Chapter 1087: Chapter 353: Qi Refinement 100,000 Layers (Part 2)
A cultivator wearing a fox mask descended from the sky, reaching out with his right hand in the void to toss the white robe a hundred zhang away, dodging the Sword Qi.
"Cough, cough..."
Chen Sansi wiped the blood from his chin and finally breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly realized something important.
If he remembered correctly, Dugu Ao was only at the Golden Core Realm.
Meanwhile, the demonic Qi from the white-haired Jiang Xiyue had already risen to the mid-stage Nascent Soul level and was still increasing. What could Dugu Ao use to fight?
His gaze returned to the battlefield.
The prey had been rescued, and the female devil’s expression grew even more crazed and bloodthirsty. Holding the Ice Soul Sword, she shot up from the ground and in the blink of an eye appeared before the fox mask, her sword drawing a bloody yet beautiful arc in the moonlight.
"Boom!"
Dugu Ao summoned a pure black magical shield just in time, but under the heavy blow, he was sent straight back down to the ground.
He slid back to absorb the force, speaking as he did, "Taixu!"
On the ground, the flying sword left by the loose cultivator Shen Tuye disappeared.
When it reappeared, it was already in Dugu Ao’s hand. He held the long sword above his head, blocking the Sword Qi that attacked again.
With a thunderous sound, the entire area shook violently, the magical shockwave flattening the surrounding several miles.
Even Dugu Ao himself couldn’t sustain and was heavily smashed into the ruins, blood flowing from beneath his mask.
He coughed lightly twice, supporting himself with the Taixu Sword, kneeling on one knee for a long time without being able to stand. Yet the female devil charged again, with even more massive Sword Qi!
"Senior Dugu!"
Chen Sansi naturally couldn’t just stand by and watch. Forcing his battered body, he wanted to get up and help.
However, Dugu Ao raised his palm to him, signaling not to come closer, then sighed, his voice hoarse as he muttered to himself, "It seems I can’t hide it any longer... Oh well, it’s just as well to get some practice."
A demonic Golden Core emerged from his mouth, the runes on its surface flowing like golden vines, and streams of clean energy burst forth as if the Milky Way was pouring down, irrigating his whole body from Dugu Ao’s heavenly spirit.
His cultivation level began to fall at a pace visible to the naked eye...
That’s right, it was falling!
From the Golden Core, it fell to Foundation Establishment, and then from Foundation Establishment down to Qi Refinement!
Chen Sansi almost thought he was hallucinating until he saw the next scene.
Once Dugu Ao’s cultivation level dropped to the Qi Refining Realm, the mana accumulated in his dantian instead began to grow more and more vast, quickly exceeding the limit of what a Qi Refining cultivator should have. If it had to be divided according to the Qi Refining Realm, it would be Qi Refining at one hundred levels, one thousand levels, ten thousand levels!
Pure innate magical power swirled around his body, forming a barrier before him that forcefully blocked the Sword Qi struck by the female devil.
Dugu Ao slowly stood up, the mana within him still surging, Qi Refining at twenty thousand, fifty thousand, one hundred thousand!
"..."
Chen Sansi was dumbfounded.
What he saw, whether it was Second Senior Sister or Dugu Ao, had already far exceeded the understanding of the vast majority of people in the Cultivation World.
One had suddenly elevated from late-stage Foundation Establishment to Nascent Soul level combat strength, while the other suppressed to Qi Refinement from Fake Pill Realm, yet the combat strength became even higher...
This was something unrecorded in any classics!
"Crack—"
The Ice Soul Sword of the red-eyed witch finally tore through the barrier.
But this time, her sword could no longer advance directly and was blocked by another flying sword.
Amidst the gale and blizzard, Dugu Ao in a gray robe, his clothes fluttering madly, held a sword with one hand, his Mystical Energy like the sea, and began to battle intensely with the red-eyed witch.
The two sword blades clashed endlessly, the crisp cry of metal nearly tearing apart all living beings’ eardrums, the ground cracking inch by inch, mountains collapsing one after another, with the vast shockwave soaring to the sky, tearing apart the night and causing the clouds of the Great Wall to start rolling.
Under such terrifying impact, any below the Golden Core would struggle to survive.
Chen Sansi, sheltered by Dugu Ao’s mana, remained unharmed.
"This is bad..."
He looked at the massive phenomenon, knowing the commotion here would soon attract attention from various parties.
