In the past, the Poison Restriction did not differentiate between friend and foe. As long as it spread out, everything within its range would be corroded.
However, after fusing with his vision, Xu Qing's control over the Poison Restriction's power was much better than before. Now, wherever the fog passed, he could already determine the target, and it did not affect the cultivators of Defying Moon too much.
The focus of the massacre was the cultivators of Red Moon.
For a time, there were endless cries of alarm. A large number of Red Moon cultivators retreated in fear. Some of the weaker ones even let out shrill cries. Their bodies melted at a visible rate, turning into blood that soaked the ground.
More of their bodies showed varying degrees of decay. The intense pain and the threat of death caused their minds to churn. They each used the power of Red Moon to resist.
Only those with strong cultivations could ignore it for a short period of time.
However, in the end, the pressure on the cultivators of Defying Moon was reduced by a lot. The Fourth Palace Master immediately ordered everyone to rush to the desert.
Originally, after he found out that the Crown Prince and the others were suspected to not be in the desert, he did not want to implicate this place. He was prepared to leave and fight to the death with the cultivators of Red Moon. He was also prepared to die.
After so many years, he was already extremely tired. He did not want to give up on this hopeless resistance, but reality made him bitter.
At this moment, when he saw Xu Qing walk out and open the desert, the Fourth Palace Master gritted his teeth, and his forces rushed over.
He even personally took action to buy time for everyone.
Rumbling sounds and the fluctuations of spells immediately spread out in all directions.
Although the cultivators of Red Moon were blocked by the Poison Restriction, how could the strong cultivators inside give up? Soon, they spread out in all directions, blocking while charging in.
The little chicks around Xu Qing also rushed out at this moment to provide support. Xu Qing closed his eyes, raised his right hand, and pointed outside the desert.
"Ghost Emperor Mountain, turn into an executioner's platform. Ding 123's providence, turn into a blade groove!"
As soon as Xu Qing's words came out, the sky changed color, and the outside world rumbled. The Ghost Emperor Mountain and Ding 123 transformed into a thousand feet long shadow, shaking heaven and earth as they formed an executioner's blade groove.
Inside, the Ghost Emperor held a big cage with both hands, and the power of providence turned into a blade groove canyon.
The thousand feet long platform was a shocking sight. As the earth shook and the mountains shook, it landed on the ground, behind the cultivators of Defying Moon Palace, blocking the cultivators of Red Moon.
The familiarity of this scene caused all of the cultivators' hearts to tremble.
"This is …"
"It's very familiar!"
A strange light flashed in Xu Qing's eyes.
"The Heavenly Dao will transform into the blade, the Divine Curse and Poison Prohibition will become the blade, and the sunglow will take the form of the blade!"
The heavens churned and the Sea Dragon roared, turning into a blade. Poisonous restrictions converged from all directions to form a blade, and there was also the rhythm of the Dao Severing. This was a heavenly blade, and there was also multicolored light that formed Sai Mang, breaking ten thousand techniques into ten thousand techniques.
As soon as the Heavenly Blade appeared, whether it was the cultivators of the Defying Moon or the Red Moon, the familiar feeling in their memories instantly surged. Some of them had already recognized the reason.
"It's the God Execution Stage that appeared in my mind some time ago!"
"One model?
Look! "
"Could it be that this is the person who displayed the God Execution Stage back then?"
An uproar arose in all directions. Xu Qing simply stopped concealing his appearance and revealed the true appearance that had appeared in the minds of everyone that day.
As soon as his true appearance was revealed, the crowd was completely shocked, as if they had been struck by lightning.
The cultivators of the Defiant Moon Hall were all agitated. When they were at their most numb, it was the image of the God Execution Stage in their minds that made them pick up the will to resist. They wanted to start a prairie fire with a single spark.
And now, when they were at their most despairing, they saw the God Execution Stage again, and they saw the figure in the image in their minds.
