"Five-Colored Kill!" Shangguan Xiu shouted, and immediately a piercing shriek echoed. Meng Hao slapped his storage bag, and a scroll appeared in his hand. It trembled, and immediately the spirit beasts within it roared, six of them flying out.
At this moment, a thunderous explosion reverberated in all directions. Simultaneously, Meng Hao had already closed in on Shangguan Xiu. Shangguan Xiu's eyes were filled with coldness. As Meng Hao advanced, he also stepped forward. When the distance was only one step, a skull rapidly dissolved into a pool of liquid.
"Do you know what the Patriarch of Mount Reliance was called before he was at the Mount Reliance Sect? He was called the Demon Sealing Sect!" Shangguan Xiu said calmly. As he spoke, he raised his right foot and stomped heavily onto Mount Daqing.
Under this stomp, Mount Daqing shook violently. At the same time, an indescribable aura suddenly burst forth from within Mount Daqing. Although only a wisp was released, this wisp of chaotic aura carried an unspeakable power of heaven and earth, as if a fluctuation had produced consciousness. In this instant, it was directed by Shangguan Xiu, rushing out from beneath Meng Hao's feet.
Shangguan Xiu's face also rapidly aged, instantly appearing decades older, looking as if he had just crawled out of a grave.
Clearly, this spell was extremely difficult even for him to cast, requiring the sacrifice of his lifespan. He originally wouldn't have used it, but after seeing Meng Hao's cultivation, he decisively cast it to achieve a quick victory, because he knew that all cultivators in the State of Zhao were currently searching for Meng Hao.
A battle here would certainly attract attention. If he didn't achieve a quick victory, he wouldn't be able to obtain the supreme treasure.
"The Demon Sealing Sect seeks all great demons in heaven and earth, understands demon seals, loves demon spirits, and borrows demon power to ascend to the heavens! You have just stepped into the ninth level of Qi Condensation. What do you have to fight this old man? If this old man wanted to, I would have established my Foundation fifty years ago!" Shangguan Xiu said these words. Meng Hao had already swung the scroll, resisting the wisp of aura erupting from beneath his feet.
But just as the scroll collided with the aura, an explosion rang out. Cracks immediately appeared on the scroll, as if it were being torn apart. It flew backward, causing that wisp of aura to target Meng Hao directly.
With a thud, Meng Hao spat out fresh blood. In that instant, he used his feather fan to block. The feathers exploded and shattered, but they bought Meng Hao an opportunity to dodge. However, the price of this opportunity was that his body continuously tumbled backward, and he spat out three mouthfuls of fresh blood.
Meng Hao was injured in just one exchange, showing how unfathomably profound Shangguan Xiu was. Shangguan Xiu sneered. This attack had consumed his lifespan. Although it didn't directly kill Meng Hao, he absolutely had to succeed today. At this moment, he stepped forward, passing over the mixed pile of flesh and blood from the dissolved skull, intending to approach.
Just then, Meng Hao's mouth was stained with blood, but his face was filled with ferocity. Almost at the instant Shangguan Xiu took a step, Meng Hao's right hand suddenly shot out, pointing at the pile of flesh and blood that Shangguan Xiu was about to step over.
Under this finger, a wisp of black qi appeared within the pile of flesh and blood. In a flash, that wisp of black qi transformed into a black scorpion. With extreme speed, it gave Shangguan Xiu no time to retract his foot, no time to dodge, and directly stung the sole of Shangguan Xiu's foot.
Following this sting, the scorpion transformed into a wisp of blackness and burrowed inside.
Shangguan Tu's expression changed; this move was too sudden, completely unexpected. It was a Dharma Pill, a rare Dharma Pill exchanged with those two surnamed Tian and Lu from the Purple Cloud Sect, and it contained a highly venomous scorpion!
The black qi burrowed into Shangguan Tu's sole, directly permeating his meridians, spreading throughout his entire body in an instant. His face immediately turned dark, and he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, which was completely black and carried a foul, fishy odor.
"What kind of poison is this!" Shangguan Tu's expression drastically changed. Without hesitation, he quickly retreated, a wave of weakness washing over his body. He had no time to think much, raising his right hand to pat his storage bag, immediately pulling out a pill and intending to swallow it.
But Meng Hao had been planning for a long time, specifically waiting for this moment. He had even spat out three mouthfuls of fresh blood for this, so how could he let Shangguan Tu have his way? Almost at the instant the opponent retreated to retrieve the pill, Meng Hao suddenly charged forward, raising his right hand to pat his storage bag. Immediately, a large black net flew out, enveloping Shangguan Tu.
