Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 174 The Pursuit by Other Successors (Please Subscribe!)
"It's Kuang Qinglu!"

Upon sensing Kuang Qinglu's presence, Shi Ningyu's expression changed drastically. Without hesitation, she summoned her flying artifact and immediately took Lu Cheng'an and sped away into the distance.

She and Lu Cheng'an had just fought with all their might to kill the early-stage third-tier Azure Jade Horned Bull, and they both suffered very serious injuries.

They are both in very bad shape right now, and if they were to encounter Kuang Qinglu at this time, they would most likely die at her hands.

Shi Ningyu and Kuang Qinglu are rivals. If Kuang Qinglu were to kill Shi Ningyu now, she would eliminate a powerful competitor.

"Shi Ningyu, you can't escape!"

The moment Shi Ningyu activated the flying artifact to take Lu Cheng'an away, Kuang Qinglu's voice rang out.

She let out a cold laugh and sped off in the direction Shi Ningyu had left.

Beside Kuang Qinglu was a young male cultivator of medium build, named Tang Yuanqi, who was a helper hired by Kuang Qinglu.

Tang Yuanqi also came from a Golden Core sect, but not the Tianshui Sect where Kuang Qinglu was, but a Golden Core sect that was on good terms with the Tianshui Sect.

Tang Yuanqi held a high position in his Golden Core sect, where he was being cultivated as a potential Golden Core cultivator.

In terms of combat strength alone, Tang Yuanqi is stronger than Kuang Qinglu.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, hurry up and heal your injuries. With Kuang Qinglu's speed, we won't be able to escape for long before we have to fight them!" Shi Ningyu said in a deep voice.

Kuang Qinglu is no ordinary cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage. Like Shi Ningyu, she is a successor of the Divine Jade Sect, and her strength is not weak.

Lu Cheng'an ignored Shi Ningyu. He sat cross-legged on the flying artifact that Shi Ningyu had summoned and began to focus on treating the injuries in his body.

He had cultivated in the Fiery Fiery Wind Cave for a long time, and thanks to the tempering power of the cave, his physical strength was now far superior to that of cultivators at the same level.

Although the Burning Spirit Technique caused him severe backlash, the injuries from this backlash were still within his tolerance.

With the help of the Purple Flame Resurrection Technique, he can recover quickly.

However, Kuang Qinglu clearly did not want to give Lu Cheng'an and the other person such a long time!

"Shi Ningyu, you'd better stay here obediently!"

Kuang Qinglu let out a cold laugh. She quickly cast a spell, and the water elemental energy in the world condensed, transforming into water swords that shot towards Shi Ningyu and Lu Chengan.

These water swords are not ordinary water swords; they are filled with water element runes, and each water sword contains extremely violent power.

If it were a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Perfection stage with relatively ordinary strength, a few water swords would be enough to take their life!

A cold glint appeared on Shi Ningyu's face. While controlling her flying artifact to continue her escape, she used the Treasure Bottle Seal, a defensive spell, to resist Kuang Qinglu's attack.

She then summoned a black-gold magic seal, a top-grade second-tier defensive magic artifact.

After Shi Ningyu unleashed the black-gold magic seal, she did not use it to protect herself, but instead enveloped Lu Cheng'an's body with its power.

She was the one who taught Lu Cheng'an the Spirit Burning Technique, and she knew very well what kind of backlash a cultivator would suffer after casting this technique.

The power of the Spirit Burning Technique was also beyond her expectations. The power that Lu Cheng'an unleashed with this technique almost surpassed that of a cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core realm.

Otherwise, they would never have been able to kill the early stage of the third tier of the Jade Horned Bull so easily!

The backlash from the Burning Spirit Technique has just appeared in Lu Cheng'an's body, and he is at his weakest. She cannot stand by and watch Lu Cheng'an be injured by Kuang Qinglu.

With a series of clanging sounds, dense water swords rained down on Shi Ningyu and Lu Chengan, but the power of these water swords was blocked by the defenses that Shi Ningyu had put up.

These water swords did not cause any harm to Lu Cheng'an and his companion, but they greatly slowed down their escape.

And this is exactly the result that Kuang Qinglu needed.

After the attack of the water swords on Lu Cheng'an and his companion subsided, Kuang Qinglu was less than two thousand feet away from them.

A cultivator of Lu Cheng'an's strength at the Foundation Establishment Perfection stage can attack with a range exceeding three thousand zhang; two thousand zhang is already a very close distance!

"Please, Senior Brother Tang, lend a hand!"

Kuang Qinglu spoke softly, instructing Tang Yuanqi beside her to take action.

Tang Yuanqi laughed and said, "Junior Sister Kuang, don't worry, I will definitely kill those two!"

Tang Yuanqi was very confident in his own strength. The moment his voice fell, he summoned a dark blue banner.

This array flag is called the Xuan Sha Qing Feng Flag. Like the Yu Xiao Sword, it is a third-tier magic weapon, but some of its power has been sealed, and it is currently only displaying the power of a second-tier top-grade magic weapon.

