Chapter 872: One More Lash Brings Death

Chapter 872: One More Lash Brings Death

Blood-colored light filled the sky, turning everything crimson. The streak of red became like a scarlet curtain that covered all. The lands below were the same. They were like a hell of blood, with Xu Qing in control of it all.

The blood sphere seemed unstable, pulsing with terrifying energy that could eradicate anything and everything. The Firemoon cultivators who could see what was happening backed up, their hearts pounding. It almost felt like their own blood was about to be taken over.

Fan Shishuang’s pupils constricted. It was obvious that Xu Qing was in complete control. Whether it was breaking the fingers or taking control of the blood, Fan Shishuang could tell that... he wasn’t a match!

He hasn’t even used any of his main divine abilities....

Fan Shishuang sped up as he backed away.

Master Stillwinter, who was the focus of this situation, was visibly shaken as he hovered in midair. He knew his own divine abilities, and how threatening they were, and he could sense that the killing power of this blood sphere surpassed anything he had done up to this point. Heaven and earth was like a huge cage to him, and the all-encompassing red was something he simply couldn’t evade or withstand.

At that moment of deadly crisis, his years of fighting experience took over. Without any hesitation, he opened his mouth and exhaled sharply in the direction of the blood sphere. A stream of golden light shot out of his mouth. At the same time, he detonated his body, turning it into a host of blood clones that scattered in all directions.

The golden light rapidly turned so dazzling it was blinding. And in the middle of that light was a ring. It was made of golden bone, and though most of the flesh had been scraped off, there was a face on it.

That face’s eyes were full of terror as it moaned, “Milord, it’s me! Lil’ Fishy! We’re on the same side here.... Milord, I’ve missed you so much! It’s all the fault of that god-damned Master Stillwinter....”

The ring was the god’s finger from D-132, which Master Stillwinter had ultimately captured. Afterward, Master Stillwinter had used a brutal refinement technique to turn the finger into a ring. And now he was using it to block the blood sphere.

Maybe Xu Qing was thinking about old times, or maybe the finger’s words were actually effective. Either way, the blood sphere actually passed right through the ring without hurting īt at all.

In fact, the moment it happened, Master Stillwinter’s mark was completely removed from the ring. The god’s finger shivered from that near-death experience. As īt flew toward Xu Qing, īt was about to explain everything when Patriarch Golden Vajra Warrior suddenly appeared and blocked īts path.

“Halt!” the patriarch said coolly. This definitely was one of the highlights of his life. After all, being able to say ‘halt’ to a god was something that most spirit automatons would never have a chance to do.

The god’s finger, despite being very irritated, didn’t dare to cause trouble in a moment like this, and thus smiled ingratiatingly.

Xu Qing wasn’t paying attention to either of them or their emotional reactions. He was looking up into the sky.

Because of the distraction caused by the god’s finger, Master Stillwinter’s blood clones had scattered everywhere. Most were nearing the horizon, and though they hadn’t fully escaped the canopy of blood that covered everything, they were close. Every single one of the over 1,000 clones looked exactly like Master Stillwinter. And every single one had a very serious expression on its face. Eyes shining with mad killing intent, they glared at Xu Qing and all shouted the same thing.

“Sacrifice!”

“Sacrifice!”

“Sacrifice!”

As for Master Stillwinter, he obviously had no information that could have informed him about how the chain would react to the Ninedawns skulls. Xu Qing was still alive, but if you ride a tiger, it’s hard to get off, and therefore, the faces of all his blood clones grimaced viciously.

“Sacrifice!!”

This time, he was going to sacrifice his own life force.

Master Stillwinter’s body withered, and he went from looking young to elderly. In fact, half of him collapsed into ash. As the powerful life force entered the void, a second chain dropped down.

In the shortest of moments it swept toward Xu Qing in another devastating attack.

RUMBLE!

Xu Qing coughed up three mouthfuls of blood as his god state collapsed and his flesh was shredded, revealing bone beneath. His Ninedawns mage armor was largely ravaged and began falling off him. The wounds covering him made it clear that a third blow like this would kill him.

Holding nothing back, he fled. He also seemed to be ready to take a risk, as though he had a trump card to unleash.

As a result, the cautious Master Stillwinter didn’t dare to get too close to him. He gritted his teeth. He had paid a massive price to take the fight to this level, and therefore, he wasn’t going to give up until Xu Qing was dead, regardless of how negatively it affected him. He only had one life, and he didn’t want to risk losing it. However, life force and heavenly daos could always be replaced, as long as you survived.

Therefore, his eyes flashed with determination as he yet again said, “Sacrifice!”

This time he was sacrificing his cultivation base!

His Void Returning cultivation base burst out of him. All of the daos he had assimilated and all of the natural laws he had gained enlightenment of became like shooting stars that raced toward the ancient heavenly dao. After they were absorbed, a third chain appeared.

“Die!” screamed Master Stillwinter as the chain lashed toward Xu Qing.

Xu Qing had been injured and was in retreat. It truly looked like a third chain blow would kill him.

Master Stillwinter trembled in rage. He wasn’t sure how Xu Qing had survived up to this point... but he had some suspicions. As he pulled his clones back and used them to restore the lost portions of his body, he forced himself to get composed and then shot after the fleeing figure off in the distance.

The moment he did, the completely bedraggled Xu Qing looked up and frowned. Thanks to Master Stillwinter, he had now fused halfway with the Ninedawns state. If he could complete it, then he could truly enter the mage state. Yet his opponent had still not chosen to back down.

“Useless piece of trash.” Xu Qing’s eyes glittered coldly as his injuries healed up. Having fused halfway with the Ninedawns skulls, he was even more terrifying than before. He stepped toward Master Stillwinter. “Crushing you should be enough to finish the fusion process.”

Off in the distance, a host of emotions exploded within Master Stillwinter, and he suddenly coughed up a massive mouthful of blood.

1. This kunpeng heavenly dao appeared previously in chapter 819. ☜