At this moment, this figure seemed to overlap with the ruler.
And his voice was still echoing.
"The Golden Crow as the link, the Purple Moon as the seal!"
The Golden Crow danced, the Purple Moon formed patterns, and the Divine Treasury was driven, becoming one.
"Contain with time …"
"Drive with the Life Lamps of the Sundial …"
Five Sundials formed behind Xu Qing, and the flames of the Life Lamps shook the night sky. The needles on the Sundials spun rapidly, and the aura of time suddenly erupted.
In the next instant, it was already three quarters to noon!
"Sundial at noon, Heaven and Earth cut together!"
Xu Qing's eyes shone with a sharp light, and he slashed out with the Heavenly Blade!
The Heavenly Blade fell from the sky like a huge curtain, and also like a mountain range. It covered the sky and caused the earth to shake.
What was cut was not the cultivators, but the heavens and earth.
The blade fell with boundless divine might. When the blade collided with the blade groove, it cut through the void and shattered the void.
While it shocked everyone, it also completely cut off the path of the cultivators of the Red Moon Hall.
A huge gully appeared on the earth, and it was a shocking sight. The storm that was stirred up brought with it an endless murderous aura, and it spread to both sides.
The cultivators of the Red Moon Hall were all shocked, and they had no choice but to stop.
At this moment, Xu Qing seemed to have awakened as the ruler, and the heavens and earth trembled. The God Execution Stage that had appeared in the memories of all living beings was truly displayed in the world, in the eyes of the cultivators of the Red Moon Hall and the hundreds of thousands of cultivators of the Inverse Moon Hall.
It shook their hearts, and it set off a storm that could destroy the heavens and earth. With endless power, it stood outside the desert with its peerless killing power.
Its aura was like a rainbow.
The Fourth Palace Master looked at Xu Qing with a deep gaze. He led the hundreds of thousands of cultivators under his command and stepped into the desert while the God Execution Stage was intimidating them.
As for the Void Level experts among the Crimson Moon cultivators, although their minds were shaken, the God Execution Stage formed by Xu Qing's cultivation was just too famous, its power was not enough to make them retreat. Therefore, they were about to continue blocking.
But at this moment, in the depths of the desert, in the direction of the Bitter Life Mountain Range, a monstrous power shook the heavens.
In an instant, the sun, moon, and stars appeared in the sky, and it was as if the stars were moving. There was also a vast river of time flowing in the sky, and wherever it passed, the aura of the Great Dao was extremely rich.
It was the fluctuation of the Spirit Accumulation!
Vaguely, a pair of eyes could be seen in the river of time.
It was Princess Ming Mei's eyes.
With this gaze, all the cultivators of the Red Moon Hall outside the desert were shocked, and they immediately retreated without hesitation. The reason why they dared to appear was because they had found out that the crown prince and the others in the desert had left.
But now, this Spirit Accumulation aura made them instinctively feel terrified.
Although it might be a trick, the cultivators of the Red Moon Hall did not like to take risks when the Red Moon Hall was about to arrive. After all, this scene at least showed that there was still a Spirit Accumulation attack here.
Hence, safety became the way the cultivators of the Red Moon Hall did things.
And their retreat allowed the cultivators of the Defiant Moon Hall to finally step into the desert. After entering, everyone looked at Xu Qing excitedly and bowed to him.
Xu Qing, who was in mid-air, watched all of this. With a wave of his hand, the desert separated and closed again, blocking him from the view of the cultivators of the Red Moon Hall outside.
After doing this, Xu Qing looked at the crowd and then cupped his fists to the weary Fourth Palace Master.
"Greetings, senior."
The Fourth Palace Master's expression was solemn, and he did not slight Xu Qing because of the difference in their cultivation levels. He bowed deeply to Xu Qing.
"Thank you for your help, young friend!"
Xu Qing nodded and was about to speak, but at this moment, among the hundreds of thousands of cultivators who entered the desert, there were a few thousand whose actions and cheers attracted Xu Qing's attention.