However, Tang Yuanqi's intervention this time involved releasing some of the restrictions on the Xuan Sha Qing Feng Banner, allowing it to regain the power of a low-grade third-tier magic weapon.

The runes on the dark blue flag shimmered with a bluish-black spiritual light, and as the flag fluttered, wisps of bluish-black wind energy surged out from it.

These dark blue wind demons instantly transformed into a gigantic whirlwind hundreds of feet tall after detaching from the Xuan Sha Qing Feng Banner, carrying extremely terrifying power within.

Wherever it passed, grass, trees, and rocks were instantly swept up by the gale. This did not diminish the power of the wind; on the contrary, it made the wind even stronger.

After sensing the terrifying power contained in the gale, Shi Ningyu's expression changed slightly.

She took a deep breath, summoned the Jade Cloud Sword, and used the Jade Cloud Sword Technique to control the sword to thrust it fiercely towards the dark blue whirlwind.

At this moment, Shi Ningyu also released the restriction on the Jade Cloud Sword, revealing the power of a third-tier low-grade magic sword.

The Jade Cloud Sword emitted a clear sword sound, and sharp sword energy surged, making the entire magic sword seem to transform into a beam of jade light.

With a deafening roar, the Jade Cloud Sword cleaved through the dark blue-black whirlwind.

In an instant, a surge of air erupted from the impact. Although the Jade Cloud Sword broke through the dark blue whirlwind, it also trembled violently and flew backward.

At this moment, blood gushed from Shi Ningyu's mouth. After retrieving the Jade Cloud Sword, she sped away into the distance at an even faster speed.

"Want to leave? Not so easy!" Kuang Qinglu sneered. She summoned a jade ruyi, and with a ray of jade light, a snow-white crane appeared.

The crane cried out, its snow-white body transforming into an arc of light, shooting towards Shi Ningyu's body like lightning.

This crane's power is comparable to that of a cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core realm.

In order to kill Shi Ningyu, Kuang Qinglu did not hesitate to activate a secret technique, raising her strength to a level comparable to a cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core realm. Tang Yuanqi's previous attack had already caused Shi Ningyu considerable injury, and now, facing Kuang Qinglu's fierce attack again, Shi Ningyu was finding it increasingly difficult to resist.

A moment later, Shi Ningyu spat out another mouthful of blood. At this time, her injuries had become extremely serious, and the speed at which she could travel using her flying artifact was getting slower and slower.

Kuang Qinglu and Shi Ningyu were getting closer and closer to each other, and the distance between them was less than a thousand feet!

Shi Ningyu and Lu Cheng'an's escape speed was slowing down, and the distance between them was constantly closing!

On the flying magical artifact, Lu Cheng'an slowly opened his tightly closed eyes. He glanced at Shi Ningyu's slightly pale face, and a chilling killing intent appeared in his eyes.

"Fellow Daoist Shi, focus on controlling the flying artifact. Leave the two behind to me!" Lu Cheng'an said in a deep voice. He looked back and then cast the Spirit Burning Technique again.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, your body hasn't recovered yet, so why are you using the Spirit Burning Technique again!" Shi Ningyu exclaimed in surprise after sensing the change in Lu Cheng'an's aura.

Shi Ningyu was well aware of the damage that the Spirit Burning Technique could cause to a cultivator's physical body. If this backlash continued to worsen, it could very likely lead to the severance of a cultivator's path to immortality.

Even the Purple Flame Resurrection Technique and the Divine Jade Replenishing Technique cannot restore this kind of damage!

Lu Cheng'an did not answer Shi Ningyu, as the power in the Fire Fiery Cold Wind Cave was still beyond his expectations in tempering his physical body.

This was the first time he had used the Spirit Burning Technique at full power, and he found that the backlash from the technique on his physical body was not as severe as Shi Ningyu had said.

He hasn't been recuperating for very long, but he has already recovered half of the backlash from the Spirit Burning Technique.

His current physical condition is fully capable of supporting him to use the Spirit Burning Technique again to fight the enemy!

Lu Cheng'an brought out the Sumeru Mountain Seal, a low-grade third-order magic artifact. This low-grade third-order Sumeru Mountain Seal was also refined by True Person Liuyun with two kinds of minerals: extraterrestrial meteorite iron and primordial magnetic divine iron, but in relatively smaller quantities.

However, this still gives the Mount Sumeru Seal a very strong restraining effect on the Five Elements magical artifacts.

After Lu Cheng'an unleashed the Mount Sumeru Seal, he only activated the power of the Mount Sumeru Seal Gravity Rune Array for the time being.

The original palm-sized Mount Sumeru Seal instantly transformed into a massive mountain peak a hundred feet high after being summoned by Lu Cheng'an.

This change did not slow down the speed of the Mount Sumeru Seal in the slightest; on the contrary, it made the speed of the seal faster and faster.

The bluish-brown mountain peaks seemed to have fallen from the sky, bearing down on Kuang Qinglu with immense force.

