Covering the Sky: The Years I Was the Empress's Strictest Master

"what!!!"

Faced with this sudden "danger," the Jin puppet war machine let out a roar filled with shock and anger.

He struggled frantically, dragging his mangled body, his dark golden fist attempting to strike the Great Dao Treasure Bottle.

But his movements, suppressed by the killing formation, appeared so slow and powerless.

Li Qingjue used the "Travel" technique from the very beginning, clearly targeting his opponent while avoiding the pursuit of the three ancient celestial beings' illusory figures.

Her figure transformed into a streak of ethereal black light, seemingly merging into the dark abyss that she herself had evolved, and instantly appeared behind the golden war puppet.

In her hand, a battle halberd, made entirely of dark demonic energy and with chaotic energy flowing around its edges, had materialized at some unknown time.

shuh...

next moment.

The spear thrust out silently, without any earth-shattering force, only an ultimate sense of "decay" and "end" unfolding within it.

puff!

The halberd easily pierced through the cracks in the opponent's already chapped body, penetrating the back of the golden war puppet, which was originally strong enough to withstand the bombardment of most quasi-emperor heavy weapons.

Even though its body was severely damaged, its protective divine light remained strong, but it was ultimately suppressed by the spiritual treasure killing array.

At this moment, under the devouring influence of the Great Dao Treasure Bottle, his fragments of Dharma and primordial essence are rapidly dissipating, disintegrating, and becoming fragile.

Li Qingjue's attack contained her profound understanding of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art, gained through years of dedicated study in the Demon Emperor's Tomb, directly pointing to the origin of the Great Dao.

rustling... rustling...

Dark golden divine essence gushed from the wounds of the golden war puppet like a fountain, but before it could even spill, it was completely swept away by the devouring power of the Great Dao Treasure Bottle.

On the spot, the golden puppet's dark golden eyes quickly dimmed, and its massive body stiffened.

click... click...

In the blink of an eye, its body shattered like a weathered sand sculpture, turning into the purest primordial essence, which was completely devoured by the Great Dao Treasure Bottle above Li Qingjue's head.

all of these,

From the sudden change of the heavenly tribulation to Li Qingjue's sudden attack, then to the shifting of the spiritual treasure killing array, and finally to the golden man battle puppet being devoured and disintegrated, only a few moments had passed!

The Pale Knight, the old woman, and the others had just unleashed their secret techniques, fully prepared, intending to rampage through the robbery zone and capture Tan Lin.

"what?!"

"He's fallen?!"

"The source has been swallowed..."

On the other side, Yan Qing, Chu Jie, and the others who were rushing towards Tan Lin were shocked and their attacks slowed down.

Although the golden war puppet was in a special state, its divine power was stronger than that of most mid-level quasi-emperors in the world. It could even compete with otherworldly beings like Holy Spirits and Azure Heaven Overlords in terms of physical strength.

The "physical body" is known for its sturdiness, yet it was killed instantly?

In such a short period of time, its origin was devoured?

Even with the element of the Spirit Treasure Killing Array involved, the way everything is connected is just too smooth, isn't it?

It was as if it had been predicted in advance!!

opportunity!

The timing was perfect!

Could it be... the secret of the previous character?

Chu Jie and the others were startled when they realized this possibility.

Some of them actually possess the secret of the "Former Word," but most of the time, when they try to use it, it is not as effective or as desired.

But once successful, it's as if they have divine assistance.

boom……

Having devoured the immense origin of the Golden Warrior Puppet and the fragments of the Dao of Law, Li Qingjue's aura surged dramatically, like a raging fire doused with oil!

She couldn't afford to digest it any further. As she forcibly stabilized her original Quasi-Emperor Level 2 aura, she fiercely charged towards an even higher level!

Wow!

The dark, demonic energy that had been contained around her suddenly erupted again, becoming even more intense.

The illusory image of the Great Dao Treasure Bottle above his head seemed to solidify, with a new dark golden pattern flowing across its surface, making its aura even more terrifying.

She actually intends to use the power to devour the essence of this powerful battle puppet to make a final push and truly prepare to break through to the third level of Quasi-Emperor?!

"Are these two crazy?! The heavenly tribulation is terrifying enough. If something else happens, do they think they can survive it?"

"Damn it..."

"Stop her!"

Mo Zhu was the first to react and shouted loudly.

Even without him saying it, everyone present knew that they absolutely could not allow this "Heaven-Devouring Maiden" to break through any further, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable!

However, the current situation is that both the opposing side and Tan Lin need to be suppressed, and they are not a monolithic entity. Therefore, their actions are often not entirely smooth, and their respective areas have been divided into several regions by the heavenly tribulation, making it difficult to coordinate their own affairs.

Even worse, some people, though they entered the robbery zone, lingered on the edge, their true intentions unknown.

"Forget about this woman, let's suppress that indestructible golden body first!"

"Indeed, although the Devouring Heaven Maiden's realm is high for the time being, she is only at the early stage of Quasi-Emperor, at most similar to us. Once she has control over that indestructible golden body, not only will the killing formation be no longer a threat, but she will also be unable to cause any more trouble..."

boom!!

As they spoke, Mo Zhu and the others "clashed" with the ancient Celestial Venerable, sparing no effort to have their bodies shattered and reassembled time and again, even spilling some of their true blood onto the forbidden or heavy artifacts of their respective lineages to revive them.

But instead of causing trouble for Li Qingjue, Li Qingjue took the initiative to approach them!

clatter……

Her black dress, enveloped in a touch of crimson that no one present could see, vanished into thin air.

next moment,

Its figure appeared like a ghost behind the stone holy spirit.

