A tall and thin old man in gray robes walked out of the wind and snow. He had a high nose, deep eyes, and gray-white hair parted in the middle, hanging down from the top of his head to the ground.
Around his body, violent wind flowed, making a "swish" sound.
If you observe carefully, you will find that the old man in gray robe has no legs, and there is nothing underneath the robe. He relies solely on the force of the wind to lift him three feet above the ground.
This person's control of the wind has reached a superb level.
Han Qiu crawled out of the large sunken pit, breathing heavily. There were dozens of bloody wounds all over his body, but none of them were fatal, just superficial injuries.
"Whoosh!"
The ancient white jade sword that fell ten feet away flew back into her hand.
Han Qiu stood with his sword horizontally, his beautiful eyes filled with murderous intent, and said in a deep voice: "Uncle Huo, are you trying to kill me?"
The old man in gray robe is an elder of Yuntai Zongfu and a member of the royal family of Sifang County. His name is "Huo Jingcheng" and he is in the early stage of Tianji Realm.
When he was in the Earth's End Realm, Huo Jingcheng was a genius who could fight across two realms.
After breaking through to the Tianji realm, his legs were amputated, and the meridians in his lower body were severed, resulting in a blockage of Qi and blood throughout his body and a decrease in his strength.
But with his strength, he can still easily fight across realms.
A cruel smile appeared in Huo Jingcheng's eyes, and he said: "For the sake of Sifang County, you and Zhang Ruochen must die. Qiu'er, I'm sorry, my uncle can't do anything."
"Zhang Ruochen? Who is Zhang Ruochen?" Han Qiu looked surprised.
Huo Jingcheng snorted coldly and said: "Don't pretend to be stupid in front of me. If you don't hand over that account book today, I will let you live and die."
Han Qiu said: "I'm very curious. Yuntai Zongfu treats you four counties well, so why do you still cooperate with the black market in secret?"
Huo Jingcheng snorted coldly: "How do you treat us? Yuntai Sect obtains more than half of its resources, finances, and manpower from the nine Lingxi counties. Our Sifang counties send a large amount of cultivation resources and silver coins to Yuntai Sect every year.
What did the government get? We cooperate with the black market, at least it is an equal transaction, and we can get huge benefits."
Han Qiu said angrily: "If it weren't for Yuntai Zongfu, could you have cultivated to the Tianji realm and become a top martial arts expert? If it weren't for Yuntai Zongfu resisting the beasts in Tianmoling, I'm afraid the entire Sifang County would have been destroyed by the beasts long ago.
The tide raged, civilization was destroyed, and it turned into a barbaric wilderness again."
"Stop talking nonsense, who owns the account books?" Huo Jingcheng said.
Han Qiu said: "No matter who it is, I can't leave it to you."
"call out!"
A gust of wind swept past, and Huo Jingcheng's speed reached the speed of sound. As he flew, the entire aura between heaven and earth vibrated.
If you look from a distance, you can only see Huo Jingcheng standing more than ten feet away. Almost in an instant, Huo Jingcheng came to Han Qiu, stretched out two iron hook-like fingers, and wanted to pinch Han Qiu.
neck.
"The fight turns the world around."
The true energy in Han Qiu's body gushes out like a tide, and every inch of his skin seems to have turned into divine jade, crystal clear and bursting with light as intense as the scorching sun.
With a swish sound, she suddenly flew over Huo Jingcheng's head and hit him with a palm.
Huo Jingcheng struck the air with his claws and felt the fluctuation of true energy. He immediately raised his head and looked towards the sky. He clenched his five fingers into a fist and punched the sky. He shouted: "Yunhu Collapse Mountain Fist!"
"Bang!"
Facing the powerful palm force, Huo Jingcheng's legs were beaten into the ground, cracks appeared on the ground, and the true energy vibrated out in all directions.
Huo Jingcheng laughed evilly: "Is this the Holy Qiankun Kung Fu? It's a pity that you are still too young."
"boom!"
Huo Jingcheng's body sank directly into the ground, leaving only a deep hole on the ground.
Han Qiu withdrew his palm print, dropped to the ground, and stared at the hole. Suddenly, there was a wave of true energy behind him.
As soon as her expression changed and she turned around, she felt a strong punch coming from behind.
Huo Jingcheng rushed out from the ground behind her and punched Han Qiu on the back.
Han Qiu immediately poured her true energy into the jade beads on her wrist, and the inscriptions in the jade beads rushed out, condensing into a two-meter-long light shield behind her.
With a "bang" sound, Huo Jingcheng punched the light shield, forming circles of ripples of true energy.
The power of the punch was blocked by the light shield, and Han Qiu just flew forward without being injured.
"Protective jade beads!"
Huo Jingcheng smiled coldly: "How many punches can you block?"
Huo Jingcheng rushed forward again, and the wind blades converged on his fist, and he punched out again.
Han Qiu was very anxious. With her cultivation, there was no way she could be Huo Jingcheng's opponent.
Although she has reached the "Three and a Half", the difference between the perfection of the Earthly Realm and the early stage of the Heavenly Realm is the gap between three realms.
She can compete with ordinary warriors in the early stage of Tianji Realm, but she is definitely no match for a strong person like Huo Jingcheng.
While resisting Huo Jingcheng's attack, Han Qiu looked in the direction of Zhang Ruochen.
Only then did she realize that where Zhang Ruochen fell just now, there was no one there.
"Could it be... that he has escaped?" Han Qiu was speechless and very angry. Although we were not very familiar with each other, she had helped him once after all when he was in the black market.