A fierce glint appeared on Kuang Qinglu's face. She struck out with her palm, and the spiritual energy in the world surged wildly, transforming into a huge jade-colored palm print to meet the attack of the Mount Sumeru Seal.

This technique is called the Jade Palm. Shi Ningyu also cultivates this technique, while Kuang Qinglu has cultivated it to perfection.

The Jade Palm is only a second-tier technique. Even though Kuang Qinglu activated it with a cultivation level comparable to the early stage of the Golden Core realm, its power was still inferior to the third-tier, low-grade Mount Sumeru Seal.

In the blink of an eye, the enormous jade-colored palm print collapsed under the pressure of the Mount Sumeru Seal.

At the same time, Kuang Qinglu summoned the jade ruyi in her hand again, and the entire jade ruyi transformed into a giant snow-white crane.

The crane's cry unleashed a terrifying power that surged from its body, crashing fiercely into the Mount Sumeru Seal.

As Kuang Qinglu made her move, Tang Yuanqi also summoned the Xuan Sha Qingfeng Banner once again. A dark blue-black whirlwind roared out and swept towards the Sumeru Mountain Seal.

After seeing Kuang Qinglu and the other person make a move, Lu Cheng'an changed his hand seals, and at that moment, the cyan-brown Mount Sumeru Seal instantly emitted a silver-white light.

This is because he activated the power of the Yuan Magnetic Rune Array.

The power released by the Yuan Magnetic Talisman Array in combination with the Yuan Magnetic Divine Iron will greatly weaken the Five Elements attacks, and this power will also damage the Five Elements magical artifacts.

Both the jade ruyi in Kuang Qinglu's hand and the Xuan Sha Qingfeng Banner that Tang Yuanqi offered up belong to the Five Elements Magic Weapons and are both restrained by the Yuan Magnetic Power.

"Magnetic artifact!"

Tang Yuanqi and Kuang Qinglu exclaimed in surprise. Their expressions changed slightly after they sensed the magnetic power released by the Mount Sumeru Seal.

Kuang Qinglu, in particular, quickly cast a spell to retrieve the jade ruyi.

However, she was a fraction too slow, and in an instant, the Mount Sumeru Seal collided violently with the white crane that the jade ruyi had transformed into.

The emergence of the primordial magnetic power greatly weakened the attack power of the jade ruyi, and the spiritual light emitted by the white crane and the Mount Sumeru Seal was rapidly reduced at the moment of their collision.

In an instant, the white crane was knocked back into a jade ruyi, and with a cracking sound, a fine crack appeared on the third-tier magic weapon.

Kuang Qinglu let out a muffled groan, and she instantly suffered a severe backlash.

At this moment, the whirlwind released by the Xuan Sha Qing Feng Banner also collided with the Sumeru Mountain Seal. The power of this whirlwind was also weakened by the power of the Yuan Magnetic Force.

After blocking the Mount Sumeru Seal for a moment, the dark blue whirlwind was obliterated under the Mount Sumeru Seal.

Although the power of the Mount Sumeru Seal was formidable, it had already been largely depleted after enduring the combined attack of Kuang Qinglu and Luo Yuanqi.

Lu Cheng'an did not activate the Mount Sumeru Seal to attack Kuang Qinglu and Shi Ningyu again. Instead, he quickly recalled the Mount Sumeru Seal and, together with Shi Ningyu, activated the flying artifact beneath their feet to evade Kuang Qinglu and Shi Ningyu's pursuit.

"Junior Sister Kuang, are you alright?" Luo Yuanqi asked worriedly after seeing Kuang Qinglu's slightly pale face.

"Thank you for your concern, Senior Brother Luo. I'm fine. This time, we must kill Shi Ningyu. Let's hurry and catch up!" Kuang Qinglu said in a deep voice.

There are now only four inheritors of the Divine Jade Sect ruins left, and two of them will be eliminated this time.

To this end, she has reached a cooperation agreement with Sha Zehan. She will kill Shi Ningyu, while Sha Zehan will kill Huo Xiang.

This is because both she and Sha Zehan came from the cultivation world of Hezhou. However, her Tianshui Sect was only a Golden Core sect, while Sha Zehan's Ziyang Sect was a Nascent Soul sect.

Although Tianshui Sect is not within the sphere of influence of Ziyang Sect, it is not far from it.

Sha Zehan's strength is much greater than Kuang Qinglu's, and since their sects are both located in the cultivation world of Hezhou, Kuang Qinglu took the initiative to seek cooperation with Sha Zehan.

The price she paid for cooperating was that she voluntarily gave up the Nascent Soul inheritance of the Divine Jade Sect!
Kuang Qinglu dared to make such a demand because she had a way to avoid being wiped out by the Divine Jade Sect.

The conditions proposed by Kuang Qinglu were not detrimental to Sha Zehan in the slightest, so Sha Zehan agreed to the cooperation proposed by Kuang Qinglu.

It was for this reason that Kuang Qinglu made a move against Shi Ningyu at this time.

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