“Little Wa!”
Li Mu shouted, then with a wave of his hand, he took out several defensive Spiritual Artifacts from the nine storage spiritual pearl.
A Ruyi Square Seal transformed into a giant mountain and smashed towards the Azure Scaled Thunder Lion, and a tortoise-shell shaped round shield rapidly expanded, rising to meet the sky.
“Wa!”
Little Wa roared in response, and a gray light flashed across its massive body, as countless Earth Elements Spiritual Power flowed into the ground around it.
With a “boom!”, millions of catties of rock and soil suddenly exploded upwards, instantly forming a crescent-shaped giant earth shield, covering Li Mu and Little Jin.
“Zzzzt!”
The moment the giant earth shield formed, the Azure Scaled Thunder Lion happened to unleash a massive burst of thunder essence, sending out countless Thunder Dragons to strike at Li Mu.
“Clatter, clatter, clatter…”
Thunder fell like rain, one bolt after another, and the entire area where Li Mu was instantly transformed into a thunder domain.
Ancient trees, thousands of years old, were shattered by the lightning, and the tortoise-shell shield endured dozens of lightning strikes, its spirituality rapidly dissipating.
In a short while, it shrunk and fell to the ground.
Blue electric snakes, like a sudden downpour, struck the thick round earth shield by the thousands, shattering rocks and flashing, seemingly intent on breaking through the thick earth layer and piercing the earth shield.
Seeing that the ten-thousand-catty earth shield was about to break, Li Mu quickly unleashed a stream of Earth Element True Essence, helping the earth shield condense and restore itself.
Under the thunder domain, Li Mu, Little Jin, and Little Wa felt every second drag on like a year; the violent lightning was filled with an aura of destruction.
Li Mu could clearly feel that the Fourth Order Tortoise Shield’s Spirit was extinguished and its foundation destroyed under the lightning strike, only resisting for a few breaths.
If Little Wa’s earth shield were destroyed, a baptism of destructive lightning would await them.
Li Mu immediately increased the output of his True Essence Spiritual Power, and Little Wa exerted its full strength, squeezing every bit of Yao Power from its body.
The rocks and sand of the earth were rapidly drawn upon, continuously repairing the circular earth shield damaged by the violent thunder essence… The violent lightning and the giant earth shield entered a stalemate.
“Boom!” A loud bang.
The Ruyi Square Seal, transformed into a small mountain, smashed fiercely towards the Azure Scaled Thunder Lion’s location, and in an instant, the ground collapsed, rocks trembled, fire flashed, and endless dust rose.
The Azure Scaled Thunder Lion had already transformed into a blue lightning bolt and escaped from its original position in advance.
The blue thunder domain gradually dissipated with the movement of the Azure Scaled Thunder Lion.
Li Mu left a substitute Puppet in place, and his figure flashed, escaping with the Five Elements Escape Technique.
The next moment, five Spirit Swords were successively taken out from the nine storage spiritual pearl.
Li Mu formed the Five Elements Sword Formation hand seals, and with Five Elements Spiritual Power imbued into the Spirit Swords, the five Spirit Swords whistled away, rapidly combining into one, forming a Five Elements Giant Sword over a dozen feet long, which struck towards the Azure Scaled Thunder Lion.
A fierce glint flashed in the Azure Scaled Thunder Lion’s eyes; instead of retreating, it advanced, charging towards Li Mu’s location.
The Azure Scaled Thunder Lion was like a Thunder God, its limbs glowing with lightning, moving with the thunder, arriving in the blink of an eye.
Li Mu snorted coldly, simultaneously releasing the Five Elements Earth Escape for evasion, while concentrating his Divine Soul, unleashing a Divine Soul attack—Gathering Star Strike—condensing the power of his Divine Soul to strike at the Azure Scaled Thunder Lion’s Divine Soul.
Li Mu’s figure dissipated.
“Boom!” A loud bang.
A blue shadow flashed past, crashing into the giant earth shield, which then disintegrated and shattered, burying the Azure Scaled Thunder Lion.
“Little Jin, Little Wa, retreat!”
Li Mu immediately issued a retreat order to Little Jin and Little Wa through the Spirit Control Contract Seal; they were absolutely no match for the Azure Scaled Thunder Lion.
