Slaying the Tenth Floor
Suddenly, Shi Hong stomped his feet on the cliff!
The cliff beneath their feet could not withstand the immense force and split open in the middle, creating a bottomless crevice, with rubble tumbling into the river!
With the force of that step, he leaped into the air and, like a rising comet, chased after Chen Lingxi in the direction she had fled, his speed even faster than Chen Lingxi's!
Emperor Bow Earl frowned slightly, glanced at the direction where Chen Lingxi and Shi Hong disappeared, but did not chase after them. Instead, he looked at the Slaying-Force Cauldron in the far distance.
In an instant, within a radius of twenty miles of the Slaying-Force Cauldron, she was the only remaining powerful figure.
She was probably also wary of Shi Hong's Shi Hong nature, and thus did not join him in chasing down Chen Lingxi!
In the distance, on the horizon, Chen Lingxi had already flown twenty or thirty miles away!
He pushed his Cloud-Riding Technique to its limit, and pale blue clouds surged wildly beneath his feet, carrying his figure through layers of mist at an extremely fast speed.
It's faster than him piloting the Heavenly Boat.
But the scorching heat behind him was getting closer and closer.
"This Shi Hong is incredibly fast."
Chen Lingxi's eyes flickered.
After the Tenth Floor body cultivator refined all the spiritual energy into his physical body, his physical strength reached an unbelievable level.
However, the spiritual energy from the Tenth Floor still flowed continuously around his body.
Even after soaring for a while, his feet landed on the ground again, then he crushed the rocks under his feet, used the momentum to jump, and his speed was astonishing.
Sometimes he would even rampage through the mountains and forests, sending rocks flying and trees falling!
He was frowning deeply, clearly furious.
He, a dignified Tenth Floor body cultivator, was actually tricked in public by a Ninth Floor junior, and his arms were injured by that strange purple qi.
"Indeed, if you weren't so troublesome, how could the Credit Peddler's divination have indicated that the ownership of this Slaying-Force Cauldron would be between Xi Yu and this person?"
A murderous intent flickered in Shi Hong's eyes.
"Then I'll kill you first, cutting off half of the possibility of that divination."
Shi Hong's eyes surged with murderous intent intent, and the terrifying aura around him, which had already refined all the spiritual energy into his body, became even more intense. He was like a dark golden sun, scorching the rocks and vegetation in his path into charcoal!
Chen Lingxi flew swiftly ahead.
His expression was calm, and there was no fear in his eyes; on the contrary, there was a kind of...
Eager to try!
But then he flew dozens of miles away.
This place is completely far from the area of the Candlelight River. It is surrounded by rolling, desolate mountains and wild ridges, with steep terrain, dense forests and grass, and few people.
Chen Lingxi could sense that the auras of the other contenders who had been lingering around had all disappeared far behind him.
Shi Hong was ruthless and possessed formidable cultivation.
Many who had vied for the throne now saw the two of them chasing and fleeing, and dared not follow any further, keeping their distance.
That's why...
Only he and Shi Hong remained here.
Shi Hong continued to pursue Chen Lingxi, his eyes filled with increasingly intense killing intent.
He thought to himself, "This kid has been running for most of the hour, his spiritual energy must be mostly depleted, while my spiritual energy is strong, and I'm constantly using my physical body to move around, so the consumption is negligible..."
With the balance of power shifting, catching up with and killing this person will be as easy as taking candy from a baby!
With a murderous intent in his heart, he once again shattered a small hill and leaped high into the air!
At this moment, his right fist was raised high, with spiritual energy flowing around the knuckles, ready to end this chase with a single punch!
Just then, he suddenly saw the streak of lightning that had been fleeing ahead stop.
Chen Lingxi seemed to have stopped running away.
He pressed down the clouds atop a mountain peak.
At this moment, he stood atop the mountain, turned around, and his robes fluttered in the mountain wind.
The Thunderlight Sword, which he had sheathed, never came out again, but all the pale golden thunder patterns on the sheath had lit up!
Shi Hong stepped onto the clouds and rapidly approached, his gaze sweeping over Chen Lingxi on the mountaintop.
