Just as Yu Qing sensed A Rou's return and felt joy in his heart, preparing to head to the valley entrance to greet her, his powerful mental force suddenly captured another rapidly approaching wave of spirit power filled with violent and bloody Aura!
This Aura was incredibly overbearing, surprisingly reaching the level of a Rank 95 Titled Douluo! Behind it followed dozens of spirit power fluctuations, the lowest being at the Spirit King level, with even a few Spirit Saints and Spirit Douluos mixed in!
These uninvited guests had a clear objective, rushing at extreme speed toward the Poisonous Miasma Zone outside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, obviously coming for A Rou and the others who had just entered the zone!
The gentleness on Yu Qing's face vanished instantly, replaced by an icy coldness as his brows furrowed slightly: "It seems A Rou brought back a few 'tails' this time."
He no longer hesitated. With a tap of his foot, his figure blurred instantly, and in the next moment, he appeared directly at the foot of the snow mountain, perfectly blocking the path between the source of the bloody Aura and the entrance to the Poisonous Miasma Zone.
Almost the moment Yu Qing appeared, a thick, blood-colored spirit power tide, seemingly condensed from countless amounts of fresh blood, surged toward him, carrying a nauseating stench and bone-chilling killing intent, dyeing the surrounding air with a faint red hue.
"A Rank 95 Fallen Spirit Master? Or perhaps a Spirit Master who cultivated some kind of evil Cultivation Technique?" Yu Qing's expression was cold, his eyes filled with murderous intent. "No matter who you are, if you dare to hunt my A Rou, you must leave your life behind!"
Just then, a figure broke through the blood-colored spirit power and hovered in mid-air not far in front of Yu Qing.
The newcomer wore a dark red robe that seemed soaked in blood, and his long hair was also dark red, like dried blood. His face was sinister, his eyes cruel, and he was surrounded by a substantial bloody Evil Qi. He was the leader of this group, the Titled Douluo who called himself "Blood Demon."
Blood Demon was originally aggressive, but when he saw the person blocking his way, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
The one blocking his path was not the Dugu Bo he had expected, who was famous for his poison, but a young man dressed in green with a refined temperament, looking like a frail scholar.
However, such a seemingly harmless young man gave him an extremely dangerous feeling, like a bottomless abyss hidden beneath a calm sea.
Blood Demon suppressed the trace of surprise and suspicion in his heart and did not attack immediately. Instead, he decided to test the waters first. He shouted in a deep voice, "Who is Your Excellency? Why do you block our path?" His voice was hoarse and piercing, like metal scraping.
Upon hearing this, Yu Qing laughed softly twice, his laughter containing a hint of mockery: "Heh, truly interesting. You trespass onto my territory, and yet you ask who I am?"
Hearing the words "my territory," Blood Demon was first startled, then filled with wild joy! It seemed this was Dugu Bo! As long as he killed the person before him, the three hundred thousand year transformed Spirit Beasts inside would be his for the taking! By devouring their blood and absorbing their Spirit Bones, he could definitely break through his current Bottleneck and reach an even higher Realm!
Greed instantly overrode caution. Blood Demon grinned hideously, "This Seat sees that your blood and Qi are abundant; you'll make for quite the fine nourishment! If you know what's good for you, get out of the way immediately, or I'll refine you along with them!"
Yu Qing looked at him with indifferent eyes, as if looking at a dead man: "This Seat sees that your blood and Qi soar to the heavens, and your Evil Qi is condensed into substance. This Rank 95 cultivation of yours was likely piled up by slaughtering countless living beings, wasn't it?"
"Humph! To be able to become a stepping stone for This Seat's promotion is their honor!" Blood Demon said proudly, not feeling even a shred of shame.
"In that case, I certainly cannot let you live." Yu Qing's eyes turned completely cold, and his killing intent was no longer concealed.
"With just you? Dugu..." Before the word "Bo" could leave Blood Demon's mouth, his pupils suddenly contracted!
Because the Yu Qing in front of him had disappeared without any warning!
In the next instant, an indescribable and terrifying force slammed heavily into Blood Demon's chest!
"Bang!!!"
A dull explosion erupted! Blood Demon didn't even see what happened; he only felt as if he had been hit head-on by a high-speed mountain. His protective spirit power shattered like paper, his chest caved in instantly, and he was sent flying like a cannonball, smashing into the hard mountain rock over a hundred feet away, creating a deep human-shaped crater!
Everything happened too fast. It wasn't until Blood Demon was blown away that the Spirit Kings, Spirit Emperors, and Spirit Saints he brought with him reacted, shock just beginning to appear on their faces.
However, Yu Qing's attack did not stop. He didn't even spare a glance at those minions, his spirit power merely vibrating slightly.
