Chapter 860: Slaying the Qilin Crown Prince

What do I do?

He Pingsheng's consciousness roared into chaotic motion.

I absolutely cannot wait until my strength is completely drained.

I must eliminate this threat now, while I still have time to react.

No choice left!

I'll risk it!

He Pingsheng gritted his teeth, then moved his body—another Void Dash vanished him.

Upon reappearing in a new location, he said nothing, immediately pulling out the blood-red turtle shell.

A pale green phantom turtle instantly enveloped his exterior.

"Puh! Puh! Puh…"

At this moment, He Pingsheng violently spat out three more mouthfuls of essence blood, drenching the phantom turtle, which solidified further and turned entirely blood-red.

"Open—!"

Another black lotus platform flew out from within him, resting atop the outer layer of the phantom turtle.

These were, to date, He Pingsheng's two strongest defenses.

His internal magic power was instantly drained.

At that instant, the golden arrowhead finally reached him.

Puh…

The ten-zhang golden arrow appeared tiny as dust before the hundred-zhang lotus platform.

Yet this arrowhead carried unmatched force, smashing through the black lotus platform with a thunderous crash.

The lotus platform shattered instantly.

The arrowhead's power had only been reduced by one-tenth!

The remaining nine-tenths surged forward, striking the blood-red phantom turtle.

The phantom turtle was pierced through as well.

Done for!

He Pingsheng had no time to think—he instinctively hurled the Primordial Purple Gold Rod, then his entire body shot into a streak of light, vanishing into the rod's magic treasure space.

In the heavens and earth, a hundred-zhang purple-red rod was violently blasted away by the golden divine arrow, turning into a flash of light and vanishing into the depths of the void.

Boom…

At this moment, the golden arrow's power finally dissipated, transforming into a surging wave of energy that erupted across the void.

Like a golden sacred lotus, it radiated outward, sweeping everything away.

Even Qing Qi Crown Prince pulled out a shield to protect himself, lest he be injured by the arrow's residual waves.

After the energy wave passed, Qing Qi Crown Prince lifted his eyes toward the distant void, his pupils contracting slightly as he murmured: "Wang Dun… what a formidable man!"

"I wonder if he's dead?"

The moment he finished speaking, a purple-red light flashed back from the direction where he had vanished.

He Pingsheng's form reappeared in the void a breath later.

Standing atop the void, five hundred zhang tall, he shouted at Qing Qi Crown Prince: "Do you still have any S-class talismans?"

Qing Qi Crown Prince said: "So you're still alive?"

At this point, Qing Qi Crown Prince was out of options.

He had no talismans left!

He could never kill him now!

Even if he had more, what good would it do?

"Is that rod in your hand a Sovereign Weapon?" Qing Qi Crown Prince began to suspect He Pingsheng's Primordial Purple Gold Rod.

He Pingsheng said: "Think it is, then."

Qing Qi Crown Prince nodded: "Wang Dun, I have no grudge against you…"

"No grudge?" He Pingsheng's nose nearly twisted off: "I was about to claim the Heavenly Thunder, and your interference made it escape—how dare you say we have no grudge?"

"You don't understand!" Qing Qi Crown Prince said: "I truly have no grudge against you. I am the Crown Prince of the Qing Qi Emperor Domain; my father was the previous Qing Qi Demon Emperor. This Heavenly Thunder originally belonged to him. After his death, it fell into this realm!"

"Precisely speaking, this thunder belongs to my entire Qing Qi clan!"

"I came today to reclaim it—it has nothing to do with you!"

He Pingsheng said: "You're joking, right? Among the Ten Great True Thunders of this Spirit Realm, whoever claims it owns it—no one can monopolize it!"

"Tell me, before it belonged to your father, who did it belong to?"

This question left Qing Qi Crown Prince speechless.

After a moment, he said: "Regardless, today I will reclaim this thunder!"

"Leave now, and I'll spare your life!"

"Don't think I can't kill you!"

Qing Qi Crown Prince fixed his gaze on He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng said nothing, flipping his hand to produce a golden talisman.

Qing Qi was stunned: "Seventh-grade?"

"Correct!" He Pingsheng activated it with a thought.

The next instant, an endless rain of golden swords rained down upon Qing Qi's head.

Seventh-grade S-class talisman: Golden Sword Immortal Talisman!

He Pingsheng had four S-class seventh-grade Golden Sword Immortal Talismans total.

Outside the Divine Thunder Emperor City, three Heavens-Devil Valley cultivators in Body Integration had tricked He Pingsheng into believing Luo Bingyao had been kidnapped—he used two then.

He still had two left!

Originally, since metal overcomes wood, he planned to save these to subdue the Heavenly Thunder below—but now he had no choice.

Deal with this bastard first.

In He Pingsheng's estimation, Qing Qi Crown Prince was simply too powerful—he didn't just activate one Golden Sword Immortal Talisman, but two at once.

Boom! Boom!

Two golden sword-rain dragons descended from opposite directions onto Qing Qi Crown Prince's head.

"Damn it… you're insane…"

"You're trying to kill me…"

"You bastard…"

Qing Qi Crown Prince cursed as he pulled out nearly all his defensive magic treasures, while simultaneously launching a steel trident through gaps in his defense.

A few breaths later, the entire sword rain slammed onto Qing Qi Crown Prince.

His defenses were shredded completely!

Yet to He Pingsheng's shock, the bastard didn't die.

He was merely severely wounded!

"He didn't die?" He Pingsheng stared in disbelief.

"Hahaha…" Qing Qi Crown Prince laughed loudly: "That's right… I'm not dead… Didn't expect it, did you? I'm a Body Cultivator too!"

"Hehe… a Body Integration Body Cultivator—what good are your S-class talismans?"

"Got any more?"

Qing Qi Crown Prince taunted, swallowing several pills at once—his magic power and injuries rapidly healed.

Yet after two breaths, his face darkened as he glared at He Pingsheng: "Damn it… you… this…"

"You're deceitful… you used poison?"

Puh…

Puh! Puh! Puh!

Eight black poison spikes suddenly erupted from Qing Qi Crown Prince's body, landing before He Pingsheng.

Correct!

He Pingsheng had already suspected two talismans might not kill him, so he secretly tossed out the Eight Treasures Purple Cloud Spikes.

Though low-grade, these spikes had exceptional concealment—once they struck, they implanted poison into Qing Qi Crown Prince's body.

Strike while the iron is hot—he thrust forward with a spear, aiming straight for Qing Qi Crown Prince.

Less than ten breaths later, under He Pingsheng's relentless assault and the poison's effect, Qing Qi Crown Prince's thousand-zhang Dharma Body collapsed.

His soul fled from his body, seeking a clone to revive—but a sudden black hook appeared, snatching his soul and dragging it to He Pingsheng's side.