I Only Want to Lie Flat But Am Forced to Cultivate Immortality
Chapter 952 - 458_2
Xu Qing made his move, executing the Celestial Spirit Axe Technique layered to the thirty-third level. Ying Gou’s residual will seemed unprepared for such a fierce axe technique from the young man before him.
With strength against strength, it was as if the sound of thunder struck a great bell, suddenly reverberating through the air, visible ripples lifting the sand from the graves.
Xu Qing’s heart raced, thankful he had the Celestial Spirit Axe Technique at his side, otherwise, he feared he’d be bruised black and blue all over!
Lady Ba hadn’t anticipated the power of the bronze essence either, as a fire cloud suddenly swept in from afar after sensing the disturbance from deep within the tomb.
When the crimson clouds gathered, a woman in a phoenix crown and wedding robe stood barefoot on burning flames, with a look of worry and intense anger, in addition to her evil qi, present between her brows.
"Xu Xuan, you..."
Xu Qing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I’m fine, this thread of golden qi is controlled by the Corpse Evil, and possesses an unparalleled offensive power. The celestial lady still needs to be cautious."
Upon knowing Xu Qing was unharmed, Lady Ba’s eyes opened and closed, causing a red haze to blaze for miles around. Under a genuine burning fire cloud, woods ignited without wind, and the rocks and earth continuously cracked, all turning crimson.
The power of the Drought Fiend scorches hundreds of miles!
Xu Qing felt his forehead grow hot, as if a large furnace was constantly roasting him from behind. He turned around and saw Lady Ba emitting intense heat from her entire body, even capturing the light from the sun hanging in the sky.
All of Taodu Mountain seemed not to have two suns, but rather like a newly risen crimson sun swallowed up the old great sun, radiating unprecedented scorching rays.
Xu Qing wiped away the nonexistent sweat on his forehead; this wasn’t about warmth. Anyone who dared to sleep next to such a furnace would wake to find their bones scorched to cinders!
Ying Gou’s will, which was greedily eyeing Xu Qing’s flesh and wanted to seize it for its own use, was also stunned.
What does this mean? He came to find a substitute, but brought over those of the same path from the past?
Feeling the hostility and anger emanating from Lady Ba, Ying Gou was even more confused.
He and Lady Ba had never meddled in each other’s affairs. Though they weren’t friends, they shared a destiny as those of the same clan and path, and should not have become enemies.
Ying Gou uttered a confused mutter, but what responded was Lady Ba’s merciless strike.
"Slay!"
Lady Ba parted her red lips slightly, turning over her flame-patterned hand. An intensely hot crimson sun, with the temperature only a Golden Crow bathing in fire could have, fell straight down.
Fire overcomes metal, the ultimate principle of heaven and earth.
Ying Gou, full of bronze qi, was incredibly sharp, but when facing Lady Ba’s divine technique, it turned into a candle on the stove, instantly losing its sharpness.
Even the dense Corpse Evil, which would not dissipate, melted like snow in boiling soup, dispersing completely.
Knowing he was outmatched, Ying Gou wrapped himself in bronze qi and turned to flee back to the great tomb, but the necromancer’s land near at hand became a chasm he could never cross in his lifetime.
Lady Ba unleashed all her firepower, gathering the thousand-mile crimson flames into one place, turning heaven and earth into a furnace to refine the bronze essence containing Ying Gou’s immortal will.
Xu Qing watched the raging Corpse Evil and bronze qi in the furnace, feeling his mouth dry.
He thought he understood the depths of the Drought Fiend, but now realized how conservative his assumptions had been.
The Drought Fiend’s dao fruit, rooted in the celestial lady’s body, was far more powerful than his calculations had predicted.
If it weren’t for the ability of three transformations and only obtaining one transformation of the Drought Fiend’s dao fruit, he certainly couldn’t compare to Lady Ba.
This was an innate disadvantage not compensated for by treasures, but possessing three transformations, plus the boost from the bronze qi at hand, and harmonizing the central earth within the zombie body, he might reach a realm where the Five Elements individually cycle.
Wood breeds fire, the Fur Demon nourishes the Drought Fiend, the Drought Fiend feeds back to the central earth, thus an unending cycle. His innate disadvantage would eventually be fully compensated and reach a higher state of endlessness.
For the next six months, Xu Qing watched eagerly as Lady Ba stoked the furnace, like a child ravenously waiting to be fed, and Ying Gou’s essence was the feast about to be served.
However, just as Lady Ba was about to call Xu Qing to the table, a Karma Lotus suddenly descended from the sky.
Xu Qing reacted quickly, the moment the lotus tore through the void and revealed its true form, his Drythand Axe, clenched for half a year, was already raised and swung!
"Amitabha Buddha."
The Karma Lotus erupted in a multitude of incense and merit. Vowing to cross the hells in its entirety, Jizo Bodhisattva chanted the Buddha’s name, stepping out from the opposite direction of the red lotus flames.
Xu Qing sensed something amiss but was too late.
