nashuaworldcup Chapter 1421
Chapter 1421
Qin He's body was enveloped in a thin cocoon of golden and black laws, pushing his escape speed to its limit.
The wind was torn apart by the laws, emitting a faint whistling sound. The faint golden light of merit emanated from the horizon behind them, dazzling even though it was far away—the aura of the divine court's reinforcements was rapidly gathering.
“That old bastard Wei Canglan is no ordinary Saint-level being.”
The Black Demon Banner trembled slightly in his sleeve, and Long Qingyun's soul voice carried a hint of solemnity, "I stepped into the Saint Realm hundreds of years ago, but I've been stuck at the initial stage ever since."
Qin He raised an eyebrow slightly, his fingertips unconsciously caressing the lotus fire in his palm, without slowing down his escape speed.
"He's held the position of Deputy Envoy of the Merit Department for three hundred years. Although his lifespan is a thousand years, he hasn't made any progress in several hundred years. Anyone would be anxious in his position." Long Qingyun paused, his soul shadow swaying inside the banner. "This time, he wants to take you out alone. He's probably trying to exchange the Heavenly Demon's merits for the Divine Court's breakthrough resources, gambling on whether he can break through the initial hurdle."
Having been trapped in the early stages of the Saint level for hundreds of years, their foundation had long been hardened to be harder than a rock.
Among cultivators in the mortal realm, this old monster is considered a top-tier fighter.
"If the news that you were able to injure and force him to flee gets out, the entire cultivation world in the land will be in an uproar."
Long Qingyun's tone held a hint of admiration, "A mid-stage Other Shore Realm cultivator going head-to-head with a veteran Saint-level expert is a rare sight throughout history."
Qin He chuckled, his Law Cocoon Cloak rippled slightly, avoiding the Divine Court runes that were faintly visible in the mountains below: "Whether it explodes or not doesn't matter, just don't get entangled with him."
He suddenly remembered something, and with a flick of his finger, the fragments of the green-robed cultivator's remains, enveloped in laws, appeared before him.
The body parts still retained the lingering warmth of the merits accumulated over time, but they had long since lost their vitality.
"What are you going to do with these body parts?" Long Qingyun asked curiously. "The corpses of Divine Court cultivators have nothing of value except for their accumulated merit energy."
"Touch it, maybe there's a clue." Qin He said calmly, his fingertips, with their gold and black patterns, brushing over the body parts. Not noticing anything unusual, he withdrew them.
Long Qingyun did not ask any further questions.
After spending more than a year together, he had long noticed that Qin He had a strange passion for corpses, especially when burning them, his focus was even more intense than when studying the laws of nature.
At first it seemed strange, but after a while it became commonplace.
The Divine Court's actions were more swift than anticipated.
After only one day on the run, Qin He ran into the first manhunt.
Below the horizon, golden runes spread out like a spider web, each rune invoking the laws of heaven and earth, locking down the space within a thousand miles.
On the ground, the Divine Court cultivators formed a formation, holding magical artifacts engraved with anti-magic runes, forcibly filtering even the spiritual energy of the earth's veins.
This was not a temporary deployment; it was a complete awakening of the divine court's latent power in the mortal realm, weaving an impenetrable net from the air to the ground.
Qin He's heart sank, and at the same time, his consciousness sank into his sea of consciousness.
The once densely packed, golden nodes of faith began to dim in patches.
In Changyang County and several surrounding areas where faith was most concentrated, the nodes were reduced to ashes without leaving even a trace of spiritual feedback.
"The Divine Court is destroying the statues of gods." As soon as Qin He explained the situation, Long Qingyun's voice immediately turned cold. "This efficiency is ten times faster than when they were besieging the Longevity Cult back then."
The Qin River, however, remained unusually calm.
He had anticipated that the Divine Court would take this action.
This colossal entity that controls the order of heaven and earth is never a makeshift operation; once it gets serious, its reaction speed and execution capabilities are terrifyingly powerful.
But once faith takes root, it cannot be eradicated by destroying a few statues of gods.
Qin He smiled faintly, and the laws governing his body suddenly shifted. Golden and black patterns merged into the spatial rift, and he silently passed through the search net like a drop of water falling into an abyss.
With his mid-stage Other Shore Realm cultivation and the Void Concealing Breath Step, these Divine Court cultivators searching for him couldn't even touch the hem of his clothes.
In three days, Qin He broke through seven search nets and completely escaped the encirclement of the Divine Court.
After traveling for another four days, he found a secluded valley to settle down.
The valley is deep in a place where spiritual energy is concentrated and there is a natural barrier of laws, making it a perfect place to rest.
Qin He sat down cross-legged and first circulated the Primal Law to sort out the disordered meridians. After his breathing calmed down, he took out the body parts of the green-robed cultivator again.
The body parts slowly unfolded under the support of the laws, the remaining merit energy intertwined with the lingering warmth of the cold space, giving it a somewhat eerie feel.
"Let's take a look at the incense." Qin He muttered to himself.
First, they would take advantage of the rest breaks to dispose of the body parts to avoid leaving any traces.
Secondly, he had always had a question in his heart—how exactly did the ability of Divine Court cultivators to resurrect through merit affect the cremation of corpses?
With a flick of the fingertip, crimson and blue lotus flames leaped forth.
Unlike before, this time, as soon as the lotus fire appeared, it was activated by the merit energy on the corpse, and golden threads appeared in the red and blue aura.
The laws within the valley instantly stirred, with the power of birth and death and the law of merit testing each other, causing the air to be slightly distorted by the two forces.
Qin He stared intently, letting the lotus flames slowly envelop the body parts.
The moment the lotus flame touched the corpse piece, it didn't ignite violently; instead, it seeped in like flowing water. The crimson and blue flames traveled along the veins and patterns of the corpse piece, gradually stripping away and refining the remaining merit energy.