Chapter 748: Battle
It was no wonder why the young noble ridiculed Li Qiye so badly. Even the spectators afar shook their heads.
"Very bold. Unfortunately, this is an impossible matter." An older expert also thought that Li Qiye was in over his head.
The younger generation was ridiculing him even more: "Ignorant child, I'm afraid he doesn’t even know what the crystal physique is, that's why he is talking about breaking it. Even Celestial Being Ye Qingcheng couldn't do it, let alone a human junior."
This opinion was not without reason. In fact, for many millions of years, many apex existences — including Immortal Emperors — all tried and failed to crack the crystal physique.
Li Qiye only smiled in the face of this confidence and clearly said: "So you are saying that your physique is impossible to crack? If you are so confident, then how about we make a bet? If I break your physique, then you will have to hand this secret law over to me."
"You won't even have a chance. No one in this world can break the Crystallized Sect's physique!" The young noble emphasized his point with a sneer.
"You never know, anything is possible." The always-calm Li Qiye leisurely said: "So you don't dare to make the bet? Of course, if you are afraid, then forget it. It seems that you aren’t confident in your crystal physique at all."
"Bullshit!" The young noble couldn't help but curse after hearing such provocation. He sneered and said: "Just you alone want to break my crystal physique!? In your dreams!"
"Okay then, forget the bet since you are afraid. It's just a Heaven's Will Crystal Physique, no big deal." Li Qiye smiled and shook his head dismissively.
"Ignorant fool!" The young noble sneered and said: "A bet it is then. What do you bet?!"
"If I can't break your crystal physique, then you can kill me however you like." Li Qiye said with a smile.
The moment these words came out, the madam was aghast. This was because generation after generation, no one had been able to break the crystal physique. If the young master participated in this bet, then his loss was assured. She wanted to step out and stop her master, but she stopped herself and remained calm. She had this feeling, a baseless faith in her young master that he would be able to create a miracle.
"Your dog life is not enough to bet against the crystal physique of my sect!" The young noble laughed and looked at Li Qiye in disdain.
Li Qiye shook his head gently and said: "A man cannot be so shortsighted. Perhaps my life is not worth anything, but I have many valuable items, such as King Medicines, Imperial Medicines, and a supreme dao of alchemy — this is quite a lot of treasures."
After hearing this, the young noble had to take a second glance at Li Qiye. He knew that Li Qiye's life was reserved by someone else, but after hearing this, he was tempted all the same.
Although the Crystallized Sea Sect was an imperial lineage, it didn't have many achievements in the dao of alchemy. It was not comparable to the Bailian Clan, let alone a behemoth like the Alchemy Kingdom.
He had also heard of Li Qiye's superb pill refinement skill. If he were able to obtain Li Qiye's method, then it would be an unfathomable contribution and grand event for the Crystallized Sea Sect! His name would be written down in its historical annals!
"Okay, a bet it is!" The young noble sneered, eventually agreeing. He stated: "Get ready to throw in the towel. Today, I will completely defeat you!"
Even as the descendant of the sea sect, he was not qualified to bet his supreme crystal physique art to an outsider. However, due to his confidence, he felt that no one could break this physique, let alone Li Qiye.
This bet left many spectators puzzled; they all felt that it was too irrational.
A Heavenly King murmured: "Isn't this brat crazy? He actually dared to make a bet that is doomed from the start."
There was also a genius Demon Monarch who sneered: "Having too much confidence is just ignorance and courting death. Even Immortal Emperors can't break it, let alone this Li Qiye."
Although many people in this world coveted the art, they all knew that breaking the physique was more difficult than becoming an Immortal Emperor! It was essentially impossible! Countless people who were more powerful had tried and failed, let alone them.
An Immortal Emperor might be able to suppress the crystal physique, but they wouldn't be able to crack it using their own merit laws. Because of this, the crystal physique was also known as the world's impregnable defense!
At this point, both the madam and Yuan Caihe looked at Li Qiye with worry. They knew just how impossible this feat might be, but they couldn't change Li Qiye's decision.
"Good, I like people who dare to gamble." Li Qiye smiled and said: "Let me remind you to prepare carefully as I'm about to break your crystal physique."
