Chapter 754: Yin-Yang Water Fiend Yin Spirit Formation

The sounds of incantations formed tendrils of black mist, which emanated from the mouths of the bald statues and intertwined in mid-air, outlining a black runic symbol.

The symbol appeared like streaks of falling rain, with ink dripping from it, exuding an aura of decay and gloom.

It then rapidly approached Xu Qing, intending to seal him.

At this critical juncture, a venomous curse instantly formed in Xu Qing's eyes. His gaze, capable of cursing anything it fell upon, fixed on the approaching black runic symbol.

After a single breath of his gaze, the symbol wavered and grew dim as poison spread within it, forcing it to erupt with a faint glow in resistance.

After two breaths of his gaze, the toxicity greatly intensified, releasing a poisonous mist that transformed into blurry, hideous ghost faces, wailing in agony.

After three breaths of his gaze, the symbol rumbled, began to crack and corrode, and was now less than three zhang from Xu Qing.

At this moment, the poison within Xu Qing fully erupted. The poison no longer merely emanated from his gaze; his entire body now radiated it, enveloping the surroundings in a storm that swept towards the runic symbol.

A resounding sound filled the air. The black runic symbol, seemingly possessing life, did not forcibly suppress him. Instead, it melted within the storm, forming countless sheets that dispersed down the long street.

From a distance, it looked like countless pieces of ghost money flying, opening a dim path between yin and yang and locking the souls of eternity. The runic symbols darkened the sky and earth, sealing off all directions, obscuring the sky and covering the ground, effectively isolating this long street from the imperial capital and turning it into an independent space.

Within this space, rules were altered, laws were influenced, and everything would be completely different from the outside world!

The water on the ground had already formed a lake and was rapidly rising, submerging Xu Qing's legs, then his waist, as if to engulf everything within it!

The incantations, fifty-two characters in total—matching the number of surrounding statues—while empowering the area, also caused the fifty-two statues to rise from their cross-legged positions and rush towards Xu Qing, treading on the splashing water.

Additionally, the numerous water entities that had previously appeared—not cultivators, but manifestations of divine abilities—their killing intent fierce, had already surrounded Xu Qing!

Furthermore, hands formed beneath the water, carrying an aura of annihilation, slaughter, and an eerie, ghostly intent, reached out to grab him.

Looking around, this scene of slaughter approached Xu Qing from above and below, from left and right, from all directions!

The rain intensified, drenching Xu Qing's clothes and long hair.

The killing intent grew stronger, assaulting Xu Qing's body and soul!

The long street was chaotic, the sky obscured and the earth submerged. This was the Water Fiend Soul Formation. To cast this technique would require at least Spirit Repository Great Perfection cultivation, and even then, it would typically need multiple people working together in a formation. The greater possibility was that a Return to Void realm expert had intervened!

Only in this way could such a deadly assault be formed in an instant.

Furthermore, it was highly probable that the opponent had not personally arrived, but was casting spells from a distance, aiming for a quick resolution. They were thoroughly familiar with Xu Qing's route, and this chosen long street must have been pre-arranged!

All these thoughts flashed through Xu Qing's mind. His expression was solemn, and a cold glint appeared in his eyes.

Since leaving the Moon Sacrifice, he had not felt such a sense of life-and-death crisis in a long time!

To resolve this, there was a very simple method: detonating the Ancient Sun. However, doing so would be unbearable for him, and most importantly, detonating the Ancient Sun here would affect the entire imperial capital.

This might even be one of the opponent's objectives!

Xu Qing's eyes narrowed. His cultivation instantly erupted. Behind him, three divine storehouses surged forth. The furnace within them rumbled into operation, generating divine might and instantaneous high temperatures of flame that permeated the entire space and spread in all directions.

The surrounding water rapidly evaporated, forming mist. At this moment, Xu Qing's body also shot upwards, utilizing the power of his divine storehouses. The moment he left the water surface, the water below him churned, and a hand suddenly extended from within. Just as it was about to grab him, Xu Qing, expressionless, raised his right hand and pressed it downwards!

Instantly, a darkness spread rapidly outwards from him. As the shadows dispersed, an anomalous aura ascended!

That was Xu Qing's Shadow, which, spreading out to cover the area in that instant, released the devoured forbidden zones into this space, obscuring the sky.

Above Xu Qing, a black vortex formed, rapidly swirling!

The ground had water, the sky had shadows, and Xu Qing was in the center!

Since this place was isolated, and the outside became another independent existence, then releasing the forbidden zones of the Shadow here was naturally the most suitable!

Suppressing cultivator techniques with divine power is inherently a method of combat.

At this moment, as the influence spread, the entire space shook, and Xu Qing's shadow also rapidly distorted, forming a hand identical to the water surface below!

One could see a large tree from which a coffin hung, swinging like a pendulum, emitting cackling sounds that echoed like whispers, affecting the surrounding incantations.

Simultaneously, as the killing intent erupted in Xu Qing's eyes, he pressed down with his right hand!

Immediately, the hand formed by his shadow descended from the sky. After passing through Xu Qing's body, it directly touched the water hand rising from the surface below. A booming sound erupted, transforming into a deafening sonic wave that spread outwards with a rumble. Wherever it passed, all the rainwater shattered, and the approaching water entities also developed countless ripples on their forms.

As for the fifty-two statues, their forward movement also halted!

At the same time, Xu Qing slightly bent his waist and arched his back, then shot out like an arrow released from a bowstring, charging directly towards the statues. His Dharma Idol's Thunderous Demon Pestle, flying beside him, erupted with speed and whistled towards the rippling water entities.

The ripples clashed in an instant!

