Chapter 22: Confrontation

  Qu Yun smiled calmly at Liu Qingfeng, but the green python sword in his hand was tightly gripped, ready to meet Liu Qingfeng's counterattack at any moment.

  "You... you actually hid your strength, you're already in the later stages of Qi Refining." Liu Qingfeng was still in a state of shock, his expression extremely strange.

  Yes, previously Qu Yi was just the initial true energy fluctuation of the Qi Refining stage, but in an instant he revealed the power of the later stages of Qi Refining. How could Liu Qingfeng not be shocked?

  Qu Yu nodded, while his left hand signaled to Bai Man, letting her ride on the Golden Crowned Crane and fly into the air.

  Liu Qingfeng was after all a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, and his realm and cultivation were far superior to hers. How could Qu Yi put Bai Man in danger? However, without Mu Qiushui's interference, Qu Yi still wanted to try her luck against Liu Qingfeng. Firstly, the true energy in her body was already comparable to that of a early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator. Secondly, she could cast Golden Attribute spells, which just so happened to counter Liu Qingfeng's Wooden Attribute spells. With her own Duomiao Spell added to the mix, Qu Yi was confident that she could take on Liu Qingfeng.

  Bai Man understood and immediately urged Jin Guanlu to fly into the sky.

  Liu Qingfeng didn't stop Bai Man and continued to stare at Qu Yi, asking in a cold voice: "Just now, what treasure did you use to block my attack?"

  After the foundation was laid, the attack on the energy was blocked, and it was actually blocked. This completely exceeded Liu Qingfeng's understanding, and he couldn't understand it in his heart, so he naturally wanted to ask what was going on.

  "Why should I tell you?" Qu Yi said with a relaxed smile.

  Liu Qingfeng's expression changed, and immediately his whole body was filled with cold air. The wooden sword in his hand flew out and floated in front of him.

  After building the foundation in the later period, the yuan Shen condensed and can be used to control the sword, allowing for long-range attacks.

  "I don't believe it, you think activating the defensive treasure doesn't require true energy? I'll exhaust your true energy right now and then crush you." Liu Qingfeng said sternly.

  The use of any magic treasure requires true energy to activate it, especially high-level treasures which require even more true energy. Liu Qingfeng guessed that Qu Yi had used his late-stage cultivation to defend against his attack, and the defensive magic treasure's level must be very high, requiring a lot of true energy from Qu Yi to activate, thus completely exhausting Qu Yi's true energy before killing him.

  "That's a good idea indeed. Since you have the intention to kill me, then come on." Qu Yi replied lightly, and with that, his demeanor changed, responding seriously.

  Killing Mu Qiu Shui in the middle of the foundation-building period was due to a successful sneak attack. Killing the demon beasts in the middle of the foundation-building period was because they were not intelligent enough. At this time, he had to face Liu Qing Feng, who excelled in strength, intelligence and cunning, and Qu Yi did not dare to have any luck.

  "Trees are flying in the air!"

  Liu Qingfeng lightly shouted, and before he had even moved, the green wooden sword in front of him suddenly flew out, stabbing straight at Qu Yi.

  Yuanshen rode his sword, and the speed of the sword was really fast. If he blinked for a moment, the wooden sword could directly stab Qu Yi to death.

  Qu Yu remained calm and waited, seeing the wooden sword's move at this moment also didn't make him flinch. He immediately circulated his true energy and urgently sent it into the Qing Mang sword. Suddenly, the Qing Mang sword shook violently, a three-foot-long golden python floated in mid-air and charged towards the wooden sword.

  The Qing Mang sword is a high-grade artifact, inside which the Qing Mang formation is sealed. As long as there is true energy to activate it, the formation inside can be activated. At this time, Qu Yi used his golden true energy to activate it, and naturally, a golden python would emerge.

  The golden python fiercely collided with the wooden sword, and Qu Yi's Golden True Qi and Liu Qingfeng's Wooden True Qi immediately entwined and killed each other, exploding continuously. After a while, the golden python transformed into a golden gas mass and disappeared, while Liu Qingfeng's wooden sword also stopped advancing, and the remaining Wooden True Qi was almost depleted. Even if he forced himself to attack Qu Yi, he wouldn't be able to harm him, so Liu Qingfeng immediately flew back to his wooden sword.

