My Cold and Elegant CEO Wife - Chapter 1308

Chapter 1308: Breaking Through to Ninth Level of Spirit King Realm

 

In the Black Demonic Rat King’s cave, there were so many treasures that Qingfeng Li felt dizzy.

As many as they were, most of the treasures were useless to Qingfeng Li.

He had now reached the seventh level of the Spirit King Realm, so the ordinary spirit herbs, cultivation techniques, spiritual treasures were nothing to him. Only emperor-grade cultivation techniques or spiritual treasures would attract his interest.

Although the spirit medicines and vitality rocks were not high-rated, Black Puppy kept devouring them before refining them into its energy.

It devoured everything no matter its value and the Black Demonic Rat King twitched its mouth, feeling distressed by Black Puppy’s large appetite.

The Black Demonic Rat King had acquired the treasures at great costs, and now they were all taken by Black Puppy.

Qingfeng Li had no objection to it since Black Puppy had become his most helpful assistant and the puppy’s great power will help them deal with the dangers in Hell.

Suddenly, Qingfeng Li’s expression changed because he smelled a burning scent, which was being emitted from a fire-element spirit herb. The vital essence in the spirit herb was so powerful that it even filled the air.

Ignoring the surrounding low-grade spiritual treasures, Qingfeng Li strode to the very depths of the cave and found a red spirit herb named the Fire Emperor Spirit Fruit.

It was an emperor-grade spirit fruit with which a self-cultivator could make the breakthrough to the half-step Spirit Emperor Realm.

At a closer look of the Fire Emperor Spirit Fruit, a flash of regret appeared in Qingfeng Li’s eyes because there were some black molds on the fruit, signaling that the rotting process had begun.

The Fire Emperor Spirit Fruit had lost most of its fire style vital essence since it had begun to rot.

Despite the mold, if Qingfeng Li refined the fruit, he could still reach the ninth level of the Spirit King Realm, though not the half-step Spirit Emperor Realm.

Qingfeng Li turned to ask the Black Demonic Rat King, “I remember that the spirit plants and fruits in Hell are supposed to be black. How come the Fire Emperor Spirit Fruit is red?”

The Black Demonic Rat King said, “It doesn’t come from Hell. I got it from an intruding self-cultivator after I killed him.”

The corner of Qingfeng Li’s mouth twitched, and he suppressed a sudden urge to kill the Black Demonic Rat King with a palm strike. He knew that the conqueror of the first layer of Hell must have killed many human self-cultivators.

“Black Demonic Rat King, I won’t look into the things you did before. But from now on, without my order, you can’t kill any human self-cultivators,” Qingfeng Li told the Black Demonic Rat King with a frown.

The Black Demonic Rat King nodded, understanding that it had to obey the orders from its boss.

“Puppy, you two guard the opening of the cave while I refine Fire Emperor Spirit Fruit,” Qingfeng Li said to Black Puppy.

Then with the fruit in hand, Qingfeng Li found a remote corner and sat down cross-legged.

He circulated the Heavenly Immortal Chant and blue energy moved along the meridians from his Dantian to his belly, chest, head, neck, back, waist, and finally to his palms.

He held the Fire Emperor Spirit Fruit with a strange hand seal.

Hiss!

The large amounts of vital essence contained in the fruit were released by the Heavenly Immortal Chant. The vital essence entered his body through his palm and began to circulate in his meridians, skin, muscles, sinews, and bones.

The large amounts of vital essence contained in the Fire Emperor Spirit Fruit was much purer than ordinary vital essence, since it was condensed by absorbing the fire style essence of nature.

The fire style vital essence circulated in all parts of Qingfeng Li’s body and energized his skin and muscles. Finally, it entered his Dantian and condensed around the spirit nucleus.

After absorbing large amounts of fire style vital essence, his spirit nucleus transformed. On the surface of the spirt nucleus, the number of marks turned from seven to eight, then to nine.

Nine marks were the symbol of the breakthrough to the ninth level of the Spirit King Realm.

Qingfeng Li stood up, and his bones and muscles crackled with power.

He punched his right fist with a force of 900,000 kilograms.

The force of 900,000 kilograms punched a big fathomless hole in the ground. The whole cave shook under the force, and lots of rocks fell down from the ceiling.

Black Puppy and the Black Demonic Rat King at the entrance of the cave were stunned by the great force released from the inside of the cave.

The strength exceeded the limit of the Spirit King Realm and could rival a half-step spirt emperor fighter.

Black Puppy walked into the cave and asked Qingfeng Li, “You broke through to the half-step Spirit Emperor Realm?!”

Shaking his head, Qingfeng Li explained, “I didn’t. I just broke through to the ninth level of Spirit King Realm.”

Black Puppy shook its head in exasperation, “Although you are only at the ninth level of Spirit King Realm, your arm strength is as powerful as that of a half-step Spirit Emperor. You are too strong.”

“Powerful, indeed powerful,” the Black Demonic Rat King exclaimed.

It sensed that Qingfeng Li’s power was stronger than its own. If it had fought with Qingfeng Li now, he could have killed the Black Demonic Rat King with one fist strike.

“Let’s go find the members of the Wolf Fang Team.” With a faint smile, Qingfeng Li led them out of the cave.

Of course, before he left the cave, Qingfeng Li collected some treasures and stored them in his interspatial ring. The treasures might not be useful to him, but he could use them to help Wolf Fang Team Members and Flower Fairy increase their strength.

Qingfeng Li, Black Puppy, and the Black Demonic Rat King came to the designated place but didn’t see any of the Wolf Fang Team members.

“Puppy, I told the clan members to meet here after I found the Hell Flower. Why aren’t they here?” Qingfeng Li asked Black Puppy with a slight frown.

A flash of puzzlement appeared in Black Puppy’s eyes. It extended its nose and sniffed in the air, trying to find a clue.

After a moment, Black Puppy said, “Qingfeng Li, besides the scents of the Wolf Fang Team members and Flower Fairy, I smelled a presence of the Devilish Dao.”

“What?! You smelled the presence of the Devilish Dao?” Qingfeng Li’s expression changed with astonishment.

He remembered that he had killed Feng Mo, the young master of the Devil-Imperial Sect and thus made a deadly enemy with the leader of the Devil-Imperial Sect. Not long ago when the sect leader tried to kill Qingfeng Li, he had been stopped by Linger Yao.

Chapter 1309: Members of Wolf Fang Clan Were Captured

 

Was it possible that the leader of the Devil-Imperial Sect had captured or killed the Wolf Fang Team members? Thinking of this possibility, Qingfeng Li became extremely anxious.

“Puppy, use your nose and find out if the devilish scent was left by the leader of the Devil-Imperial Sect,” worried, Qingfeng Li said to Black Puppy.

Qingfeng Li was now very anxious, and he hoped Black Puppy could give him some clues.

Immediately, Black Puppy sniffed around carefully.

Ten minutes later, Black Puppy stopped its investigation and said, “I’m certain the devilish scent was indeed left by the leader of the Devil-Imperial Sect.”

Qingfeng Li’s suspicion was proved right. He said, “The Wolf Fang Team members have certainly been captured by the Devil-Imperial Sect. Follow the devil scent and lead us to them.”

Black Puppy nodded and sniffed for a while before leading Qingfeng Li to the direction that the devilish scent had taken.

” Black Demonic Rat King, you order your 10,000 black demonic rats to search for the Wolf Fang Team members in the first layer of Hell. Report to me as soon as they are found,” Qingfeng Li ordered The Black Demonic Rat King.

The Black Demonic Rat King nodded and issued a sound wave which informed its subordinates to help the search.

Fifty kilometers east of where they were, there was a valley named the Hell Valley where everything, including the rocks, was totally black.

On a clearing in the valley, the Wolf Fang Team members, Flower Fairy, and Xianzhi Qin were all tied up by ropes.

Standing before them was Zhentian Mo, the leader of the Devil-Imperial Sect. He looked at them coldly, his eyes full of killing intent.

“Tell me where Qingfeng Li is, and I will spare your lives. Otherwise, I will kill you all,” Zhentian Mo said.

Daoist furrowed his brows and said coldly, “We won’t tell you where the boss is even if you kill us.”

“Jerk, you dared to refuse me. I will give you a slap on your face to show you who is the boss here.” Smiling coldly, Zhentian Mo’s right hand reached out and slapped Daoist on the right cheek.

Bound by ropes, Daoist couldn’t dodge and had to take the strike. Five fingerprints were left on his face, and his cheek swelled up.

“Hehe, you should kill me now if you have the guts. If you don’t, I will slap you back twice as hard when my boss comes,” Daoist said coldly, fearless of the death threat.

He knew that he would surely die at Zhentian Mo’s hand and he decided to bravely embrace his death.

Zhentian Mo’s face turned dark, and he felt a strong desire to kill Daoist now.

At this moment, the first elder at his side said, “Sect Leader, we can’t kill him.”

The first elder was a white-haired old man who had a high rank in the Devil-Imperial Sect, and Zhentian Mo usually followed his advice.

Zhentian Mo asked gloomily, “Why not?”

The first elder said, “Sect Leader, we need him to bait Qingfeng Li to come here since he is Qingfeng Li’s life-and-death brother. After we send the word out, Qingfeng Li will definitely walk into our trap.”

Zhentian Mo nodded in agreement.

