Xu Qing had his own set of principles.
It wasn't that he hadn't been tempted to attack a Foundation Establishment megalodon shark, but he had refrained from doing so, because he didn't think the shark belonged to him.
Back when Captain Lightning had given him the head, he had been grateful. But if they hadn't given him the head, he wouldn't have thought it wrong.
Therefore, when he had invited Captain Lightning to eat the snake, he had done so boldly and confidently.
If it belonged to him, he could eat it as he pleased.
Today's events were the same. He had attracted the Foundation Establishment Ironturtle, and had almost finished killing it. Now, he was in the process of extracting its soul.
And yet, this young man had acted so rudely to kill it. Such behavior had violated Xu Qing's red line of killing.
The last person to do such a thing was the young mermaid.
If someone like this was incredibly strong, Xu Qing would have been willing to wait until later to kill them. But obviously, they weren't that strong, and Xu Qing couldn't stand it.
He shot through the air with incredible speed, his dagger emanating a terrifying black flame as it slashed toward the young man's neck.
The young man from the First Peak's greatsword shattered, but he waved his hand, causing an illusory sword to appear in front of him. It moved so quickly that in the blink of an eye, it slammed into Xu Qing's dagger.
Xu Qing didn't hesitate for a moment. The shadow behind him roared, and his left hand clenched into a fist as he punched out.
His fist contained the full power of the Sea and Mountain Incantation combined with his Dharma body. A vortex appeared in front of him, seemingly capable of ripping apart anything and everything as it shot toward the young man from the First Peak.
The young man's face flickered, and he retreated at top speed, performing an incantation gesture with both hands. However, it was at this point that Meng Hao's shadow appeared and wrapped around his hands, causing his incantation gestures to pause for a moment.
The effect of this pause was enormous.
In the blink of an eye, Xu Qing's left fist slammed into the illusory greatsword on the young man's chest.
A boom rang out, and the greatsword shattered. Xu Qing's fist slammed into the young man's chest with unstoppable force.
The young man's pupils constricted, and blood sprayed out of his mouth. He tumbled backward like a kite with its string cut. Before he could even resolve the terrifying power inside of him, the sea below roared, and the snake-necked dragon appeared, lunging toward him.
The image of a gigantic Heavenly Saber appeared behind Xu Qing, which slashed viciously toward the young man from the First Peak.
In this moment of crisis, the young man's eyes turned crimson. He let out a roar, and it was as if a furnace had been ignited inside of him. It was as if he were in the Profound Brilliance State.
The light spread out endlessly, and the Plesiosaurus below shattered into countless pieces and fell into the sea. Although it reformed, it was clearly heavily injured. The moment the Heavenly Saber landed, a loud bang rang out.
Although the blow landed, it didn't cut the young man from the First Peak in half. The explosion of the furnace caused blood to ooze out of the corners of the young man's mouth, and he borrowed the force of the blow to fall back three hundred meters.
Xu Qing's eyes narrowed. He could tell that although the furnace in his opponent's body was similar to the Profound Glory State, it was clearly not. This should be some kind of secret technique that could display part of the Profound Glory State's power.
However, before his Life Fire was formed, it was impossible for such a secret technique to be unharmed.
"My Beautiful Iceberg Wife"
That was indeed the case. As the young man from the First Peak fell back, he coughed up a huge mouthful of blood. The feeling of the furnace in his body vanished, and his face turned pale. However, when he looked at Xu Qing, he didn't avert his gaze. Instead, his desire to fight grew even stronger.
He didn't know Xu Qing, and he didn't think that he needed to. He was the last disciple of the First Peak's Lord, and the Ninth Highness of the First Peak. It had been a long time since someone from the same sect had beaten him to the point of coughing up blood.
At that moment, the killing intent in his eyes grew even stronger. He stared coldly at Xu Qing, then adjusted his breathing and the Qi and blood in his body. He wiped away the blood at the corners of his mouth, then lifted his right hand and flicked it. Instantly, one bronze greatsword after another appeared behind him. There were so many of them that in an instant, there were more than thirty of them. They formed a diamond-shaped formation behind him, and they emanated a fierce Sword Qi. He lifted his right hand and pointed at Xu Qing. Instantly, the greatswords whistled through the air and charged toward him.
He charged forward, and it was as if he had transformed into a longsword as he charged toward Xu Qing.
Xu Qing's expression was calm, and he charged forward without hesitation. He waved his hand, and black flames rose from the eleven Dharma apertures in his body. They exploded around him, causing him to turn into a man of flames. Numerous daggers appeared along with the flames, and his aura shot up like a rainbow.
The two of them collided in midair, and a thunderous boom reverberated through the air, shaking Heaven and Earth.
All of Xu Qing's daggers shattered, and the flames on his body dimmed. At the same time, the greatswords of the young man from the First Peak shattered into pieces, and he coughed up three mouthfuls of blood.
The collision between the two of them was even more intense.
Xu Qing didn't care about his injuries at all. His body tempering technique combined with his Dharma body was shockingly powerful.
However, the young man from the First Peak wasn't ordinary either. Numerous sword shadows formed around him, and he and Xu Qing exchanged blows in midair. They fought until the sky turned dark, and wherever they went, the sea roared.
Xu Qing waved his right hand, and the surging waves turned into a giant hand that grabbed at the young man from the First Peak. The young man formed an incantation gesture and pressed it against his forehead. The mark of a sun appeared in his heart, and it flashed toward the giant hand, causing it to shatter.
