Volume 7: The Strongest Four Realms Chapter 20: Cutting Off One's Own Foundation
Deep scarlet blood was constantly oozing out of the pores all over Lu Qingshan's body.
When all his Taoist foundation was drained away by the mountain ghost, the restraining force that made him unable to move and struggle finally dissipated.
Of course, in the eyes of the mountain ghost, Lu Qingshan, who had lost his foundation, had lost the ability to resist.
But Lu Qingshan, who was already a lamb to be slaughtered in the eyes of the mountain ghost, now showed an even more ferocious smile to the hideous-looking mountain ghost.
His foundation of Taoism has been lost and his cultivation has declined, but his realm and rank are still there, so he can still display that magical power.
The magical power comes from the ancient Shanhai Pavilion.
The power of mountains and seas.
Previously, due to the influence of the mountain ghost's cause and effect magical power, he was unable to move, and naturally could not use this magical power.
Now, after Shan Gui achieved his goal of seizing the "foundation", his causal magical power finally became ineffective and he was no longer restricted.
Even without Shan Gui's words, Lu Qingshan would have used his last trump card and made a final attempt.
But what the mountain ghost said is not without meaning.
Its significance was to allow Lu Qingshan to announce the mountain ghost's death in his heart in advance.
You are already dead!
"As you wish!" Lu Qingshan, pale and covered in blood, had madness in his eyes.
He stretched out his right palm, blood was flowing out of his hand and dripping onto the ground.
But at this time, Lu Qingshan no longer cared.
A complex and mysterious Taoist pattern appeared on his palm.
At the same time, an extremely huge wave spread out from his palm to the earth in all directions.
That is the devouring force that mountains and seas cannot resist.
Hiss, hiss, hiss!
The speed at which this wave spread was unimaginable. In an instant, it spread to the land within a radius of forty miles.
The power of mountains and seas at the Nascent Soul stage, the power of mountains and seas that is devoured, has a range of forty miles.
Under the mountain ghost's horrified gaze, the land within his sight began to become barren and cracked at a strange speed, revealing bottomless fissures.
And within the earth, the immense power that gave birth to everything was surging wildly and gathering at the center of the fluctuation - Lu Qingshan's body.
Dark green energy roared out from the ground, forming a tornado that enveloped Lu Qingshan, and finally completely sank into Lu Qingshan's body.
Lu Qingshan, who was extremely weak the moment before, was now emitting enough vibrations from his body to make even the mountain ghosts tremble.
The most terrifying thing is that, as he the mountain ghost said, the earth is the source of his power.
When the power in the earth was drained away by Lu Qingshan, he became extremely weak, like Lu Qingshan whose Taoist foundation had been drained away, like water without a source.
"What kind of magical power is this?" The mountain ghost couldn't believe it. How could there be such a weird magical power?
The vast and powerful force in the earth emerged from Lu Qingshan.
He had fulfilled his promise to the leader of Shanhai Pavilion that he would never use this magical power unless it was a life-and-death situation, and he had indeed kept his promise.
This was the first time he had used this magical power since he had obtained it.
He could clearly feel that the power he now possessed was far greater than what he had possessed before.
The level of this power of mountains and seas is already equivalent to the power of a cultivator in the Void Refinement Stage.
Moreover, he could actually fully control this power without paying any price.
The only flaw is that this power can only be used once, and after he uses it, it cannot be restored.
In addition, the land whose power he has devoured will become desolate and a dead place, and it will never recover no matter how many thousands or tens of thousands of years it takes.
It is a magical power that goes against the harmony of nature.
A magical power that is even more evil than any evil magic.
"Thank you for your hard work." Lu Qingshan ignored Shan Gui's question and looked at Qin Yitian, whose eyes were red, and comforted him softly.
Qin Yitian just gave Lu Qingshan a gentle smile, and then his figure turned into red light again and disappeared into the dragon bird.
"Young Master, I want to kill him!" The next moment, Qin Yitian's gritting teeth voice came from Longque.
The sword spirit girl, who was always gentle and had no temper, was really angry this time.
She can take everything else lightly.
The only thing she could not accept was the mountain ghost's behavior of hurting Lu Qingshan like this.
"Okay." Lu Qingshan agreed.
boom!
Flames shot up into the sky from the Dragon Sparrow Sword.
The flames were so strong that they seemed to occupy the sky and completely set the world on fire.
The dragon bird suddenly flew up and instantly smashed the entangled green vines into pieces, flying all the way to Lu Qingshan's hand.
"If you want to take away my foundation, the price of a Thunder Fruit is not enough!" Lu Qingshan stood with a sword in his hand, with murderous intent in his eyes, which made the mountain ghost's heart tremble.
A moment later, Lu Qingshan's whole body emanated an earth-shaking sword energy. He held the sword and moved forward at such a fast speed that he rushed out and flashed past in an instant!
Lu Qingshan and Longque were approaching at an unimaginable speed.
The mountain ghost felt a strong sense of life and death crisis.
whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
All the green vines rushed out at a rapid speed, forming a green vine shield in front of him.
call!
