Chapter 358

Chapter 358: Cutting Melons and Vegetables, the Fourth Sound of Heaven and Earth

“What kind of monster is that?!”

Wei Xinghe and the others’ eyes widened in horror as they saw the true form of the massive black shadow shrouded in the smoke and dust.

They saw a colossal figure, nearly five or six feet tall, standing at the site of the collapsed city gate.

Its face was green, its fangs were fangs, and its body was covered in long, dark hair.

Its arms, nearly as long as its body, its broad palms like two enormous doors, a terrifying sight.

It was a monster unlike anything they had ever seen!

Wei Xinghe and the others’ hearts trembled as they sensed the terrifying aura emanating from the monster.

They could sense the monster’s immense power, seemingly transcending the limits of the Innate Realm and reaching another level.

“Young Master Lu…”

Wei Xinghe, feeling the monster’s terrifying presence, gazed at the folded giant palms, his soul shattered.

Even with all his faith in Lu Qing, he didn’t believe he would escape unscathed this time.

However, before Wei Xinghe could recover from his grief, he suddenly heard the monster let out a terrifying scream.

Then everyone witnessed a flash of cold light, and a powerful burst of blade energy cleaved through the ground, creating a massive crack.

The monster’s lower palm was shattered, gushing out a torrent of blood.

Following the severance and a shower of blood, Lu Qing’s figure appeared and landed on the ground.

“Young Master Lu is alright!”

Wei Xinghe observed the unharmed Lu Qing with immense surprise.

“Demon cub, I didn’t expect you to transform so quickly.”

Lu Qing dodged the bloody shower and looked up at the massive monster, clutching its palm and screaming in pain. He was surprised.

Even he hadn’t expected it to condense into a demonic form so quickly.

“Boy, you’re courting death!”

the monster roared, swallowing the excruciating pain as it lifted its right foot and stomped down fiercely towards Lu Qing.

The massive foot completely obscured the light above Lu Qing’s head, crashing down upon him like a boulder.

“You never learned your lesson.”

Feeling the overwhelming pressure from above, Lu Qing, far from tense, instead displayed a hint of sarcasm.

The next moment, a brilliant blade shone from his hand, slashing towards the monster’s foot as it descended

from the sky. Unsurprisingly,

the monster’s body, despite its immense strength, was no match for the blade, forged entirely from meteorite iron and reaching the level of a magical weapon.

The foot, still in mid-air, was severed in two by Lu Qing’s blade, as effortlessly as tofu.

“Ahhhh!”

Another severed foot, the monster let out another deafening cry of pain.

This time, Lu Qing gave him no chance. With a single stomp, the ground sank, and his body shot forward.

Man and blade became one, the blade serving as the tip of his spear, transforming into a stream of light that instantly pierced through the monster’s chest.

As Lu Qing landed on the ground again, a massive three-foot-wide hole had appeared at the monster’s heart, piercing through it from front to back.

The heart within, shattered by Lu Qing’s blade, vanished.

Suffering such a devastating blow, the monster’s massive body suddenly stiffened, its screams fading abruptly.

It stumbled and fell backward.

Finally, with a resounding thud, it crashed into the city wall behind it, sending up a shower of broken bricks and rubble and a cloud of dust.

However, this time, until the dust settled, nothing unexpected happened.

The monster remained lying on the ground, motionless.

“Young Master Lu won?”

Wei Xinghe was a bit stunned by this scene.

He had never expected Lu Qing to win so easily.

The massive monster seemed powerless before him, letting him slaughter it.

The mayor of the provincial capital and the others standing nearby were stunned and utterly shocked.

Both the enormous monster and Lu Qing, slashing it with his sword, displayed strength far beyond their wildest dreams.

“Fool, if you hadn’t become so enormous, I’d have to use some effort to deal with you.”

Lu Qing shook his head, looking at the dying monster.

This creature had condensed his demonic body, and after the transformation, his strength was truly astonishing.

Furthermore, his demonic body was so tough that it was impervious to swords and knives.

If it were an ordinary Xiantian Realm expert, even dozens of them would be powerless against it.

Ordinary sword and saber auras simply couldn’t penetrate its defenses.

Unfortunately, it encountered Lu Qing.

Lu Qing wielded a formidable sword crafted entirely from meteorite iron.

Its very nature alone made it a formidable magical weapon.

No matter how sturdy the monster’s body was, it couldn’t withstand the sharp edge of the magical sword.

