The cauldron-shaped Bronze Cauldron Mountain shone with dazzling light, like a volcano erupting violently. The ruins turned to dust in the light before flying into the sky. All traces of human activity were wiped away in that instant, condensing into a layer of crystal.
Li Qingshan cast his gaze at the rolling dust. Fu Qingjin had not managed to escape in time. The Green Ruins sword pointed at the sky, standing before Fu Qingjin. One side of his clothes and hair fluttered in the wind, while the other side turned into specks of light that scattered and condensed.
In the final moment, he had unleashed the Green Ruins Illusion. Even when he was struck by the light, he only scattered into specks of light.
"Keep firing!" Li Qingshan swung his blade and roared. No matter how powerful the Green Ruins sword was, its power was not endless. It seemed invincible only because it had not been forced to the limit. He wanted to test the limits of the Green Ruins sword and not waste this heaven-sent opportunity.
The light fell like rain, pouring onto the top of Bronze Cauldron Mountain. The rumbling shook through the surroundings as the mountain was shaved off layer by layer. Fu Qingjin's body constantly dispersed and condensed. His expression remained the same the entire time.
This continued for fifteen minutes. Fu Qingjin frowned, and the Green Ruins sword in his hand thrummed gently. He had never thought he would end up in such a predicament due to a moment of carelessness. North Moon, I've underestimated you.
He bit the tip of his tongue and sprayed a mouthful of essence blood onto the Green Ruins sword. The sword shone with green light, and he became one with it, turning into a streak of green light that rushed into the sky.
"Now!" Li Qingshan's eyes lit up. Having been charging up for a very long time, he suddenly unfurled his wings of wind and swung out with the blood-red blade, forcefully severing the green light.
Fu Qingjin smiled instead of becoming angry. The Green Ruins sword rippled with rings of green light. The abandoned palace and city. It unfurled in the air. In a daze, Li Qingshan fell into the Green Ruins Illusion again.
Ye Liusu and Ye Liubo walked through the air, following closely behind. They were ready to swing their weapons at Fu Qingjin, but they missed. They directly passed through the green light and looked back in shock. The Green Ruins Illusion was like a mirage in the sky, visible but unreachable.
Fu Qingjin said faintly, "Even if there are ten thousand people, only one can face me in the end. Are you ready? North Moon. "
At this moment, many Foundation Establishment cultivators arrived and saw the tragic state of Bronze Cauldron Mountain. Looking at the illusory realm in the sky, he didn't know what to do.
Ye Liubo shouted, "Quick, open up the Netherworld Path." Although he had never clashed with Fu Qingjin before, this liaison of the Sword Collection palace was renowned underground. He had clashed with Strong Stone and Blood Shadow several times, and he had gained the upper hand every single time. Although he had failed to kill the two daemons, he had forced them back underground every single time, and they would even be slightly injured.
"There's no need." Li Qingshan stared at Fu Qingjin and said indifferently. The Green Ruins Illusion was different from formations. It was completely under Fu Qingjin's control. Even if they forced their way in, they would be expelled. "From now on, Ye Liusu will be in command. Kill and injure the Demon Slayer cultivators as much as possible. "
"Yes, Liusu." Ye Liusu leapt towards the Foundation Establishment cultivators who had come to provide assistance. The other night roamers followed close behind. She had already merged with the darkness in the air, vanishing.
The Foundation Establishment cultivators' expressions changed drastically. They had never seen so many tribulation level night roamer assassins appear together.
"Mountainous Sword Qi!" A middle-aged cultivator in daoist robes drew his sword from its sheath. It turned into numerous blurs, wrapping around him like a mountain of swords. If he were up against a few night roamers, this move would be enough to defend himself. Night roamers were not skilled in direct attacks, but right now, he was up against several dozen of the strongest night roamer assassins.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! A series of weapons collided. The night roamer assassins flashed like ghosts, forcefully pushing back the mountainous sword qi.
The middle-aged cultivator was shocked. He took out a handful of Thunderbolt Seeds from his hundred treasures pouch and scattered them. With a series of rumbles, he cut off the night roamers' attacks. He rode his sword away in a hurry.
Ye Liubo snorted coldly, abandoning her sword and wielding a bow. She drew it to a full crescent, and a black arrow had already condensed between her two fingers. Behind her, over a dozen night roamer assassins did the same. Among night roamers, archery was something they had to learn since they were young.
A black rain of arrows pierced through the smoke from the explosions, leaving behind black trajectories silently.
The middle-aged cultivator called out to the backs of the other Foundation Establishment cultivators, "Save me, fellow cultivator!"
The other Foundation Establishment cultivators fled into the distance without even looking back, thinking that it was better for them to die than for themselves. They had not lost their minds when they risked their lives against several dozen night roamers undergoing the heavenly tribulation.
The middle-aged cultivator blocked a few arrows with all his might. His daoist robes fluttered. It was actually an extremely rare supreme grade protective spiritual artifact, which helped him block seven or eight arrows. If it were a one-on-one battle, he would basically be undefeatable, but faced with an absolute disparity in numbers, the daoist robes did not have the time to recover at all. The rain of arrows tore through it in a single moment, turning the middle-aged cultivator into a hornet's nest as he fell out of the sky.
