Chapter 256: Sun and Moon Competing for Brilliance

Xu Qing gazed at Sheng Yunzi.

He admitted that the other party was very strong, the strongest enemy he had encountered since stepping onto the path of cultivation.

This was still him using the Shadow to cover one of the other party's Dharma Apertures, making his combat power less by one fire.

Otherwise, Xu Qing knew that he was not an opponent.

And even if there was one less fire, the other party's means were frequent, Imperial-level cultivation techniques were astonishing, and he had countless supernatural powers, especially the Life Lamp protection, which made his poison unable to take effect.

"If I obtain his Life Lamp, then I can also be like this in protection, both soul and body protected by the Life Lamp, which will be more perfect!"

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, staring at Sheng Yunzi's neck and the Life Lamp canopy above his head, his killing intent stronger.

When Xu Qing looked at Sheng Yunzi, Sheng Yunzi was also gazing at Xu Qing. In his heart, Xu Qing was basically one of the top three cultivators of the same realm in the Yinghuang Prefecture he had fought in these years.

Meeting such a person in this small place of the Nanhuang Continent was something Sheng Yunzi also didn't expect.

"It seems the Ancestor was right, the Great Era has arrived, Heaven's Pride appear frequently, monsters rise together, and in the Great Era, there are great opportunities, like this Xu Qing... once his Life Lamp merges into my body, I will not only be able to add one more fire combat power in this Foundation Establishment realm, but more importantly, the Tiangong."

"The value of the Life Lamp is not only reflected in Foundation Establishment, but more in the Tiangong Golden Core realm! Once I fuse his Life Lamp, under two Life Lamps, the moment I break through to Tiangong Golden Core, the Life Lamp will transform into a Tiangong, and I can first reflect two palaces above the Life Mist."

"One palace six fires, the moment I step into Golden Core, I can possess at least twelve fires of power. After nurturing for a period of time, after opening the first Tiangong in the true sense, I can obtain eighteen fires of power!"

"And his Imperial-level cultivation technique, killing him today, swallowing his Golden Crow Refining Ten Thousand Spirits, the certainty of my Miemeng entering the second stage will be greater!"

"Throughout the ages, even the descendants of those ancient emperor masters back then couldn't promote their own Imperial-level cultivation techniques to the second stage in the Foundation Establishment realm, and even reaching the Tiangong Golden Core realm, it was very difficult to make the cultivation technique advance, which shows that the advancement of Imperial-level cultivation techniques is extremely difficult, and once successful, what the Imperial-level cultivation technique adds is no longer one fire, but like the Tiangong, all are six fires!"

"If I succeed, the moment I step into Golden Core, I will possess eighteen fires of power, and soon I can reach twenty-four fires. With such combat power, I will be the well-deserved First Heaven's Pride of the Yinghuang Prefecture, and then join the Sword Holders with this identity. From then on, my path can be prosperous and go straight to the Fenghai County!"

In the sky, Sheng Yunzi and Xu Qing occupied both sides of the sky, each with momentum like a rainbow. Sheng Yunzi's side was filled with seven-colored light, making the earth colorful.

Xu Qing's side, all directions were pitch black, black flames burning the sky, transmitting rumbling loud noises. The two gazed at each other across the air, both seeing the rising of each other's killing intent.

The next instant, they moved simultaneously.

Seen from afar, this scene was extremely shocking; it was two different skies colliding at high speed.

That was Miemeng and Golden Crow, these two legendary divine birds, hissing and swallowing each other.

That was two canopies, exploding their respective divine light.

That was a young master and a young ancient emperor, a life-and-death battle.

The sound spread in all directions, the wind and clouds changed color, shaking the heavens and the earth!

Coming and going between each other, the battle became more intense, as the sky seemed to be about to explode, Xu Qing and Sheng Yunzi both used their full strength to strike, both bodies shook violently, and both had to retreat.

"Hateful, if my six-fire combat power was still there!" Sheng Yunzi's face was gloomy, the fire in his body burned, going all out to drive away the black shadow on the 120th Dharma Aperture.

But no matter how violent his fire was, the Shadow insisted desperately, risking everything to block the Dharma Aperture like a volcano, making the Dharma power within unable to scatter in the slightest, making Sheng Yunzi's fourth Life Fire unable to form from beginning to end.

