Chapter 415: Chapter 414: Righteous Mob, Miles of Destruction
When the Spirit Weapon Qingfeng and Linglong took on their respective Immortal Artifact, Kui An was taken aback.
Both items were Level Eight Immortal Artifacts.
What the hell?
The owner of two Level Eight Immortal Artifacts must be at least in the True Immortal Realm!
Not to mention the fact that he was incomplete at the moment, and the demonic long knife in his hand was only up to the standard of a Level Five Immortal Artifact.
The quality of the artifacts differed by three whole levels, his power was incomplete, and his major realm was being suppressed...
Cold sweat covered Kui An’s face.
Meanwhile.
Li Jing waved his hand.
"Get him."
Upon his command, the Spirit Weapon Qingfeng transformed into a sword, emitting a green light and aiming straight at Kui An’s face.
Kui An was slightly taken aback.
The Spirit Weapon made its move?
Wasn’t Li Jing going to fight himself?
Even if it is an Immortal Artifact, how much power does a Spirit Weapon itself have?
The power of the artifact depends on its user!
Before he could react, the light from Qingfeng’s sword struck him.
Without time to give it a second thought, Kui An hurriedly blocked it with his knife.
"Ding!"
With a crisp sound, the Flying Sword Blue Edge’s body clashed with the demonic blade in Kui An’s hand in the simplest and most brute way.
Quite decisive!
The demonic knife in Kui An’s hand broke into pieces.
What?
Confused, Kui An thought.
A Level Eight Immortal Artifact against a Level Five, in a direct clash.
If Li Jing were personally using the sword, this outcome would not be surprising.
But the question is...
Why does a Spirit Weapon, which is clearly wielding the sword, have such power?
The Spirit Weapon Qingfeng, with a calm look, countered with another sword strike.
When his demonic knife, which shared a part of his existence, shattered, Kui An felt a sweet sensation in his throat but his reaction was not slow at all.
A Sky Demon is, after all, a Sky Demon.
The Outer Realm Sky is filled with slaughter.
Even as Sky Demons, survival is not easy.
Seeing the Spirit Weapon Qingfeng’s sword strike aimed straight at his neck, Kui An dodged this lethal hit by falling back dangerously.
Just as he was about to counterattack, a childish reprimand rang in his ears out of nowhere.
"Whack!"
A small leg kicked him in the back.
With it came an enormous force.
For a moment, Kui An felt as if he had been struck in the back by an immovable mountain, he blacked out and was blasted away as if he had been hit by a cannonball.
What was going on?
Kui An was puzzled.
The one who had just attacked him was Linglong.
So.
How could Linglong, as a Spirit Weapon, kick him into the air with her foot...
Bear in mind!
Linglong is wielding the Immortal Artifact, but she used her foot for the attack!
This is insane!
The essence of Spirit Weapons is that they are non-physical entities that exist between reality and illusion, thus they should not possess any power – their power lies only in the Artifact.
The only thing they can interact with should be their respective Artifacts.
Linglong kicking him into the air proves that she is, without a doubt, a physical entity.
Why can a Spirit Weapon have a physical entity?
What puzzled Kui An even more was
Having taken that kick, he clearly felt the power of the Ascending Immortal Realm.
Why can a Spirit Weapon have Cultivation!?
Kui An was full of doubts.
Simply put, Sky Demons’ understanding of things is relatively poor compared to that of human cultivators, whose understanding grows with their realm.
Therefore, when they first saw Linglong and Qingfeng, he couldn’t see that both had physical entities and were each in the late stage of the Eighth Realm.
But now, he understood.
Despite his surprise, Kui An, who had experienced countless life and death situations in the Outer Realm Sky, did not panic. In fact, he was slightly irritated.
Li Jing’s two Immortal Artifacts were indeed special.
But with just these two Spirit Weapons, there was no way he could be defeated.
He was not only on the verge of the Ninth Realm but was also a Sky Demon.
The Sky Demon race can be intangible or tangible.
When intangible, they can immune physical attacks, and when tangible, their unrivaled physical strength can rival that of Beast Cultivation.
Two Spirit Weapons possessing the power of the Eighth Realm couldn’t pose much of a threat to him, even if they were wielding Level Eight Immortal Artifacts.
Was Li Jing underestimating him?
Luckily, if he were the one wielding the Immortal Artifacts, he would definitely be defeated in seconds!
Wait a second!
Could it be that Li Jing is unsure of defeating him and is preparing a certain lethal method!?
Upon this thought, Kui An’s body stiffened.
No!
He cannot let him succeed!
With a cold snort, he stopped in mid-air, and with his body filled with Demon Qi, he turned around and threw a punch.
