A life of clearness

Chapter 472 Provocation
Shaoyao made a hand gesture and the hundreds of blood-red spikes that had pierced Rong Qing's body were immediately pulled out, turning into the shape of silk and instantly colliding with the white chains thrown out from Xiran's sleeves.

Layers of shock waves spread out like ripples.

The next moment after the collision, the silk and the chain became entangled. The two powerful body cultivators pounced and engaged in a close combat.

Amazing.

Rong Qing stood up with the help of Guanhan's arm. The wounds on her body healed quickly and did not look as terrible as before.

She was not in a hurry to leave the light at this moment. The two powerful masters of the realm were fighting fiercely, and even the residual waves could cause considerable damage to Rong Qing's current body. With this resistance light, even if the residual waves reached Rong Qing, they would be weakened to the point where they were.

Rong Qing was standing at the sidelines and it was really enjoyable to watch this time.

As Rong Qing had guessed before, Shaoyao was a warrior who sold blood. The lower her blood line was, the stronger her attack power would be. She would even take the damage on her own initiative. The blood that was beaten out formed strange runes, constantly adding strength to her.

It can be considered a disguised method of increasing the amplitude of physical strength.

Peony was constantly injured, her body grew weaker, and her strength grew stronger.

Weakness and strength coexist so harmoniously in the same person.

Xi Ran was using the standard Qinghuang Dao basic martial arts. The dry branch in his hand was tens of millions times harder than gold and stone. Every blow he struck at Shaoyao left a deep mark on the opponent's flesh.

"Xi Ran and Shao Yao are probably of the same generation and have fought each other before, so he must know Shao Yao's trick. But Xi Ran still fought very resolutely and... steadily."

Yes, steady.

Xi Ran didn't care at all that Shaoyao's counterattack power was constantly increasing. She just used her martial arts to inflict real damage on Shaoyao, causing her breath to continue to weaken.

"Does she want to severely injure Shaoyao?" Rong Qing suddenly realized that there was a loophole in her previous promise. She only said that Shaoyao would be severely injured, but Xi Ran could let Shaoyao escape. Xi Ran's strength allowed her to do this.

Rong Qing just hoped that Shaoyao wouldn't lose so miserably.

The scent of peony was noticeably weaker.

At this moment, the red-clothed female cultivator heard a series of crisp bone sounds coming from her body.

It is visible to the naked eye that the peony has grown a head taller.

Rong Qing's eyes lit up: "Finally locked the blood!"

Even a crazy martial arts practitioner couldn't keep selling blood endlessly. After reaching the desired attack power, he had to consider his own safety. The so-called blood lock was to use secret techniques to greatly strengthen the body's defense.

Since Shaoyao chose to sell blood to become stronger, how could she not prepare the secret method of locking blood?

It is no exaggeration to say that the peony at this moment has a body of steel.

The red-dressed nun curled up her lips into a smile.

"This is my strongest state." Shaoyao said softly: "Come to think of it, I haven't really fought with you yet."

"Mad man." Xi Ran said coldly.

"Why be so formal with me?" Shaoyao laughed loudly, and her voice spread all around, so that every cultivator present could hear it clearly: "Didn't you know me very well when you promised me before? It's a pity that you are unlucky. I have accomplished everything I wanted to do, but you, since entering the Beiyuan Secret Realm, everything has gone wrong."

"Nonsense. If you hadn't begged me to join our Juntian Sect and even offered to exchange a key, how could I have listened to you and let you in? You said you wanted to make the treasure hunt smoother, but in fact you wanted to harm Junior Sister Yu and even wanted to sow discord between the Qinghuang lineage and the direct lineage." The blood-locked Shaoyao was already very close to Xi Ran's combat power in terms of attack. While Xi Ran was concentrating on the battle, he had to explain to the cultivators present. After the battle, he had to lead the Qinghuang lineage to grab the treasure. At that time, he would face Ming Jing and others in their complete state.

Xi Ran gritted his teeth secretly: This time my luck is really as Shaoyao said, extremely bad.

But thinking of the Phoenix Taoist, Xi Ran's eyes remained firm. She was determined to get the treasure in the treasure room.

"Provoke?" Shaoyao's arms were locked with Xiran's arms. Her fingers pinched Xiran's pulse point, but the dry branch in Xiran's hand was already against her throat.

A clear bloodstain appeared on Shaoyao's fair neck.

"Do I need to sow discord between you and Yu Rong? Do I need to sow discord between Phoenix City and Juntian Dao Sect? I have already recorded how you managed to make a deal with me."

"There's no need to blame someone if you want to."

At this moment, Xiran and Shaoyao were very close to each other, and Shaoyao could even hear the sound of each other gritting teeth.

Xi Ran narrowed his eyes dangerously: "I would like to ask, are you doing this out of your own selfish motives, or is it instructed by Wuming Valley?"

So you're waiting here.

Shaoyao knew the answer to this question very well. It not only concerned Juntian Sect and Wuming Valley, but also whether the remaining cultivators in Phoenix City would rush up and fight in a group.

Shaoyao could have put the blame on Yu Rong, but with such a shaky stance, all her previous words would have become nonsense, and the blame would not really be put on Yu Rong. Therefore, she had to insist that it was Xi Ran who planned to harm Yu Rong.

In this way, no matter what Xi Ran said, others could conspire and say that what Xi Ran said were all excuses.

Xiran and Shaoyao have been on guard against each other since the beginning of the transaction. Shaoyao even insisted on appearing in Xiran's team in order to prevent herself from being completely turned against by Xiran.

"Humph." Shaoyao didn't answer directly, but just said: "You can stop other people's mouths but you can't stop their thoughts. Xiran, you are just deceiving yourself."

The female cultivator in red looked at Rong Qing meaningfully, then extended the red silk and lashed it towards Xi Ran's head, chest and abdomen, and she herself accelerated rapidly and flew upwards.

Sure enough, Xi Ran loosened the strength between his arms and turned to use long-range high-level techniques.

The cultivators watching on the sidelines were either the best in the realm of control or in the realm of transformation. As soon as this high-level technique appeared, they felt something in their hearts and stayed away from it.

This technique is extremely powerful! But when Xi Ran chose to release his hands, it was destined that this high-level technique was only performed for others, especially Rong Qing.

If Shaoyao died from this great skill, it would not be Xiran's fault. If Shaoyao managed to escape, Xiran would have fulfilled his promise to seriously injure Shaoyao.

The deep water was quiet for a moment.

This moment of silence was extremely long, yet seemed very short.

Faster than the violent roar was the explosion with dazzling light, and the shock wave instantly pushed away the thousands of miles of lake water.

At this moment, thousands of monks, although underwater, seemed to be suspended in the air.

Rong Qing was in the resistance light, and the shock wave was already very weak when it reached her position. Even so, she still felt obvious vibrations on her body surface.

"This is the power of Zhijing." Rong Qing sighed in her heart: "I heard from Senior Brother before that the fifth or sixth level of Huashen can be comparable to Zhijing. I'm afraid it's only comparable to the most basic and ordinary Zhijing. It's not that easy to fight across levels. Shaoyao still held back a lot before..."

(End of this chapter)