Chapter 143: Killing Intent Emerges

Time is like flowing water, flowing away day by day.

Beast corpses are like falling leaves, withering away one by one.

In the blink of an eye, more than twenty days passed.

Xu Qing was no longer in the former bay; he had changed five deserted islands.

Now on the sixth deserted island, sitting in a simple bay he had opened up himself.

In these twenty-plus days, besides changing places, he had been completely immersed in the impact on the Dharma Apertures, making his own Dharma Apertures finally reach the tenth one.

The Jin Gang Sect Ancestor inside the black iron slip had been terrified countless times in the past half month. Later, he was a little dazed; he felt that he seemed to have entered the world of ancient books...

It was really that the opening of normal Dharma Apertures, the further one went, the more soul power was required, and the opening became more difficult. He had used eight years to open the tenth one.

And Xu Qing here... twenty-plus days...

This speed made the Jin Gang Sect Ancestor's heart shake wildly, and he knew that for the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Seven Blood Eyes, generally speaking, wanting to open ten Dharma Apertures required about two years.

Unless there was a large-scale battle, and one could constantly slaughter and survive within it, only then could one reach Xu Qing's speed.

It was just that the Seven Blood Eyes had not had a large-scale war for many years. Generally, they were small frictions, and the scale was controlled to a certain degree. As for the sea beasts here, although the Forbidden Sea was large and the sea beasts had low intelligence, it was also very difficult to kill them in groups.

Only some special means such as poison or formations, or other special means, could allow one to advance as quickly as Xu Qing.

However, there were not many such people.

This not only required external help, but also required the strength itself to be extraordinary, and even more to prevent the appearance of irresistible sea beasts, with many restrictions.

Xu Qing himself also knew that he could not do this for a long time.

First of all, the Ghost Desire Horseshoe Crab was rare. He had refined one before, and the remaining blood was now almost gone. At the same time, there were not many ammonites left.

In addition, in these days, Xu Qing already had a feeling of heart-shaking. It was really that the beast corpses under every bay were not few. Even if Xu Qing changed places frequently, it would still attract the attention of some terrifying existences in the sea.

So Xu Qing already had the intention to leave in his heart. At this moment, after he extracted the soul of a snake-necked dragon that had arrived, while using it as firewood in his body to impact the eleventh Dharma Aperture, he stood up, preparing to leave.

But just as the eleventh Dharma Aperture appeared with more cracks, but still was not forced open, Xu Qing suddenly narrowed his eyes, looking into the distance at the sea, and a sharp light slowly appeared in his eyes.

"This aura..."

Just as he was watching, the sea surface suddenly surged, and a sea beast about a hundred zhang in size, covered in armor that revealed a metallic sense, and with a incomparably ferocious mouth, rushed out of the sea surface.

Its body actually paused in mid-air, looking at Xu Qing in the bay.

"Foundation Establishment level Iron-Armored Fish!" Xu Qing narrowed his eyes. This was not the first Foundation Establishment sea beast he had encountered in these twenty-plus days. Seven days ago, he had also encountered one; the other party was a spinning-tooth shark.

The terrifying shape, astonishing aura, and the feeling of a furnace burning in its body made Xu Qing realize that the other party possessed the Profound Radiance State. He didn't dare to pause and immediately went ashore, his vigilance reaching the extreme, and his Dharma Boat was fully activated.

And the other party seemed to have little interest in him at that time and left after a glance.

But Xu Qing's guard was already even more intense. At this moment, he gazed at the Iron-Armored Fish in front, weighing the strength of the other party in his heart. And this Iron-Armored Fish clearly had intelligence and didn't approach, but instead fell into the sea surface after looking, swimming rapidly in the surroundings, seemingly also weighing.

The armor on its body constantly trembled, emitting a clanging collision sound. This was the unique sound of the Iron-Armored Fish. And after it swam for the time of an incense stick, its speed suddenly erupted, and it slammed toward the bay where Xu Qing was.

Even more, as it rushed, its body leaped again, letting out a hiss toward Xu Qing. This hiss formed sound waves, rolling up the sea surface below, forming big waves, roaring toward Xu Qing.

Cold light flashed in Xu Qing's eyes. The Dharma Boat beneath him roared, and while divine divinity gathered, Xu Qing raised his right hand and grabbed into the air. Immediately, his snake-necked dragon manifested in mid-air, colliding toward the Iron-Armored Fish.

The roar shook the sky. The Iron-Armored Fish's body retreated. Seeming to perceive that Xu Qing here was not easy to provoke, it decisively gave up, fell into the sea surface, and was about to leave.

"No Profound Radiance State!" Xu Qing's eyes lit up. This kind of Foundation Establishment sea beast without the Profound Radiance State was the one he was extremely eager to encounter. Seeing it now, how could he let the other party escape.

Thus, his body suddenly rushed out, his speed turning into a long rainbow. With a wave of his hand, the Heaven Blade on his head shone, and he slashed fiercely toward the sea surface below.

The sea roared, directly splitting a hundred-zhang crack, revealing the Iron-Armored Fish below. But the armor on its body was too astonishing. After colliding with the Heaven Blade, it was unscathed. Instead, fierce intent permeated, and it turned to rush toward Xu Qing.

But just at this moment, the black iron slip arrived at high speed, emitting cold light while also having a touch of blue light. That was poison.

This was something the Jin Gang Sect Ancestor had actively begged Xu Qing to apply.

At this moment, it approached at high speed, heading straight for the Iron-Armored Fish. The target seemed to be the armor on its body, but in reality, the moment it approached, its direction twisted strangely, piercing fiercely into the Iron-Armored Fish's eye in an extremely tricky manner.

