Luck Hurts People

“That’s strange, where is he?” As their injuries slowly healed, the four searched around but couldn't find Li Fan.

“Could it be that he ran out of strength, knew he was no match, and retreated first?”

A hint of doubt flashed across the Black-Clothed Cultivators' faces from the Five Old Men Association.

“Judging by the power of that palm strike just now, it’s very possible. One palm almost shattered the Heaven-Cave Domains of all four of us. Even if he’s strong, using such a Divine Ability should come with a considerable backlash… ”

“Not necessarily. Ancient Cultivators are good at fighting, and Li Fan clearly concealed something before.”

“No matter what, caution is key. Let’s break this Formation first!”

The four exchanged glances and jointly attacked the Divided Light Trapped Dragon Formation Li Fan had set up.

It seemed the Formation truly had no Cultivator presiding over it, as its originally impenetrable defense became incredibly weak.

The giant golden bowl instantly became precarious.

With renewed joy, the four accelerated their attack frequency.

Just as the Trapped Dragon Formation was completely broken by them, golden light rained down from the sky.

It enveloped the four, refracting dazzling rays of light.

Under the radiating golden light, they couldn't help but squint their eyes slightly.

“Careful!”

Just then, the leading Cultivator suddenly shouted a warning.

Before his voice faded, with a boom, some of the golden light falling around them exploded directly.

Terrifying energy surged from the center of the explosion, sweeping outwards.

There were as many as sixteen or seventeen explosion sources disguised as golden light.

They surrounded the Five Old Men Association members on all sides.

“Cracked Space Gilded Lightning?!”

Amidst anger and shock, the Gilded Lightning's light points instantly transformed into light rings, engulfing them completely.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

Earth-shattering explosions continuously echoed in this sea area.

After an unknown amount of time, when all the smoke and dust had cleared.

Within the tattered Heaven-Cave Domains, their squirming flesh slowly and arduously took shape.

“How despicable…”

“I knew he hadn’t gone far!”

Their faces were filled with lingering fear as they quickly scanned their surroundings, yet still couldn't find where Li Fan was hiding.

“Don’t get entangled with him anymore, let’s retreat!” The leader gritted his teeth.

Putting away their Heaven-Cave anomalies, the few of them disregarded everything else and sped towards Yongliang Province on the outskirts of Congyun Sea.

After flying for a long time, the coastline of Yongliang Province was already visible in the distance, and Li Fan did not reappear.

It was as if he had given up on pursuing them.

The four couldn't help but let out a complete sigh of relief.

However, recalling the near-death experience they had just had, they vaguely felt something was amiss.

“Bing Liu, why do I feel like Li Fan was deliberately toying with us?”

“…”

The Black-Clothed Cultivator, code-named Bing Liu, was silent for a moment before saying in a deep voice, “Although I don’t want to admit it, from the actual situation, it does seem a bit strange.”

“He could have ended our lives with the Gilded Lightning after that palm strike. But he waited until we recovered our Origin Qi before acting again.”

“It’s as if he deliberately gave us a chance to catch our breath.”

At this point, another Black-Clothed Cultivator chimed in, “We were severely injured just now; any casual attack would have been enough to completely kill us. But he didn’t do that; instead, he let us go…”

“What exactly does he mean?”

The four looked at each other, completely baffled.

“Li Fan is an ancient Cultivator who has been dormant for thousands of years and only recently awakened. It’s obvious that someone like him wouldn’t have much sense of belonging to the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance,” Bing Liu suddenly said after a period of contemplation.

“You mean…” The other three’s eyes lit up.

“He guessed our identity as Five Old Men Association Cultivators and wanted to establish a good relationship, which is why he deliberately spared our lives?”

“Very likely.”

“So that’s it!”

“Does that mean we can try to turn him and have him join our Five Old Men Association?” Bing Liu had another idea.

“According to the information we’ve gathered, he was the first to deduce the prophecy of 'Tianxuan Locking Spirit, Xuanhuang Unified.' If we can win him over, not only can the punishment for this failed mission be offset, but we can also achieve a great merit.”

At these words, the few of them were somewhat tempted.

However, in the end, reason triumphed over desire.

The leading Cultivator said, “Let’s report his situation first when we get back.”

“This person is full of strangeness; we must be wary.” Another Black-Clothed Cultivator nodded in agreement.

Bing Liu felt a bit regretful: “This person’s whereabouts are erratic and he appears and disappears like a ghost. It’s truly difficult to track him.”

Another person chimed in, “Yes, if we hadn’t come out on this mission and happened to run into him sneaking out, we probably wouldn’t have been able to do anything about him.”

“He is, after all, a Tianji Sect Cultivator, proficient in the Dao of deduction. It’s normal for him to be able to counteract and block deduction Spells.”

The few of them exchanged words, and they saw Yongliang Province getting closer and closer.

But gradually, they noticed something unusual about their surroundings.

Even though it looked incredibly close, no matter how they flew, they were still just on the azure Congyun Sea.

They always remained that slight distance from Yongliang Province, unable to reach it.

What startled them even more was that the scenery of Yongliang Province in the distance, when looked at closely, appeared somewhat blurry!

It was as if it wasn't real, but rather an illusion.

The four stopped their flight, their expressions solemn as they stared ahead.

A moment later, the leading Black-Clothed Cultivator cried out in alarm, “Oh no! It’s an illusion!”

“What?” The others were stunned for a moment, then finally realized, and re-examined their surroundings in horror.

Clouds, wind, waves…

Everything around them instantly froze.

Then, like cracks appearing on a glass mirror, it shattered with a crash.

They could still faintly hear the echoes of the Cracked Space Gilded Lightning explosions. The four’s Heaven-Cave Domains were a terrible sight, and their bodies were a bloody mess; they hadn't recovered to their original state at all!

It turned out that time was still paused at the moment Li Fan launched his sneak attack with the Gilded Lightning.

“He took advantage of the moment our Heaven-Cave Domains were impacted, when our minds were dazed, and pulled us into an illusion!”

Bing Liu finally understood and couldn't help but exclaim.

“Deduction Spells, Formations, Illusions…”

“Truly worthy of an ancient Cultivator.”

The leader coughed, gritting his teeth and sighing.

He tried to activate his Heaven-Cave to absorb the surrounding Spiritual Qi. But he despairingly discovered that at some unknown point, the opponent had already set up a Formation, turning this area into a vacuum of Spiritual Qi.

Completely eliminating the possibility for Nascent Soul cultivators to quickly recover their bodies with the power of their Heaven-Cave.

“What a move!” He gazed at the mid-air.

There, Li Fan was slowly revealing himself.

“Coincidence…” Li Fan frowned slightly, muttering.

With his methods, he could have easily killed these four members of the Five Old Men Association long ago.

The reason he went through all this trouble was to use the Cloud Water Illusion Dream Skill to find out the reason for his discovery during this outing from their minds.

However, what he never expected was to get such an absurd answer.

No longer hesitating, the Five Elements Extinction Sword was wielded consecutively.

The four Five Old Men Association Cultivators, who were already severely injured, only resisted for a short while before tragically dying under Li Fan’s sword.

The anomaly of a Cultivator’s demise appeared above their heads, but Li Fan had no mind to look.

Because he discovered that while he was entangled with the Five Old Men Association Cultivators just now,

The giant vortex at the bottom of the sea suddenly erupted with a suction force, pulling Han Yi, who was fixed by the Binding Insect, into a deep hole in the ruins.

“Luck…”

Li Fan stood before the vortex, his eyes deep in thought.

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