Chapter 176: Gun Challenges Old Monk
Yang Feng, after obtaining the demon sword, although he learned some knife skills when dealing with the Skull Army, always felt that he couldn't bring out the full power of the demon sword. He thought it might be a problem with his own knife skills and often studied them, but the gains were not great. However, today, seeing Bai Qi use his knife, Yang Feng suddenly felt enlightened and began to study carefully.
Bai Qi's swordsmanship was a killing swordsmanship, every move of his aimed at the enemy's vital points and each move carried an earth-shaking killing intent. Every move of his was so bold and fearless, as if he wouldn't stop until he had cut down the enemy. Watching Bai Qi's swordsmanship, Yang Feng seemed to see him standing alone in a vast army, invincible with just one single sword in hand, enemy after enemy falling under his blade. Such swordsmanship could only be achieved after killing thousands and millions of people!
Qingyi old nun could only barely hold on under Bai Qi's knife skills, without any chance of counterattacking. Bai Qi's long knife was extremely fast, with flashes of light like raindrops chopping towards Qingyi old nun. However, although Qingyi old nun had no opportunity to fight back, Bai Qi also had no chance to kill her, and for a time they were stuck in a stalemate, one attacking and the other defending.
In terms of actual strength, Bai Qi is still one level higher than Qing Yi. Although Bai Qi only has the initial stage of Tribulation Crossing, his cultivation method is very special, using killing to enter the Dao, with a dense aura of killing energy surrounding him like a physical entity. Moreover, as soon as Bai Qi started, he didn't give Qing Yi any chance to use her flying sword, making it impossible for her to use her strongest attack, which is why she was suppressed by Bai Qi and had no opportunity to counterattack.
Bai Qi's attack was dizzying, with one knife following another, each one faster than the last, hacking towards Qingyi Old Nun. Although Qingyi Old Nun's strength was higher than Bai Qi by a boundary, and she had the protection of the Xiantian clothes on her body, under such an attack, she was still injured, cut by Bai Qi's long knife in several places, with fresh blood flowing non-stop from her wounds.
After Qingyi Old Nun was injured, she couldn't keep up with Bai Qi's long knife even more. She wanted to jump out of Bai Qi's attack range and then use the flying sword in her hand to kill Bai Qi, but Bai Qi didn't give him any chance at all. He followed her shadow, attacking himself with a knife. Every time Qingyi Old Nun's flying sword emitted a sword aura, it was shattered by the knife aura emitted by Bai Qi, posing no threat to Bai Qi at all. Sometimes, the sword aura she emitted couldn't even touch the edge of Bai Qi, which made Qingyi Old Nun so depressed that she wanted to vomit blood, but there was nothing she could do about it.
Qing Yi Old Nun was so angry that she couldn't take it anymore, and the wounds on her body were getting more and more. If she didn't think of a way to counterattack, she might lose today. Qing Yi Old Nun glared at Bai Qi, who was chasing her, with eyes that seemed to be spitting fire. She gritted her teeth, looking resolute, and then a golden light flashed on her body. A golden light flew out from the top of her head, and after flying into the air, it transformed into another person who looked exactly like Qing Yi Old Nun. However, this person seemed to be condensed from energy, emitting a golden aura all over his body.
The serene old nun who appeared in the sky was her Yuan Ying. Who would have thought that this serene old nun was so ruthless, and had actually abandoned her physical body just to avoid Bai Qi's attack? Although cultivators do not attach much importance to physical cultivation during their usual practice, a cultivator's physical body is also extremely important. The serene old nun had abandoned her own physical body, and from now on, she could only cultivate as a scattered immortal!