This made Sheng Yunzi's killing intent in his eyes even thicker. While retreating, seeing Xu Qing's body flicker in the distance, bringing fierce killing intent straight towards himself, he approached.

He revealed decisiveness in his eyes, biting the tip of his tongue and spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"Ghost Clothing Crowd, Seal Body and Soul!"

That mouthful of blood of his, with his words, instantly became larger, in the blink of an eye, it directly became a hundred zhang, suddenly forming a blood-colored robe, suddenly rolling towards Xu Qing.

Xu Qing's eyes froze, Jin Wu behind him hissed, black fire scattered, just about to burn, but the next moment, this blood robe actually didn't hesitate to damage itself, didn't hesitate to pay the price, forced to arrive, suddenly wrapping around Xu Qing.

A sealing power erupted instantly, making Xu Qing's body pause in mid-air.

Cold light flashed in Xu Qing's eyes, Jin Wu behind him roared, the Life Lamp above his head burned, just about to disperse this sealing power.

Just at this moment, Sheng Yunzi's gaze was sharp, his right hand raised.

"Xuantian Blood Evil Sword!"

As soon as his words came out, his right hand formed seals, instantly his right hand became red, his whole body's Qi and blood rolled, and a blood light erupted above his head, straight towards the sky.

Looking carefully, within that blood light, there actually existed a flying sword!

The sky shook, as if there were dragons and snakes flying, mighty and vast, as if covered by a blood-colored curtain, making the entire sky directly turn into blood color.

In this blood-colored sky, a huge sword tip appeared. This sword tip range was a full hundred zhang. After appearing, it suddenly sank, revealing a more majestic sword body.

There were a large number of marks on the sword body, and it carried countless broken limbs and arms.

Once this sword appeared, the sky clouds surged, and while the momentum was huge, the blood light around this sword also became a blood sea, roaring and rotating, becoming a huge vortex.

A terrifying and terrible power erupted within, gathering at the tip of the great sword. In the shocking scene, this blood-colored great sword fell vertically, roaring towards Xu Qing!

The speed was so fast that it arrived in an instant. Xu Qing wanted to retreat, but the blood robe outside his body went all out. Although it was burned at all times, it still persisted!

A sense of crisis was aroused in Xu Qing's mind. He raised his head to look at the arriving great sword, without any hesitation, immediately added the protection given by the Sixth Uncle.

In an instant, the great sword fell, directly stabbing at the top of Xu Qing's head, stabbing at the protection given by the Sixth Uncle.

The huge sound was like thunder piercing the ears, echoing through the sky.

Xu Qing's body shook violently; as his protective power rapidly dwindled, his body was also pushed down continuously by this heaven-shaking force from the great sword, and it looked as if he were about to land on the ground.

Just at this moment, cold light flashed in Sheng Yunzi's eyes, his raised right hand fell, and he swept horizontally towards Xu Qing.

"Soul-Swinging Demon-Suppressing Sword!"

The second blood light erupted from above his head suddenly, also a flying sword, growing in the wind, actually forming a second blood-colored great sword in front of him!

The length of this sword was the same as the falling sword in the sky, the shape was the same, and the marks on it were also the same, but it didn't descend from the sky, but manifested in front of Sheng Yunzi, sweeping horizontally towards Xu Qing, like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, suddenly slashing!

This scene, the momentum was astonishing, the second great sword swept across the army like a roll, wherever it passed, all buildings collapsed instantly, and the ground was even more sunken, as if suppressed.

A power of overturning mountains and seas erupted in the rumbling at this moment, Xu Qing's face sank, the second sword had swept across and touched, slashing directly on his protection.

At this moment, the great sword above his head pressed down fiercely, the great sword in front of him swept and touched, both long swords erupted with terrifying power, making Xu Qing, even if he had protection, still spit out blood.

But the killing move from Sheng Yunzi didn't end. Almost at the same time the Xuantian Blood Evil Sword and the Soul-Swinging Demon-Suppressing Sword were displayed by him, he raised both hands, clasped them together, his expression ferocious with killing intent, pointing fiercely towards Xu Qing.

"North Ghost Asking Heaven Sword!"

