I was chased at the beginning, and I got the first quick sword

Chapter 605 Enemy Attack
Chu Qing's appearance was unexpected by both the head manager and the leader of the Heavenly Evil Cult.

But since he's here, it means their original plan has failed...

Even more so, Chu Qing was actually using a scheme against them.

It's pointless to study how things failed these days.

Because of a piece of sacred parasol tree, the already weak alliance has been shattered.

Therefore, the best course of action now is not to dwell on the past, but simply to focus on the consequences.

The head manager's attack on the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader wasn't about determining his strength or his life; he was betting that Chu Qing might be watching the show, giving him an opportunity to take advantage.

So far, the head manager has remained very clear-headed.

Just like what he said about the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader, that he was merely a piece of Wutong Divine Wood, and dared not say that he could defeat Chu Qing.

To win the battle, he and the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader must work together.

The last secret room of the Jiang family has now been opened. Inside, there is not only the sacred phoenix tree, but also the three swords behind the "Nine Swords of Shocking God" on the surrounding walls.

Directly opposite was the "Creation Scripture," but the head steward only discovered after opening the secret room that the "Creation Scripture" was actually called the "Creation and Righteousness Scripture."

Next to the "Creation and Righteousness Sutra", there is also an inscription of a martial art called "Heavenly Demon Thought".

However, the manual doesn't seem to be complete, and the head shopkeeper doesn't seem to care much about martial arts other than the "Creation and Righteousness Scripture".

Now, all we need to do is give them a chance to memorize these secret techniques and divine skills, and then find a way to leave this place and escape.

In this way, they would have time to study the unparalleled martial arts they had acquired.

Even if they were to encounter Chu Qing again, they might still have a fighting chance.

All of this was already clearly organized in the head manager's mind in an instant.

But to his surprise, before he could even make his move, Chu Qing struck first.

Chu Qing's palm technique is infinitely profound and its power is unpredictable.

Even though the head manager was confident in his martial arts skills, he dared not be careless. He immediately twirled his single-edged sword, and the blade drew an arc in the air.

[The Second Form of the Nine Divine Blades – Formless!]

This strike is like a celestial horse galloping across the sky, its blade annihilating everything. No matter what it is, it becomes formless before this strike!
At the same moment the head steward unleashed this strike, the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader raised the sacred phoenix tree in his hand high.

The scorching heat instantly filled all directions, and the phoenix's cry pierced the heavens. Without even turning around, one already knew what the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader had done.

A cold smile appeared on Chu Qing's lips. He gripped and clenched his fingers, but instead of holding on tightly, he somehow managed to pull the blade in the head shopkeeper's hand past Chu Qing's body and slash at the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader on the other side.

The move "All Formless" was used against the sacred parasol tree.

A snort!
The blade erased half of the phantom of the fire phoenix, but the remaining half transformed into pure internal energy and collided with the head shopkeeper's.

The leader of the Heavenly Evil Cult turned pale.

He wasn't ignorant; he wouldn't assume that the head manager had truly pledged allegiance to Chu Qing just because of the manager's actions.

But he simply couldn't bear being mocked like this by Chu Qing.

The leader of the Heavenly Evil Cult was originally a chosen one of heaven, but after meeting Chu Qing, his halo began to fade.

When he first appeared at Yue Song Mountain, his ability to manipulate the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors with every move was breathtaking... But now, even with the Wutong Divine Tree in his hand, he couldn't even hurt Chu Qing in the slightest.

Such a disparity is truly astonishing and deeply hurtful.

Inside the small, secret room, the temperature continued to rise. The head shopkeeper, whose mouth was bleeding from the shock of the Wutong Divine Tree, looked up and noticed that the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader was in a bad state.

Quickly give him a wink.

As a result, the leader of the Heavenly Evil Cult truly refused to listen to any advice this time, completely ignoring his gaze.

The Heavenly Evil Cult Leader's features were flying off, his face contorted in a ferocious grin, as he laughed maniacally.

"Chu Qing...you will pay the price for your arrogance!!"

Chu Qing was still a little confused. How was I arrogant?
He came to this secret place of the Jiang family and didn't even say a few words to them, okay?
However, seeing the ferocious expression on the face of the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader, he couldn't help but frown slightly:
"what are you up to?"

"do what!?"

The Heavenly Evil Cult Leader laughed wildly:
"I want to die with you all!!"

With that, he raised the sacred phoenix tree in his hand high and slammed it down.

