parentshiftbook Chapter 377 One Man Suppresses Four Grandmasters
Chapter 377 One Man Suppresses Four Grandmasters
Chapter 377 One Man Suppresses Four Grandmasters
Luo Qingyang handed the hot potato-like black box to Master Pufa, then transformed into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared into the crowd. This series of actions was swift and agile, catching Master Pufa off guard and leaving the various forces observing from the shadows in awe.
All eyes instantly turned scorching, fixed intently on the black box in Master Pufa's hand that emitted a faint glow.
However, some astute individuals glanced suspiciously in the direction where Luo Qingyang had disappeared, wondering, "This young man acts so decisively; could it be a ruse, and the real keystone might still be on him?"
The two members of the Demonic Sect who had just arrived nearby and were about to make their move, along with the two grandmasters from the Cui family and the Great River Alliance, were also taken aback by this sudden turn of events.
A hint of admiration flashed in Cui Baiquan's eyes, and he sighed softly, "As expected of the number one on the Yuhua Sect's ranking list this generation, he is quick-witted and decisive in his actions. He truly has a good character!"
"They were able to sacrifice a pawn to save their chariot so decisively."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Jiang Tianxiong interrupted impatiently, his tone agitated. "What do we do now?"
Who actually has that thing? If this drags on any longer, even more variables will arise.
Indeed, Luo Qingyang's move made it difficult for them to determine whether the real key stone of the secret realm was truly left in the black box or whether he had secretly taken it with him.
A glint of light flashed in Cui Baiquan's eyes, and he deliberately suggested, "Things have come to this point; hesitation will only lead to missed opportunities. Why don't we split up? Brother Jiang and I will go after Luo Qingyang. After all, he's young and inexperienced, and he's more likely to expose his weaknesses. You two—"
He looked at Cui Dan and Miao Yin of the Demonic Sect, "Go deal with that monk Pufa and seize the black box. No matter who has the key stone, we can maintain the initiative."
Sure enough, no sooner had he finished speaking than the skinned scholar Cui Dan spoke up in a sinister tone: "Mr. Cui, you've got a good plan! That old bald monk Pufa has reached the pinnacle of the Yi Jin Jing, a renowned expert on the Earth Ranking for many years—he's a tough nut to crack. Chasing after a junior who hasn't even entered the Outer Realm is a piece of cake. If you want to switch, you deal with the monk, and we'll take care of that kid!"
The Bodhisattva of Joy, Miaoyin, chuckled sweetly, her eyes flashing with an undeniable authority: "Yes, Mr. Cui, we sisters can't take all the blame for this arduous task. Either we do as we say, or—we'll all go our separate ways, and no one will get away with it easily."
Cui Baiquan looked troubled, argued with the two men for a few moments, and finally sighed as if forced to, "Fine, fine, I'll do as you two say!"
"Brother Jiang and I will deal with that old monk. As for that kid who isn't even in the outer scenes, I'll leave him to you two. I hope you two will achieve a great victory."
Throughout the entire process, Jiang Tianxiong merely observed coldly, only nodding indignantly at the end, seemingly accepting the arrangement.
Once the agreement was reached, the four of them didn't waste any more words and acted instantly!
Cui Yan and Miao Yin moved with lightning speed, like two ghostly black shadows, carrying a chilling aura, and soared into the sky, chasing after the fleeing person.
Cui Baiquan and Jiang Tianxiong exchanged a glance, but did not immediately set off.
After the two figures from the Demonic Sect disappeared, Jiang Tianxiong crossed his arms and looked coldly at Cui Baiquan.
At this moment, Cui Baiquan's face no longer showed any sign of "difficulty".
He smiled calmly and said in a low voice, "Brother Jiang, don't be anxious. If it were an ordinary secret realm, Luo Qingyang would most likely have thrown out the key stone to save his life."
"But this secret realm is said to be closely related to the remains of an ancient immortal from his Feathered Immortal Sect. Putting myself in his shoes, if it were me, I would never easily hand over such a key that concerns the lineage and may contain the secret to becoming an immortal to a pedantic monk. I would definitely take a gamble and use the Golden Cicada Sheds its Shell strategy."
A glint flashed in Jiang Tianxiong's eyes, and he immediately understood: "You mean—"
"Go!" Cui Baiquan said no more, and with a swift movement, he quietly chased after the direction where Luo Qingyang had disappeared, concealing his aura to the extreme.
Jiang Tianxiong sneered inwardly and immediately followed.
These two were actually plotting to be the ones who would stalk the cicada from behind!
On the other side, —
Li Xijun, Li Qinghan, and Su Manniang had just left Zuiyue Tower and arrived at the still bustling street.
Suddenly, a moon-white figure darted out from the street corner at an extremely fast speed, looking somewhat disheveled. It was none other than the decisive Luo Qingyang!
His face was anxious, and his gaze swept quickly across the room, instantly locking onto the three people, including the distinguished Li Xijun.
