The Sect Leader Has Taken in a New Female Disciple

Chapter 1237 - 370: Zhou Qing Is Likely in Mortal Danger

The moment the Sword Qi pierced through the rift, the entire void trembled violently!——

"Pfft!"

Zhou Qing’s back was struck heavily, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood.

The once briefly stabilized space was shattered by this sword, with the nearby space barriers cracking like glass, and violent space turbulences surging madly.

"Damn it!"

He gritted his teeth against the excruciating pain, a fierce glint flashed in his eyes.

He hurriedly took out the "Token" he refined.

"Open!"

He shouted, and the Token emitted a burst of green light, forcibly tearing open a stable space passage ahead of him.

Zhou Qing immediately plunged headfirst into it!

"Boom!"

At the instant his figure disappeared, the original rift completely collapsed, with the terrifying aftershock of the Sword Qi shattering the surrounding void into pieces.

Had he been even half a beat slower, he would have been dead without a doubt!

——

Outside, Xuanyuan Hao withdrew the Dragon Abyss Sword, staring coldly at the now-closed space rift.

"Is he dead?"

He quickly released his Divine Sense, covering a hundred miles in radius, carefully probing every inch of spatial fluctuation.

However, moments later, his brow furrowed deeply.

"How could... there be no trace at all?"

He was certain Zhou Qing wasn’t at the Spirit Severing Realm, otherwise he wouldn’t have been forced to flee so desperately.

Yet now, the other’s presence seemed to have vanished into thin air.

"Hmph, hiding quite deep!"

Xuanyuan Hao sneered coldly, unwilling to leave, and instead stood in mid-air, patiently waiting.

He concluded that Zhou Qing must be hidden within the space layers and severely injured. If not swallowed by the space turbulence, he would eventually show himself!

Then he turned his hand to take out a Communication Jade Scroll, and extended his Divine Sense into it, inquiring about Xuanyuan Sha’s status.

"Still chasing?"

Xuanyuan Hao frowned slightly.

Though powerful, the Nine Dragon Locking Sky Seal consumed a huge amount of Spiritual Power and Spiritual Power, Xuanyuan Sha wouldn’t be able to hold on for long.

If the chase dragged on, that Spirit Slash in purple robe might escape!

Just as he was pondering a solution, another Jade Scroll suddenly lit up.

"Huh?"

As he glanced at it with his Divine Sense, a trace of joy flashed in his eyes.

"Uncle King’s back?!"

He quickly sent a message: "Uncle King, come quickly to aid me!"

——

Mere moments later, space was torn again, and a burly figure stepped out.

The newcomer wore a dark python robe, his features were as harsh as if carved by a knife, and between his brows was the aura of sharpness honed through a millennium of battles.

It was Xuanyuan Shuo, returning once more from the frontier!

"Uncle King!" Xuanyuan Hao’s eyes gleamed, he hurried forward to briefly explain the situation.

Xuanyuan Shuo narrowed his eyes slightly, his immense Divine Sense swept through the thousand miles of void like a tidal wave.

The Divine Sense coalesced into a tangible form, freezing even the air it passed through, capturing every subtle fluctuation hidden in the deeper layers of space.

Moments later, he abruptly opened his eyes, a slight sneer tugging at his lips: "Interesting..."

Before his voice fell, his right palm suddenly raised, his five fingers hooked, clawing fiercely at the void—

"Boom!"

The entire world seemed gripped by an invisible giant hand, intensely twisting the space within a thousand feet radius.

Visible ripples spread centered on his palm, shattering rocks and ancient trees in their path, even distorting and breaking the light.

"Hiding deep." Xuanyuan Shuo snorted coldly, his left hand formed into a sword and suddenly stabbed into a certain part of the void.

A strand of dark gold Sword Qi, honed to the extreme, sliced through the air, fracturing space wherever it passed.

"Hiss—"

The Sword Qi penetrated three layers of space barriers, exploding into a dazzling golden flare in the void.

Yet apart from floating remnants of Spiritual Power, there was nothing.

Xuanyuan Shuo frowned slightly, suddenly shifting tactics again.

With hands clasped together, a terrifying pressure exploded around him: "Ninefold Tremors!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Continuous nine spatial vibrations expanded from him as the center, each layer of tremor more intense than the last.

By the seventh layer, the ground within a thousand feet had begun to collapse; by the ninth layer, even the sky had developed spiderweb-like space cracks.

Yet—

Still no figure was forced out.

"The opponent might already be dead, or perhaps has long since left!" Xuanyuan Shuo halted, as the dark gold ripples gradually subsided.

Xuanyuan Hao frowned deeply: "He was probably just a Divinity Transformation Realm—"

"This world is vaster than you and I can imagine." Xuanyuan Shuo gazed into the distance, the dark python robe fluttering in the void.

"Some beings may appear as mere ants, but can leverage the forces of heaven and earth; realm is but a mere appearance."

Xuanyuan Hao nodded, bowing solemnly: "Uncle King’s teachings are insightful."

"Oh right, I brought Mu Qian back." Xuanyuan Shuo suddenly shifted the topic, "As for Yichen..."

His voice sank slightly, "Not a trace of him remains. The last thing seen with the Soul Seal you left on him was the six-armed monster, which is now nowhere to be found."

Xuanyuan Hao sighed deeply upon hearing this, but suddenly remembered something: "And what of Zhou Qing? How did he appear at the frontier? The timing doesn’t match at all."

"I inquired with Mu Qian and Wu Zhenyue and the others," Xuanyuan Shuo’s tone turned cold, "Though we don’t know how he got there, Zhou Qing already knows it was Yichen who leaked his identity to Nangong Xiongba, and he came to seek an explanation."

"How is that possible?" Xuanyuan Hao’s pupils constricted sharply, "This matter is extremely confidential, how could he..."

"That’s precisely the strangest aspect." Xuanyuan Shuo slowly shook his head, a hint of gravity flashing in his eyes, "Even more mysterious is... Nangong Xiongba is dead."

"What?!" Xuanyuan Hao was stunned, his breath caught.

Xuanyuan Shuo continued: "I personally investigated the scene. Apart from the traces of battle between Zhou Qing and that specter, there were no other signs of combat. But what’s eerie is..."

He paused, a hint of apprehension in his eyes: "An Obsession Domain, which appears only when a Spirit Severing Realm expert falls, has formed there."