Linglong was right behind him, ready to crack his skull open with a strike with the Artifact in her hand, but had to change her course when she saw Kui An’s move.
Although Linglong is quite special as Li Jing’s second origin and as a Spirit Weapon, even if she got hit, it wouldn’t affect her much. But as a girl, how could she let someone attack her so easily?
"Boom!"
There was a huge noise.
Linglong retreated with the tower, while Kui An’s fist fractured, but he remained still.
Using merely flesh to challenge a Level Eight Immortal Artifact was indeed somewhat difficult.
However, in terms of power, he firmly suppressed Linglong by virtue of his major realm advantage.
As Linglong was just repelled, Qingfeng, wielding his sword, took over, still directly aiming for the area in front of Kuan.
Facing the Flying Sword Blue Edge, Kuan did not dare to confront it directly.
Linglong and Qingfeng, these two immortal items, possessed different properties after all.
One was a heavy object, and the other was a sharp weapon.
Moreover, the Flying Sword Blue Edge was known for its extremely sharp wind attribute.
Kuan was not foolish enough to think about direct confrontation with the Flying Sword Blue Edge...
Decisively sidestepping, barely managing to avoid the attack of Spirit Weapon Qingfeng, Kuan moved without hesitation, pouncing towards Li Jing.
At this moment, Li Jing was not prepared as Kuan had assumed.
He had been watching the collision of Linglong, Qingfeng, and Kuan.
This descended incomplete Sky Demon seemed very threatening, but in reality, it was just that.
It could even be said...
It was very weak.
If he were a complete descendent, then it would be a different story.
But now, this Sky Demon is so weak that he doesn’t need to use the Forbidden Skill to deal with it.
Seeing Kuan pounce at him, Li Jing’s eyes under the mask squinted, he reached out and gripped the Unnamed Taoist Tool in both hands in readiness.
???
Kuan.
Although Sky Demons have relatively weak cognitive abilities, their basic cognition is very sound.
In just one glance, he discerned that the club Li Jing pulled out, which blatantly displayed brutality on its body, was a damaged Taoist tool...
Damn!
How does this son of a gun have a Taoist tool!?
Barely having time to contemplate this, Kuan who had rushed towards Li Jing with resolute fervor, entered the striking range of Unnamed Taoist Tool, which was promptly wielded by the skilled hand with the power of Sky Thunder’s spiritual power.
In the past, Li Jing wouldn’t have been able to pick up the heavy Unnamed Taoist Tool without falling into God’s Hidden Truth state.
Now, things have changed.
Having stepped into the Eighth Realm, backed by his exceptional physical strength, he can now wield the Unnamed Taoist Tool with ease.
Not only this.
Without the limitation of being unable to use magical skills without God’s Hidden Truth, he can infuse spiritual power into Unnamed Taoist Tool to increase its striking power.
Moreover, the changes in his spiritual power carry the force of Sky Tribulation, making Unnamed Taoist Tool more than just a physical-level hitter, being supplemented with the powerful "effect" of Sky Tribulation.
"Bang!"
A loud noise rang out.
Kuan, before managing to groan, was sent flying backward at a speed faster than when he initially rushed forward, his majestic demonic body shattered inch by inch, while the power of Sky Tribulation rampaged internally.
All that was still not the end.
After swinging his tool, Li Jing immediately followed up with a palm strike.
"Boom."
Palm Thunder, Yang Thunder version.
The sturdy Yang Thunder caught up and instantly engulfed Kuan.
Sky Demons are not purely Yin elements, but they are still somewhat restrained when facing the extremely yang-orientated and rigid Yang Thunder.
In this attack.
What Li Jing employed was not merely Yang Thunder, but also the rules of Thunder Punishment.
Kuan, already severely wounded, experienced a sudden deterioration in his condition.
After eating both hits, he finally realized.
Li Jing was neither in the True Immortal Realm nor the Crucible Realm, but just a tiny Ascending Immortal.
However, this realization came too late.
Kuan, who had been hit consecutively, had no chance to launch a forceful resistance. Linglong, from a distance like a volley, caught her tower-like body and flung him rushing back at high speed.
At the same moment, Spirit Weapon Qingfeng appeared on the trajectory Kuan was about to cross, waving his sword and slashing down.
"Spurt!"
Kuan’s shattered demonic body was instantly split in half, as if cutting through tofu.
This was still not the end.
On the other side, Li Jing, wielding Unnamed Taoist Tool, swung again, finishing the "catch."
"Bang!"
Kuan’s split demonic body was instantly shattered.
"Essence Source +165824."
Li Jing’s prompt popped up in front of him.
