Mysterious World: I Have a Lost Heavenly Court

The night was as thick as ink.

Outside the city, the figure of a gaunt man sped along the rugged mountain path.

A pale red trail of blood mist trailed behind him.

He ran very fast and very hard!

The martial artist at the Blood Exchange Realm exerted all his strength to activate his blood and qi, and every step he took created a shallow crater in the mud.

But the footsteps behind him didn't get any closer; instead, they grew even louder.

Even without turning around, the gaunt man could sense Lu Changqing's surging, fiery aura.

How could you possibly lose?

Why is that kid so fast!

He had clearly used the Blood Escape Technique, burning his life essence to gain a short burst of speed, making it impossible for any Blood Exchange Realm martial artist of the same cultivation level to catch up...

Then, he heard a whooshing sound behind him.

The gaunt man turned around abruptly, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a dark shadow pouncing like a ferocious tiger.

Lu Changqing leaped into the air, his right arm outstretched, fingers spread wide, the terrifying power from the Golden Muscles and Jade Meridians flowing into his knuckles.

The skinny man wanted to hide.

But his body couldn't keep up.

The backlash from the Blood Escape Technique, his previous injuries, and the deadly pure Yang energy were still eroding his body, slowing his reactions by more than half a beat.

Lu Changqing's five fingers firmly gripped the back of his neck.

"Click."

A sharp, teeth-grinding crack came from his neck, and excruciating pain instantly swept through the gaunt man's entire body.

He felt as if the back of his neck was being clamped by an iron clamp.

Then the world spun around.

Using the momentum of his forward motion, Lu Changqing grabbed the back of his neck with one hand and slammed him hard onto the ground.

"boom--"

Mud and rocks flew everywhere, creating a shallow crater in the ground.

The gaunt man felt his internal organs churning from the fall, and a metallic taste filled his mouth.

He struggled desperately, his fingernails digging wildly backward, his legs kicking wildly, blood mist gushing from his body, trying to use his last bit of strength to break free from Lu Changqing's grip.

But Lu Changqing's fingers were like five steel nails, firmly embedded in the back of his neck, unmoving.

Golden skin and jade-like veins overlapped with water and fire immortal robes; the gaunt man's fingernails pricked the back of his hand, but couldn't even break the skin.

Lu Changqing pressed one knee down on the gaunt man's back, the terrifying force causing the man's spine to crack.

"After running so far, they still couldn't escape."

The gaunt man chewed on mud, squeezing out a few indistinct syllables from his throat.

Lu Changqing ignored him.

He pressed his right hand against the back of the gaunt man's neck, while his left fist was already clenched.

The pure Yang energy on his fist blazed like a raging fire, and white smoke billowed in the night wind.

With this punch, the emaciated body beneath him will, like the Right Protector, turn into a pile of rotten flesh that can never be pieced back together.

Just then.

A very soft, gentle laugh suddenly rang out in the night breeze.

The laughter was soft, with an indescribable sweetness, like someone breathing in your ear.

A faint floral fragrance had appeared in the air, so sweet it was almost cloying, a sweetness that sent a tingling, itchy sensation through one's very bones.

If it were anyone else, they would probably be weak in the knees and lose their composure by now.

But Lu Changqing only frowned slightly.

Allure?

His mind was momentarily stirred, but the energy within his body quickly eliminated the influence.

It's not that the alluring laughter isn't strong.

However, in the town of Seven Emotions and Six Desires, when the Golden Foil-Faced Demon opened all dozens of mouths at the same time, the decadent music poured into one's brain was many times more intense than this.

"Therefore, battles in the ancient ruins also have the effect of significantly improving experience and coping abilities."

He didn't turn around or pause in the face of laughter.

The pure white smoke on his left fist did not weaken at all; on the contrary, it intensified by three points. Then, he aimed at the skinny man's back and punched him down.

"boom--"

The gaunt man's body arched suddenly, and a muffled thud of bones shattering came from his chest.

He opened his mouth as if to say something, but his lips moved twice without uttering a single word.

The light in his scarlet eyes quickly dimmed.

Finally, it froze into a deathly silence of resentment and bewilderment.

Life was cut off.

Rigor mortis, death—

Lu Changqing did not get up immediately.

He remained kneeling on the corpse, his right hand reaching into the gaunt man's chest, his fingertips touching a warm, still slightly pulsating rhomboid crystal.

With a strong pull, the blood jade crystal landed in his palm.

This blood jade crystal is a whole size larger than the one we got from the left and right guardians before.

The spiritual energy fluctuations contained within it far surpassed those of any previous one.

"It wasn't in vain to chase you all this way."

Lu Changqing smiled, put the Blood Jade Crystal into his pocket, then stood up and looked back.

In the distance, about two hundred paces away, on a hill, there was a figure dressed in a moon-white gauze robe.

Her figure was slender and graceful, her gauze dress fluttering gently in the night breeze, and the exposed half of her calves gleamed white in the moonlight.

She stood there, across a vast, open field, locking onto him from afar, and leaping ever closer.

It was too far away; Lu Changqing couldn't see her face clearly.

But he could sense that aura—cold and cloyingly sweet.

It has the same underlying tone as the fluctuations emanating from Qin Yuan!

Joyful Buddha.

Female Prime Minister.

Lu Changqing and the woman stared at each other for a moment. Seeing her suddenly rushing towards him, he immediately looked away, turned around, and disappeared in the direction of the city wall with a few leaps.

This is outside the county town, less than three miles from the city wall.

But he didn't know if the other party had any backup plans or if they had others assisting them.

So, let's head back to the city first!

"Damn it—"

The female figure drifted down beside the emaciated man's corpse, uttering resentful words that were neither male nor female.

It has an extremely beautiful face, with spring-like eyes and a smile on its lips.

But there was an indescribable eeriness in his smile, as if it were pasted onto his face.

She looked down at the corpse on the ground, its chest cavity collapsed and lifeless.

A barely perceptible flicker crossed his eyes.

The last time I saw Lu Changqing at the mine, this kid was only at the Bone Refining Realm and Qi Refining Realm.

In her eyes, that kind of strength posed no threat at all.

But now, the corpse lying at her feet tells her that in the time she wasn't paying attention, this kid has already broken through to the third realm!

Moreover, the Joyful Spell that was released from a distance had no effect on him at all!

Even if it's just a wisp, it's still the Joyful Buddha Dharma at the Condensation Realm level. If an ordinary martial artist at the Third Realm is touched by it, they'll be in a daze for at least a few breaths before they can break free.

But that kid didn't even flinch.

The female prime minister raised her head and looked in the direction where Lu Changqing had disappeared.

On that extremely beautiful face, the smile finally showed a very subtle change.

It was neither anger nor fear.

It was curiosity, and also a touch of solemn apprehension.

"It seems I underestimated this young master before."

"We need to be a little careful."

She said it softly, her voice extremely gentle.

Then she looked down and glanced at the corpse on the ground again.

"waste."

She stretched out her bare foot and gently tapped the gaunt man's head. The corpse silently crumbled into dust, its bloody aura dissipating into the night wind.

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