Chapter 230: Such a move with a huge wind‑up should be used sparingly

Ouyang Xuanqing formed a hand seal with one hand.

"Nine Flood Dragon Seal."

This is one of Ouyang Xuanqing's killing moves.

Only nine huge white flood dragons manifested behind him, roaring and coiling, their aura terrifying beyond compare; three dragon heads twined and circled around Ouyang Xuanqing's sides as protection, while the other six dragon heads roared and charged toward Shen Qing.

Ouyang Xuanqing hovered in midair, his gaze icy as he looked at Shen Qing.

"Shen Qing! You shouldn't have, you absolutely shouldn't have chosen to fight me on Tianzhu Mountain!"

"Don't you know how formidable a Feng Shui Master is?"

As the saying goes, you can brawl with a Feng Shui Master, but you cannot duel with one.

If you encounter a Feng Shui Master on the road, you can just attack them.

But if you agree to a duel, you must be careful—who knows what formation a Feng Shui Master might lay down?

Ouyang Xuanqing set up a formation on Tianzhu Mountain, drawing on the qi flow to forcibly raise his strength by three levels; previously he could only manifest seven flood dragons, but today he manifested all nine.

So, Tianzhu Mountain is his home turf.

But, it's a bit embarrassing.

Shen Qing spoke.

Only a huge black sun manifested behind Shen Qing, and black mist swept across the sky.

And before Ouyang Xuanqing completely lost sight of Shen Qing, he saw Shen Qing's pupils ignite with scorching golden flames, and ancient divine markings lit up around the eye sockets.

Instinctively, Ouyang Xuanqing felt uneasy; the Feng Shui Master's intuition told him that Shen Qing's eyes were off.

At that moment, in the darkness, a terrifying annihilation light grazed his scalp at extreme speed, blowing his black hair into a frenzy.

He also clearly sensed that two of his white flood dragons had been scattered.

Ouyang Xuanqing's eyes flashed with a white halo; as a peak Golden Core Realm cultivator who had lived several hundred years, he naturally possessed pupil techniques, but as a Feng Shui Master his pupil art was geared toward reading geomancy, his other abilities not outstanding—he could only vaguely see Shen Qing's silhouette and those golden eyes flickering with ancient markings.

Only Shen Qing stepped on a dragon head with one foot, swung his dragon‑slaying blade downward, and a white flood dragon howled as it dissipated into primordial energy.

Shen Qing also felt Ouyang Xuanqing's gaze, slightly turned his eyes toward him, then raised a finger and lightly tapped; a karma thread instantly crossed space and lodged into Ouyang Xuanqing's brow.

Perhaps because he is a Feng Shui Master, his sensitivity to this aspect is extremely keen.

In that instant, he felt as if he were in boundless high altitude and rapidly falling, the intense weightlessness flooding his heart.

He looked at Shen Qing and shouted in fear: "Shen Qing! What did you do? What did you do?"

With a bang.

Shen Qing closed in and punched straight into Ouyang Xuanqing's chest, shattering one of the white flood dragons protecting his body.

Ouyang Xuanqing was flung backward.

Only then did Ouyang Xuanqing notice that the six white flood dragons he had sent out were completely shattered.

Shen Qing lightly tapped his finger.

"You will find out."

At the same time, karmic binding descended.

Ouyang Xuanqing rose to his feet, looked at his palm, and clearly felt his flesh rapidly aging—this is a sign of the Five Declines of Heaven and Man.

Moreover, as a Feng Shui Master his lifespan is naturally shorter than that of a martial artist; the three‑hundred‑year‑old Ouyang Xuanqing is already at the end of his life, so the Five Declines of Heaven and Man affect him more obviously.

But Ouyang Xuanqing is no fool; he didn't hesitate long, knowing this all relates to Shen Qing, he fell silent and immediately lunged forward, initiating a blood‑essence reversal in a fight for his life.

He threw a straight punch at Shen Qing's face.

