His gaze fell upon the Blood Shadow Squad that was attacking the Thunder Captain!
At that moment, the sun was slowly setting in the sky, and the afterglow was replaced by darkness.
It seemed that it wouldn't be long before darkness covered the entire earth.
Waves of coldness slowly emerged from the darkness and spread out in all directions.
The forest, still bathed in the afterglow, was like an old man struggling, unwilling to accept the end. The light of the setting sun didn't seem to have much strength to help it, as it powerlessly penetrated the dense foliage.
But Xu Qing, hidden in the canopy, was different. He coldly watched the battlefield, and everything was reflected in his icy eyes.
The Blood Shadow Squad consisted of five people. Two of them were the main force, while the other three blocked off the Thunder Captain's escape.
The latter's cultivation base was similar to the Phoenix Tooth, at the third level.
They didn't dare to get too close, so they circled the perimeter. But the three of them were enough to distract the Thunder Captain.
As for the former two, one of them was an old man whose spiritual fluctuations were only slightly weaker than the Thunder Captain's. He was clearly at the sixth level of Qi Condensation.
His hair was disheveled, and his eyes were fierce. His clothes were tattered, and his muscles bulged as if they were about to explode. It was the Blood Shadow Squad Captain who ate raw dog meat.
The Blood Shadow Squad Captain licked his lips. He attacked with lightning speed, and stared coldly at the Thunder Captain, whose body was turning more and more green.
"Today, the Thunder Squad will be removed from the camp. Why don't you commit suicide, Thunder Captain? Otherwise, if that Berserk Ghost mutates, you won't even have a complete corpse. That's too shameful. If you commit suicide, I'll take good care of your team members."
"That's right. Don't worry, Thunder Captain. After you die, we'll take good care of the other members of the Thunder Squad. I've wanted to taste the Phoenix Tooth for a long time. And that kid you brought back. He should be worth some money if sold as a treasure keeper."
The one who spoke after the Blood Shadow Squad Captain was the other person who had attacked the Thunder Captain with him.
He was a middle-aged man with an ugly appearance. His back bulged like a deformity, and one of his eyes was blind. His remaining eye was bloodthirsty. Although his spiritual fluctuations weren't as strong as the Blood Shadow Squad Captain's, they surpassed Xu Qing's impression of Ten, having reached the fifth level of Qi Condensation.
But they weren't very stable, as if they had just broken through.
Facing the provocation of the two, Lei Dui remained expressionless, but his eyes seemed to be filled with the desire to die. His attacks became even fiercer.
For a moment, Blood Shadow and Blood Shadow, who didn't want to be injured too badly in order to kill Captain Lei, retreated slightly and began to fight.
Clearly, he was certain that he would succeed today, so he was prepared to drag the other party to death.
"One at the sixth level, one at the fifth level, and three at the third level!"
Xu Qing's eyes were filled with killing intent. In truth, he could have left, but he valued En very much. Team Thunder had treated him well from the start, so Xu Qing did not plan on leaving. Instead, he quickly scanned the battlefield and the surrounding environment.
This place was not spacious, and there were many trees. The light was obscure, and most of the places were in the dark. It was a suitable place to attack.
After coming to this conclusion, Xu Qing squatted on the treetop, and killing intent erupted from his eyes.
He stomped his feet on the treetop and used the force to speed up. His whole body turned into an arrow that left the bow and suddenly approached.
The physical strength of the third level of the Sea Mountain Art combined with the purple crystal was on full display at this moment.
His speed was so fast that he left a clear afterimage in the treetops. Before the people on the battlefield could react, Xu Qing's figure had already rushed into the battlefield in the blink of an eye.
He appeared next to one of the three people on the outer perimeter.
It was a skinny young man whose triangular eyes reflected the image of Captain Lei being surrounded. He didn't notice Xu Qing's appearance at all.
When a cold wind hit him in the face, he stared in shock. He was just about to turn his head when … an iron skewer pierced through his temple with terrifying force.
Xu Qing didn't wait for the corpse to fall to the ground, nor did he wait for a scream to ring out. He bent down and pushed off the ground, exploding with speed like a cheetah. In the blink of an eye, he was in front of another person.
The second scavenger's face fell, and his pupils constricted. He was about to retreat when Xu Qing closed in, his fist carrying the shocking power of the third level of the Sea Mountain Art.
