I tried to kill the heroines of destiny, but they ended up chasing after me.

"I didn't expect you to have a greatsword! That's really beyond my expectations! But these two swords must be your biggest trump card, right?" Xu Tianqin looked at Huang Quan, who was holding two greatswords, and said calmly.

Huang Quan didn't answer, because he couldn't very well say, "Actually, you're wrong. I have many, many more of these greatswords," could he?

Seeing that Huang Quan did not answer, Xu Tianqin assumed that he had tacitly agreed.

"Hmph!" Xu Tianqin sneered again, and then with a flick of her hands, two more embroidery needles appeared. Including the ones she originally had, she now had a total of four embroidery needles. But if you add the ones that Huang Quan knocked away, there are a total of eight embroidery needles.

"Let me show you how powerful my Daoist needles are!" Xu Tianqin shouted, her tone as if she was certain of winning the competition.

"The Dao Spirit Needle?" Huang Quan frowned upon hearing Xu Tianqin's words, completely ignoring her tone, and thought to himself.

At that moment, all eight embroidery needles on the stage suddenly floated into the air and appeared in a circle above Xu Tianqin, directly in front of Huang Quan.

Huang Quan looked at the eight embroidery needles, his expression shifting slightly, but he didn't seem particularly serious in his silence.

"Take this!"

Xu Tianqin shouted and waved her right hand in the air. The eight embroidery needles above her head seemed to be under some kind of control, and immediately turned into eight dazzling beams of light, which quickly attacked various parts of Huang Quan's body.

Eight embroidery needles attacked simultaneously from different directions, a situation that made Huang Quan frown, because on the surface, Huang Quan was already at a disadvantage!

At this moment, he moved swiftly. To save face for Xu Tianqin, he pretended to grit his teeth and brandished his two greatswords again, transforming them into a defensive circle at an extremely fast speed, desperately blocking the seemingly endless attacks of the embroidery needles around him.

"Hmph, let's see how long you can hold out!" Xu Tianqin snorted coldly, seemingly disdainful of Huang Quan's obstruction. This time, her left hand also moved. Perhaps influenced by something, the attack of the eight embroidery needles suddenly became much more fierce.

Bang! Bang!

One of the embroidery needles suddenly accelerated, heading straight for Huang Quan's face and narrowly missing him. But Huang Quan suddenly exerted his strength, his spiritual power swirling around the two greatswords, and unleashed a barrage of blows on the eight embroidery needles. Instantly, all eight needles were knocked back to Xu Tianqin's side by Huang Quan, and began to spin around her once again.

However, Huang Quan seemed to be a little weak, and his face was a little pale. Although he was faking it, he did it quite well.

“I know those two battles just now took a lot of your strength. If you keep fighting like this, you won’t be able to beat me. I don’t want to hurt you, so… can you tell me now?!” Xu Tianqin asked seriously.

"Really? Heh! I'd like to give it a try..." Huang Quan muttered dismissively.

"Hmph! Stubborn to the end!" As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Tianqin's beautiful eyes flickered, and her hands clasped together. Eight embroidery needles lined up in front of her as she moved.

"Hmm?" Huang Quan raised an eyebrow, as if he had become somewhat "apprehensive".

Because he could clearly feel a strong spiritual energy fluctuation from the blades of those eight embroidery needles. This fluctuation, through Xu Tianqin's hands, was like a thread, tightly connected to Xu Tianqin's body, and they were practically inseparable.

Seeing Huang Quan's surprised expression, Xu Tianqin smiled contemptuously.

"Hehe! It seems you've already figured it out! That's right, just as you sensed, I used this thread to firmly control these eight embroidery needles, and that's the power of the Dao Xuan Needle."

"Is the heart needle one with the body?" Huang Quan muttered to himself.

“Yes! I am the needle! The needle is me!” Xu Tianqin said solemnly.

"Needle up!" At this moment, Xu Tianqin shouted again, and with this shout, the eight Dao Xuan needles lined up in front of him suddenly disappeared from Huang Quan's sight.

"What is this?" Huang Quan seemed slightly surprised.

But then, his body unconsciously shifted slightly to the left, and then, with a whoosh, a thin scratch appeared on his clothes.

Huang Quan sensed something strange and moved his body again. The two greatswords were simply swirling around him based on his senses, and the sound of weapons clashing and colliding appeared out of nowhere.

From outside the arena, all you could see was Huang Quan wielding two large swords, moving inexplicably across the stage.

But the danger here is probably only apparent to Huang Quan, because with each clash of weapons, Huang Quan's clothes would be covered in scratches of varying sizes.

It looks similar to how Huang Quan blocked the eight embroidery needles earlier, but it is actually much more dangerous than before.

"You're quite persistent, aren't you?"

Seeing that Huang Quan was still able to withstand her attacks, only looking slightly disheveled, she became somewhat displeased. So, she waved her hands again, seemingly increasing the speed at which she attacked Huang Quan with her embroidery needles.

call out!

