CHAPTER 76: CHAPTER 73: THE TRUE STRENGTH OF THE ULTIMATE VENERABLE LEVEL?

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Blades of sword qi incessantly hammered the ground, creating countless craters, stirring up dust, while Wang Xu moved like a phantom amidst the bombardment of sword qi.

"Little guy, give up now, you have no chance of winning!" Qing Zhun shouted loudly, continuously wielding the snow-white broadsword in his hand.

Wang Xu remained silent and focused on evading.

Qing Zhun was clever, using his advantage of treading the air to persistently attack Wang Xu. For him, the consumption of sword qi was substantial, but Qing Zhun had long prepared plenty of energy recovery agents, allowing him to sustain for a long time.

Some might think Qing Zhun was disgracing himself by relying on such methods to deal with a Tier Eight student, while being a venerable, but in Qing Zhun’s eyes, there was no face in a fight, only life and death!

If you die, no matter how loudly you argue, it’s useless.

Alive, you’re the victor, you have the say!

In Qing Zhun’s heart, Wang Xu was not merely an ordinary Tier Eight student, but a venerable who couldn’t tread the air!

Tough.

Very tough!

Wang Xu frowned, even when facing a Flying Insect Beast, he didn’t feel this challenged.

The Flying Insect Beast, at least, would dive to attack and require close combat, but Qing Zhun stayed airborne, persistently consuming sword qi, giving no chance for close combat.

Moreover, Qing Zhun also possessed Heart Level body technique, even if Wang Xu launched an assault, it might not harm him.

Such an opponent, too troublesome.

Unable to hit, only dodge, such battle made Wang Xu irritated.

Pow!

The frustration in his heart made Wang Xu’s steps start to falter, directly getting hit by a sword qi.

The Ultimate Venerable Level’s formidable strength, even with the defense of the Water Patterned Scale Armor, still blasted Wang Xu, sending him flying backward.

Pow! Pow! Pow!

Qing Zhun saw the opportunity, brightened his eyes, and consecutively launched sword beams, thoroughly plunging Wang Xu into a pit.

Wang Xu was struck by sword qi, the Water Patterned Scale Armor rippled continuously, with part of the force acting through the armor, directly affecting Wang Xu’s body.

"Puh!" Once, Wang Xu could withstand it, twice was also fine, but continuous attacks landing on him, even his strong body sustained injuries.

"The power of an Ultimate Venerable Level is indeed not trivial." Wang Xu sighed inwardly, realizing he was too confident, facing a venerable he could only endure passively, without any counteraction power.

Injured, coughing blood, Wang Xu noticed Qing Zhun intensifying his efforts, intending to kill him on the spot.

"Damn, he has an armor-type Star Treasure, even though my sword is also a Star Spiritual Treasure, to break his armor, at least reaching the ’liquidation’ state is necessary." Qing Zhun frowned.

After reaching the Ultimate Venerable Level, the energy inside the body undergoes gasification, to proceed further, these gasified energies need to gradually coalesce into droplets of water, this is the Second Realm of the Ultimate Venerable Level, liquidation.

The Second Realm is not that simple, globally, only dozens of venerables reach liquidation, most are stuck at gasification.

"Huh?" Suddenly, Qing Zhun turned his head to look at the distant horizon, a sesame-sized black dot was swiftly approaching this direction.

"They’re here." Qing Zhun smiled, then glanced down at Wang Xu, "Your role is over, just die."

Qing Zhun said, biting forcefully into something in his mouth, simultaneously wielding the snow-white broadsword again, multiple fierce sword beams shot straight towards Wang Xu.

These sword beams were no different from the previous ones, but made Wang Xu feel the presence of death.

"Indeed, he never used his real power, just to lure the Battle Group here!" Wang Xu suddenly realized everything, his figure darted up, rushing madly away.

The snow-white sword beams trailed closely, crashing onto Wang Xu, the swelling power made him stagger, coughing blood, nearly tumbling to the ground.

Is this his real strength?

"Huh? Trying to escape?" Qing Zhun chuckled lightly, soared up, his speed nearly doubling the speed of sound!

"Damn, he truly hid his strength!" Wang Xu’s eyes focused, initially on the ground Qing Zhun’s prowess seemed total, how did it transform in the air?

No time to ponder, Wang Xu desperately sprinted, reaching extreme speed, leaving only a sprinting phantom on the ground.

Qing Zhun pursued relentlessly, the snow-white sword beams flickering incessantly.

The panic slowly emerged in Wang Xu’s eyes.

Qing Zhun, whether in speed or power, significantly elevated a level, for Wang Xu, winning was improbable.

Would he die here?

"Faster! Faster!" Wang Xu screamed in his heart, he couldn’t die, absolutely not!

"Enough struggling, just die." Qing Zhun chuckled lightly, his figure reached Wang Xu’s back, the snow-white broadsword in hand became a cold killing intent, shining icily!

The blade light looming larger on Wang Xu’s back, arriving almost instantaneously.

Wang Xu widened his eyes in terror, watching the blade beams approach.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, Wang Xu’s figure vanished from the spot.

Boom!

The sword beam struck the ground vehemently, carving a gigantic trench, a hundred meters long, unfathomable.

"Huh? What’s going on?" Qing Zhun stood midair with the broadsword, looking around bewilderedly.

Wang Xu had suddenly vanished from his sight, without any sign, or even a slight spatial fluctuation.

Hoo!

This moment, the flying battleship stopped a kilometer away from Qing Zhun.

The hatch opened, and a figure in black combat attire stepped out, his gaze icy cold, seemingly emerging from hell, full of killing intent, three fingers brutally severed.

"Blood Lizard, I was indeed right, they still sent you," Qing Zhun said with a smile.

"Qing Zhun, you shouldn’t have provoked them, let alone wear that expression seeing me." Blood Lizard replied coldly.

Qing Zhun stayed silent, the snow-white broadsword in hand gleaming under the sunlight.

"I’ve been waiting for this day, for a long time!"

The battle was imminent!

......

"Ha... Ha... Ha..."

Wang Xu panted continuously, as if salvaged from water, still in shock.

"Thank you, Celestial Spirit," Wang Xu said, glancing at the sweetly smiling Celestial Spirit beside him.

"Celestial Spirit is pleased to serve the master," Celestial Spirit replied with a smile.

Wang Xu felt a wave of aftershock.

Is the Ultimate Venerable Level truly so terrifying? Clearly, at the start it was almost the same as my strength, why did it suddenly elevate a whole level later, had he used this level of strength from the start, where would I have a chance?

"Too terrifying, is this the Ultimate Venerable Level? Seems like my cultivation is insufficient," Wang Xu muttered.

"Master, you shouldn’t underestimate yourself, the Star Level martial artist who battled you earlier had ingested ’Heart Explosion Grass.’" Celestial Spirit said with a smile, "Heart Explosion Grass can instantaneously unleash a martial artist’s potential, doubling their strength instantly, but it only lasts for fifteen minutes; after which, the heart rebounds, combusting and killing."

Wang Xu paused, was it really so?