Above Tianyuan City,
The formation spread across the sky.
An invisible barrier enveloped the entire city, and atop the formation, a red spear impaled a powerful man at the peak of the magical power realm.
Wisps of blood trickled along the formation, creating a shocking sight.
Li Xun's black hair billowed in the wind as he soared through the air, resembling a god of war descending from the heavens. His unstoppable power dominated the world.
Now.
Everyone in Tianyuan City was petrified, staring at the scene in a daze, almost forgetting to breathe.
An individual at the peak of the magical power realm had been killed by someone at the early stage of the magical power realm. Not only that, but even the opponent's weapon had been taken during the fight.
This was an astonishing achievement.
"Is this true? Pinch me to see if I'm dreaming."
"It's incredible. He defeated someone at the peak of the magical power realm while only being at the early stage. He crossed several realms in this fight, and it looks so effortless."
"Why do I get the feeling that the eldest son of the Li family still has some hidden abilities?"
"Perhaps this eldest son of the Li clan is approaching the ability to contend with a life and death realm powerhouse with his true strength!"
"You don't know yet, do you? Just over a month ago, this eldest son of the Li family single-handedly defeated more than ten geniuses in the Yuanhuang Secret Realm!"
"Oh? Tell me more. I'm curious."
It's hard to say how much time passed, but suddenly, the whole of Tianyuan City erupted in excitement, with people chattering animatedly, their eyes filled with excitement.
Today's battle would be a topic of discussion for a long time.
Li Xun approached the young man who had been impaled. He reached out his hand and grasped the spear. With a slight shake, the man's body turned into a cloud of blood mist.
Within the blood mist, he retrieved a storage ring.
His spiritual sense delved inside and quickly scanned its contents.
He found numerous spiritual stones and some heavenly materials and earthly treasures. However, these items held little significance for him now.
A few martial art manuals caught his eye.
Unfortunately, their grades were not particularly high; most were Xuan-level techniques, with one or two being low-grade Earth-level. Such levels were insufficient for Li Xun.
They were neither valuable nor useful.
After committing the contents to memory, Li Xun returned the martial art manuals to the storage ring. "It seems the biggest gain today is this bloody divine spear."
Li Xun gazed at the spear in his hand with immense satisfaction.
High-grade spiritual treasures remained precious, and in the hands of ordinary geniuses, they were a rarity. Even the former prince of Dachu couldn't obtain one. "It's a shame that the person earlier was too weak," Li Xun said with a slight shake of his head.
Initially, he had intended to use that person to test his current strength, but he hadn't expected his opponent to be so fragile, defeated shortly after the fight commenced.
He had provided numerous opportunities, yet the man had never been able to use them.
Li Xun concluded that the reason for this was the mortal body. Once a person reached the Great Emperor realm, factors such as physique became negligible. Those who could cultivate their mortal bodies to the level of the Great Emperor were exceedingly rare among mortals, and they were no weaker than some special physiques.
Only a few heaven-defying physiques continued to provide substantial benefits when they reached the Great Emperor realm, or even beyond.
However, at the supernatural power realm stage, possessing a special physique held immense significance. Until encountering an opponent with a similar special physique, every divine or holy body was invincible at the same level.
"Perhaps joining the battle in the sky will allow me to truly gauge my strength," Li Xun mused as he glanced upward.
At that moment, nine powerful individuals in the life and death realm were still locked in fierce combat, but the tide of victory had begun to sway in Tianyuan City's favor.
Despite Uncle Chen's advanced age and significantly diminished strength, with the assistance of a puppet at the peak of the life and death realm, the two of them were holding their own against the formidable adversary.
Seeing that the life and death realm powerhouse was nearing exhaustion, Li Xun remarked, "That should do it."
"Time to intervene."
After a moment's contemplation, he averted his gaze.
His involvement at this point wouldn't make much of a difference. In his estimation, the battle would conclude in roughly half an hour, and there was no need for him to steal the spotlight.
There would be ample opportunities in the future to test his strength.
For now, what he needed to focus on was investment.
When those five individuals appeared earlier, they unleashed a powerful magical force. Although Tianyuan City's defensive formation had automatically activated, it had only blocked 90% of the power, allowing the remaining force to spread into the city.
Do not underestimate this remaining 10%. It is the result of the action of a life and death realm powerhouse. Even if it's just 1%, it's beyond the capacity of ordinary individuals or those in the body training realm to withstand.
At this moment, there were still numerous injured individuals within the city, each emitting a faint white glow.
With a quick scan of his consciousness, Li Xun had already identified no less than six or seven hundred individuals!
The white glow surrounding these individuals was extremely subtle. It was barely visible unless you looked closely. It was evident that investing in them wouldn't yield exceptionally valuable returns individually.
However, the sheer number made it worthwhile!
Six to seven hundred investable individuals, while individually they might not match a single purple-level investable person, collectively, they could compare to seven or eight blue-level investable individuals.
As he descended into the city, Li Ming led a group of servants and hurriedly approached him. He asked with concern, "Brother, are you not injured?"
"It's nothing."
Li Xun waved his hand and placed a storage ring into Li Ming's hand. "Brother, what are you..." Li Ming was puzzled.
"Go to Wanbao Pavilion and purchase some healing elixirs for me. They don't have to be extravagant, but remember, buy as many as you can afford!"
"Empty out the spiritual stones inside!" Li Xun said firmly.
His current storage ring contained some healing elixirs, but they were spread throughout various locations. They wouldn't be enough in the face of the numerous white investable individuals. "Ah?"
Li Ming was momentarily stunned and couldn't react.
He glanced at the storage ring in his hand, which contained at least thousands of high-grade spiritual stones. It was a considerable sum of money. It was difficult to imagine how many ordinary healing elixirs he could purchase with it.
"Brother, are you sure about this?" Li Ming asked.
"Why are you still standing here? Go quickly!" Li Xun responded with some irritation. "Yes, I'll go right away."
Li Ming had great respect for his elder brother. Since Li Xun had given the order, he didn't question it further and swiftly made his way towards Wanbao Pavilion.
Observing Li Ming's departure, a smile crept onto Li Xun's face as he approached an injured practitioner. He produced a pill and said gently, "Fellow Taoist, your injuries aren't severe. Please take this pill."
[Ding, congratulations to the owner, your investment was successful, and you received a Purple Cloud Pill!]
[Ding, congratulations to the owner, your investment was successful, and you received a low-grade magical weapon!]
[Ding, congratulations to the owner, your investment was successful, and you received a bottle of Lingyuan Pill!]