Chapter 16 Venture Into the Abyssal Region

Augus was sitting on the ground in lotus position, "that damn Qin Ming, who told him he could get so strong. AHAHA well at least it's a challenge!"

Miko Yang gave him his hand and Augus took it and stood up. Miko Yang and Ryu both look at Augus "shall we continue?"

Augus shook his head "no I'm heading to my clan for something very important!"

He turned into a blip then Miko Yang and Ryu both look at each other "what was that about"

Miko Yang shakes her head, "I have no idea, Augus is… well he is very prideful!"

Ryu nods in agreement, "yes, yes very true."

Qin Ming steps out of his crater. He gently dusted his shoulders "what power!"

Tianlong Xun doesn't say anything but she starts to fade in the background. She appears behind Qin Ming, however he expected this. Tianlong sends her bestial claw at Qin Ming, without even looking he executes[Twig in a Stream]. Instantly his hand snakes around her arm and blows her back. Qin Ming was in his basic form, and yet he was still able to blow back an attack by Tianlong Xun in a partial transformation.

Right after this Qin Ming sends a palm into her sternum and caves her chest in. a blast wave of wind is sent from her back. She catches herself. Her arms and legs morph into a bestial form. Her arms grow azure scales. The veins in her head protrude outwards and began to pulsate. Her two front fangs grow several centimeters long. Her claws grow in tandem with her fangs. The nails also turn into an azure color. Sapphire fur grows along her wrist as well. Then she throws a palm blow towards his chest. The sudden power spike causes space to fold around her fist and distorts the area as it rains down towards him.

Qin Ming reacts fast and uses a blood transformation of his own in combination with his divine power. His eyes are a golden yellow but his body looks as though one was looking at the stars in the night sky. He grabs her wrist and throws it upwards. He sweeps her legs from under her feet and uses this force to lift her off the ground. When Tianlong is lifted up in the she carries the appearance of a wave spiraling off in the sea.

Once Tianlong reaches the apogee of the lift Qin Ming used all of his force and some immortal energy to throw her into the earth. Once she hits the ground, the earth under her is split apart.

The fourth stance [Waterfall].

Qin Ming held her arm behind her back, he rested a knee on her spinal cord and forced her deeper into the ground. Tianlong desperately struggles to break free of his grip. Her body started to morph, Half-step Transformation! Her robes faded away and azure scales grew over her body. Several layers of scales grew over each other, those scales started to protrude outwards. It was like thick armor plated over herself. Horns started to form out of her elbows and knees.On her kneecaps a golden dragon skull came from underneath her skin. Her hair turned snow white and flowed like the sea. Two horns grew out from either side of her head and her fangs became more pronounced.

She sent a blastwave of wind to slam against Qin Ming. He went flying off with a hole in his chest, which quickly was regenerated. Tianlong huffed hot air then charged back at him. She sent a palm blow at him, space seemed to swim in a vortex gobbling up everything in its way! Qin Ming threw his immortal energy at her. His hand reached hers and when it met he threw her hand down. This caused her to stumble, when she was caught off balance Qin Ming threw his hand into her chin. She was flung upwards and when her back was arched upwards he rammed his side into her. She was sent flying back a few centimeters.

She was wide eyed "how?!"

Qin Ming had gained an immense wealth of knowledge from Icedawn. Qin Ming gained knowledge in the Dao of Ice, the Sword, Thunder, and Martial Arts. However, Icedawn's enlightenment in the Dao of Martial Arts was fairly lower compared to Ice or the Sword. When Qin Ming gained all of her memories he was boosted in the regards of Martial Arts just a few leagues, but it was enough!

This was the fifth stance [Wave Pushes]

Tianlong stood up and they both charged at each other. Each blow caused the ground under them to split apart. Qin Ming sent a palm blow into her gut, this caused a blast wave of pressure to escape from her side, and few of her internal organs were ruptured. Tianlong grimaced as blood dripped down her lips.

Tianlong Xun threw her fist into his side too and the spatial rift split apart his chest and his ribs disintegrated into dust! Qin Ming bit the bottom of his lip as he braced the pain. A nerve in his head popped and his eyes became bloodshot, he ground his teeth so hard the smell of burning flesh filled his nostrils. He threw a frenzy of blows that were met with one of Tianlong's! They sent thousands, millions of palm blows, Qin Ming pushed himself so hard the blood vessels in his nose popped, which became a river of blood.

