Chapter 210: Bloodstained Cloth Garment

Xu Qing’s murderous intent had been suppressed for a long time.

From the moment he learned of Master Bai’s assassination, it was as if a sharp blade had been furiously moving within him, desperate to burst forth and kill everyone.

But he couldn’t. He had to forcibly suppress this monstrous killing intent, calm himself, and proceed to the Purple Earth with a clear mind. There, he needed to be even more cautious, forbidden from killing the culprit even if apprehended.

He could only torment them slowly, to extract the true mastermind from their mouths.

After enduring such torment until now, he finally found a clue. His suppressed killing intent could no longer be contained. In this outburst, Xu Qing suddenly charged out, reaching a starfish cultivator in an instant.

This cultivator was female. Her two life-fires within her body violently shook as Xu Qing approached, on the verge of extinguishing. Just then, Xu Qing’s right hand shot out, filled with immense hatred, astonishing madness, and a terrifying aura. His hand instantly tore through her abdomen, reaching directly inside.

He grabbed her life-fire and crushed it fiercely!

With a boom, an agonizing scream, utterly inhuman, painfully escaped the starfish female cultivator’s lips. This was a torment she had never experienced in her life, the agony of her life-fire being brutally extinguished.

It wasn't over. After crushing one, Xu Qing fiercely swung his hand, seizing the other life-fire. He directly pulled both life-fires out. Amidst the gushing blood, as the life-fires disintegrated, all the magic apertures within the starfish female cultivator’s body shattered instantly.

An even more piercing scream erupted, quickly fading into weakness.

All of this caused blood to flow from all seven orifices of her body. But Xu Qing’s slaughter wasn’t over. He directly rammed his head into the female cultivator’s forehead. In an instant, her once somewhat beautiful face exploded like a smashed fruit.

Covered in blood, Xu Qing grimly turned his head to look at the two remaining starfish members, especially the starfish princess.

Behind him, the Golden Crow shrieked, fiercely sucking at the headless corpse nearby, but nothing was absorbed. It then turned its head to stare savagely at the starfish princess.

Under the moonlight, Xu Qing was enveloped in malevolent aura, like a fiendish god. Beside him, the Golden Crow was like an unparalleled ferocious beast, its momentum shaking heaven and earth.

“Xu Qing, this matter—”

The starfish princess’s face turned pale, her eyes filled with terror. Just as she began to speak, the last starfish guardian cultivator beside her let out a roar and charged out.

Instantly, the starfish cultivator’s entire body glowed. As his life-fire burned, all his magic apertures erupted, and an aura of self-detonation spread within him. With a hand seal, he activated three surrounding discs that had been set up.

Those three discs emitted astonishing auras, transforming into bolts of lightning that formed a large net in mid-air, moving to suppress and bind Xu Qing.

Seeing this, the starfish princess gritted her teeth, turned sharply, and headed straight for the sea. She knew she couldn’t return to the Seven Blood Eyes and had to leave quickly.

But just as she was about to plunge into the sea, a gigantic sea turtle suddenly surged from beneath the waves, its eyes filled with terror and despair. Somehow, it let out cackling sounds and lunged to bite her.

At the same time, a black iron spike shot out rapidly from Xu Qing’s side, forming streaks of black lightning in mid-air, heading directly for the starfish princess.

In an instant, the sea turtle collided with the starfish princess, and the power of the black iron spike also arrived, causing a booming explosion.

Meanwhile, Xu Qing’s murderous intent surged, not diminishing in the slightest. The moment the large lightning net formed by the three discs descended to envelop and bind him, the power of the Golden Crow Refines Myriad Spirits within Xu Qing suddenly erupted.

He suddenly looked up. The Golden Crow behind him roared towards the sky, charging straight upward. Its massive body, phoenix tail, and black flames arched like a bowstring, soaring directly towards the firmament.

It directly collided with the lightning net. The next moment, the net disintegrated and tore apart. With cracking sounds, the three surrounding discs also shattered with a crash, breaking into pieces and collapsing.

They were utterly incapable of stopping it!

Truly, at this moment, Xu Qing unleashed combat power comparable to a four-fire cultivator. A mere two-fire cultivator, even with magical artifacts, could not possibly create a significant disturbance.

The next instant, Xu Qing’s body vanished, reappearing directly in front of the starfish cultivator who had charged forward, intending to self-detonate to delay him. Xu Qing raised his right hand and pressed his palm onto the cultivator’s forehead. As the starfish cultivator’s eyes revealed indescribable terror and despair, Xu Qing inhaled fiercely.

Malevolent fire erupted, and his soul was forcibly drawn out. The agony of having his soul extracted alive made the starfish cultivator’s screams piercingly sharp. As his body trembled violently, the Golden Crow Refines Myriad Spirits again erupted, absorbing further in mid-air.

Immediately, as the cultivator’s body trembled, large amounts of vital energy surged from his seven orifices into the air. His soul and vital energy were both being extracted. The entire process took only two breaths of time before the starfish cultivator was directly turned into a desiccated corpse. Upon falling, it crumbled into dust.

At the same time, the starfish princess, blocked by the sea turtle and intercepted by the black iron spike, her face was utterly devoid of color.

She watched her kin die in a short span of time, then looked at Xu Qing, who now turned and approached her, emanating an endless aura of malevolent ferocity. The terror in her eyes made her mind feel as if it would collapse.