I didn't expect this guy to be so unloyal, leaving her alone and running away alone!
What should we do now?
"My protective jade beads can only help me withstand three attacks. I have used them once and can use them twice. But with Huo Jingcheng's strength, even if I use all the Supreme Qiankun Gong and Dark Domain, it cannot be his.
The opponent doesn't even have a chance to escape."
"boom!"
After seven moves with Huo Jingcheng, Han Qiu was forced to use the protective jade beads again.
Knowing that Zhang Ruochen had escaped, Han Qiu immediately deployed his body skills, used his fastest speed, and flew into the distance.
Huo Jingcheng's speed had reached the speed of sound. After a moment, he caught up with her and let out a sinister smile: "Qiu'er, hand over the account books and the Supreme Qiankun Kung. Uncle Master can consider sparing your life."
"you are dreaming."
Han Qiu thought for a while and then said: "You only want to chase me, aren't you worried that the account book belongs to another person?"
"Hey!" Huo Jingcheng said with a smile: "Do you really think that I am the only one who will intercept you? That kid Zhang Ruochen can't escape."
Han Qiu's heart skipped a beat and he thought to himself, "He keeps talking about Zhang Ruochen. Could it be that that mysterious boy is not Chen Ruo, but Zhang Ruochen, the ninth prince of Yunwu County? Or maybe Zhang Ruochen is Chen Ruochen?"
Han Qiu couldn't let Han Qiu think too much, Huo Jingcheng had already launched another attack.
As a last resort, Han Qiu could only activate the dark realm in the hope of blocking Huo Jingcheng.
Her dark physique has always been her secret, but now, she can no longer control it so much. She has to save her life first.
But on the other side, after Zhang Ruochen was knocked away by the wind blade fired by Huo Jingcheng, the ice and fire unicorn armor on his body was beaten to tatters. A sixth-level real weapon-level armor was destroyed in this way.
The wind blade left blood marks on Zhang Ruochen's body, and he also suffered some minor injuries.
Just as he was about to stand up and join forces with Han Qiu to deal with Huo Jingcheng, suddenly, a pair of metal claws stretched out from the ground and grabbed his arms.
"what?"
Suddenly, a powerful force came from the pair of metal claws, dragging Zhang Ruochen directly to a depth of more than ten meters underground.
It was pitch black before his eyes, Zhang Ruochen's mouth, nose, eyes and ears were blocked by mud and rocks. It was pitch black before his eyes, as if he was about to be dragged into the abyss by those metal claws.
"Shen Yuan Ancient Sword!"
Shen Yuan's ancient sword immediately flew towards the pair of metal claws.
Just as Shen Yuan's ancient sword was slashing out, the metal claws that originally grabbed Zhang Ruochen's arms suddenly disappeared again.
After regaining his freedom, Zhang Ruochen kicked off his legs and immediately rushed out of the ground, intending to return to the surface.
At this moment, a powerful wave of power came from above, rushing straight to the top of his head, as if it was about to shatter his skull. Zhang Ruochen also used a palm force to resist the force.
"boom!"
Under the impact of that force, Zhang Ruochen fell into the ground again and was buried deeper into the ground.
Standing underground, a woman's laughter came from above: "Boy, if you don't hand over your account books, you will be buried alive underground."
Another martial arts master!
With Zhang Ruochen's current martial arts cultivation, even if he stayed underground for a day, he would never suffocate to death.
"If you want to bury me alive, I'm afraid you are not that capable."
Zhang Ruochen stood more than ten meters deep underground, releasing the space field and expanding it outwards.
The space around his body became larger and larger, and after a moment, with a bang, the space field burst the ground.
Zhang Ruochen stood in the space field, flew into the sky, and landed on the ground.
Not far away, stood an ugly woman in her fifties, with a thick build, dark skin, and legs thicker than buckets. She was holding two metal chains in her hands, and the other end of the chain was connected to a pair of metal claws.
Previously, it was the pair of metal claws that dragged Zhang Ruochen into the ground.
That ugly woman couldn't see the space field at all, so she was very surprised and said: "What martial skill did you use just now?"
"Martial skills you will never learn."
Zhang Ruochen asked again: "Are you also a warrior from Sifang County?"
"I am Princess Zhenling of Sifang County." The ugly woman as strong as a buffalo said proudly.
"It's really admirable for a princess of a county to grow up like you." Zhang Ruochen said.
Princess Zhenling was irritated by Zhang Ruochen and suddenly became angry. She waved a pair of thick arms suddenly, and the pair of metal claws flew towards Zhang Ruochen again.
It has to be said that the martial arts cultivation of Princess Zhenling is indeed quite powerful, and it is estimated that it is not just as simple as the early stage of Tianji Realm.
The two metal claws continuously attacked Zhang Ruochen and used a claw technique to form thirty-six claw marks, completely wrapping Zhang Ruochen in the claw marks.
Zhang Ruochen's swordsmanship was extremely high, and his defense was so airtight that his two metal claws could not touch his body.
Princess Zhenling seemed to have noticed that Zhang Ruochen was very accomplished in swordsmanship. If it were a competition of dexterous martial arts, even she would probably not be Zhang Ruochen's opponent.
Therefore, she changed her strategy and used a brutal fighting style to crush Zhang Ruochen with pure strength.
Withdrawing the pair of metal arms, Princess Zhenling beat her chest with both hands, making a sound like metal colliding, and let out a long roar from her mouth: "Vajra Beast Body."