Chapter 558: Is He a Descendant of the Immortal Race? |
"That will depend on her."
Ning Qi sighed, his gaze fixed ahead.
After so many ambushes, their group was now down to less than two full squads, totaling just over twenty people.
However, their carriages and horses had not suffered many losses.
When the group stretched out, it spanned about a hundred meters.
This also gave an indication of just how many people they had started with.
This time, they were traveling on a wide official road, surrounded by grasslands. After traveling a stretch, they would pass by some hills and large patches of forest.
Overall, it seemed much safer than yesterday.
A few people even took on the role of scouts; some found high ground to survey the distance, while others galloped ahead to scout the path for the group.
This time, they arrived at a vast expanse of wilderness. Looking out, all they could see were grasslands half a person tall.
As the gentle breeze blew, it looked like a green ocean, its waves surging all the way to the horizon.
"Once we leave this wilderness, we'll reach the last city before the Imperial Capital."
Commander Li looked ahead and said to Ning Qi, "Once we reach this city, it will take us another two days to arrive at the Imperial Capital."
"So it seems our journey is about to end."
Hearing this, Ning Qi couldn't help but smile and say, "This wilderness is indeed a good place, perfect for hiding people."
"Yes."
Commander Li nodded, his expression turning serious. "Everyone, stay sharp and be careful."
"Yes!"
Soon, they received responses from the guards.
They continued forward, and the official road grew even wider.
Clearly, arrangements had been made in the past to prevent sneak attacks.
They had scattered something along both sides of the road here to prevent wild grass from growing.
Within several dozen meters on either side of the road, not a single blade of grass grew.
This also made their group a bit safer. However, after traveling a certain distance, the group's speed gradually slowed down.
Further ahead, the official road was almost completely submerged.
"Whoosh!"
At that moment, the wind also picked up around them, making the undulations of the grassland faster.
Some figures that looked like people darted past.
"Swish!"
"Thwip!"
Two people beside Commander Li fired two arrows with their bows.
"Thud!"
They directly hit the flitting figures in the distance.
Then, the two men simultaneously took action, leaping forward.
In the blink of an eye, they returned carrying the corpses of two Spirit Beasts.
"Sir, they weren't people."
"The ones ahead are also just some Spirit Beasts."
The two men simultaneously reported what they had just discovered.
"Hmm, let's go, continue."
Commander Li nodded, then ordered them to keep moving.
Only then did the group set off again, hurrying forward.
"I have a feeling the road ahead is never safe."
Li Xiangrou looked at the path ahead and analyzed to Ning Qi, "My elder sister won't just let this go, especially after we killed several of her Experts. Knowing her, she will absolutely seek crazy revenge these next few days."
"Well, then let her come and try."
Ning Qi said disdainfully, "I want to see what kind of Experts she can send."
"Ning Qi, you must be careful."
"The Experts that come from now on will absolutely not be simple."
Li Xiangrou showed a look of worry, warning Ning Qi.
"Alright."
Ning Qi did not argue, but simply agreed.
His gaze once again fell ahead.
Under his watchful eyes, he distinctly saw waves of heart-palpitating aura fluctuations on the horizon.
Just one glance at these fluctuations instantly caused him to erupt with a heart-palpitating aura of his own.
"What's wrong?"
Sensing Ning Qi's change, Li Xiangrou quickly asked, "Did you discover something?"
"Yes, people are coming."
Ning Qi nodded, then glanced at Li Xiangrou. "You protect your people. I'll go meet them."
"Them? More than one person is coming?"
"I'll go with you!"
Hearing him say this, Li Xiangrou immediately wanted to move with Ning Qi to deal with these people.
"No need. It would be useless for you to go. Their strength is very high."
Ning Qi shook his head, then looked left and right. "Warn Commander Li to stop and prepare defenses. We are already surrounded!"
"Alright!"
Li Xiangrou agreed, then waved towards the distance. "Commander Li!"
"Here!"
Soon, Commander Li galloped over on his horse.
"Defense positions! People are coming!"
Li Xiangrou ordered in a low voice.
"Huh? People are coming?"
Commander Li hadn't sensed anything yet.
"Correct, they're here!"
Ning Qi nodded, then added a reminder. "Be careful."
"Alright!"
Commander Li acknowledged, then galloped away, secretly ordering his men to prepare their defenses.
Under his reminder, everyone stopped.
They all assumed a posture of being ready for battle.
Each wore a grave expression. This time, they clearly understood it would be another fierce battle.
