Chapter 154: Chapter 154: Three Grandmasters Join Forces
Zhao Qingi was all too familiar with that voice.
Following the sound, she saw an elderly figure in black standing at the entrance of the hall, with white hair, a youthful face, and a celestial aura. A faint smile played around his lips.
“Old… Old Sect Hierarch!”
Yu Qiurong trembled as she saw the man, exclaiming in disbelief.
The man was none other than Jiang Shang, the previous Sect Hierarch of the Demon Sect.
“Old Sect Hierarch!”
Duanmu Xinghua slightly bowed, giving Jiang Shang a respectful fist salute.
Yuan Feng felt a sigh of relief upon seeing Jiang Shang’s sudden appearance, as Zhao Qingi’s master was here, and things should not be too difficult now.
Jiang Shang gave a slight nod and then turned to look at the silent Zhao Qingi, smiling, “What’s the matter? Don’t you recognize your master anymore?”
“Have you been in Yu State City all this ti?”
Zhao Qingi glanced at Jiang Shang and asked.
“Yes, I have been here for a few years,” Jiang Shang sighed. “I was seriously injured and barely survived; I could only recuperate in Yu State City first.”
Jiang Shang was capricious and highly suspicious by nature; having been gravely injured by Xiao Qianqiu, he feared that news of his condition might lead to attacks from his enemies, so he hid in Yu State City, telling no one, including Jiang Renyi.
During his ti in Yu State City, aside from healing his injuries, he was also secretly searching for the Undying Blood that could grant immortality.
Zhao Qingi asked expressionlessly, “Why did you kill my husband?”
To kill Zhao Qingi’s husband!?
Hearing this, Duanmu Xinghua was slightly shocked and then it dawned on her.
She finally understood why Zhao Qingi had accused her that day; Jiang Shang had called Zhao Qingi back for this reason.
“Little Qingi.”
Hearing her words, Jiang Shang shook his head, “Do you know that I did this for your own good?”
“For my good?”
Zhao Qingi could not help but laugh when she heard this.
Yu Qiurong knew Zhao Qingi very well; Zhao Qingi never laughed, and when she did, it ant her anger had reached its limit.
Jiang Shang looked at Zhao Qingi seriously and said, “That doctor was just an ordinary person, whereas you? You’re a once-in-a-millennium prodigy. Your future is boundless. Now that you’re cultivating the Nine Nether Purgatory Demon Scripture, reaching the realm of Great Grandmaster is just a matter of ti, and you might even touch the realm of Transcendence and achieve immortality.”
“He was rely a hindrance, a shackle on your path to the Supre Dao.”
The Supre Dao!
Upon hearing Jiang Shang’s words, Duanmu Xinghua’s heart raced, her breathing paused.
To a Great Grandmaster, increasing one’s lifespan by three hundred years was sothing Duanmu Xinghua considered beyond reach, let alone Transcendence, which could offer true immortality.
Was there really anyone who could achieve this realm?
Ouyang Ping raised an eyebrow, his lips parting slightly.
Others might not know, but as veteran cultivators who had practiced for over a hundred years, they were aware of so secrets of the world.
If the realm of Great Grandmaster was a reality in this world, then Transcendence was rely speculative.
Throughout history, very few had reached the realm of Great Grandmaster; all who pursued Transcendence had failed without exception.
And those who did reach the realm of Great Grandmaster were rare talents, stunning figures in the world.
Eventually, so claid that Transcendence was rely a fantasy, that the Great Grandmaster was the pinnacle of cultivation, and that true immortality was impossible in this world.
Ouyang Ping believed that reaching the realm of Great Grandmaster was fortunate enough. As for Transcendence, it was best not to harbor illusions.
“I will decide my own affairs; no one else may interfere.”
Zhao Qingi lightly laughed upon hearing this, “Besides, if your so-called Dao requires being heartless and emotionless, then I would rather not pursue it.”
Although she was laughing, everyone felt a chill in the air.
Jiang Shang’s brow furrowed slightly as he said, “The disparity between you is too great; in the end, it would only harm you and him. I cannot stand by and watch you fall into an abyss.”
“So, you killed him?” Zhao Qingi’s smile faded, her words ice-cold, almost completely unhidden.
Jiang Shang took a deep breath and nodded, “I shattered his heart ridians; not even a Daluo Immortal could save him.”
Boom!
Upon hearing Jiang Shang’s words, Zhao Qingi felt her mind buzz, plunging into blankness.