Lu Qingshan took a deep breath, and his eyes, which were already full of coldness, became even brighter and sharper.
He gripped the Dragon Bird tightly, raised it high, and then swung the sword down.
Secret Sword: Heaven-Suppressing Sword!
boom!
As Lu Qingshan swung his sword, the sound it created was like a storm, roaring up!
A sharp sword energy mixed with flames rushed out violently.
At this moment, the entire canyon began to tremble violently.
The terrifying spiritual power wave swept over, and the already cracked ground, under the raging spiritual power, mud fell off and the cracks became bigger.
Click.
Under this sword, cracks quickly appeared on the green vine shield made up of countless green vines, and finally burst directly, turning into countless wood chips that flew away with the wind.
However, the mountain ghost's soul under the vine shield had disappeared at this time.
Seeing that the situation was not good, he chose to hide back in the Thunder Fruit Tree.
But now, the thunder fruit tree was trembling and shaking, and the glow on the surface of the treasure tree was dim to the extreme.
This is because all the power of the earth where he was rooted was taken away by Lu Qingshan, and he lost the source of his strength.
Lu Qingshan looked at the thunder fruit tree with a gloomy look.
"Despair." His calm voice echoed through the canyons.
The mountain ghost was indeed desperate.
In this situation, he wished he could grow two more legs and run away.
The fact is, his body has transformed into a thunder fruit tree, and he doesn't even have a limp, let alone two legs, and he can't move at all!
This is the disadvantage of the spirit of plants and trees. They know they are powerless to resist, but they don’t even have the right to escape.
Lu Qingshan did not give the mountain ghost another chance to speak, and a strong sense of hostility appeared in his eyes.
His figure tore through the sky. The thunder domain that had previously made him extremely fearful was no longer able to do anything to him under the powerful force of mountains and seas.
With a terrifying gust of wind, Lu Qingshan slammed hard at the thunder-producing tree.
Bang!
Standing above the Thunder Fruit Tree, Lu Qingshan swung the Dragon Bird in his hand heavily, and the sharp sword energy and flames slashed towards the thick layer of glow on the surface of the Thunder Fruit Tree.
Over a period of 20,000 years, the mountain ghost, with the help of the body of the Thunder Tree, cultivated to the peak of the fifth level.
With the help of the infinite power of the earth, in this area, he is not afraid even of the sixth-level cultivators.
But now, in front of Lu Qingshan, a Nascent Soul cultivator whose foundation had been stripped away, Shan Gui was caught in the most terrifying life-and-death crisis.
Sizzle!
The second sword of Zhentian fell heavily on the Shenglei Fruit Tree. Suddenly, a ray of light shone everywhere, and the ear-piercing sound of spiritual power colliding and melting rang out crazily.
Whether it is Lu Qingshan’s dragon bird or the glow on the surface of the thunder tree, they both possess extremely terrifying and huge energy.
The two clashed and began to erode each other continuously. Even the light became strangely distorted at the intersection.
A huge shock wave swept in all directions with Lu Qingshan and the Thunder Tree as the center.
The thunders that had previously given Lu Qingshan a headache were quickly destroyed under the impact of this shock wave.
Phew!
A slight cracking sound was heard.
A crack finally appeared in the layer of light on the Thunder Tree.
A cold smile appeared on Lu Qingshan's blood-stained face.
He quickly sheathed his sword and slashed out again.
Along that crack, he slashed out the third sword of Zhentian.
Bang!
Using a point to break the surface, the sword intent of annihilation and penetration suddenly burst out at this moment.
With a flash of cold light, the moment Lu Qingshan's third sword fell, the protective light finally couldn't withstand the power of the dragon bird, and all the rays of light turned into light spots and exploded.
The sharp sword blade condensed into a frost line, with a blazing flame, and slashed down from the top of the palm-high Thunder Tree.
The flames instantly covered and submerged the precious tree.
The mountain ghost's shrill and painful wails came from the blazing thunder tree.
He had just successfully separated the Taoist foundation from Lu Qingshan's body. His future was bright and this should have been the moment he was most proud of.
How come the situation has become like this in just the blink of an eye?
Mountain ghost, he couldn't figure it out! He felt wronged!
Resentment rose to the sky.
The mountain ghost became a vengeful ghost.
"I won't give in!!" the mountain ghost let out his final roar.
He could clearly feel that his vitality was rapidly fading away.
He escaped the genocide that occurred 20,000 years ago.
Now we have reached a dead end in this way.
How could he be willing?
His hatred towards Lu Qingshan had reached its peak, and the regret in his heart had also reached its peak.
"Twenty thousand years..." The mountain ghost's consciousness gradually became blurred, and his voice began to weaken.
Not long after, the lightning tree that was originally surrounded by colorful rays of light and extremely magical was reduced to ashes under the flames.
As the Thunder Tree turned into dust, the thunder in the Thunder God Pond also slowly faded away from the inside to the outside.
The source of the thunder in Leigongchi is this precious tree.