Under the righteous beating of him and the two spirit weapons, the Sky Demon Kuan met a peaceful end.
"Level Increase, 178. Spiritual Power Intensity +356, Skill Points +2."
"Level Increase, 179. Spiritual Power Intensity +358, Skill Points +2."
Two consecutive level-up prompts popped up, making Li Jing feel very comfortable.
Kuan died, and the layered space temporarily created immediately displayed instability.
Without hesitation, Li Jing took away the Unnamed Taoist Tool, called back Linglong and Qingfeng, and tore through space to leave.
Returning to the Heavenly Saint Land, a purgatory-like scene immediately came into his view.
The mid-end defense line against the Beast tide, unbeknownst to him, had completely collapsed and was in disorder.
Bodies were scattered everywhere.
There were Da Xia people and Modern people.
Seeing this scene, Li Jing frowned.
This journey met with many deaths, he had anticipated.
So...
Where have all the Ghostly Evil Beasts gone?
At the moment, except for the devastation around him, there was nothing else in his eyes.
Living people, none.
Ghostly Evil Beasts, none either.
Damn it!
What’s going on?
Even if the defensive line was destroyed from the inside like a thousand-li dike destroyed by an ant nest and couldn’t organize a strong resistance, there shouldn’t be not even a single Ghostly Evil Beast in front of his eyes!
He hadn’t spent that much time killing Kuan...
In his astonishment, he noticed that the bloodstains all over the ground had completely dried up.
Why is the blood dry!?
In his bewilderment, he noticed that the sky, which should have been in the afternoon, had dimmed unknowingly and it was already close to midnight.
Could it be that the layered space he entered affected time?
No!
No way.
It was still light when I just killed Gui An!
Did Gui An use some means before he died?
Spitting out a deep breath of turbid air, Li Jing landed on the ground and picked up a handful of blood-stained dirt.
The blood stains, indeed dry.
The corpses around, faintly stinking.
From this, it can be inferred.
During his entry into the layer space, time had indeed elapsed in the outside world; judging from the sky, he must have missed about seven or eight hours.
Damn!
Got fooled.
If I had known this earlier, I would have harvested Ghostly Evil Beasts first and then deal with Gui An.
This round, was a loss.
What makes him unhappy is.
Gui An used a method that affects time before he died clearly does not want him to interfere with the rampage of the Ghostly Evil Beasts.
From this, Li Jing also deduced.
Gui An did not really die.
He just lost the strength that came...
In the Outer Realm Sky, he is still alive.
He needs to recycle more nutrients to recover the lost strength.
Troublesome.
I thought that the arrival of Gui An could solve this ringleader, and there would be no future troubles.
It seems now that the matter is not over yet.
But the remainder, should have nothing to do with me.
He would be happy to see Gui An recover his strength and bounce back, coming to give experience.
However, the other party has suffered a loss in his hands and probably won’t come to the Heavenly Saint Land again in a short time.
Shaking his head, Li Jing put away his thoughts and headed east along the defensive line like a startling thunder.
Reached level 179.
He is only one step away from the Ninth Realm.
Need to find a way to level up again.
Ordinary Ghostly Evil Beasts, he is not interested in.
But Shi Miaoying, he is very concerned about...
He missed about seven or eight hours, now he can only try his luck.
All the way to the east, Li Jing becomes more and more shocked.
On the defensive line, there are nothing but corpses, too many to count.
The Da Xia people who participated in the Beast Tide seemed to have died as many as they came, and there were bodies of Da Xia soldiers and sect disciples everywhere.
There are also many bodies left by the Present World People.
Countless An array of high-tech equipment and defensive offensive methods from the present world were thrown on the defensive line, and no one recycled them.
After a long distance, Li Jing folded in the air and chose to go to the hinterland of Da Xia.
It makes no sense to go on.
During his absence, the defensive line obviously collapsed.
Not long after, Li Jing came to a city in the air and silently looked down.
This city, which is closer to the defensive line, has become a completely dead city.
Bodies everywhere, not even a single sign of life.
Whether it’s ordinary people or Da Xia people who practiced the Sky Demon Great Method, they all died.
Although I don’t know what exactly happened, it looks like that the means Shi Miaoying used to call Gui An has wiped out most of the Da Xia people who participated in the Beast Tide.
Otherwise, the nearby city would not have been so tragic.
With a sigh, Li Jing dropped a pile of Fire Thunders in the air, lighting up the entire dead city.
He is not a saint who easily pities the world.
But the incident, somewhat related to him.
The dead are gone, these bodies cannot be exposed at will.
Continuing on his way, Li Jing passed by many cities along the way.
