Chapter 42

Chapter 42: The Faceless Woman in White

As he stepped into the forbidden area, Xu Qing saw the arrival of the two men. His pupils contracted, and a strong feeling of a life-and-death crisis erupted in his mind. His whole body trembled uncontrollably.

All of this was caused by… the tall old man in red robes who was approaching from the horizon!

"Foundation Establishment!"

The name of this realm instantly appeared in Xu Qing’s mind.

Even though Xu Qing was so far away, it still brought a heavy pressure and shock to him.

The old man’s identity was already obvious.

Clearly, he was the ancestor of the Vajra Sect.

The huge illusory figure of the angry Vajra guardian behind him was like a soldier of heaven, making Xu Qing’s eyes sting just from looking at it.

At this moment, Xu Qing felt similar to when he was in the slums and saw Qi Condensation rogue cultivators from afar.

The feeling was similar, but it was exaggerated to an astonishing degree.

Even just taking a glance, he felt like the other party had locked on to him. When he closed his eyes, he couldn’t help but see the tall figure of the old man in his mind.

That figure seemed to burn his eyes, making his head ache.

In a sense, this could already be considered a mental injury.

However, Xu Qing had a lot of experience controlling the shadow, so he was no stranger to this sort of feeling.

In addition, once he reached small success in his imitation of the statue’s blade strike, his mind had become stronger and more resilient. Thus, although his head hurt, his movements weren’t affected as he ran even faster.

As he continued running in the forbidden area, he took out a handful of Black Pills with his right hand, throwing them behind him one after another.

When the Black Pills hit the ground, they immediately exploded. After the seven-leaf grass film on the surface disappeared, the Black Pills turned to dust and rapidly spread in all directions, creating a vortex that instantly caused the forbidden area’s heterogeneity to surge wildly.

Because Xu Qing had thrown out more than a dozen Black Pills, the heterogeneity surging in all directions like a tide was extremely dense.

The middle-aged man with bushy eyebrows was about to enter the forbidden area and give chase, but this made him pause his movements. His expression changed, and he didn’t dare to get too close.

These Black Pills were actually failures resulting from Xu Qing’s attempts at refining the White Pill. At that time, he had felt that it was a pity to throw them away, so he kept them until now, and the Black Pills finally displayed their usefulness.

As the surrounding heterogeneity rose to a shocking degree, Xu Qing continued to run at full speed.

Soon, as thunder roared in the sky outside, a golden light flew over and suddenly approached the forbidden area.

After arriving at the edge of the forbidden area, the Vajra Sect ancestor’s eyes flashed with killing intent. Unexpectedly, he didn’t hesitate in the slightest as he entered with a bang.

The two great elders of the Vajra Sect behind him also gritted their teeth and followed him in.

Just like that, the three figures were submerged in dense heterogeneity. Although they moved quickly, what awaited them was only more heterogeneity, as well as a large amount of poisonous mist.

“Ancestor, this kid is very monstrous!” The middle-aged cultivator whose left foot had been torn open quickly opened his mouth to remind the ancestor.

The Vajra Sect Ancestor let out a cold snort and sharply exhaled. Suddenly, a storm appeared and spread out with a rumbling sound. The mist was instantly blown away.

But the Vajra Sect Ancestor’s figure didn’t stop at all. Grabbing the two elders beside him, he rushed out and rapidly accelerated as he pursued Xu Qing.

However, right now, the sky had already darkened and night was falling rapidly. All around them, there was a bone-deep chill that was growing more intense, and the pervading heterogeneity was also strengthening.

If they continued to fly, although the Vajra Sect ancestor would be fine, the already-injured great elder would be in danger after a long time passed.

Therefore, the Vajra Sect ancestor spoke in a cold voice.

“Both of you follow behind me. I’ll go and catch that kid first!” As he spoke, the Vajra Sect ancestor circulated his cultivation base. The Vajra guardian projection behind him roared at the sky and quickly swelled up to a height of over 90 meters. It quickly moved forward with giant strides.

