Chapter 552: Heaven Envies the Beautiful

Pfft!

Instantly, several Void Refining Stage experts spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot.

On one hand, their injuries were too severe; on the other hand, they were angered by Xu Que's words, causing them to be unable to suppress their injuries, directly spitting blood!

We don't fight, we don't get to know each other, and now that we know each other, we are friends?

Who the hell is friends with you? Are you still shameless?

And you even want to ask a question? Is that the attitude of asking a question? You actually ask how the hell we survived. I don't know how my mother survived; what does it have to do with my mother!

All the surviving Void Refining Stage experts were angered to the point of being light-headed. Some old men even had their beards crooked with anger, wishing they could rush up and tear Xu Que's mouth open. This guy's way of speaking was truly too cheap!

"Little bastard, you want to kill us, you are still far from qualified!" At this moment, Jiang Yushu opened his mouth, gritting his teeth in anger.

As the dignified Great Elder of the Jiang Family, when had he ever been so embarrassed, but today he had fallen into the hands of an Infant Transformation Stage youth, and even most of his hair had been burned off. It would be strange if he wasn't hateful!

"Brat, if you had defeated me upright and honestly, I, Xiao Munan, would be convinced, but you used such methods to trick me. I swear, I will never let you go!" Xiao Munan, Saint Son of the Heavenly Demon Sect, roared, the Fangtian Halberd in his hand becoming increasingly scarlet, emitting a terrifying killing intent.

The others didn't say much, glaring at Xu Que one after another, while seizing the time to recover from their injuries.

Xu Que didn't care about their anger, but was full of doubts, really wanting to know why he couldn't kill these people.

He had clearly used the most powerful Dharma techniques, but the result was unsatisfactory.

All cultivators at the Infant Transformation Stage and below had died, but only one Void Refining Stage cultivator had died, and it was just one at the first level of the Void Refining Stage. This was too unscientific!

"Little guy, isn't your hand a bit too ruthless?" Suddenly, a soft, charming voice rang in Xu Que's ears.

Xu Que was startled, turned his head to look into the distance, and it was Liu Jingning transmitting her voice to him.

"Little sister, you transmitted your voice just in time. Quickly tell me, why can't these people be killed?" He asked via voice transmission.

"Hmm? Isn't it because you held back?" Liu Jingning was stunned on her side.

Xu Que was even more depressed: "What did I hold back? This was my full-strength strike, but these people only suffered heavy injuries and couldn't be killed."

"This... wait a minute, little guy, you said that was your full-strength strike, then why didn't you use Dao Rhyme? You couldn't possibly have no Dao Rhyme until now, right?" Liu Jingning's surprised voice came.

Xu Que was stunned again.

Dao Rhyme?

Does this damn thing still need Dao Rhyme?

"System, System, come out, where is my Dao Rhyme?" Xu Que immediately summoned the System and asked.

But before the System could respond, Liu Jingning's voice came again.

"Little guy, I discovered early on that your Dharma techniques were powerful, comparable to an Immortal Emperor's Method, but in reality, they didn't have the slightest bit of Dao Rhyme. I thought you were doing it on purpose, wanting to show mercy. Do you really have no Dao Rhyme?" Liu Jingning's tone was full of thick strangeness.

Xu Que was also confused, responding: "It seems I really don't have any. How about you come find me tonight and help me check my body?"

"Okay!" Liu Jingning responded solemnly.

Xu Que's eyes lit up immediately!

You really want to help me check my body? The body check I'm talking about is the kind of check where you take off your clothes!

How embarrassing!

"Little Que Que, it's indeed very strange that you haven't condensed Dao Rhyme yet you could step into the Infant Transformation Stage! But what will you do in the future? If the Dao Rhyme doesn't form a prototype, it's impossible to step into the Spirit Refining Stage!" At this moment, Liu Jingning asked again.

Xu Que was slightly startled: "What do you mean, entering the Spirit Refining Stage requires Dao Rhyme? Wait, could it be that I couldn't kill them just now because I have no Dao Rhyme, while they do?"

This guess was hard for Xu Que to accept. Dao Rhyme was something invisible and intangible. He had always relied on killing to gain experience to level up. Where would he get Dao? And he had never seen Dao Rhyme for sale in the System Mall!

"There are three thousand Dao methods, countless in number. Everyone has their own Dao. Some take the sword as their Dao, some take their own spiritual roots as their Dao, cultivating the Fire Dao or Water Dao. In ancient times, there was a great ability named Tai Shang Bu Yi, whose Water Dao was invincible in the world. And these Daos all ultimately lead to the Heavenly Dao, and then break the void to ascend! Little guy, how did you cultivate until now without a Dao?" Liu Jingning's voice came.

Xu Que was silent.

What was his Dao?

He had really never thought about it before. He had always thought that he only needed to kill to level up, but now it seemed that this path was a dead end. He had to participate in cultivation himself, after all, this was an immortal cultivation world!

Plus, he had another worry: as his realm got higher and higher, there would be fewer and fewer experts for him to kill to level up. Perhaps when he reached the Body Integration Stage, after killing all his enemies, he would really stop progressing.

"How can I cultivate Dao Rhyme?" Xu Que asked via voice transmission, inquiring seriously.

Liu Jingning was silent for a long time, and actually let out a sigh.