Therefore, the monster’s vaunted majesty, far from posing the slightest threat to Lu Qing, became its most fatal weakness.

“I didn’t expect you to possess a magical sword.”

The demon cultivator, having transformed into a demonic body, retained an incredibly resilient vitality.

Even the loss of its heart didn’t immediately succumb.

On the contrary, Lu Qing could sense that its life force wasn’t fading.

It seemed as if some secret technique had temporarily stabilized its injuries.

The demon cultivator’s gaze rested on the sword in Lu Qing’s hand.

It knew that this time, it was defeated by this precious sword.

It hadn’t imagined that Lu Qing possessed a magical sword.

Had it known this, it would have fled immediately, rather than rushing to condense its demonic body.

Nor would it have engaged Lu Qing without even mastering his many secret techniques.

Unfortunately, there’s no such thing as regret.

This time, it was defeated again, and even more completely than before.

“Demon cub, there’s so much you don’t know,”

Lu Qing said calmly. He didn’t rush to slay the demon cultivator, but instead activated his supernatural powers to observe.

A quick look of understanding crossed his face. “So, you’ve only condensed a half-finished demonic body.”

No wonder he’d thought this demon cultivator, after condensing his demonic body, would be easier to deal with.

With nothing but brute force, he was quite unlike the legendary demon cultivators with strange methods.

Not to mention, the demon cultivator before him was a powerful demon general reincarnated from the Great World.

It turned out that his previous obstruction had repeatedly thwarted the demon cultivator’s plans for a blood sacrifice in the provincial capital.

Forced to hastily devour the Demon Bone before cultivating sufficient Heavenly Demon Essence, he

ultimately failed due to insufficient Heavenly Demon Essence, only able to condense a half-finished Demonic Body before continuing.

Because it was still a semi-finished product, he was unable to unleash his many methods and magical powers, relying only on the brute force of his body.

Sensing Lu Qing’s all-seeing gaze, the Demon Cultivator recalled his earlier words.

Unable to resist, he asked, “Boy, how do you know that person’s name? Who are you?”

“That person?” Lu Qing asked calmly. “Are you referring to your former master?”

“You do know!” The Demon Cultivator’s heart trembled, staring intently at Lu Qing. “Who are you? Are you, like me, a reincarnation from another realm?”

These words shocked everyone around him,

especially the “Yan” in the Lihuo Cauldron, whose heart was pounding.

“What do you think?” Lu Qing didn’t answer.

“I should have guessed it long ago,” the demon cultivator said, seeming to come to his senses. “How could such a monstrous genius as you have emerged from this remote little world?

The spiritual energy has barely revived, yet you’ve already triggered calamity clouds and survived the thunder tribulation.

Even in the Tianyuan World, there are few such prodigies as you.

So you’re an old fellow from another world, just like me!

Am I right?”

The demon cultivator stared at Lu Qing, trying to discern a clue from his face.

However, Lu Qing’s expression remained unchanged.

“Are you done? If you’ve finished, then be on your way!”

With that, Lu Qing’s sword suddenly flew out, piercing the demon cultivator’s brow.

The attack was sudden and unexpected.

Although the demon cultivator was on guard, it was now severely injured, unable to even move. How could it withstand Lu Qing’s thundering blow?

The sword pierced its brow, its eyes widening, and its tall body trembled violently, shaking the city gates.

Then his body went limp, his eyes gradually dimmed, and the vitality in his demonic body dissipated bit by bit.

He didn’t even have time to say a word before he was killed by Lu Qing.

After killing the demon cultivator, Lu Qing didn’t stop and threw out a cloth bag.

The cloth bag swelled in the wind and soon became the size of a house.

The bag opened, emitting a green light, shining on the huge body of the demon cultivator. When

the green light shone on the demon cultivator’s body, a magical scene appeared.

The demon cultivator’s body floated up, shrinking as it flew towards the cloth bag. Just when it was about to be swallowed,

a black light finally couldn’t be restrained and flew out of the demon’s body, as if to escape outside the city.

“I’ve been waiting for you!”

Lu Qing was not surprised at all. The moment the black light appeared, he threw out a small tripod.

The small tripod was extremely fast and caught up with the black light in an instant.

“How is this possible? Another spiritual weapon!”

The black light suddenly emitted an incredible spiritual vibration, then was swallowed by the small cauldron in one gulp, without a sound.

