Chapter 292: Who Can Compete

Xu Qing remained calm and composed. After restraining everything, he sat cross-legged in this place for more than half an hour.

On one hand, it was to complete the matter of not successfully opening the magic aperture, leaving no flaws.

On the other hand, it was to feel the changes in himself after the four life fires.

The combat power here was extremely obvious, advancing by leaps and bounds.

Besides this, Xu Qing also felt that the one hundred and twenty magic apertures were indeed not the limit. He faintly felt that he was not perfect and was missing a magic aperture.

"What is missing is the one hundred and twenty-first magic aperture mentioned by Master, which is also the last magic aperture that all four-fire cultivators long to open."

Xu Qing muttered in his heart.

"Only between life and death can the one hundred and twenty-first magic aperture be opened?" Xu Qing tried to find it but failed. Thinking of the Seventh Master's words, he was thoughtful, and at the same time, he wasn't in a hurry to open this last aperture.

"The Malevolent Fire Soul-Swallowing Scripture can only exert its true power when practiced to the point of perfection... suppressing the corresponding soul in the corresponding magic aperture."

"My one hundred and twenty magic apertures can suppress one hundred and twenty souls!"

"In this way, it can make the power of my magic apertures even greater, and also unfold the technique of Malevolent Soul-Swallowing... Dark Soul Fire!" Xu Qing pondered. In addition, he also clearly knew that once one hundred and twenty souls were suppressed by himself, they could turn into an existence similar to an artifact spirit, making his magic boat instantly promoted to a magic warship.

The power would increase greatly.

"By that time, if I still can't open the one hundred and twenty-first magic aperture, I don't have to be extreme in everything, and I will directly go to promote to Heavenly Palace Golden Core."

Xu Qing made up his mind and was about to stand up and leave, but his gaze swept and fell on the center of the blood-colored lake, that huge heavenly nail and the demon snake head on it.

Looking at the heavenly nail, Xu Qing faintly felt the terrifying power emitted from it. According to the history he knew, this nail was something the Profound Heaven Ancient Emperor casually refined from the five elements, forming it in an instant.

He couldn't imagine what kind of cultivation that was, being able to casually grab and refine such a heart-shaking nail that could suppress a demon snake of the second stage of the Great Void Realm for one hundred thousand years.

And the demon snake withered, but this nail still existed.

"I don't know when I can be like this." Xu Qing's mind was stirred with waves. Looking at the heavenly nail, he vaguely had a feeling like when he looked at the Taisi Blade back then.

Slowly, a strange light appeared in his eyes, and he tried hard to outline this nail in his mind.

Back then in the forbidden area of the scavenger camp's Dao temple, he did exactly this.

It was just that the level of this heavenly nail was too high, and Xu Qing's outlining was not smooth. It seemed that the appearance of this nail was very difficult for people to remember clearly, and there was a Dao rhyme interfering.

Until he stayed in this land of creation to the limit, Xu Qing only managed to bury a blurry outline of it in his mind.

He still needed to constantly copy the intent of this nail. In this way, perhaps there might be a glimmer of possibility, like when he comprehended the Taisi Blade back then, gradually showing it.

As for whether he could succeed in the end, Xu Qing didn't know either.

He just felt that this heavenly nail contained astonishing intent. This intent was terrifying. If it could be displayed by himself, it would definitely be extremely terrifying in killing.

"It's a pity, if I could copy its intent in this place every day, perhaps the possibility of success would be greater." Xu Qing felt some regret. At the moment of standing up, a vortex appeared in front of him.

Without allowing refusal, the suction of this vortex instantly covered his figure. Also covered by a similar vortex were the Captain who had been staring at the tooth and Wu Jianwu who had a melancholy face.

The three figures disappeared in an instant, and when they appeared, they were already outside the Profound Heaven Sect's land of creation.

When they went in, the three of them had different emotions. Xu Qing was complicated by Immortal Zixuan's arrival, Wu Jianwu was looking forward to visiting the Profound Heaven relic, and the Captain was sighing that Immortal Zixuan came late.

And when they came out, the emotions of the three of them were the same, all with more regret.

