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In the Chain Mountains, Qing Xiao's dwelling. (Search Reading Nest
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The final prayer bead was forged. The eighteen prayer beads revolved above Little Ann's head, forming a wondrous formation. Suddenly, they all turned into skulls at the same time, spitting flames at Little Ann.
The flames peeled off the flesh on Xiao An's body bit by bit, revealing the sparkling white bones inside. Under the burning of the flames, the bones became more and more transparent, as if they were carved out of white jade, but they had more Buddhist light and spirituality than jade.
Little Ann brought her palms together like a buddhist disciple receiving a precept. However, she did not kneel. Instead, she gazed at the sky. The roaring flames in her eye sockets seemed to be able to pierce through the thick rock, gazing at the halls of the buddhas in the western paradise.
Regular skeletons would give off a terrifying feeling, but when she stood there, she seemed dignified and righteous.
Little Ann lowered her head slowly. The flames draped over her, making her seem like a colourful kasaya. She murmured inside.
She thought to herself, Right now, I swear that I have not come here to destroy the buddhas, nor to slaughter all life. I only wish to help him ascend to the Nine Heavens and accompany him.
With this vow, the flames vanished. The eighteen skulls turned back into eighteen Skull Prayer Beads, returning to her slender, white wrist.
The first layer of the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty, success!
The entrance to Qing Xiao's dwelling swung open loudly. With a flash, Little Ann took off into the air, flying towards Li Qingshan's location.
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Faced with Strong Stone's frenzied attacks, Li Qingshan did not dodge at all. The moment the fist landed, he turned into water and scattered. Strong Stone's vicious smile froze slightly. Only then did he realise he had been tricked again.
This was a water element technique. Although the effects of this clone were incomparable to his innate ability, Mirror Image. However, it was no problem for him to attract some firepower.
Li Qingshan used the Illusory Water Sword of Invisibility again and concealed himself, retreating to a safe distance.
Fu Qingjin glanced in his direction. The Green Ruins sword thundered and produced a Green Ruins Illusion, enveloping Strong Stone.
Strong Stone roared, "Fu Qingjin! Don't you have any other tricks? Just this move alone won't be able to injure this elder! "Baleful energy surged crazily, as if it had substance. The Green Ruins Illusion immediately began to distort.
At this time, Li Qingshan suddenly received a message from Little Ann. He knew that she had refined eighteen prayer beads. Having reached the first layer of the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty, he was overjoyed, and his eyes immediately filled with confidence.
"The time has come. His strongest helper has finally arrived."
Li Qingshan sent a message to Little Ann to hide first and wait for an opportunity. Little Ann nodded slightly. He turned around and threw himself to the ground. The white bone sword danced like a sword wheel and pierced through the ground.
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Then he looked at the Green Ruins Illusion. Fu Qingjin and Strong Stone's intense battle seemed like neither of them could do anything to the other.
Strong Stone was clad in stone armour, so the sword Qi of the Green Ruins sword could no longer do anything to him. Even if it could pierce through the stone armour, it could not harm him. The only thing he feared was the Green Ruins sword itself. However, if it landed on his body, it would only leave behind a mark. As long as it was not a fatal wound, he would immediately recover with a surge of daemon qi. Even with Fu Qingjin's supreme swordsmanship, he was rather helpless against him.
Meanwhile, Fu Qingjin was in the Green Ruins Illusion. He was basically undefeatable. No matter how many times his body was struck, it would only disperse as green light before reassembling once more. He was indifferent. Clearly, even the power of the Rock of Slaughter was unable to affect the will of the Green Ruins sword.
By isolating Strong Stone from absorbing the spiritual qi of the world, he might have been able to emerge victorious if he just kept dragging things out. However, under the assault of Strong Stone's murderous aura, the Green Ruins Illusion gradually began to distort and shatter. Holes would appear from time to time. If Strong Stone wanted to flee, probably no one would be able to stop him.
Fu Qingjin used his fingers like a sword and stroked the Green Ruins sword. He chanted, "Myriad Sword Technique!"
Thousands of Green Ruins swords shot through the air. The blades thrummed as sword Qi surged.
Strong Stone's beady eyes shone brightly. He was unable to absorb the spiritual qi of the world here, so he probably would be at a disadvantage if he continued fighting. He laughed madly. "I'll play with you next time!"
Black murderous aura condensed on his fist, and he threw it to the right. The palace twisted like a backdrop, creating a huge hole, revealing the scenery outside the Green Ruins Illusion.
However, the first person Strong Stone saw was not anyone else, but Li Qingshan.
"You think you can stop me?" Strong Stone leapt out and threw a punch at Li Qingshan.
With just his cultivation at early Foundation Establishment, Li Qingshan did not have the right to stop Strong Stone. Whether it was the Illusory Water Sword of Invisibility or the Arts of the Boundless Ocean, it was very difficult for him to harm Strong Stone, let alone kill him.
Li Qingshan shook his hand, and the Cursive Sword Calligraphy unfurled in the wind. Thousands of ink strokes intertwined together, and a sword as black as ink burst out of the paper.
The stone fist and the ink sword collided. There was no sound at all, and the ink sword dispersed silently.
Strong Stone's all-annihilating aura had been forcefully severed by the sword intent. At the same time, he felt an extremely sharp sword Qi pierce through his tough stone skin, directly entering his body. It pierced through the layers of daemon qi and directly shot towards his daemon core. He was alarmed.
Li Qingshan slowly raised his hand.
The Rising Tide Form — The sea of qi in his dantian was like a great tide, surging endlessly.