Buzz—!
An invisible but heavy pressure, like an ancient divine mountain, suddenly descended! Those Spirit King and Spirit Emperor level Spirit Masters couldn't even let out a scream before their bodies exploded one after another like overinflated balloons, turning into clouds of blood mist that filled the air! Even those few Spirit Saints only lasted a breath longer before their bodies also exploded!
In an instant, out of the dozens of Spirit Masters, only two Spirit Douluo level elders remained standing. However, they were trembling violently, their faces as pale as paper, their eyes filled with endless fear, and they didn't even have the strength to run.
Yu Qing's gaze swept over them, his eyes still cold. Judging by the lingering resentment and bloody Aura clinging to them, the number of innocent people who died at their hands was also not small.
"Star Shattering First Form." Yu Qing spoke indifferently and casually threw two punches at the pair.
The two Spirit Douluos immediately felt an irresistible and vast force envelop their bodies. In the next moment, they were like two meteors, screaming as they were blasted away, instantly disappearing into the horizon, their fates unknown.
In the blink of an eye, the aggressive group was left with only the Blood Demon himself embedded in the mountain rock.
"Roar—!! Seventh Spirit Ability, Blood Demon True Body!!"
A roar containing pain, anger, and madness erupted from the crater in the rock! Immediately following, a giant demonic shadow dozens of feet tall, composed entirely of viscous blood and hideous vengeful Souls, tore through the rock wall and soared into the sky!
A terrifying evil Aura spread out. The Blood Demon True Body's giant blood-colored eyes locked onto Yu Qing, filled with violent killing intent.
Yu Qing's eyebrows rose slightly, and he unhesitatingly activated one of his trump cards.
"Star Burning Battle Method, activate!"
Boom!
Purple-gold flames erupted from Yu Qing's body like a volcanic eruption, making him look like a god of war descending upon the world! His Aura surged instantly, and with a flash, he appeared before the Blood Demon True Body, his punches, palms, fingers, and kicks pouring out like a torrential storm!
Bang bang bang bang bang!
The dense sounds of impact rang out across the snow mountain like thunder! Every one of Yu Qing's attacks contained terrifying power that could shatter mountains and crack the earth, the purple-gold flames constantly burning and annihilating the Blood Demon True Body's blood-colored energy.
However, Yu Qing soon noticed something was wrong. His attacks had clearly landed solidly, but although the Blood Demon True Body was constantly rippling with intense waves and slowly shrinking in size, it didn't suffer any substantial damage, as if all physical impact was being dispersed or absorbed in a strange way.
"Hahaha! It's useless! It's useless!" A maniacal laugh came from within the Blood Demon True Body. "My Blood Demon True Body is immune to all physical attacks in the world! No matter how strong your power is, you can't hurt me in the slightest! You can't kill me!"
Upon hearing this, Yu Qing's offensive stopped abruptly. He hovered in mid-air, looking at the triumphant Blood Demon True Body with a gaze as if he were looking at an idiot.
"Immune to physical attacks? That's a somewhat interesting Spirit." Yu Qing spoke indifferently. "Unfortunately, you've met me."
Before his voice could fade, a complex and mysterious silver pattern suddenly lit up in the center of Yu Qing's forehead, emitting heart-palpitating mental fluctuations!
In the next moment, an invisible and intangible but vast mental force, as immense as a sea of stars, condensed into a beam. Like an invisible spear of judgment, it instantly crossed space and pierced fiercely into the core of the Blood Demon True Body—which was also where the Blood Demon's true body was hidden!
Head Spirit Bone Skill—Mental Burst Blast!
"Aow—!!!"
A howl far more shrill than before, filled with extreme pain, suddenly erupted from within the Blood Demon True Body! That giant blood-colored demonic shadow twisted and trembled violently, and its surface actually let out a "crack" sound as countless fine but clear cracks appeared! It was like a piece of porcelain about to shatter!
"No! Impossible!!" Blood Demon's voice was filled with unbelievable shock and fear. "A mental attack?! How can you have such a powerful mental attack?!"
In his perception, in the entire continent, the only ones who could pose a threat to his strange Spirit that was immune to physical attacks, besides the Seraphim Spirit of the Spirit Hall's Angel lineage which carried a holy purification attribute, were the unpredictable mental-type Spirit Masters! And the latter were extremely rare!
Yu Qing had no interest in answering him at all. With a thought, that vast, sea-like mental force was no longer restrained, covering everything like an invisible canopy!
Blood Demon instantly felt as if he had become a small boat in a storm. Under that boundless mental pressure, his thoughts almost solidified, and his Soul was trembling! Only now did he truly understand what a hard piece of iron he had kicked!
