537: Kill five Dao ancestors in a row

In the middle reaches of a Xu River tributary, a heaven-shaking battle was unfolding.

Four three-step Dao Ancestors, each with different forms and tens of thousands of feet tall, stood in four directions, surrounding a green figure in the center.

Among them was the Water Candle Demon who had previously fled. He now manifested his complete form, with extremely cold ice tides surging on his left half and scorching flames burning on his right half.

The other three were: a Lava Race member covered in rock armor, a Thousand-Eyed Race member with a thousand eyes, and a Shadow Charm Race member capable of manipulating shadows.

"Netherworld Soul Lock Formation, activate!"

The Water Candle Demon roared, and the four Dao Ancestors simultaneously formed hand seals.

Immediately, the space within a ten-thousand-mile radius was enveloped by a black curtain, and countless distorted ghost shadows shuttled through the curtain, emitting ear-piercing shrieks.

These ghost shadows could directly attack the Divine Soul. Even more terrifying was that the formation could continuously extract the Life Origin of those trapped within it.

However, facing the siege of four three-step Dao Ancestors and this bizarre formation, Xu Qing appeared to be at ease.

Whenever a ghost shadow was about to touch him, his figure would become blurry, as if he were in another spatiotemporal dimension.

The Daoist Magic and Divine Ability unleashed by the four three-step Dao Ancestors also passed through his ethereal body, unable to cause the slightest harm.

"He has Cultivated the Great Dao of Space to such a Realm!"

The Thousand-Eyed Race's thousand eyes simultaneously revealed shock.

Xu Qing seemed to be dealing with the siege of the four, but his mind was always locked onto a certain spot in the Void Realm.

From the beginning of the battle, he had sensed a faint aura secretly observing him.

That person's Cultivation had definitely reached the four-step Dao Ancestor Realm. This level had already condensed the present body and past body, and was about to condense the future body, with strength far beyond that of a three-step Dao Ancestor.

That aura constantly shifted between reality and illusion, clearly indicating that he had either Cultivated the Great Dao of Space or comprehended the Great Dao of Nothingness.

Xu Qing had already locked onto his position. Now, he was merely playing along with the Water Candle Demon and the others, to see how long this hidden expert could endure.

"Damn it, this Human Race member is too bizarre!" The Shadow Charm Race member roared, his shadow tentacles missing again.

Just as the four three-step Dao Ancestors were unable to break through after a long assault and were gradually becoming anxious, the one hiding in the shadows finally made his move!

Taking advantage of the moment when Xu Qing had just evaded a combined attack, and his old strength was exhausted while new strength had not yet emerged, a crack suddenly opened in the Void Realm.

A translucent figure appeared silently, with the power of Nothingness capable of annihilating a three-step Dao Ancestor condensed on his fingertip, striking directly at Xu Qing's back!

"I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Xu Qing's figure suddenly vanished, reappearing behind the translucent figure.

He pointed a finger, and the Yin and Yang Qi intertwined into a Chaos vortex. Wherever it passed, even space was completely disintegrated!

"What?!"

The translucent figure was horrified, and in the nick of time, it transformed into billions of light particles and scattered.

Although the Chaos vortex missed, it directly tore a gap in the Netherworld Soul Lock Formation within a radius of several light-years!

The light particles re-condensed in the distance, revealing a strange Life form completely transparent like crystal.

This was a rare Void Race member among the Tianyang aliens, naturally capable of shifting between reality and illusion, and born with an innate comprehension of the Great Dao of Nothingness.

"A Void Race member?" Xu Qing raised an eyebrow, "No wonder you hid so deeply."

The Void Race expert said with an ugly expression, "Human Race, you discovered me long ago?"

"I knew from the moment you arrived." Xu Qing smiled faintly, "It's just right to practice with you all."

"Arrogant!" The Void Race expert laughed in extreme anger, his body beginning to distort reality, "Form the Five God Battle Formation, we must kill this person today!"

The Water Candle Demon and the other four understood and immediately changed their positions. Although the Netherworld Soul Lock Formation was broken, the Five God Battle Formation was equally powerful.

The Void Race expert took command of the formation's core, while the four three-step Dao Ancestors guarded the four directions. The five auras perfectly merged, and their power instantly surged!

"Good timing!"

Xu Qing let out a long laugh, his hands tracing profound trajectories.

His left hand evolved the power of Extreme Yin, freezing thousands of miles of rivers and mountains; his right hand activated the True Sun Fire, burning the heavens and boiling the seas. The Yin and Yang Qi perfectly fused in his hands, transforming into a Chaos Dragon that spanned heaven and earth!

"Roar!!!"

The Chaos Dragon roared as it charged towards the battle formation. Wherever it passed, space collapsed inch by inch.

The Void Race expert's expression changed, and he hurriedly activated his Dao power, setting up layers of Nothingness barriers in front of him.

