Chapter 898
Enrage and Fury
In the starry sky, two figures are chasing each other at an incredible speed.
It was more like a hunt than a chase.
The enormous monster, like a black lightning bolt, appeared and disappeared in the starry sky, each appearance accompanied by the collapse of space.
Lu Qing's figure was like a ghost, dodging the fatal attacks time and time again at the last second.
Those Dao Integration Realm experts who were observing with their divine senses held their breath, their hearts pounding in their throats.
They had lived for tens of thousands of years, experienced countless battles, and considered themselves to be very knowledgeable.
But the battle before them deeply shocked them.
No one expected that the deputy abbot of the Black and White Temple would increase his strength so much after revealing his monster form.
Each flap of those six wings could traverse the endless starry sky, and each swing of those eight arms could tear through space.
Its speed and strength were both extreme, so much so that Lu Qing, who had been suppressing it just moments before, could only avoid its attacks and desperately flee.
"How could this monster be so powerful?"
A Dao Integration Realm expert murmured, his voice trembling.
He had cultivated for tens of thousands of years and considered himself a strongman in the Dao Integration Realm.
But looking at the monster now, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
If it were him going up there, he probably wouldn't even last a single exchange.
“Lu Qing is about to collapse…” another Dao Integration Realm expert said, his voice full of worry. “He is only a divine sense clone, while that monster is the real body. If this continues, he will be caught up sooner or later.”
From their conversation, the group of Dao Integration Realm cultivators understood the origin of the monster.
It actually infiltrated from the world opposite the Dark Abyss.
They all knew about the Dark Abyss, that infamous forbidden zone in the starry sky.
But they never imagined that the other side of that abyss was connected to another world.
They never imagined that such terrifying creatures existed in that world, and that they had already infiltrated their midst.
Feeling the terrifying aura emanating from the monster, and the deep-seated fear and trembling within themselves as if facing a natural enemy, they recalled the prophecy that had circulated in the starry sky for countless years.
The prophecy said that one day in the future, a catastrophe would descend upon the stars, causing widespread devastation and the destruction of countless worlds.
They always treated this prophecy as a legend and never took it seriously.
But now, looking at that hideous monster, they began to realize that the legendary catastrophe was real, and very likely related to that monster.
Upon realizing this, everyone's hearts clenched.
If the prophecy is true, and if this monster is the source of the catastrophe, then Lu Qing cannot afford to lose.
If even he is defeated, then there will probably be no one in the starry sky who can stop that monster.
"Lu Qing, you must hold on..."
Qiu Ruofeng clenched his fists, his gaze fixed on the starry sky, not daring to look away for a moment.
The woman in white from the Kongming Sect also stared intently at the starry sky, her eyes filled with worry.
She wanted to do something, but found that she couldn't do anything.
That level of combat was simply beyond her ability to intervene in.
boom!
Amidst everyone's tense attention, the deputy abbot made his move once again.
Its eight arms swung out simultaneously, its sharp claws tearing through space and shattering a starry sky spanning hundreds of miles.
Space fragments flew everywhere, and the void turbulence surged wildly, turning that area into chaos.
However, Lu Qing still managed to dodge this attack.
Lu Qing's figure appeared several miles away, his form ethereal and indistinct.
He protected himself by distorting space to form multiple layers of spatial barriers.
The barriers, layer upon layer, were like countless mirrors, reflecting his image in countless ways, making it impossible to distinguish which was real and which was fake.
The deputy abbot, seeing this scene, felt both angry and helpless.
Although its demonic fire could dissolve the power of the Great Dao, making it impossible for Lu Qing to suppress it.
However, it also felt a sense of frustration when facing Lu Qing, who had mastered the power of the Great Dao of Space.
The other party is too slippery.
Every time it attacked, it was about to hit him, but he would move away at the last moment.
This ensures that each of its attacks can only hit his afterimage, the spatial illusion he leaves behind.
Lu Qing's spiritual senses were exceptionally sharp, often allowing him to anticipate the direction of an attack in the blink of an eye and evade it in advance.
This meant that although it could overpower Lu Qing, it was still unable to destroy this ant's divine consciousness clone.
Moreover, although Lu Qing's divine sense clone was extremely fragile, the nine fused rays of light in his hand still posed a considerable threat to it.
Even if it's in its true form now, it would likely suffer some losses if hit.
It still vividly remembers the power of that sword strike.
Therefore, it must always be on guard to avoid losing face again.
This feeling of frustration made it increasingly irritable.
"Ant, is all you can do is scurry around like a rat?"
The deputy abbot suddenly stopped, hovering in the starry sky, and uttered a mocking remark.
Its six wings fluttered slowly, its eight arms were crossed over its chest, and its compound eyes were full of contempt.
