Chapter 183

Seeing the flame within Xu Qing's body rising, the Captain's expression changed, and he spoke rapidly.

"Don't kill her yet, I have a great use for her!"

Almost the moment he spoke, Xu Qing's body had already moved. His speed was so fast that he arrived in an instant before the Third Princess, who was still pretending to be puzzled. As the Third Princess's breath hitched, Xu Qing raised his right hand and slapped her face.

With a boom, the Third Princess spat out blood, and her body fell onto the ship wall to the side like a kite with a broken string. As the ship wall shattered into pieces, her body was also blasted out.

But the next instant, a black chain spread from the Jin Wu's tail behind Xu Qing, instantly entangling her. With a pull, he dragged her back to the warship and threw her in front of the Captain.

Xu Qing did not kill her; otherwise, a single strike just now could have completely shattered her. However, he took her storage bag.

As she landed, the Third Princess spat out blood again, most of the bones in her entire body collapsing, but there was no terror in her eyes. Instead, she was puzzled, and while spitting out blood, she spoke curiously.

"He used your name to do many things. You don't mind? You don't go to trouble him, why hit me?"

"Because this is a matter between us brothers, and it has nothing to do with outsiders. You, an outsider, are here sowing discord; if I don't hit you, who do I hit? If it were me, I'd beat you too."

The Captain sighed, squatted in front of the Third Princess, lifted one of her hands, and then let go. Seeing the Third Princess's hand hanging there as if it had no bones, he shook his head.

"All shattered, but fortunately there's still a breath. As long as there's a breath, it's fine."

The Third Princess still didn't understand. She felt that things shouldn't be like this. Just as she was about to speak, the Captain slapped her unconscious, waved his hand, and put her into a special storage bag, only then looking up at Xu Qing.

"Swear by my name?" With no outsiders, Xu Qing stared at the Captain and spoke slowly.

"Just a joke, just a joke. Hey, Xu Qing, your spirit notes fell." The Captain's expression was as usual. After blinking, he exclaimed, felt around on the ground, and a spirit note with a face value of one hundred appeared in his hand. He handed it to Xu Qing with incomparable heartache.

Xu Qing took it expressionlessly and continued to stare at the Captain.

"Struck by five heavenly thunders?"

"Haha, how is that possible? Little Junior Brother, you heard wrong. I have to criticize you; how can you believe the words of outsiders? As your Senior Brother, as your superior, I absolutely could not do such a thing, just like how you never owe me spirit stones."

The Captain spoke seriously.

"Male pet?" Xu Qing continued.

The Captain sighed.

Xu Qing stared at the Captain.

After a long while, the Captain slapped his forehead and suddenly spoke mysteriously.

"Xu Qing, let's not talk about this for now. I have a good thing here... I disguised myself as a Sea Corpse Clan member this time to obtain a high-rank corpse heart."

"But this is only my first goal. I have another more important goal. Originally, I felt I was a bit shaky and might not succeed, but if we are together, there will definitely be no problem."

"Do you know? The Sea Corpse Clan has many treasures and many important secret places. Destroying any secret place would affect the battlefield. Of course, this has nothing to do with us. My goal this time is the Sea Corpse Clan's core holy object... the Nine Ancestral Corpse God Statues!!"

"Legend has it that the formation of the Sea Corpse Clan originally stemmed from these nine god statues. The material of these nine god statues themselves is extremely special and unique in the world."

"And the Sea Corpse Clan's transformation of their clansmen is also completed by these nine god statues. They are scattered within the Sea Corpse Clan's ancestral land, are the source of the Sea Corpse Clan's transformation, and are even more so the Sea Corpse Clan's holy land for healing."

"And most importantly, the Sea Corpse Clan's army of experts is all on the outside battlefield, and the internal defense is average. Although there are some emergency arrangements and backups, that young girl you almost beat to death has an extraordinary identity. She is the Sea Corpse Clan's Third Princess. If she takes us, the Sea Corpse Clan won't suspect us at first. By the time they realize there is a problem, we will have already flown far away."

When the Captain said this, he was beaming, and in his eyes was the reckless madness Xu Qing had once seen on Mermaid Island.

And the Captain's words also caused Xu Qing's eyes to shrink. He knew very well that going to the Sea Corpse Clan's ancestral land was something only extremely bold people could do.

And after going to their ancestral land, the target was actually the Sea Corpse Clan's core holy object. This kind of thing could no longer be described as bold. Even if the Sea Corpse Clan's interior was empty, only a madman could harbor such a crazy thought.

Xu Qing looked at the Captain deeply. He felt that the Captain's madness had not improved; this kind of thing was only something a madman would do, so he was just about to refuse.

The Captain spoke again with great interest.

"Any one of those nine Ancestral Corpse God Statues contains heaven-shaking power and carries incomparably dense divinity. It is not only useful to the Sea Corpse Clan but also has huge benefits for us human cultivators. It can open magic apertures on a large scale. I heard people say that if you go and hug it to take a few breaths or gnaw on it, even the scraps would allow us to open dozens of them!"

When Xu Qing heard this, the words he was about to use to refuse were swallowed back, and he was moved.

