Chapter 237

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Chapter 237: Slaying Immortal in the Sky

In the darkness, Qiao Mu’s whole body was filled with boiling energy and blood, a blood-colored aura emanating from him like a tidal wave, his robe fluttering without any wind.

From the moment he laid eyes on Dao Xu, he activated the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Method and locked eyes with Iron Wolf.

Using his eyes as swords, he employed the Eye Sword Technique!

This is an invisible sword that pierces the heart, it doesn’t shine brightly, nor can it cut Iron Wolf’s skin, but it points directly at the depths of the heart.

This sharp gaze, along with those deafening words like a sudden thunder, in an instant, Iron Wolf’s whole body stiffened briefly.

What Qiao Mu said is also right.

A martial artist can be better than others.

But being better than others is different from bowing down.

When he gave up his body and trained in the "Golden Body Technique," becoming a Taoist soldier in the Martial Arts League, it meant admitting his own weakness from deep within, with no courage left to challenge immortals.

The same sentence can mean different things depending on who is saying it.

There are not many martial artists in this world who can criticize Iron Wolf for lacking the courage to fight against immortals.

Because of the prevailing atmosphere, everyone is like this, so who is nobler than whom?

But the one saying this is Qiao Shui.

Several members of the Qiao family died in battles against immortals, but the Qiao family has long interpreted the members’ unyielding spirit with their own lives.

Even Dao Xu, who had just arrived, had once touched the blood of Qiao family members at the vegetable market.

So facing the Qiao family member who would rather die than surrender and dare to draw his sword against immortals, Iron Wolf seemed to be a bit shorter invisibly.

At this moment, Qiao Mu’s eyes were sharp as a sword.

Before mastering the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Method, his sword in hand couldn’t penetrate Iron Wolf’s body that was impervious to spears and swords.

But at this moment, Qiao Mu’s gaze was even sharper than before, piercing into Iron Wolf’s heart, causing him to instinctively look away, avoiding eye contact, feeling slightly confused during this crucial moment of confrontation.

And in the split second when Iron Wolf’s movements were slightly slow, Qiao Mu had already made his move.

Surging internal strength gathered in his palms, as he struck out a palm strike in the air, invisible internal strength flowing through his palm, turning into a surging internal strength tsunami, engulfing Iron Wolf in an instant.

There was a muffled bang.

Iron Wolf’s entire body was sent flying more than ten meters away under this immense force, his feet plowing the ground, leaving long trenches.

The power of this strike was not a hit, but a push.

Iron Wolf, as a strong Taoist soldier with a body tougher than the Copper Body Arhat before him, was known to be impervious to blades and spears.

Qiao Mu didn’t expect to defeat the tough Iron Wolf with just one punch. His real target was Dao Xu, a cultivator from the Great Dao Sect.

"*sigh*"

He took a deep breath, bent his knees, leaped into the air, and disappeared into the wind.

His target was clear to everyone present.

It was the cultivator Dao Xu, standing high in the sky and looking down upon everyone.

"This is the Qiao family’s renowned martial art, the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Method! Only members of the Qiao family can possess this high-level technique, right?"

The wealthy Li Gongde didn’t join the battle but watched from a distance, only realizing Qiao Mu’s identity later on.

"I thought it was a thief breaking into my house at night to ruin my merits, but who would have thought this old thief is the famous Qiao family member from Zhong Province?"

Li Gongde looked into the distance, many thoughts crossing his mind.

Using Martial Arts to Defeat Immortals, it was the long-awaited wish of the martial world in Jiu Province for forty years.

The former Martial Saint was fierce in his methods, leading to a massacre in the martial world, causing renowned martial arts families to become history… but even so, he still had many followers.

The newly established Martial Arts League, just a few months old, was able to recruit many Spirit Refining martial artists, becoming a large organization sweeping through Jiu Province… with Immortal Gate’s support playing a role, but their significant growth was also due to…

The people have long suffered under the immortals, and both the Martial Saint and the Martial Arts League carrying the banner of "Using Martial Arts to Defeat Immortals" naturally won many hearts.

Recently, the Qiao family from Zhong Province, already famous, was also heard of by Li Gongde.

"Not long ago, the truth of the Inhuman War was revealed, and three hundred white-headed soldiers and a city of women, children, and elderly emerged from the Hundred-mile Desert."

"So here’s the question, after guarding for forty years, why were they able to turn the tide when facing destruction, resist the Immortal Gate, and walk out of the desert?"

Li Gongde was not too clear on the details of this matter.