Without exception, these cities have all become dead zones.
This sin, is somewhat huge.
Li Jing does not regret it.
The cause of Da Xia has long been planted.
Fruit, will come sooner or later.
What he is most worried about now is.
The Ghostly Evil Beasts came too fiercely, causing the entire Da Xia to be completely wiped out.
Fortunately, things did not develop as bad as imagined.
After passing through more than ten dead cities, Li Jing saw a city with modern defensive structures from a distance, and a group of explorers from the present world were resting on the city wall with their faces tired.
There were blond-haired and blue-eyed Westerners, as well as black-haired and black-eyed Easterners.
In the mountains and forests outside the city, there were a large number of Netherstones scattered.
Seeing this scene, Li Jing activated the Silent Shadow, and quietly landed on the city.
Looking around, he saw many explorers from Longyu, as well as many from the Northern Major League, and a small number from the Western camp.
Looking into the city again.
There were many Da Xia people walking in the streets, a small part of them had health bars on their heads.
Every person’s face, was filled with fatigue after a tough fight and fear.
From this, it is not difficult to draw a conclusion.
The notice he sent ahead of time had some effect, at least Longyu and the Northern Major League retreated relatively in time.
And more than that.
After they evacuated the defensive line, they successfully built a new defensive line in the rear, resisting the invasion of the Ghostly Evil Beasts.
With a light exhale, Li Jing casually found a Longyu person in a Management Bureau uniform and revealed himself next to him.
The Management Bureau member was half-asleep at the moment.
He was very vigilant.
Li Jing suddenly appeared, and he was aware of it the first time, swinging his hand to draw out his Spirit Weapon.
When he raised his eyes and saw it was a young man with a handsome and gentle appearance, he frowned and relaxed a bit.
"You..."
Before he could speak, Li Jing took out his Management Bureau ID and opened it.
"Jianghai Management Bureau Heavenly King Group action staff, Li Jing."
Upon hearing his self-introduction, the Management Bureau member was slightly startled, hurriedly stood up, saluted, and said "Yes, sir!"
"Subordinate Jiang Wei, greeting the officer."
This salute immediately attracted the attention of other nearby resting exploration team members. One after another, their gazes were cast in his direction, but they couldn’t see Li Jing’s figure.
Li Jing hadn’t completely dispelled the Silent Shadow, rather, only selectively dispelled it for Jiang Wei.
In their eyes, there was no one else by Jiang Wei’s side as he offered his salute to the air, appearing as if he had lost his mind.
Several members of the Longyu exploration team, upon seeing this, stood up respectively.
When a colleague’s mental state is in trouble, they naturally feel concerned.
Noticing that, Li Jing cast a spiritual spell, hinting people into a deep sleep.
Seeing all the exploration teams, whether from their own faction or others, fall asleep, Jiang Wei was astonished, then promptly realized someone was at work.
"Officer, what are you..."
"Nothing to worry about, I will stay here temporarily. If the Ghostly Evil Beasts come again, I can fend them by myself, better for them to rest and recuperate."
As Li Jing spoke, he casually took out a bottle filled with Spirit Spring and handed it over.
"This is Spirit Spring Water, it has a good healing effect, you take a few sips to recover."
Jiang Wei was not a member of the Jianghai, but he was one of the first exploration team members to enter the Heavenly Saint Land.
He had heard of Li Jing’s reputation.
As a member of the first group of 300,000 people who entered the Heavenly Saint Land, he fundamentally followed under Li Jing’s Heavenly King Group.
Those who were not members of the Heavenly King Group were able to make it because of Li Jing.
Li Jing’s extraordinary abilities were not completely unknown to him.
Seeing that Li Jing offered to stay and help with the defense, and also gave him the Spirit Spring Water, Jiang Wei gratefully accepted the water bottle.
"Thank you, officer."
After expressing his gratitude, he drank a few sips.
Nourished by the Spirit Spring Water, his energy and spirit improved dramatically, no longer languishing.
Amazed by the quality of the Spirit Spring Water in his hands, he carefully screwed the cap back on and planned to return it.
Upon seeing this, Li Jing waved his hand.
"Keep the bottle."
Having said this, he looked around and continued.
"I have been on the frontline defending against the Beast Tide, however, due to some mishaps, I missed out a lot. Can you tell me what exactly happened?"
Upon hearing the inquiry, Jiang Wei reluctantly kept the Spirit Spring Water and opened his mouth to speak.
"I’m not exactly sure what happened on the frontlines. Our team suddenly received an evacuation order, all exploration team members from the same faction retreated. We were originally planning to set up defenses in nearby cities to observe, but never got a chance; a massive wave of Ghostly Evil Beasts invaded."
