Chapter 125: Lu Qingming Died
Chapter 125: Lu Qingming Died
When the Blue Light erupted, a powerful aura exploded from Lu Qingming, instantly forming a storm.
Outside the Aged Monarch’s memorial hall, sand and stones flew everywhere!
The fierce wind almost tore open the coffin lid inside the hall.
All kinds of sacrificial offerings clattered to the ground, creating an instant mess.
The people gathered outside the memorial hall looked terrified, screaming and scattering in all directions.
They stopped glaring at Ling Yi with those murderous eyes, as survival was more important.
The aura bursting from Lu Qingming was already terrifying, but facing this sinister blue light, his strong defenses crumbled in an instant!
This Blue Light was too strong, too bizarre!
The key was that it couldn’t be blocked!
It was like a person standing outside; without an umbrella, they couldn’t stop sunlight from falling on them.
But against this strange Blue Light, even an umbrella was useless!
Because the energy it contained was completely beyond the understanding of a cultivator at Lu Qingming’s level of Dao Enlightenment.
This was like how everyone knew lightning was very powerful, but exactly how powerful?
Perhaps only those struck by lightning would know…
Without experiencing this Blue Light, one could never know its horror.
And those who had experienced this Blue Light… were almost all dead!
Lu Qingming could clearly sense the terrifying Path of Slaughter within the Blue Light. His face showed endless terror, and he kept retreating, constantly dodging.
At the same time, he shouted loudly, “Brothers, please lend me your aid!”
Over there, Song Guozi, Song Pengzi, Song Xuzi, Song Shanzi, and Song Shuizi looked at each other and immediately charged toward Ling Yi!
It wasn’t that they specifically wanted to bully Ling Yi, but the key was they couldn’t even find the person releasing the Blue Light!
Capturing Ling Yi might at least make the other side think twice, right?
Swish!
The Blue Light instantly swept before these five.
The five slammed to a halt simultaneously, standing pale-faced outside the Blue Light.
With the Blue Light between them, Diwu Qianqian directly blocked Ling Yi’s front, whispering, “Quick, take me hostage!”
Song Guozi and the others: “…”
They understood now; they had raised a thankless whelp.
At the critical moment, she unhesitatingly stood on the other side. Even if she cultivated the Dao of Supreme Detachment, could she really protect the Sect for centuries like the Second Ancestor of old?
That seemed unlikely…
Ling Yi rubbed Diwu Qianqian’s little head. “Go stand aside. You’ll make them sad like this.”
Diwu Qianqian said with a firm expression, “If they really did what Elder Sister Yu said, I will definitely not stay in that place. No matter how much I like it there, no matter how well they treat me, I won’t stay.”
As Diwu Qianqian spoke, her eyes reddened.
Blocked by the Blue Light, Song Guozi and the others dared not advance.
Over there, Lu Qingming was in an awkward situation, dodging left and right under the Blue Light’s pursuit.
What filled his heart with endless fear was that this Blue Light seemed to have a life of its own, chasing only him.
It did not harm anything else along its path!
He had noticed this earlier, but only by experiencing it personally did this feeling become stronger.
It was utterly despairing!
Facing this Blue Light, a Peak Dao-Entry, a peerless powerhouse standing at the pinnacle of the Mortal World, had no option but to dodge!
“Brothers, please lend me your strength!” Lu Qingming roared in grief and rage.
But Song Guozi and the other four looked helpless. Blocked by the Blue Light, trying to go further made their souls tremble.
They wanted to turn and help Lu Qingming, but what could they do?
Their cultivation levels were no higher than Lu Qingming’s; they were equally powerless against this Blue Light!
Moreover, it seemed the other side didn’t want to kill the five of them; it was only targeting Lu Qingming!
“Junior Brother, run away quickly!” Song Xuzi, who had lost an arm earlier, shouted loudly.
Lu Qingming felt an impulse to curse. If I could escape, would I need you to remind me?
The Blue Light was too lively!
It surrounded him from all directions, constantly sweeping toward him.
