"Are you playing with me?" Li Qingming couldn't stand it any longer. If what the Black Robed Man said was true, then his renunciation of slaughter with these three strikes would be a joke.

The Black Robed Man laughed, his smile bright. Waving his long knife, he said, "No, no, no! I'm not playing with you, these are my three strikes! You see, every time I just swing my knife to slash, I don't use any other Divine Skills. If you insist on this, then there's nothing I can do, might as well send you all to Hell!"

Li Qingming fell silent, his face gloomily staring at the Black Robed Man, and said, "Alright! Just as you say…"

At this point, Li Qingming disappeared from the spot, and along with him, the vibrant and purple-tinged Bitter Bamboo also vanished.

"Boom!"

The next moment, Li Qingming appeared beside the Black Robed Man, frantically shaking the Bitter Bamboo.

In an instant, the chaotic energy from the outer realm poured down like thousands of terrifying light waves, enveloping the Black Robed Man beneath, aiming to completely annihilate him.

On the branches of the Bitter Bamboo, all the purple leaves gently swayed. Under the pitch-black sky, a lush purple appeared, like colorful clouds, containing a massive vitality. It seemed to have resurrected, gained life, like a divine tree gracing the world.

The peculiar fluctuations happening here had already caught the attention of the people on the city walls. Through the intentional holes in the Dayan Turtle Shell, the onlookers witnessed the scene of Li Qingming brushing off a million saints with the bamboo leaves.

At this moment, the shocking performance brought by the Bitter Bamboo left everyone dumbfounded.

"Boss, what's with that purple bamboo? How could it possess such power?" Mang Niu, the City Lord of Golden Bull City, touched his ear, stunned.

Frowning in thought, the City Lord of Golden Boat City responded after a long pause, "I can't remember either! But, it seems I've heard about it somewhere…"

"Could, could this be one of the Ten Great Innate Spiritual Roots, the Bitter Bamboo Spirit Root?" Yin Xi, stroking his long beard, suddenly brightened his eyes and exclaimed.

"Yes! Yes, that's it!" The City Lord of Golden Boat City slapped his hand and shouted out. He turned his head to look at Li Qingquan and asked, "Kid, let me ask you! Is the thing your brother summoned the Innate Spirit Root, Bitter Bamboo?"

Li Qingquan hesitated upon hearing this and, thinking of his identity as Great Witch Hou Yi, eventually nodded honestly and said, "This thing was accidentally obtained by my elder brother... that year..."

...

As Li Qingquan was recounting the origin of the Bitter Bamboo to the crowd, the Black Robed Man on the battlefield also began to act.

He raised his long knife, floating up and down amid the chaotic energies of the outer realm, continuously slashing at the chaotic qi, his posture extremely relaxed without a hint of panic.

"What a Bitter Bamboo Spirit Root!" The Black Robed Man held his long knife, and even managed to mockingly comment in a ruthless tone while slashing.

Li Qingming, ignoring the Black Robed Man, was amassing his combat strength. The blood created by the Swallowing Sky Bear roared within him, like a tumultuous sea of blood Qi, fierce and surging, the rich aqua-colored Yuqing True Essence enveloping his entire body in blue halos.

Feeling ignored irritated the Black Robed Man, who then grew angry. His movements started to be wide and powerful, the glow from his long knife blazing, transforming into a hundreds of zhang long radiant blaze, slashing directly at the towering Bitter Bamboo, intent on destroying the entire bamboo, to erase this Innate Spirit Root from the Universe Chaos Cosmos.

The long knife broke through the sky, sword radiance shooting into the heavens! It severed the Eternal Star Domain, blocked all the magnificent silver-white starlight, becoming the only existence between heaven and earth, directly descended as a vast divine waterfall, as violent and frenetic as a volcanic eruption!

Keeping a vigilant watch on the battlefield, Li Qingming saw this terrifying blade radiance and his face slightly changed. Golden and silver fluctuations hastily passed over the hand resting on the Bitter Bamboo, infusing into its trunk.

"Buzz"

With the power of Li Qingming's space-time rules aiding him, the dark purple Bitter Bamboo began to shake violently. A massive purple canopy suddenly flew up, bursting into myriad auspicious colors. A golden Immortal Light shot down from the top of the canopy, transforming into a glittering Vajra Mallet that looped around the neck of the Black Robed Man, intending to lock him within and completely shatter him.

"Vajra Mallet?" Li Qingquan, observing from afar, recognized it and blurted out subconsciously.

Indeed! This little mallet was the Vajra Mallet.

Before everyone had rushed to Scorpion City, Yin Xi had predicted a great battle was looming. Acting on the principle of caution, he had entrusted the Vajra Mallet to Li Qingming. After all, a Spiritual Treasure could only exhibit its full effects in the hands of the right person.

The Black Robed Man's heart skipped a beat, feeling the oscillations of the Yin Yang Law emanating from the shiny little mallet, and he swung his long knife without hesitation.

"Clang," "Clang"...

The long knife vibrated, splitting brilliant Sword Radiance that dragged long tails, akin to incomparable thunder striking at the Vajra Mallet. The radiance flickered, freezing the entire Void with its coldness.

An unmistakable intent to kill spread, even the distant Dayan Turtle Shell sensed the immense pressure. Just as it had restored its original state, it was once again marked with new scars.

"Crack!"

With a crisp sound, the small, dazzling Vajra Mallet, after enduring thousands of chops from the Black Robed Man, finally shattered, exploding into numerous fragments the size of fingernails, scattering in all directions.

Li Qingming clenched his teeth, drew out the Bitter Bamboo Divine Spear transformed from the first Bitter Bamboo, and seized the moment to stab towards the heart of the Black Robed Man.

"Thud!"

There was no splash of blood as imagined, nor any piteous screams.

The purple Bitter Bamboo Spear pierced through the heart of the Black Robed Man without any resistance, as easily as piercing through a layer of window paper.

"Uh..." Li Qingming was stunned for a moment, then immediately thought of the white-robed figures that had been exploded by the Bitter Bamboo leaves. His right hand twisted, stirring a huge hole in the chest of the Black Robed Man, which looked truly gruesome.

The Black Robed Man dumbly looked at the large hole in his chest, and after a long while, he came to his senses, his voice eerily cold as he roared, "Kid, you really annoy me, you know that? It feels refreshing to make a big hole in someone's chest, doesn't it? Now, try it yourself!!!"

By the end, disregarding the myriad Chaos Qi falling from the Bitter Bamboo above, the Black Robed Man lunged at Li Qingming at an incredible speed, his long knife swirling the essence energy of all directions. The sharp Sword Radiance descended from the sky, aiming to pierce through Li Qingming's chest and end his life in one strike.

Li Qingming's face turned pale, he hastily summoned the Qiankun Tripod, pouring all his remaining Rule Power and Yuqing True Essence into it.

"Hum!"

The Qiankun Tripod flickered with a dazzling brilliance, casting down thousands of silk ribbons, firmly protecting Li Qingming.

"Qiankun Tripod, huh? Even in front of my Heavenly Dao Treasure, it's still no match, break for me!" The Black Robed Man, clearly overtaken by fury, raised his long knife, using all his combat strength.

Time was nearing, the space was closing, the nine-colored long knife was about to strike the Qiankun Tripod.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, a sharp tunneling light shot from the distant sky, slashing right at the neck of the Black Robed Man! (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast recommendation votes and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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