Li Lin had no way to dodge. The difference in strength was too vast, and the disparity in speed was overwhelming. He thought he could take the chance to escape, but he hadn't anticipated Fire Yin Fiend's terrifying speed. Worse yet, retreating any further meant facing a cliff with no path to retreat.
"Whoosh..."
Without hesitation, Li Lin flicked his sleeve, and a faint yellow light streaked out like lightning. This streak of light, bizarrely, pierced through Fire Yin Fiend's palm strike as if it were nothing and headed straight for Fire Yin Fiend.
"Beast!"
The speed was incomparably fast, only Fire Yin Fiend in front could clearly see that this streak of faint yellow light was actually a serpentine beast.
Able to pierce through his palm strike directly, Fire Yin Fiend was shocked, recognizing the beast as no ordinary creature. He dared not take it lightly, rapidly forming hand seals to launch a fiery Qi finger strike towards the beast.
"Sssss." The creature of faint yellow light, naturally Little Dragon, saw the incoming finger strike and puffed up its cheeks. A small flame met the attack, enveloping Fire Yin Fiend's finger strike.
Upon collision, the finger strike was quickly incinerated. Little Dragon's flame seemed extraordinary, yet Little Dragon's strength was ultimately too weak. In an instant, the remaining finger strike pierced through Little Dragon's body, sending it spinning down into the abyss below.
"Bang!"
At that moment, Elder Bai Mei's palm strike, delayed by Little Dragon's appearance, also heavily hit Fire Yin Fiend's back. The palm strike created a piercing sonic boom, showcasing its incredible power. Elder Bai Mei had exerted his full strength.
"Spurt..."
Fire Yin Fiend's body suddenly ejected blood. Elder Bai Mei's palm strike was too powerful for him to withstand, causing him to stagger forward.
"Boy, you're going to die." Fire Yin Fiend, with a cold laugh and blood splattering from his mouth, covered Li Lin with another palm strike.
"Old monster, if we're to die, we'll die together. Green Spirit Armor."
"Open Mountain Palm." With no way to retreat, Li Lin was not one to submit without a fight. Instantly, he conjured the Green Spirit Armor and then launched the Open Mountain Palm, carrying a sharp Qi edge sweeping out.
"Bang, bang."
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The two palm strikes collided, unleashing a tremendous force. Li Lin's body was immediately sent flying towards the vast cliff behind him.
Li Lin had hoped to follow up the Open Mountain Palm with the Vermilion Bird Art, but his opponent didn't give him the chance. His body suddenly plummeted down the deep cliff.
"Bang!"
Elder Bai Mei's palm strike once again hit Fire Yin Fiend's back. The sonic boom erupted abruptly, Fire Yin Fiend's light barrier was directly shattered by Elder Bai Mei's most straightforward approach, another blood mist sprayed out, and his body also fell towards the deep cliff.
"Woo..." Elder Bai Mei immediately whistled, and two gyrfalcons from above dived down towards the deep cliff.
"Li Lin!" Li Wushuang, shocked, rushed to the edge of the cliff.
Du Gu Binglan and Cui Yu exchanged glances for a moment, then with a heavy expression, they too hurried to the cliff's edge.
Only Li ShaoHu and Wang Guang, their eyes passed a hint of a cold smile.
Beneath the bottomless cliff was a thick layer of white fog, so deep that its depth was unknown, and no one could see how deep it went.
"Elder, you must save Li Lin." Li Wushuang looked down at the cliff, her face pale. Falling down such a deep cliff, even with wind-system flying martial arts and the strength of a martial artist, it would be difficult to ascend back up.
"Wushuang, the gyrfalcons have gone down; they will definitely be able to save Li Lin," Elder Bai Mei assured her, though he sighed internally. This cliff was a peculiar place in the Misty Mountain Range, bottomless, and its true depth unknown. No one had ever ventured down, and seeing Li Lin receiving another blow from Fire Yin Fiend before falling, the chances of survival were slim. Now, they could only hope for a miracle.
"Ga..." Moments later, the two gyrfalcons emerged from the cliff, circling above and seemingly communicating something.
"Elder, the gyrfalcons can't go down. The bottom is all thick fog, and nothing can be seen," the middle-aged female custodian of Yunyang Sect informed Elder Bai Mei.
"Elder, what do we do? We must save Li Lin. I'm going down to look for him," Li Wushuang, tears swirling in her eyes, was about to leap into the abyss.
"Wushuang, going down is suicide. Let's think of another way. Calm down," Elder Bai Mei held her back, then turned to Wang Mingyue, "Brother Mingyue, is there any way to go down?"
"We can't get down there. The cliff goes straight to the earth's core. Many strong individuals have tried and failed to descend. It's unknown where it leads to; it can't be circumvented," Wang Mingyue replied softly.
"He's already dead if he fell down there. Let's go," Li ShaoHu stated indifferently.
"No, I have to go down and save Li Lin." Li Wushuang's eyes filled with tears, feeling as if she had lost her soul, her heart adamant that Li Lin must be alive and waiting below.
"Wushuang, calm down. This is no ordinary cliff. I will think of something," Elder Bai Mei reassured her, then placed a seal on the back of Li Wushuang's neck, causing her to faint.
"I'll go have a look." Elder Bai Mei handed Li Wushuang to the middle-aged female custodian and then mounted a gyrfalcon to descend the cliff himself.
Just a hundred meters below the cliff, the white fog became denser. Even with Elder Bai Mei's cultivation, he could only see a few meters ahead. The gyrfalcon, unable to see at all in the thick fog, couldn't discern direction and couldn't advance any further.
Elder Bai Mei looked down into the dense fog below, seeing nothing else.
"Li Lin!" Elder Bai Mei shouted a few times, but only echoes from the cliff walls returned. The cliff seemed bottomless.
"Elder, what happened?" Elder Bai Mei returned on the gyrfalcon, and Du Gu Binglan inquired.
"There's no way. It's impossible to see clearly below, and the gyrfalcon can't descend. I'm afraid the chances are slim," Elder Bai Mei sighed and explained.