Volume 12 is missing Chapter 48: Interception and Counterattack
Time passed day by day, and in the sky above the sea ten thousand miles outside Tianhe City, everyone was waiting for a guest from afar who was destined to "return home", but the wait was long overdue.
The calm sea is sparkling, and there are three-foot waves even without wind.
"Could it be that he guessed the Taoist's plan and chose to stay out of the spotlight, not planning to return to Tianhe City yet?" Qian Zun was high above, looking down, his spiritual sense sweeping across the space, and he did not find anything unusual.
There was nothing in the surrounding space except for the occasional sirens passing by in the sea.
Constantly scanning with spiritual consciousness would make people very tired, but everyone has to do it. It is better to be a little tired than to fail, right?
But as time passed, Qian Zun began to lose his patience and became irritated.
After waiting for Lu Qingshan for a long time without seeing him, he instinctively wondered whether Lu Qingshan had chosen to hide.
There are countless islands on the Tianhe Sea. If Lu Qingshan is determined to hide for ten or eight years and come out after the storm has passed, they really have no choice - they dare not lurk for too long in a place so close to Tianhe City.
Qian Zun didn't know that Lu Qingshan was still entrusted by the Whale God. He had to return to Tianhe City, and he wouldn't delay for too long, otherwise he wouldn't be worried now.
Qian Zun didn't even know that the black dot that he had just regarded as a mermaid, after passing through the sea below, suddenly stopped strangely out of his sight.
The world is three-dimensional.
Qian Zun and Dao Wuya both thought they had planned everything out, blocking Lu Qingshan's way back to Tianhe City, but they overlooked a possibility:
In addition to being to the left or right, there is another possibility for the direction Lu Qingshan came from...
Lower.
In order to be clearly seen chose to lurk and conduct reconnaissance in the clouds tens of thousands of feet in the sky.
This puts them at a very long distance from the sea surface.
Looking down from this height, even if the monks' eyesight is much better than that of ordinary people, comparable to the clairvoyance, the creatures under the sea are nothing more than sesame-sized black dots in their eyes.
It cannot be said that the Demon Clan and the Taoist Clan were careless and did not even consider the possibility that Lu Qingshan might sneak across the sea via the underwater route.
The reason for this omission is actually due to common sense and inertial thinking.
Because the Tianhe Sea is completely different from other oceans.
It was once an uncrossable sea, with three thousand deep waters, and not even birds could cross.
Even though today the rivers and seas have dispersed the all-destroying repressive force, allowing creatures to fly freely over the sea, the weak water force in the sea water still exists.
Under the sea, except for the sirens born and bred in the Tianhe Sea, it has always been an untouchable forbidden zone for other creatures.
Although cultivators can rely on their powerful cultivation to temporarily resist the destructive power of weak water, the consumption of mana is enormous and it is difficult to sustain for too long.
Moreover, since the cultivator is using his cultivation to fight against the power of weak water, it is like fighting against the Milky Way and the sea, which will inevitably produce violent fluctuations in his spiritual power.
When the demon cultivators released their spiritual senses to detect any abnormalities in three dimensions, the fluctuations of their spiritual inspiration could not be concealed in any way.
So even if Lu Qingshan really wanted to escape by water, he would definitely not be able to escape their detection and escape from their trap.
With these two factors combined, no one, whether from the Taoist or the Demonic tribe, had ever considered the possibility that Lu Qingshan came from the bottom of the sea.
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Thousands of miles away on the seabed.
The sea water around Lu Qingshan was strangely pushed away.
It looks like the scene that would occur when a monk carries a magical water-repellent bead in ordinary waters.
The water in Tianhe River is unusual and extremely dangerous, and the water-repellent beads are of no use.
But Lu Qingshan has Wangchuan.
Wangchuan's magical power of calming the sea has the power to calm the sea.
Through the sea-calming power of Wangchuan, Lu Qingshan can easily push away the sea water surrounding his body and form a vacuum zone.
Since the sea water is isolated and does not touch him, the power of weak water will not interfere with him.
Moreover, since Lu Qingshan did not engage in any confrontation with Ruoshui, naturally no spiritual fluctuations would be generated or transmitted.
