Chapter 156: No, you're trying to mess with me again!!! (6k)

Having chased Zhou Qing for nearly a day and resisted two of his major divine abilities in succession.

Now that she was poisoned and the array was constantly draining her spiritual power, Sima Yaoji was truly panicked.

She wanted to sense the array eye to destroy it and escape first, but Zhou Qing didn't give her the chance.

He would immediately manipulate the array to interfere with her.

At this moment, she couldn't care about anything else and immediately took out her identity token to send a distress message to Elder Xuegu, who was closest to her.

Seeing this, Zhou Qing had no choice; after all, the *Lei Yan Spirit-Devouring Array* couldn't isolate messages yet.

All he could do now was finish the battle quickly.

"I didn't expect that with your pride, you would actually call for help. Bah!"

Before Zhou Qing could speak, Lu Yaoyao below couldn't hold back anymore.

She put her hands on her hips and shouted at Sima Yaoji with a mocking face, her tone full of disdain.

Since she couldn't help much, she could only deliberately provoke her; disturbing her mind a little counted for something.

Sima Yaoji was so angry that her eyes were splitting, and she said angrily: "Cunning villain, two cunning villains!"

Zhou Qing had no intention of wasting words with her, and immediately held Po Shang Feng, his figure arriving rapidly.

His spiritual power was not much now, so he had to seize the time to make her bleed faster. Finally, according to the plan, it was the fatal blow.

And the time must be controlled within an hour to be the safest.

Seeing Zhou Qing rushing toward her, Sima Yaoji gritted her teeth and had to bite the bullet to take the move, the red hook-sickle in her hand dancing more urgently.

At the same time, she divided part of her mind to try to detoxify.

With such a large amount of bleeding, no one could persist for long.

For a time, the sound of metal clashing resounded constantly. Each collision shook her arms numb, and her blood surged.

She could only constantly change the moves of the hook-sickle, trying to resolve Zhou Qing's offensive.

Zhou Qing was pressing step by step, his figure moving like a dragon out of the sea, full of momentum.

The broken sword danced into a sword shadow in his hand, each sword containing powerful thunder power and sharp sword energy.

"Too much bullying!" Sima Yaoji was furious, feeling incredibly aggrieved in her heart.

Since stepping into this damn array, her true combat power had never had a chance to be properly displayed, completely led by the nose by Zhou Qing.

Yet in a short time, she had been made into such a disheveled appearance. Now her spiritual power was almost exhausted, and her blood energy was lost even more seriously because the wound couldn't stop bleeding.

And as she constantly blocked, the wound in her abdomen bled faster, making her brain feel dizzy, and her body became heavier and heavier, until even the hook-sickle in her hand was almost impossible to hold.

Whoosh!

Just then, Sima Yaoji took advantage of a gap in Zhou Qing's attack, retreated suddenly, then turned her figure and headed straight for Lu Yaoyao's direction.

Zhou Qing snorted coldly, and immediately silver light flickered under his feet, his speed instantly raised to the limit, quickly blocking Sima Yaoji's path, not giving her a chance to escape or take Lu Yaoyao as a hostage.

And Lu Yaoyao wasn't stupid; she immediately understood Sima Yaoji's intention and hurriedly ran further away.

Time passed bit by bit, and the battle between the two became more intense. The spiritual power fluctuations in the array space were violent, various lights flickered, and the sound of the hook-sickle and broken sword colliding was endless.

Sima Yaoji's face was as pale as paper, constantly trying to break the array. The strong sense of life-and-death crisis made her completely afraid.

Feeling the time was about right, Zhou Qing retreated suddenly, the broken sword in his hand horizontal, and all the remaining spiritual power was mobilized at this moment, then like a surging river, all poured into Po Shang Feng.

In an instant, the thunder clouds in the entire *Lei Yan Spirit-Devouring Array* seemed to be drawn by something, gathering together like ink, layer upon layer.

Immediately after, sharp sword energy instantly filled the entire world.

Zhou Qing stood in the sword energy and thunder clouds, his clothes rustling, his hair dancing with the wind, and his whole body exuded a powerful and sharp aura, as if he were the master of this world at this moment.

