193: Chapter 193 Green Snake VS Elder Li's Clone

The Green Snake swam against the current of the West River, heading all the way west.

With the River God's blessing on the West River, his escape speed was lightning-fast; in the blink of an eye, Green Snake City was no longer in sight.

Until a streak of sword light barred his path, stopping Xu Qing.

As the sword light faded, the one blocking him was none other than Elder Li—or rather, Elder Li's Clone that was stationed in Green Snake City.

Holding a saber in one hand and a sword in the other, it was undoubtedly the twin swords.

"Where is Your Ladyship heading?"

Elder Li asked, her expression unchanging.

Naturally, Xu Qing's expression didn't change either.

"Naturally, I have important business."

"That's not what Your Ladyship said before."

"Times change, after all."

"Your Ladyship usually doesn't speak so coherently. Why have you stopped acting crazy?"

"..."

Xu Qing felt a bit despondent.

Is this really how his granddaughter sees him?

Do I really act crazy normally?

I'm a perfectly normal Green Snake, okay?

"I'm leaving. The situation now is different from before."

"My dear granddaughter."

Xu Qing deliberately acted crazy to prove he was still that same Green Snake.

"You cannot leave."

As Elder Li's voice fell...

Xu Qing had already charged forward with the Xiliang Sword and slashed down fiercely.

Elder Li lifted her right hand, and the twin swords struck out, parrying the Xiliang Sword away.

Flying backward, Xu Qing's hands continuously formed hand seals. Countless phantom snakes condensed around him, turning into a tide of snakes that surged toward Elder Li from all directions.

"Hmph!"

Elder Li pinched a sword finger, and the twin swords split from one to two, then two to four. In an instant, they transformed into a sky full of sword glows, piercing toward the incoming tide of green snakes.

Half of the snake tide was wiped out in an instant.

"Explode!"

Without hesitation, he instantly detonated all the green snakes. Suddenly, the sky was filled with Green Fire and green smoke.

Xu Qing hastily activated his dharma eye and waved his palm to blow away the smoke.

But Elder Li was nowhere to be seen within the smoke.

"Not good!"

Xu Qing hurriedly summoned the green flood dragon ring to protect his body.

But he was still a step too late and was kicked violently toward the ground.

His bones creaked and groaned as he slammed into the ground, creating a deep crater.

Elder Li clearly knew the extent of Xu Qing's abilities; she quickly dove down, intending to finish him off.

Those who go for the kill aren't good people.

Xu Qing slammed both palms onto the ground. Countless vines shot out from the earth like tentacles, stabbing toward Elder Li.

"Slash."

Elder Li waved her left hand.

The twin sabers slashed down, and the sky full of vines was reduced to scattered fragments.

Xu Qing's pupils constricted sharply.

He formed hand seals, and his body turned into a phantom, vanishing from sight.

Elder Li's attack missed. She then looked at the ground and lightly stomped her foot.

Deep underground, Xu Qing suddenly felt the surrounding soil become incredibly hard, locking his body in place so he couldn't move.

Then, along with the surrounding soil, he was yanked out of the ground.

"Change!"

The colors of Xu Qing's right eye—black pupil and white sclera—inverted. His body turned into a phantom, passing through the soil that bound him as he escaped.

"Hmm? Converting a physical body into a Soul form?"

"I really don't know what kind of snake Your Ladyship's true form actually is."

Elder Li sighed inwardly but didn't panic at all.

"Soul-Locking Secret Technique."

She formed a hand seal, and phantom chains extended from behind her with a clattering sound, surging toward Xu Qing like slithering snakes.

"Bind!"

The soul chains wrapped around Xu Qing coil after coil, suddenly tightening.

Having transformed into a Soul form, Xu Qing was tightly bound by the chains and could not move.

"hell pagoda, appear!"

Xu Qing no longer hesitated.

A massive black pagoda pressed down, Yin Qi raging as if it were about to blot out the sky.

"Heavenly Thunder, fall!"

Under Xu Qing's control, heavenly thunder struck the chains fiercely.

