Lingxiao City! He Lao's betrayal

Xiao Ming casually closed his attribute panel after glancing at it.

After advancing to the Yuqi Realm, Xiao Ming clearly felt the difference in himself; specifically, he could freely control the elemental energy within a thousand-meter radius.

The power of heaven and earth can be used by me!

What is Yuqi?

It is to command the elemental energy of heaven and earth!

Extending a palm, Xiao Ming gently clenched it towards the void.

The next moment.

With a 'hum'!

All the elemental energy within a thousand-meter radius surged forth, forming one sharp sword qi after another under his control.

The sword qi was dense, like a lake of sword qi, and these sword qi were also mixed with Five Elements Power, each one displaying a five-colored hue.

Five Elements Sword Qi!

Then, under Xiao Ming's manipulation, these Five Elements Sword Qi sometimes formed the character 'Xiao' and sometimes the character 'Ming'.

As easy as moving an arm!

"No wonder Yuqi Realm experts are so powerful; being able to control the power of heaven and earth is indeed quite tricky," Xiao Ming mused inwardly.

After some thought.

Xiao Ming dispersed the sky-filling sword qi, then, in front of Ma Weiwei and Li Jianshi, took out the secret manual from his embrace.

It was the Imperial Sky-Shocking Sword Art.

Now, he had already advanced to the Yuqi Realm and could cultivate the ninth level of the sword art.

As usual, he pressed his palm onto the secret manual, and at the same time, the true essence power within him surged out, and in a moment, the cultivation page for the ninth level was opened.

A completely new cultivation method entered Xiao Ming's vision.

Upon seeing this.

Ma Weiwei and Li Jianshi simultaneously turned their heads away, indicating they were avoiding suspicion and also not daring to disturb Xiao Ming's cultivation.

Xiao Ming roughly scanned the cultivation method and found that the ninth-level page, in addition to revealing some new meridians to open, also contained a powerful sword skill.

The sword skill was named: Heaven Sealing Sword Net!

This sword skill was essentially an enhanced version of the Spirit Sealing Sword Net; the difference between the two was that the sword qi required for the Spirit Sealing Sword Net erupted from Xiao Ming's body.

The Heaven Sealing Sword Net, however, was a powerful network formed by controlling various energies in heaven and earth.

In terms of power, the Heaven Sealing Sword Net was naturally even more formidable.

After reading the cultivation method once, Xiao Ming put away the Royal Sky Shocking Art, then closed his eyes and began cultivating the sword skill and opening the meridians within his body.

Time passed bit by bit.

Approximately a quarter of an hour later.

"Rumble, rumble..."

A series of deafening explosions sounded within Xiao Ming's body; these were the anomalies produced when meridians were opened.

After a quarter of an hour of cultivation, Xiao Ming successfully opened over a hundred new meridians, and the true essence within his body also significantly increased.

At the same time.

He also successfully cultivated the Heaven Sealing Sword Net.

His cultivation speed was so fast that even Xiao Ming himself was quite surprised.

However, after a moment's thought, Xiao Ming felt relieved.

Firstly, opening meridians was not difficult; it was merely using the true essence within the body to clear the originally blocked meridians one by one according to a certain trajectory, which presented no real challenge.

Secondly, cultivating the Heaven Sealing Sword Net was also not very difficult; after all, this sword skill was an enhanced version of a previous skill, and the two had great similarities, allowing him to cultivate it by referencing the earlier skill.

Thirdly.

Xiao Ming now had a second boost from the power of luck, which was the yellow Outstanding Talent. Under the blessing of the power of luck, he cultivated so quickly.

After finishing his cultivation.

Xiao Ming opened his eyes and stood up from the ground.

"Heaven Sealing Sword Net, hehe, the name is quite domineering, but I wonder how powerful it is..."

Xiao Ming muttered softly, then extended a finger and lightly pointed it at a distant mountain peak.

The next moment.

