Qiao Kairui wanted to kill Ning Cheng, and Ning Cheng’s killing intent towards Qiao Kairui was likewise growing stronger. At a time when he was in a hurry to find Yan Ji, Qiao Kai Rui dared to stop him.
Ning Cheng’s spear was once again offered up, still falling into the dusk. Qiao Kairui sighed slightly in relief, even with a hint of sarcasm. The same divine ability had failed to nail him the first time, and he had gone so far as to use it a second time, it was really all that was left.
Qiao Kairui was relieved for no reason and raised his hand to wave out a black fog shadow. The five-coloured Moro Streamer transformed into five colours again, and as these five colours rapidly expanded, the five-coloured space coalesced again. Only this time, the five-coloured space did not seek to bind Ning Cheng, but merely separated out the space where the two were fighting, looking as if it was preventing Ning Cheng from escaping.
The black fog that was waved out by Qiao Kai Rui suddenly cracked in this five-colored space, splitting in two, two in four, four in eight …… as if it was tangible, forming one dense black dot after another in the blink of an eye.
Seeing more and more of these black dots formed by the black fog, completely trapping himself in front and behind, Ning Cheng felt a burst of crisis for no reason.
These formed black dots, as if they were alive, emitted buzzing sounds and pounced on Ning Cheng. As they flew, they also carried a snorting and corrosive sound.
At this time, not only did Ning Cheng feel a sense of crisis, even his scalp felt a tingling sensation. So many black dots, like endless worms, were rushing over in defiance of his domain. Once this was completely wrapped up, wouldn’t even the scraps of bones be nirvanaed away?
Ning Cheng was about to sacrifice the Wheel of Time when he felt a burst of intense battle intent coming from the Crowded Ghost Vine King.
Ning Cheng’s heart moved and he directly waved out the Crowded Ghost Vine King.
When the Wu Hei Ghost Vine King was sacrificed by Ning Cheng, it immediately began to spread wildly. Contrary to the splitting of the black fog, the branches of the Vine King began to grow on its main vine. Countless branches sprouted from the main vine branches, and then branches sprouted from the branches again. Again, in the blink of an eye, it spread all over the surrounding space.
The endless black dots of life that the black mist had turned into were sucked away by the branches of the Vine King as if they were moths to a flame. Some of the larger black dots seemed to be spiritually intelligent and tried to avoid the vine branches of the Vine King. However, at this time, the branches of the Vine King of the Underworld Ghosts forced their way up and swept these black dots away.
Ning Cheng breathed a sigh of relief as he was certain that this was Qiao Kai Rui cultivating a magic technique. Looking at this situation, it was Qiao Kairui’s bad luck that this devilish technique had encountered the newly promoted Wu Xia Ghost Vine King.
While Qiao Kairui was still in shock, Ning Cheng’s Sunset Twilight blasted over completely. Time once again instantly stood still, and the surroundings once again instantly froze.
Qiao Kairui shouted furiously, and before he could break free of the setting dusk, he saw a long ancient path at the end of the setting sun. He took just one step and stood on top of the ancient path.
The ancient path was far away, and the gale swept up the yellow sand, obscuring it so that only vague shadows could be seen ahead.
In the gap between the yellow sands, he saw the scene before his monasticism, when he broke with his lover. On the other side of the yellow sand, his lover looked at him with red eyes, not to leave.
A sadness filled his body and mind, a lingering thought that made it difficult for him to choose. At this moment, his world is sad, this moment is grey between his heart. Should he cling to each other, or should he leave each other?
The ancient road, the west wind and the wild sand in front of him, the thin horses, the lovers and the countryside in front of him ……
The lean horse beside him neighs softly, telling him that he should go. Telling him that he should pursue a larger world, telling him that this is only one stop in his life. Tell him that he should stand firm on his path.
The yellow sand rolled by again, seeming to sweep away and disappear the blurred figures of lovers in the distance. He even wanted to go after them, but his dao heart was hard as iron and he turned with determination.
