Chapter 830: Great Five Ox, Great Ruthless Dao

“How does that saying go?”

The captain licked his lips, a playful smile on his face as he watched the figure escaping towards the horizon. “It’s 'people who are fated to meet will find each other even if they are a thousand miles apart'!”

“Isn’t that our junior brother? He just appeared with a ‘whoosh,’ but this time, he won’t escape!”

Xu Qing nodded and raised his hand. Black flames surged from his body, flowing down his arm to his palm. The black spear, which had just been put away, reformed in his hand. Its tip was incredibly sharp, seemingly burning through the void, creating tiny black holes that tore at the spiritual energy of nothingness with astonishing power.

Furthermore, it drew up a bloody aura from all directions, rising into the sky. Countless spectral figures of resentful souls materialized around the spear, emitting desperate, unwilling wails from before their deaths.

There’s no reincarnation, no escape from suffering. The echoing sounds were chilling, and from a distance, this scene was terrifying.

The spear in Xu Qing’s hand was like a peak from the underworld, its ghostly flames emitting waves of black fire.

The fire was immense, sweeping across the sky, as if transforming the firmament into a sea of flames. Ripples reverberated, and at the same time, the world grew dim.

This phenomenon entered the eyes of the Flame Moon Profound Sky native cultivator, who was rapidly fleeing in the distance. He felt his scalp tingle, his thoughts churning, and an overwhelming sense of life-and-death crisis and endless regret surged within him.

At this moment, he finally understood how his clone had died – it must have been killed by this spear.

“I acted impulsively, I shouldn’t have come here!” The Flame Moon Profound Sky native cultivator’s face was pale. He instinctively took a few breaths, desperately boosting his speed to escape with all his might, and even initiated a teleportation spell, but this required time.

A cold glint flashed in Xu Qing’s eyes. He gripped the long spear and hurled it violently towards the horizon.

The spear, like an enraged dragon, roared as it shot forth, its sound tearing through the heavens and earth as if splitting creation itself.

With a thunderous rumble, interspersed with a piercing shriek, it rapidly approached the Flame Moon Profound Sky cultivator.

The void shattered, and the sky blurred. Only the spear remained distinct, like a gash in the heavens, instantly chasing across the horizon to lock onto the Flame Moon Profound Sky native cultivator from behind.

Just as it was about to pierce him, at the same moment, Ding 132 manifested a vast prison shadow in the sky, shaking everything to its core. This also unconsciously shocked the Flame Moon cultivator, who watched as the prison shadow above him rapidly solidified, about to envelop and seal him.

He could foresee that once this was complete, he would be doomed, with no escape. So, at the moment this extreme crisis arrived, the Flame Moon Profound Sky native cultivator did something incredibly bold.

Without the slightest hesitation, he slammed his forehead. Amidst a roar, his body showed overlapping shadows as his soul rapidly departed his physical form!

His discarded physical body became his weapon. It lunged towards the black spear, allowing the spear to approach. With a crash, the spear struck the body, causing it to collapse. However, the Flame Moon cultivator’s flesh did not scatter; instead, it coiled backward, tightly enveloping the black spear with a strange, binding effect.

Even though this flesh was rapidly being annihilated by the black spear, it still delayed it for a single breath.

At the same time, the Flame Moon cultivator made a second decision: he decisively abandoned his eight forbidden mountains. His soul blew a mighty wind, causing the eight mountains to whistle into the sky with a rainbow-like momentum, heading directly towards the descending Ding 132!

There, the eight mountains instantly swelled, transforming into colossal, astonishing peaks, their forbidden power erupting with boundless might.

This was both an act of sacrifice and an attempt to support and delay the collision with Ding 132!

Amidst the thunderous roar, Ding 132 sank, and though it quickly recovered, this also took one breath of time!

For the Flame Moon Profound Sky native cultivator, this single breath was the crucial moment between life and death. His teleportation finally activated, and using this brief interval, he suddenly blurred and vanished from the sky. The flesh that had enveloped the black spear also lost its cohesion at this moment, disintegrating into countless scattered pieces.

Only the eight forbidden mountains left by the Flame Moon cultivator in the sky were suppressed by Ding 132 and absorbed into its prison.

Xu Qing looked at the void. The opponent’s reaction was too fast; even a slight delay would have resulted in being trapped by Ding 132, and at that point, his teleportation spell would have been meaningless.

However, Xu Qing showed no emotional fluctuation, because the captain had said earlier that this person wouldn’t escape this time. Based on Xu Qing’s understanding of the captain, this statement was very likely not an empty boast.

Indeed, as the cultivator teleported away, the captain smiled proudly and spoke to Xu Qing with satisfaction.

“Didn’t I consume this cultivator’s flesh and blood earlier?” the captain said. “During this time, I’ve been researching by analogy, and it reminded me of a great divine ability I learned in one of my previous lives, specifically for Flame Moon cultivators!”

“This divine ability of mine is very powerful; it restrains teleportation. Its principle is to trace the origin. No matter where he goes, I can bring him back!” As he spoke, the captain raised his hand and grabbed towards the ground. Immediately, five pieces of the Flame Moon cultivator’s flesh and blood, which had fallen to the ground, flew up and landed in front of the captain.

The captain flicked his sleeve, and the five pieces of flesh arranged themselves into a pentagram in front of him.

