The head master has a new female apprentice

Chapter 340 This feeling is truly captivating (6k)

Seeing this, Nangong Lu's face instantly turned ashen, and his eyes flashed with murderous intent!
"Interesting. I really underestimated you. This paper doll technique that is so realistic that it's hard to believe it's some kind of Nascent Soul enhancement technique!"

Nangong Lu suddenly clenched his fist, and black flames erupted, burning the two paper figures to ashes!

"Find them!" he shouted sternly. "Dig three feet into the ground, find them no matter what!"

The nineteen Nascent Soul Realm cultivators at the Great Perfection stage also changed their expressions slightly, because even they hadn't noticed when the other party had slipped away unnoticed.

They were fooled by two paper figures for so long!
Yes, from the very beginning they were captivated by the Blood Battle Dao of the Ghost Hound, completely ignoring the artistic conception of the masked woman.

No wonder she was seriously injured with a casual strike right from the start; perhaps she was already preparing a way to escape from that moment!

Based on the timeline, they couldn't have gone very far!
The crowd immediately scattered, their divine senses frantically sweeping across the entire ancient beast wilderness!
……

Zhou Qing held his breath and completely concealed himself in the shadow of the ancient tree, his golden pupils slightly contracting.

I almost rushed out to fight just now, but now it seems I was overthinking it.

The second senior sister's skill in paper crafting has actually reached such a high level.

It should be understood that for two mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators to escape from under the noses of twenty Great Perfection cultivators is virtually impossible.

But it is precisely this impossibility that has become the greatest cover.

How could those arrogant Nangong family cultivators have imagined that someone could slip away unnoticed right in front of them?

A cold glint flashed in Zhou Qing's eyes.

Although they managed to escape, their senior brothers and sisters must have been seriously injured and are probably fleeing deeper into the Ancient Beast Wilderness.

This also explains why the jade slip for communication did not receive a reply for so long.

Thinking of this, Zhou Qing coldly glanced at the Nangong family cultivators who were scattered and searching in the distance, and a sinister sneer appeared on his lips.

"That suits me perfectly."

Last time, when he fought nine bandits alone in the Sea of ​​No Light, he had already reached his limit.

Even he doesn't have much of a chance against twenty Nascent Soul cultivators at the Great Perfection stage.

Moreover, some supernatural powers cannot be used openly, such as the "Emperor's Scripture" series.

This would easily lead them to the Taiqing Gate.

"Unless you're absolutely certain you can kill them completely, there's no need to worry about revealing anything!"

A cold glint flashed in his eyes, which he then suppressed.

The aura emanating from the young man from the Nangong family who was leading the group made him instinctively feel that there was danger.

Zhou Qing tried to contact the jade slip again, but it remained silent and offered no response.

"Those who harm my loved ones shall die!"

Zhou Qing's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and then he stealthily headed southeast.

Two cultivators from the Nangong family searched the area.

My senior brother and sister are seriously injured and can't get very far.

What he needs to do now is to take care of a portion of them before they find them and before they are scattered.

……

Soon, he saw the two people walking through the dense forest, occasionally sending out their divine sense to scan their surroundings.

"It's now!"

The moment the two were probing each other back to back, Zhou Qing immediately transformed into the second form of the Golden-Winged Roc and suddenly attacked!

His entire body transformed into a golden lightning bolt, and the tetanus shot straight for one of the people's throats.

"Pfft!"

Perhaps to minimize his presence, the man didn't even have time to react before the broken sword pierced his throat, and blood gushed out instantly!

"Old Yu!"

The other cultivator, filled with shock and anger, suddenly turned around.

His spiritual energy surged wildly, and a crimson longsword was drawn from its sheath, its surface wreathed in constantly dancing blood-red runes.

"court death!"

He roared, and his blade moved like a raging dragon emerging from the sea, aiming straight for Zhou Qing's neck!
however--

"The Emperor's Majesty!"

Golden light surged in Zhou Qing's eyes, and an unparalleled majesty suddenly descended.

The man's sword strike involuntarily faltered, and a strange sense of retreat arose in his heart!
"Boom!"

Zhou Qing's figure suddenly disappeared, and when he reappeared, he was already behind this person, sweeping across with his tetanus sword!

"Pfft!"

The cultivator's right arm was severed at the shoulder, and blood gushed out!

"what!!"

He screamed in agony, his eyes filled with disbelief, "Who...who are you?!"

Zhou Qing sneered, not answering at all, and raised his left hand.

"boom!"