Qin Ming sent a leg into Tianlong's flank and Tianlong sent her palm into his jaw. Tianlong had several broken ribs and Qin Ming's entire jaw was shattered. In that same instant Qin Ming threw his palm into her solar plexus and sent a blast of wind out her back. The pressure of the winds shattered the ground and cracked the sky. The clouds parted slightly! But what was most important was that Tianlong could no longer use any Ki. Her dantian was trying to stabilize and the meridians were working overtime.

Qin Ming smiled and used this brief amount of time to send a palm into her gut. When she arches her back forward Qin Ming jumps up and rams his knee into her chin. Then in the next second he rams his shin into the bridge of her nose. She fell backwards with blood pouring from her nose. The smell of iron filled his nose and his eyes started to water from the stench!

Tianlong swung her tail to sweep his legs. Once her tail slapped his legs he fell face forward. Tianlong began to drag him closer and closer. Qin Ming was frantically trying to break free. He covered his hands in ice and a blade appeared at the tips of his fingers. An icicle crystallized on his hand. Qin Ming subconsciously added a hint of the Dao of the Sword in this attack. He lifted his hand up and slammed it against her tail. It instantly split in two, and froze the bit that was cut off instantly.

Tianlong gets up and grips her tail. She lifts her leg up and sends it to his head. Qin Ming curves his elbow and blocks her blow. In that same instant he curves his arm around her leg. He rockets his elbow into her chest caving it in as well.

The sixth stance [Wave Pulls].

Qin Ming lets go of her leg then instantly executes the third stance, [Wave Cracks Stone]. He sends his fist forward at extreme speeds and sends a jet of pressure that slams against her solar plexus. He sends twenty blows into her chest. Then he sends the base of his foot into her sternum and sends her flying back a meter.

Tianlong puts a bed of gelatin-like space behind her. She moves her hands in a circular pattern. Space coalesses in one region, dragons made of space swim about in this region. Space turns into a thick blanket as gravity pushes so hard on this region. The ground under her sinks a centimeter, meter, kilometer! She throws a finger out and one of these dragons shoots outwards. This dragon rushes over to Qin Ming and as he flies forward the ground starts to break apart and cave under him. The space was growing so ravenous, that space literally began to fold in on itself! Electricity shoots out from these folds in space.

One of these bolts of lightning splashes against Qin Ming's skin and it is sent to some unknown region of the Three realms. Blood pours from his wound after about three seconds. Then the dragon devours him and violently twists about. Inside the region of the dragon turns into an unstable vortex of space. Qin Ming's skin is split apart and blood pours out and swims in the vortex.

Qin Ming is unable to move and starts to panic. However he calms himself down a little bit and he slowly breathes in and out. He moves his hand in a vortex going in the opposite direction. Pressure builds up and violently explodes outwards and smashes against the dragon. The surrounding space dissipates and settles down. Qin Ming slowly breathed in "heh that one actually worked. I do have to congratulate you Tianlong Xun. that attack could very well have killed me!"

The seventh stance [Wave Folds].

Qin Ming shakes his head "enough games!"

He waves his hand and tells Tianlong to follow. After a few minutes they reach a large valley within the school. This valley was covered by a jungle region. This region was always here however Lei Laoshi had kept it hidden in a spatial rift. In fact this entire school was a minor world created by Lei Laoshi. He allowed only certain regions to be uncovered and he deemed Qin Ming ready for what lies in this ravine! Qin Ming and Tianlong both fly down into the crevice. The walls of the valley were nearly thirty kilometers in length. As they flew down they began to inspect little crevices bored into the walls. The walls also had runes on them that glowed in contact with immortal energy. This entire region was weird indeed!

They reach the ground in seconds flat. Tension slowly drowns the area. No one was willing to move.

Tianlong sends a blastwave of air to slam against Qin Ming. However, he sends a jet stream of pressure to slam against the air. She flew at him and she sent a palm blow at him that was met with one of his own. They each collide against each other. Each time they collide a blast wave smashes against the walls and makes the entire ravine shudder. He coats each of his hands in divine power. The spiritual pressure pushes down on the area so heavily.

