The Leader's body was instantly pierced through, shattering into flesh and blood stained with black killing intent. However, in just an instant, his body re-condensed. His strength was too great; he had already cultivated to the realm of Primordial Spirit Splitting and Blood Drop Rebirth.
Even if he was tricked by the Mark of the Gods, he was not someone they could easily kill. They would have to slowly wear down his essence.
The Leader perhaps knew that escape was hopeless. Therefore, every time he attacked, he went all out, consuming his essence without reservation, intending to take one of them with him.
His main target was not Yang Qi, but Shi Jian. After all, Shi Jian not only had to support the formation but also act as the Immortal Slaying Sword. One person was being used for two purposes.
"Grand Emperor's Hand Seal!" The Leader, at the cost of his body being scattered again, charged towards Shi Jian.
Boom!
The forces clashed. Shi Jian felt as if his head had been struck by a sledgehammer, and the divine power within his body instantly became chaotic. In that moment, a fatal sword Qi erupted, stabbing towards him.
The Leader, who had been shattered, could still control the Heaven Rank Sword to deliver such a blow. The attack was too sudden.
"Five Emperors' Canopy, Impervious to All Evil." In an instant, Shi Jian condensed the canopy to protect himself.
However, just as the sword was about to pierce it, a figure appeared, and from it, an extremely powerful Earth Qi burst forth, blocking the sword. This was another clone of Li Changshou.
This one cultivated the Yellow Emperor Earth Emperor Dao. It was extraordinary, with strong magic power and a sturdy physical body. Although Li Changshou did not directly besiege the Leader, he was everywhere. When a team fight started, he was nowhere to be seen, but his participation rate was 100%.
As soon as the clone appeared, dense Earth Qi collided with the sword Qi. The clone's flesh and bones were torn away, and it became extremely tragic, but it blocked the assassination attempt. In the next instant, it submerged into the terrain and disappeared.
Shi Jian: "…"
The Leader: "…"
The others quickly regained their senses and once again surrounded the Leader, repeatedly shattering his body and cleansing it with killing intent, making him unable to fully recover.
Under such a situation, even with his powerful rebirth abilities, he could only be slowly worn down and then slain.
The Leader was killed. His stigmata began to dissipate, but at that instant, Yang Qi's Primordial Heart Fragment burst forth with red light and absorbed them. These powers were transformed into Yang Qi's own stigmata, appearing behind him. He grew stronger the more he fought.
"Fully operate the Giant Elephant Suppressing Hell! I will use stigmata to help you break through!" Yang Qi came behind Shi Jian and put a hand on his shoulder, injecting a streak of stigmata into his body.
Shi Jian did not hesitate, frantically devouring and refining it. Tens of thousands of Giant Elephant particles within his body awakened. It wasn't until a full 500,000 had awakened that he stopped. Yang Qi ate the meat, and Shi Jian got to drink the soup.
"Pure Land of the Gods…" a glimmer of light flashed in Shi Jian's eyes. This divine ability was terrifying, an advanced version of the Hell Furnace. Things the furnace could not refine, the Pure Land could. With his own strength, he simply couldn't refine the Leader. Yang Qi giving him the refined stigmata was equivalent to chewing the food and feeding it to him.
"I must cultivate it," he secretly made up his mind.
After transmitting power to Shi Jian, Yang Qi also absorbed the power left by his daughter, whose Primordial Spirit Starlight Physique could communicate with supreme stars. By absorbing this power, it would be as easy as turning over his hand for him to break through the Star Transformation.
"Thank you, brothers," he said after resolving everything. "The Leader is dead, and the remaining Crown Prince is no longer a threat."
"This old guy is quite strong. We beat him into a pulp, and he's still alive," Lin Dong complained. If he had faced the Leader alone, even with the stone talisman, he would probably have been instantly killed.
"Indeed, strong. The Buddha's Angry Fire Lotus only scorched a piece of his skin," Xiao Yan sighed, both at the Leader's power and the power of his group mates. Shi Jian, Fang Han, and Yang Qi had already far surpassed him.
Li Changshou's figure emerged. "The power summoned by the Leader is still there. It's very pure. You all can absorb and refine it." He pointed to the white Qi confined by the formation.
"Thank you, Brother Li," Yang Qi quickly said. This team fight, he was the main damage dealer, but Li Changshou was the MVP. He cut off all unexpected occurrences, allowing them to fight steadily, and was also like a firefighter, rescuing everywhere. His five clones, cultivating the Great Five Elements Technique, had been wandering the battlefield, acting whenever they saw someone in danger.
Now, everyone admired him from the bottom of their hearts. Too stable. He had a kind of ability to control the overall situation.
"You're welcome. We are one now, aren't we?" Li Changshou smiled and waved his hand.
Because Yang Qi and Shi Jian had already refined the Leader, they gave the pure white Qi to the others. Xiao Yan and the others, after Li Changshou directly stated he dared not easily refine energy from another world, no longer stood on ceremony and refined it. Their cultivation improved to varying degrees.
After resolving the biggest trouble, the Heavenly Position Academy, the other forces supporting the Crown Prince were nothing but chickens and dogs. Yang Qi and the others cut them down one by one.
Soon, only Yang Qi's voice remained throughout the entire continent.
However, at this time, news that the Crown Prince was returning also spread. Not only that, but he was also bringing back the Great Sage of the Zhendan Temple. In other words, the Crown Prince also went to call for reinforcements. And his cultivation had also broken through to the Great Sage Realm.
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