He told his disciples around him, “Go out of the valley and spread the word that the Wolf Fang Team members are our captives and we will kill them all if Qingfeng Li doesn’t show himself in half an hour.”

“Yes, Sect Leader.” The disciples bowed to him deferentially before leaving the valley.

At the same time, Qingfeng Li was hurrying toward the valley with Black Puppy and the Black Demonic Rat King. They were led here by Black Puppy, who had followed the scent left by Zhentian Mo.

Suddenly, Qingfeng Li’s expression turned grim. He saw in the forest not far from them that two familiar figures were fighting with some strong self-cultivators. The two figures were Sky-Devouring Snake and Ziyue Jiang.

“Let’s go there and have a look.” Qingfeng Li led Black Puppy to the forest.

Qingfeng Li looked out and saw that the opponent of Sky-Devouring Snake was Li Xie, the leader of the Wicked-Imperial Sect.

Li Xie hacked the Wicked-Imperial Saber toward Sky-Devouring Snake with unrivalled saber energy.

Sky-Devouring Snake wasn’t afraid. It slashed out with its huge tail, which whipped a huge crack in the air and collided with the Wicked-Imperial Saber, creating an earth-shaking sound.

The ancient trees in the forest were all shattered and sent flying outward.

On the other side, some elders of the Wicked-Imperial Sect were forcing Ziyue Jiang back with attacks. Pale-faced, Ziyue Jiang spat out blood, which turned her clothes a bright red.

A flash of chilling light appeared in Qingfeng Li’s eyes. He had wondered why Sky-Devouring Snake was not with the Wolf Fang Team and now he knew the snake had been hunted down by the people from the Wicked-Imperial Sect.

“Damn Wicked-Imperial Sect and Devil-Imperial Sect. Let’s kill these guys,” Qingfeng Li told Black Puppy and the Black Demonic Rat King.

Although Qingfeng Li was at the ninth level of Spirit King Realm, his combat ability was equivalent to that of a half-step Spirit Emperor Realm fighter.

Black Puppy and the Black Demonic Rat King were both half-step Spirit King Realm demonic beasts, more powerful than those from the Wicked-Imperial Sect.

There had been three elders in Wicked-Imperial Sect. Qingfeng Li had killed the third elder and now only the first and second elders were present.

The two elders were both old men in their seventies. White-haired and wrinkled, their eyes gave off an evil and chilling feeling.

The first elder of the Wicked-Imperial Sect had just broken through to the half-step Spirit Emperor Realm less than one month before, and his strength was not very stable. The second elder was at the ninth level of Spirit King Realm but was on the brink of a breakthrough.

Both of them were very powerful, and their combined force wounded Ziyue Jiang all over.

It was fortunate that she came from a high-tier planet and had cultivated advanced techniques. Besides, she was equipped with many spiritual treasures, each of which was powerful.

For example, the Ice Armor Ziyue Jiang was wearing was an emperor-grade treasure armor which could withstand attacks from Spirit Emperor Realm masters. Due to the protection of the Ice Armor, Ziyue Jiang was only wounded, instead of being killed.

The first elder swung his fist again and sent Ziyue Jiang flying backward. Halfway in the air, she spat out some blood.

Chapter 1310: Rescuing Ziyue Jiang

 

The first elder sent Ziyue Jiang flying with his fist while the second elder leaped up and hacked a black saber toward her head, intending to kill her with this strike.

Severely wounded, Ziyue Jiang couldn’t resist and could only watch the descent of the saber toward her head.

She closed her eyes and knew that she would die here.

At this moment, she thought of many things. She, a princess from of the high-tier Planet Yue, had come to the desolate Earth in search of Ice Dragon Blood and would end up dying here.

After a moment, Ziyue Jiang didn’t feel the strike from the saber. She opened her eyes and saw a young man had grabbed the saber in his palm.

“Who are you? Why did you stop me?” The second elder looked at Qingfeng Li coldly.

Qingfeng Li smiled slightly, saying, “I’m your grand daddy, Qingfeng Li.”

The second elder frowned and said in bafflement, “My grand father is not called Qingfeng Li.”

Puchiiii!

The surrounding self-cultivators burst into laughter at the second elder’s stupid comment. Some of them laughed so hard that they hurt their belly and even began rolling on the ground.

Though the second elder was powerful, he was slow, not understanding Qingfeng Li’s insult.

The second elder understood the insult when he saw the mocking laughter of the surrounding people. He said furiously, “Jerk, you dared to insult me. I will beat you so hard you won’t recognize your grand daddy.”

Qingfeng Li smiled. “Good grandson.”

Enraged, the second elder stabbed the saber forward, trying to pierce Qingfeng Li’s heart. But he forgot that his saber had been held by the latter.

Crack!

Qingfeng Li put force in his hand and with a cracking sound, the saber broke and fell to the ground.

“What?! You broke my king-grade spiritual treasure with your hand?” The second elder was stunned.

The black saber was a king-grade spiritual treasure, which had a talisman array engraved on top of it. It was so powerful that it could even kill a king-grade demonic beast with one strike.

But the saber was broken by Qingfeng’s grasp.

“Master is so powerful.” Ziyue Jiang looked at Qingfeng Li from behind with exhilaration in her eyes.

When they met before, she was more powerful than Qingfeng Li and could defeat him. But now, she found Qingfeng Li’s power had increased greatly.

The aura emanating from him was even more powerful than the second elder of the Wicked-Imperial Sect.

“You can die now.” Qingfeng Li looked at the second elder, killing intent all over his face.

He swung his right hand, which transformed into a giant fist of vital essence and crashed toward the second elder viciously.

The second elder tried to block it but couldn’t.

Boom!

With a huge sound, Qingfeng Li’s fist went through the second elder’s body and shattered his heart.

The second elder dropped to the ground and died.

At this sight, the surrounding self-cultivators’ expressions changed sharply.

“Did my eyes play tricks on me? Did the second elder from the Wicked-Imperial Sect get killed by one fist?”

“No, your eyes didn’t play tricks on you. That is Qingfeng Li, the strongest among the younger generation of Huaxia’s self-cultivation world. He is very powerful.”

“Qingfeng Li? I heard about him!”

The self-cultivators in the distance talked among themselves, casting admiring glances at Qingfeng Li.

Qingfeng Li’s killing of the second elder with his fist not only stunned the surrounding people, but those from the Wicked-Imperial Sect as well.

Li Xie had been fighting Sky-Devouring Snake when he saw his subordinate was killed. His expression changed.

“Qingfeng Li, you dared to kill one of my Wicked-Imperial Sect.” Li Xie’s face turned dark, an evil aura pouring out from his eyes.

Qingfeng Li smiled lightly, saying, “I did kill him. It is a waste of food to let this trash live in the world.”

“You are asking for your death.” A flash of killing intent appeared in Li Xie’s eyes. He abandoned the fight with Sky-Devouring Snake and leaped up in the air, striking his palm toward Qingfeng Li.

The palm strike was so powerful that it exploded the air. It was an attack from a half-step Spirit Emperor Realm fighter.

Feeling indifferent, Qingfeng Li channeled his vital essence and swung his right fist which transformed into a huge fist and collided with Li Xie’s palm with an earth-shaking sound.

Boom!

The whole world was split open by the explosion and a black vortex appeared in the sky.

Both Qingfeng Li and Li Xie held their ground and in this round of attacks, neither gaining the upper hand.

The surrounding self-cultivators were all stunned with bafflement.

As the leader of Wicked-Imperial Sect, Li Xie had great power and enjoyed an extremely high rank in the self-cultivation world.

In the scores of years after making a name in the world, Li Xie was unrivalled after beating countless self-cultivators. But, his attack had just been blocked by Qingfeng Li.

Sky-Devouring Snake looked at Qingfeng Li and said, “Your power has increased again.”

Qingfeng Li nodded, saying, “Little snake, I will deal with Li Xie.”

He was walking forward to Li Xie when the first elder of the Wicked-Imperial Sect blocked his way.

“Fellow, you are too arrogant. Your cultivation has not reached the half-step Spirit Emperor Realm and you do not deserve to fight with our sect leader.” The first elder frowned, a chilling light flashing in his eyes.

“Since you ask for your death, I will grant your wish.” With a turn of his wrist, Qingfeng Li drew the Fire Emperor Sword and slashed forward with sharp fire sword energy, chopping off the first elder’s head.

Puchi!

The first elder’s head dropped on the ground, as blood gushed out of it.

Faced with the Fire Emperor Sword, an emperor-grade spiritual device, the first elder had no resistance at all. He could do nothing but wait for his death.

“F**k! Qingfeng Li is so powerful that he even killed the first elder.” The surrounding self-cultivators experienced another shock.

The first elder’s power was much greater than the second elder, but he was also killed by one sword strike. How powerful was Qingfeng Li?

Some people suspected that although Qingfeng Li’s power had not reached the half-step Spirit Emperor Realm, his combat ability had definitely reached the half-step Spirit Emperor Realm.

“Bastard, I swear I will kill you today.” Li Xie looked at Qingfeng Li with fierce killing intent in his eyes.

Today, both the first and second elders were killed by Qingfeng Li. Including the third elder, Qingfeng Li had killed all three elders of the Wicked-Imperial Sect.

The fire of fury in the leader of Wicked-Imperial Sect was burning as hot as a volcano.

Chapter 1311: Destroying the Wicked-Imperial Sect

 

“Li Xie, you dared to hunt down my friends? I won’t let you go today.” Smiling coldly, Qingfeng Li walked forward with the Fire Emperor Sword in hand. The blood flowed down the sword and turned the ground red.