Tianlong moves to strike against Qin Ming. However, he uses both of his hands that are infused in divine power to push up against her arms. He looked akin to pangu holding up the heavens. In the next moment he pushes both hands on her chest and spins them around like a wave. Two cones of multi color light splash against the walls. The cones bore through the ravine and leave a cone like shape in them.

They were about three kilometers wide but over thirty kilometers deep!

The eighth stance [Bending Wave]

Tianlong felt as though a mountain range was slammed against her internal organs. Qin Ming slowly breathed in. "I feel as though I'm learning more and more through the Dao. I feel my body connected with the grass and wind. What is this?"

Qin Ming never knew what it was like to feel connected to the Dao on a fundamental level. He had gained an even deeper understanding of martial arts and even gained divine sense to some extent. He was very, very close to breaking through to the World level.

When he broke through to the World level with the Dao of Ice it wasn't by himself. He was experiencing what he felt with Icedawn! This time it was a hundred percent all on his own. It was his own experience. It was his own enlightenment!

Tianlong flies to him and when she does she reaches out with her bestial claw. Qin Ming was calm. With his mind he caused a gigantic wave of pressure to slam against her. This wave pushed her against the wall and began to use her as an awl to bore through stone! This wave pushed her a kilometer deep!

The ninth stance [Wave Conquers All]

She flies out of the bored cave charging at full speed. Qin Ming puts his hand up "wait big sister wait that's enough!"

She tilts her head "enough?"

"Yes I have finished my martial arts!"

Tianlong couldn't help but have an ugly face, but this face turned into a smile "congratulations little brother I am happy for you!"

He nods "come big sister lets leave"

They both revert to 'normal' forms. They hold each other's hand as they start to fly out of the ravine. However, once they fly up a kilometer they are stopped by an invisible wall, "huh what's this?!"

From the crevice to the other side three human-like creatures come out and reveal themselves. They had long flowing black hair that reached their backs. On their skin was a dark almost void like. These runes resonated a deep blood red. They smelt of burnt flesh and iron. The one that released the most terrifying aura brandished a bone sword. Their only form of clothing was a blue loincloth warped around their waists. "Big brother I can Eat them, oh please, please"

The other one slaps his head "leave him alone Firecloud!"

The tall one with the most domineering aura spoke slowly. "Enough you two, let's kill them first."

He spoke assuredly like he was saying his own name. This must have been routine to them. The other two were fairly boring however the leader was different from the other two not just in power but apprence too. He was barefooted and his runes were transparent and not as obvious. His hair reached his ankles and was also a crimson red. His hair was in dreadlocks and bound together by metal bands. His eyes were a gold yellow and each of his teeth were razor sharp.

He pointed at Qin Ming "Firecloud you go deal with this one, and Jadenight you go deal with the woman."

They both nodded then turned into blips of light. A hand smashes into Qin Ming's face and he is rocketed back down into the bottom of the ravine. Firecloud doesn't let go of his face and his long claws cut into Qin Ming's face. The blood from Qin Ming slowly seeps into his claws and his runes seem to 'fill' up with his blood. The redness of them becomes more pronounced and less void-like.

When they reach the bottom of the ravine, Qin Ming is forced so deep into the ground that the ground around him splits apart and sends blast waves that cause the ravine walls to shudder.

Qin Ming was a very patient man. He was kind and calm and wouldn't be pushed to murder unless absolutely necessary. Of course he knew that 'people' lived here. He didn't move for their slaughter and decided to leave their lands undisrupted. However, they instantly moved to kill him so his fuse was running short.

He grabbed Firecloud's hand and forced it off of him "enough of that!" right after he moved his hand a few rocks from the right side of the ravine came tumbling down.

Firecloud's hand froze over and instantly became solid. Qin Ming smashed down on his hand and broke it into pieces. Firecloud laughs loudly like a mad man. His hand distills into blood and swirls into his body!

The leader flew down slowly and just watched the battle. Qin Ming noticed this and elected to hide his full power. After all, he will have to fight him!

