Chapter 1392: Pursuing and Killing Mengqing
After the outcome of this battle was decided, the faces of the Qi family members were covered in frost. Their eighth-layer Venerable Martial Realm expert had been slain by Hou Qinglin. To kill him, Hou Qinglin had taken a punch from a Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress expert, spitting blood, but enduring his injuries, he had forced that Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress expert to touch the ground, resulting in elimination.
Two eighth-layer Venerable Martial Realm experts had been eliminated. They were respectively one of the trump card figures of the Qi family and the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress.
When Hou Qinglin returned, Mu Chen's face showed no relief. Instead, he spoke to the crowd with some gravity, "In the next few battles, we may face fierce retaliation from the Qi family and the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress. Who among you is ready to take the battlefield?"
"I'll go next," Tian Chi said calmly. Mu Chen nodded. "With you going, Tian Chi, I can rest assured."
Just as Mu Chen had predicted, in this round, the Qi family and the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress each sent a Venerable Lord-level figure, both at the seventh layer of Venerable Martial Realm, to besiege and attack Tian Chi. Fortunately, it was Tian Chi who stepped onto the battle platform this round. If it had been someone else, they would likely have struggled to cope.
Although Tian Chi could not defeat his opponents, he was at least not eliminated. It was not until the other battlefield had determined its victor that the battle ended, and all three who had fought in the great battle, including Tian Chi, advanced.
"This can't go on. The Qi family and the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress keep encircling our Heavenly Terrace, making every step difficult. Many of us will likely be eliminated. Remember this well: if you know you cannot win, immediately dive to the ground and concede. Even if you are eliminated, you must preserve your life!" Mu Chen instructed once more, unable to let go of his worry. The members of Heavenly Terrace all nodded, taking the lesson to heart.
Mu Chen sighed. In brutal battles, deaths were always inevitable, and there would be no shortage of them in the battles to come. The true elite experts of Heavenly Terrace numbered only a dozen or so. After all, Heavenly Terrace's foundation was still somewhat lacking compared to other forces, let alone the fact that the Qi family and the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress were now dead set against Heavenly Terrace, with the Sikong family also watching covetously.
Mu Chen's sigh seemed to be quickly confirmed. In the next seven consecutive battles, the Qi family and the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress took turns deploying Venerable Lord-level experts. When the Qi family sent a Venerable Lord, the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress sent a sixth-layer Venerable Martial Realm expert; when the Qi family sent a fifth- or sixth-layer Venerable Martial Realm expert, the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress sent a Venerable Lord. Heavenly Terrace endured three of these battles, but in the other four, all four members died miserably, torn apart on the spot by the Qi family or the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress.
Torturous killing, blood and gore. Facing Heavenly Terrace, it seemed this second round had become a battlefield for settling old scores, a contest of wits and courage.
The atmosphere of Heavenly Terrace was exceptionally oppressive. Everyone exuded a fierce aura. The bloody, brutal scenes of slaughter made them want to charge out and fight the Qi family and the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress in a great battle.
"Once Mengqing's safety is resolved, I will go out and cut down an important figure from the Qi family!" A cold gleam flashed in Lin Feng's eyes. Then, his gaze pierced through the void, looking toward the direction of the Undying Heavenly Palace crowd. In his pitch-black pupils, a trace of demonic will was released.
Jun Moxi seemed to sense something and looked toward Lin Feng, nodding slightly. After what had just happened, he naturally knew what Lin Feng needed. Qiu Yuexin had passed smoothly, but Mengqing had not yet. Jun Moxi had once seen Lin Feng fall into demonic madness for Mengqing's sake, and he knew how deep this bond was. Therefore, Lin Feng would never allow anything to happen to Mengqing.
Thus, even though Mengqing herself was very powerful, Lin Feng was still uneasy and signaled to him.
"Mengqing, next battle, you go!" Lin Feng transmitted his voice to Mengqing. Mengqing nodded slightly and spoke to Mu Chen.
However, the moment Mengqing stepped out of the Heavenly Terrace camp, the hearts of Heavenly Terrace's members suddenly trembled.
"Ninth layer of Venerable Martial Realm! How can it be ninth layer? And the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress has an eighth-layer Venerable Martial Realm expert too!" The members of Heavenly Terrace's mouths twitched. They clearly saw that, besides the ninth-layer and eighth-layer Venerable Martial Realm experts, behind the two experts from the Qi family and the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress, another person stepped out from each side, clearly at the seventh and sixth layers of Venerable Martial Realm. However, these two had been beaten to the punch.
"They only stepped out when they saw Mengqing. They used extreme speed to step out in that instant before the one-second mark passed, all to kill Mengqing!"
They instantly understood what was happening. But why would they go to such lengths to kill her, deploying such powerful force? Even when that demonic cultivator had stepped out, it was no more than this.
The Qi family and the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress had been watching Mengqing all along, waiting for her to step out.
"Xue Linglong!" Mu Chen understood in his heart. The Qi family and the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress had forced Lin Feng to his death, and Mengqing and Qiu Yuexin were seeking revenge. They feared that Mengqing would grow stronger. For a legendary beast like Xue Linglong, as long as she did not die, she was certain to grow. Therefore, they wanted to kill her before she rose to power.
"Mengqing, head toward the Undying Heavenly Palace camp. If you can't manage it, just step off the battle platform directly. Don't worry about the spot!" Lin Feng transmitted to Mengqing. He didn't need to say it—the moment the crowd stepped onto the battle platform, the Undying Heavenly Palace expert took the initiative to come before Mengqing. He was also a ninth-layer Venerable Martial Realm expert, the only one from Undying Heavenly Palace. Ninth-layer Venerable Martial Realm experts within two hundred years of age were rare to begin with.
