Chapter 755 - 221: Schemes Behind Schemes, Plots Amidst Undercurrents (Extended - )

Chapter 755: Chapter 221: Schemes Behind Schemes, Plots Amidst Undercurrents (Extended Chapter)

The yellow-robed man stepped over the threshold, and instead of appearing in the An Divine Hall, he found himself in a desolate expanse.

His gaze swept across, only to see a terrifying figure of indeterminate gender sitting with pale hands slightly lowered behind an old tree, and before this figure squatted a golden giant a hundred feet tall.

The golden giant hunched its massive body, its indifferent eyes revealing a sinister and greedy look, as if it had just taken a deep breath but was holding it, its hands in a cupped position, and its chin...or rather, its mouth was facing the suddenly appearing yellow-robed man.

Time seemed to stand still for a moment.

Then, this frozen, icy scene began to change slowly.

As the yellow-robed man’s eyes rolled, the golden giant opened its mouth, and the breath it held burst forth.

A pillar of pale, withered fire like divine retribution erupted from its mouth.

The air twisted, and all things were consumed by flames.

The pillar of fire instantly engulfed the yellow-robed man who had just stepped through the door, looking as though he hadn’t quite figured anything out yet.

This was Li Yuan’s improved method of killing.

Originally slapping hands was somewhat inefficient, so after skillfully using "compressed flame spraying" in the last battle, he directly applied it to the current battle.

And his hands covering the flanks were not for slapping people, but to block them.

If this yellow-robed man tried to escape, his hands would unhesitatingly block the way, striking him harshly back to where he started.

If he fled further, he’d find a way to drag him back with a ghost hand.

Li Yuan has always been calm and steady by nature.

Calm people love efficiency and directness.

Because he knows "the longer the delay, the greater the change", and the more variables appear.

Faced with an enemy, why not wipe him out in one breath? Is it necessary to chat slowly and leisurely before he pulls out his trump card?

But then again, are these three divine envoys really Li Yuan’s enemies?

Not necessarily.

It’s just that, at this moment, Li Yuan indeed considered them his enemies.

On the tactical level, these immortal envoys have already engaged in close combat with Li Yuan, whether it’s Emperor Xie Wei or Sister Yan, both are territories Li Yuan cannot afford to lose. Similarly, this applies to the Divine Tomb.

Strategically, if the East Sea Immortal Realm, and the intelligent Great Ghost Realm are advancing the Great Unity of Yin Yang;

And the Divine Tomb, Dragon Vein are preventing the Great Unity of Yin Yang;

Then... Li Yuan’s true objective is to delay all processes, making the waters muddier, allowing him to fish in the troubled waters.

The Celestial Soul Cultivation Method, Earth Soul Cultivation Method, and the journeys of Third Lady, Fourth Lady, Yaojue, and Ping’an to the East Sea Immortal Realm, were they not all fish he had caught?

If the water isn’t muddy, how can he fish?

And first, he must sever these hands that are eager to achieve the Great Unity of Yin Yang.

Because...such methods are incredibly efficient, yet the Land of Eternal Night in the Western Pole has not yet matured.

The Barbarian King, only recently entering the Earth Soul, the Western Pole barely nurturing a Three-headed Wolf, how could they lead troops from Cloud Mountain to conquer the world?

The advantage held by the East Sea Immortal Realm, Li Yuan had to eliminate it.

He wanted to maintain a chaotic world.

This was his way of survival.

It was also his...evil.

He confessed.

He understood.

He wouldn’t commit evil, yet insist on writing "good" on his face.

He couldn’t change the grand scheme, couldn’t escape the great game of the world,

But he also didn’t want to die, nor did he want his cherished people to become mere pawns manipulated and discarded at will by others,

So, he could only muddy the waters, allowing him to fish in troubled waters, strike while the iron was hot, throw stones when down, take advantage of opportunities...even if it meant nervously entering the field himself, sitting at a chessboard he was far from qualified to sit at, using loved ones as chess pieces.

When others sought to push this piece into the abyss, he would personally snatch it back with his hands!!!

And this is what he’s doing now.

...

The fierce withered fire transformed into an unending pillar of divine punishment falling upon the yellow-robed man.

His robe burned instantly, revealing underneath a close-fitting earthy soft armor.

The shadows flowing within the armor, coupled with a silent roar, gave Li Yuan a sensation akin to the Withered and Flourishing Sword, and Earth Fire Sword, which further confirmed Li Yuan’s suspicions.

This yellow-robed man was indeed the mastermind behind the Mountain Hall.

This soft armor was the heirloom treasure of the Mountain Hall’s Hall Master.

The Mountain Hall appearing beside Xie Wei was purely a conspiracy.

Under the fierce fire, facing the surprise attack, the yellow-robed man’s expression remained calm, as if... he wasn’t surprised by this ambush.

Li Yuan gazed down at him, meeting his eyes, having already gauged the situation: indeed, if he had such a means of passing information, then naturally these individuals from the East Sea Immortal Domain would too...

It looked like this was going to be a tough battle.

He successfully ambushed once, gaining significant advantage, but the second attempt... was not as effective.

In no time, the yellow-robed man pulled out a red stone and a black stone as if performing a magic trick, each the size of a goose egg, held in each hand, and crushed them forcefully.

The stones did not turn into fragments, but transformed into Yin Yang Qi, swirling upward.

The earthy soft armor burst into a yellow light.

The yellow light was stable, harboring a sensation of immovable mountains within.

The yellow-robed man raised his hand, fingers pointing to the ground, pulling sharply.

The soil compressed and converged, turning into a long spear shooting upward.

But just as the tip of the spear emerged, it came to nothing.

Because the yellow-robed man had become a "floating yellow bubble," the land beneath him already turned into black sand by Li Yuan’s withered fire, flying outward in the violent airflow.

The yellow-robed man’s pupils slightly narrowed.

In the next instant, he saw the golden giant resembling two massive golden gates closing in, about to crush the person in the middle into mush, that golden glow barrier emitted a deafening explosion upon impact, the golden light dimming significantly.