Chapter 496: Chapter 294: Five Holy Slaughter Break Through the Heavenly Gate

In the quiet room, the Green Sandalwood table had fine grain, the porcelain cup was as thin as paper, and the tea soup had a color like light golden amber, with a clear fragrance rising with the steam.

The Great Grandmaster Lin Yuchen and Qiong Hui sat quietly drinking tea, while Meng Xinghai, reduced to Little Meng, personally poured tea for his senior uncle and the old Sun Elf.

Besides them, in this quiet room, Qin Ming and Li Guang sat facing each other, both of their cushions soaked with sweat.

The Sun Elf Clan, as promised, delivered the legendary Sacred Evil, and Qin Ming, abiding by his promise, attempted to cut the “Immortal Contract” for Li Guang, as directed by the clan, but it was incredibly difficult.

Since noon, buildings in the city had been tinged with a faint red glow, and now the “sunset” was nothing more than the last afterglow.

Outside the secret chamber, many Taijing Elves stood guard, not daring to interrupt. He Yan, Chi Yao, and other youngsters were extremely anxious, fearing the failure of dissolving the Immortal Contract.

However, Meng Xinghai was relaxed, worried that the Sun Elf Clan would turn ruthless after gaining what they wanted. He had invited his senior uncle to oversee and stand watch, which in hindsight might have been overly cautious.

Qiong Hui’s eyebrows were about to form a ‘river’ character; he personally guided them till now, supervising the whole process, finding that Qin Ming was indeed trying his best to sever the “document.”

A piece of “Light Paper” hung between Li Guang’s Consciousness Spiritual Light, surrounded by dense golden characters, resembling stars scattered across the sky.

It was rooted in Li Guang’s Spiritual Field, unexpectedly difficult to obliterate completely, reappearing after being torn numerous times.

In the end, the “Immortal Contract” became faint and hazy, like a light shadow entrenched there, no matter how Qin Ming utilized the Secret Technique passed down by Qiong Hui to cut it, the change was minor.

“Senior, I’ve tried my best, I really can’t do anything else.” Qin Ming spoke, his fingers pressing against Li Guang’s head, almost piercing her pale forehead.

Qiong Hui’s face was extremely grim, his eyebrows tightly locked, saying nothing, as the final result was somewhat hard to accept.

Li Guang not only shared a bloodline with him but was also the favorite direct descendant of that Ancestor Master sun elf in the delegation.

“Let’s try once more!” he said deeply, standing up to guide personally again.

After that, between Qin Ming and Li Guang, a multitude of characters appeared, forming a bridge connecting the two, starting yet another disassembly of the “Light Paper.”

Late at night, Qin Ming was devouring the succulent roasted deer leg, utterly exhausted, more so than in a life-and-death duel, consuming his spirit.

Across from him, Li Guang’s waist-length golden hair stuck in strands to her pale cheeks, her moon-white dress wet with sweat, clinging to her, outlining her graceful body curves as she leaned nearly collapsed against the wall.

“I think we should leave it at this.” The Great Grandmaster Lin Yuchen spoke.

Qiong Hui recognized it, knowing it was pointless to continue further.

At this moment, the light paper had temporarily disappeared, but as soon as Qin Ming slightly stimulated the golden thread from the void, it would still vaguely appear, unable to root out.

Qiong Hui first remained silent, then got up to pace around the room.

Lin Yuchen set down the wine cup, ate a piece of deer jerky, and only then said, “Weren’t you prepared for this? The Immortal Contract is hard to remove; once it’s set… it’s bound to be entangled and unclear.”

Meng Xinghai spoke too, “Actually, that ‘Light Paper’ doesn’t have much impact anymore. Even if something happens to Xiao Qin, Li Guang might not necessarily perish.”

Qin Ming put down the deer leg, saying, “Yeah, I think everything should be fine now; I’m not worried about being implicated by her.”

Upon hearing this, Li Guang rolled her eyes almost to the top of her head. This was a one-sided constraint; how could he possibly be implicated!

At the same time, she regretted it.

Lin Yuchen chuckled, “Is this girl from your family? Actually, if you don’t say it, and I don’t say it, the Sun Elves outside wouldn’t know it failed, taking it as completely resolved. For her, it makes no difference; she can grandly compete for the throne in the future.”

Qiong Hui felt stifled and left in the deep night with his people.

