# Chapter 3005: Duel with Qiuyu
"Such terrifying Three Corpses Corpse Poison, it claimed the life of an Upper-Level God in an instant."
Qing Shen stared at the center of the hall, at Feng Qi who lay on the ground, his flesh continuously dissolving into pus blood inch by inch. Her heart could not calm down for a long time.
"Although the Three Corpses Corpse Poison is terrifying, it has not yet reached the point where an Upper-Level God would die instantly upon contact. It should be a poison pill refined from concentrated Three Corpses Corpse Poison! Moreover, the poison pill had long been swallowed into Feng Qi's abdomen. As long as the seal on the poison pill was undone, the corpse poison could erupt from the inside out."
Zhang Ruochen's expression was grim, his eyes filled with confusion. He asked with some difficulty: "What kind of person is Feng Qi, really?"
"If you hadn't told me that this matter concerns the life and death of the Heavenly Beginning Civilization, I wouldn't have even tested him. Feng Qi's relationship with the Heavenly Beginning Civilization is closer than his relationship with the Phoenix Clan. I never expected... truly, you can know a person's face but not their heart." Qing Shen said.
Zhang Ruochen said: "Don't you think this matter is very strange?"
"Strange? Strange in what way?" Qing Shen asked in surprise.
Zhang Ruochen said: "Do you still remember the words Feng Qi spoke before his death?"
Qing Shen frowned slightly, pondered, and said: "I did not make a mistake, dying here is worth it. Yes, at the moment of death, why did he still feel that he had not made a mistake?"
"Actually, the more crucial point is, why did he feel that his death was worth it? Why did he die so resolutely?"
Zhang Ruochen's gaze grew deeper, and he said: "There is only one possibility. He was covering up a huge secret, unwilling to have his soul searched, unwilling to let us know. What other secret could there be? Is it really as simple as what we have guessed now?"
Qing Shen said: "Perhaps the power of faith in Fate completely changed him, making him utterly loyal to the Hell Realm. I must immediately go to the Divine King's Mansion and report this matter to the Divine King."
"Since the Heavenly God Ritual Master was not in Feng Qi's Divine Realm World, if he wanted to evade the Divine King's perception, then he must be hiding inside Tihu Laolao's Divine Realm World. Only Tihu Laolao's cultivation level could refine the Three Corpses Corpse Poison pill that instantly killed Feng Qi. Only she possesses the Three Corpses Corpse Poison."
The two walked out of the hall. Qing Shen activated the formation, sealing the entire hall to prevent the corpse poison from spreading.
Zhang Ruochen retrieved the Seven Source Colorful Garment that had enveloped the hall. Still deep in thought, he suddenly called out to Qing Shen, who was eager to leave, and said: "Tihu Laolao may not necessarily be the problem. I always feel that someone is deliberately directing our attention toward her."
"However, I don't have any leads for the moment either. You go to the Divine King's Mansion first and report what happened here to the Divine King. I believe he will make his own judgment. My identity is special, so it's not convenient for me to go."
Seeing that Zhang Ruochen seemed about to leave as well, Qing Shen asked: "Where are you going?"
She now truly believed that Zhang Ruochen had come this time to help the Heavenly Beginning Civilization through its crisis.
"I need to go to Tianzhu Mountain."
After Qing Shen left, Zhang Ruochen headed toward Tianzhu Mountain.
He had thought of a terrifying possibility, so he no longer paid attention to the Flame Seed Assembly. With Xuan Yuan Lian overseeing it, the gods of the Hell Realm should not be able to stir up any major waves.
But after carefully considering Luo Sha's style of conduct, he finally understood her intentions.
Even if the Hell Realm army had a major operation in the Heavenly Beginning Civilization, intending to destroy the Realm-Protecting Grand Formation, Luo Sha would not deceive him. Given her personality, the most likely scenario was that she would clearly tell Zhang Ruochen what she was going to do, perhaps even using the City of Doulv as a chessboard to compete with him.
She knew very well that what Zhang Ruochen hated most was being deceived.
Therefore, her target was not to destroy the Realm-Protecting Grand Formation, but Tianzhu Mountain, Luo Ji, the civilization treasury of the Heavenly Beginning Civilization, and that incalculable amount of cultivation resources.
"I should have thought of it earlier. How could the Hell Realm possibly let go of the civilization treasury of the Heavenly Beginning Civilization?" Zhang Ruochen thought to himself.
The fundamental reason for the Hell Realm's attack on the Heavenly Court was still to plunder resources and strengthen itself.
Luo Sha was extremely intelligent. She would never miss this opportunity. Using the various clan gods of the Hell Realm to disrupt the Flame Seed Assembly and tie down Yu Divine King was precisely the best time to seize the civilization treasury.
Zhang Ruochen was very anxious, but there were too many formations in the City of Doulv. Coupled with the matter of Lan Jun, the city's defenses had become even tighter, with divine thought inspections occurring frequently.
It took him a long time to leave the city.
He looked up. In the starry sky, chaos and ruin still reigned. Deep, rumbling sounds continuously came from the depths of the universe. One could imagine how fiercely those beings at the pinnacle of the divine realm were fighting.
But at least the Heavenly Court army had stabilized their position, and the formation nodes of the Starry Sky Divine Formation had stopped being destroyed.
"It seems that only after the situation in the City of Doulv is resolved will those big shots of the Hell Realm be willing to retreat. What a Hell Divine Tide, yet the most fundamental purpose lies in this turbulent City of Doulv."
Tianzhu Mountain was located in the Yunlai Sea, only ten thousand miles from the City of Doulv.
With Zhang Ruochen's speed, as long as he left the city, he could arrive in an instant.