He only roughly knew that Earth Sword Immortal and a member of the Qiao family played a big role in it.

So this member of the Qiao family can also be considered one of the pioneers of Using Martial Arts to Defeat Immortals.

But Li Gongde also knew that this Dao Xu was extraordinary.

Li Gongde, as the second richest in the Imperial Capital, naturally heard about the recent Inhuman Disaster in the marketplace.

She was not just an ordinary disciple of the Immortal Gate, but rather the favorite disciple of an elder. Clearly breaking the rules, causing an Inhuman Disaster in the Imperial Capital, and yet she was only required to make a show at the Introspection Cliff of the sect and then could continue appearing in Zhong Province…

If such a character were to be defeated by a martial artist… if word of this were to spread, Zhong Province would indeed be shaken.

With this thought in mind, the night wind suddenly turned icy.

The wind howled fiercely, and tiny ice particles congealed in the wind.

The wind was sharp as a sword, the frost was like ice, and in an instant, a layer of frost covered the entire courtyard, sending a chilling feeling deep into Li Gongde. He involuntarily wrapped his coat tightly around himself and, escorted by guards, continued to walk away step by step.

Look back.

The blurry silhouette that had originally disappeared into the wind was now slowing down abruptly, and even Li Gongde’s few bodyguards could see Qiao Mu’s movements clearly.

He moved swiftly in the piercing cold wind, his agility still agile and nimble, weaving through the hailstorm of countless icicles without any injuries.

But no matter how good his skills were, he could not avoid the chilling wind that filled the sky and earth.

In just a short period of time, a thin layer of frost had formed on his entire body, and his movements had become noticeably stiff.

The Iron Wolf that he had pushed back was also in hot pursuit in the snowstorm. The Iron Wolf was no longer just a flesh and blood body, but had even stronger resistance to the cold wind.

Dao Xu remained standing in the air, looking down coldly.

The Qiao family member who had died at her hands before…Dao Ni, who she had sent into the Hundred-mile Desert, ended up perishing in the desert. She naturally would not underestimate the current Qiao family member in front of her and would not be arrogant.

So she stood in the air, not coming down, teasing the martial artist who couldn’t fly.

Until she saw Qiao Mu’s body frost over, stiffen, and relaxed slightly in her heart.

"In the end, he was just an ordinary martial artist."

The human body has its limits, no matter how much training, it cannot be turned into steel.

A mighty beast with limitless strength that can smash through ice caps would still freeze to death in the bitter cold of winter.

"In martial arts, we train the body to be as strong as wild beasts and monsters."

"The natural laws, how could an ordinary martial artist compete?" Dao Xu slowly rotated a bead in her hand, a fierce chill swept through like a storm. Qiao Mu’s frost-covered body instantly froze, turning into an ice sculpture.

Seeing this scene, Dao Xu quietly shook her head.

"I have been overly concerned, treating mere martial artists too seriously."

She had not yet entered the Golden Core period, where cultivators could refine a personal magical artifact.

Because cultivators have fragile bodies compared to immortal techniques, many practitioners create protective treasures as their life-saving treasures to seek stability.

With a protective life-saving treasure in hand, even when facing the reckless Qiao family member, she remained cautious and didn’t descend from the sky.

"Is that all? Isn’t this a lackluster ending?" Li Gongde mumbled from afar.

However, Iron Wolf remained vigilant. As he approached the ice sculpture that was once Qiao Mu, ready to raise his blade to cut him into pieces, a sense of alertness suddenly arose within him, causing him to take two steps back.

In the next moment.

Another figure dashed out into the night.

This person appeared as old as Qiao Shui, making it difficult to discern their age. However, their aura was significantly weaker than Qiao Shui’s.

While everyone’s eyes were fixed on the ice sculpture Qiao Mu, as soon as he leaped out, he swiftly shot into the sky like an arrow, clearly targeting Dao Xu who stood in the air.

"Praying mantis catching the cicada? Is this Qiao Shui just a sacrifice?" Iron Wolf’s expression darkened.

He was about to strike, but suddenly felt a warning sign and heard a clear cracking sound behind his ear.

The frozen Qiao Shui somehow broke free from the layers of icy surroundings. His inner strength was powerful, and with a palm strike, he sent Qiao Shui flying forward with a loud thud.

"Phew…"

At that moment, Qiao Mu unleashed the Red Moon Burning Blood Technique, causing his blood to flow fiercely like a raging river within his body.

In the blink of an eye.

Two elderly members of the Qiao family kneeled and leaped into the air one after the other, soaring like large birds.

"Qiao family members are united and loyal. Can you defeat all of us from the Qiao family?"