The young noble laughed mockingly and looked down at Li Qiye to confidently say: "Bring it. I will stand still right here. You can attack as you please for six days and see if you can break it or not!"
Since the young noble's crystal physique could last for six days and six nights, he believed that he could receive any attack from Li Qiye, including those from imperial true treasures!
"No need for six days, half a day is enough." Having said that, Li Qiye rushed forward instantly.
Meanwhile, the young noble only sneered. He didn't move at all, he only stood still. He planned to let Li Qiye do as he pleased. No matter what Li Qiye tried, the young noble would still be able to accept it! He could handle a paragon using an imperial weapon, so it was needless to mention Li Qiye!
"Whooosh!" However, Li Qiye didn't attack just yet. He circled around the young noble at a rapidly increasing pace. At this time, he had activated the Soaring Immortal Physique.
In the beginning, the young noble and others could see Li Qiye's figure, but the moment the true soaring physique activated, even the top Heavenly Kings at the scene were unable to keep up.
Li Qiye's shadow was as fast as light, almost beyond description. His soaring physique had reached minor completion, so with the current power of his physique at its limit, even a top Heavenly King was far from being comparable to him regarding speed.
"What kind of speed is this?" Many people were astonished after seeing such a display of speed.
A Demon King saw this scene and speculated: "Could this be an immortal physique? Perhaps this is the Soaring Immortal Physique, only this physique could reach such an ultimate speed."
"This doesn't look like the characteristics of the Soaring Immortal Physique though." A few knowledgeable big shots were attracted by Li Qiye's speed as well and began to guess its origin.
At this moment, very few people could see the special characteristic that belonged to Li Qiye's soaring physique, especially when Li Qiye mixed three physiques together. This created a new combination, causing the special characteristics of the three to change quite a bit.
"Perhaps it is the Ascension Physique, one of the eighteen saint physiques." Someone else speculated.
The Ascension Physique was the saint physique right below the Soaring Immortal Physique. At grand completion, it also had amazing speed that few things in this world could compare to!
"From the looks of it, it doesn't seem like the Soaring Immortal Physique or the Ascension Physique." A great Demon Monarch from the previous generation muttered: "Perhaps the junior is carrying a treasure that can instantly boost his speed."
While the crowd was guessing the source of his speed, Li Qiye became faster and faster. Eventually, his shadow could no longer be seen, there was only a halo that stretched around the young noble's body. Moreover, this halo became increasingly large and eventually encompassed the young noble completely.
"You must be dreaming to think that such a method can break my crystal physique…" The young noble couldn't help but sneer after seeing Li Qiye turn into a pulsing halo around him. To him, such a method had no offensive value, so there was no way it could break his physique.
However, the moment these words came out, a very faint buzzing resounded. In an instant, Li Qiye's speed had reached its utmost limit, surpassing even time itself!
The halo that encircled the young noble suddenly lit up and covered the young noble's body in a very clear light. At this split second, it seemed that the young noble had jumped out of this space-time continuum.
This entire process was extremely short like a flash. No one could see this development clearly, not even the young noble. He felt as if he had escaped the regular space-time. Time had reversed by a second!
With the reversal of this second, his crystal physique suddenly degraded.
748 TeaserNo wonder why the young noble ridiculed Li Qiye so badly. Even the spectators from afar shook their heads.
"Very bold. Unfortunately, this is an impossible matter." An older expert also thought that Li Qiye was in over his head.
The younger generation was ridiculing him even more: "Ignorant child, I'm afraid he doesn’t even know what the crystal physique is, that's why he is talking about breaking it. Even Celestial Being Ye Qingcheng couldn't do it, let alone a human junior."
This opinion was not without reason. In fact, for many millions of years, many apex existences — including Immortal Emperors — all failed trying to crack the crystal physique.
Li Qiye only smiled in the face of this confidence and clearly said: "So you are saying that your physique is impossible to crack?”
[collapse]Chapter 749: Breaking The Crystal Physique
"Pop!" In this instant, no one could sense the one second reversal. The sound of ceramic shattering could be heard as time seemed to stop for one second. Although this was not what truly happened, everyone had this illusion.
Once this illusion ended, the many people present returned from their absent-minded state and saw the young noble being blown away. By the time they could see Li Qiye again, he was already clutching the young noble by the neck and had sealed him!
