets of heaven and earth escape." The Earth Spirit King said with certainty.

"Can we force him out from the depths of the earth?" asked the Fire Cloud Ancestor King.

"Yes." The Earth Spirit King said confidently.

Afterwards, Li Zhi, who was riding the Coffin of Life towards the City of God in the depths of the earth, felt that the earth was faintly rejecting the Coffin of Life.

"Oops."

Li Zhi immediately put away the Coffin of Life, then quickly took out the Luoyang Shovel and dug a big hole deep in the earth.

This avoids the situation of being directly repelled out by the power of the earth.

However, Li Zhi still felt a strong repulsive force, as if it was going to force him out of the ground.

There is indeed an insurmountable chasm between non-saints and saints.

Li Zhi didn't want to take out the Hundred Herbs Map.

The present time is different from the past. If those ancient ancestor kings knew that he had a quasi-emperor divine weapon, perhaps what would greet him was not fear, but endless pursuit.

How to break the impasse gave Li Zhi a headache.

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(End of this chapter)