Chapter 1267: Excited Er Niu

Xu Qing stood inside the formation made of stardust particles.

At this moment, he met all the conditions for teleportation. The stardust grass from the Immortal Venerable was already in his hand, and the aura of the little golden mouse enveloped his body.

With just a thought, he could teleport away.

In this state, he raised his head, gazing at the blood-red sky.

He was waiting for an answer.

Soon, an ancient voice, carrying a hint of imperceptible confusion, echoed throughout this small world.

"I don't know..."

"Many years ago, I fell once. When I returned, my memories contained both the past of a deity and the fragmented memories of a cultivator."

"These two sets of memories intertwined, causing me to often be confused."

"Amidst this confusion, there was once a voice that occasionally echoed in my mind during the clash of these two memories."

"That voice told me that it had left a mark in my memories, and that one day, it would use this mark to accomplish something."

"Therefore, it told me not to dwell on what I am, but to continue on my path until I one day encountered a cultivator who could resonate with the mark in my memory."

"The moment you entered the outer secret realm, I sensed the mark's resonance. I knew... the one I was waiting for had arrived."

"As for your question, I cannot answer accurately. I might be a deity, or perhaps... a cultivator."

"I have no proof to substantiate my words, so... whether you believe it or not, that is up to you."

"And I won't hide it from you: the secret method I'm imparting to you for absorbing the True God of Wings will cause ripples outside the secret realm, carrying the risk of being detected by the outside world."

"But the secret method is real, and the absorption is real."

Hearing this, Xu Qing looked down at the formation at his feet. After a few breaths, he spoke calmly.

"Give me the secret method."

The next moment, streaks of lightning suddenly appeared in the sky. These bolts intertwined, forming a jade slip, which landed in front of Xu Qing.

Xu Qing's divine sense swept over it, and immediately, a secret method called the "Profound Nether God Refining Art" flooded into his mind.

The moment he perceived this secret method, Xu Qing's eyes narrowed. The first two characters of the method's name caused a stir in his heart.

"This secret method exists within my fragmented memories as a cultivator. Only those with immortal spiritual energy can wield it."

Between heaven and earth, the voice of the Great Earth True God echoed.

Xu Qing suddenly spoke.

"In that fragmented memory of a cultivator, is there his name?"

The Great Earth True God remained silent. After a long while, it spoke softly.

"No."

Xu Qing fell silent. The Profound Nether God Refining Art in his mind formed countless dense rune imprints. As his divine sense swept over them, he analyzed each one, and finally, a silver light flashed in his eyes.

The next instant, the void behind him roared. A vast immortal embryo, capable of propping up the sky, materialized between heaven and earth.

Waves of runes, transformed from the Profound Nether God Refining Art, were also rendered silver, flowing over the body of this colossal immortal embryo, and finally converging on its right hand.

Towards the sky of this small world, it reached out!

In an instant, the sky shattered, a large hole was directly torn open by this giant hand, and it stretched out.

At the same time, within the outer secret realm where heaven and earth were fiercely battling...

Mountains were erupting, dead trees were soaring into the sky, blood rain poured from the heavens, and the gigantic black orb of flesh was violently trembling.

And at this moment, all the Ganoderma lucidum umbrellas instantly shone with silver light.

This light instantly enveloped the entire secret realm, illuminating all directions, and shockingly, formed a vast silver hand.

That was precisely the immortal embryo hand extended by Xu Qing!

Towards the black orb of flesh in the sky, it grabbed from afar!

Immediately, all the silver runes surged out from this giant hand, forming a silver torrent, rushing straight towards the black orb of flesh, and completely enveloping it, taking advantage of its fierce struggle with the Great Earth True God.

And... it began to absorb frantically!

In the blink of an eye, terrifying primordial essence, like a raging sea, was directly absorbed by the silver runes and flowed back into the immortal embryo. At the same time, Xu Qing's body rapidly refined the absorbed primordial essence.

This transformed the absorbed primordial essence into immortal spiritual energy, nourishing the immortal embryo!

His cultivation also ascended at this moment, continuously progressing towards the late-stage Quasi-Immortal realm...

The black orb of flesh in the sky, its trembling instantly reached its peak, as waves of true god's pressure erupted intensely, accompanied by earth-shattering divine sounds.

"Audacious!"

Its sound exploded in all directions, causing countless fine cracks to appear in the very fabric of this secret realm. At the same time, the orb of flesh violently tore open a slit, revealing a golden eye!

It had no emotions, so while a cultivator or a postnatal deity would have been consumed by overwhelming rage at this moment, for it, there was still only indifference.

But lacking emotions didn't mean it couldn't weigh things. So it clearly understood that during its process of devouring the Great Earth True God, Xu Qing's absorption was tantamount to plundering its foundation, plundering its future, and even plundering its very existence.

Under normal circumstances, it knew that a Quasi-Immortal cultivator's cultivation was incapable of plundering it.

The fundamental reason for all this, besides the uniqueness of the plundering secret method displayed by the opponent, was most importantly...

Its powerful enemy, the Great Earth True God, was struggling, resisting, and using this last opportunity to unleash everything it had.

Indeed, this was the case. The moment Xu Qing began to absorb, all the mountain ranges of the earth transformed into sharp blades formed from spinal bones, soaring directly into the sky, and amidst deafening roars, piercing the heavens.

And the withered trees didn't hesitate to burn themselves, empowering the silver hand formed by Xu Qing, using golden light to suppress divine might and allowing the silver hand to proceed smoothly.

Thus, at this critical moment, the sky orb of flesh suddenly swayed. Its outer layers of flesh instantly shattered and ignited, exchanging for terrifying power that suddenly erupted.

With this, it dispelled Xu Qing's absorption!

