Chapter 346: Extremely Ferocious
"The Human Sovereign is quite fierce."
Qingyou Shanren sneered coldly. "Right now, you're like a wounded kitten baring its claws, bluffing, trying to threaten me by saying you're extremely ferocious. In truth, you're just masking the fear in your heart. But since you've spoken, the immortals of my Little Jade Capital will await the Human Sovereign's instruction in the Three Origin Hall and Five Qi Hall."
He said calmly, "But if you want to challenge us, you still need to defeat three disciples of my Little Jade Capital before you're qualified to enter the Three Origin Hall and Five Qi Hall. If you can't beat them, head down the mountain early!"
The Village Chief's eyes lit up. "Qingyou, many thanks."
Qingyou Shanren said coldly, "Thank me for what? I'm just making sure you two reckless old and young ones give up hope! Oh, and I forgot to tell you, before you arrived, Xusheng Hua of the Upper Heavens came here. He took ten days to pass through the Three Origin Hall and Five Qi Hall. If you can't even match him, then head down the mountain early and don't disgrace the past Human Sovereigns and the saints of the Heavenly Saint Cult!"
Qin Mu's spirits soared, and he laughed heartily. "Xusheng Hua? A fake Overlord Body. I am the true Overlord Body. If he could get through, how could I not?"
Qingyou Shanren was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head. "I don't know where you get this twisted kind of confidence."
Qin Mu's smile faded as he looked at the three rapidly approaching figures. Suddenly recalling something, he lowered his voice and asked, "Village Chief, was I very fierce just now?"
The Village Chief nodded, seeming to have emerged from the shadow of the destructive belief, and said, "Super fierce."
"Scary?"
"Especially scary."
Qin Mu activated the Overlord Body Three Elixir Technique, a faint smile playing on his lips. "I can be even scarier."
As the primal energy within him circulated, the sound of howling wind echoed through the air. Both the Village Chief and Qingyou Shanren raised their eyebrows, expressions of surprise appearing on their faces.
Amidst the howling wind came the crashing roar of great waves pounding against cliffs—this was the sound of Qin Mu's primal energy flowing at high speed and slamming against the barriers as it turned!
After the crashing waves came the rumble of thunder, rolling like lightning hidden deep within dark clouds, the sound swiftly moving from one place to another—this was the noise of his primal energy flowing through the air of his divine reserves!
At this moment, the three disciples of Little Jade Capital were still on their way, three immortal islands away from this location.
"Qingyou Immortal."
Qin Mu's momentum reached its peak, giving him an irrepressible urge to let loose. He looked at Qingyou Immortal, eager for a fight, and laughed, "How about you and I have a match before they arrive?"
Qingyou Shanren shook his head. "Without defeating them, you don't yet have the qualifications to challenge me..."
Boom—
Qin Mu took a single step forward, and his body instantly compressed the surrounding air, causing thunderous explosions. In one step, he was right in front of Qingyou Shanren. The air was squeezed into a solid wall, which then shattered from the pressure!
Qingyou Shanren's eyelids twitched, and he finally showed anger. He raised his palm, and green light filled the sky.
The Village Chief said decisively, "Qingyou, Six Harmonies!"
"I know!"
Qingyou Shanren roared, and from within his body came the loud sounds of doors closing shut. He directly sealed off his four divine reserves—Divine Bridge, Life and Death, Heavenly Being, and Seven Stars—and erupted with primal energy. He laughed angrily, "Little Human Sovereign, I've long been annoyed with you! You're nothing but a little brat who only knows how to play with water and mud..."
Their fist and palm collided. Qingyou Shanren grunted, flew backward, and crashed with a boom into a stone statue. That stone statue was extremely heavy, like the stone statues of the Great Ruins, indestructible. His body slammed into it, but the statue didn't budge an inch.
"Such cultivation..."
The air in Qingyou Shanren's chest was nearly forced out, leaving his face flushed red. He shouted, "Old daoist brother, are you sure he's at the Six Harmonies realm?"
Qin Mu charged in like a savage dragon. His movements were incredibly heavy, yet his speed was astonishingly fast. Combining such a heavy body with such speed at his age was nearly impossible, yet Qin Mu managed it effortlessly!
