Chapter 109 : Killing a Profound Realm Expert with One Finger
Chapter 109: Killing a Profound Realm Expert with One Finger
“Buzz!”
The void trembled, and the wind suddenly rose.
At Li Yunqing’s fingertip, the True Intent of the Five Elements cycled. Driven by Immortal-Martial Power, it radiated five-colored divine light.
At that moment, heaven and earth were resonating, and the invisible Momentum of Heaven and Earth faintly manifested.
The vast power of the earth took shape. Upon it surged endless essence of vegetation, while firelight, golden light, and water vapor formed into a sea.
The five most fundamental powers of heaven and earth were all stirred.
In almost an instant, an invisible force gathered at Li Yunqing’s fingertip.
“Buzz!”
Endless power converged, transforming into a crystalline jade-like finger, each joint distinct, straight and slender.
The instant the jade finger manifested, it pierced through the void like a jade-colored streak of light, appearing before Lanhai and pointing directly at the center of his brow.
Unable to control the Momentum of Heaven and Earth naturally meant she could not wield it as freely as those in the Profound Realm.
But drawing it forth and resonating with it could still make a move vastly stronger.
“She can actually draw upon the Momentum of Heaven and Earth!”
“Move! Hurry up!”
Lanhai was terrified.
Bound by an invisible force, his movements seemed slowed a thousandfold. Every action had become unbearably slow, like a turtle crawling.
“No! I control the great momentum of heaven and earth. Other than a Grandmaster of the same realm, no one can kill me!”
Lanhai roared inwardly. Vast currents swirled around him, protecting him tightly.
As a Profound Realm Grandmaster, aside from others in the Profound Realm who could break the Momentum of Heaven and Earth, no one below that realm could shatter it.
That was also why, having only just broken through, he had dared appear and target the Sword Saint of Cangshan’s disciple.
Back then, after being defeated by the Sword Saint with a single sword strike in front of countless people, it was the same as having his reputation as a famed Qi Realm veteran of the Jianghu ground into the dirt.
She had only been a woman with some beauty. As a Qi Realm expert, if he wanted her, then a woman—this kind of resource that could be plundered—should have washed herself clean and offered herself to serve him.
Yet because of such a trivial matter, the Sword Saint of Cangshan had made him lose all face and turned him into a laughingstock in the Jianghu.
He hated the Sword Saint of Cangshan to death, but had never found an opportunity, nor dared face him.
Now that he had broken through to the Profound Realm and become a Grandmaster of the world, this should have been the moment of high spirits and complete satisfaction. This was absolutely the best opportunity.
He could not target the Sword Saint of Cangshan himself, but weren’t the Sword Saint’s disciples still his to handle as he pleased?
Yet now, facing this finger strike, he actually sensed danger.
The danger of life and death.
“Puchi!”
The slender jade-like finger, glowing with five-colored divine light, instantly broke through the Momentum of Heaven and Earth around Lanhai.
It was clearly visible that the flowing currents around Lanhai were being suppressed by that single finger, caving inward.
Even more horrifying was that five-colored divine radiance manifested on the jade finger, forcibly melting a finger-sized hole through the Momentum of Heaven and Earth.
Although the speed of that jade finger also slowed greatly, it still continued moving forward, pressing toward Lanhai’s brow.
“What kind of power is this? How can it break the Momentum of Heaven and Earth?”
“Is she really in the Qi Realm?”
Lanhai was seized by overwhelming fear. Sweat streamed down his forehead, and it felt as though his soul had been frightened out of his body.
“What?”
“She broke through the great momentum of heaven and earth?”
“How is that possible?”
“Isn’t she in the Qi Realm?”
“What kind of martial art is this?”
The surrounding people were also utterly stunned by this scene, their eyes wide as if they would burst from their sockets.
But they too could not move, bound by that invisible force. Endless terror alone surged in their hearts.
If even the great momentum of heaven and earth could be broken, then killing them would be easier than turning over a hand.
“Puchi…”
The slender jade finger kept advancing, dissolving the Momentum of Heaven and Earth in front of Lanhai.
It rapidly closed in on the center of his brow.
Watching that finger draw nearer and nearer, still not stopping, Lanhai was frightened out of his wits. Yet his body remained agonizingly slow, unable to escape.
He could only watch helplessly as that jade finger came closer and closer.
“No!”
Lanhai cried out. His eyes were filled with blood vessels, as if they were about to burst.
It was because the Momentum of Heaven and Earth before him had already been completely pierced through by that finger.
“Buzz!”
The jade-like slender finger touched the center of Lanhai’s brow.
In the next moment, Lanhai’s body stiffened, and the light in his eyes instantly faded.
