Immortal Refiner

On the Dao Discussion Stage, the final round of drawing lots had concluded.

Li Qing looked at the lot in his hand, which emanated a faint aura, belonging to Yan Huizhi, the person recommended by Prince Huai.

He subconsciously looked forward, his eyes meeting those of the young master from the prestigious family.

The latter revealed a gentle smile and said, "It seems my luck is not bad, and your luck seems to have run out."

With the drawing of lots complete, Li Qing would face Yan Huizhi, while the Liyang Imperial Prince would face the strongman of the Elephant Camel Clan.

The winners of the two groups would enter the final competition. Whoever could take the final victory would be able to take away the Black Iron Small Shield and obtain access to the Profound Heaven Divine Palace.

At the thought of the Profound Heaven Divine Palace's reputation throughout the Spirit Realm, many people present felt a burning desire in their hearts.

There had once been a Completion Stage expert who had obtained the opportunity to advance to the Great Vehicle Stage within this divine palace, and successfully attained the Great Vehicle Stage fruit, reigning supreme in the Spirit Realm for a hundred thousand years.

This was not just a rumor, but a real event that had occurred.

Now, this divine palace, adrift in the void beyond the heavens, had actually landed on the Azure Billow Continent, attracting countless experts to cross the vast and endless ocean, all for the Profound Heaven Divine Treasure.

"Sometimes, luck is hard to predict."

Amidst this discussion, the smile on Prince Huai's face became even brighter, almost unable to contain his laughter.

This draw was very ideal. The person he recommended could not only preserve his strength, but also continue to hide his means.

And the other two would definitely use all their tricks in the upcoming battle. Even if someone won, Yan Huizhi would be able to deal with it very well.

Prince Ning's expression was calm. He glanced at Li Qing and said softly, "Do your best and don't have any reservations."

Hearing this, Li Qing smiled wryly. He knew that Prince Ning was subtly warning him.

The implication was to swallow the Boiling Blood Pill without worry, and he would bear the consequences if anything happened, and to do everything possible to stop Yan Huizhi.

Of course, even if he really lost, he had to force out as many of Yan Huizhi's trump cards as possible, and not let him advance too easily.

Li Qing said nothing. He cupped his fist towards Prince Ning, and then leaped onto the Dao Discussion Stage.

Wearing a white robe, Yan Huizhi stepped onto the stage step by step. He looked like a refined scholar, with an aura of detachment from the world, and no hint of hostility on his body.

Yan Huizhi said indifferently, "You are very skilled in the Dao of Fire. Unfortunately, my Yan family has a Di-grade spiritual treasure called the Fire-Avoiding Canopy, which I happen to have brought with me."

"That's why I said your luck has run out. This Fire-Avoiding Canopy can resist the burning of many spiritual fires, unless you master true Immortal Fire or comprehend the power of the Law of Fire, otherwise it is impossible to break it with the power of spiritual fire."

Hearing this, Li Qing was slightly stunned, not expecting that he even had such a fire-avoiding spiritual treasure.

If that was the case, then it was indeed very restraining to him, as almost half of his methods came from the Dao of Fire.

"A Di-grade spiritual treasure, the Fire-Avoiding Canopy? Then I really want to see it!" Li Qing said, flames gradually emerging from his body.

It wasn't that he didn't believe it, but as a Refiner, he really wanted to see such a magical spiritual treasure.

Yan Huizhi smiled casually, and then nodded, hooking his left hand in the void.

Buzz!

A layer of dark red light emerged, completely covering a few meters around him.

Seeing this scene, Li Qing flicked his fingers repeatedly.

Swish swish swish!

Streams of various colors of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire transformed into dense raindrops and shot towards Yan Huizhi. However, these terrifyingly hot spiritual fires, upon touching the layer of dark red light, melted away like real raindrops.

And this layer of fire-avoiding light shield only rippled a few times.

"Amazing!" Li Qing praised sincerely, then formed hand seals with both hands, fusing the four Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fires together, and finally condensed a Fire Dragon that charged towards the refined youth protected by the Fire-Avoiding Canopy.

The Fire Dragon charged past with a violent aura. After the intense flames dissipated, Yan Huizhi in the Fire-Avoiding Canopy still stood unharmed in place, his expression extremely calm.

"Tsk tsk tsk, it is said that when the Yan family's ancestor and the Taizu Emperor conquered the world, they established immortal feats with three exotic treasures, namely the Wind-Calming Pearl, the Fire-Avoiding Canopy, and the Water-Dividing Needle. I didn't expect that Yan Huizhi has already mastered one of them."

"It seems that this early-stage Refining Void kid has exhausted his skills, knowing that there is a Fire-Avoiding Canopy and still using the Dao of Fire supernatural power."