Each stride took it dozens of meters away, and the Vajra Sect ancestor was standing atop the giant’s head.

If one looked from a distance without a certain level of spiritual energy, they wouldn’t be able to see the Vajra giant. All they would be able to see was the Vajra Sect ancestor standing in the air, as if floating, as he moved farther and farther away.

"The ancestor is mighty!"

The two great elders who were left behind had excited looks on their faces. They were fully confident that with the ancestor personally making a move, that kid would definitely die.

“The ancestor should be back with that little boy’s corpse soon.”

The two of them were very certain.

However, time passed, and two hours later, the expressions of the two Vajra Sect great elders had changed. As they ran through the forbidden area, they looked at each other and saw the shock in their eyes.

The figure of the ancestor had long disappeared from their vision. Clearly, he had already chased the boy extremely far away.

But they just couldn’t figure out how a body refining Qi Condensation cultivator could be so fast and capable that even their ancestor hadn’t caught him yet.

The elders were puzzled, and the Vajra Sect ancestor was even more puzzled.

At that moment, in a place far away from the two great elders, the Vajra Sect ancestor had an ugly expression on his face as he looked at the figure of a young man running madly in the distance at an astonishing speed.

Although the Vajra Sect ancestor was still faster, he wasn’t that much faster.

Every time he threw a punch, the Vajra giant beneath him also threw a punch. However, as the punch sailed through the air, a light barrier would appear around Xu Qing’s body to protect him.

Although loud booms rang out and the light barrier seemed on the verge of shattering, the young man within it utilized the rebound force to move even faster.

At the same time, with night falling, the already strong heterogeneity continued to become stronger, making the surroundings even colder as the young man ran through the forbidden area.

Even the Vajra Sect ancestor became wary. Sometimes, he had to circle around to avoid trouble. His speed was inevitably affected, and catching up with Xu Qing was seeming more and more difficult.

“Damn it!” As the Vajra Sect ancestor’s expression turned gloomy, Xu Qing in the distance had a pale face. His eyes were extremely bloodshot, and there were bulging veins on his forehead that seemed to be on the verge of exploding.

His left hand was clenched tightly, and its blood vessels bulged out, giving it a shocking appearance.

In the palm of his hand was a scorpion tail.

After the battle with Fire Crow, the scorpion tail hadn’t been completely used up. But right now, although it pierced into his palm, there wasn’t much poison left. It was unable to let him overdraft his strength for a long time.

Right now, it could barely boost his speed for a short while.

And in his right hand, there was an incredibly blurry talisman paper.

This talisman paper had been taken from Captain Thunder’s enemy.

However, it was also just about to dissipate. Xu Qing was clear that the boost from the scorpion tail was rapidly fading and about to lose its effects as well.

Luckily, having run at maximum speed for so long, he could already see the familiar city ruins in the distance.

He was getting closer.

Finally, just when the scorpion tail lost its effect, although Xu Qing’s speed suddenly decreased, he gritted his teeth and leaped forward with all his might. Under the bizarre moonlight in the night sky, his figure jumped high in the sky before lunging back down behind the city wall.

This… was Xu Qing’s goal.

Behind him were the two Vajra Sect elders and the Vajra Sect ancestor. Xu Qing stood no chance in a fight, so his plan depended on having the right sky, the right earth, and the right people!

The sky was the heterogeneity-rich night sky of the forbidden area.

The earth was this familiar city.

And the people were the bizarre existences in the city and the mutated beasts in the city lord’s mansion.

With the help of these three parts, he felt that there was hope for him to escape his perilous situation.

At that moment, just when his speed had reduced to zero after landing, an ear-piercing roar sounded out from behind him and a huge fist projection shot over from nowhere. It seemed to effortlessly split space as it ruthlessly struck him.

Boom!

