Chapter 997

The ten-thousand-mile earth was like a shattered mirror, full of cracks.

Black fire rose from the cracks, turning this ten thousand miles into a sea of fire.

While burning, countless human souls within emitted shrill wails.

They could not break free, could only be bound within this sea of fire, circling the long spear in the center.

Tian Dong Mountain was no longer there.

Where the mountain body once was, now there was only that world-shocking long spear stabbed into the earth.

The figure standing on the long spear was like a demon descending into the world; as his red hair swayed, seven rays of light burned brilliantly within his body.

It was exactly the Western Demon Child.

And the focus of Xu Qing's attention was the Heavenly Demon shadow behind the Western Demon Child!

That was the source that made him vigilant and feel danger.

Although this Heavenly Demon was illusory, its tall and majestic body, dark and gorgeous battle armor, gave an extremely strong sense of oppression, and within its deep and cold eyes, the evil light flashing seemed to be able to see through the human heart.

The hair was long and curly, like flames in the dark night, emanating a strange light.

The fingers were long and sharp, as if they could easily tear apart all obstacles.

Especially the body covered in complex runes, not only representing the source of its power but also seemingly hiding some kind of mysterious curse.

Now, following its descent, darkness invaded the void around it, storms rumbled and formed, and lightning flashed in the sky.

All of which manifested its majesty and power.

"Authority..."

A flash of brilliance appeared in Xu Qing's eyes; looking at that demon shadow, he felt the thick fluctuation of authority Dao marks upon it.

He also immediately realized that this was not ordinary authority!

"My authority is named Demon Spirit Breaking Decay."

The Western Demon Child spoke faintly, looking down at Xu Qing.

"As for whether you are Xue Chenzi or not, answering or not answering has no meaning."

"I represent the Seventeenth Sovereign Mountain to fight you; to avoid bullying the small with the big, I will only use three divine ability moves in this battle; if you die, Lu Lingzi cannot blame me; if you don't die, it counts as your good fortune, and I can spare your life."

After speaking, he raised his right hand and pointed toward Xu Qing.

In an instant, the void in front of Xu Qing broke directly, and a long spear, several feet thick and about several dozen zhang long, whistled out from within, tearing through the void and heading straight for Xu Qing.

Wherever it passed, rules and laws were collapsing, showing its astonishing power, and its momentum was even more world-shaking, causing changes in the heavens and earth, and even containing the power of authority.

Crushing everything along the way, locking onto Xu Qing's heart and soul, rolling with a terrifying aura, erupting with power infinitely close to a Sovereign.

Arriving in an instant.

Xu Qing's eyes contracted.

The strength of this Western Demon Child surpassed everything he had encountered before in Divine Concealment; it could be said that among the enemies he had encountered, he was the number one person in the realm of Divine Concealment.

Xu Qing did not have any hesitation; staring at the rapidly approaching long spear, his body retreated along the momentum, maintaining a synchronized speed.

But just at the moment Xu Qing retreated, in another direction, a second long spear appeared, whipping up a sharp whistle, carrying the same power, and charging at Xu Qing.

And the killing momentum did not end, but rather increased.

In the blink of an eye, the third, fourth, fifth...

A total of nine world-shocking and terrifying long spears appeared in different directions around Xu Qing, forming a desperate killing momentum, sealing all of Xu Qing's positions.

Seeing that he was about to be pierced, it was clear that this Western Demon Child's degree of understanding of Xu Qing was not much, or to be precise, even if he understood Xue Chenzi, he knew nothing about Xu Qing here.

So his strike, the nine long spears within, although each had power infinitely close to a Sovereign, and sealed all directions, forming a situation similar to a seal.

But... he did not seal the sound.

Thus, in an instant, when the nine long spears erupted with monstrous power, and fell in unison amidst the deafening whistle and roar, piercing through Xu Qing's position.

Xu Qing's figure had already blurred; what was pierced was only the afterimage left in the original place.

His true body had already merged by seeking sound and disappeared.

When he appeared, he was already in mid-air, behind the Western Demon Child; without any pause, he raised his hand and pressed down with a palm.

But the Western Demon Child's combat experience was extremely rich, and his reaction was also swift and astonishing; almost the moment Xu Qing appeared and attacked, his figure also blurred.

Xu Qing pressed empty with one palm and suddenly looked up at the high sky.

In the high sky, the Western Demon Child's figure appeared, looking down at Xu Qing, his eyes revealing strange brilliance.

"A bit interesting."

The moment he spoke, his right hand raised again and pointed toward Xu Qing.

Immediately, the black sea of fire on the ten-thousand-mile earth below erupted directly; countless flames rose into the air, and the human souls within each twisted, transforming into long spears one after another.

The number reached a full ten thousand, accompanying the sea of fire from the earth, flying out together like a spear rain, heading straight for Xu Qing.

Even more terrifying was that these ten thousand long spears, the moment they flew out, each split again, making the number of long spears soar tenfold, reaching more than one hundred thousand.

They flew from bottom to top, enveloping a ten-thousand-mile range, and although the speed of flying out was fast, they were controlled to not have any sound appear.

Although the power of a single body was not as good as before, this quantity made its lethality exceed the previous one; now, in the silence, it formed the Western Demon Child's second desperate killing move.

In an instant, it crashed onto Xu Qing.

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, deep in thought, not dodging; after his blood and Qi churned, he actually closed his eyes directly.

The next moment, one hundred thousand long spears crashed from all directions; bursts of world-shocking sounds spread to all sides, and in mid-air where Xu Qing was, light shone.

All rules collapsed, all laws vanished, the void shattered, and flames shocked the world.

But Xu Qing's figure inside remained as usual.

