Chapter 71: How Can Blood Qi Be Fake?
Yao Qin's expression was grave. Restless Blood Qi lingered around her at all moments.
This Blood Qi seemed to have an additional effect of stirring the emotions of others. At the very least, she now had a strong impulse to chop the head off the red-robed woman before her, regardless of the consequences.
She tried to raise a Spirit Qi Shield, but discovered that the Blood Qi corroded Spirit Qi at an extremely fast speed. Her opponent was in the Nascent Soul Realm, and her own Spirit Power combined with Chu Xingchen's probably could not match the red-robed woman's.
On top of that, she had to defend against the dense Blood Qi surrounding them. She had to end this quickly!
Yao Qin lightly tossed the long sword in her hand and formed a seal with both hands. After the sword in her hand flickered with a faint spiritual light, its radiance flashed. The sword seemed to travel through spacetime, appearing before the red-robed woman in an instant.
The red-robed woman revealed a faint smile. The Blood Qi around her suddenly condensed, transforming into thick blood that rapidly clung to the incoming Flying Sword. The sharp Sword Intent on the sword was also quickly eroded away.
She showed a contemptuous smile: "It just so happens my son is lacking a high-quality blood meal... using you to replenish him isn't bad either!"
"Chu Xingchen! You retreat first! I'll cover the rear!" Yao Qin said, gritting her silver teeth. "The Blood Qi here is at her complete command; this is her home field! Do not linger in battle. I'll cover you!"
"Oh?!" The red-robed woman said with a look of pleasant surprise upon hearing this. "My son loves to eat people who are loyal and righteous. You are very much to his taste!"
Yao Qin let out a cold shout, and her Spirit Qi suddenly erupted. The Flying Sword, entangled by Blood Qi, also suddenly bloomed with an incomparably bright spiritual light. The long sword quickly broke free from the clinging Blood Qi.
Yao Qin's figure shot forward, caught the flying sword, and, without hesitation, attacked the red-robed woman. The spiritual light on the sword in her hand rapidly blossomed, and a terrifying might quickly climbed.
The red-robed woman's expression instantly turned grave. This girl's movements and posture clearly indicated she was fighting with her life on the line. She hurriedly controlled the floating bell by her side to swiftly crash toward Yao Qin.
Yao Qin's eyes were ice-cold. Unafraid of the bell still emitting terrifying Blood Qi, she resolutely swung the sword in her hand. Boom! A huge wave of Spirit Power rapidly swept through the surroundings.
The Blood Lotus behind the red-robed woman lit up rapidly, drawing the Spirit Power into it. However, this was not without a cost; at this moment, a petal on the Blood Lotus behind her quickly withered.
Although the red-robed woman was currently fighting Yao Qin, most of her attention was actually on Chu Xingchen. Although Yao Qin's Divine Ability standard was good and her cultivation was solid, she was only at the Golden Core, Mid-stage level.
But Chu Xingchen's aura was integrated, as if without any flaws. The thickness of his Spirit Qi was even more exaggerated. From their brief exchange just now, the quality of his Spirit Qi was extremely high, almost at the Nascent Soul Realm level!
It was just that his Divine Abilities were not as high-level as this woman's. But between the two, the red-robed woman felt that Chu Xingchen was a greater threat to her.
But what slightly surprised the red-robed woman was that Chu Xingchen, at this moment, did not move at all, standing in place as if he were in a daze?! What did this mean?
There were only weak Spirit Power fluctuations on his body, not the posture of someone preparing a major move.
However, the opportunity could not be lost. The red-robed woman did not hesitate, her figure quickly leaving the center of the ritual array and heading straight for Yao Qin. She reached out and grabbed the bell that was clashing with Yao Qin, giving it a light shake!
Ding-a-ling. A strange soundwave, mixed with Blood Qi, suddenly sent Yao Qin flying. Bang!
With a loud bang, Yao Qin's figure was directly smashed toward the mountainside by that blow. The immense impact created a large crater in the mountainside. Yao Qin forcefully held her ground. When she raised her gaze to look, she found that Chu Xingchen was still standing there motionless.
