Five balls of Life Fire burned within Sheng Dan's body, shaking the heavens and earth. It was as if the starry sky within his body had turned into a sea of fire. It was a shocking sight, and his combat prowess was shocking.
Beside him, the eight Nascent Soul cultivators of the Lingyun Sword Sect were all meditating.
In order to suppress the poison in Master Sheng Yun's body, they had spent a lot of effort.
The poison was too special, and it made them very wary.
Even Ancestor Ling Yun looked tired. He had spent a lot of effort to plant the Alliance Master's Golden Crow into his grandson's body. Now that his grandson had recovered, he was relieved.
"Yun 'er, what are you going to do next?
Enter the Golden Core Realm? "
"Grandfather, I want to challenge Xu Qing. I want to take back what I lost with my own hands!" Master Sheng Yun said calmly as he floated in the air with his eyes closed.
"With the Alliance Master's Golden Crow, I'm not afraid of Xu Qing's poison. Moreover, the Alliance Master's Golden Crow can provide me with a terrifying life force, making me stronger than before. After all, how could the Alliance Master be willing to let me die like this?"
"Yun 'er, we have no choice but to do this." Ancestor Ling Yun sighed after a moment of silence.
"You've taken a fancy to my body, that's all.
Grandfather, please place a seal in my body to seal all my Dharma Apertures so that they can't be extinguished. "
"Without these two vicious methods, Xu Qing only has three Life Fires. Even if he has two Life Fires now, I'm confident that I can kill him!"
"I'll let him taste the pain that I have to endure several times more!"
Soon, a letter of challenge was sent from the Lingyun Sword Sect to the Seven Blood Pupils.
Master Sheng Yun wanted to challenge Xu Qing to a battle of life and death.
When the letter of challenge arrived, the Seven Blood Pupils were shocked. The entire Eight Sect Alliance was in an uproar.
Xu Qing, who was in the Mystic Underworld Sect's land of fortune, didn't know what was happening outside. His eyes were wide open as he looked at Wu Jianwu in the air and the shocking scene after Wu Jianwu recited the poem.
Xu Qing's heart was in turmoil. The captain also took a deep breath. He didn't think that he would succeed.
A sliver of the ancient serpent's soul had actually awakened. Although it was only a sliver, it was enough to change the colors of the sky and earth, and cause the winds and clouds to churn as boundless soul power exploded out.
The expressions of the disciples who were cultivating in the surroundings changed drastically. They opened their eyes and looked around in shock. They even saw the arrogant-looking Grand Sword Witch in midair. At the same time, they also sensed the surge of soul power in the area.
This scene caused their hearts to tremble, but they obviously wouldn't stop it. Instead, they sped up their breathing.
Xu Qing was the same. He didn't dare to approach the depths immediately. At this moment, he sat down and focused on absorbing the soul power. The captain was the same. His eyes shone with boundless light, and he even let out a loud cry …
"My emperor is mighty and domineering!"
Wu Jianwu, who was hovering in midair, was completely immersed in his role. He became even more arrogant when he heard this.
With his hands clasped behind his back and his chest puffed out, he stared disdainfully at the demon snake's skull.
"Heaven, Earth, Mystic, and Yellow, I can do whatever I want, but this little Demonic Snake really can't!"
As Wu Jianwu's voice echoed in the air, a roar even more shocking than before tore through the sky like never before.
The surrounding mountains trembled at this moment, and the earth quaked and the mountains swayed!
"I've suppressed you for 100,000 years. Don't be pitiful if you don't have a body!" Wu Jianwu waved his hand. His voice was even louder, and his aura soared to the peak of his life.
Even the snake's skull on the pillar trembled slightly. Soul power that was dozens of times stronger than before instantly exploded out.
Seeing this, Xu Qing was a little worried that the demon snake's soul would completely awaken and then swallow Wu Jianwu whole.
The captain also took a deep breath. He quickly weighed the pros and cons in his heart. If the demon snake really awakened, Grand Sword Witch would die. He wasn't ready yet, and it wasn't convenient for him to extract the tooth.
