Night without Borders

Chapter 454 Jade Capital Saint
The Battle Arena is magnificent and imposing, like a huge landmass floating in the night sky, providing ample space for the participants to fight.

Qin Ming stood above, emphasizing beforehand, "A fair duel!"

Not long ago, he didn't understand the rules and suffered a lot. When he was clearing the levels, he was inexplicably caught in a fierce battle. Some opponents came with powerful weapons, and some monsters were inexplicably dangerous. He experienced a hellish and brutal bloodbath.

A woman in a flowing white dress crossed the night sky and landed lightly on the Battle God Platform. She parted her red lips slightly and said, "It's alright."

In the night breeze, her wide sleeves fluttered, revealing a small section of her arm that was as white as jade. Her black hair reached her waist, and her figure was slender and graceful. She possessed an outstanding temperament and seemed aloof from the world.

"Your Highness." Butterfly Girl also followed, her eyes filled with a strange look. She never expected that the young man from the Li family would dare to be so audacious.

It is said that Li Heng used to admire His Highness in private, but now that he has become a saint, he harbors ambitions and openly displays his improper thoughts.

As a confidante of "His Highness," Butterfly Girl found it hard to accept that her former followers dared to "rebel against the Heavenly Gang." She lost all goodwill towards this ambitious young man from the Li family.

Qin Ming looked across at the other side and said, "What should I call you? We're already on the Battle God Stage, we should fight fairly. I can't possibly call you Your Highness, can I?"

The woman in white was glowing all over, even her hair was crystal clear, and her face was especially veiled by a hazy moonlight.

She was somewhat surprised. This member of the Li family had really become arrogant. Was he so eager to be on equal footing with her?

Although the two had not met beforehand, the Li family had already decided that Li Heng would be the follower of the woman in white, and they both knew about this.

"After becoming a saint, you've really gotten too arrogant!" Butterfly Maiden expressed her dissatisfaction on behalf of His Highness. How did the Li family educate their children? This person is not composed at all.

Qin Ming thought to himself, "We're going to compete with this woman of considerable background for the rare divine flower, and just asking her name is considered frivolous?"
Therefore, he was also very dissatisfied and said, "I am standing side by side with Your Highness, but you... have overstepped your bounds."

The butterfly maiden's beautiful eyes widened in shock. This member of the Li family had only just successfully passed the test, yet he wanted to stand shoulder to shoulder with His Highness. He was simply a madman.

If it weren't for her status and the need to maintain her composure, she would definitely have said something vulgar.

If she hadn't seen the celestial light extinguish on the most difficult path, confirming that the unknown challenger had failed, she would have truly doubted that she had mistaken the person for someone else.

Li Cang had contacted His Highness in advance using the conch shell, informing him of the paths his descendants and the new challengers would take.

"Heavenly God," the woman in white said, clearly not her real name. She harbored some resentment towards the Li family's scions and decided to teach them a lesson.

"Let's begin!" Qin Ming said calmly.

Butterfly Girl really couldn't stand him. She thought to herself: You're actually putting on an act, behaving so aloof in front of His Highness!

The woman in white—a celestial being—glanced at Qin Ming, preparing to give him a taste of his own medicine and show him just how high the sky is and how thick the earth is.

Her snow-white robes fluttered, her entire body radiating a divine glow. Her beautiful eyes emitted an eerie light, as if distorting the nearby night sky, causing the surrounding environment to change abruptly.

Qin Ming was startled. What he saw before him was different from before. The sky and earth were as black as ink, and an abyss was right in front of him, rapidly approaching him, about to swallow him up.

His mind was resounding, as he tried to break through illusion and see the truth.

However, he gasped as the night mist rose, and he quickly realized that this was not an illusion, but a terrifying realm that existed in reality.

Qin Ming's pure Yang consciousness glowed, manifesting a divine bridge that spanned the pitch-black abyss, attempting to penetrate this domain and break free.

However, with a snap, the divine bridge crashed into an inexplicable barrier, leaving him with no way forward. He felt as if he were standing on a broken golden bridge, unable to reach the other side.

Qin Ming was shocked. Who was this woman? The techniques she possessed were mysterious and strange, and she used a method that was far beyond her capabilities right from the start.

The boundless night encroached, the abyss expanded, and suddenly swallowed Qin Ming, making him feel his mind sinking continuously, his consciousness falling into the boundless darkness, and he was about to lose himself.

