Chapter 188: Two-Flame Godly Might
Within Xu Qing, 65 dharma apertures created as many vortexes, spinning rapidly and causing deafening rumbling noises to echo out. When his second life flame ignited, blinding light erupted. Combined with his first life flame, it made his heavenly palaces even more visible. Meanwhile, as his 65 dharma apertures burned, he became terrifyingly strong. His two life flames transformed into a sea of flames, causing the ground beneath him to ripple and distort, and sending indescribably intense heat out everywhere. Because of all of this, Xu Qing no longer seemed like he had a volcano erupting within him. It was more like an entire continent engulfed in flames!
Several of the injured two-flame Seazombies pursuing him were caught up in the eruption, and screamed in agony. Their eyes, which had been fixed on their quarry, began bleeding because of the heat of his life flames. Even the two-flame cultivators who were mostly healed from their injuries still trembled, and their cultivation base teetered unstably. Because of the immense pressure, their life flames flickered on the point of being extinguished. As for the three-flame Seazombie, he was shaken to the core, and in his astonishment, slowed down in his pursuit.
One life flame was early Foundation Establishment. Two life flames was mid Foundation Establishment!
As of this moment, Xu Qing had two life flames, and thus, he had stepped into a new stage. Mid Foundation Establishment!
Although it was a breakthrough within one larger level, in the world that housed the Revered Ancient mainland, the sub-levels cultivators had to deal with could be profound.
In Qi Condensation, the sub-levels weren’t very dramatic. But in Foundation Establishment, they were immense. Someone without the profound radiance state who faced a person with it, could be killed as easily as turning a hand over. It was the same when comparing one-flame and two-flame cultivators.
As for Xu Qing, because of his life lamp, even though he had only two life flames, his battle prowess was no different than someone with three life flames. When you added in the terrifying fleshly body power of Golden Crow Assimilates Myriad Spirits, then his breakthrough moments ago could only be called heaven-shaking and earth-toppling!
Flames wreathed him as his energy surged high, causing everything around him to twist and distort.
All of his pursuers stopped in place, even the three-flame cultivator.
Xu Qing turned to face them, his eyes burning with killing intent. Then he charged toward them with such incredible speed that the two-flame cultivators couldn’t track his movement. The three-flame Seazombie’s scalp was tingling so hard it felt like it might explode, as all he could make out was a blur.
However, he was in late Foundation Establishment, and had immense experience in battle. It was a moment of deadly crisis, and thus, he bit the tip of his tongue and spat out some blue blood. As it ignited, spreading around him, he chose to burn some of his dharma apertures! Among Seazombies, this cultivator had a reputation as being chosen. Tapping into all 92 of his dharma apertures, he entered the profound radiance state. Instantly, his face fell. That was because he could now see what Xu Qing was doing. And Xu Qing’s target wasn’t him, but rather... the Seazombie cultivators further back.
In the blink of an eye, booms rang out as Xu Qing achieved speed that approached the limit of what Foundation Establishment was capable of. And he was already closing in on one of the injured two-flame Seazombies. Without pause, Xu Qing slammed into him.
The two-flame Seazombie seemed as weak as a piece of paper. He exploded, and even as his flesh and blood splattered everywhere, Xu Qing reached the second Seazombie, whom he also slammed into!
Then a third, a fourth, and a fifth!
He lifted his right hand, and a dagger of flames appeared, which he slashed through the throat of another two-flame Seazombie!
A head flew!
Blood sprayed!
Patriarch Golden Vajra Warrior directed the iron skewer out, shooting toward another Foundation Establishment Seazombie.
At the same time, the shadow stretched out. A host of eyes appeared on the ground, and the Seazombie who stood in the shadow suddenly felt all their mutagen being sucked out.
Over the course of seven or eight breaths of time, roughly half of the Seazombie pursuers either exploded, lost their heads, or died in some other way!
The survivors looked absolutely terrified, and without the slightest hesitation, they fled.
Then, a shriek pierced through the air as the golden crow manifested behind Xu Qing. Looking around coldly, it flew toward the survivors, surrounded by shocking flames as it transformed into a chain.
Xu Qing was on the move again.
He still hadn’t left the grotto, and was still in great danger. But once he took action, his instincts would lead him to slaughter all opponents. Stamping his foot onto the ground, he burst into motion, his fleshly body rumbling as he moved with shocking speed toward the three-flame Seazombie.