An icy chill suddenly pulsed from the deepest part of his heart, which instantly filled his entire body and mind, and everything before him disappeared without a trace at that moment.
An aura of death from the depths of his soul caught him, Qiao Kai Rui was so cold that he didn’t even think about it, he frantically burned his longevity and reversed his entire form.
Almost at the same time as Qiao Kairui came to his senses and burned his longevity to twist his body, Ning Cheng’s spear blasted into Qiao Kairui’s left chest.
“Poof!” Blood mist exploded into the sky as Ning Cheng saw Qiao Kairui turn into a black light and disappear without a trace.
Ning Cheng fell down onto the Wu Xia Ghost Vine King and opened his mouth to spurt out a mouthful of blood as well. Qiao Kai Rui was too powerful, not only was he strong, but his daoist heart was also incredibly firm. His Sunset Twilight coupled with Mo Xiang Yi Avatar had not yet killed this man. It had only left him with an arm.
He was exhausted from facing such a powerful Qiao Kairui who was using several divine abilities at the same time. Luckily, after Qiao Kairui was seriously injured, he immediately fled. If he had not fled, Ning Cheng was certain that he would have been seriously injured himself today.
Swallowing a few pills, Ning Cheng took a breath. He knew that the stronger the opponent he faced, the more he would consume when he executed his divine ability. Especially for divine abilities like Mo Xiang Yi, the stronger the opponent’s Dao heart was, the more strenuous it would be to cast it.
If it was a normal late Eternal Realm cultivator, his Sunset Twilight divine Ability and Mo Xiang Yi divine Ability would have killed the opponent long ago if he had cast them at the same time, and he would not have suffered a backlash.
Qiao Kai Rui was not an ordinary cultivator, but Ning Cheng also knew that if Qiao Kai Rui did not attain the Dao, this was the closest Qiao Kai Rui’s strength would come to his. After he had advanced to Eternal, Qiao Kairui would simply not be enough in front of him.
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Qiao Kairui did not know that Ning Cheng was equally depleted, in fact, even if he knew, he would not dare to risk staying to kill Ning Cheng again. At this moment, he was already regretting, regretting that he should not have stopped Ning Cheng.
He did not expect Ning Cheng’s progress to be so terrifying, it had only been a few years and he had already reached this level. No wonder the Piercing Heart Tower did not forcefully fight with Ning Cheng, his cultivation might not be weaker than the Piercing Heart Tower before his Dao ascension. But at this moment, even Qiao Kai Rui himself knew that his vision was far inferior to that of the Heart Piercing Tower.
If it wasn’t for his firm dao heart and his resolute turn in the face of the confusion in the Avatar, at this moment, this universe would have been long gone without him, Qiao Kairui.
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Ning Cheng was not in the mood to chase after Qiao Kairui, he was in a hurry to get back. Before he could sacrifice the Starry Sky Wheel again, a burst of thunder resounded above the starry sky.
Ning Cheng had not crossed the tribulation once or twice before, so he naturally knew what was going on, this was the thunder tribulation coming.
A thunder tribulation? Ning Cheng frowned at the distant roaring starry sky. He really did not understand why he had a thunder tribulation at this time? Hadn’t he not yet advanced to the Eternal Realm? Moreover, he felt that he was still a small step away from the Eternal Realm, not to mention the thunder tribulation.
What Ning Cheng was not afraid of was wasting time by crossing the tribulation here.
The Wu Hei Ghost Vine King sent an intention, asking Ning Cheng to move aside slightly. Only then did Ning Cheng realise that this time it was the Crowded Ghost Vine King who was crossing the tribulation.
Even though Ning Cheng was anxious to go back in his heart, he could only wait for the Crowded Ghost Vine King to cross the tribulation.
The nine thunder arcs fell with a loud bang, and the vine branches that were scattered by the Crow Meditation Ghost Vine King instantly gathered together and turned into nine thick vine branches that clashed with the nine thunder arcs falling down.
A pungent smell of burning came out, and Ning Cheng knew that this was the vine branches of the Ou Hei Ghost Vine King being scorched by the lightning arcs.