Suddenly, the world turned silent as everyone's wide-open eyes ogled them. Their mouths were gaping as if they all wanted to cry out, but no sound came out! No one among the astounded crowd could believe their own eyes!
Li Qiye was able to break the crystal physique! No one could accept this because no one in this world should be able to break the crystal physique! Not even an Immortal Emperor was able to, yet Li Qiye had done so. No one would believe such a tale.
"This, this can't be real." A person lost faith in his eyes and couldn't help but pinch himself ruthlessly. Once the pain came, they finally believed that this was neither an illusion nor a dream, this was reality. The impossible had happened in front of everyone.
"How, how can this be?!" To many of them, even witnessing the event personally was not enough to convince them as it was simply too difficult to imagine.
Even the madam and Yuan Caihe who were praying for a miracle couldn't believe when it truly occurred.
"This is too… scary…" Tie Yi paled at such a sight. He thought about many things in this split second and shivered fearfully.
The crystal physique that was notorious for being unbreakable across the eons had been shattered. Even Young Noble Pei Yu who was sealed by Li Qiye and grasped by the neck couldn't believe that this was actually happening. He gasped and uttered: "There… there is no way…"
For the young noble, he would rather believe in dying pitifully at the hands of Li Qiye. His crystal physique being shattered was even more shocking than his own death.
To him and the sea sect, the crystal physique must be indestructible. This was their eternal legend and supreme honor!
But now, the physique had been shattered by Li Qiye. This was akin to their supreme honor being trampled under Li Qiye's foot.
Such a blow to a descendant like Young Noble Pei Yu was even more agonizing than being killed. He couldn't handle such suffering!
Li Qiye smirked at the paled young noble and said: "Nothing is impossible, all shall eventually come to an end."
"No, no, this is impossible. You can't break the crystal physique! This can't be true!" The young noble would rather die than have his sect's legend be shattered. This end was too cruel for him!
"Unfortunately for you, I have broken your Heaven's Will Crystal Physique." Li Qiye smilingly said: "As long as I keep at it, I can definitely find the method to crack it!"
In fact, ever since Immortal Emperor Jing Yu created this physique, Li Qiye — as the Dark Crow — had paid attention to it. In an old era, the Dark Crow had also obtained this secret physique art of the Crystallized Sea Sect.
At that time, he had pondered how to break it and tried out numerous approaches. He utilized the most supreme secret laws of both the deity and imperial levels to break the physique.
He went as far as to let Immortal Emperors research this art in hopes of finding a solution. However, no matter what they came up with, it was still too difficult.
It wasn't until later on when Li Qiye stumbled upon a very accidental opportunity that he figured out a way to break this physique. When one used the Soaring Immortal Physique to surround a crystal physique user at maximum speed, they would be able to surpass time itself. In this split second, the surrounding space would be reversed due to the momentum.
In this split second of time reversal, the crystal physique would undergo a change back to its past state. The moment of this shift was when the physique was most vulnerable!
Later on, Li Qiye expanded on this particular solution. One would use the soaring physique to shift the crystal physique back to its weakest state while another would use the Void Imperfection Physique to penetrate its defense!
The idea appeared to be very easy, but it was practically impossible. Even if an expert trained in the Soaring Immortal Physique and another trained in the Void Imperfection Physique, the two would not be able to cooperate as the void user wouldn't be able to grasp the split second of time reversal!
The only possible solution was for one person to cultivate both the Soaring Immortal Physique and the Void Imperfect Physique! However, anyone with common sense would know that a single cultivator could only have one physique. It was impossible for one to have two physiques!
However, what was impossible for others had been accomplished by Li Qiye. Today, he once again recreated this miracle and broke the legend!
Ever since the beginning when he saw Pei Yu's crystal physique, he was already tempted and wanted to personally give it a shot. After the first attempt, he was certain that the young noble cultivated a complete Heaven's Will Secret Law. This was something he wanted, resulting in the inception of this bet.
The young noble was certain of victory and that he would be able to utterly defeat Li Qiye. He didn't expect to be defeated. Their sect's legend had been shattered on this day!
The entire scene was silent at this moment as everyone stared in a daze. After a while, they finally began to accept this impossible notion as the truth.
