Chapter 365: Chapter 312: Uprooting the Strongholds, Destroying the Divine Teachings, Slaying the Moon Worship Sect Leader (2)

And so, every time a battle was about to begin, the Moon Worship Divine Sect’s plans would be leaked to the Moon Worship Divine Country beforehand. Defeat was inevitable.

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye.

「Three months later.」

The Moon Worship Divine Sect was utterly crushed. In just three months, all of its major churches and strongholds across the Twelve States were completely uprooted.

「This day.」

「Nightfall.」

「Moon Worship Divine Sect Headquarters.」

"Xin, Wang, Love."

The Moon Worship Sect Leader stood with his hands behind his back, his expression grave. He spoke in a low voice, "I’m entrusting the headquarters to the three of you. I must leave to seek reinforcements."

"You only need to hold out for three days. After three days, I will definitely return with help."

"Yes."

"As you command."

Vice Sect Master Xin and Vice Sect Master Wang nodded in agreement.

"Please rest assured, Sect Leader. Even if it costs us our lives, we will defend the headquarters. We will never let the Court’s forces break in."

Xu Qing declared righteously.

"Good, good, good."

The Moon Worship Sect Leader nodded in satisfaction.

SWISH!

The next moment, the Moon Worship Sect Leader’s figure vanished into thin air. He departed swiftly, and in the blink of an eye, he had already left the Moon Worship Divine Sect headquarters, escaping with the Angel Sculpture.

Xu Qing watched the Moon Worship Sect Leader leave, his expression calm and unruffled.

「Half an hour later.」

BUZZ!

With a single step, Xu Qing also departed from the Moon Worship Divine Sect headquarters.

"Love Vice Sect Master..."

Vice Sect Master Xin and Vice Sect Master Wang noticed Xu Qing’s departure. They were stunned for a moment and exchanged a glance. They wanted to call out to him, but he was already gone.

"Kill!"

"The Moon Worship Divine Sect headquarters is here!"

"Charge!"

"..."

Just then, the Court’s grand army arrived to attack.

"Prepare for battle!"

"..."

Vice Sect Master Xin and Vice Sect Master Wang could only rush to meet the enemy, with no time to worry about Xu Qing.

「The scene changes.」

BUZZ! BUZZ!

Xu Qing’s figure tore through the air, practicing Sword Flight at incredible speed. Although the Moon Worship Sect Leader had a half-hour head start, Xu Qing tracked the faint aura he left behind. After an hour, he found the Moon Worship Sect Leader in the Lonyue Mountain Range.

「Lonyue Mountain Range.」

「Deep within a dense forest.」

There was a massive basin.

In the very center of the basin, the Moon Worship Sect Leader had erected an altar. And at the center of this altar sat a sculpture of moderate size, depicting a Twelve-winged Angel.

It was the Angel Sculpture.

THUD!

The Moon Worship Sect Leader knelt on the ground, muttering some scripture. Various Law Marks appeared around his body as he prayed to the Angel Sculpture.

"Moon Worship Sect Leader."

BUZZ!

With a single step, Xu Qing appeared behind the Moon Worship Sect Leader.

"Who is it?!"

The Moon Worship Sect Leader had actually detected Xu Qing the moment he appeared. He scrambled to his feet, spun around, and saw him.

"...It’s you!"

The Moon Worship Sect Leader froze. He stood rooted to the spot, staring at the newcomer. It was beyond his imagination, beyond all his expectations. He never would have thought it would be the Love Vice Sect Master, whom he had trusted all this time.

"It is indeed me."

Xu Qing smiled.

"You... Why did you betray me? Betray the Moon Worship Divine Sect?"

The Moon Worship Sect Leader roared in fury.

"The reason is simple. I’m a human being, with human decency. I could no longer stand by and watch the heinous acts committed by the Moon Worship Divine Sect, which have outraged both gods and men."

Xu Qing shrugged.

"You..."

The Moon Worship Sect Leader took a deep breath.

"Enough."

Xu Qing’s expression turned serious. He said in a low voice, "It’s time for the Sect Leader to meet his end."

"In your dreams!"

BOOM!

The Moon Worship Sect Leader let out a furious roar as a terrifying aura erupted from him. Law Marks shot into the sky, coalescing into a pitch-black moon shaped like a scythe, which then flew rapidly toward Xu Qing.

CLANG!

A sword rang out.

Wielding the Level 10 Celestial Law Sword, Xu Qing fully unleashed his power at the Minor Achievement in Perfect Law Realm. With a single thought, he executed a powerful Sword Dao Divine Technique.