"In my opinion, it's better to just admit defeat."

The discussions outside the arena fell into Li Qing's ears, but still did not cause any waves in his mind. His expression was quite calm.

"It really is a good treasure, Li has learned a lot, but just relying on a fire-avoiding exotic treasure to make me admit defeat is far from enough."

Yan Huizhi suddenly chuckled: "It seems that fellow Daoist still has some other tricks, why not let me see them."

Boom!

Only to see a towering giant hammer suddenly emerge, covered with dense Dao patterns.

The Mixed Yuan Peerless Hammer!

This natal treasure that had been with Li Qing since the Core Formation stage now also possessed the power of a Mysterious-grade spiritual treasure.

Over the years, he had been constantly nurturing and refining it with his own true essence, and now its power was quite impressive.

He urged the Mixed Yuan Peerless Hammer, directly smashing towards Yan Huizhi.

The latter's expression was still calm, but he slowly raised his right hand and pointed a finger.

The space in front seemed to solidify, the Peerless Hammer only fell halfway, and was firmly fixed in the air.

"Extinguish!"

Without knowing when, Li Qing took out a precious furnace gleaming with strange light.

It was the Extinction Furnace!

Only to see a rainbow light with an aura of destruction emerge from the furnace, overwhelmingly surging towards Yan Huizhi.

But Yan Huizhi did not even move a step, only slowly forming hand seals with both hands, and a repulsive force vibrated out, actually resisting all these rays of light.

Below the stage, someone exclaimed:

"It's the 'Heaven and Earth Concordance Contract', the Yan family's secret unique skill. Once cultivated, it can merge with the surrounding heaven and earth, and even control the surrounding heaven and earth."

"I have also heard of it, but this secret skill is extremely difficult to cultivate, and the conditions are quite harsh."

"It seems that Yan Huizhi is finally getting serious, is he trying to end the battle as soon as possible without wasting time?"

Yan Huizhi whispered: "Strip!"

Whoosh!

Whether it was the Peerless Hammer or the light released by the Extinction Furnace, all were dispelled.

The battle had progressed to now, and Li Qing had not even touched the corner of his clothes.

It seemed that there was no suspense in this battle, and no one thought that Li Qing would have even a trace of a chance to win.

"Still not giving up?" Yan Huizhi frowned, he felt that Li Qing was just stubbornly holding on, and he had already given him enough face.

Now, he was still standing on the stage, performing a scene of perseverance, which was really a bit ignorant.

"Give up? I think this battle has only just begun," Li Qing replied with a smile.

"Hmph! To avoid wasting any more time, it seems I have no choice but to personally send you off the stage," Yan Huizhi's eyes gradually turned cold.

Boom!

The aura of a late-stage Refining Void realm cultivator erupted from his body, and he took out a large saber that was extremely incompatible with his temperament!

This domineering saber, held in Yan Huizhi's hand, looked rather awkward, with a sense of incongruity.

Yan Huizhi took a step forward, holding this pitch-black saber and instantly charged out, directly slashing at Li Qing.

The terrifying blade, merely unsheathed, cleaved through the space, as if to divide the world before Yan Huizhi into two.

Just as everyone thought Li Qing was about to die under this strike, a burst of dazzling golden light bloomed.

Clang!

In the next moment, an even sharper aura suddenly appeared between heaven and earth!

Li Qing held the Immortal Slaughtering Sword horizontally in one hand, blocking this strike solidly.

Yan Huizhi, at close range, clearly felt the sharpness of the golden killing sword before him. If it weren't for the ink saber in his hand blocking it, he would already be in a state of separated head and body.

The Immortal Slaughtering Sword, already fused with the Metallic Strange Light, had long since transformed into a genuine Earth-grade spiritual treasure, and after Li Qing advanced to the Refining Void stage, it had undergone another tribulation of heavenly lightning.

Now, the Immortal Slaughtering Sword is a rather outstanding existence even among Earth-grade spiritual treasures.

"Kill!"

Li Qing roared lowly, his body's mana boiling as if surging, all poured into the Immortal Slaughtering Sword.

Swish!

A sharp sword qi burst out from the blade of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword. Yan Huizhi's expression changed slightly, and he retreated sharply, holding his saber.

However, this golden sword qi followed closely, and he couldn't dodge it in time, so he could only use the large saber in his hand to block it.

Clang!

An extremely loud vibration spread out, and Yan Huizhi's face turned pale. His natal spiritual treasure was damaged, a gap was cut out by the sword qi of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, and he himself was also slightly affected.

"Good sword!"

"Hiss, such a sharp killing sword, it's at least at the level of an Earth-grade spiritual treasure, right?"

"I didn't expect this person to possess such a remarkable spiritual treasure. It seems he has some background."

