The Sky Obscuring Lord finished speaking, his right hand slicing through the void, fingertips sizzling with sharp sounds. A flash of red light appeared, condensed into a red Immortal Sword, floating mid-air in front of the Sky Obscuring Lord.

The Sky Obscuring Lord reached out and grabbed the red Immortal Sword. Immortal Liquid surged from within his body, flowing along his arm and into the sword, enveloping it to form a blue crystal-like shell. The red sword surrounded by blue, revealing an eerie beauty.

"Wang Xiaoqiang, go die!"

The Sky Obscuring Lord said, hurling the Immortal Sword in his hand. The sword howled as it slashed towards Wang Xiaoqiang.

Wrapped in Immortal Liquid, the double-layered force doubled its power.

With this strike, even the Immortal Emperor Ninth Qi Realm would be obliterated.

Wang Xiaoqiang's expression changed dramatically. His figure blurred, and with a whooshing sound, he transformed into a golden flow state. Flowing Gold swelled and contracted, reshaped into a golden Immortal Sword to meet the opposing sword.

The next moment...

The two Immortal Swords collided.

Boom!

A loud explosion shook the heavens and the earth, cracking the ground with massive fissures. A powerful shockwave radiated outward from the collision point of the two swords. Boom, boom, boom, the Jin Family father and daughter, along with the Lotus Princess and her daughter, were all knocked to the ground by the strong shockwave.

The Sky Obscuring Lord was also pushed back three steps.

The two Immortal Swords rebounded off each other, and the golden sword spun briefly before transforming back into Flowing Gold, condensing back into human form as Wang Xiaoqiang.

Blood trickled from the corner of Wang Xiaoqiang's mouth again, his face pale, hair disheveled, clothes tattered, appearing extremely wretched.

The Sky Obscuring Lord beckoned the Immortal Sword back to his hand and glanced at it, noticing that the Immortal Liquid coating on the red sword had worn away completely. He was startled, then looked up at Wang Xiaoqiang with a cold, scornful smile. "Kid, I have to admit, your Flesh Body Stage is indeed formidable, but still, you must die!"

Saying this, he retracted the Immortal Sword, his hands flickered, and suddenly his red, round hands transformed into two Ghost Claws. The Ghost Claws extended, grasped through the air toward Wang Xiaoqiang in a snake-swallowing gesture, as he chanted, "Three Souls and Seven Spirits, heed my command, use ghosts as the guide, leave your name in the Netherworld!"

"Soul-Capturing Technique?! Little Qiang, run!" Jin Futu shouted a warning, flashing forward, trying to block in front of Wang Xiaoqiang.

Unexpectedly, the Sky Obscuring Lord's eyes turned cold, and his Divine Sense locked onto Jin Futu. Jin Futu was immobilized as if hit by the Body Immobilization Technique, unable to move or speak.

"No!" Princess Hua Shao and Jin Qiaoqiao screamed simultaneously, their figures flashing as they attempted to move in front of Wang Xiaoqiang to protect him.

The Sky Obscuring Lord's Divine Sense swept over again, enveloping both women tightly.

At the same time, the Lotus Princess silently flashed forward, standing in front of Wang Xiaoqiang.

The next moment...

The Sky Obscuring Lord's Ghost Claws suddenly grabbed.

Crunch, crunch...

Two terrible sounds echoed, as two streams of suction materialized from the Ghost Claws, hitting the foreheads of the Lotus Princess as if substantial.

Winds rose suddenly, ghostly screams echoed.

Like countless wronged ghosts wailing at night.

As if the Gate of Hell had opened, sending shivers down one's spine.

The Lotus Princess's clear and warm eyes suddenly widened, her expression frozen, her Divine Sense seemingly grasped, then wisps of smoke streamed out from her forehead...

One strand.

Two strands.

Three strands.

Four strands.

Five strands.

Six strands.

"Ah," Wang Xiaoqiang exclaimed in shock, pulling the Lotus Princess behind him, then with a thought, the Holy Path of Courage flew out, becoming the size of a screen, blocking in front of him,

The "Courage" character above sparked with lightning, erupting explosively, repelling that suction force.