Qiao Mu shouted loudly, fighting side by side with his corpse, Qiao Xiaoming.

Qiao Xiaoming was also prepared, hiding in the shadows, pretending to be a lifeless body, concealing his presence…

At that moment, Qiao Mu was full of energy. In the blink of an eye, he leaped into the sky to meet Qiao Xiaoming, who was also airborne. He landed on Qiao Xiaoming’s hands.

He reached out and grabbed the long sword on Qiao Xiaoming’s back, using the momentum to leap up again. In mid-air, he changed direction, narrowly avoiding a large ice shard.

Qiao Xiaoming was pierced through the chest by the large ice shard, and his body fell weakly.

Meanwhile, Qiao Mu used the momentum to jump high like a shooting star.

"You can fly? Well, I can jump with my own strength!"

Dao Xu was clever too. Seeing Qiao Mu leap into the sky, instead of confronting him with magic, she made a slight movement and jumped up using a bead, flying even higher. She kept a distance of about twenty meters from Qiao Mu.

She seemed humble, as twenty meters exceeded the external range of a martial artist’s internal strength, allowing her to continue casting spells.

When Qiao Mu’s leap ends, he will fall from the sky, becoming an easy target.

Yet, Qiao Mu remained indifferent.

Qiao Mu raised his hand, and the sword blade cut between his left palm, leaving a wound with fresh blood splashing out.

The blood didn’t drip down, but flowed unnaturally along the blade of the long sword in his hand, dyeing the whole sword into a blood sword.

The two styles of martial arts, derived from the pictures of blood sun and blood moon, were originally related and complemented each other.

Looking up from the ground, Li Gongde saw only the full moon hanging high in the night sky. Qiao Mu held a blood sword, standing as if in the moon. His whole body exuded a powerful energy.

"Red Moon Burning Blood Technique · Blood Sword Technique!"

It was as if a god or immortal was flicking a brush in the night and painting the scene with ink.

Hiss!

The blood-red sword light cut a huge arc in the night sky, spreading out like ink on white paper, creating a large circle in the night.

The arc started from the sword in Qiao Mu’s hand and ended at Dao Xu’s throat.

"I…"

Dao Xu’s expression changed for the first time, the previous coldness on her face vanished.

She was a disciple of Elder Qingyi, she had not yet reached the Golden Core stage, she had not surpassed her fellow disciple Dao Zhen who she couldn’t forget, and she still had a life-saving talisman given by her master…

At this moment, her body was shattered like a porcelain vase by the splattered blood-red sword light, leaving only a relatively intact head, falling helplessly from high above along with Qiao Mu.

"Master Dao Xu, are you immortal?"

Iron Wolf was originally going to use his lightness skill to leap into the air, but at this moment he felt a chilling sensation, and in his eyes as he looked at Qiao Mu again, there was only fear.

The elderly man from the Qiao family was not boasting, he actually performed a martial arts move to defeat immortals in front of him, truly killing a senior disciple from the Great Dao Sect.

He should have taken advantage of Qiao Mu being in the air, unable to gain leverage.

But the immense shock in his heart made him hesitate, unable to take a step forward for a moment, only able to watch as Qiao Mu’s figure landed firmly on the ground like a giant eagle, effortlessly catching Dao Xu’s head.

Qiao Mu looked fierce, casually tossing Dao Xu’s head towards Iron Wolf.

Iron Wolf instinctively tried to dodge, but seeing Dao Xu’s lifeless face, he reached out and caught it, feeling overwhelming emotions inside.

"Iron Wolf, Inhuman is dead, why have you not surrendered?" Qiao Mu took a step forward, his body covered in blood, numerous wounds visible, yet he stood strong and powerful, his voice booming like thunder.

His sharp gaze cut like a sword!

Iron Wolf unconsciously took a step back, feeling a bitter taste in his heart.

It was not a difference in strength, but in their mental abilities.

As an unyielding Taoist soldier, he was impervious to blades and spears, no ordinary martial artist could compare.

In fact, the method of refining Taoist soldiers was originally used to combat other cultivators. Now, the Great Dao Sect uses it against regular people, which is like using a sledgehammer to kill a fly when facing ordinary martial artists.

Iron Wolf could resist magical techniques, confront cultivators with his iron-strong body… but if Dao Xu offered her neck to him to kill, even he would hesitate to act.

Because Dao Xu is supported by Elder Qingyi, who is supported by the Great Dao Sect, a type of Immortal Gate with a total of nine. If he truly kills Dao Xu, how will he deal with the consequences later?

