29: Chapter 29: Hunting Down Ye Qingcheng!

On the craggy cliff, Ye Qingcheng watched this scene, his pupils constricting violently.

"This, how is this possible!?"

"That trash Gu Jing is actually a Mutated Lightning Spiritual Root???"

Being a possessor of the Mutated Lightning Spiritual Root himself, Ye Qingcheng immediately saw that the thunderbolt Gu Jing used was propelled by a Mutated Lightning Spiritual Root!

Meanwhile, inside the Empress's palace.

Li Qingling lay lazily on the large bed, watching the situation at the scene through a magical light screen.

When she saw Gu Jing unleash the thunder Divine Ability unique to the Mutated Lightning Spiritual Root, she sat up in shock from the bed!

"Strange! Isn't Jinger a single Metal Spiritual Root?"

"I personally tested his Spiritual Root back then!"

"No wonder his thunder power was able to instantly kill Xiao Yihan of the Divine Sword Sect last time; I was too busy peeking at him back then and didn't notice the details..."

"Could it be that I tested it wrong back then?"

...

At this moment, Gu Jing had already approached within a hundred meters of Ye Qingcheng.

With a wave of his hand, thirty-six Sword Qi condensed and shot towards Ye Qingcheng, covering the sky and earth!

Immediately afterwards, he used Three Thousand Thunder Movements, and his figure turned into lightning as he charged out.

Watching the thirty-six Sword Qi flying towards him, Ye Qingcheng's pupils constricted violently once again.

"What terrifying power; any single Sword Qi would be enough to instantly kill a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Cultivator!"

"Hasn't this Gu Jing always been trash? Why is he so strong!?"

"If we really fought, I would definitely not be his opponent!"

Ye Qingcheng felt his scalp tingle, and he also used Three Thousand Thunder Movements; his figure vanished instantly as he fled into the distance.

The moment he vanished—

"Boom!!"

The craggy cliff where he had been standing was blasted into a giant crater with a radius of a hundred meters by the thirty-six Sword Qi.

The lightning that Gu Jing's figure had transformed into chased after Ye Qingcheng at high speed.

In the distance, the ten thousand or so Disciples present, watching this sudden scene, were all completely dumbfounded.

"Wasn't this battle a life-and-death duel between Gu Jing and Lin Chen?"

"How come these two Disciples of the Empress are fighting again???"

Watching Gu Jing ignore Lin Chen just now and rush straight to kill Ye Qingcheng, it was clear that the person he ultimately wanted to kill was Ye Qingcheng!

"What on earth happened between these three?"

"Also, how could the famous Sect's number one Prodigy, the Empress's True Disciple Ye Qingcheng, be sent fleeing in a panic by Gu Jing, a little-known Named Disciple???"

Everyone was dumbfounded and full of questions.

However, they soon became excited.

This was a duel between two top experts of the same Rank; observing their combat techniques could greatly benefit them!

Thinking of this, the ten thousand Disciples took to the air on their artifacts one after another, watching the two people chasing below.

At this time, Gu Jing pointed his fingers repeatedly, and Sword Qi and thunder shot out simultaneously, attacking the fleeing Ye Qingcheng ahead.

However, they were all easily dodged by his Three Thousand Thunder Movements movement technique.

Gu Jing narrowed his eyes slightly; he had to admit that the speed of this movement technique was truly ridiculously fast, and even his techniques augmented by the Mutated Wind Spiritual Root couldn't catch up.

Gu Jing did not intend to use the Freezing Spell; this was his trump card Divine Ability that could turn the tide of battle at critical moments, and there was no need to expose it to kill a weakling like Ye Qingcheng.

Gu Jing directly channeled all the Spiritual Qi of his Mutated Wind Spiritual Root into the Three Thousand Thunder Movements movement technique.

His speed instantly doubled!

"Whoosh!"

Lightning surged across the ground, emitting bursts of sonic booms, sending the fellow Disciples passing by on both sides flying.

In the blink of an eye, the lightning that Gu Jing's figure had transformed into overtook Ye Qingcheng and suddenly appeared before him.

Gu Jing abruptly reached out his right hand and grabbed Ye Qingcheng by the neck.

Without any unnecessary nonsense, Gu Jing just wanted to finish the task quickly and gain cultivation.

Spiritual light burst from his hand, and all the power of his cultivation gathered in his right hand as he squeezed hard.

"Hum!"

A golden light suddenly flashed on Ye Qingcheng's body surface, repelling Gu Jing, who stepped back seven or eight paces.