Meng Xinghai grinned, “This is the best outcome, avoiding them turning ruthless, and if you step into the Immortal Tomb Territory in the future, they surely wouldn’t dare harm you, maybe even warmly welcome you. If a Queen Elf is raised, that would be even better.”

“Woo…” The next day, the horn of the Immortal Road blew again, with teams from Fangwai arriving daily, ready to depart from Da Yu Imperial City.

In the following days, Qin Ming ran around everywhere, “Chasing Thunder” as he went.

He wanted to refine the “abnormality,” to convert the Five Holy Slaughter into his own strength, needing to be tempered in the towers of the Thunderstorm and to absorb Longevity Heavenly Light.

Otherwise, if he bore it with his body personally, it would shave off at least one or two hundred years of his lifespan.

Recently, he tried it simply, already shedding thirty to fifty years of his time, quite terrifying.

Luckily, everything could still be remedied.

A Lightning Sparrow landed in the inn, bringing news from a distant city.

In an instant, Qin Ming boarded the Exotic Bird and took off, Meng Xinghai followed along.

Wu Yaizu looked up at the sky and said, “Brother Ming’s cultivation style is truly novel, having to rush around every day, actively getting struck.”

Xiang Yiwu was about to leave too, summoned by the present Buddha, presumably related to venturing deep into the night world.

“Are you coming with me?” he asked Xiao Wu.

Wu Yaizu hesitated slightly before agreeing, saying, “Sure, I’ll leave a letter for Brother Ming.”

In fact, Qin Ming returned fairly early today, catching up to see them off.

“After your breakthrough, you can find us at the Tathagata Sect.” Xiang Yiwu extended an invitation.

Qin Ming had multiple issues at hand, with a decision in his heart, temporarily not preparing to accompany the two.

The next day, out of courtesy, he saw off the Sun Essence Race. This delegation was about to set off with the vanguard of the Immortal Road.

Among the Sun Elf Clan, He Yan, Chi Yao, and others remained aloof, ending up stunned to find Li Guang actually looking back, towards the person behind her, finally hesitating to wave her hand.

They could only sigh at the Sun Goddess’s excellent composure within the clan.

The Great Grandmaster Qiong Hui wasn’t present, or else his face would certainly have been darkened.

Qin Ming used seeing off as a pretense to test the waters, attempting to activate the Immortal Contract, discovering it still effective.

He didn’t intentionally provoke the other side, but was reminding and subtly warning them, in case Xiang Yiwu and Xiao Wu entered their territory and got “special treatment,” to weigh it themselves.

Li Guang’s mind trembled, the “Light Paper” surfaced, and even her strongest willpower couldn’t suppress her instinct, finally turning back to offer a charming smile.

Until they walked quite a distance away, the light paper within her gradually dimmed and disappeared.

Qin Ming began to get busy again, running around everywhere.

Having stayed in the Da Yu Imperial City for a while, he almost forgot the absolute darkness of the wild.

“This is far from enough!” Qin Ming sighed.

The rainy season had ended, and even with Meng Xinghai coordinating and acquiring news from various places in time, he still often made fruitless trips.

This season, thunder would rumble a few times before it started raining, with no lightning bringing down the Heavenly Light, and the rain might stop again.

“Time is more precious than anything; the Auspicious Beast Blood should be used up,” Qin Ming muttered to himself.

The Newborn Road becomes more difficult the further you go, and the best steel should be used on the blade. Saving the Auspicious Beast Blood for breaking through major gates later… he felt it was unnecessary.

In this great era, where the Hundred Schools of Thought contend, all possibilities come with the Great Exploration.

Qin Ming believed it was best to convert the existing nourishment into strength.

“Time waits for no one, break through the gate first!”

Mainly, he had been running around for days without guiding a few streaks of Thunder Fire Sky Light.

“Decide for yourself!” Meng Xinghai did not oppose; on the Newborn Road, he really couldn’t offer any advice because this young man was continuously opening up new territories.

In the wild, the world seemed to be drenched in ink, hands reaching out saw nothing.

Qin Ming meditated on a mountain peak where not a blade of grass grew.

In fact, this whole area was barren, in a no man’s zone without Fire Spring, where absolute darkness was boundless.

A pure crystal vessel as large as a human head sealed the Auspicious Beast Blood, golden radiance like.

Qin Ming opened it, drinking directly from the mouth, then began to blend the abnormality.

He started with the Vermilion Bird Holy Slaughter; while refining, it seemed spirited, rebellious and untamed, frantically counterattacking.