It was slow to describe, but very fast in action. Shangguan Tu's expression changed repeatedly. He raised his right hand to swallow the medicinal pill, while his left hand formed a hand seal just as the net directly descended. At the same time, Meng Hao stepped forward quickly, a black bow appearing in his hand. He drew the bowstring taut, and a sharp arrow shot straight towards Shangguan Tu.
Shangguan Tu quickly retreated, but between swallowing the pill or forming a hand seal, the net and the arrow, he could only choose one of the two.
With a loud bang, Shangguan Tu swallowed the pill. He abandoned the hand seal, avoiding the black net, but he could not avoid the arrow Meng Hao shot. This arrow directly pierced through his right shoulder, bringing with it shattered bones and black blood.
Pain surged through him, and Shangguan Tu let out a scream. Meng Hao's attack did not pause; a second arrow immediately shot out, then a third, and a fourth. Meng Hao continuously stepped forward, quickly drawing his bow, firing an arrow with every step he took. He took a total of seven steps, firing seven arrows.
Seven arrows startled the green mountains, howling as they flew, carrying killing intent!
Shangguan Tu retreated step by step, step by step. He absolutely had to suppress the trace of black qi in his body, and he absolutely had to avoid these arrows. But he was only at the ninth level of Qi Condensation, even if he was at the peak of the ninth level of Qi Condensation, just a hair's breadth from Foundation Establishment, he was not yet at Foundation Establishment!
Not being at Foundation Establishment, nor being a strong cultivator, there was a world of difference compared to Qi Condensation. He and Meng Hao were the same, both at Qi Condensation!
Thus, he had no way to perfectly resolve the situation. At this moment, rumbling sounds echoed as all seven arrows pierced through his body. His right arm was directly shattered. This was the only thing Shangguan Tu could do: sacrifice an arm, finally suppressing the toxins in his body.
But that was only suppression, not a long-term solution. At this moment, Meng Hao's eighth, ninth, and tenth arrows continuously shot out. Shangguan Tu roared furiously, looking up at the sky.
Since he began cultivating, he had never been as miserable as he was today, having even lost an arm. This price, this pain, this feeling made Shangguan Tu want to kill Meng Hao even more, an extremely intense desire to kill Meng Hao.
"Heavenly River Sea!" Shangguan Tu's eyes were bloodshot. Although he had suppressed the toxins in his body, they were not easily dispelled. In fact, he felt that the more he suppressed them, the stronger they became. This kind of poison could not be refined by a Qi Condensation cultivator; only a Foundation Establishment cultivator had the ability to do so.
Almost instantly after he roared, Shangguan Tu, with disheveled hair, bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. From this fresh blood, a purple bead shot out. The bead was incredibly chaotic, and its appearance immediately caused a furious gale to howl in all directions, sweeping up Meng Hao's three arrows, which then shattered with a series of bangs.
The bead spun back, flying once more into Shangguan Tu's mouth. At the same time, his remaining left arm slapped hard on his storage bag, and immediately, flying swords, banners, and various other magical treasures of different shapes rapidly flew out, but all of them exploded in front of him. The fragments flew up as Shangguan Tu raised his hand, emitting dazzling light, but then coalesced into a sea of magical treasure fragments before him.
In the distance, the sunlight shone through, creating dazzling reflections, like a surging heavenly sea, roaring and rushing straight towards Meng Hao.
This was the Heavenly River Sea, the famous divine ability of the Heavenly River Old Ancestor back then, which he had modified and divided into several levels. The lowest was the first level, which a ninth-level Qi Condensation cultivator could unleash.
Although any Foundation Establishment cultivator, even a Shattered Core Foundation Establishment cultivator, could collapse this seemingly terrifying Heavenly River Sea with a flick of their sleeve, among Qi Condensation cultivators, this technique was extremely powerful.
Because of this, it was also quite difficult to unleash. Not only did it require peak ninth-level Qi Condensation, but it also required a profound source of spiritual power to sustain it. In the entire Heavenly River Sect, the only person in Qi Condensation who could unleash this technique was Shangguan Tu.
At this moment, he wanted a quick victory, not only for Meng Hao's treasures but also because he urgently needed to return to the Heavenly River Sect to detoxify himself. Therefore, he immediately used his strongest technique. The countless small fragments of magical treasures shot straight towards Meng Hao. Seeing them approach, Meng Hao took a deep breath and slapped his storage bag.
Immediately, flying swords flew out, ten of them, then fifty, then one hundred, until all three hundred flying swords simultaneously flew out, spinning. Meng Hao raised both hands and suddenly pushed them forward.