This terrifying method is like a powerful being suddenly striking, knocking a deity down from the heavens and reducing them to a mortal in the underworld, throwing them directly from the sky into hell.

Qin Ming roared, his consciousness, the light of heaven, and his divine wisdom merging together to keep himself awake and prevent him from succumbing to despair.

The woman in white had received the legitimate inheritance of the Jade Capital, and her methods were indeed exceptionally skillful.

She naturally wanted to end the battle right away and suppress her opponent with swift and decisive action.

Qin Ming would not allow the other party to have their way. He cultivated three paths simultaneously, and at this moment, the three forces resonated, instantly making him fully awake.

He felt that there was a true scripture that could break this deadlock, namely the "Nine Heavens Book," also known as the "Abyss Strategy."

This scripture possesses unfathomable power. In the past, a powerful individual who mastered this scripture was killed, and several years later, his consciousness emerged from a mysterious, pitch-black hellish space.

Now, Qin Ming chanted incantations, like a celestial sword soaring into the sky, rising from the dark abyss and emerging from the boundless darkness.

The next moment, his consciousness returned to reality.

The celestial being is striking, her black hair flowing, her fair hands shimmering with moonlight, as she slashes towards Qin Ming.

Qin Ming suddenly opened his eyes, his right hand like a knife, slashing at the opponent, while his left hand, like a dragon claw, blended with heavenly light and divine wisdom, reached forward to grab.

The goddess was surprised. She stood high in the clouds and banished the other's consciousness into the abyss, but in the blink of an eye, the other returned.

She gracefully retreated, the light emanating from her delicate hand incomparably holy, illuminating all directions, yet also carrying a power like a thousand surging waves, crashing forward.

Qin Ming's right palm sliced ​​through the thousands of sacred waves like a celestial blade, while the sacred demon in front of his left hand materialized into a real and enormous dragon claw, reaching out to grab the woman.

The woman in white was clearly careless, thinking she could easily suppress her opponent with a simple gesture. However, her opponent was stronger than she had anticipated. In her haste, Qin Ming's outstretched claw tore off a corner of her sleeve, revealing a section of her snow-white forearm with a tearing sound.

Butterfly Girl covered her red lips, almost exclaiming in surprise. She hadn't expected that the ambitious young man from the Li family would be so strong, almost grabbing the prince's fair wrist.

"Even a god must descend to the mortal realm!" Qin Ming declared, his intention being to challenge the woman in white and defeat this powerful opponent.

However, after the other party interpreted it, the meaning completely changed.

"That lecherous scoundrel!" Butterfly Girl thought that the Li family's sons had become arrogant after gaining power, and their intentions were so obvious that they no longer bothered to hide them.

The woman in white was exceptionally beautiful and usually composed and elegant with outstanding temperament, but now she was slightly angry, and in an instant her inner world appeared.

That was the pure land of the gods. She did not invoke gods, but revered herself. In that place of divine ascension amidst falling petals, a rain of light fell, hazy yet sacred. In the center stood an altar, upon which rested a rough wooden bow, quite primitive, and seven arrows.

The celestial being stood in the Pure Land, holding a wooden bow in her hand, and nocked a crudely made wooden arrow onto the bowstring.

Chi!
A terrifying rainbow streaked across the night sky, flying towards Qin Ming. It was even more frightening than the invisible arrow shot by the Black Tower Civilization's God Hunter, Lyraia.

Qin Ming left behind a series of afterimages as he dodged repeatedly, the arrows following him like a shadow, as if locked on to him, not stopping until they hit their target.

These arrows cannot be dodged. Most importantly, they actually accumulate power during flight, receiving the Daoist energy from the void and becoming stronger and stronger.

After discovering this truth, Qin Ming decisively activated the Pure Yang Flying Sword, which was colorful and mixed with various sword auras, shattering all the night fog in this area.

With a thunderous roar, it flew past like a bolt of lightning, striking the poorly made and rather cheap-looking arrow shaft.

The Hunyuan Sword Demon was indestructible and cut the crude wooden arrow in two!
In the divine realm, glistening petals danced in the air, releasing a fragrant aroma. The slender celestial being stood there, and officially fired the second arrow.

Moreover, this time she kept drawing her bow and picking up arrows from the altar.

"Tianxuan, Yuheng, Kaiyang... Yaoguang!" Butterfly Girl exclaimed, knowing full well that these were the most famous and deadly weapons in the Jade Capital.