Finally, under the relentless onslaught, Huang Quan's two greatswords created a brief opening, allowing the embroidery needle to make direct contact with his left hand and back, leaving two small but noticeable wounds on his body.

"Hmph!!"

Upon seeing Huang Quan injured, Xu Tianqin smiled slightly, her emotions seemingly becoming even more excited. This caused her to wave her hands faster and faster, and the speed of her embroidery needle also increased.

And so, Huang Quan began to weaken...

Gradually, his right hand was injured, his left foot was scratched, and he was almost pierced through the chest by one of the embroidery needles.

At the same time, Huang Quan suddenly leaped into the air, seemingly trying to use the airspace to temporarily evade Xu Tianqin's fierce attack.

"Hmph! It's time to end this!" However, upon seeing Huang Quan leap into the air, Xu Tianqin's lips curled into an unknown smile.

"Huh?" Huang Quan's eyes snapped open involuntarily when he heard Xu Tianqin's shout.

Because in front of him, one of the eight embroidery needles that seemed to have been hidden for a long time was aimed directly at his heart!

At this moment, Huang Quan's eyes were fixed on the rapidly attacking knife, his eyes narrowing into a straight line.

But the existence of danger does not mean that the danger will actually materialize. After all, Huang Quan's overwhelming strength is undeniable, and it would be a pipe dream to defeat him with such a small attack.

So, at this critical moment, Huang Quan naturally took further action.

Chapter 219 Secret Passage

"Sigh! I can't keep up this act any longer! This is enough, at least on the surface, it's acceptable." Huang Quan thought to himself, but he didn't make any move. He just moved his eyes, and an aura of power far exceeding that before spread from his body and directly filled the platform.

Perhaps influenced by this aura, the embroidery needle that was attacking so quickly stopped abruptly about half a meter away from Huang Quan's chest. Amidst the trembling and shaking, it was unable to advance even an inch further.

"What?!" Upon seeing this, Xu Tianqin was shocked and seemed completely incredulous.

However, Huang Quan did not pay attention to her expression. In the next instant, he moved and suddenly appeared behind Xu Tianqin, raising his left hand and striking directly at Xu Tianqin's neck.

Xu Tianqin had no ability to resist. Before she could even come to her senses, she felt a surge of heat from Huang Quan's left hand. Under the impact of this heat, she inevitably fell into a coma.

This is the difference in power; this is the difference in power between her and Huang Quan.

At the same time, the floating embroidery needles, having lost the support of Xu Tianqin's profound energy, all fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

But Huang Quan still needed to keep up the act. After all, on the surface, the gap between him and Xu Tianqin wasn't that big. So, in order not to give himself away, he had to put on a show of a rare victory. Under the guise of this, he was panting heavily, and his expression really did look a bit disheveled.

After a while, Huang Quan used his Xuan power to make Xu Tianqin float in the air, and also helped her collect all the embroidery needles and placed them on her body. Finally, he gently placed her on a seat outside the platform.

The battle is officially over.

"It's alright! At least he still knows to save face for the four major families." Zhu Yongri looked at Huang Quan, who was pretending to rest on the stage, and said calmly with a slight movement in his eyes.

“He’s a promising talent, but I wonder… who his master is.” Zhang Shen narrowed his eyes and suddenly asked a question that everyone was concerned about.

Because of the causal cycle, Huang Quan's strength has become blurred. On the surface, he appears to be just an ordinary cultivator at the Nirvana Realm Perfection stage, but in reality, his true strength is comparable to the Transformation Realm Perfection stage. This is the "aftereffect" left by the causal cycle, but it also benefits from it. Unless one's strength surpasses that of a cultivator from the Tree of Time, no one can see through Huang Quan's true strength.

So here's the question: in their eyes, how could Huang Quan, who had reached the Nirvana Realm, defeat his peers time and time again? No one would believe it was his own achievement, so no matter what, these people would think that Huang Quan must have a powerful master.

At this point in the conversation, Zhang Shen's thoughts stirred slightly. In fact, he knew how Huang Quan had arrived and who had given him the invitation. So, as he pondered, he couldn't help but connect Huang Quan with that person.

“Zhu Yongyue? If it’s him… it doesn’t seem impossible that he could train such a strong disciple.” While thinking to himself, Zhang Shen looked at Huang Quan seriously, as if he wanted to confirm his answer by looking at him.

On the other hand, after Huang Quan defeated the strongest young members of the Emperor Sword Clan, the Flame Life Clan, and the Dao Clan, those who questioned Huang Quan's strength all shut their mouths.

"Now no one should challenge me anymore, right? Sigh! It's finally over." Huang Quan subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as he said, Zhang Song and Zhang Qing, seeing that no one was going on stage, earnestly asked the remaining four clans if anyone was willing to come up. Then, they tacitly left their positions as hosts.