"You, you, you know demonic arts… evil arts!" Eventually, the young noble couldn't help but exclaim: "You used an evil art to break my Heaven's Will Crystal Physique!"
Even at this time, he couldn't accept the reality of the destroyed legend.
In fact, many spectators were silent at this time and wanted to know the answer. Just what method or secret law did Li Qiye use to break the crystal physique? Their curiosity was ravaging their minds.
"Whatever you say." Li Qiye smirked and said: "It's not important, the important thing is that you have lost. According to our agreement, you have to hand over the incantation law for the crystal physique!"
"Kill me." The young noble laughed pitifully. He was covered in blood, but these wounds were insignificant to him. Nothing was heavier than the pain in his heart.
He cried and said: "I will pay with my life! There is no merit law, you can have my life instead!"
He was lost in despair. He was already unable to bear the physique's defeat, so he would rather die than to let Li Qiye have their crystal physique. Even if Li Qiye tore him into pieces, it would be a better end for him than handing over the physique law.
For the young noble, this physique law was the most supreme art of their sect; it wasn't allowed to be given away to just anyone. As the descendant, he had a responsibility to protect the physique. Even if he died miserably and could never enter the reincarnation cycle, he still wouldn't hand the physique law over.
Li Qiye leered at the young noble and said: "It seems that you have no intention of handing it over."
The young noble smiled pitifully and responded: "That's right, no physique law, only my life! You can do as you please, but I will never surrender the crystal physique!"
Countless people held their breaths while watching this scene. Who wouldn't be moved by the crystal physique? To deny it would be spewing out lies.
So now, many were hoping that he would hand over the physique law. If this physique law were to be leaked, then other sects and lineages would have a chance to obtain it as well.
"You must act in accordance to our bet." Li Qiye grinned and said: "If you won't hand it over, then I won't be so polite anymore. Don't blame me for being ruthless since you are the one to violate the bet."
"Kill me if you dare!" The young noble shouted austerely: "Don't even dream about the crystal physique!" He only wished for death at this moment. Death was not something to be afraid of, it was more like sweet relief!
"I am someone who never needs to dream for something." Li Qiye revealed a smile and said: "You had agreed, so now, the crystal physique belongs to me! I am a man of my word."
Having said that, universal laws appeared on Li Qiye's palm. They locked the area around Young Noble Pei Yu's forehead. His mind was opened along with his sea of memories at this time.
"Clank!" Li Qiye's mind also opened and shot out a ray of light. It instantly suppressed a particular law inside the young noble's sea of memories, the law that was related to the crystal physique.
"No…" The young noble realized what Li Qiye wanted to do and couldn't help but scream. Li Qiye was trying to take the crystal physique law from his memories!
However, the outcome was not up to him to decide. In the blink of an eye, Li Qiye's hand turned into a supreme law that clasped the law inside the young noble's sea of memories at lightning speed. He wanted to forcefully obtain it from the young noble's memories.
"Boom!" The moment Li Qiye grabbed the crystal physique law, a forbidden seal emerged. In this split moment, not only did the countless universal laws of the crystal physique explode, even the young noble's entire sea of memories was annihilated. His entire mind was blown to smithereens!
It was needless to mention the young noble; his body turned into a bloody mist. Due to this powerful blast, Li Qiye was blown flying as well. His body was covered in blood, not just with the young noble's blood, but also his own.
This was a forbidden seal. The descendants and great characters of many sects all had this type of powerful seal because they were afraid that if they were to be defeated one day, the victor would forcibly take their sects' secrets or laws.
If this circumstance occurred, the seal would immediately blow up and destroy all things. No one would be able to obtain the secrets inside.
Li Qiye was blown away and was quite injured, but he didn't care about these trivial things. In his hand was a strand of a law. The moment the explosion occurred, he was able to force out this physique law from the young noble's sea of memories.
Chapter 750: Expanse King
Even if it was only one section of the physique law, it was enough for Li Qiye. At this time, his eyes blazed as his heavenly gaze activated to derive this universal law.
Although it was just a single strand, it was created from countless intertwined runes. Every magical rune was in pairs, and these pairs twisted together to eventually form this law.
Just this one strand was as vast as an ocean. The mantras inside were floating with incomparable profundity. Despite it being a short law, it was just as mystical as an unparalleled merit law.
