My Cold and Elegant CEO Wife - Chapter 1326

Chapter 1326: A Small Tree That Can Run

 

Hearing Black Puppy talk, Qingfeng Li was delighted. The Saint Perishing Tree. He couldn’t believe that he had heard the name. And to hear about the Saint Perishing Fruit? That was even better news.

The purpose of Qingfeng’s journey to the Hell under the Kunlun Mountains was to obtain the Saint Perishing Fruit. After all his hardships, there was finally a light at the end of the tunnel. He had finally heard about the Saint Perishing Fruit’s location. He was overjoyed.

“Black Puppy, let’s quickly go and find the Saint Perishing Fruit!” Qingfeng Li said enthusiastically.

Black Puppy was also very happy, quickly following Qingfeng Li and the rest 70 kilometers north.

At the sight of them leaving, the surrounding self-cultivators also ran with Qingfeng Li. They felt his powerful presence and knew that they would be safe if they followed him.

Qingfeng Li and his crew sprinted, arriving at the 70-kilometer mark in no time.

A lake greeted them, its water black as night and emitting a bone-chilling dark fog.

The small black tree stood right next to the lake. On top, was a black fruit about the size of an apple that exuded an intense aura.

The surrounding self-cultivators couldn’t go near. A faint light circled the surface of the black fruit, reversing the sun and the moon, toppling the heavens and the earth, with mountains and rivers emerging faintly on top. It was needless to say, this kind of black fruit was definitely the legendary Saint Perishing Fruit.

Qingfeng Li’s eyes were laced with delight. He had finally found what he was looking for. The only thing standing in his way were all the self-cultivators blocking his path to the fruit.

“Little dog, Sky-Devouring Snake, let’s go and grab the Saint |Perishing Fruit,” Qingfeng Li instructed. “Kill anyone who stands in our way. They are all our enemies.”

Qingfeng Li knew full well that the Saint Perishing Fruit was a fruit coveted by saints. Everyone was after it.

At the sight of all the hungry gazes and twisted expressions within the crowd, it was easy to see that all the self-cultivators were craving for the fruit. No one was going to give up on it easily.

As Qingfeng Li walked forward, a short-haired self-cultivator blocked his path. The man said coldly, “Run along. This is no place for you.”

Qingfeng Li sneered and said, “Get out of my way or I will kill you.”

Hahahaha!!!!

The short-haired self-cultivator laughed and said arrogantly, “Kid, do you know who I am? I am a disciple of the Sword-Emperor Sect. How dare you threaten me?”

Immediately afterward, the short-haired self-cultivator pulled out a long sword and pointed it at Qingfeng Li. His face was arrogant as could be, completely disregarding Qingfeng Li’s existence.

With a flip of his wrist, Qingfeng Li pulled out his Fire Emperor Sword and struck it forward. With sharp flaming sword energy, Qingfeng Li cut the short-haired self-cultivator’s long sword in half. The sharp sword energy continued onwards, striking the man’s neck and leaving a bloody gash.

The short-haired self-cultivator reached out his palm and covered his neck in an attempt to hide the gash. To no avail, gushes of blood spewed out from his neck. He fell to the ground shortly after, twitching as his body went cold.

The sight of Qingfeng Li killing a Sword-Emperor Sect disciple in one strike shocked everyone in the crowd.

“Who is this man? Isn’t he too arrogant? He dared to kill a disciple of the Sword-Emperor Sect?!”

“What are you blind? Don’t you see that he’s Qingfeng Li?”

“No wonder. It’s Qingfeng Li! He really is as fierce as the rumors say he is. He even battled the sect masters of both the Devil-Imperial Sect and the Demonic-Imperial Sect when we were still outside the Kunlun Mountains. A mere disciple of the Sword-Emperor Sect is nothing for him.”

The surrounding self-cultivators all chatted about and pointed towards Qingfeng Li, recognizing his name.

Qingfeng Li remained calm. He didn’t say a word.

Qingfeng Li had always been a hot topic ever since he entered the world of self-cultivation. He had gotten used to all the attention.

At the sight of his disciple’s death, a Third Elder of the Sword-Emperor Sect’s eyes grew cold.

The Third Elder was a 60-year-old senior man. Although he was old, his face was still red and supple, making him look like he was only 40 or 50 years old.

He spent his days practicing cultivation techniques and had reached the Spirit Emperor Realm. His body was in tip-top shape.

“Qingfeng Li, you are too arrogant. How dare you kill one of the members of the Sword-Emperor Sect?!” the Third Elder glowered at Qingfeng Li, questioning him angrily.

Qingfeng Li laughed lightly and said, “He told me to leave, and he also cursed at me. He deserved to die.”

“Qingfeng Li, I’ll give you a chance to kill yourself. Otherwise, I will take action, and you will suffer greatly,” the Third Elder threatened, looking down on Qingfeng Li with arrogance filling his voice.

Qingfeng Li sneered at the words. “Is his brain fried? He actually asked for me to kill myself? Is he stupid or what?”

With his eyes on the Third Elder, Qingfeng Li said, “I have a proposal. If you kill yourself in front of me, I will leave your body whole. Otherwise, I will rip your corpse into pieces, not even sparing your bones. Your soul will be lost in the wilderness.”

At the sound of their verbal battle, the surrounding self-cultivators were all left speechless. The two men were both as arrogant and as ruthless as could be, cursing at each other as if the other was already a dead man.

“Qingfeng Li, since you’re in a hurry to die, I’ll grant you your wish and teach you a thing or two about our Sword-Emperor Sect.” The Third Elder sneered as he walked towards Qingfeng Li, his eyes murderous.

The Sword-Emperor Sect was the number one force within the orthodox disciplines and was extremely powerful. Every elder from the sect possessed incredible capabilities. On top of this, its sect master and its three elders had all gotten Emperor Class Elixirs ever since they entered Hell and had all broke through to the Spirit Emperor Realm.

The Spirit Emperor Realm was the highest existence within Huaxia’s self-cultivation world. They were one of the most powerful groups of people. So, it was natural for the Third Elder to act so arrogantly.

The air grew heavy with every step the Third Elder took. His feet left deep footprints within the earth.

Qingfeng Li stood there calmly. He wasn’t planning on running away or backing off.

“Qingfeng Li, are you not afraid of me?” asked the Third Elder.

Qingfeng Li smiled lightly and said, “Why would I be afraid of a dead man?”

“Qingfeng Li, you’re even more arrogant than me. I will send you to hell today.” The Third Elder had already made his way to Qingfeng Li. He was a mere two meters away.

The Third Elder lashed out with his right hand and, channeling his vital essence, transformed his hand into a gigantic palm that covered the sun and the sky as it smashed towards Qingfeng Li.

Qingfeng Li smiled lightly and unleashed his right fist, turning it into an enormous fist shadow generated from the strength of his Strangle Hell Fist. He smashed his fist into the Third Elder’s hand, shattering the latter’s vital essence palm.