With a bang, the dagger struck his chest, and his flesh caved in like mud. Blood burst out from his back, and the sound of bones cracking could be heard. Xu Qing swung his left hand, and the dagger flew out with a terrifying force, leaving a long scar in the air as it shot towards the third person at an extremely fast speed.
The second scavenger's sternum shattered, his heart shattered, and his back exploded. It was at this point that the third scavenger on the outer perimeter came to his senses.
Shocked, he was just about to do something when his vision blurred, and a gust of wind slammed into his face. His body went stiff, and his eyes went wide. Instinctively, he used the last of his strength to reach out and touch the cold dagger that had stabbed into his forehead.
The power of the dagger caused his forehead to cave in, and his skull to shatter!
All of this happened in the time it takes a spark to fly off of a piece of flint.
Xu Qing moved with incredible speed, and attacked decisively. As the first and third corpses fell to the ground, the scavenger with the shattered sternum and shattered heart also fell to the ground, revealing the young man.
The young man was bent over, his long black hair covering half of his face. However, it couldn't hide the cold, fierce look in his eyes, like that of a wolf.
At that moment, he lifted his head and met Captain Lei and Blood Shadow's gazes, who were shocked by his actions.
The wind in the area seemed to freeze.
Captain Lei's eyes, which had been filled with the desire to die, finally flickered. He looked deeply at Xu Qing for a moment, then suddenly shouted.
"Kid, run!"
Xu Qing didn't listen to Captain Lei's request. Instead, he stared at the captain of Bloodshadow Squad and narrowed his eyes.
For the first time, the captain of Bloodshadow Squad looked directly at Xu Qing. When he swept his gaze over the three corpses beside Xu Qing, his face twitched. He had to admit that his judgment of the Thunderbolt Squad had been wrong.
The fearlessness of the berserk ghosts was one of the reasons, and the sudden appearance of the kid was another.
"Kill him!"
Captain Bloodshadow snorted coldly. He decided not to prolong the battle for the sake of avoiding injury.
As he spoke, his aura erupted, and he threw a punch at Captain Lei. In the blink of an eye, he and Captain Lei were locked in a fierce battle.
The middle-aged man beside him, who was at the fifth level of Qi Condensation, laughed viciously and turned to charge at Xu Qing.
As he strode forward, he released all of his spiritual power. As he walked, he cracked his knuckles, and a cruel look appeared in his eyes.
Although the kid in front of him was astonishingly fast, and had killed three people in an instant, he was still certain that he could easily kill the kid with his newly attained fifth level of Qi Condensation.
Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, and the coldness in them grew even stronger.
Based on his previous judgment, he was confident that he could kill someone at the fourth level of Qi Condensation. As for someone at the fifth level … he had never fought them before, so he wasn't sure.
Xu Qing's body flickered, and he shot forward with explosive speed toward the middle-aged man. In the blink of an eye, he closed in and punched out.
The middle-aged Cultivator's lips curled up in disdain.
Almost as soon as Xu Qing closed in, the ripples of spiritual power around the middle-aged Cultivator transformed into an invisible barrier that slammed into Xu Qing's fist.
A boom rang out, and cracks appeared on the barrier, but it didn't collapse.
Instead, a powerful rebounding force spread out from within, causing cracking sounds to ring out from Xu Qing's wrist, which had been dislocated.
Xu Qing's eyes narrowed, and he quickly retreated. He swung his right hand, forcing the dislocated wrist back into place. His eyes shone with a vicious light, and he didn't retreat. Instead, he punched out with all of his strength.
A huge boom rang out, and the cracked barrier finally collapsed.
But at the moment it shattered, a violent impact spread out from the inside. While the soil was lifted, the impact also instantly hit Xu Qing's face and covered his entire body.
The invisible shards formed by the shattering of the barrier were like invisible sharp blades, and they cut bloody wounds on Xu Qing's body. It was a ghastly sight.
Xu Qing's entire body shook.
His frail body was pushed back by the shockwave, and many wounds appeared on his body, dripping with blood. His wrist, which had just recovered, was once again dislocated, and it hung unnaturally by his side.
"Foolish!"
"A mere Tempered Body isn't worthy of fighting against a Dharma cultivator, let alone someone at the third level who doesn't know his own strength to fight against me at the fifth level."
As the soil fell, the middle-aged Cultivator's disdain deepened.
But deep down, he was also shocked. He hadn't expected his spiritual power barrier to collapse under his opponent's second punch.
Fortunately, he had broken through to the fifth level not long ago, causing his spiritual power barrier to explode after it was shattered. Otherwise, he would have been flustered just now.
