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Chapter 279: The Ancient Divine Child, the Young Sect Master Xi Xi, and the Celebration of Tai Bai's
Chapter 279: The Ancient Divine Child, the Young Sect Master Xi Xi, and the Celebration of Tai Bai's Sword Qi (Part 1)
Rumble, rumble—
An enormous and ferocious dragon head plummeted from the sky, its shattered azure-blue dragon bones resembling cracked blue crystals, scattering across the ground.
Dragon blood gushed from the severed neck, hot and potent, containing the formidable energy of a Dragon God lineage expert who had reached the Martial Saint realm through an extreme transformation.
Hiss, hiss, hiss—
The ground was instantly corroded and caved in, like snow meeting hot water, forming numerous pits in an instant.
Then, the colossal dragon head crashed into the deep pit, raising clouds of dust.
In the sky above, the Dragon Queen Consort, with her head severed, lost control. Her convulsing body was grasped by Li Che's towering, mountain-like five fingers.
However, without the dragon head, it seemed as if its essence was lost, and countless azure-blue dragon bones were covered in fine cracks, shattering and disintegrating into countless bone fragments.
In the wind and waves formed by the powerful air currents and blood energy, they scattered and dissipated.
Slowly, the dragon's body, adorned with fine dragon scales, transformed into the Dragon Queen Consort's human form, and it began to crumble and shatter...
Bit by bit, it turned into sand-like particles, drifting into the heavens and earth.
Hmm?
Beneath the Bull Demon mask, Li Che's eyes revealed a hint of regret. What a pity...
A Martial Saint-level dragon corpse was a treasure trove, with its entire body filled with invaluable materials. Just the dragon tendons alone were perfect for crafting top-tier divine bows, like those used by the Five Elders.
Among the Divine Origin Martial Arts that Li Che cultivated, there was one he learned from the Bluebird—the Blood-Crying Phoenix Life and Death Arrow, which required a top-tier divine bow to unleash its full power.
Li Che had always been skilled in archery, having learned from the Divine Archer Wen Longshan. With his current mastery of the Blood-Crying Phoenix Life and Death Arrow, his archery skills were extraordinary.
Naturally, with a divine bow in hand, his arrow techniques would unleash devastating power.
"By burning the Dragon God bloodline and forcibly crossing the threshold from Half-Step Martial Saint to Martial Saint, the blood and flesh were consumed and destroyed. After death, the body returns to dust, and the earth absorbs the essence..."
Li Che sighed with regret.
Fortunately...
The Dragon Queen Consort's Heaven and Earth Jade remained intact, falling into Li Che's hands, ensuring he didn't leave empty-handed.
Boom, boom, boom—
Feeling the surging blood energy within his body, Li Che, after unleashing the power of two Divine Seeds, now faced the immense burden on his physical body. This energy was currently assaulting his flesh.
Rarely, Li Che felt a stinging sensation in his spine, reminiscent of childhood memories of getting an injection at the clinic.
Standing on the ground beside the ferocious dragon head, Li Che couldn't help but exhale, feeling the slight sting in his spine.
"Is this the injury from the explosion of two Divine Seeds?"
"Indeed, it's impressive... I actually felt pain."
His towering, mountain-like body raised its arms slightly, stretching the muscles, causing the tendons and bones to tremble like a coiling dragon.
Within his chest, the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit was pulsating wildly, as if rejoicing in the exhilarating battle.
Li Che twisted his neck, and the grinding sound of his bones produced a deafening roar.
"The explosion of Divine Seeds... it does lead to death."
"But not mine."
Li Che glanced at the Dragon Queen Consort's corpse.
Two Divine Seeds...
It was evident that Li Che, who possessed the Dragon Elephant Vajra, a horizontally cultivated Dao Fruit, had not reached his limit.
After a brief moment of rest, Li Che felt the injuries from the explosion of the two Divine Seeds... they had already healed.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
A gentle breeze blew by, stirring up the dry sand on the ground.
Li Che's back rippled, and the immense blood energy converged into the Eight Marvel Gates along his spine.
After activating the Ascension State and Dragon Elephant Heavenly Trigram, his towering body gradually returned to its normal size, but he still maintained the robust build of the Bull Demon.
With a clench of his five fingers, the Dragon Queen Consort's dragon head vanished, stored in his Heaven and Earth space for future use in Bound Spirit techniques.
He tapped his foot, and the ground exploded, causing Li Che to disappear from his original spot.
In the distance, sand rolled, and dust roared.
Ao Qingqing trembled uncontrollably, witnessing the Dragon Queen Consort, who had forcefully broken through to the Martial Saint realm and possessed Martial Saint-level strength, being ruthlessly slain.
Ao Qingqing could no longer suppress the fear and sorrow within her heart...
"Aunt..."
Tears streamed uncontrollably down Ao Qingqing's cheeks.
However, having passed the Mind Nature Examination, Ao Qingqing had matured. She wiped away her tears.
"Aunt... I... I will grow up... and avenge you."
Ao Qingqing clenched her teeth.
After all...
She was her aunt.
With a tight grip, Ao Qingqing turned and began to run frantically into the distance.
