"roll!"

Qiu Ji roared, his whole body radiating light, as if he had used some kind of desperate secret technique, and the long sword in his hand suddenly became ten times faster.

Liu Changqing let out a strange cry and dodged the sudden, sharp sword light in time.

Clang!

Behind Qiu Ji, which had been empty, came the clanging of swords clashing, before falling silent again.

"Come out if you dare, and fight me fairly!"

Qiu Ji, who had just enhanced his combat power using a secret technique, roared.

But all around was quiet, and no one paid any attention to him.

"Ugh... you bastard!"

Qiu Ji roared a few times and quickly turned and fled.

Liu Changqing then clung to him, risking injury several times to keep Qiu Ji within a hundred meters.

Pfft!

Qiu Ji, who had just deflected Liu Changqing's long staff with a single sword strike, suddenly froze.

His eyes widened in disbelief, and then he looked down at the bloody hole that had appeared in his chest as if by magic.

He had blocked countless unpredictable blade strikes, but ultimately... it was impossible to defend against them all.

"ah!"

Qiu Ji roared again in frustration and disappeared into the bubble.

"Hahahaha... None of them will escape today!"

Despite being covered in blood, Liu Changqing became even more excited. He laughed loudly a few times, and a burst of light erupted from his body.

"Sweep through the enemy ranks!"

As soon as he finished speaking, dark red flames rose from the long staff in Liu Changqing's hand. Then, with a "whoosh," it flew out of his hand and whistled towards the several mountains and seas that had already fled to the farthest point.

As the staff flew, it grew larger and larger, eventually reaching a length of a hundred feet. The flames attached to it also rose higher and higher, threatening to burn the sky.

Wow!

The lingering clouds in the sky were swept away in one swift motion, and the three powerful experts from the Mountain and Sea Realms who were almost upon the floating bridge had no choice but to stop and do their best to resist.

With a muffled groan, all three were swept away by the overwhelming force of the long staff.

*Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!*

Immediately afterwards, three mysterious blade shadows flashed by in mid-air, and the figures of the three people froze instantly.

As blood gushed out, all three were carried away by the bubbles.

While the others subconsciously slowed down, Liu Changqing rushed over, grabbed the long staff, and stood on the bridgehead, blocking the only escape route.

The remaining warriors were in despair. They roared and unleashed their martial arts skills, charging towards Liu Changqing.

Unfortunately... there's more than one Liu Changqing here.

With the tacit cooperation of Liu Changqing and the mysterious man, all their struggles were in vain. Bubbles would appear every two to three breaths, and one after another, the martial artists of the Mountain and Sea Realm would fall.

When only the aloof woman remained, Liu Changqing was about to make a move when she stopped.

"I don't know who you are, but I will definitely find out. And you, Liu Changqing, you'd better not fall into my hands in the future!"

The woman coldly uttered a sentence, then her body trembled, and before Liu Changqing's astonished eyes, she severed her own heart meridian and disappeared into the bubble.

After his initial shock, Liu Changqing shrugged indifferently. He finally relaxed, casually tossing aside the long staff and collapsing to the ground in a spread-eagle position, panting heavily.

"Awesome, fucking awesome!"

An overwhelming sense of exhaustion washed over Liu Changqing, whose body was also covered in wounds, yet he still managed to shout out.

After a short rest, Liu Changqing exhaled a breath of stale air and sat up.

The surrounding world remained deathly silent, as if everything that had just happened was merely a dream.

But Liu Changqing's gaze suddenly became incredibly complex.

After a long silence, Liu Changqing finally spoke, "You brat, still hiding from your grandpa? Come out here right now!"

"Cough cough..."

Shen Qian's figure slowly appeared beside Liu Changqing.

He chuckled dryly and was about to speak when Liu Changqing raised his hand first, "Wait a minute, let me ask you two questions first."

"What?"

"Have you not yet broken through the Mountain and Sea Realm?" Liu Changqing asked.

"Um……"

Since he had chosen to take action, Shen Qian had no intention of hiding it from Liu Changqing, so he nodded and admitted it.

"Grass!"

Although Liu Changqing was somewhat prepared, he still couldn't help but swear.

He stood up and paced back and forth under Shen Qian's innocent gaze, occasionally cursing "bastard" or something, though it was unclear who he was cursing.

"Second question, is the invisibility talisman you're using the one I gave you? Why does it work differently than mine? Even the mountains and seas can't detect you?"

After calming down, Liu Changqing continued to ask.

Before sinking, he briefly recounted his experiences in the Divine Machine Hall.

After Shen Qian finished speaking, Liu Changqing did not react for a long time, but entered a dazed state, which was completely different from what he had expected.

Shen Qian asked curiously, "Sixth Senior Brother, is there a problem?"

"This is a huge problem..."

Liu Changqing frowned, somewhat bewildered, and said, "That's impossible!"

"What's impossible?" Shen Qian asked, even more curious.

"You don't understand. Although the Divine Mechanism Hall was left behind by King Taiyi, and there is indeed a projection of King Taiyi in it, that projection is just a mechanical program that has only been repeating the same set of words for hundreds of years. It has no intelligence at all and it is impossible for it to actively help you modify the invisibility talisman!"

Liu Changqing said with a puzzled look on his face.

Shen Qian was stunned.

His expression changed. "Sixth Senior Brother, are you sure?"

"Of course, with so many mountains and seas having entered the Divine Mechanism Hall, and both the one surnamed Shi and Ling Xiao being leaders, it's no secret what the Divine Mechanism Hall is really like."

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