The trouble at hand must be dealt with quickly.
"Rumble——"
Every time they clashed, the land shook and mountains swayed.
Chen Sansi noticed that Dugu Ao’s Sword Dao was exceptional, akin to his extreme divine skills but seemingly not yet complete.
But against the red-eyed witch’s open and close style, he could maintain the upper hand, repeatedly exposing the opponent’s flaws with Sword Moves.
"Clang——"
With another sword, Dugu Ao successfully repelled the crazed witch, looking up to the sky, and in a voice like a great bell, shouted word by word, "All Swords Return to the Ancestor!"
At his command, thousands of lifebound flying swords in the storage bags of cultivators in Dragon Elephant City, a thousand miles away, were summoned, swimming up to the sky like silver fish, forming a magnificent Milky Way in the night, before diving down upon the white-haired, red-eyed witch at Little Witch Mountain.
This was truly, the Milky Way falling nine heavens!
In the heavenly sword rain, the red-eyed witch wildly brandished her blood-colored sword, like a boulder standing indomitably in a surging river, splitting the entire river in two.
"Give it to me——"
Beneath the fox mask, eyes suddenly constricted, an invisible majesty spreading, "Subdue!!!"
At his command, the flying swords shone with golden light.
The red-eyed witch finally fell into defeat, bathed in countless sword shadows, letting out a shrill, ear-piercing wail.
"Senior Sister..."
Chen Sansi, worried for Jiang Xiyue’s life, pleaded, "Senior Dugu, my Senior Sister likely has some strange illness. When it acts up, she’s not in control, but this isn’t her true intention. I beg you to spare her life."
If controllable, the best thing would be to let Master handle it later.
But as he spoke, within the suppression of the myriad swords, the demonic Qi within Jiang Xiyue began to rise again.
Having already reached the late-stage Nascent Soul, if she continued to ascend...
"Chen boy, what are you still standing there for?!"
Dugu Ao’s voice thundered, "If you don’t find a way to wake this girl up, I’ll have to strike!"
"..."
Chen Sansi hastily got up, moving forward with the Yin Yang Jade.
He didn’t know if the jade still worked, but given the situation, he had no choice but to try his utmost.
Chen Sansi formed a seal and recited incantations as taught by the first senior sister, making the jade emit brilliant spirit light.
Not only for him, but also on the red-eyed witch, the other half of the jade glowed, the two responding to each other, forming a massive Eight Diagrams Array Seal, cooperating with "All Swords Return to the Ancestor" to subdue her, kneeling in agony and wailing.
Burning Sky Fire, Ten Thousand Beast Fierce Fire!
Chen Sansi simultaneously unleashed two flames, which, after passing through the Eight Diagrams Array, turned into starlight, cascading over the red-eyed witch like a falling galaxy.
Upon contact with the stars, the demonic Qi on the white-haired Jiang Xiyue ceased to rise, gradually receding, though still slightly lacking, leading to an extremely slow speed.
"Chen boy, I’ll give you a flame!"
Dugu Ao brought his two fingers together like a sword, lightly flicked toward the ground, shooting out a flame like green jade glazing.
Chen Sansi understood his intention, immediately utilizing the "Swallowing Fire Technique" to absorb it into himself.
Since the spell was willingly passed down by Dugu Ao, he almost expended no effort in absorbing it.
[Divine Skills: Taiyin Qinghua Life and Death Flame. Incomplete (First Rank Upper Volume)]
[Progress: 0/500]
[Utility: Withered Wood Spring]
[Withered Wood Spring: When burning a wound, the flame devours diseased Qi, transforming it into vital energetic energy to heal the cultivator’s injuries, suppressing evil aura.]
Divine skills?
The gift from Dugu Ao was actually a divine skill!
Even though it was incomplete, it was still a divine skill.
This "Taiyin Qinghua Life and Death Flame" can be used to attack enemies, but its power is not great. Its main utility is for healing injuries.
Chen Sansi’s pupils burst with emerald spirit light, and he spat out glass-like azure profound flames, which turned into starlight through the Eight Diagrams Array Seal, cooperating with the Burning Sky Fire to thoroughly suppress the white-haired Jiang Xiyue, steadily devouring the demonic Qi bit by bit.
As the last trace of demonic Qi dissipated, Jiang Xiyue’s white hair also turned black again, but she seemed completely drained of magical power, so weak that her body went limp, collapsing to the ground unconscious.