"Lord Zhenwu King!"
In a black, turbulent space, the Zhenwu King, who was several meters tall, was smashed into a pulp by Lu Qing with a single palm strike.
This scene was so shocking that the other powerful cultivators felt their hearts pound with fear and their hands and feet turn ice-cold.
Those demons at the Nascent Soul stage, in particular, could hardly believe their eyes.
The True Martial King, who had one foot in the Fifth Tribulation Realm and had even unleashed his Demonic Ape True Form, was actually flattened and crushed into a pulp by a single palm strike.
Just how terrifying is that kid's power?
"ah!!"
Even though Zhenwu King was smashed into a pulp, he still did not die on the spot.
The lump of flesh writhed and struggled, trying to reshape its body.
Once you reach the level of True Martial King, as long as your primordial spirit remains intact and your life force is still intact, you will have a chance to recover from any injury, no matter how severe.
However, how could Lu Qing give him such an opportunity?
With a thought, Lu Qing first took away the golden giant staff, then grabbed the huge lump of flesh that the True Martial King had transformed into, and withdrew from the area of spatial turbulence.
Because in just a few breaths, the spatial rifts torn by his palm strike had already been rapidly healed by the powerful spatial laws of the Tianyuan Great World.
Although he now possesses formidable magical power and a robust physical body, he has yet to truly comprehend the laws of space.
Once swept into the depths of the void by spatial turbulence, the only way to escape would probably be with the Void Ship.
"Um?"
As soon as he exited the spatial turbulence, Lu Qing felt a strong killing intent locking onto him.
He turned his head and saw that Elder Xing had taken the heavy black iron sword off his back, held it with both hands, and stood it upright in front of him.
His face was cold and stern, and he exuded an extremely chilling aura as he stared intently at Lu Qing.
The killing intent that Lu Qing sensed came from a sword shadow behind Elder Xing.
Behind him, in the void, a massive black sword shadow, inscribed with countless profound characters, was slowly materializing.
"Die, you demon! Heavenly Punishment Sword, slay!"
As Lu Qing looked over, Elder Xing also concentrated his sword intent to its peak.
His eyes widened, and he slashed forward with the black iron sword in his hand.
As he made his slash, the sword shadow behind him also suddenly burst out from the void and slashed towards Lu Qing.
As soon as the sword shadow burst out of the void, it not only completely locked onto Lu Qing, but also suppressed and froze the surrounding space like an iron plate.
Clearly, the intention was to restrict Lu Qing's movements and prevent him from dodging the sword with his speed.
Even at the very moment the sword was unleashed, Elder Xing's voice resounded in the minds of all the remaining Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.
"Make your move! This fiend is at its weakest point because it's distracted by suppressing the True Martial King!"
Upon hearing Elder Xing's telepathic message, the other Nascent Soul Realm cultivators also reacted.
The two great formations activated, and their terrifying power instantly descended upon Lu Qing.
In fact, the power of these two great formations is far more terrifying than Elder Xing's Heavenly Punishment Sword technique.
After all, the formation was created by more than twenty Nascent Soul experts who had reached the second or third tribulation stage.
In a one-on-one fight, none of them were a match for Elder Xing.
However, the combined power of twenty Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, after being integrated and gathered by the two great formations, far surpasses that of Elder Xing, a peak Fourth Tribulation Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.
From the moment Elder Xing unleashed that enormous sword shadow to the moment the primordial spirits of the two major clans activated the great formation to suppress Lu Qing, it was actually only a matter of a breath.
In the blink of an eye, Lu Qing was suppressed by overwhelming power and could hardly move.
He watched as the enormous black sword shadow was about to strike him, and felt the crushing force of mountains pressing down on him.
Lu Qing showed no fear and remained calm as usual.
There was even a hint of mockery in his eyes.
"You think you can suppress me with this little bit of power? You're wrong. You'll never know what true power is!"
Lu Qing's soul-stirring voice resounded in the minds of all those at the Nascent Soul Realm.
The next moment, to their horror, they saw a huge figure suddenly rise up in the direction where Lu Qing was.
In the blink of an eye, the suppressing power of their magic array was completely shattered.
Then a hand the size of a small mountain reached out and grasped the huge black sword shadow that Elder Xing had unleashed.
With a gentle squeeze, he completely crushed the enormous sword shadow that contained Elder Xing's full-force attack.
Then, Lu Qing, who had transformed into a hundred-foot giant, flicked his finger, and a thick sword aura containing the power to cleave the heavens and destroy the earth and kill everything was launched by him and slashed towards Elder Xing.