“Qingfeng Li, your sword is actually an emperor-grade spiritual device?!” with a changed expression, Li Xie suddenly said.

Qingfeng Li smiled slightly, replying, “You are right. I will send you to Hell with this Fire Emperor Sword.”

Kicking hard at the ground, Qingfeng Li leaped up into the air, and like a flash of lightning, he was upon Li Xie instantly.

With a turn of his wrist, Qingfeng Li stabbed the sword forward and the hot sword energy burned the air into nothing.

Without hesitation, Li Xie drew his Wicked-Imperial Saber and hacked forward abruptly.

As an emperor-grade spiritual device, the Wicked-Imperial Saber was so powerful that its saber energy shot high up into the air with unrivaled force.

Boom!

With a huge sound, the saber energy and sword energy collided with each other, shaking the air and earth and triggering a tsunami.

Deng! Deng!

Both Qingfeng Li and Li Xie took a step back.

The attacking forces of the emperor-grade spiritual treasures were too powerful for them to withstand.

“Qingfeng Li is so powerful that he managed to block the attack from Li Xie, who is a half-step Spirit Emperor.”

“Right. I would not have been able to block Li Xie’s attack.”

“I am sure the combat power of Qingfeng is no less than that of Li Xie. Today we will watch a good battle.”

The surrounding self-cultivators talked among themselves, with shock in their eyes.

Qingfeng Li didn’t want to spend too much time on the battle since he had yet to rescue the Wolf Fang Team.

With a thought, he took out the Golden Calabash from his interspatial ring. A beam of golden energy shot from the Golden Calabash toward Li Xie.

Li Xie’s expression changed since he felt threatened by the golden beam of light flying towards him.

He took out a spiritual treasure bottle, which was the same size of the Golden Calabash. Black as ink, the bottle’s surface was engraved with many evil talismans.

The talismans shot up into the sky and released huge amounts of bloody energy.

A beam of black light shot forth from the black spiritual bottle and collided with the golden beam shot out of the Golden Calabash. They both vanished.

Qingfeng Li frowned slightly. He knew that the spiritual bottle in Li Xie’s hand was at least an emperor-grade spiritual treasure.

The black light shot from the spiritual bottle could actually rival that of the Golden Calabash.

Qingfeng Li slashed the Fire Emperor Sword toward Li Xie, while at the same time, the Golden Calabash continued to shoot golden energy at Li Xie.

They engaged in a fierce battle while their spiritual treasures, sword, and saber collided with each other constantly, sending sparks flying, air exploding and forming a black vortex that was rotating above them.

Some fierce demons appeared in the black vortex for a moment and disappeared again.

The surrounding self-cultivators retreated to far-away safe places, afraid that they would be seriously wounded by the ensuing energy from the fighters.

At this moment, Dark Night Emperor transmitted a message to Qingfeng Li, “Little one, don’t forget your spirit energy. Since your spirit energy has reached the emperor grade, you can kill Li Xie with Lion Roar.”

Hearing Dark Night Emperor’s words, a flash of exhilaration appeared in Qingfeng Li’s eyes.

He had focused all of his attention on the fight with Li Xie and had forgotten that he had emperor-grade spirit energy.

“Li Xie, I’ll give you one chance. Kneel down and beg for my forgiveness and I will spare your life.” Qingfeng Li said to Li Xie after putting away the Fire Emperor Sword and returning the Golden Calabash to the interspatial ring

At Qingfeng Li’s words, Li Xie raised his head and laughed. He said in a cold voice, “Qingfeng Li, are you crazy? Your attacks were useless against me and now you think you can kill me. That is the funniest joke I’ve ever heard.”

“Li Xie, I gave you a chance since I know it was not easy for you to have reached the half-step Spirit Emperor Realm. But since you are asking for your death, I will grant your wish.” Qingfeng Li smiled with strong murderous intent in his eyes.

“Earth Shattering Roar.” Qingfeng Li opened his mouth and unleashed the Lion Roar, forming two golden sound wave lions.

The sound wave lions contained powerful spirit energy, and, like two flashes of lightning, they shot into Li Xie’s mind, shattering his spirit energy and devouring his soul.

“Ahh!” Li Xie screamed as if he was punctured in the heart, his scream able to be heard from dozens of kilometers away.

Li Xie dropped heavily on the ground sending dust up. He died, his eyes still full of horror.

He had absolutely no resistance against Qingfeng Li’s emperor-grade spirit energy.

The sect leader of the Wicked-Imperial Sect died.

The surrounding self-cultivators were horrified at what they saw.

“What?! Li Xie is dead! How did this happen to him, a half-step Spirit Emperor?

“Qingfeng Li is so powerful that he killed Li Xie with a roar. ”

“You know nothing. Qingfeng Li’s roar is a powerful spirit sound attack which swallowed Li Xie’s spirit energy.”

The surrounding self-cultivators talked among themselves.

In the self-cultivator world, spirit energy attacks were the most powerful and most weird offensive abilities, which could destroy a being’s soul, thus killing them instantly.

At the sight of their sect leader’s death, some disciples of the Wicked-Imperial Sect turned to run, knowing they were no match for Qingfeng Li who had killed their sect leader.

“Sky-Devouring Snake, kill them all,” Qingfeng Li turned his head and said to Sky-Devouring Snake.

The snake turned into a flash of black lightning and was upon the running disciples instantly. It swung its tail toward the disciples.

Boom, boom, boom…

In a short while, all the disciples of the Wicked-Imperial Sect were all killed by Sky-Devouring Snake.

Seeing the slaughter of Wicked-Imperial Sect, the other self-cultivators turned pale with fear and ran.

All the people of Wicked-Imperial Sect were killed by Qingfeng Li and Sky-Devouring Snake.

Qingfeng Li came to the side of Li Xie’s body and picked up his interspatial ring.

Li Xie had stored many treasures in there, so it was really a large vault with all kinds of treasures.

Qingfeng Li dropped some blood into the interspatial ring and his soul entered it, allowing him to look through all the treasures that Li Xie had stored.

There were cultivation techniques, spiritual treasures, vitality rocks, spirit talismans, etc. which piled up and filled the whole space of the interspatial ring.

Chapter 1312: Who Do You Think You Are?

 

As the leader of the Wicked-Imperial Sect, one of the top self-cultivation forces in Huaxia, Li Xie had collected all the treasures of the sect and stored them in his interspatial ring. Now, Qingfeng Li had become the owner of the treasures.

Qingfeng Li took out the treasures from the interspatial ring and gave some to Sky-Devouring Snake and Ziyue Jiang for them to improve their combat strengths.

Of course, Qingfeng Li also treated himself generously by refining a king-grade vitality stone and turning it into his vital essence.

Then he said, “Let’s go and rescue the Wolf Fang Team.”

Qingfeng Li, Black Puppy, Sky-Devouring Snake, and Ziyue Jiang dashed in the direction which Zhentian Mo had taken

Black Puppy led the way since it could smell the scent left behind by Zhentian Mo.

On the way, Qingfeng Li heard some self-cultivators talking about the Wolf Fang Team.

“Have you heard that the leader of the Devil-Imperial Sect had spread the word that if Qingfeng Li doesn’t show up in Hell Valley in half an hour, he will kill the members of the Wolf Fang Team.”

“Of course I have. Zhentian Mo had set a deadly trap there with many strong fighters; if Qingfeng Li goes there, he will surely die.”

“He has no choice since the members of the Wolf Fang Team are his brothers. Let’s see if he will venture there for his brothers.”

There were over twenty self-cultivators in the group and they talked in whispers while they walked.

Qingfen Li grew more anxious when he overheard their conversation.

“Puppy, Sky-Devouring Snake, and Ziyue Jiang, you are too slow for me. I will speed up and you can catch up later.” Qingfeng Li told them. Then he leapt up and dashed forward as fast as a bolt of black lightning.

He channeled his vital essence to its limit and sped up with the Dragon Steps technique. At the same time, he contemplated the space knowledge taught by Dark Night Emperor and made use of the exchange between space and time for further acceleration.

At this moment in Hell Valley, all the people of the Devil-imperial Sect had come, including the sect leader Zhentian Mo, three elders, and dozens of elite disciples.

The Wolf Fang Team, Flower Fairy, and Xianzhi Qin were surrounded by them.

“I have waited for 25 minutes and Qingfeng Li still didn’t show up. It seems that he is not coming for your rescue. I will wait for another five minutes and I will kill you all if he doesn’t come,” Zhentian Mo looked at his captives and said coldly.

Daoist curled his lips and said, “Our boss will show up. If you don’t run now, you will surely die.”

“Daoist, you are naive. Don’t worry, you can live five more minutes. But I will give you some slaps for your nasty words.”

Pa pa pa pa…

Zhentian Mo slapped hard and Daoist’s cheeks swelled up like two balloons. It was a pitiful sight.

Despite the blood oozing from his mouth, Daoist’s eyes were filled with an ironic sneer.

As Qingfeng Li’s brother, Daoist was very proud and regarded Zhentian Mo with contempt.

Not far from them in the valley, there were some self-cultivators who had come to watch how Zhentian Mo would kill Qingfeng Li’s brothers.

After all, Qingfeng Li was too famous in the self-cultivation world and many people felt oppressed by him.