The talisman’s barrier suddenly collapsed.

Xu Qing spat out blood, and all the organs in his body shook, some even directly shattering. His injuries were extremely serious.

The severe pain made Xu Qing’s vision blur, but he still gritted his teeth and rushed forward, entering the city and frantically traversing those familiar streets.

Soon, his figure disappeared into the city.

Not long later, wind whistled as the red-robed Vajra Sect ancestor arrived outside the city.

His expression was cold as he flexed his right wrist.

That punch just now was at the very limit of his striking range. Although a talisman treasure had blocked a portion of its strength before exploding and that kid hadn’t directly been crushed, the Vajra Sect ancestor was confident that even if a Qi Condensation cultivator managed to survive the leftover might of his blow, they would still be seriously injured.

Thus, his body flickered and he stepped into the city. However, the moment the Vajra Sect ancestor set foot in the city ruins, his expression suddenly changed as he heard the sound of wailing.

A chilly aura suddenly spread over from the street that Xu Qing had disappeared into.

Under the bewitching moonlight and biting cold of the dark night, a woman’s figure slowly walked over from that distant street.

The figure seemed very small at first, but it grew bigger and bigger as it kept moving forward. Even after it surpassed the height of the surrounding houses, it showed no signs of slowing down. Finally, it reached a height of over thirty meters.

This woman was wearing a long white dress and had extremely long black hair, but… she had no facial features.

Her face was empty. Completely blank.

However, on her long dress, there were countless human faces protruding out, all wailing.

As the wails merged together, they turned into shrieks that echoed out in all directions. The faceless woman in the white dress slowly walked towards the Vajra Sect ancestor.

As she neared, the wails grew louder.

This scene made the Vajra Sect ancestor inhale sharply. Despite all his strength, his heart was trembling fiercely. He knew something about this, but the more he knew, the more fearful and awed he was.

Without hesitation, he immediately changed direction to avoid it.

However, he still hadn’t given up on hunting Xu Qing down. He didn’t leave the city but chose another direction from which to head deeper.

“That kid is merely in Qi Condensation. With all the dangers here, he almost certainly won’t survive, but I won’t feel at ease if I don’t see his corpse with my own eyes.” The Vajra Sect ancestor’s eyes blazed with killing intent.

His experiences confirmed his previous judgment. For a person like this Kid… if the Vajra Sect ancestor didn’t manage to track him down and kill him, if Kid managed to survive and escape, then in the future, he would definitely come back and kill the Vajra Sect ancestor with a slap.

Thus, after entering the city from a different direction, the Vajra Sect ancestor immediately began a thorough search.

If he was alive, he wanted to see the person. If he was dead, he wanted to see the corpse!

At the same time, as the Vajra Sect ancestor was searching around, Xu Qing returned to his former burrow. As he hid and meditated cross-legged, his chest suddenly heaved and he spat out some mouthfuls of blood before his pale face regained some color.

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Xu Qing raised his head and looked outside the burrow entrance with a gloomy expression. After a while, he gritted his teeth and began to circulate the Sea and Mountain Art.

His constant overdraft of his strength during his mad dash here had made Xu Qing’s cultivation, which was already at the brink of breakthrough, finally reach the critical point after he recovered.

“Attack the seventh level of the Sea and Mountain Art!” Xu Qing chose to attempt a breakthrough without hesitation.

When he reached the sixth level of the Sea and Mountain Art, he had already achieved a young Chief shadow and was able to kill an eighth level Qi Condensation cultivator like the camp owner if he went all out. Even killing a ninth level would be difficult but not completely impossible.

This made Xu Qing look forward to how powerful the Sea and Mountain Art would be once he broke through to the seventh level.

“My Sea and Mountain Art’s abnormal strength should be related to the purple crystal!” Xu Qing had long realized this point.

At that moment, he took a deep breath and endured the pain in his chest before closing his eyes to cultivate.

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