245: Old acquaintance?

Although Qingyang didn't fight for as long as Ba Qing and Little Luan in the fifth stage against the Yuheng Star Lord, the danger was no less for him.

So when the fifth stage was cleared, Qingyang immediately collapsed on the spot, his thick dragon breath coming out in frantic gasps.

After a full half-month of rest, on this day, the moment Qingyang suddenly opened his black and gold vertical pupils, his condition had returned to its peak.

Without much hesitation, Qingyang's massive black and gold dragon body suddenly swayed and directly entered the passage to the sixth stage.

The silent passage of the sixth stage seemed untouched by any living being since the ancient times, desolate and lonely.

When Qingyang arrived here, the powerful being in the distance, named Beiji Wuqu Kaiyang Star Lord as described by Xuan Ming, was facing away from Qingyang, looking at the final stage.

Seemingly noticing a living being had entered, the other party slowly stood up, then turned his head and looked over.

At this moment, his imposing dark green dragon horns, the fiery gold civil and military attire around his body, and the giant bow in his hand, just a turn of his body made Qingyang feel immense pressure.

This pressure was not from bloodline or combat power, but purely from the realm.

"Oh, you're here."

"What?" Qingyang asked, confused.

From the way the other party greeted him, it seemed they knew each other.

But Qingyang searched through all his memories and found no impression of the person before him.

Noticing Qingyang's confusion, the man with two horns on his head didn't get angry. Instead, he spoke slowly as if chatting about everyday life.

"From your battles in the previous stages, you seem to have a way to make your energy boil and increase your attribute combat power by five times, but there's a time limit."

As he spoke, he didn't forget to glance at Qingyang's extremely wary expression and said somewhat speechlessly: "What the heck are you afraid of? Am I going to ambush you? I'm telling you something.

With your own five-fold increase, plus the combat power of your Ten-Colored Bone Body, the enhancement of your flesh and blood, and the Shi Shi Beast race's method of reversing energy flow, your current strength can already rival a Super Divine Beast, or even be stronger than a Super Divine Beast.

But the problem is, your Ten-Colored Bone Body, having grown in the Inner Realm, is not recognized at all. So until today, you still don't have the unique second form of a Super Divine Beast. How should we deal with this?"

Listening to the other party's self-talk, Qingyang was completely bewildered.

In just a few sentences, the other party had revealed all of his trump cards, leaving Qingyang unsure how to fight him.

But at this moment, the Star Lord with two horns on his head in the distance suddenly stared at Qingyang and spoke again.

"That guy in the seventh stage, his name is Emperor Yuan. How should I put it? His strength is King-Level Tier 9, but his combat power, even among those of the same tier, you might not be able to defeat him.

Because his combat power at the same level is already the strongest on the entire Blue Star. Forget it, telling you this is useless. Let's finish this quickly. I'll only attack once. If you withstand it, go meet him. If you don't, then forget it and just consider us blind."

"Ang~ roar~"

Just as the Star Lord finished speaking, he saw his body turn and instantly transform into a blue dragon several thousand meters in size.

Moreover, his aura, which was at least King-Level Tier 5 or higher, instantly permeated the entire space.

"Azure Dragon Shines Upon Heaven Strike, Ang~ roar~"

At this moment, the several-thousand-meter-sized green giant dragon flew towards the upper part of this space. Terrifying energy permeated its body, and in its ferocious dragon mouth, the ultimate world-ending energy quickly gathered and brewed.

Facing this kind of attack, Qingyang even began to wonder if, outside, this single blow from the other party would directly shatter the entire Blue Star.

Without much hesitation, Qingyang's entire body instantly coiled up, adopting the strongest defensive posture to meet the other party's deadly attack.

Furthermore, at this moment, Qingyang's many innate divine abilities were all activated. Dense ice blades surrounded Qingyang, protecting him.

As for Dragon Poison Heart Corrosion, it was like a close-fitting soft armor, clinging tightly to Qingyang's body surface. The Backwater Extreme Sacrifice skill had also been activated.

"Buzz~ boom!"

First, an intense light appeared, and Qingyang subconsciously closed his eyes.

Then, an irresistible energy instantly broke through Qingyang's Ice Blade Meteor Kill and directly struck Qingyang's massive body.

"Ang~ roar~"

At this moment, Qingyang's outermost body, flesh, and scales were quickly ground away by this intense energy at a visible speed, revealing the Ten-Colored Bone Body.

This world-destroying energy seemed to carry the energy of annihilation. After grinding away Qingyang's flesh and blood, it actually began to quickly corrode Qingyang's Ten-Colored Bone Body.

Facing an attack with energy far surpassing his own, the only thing Qingyang could do at this moment was to do his best to protect the most important parts of his body.

However, this energy seemed to be infinitely divisible, with no intention of stopping or decreasing at all.

It seemed that this attack would only disappear the moment it completely ground Qingyang away.

Time slowly passed. At a certain moment, when Qingyang's body was almost completely ground away, the Star Lord who had stopped attacking looked at Qingyang with concern and said softly.

"Qingyang, if you can't even withstand this one attack, how can you challenge him?"

Just as the Star Lord was talking to himself, at this moment, in the intense energy light, a deep, thousand-meter black and gold vertical pupil suddenly appeared above Qingyang's body.

This vertical pupil ignored all rules and restrictions, tearing a hole in this space and appearing here.

The vertical pupil scanned the surroundings emotionlessly, finally fixing its gaze on the Star Lord in the distance.

Then, after the black and gold vertical pupil's eye narrowed slightly, the Star Lord instantly transformed into his human form uncontrollably and plopped down, sprawling weakly on the ground.

"What is this? This, this, this... What is this thing? Who are you?"

As the voice sounded, perhaps because of the Star Lord's fear, his voice also changed.

It became a voice familiar to Qingyang, the owner of the voice was none other than Qingtian from the Inner Realm, who often seemed dead.

Yes, Qingtian, this unassuming guy, was actually the guardian Star Lord of the sixth stage within the Blue Star's Che Di Pagoda.

If Qingyang knew this, his eyes would surely pop out.

At this moment, seeing Qingtian's terrified appearance, the illusory vertical pupil in the space above Qingyang's head slowly shifted its gaze back to Qingyang.

Looking at the scene of Qingyang being rapidly ground away, a huge, dark green water drop slowly condensed below the vertical pupil.

"Pop~"

The moment the water drop "dripped" onto Qingyang's body, the huge vertical pupil phantom also instantly disappeared.