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  Xu Chengwu was currently locked in a fierce battle with Tian Kui, and because he had made a slow move, he was being suppressed to the point of desperation. Moreover, he still had to protect a young man behind him who didn't have high cultivation, making it even harder for him to break free. As a result, his anxiety grew more intense by the minute. If he continued to struggle like this, not only would his spiritual energy be depleted at an alarming rate and unable to recover in time, but there was also the risk of being completely drained. And that wasn't even mentioning the demonic creature that was still lurking nearby, watching him with cold calculation, which alone made him extremely wary!

  Just then, a figure suddenly fell from the sky and landed in front of Xu Chengwu. He couldn't free his hands to defend himself, but he saw the newcomer shake out his hand and shoot out a burst of green light that rushed straight at Tian Kui.

  Tian Ku did not expect someone to kill halfway, originally manipulating the flying sword, at this time he was disturbed by his rhythm, and immediately offered a small round shield in front of him. Only to hear "Dong Dong Dong" a string of explosions, Tian Ku swept his eyes to see, it turned out to be a bunch of grass thorns, all hitting that round shield.

  A flash of light on the round shield, and the grass thorns fell down. However, even though the grass thorns did not hurt the round shield, it was still remarkable that they could penetrate its defense. Tian Ku looked at the masked man, feeling that his spiritual power was strong, but he was dressed in simple clothes, not like one of the five major families. However, this Lin Yuan secret realm is forbidden to outsiders, so there should be no doubt about his identity. Yet, it was unclear which family he belonged to, and he was blocking Tian Ku's way.

  His face unchanged, he merely said: "My family is conducting business here, all you idle onlookers had best quickly disperse!"

  Ke Lai Ren said: "You hurt someone from the Xu family, how can I just stand by and watch?"

  Five years ago, the Xu and Tian families had already fallen out with each other. Now, their contradictions have intensified to the point where they can't even maintain a superficial harmony. In this secret realm, without any witnesses, the Tian and Xu families are in a life-or-death struggle.

  Xu Ziqing, although abandoned by the Xu family five years ago, still owes them a debt of gratitude for raising him. Moreover, the main culprit was actually the Tian family, and now that he has encountered someone from the Tian family who wants to kill the Xu family, regardless of his blood ties with the Xu family, he must avenge the Tian family's attempt on his life.

  Tian Kuang narrowed his eyes, this time entering the secret realm of Xu's family disciples, Tian's family had already counted in their hearts, but he didn't know that, it can be seen that the other party wants to hide their identity. Only unknown is he a member of Meng's family, Wei's family or Luo's family?

  Xu Chengwu was also puzzled, what he thought was not much different from Tian Ting, but since someone helped him, he naturally wouldn't seek the root of the matter.

  Due to Xu Ziqing's timely intervention, Xu Chengwu repeatedly tempered the flying sword with his own blood, causing its light to surge greatly. In an instant, it also spewed out a few streams of golden energy, which collided with the hot air released by Tian Kui's flying sword, gradually narrowing the gap between them until they were evenly matched.

  Tian Kuai's eyes saw Xu Chengwu about to turn over, and he was unhappy in his heart. He sternly said: "Since you don't know what's good for you, this young master doesn't need to be polite either!" As soon as he finished speaking, he patted the top of Ling Hu's head twice and said, "Go!"

  Then, a pair of wings flew out, and with a loud roar, they flapped their wings and rushed towards Xu Ziqing!

  Xu Chengwu suddenly shouted: "Be careful!"

  In an instant, the sound of breaking air was already above his head. Xuzi Qing smelled the tiger's stench and if he hesitated for another moment, he would be buried in the tiger's belly!

  Xu Ziqing had little experience in facing enemies, but fortunately, he had also dealt with demonic beasts in the secret realm over the years. At this moment, he was not flustered either. He raised his hand and wiped his right palm, then drew out a wooden stick that was like jade but not quite jade, like cyan but not quite cyan. The front end was sharp, while the body was round and smooth, held in his hand.

