Chapter 359: Capturing Xue Qing Alive

Just as the grand formation lit up, the Soul Clan experts were instantly suppressed by the coalition experts, who had previously appeared slightly weaker.

The changes in the outside world were displayed completely before the eyes of Xiao Han and Xue Qing; seeing the sudden turn of events, the latter, as a bystander, naturally understood it was due to that bizarre formation from earlier.

"Not bad!" Xue Qing nodded as if in deep approval, then changed his tone and said coldly:

"However, this grand formation of yours doesn't seem like it can hold out for very long, does it?"

Although Xue Qing did not know how Xiao Han had managed to set up a grand formation capable of suppressing the combat power of all Soul Clan experts on the entire battlefield without affecting his own side's experts, his sharp eyes naturally perceived the massive energy consumption of this rather profound formation.

That alarming rate of energy consumption was something even a Nine-Star Saint of this continent could not sustain for a quarter of an hour; Xue Qing did not believe the opponent could produce much material to supply the formation with energy.

Regarding Xue Qing's questioning, Xiao Han remained silent; just as the other had said, the formation's duration was only a short hour, making it difficult to sway the overall situation of a war.

However, his original intention in setting up this formation was merely to reduce the losses of the Langya Pavilion experts; otherwise, Xiao Han would not have had such confidence to let the Langya Pavilion take on the vanguard combat mission.

Moreover...

A cold light flashed in Xiao Han's eyes; one hour was enough to deal with the person before him!

Under the blessing of his excellent instincts, Xue Qing keenly sensed Xiao Han's killing intent; out of confidence in his own strength, he merely subconsciously assumed a defensive posture. After all, among those of the same rank, their Evil Clan was famous for being difficult to deal with.

Xiao Han naturally did not take the former's confidence to heart; in just a single breath, under Xue Qing's astonished gaze, Xiao Han's hair suddenly turned from black to silver threads, and his aura also abruptly rose to the Nine-Star Late Stage.

"I didn't expect that a small sub-rank would have such an improvement!"

Clenching his fists and feeling the powerful strength that could shatter space with every gesture, Xiao Han had a slight realization in his heart: the Nine-Star Late Stage was indeed several times stronger than the mid-stage.

"Alright, now, let us continue." Xiao Han smiled "kindly," the warm smile paired with the powerful Dou Qi of the long spear in his hand giving people a great sense of contrast.

However, as Xiao Han's opponent, Xue Qing naturally did not pay much attention to the contrast before and after at this moment; sensing Xiao Han's killing intent, he suddenly woke up from the shock of the opponent's heaven-defying rise to the Nine-Star Late Stage and stared at Xiao Han, prepared for a serious battle.

"Frost Mirror Image!" Xiao Han's eyes suddenly shot out a flash of brilliance, and then, his figure turned into two streams of light, shooting explosively toward Xue Qing.

Seeing this, Xue Qing's eyes narrowed; as a hired hand for the Soul Clan, the intelligence on the Ice Saint would naturally be open to him, especially this kind of Dou Technique that could create the illusion of a one-on-two fight, which made one have to be cautious.

Taking a deep breath, a mass of scarlet blood suddenly seeped out of Xue Qing's body; having lost this, even for Xue Qing, his complexion was somewhat pale.

"Blood Clone!" Xue Qing gave a wicked smile, and then, the mass of blood was seen to tremble, instantly transforming into a figure identical to Xue Qing.

"Hah!"

A low roar rang out, and the two blood shadows swept toward the incoming streams of light.

"Bang!"

Feeling the immense force coming from the broadsword in his hand, Xue Qing could not help but have a flushed face; gritting his teeth, he tightened his hands, which had been numbed by the shock, around the broadsword that was about to slip away.

But the former felt no anger at this moment; instead, he breathed a sigh of relief and smiled,

"Very good, it's real!"

However, the next moment, Xue Qing was horrified to discover that a bizarre smile had curled onto the corner of Xiao Han's mouth,

"Blood Shadow Battle Armor!" Xue Qing's pupils shrank; before he could think, fresh blood surged out of his body subconsciously, condensing into a solid and thick suit of armor on the surface of his body.

"Boom!"