The Iron-Armored Fish hissed, its body trembling slightly. Immediately, countless scale shadows manifested around it, each containing Foundation Establishment magic power. If a Qi Condensation cultivator encountered them, one piece would be enough to kill.

At this moment, there were a full hundred, roaring and rolling toward all directions, but Xu Qing's figure had already approached.

The black fire in his body scattered, and flames rose outside his body. His right hand gathered fire, directly turning into the shape of a dagger.

This was a magic technique matched by the Malevolent Fire Soul-Swallowing Scripture after ten Dharma Apertures were opened, named Malevolent Blade.

It could be changed by the cultivator as needed. At this moment, it was thrown out by Xu Qing, whistling and piercing into the Iron-Armored Fish's body, turning into flames and spreading throughout its body.

It didn't end there. Xu Qing's shadow on his feet was not to be outdone, approaching and shrouding it, making the Iron-Armored Fish reveal terror in its eyes. Its whole body shook, and the armor outside its body suddenly collapsed. After dissipating the burning fire on its body, it turned into a storm of metal, rolling directly toward Xu Qing.

After doing all this, it flicked its tail, and a water wall appeared on the sea surface, rising into the sky to block Xu Qing. At the same time, this Iron-Armored Fish turned to stare dead at Xu Qing, suddenly opening its mouth and spitting out a black bead more than a zhang in size.

This bead was filled with rotting corpses, humans and beasts, each opening their eyes at this moment, emitting miserable sounds, seemingly about to crawl out of the bead, with limbs protruding on the bead.

This scene made this bead look like it was covered in soft thorns, roaring toward Xu Qing.

Cold light appeared in Xu Qing's eyes. His body was even more filled with flames at this moment. The phantom behind him roared toward the front, and even the Forbidden Sea snake-necked dragon rushed out from the seabed, swallowing toward that black bead.

Amidst the heaven-shaking roar, the bead was swallowed by the snake-necked dragon, seemingly about to explode in its body, but it was suppressed to death by its own snake-necked dragon.

But it was transformed by magic techniques, seemingly unable to hold on for long.

Xu Qing also rushed into the Iron-Armored Fish that fell into the sea surface at this moment. With all protection activated, he approached, the fire in his hand transformed into a new dagger, and he stabbed fiercely into the other party's eye.

The Iron-Armored Fish hissed, its body struggling, about to go to the deep sea, but Xu Qing's shadow split into two at this moment, one connecting to the bay island, and one winding around the Iron-Armored Fish's body.

Making the Iron-Armored Fish like being bound. Amidst its struggle, Xu Qing grabbed the dagger stabbed into the other party's eye with his right hand, and at the same time raised his left hand. The fire in the ten Dharma Apertures in his body erupted, gathered in his left hand, and pressed directly onto the Iron-Armored Fish's body, spreading throughout, and began to burn.

Watching this fire burn, wisps of soul power flew rapidly into Xu Qing's body, but just at this moment, a sense of crisis erupted in Xu Qing's heart.

He suddenly raised his head and immediately saw dozens of bronze great swords in the sky at this moment, carrying astonishing lethality, whistling toward the Iron-Armored Fish.

The range was very large, simply ignoring that Xu Qing was still here. As they approached, whirlpools appeared in the seawater in all directions, making Xu Qing only able to pinch seals, and the black fire in his body turned into a shield above him, resisting with all his might.

Amidst the roar, those dozens of bronze great swords fell, piercing through the severely injured Iron-Armored Fish, tearing it into pieces, while Xu Qing retreated amidst the impact.

Until he retreated out of the range of the bronze great swords, Xu Qing's figure paused, his expression gloomy as he looked at the fish corpse floating on the sea surface, and then looked up at the youth who had arrived stepping on a bronze great sword in the sky at this moment.

The crimson Daoist robe on the other party made this person very conspicuous in mid-air.

"Not in vain to stay up until dawn, casually adjusting to new treasures."

This First Peak youth stood on the great sword with his hands behind his back, wisps of blood aura rising from the Iron-Armored Fish corpse on the sea and being absorbed. Afterward, he lowered his head and looked at Xu Qing coldly, leaving such inexplicable words, and turned to leave.

Xu Qing didn't speak, glanced at his Forbidden Sea snake-necked dragon. The bead in its body was no longer struggling because of the Iron-Armored Fish's death and was already being refined by his own snake-necked dragon.

And the soul power in his body, although he didn't have time to extract it all from the Iron-Armored Fish's body before, also extracted four tenths, which was currently impacting the eleventh Dharma Aperture.

The next instant, the eleventh Dharma Aperture was suddenly opened.

The magic power in Xu Qing's body suddenly rose. He looked up at the departing First Peak youth, saw that the other party also had not formed a Life Fire, and killing intent suddenly rose in his eyes. With a wave of his hand, the Dharma Boat docked in the sea bay flashed with golden light, and terrifying divine fluctuations erupted.

A golden beam of light carrying incomparably divine intent shot out, heading straight for the First Peak youth who was leaving in the distance.

The First Peak youth's expression changed for the first time. He pinched seals rapidly in mid-air, and the bronze great sword beneath him also suddenly stood up to block. The next instant, after colliding with the divine strike, this great sword directly collapsed. While it was torn to pieces, the First Peak youth behind it also had blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

His body retreated a hundred zhang continuously, killing intent intense in his eyes, suddenly lowering his head to look at Xu Qing.

"Youth throws away the head easily, the remnant life on the building is planted at the fifth watch!"

Xu Qing couldn't understand, but his killing intent had already risen. At this moment, his speed erupted, rushing straight toward the other party. After approaching in an instant, his dagger appeared, and he slashed fiercely toward the neck of this youth! ===== CHAPTER 144 =====