141: Chapter 141 Demon Seed

The warning cries of Ling Shu and the other four echoed through the valley, filled with anxiety.

They knew that since the enemy dared to set an ambush to lure Lin Qing here, it meant they had made full preparations, and it was highly likely that Lin Qing was not their match.

They feared that Lin Qing would be buried here because of saving them.

However, high above, Lin Qing's figure remained composed, with no intention of leaving. In fact, he had already sensed the trickery the moment his Divine Thought covered this area.

But so what? As long as no one from the God Realm appeared, he had nothing to fear.

And if a God Realm expert from the Demon Court truly disregarded the rules and forcibly intervened, the outcome would be the same whether he came here or not; in the end, it would simply be Jue Chenzi who stepped in.

Below, within the barrier, Ling Shu and the other four saw Lin Qing remain motionless; their faces turned pale, and their eyes were filled with despair.

Lin Qing ignored their panic. He cast his gaze upon the spherical barrier enveloping the five, carefully scanning the flow of the Formation patterns, the distribution of nodes, and the path of the Spiritual Qi. In an instant, he saw through the structure of this eighth-tier trap Formation.

This Formation could be considered extremely sophisticated, but as long as it belonged to the eighth tier, Lin Qing could easily break it.

He gently raised his hand, and a large pile of miscellaneous Materials flew out from his Storage Ring.

These were the spoils he had seized from hunting Demon Court Disciples recently, vast in quantity and varied in type.

Under the control of Lin Qing's Divine Thought, countless Materials fell toward the key nodes of the trap Formation.

Some replaced the original Formation bases, some landed in empty spaces, and some of the original Materials were directly removed.

Hum—!

After placing the Materials properly, the entire barrier trembled violently, the Spiritual light surged, and the luster of the walls became several times thicker.

Of course, this was not because Lin Qing failed to break the Formation, but because he had modified it, changing it from the original eighth-tier trap Formation into an eighth-tier defensive Formation.

Ling Shu and the other four were already exhausted of Spiritual Qi; if they were hit by the aftermath of the upcoming battle, they might not be able to defend against it, which was why Lin Qing had made this modification to the Formation.

After the modification was complete, Lin Qing raised his eyes to look at the valley covered in white mist.

"Are you not coming out yet?"

Thus, he raised his right hand into the air, and vast Spiritual Qi gathered out of thin air, condensing into a slender Flying Sword of Spiritual Qi.

Under the control of his Divine Thought, the Flying Sword rushed into the white-mist-filled valley, launching attacks at places that appeared ordinary.

The sword light shuttled and flowed, sometimes cutting through weeds, sometimes shattering rocks, and sometimes splitting the ground.

After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the Flying Sword of Spiritual Qi turned into specks of light filling the sky and dissipated into the Void Realm.

At this moment, the thick white mist that had originally shrouded the valley began to surge and dissipate rapidly.

The full view of the valley was exposed to everyone's sight.

Rocks were exposed, vegetation was in shambles, the ground was covered in mottled black-brown bloodstains, and the air was filled with a thick, bloody stench.

This place was truly a Blood Selection Platform of the Xuanye Demon Court.

Perhaps it had always been there, or perhaps Ming Ye and the others had specially captured Mortal Realm Cultivators to create it temporarily, just to make the trap more realistic.

In the corners of the valley floor, deep mud pits, and on the branches of withered trees, countless captured young Mortal Realm Cultivators were hidden.

Their clothes were tattered, their bodies covered in wounds, and their faces gaunt; even now that the white mist had dissipated and the clear sky had reappeared, only numbness remained in their eyes.

At the mouth of the valley, Ming Ye and a dozen other Demon Court Disciples stood quietly, among whom were a few familiar faces to Lin Qing.

However, even Ming Ye, who was ranked first on the Heaven List, did not stand in the center position at this moment, but retreated to the back row along with the other dozen Heaven List Disciples.

At their very front stood three unfamiliar figures clad in black robes. The three figures were suffused with oppressive pressure, their presence heavy and far exceeding that of Ming Ye and the others.

Eighth-tier Demon Seed!

At this moment, Lin Qing did not deliberately hide his own Realm, so his cultivation was clearly perceived by everyone present.

The three Demon Seeds looked at Lin Qing high above. The cold-faced man in the middle spoke first, his voice low and hoarse:

"Wasn't it said that Yunyin Sequence would appear? After all this fuss, it turns out to be just a seventh-tier Cultivator?"

The thin Demon Seed on the left looked impatient:

"A waste of time!"

Before he finished speaking, he casually raised his hand and clenched it.

The surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi gathered rapidly, condensing into a slender, sharp Spiritual thorn in his palm.

