With the Heavenly Phoenix Armor activated by the Yang Fire Seed devoured by the Heavenly Phoenix Martial Spirit Pattern and the physique strengthened by the Desolate God Battle Body, Qin Xin forcefully withstood Yu Haoqian's powerful attack.
However, under this attack, the Heavenly Phoenix Armor began to crumble. In order to condense the Heavenly Phoenix Armor, the dozen or so drops of true liquid accumulated in Qin Xin's martial core were completely consumed.
Qin Xin had no time to lament the loss of the true essence within his martial pill. Taking advantage of the aftershocks from the Hundred Slashes of the Wildfire explosion, he quickly retreated with Tie Niu and swallowed several Qi-restoring pills to rapidly restore the martial pill's nearly depleted true essence.
After the orange flames dissipated, Yu Haoqian stepped out first. His Taoist robe was tattered and torn, and he smelled of burning. His eyes were fierce.
Behind Yu Haoqian, Han Yao knelt on the ground, blood gushing from his mouth, mixed with bits of flesh. His eyes were filled with terror. He glanced back at the woman hiding behind him, then his hands fell limply to his sides, and his body crashed to the ground.
To Qin Xin's surprise, Ruan Xiaoman's aura surged at this moment. The serpentine martial spirit behind her coiled around Han Yao's eight-clawed ink-spraying spirit fish, causing its spiritual power to continuously decrease, while the serpentine martial spirit became increasingly powerful.
"Ruan Xiaoman?"
Yu Haoqian noticed this scene and frowned. He didn't expect Ruan Xiaoman to attack his own people, especially since Han Yao's brother was an elder of the inner courtyard. If word got out... But he wanted to interrupt, but it was too late.
A strange smile appeared on Ruan Xiaoman's face. Immediately afterward, Han Yao's martial spirit, the Eight-Clawed Ink-Spraying Fish, collapsed under the entanglement of the snake-shaped martial spirit. The snake-shaped martial spirit sniffed lightly, and its body suddenly grew larger.
She stepped forward slowly, kicked Han Yao's corpse aside, and stared at Yu Haoqian as if nothing had happened, saying, "Just a good-for-nothing driven by lust. But Han Yao died at Qin Xin's hands, so what does it have to do with us!"
Looking at the large hole in Han Yao's back, Qin Xin felt a chill run down her spine, and a sense of dread grew over this venomous woman.
When Qin Xin's low-level Earth-rank martial art attacked, Han Yao used all his true energy to protect the two of them. However, under the impact, his true energy armor had already collapsed. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ruan Xiaoman directly took out his martial spirit. Such an evil method could not help but make people's backs turn cold.
Since things had come to this, Yu Haoqian didn't care much. He and Ruan Xiaoman were both loyal to the second prince of the Great Xia Dynasty, so they were on the same side.
Yu Haoqian glanced around warily before finally relaxing, because Shui Qingxi had deliberately lured Qin Xin and Tie Niu away during their battle to avoid injuring them.
Yu Haoqian shook his head, looking at Qin Xin not far away. He clenched his fist tightly, and his powerful true energy gathered around him again. The explosion of the flames did not cause him much damage, but he had to use up a lot of his true energy to resist the impact of the flames.
Let's end it here!
After a soft sigh, Yu Haoqian took a step forward. As he moved quickly, starlight ignited on the withered leaves in his path.
"boom!"
After Qin Xin finished speaking, he continuously threw several orange fire blades at Yu Haoqian, who was rushing towards him.
The sharp fire blades continuously slashed away the thorny vines that rushed towards them. The shredded vines fell to the ground and instantly turned into a wisp of smoke, disappearing without a trace.
Although the explosion of the orange fire blade slowed down Yu Haoqian's momentum somewhat, it did not stop his advance.
"Click!"
It was accompanied by a crisp sound.
A graceful figure lightly stepped in front of Qin Xin, and with a wave of her hand, several streams of water-like silk threads shot out, binding all the surrounding thorns and vines.
