Chapter 38 Battle(4)

"Impossible!" the enemy leader screamed, his voice quivering with disbelief.

His eyes widened as he stared at the unbelievable sight before him. "How can this be?!" he muttered, shaking his head, refusing to accept reality.

"No one can resist the Holy Qi of the Dark Tower!" he roared, frustration and fear intertwining in his voice.

And he wasn't wrong at least, not until today. The Dark Qi of the Dark Tower was no ordinary Qi. It was a power of absolute corruption, an insidious energy that devoured everything in its path. Across the Martial Heavenly Continent, countless powerful cultivators had succumbed to its effects, their bodies twisted into lifeless husks or enslaved as mindless puppets. No one had ever withstood its corruption until now.

Meanwhile, on other battlefields, Ning Waner and Xiao Linger were struggling. Initially, they held the advantage, cutting down their enemies with precise strikes. But the moment the enemy activated their Dark Qi, the balance of power shifted. The Dark Qi surged through their opponents, increasing their strength by an entire realm. Though Ning Waner and Xiao Linger still held their ground, the corrosive nature of the Dark Qi became their greatest enemy.

It gnawed at their spiritual energy, draining their spiritual Qi alarmingly. Their attacks became sluggish, their defences shaky. Every movement demanded more Qi, Desperation flickered in their eyes as they glanced toward Ling Xing Yue's battlefield. They saw her body suspended in the air, black energy coiling around her like sinister tendrils. The Dark Qi was invading her very soul. Anxiety surged through them.

They needed to save her.

But their enemies weren't giving them an inch of breathing room. Every time they tried to break free, another attack forced them back. They were trapped, helpless to intervene. The Dark Qi had already begun seeping into their bodies, eating away at their internal energy. Their limbs felt heavy, their minds clouded.

Just when, they thought they had reached the end of their rope, deep in their divine sea realm, the slave seal trembled slightly. A surge of warmth spread through their bodies, dissolving the invading Dark Qi and refining it into pure spiritual energy. In an instant, the suffocating pressure lifted, and the depleted Qi began to replenish.

Shock turned into understanding.

If they were safe, then Ling Xing Yue was safe too.

Relief washed over them. They no longer needed to worry. The slave seal was devouring and purifying the Dark Qi, turning their enemy's greatest weapon to their advantage.

On the battlefield, their enemies sensed the change. Their expressions twisted with confusion as they realised something was off.

It was too late.

Ning Waner and Xiao Linger's eyes gleamed with confidence. Although they were still at a disadvantage, they knew this situation wouldn't last long, the enemy's dark QI was actively being devoured by the slave seal, 

Back on Ling Xing Yue's battlefield, she slowly opened her eyes.

She was seriously injured and was on the verge of collapse, but was now brimming with energy. The slave seal had refined the Dark Qi that had invaded her, restoring 60% of her spiritual energy quickly. The injuries that should have taken weeks to heal had vanished as if they never existed.

She flexed her fingers, marvelling at the strength coursing through her veins. The slave seal didn't just protect her from the Dark Qi—it had fortified her body. Though the improvement was subtle, she could feel it. Her balance was sharper, her movements more refined.

This power…

It was incredible.

She tightened her grip on her sword, lifting her gaze to the enemy leader, who was still frozen in shock.

"Impossible…" he muttered, his confidence crumbling. Dark Qi was slowly corroding his mind.

Ling Xing Yue's eyes burned with determination. She would not waste this second chance.

"Die!" she roared, her sword flashing as she lunged forward.

The enemy leader barely had time to react before her blade came slicing down. He raised his weapon in a frantic defence, his mind still reeling.

"Even Spirit Realm cultivators have fallen to the Holy Qi's corruption," he shouted, his voice bordering on hysteria. "How could you resist it?! Unless"

"Unless you have something stronger than the spirit realm, from the Immortal realm", he was even more shocked by his guess.

He swings his blade, and the blade collides with the upcoming sword.

Clingy~

He stares at her and says, "You have a treasure belonging to the immortal world"

Ling Xing Yue panicked but quickly calmed herself and said, "I don't know what you are talking about?"