Without the black light’s interference, the Qiankun Qi Bag absorbed the demonic body with much greater ease.

After a few breaths, it collected the demonic body, transforming once again into an inconspicuous small cloth bag, which flew back into Lu Qing’s hands.

After completing this, Lu Qing turned his gaze to the Xiantian Realm cultivators nearby.

The mayor of the provincial capital and his companions, who had been stunned by the spectacle of the Qiankun Qi Bag absorbing the demonic body, shuddered at Lu Qing’s gaze.

With the exception of Wei Xinghe, everyone was worried,

fearing Lu Qing would silence them.

After all, they had heard what the monster on the front lines had said.

And what Lu Qing had just used was clearly some invaluable treasure.

Who knew if this person would kill them all to keep the secret?

Lu Qing saw the fear and anxiety in the eyes of the mayor and his companions, and just as he was about to say something.

Suddenly, he felt something in his heart and looked up at the sky above.

At the same time, the heaven and earth shook, and an extremely grand Dao sound descended from the sky, resounding throughout the world.

“The fourth Dao sound of heaven and earth?”

Lu Qing’s heart was shaken, and his face was uncertain.

This time, the Dao sound rang out again, and it came suddenly, as if without any warning.

And it suddenly sounded just after he killed the demon cultivator from another world.

This really made him think a lot.

“The Dao sound rings again?”

“Yan”‘s voice also appeared in Lu Qing’s mind in surprise and uncertainty.

“Isn’t the speed of evolution of the rules of heaven and earth a little too fast? Is this the fourth Dao sound of heaven and earth?”

“Senior, what kind of changes will occur in the world after the fourth Dao sound of heaven and earth?” Lu Qing asked in a deep voice.

“I can’t really explain it. This is my first time experiencing this spiritual energy revival, but the Lihuo Sect did obtain some records of this.

After the spiritual energy revives and the fourth Dao Sound is completed, the laws of

heaven and earth will evolve further. At that time, the restrictions on the powerful will be further relaxed.

At the very least, cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage will no longer be extinct.”

“Does that mean the powerful within the four secret sites will no longer be restricted and can emerge anew?”

Lu Qing’s eyes flickered, thoughtfully speaking.

“That’s possible, but it’s not certain. After all, all I know are records unearthed from a secret site by the Lihuo Sect. Whether this is true remains to be verified.”

“It should be correct.”

Lu Qing focused his mind, carefully sensing the changes in the surrounding heaven and earth.

Then he sensed that, in the deeper dimensions, the laws of heaven and earth were rapidly evolving.

The invisible constraints of the rules were quietly loosening.

The ceiling of the rules, which he had been about to reach due to his breakthrough in cultivation, had suddenly risen significantly higher.

So, “Yan” was right.

After this Dao Sound finished, Heaven and Earth’s constraints on the powerful would be greatly relaxed.

The appearance of Heaven and Earth’s Dao Sound caught everyone by surprise.

For a moment, all the Innate Realm powerhouses stood still, quietly listening to the Dao Sound.

After a moment, when the last Dao sound faded and heaven and earth remained silent for a long time, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although this wasn’t their first time listening to the Dao Sound of Heaven and

Earth, the boundless, immense power of the universe each time it sounded still made all the innate realm masters fear the slightest disrespect.

They all listened carefully and cautiously.

However, just when everyone thought it was over,

suddenly, the sky shifted again. A golden light descended from the sky, landing on Lu Qing.

It quickly merged into his body, entering the acupoint between his eyebrows.

“Huh?”

Lu Qing was startled.

The golden light had arrived so suddenly and without warning.

Even he had no time to react.

“Xiao Li, protect me.”

Furious and alarmed, Lu Qing ignored everything else and ordered Xiao Li, who had been hiding in the shadows.

He immediately immersed his mind in the acupoint between his eyebrows, observing the golden light’s path.

When Lu Qing’s mind entered the eyebrow acupoint, he saw a fist-sized ball of golden light suspended in the acupoint space.

The golden light was warm and gentle, and just looking at it gave people a sense of peace and relaxation. It looked very magical.

When Lu Qing saw this ball of golden light, he was also very surprised.

Because this golden light was not unfamiliar to him, no, it could even be said to be very familiar.

He often saw it on his master.

“The light of merit, this thing, how could it appear in the space of my eyebrow acupoint space?”

(End of this chapter)