After Wu Hao’s loud shout, Li Yundong remained unmoved. He coldly assessed the pair before him, then suddenly sneered, "Why waste time with so much talk?"

He slapped the Seven Treasures Spiritual Fan behind him. "The item is right here. If you have the ability, come and take it! If you don't, hurry up and scram. Stop flapping your gums here; can you talk someone to death?"

Li Yundong's words enraged Wu Hao until his face turned purple. With a great roar, he flung his arm, and five rapidly spinning crimson orbs rolled out from his long sleeve. These spheres were wreathed in a sanguine glow, as if thick blood plasma swirled around them. Even from a distance, Li Yundong smelled a rush of blood-soaked air.

Li Yundong instantly grew wary. He knew these must be the opponent's magic treasures, but he couldn't discern their function or how he might resist them.

Li Yundong knew that while the opponents were eager to seize his treasure and were arrogant, they weren't entirely wrong on one point: he had only just reached the Foundation Establishment stage, and he wasn't certain if he could defeat them.

Taking a deep breath, Li Yundong's inner core, located in his lower abdomen, began to spin wildly, ready to unleash a surging tide of Golden Core vital energy at any moment.

Wu Hao grinned sinisterly. With one hand supporting the five crimson blood beads swirling in the air, he pointed a finger at Li Yundong and said, "I'll ask you one last time: be sensible and hand over the Seven Treasures Spiritual Fan. Otherwise, under my Five Suns Blood Radiance Beads, I guarantee you’ll be dissolved until not even a speck of bone dust remains!"

Li Yundong stared coldly at Wu Hao, his peripheral vision assessing Lü Fengping beside him. This woman had not drawn her own magic treasure; instead, her eyes flickered as she monitored the situation, one hand resting on her waist and the other behind her back, looking ready to draw something potent at any moment.

"Fighting one against two is already a disadvantage, not to mention their cultivation level might even be higher than mine!" Li Yundong's mind raced, and he secretly made up his mind: "No, I must strike first!"

Li Yundong feigned a look of shock and terror as he watched the five Five Suns Blood Radiance Beads floating and spinning in the palm of his opponent’s hand, his voice trembling as he said, "What are these things? How can they be so frightening?"

Wu Hao smugly declared, "Hmph, you have some discernment. Let me tell you, the origins of this magic treasure would terrify you if I told you. It..."

Before Wu Hao could finish, Li Yundong’s eyes snapped open, spiritual light erupting from them. He stamped his foot hard against the ground, his figure shooting forward like a raging torrent, rushing straight toward Wu Hao.

Li Yundong possessed the physique of a Reborn Golden Core. His physical strength was even greater than many who entered the Dao through martial arts, and after a month of tempering, he had become astonishingly formidable. When he exploded forward, it seemed as if the entire grassy ground was about to be ripped up. His momentum was mighty as a tide, and his power fierce as a breaking flood!

Wu Hao never anticipated that Li Yundong would attack the moment he spoke, and with such ferocious momentum!

Although he was an inner disciple of Wuhua Mountain, having been steeped in medicinal baths and fed spiritual elixirs since childhood, he had reached the Divine Ability Realm—the Fifth Heaven—at a young age. However, he followed the path of Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation of the Eastern Sect Daoists, and his inner core was cultivated through sexual union with Lü Fengping.

While an inner core gained this way was easier and quicker to cultivate, it could never compare to the inner core forged through relentless, hard purification practiced by ordinary cultivators, let alone the one tempered by Li Yundong using the Divine Might Heavenly Thunder Hammer!

Inner cores cultivated through sexual techniques were often contemptuously dismissed by cultivators of other sects as: Pseudo-Cores! They would shatter under the first blow from a strong opponent!

Wu Hao’s own inner core and his cultivation techniques had been acquired easily, mostly involving Daoist spells, so he had never learned any techniques for close-quarters combat.

Seeing Li Yundong rush upon him in the blink of an eye, Wu Hao rapidly elevated his body, flipping his hand to strike down toward his own head. The resulting palm wind was fierce; if it connected, his crown chakra would surely shatter, leading to instant death!

Before a cultivator reached the Golden Body stage, even a heavy blow from an ordinary person could still result in a disastrous collapse. How much more so from a cultivator possessing Li Yundong's astonishing divine strength?

Wu Hao was instantly terrified, every hair on his body standing on end. He shrieked and wildly retreated backward. As he backed away, he screamed hysterically at Lü Fengping, "What the hell are you standing there for, why aren't you acting!"

Lü Fengping hadn't even managed to compose herself when Li Yundong stuck to Wu Hao like a maggot on the bone. Wu Hao retreated fast, but Li Yundong chased even faster!

Li Yundong only took three steps before he was right back at Wu Hao’s side, his five fingers curled like hooks, reaching for Wu Hao’s throat.

In his extreme panic, Wu Hao dared not unleash the Five Suns Blood Radiance Beads because their attack range was too wide, and he feared harming himself. He was instead seized by the neck by Li Yundong and lifted up as easily as carrying a small chick.

It was only then that Lü Fengping shrieked and drew a dark crimson leather whip from behind her back, shouting in confusion, "Let him go!"

Li Yundong coldly laughed, "Let him go? If I let him go, will you two let me go?"

Wu Hao felt as if his neck were clamped in a vise, unable to draw a breath. His face flushed deep crimson, and he choked out, "Shameless, you actually ambushed me!"

Li Yundong gave him a cold glance, finding it beneath him to waste more words, and simply asked, "Do you want to live or die?"

