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

On the south coast of Atami, the aftermath of a fierce battle has not yet dissipated.

The lake was no longer calm, but rolling with turbid waves, mixed with torn fragments of the mandala and the escaping deathly aura of the underworld.

Heba Xuangao sat cross-legged on a protruding rock, the dark gold armor that was exposed from the torn part of his gray linen robe looked slightly dull. The Eclipse Staff was across his knees, the pale green gem on the top of the staff was cracked, and strands of netherworld death energy were struggling to flow back, trying to heal the wound.

"King You's Marching Pill... one less pill will be needed after each use." He took out a pill the size of a longan, which was completely dark black but had countless runes hidden on the surface. He released his true energy from his hands and began to refine it.

The tiny magic circle that had locked him for nearly a thousand years was broken, and strands of pure medicinal power rushed out like living things, rushing into the flesh between his palms and fingers very naturally, and then instantly turned into a powerful airflow flowing through his meridians.

He hardly needed to interfere too much, as it immediately turned into strands of true energy, and some of the dry meridians were quickly filled up. The deathly gray color on his face faded a little, and the disordered breath was being forcibly straightened out bit by bit.

Just when the effect of the medicine took effect and the burning pain in the internal organs eased a little, an extremely sharp thought, like a red-hot iron, burned into the perception of this top grandmaster!
Heba Xuan Gao suddenly opened his eyes!

In the northwest sky, a red streak of light cut through the night sky, and it was so fast that it dragged a long-lasting scorching air wave behind it.

The comer was unconcealed, and his overwhelming pressure was like a real lava wave, hitting the vast surface of the hot sea layer by layer, steaming up large patches of white water vapor, and even the starlight was distorted and deformed under this heat.

"Ok?"

"This aura... is as blazing as fire and as condensed as elixir. It is definitely not from an ordinary master! Someone from the sword furnace?"

Heba Xuangao's mind raced, and then he denied it, "No... Although the sword energy of the sword furnace is fierce, it does not have such a strong and majestic life essence. It is more like... the alchemy has reached the extreme, using the body as a furnace, and the divine fire is contained within!"

His eyes suddenly became as sharp as needles, fixed on the approaching red shadow: "Among the remnants of the Han Dynasty, there is actually a person who is close to the eighth level? Who is he?"

Before he could finish his thought, the red shadow had already swept over the hot sea.

Han Chendi's figure solidified in the steaming water vapor.

He did not speak, but stepped into the void and looked down. His eyes swept across the remaining sword energy gullies on the lake surface, the vortex of disordered vital energy, and finally landed on Heba Xuan Gao.

Without any probing or greetings, Emperor Han Chen snapped his fingers!
"laugh--!"

A red sword light burst out from between his fingers!

At first it was only a few feet long, but it suddenly swelled up with the wind, turning into a blazing torrent that spanned a hundred feet and flowed like lava!
The core of the torrent was the Dan Qi condensed to the extreme, carrying with it a violent will to burn the entire world. Wherever its heat reached, the lake water below actually made a terrifying "sizzling" sound, and a huge sunken deep pit evaporated out of thin air. The water on the wall of the pit boiled and rolled, and white steam rose into the sky!
Before the sword light arrived, the heat that burned out all life had already caused Heba Xuan Gao's bones to creak slightly, and the true energy protecting his body fluctuated violently. Even the Eclipse Heaven Staff in front of his knees made a buzzing sound as if it could not bear the heavy burden. He did not dare to be negligent in the slightest, and suppressed his injuries, and slapped the Eclipse Heaven Staff with his right hand like lightning.

Along with the low chanting of incantations, the green light of the gem on the top of the staff suddenly burned brightly. Although it had cracks, it still gushed out large amounts of inky-sticky Netherworld death energy, which instantly intertwined and took shape in front of him. Countless black lotuses suddenly bloomed in the void, turning into a sea of ​​lotus in front of him.

"Boom——!"

The scarlet red and the inky black collided fiercely!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only the harsh "sizzling" sound of corrosion and the dull hum of energy annihilation.

The red elixir energy was like a raging fire meeting oil, madly burning the netherworld death energy, while the death energy was like a maggot on the tarsal bone, constantly dissolving and corroding the fierceness of the elixir energy.

Heaven and earth lose color!

The terrifying explosion shock wave swept across in a circular shape, raising huge waves dozens of feet high in the hot sea. The vital energy was turbulent, and red and dim lights splashed like meteor showers, blasting countless boiling pits on the water surface within a radius of several miles.

The stalemate lasted only a moment, and Heba Xuangao groaned, his body swaying slightly. The gray energy in his palm kept rolling, strangely forming a solid bowl shape, barely blocking the impact of the aftermath.

At the same time, he finally saw the appearance of the person who came: a disheveled man dressed as a border wizard, with a weathered face, but a pair of eyes that were surprisingly bright, as if they contained two volcanoes that could erupt at any time, or as if an endless world of fire was burning and evolving.

