"roar!"
Lu Qing's words were not merely spoken; they were accompanied by a profound tremor in his soul.
Therefore, the wind beast at the Nascent Soul stage, although not highly intelligent, still understood.
It immediately became enraged.
Even a tiny ant dares to provoke it like this.
How could the giant wind beast, the king of this plain, tolerate this?
Immediately, it roared and shook itself, breaking free from the suppressing force.
Then, the claws, now fully reassembled and restored, swung towards Lu Qing with the force of a landslide and a tsunami.
At the same time, it also issued an order.
The three Golden Core level wind beasts beneath their feet immediately roared, their bodies transforming into three streams of quicksand.
They chased after Old Man Qiao and the others in the direction they had left.
However, the Nascent Soul Realm Wind Beast did not intend to let Old Man Qiao and his companions go, and wanted to send its subordinates to intercept and kill them.
However, because the surrounding space of dozens of miles was suppressed by Lu Qing's spiritual artifact, the gale subsided.
This prevented the three Golden Core level wind beasts from escaping into the sandstorm, forcing them to transform into quicksand to pursue them.
"snort!"
However, before the three Golden Core level wind beasts could chase them far, a cold snort rang out.
A surge of yellow light instantly immobilized the quicksand formed by the three-headed wind beast, rendering it unable to move.
Immediately afterwards, sword energy appeared out of thin air and slashed at the three clumps of quicksand.
In an instant, the three clumps of quicksand trembled, then dissipated, pouring into the ground like flowing water.
However, the wind pearl within his body had been completely destroyed, making it impossible for him to maintain his physical form.
Only then did the mountain-like claws of the Nascent Soul Realm Wind Beast stir up a fierce hurricane and strike in front of Lu Qing.
Faced with the enormous claw that crashed down on him like a collapsing mountain, Lu Qing neither dodged nor avoided it.
He gripped his longsword tightly, and in the next moment, he unleashed an incomparably sharp sword aura.
With the force of splitting the heavens and earth, it slashed at the wind beast's claws.
boom!
The sword energy collided with the claw, instantly unleashing boundless power.
Between Lu Qing and the wind beast, the destructive power collided, causing countless bursts of energy to explode, and the space itself seemed to twist and deform.
The terrifying power spread out, and even Lu Qing's domain could no longer suppress the surrounding space.
Under the powerful shockwave, the hurricane was stirred up again, and endless sandstorms reappeared, spreading in all directions.
In the blink of an eye, they had arrived at a distance of less than a few miles from the armored giant and his companions.
"Oh no! Run!"
Upon seeing this, the armored giant and Old Man Qiao and the others all changed their expressions drastically.
They could no longer care about watching Lu Qing's battle with the wind beast.
They all turned around and desperately fled forward with all their might.
They could sense that if they didn't escape, they would be swept into the shockwave.
As Golden Core cultivators, they might not perish, but the others within the formation would have absolutely no chance of survival!
The shockwaves generated by Lu Qing's battle with the wind beast were extremely fast, catching up with the armored men and their companions in just a dozen breaths.
Fortunately, even while watching the battle, the armored giant and his men did not stop fleeing and had already escaped more than ten miles away.
In addition, the suppression from Lu Qing's domain is constantly reducing the power of the shockwave.
In the end, the terrifying shockwave did manage to reach the armored giants.
However, it only knocked everyone to the ground and did not cause much damage.
However, this also terrified the armored giant and his men.
Because they sensed that terrifying power was erupting from behind them.
Clearly, that senior was locked in a fierce battle with the Nascent Soul Realm wind beast, which is why he unleashed such terrifying power.
Unfortunately, due to the sandstorm covering them again, they could no longer see what was behind them.
They could only sense two powerful auras that terrified them, locked in fierce combat.
"Commander, we must continue forward. If the senior and that wind beast start moving, we might be affected as well."
At this moment, Old Man Qiao said.
“Of course I know that,” the armored giant nodded.
After his guards regained their formation, he immediately continued on his way.
This time, they encountered no further obstacles. After a period of fleeing, suddenly, everything became clear before them.
The sandstorm that had been swirling around us has disappeared.
A huge valley entrance stood before them.
"We finally escaped?"
Everyone was stunned at first, then their faces lit up with ecstatic joy.
"Finally escaped that awful place!"
"Oh my god, I thought I was really going to die this time."
"This was a true escape from death. I've decided that once I get back, I'll never do trading again!"
"If it weren't for that senior's intervention, we would all have died inside!"
...
Amidst the cheers of everyone who was overjoyed and weeping, the armored giant led them into the valley. After confirming their safety, he turned back to look towards the Stormy Plains.
