The First Demon of the Chan Sect-Chapter 249 - 195 Are You Sure?

"Oh heavens, this senior is simply too terrifying!" Yin Hongfei had been stunned for a while. He had never imagined that such a powerful being as the Red Flame Turtle would end up fleeing in such a sorry state.

The arrow’s force shattered mountains and split the void like broken silk! What immense power is this? If hit directly by it, not even a hair would be left!

Li Qingming did not pause for a moment, his left hand supporting the bow and arrow, his right hand mechanically pulling the bowstring. Even though they were quite far apart, one could feel the terrifying fluctuations in this stretch of the sea trench, like a starry sky being destroyed, stirring one’s soul. Such fearsome divine arrows formed a rain of light, interwoven and descending, piercing through water and shattering mountains!

Perhaps to these Water Clan members it seemed like a horrific scene, but for Ao Qin leading a group from the Dragon Clan, it was an expression as if things should be exactly as they were. This made Xiao Hei from the Star Shark Clan, who had brought Li Qingming to the Mysterious Turtle Palace, feel waves of anxiety, his legs trembling uncontrollably.

At this moment, the Mysterious Turtle was merely a live target, enduring the assault of hundreds of emerald longbows. The teapot lid in its hand still had some remaining power, continuously waving layers of flames, yet it was still of no avail.

Although the Mysterious Turtle occasionally blocked a few light arrows, Li Qingming’s momentum continued to rise, with the Yuqing True Essence appearing endlessly verdant. Moreover, the hundreds of light arrows, dragging long trails of light in the water, seemed to consciously cling tightly to the Mysterious Turtle’s form. This way, it would inevitably be shot to death; there was not the slightest suspense.

"Pfft!" The Mysterious Turtle, its Mana nearly depleted during a sudden evasive move, was caught off guard when an eternal light-like arrow from beyond abruptly struck, piercing directly through the Mysterious Turtle’s left arm. The bone-chilling coldness and the unknown Power of Laws nearly severed his arm at the shoulder.

"Ah!" The Mysterious Turtle screamed, his right hand clutching his left arm, cold eyes shooting a glance at Li Qingming before he started to flee in panic again.

"Hahaha, Mysterious Turtle! Did you not once boldly claim you wanted me dead?" Li Qingming’s eyes were chilly sharp, his divine radiance like lightning. The bamboo bow transformed by Green Bamboo merged as one with Li Qingming, like a dazzling green little sun, its brilliance extremely dazzling.

The Mysterious Turtle did not reply, only fleeing clumsily, his messy dark red hair making his figure appear even more wretched.

"Buzz!" Tens to hundreds of emerald long arrows, with long trailing lights, stretched for miles, emitting an extremely terrifying but magnificent display that completely split apart the water region, dividing it into two sections.

"Mysterious Turtle, meet your death!" Li Qingming coldly shouted, the hundred long arrows suddenly accelerating, directly piercing through the spatial domain of the water region, instantly appearing around the Mysterious Turtle in a small area of just three zhang all around, densely filled with emerald light arrows.

The face of the Mysterious Turtle drastically changed, all the remaining Mana in his body bursting forth, deep blue Water Elemental Power mixed with pale purple Fire Elemental Qi. The fiery Fire Elemental Power was wild and fervent; the Water Elemental Power was pure and chilling. The combination of the two suddenly unleashed unparalleled Divine Power, forming a thick layer of Armor on his body surface.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The thunderous booming completely enveloped the Mysterious Turtle.

"Crack!" Following a clear tearing sound, the solid Armor didn’t even last a moment before it completely shattered.

"Pfft!" Tens to hundreds of spurts of blood burst forth, the emerald light arrows ultimately piercing through the Mysterious Turtle, then dissipating in that region of water, bringing forth bursts of blood, dyeing that part of the water a glaring red color. Murky dust mixed into the bloody water, completely burying that part of the sea.

"Ow!" It’s uncertain how much time passed, but after a shocking roar, the tiny and exquisite Mysterious Turtle completely vanished. In its place, was a gigantic black turtle covering dozens of miles, with a black back and shell.

This turtle had a horn on its head, limbs as huge as heaven’s pillars, and its short tail was still entwined with threads of Fire Elemental Qi. But by this time, the Mysterious Turtle had already become a lifeless thing, completely bereft of life.

"Is, is it dead?" Uncle Yin and a group of Deep Sea Silverfish looked at each other in disbelief. They couldn’t believe that the powerful Red Flame Turtle, capable of reversing heaven and earth in their eyes, had just died like that! And its way of death was extremely miserable, its death appearance even worse.

Li Qingming indifferently walked forward, kicked the noble corpse, and said dismissively: "Just like that, he’s dead. He really got off easy! According to my wishes, it would have been light to flay you with a thousand cuts and burn your Primordial Spirit in Karmic Fire for ten thousand years!"

Just as the Deep Sea Silverfish Clan who had just approached to see what would happen shivered violently, thinking: "This lord is so venomous!"

At that moment, the small teapot lid suddenly flickered with a pale blue radiance, shooting up rapidly, heading straight for Xuan Lin, who was very close.

Li Qingming, caught off guard and about to lend a hand, saw the teapot lid suddenly disappear without a trace.

And at the same time, the transparent fish egg in Xuan Lin’s hand struggled violently, rising into the air from her hands. Initially, one could see the shimmering silver fish inside through the transparent egg membrane. Now, this fish egg had no light twinkling, no brilliance gathering, no colorful clouds swirling around, its color dull and ordinary, the inside murky and unclear. If not looked at closely, no one would believe this was a fish egg.

