Chapter 142

"Little brat Song Yuan, let me see how strong your Profound Flame Dao Palace's fire-type divine abilities are!"

Zhou Qing was full of fighting spirit, his hands quickly forming seals, and he saw a huge Jin Wu stretching its wings, letting out a long cry, and pouncing directly toward Song Yuan.

Wherever it passed, the surrounding water was instantly ignited, turning into a sea of fire.

Seeing this scene, Song Yuan was immediately overjoyed.

He was not a fool either; he understood that for some reason, the guy in front of him had a natural advantage in the water.

He admitted that he was slightly inferior in this regard.

But the fact that you are not continuing to slip me now also reflects from the side that your physical strength has already begun to fail.

You must have used some kind of secret technique before. After all, your Jin Dan was crushed by someone more than a year ago. Even if you used some method to recover, you are only at the Jin Dan realm until now.

And there is a huge chasm between the Jin Dan realm and the Soul Formation realm that is difficult to cross.

"Wrong—"

Just as he was full of excitement, he suddenly felt that the fire rushing toward his face seemed extremely terrifying, and his expression changed abruptly.

At this moment, he didn't dare to be careless, immediately mobilizing all his spiritual power to form a flame shield in front of him. On the shield, there were flickering flame runes.

Immediately afterward, the two sides collided violently, and the powerful force caused the water in the entire pond to boil, and then it exploded with a bang.

And everyone in the villa who was originally sleeping was awakened, each with a blank expression.

Did the earth dragon turn over?

The three Green Feather Qingshu Qingshu Xian Zong disciples responsible for monitoring the villa did not dare to delay at all, hurriedly contacting Yuan Ya to inform her of the abnormal situation here in detail.

And in the karst cave under the water, the atmosphere was permeated with an indescribable strangeness, and no fierce conflict occurred as expected.

Shi Zhen was full of anxiety and worry, staring fixedly at Yan Xiao, only to see him sitting cross-legged safely, his gaze slowly sweeping over Elder Xuegu and the surrounding Profound Flame Dao Palace disciples.

He then spoke, his tone carrying a bit of helplessness.

"What is there to fight about? Our brothers actually just broke in out of curiosity. Who would have expected that there would be a high-level expert like you, Senior?"

"You should have felt my cultivation aura; I'm just at the beginner Soul Formation realm. We are simply not on the same level."

"My junior brother's cultivation is even weaker; I guess he will be captured back by your Young Master in a while, and I won't be able to run away either, right?"

"Senior, you are also quite old; how tiring it is to make a move. If you force me into a hurry and I self-destruct, it would be bad if this good stronghold is destroyed. Especially with those puppets in the iron cages, how will you explain it then?"

Yuan Shijie Shi Zhen, why are you so unlucky to have been caught here?

Listening to Yan Xiao's constant chatter, Elder Elder Xuegu's lips curled slightly, outlining an interesting smile, his eyes playfully sizing up the person in front of him.

He was not in a hurry either, simply ordering someone to bring a chair, sitting down leisurely, and listening quietly to Yan Xiao's chatter.

The surrounding disciples saw that the Elder had no intention of making a move, so they didn't dare to rush forward rashly. Just as this guy said, he was at the Soul Formation realm; if he was forced into a hurry and self-destructed, it would be them, these small fry, who would be unlucky.

Boom!

Suddenly, the karst cave trembled violently. At the same time, surging heat waves rushed out wrapped in the water flow. Seeing this scene, everyone had already guessed that Song Yuan was angry.

It seems that the guy who only knows how to play some small tricks will definitely have a miserable end.

"You hurt me, you hurt me again, how dare you, how dare you!"

Song Yuan roared angrily, his eyes wide open, full of disbelief and rage.

Because the fire power he had always been proud of actually didn't block the other party's fire-type divine ability.

Not only was he repelled, but Zhou Qing took this opportunity to suddenly get close and gave him another sword strike.

Although he dodged in time, his arm was still cut with a huge gap.

If it were a normal day, such an injury might not be worth fearing, but he didn't know what kind of highly toxic substance was stained on that sword. Once cut, the wound bled wildly, making it difficult to stop the bleeding.

