Acquaintance

Boom!

A burst of fire!

Qiu Yan was surrounded by shimmering flames, and his divine power surged.

The figures blocking his path in mid-air were instantly shattered by the impact, and could no longer stop his advance.

With a series of flashes, Qiu Yan alternated his legs, stepping on several scattered men one after another, moving lightly as if climbing stairs, ascending step by step, and quickly approaching the stone pillar!

"Once divine power is used up, it cannot be replenished! Every bit used is less! Once it's exhausted, it can no longer stay in this world!" Seeing this, the black-robed man's gaunt, skeletal face twisted in pain as he repeatedly emphasized, becoming somewhat hysterical. "Fine! Since you are so stubborn, I can't hold back anymore. I can't let you be caught off guard!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his body began to writhe beneath his black robe, muscles bulging and bursting with energy. Snapping sounds echoed throughout his body as his shriveled form swelled, but his spirit waned.

"To Reverse Essence, it would take consuming over a hundred people to make up for it!"

With a soft murmur of heartache, the man in black robes stood up from the stone chair, and in a flash, appeared in front of Qiu Yan. He then raised his hand and grabbed, his five fingers forming a claw, his nails cracking, which pushed aside the surrounding air, creating a vacuum, and aimed directly at Qiu Yan's face!

The black-robed man's claw came too fast; Qiu Yan had no time to dodge, and in mid-air, he had nowhere to retreat!

But Qiu Yan showed no sign of panic. He made a fist with his right hand and threw it out directly, the talismanic light on his fist flashing and disappearing in an instant.

Fists and claws collided silently, and the two figures froze in mid-air.

The man in black robes grinned maliciously. "How dare you! Although I can't separate my Divine Soul from my Spirit Projection here, dealing with a single-minded deity like you who only knows how to charge around recklessly is more than enough!"

As he spoke, his right arm, which had been striking out, suddenly deflated rapidly like a balloon, and surging black smoke burst forth from his five fingers, wrapping around and binding Qiu Yan tightly. Then, endless illusions and phantoms roared out.

Qiu Yan immediately fell headfirst to the ground without a sound, crashing to the ground with a loud thud, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"What can a god do if you encounter trouble without any backup plan?" The black-robed man sneered. "Although I consumed a lot of my Divine Sense and even burned a little of my Divine Soul, I've captured a Fifth Grade god. The gains are considerable... Hmm!"

As he was thinking, his right hand suddenly trembled, bursting with excruciating pain. Looking down, he saw that the skin on his palm and the back of his hand was completely black!

The blackness seemed to have a life of its own, wriggling and penetrating deep into the skin and muscles, one stroke after another, as if countless tiny insects were crawling inside. Then the flesh on my hand softened, turning into juice that dripped down!

Tick-tock!

"This is... Karmic Sin?"

The man in the black robe was startled, only then noticing a talisman embedded in his right palm, its surface covered with dark cracks.

"What's this?"

The next moment, the talisman left his palm, and the man in black robes felt dizzy and fell down. He staggered two steps as soon as he landed, and the rest of his body turned black.

"Oh no! My Divine Soul has reversed direction and dispersed into my body, but I'm now entangled in Karmic Sin, which has triggered a hidden danger within my soul! Ah!"

With a scream, the black-robed man's body surged with black light, unleashing waves of resentful intent, and he immediately collapsed to the ground.

Snap! Snap! Snap!

At this moment, a woman clapped her hands and emerged from the Lin Zhong. As she walked, she said, "A magnificent duel, but unfortunately, both were severely injured. A cultivator of the Divine Soul Realm and a Fifth Grade deity, due to the limitations of the Land of the Divine Remains, actually had to fight so miserably, and in the end, both fell to the mortal realm. It's rather unsightly. Perhaps I should send you on your way..."

"Someone is trying to reap the benefits!"

Qiu Yan looked in the direction of the voice, and was surprised to recognize the person who had come.

"This person is actually the wife of the military governor!"

The woman who slowly emerged from the Lin Zhong was none other than the Jiedushi's wife, whom the scholar's alter ego had once seen!

"So she was in such a hurry to leave because she received a message that she needed to come to the Land of the Divine Remains! Could it be that the Mountain-Passing Great King really is her?"

As the governor's wife spoke, her flesh and blood throbbed subtly, a surging energy flowing through her entire body, rising and brewing...

Every strike is a thunderous blow!

"Um?"

Just as her momentum was about to reach its peak, a sudden change occurred!

The ground beneath the Jiedushi's wife shattered with a deafening roar, and Fire Pillar roared and surged forth!

In an instant, flames surged like a tide, spreading across the area and releasing a refining aura that enveloped the governor's wife!

"Who made this move?" She raised an eyebrow. "Were there others lurking nearby?"

As she spoke, she took a deep breath, and all the pores on her body opened up, unleashing a Martial Dao Momentum that could change in countless ways, forcing the flames enveloping her to move away by a foot!

A clear chime

The Hwamei Bird and took flight, creating a strong wind, and shot towards a clump of grass ten feet away!

The bird's body was teeming with Yao Qi!

Rustling...

The leaves rustled in the forest, and a person rushed out, his feet never stopping, and pounced straight at the governor's wife with fierce momentum!

"How is it you?" Upon seeing this person, the Jiedushi's wife was taken aback at first, then turned her head to look to the side, her gaze falling on Qiu Yan. She opened her mouth and exhaled, a breath flying out like a sword light, piercing through Qiu Yan's body.

Snap!

The Divine Radiance emanating from Qiu Yan instantly dissipated, and he collapsed, turning into clods of mud and ceramic shards on the ground.

"What a clever substitution," the military governor's wife squinted, raised her hand, and with a wave of her hand, a whistling airwave forced the attackers back. Then, she flicked her fingers, deflecting the few sparks that flew towards her. "Those who can enter this Land of the Divine Remains are indeed no ordinary people. First, there was that old ghost who acted decisively, and then came this seemingly reckless deity, who actually has a series of backup plans."

Her eyes darted around, scanning the area, and she chuckled, "The Spiritual Qi in this Land of the Divine Remains is thin; every bit of True Essence used is gone. I don't want to engage in pointless fighting. Perhaps we'll meet again someday."

As soon as she finished speaking, the Hwamei Bird back to her shoulder, and then the governor's wife lightly lifted her lotus foot and stomped on the ground!

Boom!

With a deafening roar, the earth rippled like water, layer upon layer, radiating outwards from her as the core!

Using the force of that stomp, the Jiedushi's wife leaped up with incredible speed, disappearing from her spot in the blink of an eye, leaving only a deep footprint, the soil at the bottom of which had solidified into a stone!

"His breath is like a sword, his hand gestures are like the wind, and his steps solidify mud and stone! Although this military governor's wife is a woman, her cultivation is truly astonishing!"

The man who had been forced back by the military governor's wife stopped, looked up at the horizon, and exclaimed in surprise, "Who else could it be but Qiu Yan?"

"Judging from her appearance, she follows the path of Life Cultivation and possesses profound cultivation. If she were in the outside world, with the People's Wishes Domain of Law, she might be able to put up a fight. However, now that her Divine Body has solidified into flesh and blood, if it were a life-or-death struggle, the outcome would be truly unpredictable. But this time it wasn't without its gains. Having witnessed her attack, I have a better understanding of the situation. Moreover, the Land of the Divine Remains is extremely strange, so there might still be a chance..."

With this thought in mind, Qiu Yan turned to look at the black-robed man struggling on the ground.

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