Chapter 517: Jin Dan Melee

The phantom technique Ma Qiudie just cast, if placed on an ordinary Jin Dan early-stage cultivator, would indeed be impossible to crack so quickly.

It's just that she didn't know that because Song Qingming practiced the "Soul-Devouring Art," his spiritual sense was already comparable to a late-stage Jin Dan cultivator. This kind of small phantom technique of Ma Qiudie was already not enough to look at in front of him, and it was cracked by Song Qingming without seeing any flaws in a moment.

Although the blow just now failed to succeed in the end, forcing out the only third-tier low-grade defensive spiritual talisman on the opponent's body, Song Qingming could also be considered to have a great harvest. Before Ma Qiudie retreated too far, Song Qingming immediately chased after her again.

At the same time, "Jin Feng" had also taken a step ahead and circled to the front, blocking Ma Qiudie's direction to escape to the mountain-protecting formation.

Facing the pincer attack from Song Qingming and "Jin Feng," Ma Qiudie felt that something was wrong in her heart. She used a second-tier high-grade spiritual talisman on herself again, changed her direction, and accelerated to lean toward Ma Hongshan, who was fighting to the death with Jin Ziyuan on the side.

At the beginning of the battle, Ma Qiudie also somewhat underestimated Song Qingming's strength, thinking that although her cultivation base was one layer lower than the other party, just containing the other party for a period of time should still be doable.

As a result, not long after the two fought, the strength Song Qingming displayed made Ma Qiudie feel great pressure. What surprised her even more was that Song Qingming also hid a powerful "Jin Dan corpse puppet" on his body. If it weren't for a third-tier defensive talisman protecting her body, Ma Qiudie would probably have been severely injured by Song Qingming just now.

Seeing that this woman decisively gave up escaping back to the mountain-protecting formation and headed straight for Ma Hongshan, Song Qingming naturally also saw Ma Qiudie's intention to join Ma Hongshan to relieve her own pressure. After summoning the "Phantom Boat," a streak of golden light immediately lit up under Song Qingming's feet, and he chased after her quickly with "Jin Feng."

Ma Qiudie's cultivation base itself was not as good as Song Qingming's, and she did not practice any powerful escape speed supernatural powers, so naturally, she could not outrun Song Qingming and the other, who possessed the third-tier spirit boat "Phantom Boat." She was intercepted by Song Qingming halfway.

At this time, Ma Hongshan on the side had also noticed the unfavorable situation on Ma Qiudie's side. Pretending to fight and retreat with Jin Ziyuan, he also slowly leaned toward this side.

Seeing Ma Hongshan's eyes flashing with a trace of reddish color, and the aura on his body was also somewhat abnormal, especially the red giant bird following beside Ma Hongshan, the pressure it emitted felt very powerful to Song Qingming, making him also feel a trace of danger.

This palace lantern merged with Ma Hongshan's essence blood, as if it had received great nourishment, and the spiritual light surged instantly, transforming into a giant red fire bird from within, swallowing the fire dragon blocking in front of Ma Hongshan into its belly in one bite.

This time, Ma Hongshan's little thoughts did not escape Jin Ziyuan. Just after moving to this side, a fire dragon suddenly appeared in front to block Ma Hongshan's way, forcing him back again.

However, under the obstruction of the other party, if Ma Hongshan wanted to defeat this difficult opponent, Jin Ziyuan, head-on and go to support Ma Qiudie, who was already somewhat precarious on the side, it would not be so easy.

Seeing that his intention was seen through by Jin Ziyuan, Ma Hongshan's face was also somewhat unpleasant. Just dealing with Jin Ziyuan alone, although Ma Hongshan could not take any advantage of the other party in the battle, he would not fall into a disadvantage either.

"Haha! Old thing, still want to manage others, I think you should take care of yourself first."

Song Qingming saw this, and his brows also wrinkled, hurriedly controlling Jin Feng on the side to come to his side, and gathered a few protective shields together.

Seeing that Ma Qiudie, who was not far from him, was about to be unable to hold on, Ma Hongshan's eyes were slightly red, and he directly spat out a large mouthful of essence blood from his mouth, covering his life-bound magic treasure, a red palace lantern.

Song Qingming, who was suppressing Ma Qiudie with all his strength, also quickly sensed that a powerful force was approaching from behind, hurriedly stopped his hand and turned around, wanting to deal with Ma Hongshan, who had already killed his way to his side.

The powerful spell Ma Hongshan just used was a secret technique that took his own life-bound essence blood as the price to temporarily improve the power of his life-bound magic treasure.

Once this kind of secret technique is used, regardless of whether it can hurt the enemy by a thousand, Ma Hongshan himself will inevitably suffer eight hundred. If it weren't for this critical moment, Ma Hongshan would absolutely not have resorted to this inferior strategy.

After quickly resolving the trouble that blocked him, Ma Hongshan did not care about Jin Ziyuan behind him and immediately rushed toward Song Qingming's side aggressively.

Just when Ma Hongshan was somewhat unable to ride a tiger, a crisp scream came from not far away. Ma Qiudie, who had already been suppressed by Song Qingming to the point of only being able to parry, was finally caught by Song Qingming and the other, and was stabbed in one of her arms by the magic treasure "Green Willow Sword" controlled by Jin Feng.

