164: The power of a true immortal instantly annihilated the entire field.

Li Chengfeng's expression shifted slightly as he said sternly, "You have fallen into the Demonic Path! I originally intended to spare your lowly life, but it seems I cannot leave you alive now!"

He also circulated his Cultivation Technique with all his might, causing his Magic Treasure to glow brilliantly.

"Didn't you want to kill This Young Master? Come then!"

"Go to hell!"

The two of them clashed once again.

However, even in his frenzied state, Zhang Iron Pillar's strength still could not shake the radiance of the protective Immortal Treasure on Li Chengfeng's body, which had been bestowed by the Li Family Elders.

His wood-cutting knife struck it, only producing small sparks.

"Dammit!"

The skin between Zhang Iron Pillar's thumb and index finger split open, dripping with blood.

"Hahaha... so what if you've entered the Demonic Path?"

Seeing that Zhang Iron Pillar could not break through his defenses after a long time, Li Chengfeng relaxed completely and laughed arrogantly, "An ant is just an ant!"

"What do you think this little burst of strength amounts to before the heritage of my Li Family?"

"You can't even break This Young Master's protective Immortal Treasure, so how do you plan to threaten my life?"

Right then, a figure charged at Li Chengfeng from the side like a wild bull!

It was the dark-skinned, sturdy youth who had cheered for Zhang Iron Pillar earlier, Big Stone!

"You dare bully my brother! I'll fight you to the death!"

Big Stone's charge was completely unrefined, yet it was heavy and powerful, and more importantly, unexpected.

Li Chengfeng's attention was entirely on Zhang Iron Pillar. Although his protective Immortal Treasure blocked most of the impact, he was still knocked off balance, his blood and Qi churning from the significant injury.

"Brother Zhang! Are you alright?"

Big Stone supported the staggering Zhang Iron Pillar, only to discover with horror that his hair was turning white at the temples. "Your hair... how did you become like this? What on earth is going on?"

Feeling the strength from his brother's arm, a brief moment of clarity appeared in Zhang Iron Pillar's maddened eyes.

He touched his greyish-white hair and murmured, "Have I... entered the Demonic Path? Am I really going to become the kind of person I hate the most?"

But in the next moment, a flash of resolute realization crossed his eyes, and he laughed towards the sky.

"No! They forced me!"

"So what if one is an Immortal? So what if one is a Demon?"

"Do those high and mighty Immortals have any less blood on their hands than Demons?"

"A Demon is not necessarily evil!"

"And an Immortal is not necessarily good!"

"It is merely a difference in their Dao!"

"As long as the original heart remains unchanged, why care about the labels of Immortal or Demon!"

"I am still me!"

As his voice fell, the violent aura around him strangely began to calm and condense, faintly resonating with the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi—he had actually gained an Epiphany in this desperate situation and was beginning a Breakthrough!

"Brother Zhang has... enlightened to the Dao?!"

Big Stone was both shocked and delighted.

On the other side, Li Chengfeng steadied himself, wiped a trace of blood from the corner of his mouth, and pointed at Big Stone in humiliated rage: "It's you! You country bumpkin, you dared to sneak attack This Young Master!"

"Your grandpa did it, so what?"

Big Stone stepped forward without a trace of fear. "Your Li Family actually dares to collude with those five old dogs from the Ascension Road to deceive the Country Lord. You have some nerve!"

"Hahaha!" Li Chengfeng laughed out of extreme anger. "So what if we do? What can you do to me? This Young Master will slaughter you first!"

In his fury, Li Chengfeng ignored his injuries and channeled all his magical power to strike at Big Stone.

"Come then! Who's afraid of who!"

Big Stone shouted, advancing instead of retreating. At the same time, he reached into a dirty-looking cloth bag at his waist—

He instantly pulled out seven or eight Immortal Treasures of various styles, all shining with spiritual light!

There were shields, bells, seals, shuttles... without even looking, he threw them at Li Chengfeng's head like he was throwing stones!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The power of the Immortal Treasures self-detonating one after another caused Li Chengfeng's protective light to flicker violently. He was forced back repeatedly, his recently suppressed injuries worsening as he fell into a pathetic state.