A moment later, Zhang Shen, the organizer, stepped forward from his position in the Green Pavilion. He looked at everyone and said, "This ceremony went very smoothly. From my son's initial appearance to this masked young man, my fellow Daoists and I have witnessed quite a bit and seen the hopeful future of the four races..."

In short, just like his initial opening remarks, Zhang Shen uttered some official phrases before formally announcing the end of the ceremony.

"So, what's next..."

However, just before Zhang Shen could finish speaking, it suddenly got dark.

Without any warning, in the blink of an eye, in the blink of an eye, the sky over the Icefield Cave Heaven turned from day to night. Perhaps because the change was too abrupt, everyone present was stunned in place.

But Zhang Shen and the others lived up to their reputation as Heavenly Lords; they regained their senses in less than a breath.

Whether it was Zhu Yongri, Dao San, or Yan Tian and Hei You Venerable, almost instantly, their nerves tensed up and they prepared for battle!

"Who is it?!" Zhang Shen's expression changed slightly, and he suddenly shouted, his Heavenly Monarch aura soaring into the sky, as if trying to break through the darkness.

Unfortunately, his aura was swallowed up by the sudden darkness just as he was about to ascend to the heavens, as if his power was insufficient to break through the sky.

Of course, the four clans members in the smaller seats were not too flustered by this change. After all, they were all elites of their clans, and they would not easily show fear. At most, they were just solemn.

"Disciples of the four clans, leave this place immediately, hurry up!" It must be said that Zhu Tianri's reaction was also quick. The moment Zhang Shen's aura had not yet broken through the sky, he understood that what was about to happen was definitely not something that the juniors of the clans could interfere with, so he immediately had the idea of ​​dispersing the clansmen.

Yan Sheng and Zhang Shen did the same, so with the reminders of the seniors, the people of the four clans left Emperor Sword Village in an orderly manner.

Indeed, their departure was without any hindrance, as if the person who turned the sky black didn't care about them at all. But strangely, after these insignificant people left, they suddenly discovered two things.

The first thing is that the area where the sky turned black was only the area of ​​the Emperor Sword Clan. The rest of the Emperor Sword Town and other places in the Cave Heaven were still in daylight as they were not long ago. The second thing is that people who left that darkness can no longer enter Emperor Sword Village, as if this darkness is a barrier that allows people to leave but not enter.

As a result, after only half an hour, only a group of Heavenly Monarch level experts and some hidden masters remained in the entire Emperor Sword Village.

Just after the younger generation of clansmen had left, a voice that was familiar with Zhang Shen and Zhu Tianri, but completely unfamiliar with Yan Sheng, Dao San, and the Black Nether Venerable, resounded directly from the black sky into the depths of their minds.

"Today is my day to settle scores with Zhang Shen and Zhu Tianri. If any bystanders do not wish to be implicated, please disappear immediately!"

The voice was domineering and forceful, even carrying a hint of hatred and killing intent, causing the three people besides Zhang Shen and Zhu Yongri to frown and hesitate.

However, after this voice rang out, his true identity was also revealed.

"Let's settle this once and for all!" Zhang Shen murmured, a ruthless glint appearing in his eyes as he gazed at the sky.

"I'll give you time to think it over. After that time, anyone who stays by their side will be considered an enemy. You'd better watch yourselves!" Jue Yi said, then fell silent.

As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Tian and the other two had doubts.

"Clan Chief Zhang! Please give me an explanation!" Yan Tian looked at Zhang Shen and asked directly.

After the commotion, Liu Xiyao was sent out of Emperor Sword Village under Zhang Shen's arrangement. Zhang Jian, who was supposed to return to the Grand Seat after his defeat, did not go back and disappeared without a trace. Huang Quan, the final victor of the ritual battle, also vanished without a trace during this period.

However, no one paid any attention to them. After all, the changes had already attracted the attention of these Heavenly Lords, so they had no time to care about the affairs of the younger generation.

In short, if Zhang Shen were to say something extraordinary now, no one except the Heavenly Lord would hear it, except for certain people hiding around.

Zhang Jian paused for a moment, then his eyes flickered, and he said seriously, "I don't want to waste words. I know you want my clan's Tree of Time. I can promise you that as long as you help me kill this person, I will let you come into contact with the Tree of Time. But whether you can obtain it depends on your own abilities!"

Upon hearing this, everyone present was taken aback, seemingly greatly shocked by Zhang Jian's words.

This is normal. After all, the Tree of Time is the supreme treasure of the Emperor Sword Clan, a sacred object that the Emperor Sword Clan needs to protect. However, this member of the Emperor Sword Clan has said that he would give it away. How can people not be surprised and shocked?

"Is what you're saying true?" Yan Tian asked again, but this time his tone was a little excited. Not only him, but Dao San and Black Nether Venerable were also like that.

"I swear!" Zhang Shen said solemnly, as if he had no intention of taking back what he had said before.

"Hahahaha! Unbelievable! The Emperor Sword Clan, who guards the Tree of Time, actually betrayed it. This is truly unbelievable!" Venerable Black Nether suddenly laughed loudly.