Asura Mad Emperor

"Pfft pfft pfft!"

Under Qinchuan's assault, Lin Xuan's body continuously burst open with sword marks, blood spraying wildly.

He was completely baffled by Qinchuan's attacks; enveloped in the intent of the Lone Peak Distant Shadow, he had become a "blind man with eyes open," with great illusions and errors in his vision, incapable of accurately discerning Qinchuan's attack trajectory.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

If it were not for his profound cultivation level and the fact that he possessed the Domain Suppression King Body, he would have long become a ghost under Qinchuan's sword.

Even so, Lin Xuan found himself in a difficult situation, with more and more sword marks on his body, the injuries getting increasingly severe, and the continuous loss of blood making his condition grow worse.

On the side, Zhou Xi, who had retreated to the back, watched this scene with her beautiful eyes filled with continuous surprise and astonishment.

The Lone Peak Thirteen Swords she had initially performed became so powerful in Qinchuan's hands that even Lin Xuan, who was seven cultivation realms higher than Qinchuan and had activated the might of the Domain Suppression King Body, was no match for him. He was being completely suppressed, with no power to fight back.

The same Lone Peak Thirteen Swords, but in the hands of two people, exhibited utterly different effects.

Zhou Xi's beautiful eyes flashed with keen light as she watched the battle intently. Meanwhile, Qinchuan occasionally explained a thing or two, rapidly enhancing Zhou Xi's understanding of the Lone Peak Thirteen Swords.

"Enough!"

Seeing Qinchuan so composed, simultaneously fighting against him and advising Zhou Xi, Lin Xuan roared in fury, abandoned his defense, and charged at Qinchuan with all his might.

Because he found that no matter how he defended, he could not block Qinchuan's attacks at all.

The intent of the Lone Peak Distant Shadow that the opponent exhibited completely distorted his six senses, causing him illusions.

Therefore, he simply gave up defense completely, hoping to use his powerful Domain Suppression King Body to take Qinchuan down with him, even if it meant suffering injuries himself.

Otherwise, if he continued to drag on like this, he would eventually be killed by Qinchuan.

"Kill!"

Lin Xuan roared furiously, giving up defense, and viciously charged at Qinchuan, his longsword dancing, exuding murderous intent.

However, he couldn't grasp the distance between Qinchuan and himself at all. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't even touch the hem of Qinchuan's clothes, let alone hit him.

Seeing the opponent hacking wildly about like a headless fly, Qinchuan shook his head, "I thought you could give me a bit of exercise, but now it seems I've overestimated you. The Domain Suppression King Body is merely this much."

"Let's end it here."

Having suppressed his opponent from the beginning, Qinchuan felt bored and didn't want to entangle with him any longer, a flash of white light in his hand.

"Pfft!"

Lin Xuan's pupils suddenly shrank to pinpoints, and his figure instantly froze. On his neck appeared a touch of bright red.

"You..."

He opened his mouth, and a mouthful of fresh blood surged up immediately, gushing from his mouth and spurting from his neck.

Qinchuan lost interest in looking at him and walked towards Zhou Xi, "Did you understand what happened?"

Zhou Xi was staring blankly at Lin Xuan of the Li Mountain Sword Sect, the Saint Heir whose throat had been sealed by Qinchuan's sword. Her mind still hadn't reacted to what had happened in that instance.

Qinchuan's last sword strike was just too fast.

So fast that she couldn't see it clearly.

She only vaguely saw a flash of white light.

The next moment, Lin Xuan's figure suddenly froze, and a bright red trace of blood appeared on his neck.

And Qinchuan's longsword was still bright and untainted by the slightest blood.

"You... did you just draw your sword?"

Zhou Xi opened her mouth to speak, her tone even carrying some uncertainty.

"Oh? You saw that sword strike?"

Qinchuan was somewhat astonished upon hearing this, then raised an eyebrow and murmured in a low voice, "It seems that my last strike was still not fast enough, I haven't used this sword skill for too long, it's gotten rusty."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xi's mouth twitched.

Qinchuan tossed the sword to Zhou Xi, though the hilt had some bloodstains on it.

