Chapter 104: Survival from Desperation (Third Update)

Xu Qing did not have the habit of listening to other people's last words, nor did he have the idea of taking slaves. After all, people's hearts are unpredictable. Rather than worrying about being backlashed in the future, it is better to finish them off directly.

For enemies, his idea from beginning to end was one... a dead enemy is the safest.

And the faster he kills, the safer it is.

Especially since he is now in the strange Red Plain. Although he has been lurking for a month and observed very carefully, he knows that because it is too barren, coupled with the harsh environment, even the Litu Sect itself only occasionally comes to develop believers.

At the same time, the nearest scavenger camp around here is also a hundred miles away, which makes the battle between Xu Qing and the Jin Gang Sect largely submerged in the wind and snow, and it is highly likely that no one will see it.

And he used the appearance materialized by the talisman treasure throughout the process, and his Dharma boat was fully disguised in the sect, so the only person who had seen the real Dharma boat was Zhang San.

Doing all this was already the limit Xu Qing could reach in a short time. Although it was not perfect and had flaws, Xu Qing knew that the reason why his trip went smoothly was that the Jin Gang Sect ancestor misjudged the time he came to kill.

He also underestimated the speed of his own growth.

More importantly, the opponent could never have imagined that he possessed this divine strike that could seriously threaten Foundation Establishment cultivators!

After all, divine creatures are rare and have astonishing value, and to build this Dharma boat, Xu Qing not only consumed the divine lizard skin but also spent tens of thousands of spirit stones.

With such preparation, how could it not be sharp!

At this moment, the wind and snow are whistling, and the cold is sweeping the wilderness.

The divine power from the Dharma boat gathered to the extreme at this moment. Following Xu Qing's right hand putting down, the sharp thorn at the front of the Dharma boat suddenly shone with dazzling light, glowing with golden light.

Looking from the ground to the sky, one can see that although the goose-feather snowflakes are falling like a cover across the firmament, they cannot cover the sacredness contained in this golden light.

That sacredness seems to be able to suppress the soul, suppress all living beings, making the Jin Gang Sect ancestor's heart roar, the fear in his eyes turned into substance, merged into his heart and mind, and became a haze, covering every part of his body and mind.

Seeing that the divine strike was about to erupt, seeing that he was about to perish in this world, seeing that Xu Qing did not give him a chance to speak at all, the Jin Gang Sect ancestor showed decisiveness in his eyes, roared violently, and did something that Xu Qing never dreamed of.

He actually... when Xu Qing's divine strike was about to erupt, attacked himself in advance!

The next moment, the Jin Gang Sect ancestor's right hand raised rapidly, and in front of Xu Qing, a palm fell on his own forehead.

With a bang, following the eruption of his Foundation Establishment cultivation, and seemingly afraid that one palm would not kill himself, his left hand also took out a knife at the same time and stabbed fiercely into his chest and heart.

Going all out, the blade stabbed into the heart shattered and collapsed.

Countless sharp fragments, carrying his Foundation Establishment magic power, erupted crazily inside his body.

And his forehead also shattered at this moment, collapsing directly, and everything above the neck was gone.

All this happened in a flash of lightning. The next moment, the Jin Gang Sect ancestor's headless and half-broken corpse fell directly from the sky...

Xu Qing's eyes widened, and he was stunned for a moment.

"Alien race? Playing dead?"

He looked at the corpse on the ground, felt the absence of aura on it, and the broken appearance clearly had no vitality.

Xu Qing had never seen a situation where a human's head was gone, and the body was only half left, and he could still play dead.

And the perception the opponent gave him was not any alien race.

This made Xu Qing hesitate for the first time when killing, not knowing whether to waste the limited and precious divinity to continue bombarding that corpse...

Even though he had killed many people since he was a child, he had encountered such an operation for the first time in his life, so much so that his Dharma boat's divine strike was a bit shaky and was restrained by him.

But even so, he waved his hand and raindrops appeared, rushing straight to the Jin Gang Sect ancestor's broken corpse, instantly squeezing and making up the knife again.