He quickly said, "Little Sword Sword is fine. There's no need to chant."
In midair, Wu Jianwu frowned when he heard this. He lowered his head and looked coldly at the captain.
"How dare you, unruly peasant. How dare you compete with me?"
As of this moment, Wu Jianwu's eyes were thirty percent scorn, fifty percent arrogance, and twenty percent domineering. It was as if he had completely fused with the character of Ancient Emperor Profound Abyss.
After all, this was the dream of his life, and the goal he had been fighting for. As he spoke, the land of good fortune trembled even more violently. It was as if Wu Jianwu's words had stimulated the slumbering demon snake's soul even more.
When the captain saw that Wu Jianwu was completely immersed in the role, he sighed and looked over at Xu Qing.
"Xu Qing, you handle this. I'm worried that this idiot will go too far and get himself killed."
Xu Qing looked up coldly at Wu Jianwu. He didn't think that Wu Jianwu was completely immersed in the role, but rather, was doing it on purpose. Wu Jianwu suddenly stopped in place, and was about to say something when Xu Qing pulled out a jade slip that he had taken a picture of.
As soon as Wu Jianwu saw the jade slip, he began to tremble, and a fawning expression appeared on his face. All of his previous aura and expression vanished, and he dropped to the ground.
"Elder Brother Xu, let's talk things over. Hahaha. Let's talk things over."
Seeing Xu Qing put the jade slip away, Wu Jianwu breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't need to look closely at the jade slip to know that it contained an eighty to ninety percent chance that he had slapped the belly of the bear in the cave. Now that he had breathed a sigh of relief, he couldn't help but speak up.
"How satisfying!"
Now that Wu Jianwu was no longer in the guise of Ancient Emperor Profound Abyss, the demon snake's soul, which had been showing signs of awakening, slowly began to calm down. However, the previous few times it had been on the verge of awakening, it had brought with it an incredible amount of soul power. Therefore, Xu Qing ignored Wu Jianwu and closed his eyes to do breathing exercises.
As the soul power poured into his body, his Magic Apertures began to build up power. Before long, rumbling sounds filled his body as his 111th Magic Aperture opened.
Xu Qing's eyes lit up. Using the command medallion given to him by Heavenly Immortal Violet Arcane, he shot toward the heart of the land of good fortune. Once he was in the Inner Circle, he approached the blood-colored lake, where he could sense even stronger soul power.
"I sat down cross-legged and began to absorb as much as I could."
Time passed slowly. Xu Qing's cultivation didn't stop at all as he focused on opening his Magic Apertures. Although the captain didn't have the authority to approach the heart of the lake, his eyes never left the teeth of the demon snake, which were still dripping with golden blood.
"Good stuff! This is good stuff!" he said, swallowing hard. As he breathed in and out, his gaze lingered on the teeth.
"When I get back, I need to think of a way to pry the teeth off. This thing is connected to me by fate. With it, I can cut open anything in the future."
Even as the disciple's eyes shone with intense desire, Xu Qing's Magic Apertures reached a total of one hundred to fourteen.
However, things weren't over yet.
It wasn't until Xu Qing opened his 111th Magic Aperture that the soul power in the area began to decline. Xu Qing opened his eyes and looked at Wu Jianwu off in the distance.
Wu Jianwu had been waiting for this moment. Without a word, he flew up into the air and looked disdainfully at the demon snake's skeleton. Clasping his hands behind his back, he spoke coolly.
"I haven't seen you in so many years, little demon snake. Have you ever regretted biting me?
"You eat, drink, and defecate here. Even your bones are full of shit!"
The moment Wu Jianwu's words left his mouth, the Demon Snake's soul, which had calmed down, once again emitted a monstrous roar. This time, the roar was countless times more intense than before. It was as if the roar had turned into the sound of gnashing teeth, echoing in all directions.
"Arcane Underworld!!"
Even the mountain range formed by the demon snake's body began to shake violently, as if it were about to be uprooted.