At this time, Zhou Qing, who had opened the distance from Song Yuan again, hurriedly absorbed the reserved blood energy and spiritual power stored in the fourth petal.

Although the "Jin Wu Burning Sky Canon" was powerful, the spiritual power consumed by its performance was truly too huge.

Just as expected before, the last time he used so many means, he directly killed a late Soul Formation realm expert.

However, the Song Yuan in front of him, although injured, did not seem to have his own combat power affected too much.

"You are finished, you are completely finished!" Song Yuan looked crazy, roaring and looking up suddenly.

He saw fire crazily entwining on his hands. What was strange was that the color of the fire turned into a cold white in an instant, like ghostly fire from the polar ice field, emitting a deathly aura that made people shudder.

Immediately afterward, he slammed a fist into the surrounding water surface without warning.

The water in the entire pond boiled violently in an instant, and countless bubbles surged crazily like boiling water.

And looking from the outside, the water surface seemed to disappear quickly like a receding tide, and a large amount of water vapor rose into the sky, and then quickly gathered into dense white mist, permeating the entire pond.

In just a blink of an eye, the pond had completely dried up.

"You aren't running fast in the water? Run, keep running!" Song Yuan's face was pale, but his eyes were flashing with excitement.

Suddenly, a long sword appeared in his hand, and he slashed down at his arm without hesitation. In an instant, blood splashed everywhere.

"My Soul Formation realm amplification is that no matter where the body is damaged, as long as the old part is removed, a brand new one will grow out soon..."

Before Song Yuan's words fell, the severed arm actually grew back at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The skin of the newly grown arm was white and tender, looking more delicate than before.

But soon, his expression changed abruptly, because the gap appeared again on the newly grown arm, and blood continued to flow like a spring, without any sign of stopping.

"How is this possible!" Song Yuan's eyes were full of shock and disbelief, as if he couldn't believe everything he saw.

Zhou Qing, after a brief shock at Song Yuan's Soul Formation realm amplification, smiled, and then pretended to pick up his storage bag and shook it.

"My poison is very powerful; it can't be solved without an antidote. If you don't believe it, try cutting your arm again!" Zhou Qing said.

Song Yuan was so angry that his whole body trembled violently. He stared tightly at the storage bag and roared: "Go to hell! Go to hell! Go to hell!"

After speaking, he roared and chased after Zhou Qing again.

Silver light flickered under Zhou Qing's feet, and he immediately rose into the air.

"Idiot, that's only if you have the ability to catch up to me—" Zhou Qing laughed loudly, making Song Yuan even more furious and crazy, chasing after him regardless of everything.

Boom boom boom!

The originally quiet Youhuang City was instantly broken, two figures constantly chasing, and then quickly entangled together.

The roaring and spiritual power fluctuations caused countless practitioners still in the city to be alert immediately, waking up from their cultivation state one after another, looking at the night sky with vigilance, their eyes full of caution.

At this moment, Song Yuan kept roaring in his mouth, and raging fire burned around his body. The fire soared into the sky, illuminating the entire night sky red.

He saw his hands forming seals rapidly, and a large bell emitting dazzling red light appeared out of thin air, buzzing and making bursts of dull and highly penetrating bell sounds.

The bell sound was like materialized sound waves, spreading out in circles. Wherever it went, the space seemed to ripple, intending to slow down Zhou Qing's escape speed.

And Zhou Qing also stabilized his figure, the Tetanus sword energy in his hand raged, and silver thunder arcs kept bombarding Song Yuan like spirit snakes.

Anyway, he had just been replenished and was in a peak state, so what was there to be afraid of? He held his sword and rushed directly toward Song Yuan.

In an instant, fire and thunder light intertwined, erupting with a powerful impact, directly causing the surrounding clouds to be blown away by this force in an instant, forming a huge vacuum zone.

Many buildings below began to shake violently under the impact of this aftermath. Many ordinary people were awakened by this sudden movement, panicking and running out of their homes, fleeing toward the distance.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Qing had no choice but to continue climbing into the high sky, and then galloped toward the direction outside the city, trying to transfer the battlefield so as not to cause greater damage to the city.