"Weren't you very arrogant just now? If you're so capable, then let's have a good fight!"
Its voice echoed through the starry sky, carrying a hint of provocation.
"A poor attempt at provocation."
Lu Qing stood in mid-air, his body somewhat distorted and illusory, making him difficult to see clearly.
The layers of barriers refracted his image into fragmented fragments, making it impossible to determine his true location.
His voice was calm and even, but his eyes gleamed with a thoughtful light.
He was looking for a solution.
After this chase, Lu Qing had to admit that he was indeed somewhat helpless against the monster after it revealed its true form.
The main problem is that the dark power emanating from the other party is truly bizarre, capable of dissolving and annihilating the power of the Great Dao.
His power of the Great Dao would be dissolved and neutralized by the dark power as soon as it got close to the monster, and it would be unable to cause any effective damage to it.
Furthermore, the opponent's physical body is ridiculously strong.
He had seen many cultivators who excelled in physical strength; those powerful individuals who cultivated the path of body cultivation had all tempered their bodies to the point where they were like magical treasures.
But the monster's physical body was stronger than any body cultivator he had ever seen.
Its thick carapace, sharp claws, robust arms, and enormous wings—every inch of it contained explosive power.
The physical body of that Demon Cangtian was once considered quite good, and could be considered top-tier among Dao Integration Realm experts.
But in the face of this monster, it is probably as fragile as an egg, ready to shatter at the slightest touch.
It can be said that, at the Dao Integration Realm level, the physical strength of this monster is the strongest among all the enemies Lu Qing has encountered.
Unfortunately, the strongest ability of his divine sense clone was the power of the Great Dao, which was perfectly countered by it.
The nine rays of light merging into one in his palm could injure the opponent, but given the lack of spatial suppression, hitting the monster was equally difficult.
The monster was too fast and reacted too quickly. Without spatial suppression, it would be quite difficult to hit it.
However, he also discovered that after revealing its true form, the monster seemed to prefer fighting with its bare hands.
Each of its attacks involves tearing through space, using its claws and arms to shred its enemies.
It doesn't use any supernatural powers or apply any laws; it relies solely on pure speed and strength.
In this way, although his speed is terrifying, it is not easy to catch him.
After all, he was proficient in the art of space, and his greatest strengths were dodging and teleportation.
As long as he doesn't want to fight, it's very difficult for the monster to actually hit him.
So the current situation is that he can't do anything to this monster, but the monster also has difficulty destroying his avatar.
The two remained locked in a stalemate, neither able to gain the upper hand.
The deputy abbot's compound eyes were fixed on Lu Qing, and the light in those eyes grew colder and colder.
It suddenly grinned, a ferocious and cruel smile revealing a mouthful of sharp fangs.
"Very well, since you, an ant, like to hide, then keep hiding."
Its voice carried a hint of sinister laughter.
“But other ants probably can’t escape as easily as you.” A bad feeling suddenly welled up in Lu Qing’s heart.
The deputy abbot continued, his voice growing louder and more manic: "You seem to care a lot about the ants in this starry sky? When you destroyed my branch altar to save those ants, you didn't hesitate at all."
Its eight arms slowly opened, as if to embrace the entire starry sky.
"Since that's the case, then I'll devour them all right in front of you! I want to see what you can do about it!"
Before he finished speaking, the deputy abbot's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot.
In Lu Qing's perception, a massive aura radiating terrifying malice was heading into the starry sky.
That speed was extremely fast, even faster than his clone.
The direction he was heading was exactly where one of the Dao Integration Realm cultivators was observing the battle with his divine sense.
"not good!"
Lu Qing's heart skipped a beat.
He wasn't worried about the Dao Integration Realm cultivator, since they were complete strangers and their relationship hadn't reached that level yet.
He sensed something was wrong because of the information revealed by the monster's actions.
If this monster really does go on a killing spree in the starry sky, it will be difficult to stop it.
With a thought, Lu Qing's figure also disappeared from the spot, chasing after the direction the monster had left in.
His speed was so fast that each step covered hundreds of millions of miles.
Even so, he could only barely keep up with the monster's speed.
That monster's speed was absolutely terrifying.
In the direction the monster went, a Dao Integration Realm expert was observing the battle with his divine sense.
He was a rogue cultivator who had cultivated for tens of thousands of years before finally reaching the Dao Integration Realm.
He was in seclusion in his cave when he was suddenly awakened by the aura of battle, and he used his divine sense to observe it.
At that moment, he was still in shock when he suddenly felt a terrifying malice approaching him.
The malice was so strong and intense that it made the hairs on his body stand on end.
"not good!"
He suddenly realized that the monster was coming for him!
Without a second thought, he immediately jumped out of his secluded cultivation place and used spatial teleportation to escape.
He was fast, but in front of that monster, he was as slow as a snail.