But just as he rushed into the sea area, before he had flown a thousand miles, Zhang Ruochen keenly sensed a subtle fluctuation in space. He immediately stopped and surveyed the surroundings.
On the sea surface, waves rose and fell, and the wind howled.
A familiar laugh echoed between heaven and earth: "As expected of the Heir of Time and Space, Zhang Ruochen. You detected the change in space so quickly. But what surprises this lord even more is that your martial arts cultivation has not been crippled at all."
Zhang Ruochen's expression remained unchanged as his powerful Spiritual Power erupted.
"Boom!"
The sea surface beneath him sank, and waves surged in all directions, crashing against an invisible light barrier. The light barrier transformed into glazed multicolored clouds, revealing a glazed canopy spanning several hundred miles in diameter.
"Qingkong Glazed Canopy!" Zhang Ruochen muttered.
On the sea surface, a black figure appeared a hundred miles away.
Qiuyu Divine Lord was three feet tall, with pitch-black skin, a large rat head, and sharp claws holding the unconscious Qing Shen.
"The wife of the City Lord of Doulv City is actually a woman from the Goddess Twelve Pavilions." Qiuyu Divine Lord sighed with a smile.
Without needing to guess, Zhang Ruochen knew that Qiuyu Divine Lord must have used the Way of Truth to peer into Qing Shen's heart, thus learning Zhang Ruochen's true identity.
And from this, he learned that Zhang Ruochen was going to Tianzhu Mountain.
That was how he was able to intercept him midway.
Zhang Ruochen said: "I also never expected that the esteemed Qiuyu Divine Lord of the Demon God Hall, a candidate for the Hall Master of the Truth Divine Temple, would collude with the Hell Realm and ruin his own future. What benefit does this bring you?"
"This lord has his reasons for doing this. You wouldn't understand."
Qiuyu Divine Lord immediately continued: "Why don't we talk about you instead? You, Zhang Ruochen, are the Realm Lord of Xinghuantian, the Divine Envoy of the Heavenly Mother. With such an honorable status, did you really come to the Heavenly Beginning Civilization risking your life just for a woman? This lord thinks you came for the civilization treasury of the Heavenly Beginning Civilization."
"Do you think everyone is like you, seeing only benefits in their eyes?"
Zhang Ruochen saw that Qiuyu Divine Lord was deliberately stalling for time and walked forward.
With a "clang," the Qingping Sword flew out and was gripped in his hand.
When Qiuyu Divine Lord had peered into Qing Shen's heart, he had seen the scene of Zhang Ruochen defeating Feng Qi. How could he dare to underestimate him? He said: "This lord has no intention of being your enemy. I only wish to have a pleasant chat with you here for one hour. After one hour, the Realm Lord may go wherever he pleases."
Zhang Ruochen said: "Are you worried that I will disrupt your deployment at the Flame Seed Assembly?"
"What the Realm Lord cares about is nothing more than the Heavenly Beginning Celestial Maiden. As long as you agree to stay in this Qingkong Glazed Canopy for one hour, this lord can guarantee her safety." Qiuyu Divine Lord said.
"What gives you the right to guarantee that?"
Zhang Ruochen had already walked within a hundred zhang of Qiuyu Divine Lord.
Qiuyu Divine Lord sensed an extremely dangerous feeling. He slowly retreated, maintaining his distance from Zhang Ruochen, and his expression turned serious: "If the Realm Lord makes a move, the first to die will be this god from your Goddess Twelve Pavilions!"
Zhang Ruochen was eager to rush to Tianzhu Mountain and would not be controlled by others.
"I bet she won't die!"
As Zhang Ruochen spoke these words, a Taiji circular pattern erupted from his body. In an instant, it spanned a hundred zhang, enveloping Qiuyu Divine Lord.
Qiuyu Divine Lord only felt heaven and earth spinning, his body seemingly plummeting rapidly toward the ground.
But he was not someone like Lan Jun or Feng Qi. Almost in an instant, he released his Rule Divine Patterns, stabilizing his form. In that instant, Zhang Ruochen had already arrived before him.
"Whoosh!"
The sword light was blinding!
Qiuyu Divine Lord had no time to gather his divine power. By reflex, he released Qing Shen from his grasp, sidestepped and retreated, dodging Zhang Ruochen's lightning-fast sword strike.
The sword edge brushed past his arm, activating the cobalt-blue armor he wore.
"Hiss hiss!"
Even though the sword and armor were half a foot apart, they still scraped out a large shower of sparks.
Zhang Ruochen steadily caught Qing Shen, while Qiuyu Divine Lord retreated dozens of miles away, asking in confusion: "How is this possible?"
Zhang Ruochen knew what he was puzzled about.
When he had peered into Qing Shen's heart, he had discovered that Zhang Ruochen's Taiji circular pattern only covered a radius of eighteen zhang. But just now, it had instantly covered a hundred zhang area, catching him off guard.
What he didn't know was that the radius of eighteen zhang was only Zhang Ruochen's strongest god-killing range.
Zhang Ruochen naturally wouldn't reveal this secret to him. After checking and finding that Qing Shen was unharmed, he put her into the "Sixth Patriarch's Zen Meditation Diagram" and said: "See, I won my bet! You wanted to kill me, but you couldn't."
Qiuyu Divine Lord quickly calmed down and said: "I truly never expected that you have become this powerful in such a short time. But as long as you haven't entered the Taizhen Realm, this lord is not afraid of you."
Zhang Ruochen said: "It's good that you have this mindset. This way, killing you should be easier, so I won't have to worry about you being scared into running away."
Now that his martial arts cultivation was exposed, how could he let Qiuyu Divine Lord leave?
As long as Qiuyu Divine Lord didn't flee, Zhang Ruochen was confident he could kill him in a short time.