The woman in red's cultivation level was not bad. At this moment, her eyes shined brightly. The blood lake behind her churned and an eye vaguely appeared.
This eye was vertical and gave off a powerful sense of viciousness. Its gaze seemed to contain the power to suppress. As the blood lake turned into a world of blood, it looked toward Xu Qing.
Xu Qing directly ignored it!
This woman was only a one palace Golden Core cultivator. Although her emperor level cultivation method was also rank 2, her battle power was no different from two palaces. Her attacks were sharp, and if it was any other opponent, they would have been instantly suppressed by her.
However, she still didn't understand Xu Qing's strength.
Xu Qing had two heavenly palaces, but he was used to hiding them, so they weren't obvious. His rank 2 emperor level cultivation method was also hidden.
If one didn't observe carefully, it would be very difficult to see his true strength.
Therefore, it was impossible for the woman in red to succeed.
It only took an instant for Xu Qing, whose battle power had reached three palaces, to increase his speed. He ignored the woman in red's attack and arrived where the drop of golden blood was in the blink of an eye. He grabbed it.
After he put it away, his body flickered and he quickly flew into the distance. He also used the rejection force here to increase his speed.
All of this happened in the blink of an eye. The woman in red's expression changed when she saw that the dao blood had been stolen. Killing intent appeared in her eyes as she waved her right hand. The eye on the evil ghost's scythe opened once more and revealed a scarlet light.
"You hid it very well, but three palaces? I can do it too!"
The woman in red bit the tip of her tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood at the evil ghost's scythe. Her eyes also revealed a scarlet light.
"The path of departure is filled with luck, the marks of dao are hard to find. The emperor of the Mysterious Underworld bestows blessings and guides us. The soul of battle descends to us to help us leave the path of departure!"
These words were spoken in an ancient tone that sounded like a chant. As it echoed in all directions, the world seemed to be affected by some sort of power, and gusts of cold wind appeared.
This cold wind ignored the pressure here and quickly gathered around the woman in red. To be more precise, it gathered around the evil ghost's scythe in her hand.
The evil ghost's eyes became even more scarlet under the cold wind. The woman's eyes were the same.
After the redness reached its peak, the evil spirit suddenly opened its mouth and bit down on the woman's arm.
In the next instant, the woman in red's body trembled, as if she had been buffed by some sort of power. When she lifted her head swiftly, a fierce glare appeared in her eyes. She lifted her right hand and beckoned at Xu Qing, who was charging into the distance.
A hoarse voice came out of his mouth.
"Come back!"
This voice sounded like an old woman speaking at the same time as her. Their voices overlapped, and it was extremely strange.
It was as if the red-shirted woman had guided an ancient battle spirit into her body, allowing her to unleash a stronger strength with the help of an external force.
The moment the voice rang out, Xu Qing's body trembled. An invisible force appeared from all directions, causing his body to feel as if it was being bound. It formed a force that wanted to pull him toward the woman in red.
"Brother, be careful. This woman is using the secret technique of the Divine Path Sect. She's drawing the Fighting Soul into her body!" the captain shouted when he saw this scene.
Xu Qing frowned. He felt that this force was strange, so the Ghost Emperor Mountain in his Sea of Consciousness suddenly shined. In an instant, the strange force around his body collapsed.
Xu Qing's body flickered and he was about to leave. However, the woman in red's attack wasn't really to pull Xu Qing back. She clearly knew that the possibility of that happening was not high.
Her goal was to restrict Xu Qing's movements and buy time for herself to catch up.
Therefore, the moment she waved her hand, she rushed out at full speed towards Xu Qing.
At that moment, the moment Xu Qing dispelled the strange binding force around him, the woman in red closed in on him. The battle prowess of three palaces erupted from her body and turned into a shocking impact. She swung the sickle in her hand and swung it at Xu Qing.
The sickle was as long as a person. It looked real, but at times it was illusory. Because it was too fast, it formed a black crescent-shaped mark. It seemed like the void would be torn apart by it as it slashed toward Xu Qing's neck. The woman in red closed in on him in an instant. Her eyes were filled with killing intent and confidence.
She had killed three palaces before.
The sickle in her hand was a holy object of the sect. It was unique and had an extraordinary origin. According to the sect's records, it seemed to be related to the holy land.
This sickle could ignore all defenses. Even if the opponent had protection, it would still be useless.
At this moment, the captain's voice came from the distance again.
"Brother, be careful. This woman is very strange. I remember that sickle. It seems to be one of the holy objects of the Divine Path Sect. It is said that it doesn't really exist and can ignore all defenses!"
Xu Qing's eyes narrowed. He could sense that the black scythe was extraordinary, and he could also sense that the red-clothed woman's secret technique was astonishing. At that moment, his body suddenly leaned back, and with a burst of speed, he narrowly avoided the scythe in front of him.
Although he avoided it, there was a suppressive force coming from the sickle, causing Xu Qing's cultivation to become unstable.
