Enemy Attack

"Initial stage Martial Venerable? How is that possible?" Seeing that Xing Jue had instantly raised his strength to the Initial stage Martial Venerable level, the black-haired elder said in shock.

"Old thing, prepare to die!" After raising his strength to the Initial stage Martial Venerable level, Xing Jue shouted angrily. He clenched his right hand slightly, and the Soul Slayer Sword condensed in an instant. Then, with a move of his body, he turned into a black thread and swept towards the black-haired elder.

According to Zhao Liang, the effect of the Soaring Dragon Pill had a time limit. After that time limit, the powerful strength obtained in an instant would completely dissipate, so Xing Jue had to fight quickly.

"Hmph, do you think that by relying on crooked ways to raise your strength to the Initial stage Martial Venerable, you can compete with me? Today I'll let you know what the difference between levels is!" Seeing Xing Jue rushing towards him, the black-haired elder was not afraid at all. With a loud shout, two black spinning wheels condensed in his palms, and then he threw them at Xing Jue.

Facing the rapidly flying spinning wheels, Xing Jue's figure swayed slightly, and he dodged them easily. At this moment, Xing Jue had already arrived in front of the black-haired elder. He then raised the Soul Slayer Sword in his hand and slashed down at the black-haired elder fiercely.

"Hmph." Facing the Soul Slayer Sword slashing down at him, the black-haired elder snorted coldly. With a movement of his body, he flew backwards. He had seen the power of Xing Jue's Soul Slayer Sword. Even his Netherworld Palace's "Death Gloves" were no match for it, let alone the fact that he didn't even know how to use the Death Gloves. After all, only the best disciples were qualified to cultivate that kind of martial skill, so he had no capital to fight against the Soul Slayer Sword at all.

Therefore, with Xing Jue using the Soul Slayer Sword, all he could do was dodge. In fact, he had already seen that Xing Jue relied on pills to enhance his strength, and he also knew that this kind of instant strength was time-limited.

So what he wanted to do at this time was to delay time. As long as the power Xing Jue had gained from the medicinal power dissipated, then he would be able to easily kill Xing Jue. After all, when there was a huge gap between levels, no matter how powerful a martial skill was, it would be useless.

Seeing that the black-haired elder had actually dodged, a sneer appeared on Xing Jue's face. How could Xing Jue not guess the wishful thinking of the black-haired elder? Xing Jue already had a countermeasure and would not give him a chance.

Xing Jue clenched the Soul Slayer Sword in his right hand, and streams of powerful martial qi poured into the Soul Slayer Sword continuously. As a large amount of martial qi was poured in, the Soul Slayer Sword emitted a dazzling black light. The black light shone brightly, as if it was devouring the surrounding air, looking extremely terrifying.

"Soul Slayer Sword, Second Level, Sword Qi!" After the black light appeared, Xing Jue suddenly shouted angrily. With a wave of the Soul Slayer Sword in his hand, a three-meter-long black sword qi burst out from the Soul Slayer Sword. After the black sword qi was released, it was like a bloodthirsty demon, emitting waves of frightening roars, and finally, it swept toward the black-haired elder who was retreating.

"How is this possible?!" Looking at the black sword qi that was rapidly sweeping towards him, the black-haired elder cried out inwardly. He felt a power from the sword qi that was even more terrifying than the body of the Soul Slayer Sword. However, facing the rapidly sweeping sword qi, he had no chance at all at this moment. At this distance, he was dead for sure.

"Brat, you won't live past tomorrow." Facing this desperate situation, the black-haired elder suddenly yelled crazily. Then, a communication talisman quietly appeared in his hand, and before the black sword qi swept over, he crushed it fiercely.

"Puchi." The black sword qi passed through the body of the black-haired elder without any surprise. There was no loud booming sound, but a dull sound, as if a precious sword had gently brushed over the surface of a lake.

This was the sound of the sword qi brushing past blood. After being struck by the sword qi, the black-haired elder's body was cut into two pieces and finally fell into the jungle of the mountain range.

"Thump."

"Huff… huff… huff…"

"Did I finally succeed?" Xing Jue landed weakly on a tree trunk and said with difficulty. At this moment, Xing Jue was panting continuously, large beads of sweat were rolling down his handsome face. At this moment, Xing Jue's aura had also returned to the previous High stage Martial Lord level.

The "Sword Qi" just now had consumed too much physical strength. If he hadn't used that move, Xing Jue wouldn't have been able to consume the medicinal power of the Soaring Dragon Pill so quickly.

"Ha… the side effects are really big." Xing Jue suddenly collapsed on the ground. This was the first time he had used the Soul Slayer Sword's Sword Qi. Previously, his level was not enough and he didn't dare to use it.

Today, he finally managed to use this Sword Qi, but Xing Jue also finally understood why the cultivation method of Soul Slayer Sword warned against using it before reaching Martial Venerable, because it would indeed cause backlash.

After resting for a while, Xing Jue's body finally recovered. After his body had recovered a little, Xing Jue did not stay here any longer and found a hidden cave in the mountains.

After entering the cave, Xing Jue hurriedly summoned Xiao Qian from the storage bracelet. But after summoning Xiao Qian, Xing Jue's expression suddenly became tense, because at this moment, Xiao Qian was pale and her body was in an extremely weak state.

"Master, leave those two elders of the Netherworld Palace to me!" After seeing Xing Jue, Xiao Qian said to Xing Jue with a forced smile, and was about to get up.

"Xiao Qian, don't move, I have already dealt with those two old guys." Xing Jue hurriedly helped Xiao Qian up and said with a smile.