The four three-step Dao Ancestors also displayed their Divine Ability: Lava Giant Shield, Thousand-Eyed Barrier, Shadow Curtain, and Water-Fire Taiji appeared simultaneously!

"Boom!"

The aftermath of the collision of the two forces swept across thousands of light-years. The Xu River below was stirred up into ten-thousand-foot waves, and countless strange beasts in the river either fled in panic or dived into the depths of the riverbed.

The nearby Chaos stars and ancient continents shattered under this impact, turning into Cosmic dust.

After the energy storm gradually subsided, the Void Race expert was horrified to discover that their combined efforts had only barely managed to block this one strike!

And that Human Race member in green robes still stood calmly in the Void Realm, as if he had merely waved his hand earlier.

"It's time to end this."

Xu Qing slowly raised his hand, and the entire Xu River tributary suddenly became still.

Time and space, at this moment, seemed to lose all meaning.

The moment Xu Qing's voice fell, the entire world seemed to have been put on pause.

The rushing waters of the Xu River solidified in mid-air, the splashing waves turned into crystal-clear ice sculptures, and even the raging energy storm was suspended in place.

"Time and Space Stasis!"

The Void Race expert was horrified to discover that even the Dao power circulating within him had become sluggish. This absolute control over time and space had completely surpassed his understanding!

Xu Qing's figure leisurely stepped through the static time and space. With each step, a ripple of space emanated.

He first came before the Water Candle Demon, looking at the ferocious expression frozen on his face, and gently pointed a finger.

"Yin and Yang Reversal."

The moment his fingertip touched the Water Candle Demon's glabella, two completely opposite forces, extreme cold and extreme heat, erupted simultaneously.

The Water Candle Demon's half-ice, half-fire body first had its left half ignited with white flames, and its right half condensed with blue ice crystals. Then, his entire being shattered inch by inch like broken glass, finally dissipating into the Void Realm as interweaving red and blue light particles.

Xu Qing's steps did not stop. He turned to the Lava Race Dao Ancestor. This giant, whose entire body was covered in rock armor, was still in the posture of throwing a punch. Xu Qing gently pressed his palm on the opponent's chest, and the Great Dao of Space silently operated.

"Void Realm Annihilation."

The Lava Race Dao Ancestor's massive body began to collapse from within, as if an invisible black hole was devouring everything he had.

His rock armor, lava core, and even his Dao Soul were compressed into a tiny singularity, finally disappearing silently into the depths of the Void Realm.

The Thousand-Eyed Race's thousand eyes simultaneously revealed despair, but under the Time and Space Stasis, he couldn't even complete a blink.

Xu Qing merely glanced at him faintly, and the space around the Thousand-Eyed Race began to fold in layers.

"Dimensional Cut."

Countless fine spatial cracks cut the Thousand-Eyed Race, along with the space he occupied, into billions of fragments. Each eye exploded in a different spatial fragment, and finally, all fragments were annihilated simultaneously.

The Shadow Charm Race member saw his three companions fall one after another and desperately tried to transform into a shadow to escape, but in the static time and space, his proud Great Dao of Shadow could not be used at all.

Xu Qing gently blew a breath towards him. This breath contained the most fundamental Yin and Yang Qi.

"Return to Origin."

The Shadow Charm Race member's body rapidly melted under the washing of the Yin and Yang Qi, like ice and snow in the sun. He let out a silent wail, finally returning to its most primitive shadow energy, which Xu Qing casually collected into his sleeve.

In the blink of an eye, all four three-step Dao Ancestors had fallen!

The Void Race expert watched, his liver and guts splitting, and frantically burned his Origin to try and break free from the time and space restraints.

Under his desperate assault, the surrounding time and space actually began to tremble slightly.

"I underestimated you." Xu Qing was slightly surprised, then raised his hand and made a grasping motion, "But this is as far as you go."

The entire Void Realm began to contract inwards, as if an invisible giant hand was kneading this world. The Void Race expert was horrified to discover that the space he was in was being peeled away from the main time and space!

"No! I am a Void Race Elder, if you kill me..."

Xu Qing didn't give him a chance to finish, and his five fingers suddenly clenched.

"Return to Ruins."

The peeled-off space instantly collapsed into a tiny black dot, along with the Void Race expert within it, completely returning to Nothingness.

Even the means he had left in his clan were annihilated simultaneously by this strike.

Time and space resumed flowing, and the waters of the Xu River continued to surge, as if nothing had happened.

Only the lingering Dao Ancestor fall anomalies in the air, not yet completely dispersed, proved the existence of that astonishing battle just now.

Xu Qing stood with his hands behind his back on the river surface, feeling his Cultivation deepen by a few points, and murmured to himself, "My strength is such that a four-step Dao Ancestor who has not condensed their future body is no longer my match."