This was the first time Xu Qing had encountered this kind of situation.
After the woman in red's attack, she suddenly swung the sickle again. Her target was still Xu Qing's neck.
A cold light flickered in Xu Qing's eyes. As he retreated, he suppressed the chaos in his cultivation base and observed the scythe. Gradually, he came to the conclusion that although the scythe looked real, it was actually formed by the power of a magical technique. When Xu Qing swung the scythe for the fifth time, and the scythe came for the sixth time, Xu Qing suddenly realized something. He lifted his right hand to block the incoming scythe.
In an instant, the blade closed in on Xu Qing's right hand. At this moment, the flesh on his right hand suddenly turned transparent.
It was his Eerie Dao Seizing Technique.
His right hand turned into the Eerie Dao Seizing Technique.
The Eerie Dao Seizing Technique could ignore the power of spells. This was one of the talents of the Eerie Dao Seizing Clan and was very rare. In the next moment, the woman in red's sickle directly pierced through Xu Qing's transparent right hand.
Killing intent flashed in Xu Qing's eyes. The woman in red was stunned. Then, the Eerie Dao Seizing Technique grabbed the sickle's handle.
The moment he grabbed it, Xu Qing pulled hard and used the force to move forward.
The distance between them was only the length of the sickle.
At this moment, as Xu Qing pulled and used the force, the two of them instantly closed in on each other. The woman in red's expression changed violently. Xu Qing raised his head and slammed into the woman's mask.
There was a bang and the woman let out a muffled groan. A crack appeared on the mask. Xu Qing's left hand formed a seal and an ocean appeared around him. The Nine-Fold Howling Sea suddenly erupted.
The ocean around them formed a giant wave. As Xu Qing waved his left hand, the first wave arrived behind him. It passed through Xu Qing and slammed into the woman in red.
The woman's body trembled and a protective light appeared around her to block the Nine-Fold Howling Sea.
Xu Qing wasn't surprised. The woman in red must have a high status in the Departure Sect, so it was natural for her to have this kind of protection.
That was why he wasn't in a hurry. The second, third, and fourth waves arrived one after another. As the waves rumbled, the woman in red's protective light became distorted.
Her attention was focused on the waves and the sickle Xu Qing was holding. She didn't notice that there were a large number of insects on the surface of the protective light. They were spitting out toxins to corrode the light.
She didn't know Xu Qing, didn't understand Xu Qing's attacks, and didn't know how cruel Xu Qing was. However, she could feel that Xu Qing was different from before. His right hand holding the sickle was like an iron clamp, and no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't break free.
When Xu Qing's right hand ignored her sickle, a huge wave was set off in her heart.
Ever since she obtained the recognition and inheritance of the scythe, countless vicious people had died in her hands. After all, the Li Tu Sect was not a kind place. There were all kinds of paranoid and crazy people everywhere.
If she wanted to survive there, even if her family had a good status, she couldn't always protect them. That was why she had to rely on herself most of the time.
Over the years, she had indeed done this.
Relying on her own efforts and killing, she gained the corresponding status and respect in the sect step by step. She also gained relative freedom and could go out.
Although it was still a little far from her dream, the sickle had helped her a lot.
And the more it helped, the more her heart was shaken, and the more she couldn't let go.
Until the next moment, under the attack of the little black insects and the bombardment of the ninth wave, the protection around her body suddenly collapsed. The moment it was torn apart, killing intent flashed in Xu Qing's eyes. He reached out his right hand, and the soul fire in his hand turned into a black dagger. He slashed at the woman's snow-white neck.
Blood spurted out, but no head flew up.
The moment Xu Qing's dagger was about to cut her neck, an extremely frightening sense of life and death exploded in Xu Qing's heart. Every inch of his body was trembling.
Even the captain, who was watching the battle from afar, opened his eyes wide, gasped, and exclaimed.
"Damn it!"
"Brother, run! There's something wrong with this woman. This is the most difficult Taisi Blood Intent of the Taisi Celestial Sect!
Even if it's a small success, it's extremely difficult. It's said that those who comprehend this Blood Intent have more than two personalities! "
"And with each additional personality, the world in their eyes will lack a color. After ten personalities, only the color of blood is left, and it's considered a large success!"
"Is this person from the Departure Sect or the Taisi Celestial Sect? This is too strange!"
The moment the captain exclaimed, Xu Qing didn't hesitate. He suddenly let go of the dagger and retreated without hesitation.
Almost at the moment he retreated, a blood-red light suddenly burst out from the woman's body and soared into the sky.
As the blood-red light shot out, the surroundings seemed to become a blood prison.
A strange laughter came from the mouth of the red-clothed girl standing there.
"Hahaha."
There was a terrifying air to that laughter. At the same time, the woman lifted her head.
Blood was still flowing from her neck, but the wound wasn't fatal. She raised her hand and touched it. Looking at the blood on her hand, a trace of confusion appeared in her eyes as she looked at Xu Qing.
"It's you who hurt me?"