As for his "fellow Daoists", they could not escape easily either. The six matriarchs went to block their way. Speed was their advantage, and there were not many opportunities for them to kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator so easily.
"Do you think you can disturb my mind like this?" Fu Qingjin said as he constantly used the Green Ruins Illusion to recover the power he had lost just Now.
"I've never thought about disturbing your mind. How about it? You didn't expect this, did you?" Li Qingshan laid out his hands, actually not taking the initiative to attack. Instead, he began chatting with Fu Qingjin with great interest.
He had never been one to waste his breath. He deeply detested the foolishness of talking nonsense and putting on an act even when he possessed an absolute advantage, only for his opponent to turn the tables on him.
It was the exact opposite. After witnessing Fu Qingjin's speed Just Now Now, he understood he had no so-called "advantage". Even if he threw his life on the line against Fu Qingjin right now, Fu Qingjin was bent on fleeing, he still would not be able to stop him.
At their realm of cultivation, this was most situations in one-on-one situations. Victory was easy, but life or death was difficult.
However, to Li Qingshan, winning a single battle was completely meaningless. As a result, he purposefully gave Li Qingshan the hope that Qingjin would kill him just to keep him here. His helper was already on the way.
When he saw Fu Qingjin, Li Qingshan understood that this was a heaven-sent opportunity to deal a heavy blow to the Demon Slayer. His doppelganger began to take action underground. The helper he was looking for was not Little Ann.
In the underground cavern, Blood Shadow looked coldly at Li Qingshan. "You dare come to my territory?"
"Fu Qingjin is at Bronze Cauldron Mountain, facing off against my main body. If you want revenge, come!" Li Qingshan said. Only with Blood Shadow's uncanny speed could he catch up to Fu Qingjin and end his life.
"Are you serious?" Blood Shadow's expression changed. His hatred for Li Qingshan was no less than his hatred for Fu Qingjin. Both of them had humiliated him in the past.
"It's up to you whether you believe me or not." Li Qingshan turned around and left. Blood Shadow arrived before him in a flash. "Where are you going?"
"I'm obviously going to find Strong Stone and Dragonsnail. Oh right, and ma 'am Spider Queen as well. I want to tell her that a good opportunity for a counterattack has come."
Li Qingshan made his way around Blood Shadow and flew off. He did not know any battle tactics or strategy. He just suddenly discovered he had a good hand, so he wanted to win it all.
War was not a game that could be won through schemes and schemes. So-called strategic planning was nowhere near as profound as described in novels. It was always filled with variables. A single coincidence could change the course of the war.
What truly determined victory was still the strength of both sides. At the very least, at this moment, the united night roamers were even more powerful than the disloyal Demon Slayer.
It only took Fu Qingjin a moment to understand all of this. He even managed to guess some of Li Qingshan's intentions. However, he remained as calm as still water. Instead, he smiled. "I know what you're thinking, but even if the blood demon and the rock demon come together, you won't be able to kill me."
"I might as well try." Li Qingshan sat down on the moss-covered steps. "I hope your subordinates are as tough as you. You're just arrogant because of a sword."
Deep underground, Strong Stone smiled viciously. "You want me to assist you?"
"No. I'd advise you to take this opportunity to attack the other sects. Now is the best opportunity." Li Qingshan turned around and left. Strong Stone was unable to keep up with the speed of Fu Qingjin's flying sword, and the power of the Stone of Slaughter probably would not be of much use either. However, there was nothing better than taking down a sect by force.
Fu Qingjin was right. He was not confident he could kill them right from the beginning, but he could at least destroy the Demon Slayer.
"A gentleman's life is not different, and he's good at faking things. Do you think you're just relying on yourself?" Fu Qingjin said slowly. He arrived on the broken wall to Li Qingshan's right and sat down. He smiled. "A group of Foundation Establishment cultivators aren't as important as you imagine them to be. Compared to them, I still care more about you. In just a few short years, you've gone from a daemon, no, a daemonic beast to such a level. That's just shocking. "
Li Qingshan raised an eyebrow and smiled. "They're very important to me." Without these battles and so many spoils of war, he would not be where he was right now.
"Is it because of the pill that the cat daemon gave you? No, it's nowhere near enough. You must've had other fortuitous encounters, "Fu Qingjin muttered to himself.
"Of course I'm blessed." Li Qingshan gazed down unconcernedly. The Foundation Establishment cultivators were like deer surrounded by a pack of wolves. They gradually gave in, and another one died.
"Oh right, do you know who killed the Soaring Dragon Elder?" Fu Qingjin suddenly asked. He held the xiezhi's horn in his sleeve. He had stayed here precisely to get to the bottom of this. To the Sword Collection palace, this was the most important. Just Now, he had only said so much to prepare for this question. He wanted to catch them off guard.
The enemy obviously would not tell him the truth, but with the xiezhi's horn, he believed he could get to the bottom of it.
Li Qingshan wanted to say something, but he thought of something and shut his mouth. He even closed his eyes. He could not afford to be careless when speaking to someone like that.
A green light flickered through Fu Qingjin's eyes. He smiled. "Alright, I think I understand now. You're actually not someone who's good at hiding things. That person is the source of all your power, right?"
Li Qingshan snapped open his eyes. "What's that in your hand?"
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