Under Divine Soul perception, Li Mu was certain that this collision caused no physical harm to the Azure Scaled Thunder Lion, and even the Divine Soul attack caused very limited damage to its Divine Soul.
Little Jin and Little Wa decisively obeyed Li Mu’s command; Little Jin fled with large strides, and Little Wa escaped by burrowing into the ground.
“Bang!” A loud bang.
The massive Little Jin suddenly suffered a blow to its back, and its body was sent flying fiercely.
The Azure Scaled Thunder Lion’s eyes were bloodshot; after landing, it continued to charge up, intending to completely kill this traitor enslaved by the Human Race.
Li Mu, of course, would not stand idly by; the Five Elements Giant Sword whistled over, blocking the Azure Scaled Thunder Lion’s attack path.
“Bang!” A loud bang, the Golden Ape suffered another heavy blow, the armor on its chest was dented, and its massive body crashed to the ground, rolling far away like a tumbling gourd.
The Azure Scaled Thunder Lion’s figure was incredibly agile, avoiding the attack of the Five Elements Spirit Sword, and kicked Little Jin flying.
Li Mu’s scalp tingled; his figure swayed, and he used the Five Elements Escape Technique.
His figure split from a broken tree beside Little Jin, and with a sweep of his hand, he put Little Jin into his Spirit Beast Pouch.
After checking Little Jin’s injuries, Li Mu breathed a slight sigh of relief.
With spiritual armor protection, plus Little Jin’s sturdy body, the Azure Scaled Thunder Lion’s attack failed to inflict fatal damage.
With Little Jin’s recovery speed, these injuries could heal in seven or eight days.
However, the strength of the Sixth Order Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion far exceeded Li Mu’s estimation.
Even in its heavily injured state, it was still not something Little Jin and Little Wa could currently resist.
After putting Little Jin into the Spirit Beast Pouch, Li Mu quickly adjusted his combat strategy.
With a grab of his hand, a Fourth Order top-grade Metal Element Spirit Sword was taken out from the storage compartment.
The Five Elements Giant Sword disintegrated into five Spirit Swords, flying back in front of Li Mu.
The eighteen Spirit Swords that had been circling the Golden Winged Demon Peng in the sky all flew back and were successively put into the nine storage spiritual pearl by Li Mu from a distance.
The Fifth Order Yao Beasts were either injured or crippled and temporarily did not need to be worried about too much.
Compared to dealing with a few Fifth Order Yao Beasts, the Azure Scaled Thunder Lion in front of him was the most deadly.
If he didn’t quickly deal with it, once its body recovered, a great disaster would likely befall them.
Li Mu decided to ignore the other Yao Beasts and go all out, focusing on dealing with the Azure Scaled Thunder Lion first.
Using Flying Swords could not catch up to the Azure Scaled Thunder Lion, nor could it inflict fatal attacks.
The only effective method was to engage in close combat with it.
Li Mu couldn’t help but feel a bit regretful that he hadn’t refined a Fifth Order Spirit Sword for himself; the damage inflicted on the Azure Scaled Thunder Lion by a Fourth Order Spirit Sword would likely be very limited.
Li Mu had not refined Fifth Order Spiritual Artifacts before, but he had given up after several failures.
The loss from one failed refinement of a Fifth Order Spiritual Artifact could refine dozens of Fourth Order Spirit Swords.
Moreover, Fifth Order Materials were rare, and even if refined successfully, controlling them was much more difficult than Fourth Order Spirit Swords.
This was also the reason Li Mu had never refined Fifth Order Spiritual Artifacts.
Facing the Sixth Order Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion this time, Li Mu couldn’t help but regret it.
After this battle, no matter what, he would refine a Fifth Order Spiritual Artifact first.
The Azure Scaled Thunder Lion’s eyes were bloodshot as it stared at him, brewing its next killing strike.
How could Li Mu let it stop? This fellow had continuously used several secret techniques that consumed Yao Power, such as Thunder Prison and Thunder Escape, so it should be exhausted.
Now, while it’s sick, take its life!
With a wave of his hand, Li Mu sent out over a dozen golden blades, striking directly at the Azure Scaled Thunder Lion.
His figure flashed, following closely behind, and charged towards the Azure Scaled Thunder Lion.