flstandardbreds Chapter 339 Meeting
Chapter 339 Meeting
The Deep Sea King's scarlet pupils shrank slightly, and his eyes swept over the prison van slowly advancing on the mountain road.
When he saw the familiar figure in the cage, a ferocious arc appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"God is helping me! I was just wondering why you hadn't come yet."
He suddenly exerted force with his legs, and the ground exploded into spider-web-like cracks under the terrifying impact force.
Amidst rising smoke and dust, the huge body of the Deep Sea King fell in front of the prison van like a cannonball.
Before the silver-armored soldiers could draw their swords, a crisp "crack" sound was heard from their necks.
"Ah—" screams rang out one after another.
The Deep Sea King's fingers were like hooks. Every time he crushed a soldier's throat, a stream of blood would flow into his body through his fingertips.
The iron bars of the prison van shattered like paper under his fist. Amidst the flying wood chips, his huge palm precisely clamped Hu Qing's waist.
"Long time no see, kid. You look like you've suffered a lot."
Hu Qing sat calmly on the scaly palm, without even frowning.
The mountain wind blew towards him, carrying a strong smell of blood, but it did not cause any fluctuation in his eyes.
He looked at the soldiers lying in a pool of blood on the ground without any mercy. After all, these people at the foot of the mountain did not treat ordinary people as human beings.
All I can say is that he deserved it, die well!
He raised his eyes and glanced at the majestic figure on the altar. It was indeed the peak of Dust-Breaking Stage. He then looked at the imperial guards who were approaching from all sides.
"Did you make a wish?"
Hu Qing suddenly spoke, his voice low and clear, "What is your wish? What is the price?"
The Deep Sea King curled his lips, and the friction between his scales made a rustling sound:
"Immortality. As for the price..."
He licked the fangs with his scarlet tongue. "I haven't seen it yet, but it shouldn't die."
A dark glint flashed in Hu Qing's eyes.
He knew better than anyone the terrifying power of the "Trade Stone"—the fragment of the holy artifact embedded deep in his dantian, which could be used to trade with the unknown existence.
When he took the fragment from Gu Yang, he swore never to let that kid touch this forbidden power.
The scene of Xun Guan and the spider is still vivid in his mind. This trade stone is too evil. Letting Deep Sea King use it is just right as an experiment.
That night, the Deep Sea King used half of the holy artifact fragment in his body as a bargaining chip to exchange for this chip from Hu Qing. Unexpectedly, it really played a significant role.
"Run away, you can't win."
Hu Qing suddenly said, "Return the Trade Stone to me when you get out, and we'll be even."
Deep Sea King's muscles suddenly tensed.
Of course, he understood what Hu Qing meant - immortality has a price, and the emperor in front of him, who was at the peak of the Duanchen realm, was definitely not someone he could contend with at the moment.
After all, I am only in the initial stage of Duanchen now, I can't fight, I can't fight at all.
Even if he could recover his body, as long as Zhou Li was willing to collect his body, he would have no choice but to wait for death.
"it is good!"
Just as the Deep Sea King turned around, a dark blade light tore through the sky.
"Are you just going to treat me like I don't exist?"
Zhou Li's figure appeared like a ghost ten feet away, and a frightening murderous aura was wrapped around his black long sword.
"Want to go? Did you ask me?"
The emperor's voice was like the cold ice of the Netherworld. Before the blade arrived, the sharp sword intent had already plowed deep grooves in the ground.
The Deep Sea King hastily raised his right arm to block, and the collision of scales and sword energy produced dazzling sparks.
"Crack!"
With the crisp sound of bones breaking, Deep Sea King's entire right arm was broken at the shoulder.
But the strange thing was that there was no blood gushing out from the broken part, only countless granulations squirming wildly, and in the blink of an eye, a brand new arm grew out.
"Old thing!"
The Deep Sea King roared and retreated quickly. "I admit defeat this time. Don't force me, or you'll regret it. I'm immortal. When your lifespan is almost over, your descendants won't be safe."
"You're looking for death! How dare you threaten me? I'll just wipe out your soul today and see how you survive!"
Zhou Li roared like thunder, and the black long sword burst out with a dazzling golden light.
Wherever the blade passed, the space cracked like a mirror, and fine black cracks spread in the air.
The Deep Sea King's scales stood upright, and he carried Hu Qing and moved frantically on the mountain path. Every time he stepped on the stone slabs, spider-web-like cracks were created.
"Chong-"
Hu Qing suddenly raised his right arm, allowing the flying blade to cut through the shackles.
The shackles made of black iron broke with a sound, and the wound on his wrist that was deep enough to see the bone healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The long-lost spiritual energy surged into his meridians, and Hu Qing immediately sat cross-legged in the palm of the Deep Sea King, forming seals with his hands and practicing the "Twin Combat Techniques".
"boom!"
The dried-up Dantian was like a long-awaited rain, and a violent vortex of spiritual energy formed in an instant.
The spiritual energy within a radius of a hundred feet rushed in frantically, forming a green cyclone visible to the naked eye around Hu Qing.
The bloody hole in his shoulder blade that was pierced by the talisman began to wriggle and heal, and his pale face gradually regained its color.
"How dare you! Do you think you can touch the spiritual energy of this holy mountain?"
Golden light suddenly appeared in Zhou Li's eyes, and his imperial robe moved without wind.
With a vibrating "hum", the golden field unfolded again.
This time the scope is wider, even the pines and cypresses at the foot of the mountain are coated with a layer of gold foil-like luster.
All the spiritual energy in the area solidified instantly, and the spiritual energy vortex in Hu Qing's body came to an abrupt stop.
What was even more terrifying was that the spiritual energy that had not yet been refined was actually stained with a golden color.
Hu Qing was shocked to feel a tingling sensation in his meridians, and when he looked down, he saw that there were golden threads running under his skin!
Before he could react, Zhou Li suddenly clenched his left fist.
"Ugh!"
Hu Qing's whole body was convulsing, and the golden threads turned into thousands of fine needles in his body, piercing his dantian along his meridians.
In severe pain, he saw the skin on his arm cracking inch by inch, and golden flames gushing out from the cracks.
The pain was far beyond the limits of his physical body, and it actually gave him a strange sense of relief.
"Since the body is a cage..."
Black blood flowed from the corner of Hu Qing's mouth, but determination flashed in his eyes.
With a sound like tearing cloth, the disabled flesh puppet was peeled off from his body and thrown out, falling softly into the palm of the Deep Sea King like a shed snake skin.
A translucent soul body stood in the air, surrounded by blue and black mist.
The Deep Sea King stared in amazement at the rapidly cooling corpse in his palm, and the muscles under the scales twitched involuntarily.
This guy could clearly fight me on equal terms, how could he...
The sound of breaking air suddenly came.
"Puff puff!"
Three golden rays pierced through the Deep Sea King's chest, tearing him into pieces again.
Amidst the splattering of blood and flesh, Zhou Li's cold gaze locked onto the soul body floating in the air.
The emperor slowly raised his long sword, and the light spots condensed at the tip of the sword caused the surrounding space to begin to distort.
"Do you think I can't see you? Emperor's command—soul scatters."
Zhou Li's voice was as cold as ice. "I will make sure you never regain your life."