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Chapter 376: Empress vs Empress vs Empress
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All beginnings are hard.

Although Qin Lang and Bai Qingqing have found a way to travel relatively safely in the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls, even using this method, finding the missing empress is still like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Eh? Unless..."

Bai Qingqing suddenly spoke, causing Qin Lang's eyes to light up:
"Unless what?"

"Unless your luck is as good as when you found me, my dear~"

"..."

I really thought she had some tricks...

Qin Lang shook his head helplessly, but seeing that the familiar Regent had returned and was no longer thinking about "suicide for love" like he did at that time, Qin Lang felt somewhat relieved in his heart.

"Ok?"

"what happened?"

"Shh..."

Suddenly, Qin Lang's ears moved, signaling Bai Qingqing to be silent:
"Did you hear that?"

"Um…"

Bai Qingqing's expression gradually froze.

Both of them vaguely heard the sound of fighting coming from a certain direction.

And it wasn't just any ordinary fighting sound.

There was the clash of weapons and the sound of more than one human voice.

"there!"

"Be careful, the person is unknown, don't disturb him."

"Ah."

After a brief exchange of words, the Regent and Qin Lang rushed towards the direction where the noise came from.

……

Both of them were feeling a surge of emotions, but they were also very restrained.

The reason for the surge was that maybe Qin Lang was really lucky and had really found the trace of the empress. After all, the only human being they knew might exist nearby was the empress.

The reason for restraint is that the Ten Thousand Souls Forest is now weird after all. Just like the snake lady imitating the voice of the Regent to seduce Qin Lang, who knows what the movement this time is?
Besides, even if it is a human, didn’t they capture a Beili person before?

From this point of view, it is better to be cautious in everything.

……

However, in Qin Lang's heart, the "excited" part actually outweighs the "restrained" part.

This was not some kind of psychological comfort or suggestion, but the more Qin Lang moved in that direction, the more he inexplicably felt a special sensation in his dantian.

It was as if my own internal energy was connecting with that place.

After counting with his fingers, Qin Lang now has three internal skills. The second senior sister's "Mu Xin Jue" and the third senior sister's "Zhuo Xin Jue" are not there. If there is any connection with anyone, it can only be the "Yu Xin Jue" of the youngest senior sister Su Yupan.

"Qin Lang! Be careful!"

"?!"

It happened in a flash. Just when Qin Lang was full of worries, a sudden vibration came from the ground. Qin Lang and Bai Qingqing stepped on the branches at the same time and struggled to fly into the air, wanting to observe the situation while avoiding the unknown fluctuations.

However, almost at the moment when the two people took off into the air, a huge black shadow suddenly rose from the ground. In the blink of an eye, it passed through the layers of leaves from the unclear ground and leaped to the same height as Qin Lang and the others. At the same time, it was accompanied by a strong wind and a pungent smell of blood.

"Roar----!"

What is this...

When the roar cut through the night sky, Qin Lang couldn't see clearly what it was that jumped up because of the moonlight.

But no problem.

When your eyes can't see clearly, the knife comes in handy.

Clang——!
Qin Lang pulled out the Falling Pear Knife with his left hand, and supported himself on a tree branch with his right hand as he fell. While catching his body, he sank down with all his strength, and then took advantage of the momentum to rebound and leap to a higher place.

At this time, the black shadow in the air also began to fall.

Qin Lang seized the moment when he and the opponent were one up and one down, and the blade in his left hand took advantage of both his own rebound and the opponent's fall, drawing a sharp silver light in the sky.

puff----!
The sounds of breaking air and piercing mixed together, and the silver light quickly turned blood red.

"roar!!--!"

Compared to the beginning, the roar of the black shadow monster was obviously mixed with more anger and misery. It was obviously caught off guard by Qin Lang's extremely decisive knife.

But what surprised Qin Lang was that the huge monster did not fall directly after taking the knife, but landed between the treetops in a trembling human-like posture.

"Qin Lang!"

At the same time, Bai Qingqing, who had also found a place to land again, shouted from a distance:

"Are you okay!"

"It's okay!"

It's okay, but what on earth is this thing? It's a black lump, and Qin Lang can't see it clearly because of the backlight. He can just vaguely see that the other side has an exceptionally sturdy and huge human figure.

Could it be another half-spiritual woman?

Just as I was thinking about it, Bai Qingqing had already given the answer:
"Qin Lang! A real monkey has climbed up the tree! It's even more monkeyish than us! What should we do?"

"?"

monkey?

Qin Lang was stunned. As he leaped towards the direction of Bai Qingqing who was talking nonsense, he gradually saw the true face of the black shadow.

It was a giant silver-haired ape.

In addition to its huge size, which is about ten feet tall and wide, compared to ordinary gorillas, its back is covered with a row of blood-red thorns along the spine, which emit a faint red light in the night sky like breathing, and the pungent smell of blood comes from it.

Of course, at this moment, the horrifying wound on its body extending from the abdomen to the shoulder probably also contributed a lot of bloody smell.

