Luring Out Protector Wu, Going All Out, Instant Kill

Inside the renovated Bamboo House.

Protector Wu was cultivating with his eyes closed.

At that moment, he suddenly opened his eyes. With a flash, he appeared outside the house.

His pair of crimson eyes slowly swept across the lush medicinal fields.

A hundred meters away, atop a slightly raised mound, a black-robed figure was almost completely blended into the night.

Powerful soul force radiated from the black-robed figure, glaring like a candle in the darkness.

Protector Wu gradually narrowed his eyes.

Yet the very next second, the black-robed figure turned and ran, leaving him dumbfounded.

After hesitating for a moment, Protector Wu snorted coldly and gave chase.

"Just as expected, he came."

Ji Changqing glanced back.

Several dozen meters behind him, a pair of crimson eyes concealed within black mist pursued him closely.

He nervously swallowed.

He clutched a stick of incense as thick as his little finger, wisps of green smoke drifting from it, nearly invisible in the darkness.

This incense was called [Obstruction-Blocking Incense], a reward from the system's sign-in.

Those who inhaled Obstruction-Blocking Incense would have their blood rush to their heads, greatly impairing their ability to think.

Ji Changqing had devised dozens of ways to kill Protector Wu.

After considering them over and over, he decided it was safest to use Obstruction-Blocking Incense, lure him farther away, and then kill him.

Ji Changqing specifically chose secluded paths where no one passed. A few minutes later, he fled beyond the bounds of the Chu Yunlan Sect.

A pair of utterly ordinary Dou Qi Wings suddenly unfurled from his back, and he shot into the sky.

"Humph!"

Protector Wu snorted and stepped into the void. After a few flashes, he was already several hundred meters away.

"Judging by his aura, he should be a Dou Wang."

"But his soul force is unusually formidable. Could he be a Fifth-grade Alchemist?"

"Heaven has no gate, yet you throw yourself in. I'll gladly accept your soul, hehehehe!"

Protector Wu's speed suddenly surged.

In nearly the blink of an eye, he was less than ten meters from Ji Changqing.

Ji Changqing was so frightened that his hair stood on end.

It propped up the black robe over his head like a chef's hat.

Since he was concealing his cultivation, he naturally had to make it look convincing, but he had not expected to be caught so quickly.

The closest Ji Changqing could tolerate Protector Wu getting was several dozen meters.

Any closer, and he simply would not feel safe.

Terrified and worried for his own safety, Ji Changqing could no longer care about anything else.

Whoosh, whoosh—

His speed surged as well.

Protector Wu: "?"

Seeing the black-robed man pull several dozen meters ahead again, Protector Wu was bewildered.

No, weren't you a Dou Wang?

How did you leave a Dou Zong like me behind?

The cold wind raised by their extreme speed blew across Protector Wu's face, calming him somewhat.

Something was wrong. This was a trap!

He stopped, frowning at the black-robed man ahead. The urge to retreat had already arisen in his heart.

Ji Changqing inwardly cried that things were bad.

They had not even reached the place he had arranged in advance.

Gritting his teeth, he turned around, stretched his right hand out from beneath his black robe, and arrogantly beckoned at Protector Wu.

At the same time, Ji Changqing pursed his lips, turned down the corners of his mouth, and blew frantically at the Obstruction-Blocking Incense in his left hand. Colorless, odorless green smoke drifted directly toward Protector Wu.

"Damn it, you dare mock me?"

Under the effects of the Obstruction-Blocking Incense—

Protector Wu, who already looked down on the Jia Ma Empire, became even more hotheaded.

"How powerful could anyone in this backwater place possibly be?"

"At most, you're a high-star Dou Huang. Humph, die for this Protector!"

Protector Wu struck out with his palm. Billowing black mist condensed into a massive palm several zhang wide and viciously slammed toward Ji Changqing.

Seeing this, Ji Changqing turned and fled.

The two flew one after another for several more minutes.

They had already reached an extremely remote mountain range.

Whoosh, whoosh—

Whoosh, whoosh—

Two streaks of light shot over the forest at incredible speed.

Their powerful auras sent the magical beasts within the mountains scattering in all directions.

"Almost there, almost there!"

Ji Changqing's forehead was covered in sweat as he nervously swallowed again and again.

This was his first time matching wits against a Dou Zong!

Protector Wu's pressure on him was far, far too great!

"I wonder if my preparations are enough... Can I really defeat Protector Wu..."

"Next time, I absolutely, absolutely can't take such a risk again..."

Ji Changqing, who had never been particularly confident, began to waver.

But when he sensed the familiar aura of the formation a hundred meters ahead, he could only grit his teeth and continue charging forward.

In the blink of an eye—

He entered the range covered by the formation.

Ji Changqing stopped, breathing heavily.

Protector Wu stepped in right after him.

"Heh, run then. Why aren't you running anymore?"

At that moment, hundreds of Formation Flags whistled up from the forest. Brilliant light formed into a formation as they flew, enveloping both of them within it.

The wind stilled, the clouds ceased, and the beasts fell silent.

Inside the formation was what seemed like an independent world, isolating every perception from the outside.

And almost at the exact instant the formation took shape, Ji Changqing gritted his teeth, turned around, and unleashed his fighting skills.

"Did you think this Protector hadn't realized you deliberately lured me here?!"

Protector Wu sneered, utterly unflustered.

Because he had anticipated it long ago.

"You dare attack me?!"

"Hehehehe... Fuck your mother!"

His laughter abruptly stopped. The sight before him made his eyes split wide with rage.

"Low Earth Tier Fighting Skill—Life Extinguishing Pupil!"

"Low Earth Tier Fighting Skill—Azure Dragon Roars Wasteland!"

"Low Earth Tier Fighting Skill—Great Roc Soaring Wings!"

"Low Earth Tier Fighting Skill—Immovable Wisdom King Golden Body!"

"Low Earth Tier Fighting Skill—Great Elephant Hell Slaughtering Palm!"

Buddha light manifested behind Ji Changqing's head, a golden sheen covered his body, and he transformed into the Immovable Wisdom King!

A pair of Great Roc wings several zhang wide flapped behind him with a violent howl of wind. Two beams of gaze, deeper than the night itself and brimming with boundless killing intent, shot forth. At the same time, a desolate dragon roar that shattered souls sent space into violent tremors!

Roar—!

A divine elephant raised its head and let out a long cry.

Its four hooves stood upon a gigantic palm more than a dozen zhang wide.

Carrying the force of ten thousand jun, as though it could suppress an entire hell, it reached out from dense dark clouds.

A vast expanse of ghostly white flames formed a sea of fire. Its blazing heat and freezing chill carried destructive ripples as it surged toward the dumbstruck Protector Wu.

Because Ji Changqing lacked confidence, this attack was made with the tragic resolve to perish together with his enemy. He poured all the Dou Qi in his body into it, along with every method he had gained from five years of signing in.

This was the most dazzling strike Ji Changqing had been capable of unleashing so far.

Five Earth Tier Fighting Skills—sound waves, pupil techniques, flight, body refinement, and attack—covered nearly every means of offense.

Before such an outrageous assault—

Protector Wu was like a small boat upon a raging sea.

He had no room to resist at all before he was blasted into scraps, not even ashes left behind.

In the final moment before his consciousness was extinguished—

Protector Wu's eyes were bloodshot as curses filled his heart.

You motherfucker, you were absurdly strong, so why the fuck did you need to lure me out and set up a formation to kill me?!