A trace of dusty memory suddenly pierced through the fog! Heba Xuangao's mouth curled up into a cold and malicious arc, and his voice penetrated the rapidly expanding fire area and was clearly sent over:

"I was wondering who it was... Turns out it's you, the lost dog!"

"In the past, the Qin army trampled the capital of Han, and the ten thousand-foot palace walls collapsed like sand, and all the nobles in the city were turned into dust. Only you, the 'brother of the King of Han', had good means and patience! You actually got into the dung cart that was transporting filth, and crawled out of the dead city under the eyes of the Qin army, carrying the stench of filth."

"Why? You were so desperate and barely able to survive in the past, but now you have the courage to come to the shore of the hot sea. Are you looking for a more beautiful place to bury your witch doctor's body?"

Every word was like a poisoned steel needle, piercing the wound that had been sealed for more than ten years. The sky-high flames on the day the city was broken, the desperate roars of the tribesmen, the narrow and humiliating hiding space under the stinking dung cart... Scenes of tragedy and humiliation exploded!

The calmness of a doctor on his face instantly fell away, replaced by a red that was so quiet that it was about to burn everything! His skin, his hair, and even the steam rising from his body began to uncontrollably ooze out strands of red energy that was as sticky as blood.

A strange medicinal fragrance filled the air, so strong that it was suffocating, but it also contained a violent force that could burn everything.

"Heaven Stealing Pill?!"

Heba Xuangao cried out in shock, and for the first time, real fear and panic flashed across his eyes. As the strongest elixir that the Han Dynasty had refined with the whole country's strength and after several generations, the Heaven Stealing Pill could allow practitioners to steal the realm of Qitian and gain terrifying power comparable to the real Eight Realms.

At this moment, Emperor Han Chen was undoubtedly the most powerful Seventh Realm Mountain-Moving Master in the world except for Zhao Qing. The power of his innate Danhuo sword held between the index and middle fingers of his right hand was even greater than the combined attack of dozens of ordinary masters.

The "Soul Devouring and Death Transforming" magical power of the Sky-Erosion Staff was specifically designed to defeat practitioners who drew in the vitality of heaven and earth, but its effectiveness against this pure internal Dan Yuan Fire was greatly reduced! What was even more fatal was that the power of the Sky-Stealing Dan contained a great vitality that could just offset the erosion of the Netherworld's death energy...

The original strategy of trying to provoke the other party, use emotions as a trigger to inflict psychedelic poison, and then gradually gain the upper hand, completely failed.

As one side gains strength, the other loses strength, so we must not fight head-on!

Heba Xuangao acted promptly.

The Eclipse Staff pointed at the seriously injured and dying Axe Master behind him from a distance, and a twisted purple-black rune sank into his forehead.

"Waste! Get up!"

The master's broken body suddenly stiffened, and then he let out an inhuman howl, his flesh and blood frantically squirmed and "stitched", his broken bones "cracked" and regenerated, and the exposed wounds were covered with purple-black granulation. His body expanded by nearly double in the blink of an eye, turning into a hideous monster with twisted muscles and bloodshot eyes!

Purple-black mist gushed out from every pore of his body, the Heavenly Axe in his hand vibrated and hummed, and the blood-colored runes shone as bright as a branding iron!
At the same time, Heba Xuangao stomped his feet suddenly, and the rocks under him exploded. The whole person was shot back into the deep lake behind him like a gray shadow. The Eclipse Staff stirred, and a large amount of thick inky black fog rose from the surface of the lake, instantly covering the southern coast of Atlas, isolating the inside and outside perception.

The master, who had entered the state of "Netherworld Demonic Transformation" and whose true energy surged, let out a deafening roar, stepped forward with his pillar-like demonic feet, crushed the ground, waved the giant axe, and, surrounded by blood and rain, pounced towards Emperor Han Chen who was hanging in the air!

……

Over a hundred feet underwater.

Heba Xuangao's figure moved through the freezing cold lake water like a ghost, rushing straight to the entrance of the fissure leading to the cold abyss underground. Behind him, the roar of the monster and the explosion of the Burning Heaven Pill Qi could be heard faintly through the thick water and black fog, and every collision caused the water to tremble violently.

The entrance to the rift was as deep as the throat of a giant beast. Heba Xuan Gao hovered in front of the entrance and bit his tongue without hesitation. He sprayed a mouthful of blood from his heart mixed with the blood pill power that had not yet fully dissolved onto the pale green gem on the top of the Eclipse Staff!

"With my blood and essence, I obey the command of Xuanming! Seal!"

The crack on the orb suddenly lit up with a dazzling blue light! He tightly grasped the Sky-Erosion Staff with both hands, using the staff as a pen and his blood as ink, and quickly drew a huge and extremely complex talisman in the dark water.

The talisman is composed of countless twisted ancient seal characters, and the core is a word "seal" that exudes an aura of absolute annihilation!