The Third Elder raised his eyebrows in shock, completely stunned by Qingfeng Li’s attack. He didn’t expect for the young man to break through his attack so easily.

Chapter 1327: The Green Mountain Sword

 

“Third Elder, usually the Sword-Emperor Sect uses long swords to attack, but you struck me with your palm. Did you hit your head somewhere and forgot?” Qingfeng Li mocked the Third Elder with an arrogant grin.

At the sound of Qingfeng Li’s words, the Third Elder’s face darkened, and his eyes grew cold. “Bastard, how dare he mock me?!”

The crowd all had their fingers pointed towards the two men.

“Qingfeng Li is seriously arrogant. He even dares to curse at the Third Elder of the Sword-Emperor Sect!”

“You’re right. He’s way too brazen. He doesn’t respect the Sword-Emperor Sect at all.”

“What do you guys think? Who’s going to win?”

“Who else? The Third Elder of course. He didn’t even use his longsword yet. Once he pulls that bad boy out, Qingfeng Li is dead for sure.”

“Nonsense! Qingfeng Li is really powerful. He can definitely defeat the Third Elder.”

The surrounding self-cultivators all had their opinions about the impending battle. Some favored Qingfeng Li and others favored the Third Elder. Both men had their supporters.

With a flip of the wrist, the Third Elder pulled out the longsword sheathed on his back.

It was a green longsword, two fingers wide and less than four feet long.

An aura composed of green mountains circled its surface, giving it a divine glow. On the body of the sword was a carving of a green mountain seal script. The green mountain seal script grouped into a small offensive array, ready to be turned into a sword energy green mountain when in battle.

The surrounding disciples recognized the longsword held by the Third Elder. They shouted, “That’s the Green Mountain Sword, an emperor level spiritual treasure! Qingfeng Li is dead for sure.”

Within the world of self-cultivation, the Green Mountain Sword was very famous. It was especially renowned amongst the self-cultivators of the sword disciplines. It was one of the ten greatest emperor level swords, possessing extreme offensive powers. One strike of the sword could create a hole within the heavens and earth.

Qingfeng Li furrowed his brows at the sight of the Green Mountain Sword. He felt its powerful aura. It was indeed a powerful weapon.

Without any hesitation, Qingfeng Li immediately took out his Fire Emperor Sword.

The Fire Emperor Sword was also an emperor level spiritual treasure. It was the only weapon that stood a chance against the Green Mountain Sword.

“Huh!” the Third Elder roared as he channeled his vital essence into the longsword, striking it forward.

The green sword energy transformed into a 1000 meter tall gigantic mountain, covering half of the sky as it smashed towards Qingfeng Li viciously.

A giant hole was created in the air, leaving it destroyed. A massive force of pressure appeared from the aura, as if it was going to blow up the sky and earth.

The surrounding self-cultivators all pulled back, their faces pale. The gust of energy was too strong to handle.

Qingfeng Li channeled the fire type vital essence within his body, suddenly striking forward. A ray of blazing sword energy shot out from the sword, piercing the air, instantly cleaving down on the tall mountain.

With a loud boom, the mountain split into halves and exploded, turning into a gust of sword energy and disappearing into nothingness.

Although the tall mountain disappeared and Qingfeng Li’s blazing sword energy immediately vanished as well, the energy waves within the air still rushed towards the two men, forcing both to retreat. They gazed at one another heavily.

“Qingfeng Li, I didn’t expect for you to have an emperor level spiritual treasure as well. No wonder you were so arrogant.” The Third Elder’s expression grew heavy, his eyes laced with surprise.

From their previous exchange, the Third Elder had realized that Qingfeng Li was also in possession of a longsword spiritual treasure. Similar to his own Green Mountain Sword, it was also an emperor level spiritual treasure.

There were only a few emperor level spiritual treasures within the entire Huaxia self-cultivation world, and long sword emperor level spiritual treasures were even rarer, with no more than 10 known in existence.

Although the inheritance of the Sword Emperor Sect came from the time of the ancient era, the members had only found out about emperor level techniques through expeditions through dangerous ruins. At the sight of Qingfeng Li also having an emperor level longsword, the third elder felt a great deal of annoyance.

“Third Elder, was that your attack? How disappointing.” Qingfeng Li waved his hand as he smiled lightly, his eyes laced with disdain.

He had expected more from the Sword Emperor Sect’s longsword attack. But now that he had witnessed it, he wasn’t too impressed.

The Third Elder’s eyes flashed cold, his face turning livid at the sight of Qingfeng Li’s disrespect.

He felt utterly ridiculed, primarily because he belonged to the Sword Emperor Sect. It was, after all, the number one sect within the Sword Dao discipline, admired by countless self-cultivators. But in the eyes of Qingfeng Li, it was as if the sect was just a shrub on the side of the street.

“Qingfeng Li, don’t be so arrogant. That was just a wave of the sword. I didn’t even use my sword technique yet. I will now show you the real power of the Sword Emperor Sect’s sword techniques,” the Third Elder sneered coldly.

Immediately, the Third Elder recited a chant. It was a sword technique chant that contained a spell, and it released a green light that entered the Green Mountain Sword.

In a split second, the Green Mountain Sword emitted a green light, stronger than the light before, brightening up the entire ceiling of Hell. The once black sky of Hell was now green.

Black Puppy furrowed its brows and reminded Qingfeng Li, “Be careful. He just activated the array formation inside his sword. His offensive power is now enhanced by two times.”

“Big Brother Li, please be careful,” both Flower Fairy and Xianzhi Qin cautioned Qingfeng Li.

His face grew heavy. Of course, he knew that there were array seal scriptures within most emperor level longswords.

These array formations were all made of talisman scripts. The talisman scripts’s texture, length, thickness, and source energy formed the array formations, used to elevate a sword’s offensive powers by two, three, or more times.

The Third Elder’s face bursted red from the consumption of too much vital essence. He struck his long sword forward again, exuding out a blinding green light. Suddenly, two sword energy green mountains emerged in mid-air.

The two sword energy green mountains were even larger than the single sword energy green mountain before.

Each was 2000 meters tall, and each was heavier than the previous one as well. The surrounding air was fractured into an infinite amount of cracks as if one could see the phantoms within Hell. These phantoms were from the third layer of hell. They gazed towards the people with chilling eyes.

Qingfeng Li felt a sense of danger. He knew that the Third Elder had used his sword technique as well as the array seal scripture. Qingfeng Li’s opponent had just gotten much stronger.

Qingfeng Li channeled the Mortal Purgatory Body technique within his body and unleashed a black light as dark as ink. His suddenly punched out his left fist, striking out his Strangle Hell fist. At the same time, he lashed out the Fire Emperor Sword he was holding in his right hand, turning it into a blazing sword energy.

Ka-boom!