The moment the armor took shape, a sharp force penetrated his body, and Xue Qing, who was confronting Xiao Han, was instantly sent flying hundreds of feet away.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

With his internal blood and Qi churning, Xue Qing coughed violently; the blood he spat out was frozen into red Ice Crystals in the air and fell down.

"How could this be?" Staring blankly at the two figures before him, Xue Qing could not help but ask.

Wasn't it said that there was only one physical body?

Then what was the deal with that clone of his that had been blasted apart without any power to resist?

And this was the missing intelligence of the Soul Clan. Unlike Gu Yuan and others who had been famous for a long time, Xiao Han's rise was too fast, so his combat methods had not been exposed much at all.

This led to everyone being unaware that Xiao Han had long since perfected the Frost Mirror Image to have a physical body; caught off guard, Xue Qing suffered a great loss.

Through Xue Qing's eyes, Xiao Han knew the latter's question, but he had no interest in answering the opponent.

Casually condensing a frost arrow, he lightly flicked his sleeve, shooting it toward the somewhat disheveled Xue Qing.

"Spear Fixation, Dark Sun!"

Xue Qing had just slashed down the ice arrow shot at him and was about to dodge when he was startled to find that it had gone dark before his eyes; his vision had already been deprived.

"Blood Shadow Escape!"

Xue Qing was greatly alarmed in his heart; his figure turned into blood light and suddenly disappeared.

"Hum!"

The long spear pierced through space and suddenly appeared at the position where Xue Qing had just disappeared; the surrounding space was constantly shredded by the Dou Qi surging from the spear tip, then automatically repaired itself.

"Tch!" Failing in one strike, Xiao Han was not annoyed and curled his lips.

"You run quite fast!"

Looking at the empty space, Xiao Han could not help but sneer, "You want to play hide-and-seek on my turf?"

Flipping his palm, he raised his hand and grasped toward a certain space.

"Bang!"

Countless ice-snow vine whips rose from the ground, and then a blood-colored figure emerged in a sorry state; the bloodstains that had not yet faded from his face made his wicked countenance look somewhat ferocious.

"Damn it." Xue Qing now hated this space that kept him restricted everywhere.

However...

"You've come out?"

The half-smiling words terrified Xue Qing to the point his soul nearly left his body.

"Bang!"

With another powerful sweep, Xue Qing was smashed heavily into the ground like a cannonball fired from a chamber; immediately, a deep pit with a diameter of several hundred meters appeared on the ground, and soft snowflakes fell onto Xue Qing's body, revealing a touch of beauty.

Watching the motionless figure of the opponent, Xiao Han did not smile at all, only frowning in deep thought.

Finally, ten-odd minutes later, a figure radiating monstrous blood Qi suddenly rushed out of the deep pit.

Xiao Han's eyes lit up, and he thrust his long spear out; unlike the previous destructive force, he only felt his palm go numb, and then, the long spear in his hand shattered inch by inch, and a blood-colored fist shadow appeared before his eyes in an instant.

A thick layer of profound ice emerged on Xiao Han's forearm, blocking the path his opponent's fist had to take.

"Bang!"

………

"Crack!"

Accompanied by the sound of the ice armor shattering, Xiao Han's expression remained as calm as an ancient well; his hand technique shifted, his figure suddenly stepped forward, and his palm, radiating cold air, pressed directly onto Xue Qing's dantian.

"Cold Ice Seal!"

Dense, intricate talisman patterns suddenly spread out from the center of Xiao Han's palm.

"Urgh!"

After a scream, One Venerable magnificent ice sculpture appeared within the space.

"Finally, I've caught one with research value this time."

Examining the fierce-eyed ice sculpture, Xiao Han clapped his hands in satisfaction; his head of silver hair had returned to black at some unknown moment.

This time, in order to capture Xue Qing alive, Xiao Han's response seemed relaxed, but in reality, he had used eighty percent of his ability; the Ice Killing Realm was opened, the Frost Mirror Image was exposed, and there was even the seal—aside from his life-risking methods, he truly did not have much left hidden.

And all of this was to capture alive this Xue Qing who had activated a berserk state.

"Mission accomplished, time to pack up!"