The Scattered Immortals are generally referring to those who failed during the Heavenly Tribulation, their physical bodies were destroyed by the heavenly tribulation, but their primordial spirits managed to survive. Even if a Scattered Immortal is at the lowest level of one turn, they would still be more powerful than a Cultivator who has reached the Great Vehicle realm, because Scattered Immortals have survived the Heavenly Tribulation and part of the energy within their bodies has transformed into Primordial Spirit Force, which is much stronger than True Primordial Force. Moreover, every thousand years, Scattered Immortals must undergo another Heavenly Tribulation, each time called one turn. If they can successfully pass through it, their Primordial Spirit Force will undergo a heaven-shaking and earth-shattering change. If a Scattered Immortal can go through several Heavenly Tribulations and become a Nine-Turn Scattered Immortal, then that Scattered Immortal can ascend to the Heavens and directly possess the strength of a Mahayana Golden Immortal!
However, such situations refer to cultivators who have not been able to pass through the normal heavenly tribulation and yet managed to survive. But someone like Qingyi Old Nun has abandoned her physical body without even experiencing the heavenly tribulation. Although it is still possible for her to become a loose immortal in the future, she will fundamentally be unable to compare with those scattered immortals who have experienced the heavenly trials and possess certain immortal yuan. Moreover, when she experiences the heavenly tribulation in the future, it will be even more difficult!
Qingyue Old Nun abandoned her physical body in this way, although it was also extremely reluctant, but in order to avoid Bai Qi's attack, there was no other way. The Yuan Ying of Qingyue Old Nun floating in the sky glared at Bai Qi with hatred, then beckoned with her hand, and the flying sword in the hand of Qingyue Old Nun's physical body below came into her hand.
Bai Qi didn't expect Qingyi Old Nun to be so ruthless, abandoning her physical body. Although he was surprised by this method, the long knife in his hand didn't slow down at all. Qingyi Old Nun's primordial infant had flown into the air, and although her physical body on the ground still had some combat power, how could it withstand Bai Qi's long knife? With one slash, Bai Qi chopped up Qingyi Old Nun's physical body!
The serene old nun watched as her physical body was torn to shreds by Bai Qi, and in her heart, a deep hatred arose. Her spirit stirred, and the flying sword in her hand flew out of control, its tip pointing downwards as it floated in mid-air. Then, a spiritual embryo, identical in size to her physical body, appeared before her eyes. With its golden hands, it continuously cast hand seals onto the flying sword. In an instant, the flying sword split into two, then four, rapidly dividing into tens of thousands of swords that filled the sky, forming a heavenly net-like array. From within this array, numerous sword lights shot out, striking Bai Qi on the ground.
Bai Qi looked at the sword tips pouring down from the sky like a silver river, and just sneered coldly. Then he stood there, without even moving, and directly swung his knife to slash at the sword tips. Although there were many sword tips, Bai Qi shattered a large piece of them with each knife, so after swinging a few knives, he shattered all the sword tips!
This is not the end, after shattering all the sword hilts, Bai Qi grasped his knife with both hands and slashed fiercely at Qingyi Old Nun in the sky. Then, a cold and fierce blade was emitted from Bai Qi's long knife, like a white flash of lightning that struck her body before she could react.
With a puff, a mouthful of golden blood spurted out from Qingyi Old Nun's mouth. She stared at Bai Qi with those golden eyes that didn't dare to believe it, thinking that her attack was actually resolved so easily by Bai Qi, and she had hurt herself so badly in such a short time. That blow from Bai Qi was directly aimed at Qingyi Old Nun's primordial infant, the injury she suffered would be very difficult to recover from. Qingyi Old Nun gave Bai Qi a hateful glance before transforming into a golden light that flew towards the back mountain of Cihang Jingzhai.
Miao Zhen Shitai and Jing Yao saw Qing Yi's ancestor not only lose to Bai Qi, but also lose so miserably that he couldn't even keep his physical body. Looking at Bai Qi's eyes were filled with fear, their bodies involuntarily retreated backwards. However, Bai Qi didn't pay attention to them, instead turning around to look towards Zhao Kuo's side.