The slightest carelessness meant utter doom.
Just like their attitude toward the Qin State Diplomatic Mission—a cat playing with a mouse.
The Blue Light also didn’t seem to want to kill him immediately, circling around Lu Qingming from front, back, left, and right.
Lu Qingming felt immense fear at the depletion of his own energy.
At his level, normally fighting someone for three days and nights wouldn’t make him this exhausted.
But now, in just a few short minutes, he felt powerless!
The people originally gathered here had all fled by now. Meanwhile, large numbers of Chu soldiers rushed in from all directions, tightly surrounding the Imperial Palace.
The leading general was also a trusted follower of Lu Qingming.
The kind of die-hard loyalist who would die for Lu Qingming at any moment.
After surrounding the Imperial Palace, these people quickly split into several groups, charging in from all sides.
But when they tried to approach this area, a vast expanse of Blue Light formed a huge light shield, directly isolating them outside.
Some skeptical Chu soldiers tried to charge in directly.
The next moment, they turned into white bones, just like the dead Demon Beasts from the Spring City Beast Tide.
This attack method, beyond comprehension, directly intimidated everyone.
True warriors are not afraid of sacrifice, but if sacrifice brings not a single bit of progress, then such sacrifice is meaningless, a huge waste!
After a dozen or so skeptical soldiers turned into skeletons, the leading general finally stopped ordering them to charge in.
In these people’s eyes, they showed endless despair.
By now, Lu Qingming was also injured!
One of his arms was touched by the Blue Light. The moment flames ignited, Lu Qingming let out a roar of extreme grief and indignation.
At this moment, he finally understood what this Blue Light was—so indeed, one must experience things personally.
“Dao Flame!”
“This is Dao Flame!”
He screamed despairingly, his other hand chopping fiercely at the shoulder burned by the Blue Light—
An arm burning with blue flames fell with a thud.
Instantly turning into white bones!
This was only because Lu Qingming acted fast enough; otherwise, his entire body would have been set ablaze!
The words “Dao Flame” caused Song Guozi and the others over there to change expressions dramatically.
Being able to remain unseen and use Dao Flame to harm others… this was no longer a matter of cultivation realm.
This was a living killing deity!
The flame of the Great Dao… no one knew where this thing came from, or how it could be mastered.
Since ancient times, in the Cultivation World, Dao Flame was something only heard of in legends.
It was a completely different concept from elemental fire, or the fire of Divine Abilities and Spells.
Deeply mysterious and elusive.
From the start, nobody had thought to connect the blue glow to Dao Flame.
Everyone thought this blue glow was merely a terrifying Divine Ability, or possibly even a tamed and refined elemental strange fire… both types of fire were also extremely formidable.
In the hands of a powerful cultivator, they could unleash incomparably terrifying power.
Therefore, even a cultivator of Lu Qingming’s level had never linked the blue glow to Dao Flame.
Now he finally understood.
The price was the loss of an arm.
Once burned by Dao Flame, regeneration was almost impossible.
Meaning, even if he luckily escaped death today, he could only be a one-armed monarch in the future!
Extreme hatred filled Lu Qingming’s heart, but he dared not pause for even a moment.
Because that blue light continued to follow him like a shadow, clinging like a bone-deep maggot…staring at him unwaveringly!
“Ling Yi! If you dare kill me, the Carefree Sect will never let you go!”
Lu Qingming roared: “My people will absolutely not let you off! Can you guarantee that you and those around you will never have a careless day? If I die here today, my people will pursue and kill you and your relatives without end! I mean what I say!”
“He still doesn’t want to reveal his true hidden card.” Enchantress said coldly in Ling Yi’s mind. “If he wants to play, then just play along with him.”
Lu Qingming’s hidden card was a Primordial Spirit Realm mighty one!
And one was right within this imperial palace!
Perhaps even less than a hundred meters away from their group!
But for some reason, even when nearly in despair, Lu Qingming had not played that hidden card.
He was still trying to frighten Ling Yi through threats.