Xu Qing took a deep breath and quickly spoke.
"That's enough!"
Wu Jianwu quickly shut his mouth and began to descend. In truth, he was also shaken by what he was seeing. However, the excitement and satisfaction in his heart caused him to become uncontrollably infatuated.
He even began to wonder if he was the reincarnation of Ancient Emperor Arcane Underworld. Otherwise, how could the effects be so good?
The captain looked at Wu Jianwu as if he were looking at a deity. He and Xu Qing had originally thought of this method, but hadn't been sure if it would work.
However, not only had it worked, the effects were unparalleled. In fact, if Wu Jianwu continued on like this, and added a few dozen more lines of poetry, the demon snake would definitely awaken.
"It's so good?
I'll try it next time!
Xu Qing immediately began to absorb the soul power as it exploded. The soul power around him was so dense that even if he didn't take the initiative to absorb it, it would still enter his body through his pores.
Just like that, his one hundred and seventeenth Dharma Aperture was instantly opened after an hour.
Xu Qing's eyes were filled with anticipation. He took a deep breath, and the soul power within him grew more intense until it reached a certain point. Then, he transformed it into a majestic force that rushed toward the 118th law apertures.
In the blink of an eye, all 118th law apertures opened!
"Two more to go!" Xu Qing didn't hesitate to continue absorbing.
Time passed. Two hours later, Xu Qing's body began to rumble as his 119th law aperture opened!
"Last one!"
Xu Qing's heart was filled with excitement and anticipation. However, the amount of soul power required for this last law aperture was too much, so he simply spread out the fiendish flames in his body.
At a glance, one could see the black flames around Xu Qing's body tumbling in all directions, forming a huge fiery vortex that forcibly absorbed all the soul power in the area.
Even though the soul power here was very dense, under Xu Qing's absorption, the others couldn't absorb it. They could only look at Xu Qing's location in shock as soul power madly gathered.
Finally, when the soul power reached its limit, Xu Qing opened his mouth and swallowed. Boundless soul power gathered in his body and turned into a blurry image of a dragon and snake. It rushed toward his 120th spell aperture with a thunderous rumble!
In the next instant, a crackling sound echoed in Xu Qing's mind. The 120th law aperture had opened smoothly!
However, no one here saw Xu Qing's 120th law aperture open!
When it opened, Xu Qing had already controlled the shadow to cover his law aperture, and at the same time, cover his entire body so that no one could see it!
He didn't want to expose his strength here.
As a result, his fourth Life Fire was covered by the shadow as well, preventing anyone from peeking at it.
Under the four life fires, Xu Qing closed his eyes and felt as if there was a great world burning in his body. As the flames spread out and shook the surroundings, two canopies appeared above his head.
Only Xu Qing himself could feel that under the canopies formed by the shadow, the fourth life fire that Li Nawen had condensed in his body was burning fiercely!
The black canopies were strange and eerie, and the flowing flames were like curtains that burned the heavens.
The seven-colored canopies overflowed with light, and the surrounding light formed a sea that illuminated the earth.
The Golden Crow behind him spread its wings, and its eyes were ferocious as if it wanted to refine the world. The flames from its tail flowed around Xu Qing's body, causing him to wear an emperor's robe. He looked like a young ancient emperor, overseeing this place and shocking everyone.
In the next instant, all of this disappeared. After Xu Qing put it away, a trace of regret appeared on his face.
"Still a little short."
Xu Qing sighed, and his voice faintly echoed in the surroundings. It vaguely entered the ears of all the disciples who were observing him, causing them to think that Xu Qing had failed in his breakthrough and was still a little short.
However, Wu Jianwu breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that if he saw Xu Qing's four life fires with his own eyes, he would definitely be unhappy. As for now, he felt that it was not bad.
Only the captain's gaze moved away from the demon snake's teeth and landed on Xu Qing's body, and he blinked.
"This doesn't feel right. This kid should be hiding!"
When the captain thought of this, he suddenly felt that he should consider opening another seal.
"Why do I feel so much pressure with such a junior brother?"