The Heavens: A Qing, the Yue Girl at the beginning

To make matters worse, while the dark clouds, rain and fog were interfering with the divine perception, another real killing move emerged from the ground - a giant bronze axe with a dragon shadow wrapped around it broke out of the ground, and ancient blood-red runes glowed. The unstoppable axe light suddenly rose from under Zhao Qing's feet and almost cut her in two!
At the same time, Zhao Qing knew that he was at the brink of life and death, and he no longer held back. His figure suddenly blurred, and the next moment he appeared a hundred feet away. Two balls of soft light rotating in completely opposite directions burst out from his palms, attracted each other and merged together, and the whole world fell into darkness!

Positive and negative Qi are annihilated!

This is one of her last trump cards. Although the principle is unclear, after many tests, it is found that when the sub-light-speed spinning Qi gas masses collide in opposite directions, a special string will always be generated.

A thin black line suddenly pierced through the earth, swallowing up all the light like a chaotic hole.

It paradoxically possesses the dual characteristics of lightness and heaviness. The main body is still spinning in the air, but the ground crossed by the lines seems to have been hit by a billion-pound object and immediately collapsed hundreds of feet.

The terrifying force swept through, and the rock layers cracked like tofu. The phantom of the mandala was blown away on the spot, and cracks appeared on the gem on the top of the staff. The attacker who was lying in ambush underground had nearly half of his body shattered in an instant, suffering unprecedented damage.

He struggled to leap out of the crack where the shock wave roared, his breath was dying, and the blood-red runes on the axe blade were dim. He had just barely escaped from danger when he completely collapsed, almost disabled.

It is impossible to tell that he was once a master of the middle level of the seventh realm, and wielded the magical weapon "Wen Tian Yue".

Then, the other two hidden masters also revealed themselves:
A man stood empty-handed, but surrounded by nine flags of different colors, each emitting a frightening wave;
A man who looked like a dwarf was carrying a two-meter-long black and gold coffin with a worm-like symbol engraved on the lid.

It had been predicted that Heba Xuan Gao's spellcasting could not be maneuvered quickly, because the "Mandala Pure Land" was difficult to move at will, and the attack pre-swings of the other two characters were also relatively long. Zhao Qing did not hesitate to turn into a stream of light and flew towards the direction of Rehai. Before ripples appeared, he had already dived underwater!

"Chase!" Heba Xuan shouted coldly, but did not move immediately. Instead, he lowered his head to look at the blue-black symbol on the palm of his hand - in the previous confrontation, the force he had to endure instantly exceeded the limit of resonance transfer, and his true energy and spiritual thoughts backfired. It was difficult for him to attack with all his strength again in a short period of time, and he needed to take medicine to regulate his breathing.

Two seventh realm masters followed closely behind, their fierce true energy breaking through the air, suddenly splitting the water surface, raising a wave wall dozens of feet high, and briefly revealing a deep crack at the bottom of the lake - a steep rock wall as sharp as a knife, extending darkly downwards, leading to an unknown place.

The lake water continued to pour into it, but strangely, it did not cause any response, as if it was swallowed by some force.

Zhao Qing's figure happened to disappear at the entrance of the rift.

……

"Blue Dragon Rolling Cloud Art!"

The dwarf-looking seventh realm master formed seals with his hands, stirring up the air flow. The lake water automatically rotated and spread out, forming a cavitation channel. The speed of the two people increased suddenly, and the palm of the other person lit up with a dark green flame, illuminating the surrounding waters with a ghostly aura, and also had the effect of locking the breath and tracking for thousands of miles.

But Zhao Qing's figure was like a drop of ink blending into clear water, completely disappearing from their perception. There was not a trace of true energy fluctuation, and even the water flow was not disturbed at all.

"Strange." The Grandmaster holding the banner frowned, "She can still hide her aura perfectly even though she is seriously injured?"

"It's okay." The dwarf smiled. "This rift leads to an extremely cold place. If the cold evil energy is too heavy, it will damage the five qi of the human body. If we don't have the skills we can adapt to, and we can't cultivate the 'Heart of the Netherworld', it will gradually erode the vitality of the human body, not to mention the injured whose five qi are unbalanced."

"The strong will become stronger, and the weak will become weaker. Just be careful not to get hurt by the counterattack, and you should be fine."

"Remember our mission is not to kill or capture her alive, but to force her into the deepest part of the Netherworld Abyss."

……

At this time, Zhao Qing had dived into the abyss of nearly a thousand feet. The huge wound on his waist was sealed by the soft white light. Under the nourishment of the Changsheng Qi, it showed signs of healing in a moment. However, the murderous intent of the Wentian Yue and the deathly invasion of the Shitian Staff were not so easy to eliminate.

As a geological tectonic lake, Atami has cliffs on both sides forming steep faults underwater.