"Sigh, you... I'm afraid you can't cultivate Dao Rhyme anymore. Dao accompanies one from the beginning of cultivation. The moment you step into the Infant Transformation Stage, you can already clearly know what your Dao is, and then cultivate the Dao until the Void Refining Stage, where you can cultivate the prototype of the Dao! By that time, as long as the Dao doesn't perish, one can be immortal!"

"Impossible, if the Dao doesn't perish, one can be immortal, then what are they snatching the method of immortality for? No, I just killed a first-level Void Refining Stage cultivator!"

"You misunderstood. 'As long as the Dao doesn't perish, one can be immortal' refers to the situation you are in now. Even if you are powerful at the Infant Transformation Stage, you still can't kill a heavily injured Void Refining Stage cultivator! Only if your Dao is stronger than theirs, or if your Dao combined with powerful Dharma techniques can suppress them, will it be enough to suppress and kill them. Otherwise, they will find it very difficult to die in front of you. This is the rule of the Heavenly Dao!"

Liu Jingning said this, paused slightly, and continued: "As for you just killing a first-level Void Refining Stage cultivator, it might be that his Dao Rhyme was too weak, or it had just formed a prototype and hadn't been consolidated, so he was bombed and killed by your Dharma techniques. Actually, this kind of rule is like knowing the existence of wind, but you can't kill the wind, unless you can use power to create wind, and use powerful wind to swallow the remaining wind!"

"..."

Xu Que was silent again. He vaguely understood Liu Jingning's meaning.

He also understood that a cultivator who spent long years, cultivated for hundreds of years, and stepped into the Void Refining Stage, was indeed not comparable to his method of only relying on killing to level up!

But these were not the points anymore. The most serious problem now was that Liu Jingning said he couldn't cultivate Dao Rhyme anymore!

Without Dao Rhyme, how could he kill Void Refining Stage cultivators?

Perhaps he could, as long as he increased the power of his Dharma techniques, he could directly use power to crush them like he just killed the Void Refining Stage cultivator, but in this way, he ultimately fell into the lower class!

Like this kind of way of holding back his strength, and only being able to kill the weak, was truly too embarrassing!

What acting cool needs is to destroy the enemy in the blink of an eye!

"No, I must cultivate my Dao!" Xu Que said in a deep voice.

Liu Jingning responded via voice transmission: "Don't be obsessed with this. They have already started to recover from their injuries. You should hurry up and take Jiang Hongyan away..."

Boom-boom!

Before Liu Jingning could finish speaking, a loud noise suddenly erupted in the sky, deafening.

Accompanied by terrifying pressure, thousands of thunder clouds surged, and the earth-shattering momentum like a tsunami swept over!

This aura was even more terrifying than before the million Heavenly Soldiers appeared.

"Pfft!"

Below, all the Void Refining Stage experts who were recovering from their injuries suddenly spat out blood simultaneously, looks of horror appearing on their faces, looking up at the sky.

"Heavenly... Heavenly Tribulation?" Someone swallowed their saliva and said with a trembling voice.

"How is this possible? This... Jiang Hongyan's Heavenly Tribulation, could it be that it hasn't ended yet?"

"Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, could it be... the million Heavenly Soldiers just now were only the first tribulation?"

"Not good, retreat quickly!"

Immediately, someone shouted.

Following that, all the Void Refining Stage experts activated their figures simultaneously, ignoring the injuries on their bodies, crazily rushing toward the outside, fleeing as if their lives depended on it, away from here.

Xu Que had no Dao Rhyme and couldn't kill them!

But the Heavenly Tribulation represented Heavenly Might, which was the most supreme rule of the Heavenly Dao. With their current injuries, if they were hit, they would be reduced to ashes on the spot!

In the distance, Liu Jingning was also stunned, seemingly not expecting that the Heavenly Tribulation hadn't ended yet.

Her crimson lips parted slightly, and she whispered: "Heaven envies the beautiful!"

Boom-boom—!

Suddenly, the thick, heavy pitch-black thunder clouds were torn apart, and majestic golden lightning appeared.

"Ancient Catastrophe!"

Everyone recognized this tribulation immediately, exclaiming in shock, full of terror!

Xu Que was also stunned. This golden lightning was far more terrifying than the golden lightning he had seen at the Five Elements Mountain!

Compared to these golden lightning bolts, the ones he had seen at the Five Elements Mountain were simply ants in front of giants!

This was the true Ancient Catastrophe!

Boom—!

A loud noise erupted in the sky again, deafening everyone's eardrums.

Following that, the golden lightning poured down like a waterfall, and with the force of ten thousand jun, it rapidly condensed in the air, turning into a giant golden lightning sword, slashing directly toward Jiang Hongyan who was sitting on the peak of the mountain!

"Pfft!"

Before the golden lightning giant sword even slashed down, Jiang Hongyan suddenly opened her eyes, spat out a mouthful of blood, and her exquisite and beautiful face turned pale!

"Ultimately... unable to defeat the will of heaven!" Jiang Hongyan's eyes were dim, a miserable smile appeared on the corners of her mouth, and she slowly closed her eyes!

At the same time, the golden lightning giant sword, as if opening heaven and earth, slammed down heavily!

At this moment, the void reached by the golden giant sword was all torn apart... ===== CHAPTER 553 =====