As Shui Qingxi slammed her palm into the ground, all the vines fell along with the water cloud silk and instantly disappeared. As for Yu Haoqian, who was rushing towards her, he was directly knocked back.
Looking at the beautiful figure in front of him, Yu Haoqian's eyes showed some surprise.
Upon seeing Shui Qingxi appear, Ruan Xiaoman, who was hiding behind her, cursed angrily, "Damn it!"
Ji Ju's strength is comparable to Shui Qingxi's, and Shui Qingxi's appearance means that Ji Ju has already been defeated.
"Walk!"
Yu Haoqian, disregarding Qin Xin at this moment, let out a soft shout and, without hesitation, unleashed a wall of thorns, directly blocking Shui Qingxi's charge.
"Bang!"
As the thorn wall shattered, Yu Haoqian, Ruan Xiaoman, and the others vanished without a trace, leaving only Han Yao's corpse lying quietly on the ground amidst the scorched earth.
"Sister Qingxi, this..." Qin Xin asked in surprise, looking at Shui Qingxi in front of him, whose aura had become even stronger and who seemed to have broken through to the seventh level of the Qi Sea Realm.
"Cough! Cough!" After two light coughs, a trickle of bright red blood flowed from the corner of Shui Qingxi's mouth, and her originally powerful aura weakened instantly. "This place is not safe to stay for long, let's leave first."
Qin Xin helped Tie Niu to his feet, and the three of them quickly disappeared from the spot.
As for Han Yao's corpse, it had already been carried away by the demonic beasts attracted by the loud noise.
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In a secluded valley.
Qin Xin took out some medicinal powder and sprinkled it around the area to drive away the approaching monsters.
After entering a cave, Qin Xin covered the entrance before he felt at ease.
Tie Niu, whose injuries had not yet healed, suffered a significant worsening, with blood seeping out with each light cough.
"I'm sorry, Young Master Qin Xin, I've dragged you all down," Tie Niu said apologetically, his honest face showing his sincerity.
Qin Xin took out a healing pill and gave it to Tie Niu to swallow, saying softly, "Uncle Tie Niu, why are you saying all this? Just focus on recovering from your injury."
Tie Niu knew that only by recovering quickly from his injuries could he help Qin Xin. He struggled to sit up and slowly circulated his internal energy to refine the medicinal power of the healing medicine.
Looking at Shui Qingxi, who had already opened her eyes, Qin Xin couldn't help but ask, "Sister Qingxi, your strength is about the same as Ji Ju's, how come?"
"You're curious about how I repelled Ji Ju and rushed back so quickly, aren't you?" Shui Qingxi's face, which was somewhat cold, showed a hint of joy, but she quickly hid it and looked at Qin Xin with a serious expression. "I broke through by chance during the battle. Ji Ju does have some strength and was able to injure me, but his injuries were no less severe than mine."
Shui Qingxi spoke casually, but Qin Xin knew the dangers of breaking through in battle; a slight misstep could even lead to death.
"Thank you very much, Sister Qingxi," Qin Xin said sincerely.
Seeing Qin Xin's expression, Shui Qingxi's usually composed face finally relaxed a bit. "No need for thanks. If Xue'er hadn't entrusted me to take care of you, I wouldn't care whether you live or die."
"Hehe, Sister Qingxi, take good care of your injuries. We're very close to Tianyuan City now, but there will be even more dangers ahead." Qin Xin chuckled. He knew that Shui Qingxi had a sharp tongue but a soft heart, but seeing that she was no longer as cold and sarcastic as before, and seemed to have calmed down a bit, he felt much more at ease. Otherwise, her always cold demeanor was quite oppressive.
Seeing Qin Xin's grinning face, Shui Qingxi snorted and said, "Hmph! What, you think I'm your henchman?"
"How could that be?" Qin Xin smiled awkwardly.
Shui Qingxi did not continue to make things difficult for Qin Xin. Her beautiful eyes slowly closed, and she began to recover.
Although Qin Xin also closed his eyes and circulated his martial spirit to recover his true energy, his spiritual sense remained constantly in the surrounding area, and would immediately awaken if anyone approached.
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