#130 - Sword cuts all directions
"Huh? Humans?!" A large bird, fiery red all over, spoke in human language, a look of surprise on its face.
Then it said nonchalantly, "I heard you humans are quite skilled in formations. Human kid, come over here. If you can open the formation of this ancient tower, this great one might spare your life!"
The fiery red bird looked at Qing Ling and said, "As for you, little girl, I'll keep you as my human pet."
The other dozen or so fierce beasts silently surrounded Su Chen and Qing Ling, blocking their retreat.
"Young Master, should I chop them all up?" Qing Ling asked, looking excited and eager to try.
She had just awakened her bloodline not long ago, and her strength had soared. It was the time when her hands were itching for a fight!
Su Chen nodded and said, "Make it quick and don't waste time."
"Okay!" Qing Ling excitedly took out the Azure Cloud Sword. With a flash, she left a phantom image in place and instantly appeared behind the fiery red bird, sword energy pouring down like a waterfall!
"Hmm!?" The fiery red bird was shocked, feeling a terrifying killing intent blooming from behind, making its hair stand on end and creating a strong sense of impending death!
It immediately let out a long cry, and raging flames ignited all over its body, condensing into a beam of fire behind it, colliding with Qing Ling's sword energy with a muffled explosion.
However, it failed to completely block the sword strike. Some of the sword energy still pierced through the flames, striking its back and drawing a string of blood flowers.
"This great one has changed his mind! I want you dead!" The fiery red bird shouted angrily, both shocked and enraged.
It opened its mouth and spat out a feather fan, entirely crimson and seemingly dripping with blood, made from scarlet feathers.
Boom— It activated the feather fan, waving it gently, and immediately, intense flames erupted, causing the temperature here to rise sharply, as if a volcano had erupted, with a raging sea of fire surging towards Qing Ling.
However, Qing Ling didn't dodge or avoid, only uttering a soft shout. Nine-colored light lit up on her body surface, making her seem invulnerable to all techniques, blocking all the flames from the outside.
Qing Ling continuously swung the Azure Cloud Sword in her hand, the sword energy sharp, terrifying, and full of killing intent!
The fiery red bird didn't expect that the flames released by the seventh-order magic treasure wouldn't even hurt Qing Ling. Caught off guard, it was injured again by Qing Ling, and one of its wings was almost cut off!
"Roar!!" Seeing this, the surrounding dozen or so fierce beasts immediately let out fierce roars and pounced towards Qing Ling.
Qing Ling's figure swayed, and dozens of phantoms appeared around her, bewildering all the fierce beasts, making it impossible to lock onto her true form.
Not only that.
All dozens of phantoms raised the Azure Cloud Sword, slashing out dense sword energy, crisscrossing in all directions.
One of the sword energies was particularly sharp and terrifying, its edge unstoppable, fiercely slashing into the abdomen of the fiery red bird, causing it to scream miserably as blood splattered.
"Stop!!"
"My father is the Crimson Cloud Great Venerable, with a cultivation of the ninth level of the Monarch Realm, a hegemon of one side!"
"Let me go!"
"If you dare to kill me, my father won't let you go!"
"When you leave the underground palace, you're doomed!"
"Y-you, don't come over!"
"No—" Soon, the terrified screams of the fiery red bird echoed in the distance, accompanied by surging flames rising and sword energy illuminating all directions.
Although it tried its best to resist, it was ultimately mercilessly killed by Qing Ling!
"Awoo, woo—" Seeing this, the remaining fierce beasts were immediately shocked and fled in all directions.
Bang!! Just then, Su Chen drew the Lightning Extreme Bow. In an instant, the sounds of wind and thunder rose sharply. One arrow after another, entwined with lightning, shot out, piercing the air and killing all the fleeing fierce beasts!
"Done!" Qing Ling casually picked up the crimson fan and happily returned to Su Chen's side.
After these two battles, she had a clear understanding of her own strength.
Ordinary fierce beasts at the ninth level of the Transformation Realm were simply no match for her!
"Not bad, your strength has improved a lot," Su Chen said with a smile, rubbing Qing Ling's little head and pinching her furry ears.
Qing Ling's current talent and strength were no weaker than Tang Chuan's, and even surpassed him!
"Hehe… It's all Young Master's grace that I was able to awaken my bloodline and have such strong strength," Qing Ling stuck out her tongue and smiled.
She was sincerely grateful to Su Chen.
Everything she had now was obtained with Su Chen's help!
Without Su Chen, she would still be struggling to survive in the wilderness, perhaps dying in the mouth of a fierce beast at any time, or living an ordinary life.
It was Su Chen who granted her current status and strength!
Such a life and transformation was something she never dared to dream of before!
Su Chen chuckled and said, "It's just the beginning now. In the future, your strength will be even stronger. It won't be a problem for you to become a generation of empress in the future."
"I don't want to be an empress. It's enough for me to stay by Young Master's side," Qing Ling shook her head.
For her, a Saint Realm expert was an unimaginable existence, let alone the legendary Emperor Realm.
She didn't have so many thoughts, just wanting to silently follow Su Chen's side.
Hearing this, the smile on Su Chen's face grew even richer.
Soon.
Su Chen and Qing Ling arrived in front of the ancient tower.
Under Su Chen's instructions, Qing Ling displayed a talent supernatural power. A powerful and pure demonic power spread out, causing the ancient tower to shake slightly and resonate with Qing Ling.
The formation restrictions covering the ancient tower slowly dissipated!
The two opened the gate of the ancient tower. What came into view was a row of weapon racks, densely packed.
Unfortunately.
Most of the weapon racks were empty. Even if there were weapons, most of them had decayed and broken down into scrap metal in the long decades.
The ancient tower had a total of six floors.
The weapon magic treasures on the first four floors were not of high grade and were almost all abandoned.
It was not until the fifth floor that Su Chen and Qing Ling found a dozen or so seventh-order magic treasures. Although there was some wear and tear, they could still be used and still had extremely high value, which could be taken back for the Su family to use.
The two opened the gate on the sixth floor, and in an instant, rolling heat waves rushed towards them, accompanied by the spread of scorching aura.
What appeared in front of the two was a boiling "magma" pool, from which a terrifying high temperature emanated, making both of them feel palpitations!
In this "magma," three magic treasures were actually swimming autonomously, as if they had life!