"crazy!!"

The head manager's expression changed drastically. He wanted to run away, but Chu Qing blocked the entrance to the secret room, leaving them nowhere to escape.

In fact, Chu Qing had calculated it correctly.

The fact that they went through so much trouble to bring Jiang Li before opening the secret room shows that they couldn't open it by normal means.

Once inside, there is only one way out: the doorway.

As long as we hold this position, while we can't say it's foolproof, we're pretty much guaranteed to succeed.

What Chu Qing didn't know was that the reason they dared not force open this place was not because they lacked the ability, but because doing so would trigger the mechanisms of the Jiang clan's territory.

They knew that if the secret chamber were forcibly opened, the entire secret realm would suffer enormous damage.

The head steward told the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader about this matter, in order to calm him down and not to act rashly.

Little did they expect that the cult leader was inherently unruly and prone to extremes.

Although they only exchanged two or three blows today, Chu Qing's martial arts skills have improved again, while he himself has been stagnant for so long, and the gap between him and Chu Qing is getting bigger and bigger.

His so-called genius was nothing but a joke in front of Chu Qing.

Overwhelmed by the disappointment, he suddenly didn't want to live anymore... and even wanted to drag Chu Qing down with him.

The sacred parasol tree was not originally intended to be used as a weapon.

However, the fiery energy contained within should not be underestimated... This is because within this object lies a rare treasure. People only know about the Wutong Divine Wood, but they are unaware of the Fire Phoenix Elixir.

This hammer blow not only contained the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader's own internal energy, but also stirred the fire energy within the Wutong Divine Tree.

The two erupted simultaneously, and the entire sealed room was instantly covered with cracks.

The next moment, a loud bang came from beneath my feet, followed by a series of violent explosions.

"not good!!!"

Chu Qing's face darkened. He grabbed Jiang Li and pulled him close. With a swift movement and a flick of his sleeve, he smashed through the roof.

But when you look up, what you see is the water of an underground river.

This water should be connected to Yingyue Pool, only the current is more rapid.

Chu Qing rushed out against the rushing water, only to find that the outside was a dark underground cave.

However, many traces of human construction can be seen, with numerous wooden frames supporting the operation of many gears. At this moment, a violent explosion came from these devices, and the entire secret realm of the Jiang clan was on the verge of collapse.

Chu Qing glanced down at his feet; the ground was covered by rock layers, so he couldn't see anything clearly.

But the explosion shattered the rock layers, revealing the bottomless abyss below.

At this point, Chu Qing understood the self-destruction pattern of the Jiang family's territory.

This place itself was built underground.

The rock strata beneath the secret place have clearly been explored and confirmed to be strong enough to prevent the secret place from collapsing under normal circumstances. However, if an enemy invades, a mechanism will be activated to destroy the rock strata.

If the enemy is not skilled enough, they will be unable to escape from the secret place that has become a prison.

They would be swept along with the secret place by the water flowing overhead into the bottomless abyss below.

There's no way anyone could survive such a fall from that height!
Chu Qing glanced around; the area wasn't entirely safe. He unleashed [Immortal Wind and Flowing Clouds], covering himself with [Undying Heavenly Qi], and with a deafening crash, shattered the rocks above him. In his state of perfect harmony with nature, he had complete control over his surroundings. A loud bang followed.

A huge rock beside the Moon Reflection Pool shattered, and Chu Qing, carrying Jiang Li, leaped into the air.

Feeling the tremors beneath his feet, knowing that the secret realm was continuously collapsing, he frowned slightly, while Jiang Li said:
Are they dead?

Chu Qing shook his head:

"I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

After speaking, Chu Qing slightly raised her head to look at the narrow strip of sky beyond, and immediately swept Jiang Li up:
"let's go."

They cut through the wind and soon arrived at the ruins of the former Jiang family residence.

Before their feet even touched solid ground, a dragon's roar resounded, and a divine dragon formed from black qi broke through the soil, soaring out to roam the heavens.

"Come back!"

Chu Qing clenched his five fingers, forming a giant handprint of true energy that resembled the hand of a god, and grabbed at the black dragon.

Chu Qing had not studied this technique in detail, but with his current martial arts skills, he did not need to specifically learn it. He had already mastered it by analogy.

The black dragon's aura shattered, and the figures split into two, each making their own move.

One wielded the sacred phoenix tree with great force, while the other swept his blade, unleashing an extremely magnificent blade light.

