Chapter 1038: Peeling the Cocoon

Swish!

Suddenly, everyone in the mansion was stunned.

Many of the Sword Pavilion's servants and guards were dumbfounded, unable to believe it.

What did this guy say?

Calling the Pavilion Master fellow villager? The key was that this guy actually mistook the Pavilion Mistress for the Pavilion Master's daughter?

Looking at this guy's tone, why did it seem like he wanted to abduct the Pavilion Mistress?

"You bastard, you're looking for death!" At this time, Pavilion Master Liu Hualong, who had reacted, was instantly furious. His killing intent surged out and rushed toward Xu Que.

Xu Que didn't say a word and immediately pulled his head back, simultaneously condensing a massive amount of Divine Sense to block in front of him.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the Sword Pavilion's entire main gate hadn't even fully opened before it was instantly blasted into a pile of wooden debris, scattering in the air.

The remaining force was like a ferocious beast rushing over, slamming heavily toward Xu Que. In an instant, it tore apart the Divine Sense he had condensed.

"Damn, so powerful?" Xu Que's expression changed instantly. He condensed his Divine Sense and Dao Essence again and retreated rapidly.

This was the first time he had truly faced an Earth Immortal Realm human expert. It had to be said that even if it was just the early stage of the Earth Immortal Realm, its strength was already far more powerful than the Queen Ant he had encountered earlier, exceeding Xu Que's expectations.

Just this pressure and killing intent alone were already not something he could face directly!

"Bang!"

In the end, this killing intent still landed heavily on Xu Que. Although his Divine Sense and Dao Essence blocked most of the lethality, Xu Que was still instantly injured. His chest felt as if it had been blasted by a heavy hammer, and a wisp of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

"Fellow Daoist Xu!"

"Brother-in-law!"

Lan Xinyue and Lan Hetu and the others immediately screamed.

They knew Xu Que might not be able to beat an Earth Immortal Realm expert, but they hadn't expected this guy to be injured so quickly.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, although the Queen Ant can rival the Earth Immortal Realm, it is ultimately not a true Earth Immortal Realm. Why don't we retreat first and discuss it later!" Lan Xinyue immediately transmitted her voice, persuading Xu Que to leave.

She believed that with Xu Que's Immortal Artifact-grade flying treasure, he could take them and escape this place.

"Retreat? That doesn't exist!" Xu Que raised the corner of his mouth and slowly stood up straight.

He was indeed injured just now, but that little injury didn't count for anything to him. After the system's automatic recovery function was activated, he was already recovering rapidly.

Ultimately, he had underestimated the strength of an Earth Immortal Realm expert. Otherwise, if he had brought out the Wind Fire Wheels at the beginning, Liu Hualong's killing intent wouldn't have been able to touch him at all!

But now that he had a preliminary understanding of Liu Hualong's strength, Xu Que was instead much calmer and didn't think this battle couldn't be fought!

"You monster, you secretly harmed my son's life, and you still dare to come here to die. Kneel down for this seat!" At this time, Liu Hualong shouted in a deep voice and suddenly pressed a palm over from the air.

Although he was surprised that Xu Que could block his killing intent, he didn't stop attacking.

In his eyes, Xu Que was now the most glaring thorn in his side, with a blood feud; he couldn't wait to tear Xu Que into pieces.

Boom!

The void instantly became distorted. Liu Hualong compressed the spiritual energy in the four directions into the power of a palm, as if irrigating it with millions of jun of force, suppressing it like ten thousand giant mountains!

"Heh, petty tricks! Playing with power with me? I'll play you to death!" Xu Que immediately sneered, waved his hand, summoned the Wind Fire Wheels, and simultaneously used his True Essence to wrap up Lan Xinyue and Lan Hetu and the others, rapidly retreating from the original spot, avoiding the terrifying attack of Liu Hualong's palm!

The next moment, he rapidly pinched out Dharma seals, his palms suddenly drawing a circle, and performed the Reincarnation Palm.

"Hm? This is… no, how is this possible?" Liu Hualong was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed.

He actually felt the life and death rules of the heaven and earth in the four directions gathering toward Xu Que, gathering into the glowing radiance in his palm.

The left palm was full of vitality, the right palm was deathly still, a piece of gray silence and desolation, clearly representing life and death!

"Not good!"

Instantly, Liu Hualong changed his position and swept up from the original spot.

His intuition told him that he absolutely must not touch those deathly auras, otherwise he would suffer a big loss!

"Not good my ass, what's not good?"

Just at this moment, a laugh came from above him.

Xu Que's Thunder Illusion Body appeared, also stepping on the Wind Fire Wheels, appearing above Liu Hualong, holding a black staff in his hand, and knocked it down heavily.

This black staff was a sharp weapon Xu Que had always liked to use to deal with experts. Knocking someone with it would make them dizzy; it was much more practical than the incomplete halberd of Purple Void Geng Metal that Liu Hualong used!

"Hmph! A clone? You're still too green!" Liu Hualong immediately sneered, not putting this staff strike of Xu Que's in his eyes at all. He didn't even lift his head and immediately forcibly changed his body movement direction, pulling his body back to retreat.

Bang!

Xu Que's Thunder Illusion Body's staff strike hit empty air, hitting the air, and didn't have any effect.