"Really?" After hearing Xing Jue's words, Xiao Qian was obviously a little surprised. Then she observed the surroundings and found that the two elders were indeed gone, and then she felt relieved.

"Xiao Qian, what's wrong with your body? " Xing Jue asked worriedly. It stood to reason that if Xiao Qian had taken the Soul Gathering Pill, even if she had not fully absorbed it, her body should have improved. How could she have become so weak?

"Master, it's all because your storage bracelet's level is too low. There is no martial qi in your storage bracelet, not even a trace of air. Although I took the Soul Gathering Pill, I couldn't refine it at all, so it backfired," Xiao Qian said with a wry smile.

"What? There's such a thing?" Xing Jue's jaw dropped, and he said in disbelief. He didn't know anything about this at all. He just heard Xiao Qian asking him to keep her in the storage bracelet. Xing Jue thought that his bracelet could hold living people, so he did as Xiao Qian said. But he never expected that because of his low-quality storage bracelet, he almost killed Xiao Qian.

"Hehe, master, your storage bracelet is too low-level, use mine." Xiao Qian smiled charmingly at Xing Jue's dumbfounded expression, and then handed her own storage bracelet to Xing Jue.

"This is so embarrassing." Xing Jue said with some embarrassment.

"Master, this storage bracelet was originally given to me by the Soul Eater Clan. Now it's only right to return it to master. Besides, I don't have any valuables to store, so I can just use the one master is using now," Seeing that Xing Jue was unwilling to accept her kindness, Xiao Qian hurriedly said.

"Uh, alright then, by the way, can your storage bracelet accommodate people?" Xing Jue asked with a smile after taking the storage bracelet. He was quite sensitive about this question now.

"Yes, my storage bracelet can absorb martial qi. There is plenty of martial qi and air inside, and it has formed an alternate dimension, so it can indeed accommodate people." Xiao Qian replied with a smile.

In fact, Xiao Qian's storage bracelet was definitely considered middle-to-high grade, many times better than Xing Jue's junk one.

"Haha, this is really a treasure." After hearing Xiao Qian's words, Xing Jue excitedly examined the storage bracelet that was emitting a faint light. After studying it carefully, he excitedly put it on his hand. Xiao Qian smiled and put Xing Jue's junk one on her slender hand.

After that, Xing Jue took out some food from his storage bracelet and ate with Xiao Qian. This food was prepared by Xing Jue for this cultivation of the Soul Devouring Technique. After the meal, Xiao Qian began to refine the Soul Gathering Pill in her body. This would take some time.

In order not to disturb Xiao Qian's refining of the Soul Gathering Pill, Xing Jue came outside the cave. When he came outside, Xing Jue realized that the sky had turned dark. Looking at the stars all over the sky, Xing Jue climbed up a relatively tall tree and leaned on its thick trunk to enjoy the beautiful night scene.

"Xiao Han, how are you doing now?" Looking at the bright disc in the night sky, Xing Jue muttered to himself. Unknowingly, several months had passed since Xing Jue left the Royal Wind Pavilion. He missed that delicate and charming Xiao Han very much.

Looking at the starry sky, with deep longing, Xing Jue's eyelids began to feel heavy, and finally, he actually fell asleep on the tree trunk.

But Xing Jue didn't know that at this moment, an extremely dangerous person was tracking him by the aura he left behind, and that was the person the black-haired elder had called for before he died.

In fact, in order to deal with Xing Jue this time, the Netherworld Palace was afraid that there might be changes, so they specially sent an inner hall elder whose strength had reached High stage Martial Venerable to come along.

However, the black-haired elder felt that to deal with Xing Jue, he and the white-haired elder were enough, so the elder who had reached High stage Martial Venerable did not follow them.

Instead, he was resting in a branch hall of the Netherworld Palace nearby. However, in the afternoon today, the communication talisman he had left for the black-haired elder suddenly shattered, so he felt something was wrong and hurriedly followed the trail.

Although the aura left by Xing Jue was very difficult to find, after a night of careful tracking, he finally locked onto Xing Jue's location and was rapidly sweeping towards the cave.

At this moment, the mountains were already bathed in the morning light of the rising sun, and the small animals in the mountains had begun to search for food. Even the demonic beasts in the depths were beginning to roar from time to time.

"Ah, that feels good." Xing Jue stretched lazily on the tree trunk, then looked at the cave where Xiao Qian was in the distance and muttered to himself, "In a few more hours, Xiao Qian should be done refining."

Just thinking about Xiao Qian's injuries being healed made Xing Jue happy from the bottom of his heart. After all, Xiao Qian's serious injuries were all because of him. Besides, only when Xiao Qian's injuries were healed could Xing Jue truly begin to cultivate the Soul Devouring Technique.

"Someone's here." But at this moment, Xing Jue's heart skipped a beat, because he felt a powerful aura constantly sweeping towards him.

"High stage Martial Venerable?" After releasing his soul power, Xing Jue immediately found out what level the rapidly approaching expert was at.

However, Xing Jue was not too nervous at this moment, because now he had two judgments in his heart, one was that this expert was sent by the Medicine King's Mansion, and the other was that he was sent by the Netherworld Palace. If he was sent by the Medicine King's Mansion, then naturally there was nothing to worry about, but if he was sent by the Netherworld Palace, then it would be bad.

Now Xiao Qian was refining the Soul Gathering Pill and could not be disturbed at all. If she was disturbed at this time, it was very likely that there would be aftereffects. Therefore, Xing Jue decided that no matter who came, he had to stop him. Even if it was someone from the Netherworld Palace, he would never allow him to disturb Xiao Qian.

Thinking of this, Xing Jue's figure flashed and swept towards the rapidly approaching aura.