Chapter 998: Eternal Life: My Steady Farming-Style Cultivation Chapter 998 — Fate! 5/5

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

Following the Green-Eyed Snake's command, the demon horde went completely berserk, immediately lunging at the flying ship and Xu Zhangqing's group; battle erupted in an instant.

"Kill!"

"Either they die, or we perish!"

"Everyone charge together, fight to the death!"

Human cultivators attacked one after another, spells and demonic power collided, rumbling sounds shook heaven and earth.

Before long, both human cultivators and demons suffered casualties; screams and sounds of slaughter rang out incessantly.

Seeing this, Xu Zhangqing instructed Li Lingbi: "You take people and protect the flying ship; I'll handle things here!"

Before his words fell, he teleported before the Green-Eyed Snake, Spell Return Flow operating at full power, various Qi instantly wrapping the opponent.

This time, Xu Zhangqing showed no mercy; purple Qi at his fingertips, sometimes returning the Green-Eyed Snake's demonic power to Heaven and Earth Spirit Qi, sometimes returning its scales to ordinary snake scales, sometimes using Five Elements Qi to erode flesh and meridians, toying with it in the palm of his hand.

"How can this be?"

The Green-Eyed Snake was horrified; it never expected the person before it to be this powerful.

At this moment, it finally understood why Kong Ling was willing to become a mount.

Though it wanted to counterattack, it grew increasingly powerless; its demonic power continuously dissolved, and ultimately, amid endless pain and unwillingness, it turned into a pool of blood.

Kong Ling curled his lip in disdain: "Little Green brat, weren't you acting mighty just now?

Now then, why don't you get up for this old man!"

Having dealt with the Green-Eyed Snake, Xu Zhangqing looked at Kong Ling beside him, whose anger had not subsided, and asked: "Who is this snake's human father?"

Kong Ling froze for a moment, then replied: "He is a Dao Son of the Qingyun Sect, Qingxuan.

This person, back in the Demon Realm, had an emotional entanglement with the Green-Eyed Snake's mother, and in the end left behind this accursed spawn."

Hearing this, Xu Zhangqing froze.

The name Qingxuan — he knew it all too well.

Didn't that mean he had just killed his friend's "son"?

However, things having come to this, he did not regret it.

A man-eating demon like this, even with his friend's bloodline flowing in its veins, did not deserve pity.

Not to mention doing it over a hundred times, a thousand times; even if it were many more times, he would still act without the slightest hesitation, and would never spare this accursed spawn that harmed humans and aided tyrants just to give Qingxuan face.

Afterward, Xu Zhangqing's figure flashed, directly charging into the demon horde.

Return Flow operating at full power, purple Qi dissolving demonic power, Five Elements Spiritual Qi eroding demon bodies, Thunder Spiritual Qi deterring the demon masses; in just half an hour, the surrounding Demon Kings and lesser demons were exterminated to the last, not a single survivor.

Afterward, Xu Zhangqing returned to the flying ship and said to Li Lingbi: "Continue departing."

Several hundred flying ships restarted, racing toward the border between the Central Region and the Eastern Region.

Yet this journey was not peaceful.

Along the way, either packs of demons swarmed following human scent,

or human cultivators enslaved by demons — these people had long lost human conscience, obeying only demon commands, always striking when least expected, either damaging the flying ship's spiritual array or ambushing nearby cultivators.

Behavior exceptionally disgusting, and impossible to guard against.

Xu Zhangqing and the others, though they hated these enslaved cultivators, could not stand by and watch them die.

Every time they encountered a batch of survivors, Xu Zhangqing would release a wisp of purple Qi to purge the demonic Qi in their bodies, yet even so, the hidden danger could not be eradicated.

Finally, Li Lingbi thought of a method: all subsequent survivors were sent to another flying ship and forcibly confined.

Though this offended people, it didn't matter; it was still better than suffering a backstab at any moment.

As time passed, the flying ships drew ever closer to the Eastern Region, the unease in everyone's hearts gradually dissipated, and they originally thought they would soon reach safety.