  Only to see Xuzi Qing bowing, with his whole body hidden under the tiger's abdomen, while the other hand raised the wooden stick, and the sharp end was just against the tiger's abdomen. If this spiritual tiger really pounced down, it would be disembowelled and die! The spiritual tiger already had spiritual intelligence, and immediately swept its wings, rolled in mid-air, and landed several feet away.

  However, the Double-Winged Flying Tiger was ferocious, and after its master gave the order, it immediately wrapped itself around Xu Zi Qing, pouncing and biting, almost swallowing him whole. Xu Zi Qing had been on guard against others and hadn't summoned the Bloodthirsty Demon Vine, instead using his mind to control the wooden spirit to produce a weapon to fight the spiritual tiger.

  It was a flying tiger, and it could fly in the air. The spiritual tiger had been holding on for a long time and couldn't hold back any longer. Afraid that its master would blame it, it flew up at once, jumped to Xu Ziqing's head, and with both claws fiercely swiped downwards, just about to tear Xu Ziqing into pieces!

  Xu Ziqing slightly furrowed his brow, and a faint green glow flashed under his feet. Two enormous leaf blades, resembling giant palm fans, emerged to support the soles of his feet. He dodged to the side, avoiding the spirit tiger's flying claws.

  At this point, one man and one tiger set the battlefield in mid-air. The leaves under Xu Ziqing's feet were the main leaves of the suspended grass born with the energy of the second wood, although they had the ability to float in the air, but the time was not long, and it was not considered agile, compared to the innate double wings of the Ling Tiger, it was naturally far inferior. Therefore, Xu Ziqing could only speed up his pace, seeking a quick battle and a quick decision.

  After all, Xu Ziqing was not good at fighting, and he was stuck with the Linghu. You can't do anything to me, and I can't do anything to you either. The Double-Winged Flying Tiger became more and more courageous as it fought, and Xu Ziqing saw that it was becoming increasingly ferocious. Afraid that he would be intimidated by its aura later on, he immediately withdrew his wooden staff, stretched out both palms, pushed with both arms, and released countless needle-like leaves.

  Needle-like roots were like steel needles, and with Xu Zi Qing's heart intent, they moved freely, instantly surrounding the Double Winged Flying Tiger Squad!

  "Puff puff puff puff puff——" But in the blink of an eye, it was transformed into a live hedgehog!

  This pair of winged tigers were not good companions either. After a tiger's roar, the body was immediately surrounded by flames, and the needle leaves turned into smoke in an instant.

  The divine tiger burned the needle-like leaves, and then went to find the person who made it feel pain all over its body. Only then did it notice that a strong gust of wind was rising from above, just as it was about to flap its wings. Suddenly, a sharp and fierce energy shot down from above, piercing straight into its brain!

  Suddenly, an unbearable pain, the spirit tiger let out a mournful howl, blood gushed from its eyes, and its entire body turned bright red!

  It was Xuzi Qing who imitated Linghu Fangcai, using needle leaves to disturb him, and then transformed into a sharp weapon again, launching a surprise attack from the air! The flying tiger struggled all the way down, wailing incessantly.

  In just two short breaths, the flying tiger's wings gradually lost their strength, fell to the ground with a loud thud, and after a slight convulsion, it was completely dead.

  Xu Chengwu was overjoyed, and the spiritual light on his flying sword even shone a few points brighter. If not for this demonic pet staring at him with an unblinking gaze, a mere Tian Kui who had only cultivated to the sixth layer of Qi Refining would not have been able to force him into such a state.

  Looking back at Tian Kui, he was deeply grieved in his heart. This spirit tiger had grown up with him, and their relationship was not ordinary. He had brought it here specifically to let it feast on blood food, but he didn't expect it to lose its life instead. His heart was even more ruthless, vowing to kill Xu Chengwu and the others together, hanging them as meat sauce to sacrifice to the spirit of the double-winged flying tiger!