"Initially, the commander planned to evacuate with as many local residents as possible. Unfortunately, the attack of the Ghostly Evil Beasts was too fierce, and it was strange that the Da Xia cultivators turned into Ghostly Evil Beasts immediately after they were killed, attacking everything around them. Unavoidably, we had to abandon the idea of evacuating with the Da Xia people, our team hastily moved and set up a defense line."
"The rest is as you see. After successfully setting up the defense line, we barely managed to hold off the invasion of the Ghostly Evil Beasts in this city, this is also because we knew in advance that the Ghostly Evil Beasts are Yin creatures and were prepared, otherwise it wouldn’t have been so easy to withstand."
He sighed in frustration after pointing out the three issues.
"Longyu and Northern Major League received the evacuation order in advance, and the personnel losses could be considered acceptable. The Western camp and other Eastern camps have suffered. It’s estimated that at least one million people were lost, some of whom turned into Alien Species due to the influence."
Hearing his narration, Li Jing nodded silently, then continued to ask.
"Apart from this place, are there more fortifications established by Longyu and the Northern Major League?"
"Of course."
Jiang Wei responded, saying,
"The personnel are dispersed over a total of twenty-seven cities, forming a defense line in combination with other surviving exploration team members. Messages have been sent from other locations earlier, they generally were successful in fending off the Ghostly Evil Beasts’ invasion."
Before Li Jing could respond, he continued.
"Despite our defenses, some escaped beasts from the Beast Tide got through and reached Da Xia’s territory. However, there is not much problem. Before evacuating, we’ve sent messages to the remaining personnel back in our territory, they organized a sweep team to eliminate the dangers. Now, the biggest issue is that the Da Xia territory is in ruins, the army is nearly completely destroyed, and the Emperor of Da Xia, Xia Zhengyang, is dead."
?
Li Jing.
Did Xia Zhengyang die?
This Emperor didn’t instigate a personal expedition, he was just staying in the imperial city.
How could he suddenly die?
He frowned slightly, Li Jing spoke.
"Do you know how Xia Zhengyang died?"
"I don’t know the details."
Jiang Wei shook his head.
"The news only came from the rear, without specifying the details. But I heard that the imperial city was attacked by a powerful ghostly evil beast, many people died. The imperial city is now in chaos, Da Xia lost its leader and it seems that demons, monsters, ghosts, and beasts are all emerging, all wanting to claim the throne."
"..."
Li Jing remained silent.
A powerful ghastly evil beast attacked the imperial city...
Naturally, he thought of Shi Miaoying.
It was Shi Miaoying who had the ability to kill Xia Zhengyang, who had the cultivation level of the eighth realm and was protected by Eunuch Wang.
This woman...
Why did she want to kill the Emperor?
Wasn’t Da Xia chaotic enough already?
Baffled, Li Jing shook his head.
"I roughly know the situation now, you can rest too, I will stay here until tomorrow morning."
Having said that, he gave Jiang Wei a spell from the Spirit God that put him into deep sleep.
Supporting Jiang Wei’s limp body, letting him lie on the ground, Li Jing released a heavy sigh, looking towards the south where the Da Xia Imperial City was.
From the current point of view, he thought that there was no chance for him to upgrade his powers.
The beast tide was successfully resisted, there would be no stragglers left over.
Shi Miaoying went to the Imperial City to kill, may not survived.
Remember.
The imperial city now has Shi Miaoxue in it.
Although that woman has not yet entered the ninth realm, she is following the Orthodox Immortality Path instead of the Sky Demon Great Method, she must have some skills.
Under normal circumstances, Shi Miaoying is not her opponent.
Although, after transforming into the ghostly evil beast, her cultivation reached the ninth realm and she mastered the spatial rule, but she has the weakness of fear of the Yang force.
Considering that the two originated from the same school, Shi Miaoxue also mastered the Reverse Space, and even understood it deeper compared to the Shi Miaoying who originally had no connection with the Immortal Path.
The two clash, Shi Miaoxue’s chances of winning are bigger.
Let’s just wait patiently here...
It’s not necessarily any experience to go to the Imperial City anyway, but it might get involved in the chaos of the struggle for the throne.
Xia Qianqian is considered his cheap apprentice in some sense.
Thinking of the queen, this might be her best opportunity.
But this kind of thing, Li Jing had no interest in participating.
Although the issue of who will be the emperor of Da Xia has arisen and many forces of the present world will surely interfere, Longyu has always been uninvolved and non-committal in this aspect.
As a person from Longyu, he naturally has to stand firmly on his own ground.
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