Chu Qing was pinned on the spear. The Blade of Life's Watch was activated, bursting with brilliant light that even tinged his eyes emerald green. He looked at Jin Su and smiled.
"If it were someone else, your Golden Dragon Spear might well have sucked them to death already."
Jin Su was surprised too. She could clearly sense that the Golden Dragon Spear had devoured a great deal of life force, yet Chu Qing still seemed completely unharmed.
As he spoke, a point of azure light flashed from Chu Qing’s eyes.
Radiance of the Azure Eyes.
Slow Domain.
With the two layered together, time seemed to stand still in the room.
Jin Su realized something was wrong, but her movements were incomparably slow.
Before coming, she had known she was no match for him in a head-on fight. But she had never expected that even after her sneak attack-one that would have severely wounded even a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with its powerful life force-Chu Qing would seem perfectly fine, with hardly any sign of weakness.
Chu Qing grabbed the Golden Dragon Spear with one hand and pulled it out.
Blood sprayed as he snatched the Golden Dragon Spear away and sent Jin Su flying with a kick.
Jin Su crashed straight through the window, kicked outside.
Xu Sishi and the others, who had followed her to the plaza outside, watched in surprise.
"Isn't that 520? Why did someone just fly out of it?"
Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan were deeply puzzled. That figure seemed to be Jin Su.
Inside the room, Chu Qing frowned at the Golden Dragon Spear, which was still devouring his life force.
He was just thinking of putting the Golden Dragon Spear into the Spirit Rhinoceros Ring when it rang incessantly in his hand and flew out the window with a whoosh.
He used Martial Soul Possession. His hair began to grow wildly, and a pair of curling horns sprouted from his head.
Five Soul Rings, two purple, two black and one red, rose slowly from beneath his feet.
His Fourth Soul Ring lit up, filling the room with a dazzling black light.
Fourth Soul Skill: Nine-Headed Serpent Crown.
A circle of azure nine-headed serpent crowns appeared on his head. The more severe his injuries and the more life he lost, the stronger the healing effect became.
The instant he used the Soul Skill, he noticed that the Blade of Life's Watch's healing effect had improved significantly. The wound in his chest rapidly closed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
He walked through the air and out the window. By the time he was hovering in midair, his injuries had completely healed.
He looked at Jin Su on the ground, who held her spear and stared fiercely at him without a word. He also spotted Xu Sanshi and his group.
He flew a little closer.
Princess Xue Li looked at the bloodstains on his clothes, deeply worried. She pointed at Jin Su and clenched her fist.
"Chu Qing, are you all right?"
"Is she an assassin?"
Chu Qing noticed that Xu Sanshi looked a little guilty and found it slightly odd.
"What could possibly happen to me?"
"She's an old friend. We're just exchanging a few moves."
As he spoke, his Fifth Soul Ring lit up.
Red light instantly illuminated the entire plaza, its oppressive might running rampant.
Multicolored shields appeared to guard his sides, and an eighteen-foot azure snake lance also condensed in his hand.
Jin Su's pupils trembled at the sight. She naturally recognized the Soul Skill that had killed the Dragon-Clawed Golden Eagle. Her First and Second Soul Rings lit up in succession.
Golden Dragon Body, Power of the Dragon, a double enhancement.
She gathered her strength briefly and crouched halfway, sweeping the Golden Dragon Spear behind her. The spear's blade immediately scraped a half-circle of sparks across the flagstones.
With a boom, she instantly stomped the ground into a cracked depression and shot out like a cannonball, swinging the Golden Dragon Spear down at Chu Qing.
Chu Qing turned his head, seven shields protecting his body, and stood unshaken and unafraid.
When Jin Su's attack reached him, Chu Qing simply let her strike. Rather than block with the eighteen-foot snake lance in his hands, he raised it high overhead and smashed Jin Su straight from the air into the ground.
Before the dust had settled, Jin Su burst out and charged up at him again.
Back and forth they went. Chu Qing let her attack as she pleased while he attacked as he pleased. Whenever she fought her way up to him, he raised the eighteen-foot snake lance in both hands and kept smashing Jin Su back down as though swatting a fly.
Tang Wutong belatedly touched her head. It suddenly struck her that Chu Qing had shown at least a little conscience toward her world.
She looked at Xu Sanshi in puzzlement and asked:
"She's hitting him so hard. Are they really friends?"
Xu Sanshi said:
"Jin Su is a junior sister who just joined Shrek's first year. She said she and Chu Qing were old friends and that she wanted to give him a surprise."
Jiang Nannan couldn't make sense of it either. With little confidence, she said:
"From the looks of it, I suppose they are."
"If they can play like this, they must be pretty close."
Chu Qing had the advantage in the air. Before long, Jin Su stopped jumping up at him and leaned on the Golden Dragon Spear, panting on the plaza, which was already full of craters.
"What?"
"Had enough of being stubborn?"
Chu Qing smiled and descended. The moment one foot touched the ground, Jin Su hurled the Golden Dragon Spear at him.