Firecloud forms a new hand made of blood. He motions his fingers like he was controlling a puppet. Instantly several blood colored strings shot and tried to attach to Qin Ming's body. Qin Ming quickly dodged each of the strings. However with his other hand ten more strings shootout. Qin Ming frantically tried to move out of his way but was ultimately futile. In the next moment a blast wave of pressure pushes Firecloud and Qin Ming back.

One of the blood-colored strings sticks to Qin Ming's leg. When he tries to cut the string his hand just pases through it. "Huh is it intangible?"

He sends a bit of the Dao of Ice to slam against the string. But the Dao also passes through it "what is this?"

The one with a domineering aura tilts his head "just how far has the human race progressed on the Dao?"

"Brother Firecloud, use the Dao of Inferno against this one!" he loudly barked orders.

Qin Ming was surprised "huh, Dao of Inferno?"

To Qin Ming's knowledge the Dao of Inferno wasn't a thing! Then why was this figure talking of it like it was!

"Y-yes brother Ichrodae!" Firecloud stumbled over his words.

Firecloud lifts his hand and fire pulls into one area around his hand. Qin Ming also forms a wall of ice and sends it at him at the same time Firecloud sends his Dao. The ball of flames barrel towards him as the ice wall tears through the ground to reach him!

The ice wall just passes through the ball of fire and both of these attacks smash against each other. Qin Ming is blasted into flames while Firecloud is pummeled into the ground even a few ribs of his crack!

At the same moment that happens a hurricane spins around which causes the rock wall to fall down.

Ichrodae is wide eyed, he lightly rubs his chin. "Interesting, very interesting."

Qin Ming slowly pats all of the flames away. Firecloud pulled on the string that was wrapped around his leg and instantly a third of Qin Ming's blood was stripped away from him. Qin Ming started to feel light headed as his blood was slowly sucked away from him. Then a loud boom rings off in the distance

Once Firecloud eats the blood, all of Qin Ming's divine power that was stored within starts to react. Firecloud starts to cough hard. Firecloud cover his mouth and blood starts to pour from his mouth. His eyes become bloodshot as they explode in the next moment. Blood rushes out of his ears and nostrils!

Ichrodae was very intrigued "what is happening?"

A few minutes ago

Ichrodae pointed at Qin Ming "Firecloud you go deal with this one, and Jadenight you go deal with the woman."

They both turn into blips of light as they charge toward them. Jadenight sends a foot into Tianlong's gut and she arches her back forward as she coughs up blood. Right after the blow connects she is sent flying into the ravine walls at high speeds. Instantly a giant crater blows into the wall, giant boulders fall to the ground. This blow etched in a small platform for them to stand on!

Tianlong was becoming impatient but she notices Ichrodae slowly land on the platform and begin to watch. She would never be so brash as to reveal her true power to the real threat. She opened her eyes and they had turned into a bright yellow color.

Blood Transformation

She was using about a fifth of her power right now to deal with the threat at hand! She moved her hand and with this simple movement she made the cliff crumble and tremble. This hand was slow moving but it was weighty like a mountain!

Jadenight extended his hand and caught Tianlong's hand in his. When this happened a blast wave of pressure was exuded on the area. Jadenight flashed a crazed look "outsiders are not permitted in the Abyssal Remanate!"

Tianlong was puzzled, but she shook it off. She pointed at the tip of her foot and swung it to the temple of his head. Right when it lands several spikes made of jade protrude from his temple. These spikes stab into her foot. Tianlong pulls back from the pain. She lands back on her feet, thern in the next moment she sends a torrent of wind at him. The winds become explosively uncontrollable. Rocks fly off in every direction. These rocks smash against Jadenight's skin.

Ichrodae looks at Jadenight "use the Dao of Blood on this one"

Jadenight nods his head "of course forefather!"

Jadenight slices his arms with a piece of jade he produced. The jade absorbed the blood as it cut into him. Soon it became a blood green color. Jadenight forms a bow made of jade and the blood colored piece of jade stretches into an arrow. He knocked the bow back as far as he could. Then he released them. Once he does the fire off at supersonic speeds causing the wind around it to crack and makes a loud boom as it travels to her.

