Chapter Thirty-One: Slaughter

  Li Xian could never have imagined that this waste material would be so powerful, with his qi and blood surging to the sky, even he, a renowned divine spirit, felt fearful. The difference in power between a God's Cave cultivator and a Refining Body cultivator was supposed to be overwhelming, but instead of being evident on Qin Hao's body, it was reversed, allowing him to challenge Li Xian's peak with his own peak.

  But Li Xian was not one to be trifled with, the dignity of a famous cultivator would not tolerate blasphemy: "Trash, even if you successfully refined your body, what's the use? You're just making the aura on your body even stronger, increasing my own aura even more. Killing you will make me one of the few geniuses in this world. If anyone is to blame, it's that you were born at the wrong time."

  "Let me tell you what a famous inn is." As Qin Hao approached, Li Gang did not retreat, but instead stood his ground, with the divine power circulating in his body. The three divine spirits also sensed the powerful aura, and the Middle God instantly returned to its original form, urging the divine power, the Good and Evil Gods simultaneously took out two talismans.

  "In an instant, like a law enforcement order", almost simultaneously, the two gods of good and evil let out a light drink, that talisman flew into the air, Qin Hao could clearly see that the talisman merged into the heavenly pulse, stirring up one of the pulses, a heavy power suddenly emerged, as if a wall had been erected, blocking Qin Hao's path, his actions were instantly hindered, unable to proceed further.

  "Do you know the power of a famous inn? Hmph, this is just one part. If it were outside, you would have turned to ashes long ago. What if you are a divine vein? What if your cultivation was successful? In my eyes, you are nothing but trash." Li Gang sneered.

  The next moment, Qin Hao only felt a pressure coming from behind him, as if the heavens and earth were binding him. He was sealed into the ground, unable to move or struggle. The crushing force made his entire body crackle with energy, his body seeming like a mirror on the verge of shattering.

  "The divine spirit hooks the soul, the embodiment of good and evil." Li Gang's soft voice seemed to have an unusual effect on Qin Hao, who suddenly felt as if his soul was being pulled out of his body, a strong temptation.

  "The body is a prison, and the outside is where freedom resides." Li Gang's benevolent spirit muttered to himself with a gentle smile on his face. Li Gang's malevolent spirit did the same, but with an eerie and terrifying aura.

  This is the wonder of the divine, which can easily outline the universe and even hook out the most original soul of a person. The divine of a cultivator who has attained the Tao is even more formidable, and can cultivate secret techniques to attack and defend. Even if they die, they can be reborn in the divine repository, almost having multiple lives.

  However, under the Dao, a cultivator's divine spirit cannot be revived. Once the divine spirit dies, the person also dies, unless there is a heaven-defying divine ability to recreate the divine spirit. Otherwise, this life is over. When facing a Refining Body cultivator, the divine spirit usually leaves the body. A Divine Storage cultivator suppresses a Refining Body cultivator under the Dao. Although a Refining Body cultivator's physical body far surpasses that of a Divine Storage cultivator, their soul is almost the same as an ordinary person's. Once a Refining Body cultivator is trapped and their soul is drawn out, they are almost certain to die.

  Qin Hao was now trapped, his soul about to be extracted, and his mind was getting blurry. Li Gang sneered inwardly, but he became extremely alert because he knew there was another person hiding in the room, a master-level cultivator, whom he didn't fear.

  "Why hasn't that hidden person appeared yet? Is it possible that they're afraid? No, definitely not. But according to Chen'er's words, she is only at the Master Realm in terms of strength, and knows some secret techniques. Once I capture you two, I'll obtain the aura on Shen Mou's body, plus the treasure hidden within Shen Mou's body. Then, I, Li Gang, will truly be able to soar to great heights." Li Gang thought to himself, even imagining a future where he would become the master of the Mystic Gate and achieve greatness, or even more.

  But at this moment, a purple light suddenly emerged in Qin Hao's mind, the blood in his body was boiling, the air and blood were churning, and his whole body burst out with an astonishing purple light, the entire person seemed like a purple war god, the air and blood broke through the power of the heavenly veins, shattered the central symbol record, everything disappeared instantly.

  "Not good." Li Gang secretly cried out, he couldn't have thought that the result would be like this. That aura, the one that made his entire body's spiritual power and even his divine spirit feel submissive, had appeared again. Just as he was about to make a move, Qing'er's eyes suddenly opened, shooting out a beam of vital energy.

  "Who wants to take whose life." Qin Hao sneered, his whole body's blood and energy bursting out. At such a close distance, Qin Hao simply reached out and grabbed Li Gang's neck with one hand. The power of the surging blood and energy made Li Gang's divine spirit's central god instantly retreat into the divine repository.

  He couldn't help but feel shocked, Li Gang was astonished that it had come to this, a Body Refining Cultivator could actually make the divine spirit of a Divine Storage Cultivator so fearful, this was simply unbelievable, but the trash in front of him had actually done it, and it was really hard for him to believe, even if the other party was a Divine Pulse, it shouldn't be possible for the gap to be so big.

  Li Gang was stunned, he wanted to command the benevolent god and the malevolent god to save him, but he found that these two divine spirits were also in a similar state, leaning against the corner of the house, as if they were about to pass through the wall and leave. If it weren't for their true bodies being present, it's likely that these two divine spirits would have run away by now. However, the Divine Hides cannot leave their true body's side unless ordered to do so, otherwise, they are not allowed to be more than ten meters away from their true body.

  “Do you dare to kill me?” Li Gang couldn't believe that just a moment ago he was thinking about the wonderful life after killing Qin Hao, but now his own life was in the hands of his opponent. However, he wasn't worried that Qin Hao would kill him, because if Li Gang died, Qin Hao wouldn't be able to leave the Xuanmen alive either.

