In an instant.

In midair, blue light burst forth, and green shadows shuttled through, piercing through the ancient bronze coin sword technique’s attack and heading straight for the Hundred-Eyed Daoist.

The Hundred-Eyed Daoist saw Qin Ming effortlessly breaking through his methods and unleashing such terrifying power with his spiritual treasure, leaving him defenseless.

Having just engaged, he immediately began to regret it.

"Tier Four High-Grade Spiritual Treasure!!"

The Hundred-Eyed Daoist looked shocked as he summoned several defensive artifacts to block, but the power of Qin Ming’s Wood Emperor Nail was incomparable, effortlessly piercing the artifacts and leaving shocking bloody holes in his body.

He was lucky; if it had hit his head, he would be dead.

The Hundred-Eyed Daoist couldn’t have imagined that Qin Ming would strike so ruthlessly right from the start, and the densely packed green nails emitted a pure yang aura that severely restrained his demonic cultivation technique.

This greatly diminished the power of his demonic divine techniques.

Seeing things turn against him in an instant, the Hundred-Eyed Daoist spared no effort, tearing off his clothes to reveal the eyeballs covering his body.

As these sinister eyes opened, they emitted crimson demon light, momentarily halting the assault of the Wood Emperor Nail.

He then raised his hand, summoning a black sail. The eyeballs on his body instantly merged into the sail, transforming back into a powerful demonic spiritual treasure exuding formidable demonic qi.

"Thousand-Eyed Demon Soul Sail! Go!"

The Hundred-Eyed Daoist chanted incantations, a spell entered the black sail covered in eyeballs, and suddenly, dozens of powerful bloody demonic lights burst from these malignant eyes, breaking through the Wood Emperor Nail’s blockade and sweeping towards Qin Ming.

Wherever the evil eye’s demonic light reached, bizarre events occurred. Everything turned into a puddle of blood, as if utterly dissolved.

After unleashing this ultimate divine technique, the Hundred-Eyed Daoist looked at Qin Ming outside, confident that even a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator would retreat from it, not daring to face it directly.

But in the next moment, his expression became quite dramatic.

He saw that after the demonic light from the evil eyes hit Qin Ming, a layer of blood-colored armor like glass appeared on him. The strongest attack the Hundred-Eyed Daoist had poured his life into was taken by Qin Ming with ease, not even penetrating the outermost defense...

"What? Dharma-Defying Physique!"

The Hundred-Eyed Daoist realized why the Six Desires Demon Monarch had fallen into his hands, and why even the Celestial Hatred Demon Monarch was so wary of him.

This person not only possessed mana far above the same level, comparable to a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, but also wielded astonishing divine techniques, and controlled a complete set of Tier Four High-Grade spiritual treasures.

"Who would have thought it would be such an Evil Star." The Hundred-Eyed Daoist watched his proud Thousand Eyes Evil Light Divine Technique fail to cause even a ripple, and was already thinking of retreat.

But just then, the situation suddenly changed.

"Having witnessed your divine technique, it’s slightly underwhelming, isn’t it?"

"How about you try Qin’s divine technique too?"

As Qin Ming’s words fell, he made a grasping motion with his five fingers, and his Nascent Soul Dharma Power suddenly condensed, deploying the Wood Emperor Nail’s divine array.

Swish, swish, swish!

In an instant, eighty-one Wood Emperor Nails split into millions of green beams, resembling brilliant meteors cutting through the sky, forming countless threads to slice the enveloped space.

The horrifying power descended, causing innumerable demonic cultivators to change their colors.

"Ah!"

The Hundred-Eyed Daoist could only let out a miserable scream before being sliced into pieces by the terrifying green threads. A Nascent Soul, showing a terrified look, instantly teleported out of the azure array.

"Master Chunqiu, what are you waiting for?!"

The Hundred-Eyed Daoist’s Nascent Soul, weakened and furious, shouted while seeing the azure light following, scaring him to death.

Master Chunqiu, who had been hiding in the dark, never expected that the renowned Hundred-Eyed Daoist in the Blood Realm would be defeated and have his physical body destroyed by Qin Ming in less than one round.

This was completely beyond his expectations.

Who could have thought that a mid-stage Nascent Soul battle would be decided in the time it takes for a cup of tea?

He sighed, then acted without hesitation, beginning the curse-killing ritual of the Spring and Autumn Gu.

In the altar hidden in the demon ship’s secret room, a frail old man at the early stage of Nascent Soul sat in meditation.

