If the three of them were still within the scope of Bronze Bell Ancient City and the obliteration of the Infinite Realm’s rules, all that awaited them would have been death .
“It…it…died…” Xie Yu finally said, her eyes full of fear .
The purple-gold crowned youth had a solemn expression . He took a deep breath and cupped his hands together, “My name is Qin Hanshi . If there was any misunderstanding before this, I hope that fellow daoist doesn’t blame us . ”
With the strength of that evil spirit, it was naturally impossible for Qin Yu to have been here for what they searched for .
Qin Yu shook his head . “In that sort of situation, for fellow daoist Qin to not attack me, that is already beyond my expectations . He paused for a moment and then said, “I am Qin Yu . ”
Qin Hanshi…Qin Yu…
The two fellow daoist Qins glanced at one another, each with a slightly absent-minded expression . They both felt that the other person was familiar .
Suddenly, loud cracking sounds rang out from the black sphere . The arcs of thunder weaving across its surface began to rapidly collapse and dissipate .
“This is bad!”
“Run quickly!”
But it was already too late . A strange fluctuation descended from the nothingness and space seemed to freeze . Even the branches of ancient trees swaying in the wind were frozen .
Qin Yu, Qin Hanshi, and Xie Yu were all stuck in poses of running away . Yet, none of them could move at all .
Strings of scorched hair drilled out from the cracked black sphere . Then, like two hands ripping out from the inside, the ugly head thrust its way out with difficulty . It had already shrunk by more than half and large bald patches were visible all throughout its hair . The stitches on its face had gashes running haphazardly through them . Deep wounds marred it and rotten flesh and blood constantly dripped down .
A mass of wrapped hair fiercely tossed something out that fell onto the ground with a loud bang . It was unexpectedly a dead withered scholartree . There was a faintly pained face etched on the surface of the scholartree – it was that Granny Scholartree .
She was originally not a human but the spirit of an ancient scholartree that had developed consciousness . Now, all of its essence energy had been swallowed up by the evil spirit . If it weren’t for that, this ugly head wouldn’t have been able to survive the erasure of the Infinite Realm’s rules .
“All of you must die…” A deep roar filled with hatred caused one’s soul to tremble .
Qin Hanshi had a bitter expression . But if it weren’t for Granny Scholartree they wouldn’t have lived for this long to begin with . He looked at the massive amount of scorched hair and then revealed a decisive expression .
Bang –
Rich purple light erupted from his body, shattering the suppressive world prestige around him . Qin Hanshi lifted the sword in his hand, purple flames blazing in his eyes .
“Die!”
Shua –
The sword slashed out . Purple sword light swept out like a tide, tearing apart everything . There was a loud rumbling sound like raging rivers and streams .
Qin Hanshi cultivated the Purple World Myriad Sword Dao . Normally when he trained, he would practice one strike every day . Using the power of the rules, he would mark a sword shadow and condense it into his sword heart . Although this was only a sword shadow, it contained all of his sword intent . As there were more and more sword shadows, his sword heart would gradually solidify and became more powerful, finally undergoing a transformation .
This was Qin Hanshi’s path of ascension . At this moment he released all of the sword shadows within his sword heart and erupted with an incomparably terrifying killing intent . But at the same time, this was also his final trump card . In the future he would have to spend many years to condense more sword shadows .
Although he had to pay a severe price, none of this was worth mentioning in the face of life or death . As long as he didn’t die here, everyone he lost could be retrieved .
Qin Yu’s eyes brightened with acclaim . He had already decided to go all-out but he never imagined that Qin Hanshi would possess such a powerful card in his hand . This rapidly flowing purple river was condensed from pure sword intent and possessed a horrifying killing strength . Although it was inferior to the might of a Revered Blue Sea powerhouse, it was almost the same .
The ugly head screeched in rage and anger . The hair it sent out suddenly drew backwards, wrapped around it in layers . In the next moment, the raging flow of purple light crashed down with majestic might, thoroughly submerging it .
Qin Hanshi’s face was deathly pale and his body shivered . He held himself up with pure willpower; this was the only reason he hadn’t fallen to the ground . He fixed his eyes tightly on what was happening in front of him . If this sword strike couldn’t kill the evil spirit then all of them would die here .
The purple light gradually dissipated to reveal an incomparably ugly and battered head . Its patchy hair was now almost completely gone . The rampaging sword intent had left behind countless wounds on its face and it seemed as if it would shatter in the next moment .
But it was still alive . It opened its warm and gentle eyes, inexhaustible hatred appeared within them . The temperature all around them began to drastically fall . Traces of ice cold aura began invading their bodies .
This was the strength of the killing curse!
It had already given up on swallowing these three hateful small insects . Rather, it wanted them to experience the greatest degree of pain before their souls scattered into the wind .
Xie Yu was the weakest . Right now, black runes appeared on her face and her expression was distorted with pain and despair . Still, she couldn’t move or make a single sound .
Qin Hanshi closed his eyes . Although he was unwilling in his heart, this was the way the world was . No one had a chance to remake their decision . Since he had chosen to come here, death was his outcome; there was no one he could blame .
But as he was waiting for death, he felt a shocking aura erupt to his side . His eyes popped open and he watched as Qin Yu stepped forward .
Kacha –
Kacha –
The energy that imprisoned him was forcefully torn apart . With his second step, his aura rose again . With his third step, his aura reached an inconceivable state .
The void began to shiver . An invisible strength spread outwards, breaking apart the frozen space . Then, cracks started to appear in space and recklessly spread outwards like tentacles, grinding apart everything within range .