"This sword has the potential to grow into a Heaven-penetrating spiritual treasure. In the future, it may be able to ascend to the Chaos Myriad Spirits Ranking."

As soon as the words 'Chaos Myriad Spirits Ranking' came out, many people outside the arena narrowed their eyes, scanning the golden killing sword in Li Qing's hand with extremely serious gazes.

Under normal circumstances, the Immortal Slaughtering Sword's sharpness is restrained, and no peculiarity can be seen at all.

But as soon as Li Qing activates it, the Immortal Slaughtering Sword will reveal its sharpness, showing the elegance of an unparalleled killing sword.

"It is indeed an unparalleled precious sword. This child's fortune is not bad. I see that this sword has a metallic baleful aura, I am afraid it has fused with a Strange Light from Beyond the Heavens called Metal Origin Baleful Light."

"It's actually a Strange Light from Beyond the Heavens. These heavenly lights are fleeting like meteors. He was able to obtain one and fuse it into his precious sword."

"Earlier, His Majesty also tried to capture the fleeting heavenly light in the night sky, but unfortunately failed."

"..."

Li Qing held the Immortal Slaughtering Sword diagonally, the mana in his body still surging. Behind him, a pair of pitch-black wings had appeared at some point.

In the next moment, he raised the Immortal Slaughtering Sword high, while also activating the Golden Thread Treasure Armor, using this treasure armor to bring a certain power boost to himself.

His aura suddenly increased, rising section by section, and the mana in his body poured out, all poured into the Immortal Slaughtering Sword in his hand.

The heaven and earth elemental power was also mobilized by Li Qing at this moment, and with his thoughts, they were all drawn to the blade of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword.

The dazzling golden light bloomed from the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, and its brilliance even replaced the scorching sun in the sky.

Feeling something was wrong, Yan Huizhi's face was incomparably pale. His hands were constantly forming seals, while chanting words in his mouth.

"'The Kinship of the Three,' Reversing Yin and Yang, Reversing Heaven and Earth..."

And Li Qing just slowly opened his mouth and said:

"White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash!"

This sword almost split the entire world in half. The originally indestructible Dao Platform appeared with a large number of cracks under the sharpness of this sword, and the restrictions on the Dao Platform were also collapsing and disintegrating inch by inch.

Such a high platform, specially built for Dao discussions and martial arts performances, was now about to collapse.

"Not good!"

"Hurry up and take action, otherwise, the palace will be cut open."

"This kid is really surprising!"

"..."

Even the Empress also stood up from the phoenix palanquin. A gentle halo appeared in her hands, directly enveloping the entire Dao arena.

The terrifying golden light slashed out from Li Qing's sword flew out, destroying all the materials along the way.

Before this golden sword qi approached, Yan Huizhi, who was trying to activate a forbidden secret technique, suddenly spat out a mouthful of bright red blood, and the white gown on his body burst at the first moment.

In the next moment, an extremely hideous sword wound appeared on his body, and even the protective armor he was wearing failed to withstand this sword.

Under the action of the powerful cultivators in the Composite Body stage, this terrifying sword qi did not affect the area outside the Dao arena.

But the entire Dao arena was also destroyed in an instant. This sword of Li Qing was really too terrifying.

And Yan Huizhi was already in a coma at this moment, and his aura was also weakened to the extreme, looking like he had suffered extremely serious injuries.

"Courting death! You actually launched a deadly attack in such a competition, you must not be allowed to live!"

Prince Huai's long hair danced wildly without wind, and his pupils showed a look of shock and anger. Seeing that the Black Iron Token about to be obtained was lost just like that.

Mad with hatred, he directly blasted a palm towards the instigator.

Li Qing's whole body stood on end, and he felt a terrifying pressure shrouded him, unable to avoid it at all.

However, in the next instant, a hearty laugh resounded:

"Hahahaha, Third Uncle, what are you worried about? Isn't the young master of the Yan family still alive? Preserve his divine soul and send him to the imperial physician for treatment. What do you mean by launching a deadly attack?"

Prince Ning laughed loudly. Before the words fell, his tall and mighty figure stood in front of Li Qing.

Boom!

Prince Huai's palm, which was intended to kill, was directly blocked.

"You" Prince Huai narrowed his eyes, but he didn't say anything more.

In the next moment, he turned around and cupped his fists towards the Empress with a slightly cold face: "This son has lost his composure, and made the Empress laugh."

The expression of the Empress, wearing a phoenix crown on her head, did not improve. She said coldly: "The face of the royal family is about to be lost by you, why don't you retreat quickly."

Prince Huai's face turned pale, and then he retreated without expression.

At this time, the whole audience fell into silence.

All the eyes that fell on Li Qing were filled with shock and disbelief.