Slaying a Three Heavens Realm Expert, the Old Era's Stone Hall Collapsed, and Hope for a New Era Rose!

"Tut, tut, tut..."

Seeing this, Qing Luo could not help clicking his tongue.

Good!

Very good indeed!

Only now did he understand what it meant to be a newborn calf unafraid of tigers.

Qing Luo knew that Liu Jingshan had broken through to the Three Heavens Realm. He had not expected Liu Jingshan to be so ruthless as to directly make a killing move against Mu Feng.

Still, it was hardly surprising.

Liu Jingshan's three sons and nearly all the backbone of the Liu Region had died in the Black Nether Abyss.

Yet Mu Feng had walked out of the Black Nether Abyss alive.

That was equivalent to saying that the Liu Region's core strength was inferior to Mu Feng alone.

In other words,

Liu Jingtian did not care what role Mu Feng had played in the Black Nether Abyss, nor did he care whether the deaths of Liu Qingtian and the others had anything to do with Mu Feng.

What he wanted was an attitude.

A declaration of strength to the Northern Spirit Territory, proving that the Liu Region had once again become its strongest force.

That was why he had chosen Mu Feng as his target.

Nothing demonstrated the overwhelming strength of the Three Heavens Realm better than personally killing a Domain Lord.

It would serve as a warning to the other Domain Lords who were beginning to stir, showing them the consequences of opposing the Liu Region.

And he would conveniently eliminate an enemy as well!

Liu Jingtian's move could truly be called killing three birds with one stone.

As expected of an old monster of the Northern Spirit Territory.

Even Qing Luo could not help quietly admiring Liu Jingtian's methods.

He was quite curious.

What kind of reaction would Qing Yan Jing have upon learning this news?!

Liu Jingtian had killed the man.

Surely she could not blame Qing Luo for it, could she?

"Father..."

"Mu Chen is too pitiful. We..."

Tang Qian'er spoke softly.

Before she could finish, Tang Shan shot her a fierce glare.

She wisely closed her mouth.

Feeling the terrifying spiritual energy surging from Liu Jingshan,

they looked at Mu Feng's corpse lying outside the hall and the Mu Region experts being suppressed.

The surrounding Domain Lords

all shared the same fear. Their faces were pale, their brows tightly furrowed, and no one knew what they were thinking.

"Everyone, this old man intends to establish an alliance in the Northern Spirit Territory and unite the various forces here. When the time comes, our Northern Spirit Territory will have the qualifications to expand its territory within the Hundred Spirits Land.

You will also obtain more cultivation resources!"

Liu Jingtian's words were astonishing.

For a moment,

the great hall fell utterly silent, and shock flashed through the eyes of every Domain Lord.

This Liu Jingtian...

actually wanted to conquer other territories?!

Everyone present was a formidable figure in their own right, the master of a faction.

Their forces were weaker than the Liu Region, and some were not even comparable to the Nine Regions.

But they had long grown accustomed to idling away their days and had no great ambitions.

Compared to joining an alliance, they preferred ruling over their own little patch of land.

However,

Liu Jingtian was in the Three Heavens Realm.

And Mu Feng's death before their very eyes was a grim example.

Even if they were unwilling, none of the Domain Lords dared provoke Liu Jingtian at this moment, fearing that they would follow in Mu Feng's footsteps.

"Hehe..."

"Your silence means consent. Since that is the case, from this day onward, you are members of the alliance, together with my Liu Region..."

Liu Jingshan said with an indifferent smile.

"Wait!"

Suddenly, a cold and lazy voice rang out, interrupting Liu Jingtian.

"Hm..."

Liu Jingtian looked toward Qing Luo. "What? Does Domain Lord Qing have a different opinion?"

"I would not call it an opinion. It is simply that this Nine Regions Assembly is rather boring. I shall take my leave first!"

With that, Qing Luo rose directly to his feet.

Under everyone's gaze, he led the Azure Domain experts toward the hall's exit.

He paid no heed at all to Liu Jingshan's fury, which had been suppressed to its limit.

Just as Qing Luo was about to leave the hall,

his footsteps suddenly halted.

Seeing this,

the anger in Liu Jingshan's eyes faded, and a faint smile returned to his face.

The various Domain Lords of the Northern Spirit Territory

were all Spirit Soul Realm experts. Qing Luo in particular had reached the Spirit Soul Realm at such a young age and had even obtained a Seed Quota from the Five Great Academies.

Attacking Mu Feng had been meant as a warning.

Now that the warning had achieved its purpose, Liu Jingshan truly did not wish to start a massacre unless absolutely necessary.

If he drove these people into desperation,

and killed them all,

who would charge into battle for the alliance in the future?

After uniting the various forces of the Northern Spirit Territory, he would still need those Spirit Soul Realm Domain Lords to serve him.

Qing Luo seemed to recall something and turned to Liu Jingshan.

"Your so-called alliance will not include our Azure Domain!"

"And..."

"I'm taking him with me!"

Qing Luo pointed at the suppressed Mu Chen.

At those words,

the leaders of every faction in the hall looked at Qing Luo in shock.

They had not expected

Qing Luo to be so unyielding. Not only had he rejected Liu Jingshan's proposal, but he also intended to interfere in the Mu Region's affairs...

Liu Jingshan was stunned as well.

He had thought that after displaying the strength of the Three Heavens Realm and intimidating everyone, establishing the alliance would be a matter of course.