When Tan Yun sent the letter, she saw the paper figures move and felt a glimr of hope, but now, hearing Jiang Shang’s words, that glimr of hope was almost extinguished.
Who was Jiang Shang?
Zhao Qingi knew him too well. Once he took action, it was bound to be foolproof.
Moreover, her husband was only a doctor. How could he possibly be a match for Jiang Shang?
Now, her only hope lay in the responding paper figures.
But even this hope seed faint.
The slight luck in Zhao Qingi’s heart was about to be extinguished as well.
Jiang Shang’s gaze turned to Zhao Qingi and he said, “Qingi, hand over the ‘Nine Nether Purgatory Demon Scripture’ to your master, and I will henceforth preside over the Sealing Demon Platform and cease to intervene in the affairs of the Demon Sect. You will remain the Sect Hierarch, and should you or the Demon Sect face any peril, I will not stand idly by.”
“In the future, when the world falls into great turmoil, this old man might even co out of seclusion to help you accomplish the grand ambition in your heart.”
Zhao Qingi lowered her head and said nothing.
The entire great hall was quiet, with everyone’s gazes fixed on Zhao Qingi.
“Why!?”
Zhao Qingi murmured to herself, her voice devoid of any emotion.
Duanmu Xinghua sighed deeply upon seeing this; she had not expected things to turn out this way.
Where emotions are concerned, so people willingly indulge.
Jiang Shang’s voice, rarely soft, softened a few degrees as he said, “Throughout the ages, how many people have been obsessed with love, trapped in its depths, unable to extricate themselves? I see my own reflection in you, and thus I intervened…”
Zhao Qingi’s voice trembled slightly, “Why, why did you kill him? He clearly did nothing wrong!”
Her husband was just an ordinary man, wanting nothing more than to live an ordinary life. What had he done wrong?
She had promised to protect him well, she had promised…
At this thought, Zhao Qingi felt as if her heart was being sliced open by a knife.
Jiang Shang’s eyes were deep as he said, “You’re not wrong, he wasn’t wrong, I’m not wrong; such is the way of survival in this world. Haven’t you known this since you were young?”
Zhao Qingi did not respond but touched the long blade at her waist.
“Shi!” “Shi!”
The Mandarin Duck Blades were drawn, revealing a chilling gleam.
The temperature in the entire great hall suddenly dropped.
Seeing this, Jiang Shang’s brows furrowed into a ‘川’ shape, and he said coldly, “What, are you going to fight ?”
“Sect Hierarch, think carefully,”
Duanmu Xinghua said solemnly.
She could understand Zhao Qingi’s feelings at the mont; her husband had been killed, and she was being coerced to hand over the ‘Nine Nether Purgatory Demon Scripture’. But who was she facing?
That was Jiang Shang, the previous Sect Hierarch of the Demon Sect, one of the sect’s top experts.
Moreover, behind Jiang Shang stood two grandmasters with higher cultivation than hers, and it could be said without exaggeration that Zhao Qingi had almost no chance of winning.
At that mont, Zhao Qingi simply couldn’t hear any of Duanmu Xinghua’s words; the Mandarin Duck Blades flickered with an extre icy radiance, “Today, only one of us will live.”
Yu Qiurong’s heart trembled, and her fists clenched tightly.
Zhao Qingi had made her intentions clear; she was determined to fight Jiang Shang to the death.
As Zhao Qingi’s words fell, the expressions of the others changed.
“Absolutely not.” Duanmu Xinghua continued to plead earnestly.
But Zhao Qingi was deaf to her words.
Ouyang Ping and Yuan Feng, however, remained silent; in their view, letting Jiang Shang teach Zhao Qingi a lesson could be a good thing.
Seeing this, Jiang Shang was not angry, but instead laughed, “Very well, let see the progress you’ve made these past few years.”
“Step back,”
As Zhao Qingi’s internal fire reached its peak, True Qi began to surge within her.
Duanmu Xinghua and Yu Qiurong swiftly stepped back, not daring to hesitate a mont.
“Mandarin Duck Blades, these are indeed fine blades,”
Jiang Shang said slowly, looking at the blade light in Zhao Qingi’s hands.
The Mandarin Duck Blades, one inscribed with ‘Benevolence’ and the other with ‘Invincible’, were forged by a highly famous forger from the Great Zhou Dynasty, using extrely precious teoric iron, and took thirteen years to make.