The blazing Golden Crow True Fire transformed into a firebird and slammed directly into the opponent's chest!
"what--!"

He was sent flying backward, his chest charred black, and blood gushed out from his severed arm and the wound on his chest, with no way to stop the bleeding!

Zhou Qing, like a cold assassin, suddenly had a pair of blood-red wings appear on his back, and a strange devouring power erupted, quickly enveloping him.

When they unfolded again, the two had transformed into a blood-red crystal no bigger than a broad bean.

"First objective, resolved!"

Zhou Qing put away the blood crystal and storage bag, and lightly tapped the communication jade slips he had taken from the two people.

The jade slip was covered in flashing spiritual patterns, displaying the real-time locations of the Nangong family cultivators as they dispersed to search.

"Heh, that's convenient."

A cold smile curled at the corner of his lips. Just as he was about to head to the next hunting location, the jade slip suddenly vibrated.

"Old Lan, have you found anything here?"

A cold glint flashed in Zhou Qing's eyes, and he replied as spiritual energy circulated at his fingertips, "Not yet!"

He put away the jade slip, and with a swift movement, headed straight for his next target.

……

Deep in the dense forest, Nangong Yue knelt on one knee, his palm pressed firmly against the ground.

Ripples of earthy yellow light spread from his palm, a result of his "Mountainous Realm" taking effect—[Earth Vein Perception].

Behind him, a phantom light screen slowly unfolded, revealing majestic mountains shrouded in mist.

This is the manifestation of his artistic conception, enabling him to perceive the movements within a radius of hundreds of miles through the earth.

"Strange..." Nangong Yue frowned and looked behind him. "I clearly sensed people around me just now, how did they disappear?"

However, he quickly came to terms with it, thinking that it might just be some kind of monster.

After all, this is the Ancient Beast Wilderness, where there is no shortage of all kinds of ferocious beasts.

Just as he was about to get up, he suddenly sensed the earth's ley lines trembling again.

The vibration was extremely faint, as if someone had deliberately slowed their footsteps.

"not good!"

Nangong Yue suddenly opened his eyes, and the mountain light screen behind him instantly solidified.

However, it was too late—

"laugh!"

A rusty, broken sword had pierced his back!

"Ugh!"

Nangong Yue spat out a mouthful of blood, looking down in disbelief at the sword tip protruding from his chest.

"Mountain Town!"

He endured the excruciating pain and formed a mudra with his hands.

The mountains in the light screen behind him trembled violently, and a terrifying suppressive force pressed down on them.

However, the expected sound of a heavy object hitting the ground did not occur.

Nangong Yue turned around in shock, only to see a golden figure suddenly transform into thousands of lightning bolts and dissipate the moment the suppressing power was about to hit him!

After killing the two people, Zhou Qing had already changed into his own unique chicken head mask.

You're looking for me, right? Well then, I'll grant your wish.

"It's you!" At this moment, Nangong Yue was horrified when he finally saw the mask on Zhou Qing's face.

Before he could finish speaking, Zhou Qing's true form appeared above his head, with the Golden Crow Flame in his left hand and the Tetanus Broken Sword in his right, both descending at the same time!
"boom!"

The dazzling Golden Crow True Fire and the mountain's artistic conception collided violently, bursting out with blinding light. The shockwave swept through, shattering all the ancient trees within a radius of dozens of feet!
Nangong Yue crossed his arms, and his body radiated a burst of earth-yellow spiritual light, forcefully resisting the burning of the Golden Crow True Fire.

But his sleeves had turned to ashes, and his skin was charred black.

He gritted his teeth and growled, his spiritual energy surging wildly within him as he tried to stabilize the collapsing mountain-like aura.

however--

"The Emperor's Majesty!"

Golden light surged in Zhou Qing's eyes, and an unparalleled majesty suddenly descended, as if the heavens were collapsing and all living beings were bowing down!
Nangong Yue's heart trembled violently, and his mind wavered involuntarily. The originally solid mountain light curtain shattered inch by inch like glass!

"puff!"

He coughed up a mouthful of blood, staggered back several steps, and his eyes were filled with terror.

"I knew Young Master Rooster was strong... but I didn't expect him to be this strong!"

He was shocked, but as a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm, he had extremely rich combat experience. He immediately suppressed his injuries and slammed his hands on the ground!
"Mountains hold prison!"

"Rumble--"

The earth trembled, and countless boulders burst from the ground, transforming into small mountains that pressed down on Zhou Qing!

At the same time, he retreated rapidly, trying to create distance, and took out a crimson pill from his storage bag, swallowing it without hesitation!
"Blood-Burning Pill?!"

