“All of you die!”

A trace of ferocity flashed in Shi Bupo’s eyes. Originally, he had planned to capture them alive, holding back for fear that he would only obtain a few corpses, which would be meaningless. But now, Shi Bupo could not care less. Even if he killed them, it was better than letting them escape!

“Stone Emperor Fist. Earth-Shattering Blow!”

Shi Bupo stiffened his body, forcefully pulling himself free. His small giant-like body surged with a terrifying aura, a vast amount of nature’s spiritual energy converging upon him, causing his dark rocky body to emanate profound light that seemed to swallow up the surrounding light. His fists were raised high, and an air of imposing force locked onto Su Changkong.

Su Changkong felt a strong sense of threat in his heart. This Shi Bupo was giving him a feeling akin to facing Elder Tan You of the Life Extinguishing Association, much stronger than the average Five-Qi Grandmaster, by far too much!

“I can’t take it head-on!”

Even though Su Changkong had unlocked nine Heavenly Pulses, condensed the Three Flowers, and initiated the Giant Whale Body Technique, facing Shi Bupo’s strike, he felt he might be gravely injured or killed if he took it head-on. Knowing he couldn’t take it directly, and unable to dodge, his only choice was to launch a preemptive strike, to disrupt this attack!

Shi Bupo’s Fist Intent locked onto Su Changkong, creating a momentum that made it difficult for him to dodge. The raised fists smashed down slowly, yet they dragged afterimages, causing time and space to seem distorted.

Five Animal Frolics. Ape Demon Captures the Air!

The Giant Bear illusion behind Su Changkong twisted and transformed into a golden-haired Giant Ape. The Giant Ape Illusion stretched its arms, fingers slightly clenched. This move, infused with the essence of the Demon Ape Picking Star Picture, was quite profound. The closing of its fingers squeezed Shi Bupo, pausing his descending fists, slowing down his previously unstoppable momentum.

“Endless Furious Sea!”

At that moment, Su Changkong stepped forward, his True Qi roaring and boiling within him. A huge amount of nature’s spiritual energy converged, and he threw a punch that resounded like the roaring sea, smashing towards Shi Bupo’s Dantian area.

“Bang!”

This punch, which could shatter steel walls, failed to injure Shi Bupo’s Heavy Mountain body. Yet, the explosive force still managed to push Shi Bupo back half a step and the ground trembled under his feet as his imminent Earth-Shattering Blow was forcefully stopped, giving him a feeling of extreme frustration.

He was clearly stronger than Su Changkong, yet Su Changkong managed to restrain him using a punch infused with the essence of a True Beast!

“Mr. Su, let’s go!”

The sound of Li Song breathing a sigh of relief came from behind. He had been successful in drawing the Array Pattern on Li Zhengao’s body.

“Quick, switch them over!”

Miles away, Li Xue and Li Mo immediately held the scrolls in hand, activating their bloodline Divine Skills.

Whoosh whoosh!

Within the twisted air, the figures of Li Zhengao and Li Song appeared.

This secret technique, left behind by Bai Xingzhi, could only be executed by those with the ’turning the fake into the real’ bloodline. If they prepared in advance scrolls with the likeness of their target and had more than one person to cooperate in drawing an Array Pattern on the target, they could perform a substitution within a few miles’ radius.

Su Changkong also felt a force pulling at him, knowing it was the Li Family Elder transferring and replacing him. Before coming, Li Song had already prepared by drawing an Array Pattern on him, so he did not resist.

“Stay!”

Shi Bupo’s enraged roar echoed in his ears. He reached out with a large hand, trying to grab Su Changkong, but Su Changkong’s body disappeared into the twisted space, and Shi Bupo grasped only a scroll that had been switched in.

“Run!”

On the street a few miles away, Li Song and the others wasted no time. The White Cranes they conjured carried them swiftly away, with Su Changkong also riding on one alongside Li Song.

As long as they increased the distance, the flying White Cranes would be hard to track or stop. The ability to fly already offered an unreachable advantage!

“They… escaped?”

The events that just unfolded happened in the blink of an eye, and the fog on the Execution Grounds Plaza hadn’t even dissipated. The Shi Family Martial Artists stood there, stunned, struggling to accept that Li Song and the others had really rescued Li Zhengao and the others from their grasp.

But these Shi Family Martial Artists dared not speak loudly, because Shi Bupo was standing there, teeth chattering with a grating sound, eyes filled with blood vessels and his face twisted to the extreme: “That damned kid! If not for his interference, there’s no way they would’ve left safely!”

Shi Bupo had indeed underestimated the capabilities of Li Song and the others. Despite being slim, the camels from the Paint Saint bloodline were still bigger than horses, and their ability to switch things took him by surprise.

Beyond that, what mattered most was the unidentified Five-Qi Grandmaster, whose strength was quite formidable. Even for a powerful figure like Shi Bupo, it was impossible to capture him within a few moves. Being delayed and obstructed just gave Li Song the opportunity to switch and fully retreat with the three hostages.

“I will kill him! I will kill him!”

Shi Bupo clenched his fists, his eyes flashing with terrifying ferocity. As the Family Head of the Mysterious Stone City’s Shi Family, he rarely suffered such setbacks. Not only did he fail to capture the Li Family’s experts who came to the rescue, but the hostages were also taken from under his nose. The blood within him was boiling violently, making it almost impossible to control his rage.

He roared madly in his heart, unwilling to let it go.

After a long while, Shi Bupo gradually calmed down. He took a deep breath and rapidly pondered, “The Li Family are hiding in Literacy Paradise, and we simply can’t enter… I need to make a trip myself, to Stubborn Stone Mountain, to seek help from the Nei Clan. The Nei Clan definitely has a way to break through this Literacy Paradise!”

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