Chapter 792: I Don't Care
Qin Mu staggered forward, each step seeming to cause him immense pain, twisting his body and contorting his face. Blood flowed down his legs, filling the footprints he left behind with crimson.
Yet as he continued walking forward, his steps began to steady.
Crack, crack. The sound of bones shifting came from him. His broken neck began to reconnect, and his head, twisted at a grotesque angle, started to return to its proper form.
His shattered bones were re-implanted and regenerated. Flesh writhed at the wounds, growing outward, sprouting arm after arm.
The flying swords on the ground also rose one after another, increasing in number.
Yan Qiling's hair stood on end. She had never seen a cultivator with such astonishing regenerative power. If it were a deity who cultivated the art of creation, or a naturally powerful race among the demigods, they might achieve this step.
But a cultivator could not have such a profound understanding of the art of creation.
This was practically an immortal body!
The great divine ability she had just unleashed was powerful enough to kill Qin Mu. Yet he had endured it through his monstrous regenerative power, recovering step by step as he walked.
Yan Qiling could even see countless tiny runes fluttering at his wounds, like minuscule needles and threads weaving back and forth, causing the injured flesh to grow, shedding dead skin, replacing dead muscle, and pushing out shattered bone.
The damage her divine ability had inflicted on Qin Mu was not just physical but also spiritual. When he took her attack, his primordial spirit was shattered and broken. Yet Qin Mu's art of creation was even repairing his primordial spirit!
The Chixi Era had achieved remarkable feats in the art of creation. Emperor Chi specialized in the primordial spirit, while Emperor Ming specialized in the physical body. When their techniques were combined, they represented the highest level of the art of creation.
The body does not die; the primordial spirit does not perish!
Qin Mu was still some distance from that highest level, but he was not far off!
Yan Qiling forcibly activated her vital energy, then suddenly let out a muffled groan. She had thousands of wounds, large and small, all over her body. Although she had suppressed the wounds and forcibly closed them, they had not healed. Forcibly activating her vital energy nearly caused her wounds to burst open.
Moreover, she had little vital energy left to use.
That great divine ability just now was the Dao One great divine ability, incredibly powerful, but its consumption was also terrifyingly high. She had used up most of her vital energy, and the small remainder had to be used to suppress her injuries, leaving her stretched thin.
However, what gave her some relief was that the number of flying swords rising from the ground was not large. Clearly, Qin Mu's losses were also immense.
Under the power of her great divine ability, although Qin Mu had preserved his life, his own vital energy had been reduced by more than half, even more than hers.
And to achieve the body not dying and the primordial spirit not perishing, one also needed to consume a great deal of vital energy. At this point, Qin Mu's vital energy might not be as deep as hers.
"Celestial Venerable Mu, you said just now that you know my origins. Then you should understand that there is no need for us to fight to the death."
Yan Qiling continued to retreat, quickly taking out a jade bottle and consuming the spirit pill inside, desperately activating her vital energy to repair her physical injuries. She said, "I also greatly admire Celestial Venerable Mu. I know that in the distant past, Celestial Venerable Mu fought a battle at the Jade Pool that shook the world. But don't forget, who gave you the title of Celestial Venerable Mu..."
"The title of Celestial Venerable Mu? Do I care?"
Qin Mu's voice suddenly exploded. When the first word was uttered, he was still a hundred zhang away from Yan Qiling. By the fourth word, he was already right in front of her.
His speed was indeed far from what it used to be. Despite having the art of creation of Emperor Chi and Emperor Ming, he was still severely injured.
The Dao One great divine ability from Yan Qiling had dealt him too much damage, even injuring his divine hideaways!
Not only that, but he also felt that his physical functions were limited. This was due to the immense consumption. Although he possessed the most powerful art of creation from the Chixi Era, his cultivation base could not keep up, leaving him helpless.
However, Yan Qiling's injuries were also extremely severe. The damage Qin Mu had inflicted on her with the Sword One to Sword Nineteen techniques, especially the Tribulation Sword, was the worst she had ever experienced in her life.
Qin Mu's fist smashed toward her. The fist was tattered, with no good flesh left, even exposing the white bones of his fingers.
"Do I care?"
His voice was like thunder, rumbling and exploding.
Yan Qiling raised her hand, and the magnetic runes burst forth. The geomagnetic force immediately acted on Qin Mu.