The blazing sword energy from the Strangle Hell Fist collided with the sword energy, creating a deafening blow. A black vortex formed on top the second layer of hell. It was created due to the massive amount of power within the atmosphere.

Within the vortex, the heads of devils continued to appear. Their faces were all pale as could be and their hair was long. Their black nails looked especially daunting.

Chapter 1328: Learning the Fire Emperor Sword Technique

 

Deng Deng!!

Qingfeng Li took two steps back. His face was slightly pale, and his right hand was trembling.

“The Green Mountain Sword Technique is indeed strong, even forcing me back.” Qingfeng Li furrowed his brows in surprise.

Qingfeng Li realized he made a mistake by looking down at the Sword Emperor Sect’s sword technique. He had thought that he would easily defeat his opponent if he used his Strangle Hell Fist and Fire Emperor Sword. Clearly, he had thought wrong.

Qingfeng Li was surprised, but the third elder was even more surprised.

Normally, whenever the Third Elder used the Green Mountain Sword Technique, his offensive powers would increase by two folds and he would kill his enemies in one strike.

But now, he had only forced back Qingfeng Li by two steps. This result infuriated him.

At this scene, the surrounding self-cultivators all began to whisper, “Qingfeng Li really is powerful. He didn’t even die by the Third Elder’s Sword Emperor Sect’s sword technique!”

Qingfeng Li’s body was steady, but his eyes were rolling around. He realized that he was at a disadvantage. Although he had the Fire Emperor Sword, it was only an emperor level spiritual treasure without a sword technique.

Back when he received the Fire Emperor Sword, he didn’t learn any sword techniques. And although he knew the Golden Light Sword Technique and the Volcanic Sword Technique, they were both limited to the Golden Light Sword. Using those techniques with the Fire Emperor Sword was impossible.

Qingfeng Li examined the Fire Emperor Sword, hoping to find an answer. The Fire Emperor Sword was given to him by the Fire Emperor of the Fire Planet, one of the 3000 grand worlds. Qingfeng Li’s intuition told him that within the Fire Emperor Sword, there was definitely a hidden sword technique.

The surface of the Fire Emperor Sword dazzled with a red light, emitting a fiery aura that circled its body repeatedly. The sword was carved with a nine-flame pattern, evenly spread along its body.

Qingfeng Li focused his gaze, transmitting his spirit energy into the Fire Emperor Sword. He discovered that the fifth flame was slightly different from the rest. There seemed to be a small person within the flame.

As Qingfeng Li’s spirit energy entered the sword, it was as if he had gone into a strange space. It was a fiery dimension, surrounded by eternal red flames reminiscent of little suns.

Luckily for Qingfeng Li, his spirit energy was incredibly powerful, and on top of that, he possessed the Golden Flames. These were the only reasons why he didn’t get burned alive under the torrid conditions.

Qingfeng Li’s spirit energy entered the Fire Emperor Sword, but his physical body remained standing.

At the sight of Qingfeng Li standing still, the third elder didn’t know how to react. He wasn’t sure what Qingfeng Li was planning.

Within the fiery dimension, a small red human held a long red sword, flourishing it endlessly. It was a sword technique called the <<Fire Emperor Sword Technique>>.

With the small human’s every move, a ray of red flame was unleashed into the air. The red fire would sometimes transform into a tall mountain, sometimes a river, sometimes an elephant, and sometimes a lion.

After the small human completed its four sword techniques, it gave Qingfeng Li a look before disappearing into a ball of flame as well.

Qingfeng Li had just been shown a set of sword techniques. Their names were the Fire Mountain, the Fire River, the Fire Elephant, and the Fire Lion.

Following the small human’s movements, Qingfeng Li used his spirit energy and began to practice within the fire dimension.

He used his spirit energy to form a fire longsword. Holding it, he followed the small human’s movements and began flourishing it. He struck the sword forward, but it didn’t form into a mountain. He only managed to create a rock.

It was a difficult feat to form a tall mountain using fire sword energy. It required extreme accuracy from the swordsman’s movements. Every detail had to be exact, and there was no room for error.

Although he failed the first time, he wasn’t discouraged. He began trying to use the blazing sword energy to form a tall mountain once again.

The first try was a fail. The second try was a fail. The third try was also a fail…

Qingfeng Li was great at learning from his mistakes. After failing nine times, he discovered that he needed to use his talisman script knowledge to form a tall mountain. This was because talisman scripts contained the secret of fire, a power of the Heavenly Dao. Its every stroke carried an unbelievable strength.

Qingfeng Li had previously studied talisman scripts with Dark Night Emperor and was well-versed in fire scriptures.

On his tenth try, Qingfeng Li finally formed a Fire Mountain with his fire sword energy.

He was delighted by this accomplishment. He thought back to the sword technique used by the small human. It was a combination of the talisman script’s offensive technique, the fire’s powers, and the longsword’s movements.

With the longsword in hand, Qingfeng Li continued to attack. He began to form a Fire River but failed to use it in his attack.

However, as he tried and tried again, Qingfeng Li slowly mastered the trick. Finally, on his eighth attempt, he unleashed the Fire River.

Immediately afterward, Qingfeng Li used the same trick to form the Fire Elephant and the Fire Lion.

Qingfeng Li was incredibly bright and was also very capable. In no time, he mastered all four sword skills of the Fire Emperor Sword Technique.

Time passed slower within the long sword. Qingfeng Li had spent an hour within the sword but in the real world, only a dozen seconds had elapsed.

Qingfeng Li knew that he needed to return to the real world quickly. He was still battling the third elder, and he would be in grave danger if the Third Elder figured out what he was doing.

Sure enough, the third elder began to catch on to Qingfeng Li’s bizarre behavior. He had thought that Qingfeng Li was channeling some incredible technique, but after seven or eight seconds, Qingfeng Li remained standing, as still as a rock.

“Oh no, Qingfeng Li’s learning a sword technique. I’ve been tricked. I need to kill him quickly.” The Third Elder looked regretful as he finally realized what was happening.

As the third elder of the Sword Emperor Sect, he was definitely capable and incredibly intelligent. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have made it to the Spirit Emperor Realm. Now that he realized he had been tricked, he felt nothing but regret.

“Qingfeng Li, die! You almost tricked me.” Thoroughly enraged, the third elder swung out his Green Mountain Sword, creating two green mountain-shaped sword energy and smashing them towards Qingfeng Li to crush his body.

Just then, Qingfeng Li pulled out his spirit energy from the Fire Emperor Sword and returned it to his brain.

His eyes suddenly shot open, just as the sword energy green mountain came at him. He gave a cold sneer as his eyes looked completely unfazed.

“Perfect timing! I’ll try out the powers of the Fire Emperor Sword on you.” Qingfeng Li sneered as he struck out his Fire Emperor Sword, turning it into a Fire Mountain.

The Fire Mountain was incredibly tall, a full 4000 meters in height, equivalent to two of the third elder’s sword energy green mountains. Plus, Qingfeng Li’s Fire Mountain was made entirely of fire, burning as if it was a living volcano.