"It doesn't matter whether you deny it or not. When you are dead, everything that belongs to you will be mine" his eyes were filled with greed. He chuckled loudly.

He was happy to find that Ling Xing Yue possessed a treasure from the Immortal realm. To him, this treasure was now his. If he knew that the treasure he was talking about was Lestes's slave seal. 

When Ling Xing Yue thought carefully, she got it also. She laughed loudly.

When the Enemy Leader saw her laughing, he was surprised.

"It looks like you didn't know the origin of that treasure, and now you know its origin. Then you should understand that it's not something you should keep. Keeping it will cost you your life. Give it to me, and I will let you live," he said.

He knows that if they continue fighting, he will lose because his opponent has an Immortal treasure to protect her life, and the treasure is devouring his dark Qi.

First, get the treasure if possible, Once the treasure is in hand, then deal with these three women. 

"Am I a three-year-old child, who falls for your cheap trick? I know what you are thinking. You are losing, I have recovered almost sixty per cent of my spiritual Qi, and you have only thirty per cent spiritual Qi remaining." She looked at him with daring and said, "You are losing. You don't have much spiritual Qi left."

She added, "Since I am the winner, why should I compromise?". 

"Hahaha", he chuckled. "Since you are so desperate to seek your Doom, I will grant you"

He chuckled and formed some strenuous hand seals. 

Ning Waner and Xiao Linger were fighting desperately when their opponents suddenly screamed.

All four enemies suddenly released a mass of black gas and then fell.

"Are they dead?" Xiao Linger muttered in surprise.

They looked at the ball of black gas in the air. Black gas drifted in Ling Xing Yue's direction.

"Master" Ning Waner Panc. She mustered all her strength and ran as fast to Ling Xing Yue. So did Xiao Linger.

When they reached, they saw. Two big balls of black gas were being absorbed by the enemy Leader.

The enemy leader performed sacrificial seals. He sacrificed his companion and was absorbing their Dark Qi to increase his strength.

His aura started to rise, First, he recovered his strength at the peak of the early stage of the foundation realm, and his aura continued to rise. Soon his aura reached halfway through the middle stage of the foundation realm. He was just one step away from 

"He is about to advance?" Ning Waer asked.

"Yes!" Xiao Linger. They all were shocked.

They don't know what to do?

Dealing with a peak of early foundation nearly caused Ling Xing Yue to lose her life, but now his strength has reached the middle stage of the foundation realm.

The difficulty level suddenly increased from hell level to impossible level.

"We need to disrupt his advancement?" Ning Waner suggested.

"We can't!" Ling Xing Yue stopped them.

"Why?" Ning Waner was shocked.

Disrupting advancement was the best choice, if they successfully disrupted his advancement, then the EnemyLeader would suffer from backfire, and at least would be seriously injured. Killing him after that would be an easy task, but Ling Xing Yue stopped her.

"We can't even get close to him. Look at the dense dark Qi surrounding him. Although the slave seal can resist dark qi, it can't resist such dense dark Qi." Ling Xing Yue explains.

What she said was right, thought, earlier the slave seal protected them from dark Qi, but with time, the effect was decreasing. Ning Waner and Xiao Linger also felt this; they agreed with Ling Xing Yue.

"Then What to do? Once he advanced, we are done," Ning Waner asked in confusion. She was worried.

Her worries were not without any reason; once he advanced to the middle stage of the Foundation realm, his strength would be doubled. 

The enemy Leader could easily kill them with a single finger. 

"Wait", Ling Xing Yue said.

Ning Waner and Xiao Linger got confused.

Boom~

The enemy Leader advanced to the middle stage of the foundation realm. He looked at them with a sly smile.

"Want to beg for mercy. It's too late," the enemy leader chuckled.

"Beg for mercy? I had said, 'Even if we die, we won't surrender, ' our decision doesn't change." Ling Xing Yue mocked him.

"Don't appreciate kindness, good", he became angry.

"Then die", he attacked them with all of his strength.