But...
After taking only two or three steps, she realized her legs wouldn't move.
It was a terrifying sense of oppression, originating from her physiology.
Her entire body seemed frozen in place, like a statue. She wanted to lift her legs and flee, but they felt as heavy as lead.
Boom, boom, boom—
The surroundings became quiet. The sound of the wind, the rolling sand—all vanished without a trace, leaving behind complete silence.
Her neck stiffened, and her eyes slowly rolled, gradually falling.
She watched as a larger shadow slowly grew on the ground, blocking out her own...
Struggling, she tried to turn her neck to look behind her.
"No need to turn back, child."
"Look forward."
A faint, raspy voice slowly echoed.
Ao Qingqing's neck suddenly stiffened, and the next moment, her heart exploded, creating a gaping hole that sprayed countless droplets of blood.
She knelt powerless on the ground...
Her life force was slowly and completely drained from her body.
But from beginning to end...
Ao Qingqing never turned back.
Li Che adjusted his Bull Demon mask, his eyes showing little emotion. He understood the rationale behind eradicating the root of evil.
In reality, even if Ao Qingqing managed to escape during her confrontation with the Empress Consort, she couldn't have gotten far.
Because...
Within Ao Qingqing's shadow, the Shadow Guardian Zhenren, with his Bound Spirit twisted and writhing, stood up and bowed to Li Che.
"Lord..."
"Let's go."
Li Che flicked his finger, and an invisible surge of energy blasted out, causing Ao Qingqing's body to tremble and vanish in an instant.
Although Ao Qingqing was just a ten-year-old child, she carried the bloodline of the Dragon Deity clan and had nearly made it to the top three in the second round of the Heavenly Trigram.
Such a genius, now bearing a grudge against him, if allowed to leave, might pose a threat to him or his family in the future.
She could even endanger Xi Xi's life.
Therefore, it was best to minimize any potential trouble for Xi Xi.
Two black shadows twisted and vanished in an instant.
At the same time, on the Imperial Highway, the other ongoing battles also came to an abrupt halt.
Huang Jian Jiu, who was fighting against a Constellation Killer, swung his sword and burst into laughter before turning into black mist and disappearing.
On the other side, You Liqing, who was engaged in a fierce battle with a Half-God Corpse from the Corpse God Sect, narrowed his eyes, taking a deep look at the Half-God Corpse.
In the next moment, he too turned into black mist and vanished.
The Half-God Corpse from the Corpse God Sect...
You Liqing remembered.
This Half-God Corpse was exceptionally powerful, even stronger than most Martial Saints. Without the Corpse God Seal he had obtained from Li Che, You Liqing might have been completely overwhelmed in a fight against this Half-God Corpse.
However, now...
Since this Half-God Corpse had revealed itself, and given Lord's deep hatred for the Corpse God Sect, there was no way he would let it go.
You're dead!
You Liqing disappeared.
On the other side, Long Tai, Qing Niao, Xue Du Fu, and other Grandmasters who had blocked the Divine Guard Army also retreated.
The various Underworld Evildoers vanished almost simultaneously.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Constellation Killer hovered in mid-air, his eyes filled with blood-red light, gazing into the distance, sensing the aura of annihilation.
The Martial Saint's furious and mournful will still lingered...
The Peace Restoration Empress Consort, Ao Yuxin...
Was dead.
"The Underworld... What a ruthless Underworld... Truly merciless."
The Constellation Killer pressed down on the starry wooden mask on his face and exhaled lightly, transforming into a stream of light and disappearing.
The Half-God Corpse from the Corpse God Sect dared not show itself easily, and a vortex of deathly energy appeared behind it, into which it disappeared.
The Divine Guard Army's General Han Qizhong and Dai Qingxiao led the army, swiftly flying towards the battlefield.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
A deep pit with a diameter of several dozen zhang appeared before everyone's eyes.
Within the pit, the scorching dragon blood that had corroded the ground, forming the pit, still lingered, but the dragon's corpse was nowhere to be seen.
Only the powerful and overwhelming Martial Saint's will, stirring and lingering in the air, remained.
"Dead... She's dead..."
Han Qizhong and Dai Qingxiao exchanged glances, their hairs standing on end.
That was...
The Peace Restoration Empress Consort! The crucial link in the marriage alliance between the Peace Restoration Prince and the Dragon Deity clan!
"The Underworld... They dared to kill her?" Dai Qingxiao muttered.
"Is there anything the Underworld dares not do?"
Han Qizhong glanced at him and said in a deep voice.
Suddenly, Han Qizhong and Dai Qingxiao looked towards the distance.
On the other side of the pit, amidst the rolling yellow dust, a hunched figure stood at the edge of the pit.
In his hand, he held a jet-black book, emitting thick black mist, and in the other, a wolf-hair brush.
A smiling Cat Face mask emerged from the yellow dust, slowly revealing itself.
"Kekekekeke..."
"Dust returns to dust, earth returns to earth."
"The Underworld has decreed your death at the third watch, who dares to keep you until the fifth?"
"The Peace Restoration Empress Consort, Ao Yuxin, her name is erased from the Book of Life and Death."
