Chapter 1229

"Tick, tick."

Beads of blood sprayed along the blood groove, rolled off the tip of the blade, and fell toward the vast forest.

The hand reaching toward the Yin Yunzhi, the Master of Heaven and Earth, retracted halfway. The Heart-Devouring Fiend gripped the sharp blade at his chest tightly; it was slippery and hard to hold. His pupils dilated until they filled his eyes, brimming with horror.

Ren Ye was furious, and Gui Lingfeng roared:

"E Qirui! What are you doing? Do you want to betray the Southern Border?"

Everyone stood frozen in place, shocked.

No answer, no result.

The long wind whistled, and a blood mist exploded.

With a twist of his wrist and force from his forearm, his veins coiling like snakes, E Qirui gathered all his strength and slashed down with the blade. Following the gap between the ribs, he severed half of the Heart-Devouring Fiend's torso!

Many things in this world were never meant to have a complete full stop...

And there is even less need for explanation.

The tip of the blade drew a streak of silver light in a forceful response.

Fresh blood poured down, dripping incessantly.

It was meant to be a sneak attack, but the Heart-Devouring Fiend was caught off guard. His heart was completely pulverized and gouged out by the gale-force Qi. A large amount of Gu poison spilled from the blade, climbing and spreading along his blood vessels, causing his entire face to turn dark purple in an instant as he gasped for air.

Yin Yunzhi was panicked. Had someone helped block the attack, he might have had a chance to return to the crowd, but with an enemy undercover by his side, escape had become impossible!

The Master of Heaven and Earth had immense strategic value; as a Perfected Form realm expert, he was a rare master. However, compared to the Twenty-Four Fiends, who also possessed top-tier titles, he was simply outclassed.

Not to mention the others.

Just in terms of the scale of his Qi Sea, E Qirui was ten times that of Yin Yunzhi!

The hand-blade carved out a cone-shaped wave of Qi.

With a flash of a lingering shadow, E Qirui severed Yin Yunzhi's neck, his fingertips piercing the skin to inject Gu poison.

His clear consciousness instantly blurred, and his vision became hazy.

Yin Yunzhi widened his eyes, watching helplessly as a great black fog spread out, engulfing everything.

"It's over..."

The "River Stone" of the Withered Bone Great Shaman was halfway through its journey, swift and decisive.

Relying solely on the 【Spirit Descent】 Great Demon, Liang Qu was currently no match for him. With no time to delay or think, Liang Qu, transformed into a massive mass of black fog, wandered the sky like a hunting falcon, diving straight down.

Boom!

The black fog spread out vast and boundless, completely shrouding the defenseless Yin Yunzhi, the severely wounded Heart-Devouring Fiend, and E Qirui, just like ocean waves swallowing a swaying little boat.

While transformed into black fog, he was immune to most damage, but Liang Qu could not change the outside world. He gathered his fish body again, and his two hands reached out...

Responding from inside and out, in the blink of an eye, due to just a small mistake at the moment they crossed paths, Ren Ye and Gui Lingfeng completely lost accurate perception of Yin Yunzhi's position.

The black fog not only blocked their vision but also blocked the enemy's Qi flow!

Ren Ye and Gui Lingfeng felt their scalps go numb, followed by a deep sense of powerlessness, making it hard to breathe.

The Dew Qi Condensation was a century-long grand plan for the Southern Border and the foundation of their standing. If any mishap occurred on their watch, they would be sinners of the Southern Border!

Bloodshot veins grew in the whites of their eyes.

They had to stop them and drag this out until the Withered Bone Great Shaman arrived!

At this moment, everyone's blood boiled with courage, their beliefs aligned, and they charged forward with their lives.

Gu insects spread out, their wings fanning a hurricane, but they could not disperse this thick black fog at all.

Sword lights and blade shadows tore through skin; black robes were tattered, and bloodstains appeared.

After one wave of charging the formation, Liang Qu could feel A-Fei's stamina hitting rock bottom, stretched to the limit.

However, almost the instant Yin Yunzhi lost consciousness, Liang Qu, having re-condensed his body, once again perceived and controlled his own Marsh Kingdom. Feeling the threat behind him, he temporarily let go of the three, fully activated the Marsh Kingdom, and manipulated the torrent within.

