With the burst of true energy, the boulders around him were blasted away.
After Yun Yi emerged from the pile of boulders, his true qi armor appeared somewhat unstable, seemingly due to the impact of the giant blade's explosion. However, the intense heat still left several burn marks on his robes.
"Hmph! You can be proud of yourself for being able to break through my defenses!"
Yun Yi let out a chilling laugh, his eyes fixed on Qin Xin, who had also crawled out of the pile of boulders in front of him. He gathered his true energy in his hands again, preparing to kill him with a single blow.
After using the initial Earth-rank martial art, Qin Xin's internal energy became somewhat depleted. His Fire-Wood Martial Core, which was originally full of internal energy, became extremely dry, and he was barely able to maintain the operation of the Heavenly Phoenix Martial Spirit Pattern.
However, before the battle, Qin Xin tried to infuse his true energy into the identity crystal, hoping to leave the underground space directly. But because of the spiritual veins, the underground space's teleportation array could not sense his presence for a while.
"Hahaha, if you had handed over that spiritual vein earlier, you might have been able to escape. Now, I have no choice but to kill you!"
Yun Yi laughed loudly and pressed closer to Qin Xin step by step.
In the moment of crisis, Qin Xin forcibly suppressed the surging blood energy within him. His Desolate God Battle Body also stopped functioning due to the blockage in his meridians. Yun Yi's attack in front of him clearly gathered all the power of the fourth level of the Qi Sea Realm, and he was afraid he would not be able to withstand it.
Is this the only way?
Qin Xin glanced at Shui Qingxi, whose battle was raging not far away, and the Leige disciples who had all been knocked out of the underground space by her. Then he reached into his robes to retrieve the spiritual vein.
He wanted to use the moment of shattering the spirit vein container to make a quick retreat, since his life was more important than the spirit vein.
"roar!"
Just as Qin Xin was holding the jade-like sphere, some of the spiritual vein's aura emanated, and instantly, a beast's roar resounded throughout the entire underground space.
The people fighting around the collapsed cave stopped what they were doing. The constant tremors under their feet made them feel terrified.
"Oh no! Yunyi, run!"
Ji Ju, who was originally fighting Shui Qingxi, rushed towards Yun Yi the moment he sensed the approaching immense aura.
The ground cracked, and fiery red magma slowly emerged from the ground. A dark shadow seemed to be constantly emerging from the ground, and some boulders along the way fell directly into the place where the dark shadow passed and were instantly melted by the magma. Yun Yi looked at this scene with some unwillingness in his eyes, but he could only retreat.
Because the direction the shadow was rushing towards was precisely where Qin Xin was.
"That's the Lava Giant Scorpion King! Let's get out of here!"
After Ji Ju flashed to Yun Yi's side, he pulled her away from the lava.
Shui Qingxi naturally noticed the situation below as well. After glancing at Qin Xin, who was completely covered in orange flame armor, her gaze became very firm. The water cloud threads surrounding her body continuously knocked away the falling boulders and rushed directly towards Qin Xin.
"boom!"
The entrance to the cave had completely collapsed, and scorching heat accompanied by the roars of beasts emanated from within.
The four figures escaped the moment the cave entrance collapsed. All four were members of the Thunder Pavilion. Yun Yi glanced back at the sealed cave and felt the powerful aura within. He was also somewhat afraid and didn't even bother to snatch the spiritual vein from Qin Xin.
"It seems that if they encountered this Lava Giant Scorpion King, the two of them would probably be killed on the spot. Although they failed to seize the spiritual vein, killing Shui Qingxi can be considered as solving a problem."
Ji Ju stood behind Yun Yi and spoke softly.
Upon hearing this, Yun Yi felt somewhat unwilling, but facing the Lava Giant Scorpion King, he dared not go back. He could only lead the remaining three people to flee in panic and search for the next spiritual vein.
Meanwhile, Shui Qingxi and Qin Xin, who were inside the cave, were staring intently at the dark shadow that was slowly rising from the lava.
"hiss!"
The enormous scorpion tail stabbed directly at the two of them. Shui Qingxi shielded Qin Xin with all her might, her water cloud silk tightly binding the falling scorpion tail. However, under the scorching heat of the massive flames, her armor was constantly weakening, and her internal energy was rapidly being consumed.