"What?!"
Elder Xing's eyes widened suddenly as he watched the sword energy Lu Qing unleashed.
He was even more shocked than when he saw Lu Qing suddenly transform.
Because he sensed a familiar sword intent within this sword energy.
That was the sword intent he had once sensed from a certain spirit sword he had collected in the Holy Alliance's treasury.
That spirit sword was said to have once been the personal sword of a great figure in that sacred land of sword cultivators.
"Heaven-Shattering Sword Qi! How does this demon know the Heaven-Shattering Sword Qi?!"
Elder Xing was utterly shocked.
But he didn't have time to think any further. The sword energy that Lu Qing unleashed was overflowing with killing intent and incredibly concentrated.
Its power was in no way inferior to the sword strike he had just unleashed after gathering his strength.
Even he, if he didn't fight with all his might, would probably be cut in two by a single sword strike.
Based on his understanding of the Heaven-Shattering Sword Qi, if he were struck by this sword qi, which has the power to kill everything, even his primordial spirit might not be able to withstand it and would be completely annihilated.
Immediately, under the shadow of death, Elder Xing could no longer care about anything else. The black iron sword in his hand also condensed endless sword light and blocked the Heaven-Shattering Sword Qi that Lu Qing had unleashed.
On the other side, after unleashing his sword energy, Lu Qing didn't even look at the result. He took a step and arrived in front of the two formations created by the powerful primordial spirits of the two races.
His enormous size seemed to have no effect on his terrifying speed.
Looking at Lu Qing, who had transformed into a giant, all the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators were stunned, as if they couldn't understand why Lu Qing had performed such a transformation.
Then they saw Lu Qing first gently squeeze and crush the True Martial King in his hand, which was like a meatball.
Then he raised both hands and slapped them hard.
"Get out of the way!"
Seeing the two enormous, overwhelming hands descending like a cloak of the sky, all the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators finally realized what was happening.
Terrified, they all flew frantically in all directions.
Upon seeing Lu Qing's enormous body and his terrifying aura, which resembled that of an ancient demon god, one would understand.
All the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators from both races had lost all will to fight.
Because they knew that no matter how they resisted, even if they formed a formation, they could not stop this overwhelming, all-encompassing demonic hand.
At this moment, all the primordial spirits of both races had only one thought.
That means escape!
As long as they can escape the area covered by Lu Qing's palm, they still have a sliver of hope!
However, how could Lu Qing give them such an opportunity?
He even used his True Witch Body; if he still managed to let these Nascent Soul Realm cultivators escape, wouldn't that be a joke?
Just as those Nascent Soul Realm cultivators moved, the boundless palm force had already completely enveloped them.
The area covered by the palm strike completely suppressed the space, fixing all the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators in place and trapping them firmly within the formation.
"Ah! No!"
The two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, whose movements were blocked, looked at the giant palms that kept slamming down, and their hearts were filled with endless fear, their faces filled with despair.
Boom! Boom!
Finally, Lu Qing slammed both palms down completely.
In an instant, he shattered both great formations completely, and the more than twenty Nascent Soul Realm cultivators inside were also crushed along with the formations.
Not only that, after crushing all the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, a phantom of an ancient cauldron suddenly materialized in mid-air and swallowed all the flesh and blood of the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators that it had crushed.
Lu Qing knew that the vitality of the Primordial Spirit Realm was extremely strong, especially for those who had survived tribulations. Their Primordial Spirits would become very resilient and not so easily destroyed.
Therefore, he directly activated the Li Huo Cauldron, condensing endless Nanming Li Huo within the ancient cauldron's illusory image to refine those primordial spirits and flesh.
With Lu Qing's current strength, just how terrifying is the Southern Bright Fire he can unleash?
His hazy magical power contained incredible might, and when he activated the magical artifact, its power became extremely terrifying.
If he were to fully activate the Fire Cauldron, even the space itself would likely be burned to nothingness.
How could these Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, who had been shattered to pieces and were already severely injured and on the verge of death, possibly withstand the burning of the Southern Bright Fire?
All that could be heard from the illusory image of the cauldron were screams, which then faded away within a few breaths.
Finally, there was no more sound.
However, those twenty-odd Nascent Soul Realm cultivators were completely killed by Lu Qing's refinement.
Flesh and blood, primordial spirit, all were refined into nothingness.
Only some treasures remained, which Lu Qing collected.
"You beast!"
Just as Lu Qing finished putting his ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) things away, a grief-stricken and angry shout rang out.
