However, Lin Qing still set a sleep schedule for herself, not to sleep more than twelve hours a day, because she felt that watching anime or playing on her phone was better than sleeping.
"What's going on? Why is it so noisy outside?" Lin Qing removed the array and stepped out of the room.
Xiao Hei exclaimed with delight, "Master, you're awake! The entire Sword City is surrounded by an array!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Qing immediately opened his divine sense, and countless sounds flooded into his ears, while countless images appeared in his mind.
He saw hundreds of thousands of mummified corpses, he saw violent criminals committing atrocities, he saw civilians running around in panic, he saw people being slaughtered, even children.
They also saw many cultivators attacking the formation, and people were being drained of their life force and turned into dried corpses.
Instantly, Lin Qing's anger reached its peak: "You're asking for death!"
A loud shout echoed throughout the entire Sword City, and at the same time, everyone who was committing the violence—civilians, cultivators, and demons—exploded simultaneously.
Furthermore, a powerful spiritual force enveloped the entire Sword City, isolating the formation. As a result, the Blood Sacrifice Formation lost its effectiveness.
Without Lin Qing's prompting, Xiao Hei consciously transformed into its original form, which was tens of meters tall, and soared into the sky.
Lin Qing appeared directly above Xiao Hei, standing with his hands behind his back.
Who was that? Such a powerful aura! With a single roar, he wiped out so many thugs.
Vajra Dharma King: "It's not that simple. Haven't you noticed that the strange feeling is gone? The formation has been shut down."
Now that the Dharma King says so, it's true.
[Who is this senior? He's definitely a top-tier expert, yet I've never heard of him before.]
Vajra Dharma King: "Don't even mention you, I've never seen him either. But I do know the black tiger he rides. It's a rare black tiger from XX Mountain. It's very strong. It would take me a lot of effort to subdue him."
"But I never expected to become someone else's mount. Of course, if I still had my cultivation, that would be a different story."
Xiao Nan: "This senior is so handsome, haha, we're saved!"
Elder Liu asked with a solemn expression, "Hmm? Who are you? With such powerful cultivation, why are you hiding in the city?"
Lin Qing: "You're from the Sword Sect, aren't you? What did this city do to you? You actually want to sacrifice the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the entire city. You call yourselves leaders of the righteous path?"
Elder Liu: "Haha, this Sword City was built by my Sword Sect. What's wrong with sacrificing a little for the eternal foundation of my Sword Sect? Besides, they are just ordinary people."
"As for these cultivators, they will be our future enemies. They can also improve the quality of the offerings, so why not?"
Lin Qing stared straight at Elder Liu and said, "First you went to hunt the Red Boar, and now you're performing a blood sacrifice. What kind of conspiracy does your Sword Sect have?"
Elder Liu: "Hmph, you know quite a lot, but you'd better obediently become a sacrifice for my Sword Sect! If you're so capable, break the great formation instead of spouting nonsense here."
Lin Qing chuckled: "Forget it, forget it. We'll just capture you and search your soul. Why waste so much breath on a dying man?"
Extending his hand, Lin Qing said, word by word, "Fire Prison!" Don't ask why he said the name of the move; Lin Qing felt that it would enhance its power.
As soon as the words were spoken, a golden flame appeared out of thin air, and within ten seconds, the entire blood sacrifice formation was enveloped by this flame.
The flames burned for a full ten seconds before the entire blood sacrifice array vanished, disappeared, and was burned into nothingness.
[The formation, the formation is gone, it's actually gone. It was that flame from before.]
[Wow, that's amazing! They broke the formation in such a short time!]
[My God, I was right next to the flames and didn't feel the slightest bit of heat or harm. The person controlling these flames is incredibly powerful.]
Elder Liu stared blankly at the scene before him, the array plate in his hand shattering. After a moment, he realized what was happening and immediately tried to escape.
Before he could even turn around, Lin Qing's large hand had already slapped him on the head, and a cold voice entered his ears: "Soul Searching Technique!"