The Fire Emperor Sword also contained a red array talisman script, dazzling and exuding a torrid light.

Chapter 1329: Killing the Third Elder

 

Qingfeng Li’s Fire Mountain collided with the third elder’s green mountain sword energy, blowing the air open. A black hole began to form and from it, emerged the devils of the third layer of Hell.

As soon as the devils appeared, however, they were met with the fury of Qingfeng Li’s Fire Mountain. The phantoms screamed out from pain as they burnt, transforming into a gust of green smoke and disappearing almost instantly.

Deng Deng!!

This time, it was the third elder who took two steps back. His face was pale, and his sword-wielding hand had an unnoticeable shake.

On the other hand, Qingfeng Li was completely stable, as if nothing had happened to him.

Qingfeng Li was delighted. The Fire Emperor Sword Technique was truly powerful. He was able to force back the third elder only through the use of the first sword skill. If he had used the stronger techniques, killing the third elder would’ve been a breeze.

At the thought of this, Qingfeng Li looked excited. He said arrogantly, “Didn’t you say you were tough? It seems like that isn’t true. Watch as I smash your crappy sword technique into the ground.”

The third elder’s expression darkened, his eyes flashing cold. As soon as he was forced back, he realized that Qingfeng Li had gotten stronger.

“Bastard, how did he learn a whole set of sword techniques within ten seconds?! He really is a monster.” The third elder was kicking himself for losing those ten valuable seconds he gave Qingfeng Li.

“fire river!” With a loud roar, Qingfeng Li flipped his wrist and struck forward his sword, unleashing the Fire Emperor Sword’s second technique.

Suddenly, red flames in the sky formed into a gigantic river of a couple thousand meters long.

Of course, the river wasn’t made of water and didn’t contain any fish. It was entirely made from fire, as if it were a river of lava. Its fiery blaze exuded terrifying heat, intense scorching waves rushing towards the third elder.

The third elder panicked. He could sense an incredible danger from the river of fire.

He immediately pulled out his longsword to form a sword energy green mountain, hoping to defend against the fire river.

However, the sword energy green mountain was weak against the fire river, shattering instantly. The remaining broken pieces turned into ashes of vital essence, disappearing into nothingness.

The fire river carried a terrifying heat wave, smashing onto the third elder viciously, torching his clothes, charring his body black, and scorching his hairs.

He spewed out a mouth full of blood, coloring his charred body red, the pain evident in his eyes.

Qingfeng Li’s Fire Emperor Sword Technique was indeed powerful. It was a sword technique of the high-tier planets and contained unrivaled attack power. It was more than enough to defeat the third elder.

At the sight of the heavily injured third elder, Qingfeng Li was merciless. He jumped into the air and arrived before the third elder as if he was a black lightning bolt. He struck forward with the Fire Emperor Sword, directly cutting off the third elder’s head and spraying blood everywhere.

The Sword Emperor Sect’s Third Elder was Dead.

Moments before death, the third elder had his eyes wide-open. He was in utter disbelief. He couldn’t believe that Qingfeng Li had killed him.

“I told you that you were a Sword Emperor Sect garbage. Do you believe me now?” At the sight of the dead third elder, Qingfeng Li shook his head in disappointment.

“Qingfeng Li is too powerful! He killed the third elder of the Sword Emperor Sect!”

“Yeah! The third elder is a Spirit Emperor Realm master and still died to Qingfeng Li. Just how strong is he?”

“If I’m right, there cannot be more than five people within the second layer of Hell who can defeat Qingfeng Li.”

The surrounding self-cultivators all spoke in awe, their eyes full of shock, gazing at Qingfeng Li as if he were a monster.

Qingfeng Li ignored the comments and the gazes. Instead, he continued to walk forward. He needed to grab the Saint Perishing Fruits.

Shoo shoo shoo shoo shoo…

The surrounding self-cultivators all backed away, making way for Qingfeng Li, too scared to cross him.

Qingfeng Li made his way to the Saint Perishing Fruit. Just as he was about to reach out and grab the fruit, a deafening sound came from behind.

Qingfeng Li immediately turned around, just to see a senior carrying a blade and another holding an iron staff, both charging towards him.

Qingfeng Li immediately swung out his Fire Emperor Sword, striking out a ray of fire sword energy, clashing it towards the seniors.

Deng Deng Deng!!!

All three men took a step back. No one had come out on top from the exchange.

Qingfeng Li’s expression darkened, his eyes flashing cold, glaring at the two seniors as if his gaze alone could kill them.

“Who are you people? Why did you ambush me?” Qingfeng Li asked.

The senior in black on the left said, ” I am the third elder of the Blade-Emperor sect. The Saint Perising Fruit is mine.”

The senior in blue on the right said, ” I am the Left Guardian of the Beast-Emperor Sect. I want the Saint Perishing Fruit. You should leave immediately.”

Qingfeng Li furrowed his brows, his eyes flashing cold. He never thought he would have to fight two other strong men right after he killed the third elder of the Sword-Emperor Sect. Not to mention, the two men were both incredibly powerful masters.

Within the world of self-cultivation, the Blade-Emperor sect and the Beast-Emperor Sect shared the same status as the Sword-Emperor Sect. All three sects were supreme powerhouses, and all three were emperor level sects, the highest level of self-cultivation sects within all of Huaxia. They stood at the very top of the self-cultivation foodchain, looking down on countless self-cultivators.

Qingfeng Li looked at the two seniors and said, “I have to have the Saint Perishing Fruit today. If you continue to attack me, I will make you my enemy.”

The Left Guardian of the Beast-Emperor Sect laughed while riding a black demonic tiger. He said with disdain, “Us Beast-Emperor Sect elites have never been scared of others. You want to threaten me? Did you take your medication today?”

At the sound of his voice, the surrounding self-cultivators all glanced at him in disbelief.

After all, they had just witnessed the death of the third elder. Even though he was powerful, he was still no match for Qingfeng Li.

It was clear that the two seniors didn’t see the death of the Sword-Emperor Sect’s third elder.

If the two seniors had witnessed Qingfeng Li murdering the third elder, they wouldn’t have challenged him. They were too weak to fight Qingfeng.

Qingfeng Li stuck out his finger and pointed towards the third elder’s corpse. He said, ” Do you see that? That was the Sword-Emperor Sect’s third elder. He dared to challenge me, so I sent him to hell.”

The two men gazed toward the direction Qingfeng Li pointed to and their gazes dimmed. Sure enough, there was a headless corpse in the far distance.

There was a head not too far from the corpse, and they could tell that it was definitely the head of the Sword-Emperor Sect’s third elder. Both men had seen him before, so they were able to recognize his face.

The Left Guardian of the Beast-Emperor sect furrowed his brows as he turned to the senior in black of the Blade-Emperor sect. He asked, “Do you think Qingfeng Li killed the Sword-Emperor Sect’s third elder?”