"Qin Xin, I can only hold on for thirty breaths. Quickly find a chance to escape!" Shui Qingxi shouted.
"Thirty breaths is enough, Sister Shui, please hang in there."
Looking at Shui Qingxi in front of him, Qin Xin said something softly before quickly closing his eyes, swallowing several Qi-restoring pills. With his martial spirit circulating, a vast amount of true energy slowly appeared in the Fire-Wood Martial Core within his body.
One fire blade... two... ten.
The Crimson Flame Blade hovered beside Qin Xin. Seeing this, Shui Qingxi thought Qin Xin was acting recklessly, but her woman's sixth sense told her that Qin Xin might actually be able to deal with this Lava Giant Scorpion King.
"roar!"
With each roar of the beast, Shui Qingxi's true qi armor would weaken slightly, because once the water cloud silk was removed, the two of them would only face death, without even a chance to inject their true qi into the identity crystal to escape; they would be directly crushed into mincemeat.
"laugh!"
As the two fiery blades merged, a destructive aura surged, making the Lava Giant Scorpion King even more ferocious.
Shui Qingxi, who had been struggling to persevere, was also shocked by Qin Xin's actions. It was the first time she had ever seen a martial arts attack combined with this.
At this moment, Qin Xin continuously poured wood-attribute true energy into the fire blade behind him, seemingly to reduce its ferocity, while also channeling his spiritual power into it.
"call!"
The ten fire blades merged together, and at this moment, black light flowed across the orange blades, as if they were about to annihilate everything.
"Sister Shui, step back!"
Qin Xin suddenly opened his closed eyes, which were filled with a mixture of blue and red. He then controlled the orange fire blade that emitted a black light and shot it directly towards the Lava Giant Scorpion King.
The dazzling orange light, mixed with black light, instantly illuminated the entire cave, and some of the magma that was still bubbling below was directly evaporated.
"boom!"
A tremendous sound, accompanied by vibrations from a distance, swept outwards.
All the Kunmen disciples who were still searching for the spiritual vein in the underground space were startled by the huge explosion, and even the entire underground space shook.
After escaping the cave, Yunyi and Jiju exchanged a smile and then dashed off towards a spiritual vein.
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After a slight tremor in Kunmen Square, many disciples showed surprise in their eyes.
"No need to panic!"
Hearing some chaotic sounds, the Eighth Elder quickly formed hand seals and poured the energy into the stone pillars. The other three peak masters did the same, and the entire protective array was immediately stabilized again.
"The Lava Giant Scorpion King?"
Wan Chang, the peak master of the North Peak, who was originally overjoyed that the North Peak disciples had killed the Lava Giant Scorpion King, also voiced his doubts.
"It seems that, just as the Eighth Elder said, the Lava Giant Scorpion King is not dead, otherwise there wouldn't be such a commotion," said Hao Li, the peak master of the South Peak, with a smile. "I just wonder which brat provoked this Lava Giant Scorpion King."
After a ripple spread through Kunmen Square, several North Peak disciples appeared. One of them had a spiritual vein in his hand that emitted a dazzling spiritual light, drawing many exclamations.
"Wu Fa, did you kill the Lava Giant Scorpion King in that underground space?" After the figure landed, Wan Chang, the peak master of the North Peak, immediately asked.
"Yes!"
Wu Fa was also somewhat puzzled by the peak master's sudden question, but answered immediately without any hesitation.
As the current number one in the Kunmen, Wu Fa's words are naturally beyond question. However, people are puzzled as to why there are two Lava Giant Scorpion Kings in the underground space. This is because the appearance of the Lava Giant Scorpion King requires the constant devouring of its own kind, and they do not allow two kings to appear at the same time.
For a time, doubts shrouded the minds of countless people, and no one even cared about Beifeng, who had already obtained four spiritual veins.
The disciples of Hua Jin and the others from Fanhua Pavilion didn't care about the Lava Giant Scorpion King at all, because at this time, seven spiritual veins had already been brought out of the underground space. Except for the North Peak, there was one vein each on the other three peaks. Once the last three veins were brought out, all the Kunmen disciples in the underground space would be teleported out. Even if they had spiritual veins, they would be swallowed up again by the protective vein array and would not be able to bring them out.
Qin Xin and Shui Qingxi had not yet appeared, and Hua Jin and the others were a little worried, fearing that the two might have encountered some danger.
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