Whoosh, whoosh.

The astonishing sound of tides echoed across the sky, like waves crashing against reefs, rolling back toward the heavens.

E Qirui was trapped in the black fog; he couldn't see anything, but he felt as if he had arrived at the wide Lucang River.

The Nine Poisons, the Twenty-Four Fiends, the Saintess... all were the same. Charging into the black fog, thick water vapor permeated the air, but they dared not stop their pace. Suppressing their fear and holding their breath, they relied on their impression of the direction and vague outlines to strike and intercept.

Gu insects, divine abilities, and true steel sank into the sea without a trace.

The ethereal, spreading sound of the tide instantly pressed against their faces!

Boom!

The clouds and mist parted, pulling back the curtain.

A thousand-foot-tall towering water pillar filled their vision!

Rumble.

The water waves collided, sounding like thunder.

The chubby fat catfish floated its long whiskers, its fish tail behind its butt straightening with effort. It opened its short, fat, and burly arms, hugged the surging water pillar, and pressed down with all its might!

The high-altitude water vapor was compressed, squeezing into white mist, rolling away along the curves on both sides of the water pillar.

A siege water hammer crashed straight out of the black fog!

"Die!"

Bang!

Heaven and earth pressed down, inescapable.

The pursuers watched helplessly as they were struck away by the water pillar. Their entire lung cavities were squeezed, ribs fractured, and all the air was forced out.

They were not knocked flying, but rapidly suppressed, pinned down by the top of the water pillar, straight downward!

"Ah!!!"

Ren Ye roared and struggled, his eyes splitting.

His limbs were forced open, but he couldn't find the edge of the water pillar. His torso was firmly pressed by the head of the pillar, tearing through the sky-filling gale, layer by layer, exploding into countless cone-shaped white mists as they fell toward the ground.

"Thud!"

The water pillar submerged into the surface.

The depth was unknown, but over a hundred fathoms.

The Cangling earth rippled like tidal waves, raising surges; mountain peaks collapsed, and thousands of large trees rose and fell, uprooted.

Groundwater seeped through the cracks and rose, squeezing to the surface, mixing with pulverized trees and mud, instantly churning into a rotten swamp. Heavenly horses and rats fell into the mud waves, struggling in terror.

E Qirui's pupils reflected the sky's light; he almost wanted to kneel and pray!

This was the kind of great power! This was a miracle!

"Go!"

With a roll of black fog, Liang Qu grabbed the three.

"Heavy Light Long Qi, hehe, it's mine! Golden Cicada whatever Qi, that's mine too!"

The Withered Bone Great Shaman detected the situation and went out for emergency support. Taking advantage of the short time everyone's attention was fully absorbed and no one came over, the little Mirage Dragon sneakily opened the yellow leather bag, took out a container, and placed it upright against the window, following the shortest distance.

Long Qi was formless and qualityless, only capable of being contained by specific containers.

Just like water flowing to a lower place.

When a container more capable of receiving and more suitable for Long Qi came within an extremely close range, it would act like an extra slope, guiding the otherwise static Long Qi over.

Top floor of the Insect Valley Building.

The quietly circulating Long Qi was pulled again, turning into flocculent shapes, passing through the glass window, manifesting outside the Insect Valley Building, and gradually floating and turning in the brand-new container, like a slender "little insect."

"Wuhu! Success!"

The little Mirage Dragon cheered and spun.

Unexpectedly, while the Long Qi was condensing, the Gu insects on the top floor noticed the disappearance of the Long Qi and screamed in shock.

"Oops, broken insect, bad insect! What are you calling for? I'll beat you to death!"

The white mist hammer smashed the Gu insect flat, splashing a circle of yellow slurry, before the little Mirage Dragon could hide.

"Who dares to trespass in my Insect Valley Building!"

An angry roar shook the sky, and a sharp sword light shot out, stabbing toward the little Mirage Dragon.

The little Mirage Dragon's scales tightened, and it spat out mist beasts one after another.

Mirage Tiger, Mirage Rhinoceros, Mirage Deer...

