Chapter 54: Lingqing is Dead?

The Dao Soldier has finally emerged!

Endless joy surged in Jia Tianyang’s heart. The long-suppressed mood was finally released for a short while.

“Tianyang kowtows and begs the family’s Dao Soldier for protection, to exterminate that rebellious person!”

…

It turned out that just as the Dao Soldier was about to use the immortal energy transformed from the heavenly fate to break through to the Soul Condensation Realm.

The surrounding double whammy of ice and fire broke its cultivation state. Its energy became chaotic, and it could no longer use the heavenly fate to break through to the Soul Condensation Realm.

Whether this was a blessing or a curse for Xu Lingqing was unknown. The interrupted Dao Soldier broke out of the ground directly. The aura erupting from its body alone instantly melted the freezing effect brought by the Ten-Thousand-Li Ice Seal.

Immediately, a sky-covering shadow continuously grew taller. Wherever the shadow passed, it covered the countless immortal fires in the sky.

Rumble, rumble, rumble…

All the immortal fires were instantly crushed. The shadow transformed into a headless Dao Body and shot out from underground, smashing into the sky. Countless ashes stirred up a cloud of yellow sand.

Although the yellow sand severely affected everyone’s vision, the full two thousand specks of spiritual rhyme in the headless torso shone exceptionally brightly, causing everyone present to involuntarily suck in a cold breath.

Shock after shock completely overturned their understanding of this world.

“What kind of monster is this?”

Hui Liyi’s heart pounded wildly, cold sweat drenched her, and her face was as pale as paper.

Jia Tianyang, Old Ancestor Jia, and now a headless Dao Soldier.

If Xu Lingqing hadn’t exposed Jialan Academy’s secrets, perhaps any of the powers present could have been wiped from the Firo Continent overnight if Jialan Academy so wished.

For a time, everyone’s vigilance towards Jialan Academy increased severalfold.

Chen Anping’s spirits lifted as he placed his finger on the screen. In his experience, a top-up option was bound to appear at this time.

But when the prompt didn’t appear after a long wait, he started to panic. Could it be that Lingqing had to overcome this trial on her own?

At this moment, the Dao Soldier’s sinister and terrifying appearance once again awed the crowd. It leaped up, and the giant axe swung down fiercely from the sky.

Xu Lingqing’s pupils instantly shrank into a ball. She seemed to see her own fate of being chopped in half.

“Invincible Golden Body!”

Chen Anping immediately used an Invincible Golden Body Talisman to block the Dao Soldier’s devastating blow.

In the next second, it raised the giant axe above its head, and the axe actually transformed into a head and embedded itself on its shoulders.

How to describe such a scene!

It was like a normal cultivator, but his head was not a head, but a huge axe resting on his shoulders.

The sharp axe blade faced forward, revealing a sinister cold light, which was extremely horrifying.

“So ugly!”

A bit of disgust arose in Xu Lingqing’s heart. Suddenly, her heart turned cold.

“What is it trying to do?”

Chen Anping watched in bewilderment as the Dao Soldier stood still. He could see with his naked eyes that the spiritual energy from all directions was gathering into its body.

That spiritual energy was not absorbed, but rather merged into the wrists of its armor in an extremely strange way.

The Dao Soldier’s armor had no real hands underneath, but a formless giant hand shadow suddenly grabbed at the empty space on the ground in front of it.

The land began to tremble violently, sand and stones rolling, as if struggling in pain.

Gradually, the changing land seemed to be controlled by some strange power, and it actually transformed into a shadow that merged into the Dao Soldier’s hand.

Incredibly, the entire land under Jialan Academy seemed to be controlled by it, as if it were an object in its palm.

Shrinking the earth into a palm!

With its own power alone, it controlled the entire Jialan Academy!

Xu Lingqing only felt a hair-raising chill surge into her heart. Standing on the ground was like sitting on pins and needles.

Even through the screen, Chen Anping felt an immense sense of pressure, as if his own neck was being choked.