He truly had not expected there to be someone who was not afraid of death...

"Good! Good..."

Liu Jingshan's pupils gradually turned savage as vast, gloomy spiritual energy churned through the hall like a tide.

"Boy from the Azure Domain, do you think that just because you obtained a Seed Quota from the Five Great Academies, this old man would not dare kill you?"

Liu Jingshan's hoarse voice contained boundless Killing intent.

"Kill me?"

Qing Luo studied Liu Jingshan with amusement. "Do you have the strength?"

"You are courting death!"

Madness filled Liu Jingshan's eyes, and a thunderous sound burst from his mouth.

Buzz—

Liu Jingshan took a step forward, and the great hall trembled as though struck by a massive hammer.

He clenched both hands into fists.

The already boiling spiritual energy within the hall was directly ignited by Liu Jingshan, blazing with spiritual flames as it smashed straight toward Qing Luo.

Liu Jingshan had gone all out with this strike.

He intended to kill this ignorant junior who did not respect his elders in one blow and establish the alliance's authority!

The vast, fierce fist descended like a heavy mountain bearing down from above.

Boundless fighting spirit rose in Qing Luo's eyes.

He clenched his right fist.

Dense Purple Qi surged from Qing Luo's body, confronting the spiritual flames summoned by Liu Jingshan.

The great hall was dyed crimson and purple...

Kirin Fist!

Qing Luo shouted as he savagely hurled his right fist toward Liu Jingshan's.

Roar—

The instant Qing Luo unleashed his fist, the majestic roar of a beast filled the great hall.

It was as though a Purple Kirin had reappeared in the world.

It stamped through the void and bore down upon Liu Jingshan.

Qing Luo was now at the Spirit Soul Realm Late Stage.

With the Kirin Treasure Technique unleashed, its destructive power had long surpassed the limits of what the Spirit Soul Realm could achieve!

Boom!

The instant the two fist shadows collided,

the surrounding spiritual energy was compressed to its limit and erupted with a thunderous roar.

A terrifying shockwave of spiritual energy directly sent everyone in the hall flying.

Across the floor paved with Azure Stone,

terrifying cracks were torn open.

The spreading purple radiance was as dazzling as the blazing sun, causing everything around it to lose its original color.

Boom—

Suddenly,

a figure flew backward toward the great hall.

The towering stone hall of Nine Regions City, which had stood for centuries, was directly torn apart and collapsed with a deafening crash before everyone's eyes.

Amid the clouds of dust,

everyone's nerves involuntarily tightened, and they even forgot to breathe.

Before this,

no one could have imagined that Qing Luo, who had only just entered the Spirit Soul Realm, could contend with Liu Jingtian of the Three Heavens Realm.

At this moment, countless shocked gazes stared fixedly at the churning dust.

Beneath that dust,

the stone hall of the old era had collapsed, while new hope seemed to be slowly rising!

As the dust gradually dispersed,

a muffled groan came from beneath it, and Liu Jingshan crawled out of the rubble in a wretched state.

This sight

seemed to ruthlessly shatter their deeply ingrained beliefs before grinding them beneath its heel!

Liu Jingtian...

the former strongest expert of the Northern Spirit Territory, a king who had entered the Three Heavens Realm, had actually been beaten into such a miserable state by Qing Luo?!

"Cough, cough..."

"To possess such strength in the Spirit Soul Realm truly makes this old man see you in a new light!"

Liu Jingshan coughed twice.

He dusted off his clothes as though their earlier clash had not harmed him at all.

"However, it ends here. This move has been cultivated by this old man for many years. Today, I shall use you to test my Divine Art!"

Liu Jingshan's Killing intent soared to the heavens.

As his words fell,

a dense, ancient radiance spread out behind him. Within that light,

a dark yellow mountain nearly a thousand zhang tall seemed to slowly take shape.

"Hmph!"

Just as Liu Jingshan gathered his strength,

an indifferent snort rang out.

Boom—

Boom, boom—

The sky seemed to have been struck by a massive hammer, erupting with peals of thunder.

As the thunderous sounds spread,

Liu Jingshan's poised Mountain God Art dissipated into nothingness.

Qing Luo appeared before the former strongest expert of the Northern Spirit Territory, using the Kirin Step.

"People of the Liu Region are still as stubbornly hard-mouthed as ever!"

"You..."

Liu Jingshan stared at Qing Luo in utter shock. "It was you... You were the one who killed Qingtian and the others?!"

After the incident at the Black Nether Abyss,

Liu Jingshan had investigated the factions that had entered the Black Nether Abyss. Qing Luo's traces had been among them, as had figures from the Azure Domain.

He had not taken it to heart.

He had not believed that the Azure Domain, the weakest faction and one that had nearly been stripped of its qualifications, would dare make a move against the Liu Region.

What Liu Jingshan had never expected was

that the youth before him was the true culprit behind the deaths of countless experts from the Liu Region!

Bang—

A bolt of lightning shot from the Double Pupils,

and the former strongest expert of the Northern Spirit Territory reached the end of his brilliant life.

After finishing this, Qing Luo turned and looked down upon the countless experts of Nine Regions City.

"Everyone, the farce is over!"

Qing Luo offered no explanation.

His terrifying feat of slaying a Three Heavens Realm expert would naturally establish the Azure Domain's position as the hegemon of the Northern Spirit Territory!