However, because of the massive consumption of spiritual power, his face became paler, but his eyes remained firm, staring dead at Sima Yaoji.

At this time, he whispered: "Execution!"

With this low shout, the thunder light on the broken sword surged violently, turning into streaks of materialized sword-shaped lightning.

It looked so pure, yet carried an aura that destroyed everything. The light was as dazzling as the scorching sun in the sky, pointing directly at Sima Yaoji, as if to completely erase her from this world.

Sima Yaoji was already dizzy from excessive blood loss, and now she felt weak all over.

She looked at the sword-shaped lightning pointing at her in the air, a sense of desolation arose in her heart, and she suddenly burst into loud laughter.

Despair, unwillingness, yet furious.

She couldn't figure out how Zhou Qing could unleash these terrifying divine ability powers one after another?

Didn't it require strong spiritual power support and mental control?

"I'm not convinced!" Sima Yaoji roared, then continued to laugh loudly, then she flicked her hand and threw away the hook-sickle in her hand, as if she had completely resigned herself to fate.

She was unable to fight anymore!

Zhou Qing's face was pale, and he slowly raised his right hand, about to bring down this sword that would solve everything, but suddenly his eyes narrowed.

Because at this moment, a golden entry note suddenly appeared above the head of Sima Yaoji, who was laughing loudly—【So Cautious】.

And Lu Yaoyao, who was cheering for him in the distance, had nothing.

Seeing this, Zhou Qing seemed to guess something and finally felt relieved.

From the beginning of the battle, he had been guarding against Sima Yaoji's Nascent Soul amplification. As a genius like her, her Nascent Soul amplification must be extraordinary.

He had personally experienced Meng Xing's corpse molting and Song Yuan's limb growth before.

But Sima Yaoji's Nascent Soul amplification, it seemed he had never seen her display it.

But now it seemed he understood a bit.

Was this considered displacement?

No, it seemed even more eerie than displacement, because everything seemed unchanged. On the surface, it was still Sima Yaoji resisting powerlessly, and Lu Yaoyao cheering in the distance.

But in reality, a qualitative change had already occurred quietly, as if a pair of invisible hands had quietly moved the gears of fate in the dark, making it difficult to detect.

Of course, he also believed that the Lu Yaoyao cheering for him over there was real, but if he slashed this sword at Sima Yaoji, Lu Yaoyao would definitely die!

Ask who else, in such a life-and-death struggle, could discover the trick in this?

"Slash!"

After figuring it out, Zhou Qing flashed a look of determination, his right hand fell suddenly, target—Lu Yaoyao!

The terrifying thunder sword energy whistled and tore through the air, its speed reaching the limit, almost arriving in the blink of an eye.

"Lu Yaoyao" widened her eyes in disbelief, but suddenly, the red hook-sickle appeared in front of her, trying to block.

But everything seemed too late. After a brief collision, the hook-sickle was knocked away, and the power containing the combination of thunder and sword energy instantly tore her body apart.

Starting from the shoulder, all the way down, it neatly sliced her body in two.

Blood gushed out like a fountain, dyeing the surrounding ground red, and under the roasting of the scorching flames, it made a sizzling sound, emitting a pungent bloody smell.

A Nascent Soul almost the size of an adult escaped from the broken shell. At this moment, she stared at Zhou Qing, her eyes seeming to have too much incomprehension.

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible. My Nascent Soul amplification has never been shown to outsiders, not even the Palace Master knows. How did you discover it? How did you discover it?"

Sima Yaoji's Nascent Soul trembled, her voice becoming sharp due to anger and horror, roaring at Zhou Qing.

All this happened too suddenly and eerily. She couldn't figure it out, and she couldn't understand where she had revealed her flaws.

Looking at Zhou Qing again, she suddenly felt that this person was so terrifying.

And Lu Yaoyao was suddenly stunned to see her figure appear in mid-air. Looking at Sima Yaoji below again, she seemed to understand something, and felt lingering fear.

Zhou Qing's figure swayed, and he hurriedly grabbed a supreme-grade spirit stone, absorbing it frantically.

At this moment, without a word, he forced himself to stay focused, unleashed streaks of sword energy, and directly imprisoned her Nascent Soul, then everything went black before his eyes, and he fell from the air.