Xu Qing frowned, but he continued to attack. When the two of them got close to each other, he even slammed his head into the young man's head.
Amidst the thunderous boom, blood flowed out from the corners of Xu Qing's mouth, and the young man let out a wail. His forehead looked like it was about to shatter, and he quickly retreated.
Xu Qing was about to give chase, but his heart suddenly quivered, and he retreated.
The moment he retreated, pieces of broken blades suddenly rose from the bottom of the sea, forming a storm of blades that swept across the place where Xu Qing had just been.
If he had really given chase before, he would definitely have been caught in the crossfire.
The wailing young man no longer wailed. Instead, he retreated dozens of feet and looked at Xu Qing, his breathing ragged. His heart was filled with shock.
He knew that he was very strong. His Master had told him this before. He had once praised him as the strongest new Foundation Establishment Cultivator in the history of the First Peak before the Dazzling Profound Form was activated.
That was what he thought as well.
But today, he was shaken. However, he was still unconvinced, so he spoke with a gloomy voice.
"I occasionally wander about in the sky. How could the sun and moon dare to shine?!
What answered him was a second beam of Divinity coming from the magical boat behind Xu Qing.
This beam of light was filled with a holy power. Wherever it passed, the sea roared, and the sky seemed to distort. The young man's face fell once again. He waved his hand, and a jade talisman appeared in front of him.
It instantly exploded, and a large number of soul shadows surged out from within.
These soul shadows were the beasts of slaughter that he had used a special method to seal and use as a magical technique. Most of them were beasts from the jungle in the forbidden zone. They exploded, forming a black beast head that fought back against the Divinity.
Everything trembled.
Killing intent exploded out from the young man's eyes. He bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood. His right hand made a grasping motion, then he quickly pressed it against his forehead.
His body trembled, and his qi and blood surged. His skin turned completely red, as if he had transformed into a man made of blood. His eyes glittered with a sharpness.
Vaguely, a blood-red greatsword formed around his body. Once it enveloped him, it fused with him, and as he charged forward, he charged towards Xu Qing, tearing through the air.
A sense of crisis emerged in Xu Qing's heart. Without the slightest hesitation, he raised his hands and waved them outwards. Instantly, the Spirit Seas within each of the 11 Dharma Apertures within his body rose up together.
Added together, they had a density of 22,500 meter Spiritual Seas, which exploded out around him.
The explosion caused the surrounding 22,500 meter Restricted Sea to surge up and fuse with his Spiritual Seas. The aura of the Restricted Sea grew even stronger, as if it were some sort of suppressive force.
The young man from the First Peak, in the form of a blood sword, slammed into the Restricted Sea.
A boom reverberated in the air. Xu Qing's 22,500 meter Spiritual Sea trembled violently and was quickly neutralized. The blood sword formed by the young man in front of him also trembled violently. Signs of collapse appeared at the tip of the sword.
The process didn't last long. After ten breaths of time, the blood sword formed by the young man suddenly collapsed into pieces. His body was sent tumbling backward, but the moment he was sent flying, Xu Qing's 50,000 meter Spiritual Sea wriggled and turned into a gigantic fist, which punched out viciously at his opponent.
The sea roared, and the young man from the First Peak coughed up mouthfuls of blood. His pupils shrank madly. At this critical moment, he didn't hesitate to take out a bead and crush it.
Instantly, a mist surrounded him, blocking Xu Qing's terrifying attack. At the same time, his body fled into the distance.
His expression was ugly, and he didn't want to fight anymore.
On one hand, he felt that he couldn't do anything to his opponent. On the other hand, he was a little frightened by the dense Spiritual Sea of this Seventh Peak disciple.
He couldn't see through his opponent's Cultivation base, but he had a feeling that he was not far away from forming a Life Fire.
However, the moment he fled, a black shadow that seemed to have been hiding in the sea for a long time finally found an opportunity to burst out and wrap around the young man's leg.
The instant the young man's expression changed, a black metal skewer that had been hiding in the sea closed in on him, heading straight for his neck. All of this happened too suddenly, and the young man's mind almost lost its balance. A sense of deadly crisis grew stronger as the black metal skewer closed in and landed on his neck with a shattering sound.
However, it didn't pierce through, and the shadow's entanglement seemed to have met its match for the first time. The young man's body seemed to have been smeared with oil, and he quickly broke free.
However, the price for resolving this life-or-death situation was a jade pendant that the young man wore around his neck. It shattered with a crack.
It was a life-saving item his Master had given him. To a certain extent, it could be used to die in his place once. Now that it had shattered, fear appeared in the young man's eyes for the first time. He instantly increased his speed and fled into the distance.
However, behind him, Xu Qing waved his hand, and a flying ship emerged from the harbor. It spread its wings and flew over. Xu Qing stepped onto the ship, and as the shadow and the black metal skewer returned, Xu Qing chased after the fleeing young man.
He didn't hesitate at all.
His opponent was very strong. In fact, he could be said to be the strongest Foundation Establishment Cultivator Xu Qing had ever met, other than the captain who had activated his Profound Glory Form.
If the Patriarch of the Vajra Sect had encountered this person, he would have been killed within three breaths of time.
However, in Xu Qing's opinion, anyone who dared to snatch something from him was on his kill list. At that moment, his speed rumbled as he chased after the young man. "I wish everyone a happy weekend!"