153: Chapter 153 Killing Zhang Qing

Bang!

Chen Shanzhi smashed heavily onto the ground over a dozen meters away, plowing a deep furrow into the muddy earth.

Pfft!

A mouthful of scalding blood sprayed from his mouth. Chen Shanzhi clutched his chest, his eyes filled with shock.

What kind of god-like strength is this?

Facing him, I'm simply not on the same dimension!

Of course, Zhang Qing on the opposite side was definitely not having it easy either.

This Physical Body was already at its limit.

Just taking a strike of Murong Yun's axe intent and a blade from Jiang Feiyu had already overdrawn its life force.

And now, he had forcibly clashed with Chen Shanzhi, trading a blow against an incomparably fierce Extreme Yang Fist Seal.

Thump, thump, thump!

Zhang Qing retreated five or six steps in a row, leaving a bloody footprint with every step back.

He steadied himself, but the orifices on his face were like open floodgates; blood overflowed without restraint, making his entire face as terrifying as a malevolent ghost crawling out of Hell.

Zhang Qing panted heavily for breath, a light of shock exploding within his clouded eyes.

He stared fixedly at Chen Shanzhi on the ground.

"Peerless Divine Marquis?"

Zhang Qing's voice was hoarse: "I didn't expect the successor of the Marquis of Zhenguo to be here as well!

If I remember correctly, isn't the Heir of the Marquis of Zhenguo a martial arts waste who only knows how to frequent brothels?

Your cultivation of the Xuan Guan Ten Apertures... and this fierce Fist Intent, where did they come from?"

Zhang Qing was truly shocked.

This kid's fists were too hard, so hard that it didn't seem like the strength someone of his age should have.

However, before Zhang Qing could finish processing the shock in his heart...

Swish—!

An extremely faint yet incredibly fast sound of breaking air suddenly rang out behind his head!

There was no warning!

No Killing Intent leaked out!

A chilling water-blue sword light, like autumn water, appeared abruptly in Zhang Qing's vision like a blue ghost lotus suddenly blooming in the dark night!

Ouyang Wanqing, the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, had used the opening created when Chen Shanzhi was knocked back to draw the fire, stealthily moving into Zhang Qing's blind spot!

She didn't strike lightly, but when she did, it was a killing blow!

The sword light was like lightning, sweeping directly toward Zhang Qing's neck!

Zhang Qing's pupils contracted suddenly in that instant, a look of disbelief flashing in his eyes.

"This is... the Prime Minister Mansion's 'Galaxy Falling from the Nine Heavens'?"

Pfft!

A crisp sound of a sharp blade entering flesh!

Before Zhang Qing's voice could finish falling...

That head, bleeding from its seven orifices, soared directly into the sky!

At the neck, crimson blood gushed out like a fountain, instantly staining a large patch of ground in front of the dungeon.

On Zhang Qing's head flying through the air, his eyes were wide open, and his face still held that expression of extreme shock.

"Beautifully done!"

Chen Shanzhi spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, forced himself to stand up, and gave Ouyang Wanqing a thumbs up.

Ouyang Wanqing held her sword in one hand, her chest heaving slightly.

There was no expression on that exquisite, beautiful face, but a hint of lingering fear and relief flashed in her eyes.

The power of that palm strike just now had made even her, an onlooker, feel a chill crawl up her scalp.

If he hadn't underestimated the enemy, and if Chen Shanzhi hadn't used his life to tank that frontal blow, she would never have succeeded.

However, just as the two of them breathed a sigh of relief...

Thud.

Zhang Qing's head, which had flown quite far, smashed heavily onto the ground and rolled twice.

Then, a bizarre scene occurred!

That head, which had clearly been separated from the body and was as dead as could be, actually whipped around.

Its crimson eyes stared fixedly at Chen Shanzhi and Ouyang Wanqing, and those lips, pale from blood loss, opened and closed, actually speaking human words!

"I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it..."

The head's voice was extremely ethereal, carrying a hair-raising, cold echo.

"The successor of the Prime Minister's Mansion actually got mixed up with the successor of the Zhenguo Marquis Mansion.

Haven't your two families always been like fire and water?

This is truly interesting."

The hair on Chen Shanzhi and Ouyang Wanqing's bodies stood on end, and a chill rushed straight to the back of their heads.

"A walking corpse?" Chen Shanzhi cursed and tightened his fists.

The head on the ground split its mouth in a bizarre grin, revealing a mocking smile.

"It's just a pity, little brats."

"Your actions were still one step too late."

As soon as the words fell!

Snap!

That headless corpse, still standing before the iron gate and gushing blood, actually defied common sense by raising its right hand and snapping its fingers with a crisp sound!

The sound of the snap wasn't loud, yet it seemed to possess a strange magic, clearly echoing in everyone's ears!

As the snap landed...

An invisible, bizarre ripple rippled out directly from the fingertips of the headless corpse, instantly penetrating the heavy iron gate of the dungeon and drilling into the dark, damp underground!

The next second!

"Ahhh—!!!"

"Help me!"

Bursts of tragic, inhuman screams, like the wails of Shura Hell, suddenly erupted from the depths of the dungeon!

The simultaneous screams of over a hundred people gathered together, shaking the ground until it vibrated slightly!

Following that, before the horrified eyes of Chen Shanzhi and Ouyang Wanqing...

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—

Streams of extremely dense, thick blood-qi that was crimson to the point of being black burst through the gaps in the dungeon's iron gate and walls, like thick blood-colored serpents, madly surging into the air!

This blood-qi converged into a crimson river of blood, tracing a bizarre arc in the sky, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, madly surging toward the altar in the center of Shi Village!

"Damn it, stop that blood-qi!"

Chen Shanzhi's eyes nearly split from rage as he fiercely threw out a powerful fist wind, attempting to scatter the blood-qi in mid-air.

But the fist wind hit the river of blood as if hitting a phantom, passing right through without being able to obstruct it in the slightest!

In an instant, the winds and clouds over the entire Shi Village changed!

The already gloomy sky was now stained with a layer of dense blood-light.

The smell of blood permeating the air was so intense it was almost impossible to breathe!

...

At the same time, at the Shi Village central altar.

The Serpent-man Evil Spirit was being pinned to the ground by four guards and hacked at wildly, looking like it was about to be minced into meat paste.

Right at the moment that crimson river of blood descended from the sky and poured violently into the altar!

Boom—!!!

An extremely terrifying, massive energy, like a volcanic eruption, surged into the sky directly from the depths of the black altar!

The first to be hit were the four Xuanguan Peak guards.

They didn't even have time to scream before being blown away by the shockwave of this terrifying energy, spraying blood in mid-air and smashing heavily into the distant ruins.

Shen Lingfu, holding the Bronze Lantern, also turned pale, and the ghostly yellow fire on the lantern was instantly extinguished.

She was shaken by the backlash, a trace of blood overflowing from the corner of her mouth as she retreated repeatedly.

But the Serpent-man Evil Spirit at the center of the energy was ecstatic to the extreme!

"Roar!!!"

It let out a hearty, long roar toward the sky.

The vast blood-qi continuously pouring into the altar was being madly funneled into its body through the bizarre array patterns on the altar!

On its originally tattered skeleton, flesh and blood grew wildly like weeds!

Snake scales, sharp claws, a crimson flickering tongue...

In just a few breaths, it had completely reconstructed its Physical Body!