With a loud shout, the true qi outside Qing Xu’s body took shape as if the Vermilion Bird Sacred Beast had descended into the world, stretching its fire wings and catching up with Qing Yu’s figure in an instant.
Gathering the power of the remaining three elephants, this move was more powerful than ever. The relentless power of burning heaven struck Qing Yu’s figure, the fire blazing so fiercely that it burnt him into a living being.
“Win!”
Again, Qingyuan lost his concentration. Such a thrilling scene really shook one’s heart, and it was not surprising that Qingyuan was not in the right state of mind, plus the victory or defeat of the two sides who were doing the fighting was a matter of their own life and death.
However, while he was lost in thought, his enemy was not. The mindless and witless Sword Guard, who had never thought of anything other than killing, struck his sword through Qingyuan’s right chest. Although it did not hit the left side of his chest where his heart was, the poison attached to the sword was eating away at his body so mercilessly that death was only a matter of time.
“Senior brother!” Qingzhou shouted in indignation, “How dare the demon man show off!”
“Ga Ga Ga ——” This time, it was Blood Bat Six, which was intercepted by Qing Zhou earlier, that intercepted Qing Zhou, “Our battle is not over yet. Come and die!”
“Seek death!”
“Gah —— It’s not certain who will die yet?”
Although Blood Bat No. 8 had practised the ‘Bat Blood Art’, his main form of attack was the ‘Spiritual Snake Fist’ that Qing Yu had obtained from Ouyang Ke, and had also practised the soft arts within it to other parts of his body.
Taking advantage of Qingzhou’s anger, Blood Bat No.8 saw an opening and bent his body to an exaggerated extent, slashing his sword across Qingzhou’s calf at an extremely tricky angle.
“Gah gah gah —— I’m not like Blood Bat No.8, I’m not like that idiot, my weapon doesn’t even carry poison, gah, wait for death!”
“Senior brother!” On the other side, seeing that his right-hand man was suddenly in a dangerous situation, Qingxu wanted to go forward to help.
As soon as he started, he felt a pulling force coming from the ground, pulling him into the earth.
At that moment, the ground in front of Qingxu suddenly burst open and a figure shot out, striking out with two violent palms containing two opposite true qi, slapping the sword that Qingxu was holding diagonally in front of his chest.
“Wu Ming Divine Kung Fu” + “White Dew and Frost”.
These two palms were blocked by the sword’s body, but they still caused blood to spill from the corners of Qing Xu’s mouth.
“Vile!”
Qing Yu didn’t even bother to answer, riding on his victory, the ice and fire double palms, with their deadly trajectory, kept coming.
The fierce battle, once again, triggered.
The sound of clanging resumed, that was the sound of true qi and swords striking against Qing Yu’s body protection astral energy. Qing Yu’s strokes were swift, not giving Qing Xu the opportunity to circulate the four elephants and build up his momentum to send out extreme strokes as he had done before.
The ‘Fire of Ignorance’ was contained within his palm, and the frosty cold Qi of ‘White Dew and Frost’ invaded Qing Xu’s body one after another through the exchange of blows.
Although Qingxu was caught off guard by the surprise attack and suffered some injuries, his overall combat strength remained intact, and he was able to defend himself against the four elephants in a circular manner.
”Four elephants in one, no, not like ——” Qing Yu pondered in his mind as he struck.
”The four elephants in one is something that can only be considered when one reaches the True Dan realm, even if Qing Yu is a genius, it is impossible for him to cross two realms and reach the realm of the four elephants in one that countless True Dan realm True Martial Artists have never been able to achieve throughout the ages.”
With this thought, Qing Yu lashed out, ”Qi Double Flow – White Dew Deceives Frost”.
The cold air made the April air, which was beginning to warm up, seem to have returned to several months ago, and the night air surged up in a mist of ice, wrapping around Qing Xu’s body and trying to freeze him on the spot.
The four-coloured light on Qing Xu’s body once again circulated and then turned red, as the power of the “Vermilion Bird Burning Sky” was once again released, dissolving the ice fog and eliminating the incoming cold air.
“Sure enough, it’s not the four elephants in one.” Qing Yu said as he stopped.
“What is it if it is not the unity of the four elephants? Under my four elephants in unity, you have no chance of winning!” Qing Xu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, he had been suppressed by Qing Yu like this, which really made him, who had always been high-minded and arrogant, angry. But if this Gong Zi Yu could force him to such a state, he did have a skill that should not be underestimated.
“If the four elephants were united, I would have no chance of winning. Unfortunately, this is not a unification of the four elephants. To be correct, this should be a four-elephant cycle. This little trick can’t escape my eyes.”
Qing Yu raised his hand and nodded at the mask with a bit of self-congratulation. As a result, the dust on the mask was the result of his gesture.
This was the dirt that had just been stained by the ground. Before he was hit by Qingxu’s “Vermilion Bird’s Wings”, Qing Yu had used the “Golden Cicada Transformation” to remove his outer garment and take the hit instead of himself, then used the earth technique of Yin Yang to restrict Qingxu’s legs and attack directly.
Unfortunately, the earth technique was not yet well practised and was easily broken free, otherwise the victory would have been decided by now.
“Even if the four elephants circulate, you have no chance of winning. With the four elephants protecting my body, I am already invincible, you cannot hurt me.” Qing Xu said coldly.
“Is that so?” Qing Yu smiled indelicately.
Indeed, although Qing Xu’s Four Elephant Jutsu had not reached the level of unity, the four elephants circulated without gaps. Shao Yang, Sun, Shao Yin and Tai Yin, the four elephants circulated, just like a side of Tai Chi, dissipating Qi energy and protecting the body. If one does not have the strength to break the cycle, it will be very difficult to hurt Qing Yu.
However, just because it was difficult did not mean it was impossible.
“How is your true qi recovering?” Qing Yu suddenly said.
At these words, Qing Xu’s heart flinched as he saw through his intentions. Qing Xu was incredibly sure of this.
Qing Xu was not like Qing Yu who had ‘Qi Double Stream’ in his body, and his true qi had reached a low point by this point in the fierce battle. Just now, when Qing Yu stopped talking, he had taken advantage of Qing Xu’s intention. He had stopped to take advantage of the opportunity to recover his qi.
But now his opponent’s words indicated that he had already guessed his intentions, so why should he give himself the chance to recover? He could have won if he had continued to fight. Could it be that the other party was also running low on true qi, it didn’t look like it.
”Of course it’s because I can’t hold on any longer ——”
Facing Qing Xu’s suspicious eyes, Qing Yu was silent. After many hours of fierce battle, with ‘Qi Double Flow’, there was indeed no need to bother about true qi. However, the oppression of eight times the true qi on the body was something that had to be considered. Although he was more comfortable with the surge of true qi as his realm grew, he was still a long way from being able to use the Taiyi Split Light Sword Qi Lawful Gate without any burden.
”So, a quick battle is needed.”
Qing Yu’s eyes were steeply stern, the Four Elephant Cycle was indeed difficult to break. Yet it was not without a chance. Having fought continuously, ‘Grimoire’ plus the Eye of Taixu, he had almost figured out his opponent’s reality.
The time just now was Qingxu’s chance, and Qing Yu’s chance too.
Qing Xu took advantage of the momentum to recover some of his depleted true qi, while Qing Yu took advantage of the time to find the winning point with his “Knowledge of Things”.