One could even see those long spears falling on him, each after touching, although emitting a roar and forming lethality, in the end, they all shattered first under their own counter-shock.

They could not break through Xu Qing's physical defense.

This scene made the Western Demon Child narrow his eyes, but he did not have too much surprise; after all, he had heard long ago that the person before him was good at defense, and the reason he still attacked like this after knowing it also had his purpose.

One could see those shattered long spears, after collapsing, erupted with more black fire, and this fire was strange, actually attaching to Xu Qing's physical body.

Not burning, but forming one small flame vortex after another, each rotating rapidly.

Seeing this, killing intent flashed in the Western Demon Child's eyes.

"The time has come."

His body rushed fiercely in the high sky, heading straight for Xu Qing.

The moment he approached, his right hand raised, and the Heavenly Demon shadow behind him also raised its hand; while revealing a dark light in its eyes, complex incantation sounds echoed from the mouth of this Heavenly Demon shadow.

Each word was very clear, but falling into the heavens and earth, it was impossible to understand its meaning.

But all the black flame vortexes on Xu Qing's body, under the echo of this incantation, all wandered, heading straight for Xu Qing's brow; those long spears outside his body that had not yet collapsed also exploded on their own in unison.

Making more black flames, making more flame vortexes.

All converged on Xu Qing's brow, and after overlapping in an instant, they formed an incomparably pitch-black ultimate vortex.

This vortex, amidst the rumbling rotation on Xu Qing's brow, the Western Demon Child's right hand reached out.

In his palm, he held a wisp of his own soul!

Unfolding the final killing move.

This killing move was not slaughter!

All his previous words, all his actions, were paving the way, were confusing the opponent; what he did was for this move right now.

Spirit Replacement!

To be precise, what he wanted was not to defeat Xu Qing; he did not spare the effort to rush back from the battlefield, and it was not for the face of the Seventeenth Sovereign Mountain.

He was for the Underworld Flame Secret Technique!

He wanted to replace the Underworld Flame Secret Technique from Xu Qing here.

If it were anyone else, wanting to do this would be incomparably difficult, but his authority was special; the so-called Demon Spirit Breaking Decay, the killing power contained within was only the manifestation form of the two words "Breaking Decay" of this authority.

This authority also had a kind of ability, which was hidden very deeply by him, and that was Spirit Replacement.

This was a forced transaction.

Using a wisp of one's own soul to trade for the other party's secret technique.

And this soul would not be mastered by the other party; it would return on its own at the moment the transaction succeeded.

This was the Heavenly Demon's transaction!

But in this world, things are often relative; when you are calculating others, perhaps others are also calculating you.

Just like right now, at the moment the vortex on Xu Qing's brow rumbled and the Western Demon Child held his own soul and was about to reach in to trade, Xu Qing's closed eyes suddenly opened.

Cold light was fully revealed!

The Six Thieves Delusion authority erupted instantly, enveloping the surroundings, and at the same time, seven emotions and six desires threads that only Xu Qing could see appeared on the Western Demon Child.

Connecting with himself in an instant.

Thus, the Six Thieves became the path.

This path leads to the soul.

Xu Qing's soul walked one step in the sea of consciousness, following this path, flying directly out from the brow, facing the Western Demon Child's reaching right hand!

And around Xu Qing's soul body, a black carving knife circled.

At this moment, the soul rolled the carving knife, regardless of what transaction, regardless of what means, and slashed fiercely.

Under one slash, the Western Demon Child's own soul on his right hand emitted a shrill sound, instantly splitting into two.

And Xu Qing's attack did not end; his soul took the knife and killed his way into the Western Demon Child's body, killing his way into his sea of consciousness.

The Western Demon Child's sea of consciousness was vast, black fire rising, seven great worlds circling, and above that fire, sat a Heavenly Demon holding a long spear.

Seeing this Heavenly Demon, Xu Qing's killing intent was strong, and he rushed over with the knife.

This Heavenly Demon suddenly opened its eyes, got up and walked down one step, its long spear erupting with full force, resisting Xu Qing who was killing his way over.

The carving knife and the long spear collided directly.

Amidst the roar, the carving knife was unharmed, but that long spear collapsed, falling apart.

The Heavenly Demon also retreated.

Xu Qing was about to pursue, but just at this moment, a sense of crisis appeared within Xu Qing's soul.

One could see that behind the retreating Heavenly Demon, an ancient bell full of rust was rising, and even amidst the shaking, terrifying power was appearing.

Xu Qing's soul eyes flashed, without any hesitation, he retreated suddenly.

The moment he left the Western Demon Child's sea of consciousness and returned to himself, that terrifying power also spread and erupted in the outside world.

Xu Qing and the Western Demon Child's physical bodies retreated in mid-air, pulling apart a distance of a hundred zhang.

A hundred zhang away, the Western Demon Child's face looked ugly; recalling the previous danger, he also had heart palpitations; staring at Xu Qing at this moment, he spoke coldly.

"You knew my plan early on!"

Xu Qing's expression was calm, speaking faintly.

"Although I didn't know the specifics, it's not hard to guess that it wasn't a killing method through your previous behavior and words."

Hearing this, the Western Demon Child glanced at Xu Qing, his eyes gloomy, and turned to leave.

Xu Qing raised his hand, and immediately the void shook; a storm appeared in front of the Western Demon Child, blocking his path.

The Western Demon Child's body paused, looking at Xu Qing, his face sinking even further.

"Three moves have passed; I said I would spare your life; do you want to bring disaster upon yourself?"

Xu Qing shook his head.

"I didn't say I would spare your life."

Amidst the words, Xu Qing took a step!

Killing intent erupted.

There is more later.