The Heavenly Saber Novel - Chapter 054
Chapter 054 Pingshan Annihilation Village
This was Li Qing’s first time seeing the battle formation, and he felt a little curious.
Of course, he also knew about this. He had heard of it before. After all, there were many battle formations in the Eight Desolate Sect, but not many people studied it. This was because battle formations were usually used in the army, when war broke out.
The Eight Desolate Sect had been at peace for a long time, and had not experienced a great battle for a long time. Therefore, it was useless. After a long time, it was slowly forgotten.
The Black Tiger Battle Formation in front of him was a small battle formation. Its power was not bad. The Black Tiger condensed from it was majestic, and Li Qing could even feel some threat from it. After all, they had gathered the strength of thirty-six martial artists, so they could not be underestimated.
If it weren’t for the Black Tiger Battle Formation, this group of bandits would definitely have been defeated by Li Qing one by one, and they wouldn’t have the strength to resist. However, with this battle formation, it was very different.
The head of the horse thief controlled the black tiger phantom, feeling confident and confident that victory was within his grasp. He didn’t believe that Li Qing could contend against the combined strength of these dozens of martial artists.
“Haha, brat, it’s too late to regret it now. Let me show you our strength!” He laughed sinisterly and launched an attack.
Although the Black Tiger was only a phantom image, it was extremely agile and didn’t seem stiff at all, as if it was real. It stepped on the ground, revealing its fangs and pouncing towards Li Qing.
Li Qing wanted to see the power of the Black Tiger Battle Formation and accumulate combat experience, so he didn’t use all his strength to face the enemy with playful thoughts.
Seeing the black tiger pouncing over, he did not immediately take action to defeat them. Instead, he gently dodged them.
“Boom!” When the black tiger landed on the ground, its momentum was vast, and it directly created a few cracks in the ground, causing it to be extremely powerful.
“Hahaha … don’t run!” The big boss was very proud. Seeing Li Qing retreat, he felt that he had the upper hand and controlled the Black Tiger to slap down again.
The giant palm whistled down like a mountain. If it was hit, most people would definitely be smashed into meat paste.
This time, Li Qing no longer dodged. He wanted to try out the opponent’s strength, so he chose to directly clash head-on. He also punched out.
“You’re courting death!” The Horse Bandit Chief revealed a cruel smile, as if he could foresee that the other party would be slapped to death.
“Boom!”
The fists and palms collided violently. Li Qing raised his hand high up and easily blocked the small hill-like tiger palm. He stood like a pine and stood firm.
Through this exchange, he could feel that the opponent’s strength was not bad, but it was still far from him.
“Impossible!” The Great Master’s expression changed drastically. With the Black Tiger’s strength so powerful, how could it be easily blocked? Could his opponent be a Xiantian expert?
He didn’t believe in evil anymore and immediately controlled the Black Tiger to slap down again.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
After slapping three times in a row, the ground was shattered and sank, stirring up smoke and dust in the sky. When the dust settled, Li Qing was still standing unscathed on the spot, one hand holding onto the giant palm of the black tiger, seemingly very relaxed.
“That’s all. It’s my turn to attack now.” Li Qing chuckled. He took out his Heavenly Saber and slashed it out, instantly shattering the tiger’s claws.
“Damn it, is he really a Xiantian expert?” The Great Master complained to himself and immediately controlled the Black Tiger Void Shadow to retreat.
The thirty-six martial artists were affected and all of their faces turned pale. However, their True Qi was still sufficient, and they quickly condensed a new Tiger Palm.
“Eh, it can actually be recondensed. This is not bad.” Li Qing praised.
It seemed that as long as the true energy of the martial artists in the battle formation did not dissipate, the black tiger would not be truly defeated and could be recondensed. This battle formation technique could be considered extremely mysterious.
“Then I’ll shatter the entire black tiger. Let’s see if your battle formation will break.” He instantly rushed forward, rushed in front of the black tiger, and slashed out with his saber.
“Not good, that saber is strange!” The Great Leader let out a strange cry. He wanted to control the Black Tiger to dodge, but his body was too large. In the end, it was too slow.
The Heavenly Saber struck the Black Tiger’s head and shattered its head. The black tiger was almost scattered, violently fluctuating, unable to maintain its shape. However, the Great Master gritted his teeth and tried his best to control it. In the end, he managed to stabilize it. The thirty-six martial artists immediately circulated their True Qi to replenish it and recondense the tiger’s head.
“He actually wasn’t scattered?” This surprised Li Qing.
“How dare you? You’ve lost another portion of your true energy.” The big boss couldn’t help but be anxious. The part that was shattered was a real true qi. If he continued to fight like this, he would soon run out of true qi.
The faces of the martial artists in the battle array were slightly pale. To maintain such a battle array, it would have consumed a lot of true energy. Now that Li Qing had shattered two more parts in succession, they couldn’t hold on any longer.
The big boss immediately counterattacked and lunged at Li Qing crazily, wanting to kill Li Qing as soon as possible. However, Li Qing’s reaction was extremely fast. He took a step forward and dodged the attack on the other side.
To Li Qing, this black tiger’s attack was too stupid to hit him at all. He attacked again and slashed out again, shattering the Black Tiger’s thigh.
However, the other party immediately destroyed his True Qi, replenished it, and condensed his thigh again.
Li Qing frowned. The Black Tiger was simply too big to collapse with a single blow. He could only eat it bit by bit.
“Let’s see how much zhenqi you still have left to consume!” Li Qing was not discouraged and wanted to exhaust the other party’s true energy.
He attacked again, slashing out with his saber. This time, the target was the Black Tiger’s waist.