The old man who was the City Lord but only had Jin Dan realm cultivation witnessed this scene, his face full of worry, and he couldn't help but complain.

What are you doing in the middle of the night!

"Who is that person? It looks like he is from the Profound Flame Dao Palace."

"I don't know, but it's probably about the same. In the past few months, the frequency of wars between the five major sects has been getting higher and higher."

"Indeed, it's just that I don't know who the person opposite is? Which sect is he from?"

Everyone was discussing, and Yuan Ya, who rushed over, couldn't help but change her expression when she saw the two figures, as if she understood something.

Without any hesitation, she held her weapon and rushed up directly.

"Go down and help my Third Zhou Shixiong. Dealing with this idiot, I alone am enough!" Seeing Yuan Ya coming to support, Zhou Qing shouted hurriedly.

Hearing Zhou Qing call him an idiot again, Song Yuan was even more furious.

He was one of the five great prodigies of the Profound Flame Dao Palace, always an object of admiration and respect by countless people. Even the Palace Master had high hopes for them and often taught them personally.

In the future, he would be able to step into the Soul Formation realm and become an existence like an Elder.

But now, he was humiliated by this person again and again. How could he endure this?

Hearing Zhou Qing's words, Yuan Ya also stopped her steps immediately. However, she looked at Song Yuan's pale complexion and then looked at Zhou Qing's state of ease. After a brief hesitation, she nodded.

"Be careful, two experts from my sect are already rushing here quickly!" After Yuan Ya finished her instructions, she turned around and galloped toward the villa.

Zhou Qing stared at the bleeding Song Yuan, his figure turning flexibly in the air, and a huge silver dragon phantom suddenly appeared behind him.

The silver dragon was lifelike, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws. After a roar, it rushed toward Song Yuan fiercely.

Seeing this, Song Yuan did not show weakness either. All the fire on his body gathered together, turning into a giant flame hand. The giant hand covered the sky and the sun, and with a massive momentum, it slapped fiercely toward Zhou Qing and the silver dragon.

Boom boom boom!

The terrifying combat power produced by the collision of the two made countless people in the city panic and feel deep awe for the five major sects.

These two people looked so young, but their combat power had already reached a height they could only look up to but could not reach.

Fortunately, they all chose to protect themselves now and did not rashly take sides with any party.

Time passed bit by bit. Under the action of these repeated powerful impacts, Song Yuan's body finally couldn't bear it.

His complexion became paler and paler, with no blood color to speak of, and a trace of confusion and fear began to appear in his eyes, and his body swayed, as if he might fall from the air at any time.

Looking at Zhou Qing, he was still full of energy, which made Song Yuan deeply suspect, is our cultivation reversed?

"No, if this continues, I will definitely die."

Because of excessive blood loss, Song Yuan only felt his heartbeat accelerate rapidly. As the saying goes, it's better to live than to die. Although he didn't get the antidote, the Palace Master must have a way.

He really had no choice but to deal with Zhou Qing. Song Yuan finally forced himself to calm down.

Looking at the eyes of countless people below, he only felt so aggrieved.

But he could distinguish between losing face and losing his life, not to mention that Yuan Ya said that the Green Feather Qingshu Qingshu Xian Zong people were on their way.

"Zhou Qing, you first used poison to pit me, and then united with others to prepare to besiege me. This matter is not over between us!"

Song Yuan shouted loudly to the surroundings, then without hesitation, turned and fled immediately.

Such a scene directly stunned Zhou Qing.

No, my Third Zhou Shixiong is shameless, but you are too shameless. Is your reputation burden so heavy?

However, just because of that punch you hit Yuan Shijie Shi Zhen, and those heinous acts in the karst cave, do you think you will escape smoothly today?

Silver light flickered under Zhou Qing's feet, his figure flashed, and he chased after him in an instant. The Jin Wu phantom appeared again, and with endless fire, he pounced toward Song Yuan.

Sensing the danger behind him, Song Yuan shook his head hard, trying to keep himself awake. At this moment, he could only bite the bullet and summon the red bell again, blocking it behind him.

He even injected all his spiritual power into the red bell without reservation.

The bell shone brightly, and the runes on the bell body wandered like living things, releasing powerful defensive power, buzzing and ringing.

