Chapter 259: Dharma Sea Suppressing Evil Pen

This was a strange pen!

Xu Qing's pupils contracted after just one glance.

This pen was half a person tall, with a human spine as the pen holder and a head as the pen tip, and hair as the pen brush!

That spine was still covered in flesh and blood, and although the head was intact, the skin was cyan, like a vengeful ghost; especially the eerie words spoken after it appeared, which made Xu Qing frown.

Sheng Yunzi turned a deaf ear to this, abruptly waving his hand to control this eerie pen, drawing a circle in mid-air.

The moment this circle was drawn, it turned from virtual to real, crimson in color, spreading rapidly toward the surroundings and roaring past; it felt like a gale blowing in his face, and even Xu Qing retreated.

As for the eerie entities in the surroundings, they suddenly shook at this moment as if suppressed; the ox-bodied ones trembled and retreated, directly collapsing and breaking apart, only to collapse again after turning into four parts; amidst the booming sounds, they completely dissipated.

Afterward, Sheng Yunzi turned his head, looking at Xu Qing with red eyes; the pen tip in his hand, its eyes emitting a ghostly glow, also looked at Xu Qing, and it even stuck out a long tongue, licking its lips and making a sound.

"Brother, do you want to kill him? He looks so beautiful; after we capture him, how about you use the method you used on me back then to process him? Refine him into your body and steal his aptitude to make him the second pen."

Sheng Yunzi let out a cold snort; in terms of bloodline, this thing was his younger brother, but he had suppressed and refined it many years ago, turning it into his own treasure; the Ancestor knew about this, and many people in the sect knew about it as well.

But it didn't matter; as long as the Ancestor tacitly allowed only one of them to live, no one else could say anything.

Because Sheng Yunzi was born with a strange condition; the moment he was born, he was conjoined from the waist up, sharing a body with his brother.

Such a situation had not been an isolated case on the Wanggu Continent for countless years; in fact, it occurred quite often, due to the integration of foreign substances and the change in life caused by the arrival of gods.

Therefore, even if the body appeared normal and seemed to have no foreign substances, in reality... the influence had already appeared from the source of their bloodline.

It was just that they didn't know in which generation it would be revealed.

Even so, this was unacceptable to Sheng Yunzi, so from the moment he had his own consciousness, he wanted to kill the other, and his brother also held the same thought.

"Fine, kill him; I grant you this!" Hearing his brother's words, Sheng Yunzi spoke gloomily.

Sheng Yunzi's brother's eyes lit up, and his entire body instantly radiated astonishing foreign substances; while extremely dense, his eyes also revealed a pitch-black glow. As he looked greedily at Xu Qing, Sheng Yunzi waved his hand, aiming this eerie pen at Xu Qing, and drew an 'X' shape with two strokes, one left and one right!

Instantly, this 'X' character shone with a deep red light, turning from nothing to something, from illusory to real, and finally taking complete shape; the ink was like blood, and it also looked like skinless flesh, covered in blood vessels, looking shocking to the eye.

After forming, this flesh-and-blood 'X' whistled toward Xu Qing.

Wherever it passed, the eerie aura surged, causing the wind and clouds to change color.

Xu Qing's expression was gloomy; he held a jade slip in his hand that Sheng Yunzi couldn't see clearly, appearing as if he wanted to crush it, but in the end, he gave up.

With a boom, the flesh-and-blood 'X' shot over and made contact with Xu Qing.

Xu Qing spat out blood, his body retreating rapidly; the flesh-and-blood 'X' emitted an eerie laugh and was about to pursue, but Xu Qing's speed was not slow, and as he retreated rapidly, he frowned, staring fixedly at the pursuing flesh-and-blood 'X'.

By now, both he and Sheng Yunzi were severely injured, but their own weaknesses were clearly manifested; Xu Qing knew very well that compared to him, he was indeed lacking in some divine abilities and techniques.

In reality, if the object of comparison were not Sheng Yunzi, Xu Qing's techniques would actually be acceptable, but Sheng Yunzi was a prodigy cultivated with the full strength of the Lingyun Sword Sect, destined to walk the path of the Ancient Emperor Sovereign, so naturally, he had a great many techniques and magic treasures.

"I lack divine abilities and techniques, and my magic treasures are not as eerie as the opponent's, but... one force can overcome ten techniques!" A sharp glint flashed in Xu Qing's eyes; the power of the purple crystal within him had gradually manifested throughout the battle, and his injuries were healing rapidly.

At the same time, the advantage of the five-hundred-zhang spirit sea within his magic apertures was the same, keeping his Profound Radiance state surging even after being open for so long; what Xu Qing wanted to do now was to use the thick spirit sea that surpassed others to suppress him by force.

Thinking of this, the moment the flesh-and-blood 'X' whistled close, Xu Qing's body suddenly rose into the air; while his eyes revealed a strange glint, he lifted his right hand and pressed it toward the firmament.

In the next instant, the ninety-two magic apertures in his body erupted again, the hot power within them surging up, and then a huge five-hundred-zhang handprint appeared directly in the firmament above Xu Qing!

This five-hundred-zhang handprint was formed by the spirit sea within one of his magic apertures; now, the moment it appeared, as the magic apertures in Xu Qing's body shone, a second five-hundred-zhang handprint appeared.

It overlapped with the first handprint, forming two layers of power.

It didn't end there; as the magic apertures in Xu Qing's body erupted continuously, the third layer, the tenth layer, the thirtieth layer... layer after layer of handprints stacked at an extremely fast speed, making the handprint thick to an indescribable degree.

For a time, the gale scattered, and a strange pressure descended from the sky.

