Xu Qing's speed was astonishing. He crossed dozens of feet in one step and left the seventh place behind him in the dust.
The cultivator from the small sect who had been overtaken by Xu Qing felt anxious and helpless at the same time.
"The gap is too big."
He knew Xu Qing was very strong. After all, he was the first person to reach a height of 10,000 feet. He also knew he couldn't beat Xu Qing, but he didn't expect Xu Qing to be so terrifyingly strong.
To be able to erupt with such terrifying power at such a height was unimaginable and unbelievable to him.
It was because his body and soul were trembling under the impact of the resentment from the Absolute Beginning Void Pillar. The terrifying resentment emitted from this position made his Spiritual Sea feel like it was being torn apart.
Xu Qing didn't slow down at all and continued to climb. After refining the Ghost Emperor Mountain, he could absorb even more resentment. At this height, resentful souls would appear in his Spiritual Sea every few dozen feet.
These resentful souls had all kinds of appearances, but Xu Qing could see some clues. Most of them were from foreign races and very few were from the human race.
If it was before, he would have carefully observed them, but now time was limited. Xu Qing's eyes flashed coldly.
Suppress them all!
The Ghost Emperor Mountain in his Spiritual Sea shone brightly and constantly shook as if it had turned into a god. It suppressed all the resentful souls that appeared and swept them in all directions.
The height of Xu Qing's climb continued to increase. Soon, he reached 1,400 zhang, and then 1,500 zhang.
This was the height of the black-robed young man from the Departure Sect.
The black-robed young man was also going all out. His eyes were bloodshot as he continued to climb.
But compared to Xu Qing, he was still too slow.
The next moment, Xu Qing's figure whistled and directly overtook him.
Almost at the moment Xu Qing overtook him, the black-robed young man suddenly turned his head to look at Xu Qing. His eyes were cold and he let out a low roar. He jumped hundreds of feet again, wanting to overtake Xu Qing again.
But with this jump, his Spiritual Sea shook violently and he spat out a mouthful of blood. He couldn't continue and could only hold on to the protruding totem. He looked up at Xu Qing's back and his heart was filled with bitterness.
Before he'd joined the Departure Sect, he'd been one of the top geniuses in his hometown.
He had suppressed many of his peers, and this was the case even after he entered his first sect. This made him believe that he was truly a heaven's pride, and that he had the qualifications to become an ancient emperor.
That was until he joined the Departure Sect for better development. It was there that he learned for the first time that there was always someone better than him. He met even more amazing people.
This was a huge blow to him. This time, he had planned to use his age advantage to soar into the sky in the Sword Court. However, compared to the Departing Sect, there were even more geniuses in the Imperial Continent.
He could only look at Xu Qing's back as he walked further and further away.
One thousand five hundred zhang, one thousand five hundred zhang, one thousand six hundred zhang!
Xu Qing didn't pay any attention to the person he had overtaken. He continued sprinting in the sixth position until he saw Sima Ru.
Sima Ru's breathing was ragged as she climbed foot by foot. There was determination in her eyes, and her expression was one of determination. She did not even spare Xu Qing a glance as he approached her.
Xu Qing did not speak either. He leaped and surpassed her to become the fifth.
Behind him, Sima Ru's hand that was holding the totem on the pillar trembled slightly. She gritted her teeth and continued.
Xu Qing did not slow down and continued forward. After passing Sima Ru, he reached a height of 1,700 zhang. There was only one person at this height. It was the cold female cultivator from the Taisi Celestial Sect, who was ranked fourth.
She was biting her lips tightly. Her hands were covered in blood, and there was determination in her eyes. She was climbing bit by bit, but no matter how hard she tried, her speed was still slowing down.
She was close to her limit.
She saw Xu Qing, and Xu Qing saw her.
Compared to her sorry state, Xu Qing's speed made her breathing ragged. However, in the end, she could only watch as Xu Qing leaped past her and reached an even higher height of 1,800 zhang.
Here, Xu Qing felt the rage of the resentment for the first time. His Ghost Emperor Mountain showed signs of saturation again. If it were in the past, Xu Qing would have chosen to end it.
But now …
He wanted to continue.
There were three people in front of him.
The young man with the nose ring, the pockmarked man whose identity was already known by Xu Qing, and Red Maiden, who was at the forefront and was about to reach 2,000 zhang.
Almost as soon as Xu Qing looked over, Red Maiden leaped up and became the first cultivator to reach 2,000 zhang. Her breakthrough immediately caused an uproar below.
However, at this height, the sound from below was muffled and could not be heard clearly. The surrounding wind was too strong, causing people to sway and dissipating the sound from below.
Most importantly, at this height, the resentment reverberating in one's mind turned into shrill howls. It filled one's mind and one could not care about anything else.
Red Maiden also felt the pressure from Xu Qing. Seeing that Xu Qing was only 2,000 zhang away from her, she gritted her teeth. The evil ghost on the scythe in her hand emitted a red glow that covered her body.
As the veins on her forehead bulged, her speed suddenly increased dramatically.
The pockmarked middle-aged man also increased his speed.