Shen Qing's expression was bland; he blocked with one hand, then with the other fired a Heavenly Dragon Finger.

That Heavenly Dragon Finger pierced straight through Ouyang Xuanqing's lower abdomen, leaving a blood hole.

But Ouyang Xuanqing couldn't attend to his wound; he thrust his maimed arm toward Shen Qing's chest.

Shen Qing narrowed his eyes, "Trade injury for injury? I'll satisfy your demand."

Shen Qing took the punch to his chest, then followed up by pointing his fingers in succession, firing four Heavenly Dragon Fingers in a row, forcing Ouyang Xuanqing to retreat several steps.

The Slaughter Armor on Shen Qing's chest was cracked open a little, but it didn't harm him; a blood‑colored mist instantly swept over, and the small hole in the armor repaired itself at once.

Meanwhile, five blood holes in Ouyang Xuanqing's waist and abdomen were gushing blood.

Shen Qing walked toward Ouyang Xuanqing and said, "Your time is short—keep struggling like a stray dog, and amuse me to your heart's content."

Ouyang Xuanqing was greatly alarmed.

He didn't understand.

Why does Shen Qing have so many techniques, each brought to an extreme peak?

Needless to say, his terrifying sword technique, overbearing fist technique, Heavenly Dragon Finger, terrifying physique, and that strange blood‑colored armor capable of self‑repair.

Is his talent inexhaustible? Even if his talent were invincible, where would he find the time to cultivate all this?

Just assume Shen Qing has activated cheats.

But cheats should have a limit, right?

At that moment a pallid hair drifted down; the Five Declines of Heaven and Man had begun to show, and his hair started to fall out.

Ouyang Xuanqing's eyes were filled with unwillingness.

No!

He hasn't become a sage yet!

He cannot die!

He must live! He must become a sage!

Ouyang Xuanqing roared: "Wind and Clouds Sway!"

Only the wind and clouds on Tianzhu Mountain instantly shifted, countless qi fortunes adding to him, his aura reaching a terrifying peak, pressing toward half‑saint.

Ouyang Xuanqing formed a seal with one hand, a colossal flood dragon head condensed from primordial energy, three to four times larger than the previous nine flood dragons, its might terrifying beyond compare.

But just then, the terrifying wind sound stopped abruptly; the huge white flood dragon had only come out one-fifth when it halted, beginning to slowly dissipate.

Ouyang Xuqing lowered their head and saw a blood hole had appeared at their dantian; their qi sea had been completely shattered.

Shen Qing's mocking voice rang out.

「Stupid*! 」

「Don't overuse moves with a huge windup; nobody wants to wait that long for you. 」

In Primordial Elixir Realm combat, dozens of exchanges can happen in an instant.

Ouyang Xuqing, not bad—he summoned a white flood dragon, and in the blink of an eye it had only come out one-fifth.

That's plenty of time for others to spin them like a top.

Ouyang Xuqing collapsed helplessly, face up, gazing at the bright moon in the sky, eyes full of reluctance.

「Exactly... I haven't even become a sage yet... Shen Qing, you know? Among forces like the Heavenly Workshop and the Divine Medicine Pavilion, the second-in-command—only I am not half... 」

Bang!

The only response to them was Shen Qing's Thunderous Heavy Stomp.

Shen Qing couldn't be bothered to listen to them speak; Shen Qing had long heard of their deeds—their father was the former Hall Master of the Hall of Martial Fortune, who had earned merit for Great Wu, and after their death, the imperial court appointed Ouyang Xuqing as Vice Hall Master, a position they have held for over a century.

Yet they never thought to give their father more face—forcing Ouyang Xuqing, a Primordial Elixir Realm cultivator, to stay in the Vice Hall Master position of the Hall of Martial Fortune for a hundred years just out of respect for their father.

With such a good birth, others give their father face, yet this kind of king‑bomb start still comes out crying miserably.

Isn't this the same logic as a certain female celebrity who obviously has money yet still comes out crying poor?

If you can't seize it, who do you blame?