"Mm, Luo Feng, leave what comes next to us."
Li Qingxu and Hong nodded with smiles.
"All right."
Luo Feng obediently moved closer to them.
With Chief Hall Master Hong here, he had nothing to fear from the sudden appearance of a Beyond War God-level powerhouse.
"Greetings, First Speaker."
The white man bowed respectfully to Hong.
"Mm, Councilor Fal, all the Vegetation Spirits on Mist Island belong to the Limit Dojo. Do you have any objections?"
Hong glanced at the white man and said coldly.
Councilor Fal's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly said, "First Speaker, we were the ones who discovered Mist Island first."
He had only just arrived. He didn't want to leave empty-handed.
"Hmph."
Li Qingxu turned his gaze to Councilor Fal and gave a cold snort.
The moment Councilor Fal tried to speak, he staggered and nearly fell out of the sky.
The flames around him immediately vanished, and he seemed to crumple.
"You!"
"Pfft."
Councilor Fal's face went deathly pale as he spat out a mouthful of blood. He stared at Li Qingxu in terror.
"Luo Feng, tell him who discovered it first."
Li Qingxu spoke calmly.
If he hadn't wanted to leave Luo Feng his opportunity, he would have come to Mist Island long ago and stripped it clean.
There would have been no chance for this man to stand here and blather.
"I was the one who discovered it first!"
Luo Feng snapped out of his shock and hurriedly said, "You can have Catlan and Li Yao down there verify it."
He really had been the first to arrive at Mist Island. Then he had deliberately activated his Communication Watch to lure Li Yao over.
If Li Yao hadn't come, he wouldn't have recognized those treasures.
"Did you hear that?"
Li Qingxu glanced at him. His gaze was peaceful, yet it carried an unmistakable air of authority.
"Understood."
Councilor Fal lowered his head, gritted his teeth, and rasped out his reply.
Now he didn't dare say another word. He wanted to leave, but didn't dare, so he could only stand off to the side.
That cold snort had been like a thunderclap exploding in his mind.
He hadn't even been able to react. It had felt as though his soul had been ripped away, leaving his life and death beyond his control.
"So Councilor Li is this powerful."
Luo Feng was stunned.
Councilor Li stood there in flowing white robes, looking kind, but he had acted far too decisively.
A single snort had made Councilor Fal, who was also a councilor, spit blood. Then how much stronger was Chief Hall Master Hong, the First Speaker?
"I'll take care of it."
Li Qingxu looked at Hong.
"Sure."
Hong's eyes lit up. He grabbed Luo Feng by the shoulder and flew into the sky, then had Luo Feng sit by the hatch of the Primordial Fighter Jet.
This was the perfect chance to see just how far his strength fell short of Li Qingxu's.
The next moment,
divine power surged through Li Qingxu, dazzling like a golden sun. Waves of thunder and crashing tides rang out as he looked down below.
He seemed like a god clad in golden armor, his black hair whipping about as lightning coiled around him and endless divine radiance engulfed him.
With a sweep of his sleeve, three figures suddenly flew out from Mist Island.
"Crack!"
A thunderous sound rang out.
The long vines on Mist Island lashed through the air like whips.
The black-purple vines stretched more than a thousand meters. As they whipped out and recoiled, they made an inconceivably explosive crack!
Facing this violent strike, Li Qingxu remained unmoved. He extended his right arm and casually swatted at it, as though batting away a mosquito.
"Boom!"
The golden palm struck the black-purple vine, unleashing a deafening roar. Purple mist burst from the impact like rain.
It was plain to see that more than half of the black-purple vine had vanished!
"So strong!"
Luo Feng stared in shock. He knew firsthand how terrifying that vine was.
Yet Councilor Li had casually swatted it, blasting away half of it.
If that palm had hit him, even his black suit would probably have burst apart.
The thought sent a shiver down Luo Feng's spine.
"Rumble~~~"
All of Mist Island trembled as black-purple vines, their ends lost from sight, shot out of the dense fog.
One, two, three... eight, nine...
A full sixteen black-purple vines, each more than two thousand meters long and twenty centimeters in diameter.
No matter how many black-purple vines swarmed toward him, Li Qingxu seemed not to exist in this space. The vines passed right through his body.
"Quiet down."
Li Qingxu's voice was calm, but left no room for argument. He casually seized one of the vines.
He made no other move, yet in an instant all sixteen vines were as if bound, completely motionless.
"Here you go."
As he spoke, Li Qingxu yanked the Cloud-Touching Vine out of Mist Island as easily as pulling up a radish.
Then he casually tossed it toward Hong, who was high in the sky in the distance.
"This...!"
Luo Feng gaped at the enormous object, as vast as an island.
That was it? He'd just grabbed a colossal creature more than two thousand meters long and tossed it away like a toy.
Luo Feng wasn't the only one. Even Councilor Fal, in the sky on the other side, was dumbstruck.
"Haha, then I won't stand on ceremony."
Hong laughed. An area nearly two thousand meters around him plunged into endless darkness, halting the Cloud-Touching Vine in front of him.
Then he cut the palm of his right hand and pressed it against one of the black-purple vines, letting the Cloud-Touching Vine feed on his blood and make him its master.
Li Qingxu took a single step and appeared on the ground at the center of Mist Island, as if he had teleported.
A brilliant golden light spread outward from him, covering the entire island in an instant.
At the same time, strange markings danced like dragons and serpents, appearing and disappearing within the golden light.
As if marking them, the glowing patterns enveloped every Vegetation Spirit.
"Not bad. There are 135."
A faint smile appeared on Li Qingxu's face.
Using the divine power of his Sacred Body, he performed the Source Heaven Technique and placed the entire Mist Island under lockdown.
Some of the Vegetation Spirits couldn't raise one's strength, but they still contained the essence of life and could be absorbed and transformed into life force.
"Shatter!"
At his command, all 135 Vegetation Spirits turned into pools of sparkling, richly concentrated liquid.
Li Qingxu's divine sense stirred. Under the formation's operation, the essence of the Vegetation Spirits scattered across the island gathered into a stream and flowed into his mouth.
The incredibly concentrated essence of the Vegetation Spirits erupted within his Sacred Body. As the Western Emperor Scripture circulated, streams of pure energy poured into his Heart Divine Treasury.
As this happened, he felt himself growing stronger by the moment.
The sun within his body slowly rose, then slowly sank, cycling over and over.
Nurtured by acquired essence, a continuous stream poured in and merged with this divine treasury.
At this moment, the Heart Divine Treasury grew ever more crimson and translucent, as if it had become a real sun, rising and setting.
A rumble sounded within Li Qingxu. Boundless vitality was being born, and endless Dao power flowed through him.
"Boom!"
The Heart Divine Treasury rose up and settled in the void of the world within his body, radiating boundless energy.
Like the sun overhead, it reached its peak, blazing in all its glory!
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