Chapter 468

In the air, under the cover of a shadow, the three of them were flying rapidly.

After the Huntian Luo Pan dissipated, Qi Zhou changed to casting the 【Shadow Concealment】 divine ability to cover the three of them.

When they came, it took a week to kill the barbarian army.

Now on the return journey, the three of them flew directly in the sky, and the speed was much faster.

After repelling Boerhu yesterday afternoon, the three of them traveled for several hours, rested for the night, and continued their journey during the day the next day.

Qi Zhou's 【Shadow Concealment】 divine ability had to conceal the aura and tracks of three people at the same time and could not be sustained indefinitely, so the three of them would land and recuperate for thirty minutes after flying in the sky for an hour, and then continue flying.

After another recuperation ended, the three of them rose into the air again. Just after flying not far, Li Fei saw a tribal habitat below.

This should be a branch of a certain Northern Barbarian tribe, with only two or three thousand people.

It was almost impossible for such a branch to have experts of the Heavenly Capital level. With the combat power of Li Fei and the other two, they could easily wipe out such a branch.

However, the most important thing now was to return safely. As for military merit, they already had enough, and Li Fei did not intend to cause extra trouble.

Qi Zhou and Qiu Zi'an also just glanced at this branch and did not express anything.

Just as the three of them swept over this branch, Li Fei noticed something unusual.

The shadow sweeping across the clouds suddenly twisted into a vortex, and invisible forces appeared out of thin air, as if invisible and intangible transparent threads had unknowingly entangled him!

"When..."

Li Fei was shocked.

Immediately after, a huge pulling force came from these invisible threads, forcibly dragging him down from the air!

He immediately wanted to cast 【No Distance】, but tens of thousands of 【Thread Manipulation】 had long been woven into an invisible net, making the sky around the three of them instantly turn into a sticky piece of amber.

The Martial Arts Domain unfolded!

Boom—

Thunder exploded in the air.

When Li Fei was pulled by 【Thread Manipulation】, Qiu Zi'an encountered the most violent attack!

The number of 【Thread Manipulation】 hanging on her was far lower than on Li Fei, but the pressure of the Martial Arts Domain encountered in the first instance was the strongest.

She was already severely injured, which made Qiu Zi'an unable to explode her Martial Arts Domain to form a counter-impact in the first instance.

【Thread Manipulation】 affected her movements and the operation of force, and the Martial Arts Domain affected her casting of divine abilities.

Although it was only for a split second, it was enough for another Grandmaster.

The amber-like air squeezed toward Qiu Zi'an with an impact force of hundreds of tons!

But these were just the prelude.

Thousands of dark red threads intertwined to form a giant sword dozens of meters long, stabbing toward Qiu Zi'an.

When this sword stabbed over, those invisible threads hanging on her tightened simultaneously, pulling her to collide with this sword.

The force erupting from her body was constantly transferred, resolved, and absorbed by these invisible threads, causing her defense to be constantly weakened.

Not only that, the more intense her counterattack, the greater the power of the killing move she faced!

Qi Zhou's long-brewed killing move, aimed at the already severely injured Qiu Zi'an, could be said to be a sure thing!

A moment of life and death.

A brilliant golden light ball suddenly erupted from Qiu Zi'an's body.

There was a golden dragon circling on the surface of the light ball, looking imposing.

Bang!!!

The dark red giant sword stabbed into this golden light ball, ultimately only stabbing the light ball inward, making the golden dragon on it much more illusory, but it failed to pierce this light ball after all.

"Peace Token?"

Qi Zhou, who had distanced himself from the two at the first moment of the attack, changed his expression.

A Peace Token that could block a Grandmaster's attack could only be of the highest level.

And there were not many such Peace Tokens in the entire imperial family!

In this operation, among the many experts of the Barbarian-Killing Army, only the commander Bai Yan had obtained this level of Peace Token.

Besides that, Qi Zhou guessed that Li Fei might also have one on him.

In any case, Qiu Zi'an could not possibly have one.

"Unless..."

Qi Zhou's eyes became fierce, and he smashed toward the ground like a meteor!

The invisible threads hanging on Li Fei and Qiu Zi'an simultaneously erupted with a powerful pulling force, forcibly dragging the two down from the air.

