Chapter 102: Inescapable Doom

Xu Qing naturally could not see the emotions and sighs of the Jin Gang Sect ancestor.

At this moment, Xu Qing was in the scavenger camp, having familiarly purchased a dwelling to use as a temporary place to rest.

Although the scavenger camp had certain requirements for the residency of outsiders, if one possessed sufficient strength, then all rules were no longer rules.

Thus, after Xu Qing released his Qi Condensation Layer Three spiritual energy, he successfully bought a wooden hut. At the same time, due to the display of his purchasing power, he successfully attracted two ill-intentioned scavengers.

Their heads were soon skillfully hung at the doorway by Xu Qing.

Just like that, everyone in the scavenger camp accepted Xu Qing's arrival. As the days passed, even if some had paid attention to him at the beginning, Xu Qing's daily behavior was no different from any other scavenger.

Whether it was killing, going out on missions, purchasing white elixirs, or even the instinctive reaction of engraving vigilance and caution into his soul while walking in the camp, everything proved that he was a true scavenger.

Thus, gradually, no one paid too much attention to this outsider. After all, strange scavengers were everywhere in the wilderness, and there were always people who had stayed outside for too long and wanted to find a place to recuperate.

And in this concealment, Xu Qing went out every day to carefully observe the vicinity of the Jin Gang Sect. During this period, he also saw some Jin Gang Sect disciples coming down from the mountain to this scavenger camp to have fun.

Their appearance made the scavengers dare to be angry but not speak, most of them showing flattering expressions.

Among those disciples who came down the mountain, Xu Qing found a few familiar.

In his memory, he should have seen them when he went to release poison and set fires back then.

Although they looked arrogant when entering the scavenger camp one by one, the hesitation and helplessness hidden in their hearts were still perceived by Xu Qing through their eyes.

In addition, as time passed, Xu Qing also gradually explored more information about the Jin Gang Sect. As a sect that had not moved here long ago, every move was naturally valued by the scavengers.

So half a month later, Xu Qing already knew a lot about the current situation of the Jin Gang Sect.

"The sect only has less than a hundred people left."

"Four of the seven elders have left, and now only three remain. Besides them, there is also a Sect Master. The powerhouses under the Jin Gang Sect ancestor now are just these four."

"Attached to the Litu Sect, protected by the Litu Sect..."

Xu Qing sat cross-legged in his dwelling, analyzing the information obtained over the past half month. He was very patient, especially when facing a Foundation Establishment powerhouse. Even though he felt that his own combat power could win at the moment, he had never fought one after all.

So Xu Qing's caution was as always. Even after analyzing these clues, he still did not make a move, but continued to wait until another half month passed. He inadvertently learned a piece of news that made his eyes flash with sharp light from the conversation of two Jin Gang Sect disciples who came down the mountain.

"The ancestor is really making a mountain out of a molehill... Every time the people he invites arrive, he starts making us come down the mountain every few days, pretending to inadvertently spread some information about the sect to the surrounding scavenger camps. Why bother."

"Yeah, it's been half a year, and I haven't seen the kid take the bait. Sigh, especially since the ancestor frequently invites friends. Often a few days after one leaves, the second one comes. We are spreading the news too frequently."

"No way... The ancestor's order, who dares not to listen."

This was one night when Xu Qing secretly followed two Jin Gang Sect disciples and overheard the conversation when they were about to go up the mountain. After hearing this, Xu Qing returned to the camp calmly. In the following days, he was even more cautious in his heart, and his observations became more detailed.

Until he had lived in this scavenger camp for a month and a half, finally on this dusk, Xu Qing, who was secretly investigating near the Jin Gang Sect, saw a long rainbow stepping into the air and going away from the top of the Jin Gang Sect not far away.

Vaguely, there seemed to be someone seeing them off on the top of the mountain.

Xu Qing's eyes narrowed slightly, putting away the sharpness in his eyes, turned and returned to the camp dwelling, began to organize his weapons and poison powder, and then looked at the sky outside, waiting silently.

At the same time, outside the main hall on the top of the Jin Gang Sect, the Jin Gang Sect ancestor looked at the departing fellow Daoist, sighing in his heart. After all, it was not good for him to keep people here for a long time. Turning back to the main hall, he began to ponder who to invite next.

"It won't take too long. The elixir is about to take shape. When I take it and break through the thirtieth magic aperture, forming the first cluster of life fire, possessing the ability to open the Profound Radiance State, by that time... I can breathe a sigh of relief."

Muttering, the Jin Gang Sect ancestor stepped into the main hall, and his figure disappeared.

The sky outside, with the dimness of dusk, gradually darkened. The cold wind blew wailing, sweeping across the scavenger camp, getting stronger and stronger.

The dust on the ground was frozen very hard due to the cold weather and could not be lifted. Only some garbage moved in rolls in the wind, making a rustling sound. At the same time, the cold wind also fell on some children in the camp who were shrinking their bodies.

It seemed to turn into sharp blades, wanting to tear everything weak to pieces.

Before long, snowflakes also came from the sky, drifting across the entire Red Plain, filling the land within sight.

Tonight, the snow is heavy.

The scattered snowflakes soon turned into goose feathers, covering the ground layer by layer, making the people in the scavenger camp who had no huts and could only sleep outside shiver, with death and numbness in their eyes.

This winter seems colder than ever, and more people will freeze to death.

In the wind and snow, Xu Qing, who had organized everything, walked out of the wooden hut.