Amidst the roaring, the Jin Gang Sect ancestor's broken corpse was even more shattered, spilling all over the ground.

And just at this time, an illusory soul shadow actually drilled out from the corpse on the ground. This soul shadow was not very clear, shivering in the wind and snow, as if it could dissipate at any time.

And looking closely, even though it was very blurred, it still vaguely revealed the appearance of the Jin Gang Sect ancestor, but this soul shadow did not have any meaning of a dead soul, but possessed a sense of agility.

This was very contradictory. It was clearly blurred, but in Xu Qing's perception, the agility was very obvious.

Xu Qing's eyes condensed, and the moment the killing intent rose again, the Jin Gang Sect ancestor's soul shadow shook violently, with extremely fast speed, rushing straight to... the black iron sign lying on the ground not far away.

In an instant, he seemed to shuttle through the void, appearing directly beside the iron sign, with anxiety in his expression, as if racing against life, fearing that he would be killed by Xu Qing before he could approach the iron sign.

In the blink of an eye, his soul shadow completely merged into the iron sign, and this black iron sign was strongly shocked at this moment, the black light on it was thicker, and a colder chill than ever before erupted on this iron sign.

Even vaguely, there were bursts of flowing light overflowing, as if turning the ordinary into a treasure!

Xu Qing was stunned for the second time since the battle began.

After he joined the Seven Blood Children, he was no longer ignorant of cultivation as he was back then. At this moment, looking at his black iron sign, his breathing was slightly rapid, and he saw at a glance what the change in his iron sign was.

"Possessed an artifact spirit?"

In this world, there are many differences between heavy treasures and magic treasures, and one of the differences is... heavy treasures have no spirit, magic treasures have spirits.

Of course, it doesn't mean that once a heavy treasure has a spirit, it is a magic treasure, but once it possesses an artifact spirit, it has the possibility of becoming a magic treasure!

Xu Qing was silent, his right hand suddenly grabbed into the air, and suddenly the black iron sign whistled over, grabbed by him in his hand, and looked coldly for a long time. His right hand occasionally exerted force, occasionally loosened, and after continuing a few times, he became more silent.

He felt that his black iron sign indeed had an artifact spirit, and this artifact spirit... was the Jin Gang Sect ancestor.

The opponent did not know what means he used, took the initiative to slap himself to death, took the initiative to transform his soul body into an artifact spirit, and then took the initiative to choose to drill into the iron sign...

"Get out!" Xu Qing was a bit irritable and gave a low drink.

Suddenly the iron sign trembled, and the Jin Gang Sect ancestor's illusory shadow emerged from it. Looking at Xu Qing's expression, his body trembled, and he hurriedly smiled.

"What does the master want with the little one?"

The words were very skillful, the expression carried flattery, without any sense of unfamiliarity, as if he had practiced for a long time. In fact, it was indeed so... The Jin Gang Sect ancestor was cautious all his life, acted steadily, and liked to read ancient books. The thoughts in his heart on weekdays seemed to others to be god-like.

But he didn't think so himself. He knew very well that in this chaotic world, his cultivation, a person who couldn't even open the Profound Radiance State, was nothing, and the sect was too small, so it was easy to become the first whetstone for those with great luck mentioned in ancient books.

And such whetstones, in the countless ancient books the Jin Gang Sect ancestor read, without exception, all died miserably, and none survived. So, while terrified, he was also worried about his future.

But he was reluctant to give up everything and live in seclusion.

So many years ago, although he felt that it was highly likely that he would not be so unlucky, in order to prevent the unexpected, he was still prepared at that time, secretly practicing the residual method he obtained from a ruin when he was young.

Normal people would not practice this residual method.

Because its only function was to sacrifice oneself into an existence like an artifact spirit.

And the failure rate was extremely high. Once failed, it would be soul-scattered.

However, the Jin Gang Sect ancestor valued this residual method extremely highly. He believed that this would be his other life.

So the practice had not been interrupted, and he seemed to have some talent in this regard...