She recalled the scene she had witnessed that day, Xu Qing battling the black-clad girl from Dongyou Island. She thought of the reason behind the fierce reputation of the Demon Extermination Division circulating within the Seven Blood Eyes during this period. And she also remembered the exquisite face of Xu Qing during her many previous visits.

All of this intertwined, creating a sense of unreality and an unspeakable dread. She retreated rapidly, but it was too late. Her mental collapse allowed the Vajra Sect Ancestor to seize the opportunity, abruptly arriving and piercing straight through her abdomen, then rapidly piercing back again.

As a scream erupted from the starfish princess, the sea turtle beside her suddenly opened its large mouth, clamped down on her arm, and with a crunch, bit it clean off.

As it chewed, its expression turned frantic, yet paradoxically, its eyes revealed deep fear and a hint of pleading.

This sea turtle was none other than the Guizhou Tribe cultivator. After the starfish he possessed died, he revived in a sea turtle at the bottom of the sea. Just as he was about to escape, he quickly realized his body had suddenly lost all control.

This feeling was familiar to him, and terrifying, horrified memories erupted within his mind. He could do nothing but watch in despair as the sea turtle he possessed gleefully turned and swam towards the shore.

Now, on the shore, the starfish princess, whose abdomen had been repeatedly pierced and whose mind was on the verge of collapse, showed a pitiable expression, her eyes pleading. Her body trembling, she began to cry to Xu Qing.

“Xu Qing, I had my reasons for this, and I also—”

Before she could finish, Xu Qing was already close, and he directly slapped her. With a thud, the girl’s right cheek instantly swelled. As her teeth shattered, cracks appeared in her skull, seemingly affecting her nerves, causing her limbs to twitch uncontrollably a few times.

Moreover, two of her life-fires within her body were directly extinguished by Xu Qing’s slap.

Before she could recover, Xu Qing approached again and slapped her once more.

Amidst the booming sound, the girl let out a shrill scream. Her left cheek also swelled high, and all her teeth, mixed with blood, gushed from her mouth. Her entire skull seemed on the verge of collapse at that moment.

Her last remaining life-lamp within her body also burst. The next instant, Xu Qing approached and fiercely landed a kick on the wound in the girl’s abdomen.

The girl’s blood gushed again, and her body was thrown upwards. All her magic apertures within her body shattered with popping sounds under this immense force, completely crippling her cultivation.

This intense piercing pain made her want to faint, but then Xu Qing forced a pill into her mouth, extending her vitality while preventing her from losing consciousness.

Thus, she could only scream piercingly amidst the severe physical pain, her expression contorted. Her eyes were no longer filled with despair but mixed with madness and malevolence. Just as she was about to speak, Xu Qing delivered a punch to the side of her mouth, directly pulverizing it into a bloody mess.

Next, Xu Qing coldly watched the woman, took a deep breath, and with a wave of his hand, the Azure Dragon opened its maw and swallowed the sea turtle whole. It then floated in mid-air, while Xu Qing, gripping the starfish princess by her right leg, walked forward.

The sand and pebbles on the beach, like sharp blades, rapidly abraded the starfish princess’s flesh, making her sources of pain not only the collapse of her internal magic apertures but also the slow torture of her body and continuous mental torment.

Thus, amidst this cruel friction, her screams became inhuman.

In this manner, Xu Qing walked on, leaving a horrifying trail of blood behind him.

The blood trail stretched longer and longer, and the screams grew weaker and weaker. Before long, Xu Qing entered the perimeter of the Seven Blood Eyes’ formation and saw the magnificent city in the distance. He spoke with an expressionless face.

“Xu Qing, Seven Blood Eyes Sequence, Chief of the Seventh Peak’s Demon Extermination Division, reports to the Sect: the Starfish Tribe has betrayed us. I request the Sect’s grand formation to suppress all Starfish Tribe members within the Seven Blood Eyes. Prevent them from teleporting away, prevent them from transmitting messages externally. Suppress them on the spot!”

As his words rang out, the grand formation of the Seven Blood Eyes immediately roared, as if rapidly verifying. The next instant, an aged voice, accompanied by rapid breathing, resonated from the Sixth Peak, spreading in all directions.

“Granted!”

As the words echoed, the Seven Blood Eyes Sect’s grand formation abruptly activated, and suppression began. Simultaneously, figures flew out from within the Seven Blood Eyes, heading straight for Xu Qing.

The fastest among them was Old Six, who emerged from the Sixth Peak. He crossed the distance in a single step, appearing before Xu Qing. As a Nascent Soul cultivator, his presence was like a scorching sun, radiating heat and madness, distorting everything in the surrounding area.

“Xu Qing, what have you found?!”

Xu Qing took a deep breath, enduring the discomfort of such close proximity to a Nascent Soul cultivator. He cupped his fists and spoke in a low voice.

“Old Six, you will know once you search her soul!”

Saying this, Xu Qing waved his hand and tossed the princess, who had been behind him, in front of Old Six. Old Six’s breathing was ragged. If it were any other peak master, they might not have performed a soul search based solely on Xu Qing’s words, but he was different.

At this moment, Old Six showed no hesitation. He raised his right hand and pressed it firmly onto the starfish princess’s forehead, beginning the soul search!

It wasn’t long before the Captain and others also flew over. One by one, seeing this scene, they all looked solemn. They came to Xu Qing’s side, silently waiting. The Captain looked at the starfish princess, who was screaming terribly, then at Xu Qing, whose face was expressionless but whose body still exuded a strong malevolent aura. He patted Xu Qing’s shoulder. “Little A’Qing, your senior brother will bear this matter with you!”