Xu Qing regretted that the time was too short to comprehend the nail for a long time. Wu Jianwu regretted that he hadn't had enough fun, and the next time he wanted to come, the spirit stone consumption was too great.

As for the Captain, he regretted that the tooth was not his for the time being.

Just like that, the three of them left the Profound Heaven Sect with regret, sighing.

But at the moment of going down the mountain, a large number of messages suddenly appeared in Xu Qing's voice transmission jade slip. He opened it in surprise, and after looking, his expression sank instantly, and a murderous intent rose on Xu Qing's body.

They were all about Saint Yunzi coming out of seclusion and wanting to challenge Xu Qing. The time was two days ago, and the location was not the Lingyun Sword Sect or the Seven Blood Children, but a place not far from here.

That place was called Daoxuan Mountain, belonging to the Profound Heaven Sect's sphere of influence, and was one of the four dojos of the Eight Sect Alliance.

On weekdays, occasionally, strong people from the Eight Sect Alliance would go there to preach.

Looking at the jade slip, Xu Qing's gaze was cold. While his aura was sharp, murderous intent also rose in his heart.

Saint Yunzi, that was the most difficult formidable enemy he had encountered since he started practicing.

The Captain also received news from the outside world, and after checking, he suddenly laughed.

"Little Ah Qing, this Saint Yunzi should have broken through to five fires. Does Senior Brother need help?"

"Thank you, Senior Brother. I can make him lose once, and I can make him lose a second time." Xu Qing spoke calmly. He looked up at the sky, calculated the time, and simply changed direction and went to Daoxuan Mountain.

Saint Yunzi wanted a life-and-death battle with Xu Qing, and Xu Qing was the same. He now knew that the fastest way to advance the Emperor-level cultivation technique was to swallow the essence, energy, and spirit blood of those who practiced the Emperor-level cultivation technique.

So, carrying the desire for Saint Yunzi's Miemeng, Xu Qing headed straight for Daoxuan Mountain, and the Captain followed behind.

As for Wu Jianwu, seeing such a big event, naturally he wouldn't leave, so soon the three of them arrived at Daoxuan Mountain.

This mountain was a low mountain, and there was a very atmospheric dojo on the top of the mountain.

With cyan jade as the floor and white rock as the carving, while permeated with the power of formations and restrictions, there was also a huge Dao altar in the center of the dojo, with three giant incense sticks representing heaven, earth, and man, burning day and night, making the smoke rush into the sky and not disperse.

When Xu Qing arrived, it was already dusk. Under the reflection of the sunset glow, the dojo looked full of mysterious meaning.

There were also many people sitting in meditation here. When there was no Alliance strong person preaching here, this was a place for practice and could be used for disciples to spar.

Xu Qing's appearance immediately caused an uproar among the Alliance disciples in the surroundings. Clearly, Saint Yunzi coming out of seclusion to challenge Xu Qing, but Xu Qing not responding for two days, caused a heated discussion in the sect.

After arriving at this place, Xu Qing sat cross-legged. He thought for a while, looked up at the direction of the Lingyun Sword Sect, gathered magic power in his throat, and emitted a low sound like muffled thunder.

"Saint Yunzi, no need for tomorrow. If you want to fight, fight now!"

As soon as Xu Qing's words came out, the sound spread throughout the four directions, thunder rolling, rumbling through half of the Alliance, and also spreading into the Lingyun Sword Sect.

In the next instant, a blood light rushed into the sky from the Lingyun Sword Sect, making the sky change color, the sunset glow turning into red glow. As the blood light filled the sky, Saint Yunzi, wearing a golden robe, stood with his hands behind his back and whistled toward Daoxuan Mountain.

Within the long rainbow, Saint Yunzi's long hair danced, and the golden robe refracted the red glow of the sky, making his whole person full of malevolence. His once peerless face also gave people a strange feeling due to the pitch black of his right eye, losing its beauty, and what remained was all eeriness.

Especially his body was full of resentment. This aura spread out, making the eight directions cold. Wherever he passed, the sky was pressed by red clouds, turning into a bloody mouth that wanted to swallow everything, swallowing heaven and earth.