And that finger did not stop, leaving a finger-sized hole in the center of his brow.
As half his head instantly exploded apart, the force still pierced through the void for dozens of meters before gradually dissipating.
“This…”
Seeing a dignified Profound Realm Grandmaster actually killed by a single finger strike, cold sweat instantly poured from everyone’s foreheads.
“Elder Sister!”
Li Yunqing’s heart finally settled. She paid no attention to anyone else and immediately flew upward, catching Yuan Qing in her arms.
“Amazing!”
Yuan Qing murmured softly. The blazing white light around her went out, and more than half of her body had become illusory.
With the power of the Qi Realm, she had killed a Profound Realm expert with a finger strike, shattering the myth that all below the Profound Realm were mere ants.
After this battle, her younger sister would likely become famous throughout the world.
At that moment, the invisible binding force dispersed, and everyone regained control of their bodies at once.
But even so, they were all trembling violently, filled with terror.
“Run!”
Almost instantly, the thirty-some people of the Jianghu fled without the slightest hesitation toward the distance.
In the blink of an eye, they had vanished without a trace.
In the forest, the Third Prince’s expression also changed dramatically. “Quickly! Go back!”
Originally, he had wanted to appear and save Li Yunqing when she was in desperate straits, making her give herself to him willingly.
Who could have imagined that a Profound Realm Grandmaster would appear? His entire plan had been thrown into chaos.
But now, the only thing left in his heart was relief—immense relief.
If even a Profound Realm Grandmaster could be killed, then if his plan had failed and Li Yunqing had realized what he was doing, he likely would not have survived either.
As for stopping Li Yunqing, that was utterly incomparable to his own life.
Even if he failed, at worst his imperial father would merely dislike him and scold him severely.
Compared to his life, he still knew which mattered more.
“Go! Return to the capital!”
The Third Prince left in a cloud of dust with his two guards.
Li Yunqing paid no attention to those enemies.
Instead, she held Yuan Qing in her arms, her tone heavy. “Elder Sister, I could have handled it.”
Compared to those enemies, family and friends were clearly more important.
With such a long life ahead of her, she no longer needed to care much about anything else, because in front of her, no treasure remained truly precious.
What could truly matter to her was only the people by her side.
Those who were sincere toward her, and the truest emotions—every kind of feeling unrelated to romantic love.
“I know!” Yuan Qing replied softly.
Her whole body curled into Li Yunqing’s embrace as she smiled. “Elder Sister isn’t stupid either. Since you were unwilling to reveal even the slightest bit, it must be because that was a secret that absolutely could not be exposed!”
“A secret, well? Once others know it, it is no longer a secret!”
“As a fellow woman, I can roughly understand your worries. Everything you’re thinking is right!”
“Whether in the Age of Immortals and Gods or even earlier, beautiful and talented women were resources—resources that stronger people could plunder at will!”
“This has never changed through all ages.”
“It is not only driven by desire, but also by profit.”
“Women are tied to inheritance, population, and descendants. Such entanglements of desire and profit can never be avoided.”
“Once anything becomes tied to desire and profit, all living beings in the world will rush toward it.”
“In the past, that would have been one thing. But times are different now. No matter what kind of desire it is, before life and death, before survival, it is worth nothing.”
“In order to live, all beings in the world are capable of anything, including those remnants of immortals and gods.”
“Since you call me Elder Sister, then no matter how worthless I may be…”
“I absolutely would not let my younger sister fall into a trap.”
“Besides, I never had a physical body to begin with. I was destined to reincarnate anyway, so consuming some Yang Spirit Power doesn’t matter.”
Hearing Yuan Qing’s words, Li Yunqing fell silent.
How could she not understand? This was the nature, the instinct, of living beings.
Before life and death, before survival, anything could happen.
The noble would sacrifice themselves for righteousness, while the vile would become even more shameless and disgusting.
But throughout history, how many noble ones had there really been?
On the contrary, the vile were endless, impossible to kill off completely.
And she, Li Yunqing, could never gamble everything she had—including her own body—on another person’s character.
Human nature could not withstand a gamble, nor could it withstand a test.
“Can you recover?”
Looking at Yuan Qing’s nearly half-transparent body, Li Yunqing asked softly.
Hearing this, Yuan Qing chuckled, and in her heart she increasingly came to regard Li Yunqing as her real younger sister.
The very instant Li Yunqing killed the Profound Realm expert, she had not gone after the other enemies, but had instead immediately gathered her into her arms.
Loyal and affectionate toward family and friends.
Utterly ruthless toward enemies.
How could she not love such a wonderful younger sister?
Thinking this, Yuan Qing smiled and said:
“Yes, as long as you let me hold you for a while?”