First Battle, Soaring Cloud
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Guan Ji retrieved the alms bowl, and the dragon that had blocked it earlier rose up, trying to fly away, but it seemed to be branded by Meng Qingying and could not get far away.
Guan Ji glanced down at the alms bowl, his brow furrowing slightly. His Law Treasure had almost been cracked by the illusory dragon's impact...
The strange puppetry of the myriad phenomena of the Myriad Images of the Universe —how could these images, which were not physical objects, be made to resemble real dragons? Great Joy Temple couldn't understand it. He never intended to compete with Meng Qingying for this Luck Dragon, because giving it to him would be useless; it was simply a matter of each side getting what they needed.
The reason he attacked Meng Qingying was simply because of her people.
His plan for the Great Joy Temple actually required Meng Qingying to take away this fortune in order to complete his usurpation of the country; this was the basis of the deal. Therefore, before this, he was merely using Meng Qingying's request to extort money, and did not dare to truly turn against her, which led to the stalemate.
It wasn't until Zheng Yunyi's visit a few days ago that the fog cleared for him, making him suddenly realize that the best time to deal with Meng Qingying wasn't to blackmail her by pretending she wanted to enter the treasure vault. On the contrary, he should have opened the vault to her, obtained the Luck Dragon, and been done with it. His plan for the Great Joy Temple would have been completed by then, while Meng Qingying would still need a short period of time to process it—that was the most opportune moment.
A single word awakened me from my dream.
Meng Qingying and Qin Yi both thought they might have set some kind of trap in the treasure vault to deal with her, but that wasn't the case at all. The trap in the treasure vault was only meant to deal with Qin Yi; the opportunity to deal with Meng Qingying was originally planned after she obtained the dragon.
Neither Meng Qingying nor Qin Yi had anticipated this.
Of course, Meng Qingying understood the moment she saw Guan Ji appear. She had never let her guard down, but unfortunately, she hadn't expected that someone else would be involved.
In any case, the plan succeeded. Meng Qingying escaped with injuries, but she couldn't have gone far. Her aura never escaped Guan Ji's pursuit.
Guan Ji decisively chased after Zheng Yunyi into the ruins of the Star Gazing Platform, ignoring him above.
Although he admired Zheng Yunyi's clear calculations and for clearing up the fog for him, he didn't really respect him. To secretly collude with external enemies to deal with fellow disciples was a despicable act, even within the demonic path. While demonic sects weren't united and sometimes betrayed each other, they rarely sabotaged each other's missions. Missions were often related to the sect's most important affairs; if they could act recklessly in such matters, the Demonic Path Sect would have disbanded long ago. This was truly a lack of consideration.
Yes, now he knows Qin Yi came for a mission, not for personal revenge. Zheng Yunyi told him that.
Zheng Yunyi seemed to understand what he was thinking. He watched him disappear into the ruins without following him in, but a smile curved his lips. His gaze then rose again, focusing on the Luck Dragon, examining it with great interest.
Guan Ji had already chased them underground.
Only then did he realize that the bottom of the Star Gazing Platform was an underground palace... Lingxu had been opposing him all along, and he really didn't know the tricks hidden under Lingxu's main camp, but that didn't matter... With the strength of a cultivator at the Soaring Cloud Sixth Layer Divine Sense, it was too easy for him to find Meng Qingying's trace in such a small area.
Meng Qingying didn't go far either. In fact, from the time she broke into the underground to the time Guan Ji chased after her, it was only the time it took Guan Ji to recall a bowl, less than a breath. Where could she go with her injuries?
Moreover, the underground palace was also protected by a formation, which further hindered her movements.
Although the formation wasn't of a high level...
"Boom!" Flames shot up, and Meng Qingying was already several feet away. She turned her head and looked at the sea of fire in the corridor, then suddenly reached out and pressed down.
The flames illuminated the surroundings, and countless shadowy figures strangely protruded slightly, as if they had come to life.
Meng Qingying continued running without looking back, while Guan Ji appeared behind the fire array, grinning as he approached through the flames.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!" Strange shadows appeared from all directions, like a net, trapping Guan Ji above the sea of fire.
Guan Ji burst out with golden light, forcefully shattering the shadow. When he looked ahead again, Meng Qingying had already turned the corner of the corridor and disappeared.