  Liu Qingfeng gazed coldly at Qu Yi, especially the Cyan Mang sword in his hand. His heart grew more ruthless, never expecting that Master Huaiching would give a top-grade artifact to Qu Yi. Moreover, Qu Yi's Metal-element True Qi happened to restrain his own Wood-element True Qi, so if he wanted to kill him, he had to put in even greater effort.

  Qu Yun parried the attack with a heavy blow, and at this moment, he also roughly understood Liu Qingfeng's strength. He used half of his Golden Xing True Qi to urge the Cyan Python Sword, which barely blocked Liu Qingfeng's probing attack. With the amount of true energy in his body now, he could only withstand eight more attacks, a situation that was too dangerous.

  "Zhang Jiao actually gave you the Qing Mang sword, I really didn't expect it, but it's useless. The sword in my hand is also a top-grade artifact, and just now I only made a casual move, but you had to exert all your strength to meet it. Hehe, today you are destined to die here." Liu Qingfeng said with satisfaction.

  In the late stage of foundation building and in the late stage of Qi refining, the amount of true Qi inside the body differs greatly. Liu Qingfeng is still very confident.

  He raised an eyebrow and smiled: "If you want to fight, then fight, why so much nonsense?"

  At this time, the "Five Elements Three Flowers" card in Qu Yi's body was frantically absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, rapidly transforming it into mixed true energy, which also replenished the depleted golden true energy.

  Qishen said that the card can absorb spiritual energy, at this time, Qu Yi is the real body to realize, this has the confidence to deal with Liu Qingfeng's attack.

  Zhen Qi was not interrupted, and his own Metal-element Zhen Qi also restrained Liu Qingfeng's Wood-element Zhen Qi, Qu Yue became much more confident.

  Who exhausts whose true energy?

  "Alright, let's get down to business!"

  Liu Qingfeng saw Qu Yi's relaxed expression and was extremely unhappy, immediately striking out.

  That sword suddenly flew out quickly, transformed into a virtual sword, as if to strike Qu Yi's left hand, and also seemed to attack Qu Yi's right hand. At first glance, it seemed to be cutting off Qu Yi's double feet, with a strange and unpredictable manner.

  Qu Yu was shocked in his heart, and suddenly felt a surge of powerlessness. He had only been practicing the art of refining for one year, and he had never seen such a flying sword skill before. For a moment, he really didn't know how to respond to this illusory sword strike. Suddenly, the inch boundary ball in his soul shook, and under the flashing green light, Qu Yu felt that he could already see through the trajectory of the wooden sword's movement.

  The wooden sword was because of the infusion of the true energy of the wood element, the degree became extremely fast, this changed into an illusory appearance, not that the wooden sword itself had become nothingness. However, the soul of the artifact spirit is so strong, this degree in his eyes is even less than the degree of a snail, immediately told Qu Yi, Qu Yi naturally grasped the true direction of the wooden sword's operation.

  Boom!

  Mu Jian's wooden sword truly struck towards Qu Yi, and the green python sword in Qu Yi's hand suddenly produced a golden python that directly collided with Mu Jian's wooden sword. A loud crash was heard, the golden python disappeared, and Mu Jian's wooden sword slowly flew back again.

  Liu Qingfeng poured his true energy into the Peacock Wood Sword, most of which was used to support its degree changes, and only a small amount was used for attacking. Qu Yi, on the other hand, went all out, adding the power of Metal-element true energy to suppress the Wood-element true energy, resulting in another stalemate in this collision.

  "How is this possible!" Liu Qingfeng's mouth was agape as he stared at Qu Yi in incredulity.

  Qu Yì didn't have a Yuan Shen, so how was he able to see through the trajectory of his flying wooden sword? Liu Qingfeng really couldn't understand.

