Chapter 353: Battle of the Nascent Soul

After He Pingsheng emerged from the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce, he walked straight out of Red Shicheng.

Once outside the city gates, he took out the Eight Treasure Boat.

He activated it to its maximum state.

This item was a top-tier magic treasure.

Now that He Pingsheng's cultivation base had reached the Golden Core Stage, he could naturally unleash the full power of this magic treasure.

*Whoosh! * The Eight Treasure Boat flew into the sky.

Its speed was more than five times faster than when he was at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Previously, traveling from Red Shicheng to the Carefree Immortal Sect would take basically five or six days; now, with this Eight Treasure Boat, he should be able to arrive in a single day.

He Pingsheng piloted the flying boat, feeling relaxed and happy.

He would be able to see Qiao Shijie Qiao very soon.

Hmm...

Thinking of Qiao Shijie Qiao, He Pingsheng couldn't help but think of Su Zhenzhen's figure in the Five Dragon Gully Mystic Realm.

Thinking of this, he wished he could fly to the Carefree Immortal Sect immediately to see Qiao Shijie Qiao.

As a result, having flown for less than half an incense stick's time, he saw a massive sword light in the sky ahead, slashing straight down from the mid-heavens.

"Holy shit..."

He Pingsheng couldn't help but let out a curse.

Because this sword light was aimed directly at his flying boat.

If he couldn't dodge it in time, he would undoubtedly die.

Because this attack was several times more powerful than an ordinary Golden Core Stage attack.

There was no time to put away the Eight Treasure Boat; golden light flashed beneath He Pingsheng's feet as his Gold-Veined Cloud-Treading Boots provided a five-fold speed boost.

At the same time, the wood-attribute magic power within He Pingsheng's body surged, and he simultaneously unleashed the 【Three Thousand Rushing Thunder Art】.

The Three Thousand Rushing Thunder Art also provided a five-fold speed boost.

Five times plus five times only equals ten times, not an overlap of twenty-five times.

Although it was only ten times, it was enough.

In an instant, He Pingsheng's body shifted dozens of feet to the side.

*Boom... *

That cyan sword light was like a streak of silk, landing with a *boom* on He Pingsheng's Eight Treasure Boat.

The Eight Treasure Boat also had defensive functions, but its defensive power was limited after all, so under this strike, the Eight Treasure Boat instantly cracked open a fissure.

It's ruined.

He Pingsheng's face turned ashen.

He waved his hand and took out a talisman.

It was a fourth-tier talisman: Heavenly Fire Condensing Armor.

This item could defend against a single strike from a peak Nascent Soul Stage cultivator; if it were an ordinary Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, they wouldn't be able to break his defense without dozens of attacks.

Activated at a critical moment, it could save his life even when facing a Nascent Soul!

Just at this moment, a stream of light descended from afar, stopping in the void at a distance of a hundred feet from He Pingsheng.

An old enemy.

One of the great Nascent Souls within the Red Shicheng Lord's Mansion: Elder Jingxin.

Seeing that it was Jingxin, He Pingsheng instantly let out a sigh of relief.

After all, it was just a fellow at the first layer of the Nascent Soul Stage.

He didn't know if this wretch had broken through yet, let's take a look...

*Hum hum... *

He Pingsheng's massive spiritual sense expanded, sweeping over Jingxin.

The opponent was still only at the first layer of cultivation.

That made things easier.

"You really are shameless..." He Pingsheng stood in the void as well, putting the Eight Treasure Boat into his storage bag while looking at Jingxin in the distance, saying indifferently: "A Nascent Soul Stage cultivator attacking me, a Golden Core Stage cultivator, and you actually resort to such sneak attack tactics?"

"Not simple!" Jingxin stood in the void a hundred feet away, looking at He Pingsheng with a face full of shock, saying: "He Pingsheng, you really are not simple. Under my sneak attack just now, you were actually able to dodge!"

"I have to say, you are very strong!"