The senior in black shook his head and replied, “No way, the Sword-Emperor Sect’s third elder is a Spirit Emperor Realm master. I can’t even kill him, how could Qingfeng Li?

Chapter 1330: The Mutated Demonic Snake

 

Qingfeng Li gazed at the senior in black and the Left Guardian with a mocking face.

The senior in black was the Third Elder of the Blade-Imperial Sect. Logically speaking, he should’ve been keen enough to pick up on Qingfeng Li’s immense powers. Unfortunately, his eyes were blinded by arrogance.

Unless of course, he saw through Qingfeng Li’s capabilities and just didn’t care.

“Qingfeng Li, the Saint Perishing Fruit is ours. Get out of our way or face your death.” The senior in black sneered as he threatened Qingfeng Li.

Qingfeng Li remained calm, his eyes sparkling with deadly intentions. He said coldly, ” Since you want to die, I will grant you your wish.”

Qingfeng Li walked away from the Saint Perishing Fruit because he knew that the two men would ambush him if he did. Since they challenged him, he decided to take care of them first.

At the sight of Qingfeng Li walking towards him, the senior in black felt provoked. It was complete utter disrespect for his reputation.

With a quick movement, the senior in black pulled out a long black blade. It was an emperor level spiritual artifact. Emitting a chilling saber intent that rushed up to the heavens, the blade split open the ceiling of Hell.

The Blade-Emperor Sect was similar to the Sword-Emperor Sect, both being emperor level sects. Both sects were led by immensely powerful sect masters and elders belonging to the Spirit Emperor Realm.

The Left Guardian of the Beast-Emperor Sect stood by, watching as he felt no need to join in on the fight. As far as he was concerned, the senior in black was more than enough to kill Qingfeng Li.

Qingfeng Li wanted a fast fight; he wanted to kill them quickly so he could grab the Saint Perishing Fruit.

With a flip of his wrist, Qingfeng Li pulled out his Fire Emperor Sword.

“Fire Mountain!” With a low roar, Qingfeng Li unleashed the first technique, forming a gigantic mountain 4000 meters tall.

The entire mountain was made of fire. In it, one could see the rolling magma, absolutely torrid, burning through everything.

The senior in black drawn in a sharp breath as he sensed an impending danger coming forth.

He immediately struck out his long blade, its blade energy forming a gigantic iceberg. He hoped to extinguish the fire mountain with the massive iceberg, but he was too naive. As soon as the two mountains collided, the Fire Mountain torched through the iceberg, burning it into nothingness.

The type of fire contained in the Fire Mountain was a unique type of flame. Its temperature of 4000 degrees Celsius came from the Fire Planet. It was incredibly mighty.

With an unmatched force, the Fire Mountain smashed ontop the black-cloaked senior, sending his body flying. His face turned colorless as his blood sprayed everywhere.

One exchange and the black-cloaked senior was heavily injured. At the sight of this, the surrounding self-cultivators all looked shocked beyond belief.

They were very familiar with the black-cloaked senior. He was the all mighty third elder of the Blade-Emperor Sect, and he was incredibly famous across the entire self-cultivation world.

But now? The mighty senior in black was unable to defend against even one of Qingfeng Li’s attacks. Just how powerful was Qingfeng Li?

The crowd became more and more impressed by him.

The black-cloaked senior got up from the ground, struggling to stand. Blood continued to spew out from his mouth as his face grew colorless, and he looked at Qingfeng Li in disbelief.

Qingfeng Li’s sword technique was too powerful. It was as if the black-cloaked senior had battled someone invincible, his long blade did not affect Qingfeng at all.

“I’ve said it before. Anyone who stands in my way to the Saint Perishing Fruit must die. You can go to hell now.” With a swift movement, Qingfeng Li arrived before the Third Elder instantly. With lightning speed, he struck his longsword forward, stabbing the third elder’s heart.

With his heavy injuries, the black-cloaked senior couldn’t even react to Qingfeng Li’s attack.

“You dare to kill me? The Blade-Imperial Sect will not let you get away with this.” The senior in black glanced at Qingfeng Li with bitter eyes as he fell to the ground, setting off the dust on the ground as his breath stopped.

At the sight of this death, the Left Guardian of the Beast-Imperial Sect was completely shocked.

He was very familiar with the black-cloaked senior, and he was aware that they were similar in strength. Now that his companion had died, the Left Guardian felt a sense of panic.

The Left Guardian looked at Qingfeng Li and said, “Qingfeng, I don’t want the Saint Perishing Fruit anymore. Let me go. Let me leave.”

Qingfeng Li laughed lightly, but his laugh was menacing.

“Let you go? Do you think that’s possible? You ambushed me before and almost killed me,” Qingfeng Li said with a face full of killing intent, “It’s safer for me if I kill my enemies.”

The Left Guardian’s expression darkened as he said coldly, “Since you’re not letting me go, I will give it my all. I’m not so easily defeated.”

The Left Guardian opened his mouth and began to voice out a beast chant, calling upon a demonic beast from his interspatial ring.

Suddenly, a demonic snake with three heads appeared. Its name was the Three-Headed Snake, and its body spanned over 300 meters long, completely covered by black scales.

There was also a set of black wings on its lower abdomen. It wasn’t a regular snake type demonic beast, but rather a mutated demonic snake, a mix between snakes and hawks.

Qingfeng Li’s gaze froze at the sight of the evil beast. Sensing its immense powers, he realized that the mutated demonic snake actually belonged to the half-step Spirit Emperor Realm.

Of course, it didn’t pose a threat to Qingfeng Li.

“Little dog, take care of the mutated demonic snake. I’m going to kill the Left Guardian,” Qingfeng Li instructed the black puppy.

Immediately afterward, Qingfeng Li transformed into a gust of wind, dashing towards the Left Guardian.

Black Puppy looked displeased. It was disgusted by the snake type demonic beast since it always had a feeling that mutated species were a disgrace to the pure breed demonic beasts.

The black snake batted its wings, arriving before Black Puppy. It brought forth a gust of wind that formed into a wind blade, cutting through the air and striking towards Black Puppy.

“What an ugly thing,” Black Puppy said coldly, “Just die already.”

Black Puppy waved its paw in the air, transforming it into a gigantic thousand meters long claw and tearing apart the wind blade instantly.

In the next moment, the gigantic dog paw clawed onto one of the black evil snake’s heads, instantly tearing it to pieces.

With one of its heads torn apart, the mutated demonic snake attacked Black Puppy with its other two heads. However, with one swift move, Black Puppy tore apart the other two heads as well.

The mutated demonic snake let out a painful scream as its body hit the ground, twitching as it died.

Qingfeng Li had already arrived before the Left Guardian. He said coldly, “Your demonic beast is too weak. It cannot even defeat my small puppy. What a piece of garbage.”