The crack she chose was only about ten feet wide, and the rock walls on both sides were covered with glowing blue algae, which hooked out a winding path in the dark water.

As the depth increases, the water temperature drops sharply, and the light of the blue algae gradually changes from light blue to dark green.

Zhao Qing sensed the direction of the water flow, and her heart moved slightly. Being chased by the enemy was a rare experience for her. However, judging from the lineup of the attackers, these guys were probably treating her as their real body?
"Look at the length of this crack. It's endless and seems to lead to the north... The interior is getting wider and wider, forming an underground world. If they go deeper into it, it will be difficult for them to keep up..."

"Besides, it's dark inside and full of strange rocks, which is perfect for an ambush..."

……

As the depth increases, the cracks gradually widen, eventually forming a vast underground water area.

The water here is almost stagnant and the temperature is terribly low, even colder than the polar regions. Even the circulation of true energy has become sluggish.

The rock wall is covered with a layer of dark blue ice crystals, but strangely, most of the water has not frozen. Instead, it has a viscous texture, like liquid jade.

"The vitality rules here are extraordinary... Perhaps this is one of the places where the You Dynasty raises Youlong?"

Zhao Qing calculated the specific distance and knew that he had swam more than a hundred miles to the north, beyond the coverage area of ​​the hot sea. There might be a new figure among the pursuers - with the background of the descendants of the You Dynasty, it was just internal injuries from the backlash, and it might not be too difficult to relieve the suppression.

"Gulu..."

After some distance, several strange translucent fish swam by in the freezing cold water.

Their bodies are as slender as swords and look like they are carved from ice crystals. Their scales glow with a cold blue light, but their eyes are as black as ink and lifeless.

This is an alien species from the abyss that has never been recorded in most of the world's classics, the Hades Fish. It is rumored that they feed on the cold air of the Netherworld, and the cold soul inner elixir nurtured in their bodies can form "Netherworld Jade" after a long period of sedimentation, which is the best cold-attribute material in the world.

The extremely ferocious and cold Nine Netherworld King Sword is made of Netherworld Jade.

In some myths and legends, weapons made from Hades jade were not originally weapons of the human world, but weapons of Hades and his underworld generals - from this, we can see the rarity and inestimable value of Hades fish and Hades jade.

If there was no one chasing us, this place would undoubtedly be a treasure trove of gold.

From Zhao Qing's perception, most of the nearby Hades fish were only at the level of the fourth or fifth realm, and posed no threat. However, the chillness in their bodies was so intense that each one of them far exceeded that of the Kunlun Ice Silkworms he had seen in the past, which was truly incredible.

The extreme coldness brought by the ice silkworm only condenses water upon contact, but the coldness of the underworld fish can continuously generate fine pieces of black ice. Because the quality of the Yin and underworld cold air that is absorbed and generated is too high, even if it is only a fourth-level underworld fish, it may threaten the life of a sixth-level underworld fish.

"Just right..."

Zhao Qing observed the habits of the fish and found that they were not aggressive at all. In fact, they were little creatures that only breathed in vital energy and occasionally ate vegetarian food. So he immediately chose to take action. He flicked his fingers lightly, and several sword energies shot out silently, accurately piercing through the abdomen of the Hades fish and picking out its inner elixir.

To further destroy the body of the tragically dead Hades Fish, she let the true energy flow in her palms, compressing and shaping several thumb-sized inner cores, which she then quietly embedded into the rock wall, engraved runes, and set up several simple killing formations, or in other words, buried "ice mines."

The water swirled between the rock walls, forming a dark blue vortex. After dozens of breaths, the two pursuers arrived from behind.

"Be careful, don't capsize in the ditch."

The Grandmaster holding the banner whispered, "We are not like the practitioners of the four dynasties of the Middle-earth. We have not experienced truly cruel and unscrupulous fighting. Although we have a great advantage in martial arts, we lack combat experience. We must not be careless and must advance step by step."

"That's right."

The dwarf replied in agreement: "How powerful was the Dark Emperor in the past? Yet he was defeated by the conspiracy and trickery of the rebels! You and I are not even a fraction as powerful as him, how could we commit such a crime?"

He narrowed his eyes and placed one hand on the black gold coffin. The lid of the coffin opened slightly, and wisps of black mist seeped out, transforming into countless tiny insect shadows in the water and spreading in all directions.

"Netherworld Worm Gu, go!"

The insect shadows merged silently into the water flow, searching in the direction where Zhao Qing might be hiding.

The other master clasped his hands together and nine command flags floated around him. Different runes appeared on each flag, some as hot as fire, some as cold as ice, some as heavy as a mountain, and some as swift as the wind.

At the same time, there was a magical weapon shining with purple light, circling at high speed in front.