Miao Zhen Shitai and Jing Yao saw that Bai Qi ignored them, so they immediately turned around and ran towards the innermost part of Ci Hang Jing Zhai. The other disciples saw their master and eldest sister run away, and thought to themselves: "What's the point of staying here? Facing this killing god, isn't it just courting death?" So they also rushed inside.
Yang Feng watched as Miao Zhen Shitai and Jing Yao escaped, but he didn't bother to stop them. He saw that Bai Qi had defeated the Qing Yi old nun, and he knew that today's events had already caused enough commotion. It would definitely attract the attention of those old monsters from Ci Hang Jing Zhai, and then they could ask for Guo Mei Mei back. Although it was possible that a thousand-year-old monster might appear, Yang Feng wasn't afraid. He still had the Thirteen Blood Guards, who had followed Chi You into battle and were millions of years old. Even though their strength had only recovered to 70 or 80%, they should be able to handle those senior masters from Ci Hang Jing Zhai without any problems.
So Yang Feng didn't pay attention to Miao Zhen Shitai and Jing Yao, and instead looked at Bai Qi with his eyes. At this time, the battle on Zhao Kuo's side was also about to end. Zhao Kuo and Bai Qi were both in the early stages of their cultivation, but he practiced the ghostly energy of the underworld, which had a strong corrosive effect, making it necessary for Zhao Kuo to gain an advantage in many ways during the fight. Because his opponent, Kong Ming Lao Shang, did not dare to let his own weapon touch Zhao Kuo's spear, lest his own weapon be polluted by the ghostly energy and destroyed.
The weapon in Kongming Laohe Shang's hand was a golden-yellow devil-subduing cudgel, and on his wrist there was also a string of Buddhist beads. The string of Buddhist beads emitted a milky white light, which protected Kongming Laohe Shang inside, making him immune to the influence of the yin-yang ghost energy.
Kongming Laohe Shang, who originally used the Demon-subduing Pestle, was a master of close combat. However, due to Zhao Kuang's Yin-yuan ghost energy, he couldn't get close to attack him. He feared that if he got contaminated with the ghost energy, his Buddhist golden body would be polluted, which would be irreparable. Therefore, when Kongming Laohe Shang fought against Zhao Kuang, he was restricted and unable to use his full strength.
Furthermore, Kongming Laohe Shang was originally in the same realm as Zhao Kuo, so under Zhao Kuo's swift and fierce attack with his black spear, he was indeed in a precarious situation. When Kongming Laohe Shang saw that his senior sister Qingyi Shitai had been destroyed by Bai Qi, her physical body completely ruined, and Yuanying had also been severely injured and escaped, at that moment he was so frightened that his gallbladder burst, and he lost all will to fight.
At the moment when Kongming Laohe's morale was completely gone, Zhao Kuo's black spear suddenly burst out with a loud noise, and the long spear stabbed forward, like a black dragon pouncing on Kongming Laohe. Then, it was seen that Zhao Kuo's long spear pierced through the Buddha beads' defense, piercing through Kongming Laohe's chest. Following that, in Kongming Laohe's disbelieving eyes, a burst of black air exploded, enveloping Kongming Laohe's entire body.
Zhao Kuai immediately pulled out his long spear, and the black air suddenly burst open. However, inside the black air, there was nothing left. Kongming Laohe Shang not only disappeared completely in body, but even his primordial spirit couldn't escape!
After doing all that, Zhao Kuai turned to look at Bai Qi and Yang Feng, smiled slightly, and stood aside. Because his yin-yang ghost energy could absorb others' powers for his own use, he needed time to absorb and refine the power of Kongming Laoheishang.
Yang Feng looked at Zhao Kuo, who had just killed Kongming Lao and Shang with a single shot, and also showed a smile on his face. Like Bai Qi, he stood silently beside Zhao Kuo to protect him, waiting for the people of Ci Hang Jing Zhai to reappear!