Then he waved his hand casually, and the Spiritual thorn instantly disappeared from its spot. The next instant, it had already appeared mere inches in front of Lin Qing!

The speed of the Spiritual thorn was so fast that the seventh-tier Disciples below could not even capture its trajectory, only seeing a flash of residual light.

Lin Qing was naturally not among them.

The moment the Spiritual thorn arrived before him, his right hand also appeared before him imperceptibly, and his two slender fingers gently pinched it.

Click!

That Spiritual thorn, which others found difficult to capture, was locked between his fingertips; no matter how much its Spiritual light surged, it could not advance any further.

Then Lin Qing twisted his fingertips, and the Spiritual thorn instantly shattered, turning into fine specks of Spiritual light that slowly dissipated into the vast sky.

"A bit interesting."

The Demon Seed who had launched the attack curled his lips upward, stomped his feet hard, and his figure turned into a pitch-black demonic light, rapidly approaching Lin Qing high in the sky.

But while he was fast, Lin Qing was faster!

Everyone felt a blur before their eyes, and the Demon Seed's neck was tightly gripped by Lin Qing with one hand.

Crack, crack—

This Demon Seed who had rushed up clearly felt his neck bones shattering, his face filled with pain and terror, unable to even struggle.

Lin Qing asked softly:

"Is it still interesting now?"

"Stop!"

The remaining two Demon Seeds naturally could not watch their companion perish, so they shouted angrily and attacked Lin Qing together!

Lin Qing's expression did not change; he threw the Demon Seed in his hand, accurately smashing into one of the incoming Demon Seeds.

The immense impact force sent both of them crashing down, slamming heavily onto the ground, unable to get up for a moment.

Then Lin Qing spun around, swept out his right leg, and landed a simple, clean side kick on the chest of the other incoming Demon Seed.

In an instant, the three Demon Seeds were defeated!

Lin Qing did not immediately deal a killing blow; the three eighth-tier experts must have a lot of useful information in their minds, and if he killed them, he wouldn't be able to search their souls.

A Demon Court Heaven List Disciple who had once fought Lin Qing exclaimed in shock:

"Lin Qing! You are Lin Qing!"

There were not a few Prodigies in the world who could fight eighth-tier experts while at the seventh tier, but how could Demon Seeds be ordinary eighth-tier experts? They themselves were capable of battling against eighth-tier experts when they were at the Peak of the seventh tier.

But now, the three of them combined were still being wantonly toyed with by a seventh-tier Cultivator!

This Demon Court Heaven List Disciple who had witnessed Lin Qing's combat power instantly associated him with Lin Qing.

However, he was not the first to be alert. Behind the crowd, Ming Ye also reacted extremely quickly; the moment the first Demon Seed had his neck gripped, he knew that something was terribly wrong.

So he immediately took out his communication token and relayed the situation here back to the Demon Court headquarters.

...

Inside the main hall of the Xuanye Demon Court, the high-level officials of the Demon Court made the same judgment after hearing the intelligence sent back from the front line.

That mysterious powerhouse was not Yunyin Sequence of the Immortal Sect at all, but Lin Qing.

It was just that Lin Qing's current combat power had long since transcended the category of ordinary Prodigies and was no longer something they could handle.

Sect Master Ming Yuan knew the consequences of letting this person grow, so he dared not delay and also took out a communication token to report the intelligence.

...

In an underground space deep within the Demon Court, except for some God Realm Old Ancestors in seclusion, all other Demon Court God Realm experts gathered here.

In the dark and deathly silent space, a sinister voice spoke first:

"News has come from the front: that mysterious powerhouse is not Yunyin Sequence of the Immortal Sect, but Lin Qing. Our sect's Demon Seeds are no match for him!"

Another thick, deep voice followed immediately:

"This child's talent is truly terrifying; we absolutely cannot let him continue to grow. I suggest dispatching a God Realm expert to take action and wipe him out!"

Old Ghost, who had previously confronted Jue Chenzi, spoke up:

"Do not be reckless! This child has Jue Chenzi's Divine Thought protecting him."

"Jue Chenzi cannot be underestimated either; his combat power skyrocketed after hundreds of years of seclusion. Last time, just a single Divine Thought of his forced me to retreat. I suspect he has made a Breakthrough of more than one Realm!"

The underground space fell into a brief silence.

A moment later, another God Realm expert said in a deep voice:

"Lin Qing must be taken out, otherwise he will surely become a major threat to our Xuanye Demon Court in a few years! But... do we have to disturb the tenth-tier Seniors?"

The sinister voice from the beginning spoke again:

"No need to disturb the Old Ancestors."

"No matter how strong Jue Chenzi is, it is only a wisp of Divine Thought; invite the Ten Thousand Ghost Cave to take action!"