Chapter 312: Risking Life in Battle
"Mischief of Fate, indeed!"
Qin Ming found it somewhat impossible to accept that in the Vast Expanse of the Heavens, with a probability of less than one in ten thousand, he had encountered the Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao.
It was as if all of this was Heaven's Will in the grand scheme of things.
Now, he could only fight to the death.
Just as the six Wooden Emperor Nails radiated a scarlet-gold divine light, about to pierce through the Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao.
The Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao's cyan scale armor rapidly spread across his body, completely covering him, and erupted with a terrifying black light, fully transforming into a demi-demon form.
With a blue-faced and ferocious visage, his hands transformed into black scaled claws, brandishing wildly, as if they could easily pierce through Magic Treasures.
The six Wooden Emperor Nails shot out, four of which struck the Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao's scale armor, sparking a burst of fire but achieving nothing.
The other two Wooden Emperor Nails were casually grabbed by the Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao with his five fingers together.
Then, a pitch-black dragon claw materialized, instantly gripping the two Wooden Emperor Nails tightly, preventing them from moving even a fraction.
Qin Ming's heart skipped a beat at this sight; this was the first time he had encountered his Natal Magic Treasure failing to achieve any result.
This Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao had clearly mastered some extremely formidable Body Refinement Technique, and had even condensed Physical Body Divine Power.
Merely relying on Physical Body Power, he had received his six Wooden Emperor Nails.
"This Wood-attribute Magic Treasure is quite something."
"If not for This King's Ten Thousand Scales True Body, any other Demon King would probably be unable to withstand your Daoist Magic Treasure attack."
"It seems you have quite a few secrets!"
"Next, let This King see how many moves you can withstand?"
In the next instant.
The Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao's figure vanished, his speed astonishingly fast.
Boom! Space distorted, and a black dragon claw, launched from Qin Ming's side, violently attacked.
Qin Ming also did not hold back immediately, his Qi and Blood True Qi fully activated, and behind him materialized a tall, eight-armed Demon Ape figure, clad in fur and armor.
The moment the Demon Ape appeared, its five fingers clenched into a fist, and it punched out towards the black scaled claw.
Boom! Crack! In the violent collision between the two, countless black lightning bolts erupted in the Sky, spreading out in all directions.
Amidst the black light.
Both figures were sent flying backward.
Qin Ming steadied himself, feeling as if his Vital Energy and Blood were churning within him from the impact just now, and his bones were almost falling apart.
This was also the first time he had encountered an opponent in the way of Body Refinement who could directly withstand his punch.
And the Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao opposite him was even more shocked than Qin Ming.
In the exchange just now, fresh blood actually spilled from the corner of his mouth, the strength of their Physical Bodies immediately showing a clear disparity.
How could there be a Human Clan with a Physical Body even stronger than his, a Demon Beast Royal Bloodline?! In the instant of their exchange.
He had clearly sensed several Demonic Beast auras from Qin Ming's body.
White-Armed Ape, Double Pupil Demon Ape, Giant Mi Ape, Stone Ape... even the powerful aura of a Demon Beast Royal Clan—Mountain Giant Ape.
The Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao instantly understood, its expression twisting, and it roared at Qin Ming through gritted teeth: "Physical Body Core!"
"Damnable Human Clan Cultivator!!"
"You actually stole our clan's Heavenly Demon Body Refinement Art!"
"The Demon Clan swears to never rest until you are dead!"
"This King will definitely tear you to pieces!"
The Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao's venomous gaze was fixed on Qin Ming.
Physical Body Core, even within the Demon Clan, no one had successfully cultivated it to this day.
Unexpectedly, it had been refined by a Human Clan Cultivator.
Besides anger, he also felt deep jealousy! Abruptly.
His figure transformed, completely turning into a hundred-zhang long blue Poisonous Jiao in his Demon King form.
When this Body appeared, it caused Demonic Beasts within a range of thousands of miles to tremble, all prostrating on the ground.
Lightning and Thunder flashed across the Sky, and wind and clouds surged.
The Might of a Demon Clan Overlord was displayed vividly at this moment.
The Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao opened its mouth and spat, and a terrifying flame instantly condensed, emitting a dense, eerie green glow.
Roar! In an instant. A world-destroying Fire Dragon Breath, mixed with Poison Flame Divine Power of green flames, swept towards Qin Ming.
Qin Ming's expression changed drastically, facing such a powerful Mystical Power, he was also greatly alarmed.
He immediately opened his mouth and spat as well.
