Chapter 572 - 329: Seizing the Immortal’s Possession! A Fierce Battle with Ji Wujiang!

"Hm?" Luo Mu also immediately focused his eyes upward, and his expression quickly darkened.

"Qu Yaan!"

"Present."

"Have your father hold back those in the sky. Once it’s done, I’ll give you a Realm-Breaking Elixir!"

"Yes."

"..."

Above the Black Tower, beneath the clouds.

Ji Wujiang stepped down through the air, as if he aimed to crush the Black Tower with a single step.

Seeing the momentum like a mountain collapsing, a surge of Blood Evil Qi shot up to attack Ji Wujiang.

"Oh?"

Ji Wujiang uttered in unexpected surprise.

"This person has broken through..."

The Sect Leader of the Blood Evil Sect had broken through, his whole being filled with thick blood energy, clearly displaying the might of a Sea of Qi National Guardian.

"King of Border."

Blood Evil swiftly approached, using the endless Blood Evil Qi to block Ji Wujiang’s step, but did not launch any further attacks, instead bowing respectfully to Ji Wujiang first.

However, if observed closely, Blood Evil’s lowered face was pale with a hint of greenish tinge.

Just now, he used all his Qi Blood to block, barely holding on, but nearly lost his life doing so.

Blood Evil knew that having just broken through to the Sea of Qi Realm, he was fundamentally no match for someone like Ji Wujiang, a true National Guardian. Hence, he intended to stall for time with words.

However, such petty tricks could hardly deceive Ji Wujiang.

"You are Blood Evil, then?" Ji Wujiang scrutinized Blood Evil, "If Chang Qin Wenshuo knew he’d sponsored someone who reached the Sea of Qi Realm, he’d probably regret it deeply."

"A lucky breakthrough, nothing compared to King Shuo." Blood Evil played along, hoping to stall the conversation as much as possible.

Ji Wujiang squinted, glanced at Blood Evil, then looked down at the Black Tower.

"You’re stalling for time, aren’t you?"

His voice was like thunder from the sky; a single sentence nearly caused Blood Evil’s Qi Blood to spiral out of control, barely suppressing it.

"Your strength is insufficient. Seeing that you’re from the Qin Dynasty, if you turn back now, I will spare your life."

Ji Wujiang did not kill Blood Evil, considering his attainment of the Sea of Qi Realm.

The Sea of Qi Realm is the National Guardian Realm; throughout the Qin Dynasty’s history, there have only been two such figures, and he wished for Blood Evil to become one of them.

"Thank you for your kindness, King of Border."

Blood Evil’s peripheral glance went downward, his heart anxious, knowing he could not hold out much longer.

"Stubbornness."

Ji Wujiang clearly saw Blood Evil’s intentions and thus stopped speaking further. He reached into the void with his right hand, and a golden knife appeared.

Buzz!

The golden knife sliced through the air as if intending to cleave the space apart.

Blood Evil was greatly alarmed, seemingly not expecting Ji Wujiang to strike so decisively.

Blood Evil Qi surged instantly, attempting to block the golden knife.

However.

The golden knife was a Spirit Treasure Ji Wujiang had acquired in his early years, its power astonishing, especially against someone like Blood Evil, who had just broken through and lacked fitting treasures.

"Puh—"

With just one strike, half of Blood Evil’s body was cleaved open.

But his life force was incredibly tenacious; even in such a condition he did not perish, and the Blood Evil Qi still tried to envelop the cleaved body in an attempt to escape.

Ji Wujiang remained unfazed, as if he had long known the abilities of Blood Evil Qi, and his golden knife swiftly delivered a second strike.

The golden knife descended, scattering the Blood Evil Qi, and Blood Evil’s shattered body crashed to the ground.

"What a pity."

Killing an individual of the Sea of Qi Realm from the homeland was unfortunate, yet not entirely regrettable.

Ji Wujiang withdrew the golden knife, his gaze fierce, fixing on the Black Tower, and the golden knife struck again.

Whoosh!

Just as the golden light was about to cleave into the Black Tower, the tower suddenly emitted a cyan glow.

Then, Luo Mu in a black robe with fire patterns flew out, a Cyan Stone Ancient Lamp floating beside him.

Upon seeing Luo Mu, Ji Wujiang’s expression instantly hardened.

"Celestial Veil Kingdom, Black Flame Sect!"

"The King of Border indeed has keen insight, to recognize me so quickly."

Luo Mu smiled casually, seemingly unafraid of Ji Wujiang.

Ji Wujiang stared at Luo Mu, then turned his gaze to the Cyan Stone Ancient Lamp, the golden knife in his hand hummed softly.

The Black Flame Sect was an extremely powerful Primordial Qi Refining Sect within the Celestial Veil Kingdom, considered top-tier even among the realms of such a great nation.

Not to mention that the Sect Leader of Black Flame far surpasses the Sixth Realm of Primordial Qi Warriors, even among their Sixth Realm elders there are quite a few.

The Black Flame Sect was so formidable, yet most of its main forces were concentrated within the Celestial Veil Kingdom and the Ghostly Sea to its east, seldom venturing west into other nations.

Ji Wujiang didn’t expect that the Cyan Stone Ancient Lamp would draw a Sixth Realm Primordial Qi Warrior from the Black Flame Sect.

Moreover, from the structure of the Black Tower in Xirong County, it was evident that Black Flame Sect’s involvement was not sudden but carefully planned.

The Blood Evil Sect was merely one of its pieces in the game.

"My name is Luo Mu; the King of Border should sense my strength, Middle Stage of the Sixth Realm Nascent Qi Realm."

Luo Mu’s gaze was disdainful, as if he did not regard Ji Wujiang as significant.

Yet beneath that disdain lay a hint of gravity.

Under normal circumstances, he truly would not heed a Sea of Qi Realm warrior from an inland realm, but now was different.

Much of his Heart Spirit and Primordial Qi were devoted to refining the second Cyan Stone Ancient Lamp beneath the Black Tower, thus he intentionally feigned disdain to intimidate Ji Wujiang.

Ji Wujiang indeed harbored concerns towards the Black Flame Sect Primordial Qi Warrior before him, but such concerns did not sway his resolve.

The reasoning was simple; this was the Great Qin Dynasty, and he was its first National Guardian.

If he retreated, the dynasty’s skies would collapse.

"You reveal your identity; are you perhaps afraid of me?"

Ji Wujiang softly chuckled, as he keenly noticed that the disdain displayed by the person before him seemed deliberately feigned.

"Afraid?" Luo Mu’s face showed even more pronounced disdain, "Since entering the inland kingdoms of the Ancient Profound Western Continent, I, Luo Mu, have feared no one."

"Do you know the Qianhou Kingdom in the northeast? There was someone of similar strength to you who died—I was the one who killed him," Luo Mu spoke as if discussing ordinary matters.