Under his dao derivation and calculations with his heavenly gaze, the entire law was imprinted in his mind.
This imprinted seal eventually turned into an endless chapter inside his head. It contained mantras just like the will of the heavens or the cosmos of the nine heavens. It poured down, seemingly wanting to cover his entire sea of memories.
Heaven's Will Crystal Physique! A complete physique law created by Immortal Emperor Jing Yu finally appeared inside Li Qiye's mind.
Back when he was the Dark Crow, he had already obtained the complete version and researched it for several generations. It could be said that outside of the creator himself, no one in this world had a deeper understanding of this physique than himself!
Later on during his hibernation, he erased this section from his memories. Today, he finally obtained a part of it. With just this single strand of law, he was able to derive the profundities within and retrieve the memories of the past.
To Li Qiye, the bet was just to be more thorough. He understood that even the threat of death would not make the young noble hand over the physique law!
Of course, if the young noble had been willing, then nothing could have been better. However, his lack of compliance was fine as well. Li Qiye only wanted the moral high ground to own the physique. Since the young noble lost the bet, even if the sea sect later came to demand it be returned, righteousness would be on his side!
Fortunately for him, he was able to derive the law just in time. The moment his memories of the physique appeared again, the strand of law in his hand slowly dissipated.
The young noble died after his body was turned into a bloody mist. After losing the support of his true fate, this strand of law very quickly lost the power of the dao, so it dissipated a few moments later.
"Heaven's Will Crystal Physique." Li Qiye grew intoxicated by the profoundness of the grand dao. Such a supreme secret law was extremely enchanting and craved by all.
During his immersion, danger suddenly came for him once more. This danger was completely silent; there were no signs, the assailant only quickly attacked from behind.
In this moment, Li Qiye's intuition warned him, so he dashed away at a supreme speed. However, with a bang, his back was still struck, causing him to go flying.
"Be careful…" The madam and Yuan Caihe were frightened. However, it was all too late. This ambusher was much stronger than them.
Li Qiye, who was blown towards the horizon, immediately stabilized his body and coldly glared at the ambusher.
At this point, an old man emerged from within the clouds. An aura of water appeared alongside his figure. This person was a great character from the demon race; he had a human body and a fish head adorned with a crown.
Although this old man was quite aged, he still had an oppressive aura. The moment he emerged from within the crowds, the clouds in the entire area were swept away completely.
It seemed as if there was a boundless ocean floating right behind his back. It was as if wherever he went, the area around him would become an endless ocean.
"Expanse King!" A few spectators gasped in horror after seeing this old man coming out of nowhere.
The old man came down from the clouds and uttered in a deep tone: "Junior, I admit that you have a little bit of skill." Each word of his was like a hammer smashing into the heart of others. At this time, he was not hiding anything. A Virtuous Paragon's aura swept through the world like a flood.
The attack of a paragon was indeed extraordinary. However, his ambush still didn't kill Li Qiye, startling him quite a bit.
"The Expanse King is a real master. He has ruled over the expanse for almost ten thousand years without any dissension." Even Heavenly Kings took deep breaths after seeing the appearance of a Virtuous Paragon of this caliber.
"Worthy of being the most amazing genius from the expanse in the past. After holding on for so long, he finally stepped into the realm of paragons after the end of the Difficult Dao Era to become an Early Era Paragon." Among the experts of the older generation, a character who was from the same generation as the Expanse King gently sighed.
The Expanse King was an enlightened fish. That year when he got on land from the expanse, he revealed extremely frightening talents. It could be said that becoming a Heavenly King during the Difficult Dao Era was harder than reaching the heavens, let alone a Virtuous Paragon. The Expanse King became one of the most powerful Heavenly Kings at that time and controlled a vast ocean. Eventually, he was able to become an Early Era Paragon.
"I am very curious. I don't recognize a nobody like you, so why did you ambush me? There has to be a reason." At this time, a gruesome wound could be found on Li Qiye's back. However, due to his mighty physique, this wound quickly closed.
"I have no grievance against you." The Expanse King's fish head was particularly ugly, especially when he grinned. His smiling figure caused all the spectators to be creeped out. He coldly smiled and said: "Unfortunately, you have offended someone you shouldn't have."