Chirp! A Top-Grade Third Order Devouring Spirit Poison Flame flew out, transforming into a cyan flame phoenix, spreading its enormous wings, dragging a long tail of flames, and pouncing towards the dragon breath from the opposite side.
Rumble! The two enormous flame energies met in the air, and the violent explosion produced instantly dyed the space, which was darkened by black clouds, into daylight.
The poison dragon and fire phoenix intertwined and coiled together.
The Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao's expression was extremely gloomy. He had not expected the opponent's methods to emerge one after another, and his Mystical Power to be no weaker than his own, a Late Stage of Rank Three half-transformed Demon King.
His expression was sinister, and a pair of Vertical Pupils flashed with cold light! Suddenly, an object appeared on his pitch-black dragon claw, an ink-black Jiao Pearl.
The moment this object appeared, Qin Ming's heart suddenly pounded wildly, with an ominous premonition! If he allowed the opponent to activate this Treasure, whether he could walk out of here alive was still unknown.
Qin Ming sighed deeply, "Why do you force me to risk my life with you?"
Immediately, he activated the Yin-Yang Profound Mirror Divine Power, sweeping it towards the Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao. He saw that the emerald green vitality within its body was dense, indicating it still had at least fifteen hundred years of Lifespan left.
Seeing this, Qin Ming's mouth couldn't help but twitch.
"Does it have to be this long-lived…"
In the next instant.
A mottled bronze ancient mirror appeared in Qin Ming's hand.
Without another word, he picked up the Jade Hook Golden Light Mirror, poured Magical Power into it, and shone it towards the Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao.
Suddenly.
A dazzling Golden Light Divine Flame erupted from the Mirror Surface, and dense golden rays instantly pierced through Void Space.
Then, they penetrated the Demon Power shield deployed by the Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao, Life-Preserving Talisman, and the ink-black Poison Jiao Pearl in front of him.
The Golden Light Divine Flame ignored all Defense and landed directly on his body.
"This… this is…"
The Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao's pupils suddenly constricted, his heart palpitating, instantly feeling a sense of impending disaster.
He hurriedly sacrificed a large pile of Life-Preserving Treasures again, but before he could fully activate them all.
The Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao was stunned to find that his skin was aging at a speed visible to the naked eye, becoming dry and wrinkled.
The vitality within his body was also flowing away and depletion at an alarming rate… strands of white hair fell off, and his teeth also fell out, like withered leaves in the wind, withering and withering.
"This… this is…"
In just a few breaths, the Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao was like a faint light in the wind and rain, quietly extinguished, its massive Body completely losing vitality, and falling powerlessly from the Sky.
The Black Light Poison Dragon Drill Magic Treasure and the ink-black Jiao Pearl beside him lost their Demon Power maintenance and also fell straight down.
Seeing this, Qin Ming raised his hand and took the two objects into his bag.
Then, he flew down and landed, looking at the Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao's Corpse, his eyes filled with both lingering fear and excitement.
He looked at the Jade Hook Golden Light Mirror in his hand and succinctly summarized, "True damage, terrifyingly powerful!"
"But even so, you still cost me a full fifteen hundred years of Lifespan…"
Qin Ming's face was pale, and his body felt empty.
He put away his Wooden Emperor Nail and Jade Hook Golden Light Mirror Magic Treasure. This Combat Method could be said to be the most dangerous one Qin Ming had encountered so far.
The Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao, regardless of Cultivation methods, combat experience, Mystical Arts, and Treasures, was above him.
If he had been given time to activate that ink-black Jiao Pearl, perhaps the one lying down would have been himself.
The sudden loss of nearly fifteen hundred years of Lifespan made Qin Ming's heart ache.
Fortunately, as long as he kept Farming, he could eventually make up for it by refreshing Entries.
Because the Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao was a Late Stage of Rank Three half-transformed Demon King, even though Qin Ming's Magical Power Cultivation was now comparable to the Late Golden Core Stage.
But after all, he was still a notch below his opponent, so when using the Jade Hook Golden Light Mirror, the Lifespan price he had to pay was almost equal to the opponent's remaining Lifespan, a one-to-one exchange.
But fortunately, his life was saved, and the Result was not too bad.
The Devouring Heaven Rat then cautiously ran out from the Small Spirit Realm.
It tiptoed to the Blue-Faced Poisonous Jiao's Corpse, stretched out a foot to kick it, and then quickly hid behind Qin Ming.
It looked at the scene before it, its eyes revealing an unbelievable expression, and cautiously said, "D-dead?"
End of Chapter