Soon, with the help of the insect swarm that had merged with his life force, the dwarf sensed a faint smell of blood from afar. With a slight movement in his heart, he continued the conversation: "I seem to have found traces left by that person... If you were her, what kind of ambush would you set?"

"If I escape to this place, I will definitely use the dark fish here to stop the enemies who are chasing me..." The flag-bearing master thought and replied: "These alien species are extremely cold and yin, maybe they can be used as weapons?"

"Then give it a try."

The dwarf clapped his hands and directed the insect swarm to separate a small group, deliberately imitating the movement of the practitioners clearing the water flow.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The ice mines buried in the rock wall were triggered by the beetles one after another, and the inner elixirs of the Hades Fish exploded one after another.

The terrifying cold blast instantly swept across the waterway hundreds of feet long! The ice crystals were like knives, freezing the water into countless sharp ice spikes. The black beetles stiffened in the extreme cold, and were then pierced by the ice spikes and crushed into slag.

The two masters were well prepared, using their true essence to protect their bodies and to withstand the cold blast, but their speed was still slowed down.

"It's a trick!" The dwarf sneered, "Unfortunately, this little trick is useless to us."

"Brother is in charge of the Emperor's Coffin and has tamed the Netherworld Worm. Even if he is defenseless and resists this attack, it won't be difficult."

The flag-bearing master waved his hand, and each of the nine flags released a beam of black flame, melting the blocked waterway and continuing to move forward: "It seems that this woman is running out of strength, and she is doomed."

"Not necessarily."

The dwarf replied modestly: "Although it is only one of the coffins in the emperor's coffin, with my seventh-level upper-grade skills, I still cannot say that I am in control of it. After all, it is a magical weapon left by the old general... But then again, if today's plan is successfully accomplished, perhaps new opportunities will arise?"

"Opportunity? Is it related to this dark abyss?"

The flag-bearing master retracted the black flame and drew water from the black mist in the coffin to restore his true essence: "I only know that this is the clan's secret place for cultivation. The netherworld cold air is rich and pure, which is helpful for breaking through the sixth realm of life and the seventh realm of moving mountains to temper the body with the heaven and earth essence."

"After reaching the Life Realm, the True Essence can cleanse the marrow and strengthen the bones, can replace the blood, and greatly increase the life span. When breaking into the Moving Mountains Realm, a vast amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth flows into the body. It is no longer just a simple regeneration of flesh and blood and strengthening of vitality, it can even replace flesh and blood, as if the body is being shattered and reshaped."

"Drawing the power of heaven and earth and infusing it into one's body, the moment of infusing it into the flesh is crucial. How much power of heaven and earth can be drawn, how much heaven and earth vital energy can be contained in the flesh, meridians, and qi sea, will largely determine the ultimate potential of a seventh-level cultivator."

“Therefore, those great sects in ancient times that had produced great masters of the Eight Realms would try to set up various secret realms with special vital energy laws, or occupy the top spiritual caves and blessed places in the world, for their disciples to use when they break through key realms.”

The dwarf took over the conversation, with a hint of yearning in his tone: "And this Nether Abyss is one of the most precious secret places of our race. The netherworld cold air inside is purer and richer than anywhere else in the world. For us who practice the cold and netherworld attribute skills, it is simply a blessing from heaven."

"However, the opportunities I talked about are not limited to this." He continued: "Thousands of miles north of this underground rift is the North Ming Xuanyuan - the place where the Emperor You attained enlightenment in the past!"

"There is a divine silkworm in the North Sea, which can die nine times and be reborn nine times, and its memory is immortal. Emperor You was very lucky and found the fossil of the divine silkworm in the trench where the North Sea fell. He realized the supreme divine skill and became the Nine-Death Silkworm. It can die nine times but not be destroyed, which involves the mystery of immortality."

"Eternal Life..." A trace of heat flashed in the eyes of the flag-bearing master, but then dimmed. "That level of realm is not something we can easily peek into. How graceful was the Emperor You in his past? Talent, luck, skills, and perseverance are all indispensable to achieve such a great feat."

"Having said that, one should always have dreams."

The dwarf chuckled, "Lord Heba has said it before. He has already made a plan. We just need to execute it as perfectly as possible and we will reap rich rewards. Maybe, during this pursuit, we can also get some opportunities and improve our cultivation."

The two chatted as they moved forward cautiously, occasionally triggering some small traps set by Zhao Qing along the way, but they resolved them one by one.

The Heart of the Netherworld, the Thoughts of the Netherworld, the Eyes of the Netherworld, the Fire of the Netherworld… these are all secret mystical techniques of the Netherworld Dynasty. They have received amazing blessings here, making them easy to deal with.

The dwarf's Netherworld Worm Gu cleared the way ahead. After all, they were a magical species born from the remains buried in the Nether Emperor's coffin. Any slight movement could not escape their perception.

...(End of chapter)