“But the prerequisite is to have five items that share his origin, preferably flesh, blood, or bone,” he explained. After speaking, the captain raised both hands, formed a spell, and chanted incantations.

Ripples emanated from one piece of flesh, then a second, and a third. Finally, all five pieces of flesh simultaneously emitted ripples, colliding with increasing intensity as they rose into the air, forming a swirling black hole.

The captain gazed at the vortex and let out a low growl, his voice resonating with an ancient aura.

“Soul of Heaven and Earth, return to your origin!” The moment his voice echoed, the vortex spun more intensely. Faintly, the soul of the teleported Flame Moon cultivator seemed to be drawn out and revealed within the black hole.

Initially, it was blurry and distorted, as if being stretched, but it quickly became clear. Even the shock, terror, and disbelief in his expression were vividly visible!

In an instant, the captain sneered, raised his hand, and grabbed at the vortex. Immediately, the soul of the Flame Moon cultivator, summoned back, was conjured out of thin air.

Despair filled the eyes of the Flame Moon cultivator’s soul. He was about to utter words to save his life, but the captain ignored him and fiercely clenched his right hand!

Bang!!

The soul disintegrated, turning into a pile of green apples that fell to the ground!

Qiu Quezi, standing nearby, keenly rushed to quickly gather the scattered green apples and presented them to the proudly defiant captain.

The captain lifted his chin towards Xu Qing, and noticing the ripples in Xu Qing’s eyes, he became even more smug.

“How about it, Little Ah Qing? Isn’t your senior brother’s spell powerful?!”

Xu Qing nodded, curiously gazing at the five pieces of flesh. He felt a faint, familiar aura emanating from them, seemingly drifting back.

“This technique...!”

Before Xu Qing could finish, the captain waved his large hand!

“I know you want to ask about the name of this divine ability, Little Ah Qing!” the captain said. “Listen closely, this divine ability of mine is called the Great Five Oxen Tracing Origin, Grand Heartless Dao!”

After speaking, the captain glanced at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing seemed moved, as if awed by the name, which made the captain even happier.

“Do you want to learn it? Your senior brother will teach you! Once you learn it, you’ll have a way to bring people back even if they try to run far away!”

As he spoke, the captain, with a casual gesture, took out a jade slip, imprinted something on it, and tossed it to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing took the jade slip. This technique was unique; he felt it might be very useful at times.

So, he nodded.

“Thank you, Senior Brother!”

“Haha, no need to be polite, it’s a small matter!” the captain said. With that, the captain got the reaction he wanted. Seeing Xu Qing like this, which was rare, he felt immensely satisfied.

At the same time, the eight ownerless forbidden mountains descended and floated above Xu Qing’s head.

Xu Qing looked up, his gaze falling upon them, and began to analyze in his mind.

According to the elder of the Flame Moon race in that palace, one needed at least a thousand points to become the chief of the first stage.

“Still need to work harder, brother!” Xu Qing withdrew his gaze and looked at the captain. The captain grinned, guessing Xu Qing’s thoughts, and so both of them blurred simultaneously, transforming into streaks of rainbow light and shooting towards the distance.

Qiu Quezi watched this scene, his breathing quickening. He felt that meeting these two was his destiny and he absolutely couldn’t miss this opportunity. So, he too rose and flew out, following behind them.

Thus, the three figures gradually flew out of the forbidden zone, slowly receding towards the inner regions of the Flame Moon territory.

Meanwhile, this forbidden zone slowly returned to tranquility. Exotic beasts reappeared, and the area where the twenty-seven vanished forbidden mountains once stood was now covered by vigorous, blood-red grass, growing luxuriantly!

Several hours later, some cultivators appeared in the sky—those who had left earlier and now chose to return to assess the situation.

Among them were some who had felt regret, believing they shouldn’t have been so easily deterred and left.

However, upon their arrival, as they perceived the changes here, their expressions all turned solemn.

Especially after arriving at the area of the twenty-seven mountains, seeing the red grass and sensing the thick scent of blood, their expressions instantly changed, and they couldn’t help but gasp.

“How many people died here?”

“Here!?”

“All the cultivators here were slaughtered!”

“This is impossible.”

Gasps spread across the forbidden zone. Some still refused to believe it and tried to send messages via jade slips to familiar cultivators who had remained.

But there was no response.

Gradually, silence fell upon the crowd, horror evident in their eyes as they swiftly departed, one by one.

Thus, as time passed, with Xu Qing’s departure and the scattering of the remaining individuals from the area, news about the human cultivator slaughtering hundreds of participants began to spread.

It rapidly spread from those cultivators, from one to ten, from ten to a hundred. This news, like a storm, continuously disseminated within the Flame Moon Profound Sky clan, attracting widespread attention.

The initial reaction of those who heard was mostly disbelief, but as investigations commenced, their minds were stirred.

Especially the Bai Ze clan was enraged, as they had suffered the most casualties this time, with even a prodigy being slain. However, the powerful cultivators of the Bai Ze clan were helpless regarding this matter. Their main forces were largely on the Black Sky clan battlefield, and few remained in the central city. But that wasn’t the main point; the crucial aspect was that they dared not violate the rules of the Great Hunt.

Only those with the qualifications could take action!

However, clandestine efforts to operate against prodigies were unavoidable. Thus, an invisible dark cloud, a rising storm, began to gather within the Flame Moon Profound Sky clan.

It was about to descend!