Chapter 170: Fallen Again, Future Plans

On the other side.

After the aftershocks of the Immortal Sky Snail King's self-destruction dissipated, Lu Qingshan quickly gathered all the various spoils of war left behind by the enemy.

"That Sky Snail King must have already sought help from powerful allies in the same camp. Although it's not certain anyone will come to support him, I had better leave as soon as possible!"

Thinking this, Lu Qingshan immediately produced an E-grade spaceship.

But just as Lu Qingshan was about to board the spaceship and leave the battlefield, he suddenly felt an extremely special spatial fluctuation.

"Hmm? Teleportation?"

Lu Qingshan, who had long encountered multiple Hei Fengwang Immortals possessing teleportation abilities, quickly identified this special spatial fluctuation as being caused by teleportation.

"Those capable of casting teleportation are generally at least Hei Fengwang peak experts!"

Lu Qingshan thought silently in his heart: "With my current strength, I might find it difficult to pose any threat to an opponent who has mastered teleportation, but merely forcing them to retreat should be relatively simple!"

Whoosh!

The burly figure of Shi Jia Wang appeared out of thin air in the void. Looking at the scene before him, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"What a powerful energy reaction!"

Watching the void ahead begin to gradually recover, Shi Jia Wang couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "It seems the Sky Snail King who sent the message earlier was forced to self-destruct by that King Lingjian King!"

Thinking this, a spark of interest arose in Shi Jia Wang's heart: "Interesting! Although that Sky Snail King was not overly powerful, he was comparable to a slightly weaker Hei Fengwang peak expert! That King Lingjian King was able to force him to self-destruct before I arrived; it seems his strength has increased quite a bit!"

However, while various thoughts flashed through Shi Jia Wang's mind, he quickly spread his Immortal Divine Power to seal off the surrounding space.

Immediately, Shi Jia Wang's Immortal Divine Power, resembling a spiderweb formed of countless threads, resonated with the spatial source laws of the universe, instantly completely sealing off spatial fluctuations within a range of tens of millions of kilometers around him.

Although he knew the King Lingjian King comprehended the Time Source Law and could not use teleportation to escape, he was worried the King Lingjian King might seek help from powerful figures in the human camp capable of teleportation.

Now that the spatial fluctuations within a range of tens of millions of kilometers around him were completely sealed by him, even if powerful figures from the human camp wanted to come to the King Lingjian King's rescue, they could only teleport outside the sealed area and then fly over slowly.

And during this time, it would already be enough for him to kill the King Lingjian King before him!

While casting the spatial seal, Shi Jia Wang also quickly looked at the target of his journey: that human figure clad in purple-gold battle armor, standing over two meters tall.

On the other side, after seeing Shi Jia Wang's burly figure, Lu Qingshan's heart was also slightly startled.

To know, Shi Jia Wang's strength was sufficient to rank within the top one hundred among the one hundred thousand Hei Fengwang Immortals active in the Five Lotus Domain; naturally, Lu Qingshan was not unfamiliar with him.

Moreover, compared to other Hei Fengwang Immortals, Shi Jia Wang posed absolutely a very great threat to him.

First, Shi Jia Wang was born without a soul, so Lu Qingshan's most powerful soul attack method currently on his person could not cause any effect on the opponent;

Second, although Shi Jia Wang was a rocky lifeform with relatively clumsy movement, the opponent had created peak-level secret techniques himself, reportedly including a set of peak-level movement techniques, making him extremely skilled in speed;

The third was naturally the opponent's divine body reaching over a thousand meters in height!

Combined together, these three factors were enough to make this Shi Jia Wang a powerful existence that countless experts of the same realm were unwilling to provoke!

"King Lingjian King!" Shi Jia Wang transmitted his voice angrily.

"Shi Jia Wang!" Lu Qingshan transmitted his voice in response: "I have no intention of making an enemy of you; how about we both withdraw?"

"Hahaha! Truly rare!"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's transmitted voice, Shi Jia Wang laughed heartily: "King Lingjian King, you have slaughtered numerous Hei Fengwang Immortals in the recent thousand years, acting with what arrogance? Now you actually beg me for mercy?"

"Beg for mercy?"

After hearing Shi Jia Wang's words, a hint of anger quickly flashed through Lu Qingshan's heart.