Later, a pair of Grandmaster couple acquired them. Each wielding one blade, one holding the Yuan Blade and the other the Mandarin Duck Blade, they road the world, seldom eting opponents, and even killed Grandmasters with these blades.
Over the past thousand years, these twin blades have been saturated with the blood of countless Grandmaster martial artists, and their blades are steeped in a murderous Qi chanism.
Zhao Qingi’s body moved, and in an instant, she had disappeared from the spot.
Zhao Qingi stood ahead, her body enveloped in a full-blown killing aura, not concealing any of it.
Jiang Shang’s expression remained unchanged as he stared at Zhao Qingi in front of him and pointed his finger forward.
Imdiately, True Qi burst forth in the great hall, and a fist-sized True Qi rainbow shot out explosively from his fingertip.
Boom! Boom!
The True Qi rainbow traveled piercing through the air.
Zhao Qingi’s expression grew tense, as Jiang Shang’s cultivation was much stronger than Duanmu Shanghua’s.
Woosh!
As that True Qi rainbow trembled through the void and pierced through, the great hall seed to tremble.
Zhao Qingi tightly gripped the Mandarin Duck Blade, her expression as unyielding as millennium-old ice; her robe whipped around, engulfing a dark extre light in the savage wind.
Then, her body propelled forward, turning into a beam of black light.
Jiang Shang’s expression was unwavering as he directly faced the charge.
At the mont the two clashed, True Qi intersected, overturning clouds and smashing waves.
Like lightning striking flint, even Yu Qiurong, in the Heavenly Flower Realm, couldn’t clearly see the traces of their fight.
Duanmu Xinghua’s face was extrely solemn as she watched the scene ahead.
Jiang Shang flicked his hand, and a palm strike headed towards Zhao Qingi. This palm turned into a dark black canopy, like a mountain shifting and sea overturning, surging towards Zhao Qingi.
Thunderous!
Waves of True Qi spread out everywhere, producing ripples of True Qi throughout the entire great hall wave after wave.
“Shush, shush!”
Zhao Qingi drew her blades, and the Mandarin Duck Blade emitted a resonant clash as she charged forward.
When the sword Qi and black twilight touched, a domineering force transmitted towards her.
So strong!
Zhao Qingi hastily retreated backwards, guessing that her master’s cultivation must have progressed further, most likely peeking into the pinnacle of the Three Qi Grandmaster, not far from reaching the Four Qi Realm.
If it weren’t for her cultivation of the “Nine Nether Purgatory Demon Scripture,” she would have been defeated in a single move, from which she could sense Jiang Shang’s profound strength.
“What an impressive ‘Nine Nether Purgatory Demon Scripture.’ It not only strengthens her physical body but also enhances the depth of her True Qi far beyond that of an ordinary Grandmaster,”
Jiang Shang was even more stunned given that his and Zhao Qingi’s cultivations differed by two whole realms.
Standing in the distance, Duanmu Xinghua smiled wryly and shook her head, “The Sect Hierarch truly has heaven-sent talent; I didn’t expect her to reach the Essence Qi returning so quickly and advance to the One Qi Realm.”
Upon reaching the Grandmaster Realm, what’s cultivated is the human body’s Five Qi. Once all Five Qi return, one can challenge the shackles to ascend to the Great Grandmaster Realm.
Just over a month ago, Zhao Qingi barely reached the Grandmaster cultivation. Logically, it would take a long ti to achieve Essence Qi returning.
Zhao Qingi’s rapid Essence Qi returning, apart from cultivating the “Nine Nether Purgatory Demon Scripture,” another main reason is that she had suppressed herself in the Half-step Master Realm for a long ti, allowing for accumulation that facilitated a breakthrough.
The next mont, Jiang Shang appeared directly behind Zhao Qingi.
And at the instant he appeared, Zhao Qingi sensed Jiang Shang’s Qi chanism.
In the Heavenly Demon Technique, there’s a movent technique called Step by Step Lotus, modeled after the martial arts in the “Nine Nether Purgatory Demon Scripture.” Zhao Qingi had already mastered it to the Seventh Layer a while ago.
A black lotus appeared beneath her feet, allowing her to dodge Jiang Shang’s sure-hit palm.
Swish!
Swish!
Swish!
One using the flexibility of Step by Step Lotus to continuously dodge, and one with extrely high cultivation incessantly pursuing, Zhao Qingi always narrowly avoided Jiang Shang’s attacks.