Time was ticking away. Five minutes, then four minutes, three, two, one…

“Daoist, only ten seconds left and your boss Qingfeng Li is still not here. It looks like he fears me so much that he will not come for your rescue. If so, I will kill you today.” Zhentian Mo said to Daoist with a cold smile.

He had meant to kill Daoist, but as the leader of Devil-Imperial Sect and a notorious devil in the self-cultivation world, he had to keep his promise and wait half an hour for Qingfeng Li to show up.

But now, the time was up and he would unhesitantly kill Daoist.

Zhentian Mo drew out the Devil-imperial Saber and said to Daoist, “Now I will send you to Hell.”

At this moment, an arrogant voice sounded behind him, “Who do you think you are to threaten my brother?”

Hearing the insult, Zhentian Mo was enraged. He turned around and saw a young man striding toward him. He was so fast that each of his steps covered 10 meters.

In a blink of an eye, the young man was before Zhentian Mo, revealing himself to be none other than Qingfeng Li.

“Boss, you are here.” At the sight of Qingfeng Li, Flower Fairy was so excited that tears filled her eyes.

Qingfeng Li nodded at her before looking toward Daoist. His expression changed at what he saw.

There were five bloody finger prints on both of Daoist’s cheeks, which had swollen like a pig’s face. He looked quite pathetic.

Needless to say, Daoist had been slapped on the face by the guys from the Devil-Imperial Sect.

Devil-Imperial Sect guys deserved death since they dared to hit his brother.

Qingfeng Li’s face turned dark and a flash of killing intent appeared in his eyes.

He swore he would kill all the people of the Devil-Imperial Sect to avenge Daoist.

“Qingfeng Li, you have finally come. If you didn’t, I would have killed your brother. Look at your brother’s face; isn’t it humiliating that it had swollen like that under my beating?” Zhentian Mo looked at Qingfeng Li and said mockingly.

Gloomily, Qingfeng Li said, “You will pay for treating my brother so cruelly. I will kill you all.”

Zhentian Mo laughed at Qingfeng Li’s threat. With a flash of chilling light in his eyes, he said coldly, “Qingfeng Li, you killed my son! Today, I will not only kill you but all your brothers to let you accompany my son’s soul in heaven.”

“Trash of the Devil-Imperial Sect, all of you come here and meet your deaths.” Pointing at the disciples of Devil-Imperial Sect, Qingfeng Li insulted them in a loud voice, intense killing intent on his face.

“You reckless fool, how dare you insult our Devil-Imperial Sect. Let me, your elder, test your powers.” A white-haired old man walked over and looked at Qingfeng Li with killing intent in his eyes.

The skinny old man was wearing a bloody-colored robe. Though very old, due to the blood he had taken, his face and skin were as fresh as a newborn’s and his body was vibrant and energetic.

Chapter 1313: Godly Vampire Technique

 

This old man, clad in blood-red robes, was not some simple bystander. He was the Third Elder of the Devil-Imperial Sect, a powerful man with a distinguished background.

All around, self-cultivators looked to this old man with expressions of surprise on their faces.

“Are you seeing this? The Devil-Imperial Sect’s Third Elder, he’s about to personally kill Qingfeng Li. Qingfeng Li is dead for sure this time.”

“That’s right, there’s no question that Qingfeng Li will die. I knew this from the beginning, if he dares to come here, he will surely be killed by the Devil-Imperial Sect.”

“They say that the Devil-Imperial Sect’s Third Elder is already in the Spirit King Realm. He’s extremely strong. He’ll probably suck Qingfeng Li’s blood dry.”

The self-cultivators in the distance all looked at Qingfeng Li with mockery, as though they were watching a man who was about to die.

Naturally, Qingfeng Li heard the babbling of the crowd around him. But his expression was calm; none of it mattered to him.

Qingfeng Li knew something that the crowd around him didn’t: he had already reached the ninth tier of the Spirit King Realm. What’s more was, his combat abilities were so great that he was able to challenge those in the tiers above him. This was Qingfeng Li’s hidden strength.

“So you’re the Devil-Imperial Sect’s Third Elder. Great. Then today, I’m going to first beat you until you look like a pig head and then kill you.” Qingfeng Li gave a small smile, his tone was arrogant and haughty. He hardly bothered to look at the old man.

Qingfeng Li walked forward. With every step, the aura of power around him grew.

At the same time, upon the blackened ground, there appeared a layer of shallow footprints. The prints looked faint but held a massive amount of power.

“Young man.” A chilling smile appeared on the third elder’s face. His eyes shone with crazed bloodlust. “I’m old enough to be your grandfather, and I’ve devoted half my lifetime to training. You want to strike me down, well then today, this old man is going to drain you of all your blood and leave you a desiccated corpse.”

The third elder’s right hand reached out abruptly, morphing into a massive red claw. It tore toward Qingfeng Li, straight at his heart, aiming to rip it to shreds.

Smirking, Qingfeng Li struck out with his right fist, forming a phantasm of mountains and rivers. With just one blow, the third elder’s claw was shattered and faded into the air.

At the same time, Qingfeng Li used his movement technique. Quick as a swimming dragon, he instantly disappeared from where he stood. In the very next instant, he appeared before the third elder.

“Such speed.” The third elder’s expression shifted drastically, a hint of shock appearing in his eyes. The young man before him had surpassed the speed of light, faster than even the third elder himself. He didn’t even have time to react.

Extending his right hand, Qingfeng Li struck a slapping blow to the third elder’s cheek, leaving a massive red bruise as thick as a steamed bun.

Watching this occur, the crowd gathered around were overcome with shock.

This old man was the third elder of the Devil-Imperial Sect, an infamous figure among self-cultivators. He had drained many people of their blood and to many, he was the Devil himself. How was it that, now, he was unable to withstand even a single blow from Qingfeng Li? It was a slap in the face.”

“Bastard!” The third elder’s expression was dark. “How dare you slap my face! I’ll tear you to shreds!” An icy glare in his eyes, he swung his right claw toward Qingfeng Li.

However, before the Third Elder’s clawed hand reached its target, Qingfeng Li’s right fist moved again. Cutting an arc through the air, he swung toward the Third Elder’s left cheek. The blow left a second steamed-bun sized bruise on the left side of his face.

Pa pa pa pa pa…

Qingfeng Li continued to swing his hand, landing another few dozens blows against the third elder’s cheeks. By the end, his face was so swollen and bruised that it looked nothing like it did before; all his teeth had fallen to the ground, where they lay mixed with blood. It was a pitiful sight.

Bang!

The third elder’s body fell to the ground, no longer breathing.

“Qingfeng Li is too strong! He even slapped the Third Elder to death!”

The gathered crowd of self-cultivators drew in a collective breath, their eyes filled with shock and awe.

They’ve seen self-cultivators fight before. Some used swords, knives, pikes, and staves, others used their fists, palms or feet. But never had they seen anyone beat someone to death with a slap!

“Trash.” Cussing at the Third Elder, Qingfeng Li stepped forward, his right foot landing squarely on top of the Third Elder’s head and crushing his skull.

The poor Third Elder died without even a full corpse to bury. It was a brutal scene.

Qingfeng Li stood before the members of the Devil-Imperial Sect and spoke. “Is this the power of the Devil-Imperial Sect’s Elders? What a weakling. Don’t you have anyone stronger?”

Hearing Qingfeng Li’s taunt, a murderous expression appeared on the faces of both the First Elder and the Second Elder.

The First and Second Elders were good friends of the Third, having lived together for decades. They’ve done evil deeds together, drained self-cultivator’s blood together. And now, as they watched their friend being killed by Qingfeng Li, their hearts filled with flames of fury.

“Qingfeng Li,” the Grand Elder spoke with a sneer, his voice cold. “How dare you kill our friend? We will end you here.”

The Grand Elder was no simple man, he was extremely powerful, being at the Half-Step Spirit Emperor Realm. Standing beside him, the Second Elder had also recently reached the Half-Step Spirit Emperor Realm.

Now, two masters of the Half-Step Spirit Emperor Realm faced Qingfeng Li, seeking to take his life.

“Half-step Spirit Emperor Realm,” Qingfeng Li looked upon the two Elders calmly. “Nice. Finally, people I can actually fight.”

With a flick of his right wrist, Qingfeng Li drew out his Fire Emperor Sword.

The Grand Elder’s weapon of choice was a mile sword; the Second’s was a long blade. But neither of these two spirit weapons were Emperor Class. They were of a lower calibre than Qingfeng Li’s Fire Emperor Sword.

Swinging his long blade, the Grand Elder struck at Qingfeng Li from the left, while the Second Elder attacked from the right with his long sword. Two men striking from two directions eliminated any routes of retreat Qingfeng Li had had.

Swinging his Fire Emperor Sword, Qingfeng Li drew a wide arc in the air. From left to right, his blade collided first with the Grand Elder’s mile sword, then with the Second Elder’s long sword.

Bang! Bang!

Two deafening notes rang out as both the Grand Elder’s mile sword and the Second Elder’s long sword snapped in half. The pieces fell, shattered, to the ground.

“Emperor Class…” Grand Elder gawked at the sword in Qingfeng Li’s hand, his eyes filled with intensity, “Your sword is actually an Emperor Class spirit weapon.”

That blade will be mine! The Grand Elder swore in his heart. Even as the Grand Elder of the Devil-Imperial Sect, he did not possess an Emperor Class spirit weapon. But, unbelievable as it was, this Qingfeng Li had one. This fact stirred up the greed in his heart.

