As he surveyed the surroundings, Li Yang felt a strange energy press down on his body, completely sealing his dantian. His runes were completely sealed, all his Qi forced to stay within his dantian. Li Yang knew about a few arrays that could do something like this, but none that would produce a strange energy like this, so he guessed that it was likely the mountain itself that was suppressing his runes and sealing his dantian. The universe was vast, and there were countless wondrous places, so he would not find it strange if such a place truly existed.

The ground suddenly started shaking, a rumbling sound resounding through the ma.s.sive cave. Li Yang's eyes quickly narrowed, the orange spear appearing in his hand. No matter how eager he was to kill Jing Yimu, he would not forget that this place was a trial ground meant to test his combat skills. The earth around him cracked open, silver beasts crawling up from the cracks.

The beasts came in all shapes and sizes, insects, reptiles, animals. They were all completely silver in color, their eyes glazed and soulless. Li Yang knew that each of these beasts was created by Lin Zhu, they were an army made out of metal that would listen only to her orders. While Li Yang was looking at the army that was rising up from the ground, Lin Zhu's voice rang out within his mind.

"Lord Li Yang, Jing Yimu is currently located a few hundred kilometers to your west. I was afraid that he would find something strange if I were to transport you closer to him."

Li Yang turned towards the west after hearing Lin Zhu's words, as if he was trying to see if he could spot Jing Yimu. The grip he had on the spear tightened, his knuckles turning slightly white. He heard the grating roars of the beasts that were getting closer, but he completely ignored them.

His eyes narrowed, his lips curling into a cold smile. He no longer hesitated, turning his body and das.h.i.+ng towards the west at full speed. It would take him quite a while to traverse several hundred kilometers, but he did not plan on running the entire distance. He would only run for a bit, and then use one of the talismans that Jing Yimu had given him, instantly crossing the remaining distance.

Of course, the silver beasts would not simply let him do as he wished. Beasts crawled out from the earth all around him, swarming towards him with open maws and outstretched claws. Jinwu flew in the air above Li Yang, letting out excited caws as he observed the situation. Jinwu was also suppressed by the mountain, his fire and ice sealed deep within him, so he would not be able to help Li Yang during this trial.

Li Yang charged forward, a ferocious smile appearing on his face as he grasped the spear. Ever since he had been reborn, he had been acting low-key and meek, hiding and deceiving. The only battle he had fought was when he took the entry mission to the Royal Dragon Pavilion. But he was Li Yang, the once famed Thunder Monarch. Arrogance, pride, ferociousness, a love for battle. All these things were already deeply ingrained in him, they had just been waiting for a chance to burst forth.

A beast in the shape of a large mosquito flew at him, it's s.h.i.+ny stinger aiming at his neck. Li Yang spun the spear in his hand, the hilt of the spear clas.h.i.+ng against the stinger and blocking it. While the hilt blocked the stinger, the head of the spear sliced upwards, slicing open the arm of a tiger-shaped beast that lunged at him. After blocking one attack and countering another, he stomped on the ground and jumped up.

He used the head of one beast as a support, jumping even higher into the air, grabbing onto the wing of the mosquito beast. Grabbing onto the wing of the mosquito, he swung his body onto the body of the mosquito, his weight forcing it towards the ground. He raised his spear high, stabbing it into the head of the mosquito, sending it cras.h.i.+ng towards the ground.

Before it crashed into the horde of beasts, Li Yang grabbed onto the head of the mosquito, angling the stinger so that it pierced into the back of a beast that was directly beneath him. He jumped off the beast just as it was about to crash into the horde of beasts, landing on a large lion and shattering its spine with a heavy stomp. The beasts had strong bodies, but Li Yang's body had been forged by fire and was continuously tempered by his own lightning Qi, it was far stronger than the body of a normal person at his cultivation level.

After shattering the spine of the lion, Li Yang continued to dash towards the west, jumping from beast to beast. The spear in his hand was never idle, stabbing, smas.h.i.+ng, and stabbing at the beasts that surrounded him. His blood was boiling, his heart pounding madly in his chest. At this moment, Li Yang felt truly alive again. His lips could not help but curl, a loud laugh escaping from his lips.

"HAHAHA! COME! COME! GIVE ME MORE!"

He was not worried about Jing Yimu hearing him, as the two were still a few hundred kilometers apart. With all his Qi sealed, not even Jing Yimu would be able to notice anything past a few kilometers around him. The beasts seemed to react to his shout, letting out loud roars that shook the earth as the swarmed even tighter around him.

Li Yang's eyes blazed as he looked at the swarm of beasts, his spear moving faster and faster, silver blood splattering all around him and drenching his body, a foul stench filling the earth. Li Yang was the holder of the element of destruction, the side of Fang Ying was the place he considered his home, but the midst of the battlefield was his second home.

Thanks to the robe that Jing Yimu had given him, Li Yang could stride through the horde without worrying about injuries. Even when the beasts. .h.i.t him with their attacks, they merely pushed his body away, unable to wound him. Li Yang, on the other hand, was able to slay the beasts with one or two swings of his spear, each of his. .h.i.ts wounding one of their vital parts.

Li Yang continued to slay a path through the beasts, the pa.s.sage of time completely meaningless to him. All that mattered to him at this moment, was the spear in his hand and the enemy ahead of him. He counted every step he took, ever stab he made, every beast he slew. And once he felt that he had taken enough steps, he took out one of the talismans Jing Yimu had given him, a grim grin on his face as he cracked the talisman, Jinwu flying down and landing on his shoulder.

"Jing Yimu, I have waited so long for this, now I will have my revenge."

His words were only heard by Jinwu and the surrounding beasts, a silver light flooding out from the crystal and surrounding his body. The beasts continued to lunge at him, but Li Yang and Jinwu had already vanished, flung through s.p.a.ce, towards Jing Yimu.