Qingyou Shanren had no time to think further. He moved his hands, and the green qi suddenly transformed, shifting from green to black and white, like two large fish swimming. The two fish suddenly turned into twin dragons, charging toward the oncoming Qin Mu.
"He is at the Six Harmonies realm."
The Village Chief was also unable to hide his shock. He steadied himself and said, "It's just that his cultivation is even stronger than before."
Qin Mu's cultivation at the Spirit Embryo realm had already reached a level that even the Village Chief at the same realm couldn't match. By the time he reached the Five Luminaries and Six Harmonies realms, this gap had stopped widening.
But now, after Qin Mu's journey through the Nether Valley and his return from the Capital of Darkness, his cultivation had once again increased by no small margin!
Such immense and profound magical power left even the Village Chief feeling shocked and stunned!
With two loud bangs, Qin Mu's hands grabbed and tore the two great dragons apart. His speed didn't diminish. Qingyou Shanren leaped into the air, gathered his qi into a sword, and pointed downward. Thousands of sword energies converged like countless meteors, all rushing toward Qin Mu.
One spark of starlight moved, ten thousand swords pierced the sky!
Qin Mu leaped up, sword light exploding. His primal energy coiled like a dragon, his body swaying, and ten thousand dragons intertwined, surging forward.
Nine Dragons Emperor Technique!
The dragons and swords clashed. Qingyou Shanren grunted, his feet tapping rapidly in the air as he sidestepped to disperse the immense force transmitted from Qin Mu's divine ability.
Their dragons and swords collapsed, scattering into a rain of stars. Amidst the starry rain, a fist grew larger and larger. Qingyou Shanren's steps faltered as he tried to avoid it.
The Village Chief couldn't help but shake his head. "Comparing footwork and body movement with the Lame One... how could you possibly win..."
Qingyou Shanren failed to dodge the blow and had no choice but to clash fists with Qin Mu head-on. With a thunderous boom, Qingyou Shanren flew backward.
A cloud of dust rose from another immortal island. A moment later, the sound of Qingyou Shanren crashing into the immortal mountain finally arrived.
"Comparing fist techniques with Old Man Ma, Qingyou, you're still going to lose." The Village Chief shook his head again.
Qin Mu sprinted through the air. The three disciples of Little Jade Capital had just arrived on the immortal mountain when they saw Qin Mu transform into a streak of light in the sky, followed by a thunderous crash as he landed where Qingyou Shanren had fallen. They were dumbfounded, not knowing what had happened.
The Village Chief glanced at the three of them and smiled. "Qingyou Immortal has already gone over there. Let's go over as well." With that, he floated up and flew toward that immortal mountain.
The three exchanged glances and quickly followed him.
On the other immortal mountains and islands, one old immortal after another emerged from their secluded cultivation spots, looking curiously at the immortal mountain where Qin Mu and Qingyou Shanren were.
"What's going on?" Old Tathagata and Old Dao Lord were also alerted and looked over.
Old Tathagata's Dharma Eye was unmatched, and he said in surprise, "It looks like Qin the Human Sovereign is beating Qingyou Shanren, and Qingyou doesn't dare to fight back."
Old Dao Lord smiled and said, "It seems he can't fight back. He lost the initiative and is being suppressed by the Human Sovereign's magical power."
On that immortal mountain, a range of peaks stretched. The two of them, one old and one young, fought from the foot of the mountain to the summit. Qin Mu's magical power was ferocious, forming a giant handprint that pressed down. Qingyou Shanren rolled and tumbled to dodge, and countless lush green trees were flattened by Qin Mu's palm, lying on the ground. A handprint the size of an acre appeared on the ground!
Qin Mu fought with great vigor, driving Qingyou Shanren all the way from the bottom to the top of the mountain. At the summit stood a great hall with green bricks and red tiles, and bronze pillars as thick as water vats.
Qingyou Shanren was blasted into the hall. Qin Mu's steps were heavy, and he swept his leg against a bronze pillar. The Village Chief shook his head and said loudly, "Mu'er, this is the former Jade Capital from the Kaihuang era, a palace forged by gods. How could you possibly dismantle it?"