He felt a bit of admiration for her. He was nearly a thousand years old, while this woman was probably just over twenty? Yet she was truly a worthy opponent, both in terms of cultivation and her calm composure in the face of an enemy.
If Zheng Yunyi hadn't ambushed him, he really wouldn't have been able to win her over.
But the more this happened, the more determined he became to use this woman as Cauldron.
With such Cauldron, why worry about Huiyang not coming!
As soon as Meng Qingying turned the corner, she immediately carved a simple array on the ground and placed a strand of hair at the center of the array. Just as she finished doing this and was about to run away, a large hand suddenly reached out from behind her and pulled her to a slight indentation in the wall.
Meng Qingying was startled. She couldn't sense anyone lying in ambush? She instinctively turned her head to strike, but froze. The shadow condensed in her hand but she couldn't unleash it.
How could it be Qin Yi?
Qin Yi made a "shh" gesture with a serious expression, raised his Wolf Tooth Club with both hands, and waited quietly.
Guan Ji had already appeared in front of the two of them.
His expression was one of utter astonishment, for in that instant he had lost all sense of Meng Qingying. This shouldn't be happening. Meng Qingying's Shadow Escape Technique still relied on shadows, still bound by the conventions of spellcasting or divine sense. It was impossible for her to evade his exploration, which was several levels higher than his own. What was going on?
Before he could react, a huge bell suddenly appeared in the sky, filled with pink gas.
Guan Ji was so angry he almost vomited blood. This was the Lingering Bell he had given to Ci Hui to deal with Qin Yi, but it had actually appeared here and was now being used against him!
Completely instinctive, Guan Ji reached out and pushed upwards, his divine sense probing directly into the bell, trying to retrieve it.
Just then, Wolf Tooth Club suddenly appeared, carrying a violent Gang Qi, and slammed down on his head. At the same time, an even more intense and terrifying Shadow Breath rushed heavily toward his heart!
The alms bowl reappeared, blocking the Wolf Tooth Club. Meanwhile, the Buddhist Light in the palm clashed with the shadows in a swastika shape, causing a deafening boom that caused the entire corridor to collapse.
Even with some array formations, this mortal underground palace simply couldn't withstand the aftershocks of their clash.
While he was distracted, a hair suddenly sprang up from the ground and wrapped around his ankle. It disappeared as soon as it wrapped around him, but his ankle bones were writhing and twitching with waves of excruciating pain, as if something was stuck to the bone and pulling back and forth in strands, causing him unbearable agony.
The Asura Hell, Tarsal Bone Maggots.
Meng Qingying was no innocent girl to be manipulated at will; her methods were just as varied and ruthless as his.
And now, Qin Yi!
His long-awaited strike was blocked solidly by the alms bowl. He immediately kicked it. What else can Martial Cultivation practitioners rely on for close combat if not this?
Guan Ji, who was ambushed from all sides, finally couldn't avoid the kick and was kicked solidly by Qin Yi.
However, he also released his Law Power in time, forming a golden light to protect him. Qin Yi's kick did not cause any damage, but only made him stagger back several steps.
"Bang!" Guan Ji crashed into the wall, and immediately a series of spears shot out from the wall, piercing his golden light shield, but they all broke off without causing any damage.
Qin Yi frowned. The various mechanisms and formations in this underground palace might be effective for Qin Xin cultivators, but they were really not powerful enough for Teng Yun cultivators... It seems that he couldn't rely on them too much.
Even his own output seems insufficient.
This lightning-fast offensive ultimately resulted in damage from Meng Qingying's pre-planned Shadow Ultimate Skill Tarsal Bone Maggots.
Meng Qingying was pale at this moment. She should have cooperated with Qin Yi's attack for another round, but she did not move. Instead, fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.
"You're injured?... Poison?"
A peculiar poisonous gas was disrupting Meng Qingying's Law Power flow; it was already quite remarkable that she had managed to hold on this long. Moreover, unleashing her ultimate attack had further aggravated the rampage of the toxins within her body, intensifying their effects.
This is bad... Qin Yi didn't know the situation of the battle above. He originally thought it was a coordinated ambush with Meng Qingying, but it seems that Meng Qingying is actually half-crippled?
Guan Ji straightened up and chuckled, "Well done, worthy of being one of the best among the younger generation of Myriad Images of the Universe and Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace... But that's enough. Qin Yi, just watch how I deal with your woman right in front of you!"