"Is this black qi really infinite?"

"If it truly is, then who in this world could possibly suppress Zhenyang?"

"Such a bizarre evil technique, I've truly never heard of anything like it!"

The cultivators in Jianxian City looked up at the endless black qi filling the sky, terror written all over their faces.

No matter how strong a cultivator is, if they keep fighting, the Spiritual Power in their body will eventually run dry.

But the black qi from Zhenyang's Demon Embryo seemed inexhaustible; facing the strongest group of cultivators in the world, he could fight the many with the few and yet showed not the slightest sign of weakening.

For a time, Qin Gengyun, Qiu Zhihe and the others were all dragged into a tangled battle against the infinite black qi.

Meanwhile, the cultivators below were constantly being seized by the black qi, their flesh and souls rapidly devoured.

"Run!"

Jianxian City instantly fell into panic. Countless cultivators screamed in horror, rose on Sword Control, and fled toward the outside of the city.

Yet that omnipresent black qi seemed to possess intelligence, snatching back every cultivator who tried to fly away and devouring them one by one.

"He's fighting while replenishing his strength—if this goes on, we'll all be worn to death!"

"Oh damn, Caihe save me!"

"Ling'Er I'm done too, wuwuwu!"

Xu Caihe and Zhou Ling'Er were tightly encircled by several streams of black qi. The two of them hugged their heads, shivering.

"Setting Sun!"

Suddenly, an extremely resplendent light flared in the sky, then rapidly expanded into a sun. That dazzling radiance poured down like sunlight shining upon all the black qi.

Zhenyang looked up, rotting eye sockets filled with killing intent, yet also holding an inscrutable expression:

"Daughter, this move is the same as your mother's back then, and you actually taught it to your man? Aren't you afraid your man will one day turn it against you?"

"Pah! You lump of rotten meat, you've got some nerve talking. Clearly it was you who, five hundred years ago, repaid kindness with treachery and shamelessly killed your wife, and you still dare to lecture others? I've never seen anyone as brazenly shameless as you!"

The black qi around Zhou Ling'Er was driven away by the light of the Setting Sun, and her courage swelled. She started verbally unloading on Zhenyang.

Xu Caihe gave her a thumbs-up beside her. "Wow Ling'Er you're amazing at cursing. With Susu not here, we'll have to rely on your trash talk!"

Beside them, Tantai Mingyue said in a deep voice, "Sect Leader Qin's move is indeed ingenious and perfectly counters large-scale black qi. But Zhenyang can devour flesh and souls while engaging in Magical Combat, his Soul Power is infinite, whereas Sect Leader Qin's Spiritual Power is limited. At this rate he won't hold out for long!"

"Ah~~~"

Just as she spoke, a girlish, playful voice rang out. Yun Wu sat on the Phoenix Bird Beast's back, opened her mouth and spat out dense Spiritual Energy that rushed straight into Qin Gengyun's body.

"It's a Pure Spirit Body!"

"Sect Leader Qin's Setting Sun consumes immense Spiritual Power, but with the support of a Pure Spirit Body, he can truly fight Zhenyang!"

"A Pure Spirit Body and Sect Leader Qin are the perfect match!"

"Shh! Keep it down, or Saintess Xia will hear you!"

With Yun Wu's nearly infinite Spiritual Power supporting him, Qin Gengyun kept unleashing Setting Sun. Beneath the sunlight pouring down, the black qi in Jianxian City was continually scattered.

Zhenyang snorted coldly as countless black qi surged madly. Another hundred cultivators were stripped of flesh and soul and devoured.

Shrill screams echoed without end; severed limbs lay everywhere, flesh and blood strewn about. The originally immortal-like Jianxian City had become a hell on earth.

"This is bad. If we let him keep devouring like this, Xiaowu's Spiritual Power might not be able to sustain it!"

Fang Xue's expression changed. She wanted to move, but several streams of black qi already surrounded her; just preserving herself was extremely difficult, leaving her no time to care for others.

Zhenyang let out a grotesque chuckle. "The flesh of a Pure Spirit Body should replenish quite a lot of strength for me, don't you think?"