At this moment, the red-robed woman had already pressed forward, and the dark red light from the bell in her hand blossomed wildly.
"Chu Xingchen!" Yao Qin shouted loudly, reaching for a talisman at her waist and throwing it directly toward Chu Xingchen.
She endured the pain, struggling to lift the long sword in her hand, frantically squeezing the Spirit Power within her body.
Yao Qin shouted angrily, "Run!"
The pressure from the sword in her hand rose once more. A trace of blood spilled from the corner of Yao Qin's mouth, but her gaze was resolute. The sword swung fiercely again.
Unlike the previous nearly irresistible clash, this time the terrifying Blood Qi seemed to instantly become docile. With a sudden slash, it was the red-robed woman who was forced to retreat.
Yao Qin looked at the red-robed woman with astonishment, only to find an equally incredulous look in the woman's eyes.
Both of them simultaneously turned their gazes toward Chu Xingchen.
They saw that the talisman was entwined with Blood Qi, floating in mid-air, not having touched Chu Xingchen.
Chu Xingchen glanced at the talisman—the Thousand Li Transmission Talisman.
"Run from what! This is our home field now!" Chu Xingchen gently twisted his neck and slightly raised his hand. The Blood Qi within the area began to madly rush toward him.
"I was just exchanging passwords with the Blood Qi."
The red-robed woman hurriedly shook the bell in her hand, only to find that the surrounding Blood Qi was still completely out of her control, and even began to erode her.
The bell rang again, and more Blood Qi flowed from it. But the moment it emerged, the red-robed woman discovered she still could not control the Blood Qi within it.
The red-robed woman looked at Chu Xingchen with horror on her face and angrily questioned, "Who are you?! Why do you know the Blood Qi methods of my Holy Sect?!"
Chu Xingchen smiled lightly without answering, slightly raising his hand. The Blood Qi in the area rapidly and frantically assaulted the red-robed woman.
Yao Qin, who was to the side, was also stunned. She watched the dense Blood Qi continuously entwine around Chu Xingchen, making him look like an evil cultivator.
The Blood Qi even obeyed Chu Xingchen's control, frantically attacking the red-robed woman.
Looking at this scene, Yao Qin could no longer tell who the real evil cultivator was.
But it wasn't just Yao Qin and the red-robed woman who were stunned.
The members of the Wind Sword Sect, who had once again entered from the front, were also dumbfounded.
The commotion from the earlier clash was not small, and they had not gone far. Hearing the violent sounds from within the cave, they hesitated for a moment before re-entering, just in case.
At this moment, they only saw the Holy Mother being frantically attacked by the surrounding Blood Qi, and even the Blood Lotus behind her had dimmed in color.
And the one controlling the Blood Qi was the person from the Central Continent Evil Spirit Sect who had given them the Blood Qi Spirit Stone...
The only one who did not look like an evil cultivator was a young woman of outstanding grace.
But this young woman had not made a move, yet the two evil cultivators were fighting fiercely.
The red-robed woman suddenly glared at the Wind Sword Sect Master and shouted, "What are you waiting for?! Quickly kill these two people!"
Just as the Wind Sword Sect Master was about to draw his sword and join the fight, Chu Xingchen shot him a fierce glare and also angrily rebuked, "Kill my ass! You bunch of morons! Can't you all tell that there's something wrong with this Holy Mother?! Hurry up and kill this imposter for me!"
This sentence made the Wind Sword Sect Master freeze in his tracks.
The red-robed woman controlled the bell to defend against the restless Blood Qi and cursed, "You bunch of useless trash! I was with you from the beginning of the plan!"
Just as the Wind Sword Sect Master and the elders behind him were once again about to draw their swords, Chu Xingchen said in a slow, deliberate tone, "Words can be fake, but can this Blood Qi be fake? Who is controlling this Blood Qi? Could it be that the Holy Mother is no match for other evil cultivators?!"
The Wind Sword Sect Master stopped in his tracks once again...
Damn... that makes a lot of sense.
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