However, this place is quite far from where Lu Qing and the Nascent Soul Realm wind beast fought.
Furthermore, the endless sandstorm made it impossible for them to sense the atmosphere of battle between the two sides.
"Is the Commander worried about that senior?"
Old Man Qiao and several other Golden Core cultivators also came over at this time.
"That's right. That senior said he could only hold off that Nascent Soul Realm wind beast for a quarter of an hour at most. Now that quarter of an hour has long passed, why hasn't he come out yet?"
The burly man in armor said with a worried expression.
"Commander, there's no need to worry. With that senior's supernatural power, even if he's no match for that Nascent Soul Realm wind beast, escaping shouldn't be a problem," Old Man Qiao reassured him.
The armored giant thought about it for a moment and agreed.
Defeating a Nascent Soul Realm expert is relatively easy unless the difference in strength is too great, but killing them is extremely difficult.
Moreover, recalling the scene of Lu Qing fighting the Nascent Soul Realm Wind Beast earlier, he didn't seem to be at all about to be defeated.
Thinking of this, the armored man felt much relieved.
He then asked, "Grandpa Qiao, you've traveled together all this way, do you know who this senior is?"
"How would I, an old man, know?" Old Man Qiao gave a wry smile. "This senior is clearly hiding his identity."
During the time I've been traveling with him, he has spoken very little.
"Forget about his background, I don't even know his name."
The middle-aged man standing to the side nodded in agreement.
Of the five Golden Core cultivators in the same carriage, he and Lu Qing spoke the least.
He is usually quiet and reserved, and never introduces himself.
Therefore, people know very little about him.
Only that skinny young man would occasionally make sarcastic remarks about Lu Qing.
Thinking about this, the middle-aged man suddenly realized that Lu Qing's temper was actually quite good.
If it were him, as a Nascent Soul cultivator, being so offended by a Golden Core cultivator would definitely make the other party pay the price.
At the same time, he was even more grateful that he had never offended Lu Qing.
Otherwise, I really wouldn't know how to face that senior later.
"So that's how it is. It seems this senior must be a highly skilled person who likes to hide his identity and travel around."
I just don't know which top sect or powerful family he comes from.
The burly man in armor couldn't help but sigh.
As for whether Lu Qing was a member of the heretical sect, he never even considered it.
If Lu Qing were a member of the evil path, how could he possibly risk such great danger to fight alone against a Nascent Soul Realm wind beast and rescue them?
Just as Old Man Qiao and the others were speculating about Lu Qing's identity.
In the Gale Plains, Lu Qing's battle with the Nascent Soul Realm wind beast continued.
boom!
With a powerful Lesser Heaven-Breaking Sword Qi, Lu Qing once again severed the arm of the Nascent Soul Realm Wind Beast.
His brows furrowed.
After fighting for so long, he also discovered it.
This Nascent Soul Realm wind beast has a really low level of intelligence.
They only use the same few moves over and over; they fight entirely based on instinct.
Not only were his moves extremely clumsy, but he also used his innate ability to control sandstorms in a very immature way.
Leaving aside the Nascent Soul Realm, any late-stage Golden Core Realm expert would probably be far more refined in their use of techniques and Daoist arts.
To put it bluntly, this wind beast, although possessing power at the Nascent Soul Realm level.
However, their use of power was extremely crude and rudimentary, failing to fully unleash their full potential.
Even so, Lu Qing was still unable to kill the wind beast.
The sand and dust body condensed by this Nascent Soul Realm wind beast is truly formidable.
Even if he used all his strength to unleash the Lesser Heaven-Breaking Sword Qi, he could only sever a part of its body at most.
It is extremely difficult to completely destroy it in an instant.
As for destroying the Wind Pearl, that's even more impossible.
He even once used the 【bewitching】 supernatural power, attempting to destroy the opponent's spirituality with a soul attack.
However, it was discovered that although this wind beast was not very intelligent, it was simple-minded.
But all his mental and spiritual will was hidden within the wind pearl inside his body.
Protected by the Law of Wind, his 【Bewitching】 ability could only temporarily confuse the person.
Controlling its soul is extremely difficult.
"I never imagined that a newly conceived, low-intelligence Nascent Soul Realm demon beast would be so troublesome."
It once again cleaved the wind beast's other claw.
Seeing how quickly the other person recovered, Lu Qing felt helpless.
He understood that there was no need to continue the fight.
If even the 【bewitching】 technique didn't work, then other methods are even less likely to be effective.
Because the Wind Beast and Wind Pearl are indestructible, they are immortal and indestructible.