Lu Qing turned around and saw Elder Xing standing in mid-air, his clothes tattered and his eyes bloodshot.
He had multiple deep sword wounds on his body, the most severe of which almost pierced through his body completely.
Beside him was the True Martial King, who had reconstituted his body while Lu Qing was refining those Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.
However, at this moment, King Zhenwu was no longer the arrogant man he once was.
Even with his severe injuries and greatly diminished aura, he could no longer use his Demon Ape True Form.
Looking at Lu Qing, who resembled a demon god, their faces were already filled with terror.
"Oh, not bad. You managed to survive one of my sword strikes, so you've got some skill."
A hint of surprise appeared on Lu Qing's face as he slowly spoke.
Its roar was thunderous, like the might of heaven.
"Demon, how do you know the secret sword energy of the Breaking Heaven Sword Sect? A wicked demon like you could never be tolerated by the Breaking Heaven Sword Sect!"
Elder Xing looked at Lu Qing with such hatred that he wanted to devour him alive.
But he still asked the question that concerned him most.
“You have no right to know,” Lu Qing said calmly. “Now that your companions are all dead, it’s your turn.”
"Demon, don't be so smug. I have already sent the images of this place back to the Holy Alliance."
You have killed many powerful beings of my human and demon races, and you have also stolen the secret techniques of the Breaking Heaven Sword Sect.
Either way, it is an unforgivable crime punishable by death!
From now on, neither my human race nor the demon race, nor the Breaking Heaven Sword Sect, will let you go.
No matter if you go to heaven or earth, or hide your identity, you cannot escape the pursuit of my human race's supreme power.
"In heaven and on earth, even throughout the entire Great Yuan Immortal Realm, there is nowhere left for you to hide!"
Elder Xing shouted sternly.
"You talk too much nonsense."
Hearing Elder Xing's threat, Lu Qing didn't care at all.
He pointed his fingers into a sword shape and swung it down suddenly.
A sword aura as thick as a mountain was unleashed in an instant, enveloping Elder Xing and King Zhenwu.
"You blocked that sword strike just now, so try taking another one of mine?"
The Heaven-Shattering Sword Qi that Lu Qing unleashed with his True Witch Body was incredibly powerful.
The mountain-like, sky-piercing sword energy slashed out, instantly changing the color of the heavens and earth.
Space, like a piece of cloth, was cut open by the sword energy, creating a huge spatial rift that extended towards Elder Xing and King Zhenwu.
Seeing such an earth-shattering scene, Elder Xing and King Zhenwu were both ashen-faced.
They all knew that, given their severe injuries, they could not withstand such a terrible blow.
Moreover, under the shroud of sword intent, even if they wanted to escape, it would be impossible.
However, even though death was inevitable, Elder Xing did not give up and wait for it.
A resolute expression suddenly appeared on his face.
"You demon, even if I die, I won't let you get away with this!"
Immediately afterwards, a destructive aura emanated from him.
Sensing this aura, King Zhenwu's expression changed drastically: "Xing Jian, you..."
But before he could finish speaking, a tremendous roar erupted.
Elder Xing's physical body suddenly exploded into pieces, and destructive power erupted from the location where he stood.
With such terrifying power erupting, Zhenwu King's physical body was once again blasted to pieces.
A huge black void suddenly appeared, swallowing everything around it, including Elder Xing and the shattered bodies of True Martial King.
Furthermore, the black void rapidly expanded, quickly spreading towards Lu Qing's location.
"Self-destruction of the primordial spirit?"
Upon seeing this, Lu Qing's expression shifted, and he quickly retreated.
As he retreated, his body shrank continuously, quickly returning to its original size.
As his size decreased, his speed also increased dramatically.
This meant that although the black void spread rapidly, it could never catch up with him.
Eventually, the black void, having spread for tens of miles, stopped and began to slowly recede.
Seeing this, Lu Qing also stopped.
He knew that this was the spatial rule of the Tianyuan Great World, and it had begun to take effect.
This black void was caused by Xing Jian's self-destruction of his primordial spirit, which allowed him to manipulate the rules of space.
It has the ability to devour everything and drag everything around it into the depths of the void.
However, no matter how powerful the self-destruction of the primordial spirit is, it will eventually have its limits.
Once the power is exhausted and the rules of the Tianyuan Great World stabilize again, it will be time to repair the space.
Lu Qing waited quietly.
Watching the black void shrink continuously, after several dozen breaths it became only the size of a fist, and finally disappeared completely.
Once the space had completely calmed down, what unfolded before Lu Qing was an incredibly shocking scene.
