93: Chapter 93 Five-Colored Spiritual Energy

"What a peerless treasure of a body! Lin Qing, I am definitely claiming your Physical Body today!"

The greed in Fang Chao's eyes almost overflowed. The moment he finished speaking, he swung the pitch-black long saber in his hand through the air. A condensed arc of Saber Qi burst from the blade, whistling as it tore through the air, slashing fiercely toward Lin Qing!

Lin Qing's eyes narrowed slightly. His body moved like a phantom as he suddenly lurched to the side, narrowly avoiding the strike.

The sharp Saber Qi grazed past his sleeve, its momentum unabated as it struck the railing of the Flying Boat behind him. The sturdy railing was sliced clean through; the cut was as smooth as a mirror, leaving not a single burr behind.

A common Wind Blade Technique is merely a Cultivator projecting the Spiritual Qi within their body in the form of a wind blade; its power is determined entirely by the strength of the spiritual power within the body.

Saber Qi is different. Not only does it carry the power of the Cultivator's own Spiritual Qi, but it also carries the might of the spiritual weapon in their hand. Its destructive power is completely incomparable to a common Wind Blade Technique.

Without exception, any method capable of manifesting Saber Qi or Sword Qi is an Intermediate Spell or higher.

As an Inner Sect Disciple of the Xuanye Demon Court with a Late-Stage Rank 6 cultivation, the Saber Qi Fang Chao unleashed was something even Cultivators of the same rank would not dare to take head-on.

There were many passengers on this Flying Boat, and space was limited. If they continued to fight here, Fang Chao's unrestrained Saber Qi would not only destroy the Flying Boat and harm the innocent, but it would also severely hinder Lin Qing's own performance.

He absolutely could not continue the battle on the Flying Boat!

With this thought, Lin Qing no longer hesitated. His body slowly rose into the air, leaving the deck of the Flying Boat and hovering in the sky.

At the same time, he sent a voice transmission into Yuan Kun's ears:

"Ignore me and head to Qingzhou at full speed. Do not stop here, and do not interfere in the battle."

Yuan Kun stood at the cabin door, his heart filled with resentment and helplessness.

How could he not know that Lin Qing's strength had long since surpassed his own as an Early-Stage Rank 5 Elder?

Furthermore, the opponent was a powerhouse of the Rank 6 Spirit Sea Realm. A life-and-death struggle at this level was not something he could interfere with at all.

Rushing forward blindly would not only be useless but would instead become a weakness for Lin Qing, causing him to be restrained during the battle.

Meanwhile, a sinister and cunning light flashed in the eyes of the Peak Rank 5 man accompanying Fang Chao.

His cultivation was only at the peak of Rank 5, even slightly weaker than the Xuanye Demon Court Outer Sect Disciple Lin Qing had killed instantly earlier. Confronting Lin Qing head-on would be like throwing an egg against a stone.

He planned to stay on the Flying Boat and capture Yuan Kun to prepare for any contingencies.

But just as this insidious thought surfaced in his mind, a powerful Divine Thought instantly locked onto him. The owner of that Divine Thought was none other than Lin Qing.

The man's hair instantly stood on end. He had no doubt that if he dared to stay on the Flying Boat, Lin Qing would definitely abandon the confrontation with Fang Chao to kill him first.

Lin Qing was a ruthless character who could force back Fang Chao in a head-on clash; killing a Peak Rank 5 like him was no different from crushing an ant.

The man didn't dare to stay a moment longer. He hastily circulated his Spiritual Qi and flew up, following Fang Chao's figure into the high sky and hiding behind him.

In the sky, the wild winds howled and the clouds churned. Only three people remained, hovering in the air and facing off from a distance.

Lin Qing stood in the air holding his long sword. Although his mastery of Spells had reached the low level, allowing him to cast various low-level Spells at will with many methods and variations...

...those were ultimately just low-level Spells. In terms of pure destructive power, they could not compare at all to the Intermediate Spells mastered by Fang Chao.

Choosing to clash Spells with Fang Chao was not a wise strategy. To win this battle, he either had to engage in close-quarters combat or utilize his Five Elements Spiritual Qi.