The Iron Skewer, specially refined by Seventh Master, possessed astonishing power. Its three faces, now all wide open, empowered by the Eyes of the Crimson Mother and the Immortal Restriction Divine Spirit, greatly increased the Thunderous Demon Pestle's power. Wherever it passed, it pierced through the water entities one by one!

Each one it pierced crumbled, unable to regenerate, as if losing their life, and transformed into ordinary rain, scattering.

Xu Qing himself was even more formidable. His explosive speed shattered the rainwater around him. The first divine storehouse behind him erupted with the sound of heavenly thunder and separated into countless portions, chasing after Xu Qing.

As Xu Qing advanced, these merged into his body—this was divine essence!

With the integration of this divine essence, his body tore and his flesh and blood regenerated, causing his physique to grow taller and taller, and larger and larger, forming a colossal body. He resembled a Ghost Emperor, wearing an imperial crown. Dazzling golden light emanated from this body and transformed into a spectrum of colors around him!

The heart of the Heaven and Earth Furnace thumped rhythmically, each beat like a Heavenly Cauldron, erupting with raging flames that consumed his entire body.

Furthermore, a black long spear, wreathed in countless bolts of lightning, appeared out of thin air and was grasped by Xu Qing. He appeared before one of the statues and swept the spear horizontally.

The statue vibrated throughout, then instantly crumbled, its countless fragments scattering in all directions.

This was Xu Qing's second layer of divine form. Upon its manifestation, his combat strength surged, and his Forbidden Spear, in particular, contained terrifying power.

With Xu Qing's speed, the long spear weaved through countless statues. Wherever it passed, not a single statue could withstand a single blow, and they all crumbled!

But Xu Qing's brow slowly furrowed!

As the last statue shattered under his long spear, an intense sense of life-and-death crisis suddenly surged in Xu Qing's heart. Without hesitation, he fiercely raised his right hand and hurled the long spear in his grip towards the end of the long street!

At the same time, he took out a piece of Crimson Mother's flesh and blood and held it in his palm. The black long spear, wreathed in countless bolts of lightning, emitted a sharp whistling sound as it instantly flew. A tremendous roar echoed as the long spear pierced into the air at the end of the long street, unable to penetrate!

It was like a sealed barrier there. At the spot where the spearhead struck, a corner of black clothing was impaled!

Someone had been hiding here just moments before...

Simultaneously, a cold voice echoed through the long street.

“We underestimated you, and you underestimated the incantations.”

“The Dao Venerable asked: Among the four forms of life, what is tainted by resentment? Those with heads die, those without heads live. We, the masses, replied: Thus, Dao statues descend to lock the heavenly body.”

As these words were uttered, the shattered fragments of the fifty-two black bald statues that Xu Qing had destroyed exploded from the lake surface. They reformed into fifty-two iron chains, which shot directly towards Xu Qing. No matter how Xu Qing tried to dodge, it was futile; they immediately coiled around and bound him!

Fifty-two iron chains bound Xu Qing, one end remaining in the lake. From a distance, this scene resembled the binding of a demonic physical body!

“The Dao Venerable, with eyes closed, asked: Wind falls, blades kill, water overflows, life hangs by a thread. What is this place? We, the masses, replied: Indeed, Dao water can counter all gods.”

It wasn't over. As the voice resumed, the lake water transformed into fine threads, which threaded through each iron chain and shot towards Xu Qing, coiling around his body once more. These threads were subtle, both illusory and substantial, thus capable of sealing all divine consciousness, all orifices, and even obscuring Xu Qing's eyes!

“The Dao Venerable was pleased, and asked again: When injustice is taken as good, when humiliation is considered virtuous, when heaven and earth are inverted and right and wrong are chaos, what is the solution? We, the masses, all replied: There are Dao Incantations that nail the soul.”

Fifty-two black nails rose from the lake water. Upon closer inspection, one could see a miniature black bald statue seated cross-legged on each nail!

They whistled through the air at an astonishing speed, directly piercing Xu Qing's entire body. Every point they struck was a vital meridian connected to Xu Qing's soul.

This was nailing down the soul of Samsara!

“The Dao Venerable meditated, and lamented: A hundred ghosts find their place, attending the Underworld Lord; souls are fused, the five specters defiled, a hundred elixirs mystically imbued, Dao essence is insufficient, for eternal life, by limitless decrees, be bound!”

As these words were uttered, chaos erupted all around. Figures of all beings and souls of all races began to materialize, ultimately forming tendrils of black mist that converged to recreate the initial black runic symbol. It then rapidly approached Xu Qing's glabella!

Even more astonishingly, the appearance of the long street where Xu Qing was located, isolated from the imperial capital, also began to change...

This was not a long street at all!

It was clearly a long, rectangular talisman paper, magnified countless times. The talisman had two parts: one yin and one yang, one bright and one dark.

The end of the long street was the very tip of this talisman paper. At this moment, it began to curl upwards, and the talisman paper started rolling towards Xu Qing, intending to combine with the black runic symbol in front of him to truly seal him!

The sense of life-and-death crisis continuously surged within Xu Qing's heart. However, he still did not choose to detonate the Ancient Sun. Instead, he crushed the piece of Crimson Mother's flesh and blood he held in his palm!

His second divine storehouse behind him roared to life, transforming into dense black mist that instantly enveloped Xu Qing's figure and merged into his body.

The next instant, a terrifying aura, surging with the mist, burst forth from within with earth-shattering force!

Furthermore, Xu Qing's agonizing roars, like those of a god or demon, echoed out. Wherever they passed, the void shattered, the runic symbols trembled, and the lake water rippled violently.