Countless Five Elements Sword Qi suddenly appeared between heaven and earth. These sword qi intertwined, instantly forming a five-colored sword net emanating a sharp aura, and then, under his control, it rumbled towards the distant mountain peak.

"Boom!"

The top of the mountain peak shook violently, and the rocks shattered into a pile of dust.

The Heaven Sealing Sword Net, once cultivated, was extremely powerful, instantly shattering the top of that mountain peak!

If the target were a martial artist of the same Cultivation Level, it would be even harder to resist!

The distant mountain peak vibrated, causing Ma Weiwei and Li Jianshi to widen their eyes in astonishment.

Xiao Ming's move was so powerful, so abnormal!

Such astonishing means, perhaps even a martial artist in the late Yuqi Realm couldn't achieve it!

"Brother Xiao, you..." Ma Weiwei hesitated.

"It's nothing, just testing the power of a certain sword skill," Xiao Ming stretched, saying with a chuckle, "My business is done; we can go back now."

"Good, good, good, let's hurry back; Lingxiao City might have already been attacked!" Ma Weiwei and Li Jianshi said almost simultaneously.

As their voices fell.

Xiao Ming and the two women soared into the sky, rushing towards Lingxiao City.

Flying high in the sky, Xiao Ming also discovered an unexpected surprise.

That was, even without using sword flight techniques, his own escape technique was astonishingly fast because he could control the power of heaven and earth to travel between heaven and earth at an extremely high speed.

"If I can control the elemental energy of heaven and earth and transform it into certain flying objects from my previous life, wouldn't the speed be even faster?" Xiao Ming's thoughts wandered, thinking wildly.

However, this was just an idea, and it didn't actually help his combat power much.

Flying all the way.

When Xiao Ming and the two women returned to Lingxiao City, they found the entire city already engulfed in war, with shouts of killing and fierce battles everywhere.

Streams of martial arts techniques of different colors flew up from various parts of the city.

Screams filled the entire city.

Especially the City Lord's Mansion, located in the center of the city, where the battle was even more tragic; many buildings were destroyed, and everywhere were broken walls and a strong scent of blood.

Seeing this scene, the hearts of Xiao Ming and the two women simultaneously sank!

"How could this be, how could this be..." Li Jianshi mumbled, her face both terrified and confused, "The City Lord's Mansion has an extremely strong defensive formation; even my father personally couldn't break it, so how was it breached?"

"How could this be!"

Saying this, Li Jianshi wanted to fly towards the City Lord's Mansion.

"Cousin, be careful!" Ma Weiwei quickly stopped her, saying in a low voice, "The city is in chaos now, so we must be careful; let's go together!"

"Mm!"

Ma Weiwei and Li Jianshi each took out their weapons and cautiously advanced.

Xiao Ming was silent for a moment, then also drew his tiangang sword and quickly followed.

Just as the three were about to approach the City Lord's Mansion, a group of martial artists suddenly discovered them and actively approached.

Scanning with his gaze.

He saw that the leader of this group of martial artists was someone Xiao Ming and the others were familiar with: Li Jianshi's personal old servant, Old He.

The moment Old He saw Li Jianshi, his face immediately lit up with excitement. As he led his people to rush forward, he said excitedly, "Miss, you've finally returned! It's good that you're safe!"

Seeing Old He leading people to welcome them head-on, Li Jianshi and Ma Weiwei both breathed a sigh of relief.

To meet their own people in such a chaotic city was indeed a stroke of luck!

However.

Xiao Ming suddenly frowned.

He vaguely felt that something was wrong, mainly because Old He's subordinates were very different; both the aura they emitted and their attire were similar to the disciples of Sunset City.

Li Jianshi and Ma Weiwei, not having checked carefully, seemed not to have noticed this yet.

Then.

Just as Old He was about to approach Li Jianshi, the smile on his face suddenly turned sinister, and he violently drew his saber, fiercely slashing at Li Jianshi!

Swish!

A brilliant saber light filled Li Jianshi's eyes, and it struck with extreme speed!