“Boom!” This time, the opponent finally couldn’t hold on any longer. The black tiger dissipated and completely exploded. Its energy shot out in all directions, sweeping across the earth like a hurricane.
All the martial artists in the formation spat out blood, their faces pale, and they fell to the ground.
The outcome has been decided. The Black Tiger Battle Formation did not pose any threat to Li Qing. Although it could gather the strength of many weak martial artists, the result was like a child brandishing a large iron hammer, extremely stupid.
Li Qing walked towards this group of horse bandits, his killing intent awe-inspiring.
“Everyone, hurry up! Otherwise, everyone will die today!” The head hurriedly shouted. Apart from the thirty-six martial artists, there were also many horse bandits around that were capable of fighting. Seeing Li Qing walk over, the rest of the bandits knew that they couldn’t do anything good anymore. In the end, they gritted their teeth and rushed forward.
“Where did this freak come from!” The Great Master scolded, then quietly got up, slipped behind, and actually took advantage of the situation to run away.
Li Qing was merciless, like a god of death, harvesting the lives of the horse bandits. In just a few breaths, he had killed all of these people.
There were thirty-six martial artists lying on the ground. They had only lost their strength and were seriously injured. They did not die.
“Spare me, hero, we won’t dare to do it again!” They trembled and begged for mercy.
“After killing so many innocent lives, you want me to let you off just because you don’t dare? How could there be such a good thing in this world? Only by letting you know the cruelty of death can you feel reverence for life!” Li Qing walked forward and resolutely attacked, killing them all.
After killing these people, he and Liu Ke’er walked into the stronghold and chased after the fleeing head. Around the sentry tower and the blockhouse, there were still some remnants of the bandits, constantly shooting arrows.
Li Qing said to Liu Ke’er, “Go kill all the remaining bandits in the surroundings. You can’t let one of them go! I’ll go hunt down the big boss.”
“Alright.” Liu Ke’er nodded.
“Remember, be careful. Run your zhenqi and defend your entire body, in case you get hit by hidden weapons and poison.” Li Qing warned. With Liu Ke’er’s strength, as long as she was careful, she should be fine. The main reason was that she did not have any experience in killing people, which made Li Qing a little worried.
After the discussion was settled, the two of them split up. Li Qing followed in the footsteps of the Grand Master and followed him all the way.
The big boss ran very fast and disappeared without a trace. He didn’t know where to hide.
Li Qing was not familiar with this place, so he was very careful not to be overshadowed by the other party. Inside was a huge martial arena, followed by a row of buildings and a large hall in the middle. Li Qing noticed that the Great Master had entered the hall and disappeared.
He walked into the hall. Just as he walked through the door, countless concealed weapons suddenly attacked him. He hurriedly activated his True Qi to protect his entire body and block these concealed weapons.
There was a small door on the side of the hall. Clearly, the head of the hall was running towards this place. Li Qing passed through the side door and saw a long corridor inside. After walking along the corridor for a long time, he saw another cave.
The cave was pitch black and bottomless.
“There must be many mechanisms and traps inside.” Li Qing picked up a boulder and smashed it into the dark cave.
“Bang bang bang bang” A series of sounds rang out, obviously triggering the mechanism and hidden weapon. After these sounds stopped, Li Qing walked in.
He felt that there was actually a trace of sweetness in the air, and his heart couldn’t help but shiver. He thought to himself that this should be poisonous gas, so he quickly shut his breath and didn’t smell it.
These horse bandits had too many tricks, and they were endless, sinister and vicious. If it weren’t for the protection of True Qi, ten lives wouldn’t be enough to die.
Li Qing walked into the cave. Not long after, he arrived at the end of the cave. This was a stone door. He pushed open the stone door and walked in. He couldn’t help but be stunned.
It was actually filled with gold and silver treasures. With a glance, he discovered that the Great Master was hiding within these treasures. He was very concealed, but he could not fool Li Qing’s eyes.
“Come out.” Li Qing said indifferently as his gaze fell on the other party’s hiding place.
Since he had already been discovered, the Great Master didn’t hide anything anymore and walked out in a very sorry state.
“Brother, we have no grievances in the past, and we have no grievances these days. Can you spare me? I am willing to give you half of my wealth.”
Li Qing shook his head resolutely.
“I have a backer in Dongchang City. If they kill me, they will avenge me.”
“Dongchang City?” Li Qing was stunned. He knew that this was the largest city nearby. He didn’t expect that the other party would collude with the people of Dongchang City. He asked, “Who is your backer?”
“My backer is the eldest young master of the Wang Clan of Dongchang City, Wang Jinghao. The Wang Clan is the ruler of Dongchang City, so you can’t kill me! Otherwise, you’ll get into big trouble.” He said everything without holding back.
“Wang Jinghao.” Li Qing remembered the name. Since he knew the mastermind behind the scenes, he was too lazy to talk nonsense with the other party and said, “You can die now.” Then, he stretched out his finger and flicked it at the head of the house.
A bloody hole appeared on the forehead of the Great Master. A trace of shock flashed through his eyes. He didn’t expect Li Qing to act so decisively and then collapse unwillingly.
Li Qing didn’t look at him anymore, as if he had killed a fly.
“So many treasures!” He scanned his surroundings and sighed. After that, he put all of this wealth into his interspatial ring, which could be considered a windfall. To martial artists, spirit stones were the most important. They were mainly used in cultivation. However, silver was also indispensable to walking in the mortal world.
At this point, the Black Wind Mountain Stronghold had finally been completely annihilated, and no one had escaped.
He walked out and arrived at the martial arts arena. He smoothly reunited with Liu Ke’er, and nothing unexpected happened. Since the matter had already been settled, the two of them set fire to the Black Wind Stronghold and buried all these sins in the sea of fire.