The blue light was bright! This seal character, which condensed the essence of Heba Xuangao's blood and the power of the Sky-Erosion Staff, suddenly imprinted on the rock wall at the entrance of the fissure as if it had life!
"Om-!"

There was no sound, but there was a terrifying wave that could freeze the soul, which instantly spread out with the sealing character as the center!

The entire vast underground cold abyss waterway was like a giant frost beast that had been sleeping for eternity, and was completely awakened by this talisman!

Snap! Snap! Snap—!
Indescribable extreme cold began to erupt wildly from the rock walls, water flows, and every corner of the void!
The extremely pure ice-blue color visible to the naked eye, like a plague with life, violently bombarded the deepest part of the abyss along the winding waterway at a terrifying speed far exceeding that of sound!

The ice layer expanded wildly under extremely low temperatures, and the sudden increase in volume triggered a devastating compression shock wave.

This shock wave itself was pushed, superimposed, and compressed by the even more violent freezing speed behind it...

It closely followed the dark blue icy front line. Wherever it passed, the hard rock walls silently turned into the finest ice dust, the ancient faults were flattened, and the waterways were forcibly widened and reshaped!
This is a torrent of ice, a frozen doomsday!
……

Deep in the cold crevasse, the faint blue light cast distorted and bizarre shadows on the rugged rock walls.

"The aura of those two guys is getting closer..."

Zhao Qing felt a sense of alarm in his heart, but his mind seemed to be stuck in a quagmire. He could only barely sense that about a hundred feet behind him, the two auras with the unique affinity of the Netherworld Cold Abyss were approaching rapidly.

Although they had already sent out a distress message, theoretically there was hope of reversing the situation if they could hold on for a while longer. However, it had to be said that they were so far away and difficult to locate deep underground, and they were still facing many crises as they were being pursued by an enemy with extremely high-quality techniques.

She was about to activate her Qi again to set a trap in the jagged icicles, planning to find an opportunity to hide deep in the rock wall, stagger away from the pursuers, and then shuttle back up to the ground—

Boom! ! !
The terrifying shock that could not be described in words erupted from behind without any warning! The school of Hades fish had no time to escape and were frozen inside! The madly extending dark blue icicles, with overwhelming force, crushed towards the depths of the rift and the endless darkness in the north!

The first to bear the brunt were the dwarf master and the flag-bearing master who were closest!
"What?!" "Lord Heba?!"

The light shield of the formation formed by the nine command flags was like a fragile soap bubble. It shattered with a wail the moment the shock wave reached the body. The master holding the flag spurted blood and his face turned pale.

The black gold coffin above the dwarf master's head made a dull sound, blocking most of the impact for him, but the black mist gushing out of the gap in the coffin lid also stagnated, and he himself was like being struck by lightning, with black blood frozen by the cold air oozing out of his seven orifices.

"Clear sword body, yin and yang become void!"

Zhao Qing shouted, and her body instantly became translucent, as if she was about to merge into the cold water of the netherworld. This was a deep application of the power of the void, trying to temporarily transform herself into a part of the cold abyss, trying to avoid direct physical impact, but it only blocked the ice for half a breath.

The next moment, she groaned and was swallowed up by the ice wave. She was thrown into the air by the irresistible force, and her vision was completely blurred and shattered by the high-speed rolling and violent impact.

The icicles advanced relentlessly, carrying three tiny figures with them. Amid a deafening roar that seemed strange and dull due to the frozen space, they destroyed countless rock layers and drilled through the earth veins along the way!

Time has lost its meaning and space seems to be distorted.

I don’t know how long it took, maybe just a moment, maybe it was eternity.

The violent icicle shockwaves that enveloped the three people seemed to have hit an invisible, extremely tough barrier. There was no earth-shattering roar, only a dull, heart-stopping "hum" that sounded as if the whole world was groaning.

The "barrier" in front of it sank slightly, and then burst into a deep blue light. The front end of the icicle melted and disintegrated silently in this light, turning into the purest netherworld cold air, which was greedily absorbed by the "barrier". The kinetic energy of the impact was incredibly dissolved and transferred.

boom! boom! boom!
There were three dull thuds, almost in no particular order.

Zhao Qing, the Dwarf Grandmaster, and the Flag-Bearing Grandmaster, like three projectiles, finally broke free from the icicles and, with great inertia, slammed into the space behind the "barrier" - the North Ming Xuanyuan, the legendary place where the Dark Emperor attained enlightenment!

Dead silence.

Absolute, eternal silence, as if time itself was frozen.

Zhao Qing struggled to open his eyes that were covered with ice chips. His weak consciousness scanned the surroundings with difficulty, but what he sensed was a space so vast and deep that it was impossible to describe in words.

Above the head, there is an eternal black ice dome that is thousands of feet thick and emits a faint blue-black light. It is like an inverted bowl of the underworld, blocking out all light and sounds from the outside world.

Beneath the ice dome is a huge, bottomless trench so wide that the end is beyond the reach of the naked eye.

...(End of chapter)