"My beloved concubine."

The Regent King had a serious look on his face. He drew his sword with one hand and stopped Qin Lang behind him with the other.
"Stay away. I don't want its blood to splash on you."

"..."

When Qin Lang heard the Regent say this seriously, his eyelids twitched involuntarily.

However, although…

"Ahem... Lord Qing... Lord Bai, if I remember correctly, your current power seems to be a little weaker than mine..."

"?"

Bai Qingqing was stunned and sniffed:
"It seems so..."

Tsk! Damn the Ten Thousand Souls Forest! I am the one who is being oppressed the most.

A regent who can't even protect his own man at a critical moment, really...

Ugh!
Bai Qingqing was very sad and angry, but also helpless:
"Qin Lang, I'll leave it to you then."

"Well, leave it to me."

"Be careful."

"know."

"Roar--!!"

Not far away, the silver giant ape, who had been observing the rival for a long time, discovered that the two were actually whispering to each other. He immediately roared impatiently again, and then pounced directly towards Qin Lang.

"retreat!"

Qin Lang first shouted to Bai Qingqing, then he dodged in another direction.

Although this giant ape is agile, its weight is still there. Every time it jumps and lands on a new treetop, it causes a crackling sound, and there is no telling how many branches are broken.

That is to say, there are only old and dense trees nearby, which have enough strong branches to support him, but those broken branches are very dangerous for humans.

Seeing the branches under his feet constantly breaking like a landslide, Qin Lang could only keep adjusting his position. At the same time, when facing the giant ape's palm, he also had to distract himself and raise the Falling Pear Knife to resist.

Whoosh——!
The knife flashed, but unlike the previous one, this time it didn't have enough force, and it just barely blew away countless long hairs on the giant ape's millstone-sized palm. Such thick skin...

Qin Lang was shocked. If he had his previous skills and could successfully mobilize his internal energy, Qin Lang would be able to chop the guy in half with the first strike.

But now it is no longer possible. We can no longer rely on brute force, but only on skills.

Moreover, fighting on the treetop in such a harsh terrain was even more difficult. Qin Lang had to adapt to local conditions and repeat the same trick as he did the first time, using the rebound of the branches to gain leverage. After three attempts, he finally succeeded in cutting the giant ape's left arm.

The night sky was suddenly filled with bright red. However, before Qin Lang could even catch his breath, he turned around and was shocked to see that the giant ape had grabbed his broken arm and started drinking blood from the wound.

Tons tons tons…

As the blood entered the mouth, the glow of the red spines on the giant ape's back began to brighten, as if the blood it drank was poured into there. Then Qin Lang saw a ball of flesh emerging from the broken shoulder at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"regeneration?!"

To be honest, this was definitely something Qin Lang had not expected.

It seems that Qin Lang's previous judgment was wrong. Even if he was not suppressed, this guy still could not be killed in one move. His existence was enough to threaten a half-step master.

And the speed of its regeneration made Qin Lang feel very troubled.

So Qin Lang chose to take the initiative to step forward. After flying over, he kicked the giant ape on the knee, jumped high, grasped the handle of the knife with both hands, and chopped Huashan with force.

boom!
The expected crackling sound did not appear, and the muffled sound came from the blocking of the giant ape's other arm.

"not good!"

At the critical moment, Qin Lang's knife was still stuck on the back of the giant ape's other hand. Just as the giant ape was about to raise its hand to throw Qin Lang to the ground, another silver light appeared in the distance, and a blade was inserted right into the place where Qin Lang was stuck, and along with the flesh scraps and long hair on the back of the giant ape's hand, it picked out the blade that Qin Lang was stuck with.

Qin Lang shouted from a distance without even turning his head:
"Thank you, Lord Bai!"

"My dear, you're welcome~"

Qin Lang seized the opportunity, changed his right hand to a single-sword technique, and with a set of moves he cut the giant ape's other intact arm into grooves.

"Roar--!!!"

The giant ape was furious, and its stone-pillar-like forearm pushed towards Qin Lang. The surging energy alone made Qin Lang feel tremendous pressure. In the crisis, he simply used its forearm as support, supported himself with his left hand, flipped his legs, and kicked hard into the wound on the back of his hand where the blade had just been stuck.

The pain from this blow can be imagined. The giant ape was even unable to make a sound for a while, and just let out a low hiss. However, such an attack was not a fatal injury to him. At the same time, his broken hand had regenerated halfway, and it seemed as if he had grown a small arm that was out of proportion with his body, which looked very weird.

What was even more annoying was that the wound Qin Lang had just inflicted on its other arm had almost healed in just a few breaths.

Can’t delay any longer…

This giant ape can regenerate and withstand blows, and it seems that the more injured it is, the stronger its regeneration ability is. Qin Lang is unable to outlast it in the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls.

Qin Lang even wanted to let it fall to the ground several times and get lost in other areas like himself, but it was so big and yet it was too stable.