Chu Qing's true energy handprint shattered under the combined attack of these two forces.

He didn't care; the purpose of this move was to keep the guests.

Now that the 'guests' have stayed, we should treat them well.

With a flick of the finger, a beam of blue and white light shot out through the wind, leaving behind endless trails of electric light.

The Twenty-Four Solar Terms: The First Point is the Awakening of Insects!
Chu Qing inexplicably developed a strong liking for the Divine Finger Technique.

This finger strike is incredibly powerful, extremely fast, and can travel a great distance; it's truly a weapon you can never tire of using.

But this finger was pointed at the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader.

Without unleashing the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader's "Elegy of Heaven and Earth," and relying on the Wutong Divine Wood, he dared not claim to be invincible, but he certainly had something to rely on.

He roared and used the sacred parasol tree to block Jingzhe's finger.

When the two met, their fiery energy exploded, and for a moment they were locked in a stalemate.

Then a phoenix cry was heard, and a phoenix leaped out from the sacred parasol tree, its flames blazing and its appearance extraordinary.

But before the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader could be happy, a cracking sound rang out.

The sacred parasol tree gradually developed cracks under the influence of the Awakening of Insects.

The head manager's eyes widened in fury:
"Master...you, you..."

I wanted to say it was a waste of resources, but I didn't know how to begin.

But such a divine object, if obtained by others, would be treasured and valued even more. Who would use it as a weapon and smash it indiscriminately?
But it's too late to say those words now.

Then, with a loud bang, the paulownia wood shattered completely.

A burst of intense fire erupted, and in a trance, it seemed as if a phoenix was reborn from the ashes amidst the flames.

Feeling the force within the fire, Chu Qing couldn't help but pull Jiang Li back a few steps. The head manager was sent flying backward, tumbling and rolling all the way, falling far away in the ruins.

Only the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader himself possessed unparalleled martial arts skills. Furthermore, when the Wutong Divine Tree collapsed, it seemed as if something was connected to it.

The fiery energy emanating from it not only failed to repel him, but instead gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

Just as they were stunned, a phoenix cry rang out, and flames soared into the sky, only to circle once before crashing heavily into the Heavenly Evil Cult Leader.

The force pressed down hard, pinning him firmly to the ground.

Only after all the fire energy had merged into his body did he look up blankly.

His black hair gradually turned a fiery red from the roots. He opened his palm and felt an indescribable, terrifying force within his meridians.

It is comparable to his own "Emperor's World-Shaking Treasure Record", yet completely different.

The two leaned on each other, creating an indescribable harmony.

In addition, he felt as if something had been added to his dantian.

The next moment, he suddenly pointed his fingers like a knife, and with a single stroke, he cut open his own belly to examine his dantian.

But no matter how much I looked, I couldn't find anything.

However, his action caused everyone present to lose a lot of SAN value.

Everyone says that the leader of this evil cult is a madman, but after several encounters, I haven't found anything wrong with his madness.

But I've seen it for myself today.

He intended to perish together with Chu Qing in the secret realm, but now, in the face of adversity, he inexplicably ripped open his own stomach... Is he not planning to kill Chu Qing, but rather to scare him to death?
"No……"

The Heavenly Evil Cult Leader muttered to himself, withdrawing his hand as the blood on his hand slowly returned to the wound.

The wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

He glanced at Chu Qing:
"Shall we end this here?"

"Not very good."

Chu Qing shook his head:

"This is the third time we've met. If I let you go this time too, it just doesn't feel right."

The leader of the Heavenly Evil Cult laughed.

He appeared so calm at that moment...

It was as if the person who had just tried to take Chu Qing down with him had absolutely no connection to him.

"Although the two of us... are probably no match for you right now."

"However, it's still possible to stall you for a little while."

The Heavenly Evil Cult Leader slowly said:

"Chu Qing, let me give you a piece of advice: leave here now and go back to your Five Emperors City."

"Any later, and it might be too late."

Chu Qing's expression remained unchanged:

"Backhand?"

"How could there be no consequences for going against someone like you?"

The head manager said with a smile:

"If you don't get back in time, the Five Emperors City will be awash in blood tonight."

Meanwhile, on the city wall of the Five Emperors City, a guard who had just rubbed his eyes to clear his head suddenly saw faint flames spreading in the distance.

At first I thought I was seeing things, but after a closer look, all my drowsiness vanished.

The feeling of horror sent chills down his spine.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!"

(End of this chapter)