With Jiang Shang’s cultivation, a single hit would be disastrous, even for Zhao Qingi, whose bones had been tempered to be as strong as gold.
Employing Step by Step Lotus, which blends illusion with reality, and appearing slow yet moving incredibly fast, Jiang Shang’s torrential attacks were instantly dissolved.
“Such a peculiar movent technique…”
Jiang Shang frowned, his cultivation was significantly higher than Zhao Qingi’s; logically, he should be much faster, but with Zhao Qingi executing this Step by Step Lotus technique, he simply couldn’t close the distance to her.
“Stop running!”
Suddenly, Jiang Shang halted his steps, and a strong black light erged behind him. The next mont, he unleashed the most overbearing palm technique from the Heavenly Demon Technique.
Heavenly Demon Technique! Heavenly Demon Star Splitting Palm!
Boom!
Each palm seed to carry the force of a miniature mountain crashing down, all concentrated into a single strike.
The power in the palm of Jiang Shang’s hand was so terrifying that one couldn’t comprehend its intensity without experiencing it firsthand.
Jiang Shang’s palm struck precisely, and the fierce gust of wind hit Zhao Qingi’s body.
Zhao Qingi was sent flying backward. The Nine Nether Purgatory Demon Scripture activated, subsequently offsetting so of the impact.
“Jiang Shang’s cultivation is two realms higher than mine. Even using the Nine Nether Secret Technique from the Nine Nether Purgatory Demon Scripture, it’s probably hard to defeat him. I need to find another way…”
Thinking this, Zhao Qingi knew it was difficult to defeat Jiang Shang, “If only I had the Heavenly Flipping Seal with , I could have given it a try.”
Jiang Shang had no intention of giving Zhao Qingi a chance to catch her breath.
The surging qi, like a tidal wave, flooded aggressively toward Zhao Qingi in front, seemingly intent on crushing her completely.
Zhao Qingi stood still, holding the Mandarin Duck Twin Blades in her hands, her expression extrely solemn.
Ouyang Ping indifferently said, “Jiang Shang’s cultivation has reached the peak of the Three Qi Grandmaster. His student is at the One Qi level. The gap is too large.”
“At her age, such cultivation, if she loses, it might not be a bad thing.”
A gleam flashed in Yuan Feng’s eyes.
Many naturally gifted talents, due to their arrogance and smooth journeys, often find it hard to break through their own shackles. If Zhao Qingi could see through these constraints and elevate her state of mind early, her future would be boundlessly promising.
Yu Qiurong whispered, “Sect Master Duanmu, this?”
“The chances of winning are very low.”
Duanmu Xinghua shook her head. In fact, she initially wanted to say there was no chance at all.
As Zhao Qingi’s body tensed up, Jiang Shang stomped his foot, and his body eerily vanished.
Hum!
Zhao Qingi clenched the Mandarin Duck Blades tightly, and her arm swung, emanating force qi that carried enough power to destroy mountains.
And at the very mont Zhao Qingi’s Mandarin Duck Twin Blades slashed down, the previously empty space burst forth with Jiang Shang’s figure, his finger pointing directly at her blade.
“Bang!”
The blade of the Yuan Blade directly struck Jiang Shang’s finger light.
The mont of collision was like two giant stones eting, visible waves of qi lashed out, exploding instantly, causing the entire great hall to tremble.
The ground beneath their feet also cracked, spreading outwards into the distance.
The strong rebounding force rushed toward Zhao Qingi like a tsunami, causing her body to violently jerk backward and almost fly out of the great hall.
Zhao Qingi steadied herself, lifting the Mandarin Duck Twin Blades in her hands.
Whirr whirr whirr whirr!
Countless black spiraling qi streams surged forward, forming terrifying waves of blade qi.
Beneath Zhao Qingi’s feet, a black lotus flower several feet in size appeared, and she stood atop it.
The nurous spiraling waves of blade qi ford the petals of the black lotus, enveloping Zhao Qingi at the center.
Such a spectacle! Truly astonishing and spectacular!
Yuan Feng and Ouyang Ping both furrowed their brows, their eyes fixed intently on the Mandarin Duck Twin Blades in Zhao Qingi’s hands.
Nine Nether Purgatory Demon Scripture!
Zhao Qingi, standing on the black lotus, her beautiful eyes suddenly brightened. Force qi surged up, and the Mandarin Duck Twin Blades streaked down like a shooting star.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The blade light that shot down like a teor, causing the air to crackle wherever it passed.