The cultivation she could currently use was limited. Fighting head-on with Qin Mu would be unwise, and the magnetic divine ability was her best choice.
The magnetic divine ability could make Qin Mu feel as if his body was as heavy as a mountain, affecting any punch or kick. His attacks would lack accuracy, and they might even be pulled toward the ground.
But contrary to her expectations, Qin Mu's fist still came, seemingly unaffected by the geomagnetic force.
"Yandu's Dao Seven has no effect on him? Right, his physical strength is too great. Even my Dao One great divine ability just now couldn't crush him to death!"
Yan Qiling was startled and raised her hand to block Qin Mu's fist. Suddenly, Qin Mu's other five fists came raining down like a storm.
Yan Qiling desperately defended herself, but with Qin Mu's three heads and six arms, she was overwhelmed. She was hit by a hundred or so punches, stumbling backward. While still in midair, all her wounds burst open, like a water-filled ball turning into a net, leaking blood everywhere.
Yan Qiling quickly sealed her wounds. Suddenly, Qin Mu crouched, leaped into the air, raised his six arms, clasped his fists together, and appeared above her.
"Youdu Dao Three!"
Yan Qiling forcibly activated her divine ability. A dark membrane spread out in front of her with a swoosh. Qin Mu's figure vanished into that thin, paper-thin darkness, disappearing, as he was sent to the Nether Realm.
Before Yan Qiling could breathe a sigh of relief, Qin Mu's feet suddenly appeared beneath that darkness, followed by his clasped fists smashing heavily into her chest.
One strike, two strikes, three strikes!
Yan Qiling heard the sound of her ribs breaking one by one. With a thunderous crash, she smashed a large crater into the ground.
"No good. If this continues, he'll beat me to death!"
Lying at the bottom of the pit, she forced a breath of vital energy and, in one go, blasted open her Life and Death Divine Hideaway. "I can no longer suppress my cultivation. I must break through the Life and Death Divine Hideaway to stop him!"
The wall of the Life and Death Divine Hideaway shattered, and she immediately felt a surge of power that connected life and death. It flooded every part of her body in an instant, her violent magical power surging and churning, sweeping away her previous decline.
Although she had not yet returned to her peak state, with the power of the Life and Death Divine Hideaway, she was no longer afraid of Qin Mu.
Yan Qiling was overjoyed. Looking up, she saw Qin Mu falling from midair, his body parallel to the ground, spinning wildly like a top on a string as he descended!
"What kind of move is this?"
Yan Qiling stabilized all her wounds and suddenly realized, "It's a sword technique! The eighteenth form of the basic sword technique! Damn it!"
She quickly retreated, leaping out of the large pit, only to see Qin Mu rolling parallel to the ground, charging toward her, with hundreds of spinning, cutting flying swords in front of him!
Yan Qiling crossed her hands, and the magnetic divine blades materialized. The two blades interweaved, producing a continuous clanging sound as they blocked the Sword Eighteen technique.
The two fought at a rapid pace, their speed dizzying. Yan Qiling lost the initiative and was forced to retreat repeatedly.
"He can use Sword Eighteen? His vital energy should be extremely weak. How can he use such a technique that consumes so much vital energy?"
Just as she thought this, she saw the Earth Origin Dao Fruit in the halo behind Qin Mu's head and suddenly understood. "The energy in the Earth Mother's Earth Origin Dao Fruit is immense. He is refining the energy in the dao fruit to turn it into cultivation!"
Suddenly, Qin Mu stopped rolling, landed on his feet, formed a seal with one hand, and thrust it forward.
"Xuandu's Dao Two!"
Yan Qiling's hair stood on end. She immediately discarded the two magnetic divine blades in her hands. The two blades, like light and lightning, interweaved in the air, forming layers of magnetic walls to protect her.
Boom—
Heavenly fire erupted, its terrifying force destroying layer after layer of magnetic walls, breaking through a hundred layers before stopping at the last one.
Yan Qiling breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly, a brilliant blade light flashed from behind the last magnetic wall. Qin Mu raised his six arms, and the flying swords came whooshing over. Just a moment ago, there were only a few hundred flying swords, but now there were over two thousand, condensing in his six palms into a single divine blade.
Chi.
The last magnetic wall was sliced open by the blade. Qin Mu's six arms separated, and the divine blade split into six. Yan Qiling saw only crisscrossing blade lights in front of her, horizontal and vertical!
