Chapter 218

Listening to Shen Qing's provocative words, Hungry Ghost Dao Zhang Miao completely erupted.

He let out a hoarse shout and quickly charged forward, his pale vital energy bursting forth, countless skull heads roaring as they came.

Shen Qing's gaze was calm, purple light shooting from his pupils as the Pupil of Illusion-Dispelling pierced through layers of white mist to precisely lock onto Zhang Miao.

In just an instant, Shen Qing saw through the flaws in Zhang Miao's body.

Unlike Opening Heaven and Black Sun Subduing Demon Fist, both sword and fist techniques are large-scale indiscriminate attacks.

The Heavenly Dragon Finger is point-to-point, allowing precise strikes at the opponent's flaws.

Thus it can better cooperate with the Pupil of Illusion-Dispelling.

Zhang Miao's speed is extremely fast, countless skull heads lunging toward him face-on.

Shen Qing spoke calmly: "Your speed is indeed much faster than Zhang Meng's, but your flaws are too obvious."

Shen Qing raised his slender fingers, golden light swirling around them, three Heavenly Dragon Fingers shot out consecutively.

Only the sound of three dragon roars was heard, three streaks of finger-light entwined with golden heavenly dragons shot toward Zhang Miao.

Zhang Miao's face changed, these three Heavenly Dragon Fingers were all aimed at his flaws.

This is not a flaw from his cultivation, but one inherent in the technique itself.

The technique he cultivates is called the 《No-Moon Ghost Qi Method》, this method grants power and speed far surpassing other methods, yet it contains three obvious flaws.

This is also his greatest secret, unknown to others.

Moreover, he has used postnatal secret arts to disguise several of these flaws over the years, and no one has ever seen through them.

Yet his greatest weakness was actually seen through by a twenty-year-old youth.

Zhang Miao gritted his teeth, using his vital energy to violently retreat, dodging the Heavenly Dragon Fingers.

At the same time, his gaze locked onto Shen Qing's purple eyes.

Zhang Miao's eyes grew slightly colder, clearly realizing he could not continue to confront Shen Qing head-on—his chances of victory were already slim, and now that his weakness had been exposed, his odds dwindled to near zero.

Zhang Miao let out a low shout: "Eye technique?"

"Then how about this?"

Only seen, Zhang Miao clapped his palms together, countless strands of thick white ghost qi surged forth, covering the sky and earth, instantly bewildering the entire riverbed above.

Zhang Miao thought clearly: eye techniques are formidable, so if I make you unable to see, that would solve it.

"Shen Qing, I acknowledge your eye technique, but can you still see now?"

Amidst the white mist, Shen Qing's calm voice came through.

"Your secret art is not bad either."

"But if I do this, how would you respond?"

As his words fell, a round black sun rose amidst the endless white mist.

Immediately after, strange black mist surged out, quickly covering Zhang Miao's white mist.

Zhang Miao's pupils contracted—what is this thing?

Soon he felt his vital energy rapidly burning.

He finally realized this black mist was not merely covering his white mist, but rapidly corroding it.

Zhang Miao reacted quickly, before his vital energy could be further corroded, he swiftly retracted his white mist.

And in the very next instant, he said nothing, turned his head, and fled in the opposite direction.

Cannot win, simply cannot win.

Flaws exposed, secret art insufficient—what about his proud fleshly body? Shen Qing is renowned for his formidable physique.

But now, this place is Shen Qing's home ground.

Amidst the black mist, a terrifying fist light came shooting forth.

Zhang Miao had no time to dodge, nowhere to evade, he condensed white light in his right hand and threw a punch toward Shen Qing.

With a bang.

Zhang Miao spat out a mouthful of blood, flung backward, he knew Shen Qing's physique was formidable, but he hadn't expected it to be this strong.

Is this the river?

No, this is not the river!

Even as his body trembled from the impact, Shen Qing had already arrived before him, a whip kick striking his neck.

With a bang.

Zhang Miao's entire body shot downward like a meteor, smashing into the ground and creating a deep pit tens of meters in diameter, along with several copper pillars that collapsed with him.

Zhang Miao's blood continued to flow uncontrollably; he wanted to flee, but now every muscle and bone in his body ached terribly, utterly unresponsive to his commands.

He knew he could not escape death today; better to die by his own hand than suffer torture, he rapidly mobilized whatever vital energy he could, gathering it toward his heart, preparing to self-detonate.

But just then, a sonic boom rang out in the air, Shen Qing swiftly descended and stomped heavily with one foot directly onto Zhang Miao's dantian.

Instantly, Zhang Miao was crushed into a double fold.

"Want to die? Not that easy."

Shen Qing casually waved his hand, the black mist scattered across the sky dispersed, then he pointed three Heavenly Dragon Fingers in three directions.

Only three miserable cries were heard.

【Congratulations on slaying a Golden Core Realm martialist, successfully plundered the trait: Skeletal Perfection (Golden)】

【New fusible trait discovered】

【Exceptional Finger Technique (Green) + Skeletal Perfection (Golden) =???】

Shen Qing raised his eyebrows, he had struck gold.

Shen Qing lowered his head to look at Zhang Miao: "Want to commit suicide? Impossible, I advise you to obediently cooperate."

Zhang Miao let out a low roar: "Cooperate? You wish!"

"You just killed my younger brother!"

Shen Qing laughed: "A few days ago, there was someone who was just as stubborn as you, and later you can guess what happened to him."

"I had one of my subordinates cut off his vital part, then sprinkled chili powder on it, and he confessed."

Following Shen Qing's gaze slowly downward: "Master of the Hungry Ghost Dao, I imagine you don't want your vital part to suffer this punishment, do you?"

Zhang Miao's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, fear appearing in his eyes, merely from listening to Shen Qing speak he had already begun to feel pain, and he could sense that Shen Qing was not lying.

Shen Qing noticed his gaze: "Very good, I'm satisfied with this look of yours, please keep it up."

"First question, where is the master of the Reincarnation Tower?"

Zhang Miao hesitated for a moment, between his vital part and the master of the Reincarnation Tower, he still made the most instinctive decision.

"The master is at Observation Cloud Mountain."

Observation Cloud Mountain, as the name suggests, is the mountain for observing the clouds of Cloud Prefecture, and also the highest peak in the entire Cloud Prefecture.

Shen Qing continued: "You have a total of nine major formations, where are the remaining eight located?"

"Including this one, I only know of seven."

Zhang Miao continued: "The last major formation is the strongest Heavenly Dao Garrison, this final formation is also the most important major formation, so we don't know where it is."

Shen Qing narrowed his eyes, knowing only the positions of the other formations? But that was enough.

These eighty-one feng shui grand formations are equivalent to a car, and the most important grand formation is equivalent to the engine, Shen Qing cannot dismantle it.

Ah, but Shen Qing can dismantle the others, although Shen Qing cannot dismantle the engine, what remains for you to dismantle is only the engine.

In this way, in the end, even if your engine is strong, it is useless.

Could it be that your engine can still grow wheels and drive itself?

Likewise, Shen Qing cannot dismantle your core grand formation, but what remains for you to dismantle is only the core grand formation.