The entire mountain peak was engulfed in scarlet firelight, the rocks melted, and a red divine bird continually struck and even attempted to escape.

However, it was difficult to leave Qin Ming’s range, entangled as if by fiery red patterns.

In the end, with a long cry somewhat resolute, it suddenly surged with firelight, scorching the pitch-black night sky, slaughtering towards the meditating youth.

Countless crimson feathers, crystal clear and large, fell like rain, as if the Vermilion Bird was disintegrating, wanting to perish together with him.

Even as the feathers separated, constantly slaughtering downwards, the brilliant radiance broke through the night fog, the molten lava flowed rushing down the mountain peak, all unable to escape this place.

The Vermilion Bird splintered apart, glowing feathers descended, enveloping Qin Ming, then in the high-pitched avian cry, the divine bird reappeared in the flame light.

It had been refined, rekindled by Qin Ming, reborn from the ashes, once more soaring across the sky.

Then, the legendary Azure Dragon Saint’s Slaughter was drawn out by him; upon emergence, layers of azure clouds covered this place, a colossal beast raised its head in the night sky, diving downwards.

Qin Ming showed no mercy, slaying the dragon here!

Azure light surged, dragon cries echoed, in a trance, Qin Ming seemed to step upon the azure clouds, ascending step by step, standing on a colossal dragon’s head.

The Azure Dragon Saint’s Slaughter exploded, refined by Qin Ming, reborn in his Heavenly Light!

Nearby, on the freshly cooled mountain peak, a vast patch of greenery appeared, grasses sprouting, vibrant life brought by the Azure Dragon Saint’s Slaughter.

When the White Tiger Saint’s Slaughter appeared, it seemed particularly fierce, its massive form like a small mountain, full of oppression, and around it, there were many white beams like swords, swords, spears, more blazingly fierce than lightning, slaughtering across with it.

Clearly, those were the gold attribute’s murderous Qi!

Not only that, the White Tiger opened its mouth, spitting out Evil Beauty, diving together with it.

In heaven and earth, everything was white!

On the mountain body, everything was bearing killing aura, the ground, mountain top cracking, many rocks turning into powder.

Moreover, the White Tiger Saint’s Slaughter wanted to invoke the Azure Dragon Saint’s Slaughter for a dragon and tiger combined attack!

Qin Ming wielded the Heibai Yin Yang Sky Light Map, directly suppressing, slowly crushing.

Moments later, dragon chants and tiger roars, the White Tiger Saint’s Slaughter was reborn, completely refined by him.

Qin Ming mused to himself, “Just now, with An Youxing and Sun Jingxiao, such Immortal Seeds, I could probably grasp them by the neck and pull them over already!”

Soon, a pitch-black Xuanwu appeared, a massive body with many mysterious patterns on the shell, intersecting like an Innate Eight Trigrams, its tail end entwined with a Big Snake.

In the rumbling sound, it seemed like the North Sea’s dam broke, backfilling the world, black waters engulfed Qin Ming.

He slaughtered the Xuanwu, merging the fourth type of Sacred Evil!

“Almost there, just the last one!” Qin Ming could distinctly feel himself growing stronger.

He adjusted briefly, drank large mouthfuls of golden Auspicious Beast Blood, vitality thriving within him.

Moments later, yellow clouds and mist surged, in the night sky a massive being burst with blinding Golden Light, seemingly with intent to cover the sky and earth, crushing towards the youth.

In the yellow light mist, the creature seemed like a Yellow Dragon, yet also like a Golden Qilin, its form looming, Evil Qi overflowing sky high, the terror was boundless.

It directly extended a claw, instantly covering the entire mountain peak!

Rumble!

Qin Ming met it with a strike, and around him the Four Holy Slaughters emerged, soaring alongside him.

This area flashed with thunder and lightning, Qin Ming ceaselessly bombarded, ripping apart the enormous creature amidst deafening sound.

The last type of Sacred Evil shattered, and was then reborn in his Heavenly Light.

In an instant, Five Colored Divine Radiance soared skyward in this area, Qin Ming fused the Five Holy Slaughters, piercing through the Heavenly Gate!

He unexpectedly hung in the night sky momentarily, beside him at times Five Elements Mountain hovered overhead, at others a Five Colored Light Wheel enveloped his body, sometimes five Immortal Swords hovered behind him, radiating multicolored radiance.

A single chapter for a while now, double updates still feel uncomfortable, about to write the Great Exploration, I’ll think it over carefully, tonight just this chapter, thank you to all book friends.

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