This was his first failed sneak attack, but it was also the drawback of the black staff. If he encountered an opponent with a truly large gap in strength, when the opponent's speed exceeded his, it was very difficult for him to perform this combo to sneak attack at close range.

"This… brother-in-law actually also cultivated a clone technique?" Lan Hetu was surprised by Xu Que's clone, looking astonished.

Lan Xinyue was also slightly stunned, but her expression became solemn again.

She didn't think Xu Que's clone was very powerful. The truly daunting thing should be Xu Que's ability to control the life and death rules of this place. But now Liu Hualong's speed was on par with Xu Que's. If he couldn't restrain him, no matter how powerful Xu Que's deathly aura was, if he couldn't hit Liu Hualong, it wouldn't have any effect!

And it was precisely because of this point that she also saw that after Xu Que condensed a large piece of deathly aura, he didn't strike it out for a long time. From beginning to end, he held it in his palm, his true body had been looking for opportunities and directions, only letting the Thunder Illusion Body fight with Liu Hualong!

So the situation was very pessimistic now, because she was clear that Liu Hualong, as a veteran Earth Immortal Realm expert, had clearly not yet displayed his full strength!

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

At this moment, above the Sword Pavilion mansion, Xu Que's Thunder Illusion Body and Liu Hualong were fighting back and forth. Both of their speeds had reached the extreme, almost unable to see their figures and traces, only vaguely seeing Dharma spells colliding and impacting in the air, shaking the void into distortion everywhere.

On the street, countless onlookers also surged over, most of whom were the masses from major forces who had followed from the inn.

Witnessing with their own eyes Xu Que and Liu Hualong, this early-stage Earth Immortal Realm expert, fighting back and forth, countless people present felt shocked, unable to believe it.

After all, no matter how you put it, Xu Que was just a half-immortal small cultivator. Relying on an Immortal Artifact to increase his speed, he could fight Liu Hualong like this. His strength simply didn't need much description. In short, this guy was very strong and absolutely not comparable to ordinary half-immortal cultivators!

"Misjudged him. This guy actually possesses a clone, and even used the clone to fight Liu Hualong for so long. His strength and foundation exceed our imagination!"

"This clone seems a bit strange!"

"Even the Immortal Artifact under his feet is exactly the same. Could it be that even Immortal Artifacts can be cloned?"

"Hey, look, everyone, that brat's clone is still holding a black staff!"

"That doesn't seem to be the one Liu Wenfeng used earlier. It looks too ordinary, seems to be made of wood!"

"Forget it, can't you tell the state? Liu Hualong hasn't used his full strength at all, while that brat's speed has already started to slow down!"

"Ultimately, the gap is too large!"

"Sigh, I've seen too many people like this. Overconfidence becomes arrogance. He killed his way to the Sword Pavilion so blatantly like this, I'm afraid it's destined that he won't be able to leave."

Most of the people watching discussed, expressing sympathy for Xu Que.

"Brother-in-law, dragging it out like this is not a solution. Let's run quickly!" Lan Hetu transmitted his voice to Xu Que.

He also predicted that if Xu Que continued to fight, he would definitely not be able to outlast Liu Hualong. Instead of being exhausted and waiting for death here, it would be better to escape this area quickly.

"Damn, I really miscalculated a bit!" Xu Que was full of annoyance at this moment.

He had separated a portion of his Divine Sense and Dao Essence to help the Little Golden Body set up the Void Boundary Talisman, and now, because he was just a little bit short of Divine Sense and Dao Essence, his speed couldn't break through anymore. For a moment, he simply couldn't do anything to Liu Hualong!

The point was that on the way here, he had already let the Little Golden Body start setting up the Void Boundary Talisman, so even if he called the Little Golden Body back now, his Dao Essence would ultimately still not be enough!

"Boom!"

Meanwhile, the aura on Liu Hualong's body suddenly rose again. In the past, to deal with a half-immortal or human-immortal, he didn't need to use his full strength at all. But now, Xu Que had actually forced him to use the strength to deal with an expert of the same rank. This made him shocked, but also more determined to kill Xu Que!

Otherwise, with Xu Que's aptitude, if he broke through his cultivation realm again, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to deal with Xu Que by then, and might even be unable to beat him!

Therefore, geniuses often had to be strangled in the cradle!

"Kill!"

Liu Hualong roared, his whole body leaped into the air, his sleeves blown by the wind, and wisps of silver-like Immortal Yuan surged out from his arms, like strands of snow-white long hair, flying in the air.

"Hiss!"

Everyone present instantly gasped.

"This… this is Liu Hualong's famous Immortal Art—Peeling the Cocoon! An Immortal Art that can instantly make the opponent bind themselves in a cocoon. I never thought this brat would actually force Liu Hualong to this step!"

"Looks like this brat's strength is truly not simple!"

"What a pity, once Peeling the Cocoon comes out, this brat is finished!"

Many people said this, shaking their heads, while simultaneously secretly ready to move. As soon as Xu Que died, they would definitely rush up to divide and snatch Xu Que's relics!

However, Xu Que in the air didn't show any panic at all, as if he didn't realize the power of Liu Hualong's Immortal Art, but instead shouted in surprise: "Wow, fellow villager, why are your armpit hairs so long? And they're all white? Could it be that your daughter also has this problem?"

After speaking, his shifty eyes even swept toward the armpit of the Pavilion Mistress below!

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