Shi Jia Wang's current strength was a bit stronger than his, but at most he could only destroy this one avatar of his, causing him to lose some Divine Power and resources; what was there for him to fear?

Thinking this, Lu Qingshan immediately shouted coldly: "Shi Jia Wang, do you even deserve to make me beg for mercy? I want to see what skills you actually possess to dare speak such big words!"

"Hahaha, then you had better watch closely!"

Shi Jia Wang let out a thunderous roar, and invisible pressure was instantly released.

Whoosh!

Teleportation was impossible within the sealed spatial range, so Shi Jia Wang directly used a movement technique, holding a long-handled battle knife, transforming into a streak of light as he charged toward Lu Qingshan's location.

"Such a fast burst speed; truly worthy of a Hei Fengwang limit expert who created peak-level movement techniques!"

Seeing Shi Jia Wang's clumsy figure execute such exquisite movement techniques, Lu Qingshan also sighed deeply in his heart.

To be honest, since arriving at the Outer Realm Battlefield, he had never seen a Hei Fengwang Immortal with such an astonishing burst speed.

And the instantaneous burst speed of this Shi Jia Wang before him had even far exceeded his own.

However, this was really too normal!

After all, the current Lu Qingshan was inferior to Shi Jia Wang in fundamentals, law comprehension, and movement-type secret techniques; being crushed by him in movement techniques was simply too normal.

"Since retreat is no longer possible, then we must fight!"

Lu Qingshan thought silently in his heart: "Just right, I can also use this opportunity to see how large the gap still is between myself and an outstanding figure like Shi Jia Wang among Hei Fengwang limit experts!"

Thinking this, Lu Qingshan also used movement techniques and sword techniques to rush forward.

At this moment, Shi Jia Wang's burly figure had already instantly crossed a distance of tens of thousands of kilometers, arriving directly before Lu Qingshan.

Immediately, the long-handled battle knife in his hand, radiating endless dark light, directly slashed fiercely at Lu Qingshan; where the blade passed, the universe's space cracked open inch by inch.

"Block it for me!"

Lu Qingshan's figure instantly changed, and the long sword in his hand executed a top-tier secret technique he had created himself, attempting to block Shi Jia Wang's terrifying strike.

But unfortunately, the battle knife in Shi Jia Wang's hand seemed to have grown eyes, directly deflecting the long sword in Lu Qingshan's hand at a bizarre angle, then directly smashing fiercely onto the battle armor worn by Lu Qingshan.

Boom-boom-boom!

Under this thunderous strike from Shi Jia Wang, Lu Qingshan's figure instantly exploded backward, and even his divine body began to struggle to endure, obviously having reached its endurance limit.

"What?" After feeling the terrifying attack power of Shi Jia Wang, Lu Qingshan was shocked.

To know, although his law comprehension was slightly weaker now, relying on his armor equipment, life gene levels, amplification secret techniques, and so on, his defensive capability ranked in the upper-middle among Hei Fengwang peak experts.

But now, Shi Jia Wang's mere casual strike had already reached the endurance limit of his divine body; this was simply too incredible.

"It seems this Shi Jia Wang's body amplification has at least been raised to over thirty times!"

Lu Qingshan guessed silently in his heart: "Otherwise, he absolutely could not possess such terrifying strength!"

What Lu Qingshan did not know was that, while he was surprised in his heart, the Shi Jia Wang not far away was also secretly shocked.

"According to the information the Meng Yao Zu high command gave me, this King Lingjian Wang should only be a Hei Fengwang of the High Grade who specializes in soul attacks. How is his defense so strong, even surpassing most peak Hei Fengwang experts!"

The Shi Jia Wang had already wandered the Outer Battlefield for a very long time, so he had quite a bit of understanding regarding the combat power of the Hei Fengwang level.

And under normal circumstances, even many Immortals at the peak of the Hei Fengwang level should have had their Divine Bodies shattered after taking his Lei Ting strike;

if it were a Hei Fengwang of the High Grade, besides having their Divine Body shattered, their Divine Power should also have been annihilated to some extent!

But now, under his strike delivered in anger, the King Lingjian Wang before him not only had no weakening of his Divine Power, but even his Divine Body was not shattered by his attack!

"Could it be that this King Lingjian Wang has truly broken through?"

The Shi Jia Wang pondered silently in his heart: "If that is the case, killing him will be much more troublesome!"

"Experts at the limit of the Hei Fengwang are truly powerful!"