Chen Lingxi stood there, his aura heavy, his composure a stark contrast to his disheveled state when he fled.
There was not a trace of fear or retreat in his eyes; instead, they burned with two bright, almost fanatical fighting spirits!
Shi Hong's lips slowly curled into a smile that seemed rather amused. "You want to pit the Ninth Floor against the Tenth Floor?"
He spoke, his voice like thunder, echoing endlessly in the silent mountain forest. "Where do you get your courage?"
Although Shi Hong seemed to be belittling Chen Lingxi, he had already unleashed the terrifying physical power within him without reservation!
He has already trained this physical body to its limit!
His muscles, fascia, bones, and even his internal organs had been repeatedly tempered by spiritual energy countless times.
It is no longer an ordinary body of flesh and blood, but a humanoid magical Law Treasure forged from spiritual energy!
Shi Hong took a deep breath, his chest bulging, and then slowly exhaled.
This single breath completely burned away the air within several feet in front of him!
The spiritual energy within his body surged wildly through his meridians like a scorching torrent.
As the torrent passed, his muscles bulged, veins bulging like dragons, and his entire body grew even larger in just a few breaths, stretching his magnificent robes to the point of tearing apart, revealing the bulging muscles beneath, as if cast in bronze and iron!
He stood there like a Savage Wilderness beast emerging from the ancient wilderness, radiating a terrifying and suffocating aura.
"Die!"
Shi Hong exuded a murderous aura!
"Let me see what kind of person at the Qi Circulation Tenth Floor capable of!"
Chen Lingxi, instead of retreating, advanced!
He stepped forward, his body suddenly gleaming with a sharp edge, his Sword Qi soaring into the sky!
The surging spiritual energy in his Qi Sea surged forth, and the spiritual energy at the peak of the Ninth Floor poured into the Thunderlight Sword in his hand and into the Longevity Bridge that spanned the sky beneath his feet like water bursting its banks!
Chen Lingxi his move without holding back.
A Divine Sense probed out from his mind!
[Divine Sense Manifestation].
This Divine Sense was suddenly activated at this moment, transforming into an invisible mountain that fiercely suppressed Shi Hong!
Divine Sense is formless and intangible, yet as heavy as a mountain.
Shi Hong felt a sudden jolt in his head, as if a real mountain had pressed down on his Consciousness Sea, causing his Divine Sense to stagnate.
Although the Tenth Floor body cultivator had refined all the spiritual energy into his physical body, making his physical body incomparably strong, his Divine Sense was not without its flaws.
Chen Lingxi used the Fine Thought of the Ninth Floor of Qi Circulation Mystery Mechanism to forcefully suppress Shi Hong. Although he could not truly harm Shi Hong's Consciousness Sea, he was enough to make his Divine Sense sluggish and slow down for a short period of time.
At the same time, Chen Lingxi and crashed into the Longevity Bridge.
The majestic spirit bridge stretched across the sky, carrying terrifying power capable of destroying the heavens and the earth, and crashed towards Shi Hong with a deafening roar!
At that moment, all the ancient runes on the bridge lit up, emitting a deep and powerful spiritual light, turning the entire mountaintop into a dazzling gold.
At the same time, Chen Lingxi and his long sword shone brightly.
The Thunder-Hiding Sword Canon the Subtle Insight level, erupted!
[The Twelve Heavenly Drum Peals.]
Chen Lingxi his sword and unleashed twelve consecutive strikes. Each strike was accompanied by a thunderous roar, the thunderous sound amplifying the sword's power, each strike stronger than the last.
The twelve sword lights were like twelve waterfalls of thunder falling from the heavens, slashing towards Shi Hong one after another.
The sound of something tearing through the air mingled with the thunder, like a thunder god beating a heavenly drum, causing the entire mountaintop to tremble.
At the same time, the Purple True Treasure Bottle was raised high again.
A vast expanse of purple qi burst forth once more.
The Purple True Treasure Aura was incomparably sharp, like a purple torrent, surging towards Shi Hong along with the twelve Thunderclap Sword Light.
Chen Lingxi his full power the moment he made a move.
But Shi Hong was not afraid at all.
"Although this person is at the Ninth Floor level of cultivation, his foundation in cultivation is truly astonishing."