Although they had Experts like Li Xiangrou, on the battlefield, no one could say for sure who would end up leaving their life behind.
"Ning Qi, you must be careful."
Seeing Ning Qi was about to leave, Li Xiangrou added another reminder. "Once I deal with the people here, I'll come help you!"
"Alright!"
This time, Ning Qi did not refuse, but readily agreed.
After his agreement, he suddenly rose.
Then, transforming into a streak of light, he shot forward.
"Master, the opponents are very strong! At the very least, much stronger than yesterday's bunch!"
The Pill Spirit stood on his shoulder, carefully watching the commotion ahead.
He could also sense that there were Experts ahead, his eyes filled with gravity.
"Hmph, I want to see just how powerful they are!"
Ning Qi merely snorted coldly, then accelerated again. A distance of over a hundred zhang was covered easily in the blink of an eye.
"Swish!"
Before he even came to a stop, a cold gleam shot towards him.
"Whoosh!"
Ning Qi took a deep breath and directly took out his Immortal-Slaying Sword.
With just a gentle forward swing, he effortlessly deflected the attack aimed at him.
His eyes coldly looked ahead, revealing a serious expression.
"Come out."
After watching for a moment, he spoke to the front.
"You must be the one who killed several of my disciples."
Soon, a person flew over from the distance.
He had a burly build, wore blue robes, and held a long sword in his hand.
The entire sword was wreathed in strands of blue light, making anyone who saw it shudder.
"You mean the trash who tried to kill Princess Xiangxiang yesterday?"
Ning Qi thought for a moment, then said disdainfully, "If so, then yes, I killed them. There was also one called Zhao Tianling, I think, another piece of trash."
"Oh, then there's no mistake."
Xiao Lingtian acknowledged, revealing a cold smile. "Well then, prepare to die today. I will chop you into eight pieces to avenge my disciples."
"Fine, then come and try."
Ning Qi nodded, then beckoned to him. "Let me see what your strength is like."
"Then die!"
Xiao Lingtian snorted coldly, then raised his sword and charged forward to kill.
A startling flash of light roared from his side.
Carrying a fierce aura, it slashed down towards Ning Qi.
This single sword strike even cleaved a fissure in the sky and earth behind him.
This was the destructive strike of an Expert with Celestial Immortal strength.
"Master, this is a Celestial Immortal!"
The Pill Spirit also sensed Xiao Lingtian's strength.
"He really does have some skill. Otherwise, how could he have taken on four True Immortal-level Experts as disciples?"
Ning Qi nodded, then, with a flash, suddenly circulated the Immortal-Demonic Power within his body.
This was the first time he had used Immortal-Demonic Power since his strength breakthrough.
Once the Immortal-Demonic Power was circulating, his entire body suddenly erupted with a gray light.
This was the cold gleam formed from the fusion of Immortal Power and demonic energy.
"Demonic Race!"
Seeing Ning Qi possessed Immortal-Demonic Power, Xiao Lingtian's eyes widened in shock. "To think he's a person from the Demonic Race."
"Hmph, Demonic Race? That's just your delusion."
"This Lord is a pure-blooded descendant of the Immortal Race."
Ning Qi snorted coldly and directly activated his Bloodline Power.
"Whoosh!"
At this moment, Ning Qi's entire body erupted with dazzling golden light.
Under the surge of golden light, his whole body seemed as if cast from gold, making it impossible to look directly at him.
"This is... an immortal?"
In the distance, Li Xiangrou murmured.
"No wonder he's so powerful. He's actually an immortal."
"Yes, we've actually been traveling with an immortal all this way!"
Many guards chimed in.
"Swish!"
"Whiz!"
...
It was also at this moment that arrows from all around began shooting towards the group.
"Defense! Enemy attack!"
Commander Li hurriedly gave the order.
They could no longer afford to worry about Ning Qi behind them.
At this moment, Ning Qi's entire body was enveloped in golden light, radiating an oppressive pressure that made it impossible to look directly at him.
"Whoosh."
As Xiao Lingtian's strike arrived, it was suddenly blocked by his Immortal-Slaying Sword.
With just a light swing of the sword, he directly neutralized the attack.
"Clang!"
Xiao Lingtian gathered his focus and slashed down with another sword strike.
This strike directly stirred up the green grass all around.
Forming a sword energy tornado, his sword energy also swept up the leaves of the green grass, turning them into countless green sword gleams.
These ten thousand sword gleams transformed into a flood dragon, surging violently towards Ning Qi.
This single attack directly enveloped the entire sky and earth.