Amidst the roaring sound of falling sparks, the three of them smashed into the Northern Barbarian branch below like meteorites!

The earth trembled and cracked into spiderweb patterns, and two dazzling rays of light rose from the smoke and dust.

The dark red Martial Arts Domain instantly swallowed a radius of a thousand meters, almost covering the entire branch.

A purple flame bloomed in the red Martial Arts Domain, first spreading more than a hundred meters to the surroundings, but was soon pressed back, ultimately only able to maintain a range of about a hundred meters in radius.

In the Martial Arts Domain, Li Fei stood beside Qiu Zi'an, who had activated the Peace Token, and looked at the other party:

"President Qiu?"

Blood spilled from the corner of Qiu Zi'an's mouth, and she shook her head:

"Thanks to the Peace Token you gave me, I'm fine."

That's right, this highest-level Peace Token on her body was quietly given to her by Li Fei.

"When did you give her the Peace Token?"

Qi Zhou's voice came from all directions, making it impossible to determine his true position.

"Qi Zhou, are you fucking crazy?!"

Qiu Zi'an wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and said angrily.

This female Grandmaster had a fiery temper and exploded completely at this moment.

"Is President Qi a member of the Zhang Xintian Society?"

Li Fei said in a deep voice, stating a guess.

It was unlikely that Qi Zhou was an inside agent for the Northern Barbarians. He was a Grandmaster from the Central Plains and also a university president; what could the Northern Barbarians use to bribe him?

So it was most likely that he was a member of the Zhang Xintian Society; otherwise, it couldn't be explained why he would suddenly attack him and Qiu Zi'an.

"A member of the Zhang Xintian Society? How could he possibly be a member of the Zhang Xintian Society?"

Qiu Zi'an was very surprised to hear this.

Qi Zhou had been a firm "Crown Prince faction" member decades ago. After the current Emperor ascended the throne, he was the undisputed "Emperor faction" and a trusted senior official relied upon by the Emperor.

Otherwise, how could he possibly serve as a university president?

And how could he have been selected for the Barbarian-Killing Army this time?

So Qiu Zi'an had never doubted Qi Zhou and had no precautions.

If it weren't for the Peace Token Li Fei quietly gave her, she would be dead by now.

"When did the Marquis Jing'an start suspecting me?"

Qi Zhou's voice came from all directions again.

He did not deny it.

"You fucker, you really are a traitor?!"

Qiu Zi'an was furious, and then she recalled the details before Bai Yan's death:

"Did you also play tricks when Commander Bai died?"

At that time, everyone thought Qi Zhou used 【Thread Manipulation】 to save Bai Yan, so that Bai Yan could retreat faster.

But if Qi Zhou was a member of the Zhang Xintian Society, that time was also his best opportunity to act, because the Huntian Luo Pan above his head was temporarily interfered with by Nuomu Han at that time.

Qi Zhou still didn't speak.

This attitude was taken as an admission by Qiu Zi'an, and she was suddenly furious:

"You beast, I will definitely slaughter you!"

Li Fei also narrowed his eyes, killing intent overflowing.

So, Bai Yan's death also had a hand from Qi Zhou!

He actually didn't know Qi Zhou's identity, just felt very puzzled that the other party had followed them in an uncharacteristic way.

From the beginning of the war, the other party fought very conservatively and didn't look like someone who would sacrifice his life for the country and fight desperately at any cost.

As a result, he took the risk to follow when he could have retreated safely?

Li Fei certainly wouldn't suspect Qi Zhou of being a traitor just because of this point.

It was just that out of habitual caution, he specifically left a hand.

After successfully strengthening his Flying Sword Body last night, he hid it from Qi Zhou and secretly gave the Peace Token the Emperor gave him to Qiu Zi'an.

For one thing, his Flying Sword Body was strengthened, his defense was greatly increased, and his reliance on the Peace Token was not so great.

For another, Qiu Zi'an was the most severely injured, and having one more Peace Token meant one more guarantee.

If something unexpected happened later, at least this female Grandmaster would definitely stand on his side.

Facts proved that Li Fei's caution was correct!

He seriously perceived himself, but nothing unusual happened, as if the hundreds of invisible threads that had been hanging on him before had never existed.