Seeing this, Lu Yaoyao hurriedly flew over to catch him.

"Zhou Shixiong, Zhou Shixiong—" Lu Yaoyao was full of anxiety.

Zhou Qing opened his eyes slowly, smiled slightly, and said weakly: "It's okay, just exhausted."

And Sima Yaoji in the cage seemed a bit crazy, constantly shouting at Zhou Qing, demanding the reason.

"Hurry and leave here!" Zhou Qing said urgently.

Lu Yaoyao nodded repeatedly. Now she was the only one who hadn't lost much combat power. With a move of her mind, a spirit sword appeared and instantly expanded.

Zhou Qing waved his hand weakly and grabbed Sima Yaoji's Nascent Soul. As the sword energy cage compressed, soon only the size of a fist remained.

And Lu Yaoyao excitedly collected Sima Yaoji's corpse, storage bag, and weapon hook-sickle.

Now she was still a bit dazed. Old Dad had actually slain Sima Yaoji; it was too unbelievable.

"Wait a moment!" Zhou Qing, who had recovered a bit of spiritual power, immediately destroyed the array foundation stones around to avoid being discovered.

It was a pity that the energy of the three fire-attribute supreme-grade spirit stones placed inside was completely consumed at this moment.

But just as the two were about to move away, a huge projection of a human face suddenly appeared in the sky, exuding a powerful pressure.

"Old man Elder Xuegu of the Cangyan Dao Palace, I will arrive immediately. I advise you not to make mistakes... Hmm, it's you!"

The low voice first carried a warning, then quickly became shocked.

Especially seeing the Nascent Soul of Sima Yaoji in Zhou Qing's hand, he was even more unable to believe it.

Now that the Divine Transformation stage hadn't entered the fray, Sima Yaoji was a peak Nascent Soul stage cultivator, so the only ones who could move against her and make her send a distress signal were those of the same rank.

So Elder Xuegu had to use secret techniques to arrive first to intimidate them, but he never expected to see Zhou Qing again.

And this place was devastated. Apart from the little girl at the Jin Dan stage, there was no one else.

How did he do it?

How was this possible!

"Elder Xuegu, kill him, kill him!" Sima Yaoji's Nascent Soul in the cage shouted desperately.

Zhou Qing snorted coldly, thunder arcs surged, directly shocking Sima Yaoji into miserable screams.

Elder Xuegu, who had come back to his senses, met Zhou Qing's cold eyes, and a chill arose in his heart.

"You're trying to mess with me again!!!" He shouted angrily.

In Youhuang City, it was Zhou Qing who destroyed his stronghold, left the image stone, and slew Song Yuan who came to deliver the array.

Demoted to this remote place, he bumped into this guy again, and now he had even detained Sima Yaoji's Nascent Soul.

Five great prodigies, two had accidents on his side. At this moment, he even suspected himself of being a mole for the Three Sect Alliance.

If the Palace Master found out, he would definitely kill him.

Zhou Qing didn't expect Elder Xuegu to arrive so quickly, although it was only a projection of his dharma body.

Afterward, a sneer appeared on his pale face, and he slowly raised a middle finger at him.

"Old Ghost Elder Xuegu, I have things to do today, so I'll leave your head on your neck for now. When I have time, I'll come and take it!" After speaking, he winked at Lu Yaoyao.

Seeing this, Lu Yaoyao didn't dare to delay and hurriedly took Zhou Qing away rapidly.

Seeing this, Elder Xuegu roared: "You brat, how dare you!"

About an incense stick of time later, Elder Xuegu arrived suddenly, looking at the mess all over the mountains and plains, his face becoming extremely ugly.

Immediately after, he cut his palm, and drops of essence blood fell on this place, muttering words. Then, his Nascent Soul walked out directly from between his eyebrows.

Opening his mouth to spit, the smoke and dust on the ground began to roll violently, actually turning into a black dog made entirely of dust and smoke.

The black dog sniffed, then immediately chased after them.

The Nascent Soul returned, and Elder Xuegu's main body also slowly opened his eyes, killing intent cold in his eyes.

"Let's see where you can escape!"