“You really want my Emperor Class weapon, don’t you?” Qingfeng Li sneered at the Grand Elder, it was as if he was looking down at an ant. “Well, come then. If you can defeat me, this Emperor Class sword is yours.”

Feeling Qingfeng Li’s belittling gaze upon him, the Grand Elder’s face fell. Enraged, he shouted. “Godly Vampire Technique!”

The Grand Elder opened his mouth, releasing a swirl of crimson whirlwind. The whirlwind exerted a powerful pulling force. Morphing into a red whirlpool, the wind sought to suck Qingfeng Li’s blood out of his body.

Qingfeng Li furrowed his forehead ever so slightly. He felt the mood in his body moving, trying to fly out of his skin and into the Grand Elder’s red whirlpool.

This Grand Elder’s Godly Vampire Technique was indeed terrifying. It was even able to steal blood from a distance.

Chapter 1314: Battling Against Zhengtian Mo

 

In the face of imminent danger, the Dragon Bloodline within Qingfeng Li’s body exerted its power, forcing his blood to remain in his body.

At the same time, from deeper within him, Qingfeng Li’s Devourer Bloodline awoke. All this time, the Devourer Bloodline had been hiding in the deepest areas within him, unwilling to show itself easily. But now, having caught the scent of blood, it emerged and expressed its ravenous desire for other bloodlines.

Once again, the Devourer Bloodline acted of its own accord. Upon the surface of Qinfgeng Li’s body, there formed a black vortex. Exuding a force even greater than the Godly Vampire Technique, it set its sights on the first elder’s blood-red whirlpool, consuming it and turning its power into its own.

“Bastard! You broke my Godly Vampire Technique!” The first elder’s face was visibly pale as he spat out a mouthful of blood. He looked like a man who’d just lost his family.

Now, it should be said that the Godly Vampire Technique was the most powerful technique in the Devil-Imperial Sect. And having mastered the technique fully, the first elder’s Godly Vampire Technique was as powerful as it was vile.

Before now, the first elder had only to use this technique and blood would burst from other self-cultivators’s bodies and be drawn into his own, turning into the first elder’s power instead.

This time, however, it was the first elder’s Godly Vampire Technique that was struck down by Qingfeng Li.

Qingfeng Li’s Devourer Bloodline, having devoured the first elder’s blood-red whirlpool, increased massively in power. The vital essence within Qingfeng Li grew as well, almost to the point of another breakthrough.

Qingfeng Li felt that his body was filled with power, just like a volcano that could erupt at any moment.

“first elder,” Qingfeng Li sneered, there was murder in his eyes. “Your Godly Vampire Technique isn’t effective, what will you fight me with now?”

Qingfeng Li’s Fire Emperor Sword abruptly shot forward, stabbing through the air, it left a massive slash in the air itself.

Calling forth his own vital essence, the first elder created a defensive energy veil in an attempt to ward off Qingfeng Li’s attack.

But it was no use. With his power massively increased, Qingfeng Li was like a tiger charging downhill. His Fire Emperor Sword stabbed forward like a bolt of lightning, instantly piercing through the first elder’s defensive energy veil and straight into his heart, running it through in one swift motion.

Kaboom!

The first elder’s body fell to the ground, his lifeless eyes still open in denial, unwilling to admit defeat.

“Dang, isn’t Qingfeng Li a little too strong? The first elder is of the Half-Step Spirit Emperor Realm, how is it possible that he was killed by Qingfeng Li in an instant?! This guy is an absolute monster!”

The self-cultivators gathered about were all shocked by the scene they’d just witnessed, their eyes filled with awe.

“So weak.” Looking down at the corpse of the first elder, Qingfeng Li shook his head in distaste.

Hearing this, the surrounding crowd was dumbfounded.

Seriously? This was a Half-Step Spirit Emperor Ream master, not some random guy off the streets, and Qingfeng Li just writes him off as being “too weak”?!

Standing to the side, the Devil-Imperial Sect’s Second Elder froze in fear. He never would have thought that the first elder, stronger than even him, was killed by Qingfeng Li in an instant.

Turning to the Second Elder, Qingfeng Li wasn’t about to let him off the hook. He abruptly swung his Fire Emperor Sword forward, releasing a wave of fiery sword energy.

Swish!

Qingfeng Li’s long sword cut the Second Elder’s head straight off. The force sent the head flying quite a distance, spewing blood everywhere.

Seeing this unfold, the whole crowd took a step back. They stared at Qingfeng Li warily, as if they were staring at a god of death.

Qingfeng Li is too strong. In just a few minutes, he had slain three of the Devil-Imperial Sect’s Elders like he was slicing melons, not even giving them a chance to fight back.

“Look, Zhentian Mo,” Qingfeng Li said haughtily. “This is your Devil-Imperial Sect’s precious Elders. What pieces of garbage. You’re up next. I’m about to send you to hell with them.”

“Qingfeng Li,” Zhentian Mo spoke coldly, his face a dark mask and cold fury in his eyes. “You think that, just because you killed the first elder, no one can stop you? I’ll be the one to destroy you today!”

Zhentian Mo walked forward. The ground beneath him quivered with each step as a blaze of sky-rending force erupted from his body. The sky darkened as the force obscured the sun, turning day into night, making Zhentian Mo look like a demonic god.

Feeling the overpowering force flowing from Zhentian Mo, Qingfeng Li’s face fell. Surprised, he spoke. “You are not just Half-Step Spirit Emperor Realm, you are a Spirit Emperor Realm master.”

“That’s right. In Hell, I acquired an Emperor Class Elixir. By absorbing it, I’ve now achieved the Spirit Emperor Realm!” Zhentian Mo roared with arrogant laughter. “I bet you didn’t even think of that, did you? Today is the day you die!”

The gathered crowd stood watching the scene, aghast.

“Damn, Qingfeng Li is done for. Who’d have thought that Zhentian Mo would have become Spirit Emperor Realm in the first level of Hell? He’s unbeatable.”

“No wonder so many people want to enter Hell. There are countless treasures here that can help them break through. Why can’t I have that kind of luck?”

“You? You want an Emperor Class Elixir? Can you defeat Zhentian Mo? Even if you do run into that kind of treasure, you’d only get killed.”

The self-cultivators gathered around chattered among themselves, pointing here and there.

Some were envious of Zhentian Mo for acquiring an Emperor Class Elixir and achieving Spirit Emperor Realm. Others mumbled in frustration at the fact that they’d got nothing after coming to the first level of Hell.

“Boss, run!” The Daoist shouted toward Qingfeng Li. “Don’t worry about us!”

Having thought that Zhentian Mo was only at Half-Step Spirit Emperor Realm, the Daoist had believed that Qingfeng Li could defeat him. He’d never have thought that Zhentian Mo had actually reached Spirit Emperor Realm. Currently, Spirit Emperor Realm was the highest level achieved by any self-cultivator in the world. This meant that Zhentian Mo was practically invincible, no one was a match for him.

The Daoist wasn’t alone. Other members of the Wolf Fang Sect, including the Flower Fairy and Xianzhi Qin, also cried out to Qingfeng Li to run. They knew that there was no way Qingfeng Li would win against Zhentian Mo. If he stayed, he faced certain death.

Hearing the concerned voices, Qingfeng Li waved a hand. “Don’t worry about me,” he said, “I’m not leaving, and I’m definitely going to save you guys.”

“Qingfeng Li, I’m in the Spirit Emperor Ream now, you know?” Zhentian Mo glared at Qingfeng Li with eyes filled with murderous rage. “You really think you can save these people? You must be dreaming! I’m going to drink you blood and eat your flesh. You will wish you were dead!”

In the face of such a powerful foe as Zhentian Mo, Qingfeng Li remained calm and collected.

“Want to kill me? Then come,” Qingfeng Li smiled. “Show me just how strong a Spirit Emperor Realm master is.”

Qingfeng Li has the Mortal Purgatory Body. He could take on foes who were of higher tiers than himself. Right now, at the Ninth Class of the Spirit Emperor Realm, he was able to kill Half-Step Spirit Emperor Realm masters with ease. But he had yet to face someone of the Spirit Emperor Realm.

Qingfeng Li really wanted to know just how strong the Spirit Emperor Realm really was.

“Devil Emperor Palm!” Zhentian Mo shouted. Swinging his right palm, a massive bloody hand materialized.

The bloody hand spanned five hundred meters, blocking out a large chunk of the sky. The entire valley was enveloped in an aura of malice as the hand hid the sun from view. With a vicious force, the hand struck toward Qingfeng Li.

Chapter 1315: Power of the Spirit Emperor Realm

 

“Devil Emperor Palm. That’s an Emperor Class palm technique! Qingfeng Li is in danger.” Having recognized the palm technique used by Zhentian Mo, the surrounding self-cultivators murmured.

In the world of the self-cultivators, the Devil Emperor Palm was infamous for having slain countless masters.

Among those gathered around the battle were those whose friends and family had fallen to the Devil Emperor Palm. They knew the technique well and hated it with a passion.

These people were, unfortunately, no match for Zhentian Mo. Otherwise, they’d have rushed to kill Zhentian Mo for vengeance.

Qingfeng Li’s pupils contracted. He felt the threatening power behind Zhentian Mo’s palm strike.

