Chapter 46: An Eye for an Eye

The arrival of the Divine Spirit's remnant face was like the awakening of insects, affecting the phenomenon of all things growing, forcing them to change.

This change made this world cruel and cold.

The formation of the forbidden zone brought this coldness to the extreme, but at this moment... Xu Qing gazed at the distant white-clothed figure, and he suddenly thought of a sentence Captain Lei had said back then.

"Do you know why I proposed to take you away twice in the city ruins?"

"Because I saw you fire-cremating the corpses. At that time, you were reflected by the firelight, as if you had merged with the fire, making me feel as if I saw... a glimmer of warmth in this cruel world."

Xu Qing was silent.

The current him, like Captain Lei back then, also felt a glimmer of warmth.

It came from the white-skirted faceless woman, from the many faces on her body smiling and saying thank you to him.

It came from... the humanity that even this cruel world could not snatch away.

After a long while, Xu Qing bowed deeply again.

Then he turned and sped toward the distant city wall.

Perhaps it was because he had thrown too many black pills before, making the strange substances in the City Master's Mansion area rich to the extreme, breaking through the critical point. Like a fire in the dark night, it attracted countless gazes and attention.

Or perhaps it was his cause and effect with this city.

So, Xu Qing, who was speeding away at this moment, did not encounter many dangers and arrived at the city wall very smoothly.

Standing here, Xu Qing looked back at the city in the dark night. The roaring and shrill sounds came from afar, and he gazed silently for a long while.

"I don't know when the next time I come will be..." Xu Qing muttered, looked at the city in the dark night for a while, turned and jumped off the city wall, speeding away in the night.

To increase his speed, he took out the flight talisman he had harvested, stuck it on his legs, and amidst the surging spiritual energy in his body, his speed exploded, and his whole person soared into the air directly.

Whistling away in mid-air.

The wind blew on his face, and Xu Qing felt a bit uncomfortable. This suddenly exploded speed and flight also made him adapt for a long time, especially flying, which was his first time in this life.

The feeling of flying in the sky, the feeling of looking down at the earth with the world under his feet, made Xu Qing's expression a bit dazed.

He felt that he had become the birds that survived under the divine spirit opening its eyes, spreading his wings in the sky.

"So this is the feeling of birds flying in the sky." Xu Qing muttered, trying hard to control his body.

And with the seventh layer of the Sea Mountain Technique, his body could control it perfectly, so Xu Qing soon became familiar with this state of soaring.

Combined with his own speed and power, he would occasionally stomp fiercely after landing and punch backward in mid-air, making his speed even faster.

Looking from afar, his whole person was like a long rainbow, speeding past in the mid-air of this forbidden zone.

If it were anyone else, they would have to worry about the influx of strange substances, but for Xu Qing, this point did not need to be considered, so his speed could increase continuously.

Thus, not long after, he saw the edge of the forbidden zone from afar. With a rush, he rushed out of the forbidden zone directly.

The moment he arrived in the outside world, the warm wind blew on his body, dispelling the coldness of the forbidden zone.

Standing in mid-air, Xu Qing was silent, looked up at the direction of Deer Horn City, and then swept across another direction.

Living in the scavenger camp for half a year made Xu Qing know many things, and he had already understood the area he lived in, which made him know the names and locations of many nearby cities, including the mountain gate of the Jin Gang Sect.

At this moment, although the sky was not yet bright, the earth was not completely pitch black under the moonlight, and the undulating mountains in the distance were faintly visible.

Xu Qing, standing in mid-air, moved his gaze between Deer Horn City and the Jin Gang Sect several times.

"I'm not reconciled." Xu Qing muttered.

He did not know what the outcome of the Jin Gang Sect Ancestor trapped in the city ruins would be.

But Xu Qing felt that there was a high probability that the other party would not fall, but being sorry and seriously injured was inevitable, and wanting to get out in a short time was unlikely.

And the current him, if he went to Deer Horn City, everything should go smoothly, but he felt very uncomfortable in his heart just leaving like this.

Thus, after a few breaths of silence, the teenager's eyes revealed cold light, his body flickered, his speed exploded fully, and amidst the violent fluctuations emitted by the flight talisman, he headed straight for... the direction of the Jin Gang Sect.

Xu Qing did not choose to go to Deer Horn City immediately. He was going to make a trip to the Jin Gang Sect.

He prepared to take advantage of the fact that the Jin Gang Sect Ancestor was trapped, the two elders were dead, and the entire Jin Gang Sect was in unprecedented weakness, to go there and repay the other party's pursuit well.

This was Xu Qing's character.

If it were someone else, I am afraid that the first choice at this moment would be to leave, but Xu Qing's experience from childhood to adulthood made him understand that hidden dangers must be erased.

Even if this hidden danger exceeded his solution range and could not be erased in a short time, he had to make the other party hurt as much as possible.

This kind of pain, when it reached a certain degree, could become a kind of deterrence.

This was the survival law of the slums, and also the law of scavengers. As for whether it was the law of this chaotic world, Xu Qing did not know, but this was his law.

And having killed two elders, Xu Qing felt that the deterrence was not enough.

While speeding at this moment, Xu Qing approached the Jin Gang Sect continuously until the early sun rose and the sunlight fell on the earth. Xu Qing saw his destination from afar.

Jin Gang Sect mountain gate!

The Jin Gang Sect was built on a mountain peak, with buildings surrounding the mountain body. The main hall on the summit seemed to have radiance spreading in this sunlight, looking extraordinary from afar.

It was just that most of the sect's cultivators were out searching and had not returned, so there were not many disciples left in the mountain gate. In this early morning, only occasional figures could be seen.