A glint appeared in Jiang Shang’s eyes. He inhaled sharply, then suppressed the shock in his heart as his entire body’s true qi gathered in his fist.
Heavenly Demon Palm! Heavenly Demon Star-plucking Hand!
Jiang Shang struck out with a palm, his body connected between heaven and earth, radiating light akin to moonlight.
One palm strike fell, as if stars descended, heavily smashing toward the incoming blade qi.
Bang bang bang bang bang bang!
The ear-splitting sounds echoed in all directions, followed by the fierce rush of true qi.
“Hurry up!”
Duanmu Xinghua grabbed Yu Qiurong and rushed towards the outside of the hall.
anwhile, Ouyang Ping, Yuan Feng, and Ouyang Quan were also quickly running towards the distance.
The magnificent great hall was blasted by the surge of force, instantly turning into ruins, even the roof of the palace was lifted, turning into debris.
Not far from the ruined great hall, a huge well appeared.
The well was about two zhang in diater, and at each side of the well stood stone statues of the four exotic beasts: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu, each bound with iron chains that extended into the well, forming a peculiar formation.
At the surroundings of the Sealing Demon Well, there was an extrely dense aura of slaughter; anyone getting close would feel their scalp tingle and even bleed from their skin.
“The Sealing Demon Well!?”
Upon seeing the well, Duanmu Xinghua’s pupils slightly shrank.
This Sealing Demon Well is known as the first secret site of the Demon Sect, where almost all the top martial artists have entered to train and obtained great fortunes.
Duanmu Xinghua also craved to enter the Sealing Demon Well, but she was not originally nurtured by the Demon Sect and, moreover, was too old to have had the chance to enter.
Among the younger generation, Zhao Qingi and Jiang Renyi had greatly increased their strength after entering the Sealing Demon Well.
However, as per the ancestral teachings of the Demon Sect, one could not enter the Sealing Demon Well a second ti; no matter how high one’s cultivation was, those who entered for the second ti could never co out again.
A fierce wind swept through, whipping up a sky full of sand and dust.
Zhao Qingi felt a numbness in her arm, as if losing sensation in an instant, followed by a pain in her internal organs, tasting a sweet burst of blood in her mouth.
“Gulp!”
With a determined look in her eyes, Zhao Qingi slightly tilted her neck, her throat surged, and she forcibly swallowed the blood back down.
At that mont, Jiang Shang’s figure reappeared atop the broken wooden pillar; his clothes were torn, but his eyes were still bright and spirited, showing no signs of injury.
Even though Zhao Qingi had used the “Nine Nether Purgatory Demon Scripture” and summoned all her strength, she had still been unable to injure Jiang Shang.
“Ah, the forr Sect Leader’s strength is still too powerful!”
Duanmu Xinghua, seeing this scene, shook her head slightly.
If she had been in Jiang Shang’s place, Zhao Qingi’s move would have already defeated her, but Jiang Shang was only left with torn clothes, completely unhard.
anwhile, the expressions of Ouyang Ping and Yuan Feng were exceedingly grave, clearly frightened by Zhao Qingi’s earlier attack.
A master of the One Qi Realm already possessing such strength was indeed rare.
Zhao Qingi, looking at the calm Jiang Shang ahead, thought to herself, “If I want to defeat him, I must rely on the Nine Nether Secret Technique; I don’t know if this strike will defeat him, but I must try.”
With that thought, Zhao Qingi’s True Qi began to leak continuously outward.
The massive and vast True Qi, viscous like a dark ocean, was breathtaking.
“Little Qingi, you are no match for .”
Jiang Shang shook his head, “It’s ti for this all to end.”
After he spoke, the True Qi within him also surged out wildly, cultivating the Heavenly Demon Technique to the ninth layer, just one step away from the tenth layer.
As the True Qi surged, the originally clear sky filled with dark clouds.
His palm extended forward, and the True Qi instantly beca turbulent; ripping open a huge gap in the dark clouds, a gigantic palm descended like a mountain.
The Heavenly Demon Palm! Heavenly Demon Wild Dance!
Boom!
Zhao Qingi’s expression shifted.
The colossal black hand seed to cover all the heavens and earth, leaving Zhao Qingi with nowhere to escape.
In that mont, Zhao Qingi’s heart couldn’t help but tremble at such tactics, such montum, truly worthy of being one of the top masters in the world.