"At the same time, it also shows that my decision to lie in ambush here and sneak attack you was correct!"

Jingxin gripped the sword in her hand, looking at He Pingsheng indifferently.

He Pingsheng knew that this woman must have been watching him for a long time.

Just waiting for him to leave the city, and then she followed, wanting to kill him in one blow.

As it turned out, the sneak attack just now had been dodged by He Pingsheng.

"Shameless is just shameless!" He Pingsheng said: "Why bother speaking so sanctimoniously?"

"Jingxin, I want to know, you and I have no grudges, why target me time and time again?"

On this point, He Pingsheng had never understood.

Opposite him, Jingxin smiled coldly and said: "That's right, the two of us indeed have no grudges!"

"But a great Nascent Soul Stage cultivator wanting to kill an ant, why would there need to be a grudge?"

"It is merely to satisfy one's own inner peace."

Hearing this, even with He Pingsheng's stable mindset, he was so angry he was about to explode.

Damn it!

Killing someone without even finding an excuse, just because she wanted to kill, and if she couldn't kill him, her heart wouldn't be at peace?

Damn her!

This also proved one point: He Pingsheng's previous guess was correct: this woman was indeed venting her anger, which was why she wanted to kill him.

"I understand..." He Pingsheng stopped talking nonsense; he stretched out his hand, and a small black spear was summoned.

*Bang... *

The next moment, the black divine spear transformed to three feet in length.

Heaven-Deficiency Divine Spear.

This was, to date, He Pingsheng's strongest weapon.

It had a total of nineteen layers of restrictions, and they had all been refined by him during that ten-year seclusion.

"Heh heh... still want to resist?"

Jingxin looked at He Pingsheng with contempt: "Just an ant!"

"Even if your cultivation base has reached the first layer of the Golden Core Stage now, so what?"

"In my eyes, you are still just a slightly larger ant!"

He Pingsheng didn't speak!

He held the divine spear in his right hand and a talisman in his left.

At this very moment, if he wanted to escape, he had plenty of ways.

For example, he still had two 【Teleportation Talismans】; once activated, they could instantly transmit him to the ground a million miles away.

Instant escape.

But He Pingsheng didn't want to escape.

He felt that the Jingxin opposite him might not necessarily be able to kill him.

Relying on the Three Thousand Rushing Thunder Art and the shoes on his feet, he could completely give it a try.

The key was that He Pingsheng was now at the Golden Core Stage, and the defensive power of his Seven-Buckle Sharp Metal Armor had improved again.

A single buckle could defend against a strike from the Golden Core Stage.

And all seven buckles together were enough to defend against a strike from a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator.

Anyway, as long as you, Jingxin, can't kill me in one blow, if I really reach the end of my rope, it won't be too late to activate the talisman.

*Snap... *

He Pingsheng took out another Meteor Talisman and stuck it on his leg.

Acceleration doubled!

Every bit of speed helped.

As for spiritual sense attacks?

He Pingsheng didn't plan to use them.

Because even if he had swallowed that pair of divine pills, his spiritual sense would be at most twenty thousand feet.

After one strike, his spiritual sense would be exhausted and unable to recover in a short time.

If he didn't kill Jingxin, he would be in trouble.

Therefore, spiritual sense attacks absolutely could not be used casually.

After all, last time he had attacked Jingxin with a spiritual sense attack of equal intensity, but she hadn't died.

Of course, what He Pingsheng didn't know was that Jingxin's magic treasure for defending against spiritual sense attacks had already been destroyed; if he had known, he would have used the 【Formless Big Dipper Nail】 to kill the opponent immediately.

"What?" Jingxin sneered: "You still intend to resist?"

"Hehehe..."

"Resisting is fine, let me make you understand the gap between Golden Core and Nascent Soul, which cannot be crossed!"

"Slash..."

Jingxin didn't hold back; the cyan longsword in her hand slashed casually, and a powerful sword qi slashed through the air toward He Pingsheng. ===== CHAPTER 354 =====