He leered at Li Qiye and stated: "If you confess your wrongs and prostrate before the White Hair Alchemy God's door right now, I will spare your life!"
After hearing this, not only Li Qiye but all the experts from afar understood what was going on. So the Expanse King was doing this for the white hair alchemist!
The status of the Expanse King far exceeded ordinary kings and sect masters. As a Virtuous Paragon, it was difficult for a junior to obtain his assistance. However, since the start of his cultivation, it had been ten thousand years. He was old and needed longevity medicines to supplement his withering lifespan.
Who in this world had better longevity medicines than the white hair alchemist? Because of this, it was not strange for the Expanse King to assist the alchemist.
With one word, countless characters from the older generation would help the alchemist achieve his goal!
Li Qiye smirked and replied: "And if I say no?"
The Expanse King dryly answered: "If you don't prostrate before the alchemist's door, then this king will personally take action and let you suffer a fate worse than death. Perhaps I will bring your head to the alchemist as a present."
Li Qiye couldn't help but smile and leisurely say: "Although I don't know who the hell this alchemist is, since his dog wants to bite me, I won't hold back!"
"Thing not knowing life from death, cease your resistance!" The Expanse King's expression sank. In the blink of an eye, he casually raised his hand, causing the sky to darken as he caught a star! This was a treasure that aimed to suck Li Qiye inside!
"Not good, it is the Expanse Net!" Many spectators were astounded to see this treasure being sent down.
Many experts who knew the origin of the Expanse King's treasure became wary. It turned out that his treasure was called the Expanse Net. Rumor has it that this net was refined from the evil mist of the vast sea. People also said that the moment this net was cast, powerful cultivators were like doomed butterflies stuck in a spider web.
"Is that so?" Li Qiye's eyes became fierce the moment this net came down. A terrifying murderous intent appeared in his eyes. He did not try to run from this net and instead shouted: "Kill!"
With that, another treasure came rushing out.
With a loud bang that caused the earth to shake and the celestials to lose their brilliance, an old bell came out and turned into a majestic mountain. This mountain seemed to have come from the ancient past — eternal!
This mountain soared through the sky and shattered the void. With such power, even the Expanse Net was instantly shattered; it couldn't bear even one blow!
Declivity-Mountain Bell, a supreme treasure that was mysterious and archaic; it was comparable to a true treasure of an Immortal Emperor. When it came out, even the world would tremble in fear.
"Is that an Immortal Emperor True Treasure?" The faraway spectators quivered in horror as well after this treasure came out. Its power was too great, suffocating even Heavenly Kings.
However, knowledgeable experts knew that this was not a true treasure because its emergence did not carry the aura of an Immortal Emperor as one would expect.
"Not good…" The Expanse King was horrified the moment the mountain destroyed the net. This all happened too quickly so he couldn't react in time.
With endless blood energy from his moving life wheel along with the Yin Yang Sea of Blood, Li Qiye was able to power the mountain bell. One could easily imagine how mighty its power was. Its attack could even shake the strongest attack of any Immortal Emperor True Treasure.
In this moment of life and death, the Expanse King released endless dao laws and summoned treasure after treasure to block this attack. However, without an imperial life treasure or true treasure in his hand, his powerful treasures couldn't compare to the mountain bell.
With explosions, the treasures all shattered. The Expanse King couldn't escape in time, and his blood gushed out due to the attack. With a miserable howl, the king was slammed by the bell, splattering his flesh everywhere.
Chapter 751: Dark Serpent
Nevertheless, the Expanse King was still a paragon even though he was only at the early era level. After his scream, although his body was destroyed by the mountain bell, his head was still intact.
There were terrifying cracks on his head, making it seem as if it would split apart at any moment, but he was still holding on. For a paragon, as long as his true fate was still there, he wouldn't be able to die.
The head tried to turn around and escape. If he remained with such a grievous injury, he would definitely die in this place.
"Where can you run to?!" Li Qiye's speed instantly reached its zenith and quickly caught up to the king's head. An Early Era Paragon was not as fast as the Soaring Immortal Physique of Li Qiye, not to mention that the paragon was seriously injured.