Lu Qingshan controlled his diving depth to about a thousand feet from the sea surface.
This is a safe enough position and also the most suitable depth.
At this depth, looking down from the sky, at most you can see a black dot passing by. You would never imagine that the black dot is not a sea monster but a monk.
More importantly, the water of Tianhe River is weak water, and spiritual consciousness can hardly move an inch in it. Even if Lu Qingshan's soul realm has reached the calamity realm, he can only observe the movements above the sea with ease at this depth.
He was like a siren, moving freely and recklessly on the seabed, while still having the energy to silently detect the movements above the sea.
Finally, as they were getting closer and closer to Tianhe City and were about to arrive at Tianhe City, several black spots that Lu Qingshan had expected appeared in his consciousness, cruising in the sky.
Then, he followed these black spots and expanded them horizontally and vertically, and soon found more black spots.
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When he and Zang Xiaojian fled Tianya Island with the cloud-patterned mother stone, he had anticipated the possibility of being ambushed by the Taoists.
For this reason, after Lu Qingshan took a detour to Qingcang Island, he chose to place Zang Xiaojian on Qingcang Island, and then temporarily "parted ways" with her and returned to Tianhe City alone.
Only after some investigation did Lu Qingshan discover that the number of black spots far exceeded his expectations.
But soon, he figured out the connection.
The Dao Clan’s people would definitely not be able to completely block his way back to Tianhe City. If he were Dao Wuya, what would he do?
If you put yourself in their shoes, you can easily come to the final answer.
Ask the demons for help.
Lu Qingshan already understood that these black spots were the killing lines set up by the Demon Clan and the Taoist Clan in order to kill him.
He was just traveling across the seabed, ignoring the interception lines of the Demon Clan and the Taoist Clan and crossing them easily.
However, after crossing the interception line, Lu Qingshan did not return to Tianhe City, but stopped at the bottom of the sea.
He has never tolerated any grain of sand in his eyes.
Therefore, in Lu Qingshan's eyes, there was no such thing as being complacent just because one had escaped being ambushed by others.
On the contrary, in his opinion, if you fail to kill me, you must be prepared to be killed by me.
This is Lu Qingshan’s philosophy.
Besides, there is another very important reason.
After he advanced to the eighth realm, he survived several heavenly tribulations in succession and his cultivation level rose directly to the fifth tribulation realm. However, correspondingly, the experience points he had accumulated in the Central Spiritual Realm were also consumed in huge quantities.
Although the bottom has not yet been reached, it is foreseeable that difficulties will occur in the near future.
Plan ahead.
He urgently needs new experience points.
If it were some other time, how could there be so many “experience packages” delivered to his doorstep waiting for him to kill?
In game terms, this is a limited-time "leveling treasure land".
Of course, if you want to "level up" here, it's not something that ordinary people can do.
With so many cultivators gathered from the Taoist and Demonic tribes, if Lu Qingshan makes a rash move, he will be immediately surrounded. By then, two fists will be no match for four hands, and he will be doomed to die.
Therefore, the strategy of "leveling up" was decided.
sneak attack.
When fighting one against many, a sneak attack is always the best option.
A sneak attack is a technical job.
However, Lu Qingshan is an expert in this area.
He planned to launch a sneak attack on the Taoist and Demon cultivators outside their sight, which was where he was now.
This sounds incredible.
Not to mention that Lu Qingshan is now at the bottom of the sea, a thousand feet away from the sea surface. The distance of nearly ten thousand miles between the sea surface and the location of the Taoist and Demon cultivators is a natural chasm that is difficult to cross.
There are almost no spells or magic weapons that can effectively strike the enemy from such a long distance, let alone a sneak attack - at such a long distance, how blind must one be to not see the spells coming from thousands of miles away?
The most important thing is, at such a long distance, beyond the range of visual range and spiritual awareness, how can we accurately "guide " it?
These three problems all seem to be impossible to solve...
The only exception is Lu Qingshan.
The flying sword of a sword cultivator is the absolute leader in the field of attack distance.
Not to mention competitors, no one can even see its shadow.
On this basis, Lu Qingshan also possesses two range skills.
One belongs to himself, and the other belongs to his natal sword Fuyao.