A single line of horizontal and vertical, a vast expanse of sky!
Golden blood light flashed. Yan Qiling was nearly cut into dozens of pieces. She quickly retreated, shouting, "Celestial Venerable Mu, don't you want your title anymore?"
Qin Mu's physical wounds had mostly healed. He charged like thunder, each step producing a series of thunderous sounds, the ground exploding beneath his feet. He sneered, "If I don't want it, let him come and take it himself!"
Yan Qiling was furious. She forcibly activated her magical power, letting her wounds burst open. "You dare to be disrespectful? Then don't blame me! Dao One!"
She forcibly activated the Dao One great divine ability. The terrifying fluctuations spread once again. The ancient celestial court's phantom materialized around her: a thousand palaces, ten thousand halls, the deep Jade Capital, towering city walls, and the surging Heavenly River.
The phantoms of the gods of the Zhou Tian Star Lords appeared, forming a heavenly net and earth net. The Heavenly River Navy, with its naval gods waving banners and commanding great ships. The Great Sun and the Great Yin, the sun and moon in the sky.
Beneath the celestial court was Yandu, with the World Tree and the Earth Mother taking shape. Above the heavenly net and earth net, Xuandu's Heavenly Lord was also forming. Below Yandu, Youdu's Earth Lord was gradually taking shape!
At this moment, Qin Mu had already stepped into the celestial court. He charged straight through the Southern Heavenly Gate, punching a hole through this divine gate. In the next moment, he stepped onto the Heavenly River, heading straight for the Jade Pool, leaping over the Jade Sea!
Boom!
He had already smashed through the city gates of Jade Capital. As he passed, the phantoms of countless palaces were shattered into pieces, broken tiles and debris flying everywhere!
In the phantom of the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, Yan Qiling stood before the throne of the emperor. Qin Mu was too fast, too fast for someone who was injured. Her divine ability was not yet fully prepared when she saw Qin Mu had already arrived before the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
"Has his cultivation recovered? No, he has entered the Life and Death Realm!"
Yan Qiling's hair stood on end. Suddenly, the Lingxiao Treasure Hall shook. Qin Mu's fist shattered the phantom of this highest sacred hall of the ancient divine celestial court into pieces.
The next moment, his fist pressed against Yan Qiling's beautiful face, unleashing a tremendous force.
The two figures flashed past the crumbling phantom of the ancient celestial court. A mountain peak dozens of miles away suddenly exploded, with rocks flying everywhere. The falling stones traced arcs in the air before finally hitting the ground.
Then, a deafening sound came, and the phantom of the ancient celestial court finally dissipated.
Yan Qiling's figure slid across the ground, smashing through countless trees and rocks, skidding for dozens of miles before finally stopping. She lay there, unable to move.
A bare foot appeared beside her, followed by another large foot landing. Qin Mu stood in front of her.
"The title of Celestial Venerable Mu, bestowed by that old bastard Heavenly Emperor, I don't care."
Qin Mu spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm. "My title of Celestial Venerable Mu was earned with my own fists, not given by that old bastard Heavenly Emperor!"
Yan Qiling spat out mouthfuls of golden blood from her mouth, her eyes vacant as she looked at him.
Qin Mu raised an arm that was still healing, spreading his five fingers. The sound of whooshing air came.
A flying sword suddenly landed in his hand. Then, with a continuous clinking sound, other flying swords collided and merged with this one, so fast that only afterimages could be seen.
Qin Mu pointed the tip of the sword downward, lifting Yan Qiling's chin. He raised his other hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth and chuckled lightly, "Where is Celestial Venerable Yu?"
Yan Qiling swallowed the blood in her mouth and said hoarsely, "Bring them up."
"Chief, we're here!" Dragon Qilin's voice came, trembling with fear.
Qin Mu followed the sound and saw the women who had been with Yan Qiling escorting Celestial Venerable Yu, Gongsun Yan, and the others. Dragon Qilin drooped his head and said, "Chief, we didn't get far before we were caught..."
"I know."
Qin Mu said calmly, "You lured them away, which allowed me to capture this woman and trade her for you. This is a diversion."
Dragon Qilin was dumbfounded and blurted out, "Chief, didn't you mean for us to attract the attention of these women while you made a run for it first?"
Qin Mu was stunned. He scratched his head and said inexplicably, "That's right, Fatty Dragon, that's exactly what I meant. You understood well. Yes, very well..."
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