Qi Zhou's 【Thread Manipulation】 combined with 【Shadow Concealment】, even Qiu Zi'an, who was also a Grandmaster, was hit without knowing it, let alone Li Fei?

Without a perception-type divine ability, the 【Shadow Concealment】 divine ability is difficult to crack.

So even if he knew that there were still 【Thread Manipulation】 laid by Qi Zhou secretly on his body, Li Fei still had no way to find these invisible threads now.

"Be careful, his 【God-Parasite Thousand Shadow Domain】 is most suitable for places with many people; this battlefield was specially chosen by him."

Qiu Zi'an said to Li Fei, and simultaneously transmitted the information she knew about Qi Zhou to him.

Qi Zhou, like the vast majority of Grandmasters, broke through to become a Grandmaster with three divine abilities.

The first realm of a Grandmaster is Shengji, and the second realm is Shenyan.

If only three divine abilities form a Martial Arts Domain, it is very difficult to expand the Martial Arts Domain to the limit, let alone derive new changes.

So Grandmasters who break through with three divine abilities usually have an upper limit of the Shengji realm, and few people can break through to the Shenyan realm.

Conversely, if it is a Grandmaster who breaks through with four or five divine abilities, it will be very easy to expand the Martial Arts Domain to the limit, reaching the peak of Shengji. Then several divine abilities combine to derive new changes, breaking through to Shenyan.

As for a seven-divine-ability Grandmaster like Boerhu, he is Shenyan as soon as he breaks through, and can quickly reach the Lidao realm!

In the realm of Martial Arts Master, the more divine abilities, the harder it is to break through.

Once reaching Grandmaster, it is just the opposite; the more divine abilities, the easier it is to break through.

Qi Zhou broke through with three divine abilities; if there is no accident, the limit of his life can only stop at the Shengji realm.

He himself is also very clear about this point.

But even the weakest three-divine-ability Shengji Grandmaster is enough to hang and beat a seven-divine-ability Martial Arts Master!

Not to mention Li Fei is only three divine abilities now, so he is not worried.

The only thing to worry about is this female Grandmaster, Qiu Zi'an.

The other party is a Grandmaster who broke through with five divine abilities, with a Shenyan realm peak cultivation base, and amazing killing power!

Fortunately, she was severely injured and it is very difficult to even maintain the Martial Arts Domain now.

Even in a one-on-one head-on confrontation, Qi Zhou has a great grasp of winning.

But he still chose to ambush Qiu Zi'an first, striving to completely control the situation.

It's a pity that he still failed.

However, he also prepared a second set of plans.

The place where the three of them fell this time was specially chosen by him.

Besides 【Thread Manipulation】 and 【Shadow Concealment】, he has a core divine ability named 【God-Parasite】.

【God-Parasite】 allows him to parasitize a part of his spirit on other creatures, which can absorb other people's spiritual power, thus remaining immortal for a long time.

【Thread Manipulation】 plus 【God-Parasite】 allows Qi Zhou to possess hundreds or thousands of clones!

Just after Qiu Zi'an finished introducing Qi Zhou's three divine abilities, a figure stepped on the sonic boom cloud and rushed toward this side at high speed!

This person is a Northern Barbarian warrior over two meters tall. His own realm is only Tudu level, but at this moment, he erupted with power far exceeding his own limit.

Most of this power comes from the transmission of 【Thread Manipulation】 and belongs to Qi Zhou's force.

The person rushed out of the Martial Arts Domain surrounded by purple fire, and the speed slowed down immediately.

He pushed his palms forward, overlapping, and the fierce force lifted the ground. The violent palm force was like the waves of an angry sea, covering the sky and earth toward Li Fei and Qiu Zi'an!

In an instant, Li Fei felt as if he were in the ocean, in the center of a sea storm, and would be torn to pieces in the next second!

The majestic heavenly power was suffocating.

"Emperor Xuanjing Dao Force?"

Li Fei's eyes tightened, somewhat understanding what the effect of the cooperation between the 【God-Parasite】 divine ability and the 【Thread Manipulation】 divine ability was.

If only 【Thread Manipulation】 is used to transmit one's own force and control the limb movements of others, it is impossible to hit a Dao Force no matter what.