As soon as the words came out, instantly in the sky above Xu Qing, within the blood-colored vortex at this moment, ghosts formed in an instant. These ghosts were strange, they had no faces, and all carried swords on their backs.

The momentum was icy, and it emitted sharp sword Qi. After appearing, they descended suddenly from the vortex, in the eight directions of Xu Qing.

A total of eight ghosts, all turned their backs to Xu Qing. Following Sheng Yunzi's low roar, these eight sword ghosts acted uniformly, simultaneously raised their hands to hold the swords on their backs, turned around instantly, and slashed towards Xu Qing who was surrounded by them!

The sword Qi rolled like the sea, magnificent and vast, and the speed was even more chasing clouds and electricity, towards Xu Qing here, eight swords together!

The speed of these eight swords was too fast, like wind and rain, and like ghosts coming and electricity entering, instantly falling on Xu Qing's protection.

Until this moment, a total of ten swords slashed, the Sixth Uncle's protection, after experiencing the consumption of the Sea Star Island, and persisting for so long, finally had no remaining strength, collapsed and exploded.

Following the collapse, most of the ten swords dissipated, but there were still some sword Qi drilling into Xu Qing's body, straight towards his Life Fire.

Xu Qing's face was gloomy. Although relying on this collapse power, he finally burned the blood robe outside his body completely, making it vanish into smoke, but the sword Qi in his body erupted, bringing severe pain, and he spat out blood.

Seeing Sheng Yunzi coming in strides in the distance, Xu Qing's aura was unstable. He didn't have any hesitation, retreated rapidly, Life Fire in his body shone, going all out to suppress the sword Qi.

All of this takes a long time to tell, but in reality, it happened in the blink of an eye; following Xu Qing's retreat, Sheng Yunzi was as fast as lightning, moving with unparalleled speed, and in the blink of an eye, he caught up behind Xu Qing, lifting his right hand to strike.

But Xu Qing finally suppressed the sword Qi in his body at this moment, suddenly turned around, and revealed ruthlessness in his eyes.

His right hand raised and fell fiercely towards Sheng Yunzi who was approaching. Instantly, a dragon roar behind him, the Cang Dragon manifested, its majestic body heaven-shaking and earth-shattering. The moment it appeared, it directly passed through Xu Qing's body, swallowing fiercely towards Sheng Yunzi who arrived from behind him.

Sheng Yunzi's face sank, both hands formed seals and pressed forward. Instantly, Miemeng behind him also went to swallow, his Life Lamp protection also spread, going all out to resist.

In the rumbling, the Cang Dragon collapsed, but it still made Sheng Yunzi retreat several steps, the Life Lamp protection formed ripples like water waves, but Xu Qing's counterattack didn't end. Almost the moment the Cang Dragon shattered.

The Dharma Ship appeared.

Didn't use any divine strike. That way, the power would be dispersed, not suitable for now.

At this moment, this Dharma Ship appeared, controlled by Xu Qing, and slammed fiercely towards Sheng Yunzi, and the power of self-detonation erupted within.

Sheng Yunzi didn't have time to dodge after extinguishing the Cang Dragon. Xu Qing's Dharma Ship directly self-detonated, the sound of rumbling was deafening, echoing in all directions. At the same time, the divinity contained in the Dharma Ship and its own power turned into terrifying fluctuations and spread.

Sheng Yunzi's whole body shook, his expression ferocious, but he still had to retreat again, the Life Lamp protection appeared with violent fluctuations.

And the next instant, while he was retreating, Xu Qing formed seals with both hands, the purple Heavenly Blade above his head suddenly formed, suddenly slashing.

This was not enough. The poison Xu Qing arranged in the surroundings was also stimulated by his waving at this moment, instantly covering all directions, targeting Sheng Yunzi's Life Lamp protection, forming corrosive power, quickly weakening it!

The reason he consumed the Sixth Uncle's protection, and the reason he waited until now to activate it, were all to delay time. He wanted to find a way to shatter Sheng Yunzi's Life Lamp protection!

Otherwise, if the Life Lamp protection always existed, this battle would be hard to fight.

So he needed time to add more poison, reconcile its effect, and make the poison permeating here more effective in corrosion, so that it could exert its power the moment it was stimulated!

At this moment, following the slash of the Heavenly Blade, the poison intent erupted. ===== CHAPTER 257 =====