Knowing that the Crow’s Underworld Ghost Vine King had suffered a loss, Ning Cheng had no intention of making a move. For any living creature, crossing the tribulation was a manifestation of progress in strength. If he forced his hand, he was afraid that it would affect the Crow’s Nest Ghost Vine King.
Even though the vine branch was burnt, it quickly stretched out its vine branch again and blasted against the thunderbolt arc again and again.
Ning Cheng felt the injuries of the Unmercurial Ghost Vine King, and at the same time, he also felt that the aura of the Unmercurial Ghost Vine King was getting stronger and stronger.
With one lightning arc after another, even Ning Cheng was somewhat impressed by the resilience of the Unmercurial Ghost Vine King. These arcs of thunder were not even worth mentioning to him, but to the Crowded Ghost Vine King, each arc of thunder carried fatal damage.
“Boom boom boom ……” After the last few arcs of thunder tribulation fell, an astral aura coloured cloud actually fell in the starry sky. The Voodoo Ghost Vine King’s vine branches even stretched out frantically, easily rolling away these starry sky aura coloured clouds.
As another hour passed, the aura of the Vine King became even stronger, and an incomparably clear voice appeared in Ning Cheng’s consciousness, “Master, I have succeeded in crossing the tribulation. I can now completely detach myself from the True Spirit World, as long as I transform into a tengwen.”
Master? Ning Cheng froze for a moment and quickly understood what was going on, the Ooze Ghost Vine had learned this from that stupid cow.
“You can transform into a Tengwen, you’ve wasted a few hours crossing the tribulation, you need to hurry back.” Ning Cheng nodded his head.
As soon as Ning Cheng’s words left his mouth, the Wu Hei Ghost Vine spreading from the vine branches in the starry sky instantly faded away, and a moment later, a dark light landed on Ning Cheng’s wrist. Ning Cheng looked at his wrist, and a faint black mark had appeared on it.
“What was that black mist that bawled Kai Rui before?” After Ning Cheng sacrificed the Starry Sky Wheel, he couldn’t help but ask the Crowded Ghost Vine King.
The voice of the Crowded Ghost Vine King came out, “Back to your lordship, that was a kind of Spectral Demon Corpse Mist Worm, and this kind of thing is very powerful. Once trapped by the Spectral Demon Corpse Mist Insect, you can only end up being eaten up by this insect, and not even your original spirit is left. But having met me, he could only count himself unlucky. What I am most unafraid of is the spectral thing, and to me, this is a great tonic.”
Ning Cheng’s heart twitched, the Unmercurial Ghost Vine King was not afraid of the things of the Underworld, so when he went to the Phantom Shadow Sanctuary, wouldn’t he have an assistant?
Ning Cheng did not ask the Crowded Ghost Vine King about this matter, he would talk about it when he went to the Hall of Ghostly Shadows. Right now, he hadn’t even entered the Eternal Realm, so it was a little too early to talk about the Hall of Spectral Shadows.
“Master you must be careful of the Spectral Demon Corpse Mist Bugs, once the Spectral Demon Corpse Mist Bugs have advanced and I haven’t done so yet, I won’t be able to eat those mist bugs either.” The Unmasked Ghost Vine King reminded Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng hmmed and asked, “If I hadn’t bought that one Wood Origin Crystal before, you shouldn’t have advanced so quickly yet, right? Before you advanced, would you be able to finish off those Spectral Demon Corpse Mist Bugs?”
The Unmasked Ghost Vine King said somewhat ashamedly, “Master, I couldn’t eat those Phantom Demon Corpse Mist Insects before I advanced.”
Ning Cheng secretly said in his heart, “It was a close call, if he hadn’t coincidentally purchased a Wood Origin Crystal, which allowed the Wu Xia Ghost Vine King to successfully advance. Then, in today’s battle between him and Qiao Kairui, I am afraid that the one who escaped would not be Qiao Kairui, but Ning Cheng. As for the Five-coloured Star Splitting Arrow, this was his bottom card, and he would not take it out until he had no other choice.