[Mind's Eye]: Increases the flying sword's range by 100,000 miles.
[Chengying] (Passive): The dragon splits Chengying, and the wild geese forget to return. If Fuyao is used as a flying sword, the effective attack distance increases by 100%.
In other words, if he used Fuyao as a flying sword, the theoretical range would reach a terrifying 200,000 miles.
What is the concept?
Lu Qingshan didn’t know either… because even he had never tried to attack within the flying sword’s maximum range.
When a flying sword is flying, it will lose mana, and the amount of loss is proportional to the speed of the sword.
It can be imagined that after a flying sword has traveled two hundred thousand miles, its power will be greatly reduced, or even close to zero.
It would be too difficult for him to have enough attack power and return. It would require incredible cultivation, which is not something Lu Qingshan can do now.
However, even if he couldn't do it at a distance of 200,000 miles, long-range strikes of less than 10,000 miles were not a problem for Lu Qingshan.
Fu Yao's second magical power [Han Guang] solved the second problem.
The invisible and breathless sword is naturally suited to sneak attacks.
As for the "guidance" problem, it is solved by heart feeling.
Lu Qingshan has always been a decisive person. Now that the conditions are met, why would he hesitate any longer?
He immediately closed his eyes and entered a state of mind.
Immediately, several medium-level demon lords cruising in the sky six thousand miles away appeared in Lu Qingshan's perception like red dots on the radar.
"Get up!" Lu Qingshan was full of murderous intent.
The next moment, a powerful inspiration suddenly erupted from beneath the sea.
Fuyao shot out quickly.
Fuyao is not the Forgetful River. Traveling through the Tianhe Sea will inevitably be hindered by the power of weak water, just like walking in a swamp.
Although invisible, the sea water formed a tornado full of white bubbles , which was exactly the path of Fuyao's movement.
Lu Qingshan was only a thousand feet away from the sea surface, but the energy consumed by Fuyao to reach the sea surface was equivalent to advancing thousands of miles under normal circumstances.
But after breaking through the water, the sky is high and the bird can fly freely.
For Fuyao, a distance of six thousand miles is just a matter of a few breaths.
A few breaths later, a middle-level demon lord who was scouting in the sky was pierced to pieces without any warning. Blood splattered in the sky, and then his broken body fell down from a height of tens of thousands of feet.
The other two demon monks who were in a group with them and took care of each other, and even their companions, were all dead before they could even react.
The middle-level Demon Lord, equivalent to the third-step Hedao cultivator of the human race, was killed in an instant, killed by Lu Qingshan's sword!
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Lu Qingshan felt the "red dot" disappear from his perception.
Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, I was sure that the target was dead.
However, he instinctively swept his eyes across the dark blue panel.
The kill prompt washes down at the right time.
"It turns out to be a middle-level demon lord..." Lu Qingshan suddenly felt relieved.
Although his flying sword is powerful, it is not yet able to kill a mid-level Demon Lord instantly. The real killing move actually comes from the Yuanshen Secret Sword.
[Secret Sword·Higen]!
Effect 2: Sword Light Splitting - This sword starts out as a beam of light, which can be split into thousands of beams.
Note: There is no upper limit to the number of times the sword light can be differentiated. The more differentiations there are, the lower the power. The most powerful form is a beam of light.
Additional explanation: The differentiated sword light can be attached to the sword body to enhance the power of the flying sword.
Additional explanation: This secret sword is only a ray of light. It comes silently and leaves without a trace. It ignores point and surface defenses and kills the soul directly.
Through the differentiation of sword light, Lu Qingshan differentiated out a ray of sword light condensed by his soul and attached it to Fuyao.
It is also a secret sword that comes and goes silently, and it works perfectly with Fuyao.
So, in that moment just now, the middle-level demon lord not only endured Fu Yao's attack, but also withstood a soul sword fired by Lu Qingshan's soul in the calamity realm.
In addition, the demon cultivator was not on guard very much and had no time to defend himself.
The combination of these three factors created the miracle of Lu Qingshan killing a middle-level demon lord with one sword.
Looking at the huge amount of experience points that had been credited to his account, Lu Qingshan was extremely happy, and the murderous intent in his eyes became even stronger.
The hunt continues!