Catching the longsword, Zhou Xi felt the slightly sticky blood on the hilt and immediately thought of the scene where Qinchuan had grabbed Lin Xuan's sword with his bare hand to save her. She hurriedly grabbed Qinchuan's hand and asked with concern, "Is your hand alright?"

"It's just a minor injury, no big deal."

Qinchuan said nonchalantly, about to withdraw his hand.

Zhou Xi gave Qinchuan a glare and said, "You say it's nothing, but you're bleeding. Don't move, let me bandage it."

Qinchuan frowned slightly but said nothing more, letting Zhou Xi bandage his hand.

Not far away, the other disciples from the Li Mountain Sword Sect were still entangled with Li Ran and Wang Hao.

The cultivation level of those disciples was not lower than that of Li Ran and Wang Hao; in fact, it was even slightly higher, and with the numerical advantage, even though Li Ran and Wang Hao had practiced their martial skills to a high degree of precision, they were unable to gain the upper hand for the moment.

After bandaging Qinchuan, Zhou Xi picked up her sword, intending to lend a hand, but Qinchuan stopped her.

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"They're only minor characters; if they can't deal with them, following me around was a waste of time."

Qinchuan cast a casual glance at Li Ran and Wang Hao, noticing that they hadn't yet pushed themselves to their limits, holding back in their moves, and he couldn't help but sigh inwardly at their lack of life-and-death battle experience.

Turning his gaze away, Qinchuan called out to Zhou Xi and turned towards the primeval dense forest ahead, "Collect the storage bags on the ground and let's go."

Zhou Xi suddenly exclaimed, "But what about Senior Brother Li Ran and Senior Brother Wang Hao..."

Qinchuan said indifferently, "If we stay here, they will always be hoping for us to help and never dare to give their all and fight with their lives at stake."

"Only when faced with death can they tap into their potential and forge a fearless heart."

Having said that, Qinchuan left without looking back.

Zhou Xi stood in shock for a moment, glancing at Li Ran and Wang Hao. She then pursed her lips, quickly gathered the storage bags from Lin Xuan, Han Yu, and the others, and hurried after Qinchuan.

Qinchuan glanced at her and said lightly, "Don't worry, they'll catch up."

Arriving in front of the primeval dense forest, Qinchuan did not continue forward but stopped there, "Let's wait here."

He then took out a Gathering Spirit Zhu Fruit, planning to take the opportunity to refine it.

"The time the spiritual medicine garden is open is limited. Won't we waste time here refining the spiritual medicine?"

Zhou Xi couldn't help asking.

Qinchuan smiled faintly, "It's fine, I can refine it very quickly."

Zhou Xi opened her mouth to say something but saw Qinchuan close his eyes and begin meditating to refine the Gathering Spirit Zhu Fruit.

She couldn't help but hold her forehead. A high-ranking Spiritual Medicine, refining the Gathering Spirit Zhu Fruit was not so easy, right?

Even a martial artist at the Meridian Opening Realm would need at least a month to refine it!

Qinchuan was only at the Condensed Truth Realm, so fully refining the Gathering Spirit Zhu Fruit would take even more time.

However, a moment later.

Zhou Xi suddenly felt the spiritual energy surge around her.

Turning her head, she saw that the Gathering Spirit Zhu Fruit in front of Qinchuan had disappeared without a trace and around him, a storm of spiritual energy had arisen.

Immediately after, she felt the aura of his cultivation level climb rapidly, breaking through to the Meridian Opening Realm, and continuing to increase until it peaked at the First Layer of the Meridian Opening Realm, where his cultivation aura finally stabilized.

Qinchuan slowly opened his eyes to find Zhou Xi staring at him with wide, disbelieving eyes, "You've refined the Gathering Spirit Zhu Fruit so quickly?!"

"It's just a Gathering Spirit Zhu Fruit, is it that difficult to refine?"

Qinchuan glanced at Zhou Xi and spoke casually.

"..."

Zhou Xi's expression stiffened, feeling deeply shocked. Even though she had awakened the Taiyin Treasure Body and possessed incredibly powerful Taiyin True Qi, she estimated it would take her at least half a month to refine a Gathering Spirit Zhu Fruit.

Yet Qinchuan had spent less than the time it took to drink a cup of tea to refine the Gathering Spirit Zhu Fruit and step into the Meridian Opening Realm.