Zhou Qing raised an eyebrow, his eyes growing even colder.

Second Senior Sister had such a pill. She almost swallowed it last time at the Taichu Dojo, but Baihe beat her to it.

At this moment, after swallowing the pill, Nangong Yue's aura suddenly surged, and his skin turned an abnormal crimson.

Clearly, it comes at the cost of burning one's life essence in exchange for a temporary boost in strength!
"Today I'll see if you really are as rumored to be, capable of taking on nine opponents at once!"

He roared, his hands forming a hand seal, and the earth-yellow spiritual light around him transformed into a mountain-like armor.

At the same time, the ground cracked open, and a huge stone pillar shot into the sky, piercing straight at Zhou Qing!
"Your foundation is much stronger than those two's!" Zhou Qing snorted coldly, his figure flashed, and the Golden-Winged Roc burst forth with extreme speed, instantly dodging the stone pillar's thrust.

At the same time, he made a hand seal with his left hand, and lightning flashed in his palm!
Suddenly, a huge phantom of a Suanni appeared behind them, roaring to the sky.

"Boom!"

Immediately afterwards, a bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket descended from the sky and struck Nangong Yue hard!

"what--!"

Nangong Yue trembled violently, his mountain armor cracked inch by inch, and blood spilled from his seven orifices, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered, slapping the ground with both hands again!
"Earth Vein Cage"

"boom!"

The ground beneath Zhou Qing's feet suddenly collapsed, and countless stone spikes shot out from all directions, trying to trap and kill him!

Zhou Qing's body suddenly erupted with golden flames, and the blazing flames transformed into a ring of fire, instantly incinerating the incoming stone spikes into ashes!

At the same time, he flashed forward and thrust his tetanus sword straight at Nangong Yue's throat!

"Ah—" Blood gushed out, and Nangong Yue's face turned deathly pale, but the ferocity in his eyes did not diminish. Ignoring his injuries, he grabbed Zhou Qing's wrist holding the sword and grinned maliciously, "Got you!"

"Mountain Explosion!"

His spiritual energy was being compressed wildly, and he was about to self-destruct his primordial spirit and perish together with Zhou Qing!
A cold glint flashed in Zhou Qing's eyes, and his left hand suddenly pressed down on Nangong Yue's chest—

"Shh!"

A pair of crimson wings suddenly unfurled, completely enveloping Nangong Yue!
A terrifying devouring power erupted, and the spiritual energy that had been frantically compressed within his body was forcibly extracted, like a mud ox sinking into the sea!

"No...impossible!"

Nangong Yue screamed in terror, but could only watch helplessly as his vital energy, spiritual power, and even his life force were devoured!
In just a few breaths, after the Blood Wings unfolded, another broad bean crystal appeared in his hand.

"Faster!"

A cold glint flashed in Zhou Qing's eyes, and three Blood Phoenix Crystals floated up in his palm, emitting an eerie red light.

Without hesitation, he activated the Yin-Yang Technique, and the crystal rapidly transformed into three blood lines that entered his body.

"boom!"

A surge of vital energy exploded within the meridians, and the previously depleted spiritual power recovered at an astonishing speed.

Blood-red lines appeared on the skin's surface, then disappeared in an instant.

When Zhou Qing opened his eyes again, his pupils were tinged with a faint golden-red.

"It's several times better than all the top-grade spirit stones!" Zhou Qing exclaimed.

Then he glanced at the dots on the map, his gaze sweeping coldly into the distance.

"Who will be the next lucky one...?"

……

Deep in the ancient beast wilderness, Nangong Lu stood on a three-colored array, his black robes fluttering in the wind.

Before him floated an ancient bronze mirror, its surface rippling like water, clearly reflecting the figures of the ghost mastiff and the masked woman, who were meditating against the rock wall.

"This 'Sky-Gazing Mirror' bestowed by Master is indeed extraordinary."

Nangong Lu lightly stroked the mirror's surface with his fingertips, and three ancient runes suddenly lit up. "Three Talents Spirit Locking Array—Activate!"

"Boom!"

The earth trembled within a radius of a hundred miles, and beams of light in shades of blue, white, and black shot into the sky, intertwining to form a spiritual energy cage that blotted out the sun and sealed off the entire area within a thousand miles.

Inside the cave, the Ghost Mastiff suddenly opened its eyes, the Black Scale Spear already in its hand.

Luo Lingling's face was deathly pale, and her fingertips trembled slightly: "It will take at least ten days for my Nascent Soul to condense into a paper doll again."