Master Chunqiu approached and said in a calm and emotionless tone: "Third Elder, it’s time. Your contributions to our clan will be forever remembered in the clan records, praised by generations."

"The decaying wood is old! Clan Leader, let’s begin. As my lifespan nears its end, to burn my last light for the rise of our clan is my wish!" The frail old man faced death with utter serenity on his face.

Next.

Master Chunqiu didn’t dare delay further, fearing that if he was late, the Hundred-Eyed Daoist might hold out and leave first...

The next moment, he took out a black dagger, chanting under his breath, and cut open the five fingers of his left hand, causing blood to flow instantly...

Immediately, he chanted and used his lifebound essence blood to draw witch patterns in the air, starting the spell to summon the Spring and Autumn Time Gu.

Suddenly.

A Gu with an intensely cold aura suddenly appeared in the secret chamber, and the sacrificial ceremony below commenced as well, with innumerable life souls thrown onto the altar by Master Chunqiu.

The Nascent Soul elder sitting within the altar visibly withered at an observable speed, his hair and teeth gradually falling out, his vitality rapidly decaying to a pile of bones.

It seemed as though they were being devoured by some presence within the secret chamber, yet the Gu insect remained unseen throughout.

After completing the sacrificial spirit ceremony, Master Chunqiu uttered Qin Ming’s name and then pointed in his direction!

The Spring and Autumn Gu, having consumed the offerings, suddenly activated!

In the celestial vault.

Qin Ming was about to activate the Wood Emperor Nail Spiritual Treasure to completely nail the escaping Nascent Soul of the Hundred-Eyed Daoist!

However, at the next moment.

His eyelid twitched wildly, an inexplicable and deeply unsettling sensation arose within him.

Yet he didn’t know where it emanated from, even with his divine thought, he couldn’t locate the source.

But suddenly, Qin Ming caught sight of not far from him, a transparent and ethereal long-shaped Gu insect, hovering three feet away from him, appearing fearful to approach.

"Hmm? What creature is this? It can actually evade my divine thought detection?"

Qin Ming was momentarily stunned, he could sense the dangerous aura emanating from this very insect.

At the same time. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

In the secret chamber, the frenzied ritual by Master Chunqiu abruptly froze.

An incredulous expression appeared on his face as he exclaimed in disbelief:

"How...how is this possible? That the Spring and Autumn Gu would hesitate...how much longevity does this True Monarch Wangyue have after all?"

"No! Impossible! How could he still have over a thousand years of lifespan?"

Master Chunqiu gradually lost his composure, for this ritual, he had sacrificed the lifespan of the Third Elder of the Witchcraft and Gu Race, how could it all be in vain?

Moreover, most importantly, he was on the verge of suffering the backlash of the Demon Gu!

It was impossible to say that he wasn’t scared.

Master Chunqiu displayed a manic expression, biting through his tongue and spitting out a mouthful of lifebound essence blood onto the altar, "Great Gu King, I willingly sacrifice a hundred years of my lifespan, may you help me slay the powerful adversary!"

As he sacrificed a hundred years of his lifespan, an inexplicable echo resonated within the altar, seemingly responding to Master Chunqiu.

But after waiting for a while, the Spring and Autumn Gu still did not respond.

Master Chunqiu, not the first to use the Spring and Autumn Gu, realized immediately that there wasn’t enough remaining lifespan left to kill that True Monarch Wangyue.

"Damn it! How much life does this kid have left! After spending such a high cost, I still can’t curse him!"

Master Chunqiu felt his mind exploding, but faced with life-and-death stakes, he had no choice but to fight desperately again, this time directly extracting his Nascent Soul, using his mouth to spit out a wisp of essence into the altar.

Then he waved a large hand, extracting the life souls of the entire Demon Ship’s demonic cultivators, throwing them into the altar.

After completing all this, Master Chunqiu seemed to age hundreds of years in an instant... His hair turned white and fell out, his face withered, resembling an aging old man at the end of life.

"Sacrificing thousands of life souls at once, plus my three hundred years of lifespan, should be enough to curse and kill a cultivator with a two-thousand-five-hundred-year lifespan... unless he is a Venerable Divinity Transformation, otherwise..."

But before he could finish speaking, the pupils of Master Chunqiu dilated continuously, revealing extreme horror.

As the caster, he felt the backlash force of the Demon Gu surging abruptly upon him!

"No! Impossible!"

"Remaining lifespan exceeds three thousand years!"

"Power of Time backlash! How much lifespan does this person still have... I am unwilling..."