Just after these few protective shields were set up, the red giant bird, under Ma Hongshan's control, had already flown in front of Song Qingming, and the red flames in its mouth instantly broke through the two protective shields in front of Song Qingming and the other, forcing them back dozens of feet away.

Song Qingming, who withstood this blow, looked at Jin Feng in front of him, whose half arm was already pitch black, and was also sweating coldly. If Jin Feng hadn't blocked in front of him just now, Song Qingming would probably have been severely injured instantly and would have been unable to continue fighting.

Even after the battle, Song Qingming would probably have to delay some cultivation time to recover his own injuries.

Fortunately, Jin Feng is just a Jin Dan corpse puppet. This kind of injury will at most affect his current combat power and will not cause much trouble. In the future, Song Qingming only needs to spend some spiritual elixirs to let him recuperate for a period of time, and he will slowly recover his own combat power.

After forcing Song Qingming back, Ma Hongshan did not hesitate, scooped up the injured Ma Qiudie below, turned around, and headed straight for the mountain-protecting formation of Mount Tiexian Fortress.

However, when he set off on this side, Jin Ziyuan, who had already chased over, had also arrived behind them, waving two fire dragons to bypass the front and intercept Ma Hongshan and the other two.

"I'll stop him, you retreat quickly!"

After Ma Hongshan said this softly, he immediately controlled the red giant bird above his head to greet the two fire dragons, and soon fought with Jin Ziyuan again.

With Ma Hongshan helping to buy time, Ma Qiudie did not delay, immediately transformed into a streak of golden light, bypassed Jin Ziyuan's side, and went straight to the mountain-protecting formation below.

However, at this moment, a streak of white light also lit up in another direction. It was precisely Song Qingming, who had just been forced back by Ma Hongshan and had already reacted, coming back to chase after him, wanting to intercept the other party before Ma Qiudie returned to the mountain-protecting formation.

Ma Qiudie in mid-air had already felt that she was getting closer and closer to the mountain-protecting formation. But before she could be happy, when she looked back, she suddenly discovered Song Qingming, who was stepping on the "Phantom Boat" on the other side.

Seeing that the other party's escape speed was much faster than her own, and it seemed that he could just intercept her in front of the mountain-protecting formation, this also made Ma Qiudie feel somewhat desperate.

Just as he was about to be able to intercept Ma Qiudie, an old man of advanced age suddenly jumped out of the mountain-protecting formation of Mount Tiexian Fortress, holding a cyan jade ruler with spiritual light, and fired a somewhat powerful cyan light blade at Song Qingming, who was chasing from one side, with a fierce expression.

This old man's cultivation base was only at the seventh layer of Foundation Establishment. The jade ruler he held was a somewhat powerful talisman treasure, named "Green Leaf Three-Star Ruler," which the Ma family had obtained at the Heaven Pill Alliance auction at a great price back then. Song Qingming had also seen this item back then.

Facing this sudden blow, Song Qingming was also completely unprepared. Although the power of the talisman treasure is far inferior to ordinary magic treasures, if one ignores it and takes this blow head-on, even a Jin Dan cultivator would certainly feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Looking at Ma Qiudie not far ahead, Song Qingming sighed slightly in his heart, hurriedly stopped his figure to avoid this blow, and watched helplessly as Ma Qiudie escaped back into the mountain-protecting formation in a sorry state.

This time, responding to the sect's conscription to come to Mount Tiexian Fortress to crusade against the Ma family, Song Qingming, as a guest elder, had already exerted great strength on the battlefield. He did not want to put himself in danger just to keep the other party.

The Foundation Establishment old man of the Ma family on the side, after his sneak attack on Song Qingming failed, saw that Ma Qiudie had successfully escaped back into the mountain-protecting formation, hurriedly put away the talisman treasure "Green Leaf Three-Star Ruler" in his hand, and fled rapidly toward the mountain-protecting formation behind.

However, this Ma family Foundation Establishment old man had just turned around when a black-robed man had already appeared in front, blocking his way with an unkind expression.

"Hmph! Since you have already come out, then you should not go back!"

Hearing Song Qingming's somewhat cold voice coming from behind, a look of despair appeared on the Ma family Foundation Establishment old man's face. However, even when facing a Jin Dan cultivator, he was still somewhat unwilling and took out the talisman treasure "Green Leaf Three-Star Ruler," wanting to resist again.

However, Song Qingming did not give him a chance this

Feeling the large hole that had suddenly appeared in his chest, the elderly Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Ma family looked at Song Qingming, who was walking toward him, with a face full of shock. His body slowly collapsed, and the "Green Leaf Three-Star Ruler," which he had not yet had time to activate, fell to the ground beside him.

Song Qingming stepped forward and glanced with slight anger at the corpse that had just fallen. With a movement of his magic power, he directly snatched the storage bag from the body and the "Green Leaf Three-Star Ruler" from the side. After a brief glance, he stuffed them directly into the jade pendant at his waist.

After putting away the spoils of war from the ground, Song Qingming did not attempt to attack the Mount Tiexian Fortress's protective mountain formation. He directly took out the "Phantom Boat" and, carrying Jin Feng beside him, turned into a streak of white light, rushing back once again to the battlefield in mid-air where numerous Jin Dan cultivators were engaged in a great battle.

(End of chapter)