A full nine Great Demon manifestations appeared and galloped out!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three clusters of white smoke exploded. The remaining six Great Demon mist beasts cooperated with each other to block the sword light. The Mirage Tiger roared, biting the sword light to pieces. The three that had disappeared took this opportunity to catch their breath, re-condensed, and fearlessly pounced toward the white-bearded old man manipulating the sword light.

The nine Great Demons lined up, majestic and imposing.

The little Mirage Dragon put its paws on its hips, its mane fluttering in the wind, soft and smooth.

"Hmph! How about that? Young master here will trespass, just trespass! Blehh."

"How bold!" The old man was burning with anger. "Let's see if you have more Great Demons, or if I have more Southern Border Grandmasters!"

The sword light was blocked for only an instant.

The nine-strong Perfected Form experts of the entire Insect Valley Building sensed the anomaly on the top floor and jumped out one after another, like locusts in a field or wasps in a nest.

Seeing the ten Great Demons in the sky, the Gu masters were surprised but not afraid. Dozens of Grandmasters, Great Grandmasters, and even Heaven-Man realm experts stepped into the air, each taking action to contain them.

With help from others, the old man instantly freed his hands, his light sweeping across, the might of a Great Grandmaster fully displayed.

Bang bang bang!

The white smoke dissipated one after another.

"Wahhh, so many people! So many people! I'm going to die, I'm going to die." The Long Qi had not yet been fully collected, and the little Mirage Dragon fled in a panic. "Boss, help!!!"

The Withered Bone Great Shaman was about to arrive, and the Southern Border's teleportation divine ability users also sensed the situation and jumped over to help.

"A-Fei! It's up to you, take the waterway below! Run!"

Carriages, Gu insects, Southern Border Perfected Form experts... all sank into the swamp, but they had not lost their ability to resist. Seeing cone-shaped air currents exploding layer by layer, Ren Ye and Gui Lingfeng crawled out of the swamp and leaped up.

The fat catfish stretched out its fat hand, firmly grabbing Yin Yunzhi. With a pull and a retract of its two whiskers, it wrapped around E Qirui and the Heart-Devouring Fiend respectively, jumped into the slanted water pillar, and sped downward with the help of 【Water Travel】, submerging into the Southern Border river, slipping into the 【Vortex Escape Path】, and heading straight north.

Liang Qu immediately canceled the 【Vortex Escape Path】, and Ren Ye and Gui Lingfeng, who were rushing toward the vortex, missed their target.

Taking this opportunity.

【Spirit Descent】!

Consciousness jumped to the little Mirage Dragon.

Just as a large hand reached out from the sky to capture it.

Liang Qu was furious. Without dodging or avoiding, he opened his dragon claws and counterattacked upward.

"How bold! Touch my dragon!"

Bang!

The dragon claws and the human hand collided, air waves erupted, rushing onto the Insect Valley Building and exploding into a cloud of smoke and dust.

The white-bearded old man was shocked, his divine abilities continuous. Sword light erupted from his palm, intending to shred the dragon claws.

However, the dragon claws coiled and expanded, three fathoms in size. Sharp claws flashed with cold light, twisting the human hand back, poking out ghastly white bones. The five claws closed, crushing flesh and bone into meat paste!

"Ah!!"

Meat paste squeezed out from between the claws. Liang Qu took the opportunity to strike again, twisting and wrenching backhand, violently tearing off half of his arm!

Fresh blood splattered. The white-bearded old man clutched his severed arm, screaming miserably. He didn't understand why the little white dragon that had been fleeing earlier suddenly seemed to have changed its face, becoming extremely overbearing. Before he could turn to flee, the white dragon swung the other half of the severed hand, striking the old man's face, sending broken teeth flying.

The remaining force did not diminish, carrying the head, neck, and body.

Boom!

Before the previous dust settled, the next rose. The white-bearded old man crashed through layers of air waves, smashing into the Insect Valley Building, exploding into a large cloud of smoke and dust.

"You've got a beard full of hair and you can still fight six? Then just honestly enjoy your life, why come out to join the fun? Are you even worthy?"

The top of the Insect Valley Building collapsed and disintegrated.

Surrounded by over twenty Perfected Form experts, they were numerous, yet hearing the screams, they were suspicious and uncertain.

"Boss is mighty! Charge charge charge, kill them!"