"Pop!" His head received a heavy blow from Li Qiye. Even if he was stronger, the already-cracked head released all of its contents due to the blow from the Hell Suppressing Godly Physique. Chunks of his brain splattered everywhere. Moreover, his head was crushed by Li Qiye's foot, but he was still alive.
"Junior, don't go too far!" The Expanse King was already basically half dead. He couldn't help but quiver inside. Never would he expect a paragon like him to end up in this tragic state so quickly.
He was full of regrets. If he knew that Li Qiye had such an invincible treasure, he wouldn't have been so bold.
The spectators from afar were shaken as well. Although no one could recognize the mountain bell, it was still a terrifying artifact even if it wasn't an imperial true treasure!
Someone murmured: "No wonder why he can act so arrogantly. So he had this powerful treasure as his ace."
Even descendants of imperial lineages wouldn't necessarily have true treasures of the emperor level, let alone a sect-less junior.
No matter who they might be, including ordinary paragons, they would be very wary of an imperial true treasure or something of the same level. Unless they had a similar weapon, even a paragon might not have a great advantage in a direct confrontation!
Although the Expanse King was a paragon, he was only a new Early Era Paragon. In the beginning, he was too careless and thought that he could easily capture Li Qiye. He didn't think that Li Qiye would start with an emperor level weapon and directly blow him into pieces.
"Too far?" Li Qiye cheerfully said: "I like to hear these words the most. Since you said that I have gone too far, very well, I will give you a chance right now. Hand over all of your treasures then hang your head from the highest peak of Alchemy City. Only then will I spare your life. If not, I will stamp your dog head, no, fish head into paste!"
"Little bastard, go to hell!" The Expanse King was still a king and a paragon after all. How could he suffer such humiliation? In this instant, his head cracked opened and his dao foundation erupted. His true fate began to blaze!
He wanted to self-destruct and take Li Qiye along with him.
"Boom!" A thunderous detonation occurred. When a paragon blew up his own dao foundation and true fate, the generated force had absolute power.
Due to the blast, everything within the radius of a thousand miles was shattered like glass. A dreadful black hole appeared and the fabric of space-time became chaotic, especially where Li Qiye stood. Everything here could be crushed into nothingness.
"Pop!" Unfortunately for the king, five bronze doors appeared around Li Qiye amidst this terrifying blast. The pentagate protected him and blocked this terrifying explosion.
The self-destruction of a paragon caused a fallout that swept through ten thousand miles. Many spectators in the distance were blown away by the aftermath since they couldn’t resist such a force.
"Boom!" In the blink of an eye, the ground suddenly split. A huge shadow crawled up from the ground. This was a huge monster.
"Xuuuu." The thing that rushed out from the ground opened its mouth to spew out an endless amount of poisonous mist that completely shrouded the area.
Moreover, Li Qiye was the target, so he was immediately drowned within.
"Dark Serpent!" A Demon King cried out from the distance. He used his fastest speed to run away after getting a good look at this huge creature that appeared from the ground.
"Dark Serpent, not good!" Yuan Caihe was startled after seeing the poisonous mist everywhere. She brought the madam back into their courtyard. At this time, a particular fragrance that was being emitted from the trees inside the yard formed a barrier of air to protect them from the mist.
There were many spirit trees and treasure medicines in this yard. Some were recently planted by Li Qiye and Yuan Caihe. At this time, the spirit tree that was preventing this poisonous mist from approaching was planted by Yuan Caihe.
The vast quantities of poisonous mist quickly spread throughout the area. Many people in the distance reacted quickly enough to run away. However, there were also those who couldn't do so in time and were flooded by the mist. They immediately fell to the ground and twitched for a while before their bodies turned black and stiff.
"Such strong poison." Madam Zi Yan was astonished after seeing this. Normally, ordinary poisons were not effective against cultivators.
Yuan Caihe explained: "The poison of a Dark Serpent is not immediately fatal, but once it invades the body, the whole body will become stiff in an instant. Their blood energy would be sealed so the victim wouldn't be able to move. Even a Heavenly King would not be able to escape. Without taking the antidote within six hours, death would be assured as the body slowly melts into a black liquid."
She was very knowledgeable about spirit medicines, and as a prodigy, she also knew about poisonous creatures.
"Where did this Dark Serpent come from?" The experts who were able to run far away were frightened as they looked back at the spreading mist. This extremely powerful poison could corrode one's true fate and destroy their fate palaces. Not even Heavenly Kings could resist it.