Lu Qingshan, who had stabilized his form, looked at the Shi Jia Wang and could not help but sigh in his heart: "Especially a Hei Fengwang limit expert who created such a peak secret technique; the intricacy of the moves is simply impossible to resist!"

"If it were an enemy with a soul, I could still unleash soul attacks and take a gamble. Even if I could not kill the opponent through soul attacks, I could at least affect their movements and moves! But now, this Shi Jia Wang has no soul at all. Even though I am skilled in soul attacks, I have nowhere to start!"

However, one may lose the fight but not the momentum. Even if the opponent is stronger, Lu Qingshan would not feel any fear in his heart.

Whoosh!

He saw that instead of retreating, he advanced, and very quickly rushed toward the Shi Jia Wang again.

"Good!"

The Shi Jia Wang roared explosively, and immediately a swift black blade light sliced across a distance of over a thousand kilometers, hanging horizontally across the long sky, and fiercely slashed toward Lu Qingshan.

Lu Qingshan still exerted all his strength to wield his sword technique in an attempt to block it, but in the end, he still could not stop that black blade light, and his body was struck by it again very quickly.

Just like that, in a short moment, Lu Qingshan and the Shi Jia Wang had already exchanged dozens of rounds.

"Damn it! Damn King Lingjian Wang!" The Shi Jia Wang roared angrily in his heart: "How can he be so difficult to deal with?"

Originally, when he accepted the Meng Yao Zu mission, he thought this mission would be relatively easy.

But now, although he could easily trample the King Lingjian Wang, he could not inflict effective damage on him at all.

"I cannot drag this out any longer!"

The Shi Jia Wang thought silently in his heart: "If I drag this out further, this King Lingjian Wang will very likely call other experts from the human camp to help!"

"This King Lingjian Wang is so powerful; he might possess some special opportunities in his hand. Moreover, the Meng Yao Zu high command has given a fairly good reward. Burning some of my Immortal Divine Power is worth it!"

"Now, let everything end here!"

The Shi Jia Wang made a decision instantly in his heart!

Boom!

Just after the Shi Jia Wang rushed to Lu Qingshan's front again, an incomparably terrifying aura erupted from his body instantly.

That vast aura was not inferior at all to the Universe Zifeng Zunzhe Lu Qingshan had seen before.

Obviously, the Shi Jia Wang had burned his Immortal Divine Power and was preparing to fight to the death!

"King Lingjian Wang, receive death!" The Shi Jia Wang snorted coldly and instantly slashed out the long-handled war blade in his hand.

With his strength at the limit of the Hei Fengwang, and being in a state of burning Immortal Divine Power, how powerful was the strength he erupted?

"Not good!"

Seeing the Shi Jia Wang suddenly burn his Immortal Divine Power, Lu Qingshan's pupils also shrank sharply.

After all, the Shi Jia Wang's previous attacks had already left him teetering on the brink of collapse. At this moment, with the opponent burning Immortal Divine Power, even if he could not annihilate him in one strike, it would surely be enough to leave him seriously injured!

"Boom boom boom!"

The Shi Jia Wang's momentum was sky-high. With a fierce slash of the long blade in his hand, it instantly transformed into countless dazzling blade lights, beautiful enough to make one intoxicated.

Countless blade lights crossed the sky, and powerful energy fluctuations swept in all directions. Like the sky collapsing and the earth cracking, they slashed directly toward Lu Qingshan's head.

This was a killing strike!

Facing the Shi Jia Wang's killing strike, Lu Qingshan had absolutely no way to dodge!

"Shi Jia Wang!"

Lu Qingshan immediately transmitted his voice in anger: "Remember this, I will return for revenge! When I find you next time, it will be your time of death!"

"Explode! Explode! Explode!"

Knowing he could not block the Shi Jia Wang's killing strike, Lu Qingshan roared, and his boundless Divine Power was instantly completely detonated.

Seeing Lu Qingshan forced by himself to self-destruct, the Shi Jia Wang felt quite proud in his heart.

As for what Lu Qingshan said about returning to seek revenge, he did not care about it at all in his heart.

After all, he had heard such words far too many times before. Yet, even the Hei Fengwang Immortals he had killed, after being resurrected by super existences reversing time and space, still dared not provoke him, let alone seek revenge on him!

