Chapter 641 – There’s Daemon Qi (1/2)

By the time the people in pursuit arrived before the great banyan tree, Li Qingshan had already vanished into the tree hole, while the dwarf was frozen midair, maintaining a defensive posture.

“Why didn’t you stop him?”

Among the questions, everyone finally noticed his abnormality. His eyes were bulging as his mouth was half open, producing a puzzling sound. His body trembled gently as if he was doing everything he could to endure and hold back something.

“Hey, what’s wrong with you?”

The scarred man frowned and patted him on the shoulder gently. The dwarf’s eyes rolled up; he suddenly widened his mouth, letting out a twisted sound like someone had grabbed him by the neck. He who already seemed rather strange became especially frightening.

However, his frightening state only lasted for a second. There was a bang, not too soft or loud, and the dwarf exploded in the air, turning into a ball of bloody mist.

Everyone was stunned. Their gazes all gathered on the scarred man, as it seemed like his hand had killed the dwarf. The scarred man also stared at his hand, becoming stunned on the spot.

The slash that Li Qingshan unleashed did not produce an alarming disturbance, and only the dwarf truly experienced the terrifying sword intent it was hiding. No one expected the dwarf to die to the slash.

Before they could even return to their senses, countless strands of sword qi immediately pierced through the bloody mist and shot off in all directions, scattering everyone instantly.

The scarred man flew over thirty meters away before stabilising himself. His iron arms, which could even split open rock, were covered in bloody gashes. Some of them even reached his bones.

The others were struck by the sword qi too. Although they all possessed protective arcane and spiritual artifacts, it had happened right in their face, and they were stunned, so they were unable to activate them in time. The sword qi easily cut through their protective spiritual qi, leaving behind gashes on them.

The wounds were not life-threatening, but it was a heavy blow to their morale. They looked at one another, all frightened. Through a clash with Li Qingshan, one of their strongest, the dwarf, had been killed in a single strike. He died mysteriously, and almost everyone was injured in the process.

The dwarf was a rather eccentric figure, but they all recognised his strength as great. Let alone Foundation Establishment cultivators, he could protect himself to a certain degree even if he faced regular Golden Core cultivators. Despite raising his defences, he was still unable to avoid death.

“Is he really a Foundation Establishment cultivator? He might be a Golden Core cultivator hiding his strength!” Someone questioned in surprise and bewilderment. He could not help but admit this guess was truly quite reasonable, but immediately, he was refuted. “Of course he’s a Foundation Establishment cultivator. If he were a Golden Core cultivator, he would have slaughtered us all without batting an eye. Why’d he still be hiding?”

“Then how is his attack so powerful?”

The person was rendered speechless. Someone else speculated. “The sword he was holding earlier was quite peculiar in design. Don’t tell me it’s an arcane treasure?” “That’s nonsense. How can a Foundation Establishment cultivator power an arcane treasure?” “Yeah, even Golden Core cultivators won’t be in possession of something like that!”

The large group of people discussed among themselves, unable to hide the worry on their faces. The mission they originally believed to be extremely easy had suddenly become so troublesome. It was unexpected.

The scarred man growled. “All of you, shut up! That strike of his seems like nothing special, but it must have come at an extremely great cost. He won’t be able to use it consecutively, or with just him and his sword, he would have slaughtered us all! Why would he still run?”

His guess was right. Li Qingshan’s slash did not possess so much power purely because of the sword qi. Otherwise, even if it had absorbed half of his spiritual qi, all he would achieve in the end would be sending the dwarf flying and leaving him heavily injured. He definitely would not be able to kill him in a single strike.

In that moment, he had used the ability of the Traitorous Demon sword and found a weak point. All of the sword qi whistled in through there and invaded his body like wildfire, ravaging everything madly. The dwarf mobilised his spiritual qi in an attempt to suppress it, but he encountered the same situation as Li Qingshan. Not only was he unable to suppress the sword qi, but the sword qi even absorbed his spiritual qi and constantly grew stronger.

As a result, the dwarf seized up in the air, desperately trying to maintain his body that was on the verge of collapse. The contact from the scarred man immediately broke the final bit of balance, and he was unable to suppress the sword qi any longer, so it all burst out of his body.

The sword qi had only become so powerful after absorbing the spiritual qi of two people. However, after absorbing the dwarf’s spiritual qi, it lost its strange ability to devour spiritual qi and grow stronger. Otherwise, at least another three or four of these cultivators would have died.

And, after slashing out, not only did Li Qingshan have to build up the sword qi again, but a lot of the demon heart that served as the pupil on the Traitorous Demon sword’s hilt had been depleted. However, the terrifying power from combining the Three Absolutes Calligraphy and the Traitorous Demon sword had already been demonstrated thoroughly, and both of these items had the possibility of growing stronger.

After hearing the scarred man’s explanation, they were all well-versed in battle after all, so they found it to be extremely reasonable and composed themselves very quickly.

“Then what do we do now?”

“We wait! No matter where he comes out from, he’ll be under attack from the sun vines first. We’ll stop him from emerging, and he’ll be dead for sure!”

“What if he never comes out?” “Yeah, with how disadvantageous the current situation is, I think we’d be better off avoiding him. We still need to collect the medals. We can’t waste all of our time on him!”

“It won’t be long before this battlefield vanishes. He’ll be forcefully transported to a battlefield nearby. We’ll be transported with him, and we’ll be gathered together!”

The scarred man said. Si Qing had set this rule to increase the intensity of the battles.