Celestial Refining Divine Scripture-Chapter 265 - 263: Battle with Huangfu Qing

"Huangfu Qing, what are you doing? Have you lost your mind?"

The golden-armored Martial Artist’s face changed and grabbed Huangfu Qing with one hand.

Even though Huangfu Qing has broken through to Myriad Phenomena, heading into the Forbidden Land’s core is still courting death!

Damn it... Huangfu Qing cursed inwardly, anxiously saying, "I’ve got urgent business to attend to."

"Don’t worry, I don’t intend to die!"

"Hurry up and let me go!"

The golden-armored Martial Artist furrowed his brows tightly.

"Think it over—bear the consequences yourself!"

"I know what I’m doing!" Huangfu Qing’s face was full of helplessness. He also understood the golden-armored man’s good intentions, but how could he share those secrets with outsiders?

Released by the golden-armored Martial Artist, he cupped his fists in salute, then turned and left.

Outside the fire curtain, Huangfu Qing’s face was deathly pale, his heart still pounding in fear!

This was his second time coming here.

But the terror and threat it brought him even surpassed the first visit!

"I should’ve brought my little aunt."

Huangfu Qing gritted his teeth, a tremor between his brows as spirals of spiritual light burst forth. A tiny square Spirit Lock Seal, no bigger than a palm, drilled out.

The Spirit Lock Seal was entirely purple. On its surface, countless fine lines intertwined into the shape of a purple fire lotus, as if purple flames were burning, vivid, lifelike, yet bizarre!

Huangfu Qing’s expression grew solemn. He spit out a mouthful of essence blood, spraying it onto the Spirit Lock Seal.

The purple seal tainted with fresh blood instantly turned wicked; the purple fire lotus gained streaks of crimson. The flame surged wildly, nearly breaking free from the seal!

"Open!"

He suddenly bent his finger and pointed!

Swish!

The purple seal shot toward the fire curtain like lightning. The moment it touched, the fire curtain automatically split open a crack. As the seal pressed deeper, the curtain twisted and split apart.

Huangfu Qing flashed inside.

Halfway through, his face abruptly changed!

"Damn it, why can’t the seal intimidate the Purple Sun Heaven-Burning Fire anymore?"

The split passage suddenly contracted, and the seal trembled violently!

Huangfu Qing was shocked!

You must know—this seal was left by the ancestors, passed down through generations, imbued with True Monarch’s divine techniques. It could suppress the Purple Sun Heaven-Burning Fire, allowing the one holding it to move easily through this place!

"It must be because of Xu Yang!"

"Bastard!"

Huangfu Qing cursed through clenched teeth, not daring to think further, instantly spitting out two more streams of essence blood onto the seal.

In that moment, the seal’s power surged, barely holding up the passage, letting him dash through!

Swish!

Huangfu Qing landed steadily, face as pale as death.

He raised his eyes warily to scan the scene.

At a glance, he saw Xu Yang sitting cross-legged, and the alchemy cauldron in the distance, but no skeleton!

Huangfu Qing’s eyes widened, not even noticing Xu Yang. "Where’s the True Monarch’s corpse?"

"Huangfu Qing?"

"How did you get inside?"

Xu Yang’s eyes snapped open like lightning, his face changed dramatically, disbelief in his expression!

Even if Huangfu Qing broke through to Myriad Phenomena, how did he get through the fire curtain?

The moment Huangfu Qing cried out in shock, Xu Yang’s pupils contracted—he actually knew there was the True Monarch’s corpse here?

"Xu Yang, where’s the True Monarch’s corpse?"

Huangfu Qing’s eyes reddened, boiling with the fury of someone robbed of the treasure from his own back yard.

Xu Yang grew alert inside, sneering coldly: "Of course it’s inside the alchemy cauldron!"

"Alchemy cauldron?"

Huangfu Qing’s body shook, his whole being trembling.

"Dan Emperor Gu Jun—did you inherit his legacy, or... did he never truly perish?" Huangfu Qing stared at Xu Yang with deadly focus.

"Who the hell are you?"

Xu Yang forcibly suppressed his internal horror!

Gu Jun’s true identity was only known to him and Liou Yunfeng!

That great battle a thousand years ago!

Huangfu Qing actually knows?

Who is he?

"Just as I thought!" Seeing Xu Yang’s reaction, Huangfu Qing clenched his fist, his face twisting with a vicious snarl, "I was wondering how a mongrel like you could possibly be so damnable at the Alchemy Dao! Turns out it was thanks to the old Dan Emperor!"