An Alchemy Saint at the scene quivered and said: "This doesn't make any sense. Dark Serpents dwell in the wet depths of darkness. This place is too dry, so it shouldn't have any Dark Serpents."
Although he did not say it explicitly, the implication was crystal clear.
"Xuuuu…" At the center of the poisonous mist with howling winds, the Dark Serpent jumped up and opened its mouth to spew out even more mist towards its target — Li Qiye.
However, as this mist covered the sky, Li Qiye was not afraid at all. He shifted his body around in the mist to avoid the serpent's attack.
Many spectators at a safe distance noticed that the serpent was only attacking Li Qiye and looked at each other. The wily experts immediately knew that this was not so simple. Someone was using the Dark Serpent to attack Li Qiye!
"This brat is so scary. He just killed an Early Era Paragon and isn't afraid of the Dark Serpent's poison." An alchemist said: "I heard that Li Qiye's dao of alchemy is incredible as well. If this is true, then it is not strange for him to be able to resist the poison."
In fact, Li Qiye was not relying on the dao of alchemy to repel this poison. He had medicines of the immortal level, so how could this serpent's poison do anything to him?
Eventually, after escaping the serpent's attacks, Li Qiye circled around its head and suddenly unleashed dozens of needles that penetrated its skull.
After being struck by the needles, it suddenly stopped as if petrified.
"Back to where you came!" Li Qiye shouted a mantra. With a boom, the Dark Serpent seemed to have received the command and immediately crawled back into the ground, disappearing without a trace.
"What is that?" A cultivator in the horizon was puzzled by how Li Qiye was able to control the serpent.
An alchemist was shocked after seeing this scene and shouted: "Insect mastery skill!"
After hearing this, someone who was pale from fear stated: "Don't tell me that Li Qiye is a disciple of the Insect Swarm Valley? Only they know how to control poisonous creatures."
The Alchemy Saint shook his head and said: "Not necessarily. This world is vast, so the Insect Swarm Valley is not the only place that knows how to control poisonous creatures. In fact, this is part of the dao of alchemy, but very few people are adept at this art."
The Insect Swarm Valley were masters of controlling poisonous creatures. Till this day, it's name instilled fear in whoever heard of them.
At this time, a loud bang could be heard from the horizon. After hearing this, people instantly looked towards that direction. Some activated their heavenly gazes and mirrors to have a better look.
Inside Alchemy City, the Dark Serpent suddenly came out from the ground and commenced its attack. Its large whip-like tail fiercely swung everywhere like a huge mountain range tumbling around.
The Dark Serpent was attacking a mansion. A cry came out from inside as a treasure fly out to stop the onslaught: "You dare?!"
"Bang! Bang!" The Dark Serpent seemed to be mad. Not only did it use its huge body as a weapon, it also spewed out poisonous mist.
"Go!" The person in the mansion clearly didn't want to fight against the serpent. With a shout, the entire mansion hovered up from the ground and flew out of Alchemy City.
"That is Cao Guoyao's abode… a mansion from a monarch of the Alchemy Kingdom. After Cao Guoyao came, it was handed over to him." A person movingly uttered after seeing the serpent attacking the owner.
After knowing who the serpent attacked, many people began to wonder. At this moment, it was clear as to who had controlled the Dark Serpent.
This sudden development that occurred in Alchemy City attracted the attention of many parties, especially when Cao Guoyao's mansion flew out from Alchemy City while the huge Dark Serpent gave chase right after it. Many experts and alchemists were quite alarmed and followed right behind them to find out what was going on.
"Li Qiye, what are you trying to do?!" The mansion's speed was very fast. In the blink of an eye, it stopped one thousand miles away from Li Qiye.
Cao Guoyao was currently seated in a high pavilion of the mansion. His eyes were fierce when he shouted at Li Qiye.
"What am I trying to do?" Li Qiye looked at Cao Guoyao and narrowed his eyes to smilingly say: "Nothing, I only allowed this beast to return and find its master. It seems that it has found him."
"What venomous slander!" Cao Guoyao shouted: "Everyone here saw that you controlled this serpent to attack me. Do not change black to white and right to wrong!"