Although the Great Earth True God obstructed it, neutralizing most of it, the residual power of this explosion was still terrifying. The moment it touched Xu Qing's immortal embryo hand, his hand directly shattered into pieces, falling apart, scattering countless pieces imbued with true god primordial essence.

Xu Qing, within the small world, his vast immortal embryo body was also affected, collapsing with a boom at this moment.

Xu Qing, inside the formation, also spurted blood. The blood was silver, because it contained too much true god primordial essence that Xu Qing had just absorbed and didn't have time to refine.

At the same time, his ascending cultivation was forcibly interrupted, even causing a backlash.

However, Xu Qing was also ruthless. A cold light flashed in his eyes, and immediately, before the blood could even fall, it rapidly turned into a bloody mist and was re-absorbed into his body with a single breath.

Then, veins bulged across his body, the immortal embryo's power roared again, regrouping and reappearing. He raised its giant hand once more, and with a ferocious expression, stretched it out again!

In the outer world, the silver giant hand suddenly reappeared, and a torrent of silver runes once again enveloped the black orb of flesh, beginning to absorb it!

And this time's absorption was completely different from before.

In terms of speed and force, it surpassed the previous attempt by far.

That was because Xu Qing this time... did not refine it!

Normally, this process involves simultaneous absorption and refinement, transforming it into immortal spiritual energy for nourishment. This is a complete cycle.

But after what had just happened, Xu Qing clearly understood that his refining speed was far inferior to his absorbing speed.

The delay in this step affected the overall speed of absorbing the essence.

But now, a cold light flashed in Xu Qing's eyes. He abandoned refining, turning himself into a mere container, simply absorbing.

Doing so had several drawbacks.

First, Xu Qing's capacity was limited.

After all, that was a peak True God. If it were compared to an ocean, then Xu Qing was merely a lake.

Second, too much would be wasted, and what was absorbed would not be pure.

But Xu Qing couldn't afford to care about those things now. Given this opportunity to take a big bite, he naturally consumed as much as he could, ideally even packing some away after finishing!

So, he hardened his resolve and absorbed with all his might!

He instantly reached saturation, but the absorption continued.

What he could contain, he contained. What he couldn't, dispersed outwards!

On the celestial curtain, a subtle area of the black orb of flesh showed signs of shriveling. Although this shriveled portion was not large compared to the whole, it was currently in a fierce battle with the Great Earth True God, and its counter-measures were limited.

At the same time, the loss of this portion was like a flaw or loophole appearing, allowing the Great Earth True God to counterattack more powerfully.

After all, between them, the advantages and disadvantages were not vastly different.

What further caused the black orb of flesh to lose its advantageous position was the outward dispersion after Xu Qing could no longer contain it.

It was like deflating a balloon!

All of this created a tremendous crisis for it.

At this critical moment, the black orb of flesh trembled violently, burning another portion of itself, turning into a sound of tearing that instantly shook the void.

It was attempting to tear open the space of this secret realm, trying to disperse the aura within.

This was both opening an exit and allowing the outside world to perceive what was happening here!

Unless absolutely necessary, it wouldn't want to do this, as it would introduce greater variables. But the current absorption left it no choice.

To transform the crisis using variables.

But... just as it was about to tear open the secret realm...

Suddenly, the silver runes surrounding it instantly collapsed on their own. Along with them, the silver giant hand also dispersed, as did Xu Qing's vast immortal embryo within the small world.

Xu Qing had actually, actively and decisively, abandoned the absorption!

He unhesitatingly activated the teleportation, instantly disappearing within the teleportation formation!

He had left this place!

He had agreed to the Great Earth True God's deal, but given his personality, he naturally wouldn't completely trust the other party's words.

So from beginning to end, he never intended to help completely.

His goal was singular.

That was... to restore the balance to what had become unbalanced here!

This way, neither of them would be able to harbor thoughts of pursuing him!

"Gone?"

In the sky, the black orb of flesh immediately stopped tearing. As its mind shifted, the Great Earth True God erupted once more, and so the battle between heaven and earth continued ceaselessly.

At the same time, as heaven and earth roared within the secret realm, the stardust particle formation where Xu Qing had vanished in the Great Earth True God's small world was also rapidly dissipating.

But just as this formation was about to completely disappear...

A finger-sized blue worm with a human face surprisingly, amidst a sudden flash of teleportation light, wriggled out from within.

The moment it appeared, the stardust particles of the formation completely dispersed, leaving no trace.

Only this blue worm stared blankly at its surroundings.

"Where the hell is this?"

The blue worm looked bewildered. The human face on it...

If Xu Qing were here, he would surely be greatly surprised and immensely delighted.

It was actually Er Niu!

At this moment, Er Niu was in a daze, but the next instant, his nose twitched slightly, and he sharply looked towards the distance, with a strong light gleaming in his eyes, instinctively letting out a cry of surprise.

"That's the aura of flesh and blood from a Divine Altar peak!!"

"My goodness, where is this place..."

Er Niu was somewhat excited. His body swayed, and he instantly vanished from the spot, rapidly traversing this small world. Shortly after... he arrived at the battlefield of Xu Qing and the deities.

Seeing the deity corpses scattered everywhere, especially sensing that there were multiple Divine Altars within, and even flesh and blood from a Divine Altar peak...

Er Niu trembled with excitement, even feeling an impulse to cry out of sheer thrill.

"Could it be that my good fortune has finally arrived!"

"The moment I appeared, I found so much to eat. I recall in that wretched place, Huangtian, I was chased for stealing even one Divine Altar. But here... they're everywhere, and no one wants them!"

"I've struck it rich!"

Er Niu excitedly pounced forward. However, a hint of doubt and wariness towards his surroundings lingered in his heart.

"These deities look like they just died recently. Who killed them? This method is extremely brutal!"