Gu Jing was stunned; a defensive Magic Treasure?

Ye Qingcheng, who had been terrified, was also stunned.

He had almost forgotten that when he left the Family ten years ago, his father had given him a jade pendant that could withstand a full-strength strike from a Nascent Soul Early-Stage Cultivator!

"Hehehe..."

Ye Qingcheng laughed mockingly and excitedly, "Gu Jing, just based on you, this trash, you want to kill me?"

"Die for me!!!"

Ye Qingcheng's expression was ferocious; he had just been scared into a cold sweat by the killing intent Gu Jing revealed, and he was still fearful.

At this moment, he sacrificed a red talisman, which transformed into a blood-colored Sword Qi, shooting towards Gu Jing at lightning-fast speed.

Only to see a flash of red light in the Void Realm—

It instantly pierced Gu Jing's chest!

"Bang!"

The blood-colored Sword Qi pierced Gu Jing's chest, making a crisp sound, as if it had struck an iron plate.

Then, with a "pfft" sound, the blood-colored Sword Qi turned into faint Spiritual Qi and dissipated.

Ye Qingcheng: "???"

He was dumbfounded; this was a talisman treasure refined by an Early Golden Core stage Cultivator!

It contained a full-strength strike from an Early Golden Core stage Cultivator, yet Gu Jing actually withstood it with the power of his Physical Body and remained unscathed???

"How is this possible???"

The ten thousand or so Disciples in the sky were also stunned by the strength of Gu Jing's Physical Body; one by one, they widened their eyes, full of disbelief.

One must know that the blood-colored Sword Qi Ye Qingcheng sacrificed would definitely kill even a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Great Circle Cultivator if they faced it!

Inside the palace, Li Qingling watched this scene; she had already seen that the Rebellious Disciple's Physical Body was extraordinary, so she did not intervene.

At this moment, Gu Jing was furious; the attack speed of the talisman Ye Qingcheng sacrificed was so fast that he hadn't reacted at all!

If his Physical Body hadn't been strengthened, he probably would have been done for by that strike just now!

"Damn it!"

He decisively took out the Kitchen Knife.

"Lord Dao, help me break his defensive Magic Treasure!"

Gu Jing communicated with the Kitchen Knife via his thoughts.

"A mere ant at the Qi Refining Tenth Level Great Circle, do you want Lord Dao to help you cleave both the person and the Magic Treasure?" the Kitchen Knife communicated back to Gu Jing via thoughts as well.

Gu Jing's mouth twitched, indicating he felt offended.

"Thanks, no need, just help me cleave his Magic Treasure."

As soon as he finished speaking, he slashed out a Saber Qi.

Almost the instant it was slashed out, it approached Ye Qingcheng and struck him directly.

Golden light burst forth from Ye Qingcheng's body surface, flickering suddenly, and the Saber Qi dissipated.

"Crack—"

The golden jade pendant at his waist also shattered into two halves at this moment and fell to the ground.

Looking at the shattered jade pendant, Ye Qingcheng's body trembled violently, his face full of horror, and he looked at the rusty Kitchen Knife in Gu Jing's hand in disbelief.

The jade pendant he had shattered could withstand a full-strength strike from a Nascent Soul Early-Stage Cultivator, yet it was cleaved apart by this Kitchen Knife; that meant this Kitchen Knife was a Spiritual Artifact of the Nascent Soul Early-Stage Rank!

Ye Qingcheng's scalp tingled; Gu Jing actually possessed such a terrifying Spiritual Artifact!

With such a high-Rank Spiritual Artifact, he couldn't possibly escape; the shadow of death instantly enveloped his entire body!

"Gu Jing, you cannot kill me! I am the Empress's True Disciple, the strongest Prodigy of the younger generation in the Sect, I am the pride of the Spirit Sword Sect; if you kill me, you will definitely die!!"

Ye Qingcheng was extremely afraid of death; he roared this sentence out in terror.

Gu Jing sneered.

The Empress whom everyone in the Sect admires is my woman!

He didn't waste any more words; his figure flashed as he rushed towards Ye Qingcheng, preparing to blast him to death with a punch.

Just when Gu Jing's fist was one inch away from Ye Qingcheng, who had already peed himself in fear—

A terrifying pressure descended suddenly, and Gu Jing felt as if he were being suppressed by a million mountains, unable to move a single inch instantly!

Immediately after, a shockwave struck, sending him flying dozens of zhang away.

"Audacious!"

Between heaven and earth, an ethereal and majestic voice came.