He forced the spirit essence within him to circulate, awakening the Strangle Hell Body. A faint film of golden light shone from his skin as it hardened into something akin to steel. In the golden sheen, his skin looked like freshly-casted gold.

“Fifth Fists – Moving Heavens and Earth!” Qingfeng Li shouted, using the fifth fist technique of the Strangle Hell Fist.

And there appeared a massive fist, formed from spirit essence, that spanned several hundred meters in width. It flew from the sky, carrying a dominating force as it came.

Boom!

Devil Emperor Palm struck Strangle Hell Fist, emitting a sky-shattering boom that carried for miles around. Where they collided, there appeared a black spatial vortex.

The first level of Hell, the space itself was broken by Qingfeng Li and Zhentian Mo.

Qingfeng Li was forced back by two steps, his face pale. There was a sliver of surprise in his eyes.

“Spirit Emperor Realm… Too strong…” Qingfeng Li though to himself, his brows furrowing. “With my current physical power, there is no way I can complete with that.”

“Impossible!” Zhentian Mo was surprised as well. “My Spirit Emperor Realm level strike… how did it not kill you?”

That was the Devil Emperor Palm that Zhentian Mo had just used. It was the most powerful attack from a master of the Spirit Emperor Realm. It could strike an average Spirit King Realm master dead. Even if they were at semi-Spirit Emperor Realm, Zhentian Mo should have been able to kill, or at least maim, them.

可是现在,李清风只是灵王境九阶,竟然挡住了魔震天的攻击.

But now, Qingfeng Li, who was just a Ninth Class Spirit King Realm master, had withstood Zhentian Mo’s attack.

The crowd around them were, once more, shocked at the development. Some rubbed their eyes in disbelief, not daring to believe their own eyes.

They had thought that, using a Spirit Emperor Realm attack, Zhentian Mo would have killed Qingfeng Li for sure.

Looking at it now, however, it would have appeared that such was not the case. Unbelievably, Qingfeng Li’s combat ability is on par with that of a Spirit Emperor Realm master.

“Zhentian Mo,” Qingfeng Li smiled. “Your pam attack is too weak. Try something else.”

Qingfeng was aware that Zhentian Mo’s spirit essence element was earth, and that his attacks usually had to do with the ground. Qingfeng Li wanted to observe Zhentian Mo’s attacks so that he might learn from them.

Qingfeng Li had previously learned three territorial powers. One of these, the Gravity Realm, had to do with the gravity of the Earth.

Last time, Zhentian Mo when had used earth spikes to attack him, Qingfeng Li had felt faintly that the was nearing a breakthrough with his Gravity Realm. All he needed was a catalyst.

Zhentian Mo gave a cold smile, and said, “Qingfeng Li, since you have a death wish, I’ll give you a hand.”

“Spirit Emperor Earth Spikes!” Zhentian Mo shouted. His earth style vital essence circulated within him as he slammed his right foot down upon the ground.

As he did, the blackened ground quickly began to converge, forming ten black Earth spikes. Each spike was a meter long, sharp at one end and thick on the other. With tremendous force, they flew at Qingfeng Li.

Qingfeng Li’s face was a mask of concentration. Narrowing his eyes, he closely observed the process by which Zhentian Mo’s Earth spikes had formed.

He’d seen clearly how the spikes were made from the earth.

Qingfeng Li drew his Fire Emperor Sword. With a flick of his wrist, he struck forward. Fiery sword energy tore from the blade, reducing the ten Earth spikes to nothingness with its heat.

Despite having burned the spikes themselves, the massive force they had carried still struck Qingfeng Li, forcing him back again. It took him seven or eight steps to steady himself.

Qingfeng Li’s combat ability was nothing to scoff at. But in terms of physical strength, he was still a bit weaker than a master of the Spirit Emperor Realm.

“Humph,” Zhentian Mo huffed as he thought scornfully,”So, you can block ten of my Earth spikes. Let’s see how you fare against twenty. I’d like to see how much spirit essence you really have.”

Utilizing his Earth Emperor Technique, Zhentian Mo stomped heavily down onto the ground with his right foot, leaving a clear indentation.

Presently, chunks of black soil on the ground began to gather again. This time, they formed a total of twenty earth spikes.

Twenty Earth spikes shot out from all directions. Their surfaces emitted a dark gleam as they flew at Qingfeng Li like spikes of black lightning.

This time, Qingfeng Li got an even better look at the way the dirt was gathered. Having fully understood the process, he logged it into his memory.

Of course, Qingfeng Li’s spirit essence element was fire, and not earth. Honestly, he wouldn’t be able to create earth spikes anyway. He could, however, use his Gravity Realm to create Gravity Force Spikes. This was something he’d been thinking about.

There were many spirit essence elements between heaven and earth. The basic five were metal, wood, water, fire and earth.

The earth element could create Earth spikes; fire element could create fire spikes; water element could create water spikes. So maybe, Qingfeng Li thought, gravitational force from his Gravity Realm could form spikes of gravity.

“Gravity Realm!” Qingfeng Li let out a deep growl. “Gravity Force Spikes!”

Within a radius of a thousand meters, everything was enveloped in a layer of black gravitational energy. The Earth’s pulling force suddenly increased. At the same time, the black earth upon the ground were changing as well.

Within the Gravity Realm, there appeared a black force spike. This force spike was not made of earth elemental power, but of gravitational power. Seeming to be formless, but it was solid all the same.

As this was the first time he’d tried it, Qingfeng Li only created one force spike.

This spike was formed from the power of gravity. It was very powerful, containing immense force.

.

The Gravity Force Spike collided heavily into the first Earth spike, instantly reducing it to dust, which faded into the air.

However, at the same time, the Gravity Force Spike was reduced by half. Striking the Earth spike had exhausted a large portion of its power.

The Gravity Force Spike continued to dash forward, crushing another Earth spike before completely disappearing.

Zhentian Mo had created a total of twenty Earth spikes. Two were destroyed by the Gravity Force Strike, leaving only eighteen.

Eighteen Earth spikes struck from eighteen directions, slamming toward Qingfeng Li. There was no way Qingfeng Li could dodge them now. He’d been focused on using his Gravity Realm to create the Gravity Force Spike and had neglected to plan an escape.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom…

Eighteen Earth spikes, like eighteen spears, stabbed viciously at Qingfeng Li. They struck his back, his abdomen, and his legs, each hitting with a loud boom. Sparks appeared on the surface of Qingfeng Li’s body, as though it was two pieces of metal striking one another.

However, Qingfeng Li was completely unharmed.

“Qingfeng Li is so strong! How is he not dead? He’s not even injured!”

Seeing this, the crowd was once again overcome with shock, their eyes gleamed with disbelief.

Chapter 1316: Learning the Gravity Force Spike

 

A spark of joy lit up Qingfeng Li’s eyes as he thought to himself, “This Emperor Class armor I’m wearing sure did its job. That was a Spirit Emperor Realm attack it just blocked!”

The armor Qingfeng Li was wearing was an Emperor Class armor. He had obtained it from the treasure trove of the King of the Black Demonic Rats, and now, he was putting it to good use.

Channeling his Earth spirit essence, Zhentian Mo created another couple dozen earth spikes and hurled them at Qingfeng Li.

Qingfeng Li’s face remained calm: he was unfazed by the attack. He had just gotten a grasp on the method by which Zhentian Mo created these earth spikes.

Qingfeng Li was a quick learner. Releasing his Gravity Realm, he exerted control over the pull of the earth, forming it into spikes. Just a single spike at first, but he then made a second, then a third… until there was, at last dozens of Earthen spikes.

Using the force spikes, Qingfeng Li deflected most of the earthen spikes Zhentian Mo had released. The remaining earth spikes struck Qingfeng Li, but with his Emperor Class armor, those earth spikes could not harm him in the slightest.

“Qingfeng Li,” Zhentian Mo’s eyes narrowed as he spoke. “I’d wondered why you would dare stand against me. Now I see that it’s because of that Emperor Class armor you are wearing. But, so what? I’m still going to kill you.”

“Zhentian Mo,” smirking, Qingfeng Li spoke contemptuously. “Let’s cut the chitchat. And cut the boasting, too. You said you will kill me in the beginning. That was a while ago, and you aren’t even close.”

In the face of Qingfeng Li’s mockery, Zhentian Mo’s face grew contorted with rage and fires of fury danced in his eyes.

Zhentian Mo felt that Qingfeng Li was a difficult foe to grapple with. Neither his palm attacks nor his Earth spikes could subdue the other. Finally, he came to the decision to attack with his Spiritual treasure.

“Qingfeng Li,” Zhentian Mo spoke, his expression was now serious. His eyes were focused on Qingfeng Li as murderous intent rolled off of him in waves. “It’s been a while since my Devil Emperor Saber had last tasted blood. Today, it will once again be drawn. And it will take your head.”

Among those of the Devilish Dao of the world, there existed a legend. They say that if the Devil Emperor Saber was not drawn, everyone may have a chance to live. But should the Devil Emperor Saber be drawn, there would certainly be blood.

At a thought, Zhentian Mo retrieved a crimson saber from his interspatial ring.

This saber was quite wide, being half a hand in width. At a full 1.7 meters, it was also very long, about the height of a grown man.

On the surface of the saber, there were etched all kinds of Blood Devil figures. Each figure depicted was vicious and blood-thirsty, emitting an overwhelming malevolent aura.