The three-flame Seazombie’s pupils constricted. He had no time to evade, and therefore, his expression became one of fury and madness as he threw his hands out in front of him and called on the fury of all of his 92 dharma apertures. In fact, he even went so far as to detonate 2 of them! With the detonation of those two apertures, his energy temporarily rose to a higher level, and he braced to meet Xu Qing.
The ground in front of him collapsed as numerous skeletal arms shot out and swept out to surround Xu Qing.
There were so many bleached bones that it looked like a sea. However, the three-flame Seazombie wasn’t done yet; eyes flashing with madness, he spat out a mouthful of blue blood. It transformed into a blue flying sword, and it immediately erupted with a shocking baleful aura. Locking onto Xu Qing, it screamed toward him.
Then the three-flame Seazombie performed an incantation gesture and slapped his own chest. His entire person suddenly blurred as he split into four different versions of himself, each of which charged Xu Qing from a different direction.
“Die!”
Xu Qing snorted coldly. Not slowing down a bit, he sent out a burst of flames that slammed into the skeletal arms and sent them spinning to the side. At the same time, he lifted his hand overhead, then dropped it down viciously. The heavenly saber appeared, and given his current battle prowess, it was even more powerful and faster than before. In an instant, it slammed into the blue flying sword.
As a boom rang out, Xu Qing’s right hand clenched into a fist, and he launched a blow at one of the Seazombie clones coming in from the side. Blood sprayed out of the clone’s mouth as he tumbled back. Xu Qing followed, striking him with a knee blow.
Bone and flesh collapsed as half of the clone exploded.
Afterwards, Xu Qing turned his head and exhaled sharply toward the second clone. A burst of black balefire emerged, turning into a sea of flames that enveloped the clone.
As bitter screams rang out from within the fire, the third clone closed in, his eyes burning with insanity as his body collapsed in on itself. As his flesh rotted and melted, he turned into a black spike that shot toward Xu Qing’s forehead.
“Well, isn’t this interesting,” Xu Qing murmured, his eyes shining. This three-flame Seazombie’s methods, especially the black spike backed by soul-suppressing power, made Xu Qing very curious. Reaching out with his right hand, he grabbed the spike out of the air. It struggled against him, but that did no good.
Meanwhile, the air off in the distance rippled and distorted as the three-flame Seazombie’s true body appeared. Expression flickering, he backed up and prepared to flee. However, before he could, he suddenly stopped in place.
Then his eyes filled with alarm and terror, yet strangely, he began cackling loudly and walking toward Xu Qing. Nearing, he dropped onto one knee, put his bag of holding on the ground in front of him, and then broke his own neck.
Popping sounds rang out within him as his dharma apertures detonated. Xu Qing waved his hand, causing balefire to sweep out and absorb his soul. At the same time, the golden crow glided over. The three-flame Seazombie shivered, his eyes bursting with terror as his soul was extracted. At the same time, his body withered, and his energy and blood was absorbed by the golden crow.
The shadow also appeared to be very satisfied with its meal.
Only the iron skewer seemed a bit disappointed. Inside, Patriarch Golden Vajra Warrior felt a growing sense of crisis as he realized that he was turning out to be completely superfluous.
I can’t let this happen!!
The patriarch simply was not willing to be turned into cannon fodder. Reaching out to the Seazombie blood elixir he had absorbed, he decided that he would find the soonest opportunity to achieve a breakthrough.
Both the shadow and the golden crow were growing much stronger due to the blood elixir. And the shadow also benefited from consuming the three-flame cultivator’s shadow.
And the golden crow continued to grow more and more realistic, until Xu Qing felt almost like it was made from real flesh and blood.
This was all worth it! Taking a deep breath, he shot toward the grotto exit. As he did, he thought about the Captain and sighed. He’s being chased by a Gold Core expert. What a beast....
Though this incident had been incredibly dangerous, it was thanks to the Captain attracting the fury of the Gold Core expert that Xu Qing was able to escape his own pursuers. As he neared the exit, his eyes narrowed, and he didn’t need to issue any orders. Patriarch Golden Vajra Warrior immediately went ahead, shooting out of the exit to scout the area beyond. The shadow seemed to have recovered much of its lost intelligence, and stretched out to do the same thing.
Pleased, Xu Qing focused on preparing his cultivation base for what was to come.
A moment later, he received details from the shadow about what was happening outside, and he was stunned. A moment later, his eyes filled with determination, and he gritted his teeth. Lunging forward, he shot out of the exit.