Chu Qing flicked it away with his lance, but the Golden Dragon Head that had formed around Jin Su's fist was already thrusting into his face.
He activated the Soul Bone Skill of his thirty-thousand-year-old Shield Armor Spirit Rhinoceros Left Arm Bone.
The Spirit Rhinoceros Arm Armor immediately manifested on his left forearm, while a full-moon shield enveloped his entire body.
"Moon-Gazing Armguard: Gather."
He reached out with his left hand toward Jin Su as she punched at him. The shield around him immediately contracted, fitting close to his body.
In the blink of an eye, he seemed to have turned into a little moon-white figure.
His hand withstood the power of the Golden Dragon Head Jin Su had launched at him. Shifting it slightly aside, he caught her right hand.
The Golden Dragon Head struck the shield around Chu Qing with a series of explosive bangs, but caused no actual damage.
He planted himself in a horse stance, then turned to slam Jin Su into the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw.
Jin Su also realized things were going badly. Using the force, she flipped and jumped, locking her legs around Chu Qing's left hand in midair before clamping his neck in a deadly scissor hold.
She exerted force and spun in the air, bringing Chu Qing down to the ground.
The two quickly became entangled in a wrestling fight.
With his left hand locked, Chu Qing turned his head and caught a glimpse of half-hidden spring scenery.
His eyes had just widened in surprise when Jin Su pressed his head away with one foot.
"Damn!"
"Have you washed your feet?"
Jin Su didn't straighten up. Her Fourth Soul Skill immediately lit up with a stifling black light.
Fourth Soul Skill: Golden Dragon Explosion.
A look of satisfaction appeared in her eyes.
Chu Qing was locked in her hold. How could he dodge now?
Princess Xue Li grew worried as she watched and immediately released her Martial Soul.
Chu Qing, however, wasn't the least bit afraid. He let her blast away.
Terrifying power erupted with Jin Su at its center, followed by three explosive reports.
The surging power engulfed them both in an instant.
Yet when the dust cleared, all that had happened was that a deep pit had been blasted into the place where they lay.
Neither of them was seriously hurt in the pit.
Green feathers of light even floated around Chu Qing, and the eyes of the serpent heads on the Nine-Headed Serpent Crown on his forehead shone.
In the distance, two Yellow Soul Rings floated around Princess Xue Li, and her First Soul Ring was glowing.
Tang Wutong said:
"Xue Li, don't worry about him."
"My junior brother's skin is thick and his flesh is tough. His cultivation is one ring higher than hers, and he even has a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. How could he get beaten to death?"
Chu Qing picked up the eighteen-foot snake lance with his right hand and began knocking it against Jin Su's head. Bang, bang, bang.
"Let go!"
Jin Su refused to believe it and used Golden Dragon Explosion again.
The terrifying explosion rang out once more, and the pit grew deeper.
Chu Qing was a little speechless. He saw that she wanted to use Golden Dragon Explosion again.
He released his First Soul Skill, Feathered Transformation.
As purple light flashed, the Soul Power within him began to boil, and the Soul Power spilling from his body turned into burning feathers of light.
With his right hand, he pulled one of Jin Su's ankles away. Then he exerted force with his left hand and pulled her entire body over.
Jin Su was shocked that her Ultimate Strength was now completely outmatched. She immediately released her legs, intending to put some distance between them.
But one ankle was still in Chu Qing's hand, and he pulled her back.
Chu Qing pinned her beneath him with her arms behind her back, then quickly pulled her golden hair over and used it to tie her hands behind her.
Chu Qing clapped his hands, got up, and kicked her over onto her back.
"Do you admit defeat?"
Jin Su still looked at her, her face full of anger.
Chu Qing brushed the strands of hair out of her mouth, only for her to bite down hard on him.
Chu Qing tried to shake her off, but couldn't.
Jin Su seemed to know she couldn't beat him, yet couldn't swallow her anger either, and refused to let go.
Speechless, Chu Qing could only drag her up out of the deep pit.
The others came over and found the sight of the two of them strange.
Chu Qing smiled bitterly.
"This girl has only just taken human form and barely understands human ways. She's stubborn as a mule, too."
As he spoke, he shook his right hand, but Jin Su still refused to let go no matter what.
Xue Li, Tang Wutong and the others came forward and took turns trying to persuade her, but Jin Su seemed unable to hear them.
Jiang Nannan came over, untied Jin Su's hair from her hands, smoothed it out for her, and said gently:
"All right, Susu, let's leave it there for today."
Jin Su's face slowly turned red, and she gradually released her bite.
Everyone looked relieved, but she still took advantage of Chu Qing lowering his guard to kick him in his vital spot, then summoned the Golden Dragon Spear and ran away.
Chu Qing clutched his groin and collapsed to the ground in pain.
Everyone was startled.
"Junior brother, are you all right?"
Tang Wutong asked with concern, an uncontrollable smile on her face.
Jiang Nannan touched her forehead and said:
"I'll go see what's wrong with Jin Su. Maybe she got a little carried away in the fight..."