  One side's morale was greatly boosted, while the other side's hatred deepened, and they fought even more fiercely. Xu Ziqing landed, retracted his spiritual light, and observed the battle situation again. Knowing that Xu Chengwu and Xu Ziyao were no longer in danger, he didn't make any further gestures and turned to leave.

  Xu Chengwu wanted to call out, but was unable to, and in the end could only give up.

  And so Xu Zi Qing walked in the opposite direction, but his mask was still not removed. He thought for a moment about the battle with Ling Hu, and felt that he had gained something.

  In the past few years in the secret realm, Xu Ziqing has not taken any secondary wood, but for self-protection, he has collected more than a dozen usable woods. For example, the floating leaves that grow under his feet can make him float temporarily when he doesn't have a flying tool; another example is the wooden stick in his palm, which is a kind of thousand-year steel wood tempering, with hardness comparable to top-grade artifacts, and is also a material for refining tools; again, for example, needle leaves are the leaves of steel wood, and grass thorns are the thorns of ten-thousand-patterned grass, all of which are good materials for refining tools.

  Just now, the first use was Xu Ziqing and Xiushi's first battle. Although it wasn't perfect, it passed. Only after thinking about the mistakes, flaws, and shortcomings in his mind did he feel satisfied.

  After introspection, Xu Ziqing divided out half of his consciousness and sank into the storage ring to summon his friend.

  Yun Liao did not appear in person, but said in the ring: "Choosing from wood is still possible, but it's not sharp enough. We should make more guesses and go further."

  Xu Ziqing listened and smiled slightly: "Yes, I will follow Brother Yun's teachings."

  Although Yun Liao is a soul, his way of fighting is more than a hundred times better than Xu Zi Qing's. Not to mention choosing from wood, or practicing every day, Xu Zi Qing has often received guidance from Yun Liao, and as a result, in addition to simply strengthening his cultivation, he can also have the ability to protect himself like this now. Therefore, every time after fighting against monsters, Xu Zi Qing would ask Yun Liao for comments, Yun Liao had some feelings in his heart, and was not stingy about teaching him, so Xu Zi Qing became more and more respectful of Yun Liao.

  The two of them exchanged a few words before Xu Ziqing continued walking forward.

  The day of the opening of the secret realm was only three days, and he had to find a way out within these three days. After thinking carefully, he remembered that when he entered the secret realm, there was a light curtain that pierced through nothingness and brought everyone here. It is said that this curtain identifies people by their family bloodline to prevent others from using disguise techniques to mix in. Unfortunately, Xu Ziqing only entered but did not exit with them, so he didn't know how they left the secret realm. After thinking about it, the method should be similar, and as a true member of the Xu family, it shouldn't be difficult to mix in.

  After careful consideration, Xu Ziqing was still cautious. Seeing the two families of Xu Tian being so confrontational, he feared that there might be other twists and turns, and he couldn't let his guard down.

  At this moment, the male eagle that had gone out to forage returned and landed on Xu Ziqing's shoulder with a flutter.

  Perhaps it was the bloodline at work, but Chonghua Ying was still underage and hadn't grown much, looking almost identical to how he looked five years ago. However, his spiritual intelligence had become increasingly brighter.

  Although Yun Liao's personality was cold, his knowledge was extremely profound, and he gave the eagle a method of cultivating its body as a demonic beast. Chong Hua Eagle obtained it and practiced it diligently, and now its steel claws and iron beak could pierce through mountains and split rocks, making it extremely formidable! As for Xu Zi Qing's communication with it, it was no longer as difficult to understand as before. He only needed to give it a glance, and Chong Hua Eagle would understand intuitively, their tacit understanding was very strong.

  The heavy eagle lowered its head and let Xu Ziqing touch its forehead, with a look of dependence in its eyes.

  Xu Ziqing smiled and said: "After eating your fill, don't be lazy, go fly again."

  The heavy eagle immediately spread its wings and flew up quickly.

  Xu Ziqing's smile remained unchanged, and that hint of heaviness in his heart also vanished instantly.