Without hesitation, he suddenly pulled something out of his pocket—a strange crystal that was neither gold nor jade, irregularly shaped, with a surface flowing with a hazy glow, and inside it seemed as if there were galaxies flowing. The spatial fluctuations it emitted were far purer and stronger than those of the black box from before!
"Your Highness! Star Lord!" Luo Qingyang held up the crystal, his voice urgent and resolute. "This is the true key to unlocking the Mysterious Female Realm. This junior, Luo Qingyang of the Feathered Ascension Sect, humbly requests Your Highness's cooperation in exploring this secret realm, using this as proof!"
Before he could finish speaking—
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Two dark figures, like lightning tearing the sky apart, suddenly burst forth from the rooftop on the side!
It was Cui Dan, the "skin-peeling scholar," and Miao Yin, the "joyful bodhisattva," who had been chasing after Luo Qingyang all along.
Using their superior agility and ability to lock onto the flow of energy, they followed Luo Qingyang!
"Youngster! Hand over the key stone!" Cui Yan shouted sternly.
The man's pair of skinning scimitars traced eerie arcs, their blades gleaming coldly. Wherever they passed, even the air seemed to be ripped apart, emitting hissing sounds. Two bottomless, fine marks silently appeared on the bluestone slabs beside the street.
At the same time, Miaoyin smiled and her slender fingers plucked at the air, causing the soft sound waves to spread out like invisible ripples, directly invading the soul.
Some onlookers with lower cultivation levels instantly became dazed and grinned foolishly, as if they had fallen into a blissful illusion.
With her other hand, she flicked her finger, and a pink peach blossom aura shot towards Luo Qingyang's back like a venomous snake. The fragrance was sweet, but it contained a deadly poison that was both intoxicating and bone-corroding.
The two Grandmasters, one on the left and one on the right, joined forces to attack, their moves ruthless and cunning. They even stirred up changes in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, their sword intent and demonic sounds intertwining to form a death domain, completely sealing off all of Luo Qingyang's escape routes.
Luo Qingyang felt as if the space around him had solidified, and a terrifying pressure pressed down like a mountain, causing his blood to surge and making it almost impossible for him to breathe.
The sharp blade light, eerie sound waves, and murderous aura made his soul tremble. This true disciple of the Feathered Gate, the number one genius on the Human Ranking, felt for the first time in his life how insignificant and powerless his cultivation, which had not yet entered the Outer Realm, was in front of an Outer Realm Grandmaster, especially a strongman on the Earth Ranking. The shadow of death instantly descended!
And at this critical moment!
Li Xijun, who had been standing quietly by the sidelines, moved.
His movements didn't seem fast, yet they seemed to transcend the flow of time.
With a single step, his figure appeared beside Luo Qingyang without warning, just like a ghost, blocking the deadly blade light and peach blossom aura.
Facing the full force of the attacks from the two Earthly Ranking Grandmasters, Li Xijun remained calm and composed.
He didn't even draw his weapon; he simply raised his right hand casually.
In an instant, an indescribable vast aura emanated from his body!
He brought his right index and middle fingers together, making a sword-finger gesture, and casually pointed forward.
There was no earth-shattering roar, only a soft hum that seemed to soothe the very space itself.
A sword light, refined to its utmost, seemingly containing the perfect essence of life and death reincarnation, shot forth from his fingertips.
This sword light, though seemingly small, became the center of heaven and earth the moment it appeared!
The eerie blade light, powerful enough to shatter metal and stone, vanished silently the moment it touched the sword light, like ice and snow meeting the sun.
The alluring and seductive sonic waves, the intoxicating and corrosive peach blossom aura, were completely erased before the invisible force field emanating from the sword intent of life and death reincarnation, like a pebble thrown into the vast ocean, failing to even stir a ripple.
"Pfft!" "Pfft!"
"Buzz!"
Cui Dan and Miao Yin were struck as if by lightning, their bodies trembling violently. They both spat out a mouthful of blood, their faces filled with disbelief, horror, and fear.
They felt that the spiritual power they had gathered and the power of heaven and earth they had drawn upon were as fragile as paper in the face of the opponent's casual finger gesture!
Just one strike!
Not only did it completely annihilate their combined deadly attack, but it also directly injured their internal organs through the void!
Li Xijun gently flicked his sleeve, smoothing out the slight energy fluctuations that had dissipated, as if he had only done a trivial matter.
He stood before the still-shaken Luo Qingyang, his gaze calm as he looked at the two demonic sect masters who were pale-faced and staggering backward.
His demeanor drew gasps of admiration from onlookers.
Li Xijun forced back two grandmasters of the demonic sects with a single finger, and the terrifying strength he displayed with such ease shocked everyone present.
However, in the instant that he had just made his move, Cui Baiquan and Jiang Tianxiong, who had been lurking on the side like the most patient hunters, suddenly flashed their eyes!