But at this moment, the earth beneath their feet suddenly trembled, as if a giant beast were rolling underground; immediately after, a dull boom came from the depths, the earth split open with a roar, and countless turbid Earth Qi mixed with a putrid stench gushed forth.

The situation was extremely urgent; the entire fleet was about to be swallowed.

"Bad!"

Li Lingbi's face changed drastically, he cried out in alarm: "It's the Tu Soil God!"

This situation should be the Tu Soil God turning over underground.

Since last time's incident, it comes by every so often.

Because its body type is too enormous, the range it covers is extremely vast.

Never expected that we were almost out of the Central Region, yet still ran into it, and the damn thing just had to be right beneath the fleet.

Xu Zhangqing reacted extremely fast; his figure moved beneath the fleet, on one hand operating the Immortal-rank cultivation method Creation Genesis Record to draw Heaven and Earth Spirit Qi and Law Power, stabilizing the surrounding space, on the other hand activating Spell Return Flow, purple Qi pouring out, forcibly suppressing the gushing Earth Qi.

Rumble—

The rumbling sounds lasted a full half hour.

Fortunately, Xu Zhangqing had already reached the Spirit Transformation stage, and his cultivation method and spells were all at Full Level, so he suffered no injuries at all, merely losing some mana.

And the restless Earth Qi was finally suppressed; the fleet was preserved.

Yet even so, casualties could not be avoided.

Quite a few elderly people and ordinary folk with weak mental fortitude were scared to death by the terrifying sight of the earth cracking and the dull booms; also several flying ships, due to proximity, were affected by the Earth Qi, their arrays damaged, and the cultivators aboard suffered injuries of varying degrees.

Kong Ling watched this and thought secretly: "Just what is my master's strength?

That was the Tu Soil God turning over; anyone else would probably not even have time to flee.

Yet he not only forcibly persisted, but even forcibly pacified it."

Ever since becoming a mount, the more time and the more times it came into contact with him, the more shocked it became.

Fortunately, what followed held no danger whatsoever.

Several days later, Xu Zhangqing finally led the fleet to arrive at the middle position between the Central Region and Dongyu, the No-Management Area.

This area is the border zone between the two regions; in the past only calamity cultivators and evil cultivators occupied this place.

Now, this place is far more lively than before; everywhere are displaced refugees and fleeing cultivators, each in tattered clothes and covered in wounds, their eyes full of panic and bewilderment.

Unexpectedly, the Wan Family's auction ship was also moored nearby; a large number of defensive arrays were arranged around the hull, many cultivators and commoners gathered around the ship, and the auction ship's cultivators actually actively protected these people, fending off monsters that occasionally appeared.

Li Lingbi gazed at that huge auction ship, his tone carrying a hint of surprise: "Unexpectedly, the Wan Family actually has a bit of responsibility."

Xu Zhangqing nodded slightly: "In chaotic times, there are ultimately those who step forward."

Now that they had reached the No-Management Area, everyone finally let out a breath of relief.

The situation in Dongyu and the Central Region, or rather the crises they face, are completely different.

On this side, the spiritual energy has merely changed slightly compared to the past, and it has not been occupied by monsters; although there are sporadic troubles, they are far less perilous than the Central Region.

While resting, Xu Zhangqing looked toward the direction of the Central Region and could not help but fall into thought.

The Tu Soil God is precisely the chief culprit of the great chaos in the Tianyuan Realm.

If he takes it into his personal space and imposes restraints, then the Tianyuan Realm's crisis can be reduced by half.

In the future, everyone will only need to deal with the troubles brought by monsters and the surrounding environment.

Having made up his mind, Xu Zhangqing turned to look at Li Lingbi: "Now that we've arrived here, it's more or less safe; there shouldn't be any accidents.

You take the people and go directly to the Great Feng Dynasty."

Li Lingbi was stunned upon hearing this, then asked: "Where are you going?"

Xu Zhangqing took a deep breath: "I'm going to solve a trouble!"