Ice spread out from his body, and wherever he went, ice would appear on the Absolute Beginning Void Pillar. At that moment, his speed continued to increase, and he became the second cultivator to reach 2,000 zhang.
As for the third, it was not the young man with the nose ring, but Xu Qing.
Even if the Ghost Emperor Mountain was almost full, Xu Qing's speed still did not decrease. Even if he did not rely on the Ghost Emperor Mountain, with his resolute mind and powerful soul, he could continue climbing.
After all, it seemed like he had relied on the Ghost Emperor Mountain before, but in truth, every cultivator who could reach this height had their own unique methods.
At that moment, Xu Qing leaped and surpassed the young man with the nose ring. The young man's eyes were filled with unwillingness. He gritted his teeth and formed a seal before pointing at Xu Qing.
With that, it was as if he was transferring a large amount of resentment from his body to Xu Qing.
A cold light flashed in Xu Qing's eyes. This was the first person who had attacked him when he was climbing the Absolute Beginning Void Pillar.
As the other party's strange transfer, the shrill cries in Xu Qing's ears suddenly became much stronger. The resentment in his Sea of Consciousness also reached its peak in an instant. It turned into a gigantic alien with a huge pair of wings and a majestic body.
This alien had the face of an eagle and the body of a human. Its entire body was pitch black, and terrifying fluctuations spread out from its body. The moment it took form, it roared and was about to destroy Xu Qing's Sea of Consciousness.
The Ghost Emperor Mountain was now full and could not release any light. Xu Qing's Sea of Consciousness trembled violently, but in the next moment, Xu Qing let out a cold harrumph, and the poisonous core in his third Heaven Palace trembled slightly.
The resentful spirit's roars came to an abrupt stop. Shock appeared on its face, and it cried out involuntarily.
"Divine Domain!"
In the next moment, the resentful spirit did not wait for Xu Qing to suppress it. It collapsed on its own, as if it had chosen to escape. In an instant, it crawled out of Xu Qing's body and charged towards the young man with the nose ring who had sent it over.
In the blink of an eye, it entered the young man's body. The young man's body trembled, and his Sea of Consciousness was clearly thrown into chaos. Before Xu Qing could do anything, he coughed out blood. His eyes dimmed, and his body was pushed out of the Absolute Beginning Void Pillar by a powerful force.
Although he was injured, it was impossible for him to die. However, at this moment, he realized that he had done something that endangered his life. His face was pale, and he did not dare to look at Xu Qing's eyes as he quickly retreated in midair.
Xu Qing coldly looked at the young man's figure, then turned around and continued climbing.
Compared to the reward for getting first place, this young man's matter could be dealt with later.
Xu Qing leaped and directly reached 20,000 feet. At this moment, 500 feet in front of him was the pockmarked middle-aged man, and 1,000 feet away was Red Maiden.
Almost at the same time Xu Qing looked up, the pockmarked middle-aged man suddenly turned around and looked at Xu Qing.
Xu Qing calmly said, "Captain, I've been looking for you for a long time."
In the past month or so, whenever he saw a disciple of the Mystic Underworld Sect, he would think of that letter. Whenever he thought of that letter, his teeth would itch and he would want to beat up the captain.
The pockmarked middle-aged man coughed and smiled. He looked at Xu Qing and suddenly spoke.
"Little Ah Qing, let's compete again?"
"If you win, I'll let you beat me up. If you lose, you have to pay me back and obediently help me deal with Supreme Immortal Amethyst. Otherwise, I won't dare to do it.
I don't dare to return to the sect and not dare to meet the patriarch. I have a home but can't go home. I'm suffering too. "
Xu Qing's eyes lit up. He could see that the captain was serious, so he nodded seriously.
The first time the two of them competed was in the Forbidden Sea.
The loser had to change into female clothing and dress up as the princess of the Sea Corpse Tribe.
Now, it was the second time.
Just as they reached an agreement, Red Maiden, who was at the highest point, heard the scythe spirit's urgent voice in her mind.
"It's the two of them. Mad Dog and Ghost Hand are behind you. I just heard them talking about competing to see who will get first place."
"This is too much. This is too presumptuous. They don't take you seriously at all!"
"Can you bear it? Why don't we turn back now and perish together with them!"
"You keep shouting about perishing together every day. Shut up!"
Red Maiden growled, and a red glow appeared in her eyes. Red light also spread out from her body, and her speed instantly increased to 22,000 feet.
But at that moment, the captain moved.
His body erupted with a monstrous blue light that illuminated the sky. It seemed to dye the surrounding sky, and one could even faintly see the blood vessels all over his body.
If one could see through his flesh and blood, they would definitely see that his blood was no longer red, but blue.
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Faces appeared in his pupils, and there were more faces in his eyes. Layer after layer, they turned evil and deep, and in exchange, he moved at an astonishing speed.
He leaped a thousand feet in one leap, and after three leaps, he surpassed Red Maiden and reached 22,000 feet!
At that moment, the sword-bearing elders who were watching from the Sword Holding Court all looked at the captain with a change in expression.
"The Forbidden Sea Technique, the Dao of Spirit Sealing!"
"A mighty figure sealed an unknown existence in this kid's body. That mighty figure's status is too high, and his Dao is concealed. I can't see what he sealed."