"No time, find a chance next time!"

The "River Stone" from the east was approaching rapidly, supporting the Insect Valley.

Liang Qu glanced at the container, saw that most of the Long Qi had gathered, and the white mist manifested into a large hand, putting it into his pocket.

The sunset sunlight passed through the canopy, falling unevenly, illuminating circular spots of light.

Insect Valley.

Yun Qianlan led the experts of the Hundred Grass Stream to move rapidly. Passing through a certain stream, she suddenly raised her hand and stopped. The seven people behind her obeyed the order and stopped, their eyes showing vigilance.

"What's wrong? Saintess? Are there Gu insects nearby, or enemies?"

Yun Qianlan did not answer. Her nostrils twitched slightly, and her gaze suddenly looked upward.

Everyone followed and looked up.

Under the canopy where light and shadow intertwined, Li Xianghan leaned obliquely against a branch, as if outside the fence composed of light pillars. She dangled half a calf, the silver-moon-colored boot tip pointing to the ground. Her sole seemed soft and boneless, and the instep was almost in a straight line with the calf, making it look even more slender.

The male disciples of the Hundred Grass Stream swallowed their saliva involuntarily.

Yun Qianlan spat secretly, wishing she could poke out the eyes of the disciples behind her, and was about to speak.

Li Xianghan on the tree interrupted.

"You're here."

Yun Qianlan narrowed her eyes, not wanting to lose her style: "Yes, I'm here."

"You shouldn't have come!"

"But I'm already here!"

"Hiss hiss."

A green snake spat its tongue, winding up the forearm, with red eyes and green scales.

"Cluck cluck."

Golden wings vibrated, landing on the index finger, with golden wings and blue armor.

"You injured the disciples of my Hundred Grass Stream and snatched people's Gu insects. As the Saintess of the Hundred Grass Stream, there should be an explanation for this matter."

Li Xianghan stood up: "Sister Qianlan, you and I are both people of the Southern Border. Everyone understands the principle of the weak being prey to the strong. The Insect Valley Festival never forbids snatching. Open people don't speak dark words. This Insect Valley Festival, the top spot will be mine!"

"Oh, do you think that's possible?"

"Won't we know if we try?"

Swords were drawn and bows were bent, killing intent splashed.

This was the battle for the top spot of the first Saintess of the Southern Border within the next year, and no private feelings were allowed!

A poisonous snake coiled on the branch, moving and picking off fallen leaves.

Floating and swaying, floating and swaying.

"Boom!"

A loud explosion sounded in the sky. It sounded surging, but the sound was not loud, as if it happened in a very distant place.

Yun Qianlan turned her head in surprise. The scenery was completely blocked by the dense forest. She looked at a disciple. The disciple jumped up and down quickly, jumped out of the forest, and landed again, his face full of horror.

Li Xianghan frowned.

"Panicked, what exactly happened?"

The disciple's Adam's apple rolled, and cold sweat flowed down: "Insect, Insect Valley Building."

"What happened to the Insect Valley Building?"

"The Insect Valley Building collapsed!"

"What?"

The Insect Valley Building stood outside the Insect Valley.

Ancient trees in the Southern Border were as numerous as ants. The Insect Valley Building was not as good as the Moon-Watching Building of the Great Shun, but it was also built five hundred fathoms high, storing various Gu insect specimens and Qi flow. Borrowing the terrain of the cliff, from inside the Insect Valley, it completely exceeded three thousand fathoms, and no one could not see it.

Accompanying this loud noise, young talents participating in the competition kept climbing the ancient trees and jumping out of the sea of trees.

And that Insect Valley Building standing on the cliff was now like a broken writing brush!

"This... what's going on?"

Yun Qianlan was stunned.

The sunset was like fire, the sea of forest was pale red, and thousands of treetops swayed with the wind.

Li Xianghan opened her mouth in a Jianghuai Daze, staring blankly for a long time. Her stagnant and stiff eyeballs suddenly became lively, looking left and right like a thief. Confirming that no one was paying attention to her, she leaned close to A-Wei.

"Pi pi, it wouldn't be the Great King who did it, right?"

"Participate in your competition! If you don't want to be controlled, don't worry about the Great King's affairs."