"Xu Yang, you bastard, you really deserve to die!"

Huangfu Qing cursed in furious rage, "You’ve ruined my plans, and now you snatch away my opportunity! These three True Monarch corpses belong to me!"

He almost roared.

Boom!

Without warning, Huangfu Qing burst forth, Nine Bends Sky-reaching Spear in hand, unleashing a spear strike like a dragon, shattering space, aimed straight at Xu Yang!

An intense killing intent surged like a raging tide, shaking the heavens and earth!

Huangfu Qing, newly advanced to the Early Stage of Myriad Phenomena, wielded the spear with such power it would make even Middle Stage cultivators’ scalps go numb!

Xu Yang reacted in a flash, having been alert all the while. He flicked his sleeve, slashing out with a saber.

Bam!

Light exploded in all directions, saber force and spear shadow rampaged madly, tearing the air and rending the earth!

Huangfu Qing groaned, forced into clumsy retreat!

By contrast, Xu Yang just trembled slightly in his stance.

The gap in strength was instantly clear!

"Big talk, claiming all three True Monarch corpses belong to you? Are you even qualified?" Xu Yang stared Huangfu Qing down coldly, his lips curling into a grin, "Let me guess—you must be a descendant of my teacher’s old enemy!"

Huangfu Qing roared in fury, "If not for you, would I have been forced to break through?!"

Before he finished, his body flickered, the spear thrust toward the sky, triggering a sudden phenomenon above!

An expanse of vast celestial vault appeared from thin air, reflections flickered, vast and boundless, filled with endless pressure, wrapped in the spear and crashed down fiercely!

The force of this strike was like the true heavens collapsing, bringing boundless terror and crushing everything!

"Die!"

"World-Ending Saber!"

Xu Yang held nothing back, raising his saber high!

Rumble!

The Demon Dragon Saber shook as if struck by thunder, trembling and howling!

Its terrifying murderous intent was torn to shreds before the spear’s momentum!

Xu Yang’s body sank, and he snorted coldly: "Heaven-Locking Divine Chain!"

Swish!

Six chains appeared out of thin air, enveloping the spear’s image!

"Lock God Seal!"

Boom!

Bam!

Explosions rang out one after another, spear shadows shattered, Huangfu Qing retreated again with a muffled grunt.

He barely kept his feet, spitting blood from his mouth.

Unwillingness flashed in Huangfu Qing’s eyes—defeated by Xu Yang, something he couldn’t accept!

"Now it’s my turn!"

Xu Yang wore a mocking smile, flickered, and appeared like a ghost at Huangfu Qing’s side.

Boom!

One saber—unstoppable as splitting bamboo!

Huangfu Qing twisted to block!

The base of his thumb went numb—raising his eyes, he found only the Demon Dragon Saber left; Xu Yang had vanished.

"No!"

Huangfu Qing’s face changed; he swept his spear madly across the void!

Xu Yang activated his Cangxu Divine Eyes, his curved palm like a blade, precisely slipping through spear shadows to strike Huangfu Qing!

"Spirit Lock Seal!"

Bam!

Huangfu Qing screamed and staggered back, his aura chaotic and exploding!

The first Marquis of Wuhou Hall, now utterly wretched, suppressed and cornered!

"Enough bullying!"

Huangfu Qing howled maniacally, his Nine Bends Sky-reaching Spear vanished in a thought, and he summoned the purple square seal, ignoring his injuries, spraying more essence blood onto it.

"What’s that thing?"

Xu Yang’s eyes twitched.

The purple seal was beyond bizarre—the patterns and spiritual flames on it looked far too much like the Purple Sun Heaven-Burning Fire.

Could that thing command the Purple Sun Heaven-Burning Fire?

Even if only a little, it sent chills down Xu Yang’s spine!

"Xu Yang, you’re finished!"

Huangfu Qing twisted his lips in mockery, then suddenly growled, "Come out!"

Vmmmm~~~

The purple square seal shook as if trembling in a sieve. Shadows twisted densely around it, and the purple fire lotus seemed to truly come alive, bursting forth with a terrifying, world-destroying might!

Purple flame shot out, striking the empty ground in the distance!

Bam!

The earth shattered, a scarlet blood glare erupted.

Bloody light flashed, Asura Hell’s evil and ferocity nearly drowned this whole area!

From within, a blood-red scroll slowly unfurled!