As the Devil Emperor Saber was drawn, its red blade energy shot skyward, covering the entire sky with its aura.

The self-cultivators gathered around all grew pale in the face, their bodies quivering slightly as they drew further away from the action. The weakest amongst them fared even worse, some falling directly onto the ground as their legs gave out under them, rendering them unable to even stand.

The Devil Emperor Saber. Even long ago, on Earth, it was an infamous weapon. Having been passed down through the generations, it now possessed an extreme level of power that surpassed even the average Emperor Class Spiritual treasure.

Qingfeng Li stood there unmoving. But a series of slashes appeared on his clothes. The worst of the damage was on the sleeves, which were torn to rags. All this was the work of the red blade energy.

Qingfeng Li’s face grew grave; he knew that he was in big trouble. The Devil Emperor Saber that Zhentian Mo had drawn was an extremely powerful spiritual device. Normal attacks would be no match against it.

As expected, Zhentian Mo abruptly swung his Devil Emperial Saber forward. Blade energy spilled forth, forming a wave of red demonic energy. As if containing the roars of a devil, the blade energy rushed toward Qingfeng Li.

Not daring to be careless, Qingfeng Li immediately drew his own Fire Emperor Sword. Infusing the sword with his vital essence, he lunged forward, releasing a wave of fiery blade energy, mixed with sword intent. There was a sky-shattering boom as the fire sword energy collided with the Devil Emperor Saber’s red energy.

Deng, deng, deng, deng…

Qingfeng Li was knocked back by a dozen steps, his entire body trembling. His clothes were in tatters, and the hand holding his sword shook, nearly losing its grip on the sword. A strand of red saber energy moved along his sword, seeking to enter his body.

The Devil Emperor Saber was strong indeed. Incredibly, it was trying to devour Qingfeng Li’s blood.

It was only now that Qingfeng Li finally understood why so many powerful self-cultivators were killed by Zhentian Mo. The red saber energy that Zhentian Mo used would attack of its own accord. Controlled by the Ancient Devil soul fragments within, the saber’s energy would enter the bodies of self-cultivators and drain them of their blood.

“Hahahaha, Qingfeng Li,” Zhentian Mo regarded Qingfeng Li. He raised his head in laughter, his expression savage. “My Devil Emperor Saber contains many Devil’s souls! The souls of these Devils who’d died long ago on Earth are still generating resentment after death. They can enter you body along with the saber energy, drain you of blood, eat your flesh, and leave you to die in agony.”

Hearing these words, the crowd’s expressions changed drastically. Of course, they knew how the Devil Emperor Saber’s saber energy was like. Many people had been slain by this devilish blade.

Qingfeng Li stood his ground, his face pale. He was unable to stop his body from quivering as his blood rushed toward the Devil Emperor Saber, about to be consumed.

“Big Brother Li! What’s wrong?” Flower Fairy’s face was pale with fright as she cried.

The present Qingfeng Li couldn’t answer her. At this moment, Qingfeng Le had no time to spare as he focused all his strength to defend against the red devil saber energy.

Xianzhi Qin was also crying out to Qingfeng Li, worry written all over her face. But Qingfeng Li could not respond. The Ancient Devil soul fragments within the red saber energy in his body wasn’t something he could withstand.

Although he couldn’t resist the Ancient Devil soul fragments within the red saber energy, the Golden Flame within his Qingfeng Li’s body was the red Devil’s natural enemy.

The Golden flame channeled through Qingfeng Li’s body of its own accord. Like a little red burning sun, his body emitted a searing golden light. Reaching temperatures of over fifty-five hundred degrees Celsius, the golden light rushed toward the red saber-energy Devils.

The Golden Flame set those red Devils ablaze, consuming them, and purifying them until nothing remained.

Qingfeng Li felt a sliver of joy, he had successfully assimilated the saber-energy Devils within him. The people around him, however, did not know this. Not even Zhentian Mo knew.

Zhentian Mo thought the Qingfeng Li was severely wounded; his blood sucked dry, he would die any moment now.

Zhentian Mo’s eyes shone with arrogance and cruelty. He strode toward Qingfeng Li and remarked coldly, “Brat, this is what you get when you mess with me. You’re going to wish you were dead. Now I’m going to cut your head off and use it as a urinal.”

Qingfeng Li remained silent. He kept his face pale, pretending to be fatally wounded, and waited. He was waiting for an opportunity to strike.

Zhentian Mo stopped a meter in front of Qingfeng Li. Slowly, he lifted the Devil Emperor Saber in his hand, getting ready to lop Qingfeng Li’s head off.

Then, Qingfeng Li moved. His body abruptly shot forward like an arrow, dashing straight at Zhentian Mo. There was only a meter between them. Even with saber in hand, there was no time to attack back.

Qingfeng Li appeared before Zhentian Mo in an instant. Swinging his right hand, he formed a giant hand and slapped toward Zhentian Mo’s head. He wanted to shatter Zhentian Mo’s head with the blow.

Chapter 1317: Thousand-Year Blood Python Bloodline

 

Zhentian Mo’s face became pale. He never imagined Qingfeng Li could actually sober up and was not seriously injured.

Looking at Qingfeng Li’s incoming palm, Zhentian Mo raised his head to avoid it. Although his head was hidden, his face was not.

Pa!

Followed by a loud noise, Qingfeng Li’s hand severely hit Zhentian Mo’s right face, causing it to swell in redness.

“Qingfeng Li is so strong! He even slapped Zhentian Mo… oh dear, I’m scared.”

“Zhentian Mo is a Spirit Emperor, yet he got his face slapped so hard. What a disgrace as the number one self-cultivator of the Devilish Dao.”

“Didn’t you notice that Qingfeng Li actually defeated Zhentian Mo’s Blade Energy Devil.”

“Yes, I noticed. Qingfeng Li’s body must have a mysterious power to counter that devilish blade’s energy.”

The surrounding self-cultivators were talking, their eyes full of surprise as they looked at Qingfeng.

Zhentian Mo stood dumbfounded. He had been the number one cultivator in the Devilish Dao for decades. After he entered the first layer of hell, he even obtained an emperor level spirit fruit and broke through to the Spirit Emperor Realm.

Zhentian Mo thought that he was invincible within the world of self-cultivators and that he could do whatever he wanted, fight anyone he wanted to fight, and kill anyone he wanted to kill. However, reality gave him a fierce slap to the face.

Qingfeng Li was only a Spirit King Realm master, who had a lower cultivation level than Zhentian Mo, but he actually slapped Zhentian Mo’s face.

Shame, this is a damn shame!

Zhentian Mo felt this was the biggest embarrassment of his life, and it had been witnessed by so many other self-cultivators.

Zhentian Mo knew that if he wanted to brush off his shame, he needed to kill Qingfeng. The only way to prove to those people his own strength and protect his dignity was to kill Qingfeng Li.

“Qingfeng Li, how dare you hit my face. You have completely enraged me… I am going to rip you into a thousand pieces and give you a painful death.” Zhentian Mo’s face turned gloomy and every single one of his words was filled with killing spirit.

“Devil Emperor Saber, Sky Blade Shadow,” Zhentian Mo shouted as he swung his Devil Emperor Saber forward and turned it into a red blade energy devil.

This blade energy carried along a scream of terror and an immense force. It rushed toward Qingfeng Li with the intent to kill.

The blade energy devil was like a blood-sucking leech and entered Qingfeng Li’s body, wanting to suck out all his blood.

Qingfeng Li had experience this time. He channeled the Golden Flames in his body and rushed toward the blade energy devil. It absorbed all of the devilish blade energy instantaneously, burning away the foreign aura into nothingness.

Qingfeng Li looked arrogant. He laughed with disdain, “Zhentian Mo, your Devil Emperor Saber attack is useless to me. You should try something different. You need to use your most powerful attack, or you will be killed immediately.”

Seeing Qingfeng Li untouched and insulting him, Zhentian Mo was extremely pissed, his fury like a volcano bubbling and about to erupt at any time.

Zhentian Mo put the Devil Emperor Saber away, he knew that the Devil Emperor Saber was powerful but it was not enough to kill Qingfeng Li.

“Qingfeng Li, I was going to use my most powerful card to snatch the Immortal’s Sutra. I guess I will have to use it on you first. It’s your honor to get killed by it.” Zhentian Mo smiled faintly and looked proud.

Qingfeng Li felt unimpressed when he saw Zhentian Mo’s arrogant look. This guy was a Spirit Emperor and had already attacked him many times, yet he still had not killed him. And he was still pretending to be a powerful master now. He really did not understand what death was.

Qingfeng Li smiled faintly and said, “Zhentian Mo, what is your trump card? Tell me about it. Let me see if it is another rookie attack.”

“Qingfeng Li, since you want to know, I’ll tell you. My attack is my bloodline power.”

“What, bloodline power?” Qingfeng Li’s face scrunched up, as if he was looking at a fool.

What was Qingfeng Li’s most powerful attack? It was not the Strangle Hell Fist, nor the Golden Light Sword, nor the Fire Emperor Sword, nor the Golden Calabash, but his bloodline power.

Qingfeng Li’s body now had three bloodlines. One was the Wolf God Bloodline, the second was the Devourer Bloodline, and lastly the dragon’s blood.

No matter which bloodline, they were all among the strongest bloodline powers between Heaven and Earth. Anyone who dared to challenge Qingfeng Li with their bloodline power would die.

Roar!