However, the repelled force bounced back with the Sky Obscuring Lord grabbing again,

Wang Xiaoqiang, with another thought, projected the figure of Sacred Confucian from the "Courage" character. The Sacred Confucian wielded a Magic Wand, waving it repeatedly at the Sky Obscuring Lord, chanting incantations. An invisible resistance barely held back the terrible suction force.

Seeing this, the Sky Obscuring Lord was frustrated, striking the six strands of souls grasped in his Ghost Claw into the ground, venomously saying, "Go, head to hell."

As the six strands were driven into the ground, the Lotus Princess's figure collapsed, no longer breathing, no longer conscious.

In the sky, a thunderclap resounded, fierce winds blew.

A bolt from the blue!

"Mother..." Princess Hua Shao cried out in grief, rushing to support the Lotus Princess's body, finding it icy cold, a corpse indeed.

In the sky, the thunder grew more urgent, clouds gathered, blocking the sun, the weather changed in an instant, countless black clouds amassed, countless electric arcs converged...

"Ah ah, I'll fight you to the end!" Wang Xiaoqiang used the Holy Path of Courage to shield himself, transforming into a golden hammer to smash towards the Sky Obscuring Lord, determined to fight to the death.

"Seeking death!" The Sky Obscuring Lord sliced with his right hand, the red Immortal Sword slashed out, slicing the "Courage" character into two.

The red Immortal Sword that broke through the "Courage" character struck the golden hammer that Wang Xiaoqiang transformed into, with a bang, sending the hammer flying,

The hammer fell to the ground, turned back into Flowing Gold, and with a whoosh reverted to Wang Xiaoqiang, who spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his face ashen.

The dark clouds in the sky formed a gigantic vortex, resembling a massive eye, or perhaps a passage linking heaven and earth.

From the depths of the vortex, countless electric arcs merged, forming a huge bolt of lightning, sizzling and fierce, subtly aimed at the Sky Obscuring Lord below.

The killing has begun, and heavenly retribution has been set in motion.

The Sky Obscuring Lord did not expect the heavenly retribution to come so quickly, pressured by the overwhelming might from the depths of the dark clouds, his internal Immortal Liquid nearly stagnant.

However, seeing success within reach, he was unwilling to give up halfway, gritting his teeth, eyes bulging, his hands flickered again into Ghost Claws.

"Little Qiang, stay alive, retreat to the City of Heavenly Pride," Jin Qiaoqiao cried out, "I can't abandon my friends to save myself, I just can't do it!" Wang Xiaoqiang roared, standing firm.

"Die!" The Sky Obscuring Lord sneered disdainfully, his Ghost Claws fiercely aimed at Wang Xiaoqiang's forehead...

Just then, the world suddenly brightened, the lightning from the depths of the dark clouds fell like a curtain, crashing into the human world, striking towards the Sky Obscuring Lord.

The Sky Obscuring Lord's face showed shock, hurriedly withdrawing his Ghost Claws, raising his hands overhead in a Heaven-Lifting Power, Immortal Liquid rolled within his palms, forming an Immortal Liquid Shield.

The next moment...

Boom!!

The lightning struck the Immortal Liquid Shield, shattering it instantly, and continued downward onto the Sky Obscuring Lord's hands,

The robe on the Sky Obscuring Lord's body suddenly puffed up, his face contorted in pain, muscles contracting grotesquely. All the while, his eyes bulged as if they were about to explode, his face etched with agony.

"Ah!" The Sky Obscuring Lord roared, his entire robe exploding into ash as he gritted his teeth and channeled the remaining Immortal Liquid within him, condensing it into an Immortal Liquid Shield.

Having shattered the first thunderbolt of heavenly retribution, the Sky Obscuring Lord exhausted all his Immortal Liquid, yet the thunder in the sky continued relentlessly, a deafening roar as countless electric arcs converged, forming another giant bolt within the dark clouds.

The Sky Obscuring Lord looked up at the dark clouds in the sky, gritting his teeth and declaring, "Wang Xiaoqiang, I will spare your life today, but someday, I will come to take it."

With that, the Sky Obscuring Lord withdrew his sleeve, and with a flick, disappeared into thin air.

"Sky Obscuring Lord, if I don't kill you, I won't be human." Wang Xiaoqiang stared at the spot where the Sky Obscuring Lord vanished, his eyes red with rage, screaming at the sky.

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