He looked at the snow in the sky, felt the cold of the world, shrank his collar, and swept over the shivering children in the camp. He was silent for a moment and walked forward, but he did not close the door.

In the hut inside the door, there was still the residual warmth of the bonfire, and the contrast with the outside temperature made clusters of white mist fill the place, attracting the attention of nearby children. The death in their eyes seemed to rise with hope at this moment.

In the wind and snow, Xu Qing's figure walked further and further away, faster and faster. In the end, his whole person seemed to merge into the wind, turning into a residual shadow, constantly approaching the direction of the Jin Gang Sect mountain gate.

The blood in his body was boiling, his Sea Mountain Secret Technique was running, and purple light was flowing all over his body, gathering on the top of his head. Vaguely, the shadow of a Heavenly Blade was forming rapidly.

When he was about to arrive, Xu Qing looked up at the Jin Gang Sect in the heavy snow.

The moonlight was torn by the snow and should have formed mottled spots on the Jin Gang Sect, but the surrounding snow refracted the moonlight again, as if pieced together, which made the sect under the moonlight very clear.

The clear sect reflected in Xu Qing's eyes, turning into killing intent and sharpness. The next moment, Xu Qing's body flew up violently!

The flight talisman on his legs shone with light, his figure like blade light, rushing straight to the sky, breaking through the wind and snow, whistling towards the main hall on the top of the mountain, faster and faster. In an instant, his figure reached the mid-air of the main hall.

Here he had no hesitation, his right hand raised, and he slashed violently towards the main hall on the top of the mountain.

The moment he slashed down, the world behind him roared, and a huge shadow of a Heavenly Blade appeared directly on the firmament. Although the wind and snow were strong, they could not shake the Heavenly Blade in the slightest at this moment. Moreover, purple light filled the air. Following Xu Qing's hand, this Heavenly Blade whistled, slashed through the wind and snow, and fell towards the main hall on the top of the mountain.

Looking from afar, the Heavenly Blade was dozens of zhang long, extremely astonishing. At this moment, the momentum when it fell was even more violent, as if everything in front of it would be directly slashed in half.

The speed was so fast that it fell on the main hall in the blink of an eye. The loud noise was shocking, the entire mountain body shook, and the main hall collapsed under this blade light, shattering from the middle, directly into two halves.

In the cracks of the shattering, the Jin Gang Sect ancestor who was constantly retreating after resisting this blade was revealed, his expression changing.

He saw Xu Qing, but before he could speak, Xu Qing, standing in mid-air, slashed the second blade!

The improvement of cultivation made Xu Qing's blade, realized from the temple, able to slash multiple times, especially since he had already built up momentum on the way here. At this moment, without any pause, the second shadow of the Heavenly Blade suddenly materialized behind him and fell towards the Jin Gang Sect ancestor again.

The roaring sound was earth-shattering, and the purple Heavenly Blade fell again. Amidst a low roar from the Jin Gang Sect ancestor, it directly collided with him again.

Amidst the roaring, the main hall on the top of the mountain completely collapsed. The Jin Gang Sect ancestor roared angrily, resisting these two blades continuously. The blood in his body was also rolling, and his body retreated a hundred zhang away. With a wave of his hand, the shadow of the angry-eyed Vajra under him appeared directly, and his momentum erupted.

But his hair was scattered at this moment, and there was a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth. Obviously, these two blades of Xu Qing gave him a feeling of extreme danger!

"This fellow Daoist, you..." Although the Jin Gang Sect ancestor had guessed some things in his heart, he was still unable to believe the strength of the person in front of him, so he spoke quickly, trying to confirm his guess.

But before he could finish his words, his expression changed drastically, and his body retreated with all his might, but it was still a bit late. No one on the ground noticed that the shadow hidden in the dark night had already approached rapidly under Xu Qing's control, and in the blink of an eye, it fell on the Jin Gang Sect ancestor, just about to shrink.

Although the Jin Gang Sect ancestor reacted very quickly and avoided it, his arm was still touched, and the arm instantly became rich in heterogenous matter, turning blue-black, which made him extremely horrified in his heart.

At the same time, Xu Qing in mid-air looked coldly at the Jin Gang Sect ancestor, without any words, and slashed down the third blade he had built up on the way.

In an instant, the purple light was overwhelming, the blade shadow materialized, breaking through the wind and snow, splitting in all directions, and fell towards the Jin Gang Sect ancestor who was retreating to avoid the shadow at this moment.

Amidst the roaring, the Vajra shadow under the Jin Gang Sect ancestor let out a hiss, raised his hands to block with all his might. Amidst the loud noise, the arms of the Vajra shadow collapsed, the Jin Gang Sect ancestor's mouth overflowed with blood again, and his body was blasted back continuously.

But as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, even if he was not promoted by a major sect's cultivation technique, Foundation Establishment was Foundation Establishment after all, and his own combat power was still extremely strong. At this moment, three blades and the shadow's sneak attack only caused him to be injured. While retreating continuously, he suddenly looked up, his eyes filled with bloodshot, and he gritted his teeth at Xu Qing.

"You are that kid!"

At the same time, the disciples in the Jin Gang Sect were all horrified. The Sect Master and elders all rushed out, their expressions changing drastically, looking at the firmament.

On the firmament, Xu Qing's long hair fluttered, and the scavenger's attire added even more killing intent. Under the moonlight, in the wind and snow, he was like a judge of the underworld, in charge of life and death. ===== CHAPTER 103 =====