The Jin Wu phantom spread its wings, burning with dazzling golden fire, and collided directly with the red bell in an instant. The deafening roar resounded through the world.

"Crack!"

A crisp and chilling sound came, and the bell body of the red bell actually had cracks. Seeing this scene, Song Yuan was full of disbelief.

The next moment, the red bell could no longer bear such an impact and shattered with a bang, and countless fragments splashed toward the surroundings like raindrops.

Just as the bell shattered, Zhou Qing rushed out from the sky full of fire and fragments like a black lightning bolt.

The Tetanus in his hand emitted a cold light, and he arrived in front of Song Yuan in an instant.

Song Yuan suffered heavy injuries due to the shattering of the bell, and the backlash of spiritual power made him vomit blood constantly, his body swaying.

At this moment, he could only look at the approaching figure with horror, wanting to dodge but already powerless.

"Puff!"

A cold sword light flashed, and Song Yuan's head flew up, and blood sprayed out from his neck like a fountain.

Immediately afterward, a mini Soul Formation that looked exactly like Song Yuan, with a terrified expression, galloped toward the distance like a wisp of light smoke.

Zhou Qing had been prepared for a long time. He snorted coldly, the broken sword in his hand waved, and a thunder sword energy like an invisible rope instantly trapped the Soul Formation.

Seeing the other party making sharp cries and struggling inside, Zhou Qing went over and collected it directly.

After packing up, he looked at the villa where the roaring continued, and was just about to go over to help, when two whistling sounds came from far to near behind him.

"Junior Brother Zhou—"

Zhou Qing immediately stopped his figure and looked up, only to see that the people who came were a man and a woman, both exuding the cultivation aura of the Soul Formation Great Perfection.

Looking at their dress and appearance, they should be from the Green Feather Qingshu Qingshu Xian Zong. Zhou Qing didn't know these two people, but looking at their appearance, they seemed to know him.

"I am Chu Chu Binli of the Green Feather Qingshu Qingshu Xian Zong, and this is my Junior Sister Deng Rui!" The man introduced hurriedly.

Zhou Qing bowed: "I have met Zhou Shixiong Chu, Yuan Shijie Deng!"

"I heard your cultivation has recovered; congratulations, congratulations. Leave the rest to us!" After the two finished speaking, they spread their figures and rushed toward the villa, their speed extremely fast, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, Zhou Qing also smiled, subconsciously stuffing the old hen in his bosom further inside, and then followed closely.

Soon, he saw Elder Xuegu fleeing in panic, and several figures quickly surrounded him and launched an attack. For a time, sword light and shadow, spiritual power crisscrossed.

"Third Zhou Shixiong, don't let those people run away!" Zhou Qing shouted loudly.

At this moment, Yan Xiao didn't know what he had encountered in the karst cave. His whole body was covered in blood, and his complexion was as pale as paper, with no blood color to speak of.

"Why are you always the one becoming famous, while I am cleaning up these small fry!" Yan Xiao couldn't help but complain.

But he also knew that Zhou Qing was doing this for his own good. Damn Elder Xuegu, he's so old and still uses sneak attacks; he's really shameless!

After speaking, he suddenly coughed violently, a flush of red surging on his face, and a large mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs sprayed out wildly.

"Don't forget Yuan Shijie Shi Zhen!" Zhou Qing reminded hurriedly while fiercely dueling with Elder Xuegu.

Yan Xiao's expression changed immediately upon hearing this, and he hurriedly flashed his figure and flew toward the bottom at high speed.

An old, cunning Soul Formation Great Perfection powerhouse, if he was determined to escape, no one could stop him.

Not long after, Elder Elder Xuegu, after being injured, was full of regret for his underestimation of the enemy. Not only did he lose Song Yuan, but he also fell into such a miserable situation himself. In grief and indignation, he could only flee helplessly.

And Chu Chu Binli and Deng Rui of the Green Feather Qingshu Qingshu Xian Zong saw this and chased after him immediately, swearing to leave Elder Xuegu behind.

Zhou Qing, on the other hand, hurriedly took out spirit stones to replenish his physical strength, and then rushed toward the karst cave at high speed.