Jizo took advantage of Xu Qing’s momentary weakness and summoned the Nine-Ring Monk’s Staff stored for a long time.
Lady Ba tried to manipulate the divine technique of the earthly furnace and spare no effort to block Jizo.
But distracted as she was, Lady Ba ultimately failed to stop the long-prepared Jizo.
This time, Jizo not only overturned the furnace but took away all the food within it.
The Drought Fiend, filled with rage, ignored her exhaustion and reached for the Divine Sword in the coffin, tearing open the Yin River passage in pursuit.
Meanwhile, Xu Qing, just about to escape the clutches of the red lotus and pursue Dizang, suddenly witnessed the changing winds and clouds over Taodu Mountain as a black lotus platform quietly approached.
"Dizang?"
Xu Qing looked up, and when he saw the figure clad in a dark purple robe with countless resentful spirits swirling beside him on the black lotus platform, he immediately understood.
"You are not Dizang, you’re the Dharma Corpse he severed!"
The Dizang Dharma Corpse showed a surprised expression: "You do have some wisdom, but..."
The Dharma Corpse raised his palm, and the Moni Buddha Beads, infused with endless karmic power, instantly turned into a mountain, pressing down on Xu Qing.
Xu Qing looked at the Moni Mountain above him, feeling no fear but an uncontrollable killing intent instead.
Since encountering the nameless old woman, he hadn’t been this furious.
Destroying his livelihood, blocking his path, and dispatching the long-hidden Dharma Corpse to take his life in the Drought Fiend’s most vulnerable moment...
Any one of these actions would be enough to forge a deep enmity with Xu Qing, yet Dizang plotted such a big move over the course of half a year!
Xu Qing silently looked at the Moni Mountain, with an unknown terror brewing.
When the mountain fell, the Dharma Corpse standing on the lotus platform above showed a compassionate smile.
"Amitabha..."
However, before the chant was complete, Dizang was suddenly shocked.
The sand and stones beneath the Moni Mountain trembled, and soon after, faint cracking sounds emerged from the mountain.
The Dharma Corpse sensed something was wrong, and indeed, the next moment, several cracks appeared on the Moni Mountain, from which scarlet light mixed with a terrifying murderous aura burst forth!
The Dizang Dharma Corpse tried to recall the Moni Buddha Beads, but it was too late.
Manifesting the image of Lady Bao Sheng, Xu Qing channeled the power of countless blood lake incense, and the Celestial Spirit Axe, stacked thirty-three layers deep, shattered the defenses of the Moni Beads, with its residual force still carrying a destructive momentum toward the Dharma Corpse!
As the dust settled, Xu Qing, having transformed into the image of Lady Bao Sheng, no longer concealed his strength, displaying three heads and six arms, Celestial Spirit transformations, Fatian Xiangdi, cloning techniques, along with the barren Yin Country domain, Huang Tian forbidden law domain, illusory barriers, and the Phantom Formation...
"..."
The Dizang Dharma Corpse’s eyelids twitched.
If it weren’t for seeing all these forbidden techniques and divine powers executed solely by Xu Qing, he might have thought he had violated celestial law and sat on the Celestial Emperor’s throne.
The Dharma Corpse wanted to ask Xu Qing who he was, which sect he belonged to, and where he acquired so many divine powers and treasures, but Xu Qing didn’t want to give him any opportunity to speak.
Faced with Xu Qing’s incoming Celestial Spirit Axe and the pervasive detachment wind and Huang Tian wind, the Dharma Corpse showed a rare serious expression.
The Great Luo Sect Leader, though not as profound as the Drought Fiend in Tao practice, possessed limitless divine powers, capable of contending with him.
However...
Tao practice is always the foundation on which all divine powers rely. Without sufficient Tao practice to support it, no matter how powerful the divine power is, it can’t be executed many times.
The Dizang Dharma Corpse’s eyes flickered. As long as he could exhaust Xu Qing’s magical power, he could easily subdue him and might even obtain incredible rewards...
Yet, before Dizang could indulge in his dreams, the dual-faced Sect Leader in front of him had already swung the Celestial Spirit Axe Technique for the third time.
"Primordial Samadhi, Ten-wheeled Light!"
The Dharma Corpse wielded the nine-ringed monk staff, black lotus of karmic fire, and chanted in Sanskrit:
"Heaven is great, earth is great, law is great, your law is too small, destined not to defeat this humble monk."
Watching the Dharma Corpse’s sacrificial treasures, Xu Qing remained silent, lifting his arm to fully unleash the Divine Technique of General for the first time.
"Collect!"
With a single word, words and laws followed.
The treasures before and above the Dharma Corpse instantly dimmed, silently falling.
As they descended, they were captured by an invisible force, all landing in Xu Qing’s hands.
Around him, boundless true meaning of dry flames dispersed. The rushing wood and stone turned monstrous, the surging ground fire, instantly dried and solidified, losing all power.
The Drought Fiend looked at Xu Qing, declaring boldly, "Your Tao heart is commendable; the time is ripe! Quickly seize the true source, and I shall aid you in refining the Kui Ba True Fruit!