"Spare... spare my life! Have mercy, My Lord!" Blood Demon completely lost his will to resist and pleaded with a trembling voice, "I was blind! I have offended My Lord! Please spare my life! I am willing to serve you as my master and work for you like a slave! My Spirit is very useful!"
However, Yu Qing's gaze remained as cold as frost, without the slightest hesitation.
"Your slaughter is too heavy; heaven's principles cannot tolerate it. This Seat today must kill you!"
Another merciless Mental Burst Blast accurately blasted into Blood Demon's already crumbling sea of consciousness!
"No—!!!"
Blood Demon let out one last desperate hiss.
Boom!!!
That giant Blood Demon True Body could no longer be maintained and exploded violently, turning into a rain of foul-smelling blood that poured down! And the Blood Demon's true body hidden within also fell from mid-air like a broken doll, his skin cracked all over, bleeding from his seven orifices, his eyes vacant, and his breath already gone—his sea of consciousness had completely shattered under Yu Qing's second strike.
Yu Qing slowly descended and walked to Blood Demon's corpse. His gaze swept over the left hand and right leg, and with sharp spirit power condensed at his fingertips, he easily cut through the flesh and took out two Spirit Bones emitting a thick blood-colored light—a forty-thousand-year Left Arm Bone and a seventy-thousand-year Right Leg Bone.
Then, a cluster of pure Purple Star Fire jumped from his fingertips. With a flick of his finger, the fire landed on Blood Demon's corpse, quickly enveloping it. In just a few moments, this body full of sin was burned clean, without even a trace of ash remaining.
"Heh, even if you have a thousand methods and ten thousand ways to save your life, once you are ground to dust and your Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, how can you still be resurrected?" Yu Qing said indifferently, turned around, and with another flash of his figure, headed toward the poisonous miasma entrance at the foot of the mountain... Halfway up the mountain, at the edge of the poisonous miasma.
A Rou protected Xiao Wu and Fox Consort behind her, her pink eyes looking solemnly down the mountain. The terrifying energy fluctuations and brief screams coming from there made them realize that a battle had broken out.
"Mama... that bad person is so scary..." Xiao Wu grabbed the corner of A Rou's clothes, a bit afraid.
Although Fox Consort was wearing a cloak, her narrow, charming eyes also watched the area below through the gap in the hood, tense. She could feel that the owner of that blood-colored energy was extremely powerful, even a level stronger than she was at her peak.
"Don't worry," A Rou withdrew her gaze, a gentle and confident smile reappearing on her face as she comforted the two, "the battle will be over soon. We are safe."
Fox Consort shook her head, her tone carrying a hint of uncertainty: "I don't think so. That person's Aura is sinister and strange, and he seems immune to physical attacks. Your... A Qing is strong, but without a countermeasure, it might be difficult to win in a short time. Unless he is a mental-type Titled Douluo..."
Upon hearing this, A Rou didn't worry; instead, she smiled sweetly, turned her head to look at Fox Consort, and a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes: "Fox Consort, since that's the case, how about we make a bet?"
"A bet?" Fox Consort raised an eyebrow. "On what?"
A Rou's smile was like a blooming flower, her voice carrying an inexplicable temptation: "Let's bet on... your body and your heart."
Fox Consort's beautiful brows immediately furrowed: "What do you mean? Explain clearly."
"It's simple." A Rou moved closer and lowered her voice, "If A Qing solves that enemy easily, proving he is even more powerful and perfect than you imagined... then you lose. You must accept the loss and, from now on, give your body and your heart to A Qing without reservation, how about it?"
Fox Consort's eyes flickered, and she asked back: "And if you lose?"
A Rou seemed to have thought of the answer long ago and said easily: "If I lose, it proves A Qing did encounter some trouble or didn't solve it that quickly... then I will convince A Qing to help you Cultivate with all his strength from now on, pouring all resources into nurturing you, making you ten times, a hundred times stronger than you were before transforming! Is this stake fair?"
A sharp light flowed in Fox Consort's charming fox eyes; she was clearly moved by A Rou's latter condition. Becoming ten or a hundred times stronger than before? For her, who was once a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast and craved power, the temptation was immense!
She was quite confident in her judgment; that Blood Demon's strange Spirit was indeed troublesome. After a moment's thought, she broke into a smile. Even though the smile was mostly hidden by the cloak, it was still full of Charm: "Fine! It's a deal!"
And Yu Qing, who had just used Star Flash to appear nearby and happened to hear the last few sentences of their conversation, suddenly stopped in his tracks, an incredibly shocked and bewildered expression appearing on his face.
Not... A Rou?
You go back to your family's home for a visit... and how did you bring back a... bet where the stakes are "body and heart"?
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