Ning Qi looked up, watching the surging flood dragon, combined with the sword gleams, rushing towards him.
"Master, be careful."
Seeing this, the Pill Spirit hurriedly warned.
"Don't worry, he can't hurt me."
Ning Qi gave a disdainful smile, then with a wave of his hand, directly took out the Bronze Mirror. "Come on!"
He roared, and under his control, the Bronze Mirror suddenly enlarged.
"Whoosh!"
Then he activated the Bronze Mirror.
Causing the originally calm and placid Bronze Mirror to instantly erupt with a tearing force.
Under the release of this power, it swallowed the violently surging flood dragon before him.
One, two, countless flood dragons formed from green light were, without exception, devoured by the Bronze Mirror.
Even the sword energy above was stripped of most of its fine needles.
The fine needles that could originally tear apart heaven and earth gradually lost their potency like this.
Xiao Lingtian looked at Ning Qi's Bronze Mirror, his expression grave.
As expected of a person from the Immortal Race. Even a weapon casually taken out had this kind of effect.
His full-power strike was just a decoration before him.
Utterly useless.
In the distance from him and Ning Qi, there was another person, watching everything before him in shock.
He never expected that Ning Qi would be an immortal.
Moreover, his weapon was also extremely formidable.
If an Expert with Celestial Immortal strength couldn't hurt him, then he must also possess Celestial Immortal strength.
Coupled with his protective magical treasure, and with himself only having half-step Celestial Immortal strength, he was absolutely no match for him.
It seemed this time, Her Highness had met her match.
Xue Jiancheng watched everything before him, revealing a grave expression.
However, he couldn't come all this way for nothing. He still had to find an opportunity later to launch a sneak attack.
If he could succeed, it would still count as a great achievement.
Xue Jiancheng quickly came back to his senses, his eyes fixed intently on the two men before him.
"Kid, don't think using these unorthodox tricks will let you win!"
"Before this old man, you are just a corpse."
Xiao Lingtian looked coldly at Ning Qi, gritting his teeth as he said, "If you have the guts, fight this old man directly."
"Oh? You think it's only because of this that I can block your attacks?"
Ning Qi smiled, then revealed a serious expression. "Well then, I'll make you lose with utter conviction!"
"Come on!"
Xiao Lingtian roared, once again swinging his sword and charging over.
This time, he transformed into a streak of light, carrying a fierce aura, and in the blink of an eye arrived before Ning Qi.
Not giving him the slightest chance to prepare, he intended to cut him down.
"Clang!"
Ning Qi merely snorted coldly, then directly unleashed all the strength in his body.
Instantly, he positioned his Immortal-Slaying Sword in front of him to block.
"Clang!"
A sword cry rang out. From between the two of them, a wave of sword energy light erupted.
After spreading out, it formed a cross-section like a mirror's surface, instantly cleaving the earth in two.
On the ground beneath their feet, a trench several dozen zhang deep directly appeared.
Crisscrossing, it caused the ground to tremble continuously. Birds and beasts on the grassland were startled into flight.
Some unlucky ones were directly torn apart on the spot by the surging sword energy.
Clouds of blood mist followed, spreading out.
"Whoosh!"
Ning Qi took a deep breath and counterattacked again.
The Immortal-Slaying Sword forced Xiao Lingtian to retreat repeatedly.
"Boom!"
"Crash!"
He landed several more sword strikes in succession, forcing Xiao Lingtian to retreat again and again.
Utterly unable to mount a defense.
"Hmph, using this kind of Immortal Sword to fight this old man, that's all the ability you have!"
Xiao Lingtian snorted coldly, revealing a look of disdain.
"Old thing, are you saying you'll only be convinced if I fight you bare-handed?"
Ning Qi looked at Xiao Lingtian with a cold laugh, then directly put away his Immortal-Slaying Sword.
"Good! This old man will let you know that without the Immortal Sword and the magical treasures of your Immortal Race, you are just a joke!"
Xiao Lingtian watched Ning Qi put away his Immortal-Slaying Sword, then swung his sword and slashed towards Ning Qi again.
He told Ning Qi not to use a weapon, but he himself attacked with a cold blade.
However, Ning Qi didn't care. After spreading his hands open, he directly unleashed two balls of flame.
He had employed the Crimson Fire Immortal Technique.
As the Immortal Technique circulated, his entire body was instantly enveloped in raging flames,
forming a heart-palpitating crimson inferno.
Seeing Xiao Lingtian charging over, Ning Qi suddenly moved, transforming into a ball of flame as he rushed towards him.