Zhao Qingi’s advantage lay in the “Nine Nether Purgatory Demon Scripture,” but now as Jiang Shang exerted all his cultivation, that advantage instantly vanished.
The mont the giant hand descended, darkness fell over the earth.
Zhao Qingi’s expression was unusually grave; she took a deep breath, and a trendous aura burst forth from within her.
Under the shadow of the day-covering giant hand, Zhao Qingi stood tall, unflinching, and within her seemingly fragile body, a vast and extensive Qi chanism burst forth at that mont.
Noticing the sudden shift in Zhao Qingi’s aura, Jiang Shang’s pupils also slightly contracted.
Grasping the Mandarin Duck Twin Blades in her hands, the massive black lotus beneath her feet suddenly lted, reflecting in the backdrop behind her, releasing a black and golden radiance.
In an instant, Zhao Qingi turned into a black and gold sun.
“Nine Nether Purgatory Demon Scripture,” secret techniques! Nine Nether secret techniques!
Zhao Qingi gently stamped her foot and rose elegantly. Under that giant hand that obscured the sun, she seed as tiny as an ant, yet she fearlessly charged forward, clashing her Mandarin Duck Twin Blades heavily against it.
Buzz!
The mont of impact, it seed as if the heavens and earth had fallen silent, devoid of any sound.
The next mont, the giant hand that blotted out the sky trembled violently. Visible cracks began to quietly spread, and finally, with a ‘bang,’ it shattered completely.
However, at the mont the giant hand shattered, Zhao Qingi was also struck heavily, her body shooting backward and crashing heavily into the broken ruins.
In the distance, although Jiang Shang had not retreated, the wooden pillar under his feet had also crumbled into dust at that mont, and his complexion turned sowhat pale.
True Qi churned; dust rose in the skies.
“The gap is too large.”
Zhao Qingi exhaled deeply, aware that this disparity in cultivation could not be bridged by martial arts alone. If her cultivation had reached the Second Qi Realm, defeating Jiang Shang at the peak of Three Qi would be no problem at all.
“Little Qingi, won’t you admit defeat?”
Jiang Shang said solemnly.
“In this world, no one can make admit defeat.”
Zhao Qingi held her Mandarin Duck Twin Blades and spoke coldly.
At that mont, she stretched her hand toward the distant Sealing Demon Well, and streaks of black light erged from her palm.
Seeing this, Jiang Shang furrowed his brow, “What are you doing!?”
“Buzz! Buzz!”
The Sealing Demon Well trembled violently. An indescribable aura of slaughter surged from within the well.
At that mont, she seed to have ford a connection with the Sealing Demon Well.
Zhao Qingi gripped her Mandarin Duck Twin Blades tightly, and a sky-flood of slaughter aura burst forth from her, tingeing the True Qi in the world with a tint of red.
“Not good, she can actually control the Sealing Demon Well!”
Ouyang Ping exclaid in shock.
What was the Sealing Demon Well? It was a secret place established by the Demon Sect and also the greatest secret of the sect. All top experts of the Demon Sect would cultivate inside the Sealing Demon Well.
But throughout history, very few experts from the Demon Sect had understood or known the origins of the Sealing Demon Well.
At present, Zhao Qingi was actually able to harness the aura of slaughter from the Sealing Demon Well.
Yuan Feng shouted, “Sect Leader Zhao, stop now! Don’t be rash.”
Yu Qiurong’s mouth hung open, staring in shock at the scene before her, as if she were dreaming.
“How is it possible, how is it possible for anyone to connect with the Sealing Demon Well? It’s absolutely impossible,” Ouyang Quan stated in disbelief.
Duanmu Xinghua was also dumbstruck, imnsely shocked.
“Today, no one can stop .”
Zhao Qingi looked coldly at Jiang Shang, “I didn’t kill Jiang Renyi, thus repaying your kindness. Today I will cripple your cultivation, repaying your kindness a second ti. From now on, we in the Jianghu are strangers.”
Jiang Shang’s heart was also filled with uncertainty, and without caring for anything else, imdiately shouted to Ouyang Ping and Yuan Feng, “Both of you, help quickly!”
Ouyang Ping and Yuan Feng exchanged glances and leapt into action.
Zhao Qingi raised her arm, striking out flatly and slowly; at that mont, the two blades seed to rge into one.
However, that simple action caused countless True Qi in the air to explode thunderously.