This is the moment they've been waiting for!
When Li Xijun repelled the two members of the Demonic Sect, no matter how easily he appeared to do so, in the common understanding, there should have been a moment of recovery or mental distraction.
And this is their only chance to snatch food from the tiger's mouth!
"Let's do it!"
With a low shout, Cui Baiquan abandoned all traces of the gentle elegance of a grandmaster from a prestigious family. His figure shot out like an arrow, his target aimed directly at the real keystone in Luo Qingyang's hand, which was shimmering with rosy light.
He pointed his fingers like a pen, and with a flick of his wrist, a deep blue finger strike, extremely refined and imbued with the imagery of a surging river, burst forth. It was not aimed at Li Xijun, but rather cleverly circled around to Luo Qingyang's wrist, which held the key stone.
This finger technique, known as the "Interception Finger," is intended to interrupt and seize rather than kill, demonstrating the meticulousness of its intent and the precise grasp of timing.
At the same time, Jiang Tianxiong roared, his muscles bulging and his blood surging like a furnace.
He unleashed both fists simultaneously, employing his signature move, the "Overturning Rivers and Seas Fist."
The force of the punch was fierce and unparalleled, as if it had truly drawn upon the power of a river. Two powerful fist energies, visible to the naked eye, roared and rushed toward Li Xijun's flanks like two evil dragons. His intention was to restrain him and create that one-in-a-million second opportunity for Cui Baiquan to seize the chance!
The two cooperated seamlessly, one attacking and the other disrupting, at an astonishing speed. Clearly, they had planned this for a long time and pushed their cultivation, which was at the peak of the sixth level of the Outer Realm, to its limit.
A violent surge of energy swept through the street, shattering the bluestone slabs on the ground. The onlookers were forced to retreat repeatedly by this sudden pressure, exclaiming in alarm.
Having just escaped death and still in shock, Luo Qingyang felt a sharp, piercing pain and icy chill in his wrist. The deep blue finger energy hadn't even reached his body yet, but the fierce intent was almost freezing the tendons and veins in his wrist.
The glimmer of hope that had just risen in his heart was instantly overwhelmed by despair. Faced with the sudden attack of two more Earth Ranking Grandmasters, he didn't even have time to react.
However, Li Xijun didn't even flinch in the face of this near-perfect sneak attack.
His reaction exceeded the limits of everyone's thinking.
Just as Cui Baiquan's [Intercepting Finger] was about to touch Luo Qingyang's wrist, and Jiang Tianxiong's fist energy was about to strike his side, "Whoosh!"
The space around Li Xijun seemed to ripple slightly.
He didn't turn around or look back; he simply flicked his sleeve behind him with his free left hand.
The movements were graceful and effortless, like swatting away annoying mosquitoes.
However, in that seemingly casual gesture, an invisible and intangible yet immense and vast power, like the collapse of the starry sky, suddenly descended!
The cunning and agile [Intercepting Flow Finger] force, upon contact with this invisible power, seemed to have struck an immutable stellar barrier, failing to even stir a ripple before silently disintegrating.
The two roaring, powerful, and earth-shattering dragons were as if they had been trapped in an invisible swamp, their forward momentum abruptly halted. Then, under the immense force generated by that flick of the sleeve, they were swept back at an even faster speed than when they came.
"What?"
"not good!"
The smugness and ruthlessness on Cui Baiquan and Jiang Tianxiong's faces froze instantly, turning into extreme shock and disbelief.
They felt an irresistible force, far beyond their comprehension, coming towards them. It not only easily shattered their offensive but also slammed into their protective spiritual power like an invisible giant hammer!
"Bang! Bang!"
Two muffled thuds were followed by the creaking sound of bones unable to bear the weight.
Cui Baiquan let out a muffled groan, his body flying backward like a kite with a broken string. A trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, and his expensive brocade robe was torn in several places by an invisible force, making him look utterly disheveled.
Jiang Tianxiong fared even worse. He was the first to be hit. The force of the rebound combined with his powerful punch caused his arms to ache terribly, his blood and qi churning like boiling water. His burly body crashed heavily onto the street in the distance, creating a shallow crater in the bluestone slab and sending dust flying.
One strike!
It was still just one strike!
Without even turning around, he casually flicked his sleeve, easily dismantling the combined sneak attack of the two well-coordinated Earth Ranking Grandmasters who had been preparing for a long time, and injuring and forcing them to retreat.
quiet!
Deathly silence!
This seemingly effortless defeat of a grandmaster completely and unequivocally demonstrated the unfathomable, abysmal difference in strength between Li Xijun and his master.
All the eyes that were secretly watching were instantly filled with endless awe and fear.
Luo Qingyang stared blankly at the black-clad figure blocking his way, whose clothes remained perfectly straight. His hand, gripping the keystone, trembled slightly, and only one thought remained in his mind: "This—is this the power of a Star Lord?"