...
Cat Face!
The Underworld's Cat Face!
Hearing the faint voice, both Dai Qingxiao and Han Qizhong, the two Three Flowers Grandmasters, felt a chill run through their bodies.
The Divine Guard Army soldiers' eyes narrowed, sensing the mystery and terror of the Underworld.
This wasn't the first time they had heard Cat Face speak such words.
The first time, they thought it was an act, the second time, they could still believe it was an act...
But the third, fourth...
It made their hairs stand on end.
Whenever Cat Face appeared...
It meant the Underworld had claimed another life!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The wind blew past.
Cat Face's hunched figure seemed to carry an endless "Kekekeke" laughter.
Slowly, it blurred and disappeared into the yellow dust.
...
...
Heavenly Origin Dao City.
At the top of the eight-cornered, double-eaved Heavenly Divination Bureau's treasure tower.
Inspector General Hong Shi Fo stood with his hands behind his back, his loose robe fluttering in the strong wind at the top of the tower.
Behind him, on the sandalwood chessboard, black and white pieces were scattered.
His aged face, with narrowed eyes, looked towards the south of the city.
As if from a high vantage point, he took in the entire scene of the southern region.
In front of the Heavenly Pig Strange Shrine.
Inspector General's gaze fell upon Li Che, sitting in the Elder's chair, wearing a gentle smile as he conversed with Gongshu Jingjun.
"The Empress Consort is already dead..."
"Isn't it the Underworld Bull Demon?"
Inspector General Hong Shi Fo raised his hand, and between his fingers, a white chess piece rolled and tumbled.
He tried to calculate, but couldn't, as if a giant chessboard blocked his vision.
"Who exactly is the Underworld Bull Demon?"
Originally, based on clues, Hong Shi Fo had deduced it was Li Che, but now...
The Peace Restoration Empress Consort had been killed, and Li Che, whom he suspected to be the Bull Demon, had been under his watch the entire time.
In front of the Strange Shrine.
Fang Han Shu, carefully reading a Confucian classic, frowned slightly.
"Have you read enough?"
With a sudden force, the book was slammed shut, and in that instant, a powerful divine sense emerged, as if merging with the heavens and earth, akin to the birth of three souls and seven spirits.
Boom!
The unique perspective of Hong Shi Fo was shattered in an instant.
Closing his eyes and then opening them again...
"The Underworld... they're getting too arrogant."
"They really look down on Ji Moling."
...
...
Buzz—
The incarnation of the Immortal in the Painting, Li Che, was in the middle of a gentle conversation with Gongshu Jingjun when his body trembled slightly.
Then, his main body merged with the Immortal in the Painting incarnation.
The conversation between the Immortal in the Painting and Gongshu Jingjun continued seamlessly, and Li Che inherited the topic, smoothly continuing the discussion.
Gongshu Jingjun, a Divine Embryo cultivator, didn't notice anything amiss.
In the distance, Fang Hanshu glanced in the direction of Li Che.
"Why has Hong Shi Fo been monitoring Elder Li Che all this time?"
Fang Hanshu hadn't noticed the switch between Li Che's incarnation and his main body, as Li Che's Immortal in the Painting incarnation also possessed divine cultivation.
Unless killed and turned into ink mist, it was impossible to tell them apart.
He was only curious about why Inspector General Hong Shi Fo was monitoring Li Che...
Li Che's return went unnoticed.
In front of the Strange Shrine, everything proceeded smoothly.
Time passed like sand through fingers, slowly slipping away.
The news of the Dragon Queen Consort's death at the hands of the Underworld spread with the return of Generals Han Qizhong, Dai Qingxiao, and others.
In front of the Strange Shrine, on Divine Witch Mountain, a Divine Embryo cultivator's face was filled with a smile, and his fat jiggled.
"She's really dead..."
"That's ruthless."
The younger Dao Lord, Yue Weizheng, also sat in shock.
In the Su Family camp, the current head, Su Daoling, clenched his fists, and a hint of helplessness flashed in his eyes.
They had played their trump card, even inviting the Constellation Killer from the Hunting God Pavilion, but...
It was almost like setting up a trap to lure and kill the Ox Demon of the Underworld, but it still ended in failure, just like You Liqing, who was killed by the Underworld.
All the Su Family's investments had gone down the drain!
Even with the Su Family's vast wealth, they couldn't afford such losses.
"She's dead... and it's a good thing she's dead."
Su Daoling leaned back in his grandmaster chair, lightly tapping the tea table with his fingers.
He narrowed his eyes slightly.
With his son and disciples dead, and now...
Even his wife had perished!
You, Ji Moling...
Can't you show some anger?!
How will the Underworld face the wrath of one of the eight vassal kings of Da Jing, the Peace Restoration King?!
...
...
Boom!
Behind the Strange Shrine, the mysterious mist churned incessantly.
Amidst the mist, angry voices echoed, including the roars of Shrine Guardian Corpses and the shrieks of demonic beasts.
Many people within three li of the Strange Shrine frequently glanced at the Strange Pavilion.
(End of Chapter)
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