By now…

Do you want to fight hard?

While practicing dual cultivation with Su Yupan and being in the Golden Sea Illusion, Qin Lang mastered a unique method of using internal energy. To put it simply, it allowed the three internal skills to improve the current realm in an exceptional way. In the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls, it was equivalent to forcibly unleashing Qin Lang's former master combat power.

But the cost is also extremely risky.

That is, after a brief increase in combat power, Qin Lang would consume all his energy and physical strength.

This means that if Qin Lang fails to defeat the powerful enemy while improving his combat power, he can only lie on the ground and wait for death.

Obviously, this is a desperate choice.

But the giant ape in front of him had indeed forced him into this state.

To be precise, both he and Bai Qingqing were forced into this state, because Qin Lang knew very well that even if she and Bai Qingqing worked together, they would not be able to defeat the giant ape.

Now as the battle progresses, there are fewer and fewer branches to stand on. Qin Lang can't just wait to fall to the ground with a monkey and then "die together."

Therefore, the only breakthrough might be for Qin Lang to use the taboo to increase his combat power and kill the giant ape directly, or cut off the thorns on its back that it had been protecting impeccably, breaking its regenerative ability, and then let the regent take care of himself after the battle.

"Qingqing!"

"Hey!"

"I'm going to kill him, and soon I'll collapse from exhaustion. Please keep an eye on me and don't let me fall."

"Well, leave it to me, King!"

Originally, Qin Lang was the one who was suppressed the most in this Northern Hunt, but Bai Qingqing was even worse off than Qin Lang. She really couldn't help in such a severe battle, so she stood far away and tried not to cause trouble for her beloved concubine.

So, Qin Lang took a deep breath, and the three internal skills in his body began to operate forcefully with abnormal large and small circulations.

Suddenly, Qin Lang seemed to see three golden characters [Mu], [Zhuo] and [Yu] floating in his dantian, and the white, purple and red lights intertwined into a golden dot.

At this moment, Qin Lang sensed the aura that he sensed at the beginning, which was suspected to be from Empress Su Yupan.

But now is not the time to worry about it. Soon, the golden color began to flow into Qin Lang's veins as usual...

it has started.

Qin Lang successfully used the taboo to activate the combat power of the Grandmaster level. He decisively poured all his internal energy into his palms and then clenched them into fists.

The next moment, when the giant ape raised its almost completely regenerated arm high up to hit Qin Lang, two golden fist shadows as big as millstones blasted out from in front of Qin Lang. In the night sky, they were like two small suns, wrapped in whistling air waves, and directly swallowed up the giant ape.

Then the light faded and everything returned to silence.

"Is it over..."

Qin Lang, breathing heavily, looked at the empty scene in front of him as if nothing had happened, and let out a long sigh.

"Fortunately, the enemy is taller than me, so I threw this punch towards the sky..."

Otherwise, the nearby trees would surely fall down, and Qin Lang and Bai Qingqing would fall to the ground in the chaos.

"?!"

However, at this moment, Qin Lang opened his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief again.

Because he clearly saw that a piece of rag-like thing hanging on a broken branch a little further away began to wriggle.

Not dead yet? !

Too much!

Qin Lang frowned, decisively drew the knife from his waist, poured his last bit of internal strength into it, and threw it towards the remains of the giant ape.

欻——!
A flash of golden light went right through it.

Is this enough?
Qin Lang wasn't sure, but at least the thing stopped moving immediately.

But it didn't matter that Qin Lang was not sure, because just after he threw the knife out, there was a sound of breaking air.

call out--!
This was obviously not Bai Qingqing, because her knife had already been thrown to help Qin Lang before.

call out--!
Another one.

call out--!
Three ways!

Three successive sounds of breaking through the air, accompanied by three faint red lights, pierced through the giant ape's body at the same time.

Qin Lang looked closely and found that one of them was also a falling pear knife, the other was a scabbard, and a... uh... an embroidered shoe?
"Yu Pan!"

Qin Lang was immediately surprised, as all three things clearly came from the empress.

"Qingqing!"

In fact, without waiting for his call, Bai Qingqing had already arrived in time, and then the two of them took advantage of the fact that Qin Lang had not yet fallen down due to exhaustion, and hurriedly followed the direction where the three red lights came from.

As a result, after a while, the noises they heard at the beginning, including human voices, gradually became clearer.

However, when they actually arrived at the destination, the two people standing on the tree looked at the open space on the ground, their eyes wide open and they were stunned.

……

"Who told you to interfere?"

"He is my lover! How can I let you interfere if I don't?!"

"Haha, two impostors, looking for death!"

……

Amidst the quarrel, three Su Yupans who looked exactly the same were seen fighting fiercely.

Empress vs Empress vs Empress???

It was a bit absurd, Qin Lang stared blankly at the scene in front of him, watching three identical beauties fighting each other. His first reaction at this moment was to feel a slight phantom pain in his waist...

(End of this chapter)