Chapter 354

He Pingsheng's foot moved, and before the sword qi like a silken ribbon arrived, he shot sideways dozens of zhang away from his original position.

His speed was terrifying.

Similarly, when he moved, he used the divine technique 【Three Thousand Thundering Steps】 and the magic treasure beneath his feet.

This sword qi did not strike He Pingsheng, but pierced through empty space and slammed down onto a mountain peak below.

The sword qi cleaved the peak; massive boulders rolled down, countless ancient pines snapped, and trees turned to dust.

A cloud of dust surged skyward.

Though this blow could not shatter mountains or dry seas, it sent chills through anyone who saw it.

One could imagine—if this strike had landed on He Pingsheng, he would be dead or crippled.

Seeing her carefully aimed strike miss again, Jingxin was slightly startled: "Your speed is this fast?"

He Pingsheng ignored her, instead flicking his finger slightly.

Directly ahead, countless water spiritual forces gathered and suddenly solidified into a massive block of ice, encasing Jingxin's body.

Technique: Crystal World.

This technique was powerful.

Back when he was in Foundation Establishment, once cast, it could instantly drain his water-element dantian and instantly kill peers of the same realm.

So now, when he used it, his water-element dantian was likewise drained.

A block of ice several zhang wide froze Jingxin in midair.

Yet, as a technique, its damage against a Nascent Soul cultivator was limited.

"Crack…"

Jingxin's magic power erupted violently, and the ice block instantly shattered into countless fragments flying outward.

Looking at Elder Jingxin now, her face was pale with rage: "Good, good, good… He Pingsheng, you will die today!"

She didn't know how she learned his true name.

Right now, she hated him utterly.

I, a Nascent Soul Grand Master, ambushed you—two attacks both dodged, not a single scratch on you; yet you, you trapped me in ice!

Just now, her escape from the ice seemed easy, but it wasn't truly so.

After all, it was He Pingsheng's attack that drained an entire dantian.

She wasn't injured, but being frozen in ice was excruciating.

For a moment, she felt as if she were dying.

"Slash…"

This time, Jingxin didn't casually raise her sword; as she spoke, He Pingsheng sensed a ripple of spatial power.

Then, He Pingsheng saw Jingxin's body vanish suddenly.

No good…

Teleportation!

He Pingsheng moved his foot and vanished instantly.

Indeed, the next moment Jingxin appeared exactly where He Pingsheng had been, thrusting her sword forward.

Had He Pingsheng reacted even a fraction slower, he would have been pierced through.

Fortunately, his speed was fast—he had already dodged.

Jingxin's third attack was dodged again; her fury had long since boiled over.

"You think you can keep dodging?"

As she spoke, she stepped forward—and in the next instant, teleported right beside He Pingsheng!

This time, He Pingsheng did not run.

He let Jingxin's sword pierce straight into his body.

At the same time, his three-zhang-long spear thrust forward.

A crimson flame surged from the black Tianque Divine Spear.

"Clang…"

Jingxin's sword struck He Pingsheng's body.

The defensive power of all seven clasps on his body was shattered.

Yet, they still blocked her strike.

It landed—but caused He Pingsheng no injury whatsoever.

Meanwhile, He Pingsheng's black spear pierced straight through her body.

It entered her left shoulder and exited through her rear shoulder blade.

"Ahh…"

She screamed in agony.

He Pingsheng withdrew his spear and swiftly retreated a hundred zhang.

"Ahh… ah…"

"Damn it…"

Jingxin had been careless.

Facing a Jin Dan, she never imagined he could counterattack!

Otherwise, had she defended even slightly, He Pingsheng's strike might not have pierced her body.

Of course!

A Nascent Soul Grand Master's body was immensely tough; He Pingsheng's strike looked severe, but to Jingxin, it was merely a superficial wound.

It didn't touch bone or muscle.

"Pity…" He Pingsheng muttered from afar—he had aimed for her heart.

But she shifted slightly.

So the strike went off-target.

"He Pingsheng… I'll kill you…"

Jingxin was enraged beyond reason.

She abandoned teleportation entirely and chased He Pingsheng with her own speed, slashing at him with her sword—each strike faster than the last.

In an instant, she unleashed dozens of slashes.

He Pingsheng groaned.

His advantage of dodging left and right had been shattered by this woman's chaotic, overwhelming barrage.

One sword qi after another fell like scattered petals from a celestial maiden.

He was barely holding on.

If even one sword qi landed on him, he'd be dead.

Jingxin didn't need to aim—she simply slashed rapidly.

Though He Pingsheng was fast, he couldn't dodge them all.

Finally, one sword qi he saw he couldn't avoid.

He Pingsheng activated his spiritual sense; countless fire-element spiritual forces erupted from within, forming an external shield.

Fire Shield Technique!

And as he cast the Fire Shield Technique, he unintentionally condensed a fire-element Dao law into the shield.

Thus, the shield appeared extraordinarily thick.

He Pingsheng knew this shield couldn't block the incoming sword light, so he waved his hand and pulled out another item: the Gu Xuan Cauldron.

"Crash…"

Spiritual power continuously flooded into the great cauldron.

The cauldron instantly expanded to one zhang in size and settled above He Pingsheng's head.

Jingxin's sword light descended—CRASH—it shattered He Pingsheng's Fire Shield Technique.

Yet though the shield was destroyed, Jingxin's sword light had been weakened by eighty percent.

The remaining twenty percent was firmly blocked by the Gu Xuan Cauldron above He Pingsheng's head.

"You…?" Jingxin stared, stunned: "You… you… you've mastered a Dao law?"

"Another Jin Dan pathway?"

Jingxin shrieked.

She recalled an unpleasant memory.

Years ago, Mi Cangyuan had nearly killed her by crossing realms with a Jin Dan pathway.

He Pingsheng didn't answer her. He pulled out a talisman: Teleportation Talisman.

"Stop!" He Pingsheng said to Jingxin. "Don't fight anymore—or I activate this talisman, and you'll be reduced to dust in an instant!"

Hummm…

He deliberately activated the talisman's aura for Jingxin to see.

Jingxin didn't recognize the Teleportation Talisman and didn't know its function, but she was certain it was a fourth-grade talisman.

If it were a true spatial law attack talisman, once activated, she would be at his mercy.

Even if she didn't die, she'd be severely wounded.