And the five life fires in his body actually manifested outside, surrounding himself, making the flames spread, and the red of the entire sky seemed to be burned out by fire, like a prairie fire, with a magnificent momentum!

Almost the moment Saint Yunzi's figure flew out, the disciples of all sects in the Alliance were shaken in their hearts, rising into the air from all directions and heading straight for Daoxuan Mountain.

It was really because this battle was about to come, and for the disciples of this generation of the Eight Sect Alliance, there were many things to see.

This was a battle between the former and current chief geniuses, especially since everyone knew that there was a feud of life lamps between these two, and Saint Yunzi even almost died.

That Xu Qing almost took a step to the sky by stepping on Saint Yunzi's past reputation after taking Saint Yunzi's life lamp.

One could imagine that this must be a battle of the ages.

Even the ancestors and strong people of the Alliance sects all opened their eyes and looked at Daoxuan Mountain.

Xu Qing raised his head, looking at the sky full of fire clouds whistling from the direction of the Lingyun Sword Sect. His expression was calm, and his eyes contained hunting murderous intent.

In the next instant, heaven and earth changed color, wind and clouds rolled to form a scene of a phoenix soaring and a dragon flying. The fire-burning clouds brought a momentum of ten thousand jun from the sky, turned into a golden figure, landed on Daoxuan Mountain, and appeared... in front of Xu Qing!

Between the two, separated by the heaven, earth, and man incense Dao altar, amidst the lingering smoke, their gazes touched instantly.

Not giving an inch, each was sharp.

At this moment, this place was the focus of all attention. One could see long rainbows descending from the sky in the surroundings, not daring to step into this mountain, but stopping in mid-air, fully focused.

The cultivators originally on Daoxuan Mountain also retreated swiftly. The Captain and Wu Jianwu were also like this. Next, this place would be the battle platform for Xu Qing and Saint Yunzi, and it was not good for others to stay.

"Xu Qing!"

The moment he arrived, Saint Yunzi only had Xu Qing's figure in his eyes.

He looked at Xu Qing, and the pain and torture he had experienced during this period of time couldn't help but appear in his mind. His expression slowly revealed madness, and his eyes revealed endless hatred.

Xu Qing looked at Saint Yunzi coldly, and then looked at the people paying attention in the surroundings. He didn't speak and began to analyze the pros and cons of the layout of the surroundings for himself.

"There are many people here, it's not easy to use the Nine Springs Underworld openly."

"The Lingyun Ancestor must be paying attention, it's very difficult to kill Saint Yunzi."

"Swallowing his Miemeng, the difficulty is even greater."

"And I have many secrets, I have to consider how many layers of secrets to expose in this battle..."

"However, with so many people paying attention, it's not all disadvantages for me. I can use Saint Yunzi's personality to calculate him in advance, weaken his possibility of survival step by step, and at the very least, increase the success rate of my swallowing his Miemeng!"

Xu Qing judged swiftly in his heart. His personality was like this. When fighting, if he could do it, he would never speak easily. Even if there were really words, they were mostly for tactical considerations. For example, Xu Qing spoke indifferently at this moment.

"Saint Yunzi, these are the only two life-saving objects on me."

Saying this, Xu Qing took out two unordered teleportation talismans, threw them aside without hesitation, kicked them away, and kicked these two unordered teleportation talismans outside the dojo.

As soon as Xu Qing's move came out, the surroundings were in an uproar instantly.

Although this move was not big, the determination contained within it had a great impact. Saint Yunzi opposite him clearly didn't expect Xu Qing to be like this.

At this moment, under the attention of countless people in the surroundings, Saint Yunzi sneered and took out a jade slip directly, throwing it aside.

That jade slip emitted a gentle power, and at a glance, it was a life-saving object.

At the moment when both sides' life-saving objects seemed to be thrown away, Xu Qing and Saint Yunzi moved at the same time.

The sound of rumbling erupted instantly.

The momentum was magnificent!

Sharp and unstoppable! ===== CHAPTER 293 =====