This scene made Sheng Yunzi's eyes widen, his mind surging with great waves; the spirit sea within Xu Qing's magic apertures was simply too shocking; in his entire life, Sheng Yunzi had never seen anyone whose spirit sea had reached such a terrifying degree.

Even he was only a little over two hundred zhang!

"You..." Sheng Yunzi's expression changed drastically; he knew very well that the spirit sea within the magic apertures represented the thickness of magic power; although this advantage was not very large at the beginning, as cultivation deepened and magic apertures increased, this advantage would become incomparably terrifying.

At this moment, it was exactly like that.

In an instant, the handprint above Xu Qing's head had stacked directly to ninety-two layers!

Seen from afar, the moment the handprint condensed from ninety-two layers of spirit sea formed, the wind and clouds changed color, the heavens and earth roared, and because the pressure was too great, streaks of lightning formed at the edges of this handprint, like snakes and dragons, constantly wandering in the firmament and splashing out, covering a wider range.

The momentum was like a rainbow, appearing to have the intent to swallow the sky and extinguish the earth!

Even the pursuing flesh-and-blood 'X' paused in mid-air, revealing intense wariness.

Xu Qing did not have Sheng Yunzi's three-sword divine ability, where each sword was peerless in the world, nor did he have eerie items that could summon black doors, much less an accompanying treasure that could form a flesh-and-blood pen.

But he had ninety-two layers of five-hundred-zhang spirit sea!

No matter how eerie you are, no matter what techniques you have, no matter what you display, I will suppress you with all my might!

In the next instant, the veins on Xu Qing's forehead bulged, as if this ninety-two-layer five-hundred-zhang handprint had an indescribable sense of weight; his body emitted cracking sounds, and his arms bulged with thick veins as he pressed down fiercely toward the flesh-and-blood 'X' and toward Sheng Yunzi!

The ninety-two-layer great handprint had the power to suppress mountains and seas; the moment it appeared, it made contact with the flesh-and-blood 'X' that was permeated with an eerie aura, and the roar echoed through the clouds at this moment; the flesh-and-blood 'X' lasted for five breaths, unable to withstand it, and it dissipated visibly to the naked eye, directly collapsing and breaking into pieces.

Amidst the booms, wherever the ninety-two-layer great handprint passed, everything was destroyed by its extreme violence, and behind the handprint was Xu Qing's figure, pushing his entire spirit sea power with all his might, continuing to suppress.

The earth trembled, countless trees turned to flying ash, and the eruption of terrifying power instantly approached Sheng Yunzi, who was pale-faced with horror in his eyes.

At the critical moment, a flash of decisiveness crossed Sheng Yunzi's eyes; he roared and controlled the eerie pen in his hand, using it as a sword to stab fiercely toward the incoming great handprint.

The magic apertures in his body also erupted, pouring into the eerie pen, making the face of his brother on the pen tip even more ferocious; although there was horror in his eyes, there was even more madness, as if seeking death, and he crashed into it fiercely!

Waves of sound like heavenly thunder exploded in this forbidden area with a rumbling sound.

Xu Qing and Sheng Yunzi both spat out blood, both had ferocious expressions, both had fierce glints in their eyes, and both were giving it their all.

As these sounds echoed, Sheng Yunzi's eerie pen emitted a blinding light and trembled violently, while Xu Qing's ninety-two-layer great handprint also collapsed by thirty-three layers in an instant.

But by this time, the light of the eerie pen had dimmed, and a shrill sound came from within; it was his brother's madness, but no matter how mad it was, it was still of no avail; after collapsing forty-three layers of Xu Qing's great handprint, the pen hairs shattered inch by inch and turned into flying ash.

In the endless madness in the eyes of Sheng Yunzi's brother, there seemed to be a touch of relief, which finally turned into a ferocious grin; with a full-force collision, this collision caused Xu Qing's great handprint to collapse another thirteen layers.

And the price was that the head of Sheng Yunzi's brother completely collapsed and exploded directly; before it was shattered, the last sound of its life, sharp and filled with resentment, echoed in all directions.

"Chu Sheng Yun, do you still remember the curse I placed on you when you refined me back then? I curse you that in the future, you will be the same as me, refined by others, and have everything taken away from you; although you used the Eternal Intent Door transformed from forbidden fragments to erase the substantial power of my curse back then, it seems my curse is still effective!"

The moment the sharp sound, accompanied by a long laugh, dissipated between heaven and earth, Xu Qing's great handprint landed on the pen shaft with a roar, destroying everything in its path, and finally, with twenty-one layers remaining, it landed on Sheng Yunzi's body.

Sheng Yunzi's entire body shook violently, blood spat out, his hair was disheveled, he was covered in a sorry state, and the life fire within his body was swaying, as if about to extinguish.

His body was even sent rolling backward, but in his eyes, even at this moment, the killing intent had not diminished in the slightest, and there was even a ghostly glow shining.

"Curse as you please; your death has value." Sheng Yunzi's body rolled backward; the moment his hands lifted and landed on the ground, his expression revealed madness, and he slapped the earth fiercely, roaring loudly.

"Flesh Curse Ten Thousand Blood Refinement!"

As soon as his words came out, Xu Qing's expression sank.

In an instant, where the dust transformed by the previously collapsed eerie pen landed, the soil on the ground suddenly exploded, and streaks of flesh-and-blood arms rushed out from within; the number was no less than several thousand, each one spreading crazily, rapidly winding toward Xu Qing from all directions.

At the same time, Sheng Yunzi's eyes were blood-red; looking up from the ground, his expression carried a touch of evil, and his voice also became eerie.

"Summon my Lingyun Forbidden, projection descend!"