No matter how many times he slashes the opponent's claws, he can quickly recover.
But he was genuinely expending his own magical power in the battle.
Although he possessed a perfect golden core, his magical power far surpassed that of cultivators at the same level.
But continuing to fight would not do him any good.
In any case, he has already achieved his goal in this battle.
Continuing to fight would be futile.
Thinking of this, Lu Qing unleashed two soaring sword energies, closing in on the wind beast, intending to cut off its two trapped claws.
With a twist of its body, it drew a mysterious arc in mid-air, and in an instant, it had completely escaped the range that the wind beast could reach.
"You beast, you're tough and resilient, you can take a beating."
Lu Qing stood suspended in mid-air, several miles away from the wind beast, and said calmly.
"Today, I cannot do anything to you for the time being, but when I have achieved success in my cultivation, I will definitely return to this Gale Plains to meet you again."
Having said that, he flashed away and disappeared into the distance.
"roar!"
The Nascent Soul Realm wind beast, seeing that this ant, which had killed many of its underlings and destroyed its body multiple times, was actually trying to escape, immediately let out an extremely angry roar.
With a roar, it swung its claws repeatedly, and the sandstorm within a radius of dozens of miles instantly became extremely violent.
Dozens of sandstorms appeared around Lu Qingzhou, intending to crush him to pieces.
"With your rudimentary method of controlling sand and wind, you think you can block my way?"
Lu Qing looked at the apocalyptic scene around him, but he was not panicked at all. Instead, he chuckled.
Then, as light as a wisp of smoke, like a nimble butterfly, he deftly slipped through the gaps in the swirling sandstorm.
The raging sandstorm around him had no effect whatsoever on his movements.
"roar!"
After seeing Lu Qing escape the encirclement of the sandstorm, he disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The Nascent Soul Realm wind beast let out an incredibly loud roar.
The surrounding sandstorms became even more violent.
Even it itself dissipated, merging into the endless sandstorm, chasing after the direction Lu Qing had left in.
However, all of this was in vain.
It chased Lu Qing all the way to the edge of the Stormy Plains, but never saw him again.
Looking out into the distance beyond the Stormy Plains, there were lush, endless mountain ranges.
The Nascent Soul Realm Wind Beast knew that the ant had completely escaped.
And so, once again, furious roars echoed across the Gale Plains.
"It seems that even wind beasts at the Nascent Soul Realm cannot outrun the speed of the Gale Plains."
Hearing the roar from within the mountains, Lu Qing thought to himself.
At this moment, he was already in a hidden cave.
Beside him, a giant python was trembling as it watched him, not daring to move an inch.
Lu Qing ignored the guy and set up an array at the cave entrance to conceal his aura before releasing Xiao Li and Wu Xing from the Qiankun Yiqi Bag.
"Ah Qing!" Xiao Li, dressed in gray, shouted as soon as she came out, "You defeated that big guy?"
Previously, in the Stormy Plains, Xiao Li had always been hidden in Lu Qing's arms.
However, after the appearance of the Nascent Soul Realm Wind Beast, Lu Qing put it into the Qiankun Qi Bag.
This meant that Xiao Li didn't get to see the final battle.
"No." Lu Qing shook his head. "The Nascent Soul Realm is indeed powerful. Although that wind beast was stupid, neither of us could do anything to the other."
"Even you couldn't defeat that giant wind beast?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Li was immediately speechless.
In its mind, Lu Qing had always been incredibly powerful, and there were very few enemies he couldn't defeat.
Unexpectedly, that big guy, which looked so clumsy, turned out to be something even Ah Qing couldn't handle.
"Yes, the Nascent Soul Realm is still the Nascent Soul Realm. With my current strength, I am still quite far from being able to defeat a Nascent Soul Realm expert."
Lu Qing also sighed.
He was willing to take action in the Stormy Plains.
I don't want to see that convoy die here.
More importantly, he wanted to use that Nascent Soul Realm Wind Beast to properly test his own strength.
The results now show that even though he has now reached the fifth stage of the Golden Core realm.
Even if one wanted to fight against an existence at the Nascent Soul Realm level, one would still be powerless.
That Nascent Soul Realm wind beast was of low intelligence, its moves were clumsy, and it had not even mastered its own innate abilities.
Among beings at the Nascent Soul Realm, this would probably be at the very bottom.
Even so, he still couldn't do anything to the other party and couldn't cause them any real harm.
It is conceivable that if one were to face a cultivator who had cultivated for an unknown period of time and had complete control over all their techniques and supernatural abilities, they would be in a truly powerful situation.
Now, he probably has no chance of winning.