“They won’t fall into the same pit twice,” Ghost Mastiff said in a deep voice. “Send a message to Junior Brother, saying that we have had an epiphany and will be going into seclusion for a while.”

Luo Lingling shook her head: "Let's not. Xiao Aqing is smarter than all of us right now. The more she says, the more suspicious she will become."

She paused, her voice lowering, "His talent and future are worth protecting with our lives."

“I understand.” Ghost Mastiff gripped his spear tightly. “Without him, you and I would have been buried in the Primordial Dojo and the Blood Maple Forest long ago. We’re lucky to be alive now.”

Luo Lingling chuckled: "It's just a pity that we won't see the day when Xiao Aqing advances to the Spirit Slayer realm."

"Life is full of regrets." Ghost Mastiff's gaze was resolute. "At least this time, I have my senior brother here!"

After Luo Lingling laughed, a resolute glint flashed in her eyes: "They will definitely use us to coerce our junior brother into walking into their trap."

“Especially since I called them big idiots and said they were doomed to die and were going to self-destruct, I don’t want to suffer.”

"After I die, remember, I am the senior brother!" Ghost Hound interrupted decisively.

Luo Lingling paused for a moment, then laughed again: "I know, you've always wanted to be ahead of me in everything since you were little."

She took a deep breath. "But it's too early to talk about that now. You protect me while I try to understand the essence of the art. Maybe I can find a glimmer of hope."

Before she finished speaking, she had already sat cross-legged, her body radiating a hazy blue light.

Ghost Mastiff gripped its spear tightly, guarding it warily in front of it.

……

At the same time, Nangong Lu stood with his hands behind his back at the center of the formation, looking at the eight cultivators who had arrived one after another, and frowned slightly: "Where are the others?"

Although this formation has locked onto this area and can even see their images, the region is vast and there are too many similar places, so it is not easy to find them in a short time.

"Reporting to Daozi, they sent word that they are on their way at full speed," an elder replied with a bow.

Nangong Lu nodded slightly, but his gaze grew increasingly gloomy.

The group waited for a while, but no one arrived, which made Nangong Lu frown.

"Snapped!"

The next moment, Nangong Lu suddenly raised his hand and slapped his forehead hard, making a crisp sound.

But a strange smile slowly crept onto his lips.

"I was careless."

He slowly turned around, his eyes gleaming with excitement, and then looked towards the dark jungle in the distance.

"I thought you'd leave after saving the Ghost Hound," Nangong Lu said with a hint of mockery. "I was even plotting how to torture them to lure you out."

He suddenly threw his head back and laughed loudly: "I never expected this! You've actually been right beside us all along!"

The laughter stopped abruptly, and Nangong Lu's face suddenly darkened: "This time it was my oversight that gave you the opportunity to defeat them one by one."

"I hope they're just trapped. If they all die, I won't be able to explain it to my master."

Upon hearing this, the remaining eight people immediately reacted, their expressions changed drastically, and they quickly became alert, cautiously looking around.

"rustle."

Deep in the dense forest, withered leaves swayed in the stillness of the wind.

A figure stepped out of the air. Under the moonlight, the hideous chicken-head mask gleamed coldly, and the rusty broken sword trembled slightly in his hand, with faint arcs of lightning rolling around it.

Are you talking about them?

Zhou Qing raised his hand and waved it, and twelve blood-stained storage bags floated in mid-air, swaying gently in the night breeze.

"This...this is impossible!" an elder exclaimed in disbelief.

Nangong Lu narrowed his eyes, but a regretful expression appeared on his face: "What a pity. But it's okay."

He suddenly grinned, "As long as my Nangong family has a Spirit Slayer expert in charge, we can have as many Nascent Soul cultivators as we want!"

“Especially those who have reached the Great Perfection, all want to hear my master’s teachings and try to cross that threshold.”

At this point, his gaze was fixed on Zhou Qing's mask, his eyes flashing with a morbid excitement: "But you... you mustn't take off your mask yourself."

He licked his lips. "I want to peel it off myself and hang it in the most conspicuous place in the training room!"

"Ah"

A disdainful snort came from beneath the mask.

No wonder I sensed danger from this person; I never expected him to be a disciple of that powerful expert from the Nangong family who had reached the Spirit Severing Realm.

But so what? Ever since he killed the first Nascent Soul Grand Perfection cultivator from the Nangong family, the two sides have been locked in a life-or-death struggle.

Moreover, this person definitely possesses unimaginable benefits!
"You big idiot!" Zhou Qing mimicked her second senior sister, raising a middle finger at him.