  At this moment, he also discovered the long sword pinched in Qin Hao's other hand. Wasn't that his own divine treasure nurtured in his Xianzang? He suddenly had an idea and urged the gods of good and evil to mobilize their divine powers to kill Qin Hao. He couldn't believe that Qin Hao dared to grab his divine treasure with his bare hands, which was simply a stupid act.

  The divine treasure of the Shen Cang cultivator is nurtured in the Shen Cang, and it can already outline the heavens and earth. As for Li Gang's sword, it is his life-bound weapon, a mid-grade weapon among mortals. If this were outside, the vast expanse of the heavens and earth, this sword would be able to kill Qin Hao like a chicken or a dog.

  But to avoid being discovered by others in the sect, he came in so secretly, doing it as if visiting an elder, even his own father was deceived, wanting to kill Qin Hao himself and obtain the aura on him.

  It's also because of this that his divine spirit didn't exert its full power and was suppressed by the aura of blood on Qin Hao's body. If his divine spirit had been separated from its physical form and flown into the air a hundred meters away from Qin Hao, killing him would have been even easier, because Qin Hao couldn't fly and his aura of blood could only radiate ten or so meters at most. All of this has led to Li Gang's current predicament.

  But now he still has a chance, that is the sword in Qin Hao's hand. Once the sword bursts out, Qin Hao will not die but will lose half his life. This sword is called Huo Ling Sword, which contains the great trend of heaven and earth fire. As soon as it is urged, the human fire spreads instantly, and can turn the cultivator into ashes. Even the gods cannot withstand the human fire.

  Heaven and earth form a whole, encompassing fire, water, wind, thunder, and lightning, all of which belong to the momentum within heaven and earth. This momentum gives rise to veins and arteries, just like humans, who are also a whole entity. Yet, in order to eat, we must have a mouth; to see things, we must have eyes; and to hear sounds, we must have ears.

  The heaven and earth are also like this, the momentum of earth, fire, water and wind is just like the eyes and ears of heaven and earth. However, the composition of these heavenly eyes and ears contains another thing, that is, the pulse, just like the meridians in the human body. The human eye has many pulses composed of it, and the momentum in the heaven and earth also has many pulses composed of it.

  If a person can grasp these meridians, they can borrow from them to exert the momentum in heaven and earth, just like the meridians and blood in the human body form the eyes, so we can use our eyes to see. The only difference for a cultivator is that they borrow from the heavenly meridians, ultimately exerting momentum, which are the earth, fire, water, wind, etc.

  But these forces are not so easy to borrow, people need to feel and understand the formation of these meridians, in order to finally depict them, thus giving rise to secret methods. These secret methods depict the meridians, allowing people to easily understand the meridians and become accomplished practitioners.

  The higher the level of the secret method, the easier it is to feel the pulse of heaven and earth, just like Qin Hao's human secret method Tai Xuan Jing. Although that is a body-refining secret method, it outlines the four major star mansions in the vast starry sky, but the principle is the same. If not for the old ancestor of the Mystic Gate, I estimate they wouldn't even have the human secret method. Because those high-level secret methods are generally controlled by the great sects, as secrets that should not be passed on.

  Unless you enter a large school and become an apprentice, otherwise if you have learned it, there is only one word, death.

  The so-called Fa Bao is to engrave these tendencies in objects, forming a small heavenly pulse, and with the power of the gods, it can emit a corresponding tendency. For example, the Huo Ling Sword contains the tendency of fire, and the engraved pattern inside is the pulse of the fire tendency. However, because it is a human-made weapon, it can only emit human fire. If it were a legendary earth-made weapon, it could emit earth fire.

  Li Gang's intention was to urge the Huo Ling sword to burn Qin Hao to death. Now that things have come to this, Li Gang still doesn't give up and wants to seize the aura from Qin Hao's body. However, he could never have imagined that Qin Hao has the ability to sense the changes in the heavenly and earthly pulse, and if he knew, he would definitely not do so.

  "You can kill me, but I can't kill you? Now I'm telling you, I've been waiting for you to come tonight. Do you know that? You think I don't know what kind of plan you and your father and son have hatched? You think I'm still the fool I used to be?" Qin Hao sneered coldly. Li Xian had also arrived, but was hiding outside. This Li Gang was just a test stone, and it's likely that even Li Xian didn't expect his own son would have other plans, and hadn't given this father any thought at all.

  "Then go die." Li Gang's face suddenly revealed a sinister expression.

  "Hurry up like......" His benevolent spirit stirred the Fire Spirit Sword, but all of this was within Qin Hao's expectations.

  The good god's spirit had not yet spoken, when a black dagger directly penetrated his neck. In an instant, the good god's spirit instantly disappeared without a trace, and was struck by the black dagger, destroying its divine form.

  "How is this possible......" Li Gang's face turned deathly pale, this was because of the extinction of the divine spirit.

  "It's not over yet." Qin Hao smiled, and the slightly black dagger spun in the air before shooting straight at another evil god. The evil god was about to run, but was instantly pierced through, with an expression of disbelief on its face. In the next moment, it vanished into nothingness.

  "This is a humane intermediate weapon, but how can a cultivator use a magic treasure, it's impossible, no......"

  "Go ask King Yan." Having settled the two divine spirits, Qin Hao's body surged with energy and blood, as a purple light burst into Li Gang's body, piercing through his divine repository.

  Li Gang's face was filled with incredulity, but the next moment, he felt as if there was a flame burning in his mind, and the pain was unimaginable. He glared at Qin Hao venomously, and then his eyes became increasingly blurry...