Before he finished speaking, the bronze pillar was snapped by Qin Mu's leg. The Village Chief was stunned.
A young boy beside him quietly explained, "Senior, this great hall was later refined by Uncle-Master Qingyou. It's not as sturdy as the original hall..."
Over there, Qin Mu thrust his hands into the bronze pillar, lifted the water-vat-thick pillar, and used it as a spear to stab into the hall.
From inside the hall came a series of loud crashes. Despite its thickness, Qin Mu wielded the bronze pillar as nimbly as a spear. The pillar broke through the air with a sharp whooshing sound. But because it was too large, after a few moves, the hall was riddled with holes, with tiles and bricks flying everywhere.
Qingyou Shanren was in a sorry state. He finally caught the bronze pillar with both hands, only to see it suddenly become scorching hot, melted by Qin Mu's magical power, with molten bronze flowing everywhere.
The molten bronze flowed down the pillar like water, then turned into countless bronze swords in the air. Ten thousand swords flew together, stabbing into Qingyou Shanren's body.
Qingyou Shanren flew backward and crashed into the immortal mountain of another island.
Qin Mu's arms strained, and he let out a roar, pushing the melting bronze pillar forward. It followed closely behind, slamming into Qingyou Shanren's chest and embedding him into the immortal mountain.
At the same time, Qin Mu's figure shot over like a streak of light. He raised his knee and slammed it into the bronze pillar.
That immortal mountain shook, and all the trees on it rustled loudly.
The Village Chief and the three Little Jade Capital disciples quickly flew over. Just as they arrived at that immortal island, they saw Qin Mu pull the bronze pillar out of the cliff, then grab Qingyou Shanren by the collar and yank him out of the cave. He raised his arm and slammed the old man hard onto the ground. With a loud bang, a large crater was formed in the earth.
"I've long been annoyed with your nagging and lack of decisiveness! And you made my Village Chief Grandpa cry! Die!"
Qin Mu turned his head to look at the four who had flown over, grinning at the three Little Jade Capital disciples. "Don't be afraid. I haven't fought in days. I'm just loosening up my muscles and bones, not seeking revenge or killing anyone. Now I'm all warmed up, feeling great!"
The three were both shocked and terrified. They looked down and saw Qingyou Shanren lying spread-eagled at the bottom of the crater.
"Uncle-Master..." a girl said timidly.
"I'm fine!"
Qingyou Shanren lay there motionless, but his voice was still full of vigor: "Don't worry about me. Let me lie here for a while."
The three relaxed. A slightly older man said, "Uncle-Master Qingyou is fine."
Qin Mu looked at the three. One of them was an old acquaintance he had met once before—Wang Muran.
Wang Muran was a disciple of Zhen Sanren, one of the immortals of Little Jade Capital. Zhen Sanren had been invited out of seclusion by the Eighth Imperial Uncle, Ling Yinfeng, to block the Yan Kingdom National Master, and was killed by him.
Back then, Wang Muran was a mischievous boy. When Qin Mu first met him, Zhen Sanren was fishing by the pool at the foot of the waterfall, while Wang Muran was throwing stones nearby. Yue Qinghong had even said that if the child were hers, she would have beaten him to death long ago.
That Wang Muran was playful, but in the two years since they hadn't seen each other, he had become much more composed.
Zhen Sanren's death had dealt him a heavy blow, forcing him to mature. The boy's former innocence and mischief had vanished, replaced by steadiness and restraint. His clothes had also changed to black, and his gaze was deep, with an occasional glimmer of spiritual light flashing in his eyes.
Presumably, the drive to avenge his master had driven him to train hard over the past two years. It was also this drive that kept him from adopting the ethereal demeanor of the Little Jade Capital immortals. His aura was extremely ferocious, suggesting his techniques and divine abilities were very overbearing!
Qin Mu had grown, and so had he.
——Zhai Zhu has been forgetting to recommend his own work. His novel, "The Human Dao Supreme," is quite good. Friends who are out of books to read can go check it out~