Chapter 1331: The Escape of the Saint Perishing Fruit

 

At the sound of Qingfeng Li calling his beast garbage, the Left Guardian’s eyes started fuming. At the same time, he was also stunned. After all, he was a member of the Beast-Emperor Sect, and he was skilled at attacking with beasts.

Although the mutated demonic snake that the Left Guardian had called out was only a half-step Spirit Emperor Realm demonic beast, its attack powers were equivalent to that of a Spirit Emperor Realm demonic beast.

But so what? His mutated demonic snake had been easily defeated by Black Puppy.

“Qingfeng Li, you dare to kill my mutated beast? I’m going to end you!” The Left Guardian glared at Qingfeng Li, his eyes full of rage.

The mutated demonic snake had lived with the Left Guardian for many years, and they were very close to one another. It had protected him in many battles, making it his prized battle beast. But now, it had died a miserable death.

“The moment you ambushed me is the moment you sealed your fate. You will die now.” Qingfeng Li looked at the Left Guardian coldly.

“Fire River!” With a low roar, Qingfeng Li struck out his Fire Emperor Sword, transforming it into a giant river of fire.

The Fire River was a couple of thousand meters long, engorged by red flames as if it were boiling magma, charging straight towards the Left Guardian.

The Left Guardian struck out a punch, transforming it into a gigantic fist and attempting to break through the fire river. As soon as the gigantic fist formed, however, the fire river burnt it to ashes.

The Fire River was the second technique of the Fire Emperor Sword Technique, even more powerful than the Fire Mountain. It burned at a higher temperature, arriving before the Left Guardian instantly and engulfing his body in flames.

The Left Guardian fell into the massive river of flames as he screamed out in pain. He struggled to escape, but the fire river pulled him in with all its might, trapping him inside.

Ahhhhh!!!

The Left Guardian cried out in misery as the red flames burned through his feet, then his legs, then his abdomen, and finally his chest, leaving behind only his head.

His eyes were filled with disbelief, hatred, and regret, but it was all too late. A moment later, the Left Guardian’s head was torched into ashes as well, disappearing into nothingness.

The surrounding self-cultivators all stood there, their jaws dropped and their eyes wide open. Their faces were pale, and their bodies were shaking. Someone of them even fell to the ground from fear.

“Too scary. How can Qingfeng Li be so strong? His Fire River killed the Left Guardian instantly!”

“Yeah! His fire contains such a high temperature that even the Left Guardian couldn’t defend against it.”

“The Left Guardian is a Spirit Emperor Realm master, and he was still no match for Qingfeng. Qingfeng is probably the strongest self-cultivator now.”

The surrounding self-cultivators all voiced their opinions, gasping at Qingfeng Li’s strength. Their eyes were full of shock, admiration, fear, and all sorts of different emotions.

Qingfeng Li first killed the Sword-Emperor Sect’s Third Elder, and now he finished the Blade-Emperor Sect’s Third Elder and the Beast-Emperor Sect’s Left Guardian. His capabilities shocked everyone, and no one dared to get in his way.

They all moved to the sides, making way for Qingfeng Li as they were too afraid to cross him.

Qingfeng Li walked towards the small black tree, reaching out his hands to pick the Saint Perishing Fruit.

Shoo!

Suddenly, the small black tree dodged Qingfeng’s hands, jumping into the air and flying away.

Qingfeng Li was shocked. He never thought he would drop the ball at the very end.

“Saint Perishing Tree! Where do you think you’re going?! Stop!” With a loud roar, Qingfeng Li launched himself into the air and chased after the Saint Perishing Tree.

Black Puppy, Sky-Devouring Snake, and the members of the Wolf Fang Team followed behind him immediately.

As for the other self-cultivators, their jaws all dropped at the sight of the running tree.

“Qingfeng Li is finally gone. What a relief!” A short-haired female self-cultivator wiped away the sweat from her forehead.

“Little Li, remember, don’t ever cross Qingfeng Li.”

“Elder brother, I wouldn’t cross him even if you didn’t remind me. Qingfeng Li is currently the number one master within the entire self-cultivation world. Why would I get in his way? I’m too busy being happy for him.” The female self-cultivator had stars in her eyes.

At the sound of her words, her older brother tapped her forehead and said, “Sister, stop drooling. Although you’re quite pretty, Qingfeng Li’s way out of your league.”

“Don’t hit my head. Even if Qingfeng Li is out of my league, I can still admire him, right?” Clearly, the short-haired female self-cultivator was Qingfeng’s die-hard fan.

Although Qingfeng was far away, he still heard the female self-cultivator’s words thanks to his incredible hearing. He was so speechless that he almost fell from the sky.

Black Puppy arrived beside Qingfeng Li. Its dog ears were incredibly sharp as well.

“Qingfeng, there’s a female self-cultivator back there who is drooling because of you. She said she likes you. Why don’t you turn back and give her a chance?” Black Puppy glanced at Qingfeng Li teasingly.

At the sound of Black Puppy’s voice, Qingfeng Li immediately smacked it across its head, leaving a big bump on its head.

“Why did you hit me? I’m saying this for your benefit!” Black Puppy rolled its eyes in anger.

Qingfeng Li furrowed his brows and said, “This is not the time for that. We need to catch the Saint Perishing Tree and grab the Saint Perishing Fruit. There is no time for horsing around. If you keep joking around, I will send you flying.”

Black Puppy scrunched its nose and shut its mouth. Channeling its vital essence, Black Puppy sprung forward at full speed.

The small black tree ran in the front, its speed as fast as lightning, dashing through the air and leaving behind rays of black shadow. Qingfeng and the others chased behind the small black tree, and, although they were very fast, they were still left far behind.

Not only was the small black tree moving quickly, it was also constantly changing directions, flying up and down and zig-zagging like a human being.

It was as if the small black tree possessed a human intelligence. Every time the people came close to catching it, the tree changed directions, infuriating Qingfeng Li and the others.

The skies of the second layer of Hell should be dark and cold, but Qingfeng Li suddenly picked up a glimmer of starlight. The light dazzled, enchanting as could be. It was as if he could faintly catch the sound of an immortal reading a chant from that light source.

Black Puppy reached out its paw and pointed forward. It exclaimed, “That’s the Immortal Sutra! The small black tree is headed towards the Immortal Sutra!”

Qingfeng Li’s brows furrowed at the realization of where the small tree was headed. It was running in the direction of the Immortal Sutra as if the two were somehow connected.

The small black tree flashed across the sky, landing beside the Immortal Sutra instantly. Qingfeng Li followed as well.

But in the next moment, Qingfeng Li’s mood was dampened as he saw numerous people standing next to the Immortal Sutra.

Chapter 1332: The Gathering of Heroes

 

Qingfeng Li’s brows furrowed at the sight in front of him. There were many self-cultivators near the Immortal Sutra, and he could see that there were many sect masters of various sects.