Tianlong begins to quickly weave space around her fingers. In a few moments she quilts a basket formed from space, she throws the basket then it expands to catch the arrow. The arrow passes through the basket like it wasn't there at all! Tianlong snaps her fingers and the space around her turns into a gelatin-like substance. She brings her hand together and pulls in space more and more! Soon space starts to fold in on itself. Tianlong does as much as she can to stop the arrow in its tracks. However each of these attempts were pointless, the arrow just passes through it regardless!

Tianlong was wide eyed "IMPOSSIBLE!!"

The arrow strikes into her body and rips off a chunk of flesh. The arrow flies back to Jadenight with the chunk of flesh attached.

Over her wound bone started to reform block by block, then veins reattached themselves over the bone. Muscles weave themselves together as they start to stitch themselves back in place. Soon skin covered that patch over and it looked like nothing even happened in the first place!

Jadenight licks the piece of flesh on his arrow and swallows her blood. Jadenight drops the arrow and grips his throat and coughs up his own blood violently. He covers his mouth but blood still flows out. Blood pours from his nostrils and tear ducts. Blood even starts to drip out of his ears!

Ichrodae seemed to come to a realization. "That must be it! How far has the human race gone? They were just a speck of a race! They were Nuwa's pet project. NOW!"

He began to slowly breath "calm down Ichrodae, they are simply too young they can't pose a threat!"

This clone of Ichrodae lifts his hand up and space traps Tianlong in a jail cell! She forces her Dao to clash against him. He just shakes his head "it's pointless that was formed with the Dao of Qiankun there's nothing you can do!"

Tianlong tilted her head and put a hand on her chin "Qiankun?"

This clone lost all form and shape and turned into a puddle of blood that fell on the floor in the next second.

Back to Qin Ming

Ichrodae slowly walked toward Qin Ming with his hands on either side of his body "I, Ichrodae must congratulate you mortal! I have existed since before the Primordial Era, I witnessed the Thousand Year Blood War. I have lived longer than that tiny feral brain can comprehend."

Qin Ming was growing impatient hearing him prattle on, but for some reason he couldn't move!

"But in all my years I never would have thought that bitch would ever be able to create a race as terrifying as you! If I had known this is what would have happened I would have killed Shennog, Suiren, and Fuxi a long, long time ago!"

Qin Ming had enough of this and charged at him. The ground under him smashed to bits it cracked from the force. "SHUT UP YOU COCKY ASSHOLE!!!"

Once he reached a centimeter of Ichrodae he simply lifted up his hand and a pool of space stopped him. Qin Ming is unable to move "this is the Dao of Space but… different?"

He continued "where was I? Ah yes, as I was saying, you humans! You're like an infestation the longer you are allowed to live the more of a pain in my ass you become. Then I will escape this ravine and kill every single one of you. Starting with you mortal!"

He pulls his fist back then swings it into Qin Ming's gut. Qin Ming coughs up blood as Ichrodae lands his fist into Qin Ming. His blood just hangs there not falling at all. Qin Ming grits his teeth and his eyes look as though they were on fire. His eyes bleed into a gold color, the horn in the middle of his head starts to glow. His body grows to that of a full grown adult.

Ichrodae was intrigued "you're, not a human? Then how come your Dao is so advanced! I refuse to believe this!"

Qin Ming's skin turns pitch black and void like red and blue stars dot his skin. His hand becomes beast-like growing scales all along his forearm. At the wrists a patch of azure colored fur. His fingernails turn into a gold yellow. He slowly says "enough of this!"

He sends the Dao of Ice and the Dao of Wind to collide against him. He swings his beast claw against it which causes the space surrounding him to shatter. Ichrodae was wide eyed and confused "no, no impossible another race, who allowed this!? What are you!"

Qin Ming gently drops to the ground. He softly speaks "Ichrodae…"

Qin Ming swipes his hand. The air swims around his hand, an icy chill surrounds his hand. Soon small ice crystals coats his hand. Then these icy crystals turn into a gauntlet made of ice. Ichrodae uses both forearms to guard.

BOOOOOM!!!!

The ground shattered and the ravines shuddered. Smoke covers the area and the entire world seems to remain still. A red glow emanates through the smoke. A black outline peaks through the smoke. A red v like shape cuts through the smoke. Whereas red stripes like scars also shoot through the smoke. A wave of unbounded crimson like streams of water flow above and wildly about the sky.