Once the Thunder Tree disappears, these thunders will become water without a source, and their power will gradually fade away until they disappear.
Lu Qingshan's body was shaking and trembling at this time.
The power brought by the power of mountains and seas is too strong. Using such a strong force to suppress the sky will bring a burden that he cannot bear now.
There were waves of severe pain coming from my body.
The blood continued to flow from his body, making his consciousness a little fuzzy.
"If this continues, there will be no more blood to shed." Lu Qingshan curled the corner of his mouth.
Lethe flew out of his body and landed in his hand.
A dazzling sword light flashed on Wangchuan's sword.
However, this sword light was not aimed at the enemy, but at Lu Qingshan himself.
Wangchuan: blue sky.
The main sword of Wangchuan.
The rich vitality followed the sword light and merged into his body, turning into an extremely comfortable stream, flowing through his limbs and bones and reaching every part of his body.
That feeling was like a thirsty pedestrian in the desert coming across a clear spring. All of Lu Qingshan's wounds were scrambling to absorb this clear stream.
He could clearly feel that his wounds were healing rapidly.
Lu Qingshan smiled and put away Wangchuan.
"I think not many people have the experience of using a sword against themselves."
Leaning on the sword, Lu Qingshan barely supported his body. Just as he was about to move, a ray of hazy light flashed from the ashes and suddenly caught his eyes, making him alert.
This mountain ghost is so lucky, how could he not be dead even after this?
But the experience points have clearly been credited to the account?
His eyes followed the sunset glow.
In the ashes of the Thunder Tree, there is a leaf that is brightly colored and crystal clear like jade lying quietly in it, like rebirth from Nirvana, extremely holy.
Lu Qingshan breathed a sigh of relief.
The mountain ghost was indeed dead.
But what is this jade leaf?
He had an idea in his mind, walked to the ashes of the Thunder Tree, and gently picked up the jade leaf.
An extremely mysterious force emanated from the jade leaf. Through the outer shell of the jade leaf, Lu Qingshan actually saw countless thin lines connected to each other, flowing slowly.
"This is... the line of cause and effect." Lu Qingshan murmured.
The force he felt was the true meaning of cause and effect emitted by this jade leaf.
It turned out to be a treasure of artistic conception...
After the Thunder Tree turned into ashes, it actually left behind a jade leaf that was transformed from the power of its original cause and effect magical power, which is an extremely precious treasure of artistic conception.
Artistic conception treasures contain artistic conception, which allows the owner to directly contact and comprehend the mysterious artistic conception, which is like a sudden enlightenment.
The value of artistic conception treasures is naturally determined by the level of artistic conception they contain.
This jade leaf contains the true meaning of origin: cause and effect, so it is the most precious treasure of artistic conception.
Plus the Shenglei Fruit that was picked earlier, which contained the true meaning of immortality.
One ghost, two flowers.
Lu Qingshan silently put away the jade leaf.
There is still one most important thing left to do.
He leaned on his sword and walked step by step to his own foundation.
Mixed among the dazzling golden threads were three grey threads, and there was almost nothing unusual about them.
Hundreds of silk threads transformed from his Taoist foundation condensed into a golden ball in the air, which was constantly intertwining and changing.
As if sensing Lu Qingshan's approach and his familiar aura, the silk thread formed by his Taoist foundation actually swam towards Lu Qingshan in a shaky manner.
They want to return to Lu Qingshan's body.
Lu Qingshan stood there, looking at the Taoist silk threads slowly swimming towards him, wondering what he was thinking.
Finally, after a moment, a golden thread was only a few feet away from Lu Qingshan, as if it couldn't wait to merge into Lu Qingshan's body.
Just at this moment, Lu Qingshan let out a sigh.
Immediately, a determined light flashed in his eyes.
He made a very difficult decision, but in his opinion it was absolutely the right one.
Lu Qingshan raised the dragon bird in his hand.
Flames rose from the Dragon Sparrow Sword.
He swung his sword and slashed at the silk thread that was transformed from his Taoist foundation.
"Young Master!" Qin Yitian's panicked voice came from the Dragon Bird.
But the sword had already been struck.
All the silk threads, whether golden or gray, perfect or flawed, all turned into points of light and dissipated.
"If you don't make a decision when you should, you will suffer the consequences," Lu Qingshan said calmly to Qin Yitian, "Since you made a mistake at the beginning, correct it in time."
"This is the result of many years of hard work by the young master..." Qin Yitian felt pity and regret.
"Isn't it just another repair?" Lu Qingshan was very open-minded and said with a smile: "If the old doesn't go, the new won't come."
"Isn't it just repairing it again..." Qin Yitian murmured.
Lu Qingshan's words seemed to have a power that made others feel at ease, and her originally depressed mood gradually improved.
"Isn't it just repairing it again?" Qin Yitian repeated the sentence again.
But this time, the sound of her last "ma" was an upward pitch, revealing relief and expectation.
Lu Qingshan smiled, and then his body swayed, his eyes went dark, and he fainted completely.
On this day, Lu Qingshan cut off his own foundation in Leigong Pond.