At this moment, the opponent was trying to unleash the precious "innate essence" within his body, causing the heavy weapon in his hand to emit a hazy immortal light like the primordial chaos, evolving into a chaotic storm.

Li Qingjue's action was undoubtedly defying the heavens.

Or rather, that touch of crimson, when used in the right place, is truly terrifying.

As one of the main figures undergoing tribulation, she seemed to be temporarily completely unaffected by the newly triggered and even more violent heavenly tribulation.

Or rather, at this moment she was, to some extent, ignoring the terrifying lightning punishment and the phantom of the Heavenly Venerable that were beginning to lock onto her and were brewing.

This effect is countless times more powerful than any secret technique mastered by any forbidden zone!

Da...da...

With the activation of the "Xing" secret technique, Li Qingjue's movements were fluid and graceful, carrying a mysterious Daoist charm, as if he had merged with the surrounding chaotic calamity and disordered spacetime.

Approaching the stone figure behind the Holy Spirit, she seemingly didn't use any fancy supernatural powers, simply pointing her fingers like a sword.

Her fingertips flowed with a chaotic divine law that intertwined the yin and yang and merged into her own Dao, and she gently touched the back of the stone saint's head, on the altar.

boom……

Suddenly struck by a deadly attack, the Stone Saint Spirit trembled violently.

In fact, the moment the other party pointed out, he sensed the barely concealed fluctuations of their aura.

However, due to what he was doing and the need to devote some of his attention to maintaining the secret technique and avoiding the heavenly tribulation, he suddenly had no spare strength to stop it.

laugh……

At this moment, his tough, stone-like skin was pierced through like tofu by those chaotic fingertips.

Wow!

In an instant, a terrifying power containing the essence of Yin and Yang reversal and the return to chaos surged into Li Qingjue's body through his fingertips.

Their cultivation levels are now roughly the same, at most no more than one level apart.

However, the other party's mindset seemed to be stuck in the moment when they had just passed the Quasi-Emperor Tribulation, or perhaps the influence of the powerful consciousness of a Saint-level being of the same rank was simply too great since they began cultivating.

Even if it was just a fleeting thought of overconfidence, believing that such an attack would at most cause injury, but certainly not death,

Even though he realized it in an instant,

But it was precisely in that instant of that thought that it was too late!

puff……

The primordial spirit within the Stone Man's Platform didn't even have time to escape before it was reduced to dust with a muffled explosion!

Only the remaining, indestructible remnant of the Holy Spirit remained.

wow...

A wisp of the purest essence, radiating the most refined aura of this type of stone saint, was swallowed up by Li Qingjue using the Devouring Heaven Demon Art.

boom!

Having continuously devoured the essence of quasi-emperors, even without the time to refine it carefully, the dark demonic energy around her continued to surge.

At this moment, she completely stepped onto the third level of the Quasi-Emperor realm with her other foot!

"The second one."

Li Qingjue's clear and melodious voice rang out calmly in the room, as if he had only done a trivial matter.

But before her voice could carry, it was drowned out by the thunder.

Damn it!

"How is this possible?!"

"What kind of secret technique did she use? She moved stealthily before attacking, and even though our cultivation levels are all higher than hers, we couldn't sense her aura? Even the heavenly tribulation was blocked?"

"If such a 'secret technique' exists in this world, what's the point of us cultivating the Dao? We might as well just offer our necks to be slaughtered! There must be a flaw in it..."

“We can sense when she’s preparing a killing move, but the only way to counterattack is to remain still and do nothing. However, the people she chooses to attack are all those targeted by hijackers…”

"No, we can't delay! Remember, we only have ten breaths. Once those ten breaths are over, the four swords will merge with the array, and our lives will be over!!"

"This can't go on..."

"I regret 'dividing my forces' earlier!! Otherwise, with the resurrection of five or six supreme ancient imperial weapons, we could have attacked all at once! If that had been the case, none of this would have happened."

"Who would have thought these two would be so illogical..."

With the successive fall of two powerful "companions" and the loss of their origins, which were used as resources for the Devouring Goddess to grow stronger and transform, the remaining forbidden zone disciples were completely enraged.

Yan Qing, Chu Jie, Mo Zhu, and the others, along with You Ying who had been hiding in the shadows, no longer caring about the threat of the heavenly tribulation, unleashed their strongest killing moves at Tan Lin!

The Fallen Immortal Phoenix Flame extinguished the endless lightning, and the Eternal Silence Battle Halberd sliced ​​through the void...

One terrifying attack after another, swept by multiple supreme divine powers, blocked all of Tan Lin's escape routes from all directions, determined to blast him into dust!

But regarding this,

Tan Lin didn't even lift his eyelids; he simply took a light step back and returned to the killing formation's range.

Boom! !

A deafening sound erupted, the killing formation shook violently, the formation diagram hummed, and the luster of the formation patterns rapidly dimmed, finally breaking open with numerous holes in light.

At this point, they finally broke through the protective barrier of the killing formation, and Tan Lin's figure was completely exposed.

wow...

Unfortunately, the cultivators in the forbidden zone were exhausted and had not yet generated new strength, so they failed to seize this opportunity.

Immediately, they watched in horror as the spirit treasure array diagram, seemingly unconcerned about the damage, rearranged its killing array patterns after being broken, showing signs of restoring its protective barrier for Tan Lin.

However, Tan Lin slightly raised his hand and made a feint towards the spirit treasure array diagram floating above his head, whose radiance was now somewhat dim.

"Qingjue, here is the array diagram for you. Use it for self-defense for now. Just go ahead and do whatever you want."

He said lightly.

hum!