A ghost-head saber appeared. Looking ahead, killing intent was cold in Elder Xuegu's scarlet pupils. He immediately chased after them at the fastest speed and sent messages to those he knew, seeing if they were nearby, requesting assistance.

And Lu Yaoyao controlled the flying sword to escape with all her might, looking back from time to time, her face nervous.

Listening to Zhou Shixiong, that Elder Elder Xuegu's cultivation was even more terrifying. Once caught up, the two of them would definitely not survive.

Looking at the weak Zhou Qing, Lu Yaoyao also hurriedly took out her identity token and sent messages to First Zhou Shixiong Li Daoxuan and others.

If there were any acquaintances nearby, they could still provide support.

And all Zhou Qing could do now was seize the time to recover. Now the spiritual power in his meridians had long been dried up. Forcing Sima Yaoji to such a state today was already the limit.

To recover even a little, it would take at least an hour.

An hour, letting a peak Jin Dan stage cultivator escape under the high-speed pursuit of a peak Nascent Soul stage cultivator, could be said to be minimal.

But there was no way now, he could only let this girl run for her life.

It was a pity that this place was a certain distance from the Beimang Mine, otherwise they could have played "darkness under the lamp".

"Don't worry, at least we have a hostage in hand!" Zhou Qing said weakly.

Lu Yaoyao looked at Zhou Qing's blood-stained clothes, feeling heartache. To lure Sima Yaoji all the way here, he had added so many wounds to his body, and now he was exhausted to this point.

"Don't worry, I will definitely bring you back successfully!" Lu Yaoyao guaranteed firmly, then accelerated the flying sword again.

But what Zhou Qing never expected was that, let alone an hour, in less than an incense stick of time, the rear was filled with killing intent, as if it had turned into substance, surging toward them, making people feel like they were on their backs.

Immediately after, a strange black dog appeared, and behind it, Elder Xuegu grinned hideously.

Zhou Qing's face sank, and Lu Yaoyao's face also panicked, hurriedly taking out five golden talisman papers.

"This is what Master left me for life-saving. The one in the middle can emit a strike of a late-stage Divine Transformation stage cultivator, and the other four are just bluffing, to paralyze people, and then catch them off guard with a real one!" Lu Yaoyao said hurriedly.

Zhou Qing was stunned. He didn't expect this girl to really have them; he thought she was lying.

And Sima Yaoji in the cage heard this, and trembled with anger again. If it weren't for this little bitch using fake talisman papers to bluff her, she wouldn't have fallen into such a passive position.

Not only did she suffer a blow from the Golden Crow divine ability, but she was also caught by Zhou Qing and pierced through the abdomen by that broken sword, completely disrupting her combat rhythm, which led to her current plight.

"Shameless villain, cunning villain!" Sima Yaoji roared angrily.

Zhou Qing took the talisman paper handed over by Lu Yaoyao and nodded at her.

And Elder Elder Xuegu flew rapidly to close the distance between the two. At this moment, he couldn't help but grin, his yellow teeth making people feel disgusted.

"Being able to make Miss Sima Yaoji suffer, you are really not simple, but that's all. Be obedient and surrender!"

After Elder Xuegu finished speaking, the ghost-head saber in his hand slashed down at Zhou Qing, and a blood-colored blade light nearly a thousand feet long swept across the sky.

Zhou Qing suddenly grabbed Sima Yaoji's Nascent Soul, instantly enlarged it, and then blocked it in front of him.

"Sima Yaoji, let's go on the road together!" Zhou Qing laughed loudly, carrying a determination, as if he wanted to die with Sima Yaoji.

Elder Xuegu's face changed, and he immediately changed direction, forcibly controlling the terrifying blade light to turn, narrowly brushing past the two, and slashing down below.

Only hearing a "boom", a mountain peak below was forcibly split in two by the blade light. For a time, giant rocks rolled down, and dust flew everywhere.

Lu Yaoyao was even shaken by the blade force that brushed past, almost falling off the flying sword.

Fortunately, she reacted fast enough, stabilized her figure in time, and hurriedly accelerated again, fleeing desperately forward.

Zhou Qing laughed loudly. This feeling of holding the emperor to command the princes was really cool, and he had a few more points of confidence in his heart.

