Chapter 860: Chapter 859: The Zither-Playing Elder_1
The Ninth Void Ghost King attacked Shi Xiaole furiously. Even though his attacks were blocked, they proved at least that Shi Xiaole posed no threat to him. Regardless, today he was determined to take down the other’s pride; otherwise, where would his face be?
The two of them fought from the sky to the ground and moved from the mountaintop to the mountainside. Before they knew it, five hundred moves had passed. With the life-death martial arts exchange, Shi Xiaole had only exhausted thirty percent of his power.
In contrast, the Ninth Void Ghost King had used up over fifty percent of his power. He gained no advantage in close combat and dared not use his killing moves casually, as vital blood required long-term accumulation—using a bit meant losing a bit. But ordinary moves couldn’t trouble Shi Xiaole.
As the fight went on, the Ninth Void Ghost King became more and more irritable. He had to admit, even if he did not want to, that he had no way to deal with Shi Xiaole.
"Hmm, the Floating Light Demon Emperor has arrived?"
Suddenly sensing movement from the tracker on his body, the Ninth Void Ghost King transformed his anger into joy. Though his face remained expressionless, he began to swear profusely, hoping to enrage Shi Xiaole.
"You’ve miscalculated."
With a faint smile, Shi Xiaole flew back thousands of meters.
He wasn’t arrogant enough to think he could confront a Void Origin Realm Martial Emperor, but the current situation had changed. There was no need to leave now.
Suddenly, the sky turned pitch dark, with even sunlight being obscured. Wherever the shadow fell, trees withered, flowers wilted, and even the air itself turned into a living entity, grinding birds and reptiles into dust. Wherever it passed, no creature could survive.
This terrifying aura, intimidating heaven and earth, was more dreadful than the apocalypse in the eyes of mortals. Even an Earth Immortal caught in it would turn into a pile of dry bones.
It was spreading towards Shi Xiaole, nearly robbing him of the ability to act, but he was not flustered.
"Kill, please, Demon Emperor, eradicate this boy!"
The Ninth Void Ghost King shouted excitedly, feeling so refreshed that even his pores opened up.
The figure in the darkness said nothing, only looking down at Shi Xiaole with a pair of lofty eyes, like a god observing an ant, his aura ferociously bursting forth, conjuring heavy waves, aiming to completely overturn Shi Xiaole and annihilate him from this world.
But at that moment, the sound of a zither began to play, not particularly moving, but its purity resonated, as if penetrating the truth of heaven and earth, silently nourishing all things, turning into a gentle spring breeze.
The dark aura was torn apart like a piece of cloth, and sunlight once again illuminated the earth.
"Come out and show yourself if you dare, you who hides and shows only your tail."
The Floating Light Demon Emperor was a middle-aged man with a sinister temperament and a pale face, who squinted and hummed lowly, agitating the space around him with his anger.
Seemingly unwilling to wait, the Floating Light Demon Emperor suddenly reached out for Shi Xiaole. In the face of this palm, any resistance, any effort, was futile, and even the heavens and the earth parted for him.
A Void Origin Realm Martial Emperor understood the unity of heaven, earth, and man. Where he stood was heaven, was earth, the sole ruler of all.
Clang!
The zither turned into swords, fiercely striking, yet Shi Xiaole felt no murderous intent, only warmth, a melting warmth.
The Floating Light Demon Emperor’s hand also melted in the zither music, along with his afterimage he left in place.
"Let’s go, there’s a limit to the number of Void Origin Realm martial artists in the world, and it’s not time to switch them out yet."
An old voice came through, but even when Shi Xiaole used the Heaven and Earth Changing Great Method, he couldn’t determine the direction.
"Of course I will go, but first I have some things to wipe out."
Noticing that his opponent was not simple, but this was not a reason to back down. The Floating Light Demon Emperor had been through too much in life, and no one was qualified to scare him off. The will of a Void Origin Realm Martial Emperor could not be changed with just a few words.
