Wu Qinghao perished completely.
The instant his body exploded into a mist of blood, the Long-browed Real Person shot forward like lightning and arrived in front of the blood mist.
Ye Qiu hastily withdrew his Chaos Qi and anomalous fire, then shouted, “Old thing, are you really so desperate for treasures that you would throw your life away?”
“Little brat, you have misunderstood me. I only wanted to smash him to death with my brick. I never expected you to strike even faster than I did.” Though the Long-browed Real Person said this, his eyes kept darting about inside the blood mist.
Swish!
The Long-browed Real Person swiftly reached out with his right hand, seized a spatial ring, and immediately broke into a wide grin.
“Found it!”
Seeing the Long-browed Real Person behave in this way, Ye Qiu felt anger rise within him and gave a heavy cold snort.
Ye Qiu ignored the Long-browed Real Person and began to contemplate the power of Chaos Qi.
Chaos Qi could not only temper the body and refine artefacts, it could also serve as a supreme lethal weapon. Each strand was incomparably heavy, and he possessed no fewer than thirty-three thousand strands.
No, to be precise, it was thirty-three thousand and one strands of Chaos Qi.
Ye Qiu thought to himself that if he became a Saint-level powerhouse and unleashed all this Chaos Qi, the resulting might would be utterly terrifying.
“One day, when I become an Emperor-grade artefact refiner, I will use this Chaos Qi to forge a divine weapon capable of cleaving the heavens and annihilating the earth!”
With this thought, Ye Qiu turned to the Long-browed Real Person and asked, “Old thing, what good items are inside Wu Qinghao’s spatial ring?”
The Long-browed Real Person replied, “Only two things: one mid-grade heavenly spiritual pill and one scroll of secret techniques.”
“Damn it. He was the divine son of the Chaos Holy Land, yet his spatial ring contained only two items.”
“What a pauper!”
Having spoken, the Long-browed Real Person was about to put away Wu Qinghao’s spatial ring when Ye Qiu said, “Let me take a look at that spatial ring.”
“Little brat, I obtained this spatial ring, you…” Before the Long-browed Real Person could finish, he noticed Ye Qiu’s hostile gaze. Fearing Ye Qiu might attack him, he hurriedly pulled out the mid-grade heavenly spiritual pill and tossed it over.
“Little brat, there are only two items in Wu Qinghao’s spatial ring. Let us split them fairly. This spiritual pill is yours, and I will take the scroll of secret techniques.”
Ye Qiu could not help feeling surprised.
“This old thing treats wealth as his life. Once a treasure falls into his hands, he would never surrender it without force.”
“Yet now he is willingly giving me a mid-grade heavenly spiritual pill?”
After a moment’s thought, Ye Qiu understood. The Long-browed Real Person’s actions could only mean that the scroll of secret techniques was more valuable than the mid-grade heavenly spiritual pill.
“What is recorded in that scroll?” Ye Qiu asked. “Show it to me.”
The Long-browed Real Person clutched the scroll tightly and said, “To be honest, this scroll contains nothing but array formations.”
“It even includes several Saint-level killing arrays.”
“Little brat, you know that this poor Daoist enjoys studying unorthodox paths. This scroll belongs to me. Do not try to take it from me.”
Ye Qiu was rather taken aback.
Everyone knew that the Taichu Holy Land was founded upon array formations. Li Jian, the divine son of the Taichu Holy Land, had possessed no array scrolls in his spatial ring, yet unexpectedly, Wu Qinghao had owned one.
“Little brat, let us rest here for a while,” the Long-browed Real Person said.
Ye Qiu asked, “Tired?”
“No. This poor Daoist wishes to study this scroll here,” the Long-browed Real Person replied. “There are so many enemies. I cannot keep letting you do all the work. This poor Daoist also wants to help you.”
“I will study these array formations.”
“From now on, I will help you kill enemies.”
“Little brat, rest assured. I will not take much time. A quarter of an hour will suffice.” With that, the Long-browed Real Person sat down on the ground, opened the scroll, and began reading with complete focus.
Ye Qiu sat beside him and closed his eyes to rest.
Time passed quietly.
The quarter of an hour ended.
The Long-browed Real Person opened his eyes and said, “Little brat, I have memorised every array formation recorded in this scroll, especially the several Saint-level killing arrays. I have thoroughly mastered them.”
“From now on, whenever you need my help, just say the word.”
“I will assist you.”
Ye Qiu remained somewhat sceptical and asked, “Your cultivation is so weak. Can you truly deploy Saint-level killing arrays?”
“Little brat, you do not understand,” the Long-browed Real Person replied. “Just because this poor Daoist is not a Saint does not mean I cannot deploy Saint-level killing arrays.”
“Look at some people in the secular world. They never attended university themselves, yet they still manage to get on top of university students.”
Ye Qiu’s forehead filled with black lines. “Crude!”
The Long-browed Real Person paid no mind and continued, “Although my cultivation is still relatively weak and I cannot deploy arrays with a casual wave like true Saints, now that I have mastered these formations and have the necessary materials, I can successfully set up Saint-level killing arrays.”
Ye Qiu asked, “Do you have the materials?”
“Yes,” the Long-browed Real Person said with a wide grin. “Not only do I have them, I have plenty.”
Ye Qiu instantly understood and asked, “Spirit stones?”
“Clever,” the Long-browed Real Person laughed. “We have so many spirit stones on us that even setting up a hundred Saint-level killing arrays would pose no problem.”
“Little brat, just wait and see.”
“When I have deployed these Saint-level killing arrays, you will be astonished.”
Ye Qiu said, “No need to wait. Start now.”
“What do you mean?” the Long-browed Real Person asked, startled.
Ye Qiu explained, “To be safe, from this point forward, every so often along the way, deploy one Saint-level killing array.”
The Long-browed Real Person understood. “I see. You are worried someone might escape through the cave?”
“Exactly,” Ye Qiu said. “I want to cut off all their escape routes.”
The Long-browed Real Person cautioned, “Little brat, have you considered that these killing arrays will block the divine sons’ retreat, but they will also block our own?”
“Just like Wu Qinghao earlier. Had he not sealed his own escape route with an array and brought the stone down on his own foot, he might have lasted a little longer.”
Ye Qiu replied, “I have carefully considered everything you mentioned. No need to worry. Go ahead and deploy them.”
“Very well.” Seeing Ye Qiu’s resolute attitude, the Long-browed Real Person immediately took out spirit stones and began setting up an array.
Ye Qiu was fearless because he possessed Emperor-grade anomalous fire.
If they truly reached a dead end, with Emperor-grade anomalous fire in his possession, who could harm him?
Moreover, the power of Emperor-grade anomalous fire was so great that destroying a Saint-level killing array would take only an instant.
After completing the first Saint-level killing array, the Long-browed Real Person followed Ye Qiu deeper into the cave.
Along the way, the Long-browed Real Person deployed three more Saint-level killing arrays.
After walking for roughly twenty minutes, just as they were about to emerge from the cave, a dragon roar suddenly rang out.
“Roar…”
The dragon roar was vast and deafening. Ye Qiu swiftly rushed to the exit, looked up, and immediately sucked in a breath of cold air. “Hiss…”