An aura of annihilation surged to the heavens.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The overwhelming aura of slaughter erupted from Zhao Qingi’s body, and the surrounding True Qi seed to be infected, quickly turning blood-red.
Bloody! Terrifying!
Everyone present felt a tremor deep within their souls.
“Let’s join forces and suppress her,”
Jiang Shang urged.
As he spoke, the True Qi surged from inside him.
Ouyang Ping and Yuan Feng also felt that frightful murderous intent and hurriedly unleashed their True Qi.
“Xinghua?”
Jiang Shang saw Duanmu Xinghua standing still and shouted.
Duanmu Xinghua clasped her fists and said, “Forr Sect Hierarch, last ti I already did what I should not have. This ti, I am determined not to make a move.”
Jiang Shang’s brow was tightly furrowed, and he no longer had ti to say anything more.
The True Qi of the three Grandmasters, covering the sky and blocking the sun, ford a vast ocean, the vast Qi forcing everyone’s breath to catch.
Zhao Qingi’s Mandarin Duck Blade fiercely chopped down, colliding directly with that sea of True Qi.
Boom!
The explosion of Qi centered on Zhao Qingi, the deafening sound reverberating through the area.
At that mont, everyone within several miles of the Sealing Demon Platform felt a headache splitting their skulls, as if their heads were about to explode.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The exploding True Qi wildly vibrated, turning most of the buildings on the Sealing Demon Platform into powder.
“Crack! Crack! Crack!”
The ground of the oasis cracked open yard by yard.
Zhao Qingi’s body was relentlessly pushed back by that vast ocean, rapidly retreating backwards.
Even Zhao Qingi was powerless to turn the tide against the united effort of the three Grandmasters.
“Qingi, won’t you co to your senses!?”
Jiang Shang saw this and urgently shouted, “Do you really want to end in death with ?”
Saying this, he began to withdraw his True Qi.
“You killed my husband, I will never share the sky with you!”
Thinking of An Jing possibly dying at Jiang Shang’s hand, Zhao Qingi’s eyes filled with a hint of crimson, and seizing the mont to breathe, she fiercely pushed her Mandarin Duck Blade forward.
Ouyang Ping and Yuan Feng saw this and imdiately showed signs of retreating.
Jiang Shang’s True Qi gathered again, and then he fiercely slapped down.
“Thump!”
The surging wave, raging and surging, fiercely struck Zhao Qingi’s body.
“Ah!”
Zhao Qingi spewed blood, and her body shot towards the entrance of the Sealing Demon Well like an arrow released from a bowstring.
“No good!”
Zhao Qingi also felt her body uncontrollably falling towards the Sealing Demon Well and silently cursed in her heart.
She had entered the Sealing Demon Well before and was very familiar with it.
“Since nobody can enter a second ti, let be the first.”
Thinking this, Zhao Qingi gritted her teeth, her vision gradually blurring.
“Quick, save her!”
Jiang Shang saw this, his pupils dilating, and he cried out urgently.
“Don’t!”
Ouyang Ping and Yuan Feng also cried out in shock.
According to the rules of the Demon Sect, entering the Sealing Demon Well a second ti would undoubtedly lead to death. Since ancient tis, many experts of the Demon Sect, relying on their high cultivation, defied this rule hoping to enter the Sealing Demon Well again to train, but without exception, none ever erged again.
Zhao Qingi’s body crashed heavily into the Sealing Demon Well, disappearing into the darkness completely.
In an instant, the world beca very quiet.
“Sect Hierarch….”
It took a long while for Yu Qiurong to regain her senses, and she ran frantically toward the edge of the Sealing Demon Well, but nurous killing intents erged from the well, stimulating her skin to seep blood.
Yet, it seed she felt no pain as she continued running toward the Sealing Demon Well.
“Stop!”
Duanmu Xinghua stopped Yu Qiurong with a hand.
“No, the Sect Hierarch is still inside the well; I must go in,”
Yu Qiurong cried out, seeming utterly distraught.
Duanmu Xinghua held Yu Qiurong, sighing with a sense of helplessness in her heart.
Jiang Shang’s expression had soured to its utmost, as entering the Sealing Demon Well a second ti was tantamount to certain death. He had not anticipated such an outco.
Yuan Feng, too, was furrowing his brows in distress, “Jiang Shang, what should we do now? Only Zhao Qingi knows the ‘Nine Nether Purgatory Demon Scripture.’ Are we going to lose this supre secret of the Demon Sect again?”