"You... are your family's life-saving Immortal Treasures free or something?!"

Li Chengfeng was dazed by the assault. Looking at Big Stone's seemingly bottomless cloth bag, he was so shocked and angry he almost spat blood.

"My family doesn't have much, but we have plenty of junk left by our ancestors! You want to compare treasures with me? I'll wear you down to death!"

Big Stone patted the dust off his bag and grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth.

On the other side.

Night Owl was leading the elites of Xuanji Hall in a fierce battle against the five Earth Immortals of the Liuyun Immortal Kingdom.

The light from the clashing Immortal arts illuminated half the sky.

Night Owl and the others were gradually becoming unable to hold their ground; even with Liu the Half-Immortal joining the fray, they were no match.

The Elder in Black Robes shouted angrily while attacking, "Who exactly are you people?! To dare disrupt the Ascension Road and strike against us, This Immortal shall surely execute you today!"

"Today, none of you shall escape!"

Night Owl and the others retreated step by step, their faces full of bitterness.

"Why hasn't Elder Li Meng arrived yet?"

Night Owl, Liu the Half-Immortal, and the others were anxious.

Just then—

Suddenly, the temperature of the world plummeted, as if winter had arrived in an instant.

A vast and peerless pressure, like the sky collapsing, enveloped the entire Ascension Road area.

All the combatants, whether from Night Owl's side or the Immortal Kingdom's Earth Immortals, couldn't help but freeze their movements.

An exquisitely beautiful figure in white had quietly appeared in the Void Realm at some unknown point. Faint cold Qi swirled around her, and even light seemed to bend and freeze in her presence.

Everyone's gaze instinctively turned toward that white figure.

Seeing the newcomer, Liu the Half-Immortal immediately beamed with joy and pointed at the five Earth Immortals opposite him, laughing loudly: "You're finished! You're dead meat! Elder Li Meng is here! None of you can run!"

He turned his head toward Fairy Li Meng.

"It's these old fogies. Not only did they slander the good seed the Sect Master favored, but they also attacked us ruthlessly!"

"Look, several strands of this old man's meticulously groomed beard were broken by them!"

"Elder Liu, please calm yourself."

Fairy Li Meng's cold gaze swept across the battlefield.

Before long, she discovered Zhang Iron Pillar, whose hair was grey at the tips and who was currently in the midst of an Epiphany.

A flash of surprise crossed Fairy Li Meng's eyes.

"Hmm? This boy... seems to have entered the Demonic Path, yet his malevolent energy is restrained?"

"A mere Mortal Body, yet showing signs of the fusion of Immortal and Demon?"

"Could it be... the legendary Immortal-Demon Dao Body?"

Then, her gaze turned toward the five Liuyun Immortal Kingdom Earth Immortals who were facing a great enemy. Her voice was bone-chillingly cold: "This Immortal is Jiang Limeng, an Elder of the Wending Sect. I have come by the Sect Master's decree to receive those destined to join the sect."

"How dare you lay a hand on the people of my Wending Sect?"

"Wending Sect? Is it that newly risen one in the Canglan Continent..." Hearing this, the faces of the five Earth Immortals instantly lost all color, filled with extreme terror.

Standing before them was actually the True Immortal expert who had been famous throughout Qingu years ago—

Fairy Li Meng!

They were merely at the Earth Immortal Stage; how could they possibly resist?

"It's not like that, Fairy Li Meng... listen to our expla—"

They wanted to beg for mercy, wanted to explain, but Fairy Li Meng gave them no chance at all.

She simply pointed a slender finger, and invisible Laws of Extreme Cold seemed to spread through the Void Realm.

The five Earth Immortals, along with the protective Immortal light around them, were instantly frozen into five lifelike ice sculptures. Then, they quietly shattered and dissipated in the breeze, leaving not a single trace behind.

The might of a True Immortal was terrifying indeed!

The entire field fell into a deathly silence, so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

On the other side, Li Chengfeng, who had just been left dazed by Big Stone's bombardment of Immortal Treasures, didn't even have time to see who had arrived before he was struck by an aftershock of cold Qi. He instantly turned into a human-shaped block of ice, frozen in place with an expression of horror still on his face.