"court death!"

Nangong Lu's eyes flashed with killing intent, and he charged forward without any fancy techniques, only the purest killing intent!
"Never mind him, he's mine!" Nangong Lu roared, and in the next moment he was in front of Zhou Qing.

"boom!"

The two clashed instantly, their fists and feet striking each other, creating a dull thud!

Zhou Qing dodged Nangong Lu's straight punch by sidestepping and then delivered a backhand elbow strike to his head.

"boom!"

Nangong Lu raised his arm to block, and at the same time, his knee slammed down, aiming straight for Zhou Qing's abdomen!
Zhou Qing's figure flashed, leaving only an afterimage in his place.

Nangong Lu's knee strike missed, but he suddenly changed his move and swept out with a whip kick!
"Snapped!"

The air was sucked out and exploded, emitting a piercing shriek!

Instead of retreating, Zhou Qing advanced, closing in on Nangong Lu with his tetanus-infused sword aimed straight for his throat!
"clang!"

Nangong Lu actually used his elbow to strike the broken sword, producing a metallic clang!

"Looks thin and weak, yet he's a body cultivator?" Zhou Qing sneered.

"Now you know, it's too late!" Nangong Lu grinned maliciously, unleashing a barrage of punches like a torrential downpour!
"Bang bang bang!"

Fists filled the sky, each strike carrying terrifying force, and the ground cracked from the aftershocks!

Zhou Qing parried with his broken sword, his body constantly retreating. It must be said that this guy's physical cultivation was much more troublesome than Tu Qianyue, the leader of the Jieyun Bandits.

"boom!"

Nangong Lu delivered a powerful punch to Zhou Qing's chest, the sound of bones shattering clearly audible!
"cough!"

Zhou Qing coughed up a mouthful of blood, the excruciating pain from his broken ribs causing him to freeze.

"Is that all you have?"

Nangong Lu grinned maliciously, his attacks relentless, unleashing another sweeping kick!
"Crack!"

Zhou Qing blocked with his left arm, and his arm bone broke instantly!

"Hahaha!" Nangong Lu laughed wildly, "Your bones seem to be as hard as your mouth!"

Then, in the next second, Zhou Qing's broken bones suddenly glowed with golden light, and the shattered bone fragments healed at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Such incredible recovery ability caused Nangong Lu's pupils to shrink suddenly.

"Very surprised?"

Zhou Qing sneered, his broken left arm suddenly clenched into a fist, and he slammed it hard towards Nangong Lu's face!

"boom!"

Nangong Lu was blasted back several steps by this punch, his nose collapsed, and blood flowed freely!

"Let's stop with this low-level probing, like ordinary people fighting. After all, I'm very busy too!"

Zhou Qing flicked his wrist, his eyes cold beneath the mask.

"Then as you wish!"

Enraged, Nangong Lu suddenly retreated ten feet, his right hand plunging into his own back—

"Crack!"

A chilling cracking sound rang out as he forcefully pulled out his own spine!

The spine was entirely black, with distinct joints, each segment wreathed in eerie green flames.

As soon as it appeared in the world, it let out a shrill scream, as if thousands of vengeful souls were wailing!
"Nine-Section Soul-Destroying Whip—Appear!"

Nangong Lu grinned and swung his bone whip, the whip twisting as if it were alive, and wherever it passed, even the air was corroded with black marks!

“Nurture evil soldiers with your own spine?” Zhou Qing frowned. “You’re ruthless enough.”

"There are many things in this world that you haven't seen!" Nangong Lu laughed wildly and lashed out with his whip!
"Snapped!"

The whip flashed like lightning, and Zhou Qing couldn't dodge in time. His left arm was grazed, and his skin was immediately torn open!

Even more terrifying, eerie green flames were burning at the wound site, and the flesh was rotting at a visible speed!

"Under the Soul-Destroying Whip, flesh and blood melt away, and the soul is annihilated!" Nangong Lu laughed loudly, "Let's see how you recover!"

however--

Golden light surged from Zhou Qing's wound, accompanied by chanting Buddhist hymns, which actually forced the ghost fire out!

As the flesh writhed, the injury healed instantly once again!
"What?!" Nangong Lu's smile froze completely. "Impossible! What kind of divine power are you cultivating?"

“Your fire isn’t strong enough,” Zhou Qing said, not expecting that the “Demon-Subduing Golden Bone” from Jiyuan Temple would be so powerful.

With a cold laugh, Tetanus shot straight towards the Southern Palace to behead...

(End of this chapter)