“Alas.”
Ouyang Ping sighed heavily, regret also forming in his heart.
After a while, Jiang Shang frowned and said, “Looking at this Sealing Demon Well, I suspect she might not have died so easily.”
Yuan Feng responded with helpless resignation, “Anyone re-entering the Sealing Demon Well is dood to die. She couldn’t possibly have survived.”
Jiang Shang shook his head, saying, “She was able to communicate with the Sealing Demon Well, maybe there’s a slim chance she survived?”
Hearing this, Yuan Feng and Ouyang Ping both turned their gazes towards the mouth of the Sealing Demon Well.
……
Under a night of sparse stars in Lingnan Dao, within an inn,
An Jing sat cross-legged on the bed, the Evil Suppressing Sword resting on his knees.
He had just discussed swordsmanship with Lou Xiangzhen, enlightening him greatly.
Sword Intent was vast and powerful, making it progressively harder to break through; his Sword Intent was the most mysterious and profound that Lou Xiangzhen had ever seen among swordsn, hence advancing to the Sixth Realm would be much harder for him.
But similarly, once he reached the Sixth Realm, his Sword Skill would be stronger than other swordsn of the sa Realm.
Lou Xiangzhen’s advice to him was to study swordsmanship and accumulate more knowledge.
If he truly managed to reach the Sixth Realm, even swordsn at the sa level would be at a disadvantage in terms of Sword Skill.
However, the sa vast and mighty Sword Intent could also hinder his growth, and he might never reach the Sixth Realm in his lifeti.
An Jing took a deep breath, then his thoughts fell on the Earth Book.
Cultivation: First Grade
Life Fate: Favorable Star Shining (Rising)
Root Bone: Once in a Century
Martial Arts: Sword Drawing Skill, Hidden Sword Skill, Sword Control Technique, Nine-character Sword Technique, Soaring Nine Heavens Body Technique, Daluo Heart thod, Concealing Qi Technique, Hundred-step Flying Sword (Eighth Layer), Ghost Valley Heart thod (Second Profound), Nine Yang Divine Finger (Eighth Layer), Brahma Heart Sees (Seventh Layer), Great Sun Tathagata Mantra (Unopened)
Prompt One: The host’s Life Fate has not yet taken root (four months remaining), do not reveal host identity when using Martial Arts, or a purple opportunity will arise.
…..
In his battle with the Heavenly Sword, if not for the release of the Great Zhou Human Emperor’s Qi chanism within the Evil Suppressing Sword, he feared he might very well have been defeated.
Thinking of this, his heart was filled with lancholy.
Lou Xiangzhen had once told him during the day that among the current five great Sword Immortals, the White Tiger Sword Immortal and the Heavenly Sword were slightly inferior to the other three in both cultivation and swordsmanship realm.
He nearly lost against the Heavenly Sword; facing the other two Sword Immortals, he likely wouldn’t stand a chance.
“It seems I still need to increase my strength.”
Every ti he thought of that elder Jiang, he felt a sense of powerlessness.
Although the saying goes, a gentleman’s revenge is not too late even after ten years,
An Jing, who preferred imdiate retribution, couldn’t wait another mont.
If he wanted to increase his strength quickly, improving his cultivation was undoubtedly the best choice, but advancing from the Heavenly Flower Realm to the rging of Three Flowers seed difficult even with Lou Xiangzhen’s unreserved sharing of his experiences.
Secondly, it would be elevating the realm of swordsmanship, solidifying his vast Sword Intent, but his expansive Sword Intent was clearly not an overnight feat.
Lastly, there was the Great Sun Tathagata Mantra; an opportunity he had acquired in purple, yet it had always shown as unopened, puzzling An Jing imnsely.
How exactly could he unlock this Great Sun Tathagata Mantra?
Did he need to cultivate Buddhist Law?
If so, An Jing would rather give up on practicing the Great Sun Tathagata Mantra; he had no interest in studying scriptures daily.
“That’s right!”
An Jing suddenly thought of sothing, “Improving my own strength might be challenging for now, but I can enhance the strength of the Thousand-year-old Black Python. Old Lou once said that once the Black Python undergoes the Transformation, it could be comparable to an ordinary Three Qi Grandmaster.”
“Right now the most pressing matter is how to borrow the Thunder Pool from the Five Poison Sect.”
“Buzz buzz!”
Just then, An Jing’s chest grew warm, as if a fla was burning on him.
“What’s happening!?”
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