“As if today if I let you go, you won’t do exactly that anyway.” Ling Yi said calmly.
“Ling Yi, if you stop now, I swear… to make peace with you!” Lu Qingming shouted loudly.
“It’s not that I stop; I don’t have that ability.”
Ling Yi gave a faint smile. At a time like this, he was still trying to set traps.
“But I can tell you clearly, you old dog, you originally could have lived for more years.”
“I wanted to kill you with my own hands!”
“Also wanted to make you live in endless fear, with no way to heaven and no door to earth.”
“But you are indeed very capable, successfully getting yourself killed early through your own play.”
“For me, I’m not satisfied with this situation, you know?”
“If I let you die so easily like this, it wouldn’t be enough to calm my hatred for you.”
“For an old dog like you, dying like this is far too lenient!”
“Ling Yi, do you truly wish for us to fight to the death with no resolution?” Lu Qingming’s figure was already moving at an unbelievable speed; with Ling Yi’s realm, he couldn’t even see him, yet he still couldn’t shake off the blue light’s pursuit. Only Lu Qingming’s angry, icy voice kept coming through.
“Isn’t that nonsense? Of course it’s to the death.” Ling Yi said coldly.
“Qianqian… how has your senior brother treated you? Can you really bear to watch your senior brother be killed by someone?” Lu Qingming’s voice was filled with grief and sorrow, “Senior brother always indulged your every wish. Can you truly stand by and watch senior brother be killed by them?”
Diwu Qianqian sobbed: “The Aged Monarch was also very kind to me, and to you, so why did you still kill him?”
“The one who killed the Aged Monarch was Ling Yi! It was the Eldest Princess! How could it possibly be me?” Lu Qingming argued.
“Senior Brother, when the incident happened, I was with Sister Yu and Ling Yi the whole time. You might be able to say such things to others, but it’s too much to say that to me. What do you take me for?”
Diwu Qianqian looked heartbroken. “Although I’m young, I understand right from wrong, and I know gratitude and grudges. The deep-seated hatred of blood between you and Ling Yi was also planted by you yourself. This consequence… your junior sister cannot bear it for you!”
“Hahahaha, good, very good! Qianqian, no wonder Sect Leader Uncle said you have talent. Indeed, you are truly exceptionally talented. You already have that feeling now—watching someone in mortal danger and doing nothing to help. Really great!”
Lu Qingming, while moving like a phantom, continuously dodging, laughed with grief and indignation.
Suddenly!
He let out a fierce roar!
His voice was like a great bell, like a thunderclap!
Following his roar, a black shadow swiftly rushed into the area, grabbing towards Lu Qingming’s body, trying to take him away!
Enchantress sneered in Ling Yi’s mind: “Finally couldn’t hold back anymore?”
Boom!
Brilliant blue light instantly filled the entire Great Chu Imperial Palace!
For a moment, here in the Great Chu Imperial Palace, it was as if a blue sun had erupted with endless dazzling radiance.
“Argh!”
From the center of the blue light came an inhuman shriek of pain.
Then came an explosive bang!
The impact directly shattered countless buildings inside the palace. Even the Aged Monarch’s mourning hall was not spared, collapsing with a rumble!
A Magical Artifact shimmering with green light completely shattered. However, a figure broke through the blue light, flying away towards the endless high sky in the night!
It was a Primordial Spirit Realm mighty one!
Now grievously wounded, escaping for their life!
Lu Qingming ultimately was not rescued. His body was badly burned by large swathes of blue light.
Blue flames instantly covered his entire body.
The top-tier Dao Enlightenment Master, standing at the peak of the Mortal World, had eyes filled with endless regret and despair.
He struggled desperately, but it was useless.
Amidst inhuman cries of agony and roars, he was completely engulfed by blue light, bit by bit burned…
After all, he was a mighty one of profound realm, quite resistant to burning. It took a good while before he was utterly reduced to a skeletal frame.
He Perished Both Body and Dao. His Soul Spirit was completely annihilated.
Lu Qingming was dead.