"Hahahaha, no matter how formidable you are, what does it matter?" The fish egg bobbed up and down, the unique tender voice of the Xuan Turtle emanating from within the fish egg: "This sovereign has taken possession of the Silver Fish’s body with a remnant spiritual sense. If you dare to strike, then I shall accept it! Hahahaha..."

"Despicable! Xuan Turtle, how low!" The body of his own son being possessed, Yin Hongfei’s face turned ashen in an instant, and boundless murderous intent spread from him.

"Lin’er, Lin’er... Brother Fei, you must save Lin’er! Wuu wuu wuu..." Hearing that her child’s body had been taken, under extreme anxiety, Xuan Lin murmured softly, collapsing to the ground weakly.

"Senior, I beseech you to save Lin’er! As long as you can save Lin’er, I, Yin Hongfei, will serve like an ox or horse in gratitude for your kindness!" Yin Hongfei knelt before Li Qingming with a plop and began kowtowing repeatedly.

Li Qingming looked up at the murky fish egg, feeling some sympathy for this young couple—one utterly devoted and the other deeply affectionate. Moreover, he felt somewhat responsible for the fish egg turning into its current state. After contemplating for a long while, Li Qingming spoke, "Set your minds at ease, I shall help this little fish retrieve its body!"

"Hahahaha, what a joke!" Upon hearing these words, the fish egg’s bobbing frequency suddenly increased. Only to hear that Xuan Turtle’s divine sense say: "Now that this little fish’s soul has completely dissipated, how can you help him retrieve his body? That’s utterly absurd!"

Li Qingming smiled lightly and said, "A mere wisp of your degraded divine thought can take possession of a body in an instant, are you sure?"

Upon hearing this, the fish egg suddenly trembled and fell silent.

Seeing the fish egg’s silence, Li Qingming thought there might be a chance. He then divided a portion of his incredibly powerful divine thought probing towards this fish egg. Divine thought inspection was much more direct and clear compared to modern medical diagnostics such as stethoscopes and ECGs, and he quickly had his results.

He saw in the mind of the Little Silver Fish a realm of chaos, a tiny Silver Fish, shrunk countless times, frantically dodging in fear. Meanwhile, an eerily grotesque, ink-colored Xuan Turtle, with its blood-filled, huge mouth, was frenziedly chasing after it.

Li Qingming’s wisp of divine thought swayed slightly, transforming into the figure of a Swallowing Sky Bear, and roared at the Xuan Turtle. The Xuan Turtle, clearly stunned, looked at Li Qingming incredulously, shuddering, and then dissipated instantly.

And the Little Silver Fish, feeling an inexplicable kinship from the bear’s phantom, cheerfully wagged its body and swam to Li Qingming’s side, staring at him curiously with a pair of round, bubbling eyes.

Li Qingming smiled faintly, his divine thought trembling, and a wisp of remnant golden halo floated out, directly looping around the tail fin of the Little Silver Fish. The bear’s phantom said, "Little guy, practice well in the future! Today we are fated, and I will give you this wisp of divine thought!" Having said that, the divine thought sank and disappeared without a trace.

Li Qingming had not expected that this small act today would greatly help him in the future. However, that is a story for another time, let us not speak of it now.

When Li Qingming cleanly and efficiently eradicated the lingering thoughts of the Xuan Turtle from the mind of the Little Silver Fish, the surrounding spiritual energy also changed. Under the influence of Li Qingming’s divine thought, dense Water Yuan Qi madly converged towards the fish egg.

Suddenly feeling this massive fluctuation of Water Yuan Qi, the couple, Yin Hongfei and his wife, stared blankly at the spinning fish egg, unsure of what had happened.

At this moment, Ao Qin led a group of his Water Clan to Li Qingming, bowed down, and said, "The Dragon Clan’s Ao Qin, leading his troops to meet Your Majesty, Emperor of the North! We are deeply grateful to Your Majesty for eliminating such a fierce villain for our Water Clan!"

Li Qingming had actually noticed the arrival of the Old Dragon King and others earlier. This matter, it seemed, would rely on the Dragon Clan to handle further procedures. Li Qingming gently lifted a hand, and a gentle force helped Ao Qin and company rise, saying, "Fellow Daoist Ao Qin, you are too kind. I was merely at the right place at the right time!"

"Your Majesty jests. To speak the truth, ohne Your Majesty’s intervention, with our Dragon Clan’s current strength, it would have been difficult to slay this fiend!" Ao Qin smiled, his expression somewhat desolate.

As Li Qingming was about to speak, Star Shark Xiao Hei scrambled over, knelt to the ground, and began to sob loudly, "Your Majesty, this this this lowly demon failed to recognize a true divine hero. Please please please elevate your noble hands and spare this this this low demon!"

Li Qingming glanced at Xiao Hei, kicked him out with one foot, and said, "Fellow Daoist Ao Qin, this fellow is a close confidant of Xuan Turtle. I leave him to you."

Ao Qin bowed respectfully and said, "Come, take these Star Shark Clan and the other Deep Sea Water Clan who have sided with Xuan Turtle, all back to the Crystal Palace to await their sentences!"

Squads of fully armored Water Clan, led by the newly transformed Golden Carp Clan, captured all these leaderless Deep Sea Water Clan.

Li Qingming looked at the fish egg in mid-air, then spoke to the nearby Silver Housekeeper: "Silver Housekeeper yes? There are still some of your Silver Fish kin in the Mysterious Turtle Palace below, you better hurry and rescue them!"

"Uncle Yin, I will go with you!" Yin Hongfei looked at the fish egg for a moment, then turned and followed Silver Housekeeper into the Mysterious Turtle Palace. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote with a recommendation ticket, or a monthly ticket at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)