Xu Qing frowned, as if he couldn't feel the intense pain in his entire body and arm. As he stared at the middle-aged Cultivator, he placed his right hand on the ground and twisted it, returning the dislocated wrist to its original position.
The middle-aged Cultivator, who was walking toward Xu Qing, saw this cruel scene. He couldn't help but stop in his tracks, and his eyes narrowed slightly. He quickly raised his hands, formed a seal, and pointed at Xu Qing.
Immediately, the spiritual power outside his body gathered again, and it turned into a fireball the size of a head, which whizzed toward Xu Qing.
The fireball had an astonishing aura, and as it approached, the surroundings were distorted and rising. It was obvious that the temperature was extremely high.
As it approached, Xu Qing's body swayed to avoid it, but the fireball continued to pursue him.
The middle-aged Cultivator's eyes flashed with murderous intent. He didn't forget to form a barrier around his body, and as he formed a seal, a second and a third fireball appeared, which also chased after Xu Qing.
When Xu Qing saw the three fireballs closing in and sealing off his path, his pupils constricted. He rolled to the side of the corpse of one of the men he had killed, lifted it up, and threw it toward one of the fireballs.
A boom rang out, and the fireball slammed into the corpse. In an instant, the corpse was set ablaze, and in less than three breaths of time, it was reduced to ashes.
This scene gave Xu Qing an intuitive understanding of the power of the fireballs.
At the moment, the heat from the fireballs invaded his body, causing his entire body to turn bright red. He moved to avoid them, but the second and third fireballs were already closing in.
The middle-aged Cultivator's eyes shone with a cunning light, and he didn't give Xu Qing any chance to dodge. The moment the fireballs closed in, they exploded.
Boom!
The flames spread out, covering a large area, and the high temperature caused shocking lethality.
It was impossible for Xu Qing to completely dodge in this area. Although he had used his speed to avoid most of the fireballs, his entire body was covered in blisters. The steam evaporated, and his internal organs seemed to be burning.
"Fire Crow, hurry up!"
Shouted the Blood Shadow Captain, who was fighting with the Thunder Captain off in the distance.
"Understood, Captain," replied the man named Fire Crow with a smile. "This wolf cub can take two more of my fireballs, and then he'll be a desiccated corpse!"
He looked over at Xu Qing, and the cruelty in his eyes grew even more intense. He waved his right hand, causing two more burning fireballs to appear, which he then sent flying toward Xu Qing at top speed.
He was worried that Xu Qing would dodge, so he did the same thing. As soon as the two fireballs neared Xu Qing, they exploded, covering the entire area and sealing off any possible escape route.
Intense heat spread out, and the ground was on fire. The trees were instantly reduced to ash, unable to block out the afterglow of the sky. Sunlight poured down, fusing with the light of the flames, and obscuring Fire Crow's eyes.
However, he was confident that his fireballs, which were at the fifth level of his cultivation base, would be able to kill someone at the third level without any problems.
Therefore, he wiped his hands clean. Although he was panting slightly, his expression was one of disdain as he turned and walked toward the fighting between the Thunder Captain and the Blood Shadow Captain.
"Thunder Captain, your people aren't good enough," said Fire Crow with a cold laugh.
However, he didn't see any despair on the Thunder Captain's face. Instead, he saw a change in the Blood Shadow Captain's expression.
Fire Crow reacted quickly and dodged to the side.
However, it was too late. A thin figure shot out from behind him and punched him twice in a row, slamming into the spirit energy barrier around him.
The barrier shook violently, and then shattered. Under the explosive attack, the skinny figure was forced backward. However, a dagger and an iron skewer whistled through the air as they were thrown out in a counterattack.
However, the impact brought about by the barrier's collapse had a certain amount of resistance, causing the dagger to slow down as it neared Fire Crow, giving him a chance to dodge.
He quickly dodged, but one of his ears was still pierced by the dagger. Blood splattered everywhere, and the iron skewer pierced his chest, causing him to spit out blood. Unfortunately, it wasn't a vital point and couldn't be fatal.
The intense pain caused Fire Crow's eyes to turn red. He roared, and after dodging, he looked behind him.
What he saw was a young man who had retreated seventy to eighty feet away, stepping on the dying flames on the ground. He was crouching on the ground, ready to attack like a wolf.
He was still covered in blisters, and his entire body was red. However, at this moment, the afterglow of the setting sun shone into the young man's eyes. They were as cold as ice, and his killing intent hadn't decreased in the slightest!