Just as he stepped into the cave, he saw Yuan Shijie Shi Zhen wrapped in a piece of clothing, sitting on a protruding stone, her body trembling slightly uncontrollably.

And Yan Xiao, while covering his bleeding chest, was quickly rummaging through the storage bags in the pile of corpses around him.

"Yuan Shijie—" Zhou Qing hurried forward quickly.

Hearing the familiar voice, Shi Zhen turned her head immediately, and then let out a long sigh of relief.

"Are you okay?" Zhou Qing walked to Shi Zhen's side in a few steps, hurriedly took out a healing pill and handed it over, his eyes full of worry.

Shi Zhen shook her head gently and said: "Junior Brother Yan has already given me a pill. Has your injury really recovered?"

Zhou Qing responded with a smile: "Just luck, Yuan Shijie doesn't need to worry."

"It's good that you recovered, it's good that you recovered!" Shi Zhen was happy for a while.

【Heart Appraisal Points +9】

The entry note of 【Junior Brother Zhou, like a biological younger brother】 originally on top of Shi Zhen's head also changed to 【Junior Brother Zhou, whom I must repay for the rest of my life】 at this moment.

And Yan Xiao, who had finished cleaning up the battlefield, looked at those people in the iron cages, as well as the two people who were still unconscious hanging on the iron racks, and asked Zhou Qing: "What should we do with them?"

Zhou Qing stood up, his brows locked tightly, and after pondering, said: "I'm afraid these people will completely transform into human puppets before long. We can't save them, and there's no way to save them. If we are not careful, we might even be framed by the Profound Flame Dao Palace."

Yan Xiao agreed, simply deciding to heal his injuries here first and wait for the Green Feather Qingshu Qingshu Xian Zong people to come before making plans.

Not long after, he saw Yuan Ya and the other two return, and when they saw the scene in the karst cave, they were also taken aback.

"That old guy ran away, we didn't catch up!" the man named Chu Chu Binli said indignantly.

Zhou Qing nodded, which was also within his expectations. Dealing with such an old fox, ordinary people really had no way.

"I made an extra copy of this image stone. When the time comes, I will hand it over to Sect Master Immortal Xuanyou; she should know what to do!" Zhou Qing handed an image stone to Chu Chu Binli.

And when Chu Chu Binli saw the scene in the image stone, he couldn't help but feel a wave of nausea in his stomach, and he was even more furious.

"Simply conscience-less!" Chu Chu Binli couldn't help but curse angrily.

Afterward, looking at those people locked in iron cages who seemed to have lost their souls, as well as the piles of internal organs around, his brows locked tightly.

Zhou Qing stepped forward and bowed: "Zhou Shixiong Chu, Yuan Shijie Deng, I'm afraid the Profound Flame Dao Palace won't let us take the secrets of this place back easily. Plus Elder Xuegu has escaped, I think we should go back sooner rather than later, so as not to cause further changes."

Hearing Zhou Qing's words, everyone became vigilant immediately.

After all, when those puppets broke into the Profound Flame Dao Palace, they had all witnessed their power with their own eyes, and even had a certain degree of confrontation with them.

Chu Chu Binli pondered for a moment, then beckoned, and immediately grabbed two people from the iron cage, saying: "Let's each take one back, let our own elders study them, perhaps we can find a way to deal with them."

Zhou Qing listened, pondered for a while, and nodded. After all, these people had just undergone transformation, perhaps there really was research value, and perhaps some key clues could be discovered from them.

"As for the others—" Chu Chu Binli frowned, a flash of murderous intent in his eyes.

There were so many people, they couldn't take them all away, but they couldn't save them either. If they just left them here, I'm afraid the Profound Flame Dao Palace would have another batch of terrifying puppets, which would surely cause endless trouble in the future.

"Junior Brother Zhou, why don't you go first!" Chu Chu Binli suddenly smiled slightly, but that smile carried a trace of determination.

Zhou Qing looked at his appearance and seemed to understand his plan. He immediately bowed to Chu Chu Binli and said sincerely: "Zhou Shixiong Chu, Yuan Shijie Deng, take care!"

"Junior Brother Zhou, be careful on the way!" Yuan Ya also urged with concern from the side.

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