Jianhuang Zhao, the sect master of the Sword-Emperor Sect, was there, along with the sect master of the Blade-Emperor Sect, Binghuang Dao. Next to them was the sect master of the Beast-Emperor Sect, Yihuang Shou and the sect master of the Talisman-Emperor Sect, Huohuang Fu. All four men had reached the Spirit Emperor Realm, and they all exuded energies exponentially stronger than what they had emitted at the start of Hell.

Besides these four emperor level masters, many other self-cultivators were also next to the Immortal Sutra. In total, there were a couple of thousands of people in the crowd, all there for the Immortal Sutra.

Suddenly, Jianghuang Zhao saw the Saint Perishing Tree flying towards them. He was delighted at the sight.

“The Saint Perishing Fruit! It’s the Saint Perishing Fruit! What a fantastic day, not only will I obtain the Immortal Sutra, I will also get the Saint Perishing Fruit!” Jianhuang Zhao laughed loudly, his eyes full of delight.

“Jianhuang Zhao, think again. Both the Immortal Sutra and the Saint Perishing Fruit belongs to me!” Binghuang Dao said with a faint smile.

Both Binghuang Dao and Jianghuang Zhao were the sect masters of their respective sects, and they were even friends before this. In the face of treasures, however, the two were ready to battle it out at any given moment.

In the other direction, the Beast-Emperor Sect’s Yihuang Shou and the Talisman-Emperor Sect’s Huohuang Fu were also in a tense situation.

Qingfeng Li’s eyes wandered, looking everywhere as he was searching for something.

“Big Brother Li, what are you looking for?” asked the Flower Fairy, her voice laced with confusion.

Qingfeng Li said, “Nothing. I’m just looking around.”

Black Puppy shook its head and said, “Liar, I know what you’re looking for. You’re looking for Linger Yao. Did you find her?”

Qingfeng Li was furious that Black Puppy had revealed his intentions. He reached out his hand, wanting to hit Black Puppy.

The poor puppy wagged its tail and said, “If you hit me, I’m not going to tell you where Linger Yao is.”

Qingfeng Li’s hand halted above Black Puppy’s head. He said coldly, “Little dog, where is Linger Yao? How come I don’t see her?”

Qingfeng Li suddenly remembered that Black Puppy had a very sharp sense of smell. It had picked up on her scent before, so it should know her current location.

Black Puppy raised its head and said, “I can tell you where Linger Yao is, but you’ll have to give me the root of the Saint Perishing Tree once you obtain the Saint Perishing Fruit.”

“What do you need the root for?” Qingfeng Li asked, clearly confused.

The most important part of the Saint Perishing Tree was the Saint Perishing Fruit. Its roots were useless.

Black Puppy wagged its tail and said, “Don’t worry about that. Just give me a yes or no. You can use the Saint Perishing Fruit to save the baby. If you give me the tree root, I’ll tell you where Linger Yao is.”

Qingfeng Li thought about what Black Puppy offered and couldn’t figure why it wanted the tree root. He said, “Little dog, I’ll give you the tree root. Now tell me where Linger Yao is.”

Black Puppy reached out its paw and pointed towards a long-haired man, saying, “Do you see that? That’s Linger Yao.”

Qingfeng Li gazed towards where Black Puppy pointed at and saw a good-looking man. It was not Linger Yao.

“Black Puppy! You dare to lie to me?! Do you want to get whipped?” Qingfeng Li channeled his vital essence into his palm, preparing to teach Black Puppy a lesson for lying to him.

Black Puppy scrunched its snout and said, “You’re so dumb. She’s obviously in disguise. She changed her face to hide her identity. Don’t you know about the art of disguise?”

Hearing Black Puppy’s words, Qingfeng Li raised his eyebrows in sudden realization.

He was familiar with the art of disguise. It was a technique that could change one’s appearance, and he had used it before to alter his appearance. It was a profound technique, used only by the most powerful of masters.

Although the technique could disguise one’s appearance, it could not alter one’s scent. This was why Black Puppy picked up on Linger Yao’s scent immediately.

Qingfeng Li stared at the good-looking long-haired man with a heated gaze, unable to move his eyes away.

The good-looking long-haired man gave Qingfeng Li a harsh stare, warning him to stop staring.

Seeing this, Flower Fairy felt a pang of jealousy. She heard the conversation between Qingfeng Li and Black Puppy. Now that Qingfeng Li was staring at Linger Yao, she felt a slight sense of envy.

“Big Brother Li, you’ve come to the second layer of Hell for the Saint Perishing Fruit, not for Linger Yao. The baby is still waiting for your rescue!” Flower Fairy reminded Qingfeng Li.

Xianzhi Qin also said, “Big Brother Li, hurry up and grab the Saint Perishing Fruit! That’s what’s important.”

Alice, one of the members of the Wolf Fang Team, also said, “Boss, are you drooling again? Hurry up and grab the Saint Perishing Fruit! What are you waiting for?”

Qingfeng Li was speechless. “Why are they all yelling at me? I’m a good person! How am I drooling? It’s not like it’s a woman.”

Qingfeng Li knew that his companions didn’t really like Linger Yao. After all, she was the sect master of the Demonic-Emperor Sect, a force from the unorthodox side of the cultivation world.

“Alright, alright, stop telling me what to do. I’ll go grab the Saint Perishing Fruit.” With furrowed brows, Qingfeng Li walked forward.

“Kid, this is no place for you. Get out of here.” A disciple in black blocked Qingfeng Li’s way.

Qingfeng Li was in no mood to be bothered. He waved out his palm and smashed it on the disciple in black, killing him instantly.

Qingfeng Li’s actions would lead him into trouble, as he had just killed a disciple of the Sword-Emperor Sect. The sect master of the Sword-Emperor Sect was standing right there, watching everything.

Next to the sect master of the Sword-Emperor Sect stood his daughter Binger Zhao. The expression on her pretty face was dark as could be as she glowered at Qingfeng Li.

“Father, Qingfeng Li is trouble. He previously stole the Hell Flower and injured me. Now he even kills one of our disciples. You must avenge him!” Binger Zhao said towards her father.

Jianhuang Zhao nodded as he turned towards the second elder of the sect, who was next to him, and said, “Go and kill Qingfeng Li. Show him the consequences of crossing our Sword-Emperor Sect.”

The Second Elder nodded and began walking towards Qingfeng Li. Just then, the Right Guardian of the Beast-Emperor Sect stepped out as well, also heading towards Qingfeng Li.

“Right Guardian, Qingfeng Li is mine to kill. What are you doing?” asked the Second Elder with furrowed brows.

The Right Guardian said, “I just got news that Qingfeng Li killed the Beast-Emperor Sect’s Left Guardian, my junior brother. I need to avenge him.”

Chapter 1333: Killing Them All

 

The Second Elder of the Sword-Emperor Sect and the Right Guardian of the Beast-Emperor Sect all walked towards Qingfeng Li, wanting to kill him.

