191: Chapter 191 Green Snake's reinforcements are still on their way
"Elder Li, do you have any more trump cards up your sleeve?"
Xu Qing started again.
When things were fine, she was Li Xiaomo; when there was trouble, she was Elder Li.
"My ultimate trump card is calling for my mother to come over."
As one of the strongest group of people below the Soul Transformation stage in the entire Cultivation World,
For the first time, she had a certain feeling.
The feeling that she would get beaten up as soon as she stepped out the door.
And after getting beaten up, she would have to go complain to her parents.
Damn it, was she really among the strongest in the Cultivation World?
Green Snake...
Forget it, Green Snake had completely given up on her own luck.
The blood threads churned, and blood-red light filled the sky.
"Next, I might not be able to look after you. Be careful."
Elder Li narrowed her eyes, twin blades in hand, as she spoke to Xu Qing.
Xu Qing nodded, indicating he understood.
"Whew."
Elder Li took a deep breath, her full chest rising.
Her body sank slightly, her foot pulled back, and her muscles tensed. The terrifying Spiritual Pressure, even though not aimed at Xu Qing, made him feel slightly breathless.
She held the twin blades horizontally in front of her.
"Swift!"
She whispered softly.
Xu Qing only felt a blast of strong wind against his face.
Elder Li's figure vanished instantly.
It was impossible to even track her silhouette in mid-air.
One could only feel a surge of wind pressure and hear faint whistling sounds of breaking air.
Then, the constricting blood threads were seen being severed one by one.
"What speed!"
Xu Qing's eyes widened.
Activating his dharma eye and with the vision bonus from the tiancheng cloth, Xu Qing barely managed to track Elder Li's flickering trajectory.
The trajectory spread out in a radial pattern.
It seemed to form a tree slowly spreading its branches.
The sea of blood boiled, and blood threads began to increase in number.
Elder Li landed on the ground, holding the twin blades horizontally.
Her full chest heaved once, then her entire frame slightly contracted, becoming motionless.
She watched the slowly closing blood threads with indifference and an expressionless face.
Then, she whispered softly.
"Iron Tree Blade."
The calm words fell.
The air went silent for a moment.
Then, countless blood threads were snipped as if by scissors, turning into countless fragments and dissipating.
A massive silver iron tree appeared behind her.
The iron tree's crown extended its branches.
Wherever they passed, nothing remained uncut.
"..."
Xu Qing looked at the silent sky filled with drifting debris, his mouth agape, too shocked to say anything.
"Keep up!"
Elder Li turned into an afterimage and charged forward.
Xu Qing followed closely behind on his sword light.
Swish, swish, swish!
The gap opened by the iron tree was quickly filled by blood threads.
Elder Li sheathed her blade and drew her sword, her hand skillfully forming a sword Seal.
"Green Lotus Sword!"
The iron tree lowered a massive branch toward Elder Li's side.
Then it quickly budded and bloomed, turning into green lotuses.
Countless green lotuses drifted down from the branches, dancing around her and spinning continuously.
The reaching blood threads were easily shredded and torn apart.
"Lotus at Every Step!"
Elder Li grabbed Xu Qing around the waist, tapped her toes lightly, and stepped onto a green lotus.
Green light flickered, and space seemed to freeze.
One step, ten miles in an instant.
Two steps, twenty miles.
Three steps, forty miles.
Five steps, eighty miles.
Six steps, one hundred and sixty miles.
The green lotuses seemed to pierce through space, covering hundreds of miles in the blink of an eye.
"Spatial traversal, teleportation!"
Xu Qing's heart was filled with endless shock.
This was a true Divine Ability.
Elder Li tapped her toes lightly like a graceful sparrow, about to step onto the seventh green lotus.
Right then, her body stumbled, and she fell out of the Void Realm after only eighty miles.
"Is performing this move still too much of a strain?"
Elder Li's face turned a few shades paler.
This Divine Ability consumed a lot of mana and had many restrictions.
"Elder Li?!"
Even after escaping so far, the two still hadn't left the range of the sea of blood.
Seeing this scene, Xu Qing
Couldn't help but think of the Buddha's 'Universe in a Palm'.
Even if the Monkey King could travel 108,000 miles in one somersault, he couldn't escape the Buddha's five fingers.
The two were more than just similar.
This summoned sea of blood seemed to have sealed off this entire space.
While Xu Qing was thinking,
The sea of blood boiled.
A human face formed within that sky-blotting sea of blood.
With three horns on its head and vertical blood-red pupils, it was the Demon Lord.
Even for the face-blind Xu Qing, he could recognize those three horns on the Demon Lord's head at a glance.
"My lovely Subordinate Demon."
"Jie jie jie!"
The Demon Lord opened his mouth and let out a wild laugh at Xu Qing.
Xu Qing felt extreme physiological discomfort.
Amidst the Demon Lord's laughter, the boundless sea of blood churned like overwhelming waves.
Next,
The Demon Lord's pair of Blood Pupils looked at Xu Qing.
Xu Qing looked back uncontrollably, his eyes actually unable to close.
"My lovely Subordinate Demon."
"There is no need to fear me."
"I clearly dote on you so much, sacrificing my Dao Cultivation to condense a Blood Seal for you."
Xu Qing gritted his teeth.
Damn it, you're forcibly turning me into your descending Clone and vessel, and you're still so self-righteous?
"To help you become my Subordinate Demon sooner,"
"This is a new Divine Ability I've specially given you."
The boundless sea of blood turned entirely into blood threads, piercing straight through Xu Qing's right eye and flowing into its depths.
A sharp pain came from his eye socket.
Blood continuously seeped out of his right eye.
"Niangniang?"
From Elder Li's perspective, she didn't even see the conversation between Xu Qing and the Demon Lord.
Nor did she see the Demon Lord.
She only saw the sea of blood suddenly vanish, and then Xu Qing crouched down clutching his right eye, which was bleeding continuously.
"I'm fine..."
Xu Qing slowly straightened up.
[Ding, proficiency requirements met]
[Obtained skill: Blood Sea Pupil lv1]
[Blood Sea Pupil lv1] An eye pupil sealing a portion of the sea of blood, capable of summoning the sea of blood to suppress and Seal.
Note: Increasing this skill's Rank will accelerate the evolution path of [World-Ending Serpent Follower of Demon].
"Bastard! Bastard!"
Xu Qing wished he could rush into the sea of blood, tear off the Demon Lord's head, and refine it into a chamber pot.
Xu Qing opened his right eye.
At this moment, his right eye was bloodshot.
It was no longer a white eye with a black pupil.
Instead, the white was stained blood-red, and the black pupil looked like a dark red.
It looked as if blood were flowing within it.
"Niangniang, your eye?"
Elder Li took a step back, pointing her twin swords at Xu Qing.
She and Daya were both aware of Xu Qing's situation.
They naturally knew the Demon Lord wanted to turn Xu Qing into a Subordinate Demon, a Puppet similar to a Clone.
Therefore, they had to be careful with any changes in Xu Qing.
"Come, let's do the code."
Xu Qing wasn't surprised at all.
This was something they had agreed upon in advance.
"The Heavenly King covers the Earthly Tiger."
"Chicken stewed with mushrooms."
"Along the River During the Qingming Festival."
"The Pagoda suppresses the River Demon."
"Who is the strongest Cultivator in the world?"
"It certainly isn't you."
Elder Li breathed a sigh of relief.
Confirmed, it was still Xu Qing, not controlled by the Demon Lord.
"What just happened?"
"..."
Xu Qing explained what had happened to Elder Li.
At this time,
Daya was still on her way, riding a horse.