Dao Force requires the perfect combination of a martial artist's "essence, energy, and spirit," while the target controlled by 【Thread Manipulation】 is just a marionette. It is okay to use some simple martial arts. Using slightly more complex martial arts will lack charm.

But it is different with 【God-Parasite】.

Qi Zhou parasitizes a part of his spirit on the target, transmits his own force with 【Thread Manipulation】, and then controls it with his spirit.

In this way, the target he controls is temporarily equivalent to one of his clones.

As a Grandmaster, the Dao Force naturally reaches the Emperor Xuanjing level, so this Northern Barbarian warrior controlled by him also displayed Emperor Xuanjing-level Dao Force!

"Let me."

Li Fei said to Qiu Zi'an, stopping the other party from acting.

He stepped forward and slashed with his saber.

Facing the Emperor Xuanjing-level Dao Force, he knew that he could not take advantage of the moves, so he didn't intend to dismantle the moves with it at all.

The whole person turned into a golden stream of light and rushed up against the monstrous giant wave hundreds of meters high in front.

Rumble—

The giant wave was split from the middle, the earth shook, and the rocks collapsed downward.

This branch of the Northern Barbarian tribe seemed to have had an earthquake!

Li Fei forcibly broke through this Emperor Xuanjing-level Dao Force with one saber and killed in front of the Northern Barbarian warrior.

The blood and force in this person's body suddenly erupted, his whole body's flesh and blood disintegrated, and his bones made unbearable groaning sounds.

His whole person seemed to have been completely ignited, suddenly erupting with stronger power, ignoring the Ghost-Slaying Saber slashed by Li Fei, and his right leg swept toward Li Fei's temple like a battle axe, the trouser leg burning into ashes in the supersonic swing!

Li Fei did not dodge or evade, letting this leg kick his head.

Bang!!!

The explosive sound of gold and stone colliding spread far away. Li Fei just shook his head slightly, and then slashed the Northern Barbarian warrior in front of him into two halves with one saber.

While slashing this saber, Li Fei also consumed 100 blood souls to launch a 【Blood Might God】, bombarding the spirit parasitized by Qi Zhou!

With just one strike, this group of spirits was beaten into pieces.

But this group of spirits scattered but did not break, turning into countless broken stars, quickly flying out of Qiu Zi'an's Martial Arts Domain.

"Sure enough..."

Li Fei's spirit tightened.

【God-Parasite】 not only allows Qi Zhou to parasitize a part of his spirit on others, but also makes this part of the spirit extremely difficult to be obliterated!

If it weren't for this, a 【Clone】 divine ability could achieve the effect of Qi Zhou's two divine abilities superimposed, and the effect would be even better.

The number of clones produced by the 【Clone】 divine ability is limited, and after the clones are destroyed, they cannot be restored in a short time.

And Qi Zhou's "clones" are different.

As long as his spirit is not destroyed, his force is sufficient, and there are enough creatures around, he can continuously produce new clones!

Another sonic boom sound came, and a Tudu-level Northern Barbarian warrior killed into Qiu Zi'an's Martial Arts Domain again.

This Northern Barbarian warrior had already "ignited" himself when rushing over, his whole body's blood erupted, his acupoints exploded, and his meridians were broken!

Obviously, Qi Zhou cast more than one "self-mutilation" secret technique.

He was using "clones" as one-time consumables!

There are thousands of Northern Barbarians in the place where the three of them fell, so Qi Zhou has plenty of "consumables."

Under these circumstances, the best choice is naturally to directly attack Qi Zhou's main body.

But Qi Zhou has the 【Shadow Concealment】 divine ability.

Li Fei and Qiu Zi'an have no perception-type divine abilities and have no way to find the location of the other party's main body.

As for leaving this place.

At this time, Qi Zhou's 【God-Parasite Thousand Shadow Domain】 has covered a radius of a thousand meters. If his Martial Arts Domain is not broken, the two of them have no way to leave.

Just look at Qiu Zi'an's Martial Arts Domain, which has been suppressed to a range of less than a hundred meters, and you know that with this female Grandmaster's current state, she definitely cannot break the 【God-Parasite Thousand Shadow Domain】.

Qi Zhou's plan is very simple: wear Qiu Zi'an to death first, and then free up his hands to slowly clean up Li Fei!

(End of chapter)