"Go to Lingku Mountain!" Zhou Qing transmitted his voice to Lu Yaoyao quietly.

Lu Yaoyao was stunned, then nodded without hesitation.

Elder Xuegu stared at Zhou Qing, not daring to act rashly at this moment.

His life was basically at the end, but Sima Yaoji was already a peak Nascent Soul stage cultivator at a young age, with a bright future, and advancing to Divine Transformation was just a matter of time.

If possible, the Palace Master would rather take ten of him to exchange for her survival.

Once Sima Yaoji was damaged, he would definitely die.

"What exactly do you want?" Elder Xuegu asked with a cold face.

Zhou Qing sneered and said seriously: "Let us go!"

"Alright, give me Miss Sima's Nascent Soul, and I will let you leave, never to pursue!"

Elder Xuegu gritted his teeth and said.

Zhou Qing was stunned, then looked at the Nascent Soul in his hand, and said suspiciously: "Miss Sima? I thought her surname was Si, and her name was Yaoji."

As soon as this was said, Lu Yaoyao, who was galloping, almost burst out laughing.

And Sima Yaoji was scolded angrily in the cage.

Zhou Qing directly used means to open the cage's ban on speaking, preventing her from leaking any information unfavorable to them to Elder Xuegu.

At this time, Elder Xuegu's face darkened, and he said again: "I can swear by the Heavenly Dao!"

Zhou Qing shook his head and said: "I believe this, but it's just a word game. You can not pursue, but it doesn't mean others won't pursue, right? For example, you can use this black dog to lead the way."

Elder Xuegu frowned, because he did think so.

Looking at the supreme-grade spirit stone held by Zhou Qing, he understood that the other party was deliberately delaying time.

Now, because of the war of the five sects in the east of Lingyun Prefecture, you never know who will jump out from where in the next moment.

He must find a way to break the situation as soon as possible.

"Back off!" Zhou Qing said firmly.

Elder Xuegu's face was gloomy, still keeping his distance.

But soon, Sima Yaoji's Nascent Soul in the cage was shocked into miserable screams again.

Elder Xuegu narrowed his eyes, still unmoved.

He bet that Zhou Qing didn't dare to really do it, because this was his only trump card.

Once Sima Yaoji died, what awaited him would be a life worse than death.

Looking at Elder Xuegu's appearance, Zhou Qing couldn't help but feel trouble.

Deserving to be an old fox, making him retreat in the face of difficulties was really not easy.

"Give you something good!" Zhou Qing suddenly smiled, then threw a golden talisman paper over.

When feeling the violent Divine Transformation stage aura on the talisman paper, Elder Xuegu's face changed, and he retreated instantly.

A blood-colored light shield protected him at the first opportunity.

Soon, the talisman paper hissed and emitted a puff of white smoke, burning, and nothing else.

Seeing this, Elder Xuegu's face became extremely ugly.

Watching Zhou Qing and the two turn into a black dot in the blink of an eye, Elder Xuegu immediately chased after them.

As the distance closed again, Elder Xuegu cursed at the cunning villain.

Zhou Qing laughed and said: "Old Ghost Elder Xuegu, I advise you, don't chase so urgently. Life is your own, is it necessary?"

Elder Xuegu snorted coldly, constantly looking for opportunities to strike.

Zhou Qing took out four talisman papers and said: "There is one real one in here, comparable to a late-stage Divine Transformation strike. If you don't believe it, you can ask her."

Zhou Qing directly unlocked Sima Yaoji's Nascent Soul ban.

Sima Yaoji stared at Zhou Qing fiercely, saying nothing.

Zhou Qing was stunned, then tutted: "You are also a ruthless person, afraid that if you confirm what I said is true, others will be afraid and won't come to save you?"

As soon as the words were finished, Zhou Qing immediately activated another talisman paper and threw it at Elder Xuegu.

Feeling that violent aura, Elder Xuegu gritted his teeth and retreated again.

He didn't dare to gamble!

Watching Elder Xuegu retreat instantly, Zhou Qing mocked: "See, people are actually more afraid of death as they get older. Besides, you are not her relative, why should you risk your life to save her."

"Shameless villain!" Soon, Elder Xuegu approached again, cursing.

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