They had arrogance in their expressions, as if being here represented having a supreme status. Among them, by the mountain gate arch bridge, there were three or five disciples chatting and laughing.

Most of the words were about the Ancestor going out to search for the kid this time, and the words expressed more that they felt the Ancestor was making a fuss over nothing.

And some were sitting cross-legged in their respective residences, breathing and practicing.

And the Jin Gang Sect Sect Master was sitting in the main hall at this moment, holding an account book recording the offerings from nearby cities and scavenger camps, flipping through it with a calm expression.

His heart was the same as the disciples outside, taking the Ancestor's going out somewhat lightly.

"Just a scavenger, even if he has some ability, two elders are enough to suppress him. The Ancestor really didn't need to act personally, making the sect empty now."

The Jin Gang Sect Sect Master shook his head, secretly saying there was no way, no one dared to disobey the Ancestor's words.

And just when the entire sect was in a state of laziness, Xu Qing, who was in the high sky and not noticed by anyone, lowered his head and looked coldly.

He first felt the direction of the wind, then circled around to the downwind area, weighing the wind speed and the distance it spread.

Finally, he chose a location and, without giving the Jin Gang Sect cultivators any chance to react, took out a large amount of poison powder and scattered it handful by handful with an expressionless face.

And those seven or eight figures were all old men. At this moment, their faces were all pale, and they spat out blood. Clearly, that strike just now was completed by their mutual cooperation and secret techniques.

Now seeing Xu Qing escape, they hesitated whether to chase.

"Seven protectors, do not chase." Within the fog, the Jin Gang Sect Sect Master stumbled out, one arm actually broken. At this moment, while blood dripped down, his expression was pale, his body swaying.

"That thief is too cautious, he actually didn't chase me in. Now, our focus is to disperse the poisonous wind and strange substances in the mountain gate as soon as possible, and then wait for the Ancestor to return!"

The Jin Gang Sect Sect Master was full of grievance, gritting his teeth. He had risked injury just now, wanting to lure the other party, but failed.

The seven or eight old men were silent one after another. Someone stepped forward to support the Sect Master, looking at the sect that was still in chaos, their expressions also had confusion, sighed, and could only try their best to disperse it.

Time passed, and soon a day went by.

When the twilight of this day arrived, the poison and strange substances of the Jin Gang Sect were finally dispersed by more than half. The former consumed a large amount of wind-type techniques from the disciples, and the latter... made them have to crush spirit coins and use pure spiritual energy to dilute them.

The consumption was huge.

And the entire sect... was in ruins, even the main hall on the summit had become ruins, most of the buildings collapsed, and there were traces of fire everywhere.

Wanting to restore it, the consumption was also huge.

Even more serious were the Jin Gang Sect disciples. The strange substances in each of them were rich. At this moment, most of them were blue-black all over, needing a large amount of white pills or even dust-clearing pills to resolve.

The Jin Gang Sect Sect Master and several protectors, amidst fatigue and grievance, saw a rainbow arrive in the distant sky.

The Jin Gang Sect Ancestor had returned.

He was also in a sorry state, with injuries in many places, disheveled, suppressing his anger. After escaping from the forbidden zone, he had already decided that he would spare no cost to kill that kid next.

Until he saw the mountain gate from afar, he was stunned for a moment in mid-air, accelerated his speed instantly, and looked down at the ruins under his feet from above the mountain gate.

"Ancestor..." The Jin Gang Sect disciples, after seeing the Ancestor's figure, cried out one after another immediately.

"Ancestor, that kid took advantage of your absence to wreak havoc on our sect, and the disciples suffered heavy casualties."

"Ancestor, our Treasure Pavilion was also looted by that heaven-killing thief, and what couldn't be taken away was also polluted by strange substances."

"Ancestor, that kid is too inhumane, the disciples are poisoned, and it is difficult to resolve."

Only the Sect Master and protectors and others were silent.

Listening to the disciples' crying, the Jin Gang Sect Ancestor looked at the broken mountain gate, looked at the miserable disciples, and looked at the Sect Master who had lost an arm and the protectors who were injured, his body slowly trembled.

His expression changed from green to white, and from white to red, finally turning into extreme iron-green. His body stumbled, unable to control spitting out a large mouthful of blood.

Amidst rapid breathing, he gripped his hands tightly, his eyes red as if he wanted to eat people, and he emitted a shrill roar to the sky.

"I want to kill you!"

This roar echoed in the eight directions, like thunder roaring, but it could not reach the place where the teleportation array of Deer Horn City was at this moment.

In Deer Horn City, beside the teleportation array, Xu Qing stood there in line.

In front of him was a huge teleportation array.

This array was built on a dharma altar, octagonal in shape, with countless runes engraved within, incomparably complex, and every time it shone, it was brilliant, with imposing momentum like a rainbow.

There were also some guards with extraordinary cultivation in the surroundings, looking coldly at these people in line, the icy light in their eyes seemingly saying that if they had any misconduct, they would be killed instantly.

Soon, as the teleportation of the person in front disappeared, when it was Xu Qing's turn, he walked toward the dharma altar where the teleportation array was located.

Until he walked onto the dharma altar and stepped into the complex teleportation array, Xu Qing turned around and looked at this world where he had lived for many years.

At this moment it was sunset, the twilight glow fell on the earth, the wind of July carried heat, blowing over, lifting the hair in front of Xu Qing's eyes, making him see this world more clearly.

He looked at the direction of the city ruins, looked at the scavenger camp, and finally swept coldly at the location of the Jin Gang Sect.

"We will meet again."