But just at this moment, the terrifying power that swept out after Lu Qingshan's self-destruct caused the Shi Jia Wang's face to change abruptly.

"This is..."

The Shi Jia Wang looked at the sky-collapsing and earth-cracking scene before him in disbelief. He wanted to leave via teleportation, but he had been far too close to Lu Qingshan before, and he had also deployed a space blockade earlier. At this moment, it was already too late to cancel the space blockade and then teleport away.

The only thing he could do now was to resist the terrifying power erupted after Lu Qingshan's self-destruct with all his might!

Although Lu Qingshan himself was only an Immortal at the early grade of the Hei Fengwang, his life gene level had already reached ten times that of ordinary life. Plus the body-type amplification secret technique, the power of his self-destruct was already comparable to some weaker Hei Fengwang limit experts!

According to reason, at this moment, Lu Qingshan's self-destruct should have been enough to kill a peak Hei Fengwang and seriously injure a Hei Fengwang limit expert!

But unfortunately, the Shi Jia Wang not only had a huge Divine Body, but was also not an ordinary Hei Fengwang limit expert. Moreover, rock-type lifeforms were naturally skilled in defense!

Buzz!

After the Shi Jia Wang's Divine Body shattered, it reformed again. Although his aura had not weakened at all, he had already lost five percent of his Divine Body!

"This time, I'm afraid I've lost out a bit!"

While quickly collecting the spoils left after Lu Qingshan's demise, the Shi Jia Wang thought silently in his heart: "The reward given by the Meng Yao Zu is probably not enough for me to restore my Divine Body. It seems I need to return to the clan territory this time to rest and recover for a while!"

A short while later...

The Shi Jia Wang, who had been happily looking at the many pieces of equipment left after Lu Qingshan's demise, suddenly froze.

Because after finding the weapons and equipment left behind by Lu Qingshan's demise, he could find no other spoils at all.

"How is this possible?"

Shi Jia Wang thought to himself: "Could it be that all the treasures on that King Lingjian Wang were converted into weapons and equipment? But even so, he shouldn't have left not a single resource behind!"

……

In the human territory, Yanfeng Universe Nation, within Lu Qingshan's divine realm.

While Shi Jia Wang was still searching for spoils left behind after Lu Qingshan's demise, the Infinite Divine Sea avatar had already reborn Lu Qingshan's true body once more.

"This time I really got ripped off!"

Sitting on the Wang Zuo inside the divine palace, Lu Qingshan sighed inwardly: "I lost all the equipment I spent over ten billion Hunyuan units to buy. If not for the wealth I gained from killing those Hei Fengwang immortals earlier, I might not have even recouped my costs!"

"Then again!"

Lu Qingshan thought inwardly: "Shi Jia Wang and Tianluo Wang probably have no connection, and yet he was able to completely suppress me—perhaps it's because the Meng Yao Zu's high command in the Outer Battlefield has already taken notice of me!"

In fact, this had already been within Lu Qingshan's expectations!

After all, he had ruthlessly hunted down powerful members of the alien factions, slaying over twenty Hei Fengwang immortals and countless Fenghou immortals in just over a thousand years—it would be strange if the alien powerhouses hadn't targeted him.

Lu Qingshan had previously considered moving after each strike, but now he was no longer the Fenghou he once was.

Know that among the entire human race, there are only about ninety thousand Hei Fengwang immortals still alive, and each one is a prime target for the alien factions.

When Lu Qingshan was still a Fenghou immortal, switching to another Outer Battlefield meant no one cared about him anymore. But now, as a Hei Fengwang immortal with highly distinctive combat techniques, even if he changed locations, he'd be recognized almost immediately!

"Looks like I should stop."

Lu Qingshan thought inwardly: "My current strength isn't enough to dominate the Outer Battlefield. From now on, even if I return to the Outer Battlefield, I must be more discreet—at least follow the rules, and absolutely cannot continue slaughtering large numbers of alien powerhouses in a short time!"

"Otherwise, if the alien high command targets me, I'll definitely take a loss!"

"But this is only temporary! Once my understanding of the Dao and my self-created secret art break through again, that will be my time for revenge!"

Lu Qingshan thought inwardly: "This is the perfect chance to further expand the volume of my Infinite Divine Sea avatar. Then, even if my divine body shrinks again after reconstruction, it will still support me burning my immortal divine power in battle!"

(End of Chapter)