At the moment, the Flying Boat had not gone far, and the risk of exposing his Five Elements Spiritual Qi was too great.

Thinking of this, Lin Qing's body shot forward like an arrow from a bow, closing in on Fang Chao.

Seeing this, Fang Chao instantly realized Lin Qing's intention to close the distance. He had already experienced Lin Qing's terrifying Physical Body; if Lin Qing really succeeded in getting close, he might actually suffer an unexpected defeat!

"Want to get close? In your dreams!"

Fang Chao shouted harshly, waving his long saber again. Arc after arc of sharp Saber Qi rained down toward Lin Qing like a torrential storm.

At the same time, Fang Chao summoned another Spiritual Artifact.

It was a pitch-black disc-shaped spiritual weapon, the size of a washbasin, with sharp blades along its edges. After being infused with Spiritual Qi, the weapon spun at high speed, slicing toward Lin Qing's waist and abdomen from the side.

Faced with the incoming Saber Qi and the high-speed spinning disc weapon, Lin Qing could no longer push forward forcefully. He could only swing his long sword to continuously parry while maneuvering and dodging in the air.

For a time, Lin Qing was suppressed by Fang Chao's dense offensive. However, Fang Chao soon discovered to his horror that no matter how dense his attacks were, Lin Qing's figure never retreated. Instead, through constant parrying and dodging, he was steadily drawing closer!

Fang Chao was terrified and didn't dare to stay still. He frantically swung his long saber while constantly retreating through the air, trying to widen the gap between them.

But this retreat caused the accuracy of his attacks to drop significantly, allowing Lin Qing to defend more easily and advance even faster.

As time passed, Fang Chao's retreat became faster and his attacks more scattered. Gradually, this confrontation transformed into a pursuit.

Fang Chao gritted his teeth and abandoned all attacks, unleashing his Rank 6 cultivation without reservation to fly at full speed.

Under this full-speed burst, Fang Chao's speed skyrocketed, and the distance between the two began to grow wider!

Fang Chao was overjoyed. As long as he could pull away a bit more, he would turn back and continue attacking Lin Qing with Saber Qi, planning to use the endurance of a Rank 6 Cultivator to wear Lin Qing down.

But his full-speed flight made things difficult for the Peak Rank 5 man following him.

This person had been following behind Fang Chao, using him as a shield to preserve his life.

But with Fang Chao's sudden burst of speed, his Peak Rank 5 cultivation simply couldn't keep up. In the blink of an eye, he was left far behind by Fang Chao.

Meanwhile, the distance between him and the pursuing Lin Qing was shrinking rapidly!

Lin Qing's eyes were cold. In just a moment, he caught up to the lagging man.

Feeling the cold killing intent rushing toward him from behind, the man hurriedly turned around and raised his hands, pleading in a trembling voice:

"Wait... Wait! Lord Lin Qing! I'm just passing through! I'm not with him!"

Lin Qing stood in the air, holding his sword, and spoke in an indifferent tone:

"Is that so? I don't believe you!"

As the words fell, Lin Qing raised his sword and gave it a light swing.

The man exerted all his Spiritual Qi to prop up a thick defensive barrier around his body, hoping to block the strike.

But his defensive barrier was like paper before Lin Qing.

The sword swept past, and a flash of blood appeared.

This Peak Rank 5 Cultivator's body was sliced open by the sword, falling straight toward the barren mountains below.

Lin Qing used a suction force to draw the man's dropped Storage Ring into his hand. He looked up into the distance; Fang Chao's figure was getting further and further away.

If Fang Chao really escaped today, it would surely bring endless trouble in the future. He absolutely could not let him get away!

Things had come to this, so Lin Qing no longer held back. In the previous fight, he had only used single-attribute fire Spiritual Qi and had never exposed his Five Elements Spiritual Qi.

But now, the Flying Boat was far away, and only he and Fang Chao remained. There were no other onlookers.

If he didn't unleash his full strength now, then when!

In the next instant, a brilliant Five-Colored Spiritual Light suddenly erupted from around Lin Qing's body.

"Boom!"

Lin Qing stepped on the void. The Five-Colored Spiritual Light exploded, and his speed instantly increased several times. A streak of five-colored light tore through the sky, rapidly closing in on the fleeing Fang Chao!