Even those watching the battle from afar now suspected their eyes were playing tricks on them. They were clearly standing on the ground, but they felt as if they were being held in someone’s palm, like an ant that could be crushed at will.

“Jie jie jie!”

“Sorry, you’re already dead!”

The mechanical, echoing voice became even colder in the Dao Soldier’s mouth. A ‘crack’ sound came from the illusory palm.

…

[Do you want to top up ¥888 to try and block this attack (Lingqing has a high probability of being seriously injured), top up ¥1888 to escape a thousand li away (her body also has a small probability of being injured), or top up ¥1999999 to once again transform into the Empress and counter-kill the Dao Soldier on the spot?]

A flash of anger crossed Chen Anping’s eyes, and he pointed at the game and cursed.

“Isn’t this a rip-off?”

“If my baby Lingqing gets hurt, you’ll have to compensate me!”

Chen Anping gritted his teeth and topped up 1888, wanting to let Xu Lingqing slip away first.

[Top-up successful. Xu Lingqing is about to escape.]

“Please, I beg you, bless Lingqing so she doesn’t get hurt!”

Still worried, Chen Anping used all his remaining Invincible Golden Body talismans on her.

…

“Trying to run?”

The Dao Soldier stood its ground disdainfully. Once the ‘shrinking the earth into a palm’ technique was fully used, it could kill anyone on it with a mere thought. It possessed the power to control life and death.

The power of this blow exceeded the limits of this world. The heavens and earth changed color, rivers churned, and all things were swallowed by it.

Using such a powerful move to kill someone had exhausted the countless ancestral energies left by the Jialan Academy ancestors over many years.

If Jialan Academy wasn’t on the verge of a life-and-death crisis, and if it hadn’t found an opportunity to break through, it would not have dared to pay such a price to deal with a junior of the Origin Opening Realm.

“Die!”

In an instant, Xu Lingqing only felt an irresistible killing intent envelop her. Her delicate body felt as if it were being crushed by a mountain of a thousand jun, unable to move an inch.

The dim world transformed into nine ghostly claws. The claws, carrying the power of annihilation, tore through the golden barrier, and also tore her apart.

Every bone in Xu Lingqing’s body was wailing, every inch of her skin was trembling, and every drop of her blood was weeping.

Am I going to die?

She closed her eyes in despair. The pipa in her hand suddenly flashed with a sky-full of violet-gold light.

It was as if the sound of a pipa melody came to her ear. The sound immersed her in a hallucination.

“Peerless Empress’s Chant, a tune to walk the world alone, the sound of wind and thunder shaking, commanding ten thousand from the peak.”

The four lines of the not-so-rhyming ballad made her give a final, faint smile.

Senior… Lingqing has failed your cultivation…

A faint golden point of light fell from the sky onto her brow. At the last moment, Xu Lingqing saw the light that belonged to her.

“So you are my light.”

…

When a person dies, their flesh is destroyed, and their body is burned to ashes.

As Xu Lingqing’s physical body was annihilated on the spot, a deathly silence fell upon the world. No one dared to make a sound.

Some people were anticipating the revenge from the powerful voice in the sky, to weaken Jialan Academy’s foundation.

But contrary to their wishes, it did not come.

Jia Tianyang, his soul still shaken, rubbed his eyes and looked at the Dao Soldier left by his ancestors with lingering fear.

The ground was covered in blood, bones, and resentment, filling the current Jialan Academy.

The major and minor powers, led by Hui Liyi and supplemented by Lei Mingde, were furious but dared not speak. No one could afford to provoke the Dao Soldier with its heaven-defying strength.

Jia Tianyang, having recovered slightly, swept his gaze over the crowd and shouted, “My apologies, this was an internal academy scandal. We’ve made a fool of ourselves in front of everyone!”

Laugh?

Who dared to laugh?

At this moment, everyone was as silent as a cicada in winter. If anyone let out the slightest laugh, they would become the target of all, and be instantly killed by the Dao Soldier.

“Dean Jia, I have a matter to discuss with you!”

[End of Chapter]