Soul Emperor Martial God

Whoosh... Whoosh...

Two streaks of light swiftly flashed across the horizon.

Suddenly, the two beams of light stopped, revealing two figures - Xiao Yi and Qing Lin.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Yi looked at Qing Lin, perplexed.

After leaving, they had flown thousands of miles, yet Qing Lin suddenly stopped.

"I can't hold on anymore," Qing Lin said with a grim face, then spat a mouthful of bloody phlegm.

"Hmm?" Xiao Yi frowned. In his impression, Qing Lin wasn't injured.

"It's backlash," Qing Lin said in a deep voice. "If I'm not mistaken, you also suffered backlash, but it's instability in your Dao Heart."

"As for me, my body can't take it."

Saying this, Qing Lin glanced at his own hands.

At that moment, Xiao Yi followed his gaze and saw that Qing Lin's hands were covered in scars.

The scars on his hands were shocking to behold.

Qing Lin's breath grew increasingly weak.

"Was it those scales earlier?" Xiao Yi was startled and remembered.

Qing Lin nodded and said, "We've already flown thousands of miles, so unless a Saint King Realm expert pursues us, they can't find us."

Xiao Yi nodded and said, "Let's find a place to heal first. I need to stabilize my injuries too."

With that, the two descended from the sky.

They randomly found a forest.

Xiao Yi waved his hand, setting up several formations to block out the aura.

"You're an Array Master?" Qing Lin was surprised by this.

Xiao Yi smiled and said, "I know a little, just enough to be competent in these aura-blocking formations, not much else."

"I see," Qing Lin smiled.

The two sat cross-legged and began healing their injuries.

Qing Lin's injuries were from backlash.

And judging by the situation, it seemed Qing Lin had suffered such backlash many times before, so he was extremely skilled at healing himself.

The weakening aura gradually stabilized.

Xiao Yi glanced at him, understanding he didn't need his help, and began to stabilize his own injuries.

His injuries also came from backlash, but it was the impact on his Dao Heart, caused by the Cold Ice Three Palm.

He frowned earlier because the second palm was overwhelming, drawing power from the blood qi of martial artists.

Simply put, the more one kills, the stronger this second palm becomes.

However, this method of using blood qi as power is extremely extreme.

Using blood as power is brutal and bloody, easily breeding heart demons.

Before, Xiao Yi's eyes turned red, his heart restless and filled with killing intent, reaching a point where he couldn't control it.

At that time, it was a sign of heart demons beginning to form.

So, when he clenched his palm tightly before, his brows also knitted tightly.

However, because he was in the midst of a fierce battle, he couldn't care about so much.

It was in that moment of clenching his hand that he absorbed the blood qi of over a thousand martial artists, concentrating it in his palm. The heart demons began to form, reaching an extreme point.

Nevertheless, the formation of heart demons could never challenge his rock-solid Sword Heart.

As such, the heart demons impacted his Dao Heart, causing the present backlash.

However, dealing with the backlash of the Dao Heart impact wasn't difficult; it just required time to slowly recover.

"Phew." Xiao Yi took a deep breath, stabilizing the backlash while contemplating.

The Dao Heart impact backlash didn't worry him now.

What he was considering was the Cold Ice Three Palm.

Without a doubt, the Cold Ice Three Palm was extremely powerful.

Ever since he obtained this inheritance from the Fengxu Secret Realm, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't completely master these three palms, he had his suspicions.

The first palm, he could use it as soon as he exited the Fengxu Secret Realm.

Yet the second palm, even after he broke through the Heavenly Extreme Realm and reached the Heavenly Extreme Peak, he never mastered it.

It was only during the recent fierce battle, when fused with his domain, that it triggered the second palm's power, overwhelming.

But while its strength was apparent, the trouble it brought was not small.

This method of using blood as power easily breeds heart demons, and the heart demons it breeds are extremely strong.

Even just using it now, the terrifying intent to kill and the pleasure after killing was something his firm Dao Heart found hard to suppress.

So what if in the future, when this palm reaches an even higher level?

If the heart demons become too strong to eliminate, what should be done?

Heart demons are a major taboo on a martial artist's path of cultivation, often leading to one's doom with unforeseeable consequences.

And this was merely the second palm.

The Cold Ice Three Palm: one palm with killing intent, two palms overwhelming, three palms God Slaying.

What the third palm entails is unknown.

The deeper level of the second palm, Xiao Yi also had yet to fully grasp.

"Phew." Xiao Yi took another deep breath, clearing his mind of cluttered thoughts.

"Fengxu King, what level of expert were you?" Xiao Yi murmured to himself, shaking his head.

Time gradually passed.

Two hours later.

Xiao Yi stood up.

At the same time, Qing Lin also opened his eyes from his meditative state.

"All good?" Xiao Yi asked.

Qing Lin nodded, "The backlash came from my Martial Soul."

"But fortunately, it's not too severe."

"Martial Soul, huh?" Xiao Yi chuckled softly.

He had speculated before that Qing Lin had a Beast Martial Soul, and now it seemed he was right.

"Let's go," Xiao Yi said.

"No rush," Qing Lin shook his head, staring directly at Xiao Yi, "What plans do you have next?"

"Plans?" Xiao Yi was taken aback, then smiled.

"Return to the academy?"

"No." Qing Lin shook his head, "The root of this issue is the grudge between me and the Scarlet Moon City Lord and others."

"Also, if I'm not mistaken, it won't be long before Heavenly King Mountain's pursuit arrives."

"This is merely my personal vendetta."

"If I return to the academy, it will inevitably involve the other disciples in the academy."

Xiao Yi furrowed his brows, "Afraid the academy can't withstand it?"

"No." Qing Lin shook his head, "Though Heavenly King Mountain is formidable, they can't bring down the academy."

"But I wish to handle these matters myself."

"However..." Qing Lin paused, looking apologetically at Xiao Yi, "This situation has indeed involved you."

"Those three Chief Stewards were originally killed by me..."

Xiao Yi shook his head, interrupting, "Those three violated the hall's rules. As the Sub Hall Master, it was my duty to eliminate such scum."

"As for the pursuit of the Heavenly King Mountain Order, to be precise, the Order Holder, it was I who killed."

Xiao Yi said with a playful smile.

Indeed, the middle-aged man was the Order Holder of the Heavenly King Mountain Order, and it was Xiao Yi who killed him.

Qing Lin shook his head, about to refute but suddenly smiled.

"Do you think we're being a bit too chatty with all this talk between us?"

"What do you think?" Xiao Yi rolled his eyes, "I asked you before if you wanted to try being hunted by such a major force."

Qing Lin heard this and smiled, shaking his head, "Even within Black Cloud Academy, there are countless arrogant individuals, but very few can earn my respect."

"Now, you're one of them."

"Well then, let's see if Heavenly King Mountain can handle us both."

"Anyway, before leaving the academy, I took on a lot of tasks, so I can wander outside for a long time."

"Same here." Xiao Yi shrugged, unconcerned.

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Second update.