  Qu Yi laughed loudly, the Qing Mang sword pointing at Liu Qingfeng, shouting: "Liu Qingfeng, you despicable guy, I told you before that we would have a final battle ten years later. Unexpectedly, in less than a year, you want to get rid of me ruthlessly. Who would have thought? I've had an unexpected encounter and now it's extremely difficult for you to get rid of me. Ten years from now, I will definitely make you suffer a tragic end."

  Liu Qing's face turned pale and his eyes seemed to gleam with a venomous light as he heard the sound.

  "Can't help but admit, your progress is too fast, I also feel a hint of danger. To eliminate future hidden dangers, I must take you down today." Liu Qingfeng said with hatred.

  At this time, Qu Yi took the initiative to attack instead.

  "I'm not destined to be attacked by you either, it's time for me to attack you." Qu Yi flew away, his words falling.

  An inch of time is worth an inch of gold!

  Qu Yì used his secret technique, and his entire body was filled with Golden True Qi, supporting his body like an arrow leaving a bowstring, shooting straight towards Liu Qingfeng. At this time, Qu Yì had already reached the later stage of Qi Gathering, and this Golden Degree secret technique made him even faster.

  In the blink of an eye, Qu Yi arrived in front of Liu Qingfeng, and the Green Python Sword was thrust forward with momentum.

  Liu Qingfeng was startled at first, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Liu Qingfeng instantly swung his Huamu sword, and a wooden wall of true energy formed in an instant, blocking Qu Yi's powerful blow.

  At the moment when Liu Qingfeng used his true energy to block Qu Yi's attack, his sword made of fei mu wood immediately swung into action. The tip of the sword shone with a blue light and swiftly chopped towards Qu Yi's back.

  Qu Yì used his flat body to fly and strike, at this time his back was just exposed under Liù Qīng Fēng's eyes, it seemed that he was about to be broken by the Piāo Mù sword. Just as the Piāo Mù sword fell, Qu Yì's back suddenly had a wave of true energy fluctuation, the sword tip touched his back, and with a loud "hong" sound, the Golden True Energy and Wooden True Energy exploded open.

  Just as Liu Qingfeng swung his sword to cut off Qu Yi's back, he neglected his defense against Qu Yi. Qu Yi, who was floating horizontally, suddenly thrust his sword forward and stabbed Liu Qingfeng in the chest, hitting his heart.

  Ding!

  Liu Qingfeng's chest made a crisp sound, and the Green Python Sword didn't advance even a single thread. It seemed that Liu Qingfeng was wearing a defensive talisman robe on his body.

  "You... how is this possible? I clearly saw you exhaust all your Golden Core True Qi, yet you can still activate the defensive treasure!" Liu Qingfeng floated to a distant location, shouting in astonishment.

  Qu Yun was also astonished, this carefully planned blow, unexpectedly still didn't kill Liu Qingfeng, truly disappointing.

  Just now, Qu Yi deliberately drove the Golden True Qi to its fastest speed, allowing Liu Qingfeng to defend with all his might. Unbeknownst to him, Qu Yi secretly used the Wooden True Qi to activate the "Five Elements Three Flowers" divine technique card to defend his back. Then, the Water True Qi in his body rapidly transformed into Golden True Qi, and with a swift strike, he still managed to miss.

  In the body, the five organs are all Qi Hai. This is Qu Yi's most important secret. Originally wanted to use this strange ability to stab and kill Liu Qingfeng, but it didn't work at all. Qu Yi's confidence also decreased a bit.

  Liu Qingfeng's thoughts calmed down, and he already knew that Qu Yun had many secrets on him. Today, he might not be able to kill him after all. Moreover, the top-grade Ice Silkworm armor on his body had been pierced through, and if they continued fighting, it would be hard to guarantee that he wouldn't get injured.

  Cluck!

  The aerial golden crown heron cried out in time.

  Liu Qingfeng was even more shocked. If he had used all his strength to kill Qu Yi, his true energy would have been exhausted by then. When facing the attack of Jin Guanlu, he would also fall here.

  Whoosh!

  Liu Qingfeng suddenly flew away.