In a wave of boundless aura that seemed to pierce the skies, the Floating Light Demon Emperor reached out for Shi Xiaole once again. His hand wasn’t large, but in Shi Xiaole’s eyes, it appeared boundless, like a heavenly pillar, unshakeable.
If he truly had to face this move, ten lives wouldn’t be enough.
"Sigh."
The ancient voice carried a hint of helplessness, as the sounds of the qin resonated strongly. The move that the Floating Light Demon Emperor believed to be powerful was instantly burst like a balloon, and its momentum unabated, continued to surge forward.
"Invincible Demon Body!"
His pupils contracted, and the Floating Light Demon Emperor’s body was enveloped in a layer of Vigorous Air that had congealed into bone-like armor scales. These scales, rotating in odd patterns, caused Shi Xiaole’s spiritual force, upon initial contact, to feel as if it had hit an iron plate, bringing a sharp pain to his head.
It should be known that Shi Xiaole’s spiritual force had long reached the level of the Void Origin Realm, yet it could not easily penetrate, indicating the power of this move by the Floating Light Demon Emperor.
"Get out here."
Tearing through the intangible qin music with his hands, the Floating Light Demon Emperor charged forward like a humanoid fierce beast, leaving cracks in the sky as easily as if it were made of tofu dregs.
Intermediate cracks!
Shi Xiaole took a deep breath.
Just with his own strength to create intermediate cracks, it meant that the Floating Light Demon Emperor was among the top in the Void Origin Realm, perhaps only slightly less formidable than the Ghost Emperor and the master of the Illusion Orchid Tower.
Back at the Thousand Darkness Poison Palace, it took both Fu Zongming and the Thousand Ghosts Poison Emperor combining their efforts to create such a scene.
While Shi Xiaole stood there in shock, the qin music crescendoed, with countless fine, transparent spikes attacking from afar, like thousands of arrows released at once, creating a shocking scene.
Hiss hiss hiss...
The seemingly indestructible Vigorous Air scales withstood the first wave of attacks, but by the second wave, they began to fracture, and by the third wave, they shattered completely.
"Pfft!"
Like a humanoid blood-colored firework, copious amounts of blood sprayed out from inside the Floating Light Demon Emperor.
His eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets in terror; this time, Shi Xiaole didn’t even bother to look, turning his head to run outside, disappearing instantly, leaving behind a trail of blood that was quickly smoothed over by the qin music.
"Why resist to the point of shedding blood before complying? What was the necessity?"
The Ninth Void Ghost King was scared to the point of nearly losing the strength to stand. Defeating the Floating Light Demon Emperor so easily was something not even the Ghost Emperor might manage, yet when did Rainbow State gain such a powerful figure?
"Young friend, would you care to come over for a chat?"
The musician spoke.
Glancing at the pale and blood-drained Ninth Void Ghost King, Shi Xiaole flew towards him.
If he truly wanted to kill the opponent, it wasn’t like he lacked the opportunity. Not to mention his killing techniques, even the Heart Thunder Sword would have been more than enough for the Ninth Void Ghost King to handle. However, Shi Xiaole had sensed the presence of the musician from early on, which is why he hadn’t used it.
Of course, when saying he sensed it, it was actually because the musician had deliberately let him know.
On the stone-like foot, a dusty old man with sunken eye sockets was gently playing the qin strings. When he saw Shi Xiaole, a flicker of imperceptible emotion flashed deep within his eyes.
"Young friend, why didn’t you leave just now? You have to know that you are not familiar with me, how could you be so sure that I could handle your enemy?"
The old man chuckled.
"I don’t wish to deceive you, senior, but I have an intuition that’s out of the ordinary," Shi Xiaole replied, bowing deeply.
To evade his perception, this old man’s spiritual force must be at least on the level of the master of the Illusion Orchid Tower. Was there any need to ask about his strength? After all, the Floating Light Demon Emperor couldn’t achieve it.
But this was something that couldn’t be spoken out loud.
Moreover, Shi Xiaole’s choice not to leave also stemmed from a more subtle form of helplessness. What if his refusal to go angered the opponent and prompted an attack against him?