His figure had barely appeared tens of thousands of miles away when the monster's figure caught up.
Why are you running?
The deputy abbot's voice seemed to come from the deepest abyss, cold and cruel.
"It is your honor to be a part of me."
Its eight arms stretched out simultaneously, like eight black lightning bolts, instantly traversing tens of thousands of miles to firmly grasp the Dao Integration Realm expert.
"No!"
The Dao Integration Realm expert let out a shrill scream and struggled desperately.
He channeled all his magical power and unleashed all his supernatural abilities, trying to break free from the eight arms.
But the arm remained as still as an iron band. His attacks landed on the monster's carapace, leaving not even a white mark.
Almost simultaneously, Lu Qing's figure also appeared in the same spot.
He witnessed the monster capturing the Dao Integration Realm expert.
The deputy abbot turned his head and looked at Lu Qing, his compound eyes full of mockery.
"Look at this, this is the Dao Integration Realm expert in your starry sky." It sneered, its tone full of disdain, "A piece of trash, not even daring to resist."
It looked down at the Dao Integration Realm expert in its hand, then at Lu Qing.
"Tell me, what should I do with him?"
It deliberately slowed down its movements, as if enjoying the moment.
"Should we slowly crush every bone in his body, or devour his soul directly? Or tear him to pieces and eat him piece by piece?"
The expert at the Dao Integration Realm was so frightened that he was trembling all over and couldn't even speak.
He was just a rogue cultivator who had cultivated for tens of thousands of years before finally reaching the Dao Integration Realm.
He never imagined he would die like this.
The deputy abbot burst into laughter, which echoed through the starry sky.
Then, right in front of Lu Qing, its eight arms suddenly tightened.
"what!"
The Dao Integration Realm expert let out a short scream as his entire body was crushed into a bloody, mangled ball of flesh.
His flesh, his bones, his internal organs were all crushed by that terrifying force, mixed together, and turned into a lump of blood and mud.
The deputy abbot opened his mouth, which was full of fangs, stuffed the lump of flesh into it, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it.
A glint of satisfaction flashed in its compound eyes.
"It tastes good." It licked its lips and looked at Lu Qing. "Although it can't compare to geniuses like you, it's not bad either."
Then, with a flick of its wrist, a black light flew out from its hand and blasted towards a small world of life not far away.
That small world was not large, only about one-tenth the size of the ordinary world of life.
But hundreds of millions of living beings live on it.
They included mortals, monks, the elderly, children, men, and women.
The black light fell into the small world and exploded instantly.
Terrifying dark power raged through the small world, unleashing countless natural disasters and storms.
The earth trembled, the ocean roared, and the sky burned.
Cities collapsed in the storm, and continents sank in the tsunami.
Countless lives were lost in the disaster, without even a chance to scream.
The cultivators in that small world fought desperately, but their strongest were only at the Golden Core Realm, how could they withstand the power of the Dao Integration Realm?
As Lu Qing watched this scene, the killing intent in his eyes erupted like a volcano.
He could disregard the life or death of a rogue cultivator at the Dao Integration Realm, but he couldn't bear to watch so many innocent lives perish.
Those ordinary people, those children, those elderly people, they did nothing wrong. They just lived in that small world and yet they suffered a devastating disaster.
The monster was only there to provoke him.
"How about it?" the deputy abbot laughed, his voice full of smugness. "Feeling sorry for me? Angry? Wanting to kill me?"
Its eight arms slowly opened, as if welcoming something.
"Come on, come and kill me. Let me see what you can do to me."
It knew that Lu Qing couldn't do anything to it.
It knew that its dark power could suppress the power of the Great Dao, and that it was faster and stronger than Lu Qing.
It knew that Lu Qing had no way to deal with it.
Its purpose is to provoke Lu Qing, make him lose his temper, and cause him to make a mistake.
As long as Lu Qing makes a single mistake, it can seize the opportunity to completely annihilate this clone.
Lu Qing looked at it and remained silent for a moment.
Then he smiled.
That smile was icy cold, sending chills down your spine.
He first unleashed a beam of light, which landed in that small world and stabilized the raging natural disaster within.
Then he said calmly, "Since you want to die, then I'll grant your wish."
Lu Qing's voice was very calm, without the slightest ripple.
But those eyes gleamed with a chilling light.
A bad feeling suddenly welled up in the deputy abbot's heart.
The next moment, Lu Qingyuan's true form in the Guixu Secret Realm suddenly opened his eyes.
Those eyes gleamed with a sharp light, like two dazzling stars.
Within that light, space flowed, the five elements were born and died, sword intent roared, power surged, and illusions shifted.
Nine profound meanings of the Great Dao appeared simultaneously in his eyes.
His aura began to surge wildly at that moment. (End of Chapter)