Several streams of black qi rushed toward Yun Wu. The Celestial Phoenix Maiden was shocked and spread her wings to fly away, but black qi had already surrounded her on all sides.

"Xiaowu! Zhenyang, stop!"

Wei Wan tried to go to the rescue, but she too was entangled by several streams of black qi and simply couldn't break free.

Yun Wu's face was pale, yet she still kept her little mouth open, pouring out Spiritual Energy.

Those streams of black qi howled as they swept down toward her!

"Brother Qin, Sister Wan..."

Yun Wu closed her eyes, but after a moment realized she was unharmed. She opened them to find an Array had formed around her, blocking the black qi.

"Zhenyang, you replenish your origin by devouring others; then I'll make it so you can't devour a single person!"

A cold, clear voice rang out as Arrays suddenly appeared one after another, protecting every person in Jianxian City!

The raging, violent black qi was actually unable to devour anyone anymore!

"Saintess!"

"The Saintess saved us!"

"The Saintess can deploy so many Arrays at once?!"

"Even an Immortal couldn't do that, right?"

"Many thanks for the Saintess's rescue!"

"As expected of Hongzhou's Saintess!"

"We'll help too!"

The saved cultivators all bowed toward Qiu Zhihe in the sky, then sat cross-legged on the ground, unleashing their own Magical Artifacts and Cultivation Techniques together to attack Zhenyang.

The Zhenyang Sect flew into a rage, using black qi to block the attacks from the cultivators below.

But this way he could no longer devour, his Soul Power supply was cut off, while Qin Gengyun's Spiritual Power, backed by Yun Wu, was nearly infinite.

As one waned and the other waxed, the black qi in Jianxian City was gradually dispersed by "Setting Sun."

"Arrogant brat!!"

Zhenyang roared in fury, recalled all the spreading black qi, then compressed it all at his fingertips into an extremely condensed point. He pointed at Qin Gengyun and said to Qiu Zhihe:

"Daughter, this move is identical to your Moon-breaking, though the name is different...Black Moon!"

The next instant, that extremely condensed point of black light at Zhenyang's fingertip shot forward. Wherever it passed, the surrounding space shattered, and all the buildings in Jianxian City collapsed with a boom!

"Black Moon" reached Qin Gengyun in a flash. Qin Gengyun hurriedly changed techniques, shifting Setting Sun into Moon-breaking. The tip of the Heaven-Reaching Staff emitted a tightly focused, flowing radiance, barely intercepting that point of black light.

But Zhenyang's strength was clearly greater than Qin Gengyun's. Black Moon pressed forward relentlessly, while Moon-breaking was driven back step by step.

Suddenly, Sword Qi, lightning, orchids, snowflakes, rippling water—several streams of Spiritual Energy flew in, helping Qin Gengyun hold back Black Moon!

"Xiaolan, Si Minglan, Xiaoxue, Senior Sister Su!"

Qin Gengyun looked back to see Mo Xiaolan, Si Minglan, Fang Xue, Su Xin, Wei Wan, Tantai Mingyue, Wu Yiren, Ming Hu and the others behind him.

Then, Xia Jinglian's voice sounded in Qin Gengyun's mind:

"Kid, get close to Zhenyang. Residual Soul must be used to suppress Residual Soul!"

Qin Gengyun understood and in an instant appeared before Zhenyang. Zhenyang sneered:

"Courting death!"

Just as he was about to unleash black qi, a gentle white light appeared at Qin Gengyun's chest. Xia Jinglian's Residual Soul manifested, and a ghastly pale light suddenly blossomed in her eyes.

Zhenyang was startled to find his body momentarily sluggish. As he tried to break free, Qin Gengyun gritted his teeth and threw himself forward, using all four limbs to clamp tightly around Zhenyang's decayed body!

"My lady, Little Hammer, Ye Xiyue!"

Qin Gengyun let out a mad roar. A trace of fear appeared on Zhenyang's rotten face.

"Brat!!"

Above his head, Qiu Zhihe, Su Hongling, and Ye Xiyue had finished gathering their power and struck together.

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