Just then, a Blade-Emperor Sect senior also walked out from the crowd. He was a 70-year-old man, with completely white hair and a wrinkled visage. Although he was hunchbacked, he exuded incredibly powerful energy.

The senior was none other than the Second Elder of the Blade-Emperor Sect. He wanted to kill Qingfeng as well because Qingfeng had murdered the Blade-Emperor Sect’s disciples before.

The three men arrived before Qingfeng Li menacingly, their bodies exuding strong murderous intent.

“Do the three of you want to die?” glancing over the three men, Qingfeng threatened, his voice chillingly cold.

At the sound of Qingfeng Li’s voice, the three men all laughed out loud, their expressions full of disdain.

The Second Elder of the Sword-Emperor Sect turned towards the Right Guardian of the Beast-Emperor Sect and said, “Qingfeng is asking us if we want to die. What do you think?”

The Right Guardian of the Beast-Emperor Sect said mockingly, “He is nothing but an idiot. If the three of us combine our forces, we can kill him as easily as squashing an ant.”

“Are you done laughing? If you are, I will now send you off to your next life. Remember to not anger certain people in your next lifetime. Once crossed, death will be your only way out.” Qingfeng Li immediately pulled out his Fire Emperor Sword, channeling into it his vital essence and unleashing its first sword technique without a second of hesitation.

Suddenly, a blazing sword energy in the sky formed a gigantic mountain of fire, smashing towards the three men.

At the sight of the Fire Mountain, the three men panicked. They were just mocking Qingfeng Li, but in the very next moment, they felt an impending doom heading their way.

With a loud roar, the Sword-Emperor Sect’s Second Elder pulled out a long green sword, forming a sword energy wind blade and striking towards the fire mountain ferociously.

At the same time, the Blade-Emperor Sect’s Second Elder also swung out his long blade, forming a blade energy mountain. The Right Guardian also responded, calling down a demonic hawk that soared towards the fire mountain.

At the sight of the three attacks approaching Qingfeng, Linger Yao’s expression turned cold.

However, as soon as the attacks came in contact with the flaming mountain, they were all torched into nothingness.

At this scene, shock colored Linger Yao’s eyes.

The fire mountain was too powerful, as it was made from flames that reached more than 5000 degrees celsius. In the next moment, the Fire Mountain smashed against all three men, wounding them heavily and forcing them to retreat.

With one swift move, Qingfeng Li arrived before the Sword-Emperor Sect’s Second Elder instantly. Qingfeng Li’s first strike sliced off the Sword-Emperor Sect Second Elder’s head. With a second strike, Qingfeng Li managed to kill the Blade-Emperor Sect’s Second Elder as well.

At this sight, the Right Guardian panicked, his eyes filled with disbelief. He immediately turned to run, but Qingfeng Li wasn’t about to let him escape.

Qingfeng Li moved quickly, as if he were a ray of lightning, and arrived behind the Right Guardian in the blink of an eye. He struck out his sword, piercing through the Right Guardian’s heart, and shattering it completely.

The Right Guardian fell out of the air onto the ground, lifeless.

“Qingfeng Li is too strong. One strike and he killed the Second Elder of the Sword-Emperor Sect, the Second Elder of the Blade-Emperor sect, and the Right Guardian of the Beast-Emperor sect. How is this even possible?!”

“I don’t know about that. With the sect master of the Sword-Emperor Sect watching, Qingfeng is doomed for sure.”

“Qingfeng Li’s not even afraid of the Second Elder, why would he be afraid of the Sword-Emperor Sect’s sect master?”

The crowd all gasped at the sight in front of them with eyes full of shock.

Qingfeng Li’s formidable strength took everyone by surprise. Even the disguised Linger Yao was gazing at Qingfeng Li in disbelief from afar.

She thought to herself. “Is Qingfeng Li even human? He wasn’t this strong the last time I saw him. He couldn’t even defeat me. But now he can easily kill Spirit Emperor Realm masters? How did he manage to improve this much?”

Sensing Linger Yao’s gaze, Qingfeng Li looked at her, his expression complex. She wanted to greet him, but instead, she quickly moved her eyes away, ignoring him.

Qingfeng Li sighed. Clearly, Linger Yao hadn’t forgiven him yet. After all, there was still some misunderstandings between the two.

Qingfeng Li walked forward again towards the Saint Perishing Fruit. This time, no one in the vicinity dared to get in his way.

Normal self-cultivators didn’t dare to stand in his way, but the more powerful self-cultivators, like the four sect masters of the four emperor-level sects, were not afraid of him.

Jianhuang Zhao, the sect master of the Sword-Emperor Sect, gazed at Qingfeng Li and said coldly, “Qingfeng Li, you dare to kill our Elder? Are you seeking death?”

Qingfeng Li rolled his eyes and didn’t respond.

Jianghuang Zhao was humiliated by Qingfeng Li’s actions. The latter had wholly disregarded his existence. It was utter disrespect.

Jianghuang Zhao was livid. Even his sword-wielding hand was shaking. He wanted to shred Qingfeng Li into pieces.

Binghuang Dao of the Blade-Emperor sect and Yitian Shou of the Beast-Emperor sect also warned Qingfeng Li, their voices deadly. After all, Qingfeng Li had murdered their Elders and Guardians as well.

Out of the four great emperor level sects, only Huohuang Fu, the sect master of the Talisman-Emperor Sect wasn’t threatening Qingfeng Li.

Of course, this was all because of the words of Mengyao Fu, one of her disciples.

Mengyao Fu was Huohuang’s most prized disciple. She was immensely talented, requiring very little practicing time in her breakthroughs and reaching the half-step Spirit Emperor Realm within a mere year of training. Her abilities leveled up as quickly as a rocket, shooting through the roof.

On top of this, she had also obtained an inheritance from the ancient earth god of talismans. As such, Huohuang Fu trusted her every word. She wasn’t about to make Qingfeng Li an enemy.

Qingfeng Li gazed at Jianghuang Zhao, Binghuang Dao, and Yitian Shou coldly and said, “The Saint Perishing Fruit is mine today. Whoever comes in my way is my enemy. If you are not satisfied with this, come and battle me.”

The crowd was shocked by Qingfeng Li’s words, dropping their jaws in disbelief.

“Did I hear wrong? Is he crazy? Did he just challenge three of the greatest emperor level masters?”

“Yeah, Qingfeng Li’s crazy! Even if he is very powerful, it’s still impossible for him to take on three of the greatest masters of the Spirit Emperor Realm. ”

“I think the three masters will defeat Qingfeng Li.”

The surrounding self-cultivators all thought out loud, gazing at Qingfeng Li with eyes of mockery.

The crowd all admired Qingfeng Li for killing the Sword-Emperor Sect’s Second Elder. But now, at the sight of him being so arrogant, they all looked at him as if he was an idiot.

After all, Jianhuang Zhao, Binghuang Dao, and Yitian Shou were the three most powerful masters in the orthodox side of the world of self-cultivation.