Zhentian Mo growled and activated his body’s bloodline, forming a giant Thousand-Year Blood Python on the surface of his body.

This Thousand-Year Blood Python was very strong. It was a full three hundred meters long. Its surface was covered with red scales, each scale as big as a basin and as thick as a palm. The python looked very tough, was blood red, sinister, and was emitting a powerful aura. It was frightening to look at.

The Thousand-Year Blood Python was one of the top thousand bloodlines in the ancient era. It was very strong.

During the ancient era, there were many rankings, such as the fairy ranking, saint ranking, spiritual treasure ranking, array formation ranking, and bloodline ranking.

Within the bloodline ranking, there were many categories. There were the Demonic Beast Bloodlines, the Godly Beast Bloodlines, Human Bloodlines, Five Elements Bloodlines, Natural Bloodlines, Heavenly Dao Bloodlines, Saint Bloodlines, and so on.

The Thousand-Year Blood Python was ranked eight hundred and eighty-eight in the ancient Demonic Beast bloodline ranking. Think about it, being able to get into the top one thousand of the Demonic Beast bloodline ranking showed how powerful this bloodline was.

The surrounding people turned pale and their eyes betrayed a touch of panic when they saw Zhentian Mo use the Thousand-Year Blood Python’s bloodline. They knew Qingfeng Li was in serious danger this time and will likely be killed by Zhentian Mo.

Qingfeng Li held the smile on his face and said. “Zhentian Mo, I thought your strongest attack was something special, but it is only the Thousand-Year Blood Python. You are giving me the chance to tell you what you are good at. You are good at giving away your life, so I can only fulfill your wish.”

Qingfeng Li said it with a calm look. He did not care about the Thousand-Year Blood Python, which made Zhentian Mo pissed.

The surrounding people were also speechless, watching the expression on Qingfeng Li’s face, all thinking that Qingfeng Li was being too overly arrogant.

Not everyone could have a bloodline power. Only the ones who were extremely gifted and had ancestors that carried an ancient bloodline could have a bloodline power. Any average person simply would not have it.

For example, among the surrounding self-cultivators, out of one hundred, there was not even one that carried a bloodline.

Zhentian Mo felt that he had been provoked. The Thousand-Year Blood Python’s bloodline in his body also felt that it had been provoked, it was an insult to its ancient bloodline’s strength.

A master’s dignity can never be provoked, whoever dared to provoke it would meet death.

The Thousand-Year Blood Python suddenly waved its tail. Its tail was more than one hundred meters long and it occupied one-third of its three hundred meters long body. The huge snake tail swung fiercely towards Qingfeng Li.

Where the tail trailed, the air exploded, and the earth was crushed. One could see how powerful the Thousand-Year Blood Python’s strength was.

Chapter 1318: Chaos Black Sword

 

Qingfeng Li stood there peacefully until the Thousand-Year Blood Python was about to hit him. He then quietly muttered, “Wolf God Bloodline.”

Qingfeng Li activated the Wolf God Bloodline in his body, causing his muscles to inflate as his eyes and skin became red. The bloodline power gathered above his head, conjuring a phantom of the Wolf God projection.

The Wolf God projection was very large, occupying half of the sky, and did not appear any weaker than the Thousand-Year Blood Python.

The surrounding self-cultivators all receded after seeing this scene.

“What do you say? Is the Thousand-Year Blood Python or the Wolf God projection stronger? Which one do you think will win?”

“I’m guessing that the Thousand-Year Blood Python will win. It is ranked eight hundred and eighty-eighth in the Demonic Beasts Bloodline Ranking.”

“That may not be. You see the Wolf God Bloodline is also an ancient bloodline. Though its ranking is unknown, it certainly is not low.”

The surrounding self-cultivators were all talking about how they knew the ranking of the Thousand-Year Blood Python, but not the Wolf God Bloodline’s ranking.

Qingfeng Li smiled coldly in his heart with a touch of disdain. These people were like A Chinese idiom that comes from a fable that describes a frog in a well being unable to discuss the ocean, because it is limited by the size of its well.frogs in a well ¹. The Wolf God Bloodline was the most powerful bloodline on the rankings of bloodlines from the ancient era. It was the first Wolf God between Earth and Heaven and was very powerful.

Of course, these people just knew the ordinary bloodline ranking. They did not know the top Godly beast rankings.

Not only the Wolf God Bloodline, they even did not know anything about the bloodlines of Black Puppy and Sky-Devouring Snake.

Whoosh!

The Thousand-Year Blood Python swung its tail and slapped over the world, unleashing a surge of bloody energy, it instantly arrived in front of the Wolf God Bloodline.

The Wolf God Bloodline did not show any weakness. It swung its wolf claw and scratched the sky, unleashing a terrifying aura even in Hell.

The claw caught in the tail of the Thousand-Year Blood Python, leaving five bloody holes. The red blood splattered across the hellish landscape, filled with a pungent bloody scent.

One move and the Thousand-Year Blood Python was injured.

The surrounding self-cultivators could not stand such powerful energy and receded backwards.

Some of the self-cultivators were stunned. They thought that the Thousand-Year Blood Python would win. However, after the fight had just started, the Thousand-Year Blood Python was wounded by the Wolf God Bloodline.

It was obvious from this exchange that the Wolf God Bloodline was extremely strong. It carried an invincible aura.

The Thousand-Year Blood Python’s tail was wounded. It uttered a scream with anger, bloodthirsty red light appearing in its eyes. It opened its mouth, spat out a breath of Bloody Flames, and rushed towards the Wolf God Bloodline.

The Bloody Flames were ranked eight hundred and eighty-eight on the Ancient Flame Rankings, the same ranking as its bloodline ranking. It was very famous and was one of the strongest flames between heaven and earth.

This Bloody Flame was not white, nor red or blue, but the color of blood. It was the Thousand-Year Blood Python’s superpower.

The Wolf God Bloodline smiled coldly upon seeing the Thousand-Year Blood Python’s superpower. It decided it would have to use its own superpower as well.

Ah Wuu!

Wolf God Bloodline uttered a cry, which echoed back in the sky. The cry contained the aura from ancient desolate wildernesses, like a wolf god leading its pack.

A black light spurted out of Wolf God Bloodline’s mouth, revealing itself to be a sword light.

This sword light was unshakeable and invincible. When it appeared, the air fractured and space exploded. The first level of Hell seemed to be breaking open with creaking noises.

Within the black sword light, there was a Black Wolf God projection. In the ancient era, the Wolf God retrieved a chaos black sword during the chaos, which it refined into its own superpower.

Since then, the Wolf God dominated the eras, and no one was its opponent. Later on, the Wolf God went to other worlds and left its bloodline on Earth.

Puchi!

The black sword light directly pierced the body of the Thousand-Year Blood Python’s body and left a large hole in its belly.

The Thousand-Year Blood Python screamed once again, but this time, the scream was extremely intense. Its superpower had been broken by the black sword light, and its body was seriously injured. It simply could not stop the opponent’s attack.

The Thousand-Year Blood Python was injured and so was its owner, Zhentian Mo. His face turned pale and he spat out a mouthful of blood, his energy level drastically plunged.

Qingfeng Li obviously would not miss this opportunity to kill Zhentian Mo. He did not want to give him a chance to escape because he knew there would be endless trouble if he did not end this feud today.

“Wolf God Bloodline, kill him.” Qingfeng Li shouted. He madly channeled vital essence and his bloodline power through his body. The power entered into the Wolf God Bloodline’s body which gave it a huge amount of energy.

The Wolf God Bloodline’s body began to inflate until it became as big as a hill.

The enormous amount of energy was so dense that it was causing distortions in space. One could vaguely see the dimensional debris.

Wolf God Bloodline opened its mouth again, shooting out a black sword light longer than the one earlier. It was fiercer, more powerful, like a black lightning bolt, and was accompanied by a chaotic aura.

The Thousand-Year Blood Python’s face paled and it panicked when it saw the invincible black sword light, immediately losing its dignified look.

The python turned its body and wanted to run away but its speed was incomparable to the black sword light. Black sword light came from chaos and was even faster than the speed of light by countless times. It instantly arrived in front of the Thousand-Year Blood Python’s head.

Puchi!

Thousand-Year Blood Python’s head was cut off, its huge body turned into bloody energy and dissipated in the air. Most of the body’s energy was absorbed by black sword light.

Subsequently, the black sword light went back into Wolf God Bloodline’s body.

The Wolf God Bloodline glanced at Qingfeng Li, moved its body and returned back to the depths of Qingfeng Li’s soul and crouched there.

Zhentian Mo spat a mouthful of blood after seeing the death of the Thousand-Year Blood Python, his face becoming paler and his body trembling. He staggered and almost fell to the ground.

Today, Zhentian Mo was in a heap of trouble. Not only had he been defeated by Qingfeng Li, his Thousand-Year Blood Python was also swallowed and killed.

Zhentian Mo’s body was seriously injured and his spirit energy and vital essence was almost depleted after he released the Thousand-Year Blood Python from earlier. Therefore, it was difficult for him to move around.

Zhentian Mo looked hard at Qingfeng Li, his lips moving but did not get to speak.

Zhentian Mo as the number one devil, was very hard-hearted. He did not beg for mercy as he knew that even if he did, Qingfeng Li would not let him go.

1. A Chinese idiom that comes from a fable that describes a frog in a well being unable to discuss the ocean, because it is limited by the size of its well.