Previously, Xu Qing's focus was on the Red Moon Hall, so he did not look carefully. But now, looking at the clothes of these people, Xu Qing could not help but hesitate.
Especially the woman in the lead. She was so excited that she actually half-knelt on the ground and kissed the sand.
The thousands of people behind her were mostly the same.
Xu Qing blinked, and a strange feeling arose in his heart.
The Fourth Palace Master said softly, his voice filled with emotion.
"Young friend, these people are Grandmaster Dan Jiu's followers. The leader calls himself an apostle, and he listened to the Grandmaster's Dao voice for a month.
They gathered from all directions and are extremely united, helping each other. Originally, they did not come with me, but met on the way. "
"Their goal is the desert."
"Because they guessed that Grandmaster Dan Jiu was hiding here."
Hearing this, Xu Qing looked at the group of people.
At this moment, this group of people was excitedly discussing, and the wind could not be suppressed.
"This is our holy land."
"That's right, the Grandmaster's elixir contains white wind, which means that wind is the key to the elixir. In the entire Jiyue Region, this is the only place that meets the requirements."
"That's right, the Grandmaster must be hiding here. In this chaotic world, we must find the Grandmaster, follow him, and protect him!"
Looking at their fanatical expressions, Xu Qing felt very strange.
Especially the woman in the lead. Xu Qing recognized her for a long time, and combined with what she said about listening to the Dao voice, he guessed that she was the bare-chested neighbor.
Just like that, the wind in the desert blew again, and everyone returned to the Bitter Life Mountain Range. The Fourth Palace Master and the others returned to the camp they had built before they left to rest and reorganize, while the group of Grandmaster Dan Jiu's followers separated.
In the days that followed, this group of people spread out through the Bitter Life Mountain Range, constantly searching and probing. Even though they did not find anything, they were incredibly persistent. They built their own camp, which was not too far away from the city of dirt where Xu Qing was. They even built a statue of Withered Deity, which looked exactly like the statue of Xu Qing in Defiance Divine Temple.
Xu Qing could not ignore them, as he had never experienced this before. On the day the withering statue was built, he could not help but make a trip there.
When he walked into the camp of Dan Jiu's followers, Xu Qing saw that there were thousands of cultivators there, and their expressions were filled with excitement. They had even set up a large map that depicted the entire desert.
Some areas were marked, and it was clear that they had already searched for them.
Xu Qing's arrival immediately attracted everyone's attention, and they all greeted him. The female Apostle also put down what she was doing to welcome him personally.
"Greetings, Fellow Daoist."
She stood beside Dan Jiu's withering statue. She was dressed in tight clothes and looked very capable. With a stern expression, she cupped her fists and bowed to Xu Qing, who was staring at the withering statue.
Xu Qing was observing the withering statue and found that it was lifelike and full of details. When he heard her, he turned his head and his gaze landed on the valiant woman.
He could not help but think of the man next door, but in the end, he could not place the two of them together.
Hence, he cast another glance at the withering statue and could not help but give her a few words of advice.
"As the red moon nears, it is no longer impossible for the Deity Temple to enter the desert. There will be danger if you leave the Bitter Life Mountain Range, so there is no need for you to go out and search."
When the valiant woman heard this, she shook her head with a resolute expression.
"It is precisely because of this that we have to speed up our search, because the Grandmaster might also be in danger!"
Xu Qing hesitated and said, "The Grandmaster might also be very safe … Besides, even if you met him, would you be able to recognize him?"
The woman looked proud, and the people around her laughed.
"Fellow Daoist, you don't understand.
After all, you haven't seen the Grandmaster, but I have listened to the Grandmaster's voice of Dao for a month and have followed him countless times. I have sensed his majesty and benevolence, as well as his unique aura. That is why I only need one look to know whether or not he is the Grandmaster. "With that, the woman cast a glance at Xu Qing.