The Cloud Parting Form — The tide turned into a tsunami, connecting the sky and earth. It soared into the sky and parted the clouds. It was unstoppable.
He slammed his palm against Strong Stone's chest, and blue light rippled out like waves. It was a dazzling array of colours.
Strong Stone was forcefully slammed back into the Green Ruins Illusion. Fu Qingjin glanced at Li Qingshan in admiration. He did not waste this opportunity. The hole that Strong Stone had created immediately closed up.
Strong Stone was furious. He opened his mouth and spat out some rock fragments, forcefully forcing out the sword Qi, but he also suffered some internal injuries. When he turned around again, he could no longer find any trace of Li Qingshan. All he could see were countless Green Ruins swords arranged around Strong Stone, surrounding him from all directions.
"Pardon!" Fu Qingjin ordered, and the swords fell like rain. The swords spun around like serrated blades, tearing apart Strong Stone's stone armour layer by layer.
After slamming Strong Stone back with a palm strike, Li Qingshan immediately swallowed a Qi Recovery pill and sat down to recover his spiritual qi. The palm strike was powerful, but it was extremely taxing on his spiritual qi. Coupled with the arcane artifact, the Cursive Sword Calligraphy, he had directly used up thirty percent of his spiritual qi. If they actually fought, he was not Strong Stone's opponent at all.
It was impossible for him to defeat Strong Stone as an early Foundation Establishment cultivator. However, it was not difficult for him to do some odd jobs and support him from the side. If he wanted to reap the benefits, he needed to keep Strong Stone here and keep dragging it out with Fu Qingjin.
However, after this experiment, he was very satisfied with the power of the Cursive Sword Calligraphy. Even with Strong Stone's defences, he was still injured. If a regular Foundation Establishment cultivator had received this attack, they would be dead already.
Strong Stone's vicious smile vanished. His armour had been cut to pieces, and he was covered in even more sword wounds. Without the replenishment of the spiritual qi of the world, his daemon qi was nowhere near as powerful as before, so the rate at which his wounds healed was obviously much slower.
Strongboulder let out a furious roar, and his arms extended to ten times their original size, like two huge stone pillars. They began to dance about madly, shattering the surrounding Green Ruins swords and sending them flying. He circulated his baleful aura and threw a punch downwards.
As long as he made contact with the ground, he would be able to escape. The reason why he could massacre countless cities, earn the name of the rock demon, and survive countless battles without anyone being able to stop him was because of this innate ability.
When their strength was similar, it was very difficult to stop his opponent from escaping. Fu Qingjin was powerless as well.
The Green Ruins Illusion burst open once again, but what Strongboulder saw was not the ground that he was looking for. Instead, it was surging water.
The place where Fu Qingjin had cast the Green Ruins Illusion was close to the Clear River. In order to prevent Strong Stone from escaping, Li Qingshan had just dug a huge hole in the ground beneath the Green Ruins Illusion before drawing in the water.
Li Qingshan floated in the water, holding the unfurled Cursive Sword Calligraphy in his hand. The ink sword shot out.
Strong Stone was unwilling to take it head-on, but the ink sword was as fast as lightning, and Li Qingshan had been caught off guard. At such a close distance, in such a narrow space, how was he supposed to dodge it?
Strongboulder was infuriated. He completely ignored the ink sword that shot towards his chest. His body swelled up, crushing down on Li Qingshan like a mountain. His two stone arms reached for Li Qingshan's shoulders. As long as he could kill him or force him back underground, he could obviously force out the sword qi with ease and recover from his injuries.
Vortex Form!
Li Qingshan pushed out with his hands. The water surged and spun rapidly, turning into two huge vortexes that wrapped around Strong Stone's arms. He used softness to overcome toughness, nullifying Strong Stone's terrifying strength layer by layer.
Strong Stone's arms swelled up once again, and the terrifying strength directly tore apart the vortexes. Before absolute strength, all techniques were powerless. Just when he was a hair's breadth away from Li Qingshan's shoulders, Strong Stone sneered. When the time comes, all he has to do is rip …
Of course, with his daemon form, Li Qingshan obviously would not die on the spot, but Fu Qingjin would notice something.
At this moment, the Divine Talisman of Great Creation suddenly lit up. A third hand extended from Li Qingshan's chest, rapidly growing and extending like a vine.
At first glance, this hand seemed a little similar to Chu Tian's Palm of the Five Elements, but it was much smaller. It was even slightly smaller than Li Qingshan's own arm, and it did not just have five colours either. Instead, it was a riot of colours.
However, it was exactly this tiny hand that pressed against Strong Stone's chest. Strongboulder's indestructible, grey, stone skin actually caved in slightly.
Afterwards, Strong Stone was slapped back into the Green Ruins Illusion once more, filled with reluctance. The door to escape closed once more.
"This is the power of belief." Fu Qingjin was taken aback before returning to his senses. Only then did he remember Li Qingshan's identity as a disciple of the school of Novels. He smiled. I see. With his assistance, perhaps I really do have a chance to kill Strong Stone here.
This was the most primitive way to use the power of belief. It did not need to conjure anything. It could be directly used to attack or defend. He could only use it after refining the Divine Talisman of Great Creation again. Its effects were even better than Li Qingshan had anticipated. However, it consumed quite a lot of power of belief as well, which made him feel rather pained. There was nothing he could do about it. This was how it felt to use a one-time use power like this.
Li Qingshan said, "Fellow Fu, that's all I can help you with. The rest will be up to you." (Welcome. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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