410: Sword Talisman

Not long after the middle-aged man left Hope City, his two subordinates found him.

“Is it handled cleanly?”

“Not a trace left.”

“Then let’s go to Buerdan and spread the word about Qin An King’s wealth to the Buddhist Sect.”

The three transformed into a flying rainbow and quickly flew north.

Space Secret Realm.

Today was Tsukuko’s fifth day since waking up.

After losing Qin Shilei’s figure, she had been searching for a way to leave the Space Secret Realm, but had never succeeded.

Being trapped in a small space, Tsukuko was going crazy, like an out-of-control beast, wildly destroying the surrounding environment.

Suddenly, she felt a tremor in her heart, as if something bad was about to happen.

Immediately after, the ground shook, and space-time merged.

Qin Shilei suddenly appeared in front of Tsukuko.

“Hateful human, this time you can’t escape!”

Tsukuko’s face lit up with joy, and she leaped towards Qin Shilei.

“Hehe.”

Qin Shilei chuckled, “It should be you who’s dead this time.”

He lightly tapped with his left hand, “Space-time conversion!”

The surrounding scenery changed, and the two suddenly arrived at the summit of a large mountain.

Tsukuko’s face showed a mix of surprise and uncertainty, but she dared not act rashly again.

“Suspension!”

Qin Shilei softly uttered two more words.

He and Tsukuko once again appeared in mid-air.

Heaven Piercing Sword!

Tsukuko desperately tried to fly towards the ground.

However, no matter how she flew, her distance from the ground did not shorten at all.

“What exactly did you do?”

Tsukuko was completely panicked and loudly questioned Qin Shilei.

At the same time, she continuously waved her hands, summoning countless meteorites the size of millstones to bombard Qin Shilei, who was currently charging his power.

However, it seemed as if there was an invisible barrier above Qin Shilei’s head; those powerful meteorites would automatically fall to both sides as soon as they flew within ten meters above him.

The enormous sword shadow formed again.

With an unstoppable momentum, it slashed down towards Tsukuko.

“I am immortal, you definitely cannot kill me.”

Tsukuko seemed to be declaring to Qin Shilei, and also cheering herself on.

However, the earth-element armor attached to her body began to crack like tofu under the bombardment of the Heaven Piercing Sword.

Tsukuko was once again cut in half by a single sword strike.

The two halves of Tsukuko’s body seemed to have no gravity, continuing to float in mid-air.

Devouring Thunder!

Violent heavenly lightning struck down with a roar.

Tsukuko’s corpse was rapidly eroded.

As her last piece of flesh and blood was annihilated, a gold treasure chest appeared in mid-air.

“Phew!”

Qin Shilei let out a light breath, “This troublesome fellow is finally dead.”

He paused, then with a wave of his hand, a half-meter-sized, eight-headed serpentine phantom appeared in his palm.

“Let me go, otherwise you will be trapped forever in this Space Secret Realm.”

The Yamata no Orochi’s soul phantom struggled desperately.

“Hehe.” Qin Shilei chuckled, “I’m afraid I’ll have to disappoint you.”

With that, he snapped his fingers.

A spatial exit immediately appeared before the Yamata no Orochi.

“Impossible, this is impossible.”

The Yamata no Orochi murmured, its face distraught.

Qin Shilei, however, had no intention of explaining to the other party.

With a thought, a bolt of lightning rose from his palm and pierced into the Yamata no Orochi’s soul phantom with a crackling sound.

“Ah!”

Accompanied by the Yamata no Orochi’s painful wails, its figure became increasingly transparent, then completely vanished into the air.

After the Blessed Land completely merged with the entire Space Secret Realm, Qin Shilei became half a deity here.

With a thought, he could isolate Tsukuko far from that Space Secret Realm and control her in mid-air, completely slaying her.

It was also precisely because he had completely merged with the Space Secret Realm that he could easily find the Yamata no Orochi’s soul body hidden in the shadows.

As for opening the exit of the Space Secret Realm, that was naturally an easy matter.

Qin Shilei took a light step with his right foot and returned to Blue Star again.

He turned his head and glanced at the Demon Sect disciples hiding in the distance, then flew back in the direction of Hope City.

Qin An Royal Mansion.

An Qian hugged Qin Shilei tightly.

“You bad guy, disappearing for so long without a word, don’t you know we were worried about you?”

“It’s my fault, the situation was a bit urgent then, so I didn’t have time to tell you.”

At this moment, Zhang Xiaoli, Kong Qingshu, and the others also learned that Qin Shilei had returned, and rushed back to the mansion from outside.

After the few of them expressed their feelings of separation, they each began to talk about what had happened during this period.

“The Zhengqi Alliance people actually appeared in advance?”

Qin Shilei frowned and asked, “Did they hurt you?”

An Qian said with some confusion, “It’s strange to say, although the other party defeated us, they didn’t take further, more brutal measures.”

Zhang Xiaoli also chimed in, “Although that middle-aged man snatched some of our mutated corn, he didn’t seize the more valuable equipment and items on us.”

Kong Qingshu speculated, “Do you think he might have been somewhat apprehensive of Shi Lei’s strength, which is why he didn’t completely tear off the mask with us?”

Upon hearing their accounts, Qin Shilei also felt some confusion, but had no clues.

He said indifferently, “Didn’t that person say he would appear again in ten days? When the time comes, we’ll capture him and ask, and it will be clear.”

However, he felt some concern for An Qian and the others’ safety in his heart.

Their strength was top-tier among survivors; even ordinary Platinum one or two-star mutated beasts or humans could barely cope.

But whether it was the Zhengqi Alliance or the Demon Sect, Platinum Experts were very common.

If those high-level Platinum existences harbored ill intentions, An Qian and the others might be in mortal danger.

Qin Shilei racked his brains but couldn’t come up with an excellent countermeasure.

He could only continuously refresh the terms on the three girls, hoping to get top-tier terms to increase their strength.

Through continuous refreshing, he indeed managed to get one orange term on each of the three girls.

The strength of An Qian and the other two also increased several times as a result.

With the combined efforts of the three, even if they faced that middle-aged man from last time again, they would have the power to fight.

Qin Shilei then took out the two gold treasure chests he had recently obtained, “An Qian, it’s time for you to show your skills again.”

An Qian’s eyes lit up, she took the treasure chests, closed her eyes and prayed for a while, then quickly opened one of the gold treasure chests.

Immediately, two lights, one orange and one purple, emanated from the treasure chest.

Combat Barrier (Purple): Pulls the enemy into an exotic space barrier, where both sides fight to the death until only one person remains before they can exit this combat barrier.

Sword Talisman (Orange): Can Seal a certain sword technique of one’s own into this jade talisman; once activated, it will immediately unleash a sword move with doubled power.

Although the Combat Barrier was not particularly special, it was a very practical item, which Qin Shilei put away for now.

As for the Sword Talisman, Qin Shilei immediately thought of the Heaven Piercing Sword.

If the Heaven Piercing Sword were Sealed into the Sword Talisman, even if that middle-aged man appeared again, An Qian and the others could easily slay him with it.