At the same time, he exerted his full strength and snapped the chains.

Before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, Elder Li had already pressed her palms together and successfully condensed a purple dharma idol.

Unlike the main body, which could create a dharma idol at will, Elder Li's Clone needed to slowly form hand seals and condense it bit by bit, requiring a certain amount of time.

"green tail white bristle."

Xu Qing flipped his hand to summon the green tail white hair sword and spat out a mouthful of Green Fire.

The green tail white hair sword was enveloped in Green Fire, letting out a long sword hum as it transformed into a Green Fire Sword Flood Dragon, roaring as it charged at Elder Li.

Elder Li's dharma idol erupted with purple light.

It clenched a fist and, with a sonic boom, smashed toward the swimming sword flood dragon.

The sword hummed continuously, and the dharma idol shook.

Massive wind pressure and spiritual waves surged in all directions. Xu Qing hastily circulated his Demonic Power to steady himself so he wouldn't be blown away.

"Thunder, come!"

Holding the hell pagoda in one hand, Xu Qing struck down with his other palm.

Silver thunder poured out from the hell pagoda, filling the sky and transforming into a massive pillar of lightning that struck the dharma idol.

Instantly, lightning wreathed the entire dharma idol.

Once the lightning dissipated, the purple dharma idol was completely unharmed. It raised its arm and threw another punch.

Against this punch, the green tail white hair sword could no longer hold on.

The Green Fire Sword Flood Dragon shattered, turning into countless sword glows that scattered and vanished. The sword itself flew backward and landed slanted in the ground, letting out a faint, mournful cry.

"Your Ladyship, come back with me."

Xu Qing did not answer.

He slapped the heaven-accepting gourd, and resentment surged forth, continuously pouring out from the mouth of the gourd.

"Four-Eyed Dragon Lizard, Vengeful Spirit Summoning!"

Countless strands of resentment roared and condensed, transforming into a massive scaled lizard.

It had four eyes and two horns, looking hideous and terrifying.

Xu Qing had already refined the Four-Eyed Dragon Lizard's egg into the sixth floor of the hell pagoda.

Forming the sixth level of Hell: the Hell of Weakness.

In this level of Hell, Souls would continuously weaken, forever surrounded by a sense of powerlessness.

Once weakened to the limit, they would be tossed into other Hells to be tortured, unable to move or resist in the slightest.

The resentment obtained would increase manifold.

At the same time, the dead egg of the Four-Eyed Dragon Lizard allowed Xu Qing to gain a new form of summoning Vengeful Spirits.

Four-Eyed Dragon Lizard Vengeful Spirit Summoning.

"Stop her!"

"By your command, Master."

The Four-Eyed Dragon Lizard spoke in human tongue and charged at Elder Li without hesitation, spitting Yin Fire, draped in heavenly thunder, and surrounded by poisonous mist, its aura extraordinary.

Xu Qing sat cross-legged on the ground, his hands constantly forming seals as a phantom of a green snake condensed behind him.

"I won't give you the chance to cast your spell."

Elder Li tossed the twin swords and pinched a spell seal. The twin swords transformed into half-human, half-crane twins and charged at the Four-Eyed Dragon Lizard.

Meanwhile, Elder Li herself rushed toward Xu Qing.

Xu Qing's hand seal movement paused. He pointed two fingers at the incoming Elder Li.

His lips parted slightly.

"Bang."

In an instant, cracks split across the ground.

Countless tiny green snakes crawled out from the fissures, swarming over the entire ground as they surged toward Elder Li.

"When did these green snakes...!?"

"It was then!"

Elder Li remembered that after she had knocked Xu Qing to the ground, he had dived into the earth, seemingly trying to escape.

He must have done it to hide this trump card.

There was no time to dodge.

Countless green snakes swarmed Elder Li, covering her layer upon layer.

Then, they exploded with a bang.

A massive green mushroom cloud rose up.

Xu Qing didn't hold back at all.

Elder Li's Clone was no ordinary Early Stage Nascent Soul; it couldn't be treated like any other.