Wu Hao snorted, his eyeballs rolling wildly, his gaze full of resentment. Lü Fengping, however, looked anxious and said, "Put him down, we can talk things over properly!"

Although both of them were cultivators who had reached the Divine Ability stage, they were caught completely off guard by a cultivator like Li Yundong who played by no rules and engaged in immediate close-quarters combat.

Now that Wu Hao was instantly subdued, Lü Fengping became hesitant. After all, no matter how fast a spell could be cast, it couldn't compare to the speed of five fingers tightening their grip!

Li Yundong swept a cold eye over Lü Fengping, "Talk? If I let him go, will you two obediently leave?"

Lü Fengping’s previous seductive look vanished. She took a deep breath, the anxiety fading from her face, replaced by a serious expression as she stated, "It’s our fault for misjudging you, thinking you were a cultivator who had just reached Foundation Establishment without Divine Abilities. That’s what made us greedy. If you agree to release him, we will leave immediately, without any more words!"

Li Yundong narrowed his eyes, sweeping a sharp gaze across Lü Fengping’s face. Seeing that her expression did not seem feigned, he shifted his gaze to Wu Hao and said coldly, "And you?"

Seeing that Li Yundong seemed willing to release his captive, Wu Hao swallowed his pride and said in a low voice, "It was my lack of insight that offended the True Master. I beg you to be magnanimous."

Although Li Yundong had stepped into the cultivation world, he wasn't a bloodthirsty killer and hadn't intended to kill these two here. Seeing them yield, he relaxed his fingers and roared, "Get lost!"

Wu Hao was suddenly freed, feeling as if he had returned from hell to paradise. He bent over, taking two deep breaths, then staggered a few steps. Once he was at a safe distance from Li Yundong, he turned back to look at him, a flash of hatred suddenly crossing his eyes.

Li Yundong immediately noticed the nascent killing intent and glared back, spiritual light erupting from his eyes. His demeanor was utterly murderous and terrifying.

Although Wu Hao possessed an inner core, his resolve was weak. Struck by Li Yundong’s glare, he shuddered violently, quickly turning his head away, not daring to look at Li Yundong again, and ran back toward Lü Fengping.

Lü Fengping supported the disheveled Wu Hao, looking at Li Yundong—who snorted coldly and turned away with the Seven Treasures Spiritual Fan—with a complex expression. She murmured, "Forget it, we admit defeat this time. Let’s go!"

Wu Hao stared darkly at Li Yundong’s retreating back, grinding his teeth as he said, "No! He only won through a sneak attack just now; his power isn't higher than both of ours! Furthermore, such a profound humiliation—you can bear it, but I cannot!"

With that, he raised the five dark crimson Five Suns Blood Radiance Beads spinning in his hand, pointed them toward Li Yundong’s back, and shouted fiercely, "Go!!"

Swish! One of the crimson Five Suns Blood Radiance Beads instantly pierced the air and shot toward Li Yundong.

Although Li Yundong had his back to Wu Hao and the others, he suddenly felt a sharp, piercing pain radiating from his back. Startled, he reacted just as the bead struck him squarely.

With a deafening boom, the Five Suns Blood Radiance Bead instantly dissolved into a sheet of flame. Innumerable spectral ghosts and vengeful spirits surged from the fire, instantly engulfing Li Yundong.

Wu Hao roared with laughter, "Let you be arrogant, let you be ruthless! Aren’t you still being incinerated by my Five Suns Blood Radiance Beads? Not only can these beads burn away your flesh, but the resentful spirits within will also gnaw at your Three Souls and Seven Spirits. Enjoy it slowly!"

Lü Fengping also chuckled coquettishly, "What a pity for the Seven Treasures Spiritual Fan; it will surely turn to ash soon too."

But the moment her words faded, a loud shout erupted from within the flames, followed by a massive gust of wind!

Though Li Yundong had been struck in the back, the Five Suns Blood Radiance Bead had landed precisely on the Seven Treasures Spiritual Fan. This fan was forged from profound iron and required seventy-seven days and nights of scorching by Samadhi True Fire to be refined. Moreover, it was covered in inscribed Diamond Sutra verses, possessing immense Buddhist power and solemn majesty. The dense energy of blood corpses and vengeful spirits emitted by the Five Suns Blood Radiance Beads could not penetrate it in the slightest.

Li Yundong suppressed the pain of the flames searing his flesh, snatched the iron fan with his backhand, twisted his waist, and forcefully flipped the fan open with a sharp clang!

With that single sweep, the surrounding air seemed to be sucked away, and the flames immediately shrank considerably. Wherever the solemn, majestic Hom characters inscribed on the fan blades passed, it was like a golden pagoda, terrifying the vengeful spirits who shrieked and scattered wildly, not daring to approach.

Li Yundong rotated the fan several times with forceful effort. The Seven Treasures Spiritual Fan spun like a wheel, enveloping him in a layer of dark, mysterious light. In the blink of an eye, the flames were fanned away completely, and the vengeful spirits were driven off without a trace.

Wu Hao and Lü Fengping stared dumbfounded, unable to utter a sound. They would never have believed that the Five Suns Blood Radiance Beads, which they considered overwhelmingly powerful, could be neutralized so easily by this young man who had just reached Foundation Establishment.

After extinguishing the flames and driving away the spirits, Li Yundong charged toward Wu Hao and Lü Fengping, fury surging through him. He roared, radiating killing intent, "You seek death!!"