Qin Hanshi was astounded . He never imagined that Qin Yu would be hiding a strength even more terrifying than his own . Luckily, his reactions were quick . Before the shockwaves of strength affected him, he grabbed onto the screaming Xie Yu and threw themselves backwards far away .
Qin Yu could feel an unprecedented level of strength raging through his body . It felt as if he could stomp upon the entirety of the heavens and earth .
The power of the burning heavens . Burn blood, burn magic power, burn life . Right now, all three strengths completely erupted, but the pain he imagined didn’t appear . Instead, his consciousness reached an unparalleled state of serenity .
Qin Yu could clearly feel the blood that was boiling and burning within his veins . It burned so hot and violently that it surpassed the limits of his mortal body and constantly damaged his insides . Within his dantian sea, the Five Element Nascent Souls began to ignite with five-colored flames . Although there were expressions of joy on their faces, their eyes revealed a pained struggle .
And, the most mysterious part was that for the first time, Qin Yu clearly felt his own life . It was invisible and intangible, yet it was fused into his flesh, blood, and soul, pervading every part of his body . At this time, faint wisps of white gas constantly faded away and he could feel his life shrinking at a horrifying pace .
But at this time, Qin Yu didn’t feel any fear at all . He was only calmly calculating how long he could maintain the power of the burning heavens for in his current state .
He soon calculated the result: ten breaths of time .
He could last at most ten breaths of time . That was fighting to the degree where his Demon Body collapsed, his Nascent Souls dissipated, and his life thoroughly depleted itself .
If he didn’t want to cause too much damage to himself, he had at most two breaths of time .
Bang –
All of these thoughts seemed as if they took a long time, but in truth they were all finished by the time Qin Yu took his third step . As he did, his entire body accelerated forwards and he smashed into the ugly head like a meteor .
Five-colored sword lights blazed into existence, all of it submerging into the ugly head . A breath of time had passed and a thought suddenly rose in Qin Yu’s mind . With the Five Element Sword technique alone, he could not kill the evil spirit . He lifted a hand and thrust out a finger, striking the ugly head between the eyebrows like a bolt of lightning . Then, a black light flashed .
Two breaths of time .
Qin Yu’s terrifying aura rapidly retreated like a falling tide . His body wavered in the air and his sunken eyes became full of weariness . He could no longer maintain his black hair and all of it instantly turned ash gray .
Before returning to the Beast Hunting Pavilion, in order to avoid being noticed, Qin Yu had stimulated his vitality to turn his ash gray hair black once more . But now that he lost his lifespan yet again, it was difficult to continue hiding it .
The ugly head’s wide eyes were filled with cruel raging intent . Its scorched black hair scurried towards Qin Yu, but before it could touch him, all of it fell to the ground .
“No!”
With a deep roar of unwillingness, its stitched face suddenly split open . This wasn’t a single wound, but something that came from deep within . A man’s head flew out from the crack . The head seemed extremely young and beautiful and there was a bright red spot between its eyebrows .
But just as it flew out, this beautiful head revealed a look of great panic and horror . The bright red spot between its eyebrows quickly dimmed, losing all of its luster .
Hu –
A gust of wind blew past . The flesh and blood on the head was instantly reduced to ash that was blown away . All that remained was an exquisite, jade-like skull .
That’s right . This should have been a terrifying skull, but what it gave off was an exquisite and beautiful feeling .
Qin Yu swayed about . He could no longer resist the weakness coursing through his body and plopped to the ground .
At the same time, heavy footsteps came from behind .
Lying on the ground, the extremely distressed Qin Hanshi looked up . When the two met eyes, they both smiled .
To survive this really hadn’t been easy!
Xie Yu was unconscious . As the evil spirit died, the strength of the killing curse also scattered, sending her into a deep slumber .
All that remained in the world were the heavy, heaving gasps of two people .
After a long time, Qin Yu managed to struggle into a sitting position . He took out a pill and swallowed it .
He heard the sound of footsteps and looked over to see Qin Hanshi walking over, dragging his sword behind him . “Fellow daoist Qin, don’t think too much about it . This skull is actually a very good item . ”
He struggled to pick it up and then formed a hand seal . The sword flew up and lopped off the top of the skull . Bright crystal clear blood shined from within .
A tantalizing scent wafted out from within . Just taking a single sniff of it made Qin Yu feel incomparably hungry . His stomach started to rumble and he revealed a shocked look .
He…he…he actually…had an appetite towards this kind of thing…damn it, was I poisoned or am I suffering from some kind of illusion?
Just as this thought appeared, he saw Qin Hanshi take a deep breath and reveal an expression of incomparable joy . His eyes lit up with excitement . He turned and saw Qin Yu’s expression and guessed what he was thinking . Then, his happy face stiffened and he shouted out, “I am not some crazy corpse-eating freak, don’t look at me like that!”
Qin Yu awkwardly smiled . He also didn’t think that was too likely .
Qin Hanshi walked over and sat down beside Qin Yu . The simple movement caused him to gasp like an elephant, but the hands with which he held the skull were steady and stable .
After taking several deep breaths, he earnestly said, “That evil spirit was once a great priest of the native life forms of the Infinite Realm . In order to preserve its own life, it swallowed up its entire tribe and transformed . It is no longer a living being . After its transformation, it became an existence similar to a devil . The stuff inside its head is the concentrated life essence of its entire tribe . In the Land of Divinity and Demons there is another name for this – blood marrow!”