Suddenly using the royal "I".

Li Xianghan shivered, mourning in her heart.

Finished.

It must be the bad things done by the Great Shun villain. Suffering such loss and humiliation, she really became a traitor to the Southern Border...

【Vortex Escape Path】 shuttled rapidly.

Building while walking was too late, but dismantling while walking was very fast. After two or three Vortex Escape Paths, the fat catfish had already thrown off the "River Stone" of the Southern Border Great Shaman.

Beyond a certain perception distance, it was hard for the Great Shaman to make a meal without rice.

Water flowed against his face, and the world spun. E Qirui's heart was pounding, his face flushed like he was drunk. Even when he was in the carriage earlier, he had never been as nervous as he was now.

Success!

Unbelievable.

One encounter, and they were just clay chickens and pottery dogs!

"Splash."

The fat catfish flicked its tail, jumped out of the waterway, and threw the unconscious Yin Yunzhi onto the ground.

They arrived at a reed marsh within the Great Shun territory.

Although he couldn't figure out what kind of existence the "fish man" in front of him was, or what his relationship with the Prince of Huai was, E Qirui consciously took good care of the severely wounded Heart-Devouring Fiend.

Not long after.

Liang Qu, who had let the little Mirage Dragon go first, 【Spirit Descent】 onto the fat catfish, glanced at the Heart-Devouring Fiend, and focused more of his gaze on Yin Yunzhi.

Hard work and planning.

Open the treasure chest!

"This... big fish." E Qirui reminded him, "The Master of Heaven and Earth cannot be killed."

After all Masters of Heaven and Earth die, their inner heaven and earth will indeed return to heaven and earth, and things will "explode all over the ground," but this "exploding all over the ground" is very random.

Within a radius of hundreds of miles!

And during this period, there will be great "distortion force." If the things themselves are not sturdy, they will be scattered.

The heaven and earth Long Qi scatters for hundreds of miles. If the container itself breaks, by the time it's discovered, it will mostly have returned to heaven and earth.

"I know, even if I could kill him, I wouldn't."

Liang Qu grabbed Yin Yunzhi and threw him against a rock.

The Great Shun imperial court can turn the divine abilities of Grandmasters into divine ability orders. A Master of Heaven and Earth can be dismantled into thousands of small heaven and earth bags.

Although they are made from remains, what if the heaven and earth are special? Are the living more useful than the dead?

And during this battle, Liang Qu also discovered that the small space seems incompatible.

It's a bit like Liang Qu using the Marsh Kingdom to suppress the dragon's teleportation divine ability earlier. Now using the Marsh Kingdom to suppress Yin Yunzhi from entering the inner heaven and earth can also succeed, but the other party's inner heaven and earth will also cause his Marsh Kingdom to be unable to open to take water, unless the other party's subjective consciousness disappears.

Study the specific details slowly.

The Master of Heaven and Earth cannot be killed, so he can only be made to open it voluntarily.

Not very clear about Yin Yunzhi's loyalty, whether he would rather commit suicide than let the Long Qi fall into the hands of others.

In front of E Qirui, Liang Qu reached into his mouth, took out a bottle of small poison water, and poured it into Yin Yunzhi's mouth.

A-Wei's divine ability specially made poison liquid, Liang Qu called it "Obedience Water."

Since A-Wei was promoted to a Great Demon, especially after swallowing many Southern Border Gu insects and absorbing and supplementing various toxicities, the poison liquid's functions were varied.

People poisoned by "Obedience Water" are muddled and can simply use their own divine abilities.

After feeding the poison water and slapping him twice, Yin Yunzhi woke up slowly, muddled, muddled, and faintly heard half-baked Southern Border language:

"Don't look back, I am the Tusi, open... I'm coming in..."

"Obey... obey orders..."

Space changed.

Twilight disappeared.

Appearing in front of Liang Qu's *little fish man version* again was already a "bird's nest" constructed by overlapping moon-white phoenix tree leaves.

Looking around.

In every moon-white "bird's nest," there was a wisp of blue-green Long Qi floating!

"Two, four, six, eight, ten..."

"Ninety-two, ninety-four, ninety-six, ninety-eight..."

"One hundred!"