He had now opened forty-nine magic apertures, and the fiftieth magic aperture also had many fissures, not very far from opening. And at this time, he felt the difficulty once again.

A cultivator's magic apertures are often at a level every ten. In the stage from forty to fifty, only by killing a life fire can one successfully complete the aperture opening.

In fact, this was already very fast. If it weren't for the Malevolent Fire Soul-Swallowing Scripture, if it weren't for this war, it would have been impossible for Xu Qing to open them to such an extent.

Normally, a Foundation Establishment cultivator often takes ten years to form their first life fire. As for reaching the second life fire... relying purely on daily cultivation, it would take at least thirty years or more.

And during this process, there is always the danger of falling, and the accumulation of foreign matter also needs time to be resolved, which is also the reason why there are not many two-fire cultivators.

As for reaching three fires, the time will be even longer.

"Fifty to sixty... the soul power required will definitely be massive."

Xu Qing pondered in his heart. He felt that his cultivation was still a bit slow. At this moment, he was moved by the Ancestral Corpse God Statues mentioned by the Captain, so after pondering for a moment, Xu Qing looked at the storage bag where the Captain had placed the Third Princess.

"I don't believe she will help us."

"Don't worry, I can talk her into it. You don't know, this Third Princess is also a pitiful person. I have confidence!" The Captain patted his chest.

Xu Qing shook his head. The key to whether this matter succeeds or not is to look at that Third Princess. Only if the other party sincerely helps can they successfully enter the Sea Corpse Clan's ancestral land.

And only if the Third Princess wholeheartedly tries to cover for them can she take them through countless defenses and inspections to step into the place where the god statues, which must be heavily guarded, are located.

If there is even a single slip-up in this, one can imagine that what awaits them must be eternal damnation.

"That's easy to handle!" The Captain blinked, looked Xu Qing up and down, and chuckled.

"I have a way. I'll disguise you and turn you into the Third Princess. Wouldn't that be fine? Besides, I have been very familiar with that Third Princess during this period, and coupled with some previous intelligence, I wouldn't say I know her like the back of my hand, but I know her speech and behavior. Although it's very difficult to deceive the world for a long time, as long as we are fast enough, there will be no problem."

"You know her so well, why don't you disguise yourself?" Xu Qing raised his eyebrows and looked at the Captain.

"Deputy Captain Xu, I am your superior!" The Captain said seriously.

"Male pet?" Xu Qing responded.

The Captain immediately slumped and sighed.

"Let's make a bet. Whoever loses will go and disguise themselves!" As he spoke, the Captain looked left and right, and suddenly looked at the sea surface. There was a sea snake there, swimming away rapidly, seemingly not intelligent enough, looking up at the warship they were on with cruelty and full of hostility.

"That's it. Whoever kills it first wins!" The Captain had barely finished speaking when he suddenly attacked. His life fire ignited, and a shocking cold air erupted instantly, freezing the surroundings while enveloping Xu Qing. As he swayed, he rushed straight toward the sea surface in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, on the sea, a massive palm formed abruptly, grabbing fiercely toward that sea snake.

Xu Qing's eyes narrowed. The Jin Wu behind him emitted a hiss, and amidst the eruption of flames, he ignored the Captain's cold air and rushed out just the same. Furthermore, with a wave of his hand, a massive hand actually formed on the sea. The target was not the sea snake, but the Captain's magical technique.

Amidst the roar, the two massive hands collided. Xu Qing's figure met the Captain in mid-air, and for a moment, while sounds echoed monstrously in all directions, the black iron slip where the Jin Gang Sect Ancestor was located rushed out, about to approach the sea snake.

But the next instant, amidst its lightning eruption, cold air suddenly surged in the void around it. Amidst cracking sounds, it actually formed ice in the blink of an eye, directly sealing the black iron slip inside, causing the Jin Gang Sect Ancestor's expression to change, unable to struggle for a moment.

And around that sea snake, ice also appeared, and just as it was about to be sealed, the Jin Wu hissed, and the sea of fire rose. Following a charge by the Jin Wu, the ice melted.

As for Xu Qing, at this moment, he waved his hand and the Heavenly Blade slashed down. Following the eruption of the volcano within his body and his physical body being blessed by Jin Wu Refines Ten Thousand Spirits, his speed was faster than ever, and he threw a punch.

This punch formed heaven-shaking power, directly blasting a vortex out of the void in front of Xu Qing. While devouring everything, a wisp of corpse poison was emitted!

The Captain's eyes contracted, and he formed seals to block. Amidst the explosion of sounds, the Captain retreated a few steps, and Xu Qing rushed over without slowing down.

"How long has it been, how come the changes are so big again? Physical strength has reached this level, combined with the Profound Radiance State, this is comparable to three fires! And what's with this corpse poison? More like a Sea Corpse Clan member than me? Imperial-level cultivation arts are bullying people."

A touch of madness appeared in the Captain's eyes. In order to make Xu Qing become the Third Princess, in order to maintain his superior's dignity, golden light suddenly emitted from his eyes.

Under this light, one could see a rhombus-shaped golden rune shining in his eyes, and an aura exceeding two fires erupted monstrously from his body!