If I had only just entered the Tenth-Floor Realm, I fear I would not be his match."
A look of surprise flashed through his mind, but his aura suddenly became even stronger. He pushed his palms out horizontally, as if he were pushing aside a mountain!
[Star-Embracing Fist!]
Rumble!
A terrifying aura swept forth, heading straight for Chen Lingxi!
But at this very moment...
A cold glint flashed in Chen Lingxi's eyes!
An amber-colored throwing knife, devoid of any Spiritual Qi fluctuations, was thrown by his own Qi and Blood!
It shot towards Shi Hong silently!
The throwing knife has no blade, nor is it sharp!
Chen Lingxi's various methods, including the Divine Sense Manifestation, the Longevity Bridge, the Twelve Heavenly Drum Peals, and the Purple True Treasure Bottle, all seemed to be paving the way for the Delayed Light Flying Dagger!
Then, through the terrifying gap in Shi Hong's spiritual energy, the Delayed Light Flying Dagger silently flew away, slicing through the Void without a sound, until it arrived in front of Shi Hong.
The beam of light sealed within the blade suddenly shone brightly the instant the hourglass accelerated its flow, transforming into an invisible Mystery Mechanism that silently struck Shi Hong!
The throwing knife fell.
And that Delayed Light, Mystery Mechanism fell directly on Shi Hong.
Shi Hong's expression changed drastically!
"What happened?"
Shi Hong felt as if everything before him slowed down in that instant.
He clearly saw the twelve sword lights slashing towards him, breaking through his Star-Embracing Fist Qi!
But when he tried to throw a punch, he found that his body had become so slow.
The flow of spiritual energy in the meridians slowed down by several times, and the condensation of fist energy on the fist tip was also sluggish.
"What kind of Law Treasure is this?"
Shi Hong was horrified!
And all of this happened in just a few moments.
When the strong clash... this momentary imbalance is the crack between life and death.
The vast purple qi surged forth like a torrent the instant Shi Hong's movements slowed, engulfing him entirely in a purple ocean!
The Purple True Treasure Aura was incredibly sharp, instantly piercing through the gaps in his protective spiritual energy, leaving countless bloodstains on his indestructible spiritual skin.
The Twelve Heavenly Drum Peals followed immediately!
The twelve Thunderclap Sword Light were like twelve thunder hammers descending from the sky, slashing at Shi Hong one after another.
The magnificent robes that Shi Hong wore had long since turned to ashes.
He wore an extraordinary protective Law Treasure close to his body.
This protective Law Treasure was an inner armor, which seemed to contain flames, resisting Chen Lingxi's astonishing killing intent!
Whether it's the Twelve Heavenly Drum Peals or the Purple True Treasure Aura, they are simply too sharp.
Even though this inner armor was extremely extraordinary, it still shattered violently before the terrifying sword aura and purple qi!
"Die!"
Chen Lingxi had already harnessed the Longevity Bridge and charged in!
The Longevity Bridge seized the opportunity to crash into it.
The majestic, radiant bridge slammed into Shi Hong's chest with tremendous force, sending his mountain-like body flying backward.
He groaned, his limbs and bones trembling violently, and he was sent flying hundreds of feet away.
At that very moment, Chen Lingxi had already closed in!
He pointed to a wisp of sword Sword Qi that sprang from the Profound-Pointing Sword Furnace.
The Sword Qi was a mixture of Thunder Treasure Qi and Sword-Edge Qi, and it also carried the domineering and unparalleled sword intent of the Thunder-Hiding Sword Canon.
The three elements merged and coalesced into a nearly transparent three-colored sword thread, which silently pierced into the wound in Shi Hong's chest!
Then it pierced through his indestructible sternum, through his still wildly beating heart, and emerged from his back, bringing with it a mist of scalding blood!
"You...
Shi Hong shuddered violently, then fell to the ground, smashing many rocks!
He lay there on the ground, looking down at the inconspicuous, tiny sword wound on his chest, then looking up at Chen Lingxi...
Then, this Great Zhou King Fuguang, this terrifying being who had refined all his spiritual energy into his physical body at the tenth level of cultivation, died!