SQUELCH!

Blood splattered.

Xu Qing’s sword descended. The terrifying Sword Aura seemed to tear through space-time itself, shattering the Moon Worship Sect Leader’s black crescent scythe. The aftershock of the strike went on to slice off the Sect Leader’s head.

BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!

At this moment, item after item appeared around Xu Qing. Each one radiated an extremely terrifying aura, and every single one had reached Level 60.

Eight items in total.

They represented eight different paths: Dao, Buddha, Immortal, Martial, Confucianism, Demon, Devil, and Deceit. The items for each path had been upgraded from the First Realm, Level 1.

Now, they had all been upgraded to Level 60.

Of course, to upgrade these items, Xu Qing had intentionally consumed more Stones of Law, purchased a large amount of materials, and refined ninety-nine Perfect Daoist Soldiers.

Each Perfect Daoist Soldier had reached the Fourth Realm, the Body Law Realm, and was comparable to a being who had condensed a Law Body.

Eight Level 60 items.

Eight different paths.

Overlapping with one another.

They naturally once again formed a Sixteen-layered Law Domain.

With the boost from the Sixteen-layered Law Domain, plus the Mighty Power of the Level 10 Celestial Law Sword and the strength of the Three Thousand Swords of Shushan, a blood-curdling scream rang out.

"No!!!"

Xu Qing’s single sword strike had, with unstoppable force, crushed the Moon Worship Sect Leader’s Divine Technique and then lopped off his head.

One strike.

Just one strike.

The Moon Worship Sect Leader of the Moon Worship Divine Sect, whose Cultivation and Realm had reached Perfect Law Realm Perfection, was beheaded by Xu Qing in a single blow.

Annihilated in a single strike.

He had fallen completely.

THUD! 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

The headless corpse collapsed to the ground.

"Haaa..."

Staring at the corpse on the ground, Xu Qing took a deep breath. ’I’m finally getting closer.’

Additionally, the eight Level 60 items and pieces of equipment from the different paths in Xu Qing’s possession were: the Level 60 Dao Bell, the Level 60 Buddha Beads, the Level 60 Duster, the Level 60 Wooden Man Stake, the Level 60 Ruler, the Level 60 Demon Order, the Level 60 Demon Bell, and the Level 60 Deceit Mirror.

Furthermore, before these eight items from different paths were upgraded, back when they were only Level 1, although they were First Realm items and equipment, they had all reached the ’unique’ tier.

Therefore, after these items and pieces of equipment were raised to Level 60, they were capable of unleashing extremely terrifying Mighty Power. The resulting Sixteen-layered Law Domain was exceptionally powerful, even stronger than the one formed by his previous items, like the Serenity Dao Bell.

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

Suddenly, Xu Qing heard a sound like a beating heart. It was extremely loud, so much so that his own heart began to beat in sync with it.

’Not good!’

BOOM!

Startled, Xu Qing gave a soft cry. His Law Domain spread out once more, quickly isolating him from the strange fluctuation, and his heartbeat returned to normal.

Just as he expected.

Xu Qing looked forward.

At that very moment, following the death of the Moon Worship Sect Leader, the Angel Sculpture on the altar suddenly opened its eyes. They were scarlet red, and tears of blood streamed from them.

It appeared to be in immense pain.

HISS...

Instantly, Xu Qing’s scalp tingled. He felt as if an invisible force had suddenly gripped his heart, threatening to crush it.

A heart-wrenching, agonizing feeling.

Xu Qing’s breathing became ragged.

At this critical moment,

SWISH!

Xu Qing quickly retrieved a golden Magic Sword from his Shushan Outer Disciple Identity Token. This golden Magic Sword was, in fact, the mission item for his current task.

For example, when Xu Qing previously went to the Ice Moon Dynasty to complete the mission of rebuilding the Dynasty, he had a corresponding mission item: the True Destiny Celestial Emperor’s Guide Needle.

It was with the help of the True Destiny Celestial Emperor’s Guide Needle that Xu Qing found the True Destiny Emperor, Ji Ruming, and completed the mission of rebuilding the Dynasty.

This time, Xu Qing had accepted an annihilation mission. The objective was to destroy the Moon Worship Divine Sect, find the Angel Sculpture, and obliterate it. The mission item he received was this ’Destruction Magic Sword’.

The purpose of this Destruction Magic Sword was precisely to destroy the Angel Sculpture.

"Go!"

CLANG!

Without the slightest hesitation,

Xu Qing unleashed the golden Magic Sword in his hand.