"Undying Heavenly Palace again. This Undying Heavenly Palace sure takes care of Lin Feng's woman. The young palace master, Jun Moxi, is quite loyal!" The crowd thought to themselves as they watched this scene. The lineup deployed this time was terrifying.
"Begin!" The moment the Qi family referee's voice fell, the Qi family's Venerable Lord's body suddenly vanished, heading toward Mengqing. Almost simultaneously, snowflakes began to fall in the void, and Mengqing's body also disappeared, merging into the snow.
"Boom!" The Qi family Venerable Lord's overwhelmingly terrifying attack struck the battle platform, as if shaking the very platform. The Undying Heavenly Palace expert stomped and charged toward him to kill. However, the Qi family's ninth-layer Venerable Martial Realm expert did not engage him. With a step of the Void Step, he vanished in an instant. A ninth-layer Venerable Martial Realm expert using the Void Step moved like teleportation, far too fast.
"Step off the platform!" Lin Feng roared. Although the Undying Heavenly Palace expert was also at the ninth layer of Venerable Martial Realm, because the Qi family Venerable Lord specialized in void power, it was very difficult for him to block the attack on Mengqing. She had to step off the platform, or she would die. The gap in realm was far too great.
"Inch of the Horizon!" Mengqing activated her technique, but this Snow Clan demon art was instantly shattered. Mengqing's body vanished again, falling downward. However, the Qi family Venerable Lord directly stepped with the Void Step to hover above Mengqing, his killing intent sharp to the extreme.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" The Venerable Lord roared from above, and instantly, the entire vast space was sealed off by slaughtering void power. Endless dazzling golden void killing swords stabbed downward, filling the entire void. Everything below him would die within this slaughtering void power. No one could escape. Mengqing had to die.
"Boom!" Seeing this scene, Lin Feng's face turned pale. A monstrous slaughtering force surged into the clouds, wild and boundless. At this moment, those around Lin Feng felt a suffocating death pressure spreading, death qi eroding their bodies, even making them forget the perilous moment facing Mengqing.
"So terrifying!" The Heavenly Terrace members near Lin Feng were shocked. This person's aura was truly fearsome. Was this his true destructive power? Was he releasing such powerful destructive slaughtering force for Mengqing's sake? Had this demonic cultivator developed true feelings for Mengqing?
At this moment, Mengqing's body was suddenly protected by a holy immortal light. A dazzling, radiant holy immortal snowflake floated above her head, filled with an extremely dense immortal qi. It was a snowflake formed from Linglong Saintly Immortal qi, with five petals, trying to envelop the destructive power from above. Meanwhile, her body continued to descend downward.
"Sss!" The snowflake petals formed from Linglong Saintly Immortal qi were pierced through, but they still held off the space slaughtering power for a moment. In that brief moment, Mengqing's body touched the ground. Yet the endless slaughtering void power still rained down, intent on killing her. Everything in this space was to be destroyed, even though Mengqing had already landed. She would still die. This was the attack he had launched before she landed.
"Hum, hum!" A torrent of terrifying power converged, holding the endless slaughtering void power in place. The Linglong Saintly Immortal qi returned, and Mengqing glanced upward before flickering back toward the Heavenly Terrace direction.
"Hmph!" A cold snort sounded. Qi Huang's body suddenly vanished, appearing above Mengqing. At the same time, Yu Huang appeared before him.
"Qi Huang, you are the host, after all," Yu Huang said calmly, as a powerful force enveloped Mengqing's body, preventing Qi Huang from delivering a killing blow.
"Yu Huang made a move. So close—Mengqing was nearly killed!" The crowd felt as if their hearts were about to leap out. Yu Huang had intervened at the critical moment to save Mengqing.
"Master!" Lin Feng murmured in his heart, a deep gratitude shining in his eyes. That was close. The overwhelming demonic intent on his body also receded slightly. The rolling demonic qi that had surged upward withdrew, and a warm current flowed through his heart. But the matter was not over yet. Qi Huang was trying to interfere again.
"You violated the rules. She deserved to die," Qi Huang said coldly.
"Qi Huang, are your eyes not clear? She had already landed and was eliminated. Since she was eliminated, why can't I intervene? Where did I violate the rules?" Yu Huang stared at Qi Huang and said calmly.
"Violation is violation. Yu Huang, are you trying to interfere with the covenant of the emperors?" Heavenly Dragon Emperor stepped forward, as if the scene from that day when they had forced Lin Feng to his death was forming again.
"Fine, very good. In the past, the two of you forced my beloved disciple Lin Feng to his death like this. Now, do you intend to use the same method against his wife?" Yu Huang showed an angry expression.
Qi Huang and Heavenly Dragon Emperor did not reply, but their auras gradually grew stronger.
"Qi Huang, Heavenly Dragon Emperor, you have gone too far. Yu Huang did not violate the rules. That girl landed first and was already considered eliminated. Yu Huang intervened to save her life, which is not a violation," a gentle voice rolled in at this moment, causing Qi Huang and Heavenly Dragon Emperor to pause. Then, beside Yu Huang, a stunningly beautiful woman appeared. It was the Martial Emperor of the Six Desires Immortal Palace.
PS: Ten chapters of explosive updates are complete. This year's debts are settled. Wu Hen wanted to write a few more chapters, but his strength was insufficient. Explosive updates are truly a painful thing—racking one's brains, sitting still facing the computer without moving. Enough said. As the new year approaches, I wish all brothers and sisters immediate wealth, immediate beauty, immediate children. Thank you for your support over the past year and more! Thank you!
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