Fleeing at full speed ahead, Fang Chao's Divine Thought had been locked onto Lin Qing behind him.

When he felt that terrifying aura from behind and saw Lin Qing shrouded in Five-Colored Spiritual Light rapidly approaching...

...Fang Chao's face instantly froze, only to be replaced by extreme panic!

He screamed as if he had seen a ghost:

"No... Impossible!!! This is absolutely impossible!!!"

"What kind of monster are you?!"

A person can only open two Spiritual Veins at most; this was the common knowledge of all Cultivators on the Canglan Continent.

But now, something that defied the common sense of cultivation was happening before his eyes.

Fang Chao completely broke down. He had originally thought to pull away and wear Lin Qing down, but now that Lin Qing's speed had exploded, he couldn't escape at all!

Fang Chao stopped his flight and turned around abruptly. No longer caring about his pride as an Inner Sect Disciple of the Xuanye Demon Court, he frantically begged Lin Qing for mercy.

"Wait! Lin Qing! Stay your hand! We can talk this out! Please don't kill me!"

"I am an Inner Sect Disciple of the Xuanye Demon Court! I have a huge amount of Spirit Stones and all kinds of Heaven And Earth Treasures on me."

"Spare me! Everything I have, I'll give it all to you!"

Lin Qing stood in the air, surrounded by Five-Colored Spiritual Light:

"Foolish."

"If I kill you, the things will still be mine."

As his voice fell, Lin Qing gave the opponent no more chances. He raised his left hand, and with five-colored Spiritual Qi intertwining at his fingertips, he gave a light flick.

A Five-Colored Wind Blade instantly shot through the air.

This wind blade was no longer of a single attribute but a perfect Fusion of the Five Elements Spiritual Qi. Its power had increased several times, and its flight speed was extremely fast.

Fang Chao wanted to dodge, but the speed of this Five-Colored Wind Blade was too fast. He could only desperately tilt his body.

"Swish!"

The Five-Colored Wind Blade grazed past his body, instantly slicing through half of his robes, which drifted slowly in the air.

Fang Chao was scared out of his wits, his pleas for mercy becoming even more shrill and panicked. But Lin Qing was completely unmoved, his left hand waving repeatedly.

One Five-Colored Wind Blade after another sealed off all of Fang Chao's paths of retreat, raining down on him like an inescapable net!

"No—!!"

Fang Chao let out a desperate scream. His Spiritual Qi erupted without reservation as he propped up a layer of defensive barrier around his body.

If Lin Qing had only used single-attribute Spiritual Qi to attack, this defensive barrier might have actually held given his Late-Stage Rank 6 cultivation.

But now, what was striking him were Five-Colored Wind Blades with sublimated power!

"Bang! Bang! Bang—!!!"

The Five-Colored Wind Blades slammed into the defensive barrier. That layer, which was enough to withstand the attacks of Cultivators of the same rank, only held for an instant before shattering apart.

The Five-Colored Wind Blades, their power unabated, slashed heavily into Fang Chao's body.

A mist of blood instantly filled the high sky.

Fang Chao's lower body and his entire right arm were instantly severed by the Five-Colored Wind Blades, falling from the high sky.

Lin Qing used a suction force to draw Fang Chao's severed right hand into his own. He removed the Storage Ring from the finger and held it up, gesturing to Fang Chao.

"Look."

Fang Chao looked down at his own mangled remains and then at the Storage Ring in Lin Qing's hand. He couldn't catch his breath and spat out a large mouthful of blood on the spot. His upper body lost all strength and fell from the sky.

But Lin Qing did not stop there.

In case this Fang Chao was faking death and escaped with a single breath left, it would surely lead to a catastrophic disaster in the future.

Lin Qing's body turned into a streak of light, catching up to Fang Chao's falling upper body, and he swung his sword.

He sliced Fang Chao's upper body in half again, from head to abdomen, completely extinguishing all signs of life.

After confirming that Fang Chao was thoroughly dead, Lin Qing searched both bodies carefully. Then, he ignited a wisp of flame from his fingertips and burned their corpses completely into ash.

Having done all this, Lin Qing restrained his aura and chased after the direction of the Flying Boat.