At the same time, this bow and arrow also involves a certain martial art.

This bow, equipped with the Seven Arrows of the Big Dipper, was once wielded by someone who shot down gods and terrified immortals. Its fame shook the world, and many celestial beings perished beneath its arrows. Qin Ming initially thought the other party had broken the rules by bringing an unknown weapon of mass destruction, but he discovered that this was not the case. It was a weapon manifested from the inner realm, not a physical object.

Even so, one can still glimpse the extraordinary and terrifying nature of this set of weapons.

When the second arrow came, the wooden arrow that Qin Ming had cut off earlier "came back to life," and the two blurred sections of the arrow shaft rejoined and reappeared.

“Back then, that set of powerful weapons was also manifested by someone, not forged. Your Highness is slightly angry and wants to teach this person a lesson,” the Butterfly Maiden whispered, having confidence in Her Highness.

Qin Ming was surprised. The seven arrows of the Big Dipper flew over. Even though he used the Hunyuan Sword Demon to cut them off one by one, they could still reappear and actively draw upon the Daoist energy, constantly becoming stronger.

This threw him into a bit of a panic until he used the Hunyuan Sword Aura to stick all the arrows together and then cut them off at the same time, thus resolving the crisis.

Qin Ming's expression turned serious, deeply feeling that the inheritance of Yujing was extraordinary, and that the white-clad woman's every move was somewhat beyond his expectations.

If his sword aura weren't a powerful attack method known for its ability to slay all enemies in the same domain, it's doubtful anyone else could have broken through the endless Seven Arrows of the Big Dipper.

In an instant, Qin Ming's body glowed as he activated the newly comprehended "Extreme Golden Body," using immortal body-refining techniques to absorb the heavenly light and holy energy. He then unleashed the Primordial Sword Fiend and charged forward.

Passivity was not his style; he adopted offense as his defense, attempting to penetrate the divine sanctuary of the woman in white.

In the sacred inner realm, the ancient and vigorous Great Tree swayed, its petals falling like rain, cascading down, and a shower of light further accentuated the otherworldly beauty of the place.

The goddess sat cross-legged, her white robes spotless. A zither appeared before her, and she began to pluck the strings, unleashing a terrifying beam of light from the pure land.

Thunder and fire surged forth, arriving with the sound of the zither, accompanied by beams of light bursting from the strings.

Qin Ming was surprised. It was unexpected that such a seemingly fragile and precious zither could emit such a violent beam of lightning and fire, with astonishing attack power.

He parried with the Hunyuan Sword, shattering the light of thunder and fire, and steadfastly stepped forward, determined to enter that pure land.

The woman in white plucked the strings of her zither with her delicate hands, and the tinkling sound created a truly magical scene. Mountains and rivers appeared in the halo of light on the strings, and then the zither flew away towards the Pure Land.

It was like a great seal of mountains and rivers, carrying immense and unfathomable power, rumbling down and suppressing everything.

Qin Ming found it outrageous. He used his sword to thrust upwards and actually felt a real, mountain-like pressure. He could only marvel at the many amazing techniques and wonders of Jade Capital.

Despite the heavy landscape, it was still shattered by Qin Ming's sword.

The zither music tinkled, then suddenly unleashed terrifying flames, spreading across the sky and cascading from the Pure Land like a tidal wave. At the center was the Southern Bright Fire, a small, limited wave, yet extremely dangerous.

Qin Ming also practiced the "Nanming Li Huo Jing" and was not afraid. He drew the firelight and eventually merged it into the sword energy. Then, he extinguished the raging fire with a single sword strike.

The goddess sat calmly, still composed. As she plucked the strings of her zither, one extraordinary scene after another appeared as if they were real, crashing outwards from the inner realm.

But none of this was enough to stop Qin Ming's advance, and he quickly approached the entrance to the Pure Land.

It was as if a muffled thunderclap had exploded. The celestial being played his zither, and with a forceful stroke of his finger, a string shot out and transformed into a real dragon. The dragon's roar shook the heavens, and even the distant sea of ​​night mist rippled.

Qin Ming swung his sword, aiming for the dragon's head.

The dragon coiled around, its massive body undulating, its aura terrifying, as if a real behemoth had emerged.