He felt that if one day in the future, he really had to be killed, then I am afraid that his verbal promise to recognize the master and a series of behaviors such as making a Dao oath would be difficult to gain the trust of others.

Even if some life-and-death talismans were planted, it would still be unsafe and easily used as cannon fodder and thrown away after being used.

And the safest thing was to become the artifact spirit of the opponent's weapon.

After all, for artifact spirits, the vast majority of cultivators still care very much.

This idea, as he read more ancient books, became more firm...

Until today, his lifelong practice of the artifact spirit method finally had a place to use, making himself obtain a glimmer of life from an unlivable situation.

At this moment, amidst his flattery, Xu Qing's heart became more and more irritable. It was the first time he encountered this situation, and he was a bit hesitant about whether to kill, but the artifact spirit was too precious...

"How did you become an artifact spirit?" Xu Qing asked coldly.

The Jin Gang Sect ancestor hurriedly looked flattering and spoke loudly.

"The little one had a dream many years ago. In the dream, I saw my future self, who would meet a master of destiny. He would give this desolate and cruel world a gentle baptism. I was moved at that time and swore to follow him, so I spent money to buy a residual method and practiced the way of the artifact spirit."

"For this, I am always ready!"

"Speak human language." Xu Qing's eyes turned cold, and killing intent rose in his eyes. When the Jin Gang Sect ancestor saw it, he shivered, secretly saying that fortunately he was smart and decisive, and before this kid who would take revenge for the smallest grievance, he quickly slapped himself to death.

Then he took advantage of the opponent's surprise and took the initiative to transform into an artifact spirit. Only in this way could he be considered to have survived from desperation.

It was really that he had no choice. This little wolf cub in front of him had no intention of taking slaves at all. He was really determined to destroy himself. And if he had hesitated even a little bit just now, he would probably be really dead now.

Being able to find such a way of life from such a desperate situation, the Jin Gang Sect ancestor felt tired in his heart, feeling that he was really not easy.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly responded in a low voice, telling the truth, and after finishing, he cast a spell to release a wisp of his own life spirit and sent it to Xu Qing. This was a sign of recognizing the master.

After listening, Xu Qing scanned the Jin Gang Sect ancestor's life spirit and looked at the black iron sign again. The killing intent in his eyes occasionally rose and occasionally fell. The Jin Gang Sect ancestor on the side was terrified, and hurriedly expressed his loyalty and transmitted words.

"Master, my little life is not worth money. Now I am an artifact spirit. Although I can help the master's magic weapon to be sharper and possess infinite growth, although because I am a Foundation Establishment artifact spirit, the heavy treasure will be rarer and sharper under my blessing, although I will have many, many, many uses in the future, as long as the master says a word, you can destroy me at any time."

"Master, don't rush to destroy me. There is an elixir about to take shape on my corpse. That is a good thing. If the master eats it, your cultivation can improve a lot."

"And master, there is a treasure house under my sect. Inside, there is a formation crossbow specially used on the Dharma boat of the Seventh Peak of the Seven Blood Children. I don't have a Dharma boat and can't use it. I originally planned to give it as a gift..."

"And master, we must leave quickly. A fellow Daoist I invited a few days ago will arrive tomorrow. In addition, there will be envoys from the Litu Sect coming recently."

The Jin Gang Sect ancestor knew very well that since he chose to kneel, he must kneel thoroughly. Only in this way can he survive.

Xu Qing was expressionless, waved his hand to put away the opponent's life spirit, grabbed into the air, took out the storage bag on the Jin Gang Sect ancestor's corpse, and then just about to destroy the corpse and erase the traces, the Jin Gang Sect ancestor hurriedly stopped him.

"Master master, that... this storage bag is a cover, not real. I have another one on me, which I covered with a talisman treasure."

Xu Qing looked at the Jin Gang Sect ancestor deeply.

If I don't finish writing this section about the Jin Gang Sect ancestor, the little Mengxin's thoughts won't be clear.

I guess you handsome guys and beautiful ladies are the same.

Happy now~~ ===== CHAPTER 105 =====