Cowards can find countless reasons to retreat, but before warriors brave enough to sacrifice even their lives and use Martial Arts to Defeat Immortals, these reasons are insignificant.

At this moment, his state of mind collapsed like a mountain.

"Iron Wolf, you have been weak for a long time! Since the day you abandoned your physical body, you are no longer worthy to be my enemy, Qiao Shui!"

With a stern shout, Qiao Mu lunged forward, forcing Iron Wolf to repeatedly retreat, losing his defensive stance.

His body was impervious to spear attacks, but his mind still had vulnerabilities.

"Perhaps the Eye Sword Technique, a spiritual refining technique, is the true way to deal with such Taoist soldiers…" Qiao Mu thought to himself.

Facing the Copper Body Arhat head-on is like using their weaknesses against their strengths.

The mind and will of the Taoist soldier are still stuck in practicing the "Golden Body Technique," so the Eye Sword Technique can directly target their hearts and expose their vulnerabilities.

"Ripple stacking wave strength forms a triple wave."

The intense internal strength surged like waves, one after another, each higher than the last.

Iron Wolf, distracted, was hit head-on by the continuous powerful force of these waves, leaving his chest wide open, relying only on martial artist instincts.

"Fourfold Wave!"

The surging internal strength rose again like waves, as Qiao Mu’s palm struck his chest and abdomen, causing Iron Wolf’s chest to cave in and distort inward, forcing him to stagger back four or five steps with a pale, lifeless face, before finally falling to the ground in defeat.

Qiao Mu stood up after his attack, looking at the shattered and twisted bodies of Iron Wolf and Dao Xu, feeling a sudden inexplicable sense of disappointment.

"Two useless people, couldn’t even take my life."

He turned around, gazing at Qiao Xiaoming’s body, then at his own bloodied and mutilated body, with a constant buzzing in his ears and his vision gradually fading to black.

The Heavenly Demon Disintegration Method, Red Moon Burning Blood Technique, and Blood Sword Technique were all forbidden arts… coupled with his previous injuries, he was losing too much blood at this point, and even if he had won, it would have been a hollow victory.

He looked at Dao Xu’s body, feeling a sense of relief in his heart, but also a hint of regret.

"Impulsiveness comes with a price."

Showing off for a moment, the whole family ends up in the crematorium.

Qiao Mu alone is the Qiao family. After cremating the body, he will have to calmly spend several decades in prison.

What happens next…

"Rest in peace, next, King Qin, you wait." He closed his eyes and finally fell down, motionless.

After his body had been lying there for a while, Li Gongde and the many guards beside him cautiously approached, afraid that the old man might fake his death like before and suddenly attack them.

But the old man remained still, no longer as imposing as before, causing them to only watch from afar.

"Sir, what should we do about such a big problem?" someone asked shakily.

The story of the Hundred-mile Desert is just a tale told by storytellers, touching hearts but also very distant.

But now, a living cultivator has fallen before them, allowing them to witness the feat of Using Martial Arts to Defeat Immortals.

Moreover, the person he killed was not just an ordinary disciple, but a senior disciple of the Great Dao Sect in Zhong Province who had returned ten years ago. His status was incomparable to that of regular disciples.

"This person has killed an Immortal Elder, committing a grave mistake. If this news spreads, it will surely enrage Immortal Gate… If we present him to King Qin, would it be considered a merit?" someone asked.

Li Gongde, a wealthy figure in the Imperial Capital, played a significant role in the reconstruction of Great Qin City in the Great Yan Imperial Court.

Although he didn’t fully understand matters concerning King Qin, the Great Dao Sect, or Immortal Gate, he could still guess some parts.

Li Gongde stroked his chin, pursed his lips, his eyes flickering in contemplation:

"This indeed is… quite a meritorious deed."

…………..

PS: Push the book.

Book Title: Racehorse Girl, please don’t curl up

Brief Introduction, "Racehorse girls are the best treasure given by the heavens to the world, they are like flowers in a greenhouse, pure and beautiful."

"Running is their innate talent, running faster than any other racehorse girl is a point they will never back down from."

"But talent is innate, some racehorse girls are destined to shine brightly, while others are destined to remain unknown."

"In this path of competition, there can only ever be one winner."

"Many trainers hope that the racehorse girls they are in charge of can fulfill, and even surpass, the talent they should have."

"But only a few people can ultimately achieve this."

"To struggle against talent is to struggle against fate, every victory is luck."

"However, I don’t believe in luck, I only believe in my own strength!"

"-Deep Blue, attack!"