In the Pure Land, under the celestial being's delicate hand, the second string of the zither shot out, transforming into a celestial phoenix. Its wings carried an inextinguishable flame, soaring and swooping down towards Qin Ming with a terrifying aura.

Then, the celestial being played the zither, and the third, fourth... all the strings flew out and transformed into Kunpeng, Golden Crow, Seven-Colored Peacock, and other legendary creatures.

Qin Ming's holy aura had condensed into a gleaming longsword, which he used to fiercely fight against the holy beasts and divine birds at the entrance to the Pure Land.

puff!
He beheaded the dragon, and its mournful roar echoed through the night sky.

However, he was also knocked in front of the Heavenly Phoenix and engulfed by the Golden Crow carrying a sky full of fire. Fortunately, he had successfully refined his body, and the heavenly light within his body surged and the holy energy evaporated, allowing him to withstand it completely.

"Is he really going in?" Butterfly covered her mouth, truly shocked. She couldn't understand how the Li family members had become so terrifying, even if she thought about it for ten days and ten nights.

In her eyes, His Highness's sacred land was incredibly holy, and no outsider had ever been able to set foot inside, let alone a man with improper thoughts.

She was stunned; this challenger was only one step away from the entrance to the Pure Land of the Gods!
Holding a longsword formed from holy energy, Qin Ming fought against Kunpeng, Golden Crow, and Seven-Colored Peacock, his gaze firm and his steps powerful, determined to break in.

The goddess snorted coldly, her white robes fluttering as she rose to her feet. A zither flew from her hand, gleaming brightly, and automatically produced a melody that sounded like ten thousand swords being unleashed.

It is not a physical object, but a divine object manifested in the inner landscape.

Qin Ming slashed down again and again, causing the precious zither to shatter. But what happened next was even more terrifying: divine power erupted, causing it to collapse.

Clearly, the goddess is very confident and proud, and will not allow anyone to step into her sacred land. Now she is willing to destroy a treasure made of divine power in order to stop this person from taking a step.

At the same time, she slowly reached out to the Great Dao Tree, which shrank and finally transformed into a nine-colored branch, crystal clear and radiant with divine light soaring into the sky.

She held the nine-colored branch in her hand and waved it towards the entrance.

Qin Ming did not back down, but pressed on despite the difficulties. At this moment, his inner vision opened, shining brightly and unleashing a large amount of divine power.

Even the sacred beasts, divine birds, and the nine-colored treasure light were all blocked by the power he used when he opened his inner realm. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he boldly took a step forward and stepped into the pure land of the gods.

At the same time, his inner vision merged with the other's, the two divine realms connecting as if to become one.

"This..." The Butterfly Girl was speechless.

This is a desecration of His Highness. This pure land, which has never been set foot on before, has been invaded by outsiders who have trampled upon it, leaving behind countless footprints.

Butterfly Girl couldn't believe that the Li family's disciples were this strong.
Meanwhile, outside the villa, Xinbang heard the "bad news": the saint it valued so much, the woman who had already received the Jade Capital's inheritance, had actually gotten into a fight with Taiyi.

It was very dissatisfied and said, "How did you arrange this? What if it affects the morale of one of them? When two tigers fight, one of them will surely be injured."

The spirit of the magic array responded: "Unless it's a male and a female."

Newrank: "Go to hell..."

……

At the main gate of the villa, Li Cang, with his head full of dry, yellow hair, heard noises coming from the hardest road and knew that someone had returned. Then the footsteps became clearer and clearer.

"Hehe..." He shook his head with a faint smile and said, "Young man, still green, lacking experience."

Suddenly, his smile froze as he saw his descendant, Xiao Ba—Li Heng, limping towards him, covered in blood.

He couldn't believe it; they were already on the road, how could they change routes?
Now that Li Heng has successfully returned home, where is the person who rang the divine bell and successfully entered the deepest part of the courtyard, and what is he doing?
"Xiao Ba, what's going on?!"

……

The goddess, dressed in flawless white robes and brimming with divine power, stared at the man who had stepped into her sacred land, freely measuring and leaving his footprints here. She raised her fair wrist and suddenly swung the nine-colored branch forward!

The butterfly maiden knew that His Highness was angry and felt that he had been desecrated.

In particular, the two interior scenes have merged together and are now indistinguishable.

"A celestial being, is it? Please undergo this tribulation!" Qin Ming said, beginning to return to his origin and manifest tribulation energy, which instantly covered the woman in white.

(End of this chapter)