Then, Elder Liu knew nothing more. After a while, Lin Qing got the information he wanted, and a flame appeared, burning Elder Liu to ashes.
Only one storage bag remained floating in mid-air, which Lin Qing had deliberately left behind. He waved his hand to put it away and then teleported away alone.
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Chapter 258 Saving Countless Lives, Countless Deaths and Injuries (Please Subscribe, Please Vote for Monthly Tickets, Please Vote for Recommendations)
As Lin Qing was leaving, a sentence echoed in Xiao Hei's mind: "Xiao Hei, you stay here. I'm going to save the people in the other four cities."
Elder Liu learned the truth about this matter from his memories; it was all a conspiracy by the Sword Sect to dominate the Eastern Region.
Elder Liu is an important figure in the Sword Sect, wielding great power; otherwise, he wouldn't have been put in charge of controlling the array plate.
The whole conspiracy began with the discovery of an ancient ruin in Jianmen.
One hundred years ago, the leader of the Sword Sect discovered an ancient ruin and obtained a cultivation technique and a sword embryo from it.
The cultivation technique is the Heavenly Fiend Technique, which absorbs fiendish energy for cultivation. That's not the main problem; the most important thing is that it can increase the power of other cultivation techniques and sword arts without conflicting with them.
That sword embryo was an unparalleled demonic sword; even a mere sword embryo was more powerful than his natal flying sword.
After a hundred years, all the high-ranking members of the Sword Sect have mastered the Heavenly Fiend Technique, and their combat power has greatly increased.
The sword embryo has been refined for a hundred years, and it is only one step away from being born: blood sacrifice. At that time, it will be time for their Sword Sect to sweep away the Eastern Region.
There are five cities where blood sacrifices were performed, with a total of over four million mortals and over two hundred thousand cultivators.
It should be noted that this sword has already absorbed the blood of millions of demons, so it seems that this sword sect will eventually slaughter the entire Eastern Region.
Upon receiving the news that four other cities were also being sacrificed, Lin Qing immediately teleported towards them.
Putting everything else aside, Lin Qing couldn't bear to see so many people die, and he had the ability to save them. Most importantly, he had luck points.
Just now, in that city, Lin Qing gained a full seven million luck points. He was determined to save that city for the sake of those luck points alone.
Liucheng is the closest city to Jiancheng, separated by 10,000 kilometers. Lin Qing arrived in the airspace above Liucheng without much effort.
As soon as he appeared, he heard words that enraged him: "Why are you sucking so slowly? Out of a million people, only 800,000 have died so far."
"Why can this array plate only input so much spiritual power? The next step requires essence blood, and I'm not that stupid."
"Damn it, only a few hundred thousand died in Sword City, but here it's already eight hundred thousand?" Lin Qing's eyes immediately turned red.
Because his divine sense also saw that the entire city was densely packed with dried corpses, with only a few cultivators barely clinging to life.
Lin Qing used the same trick again, and in just a few seconds, the entire blood sacrifice array was burned. Before Elder Li, who was controlling the array plate, could react, Lin Qing grabbed him.
He sealed all of his spiritual power, then threw him into Liucheng and instantly disappeared.
And Lin Qing's last words echoed throughout Liucheng: "I want him to wish he were dead."
Although they didn't know what had happened, the survivors only knew that they had been saved and the formation had been broken.
Most importantly, Elder Li, who was controlling the formation, had his cultivation sealed and was left like a lamb to the slaughter.
[Thank you so much, senior, for saving my life!]
Countless people knelt down to express their gratitude, while those near Elder Li were mostly thinking about how to properly report back to Elder Li and ensure that he did not die.
Because the elders said that he should be made to wish he were dead.
"Damn it, what happened? How did the Blood Sacrifice Array of Sword City get broken? Where is Elder Liu? Contact him for me."
"Huh? Liucheng, how come Liucheng's grand formation has also been broken? Oh no, someone is sabotaging our plans."
Sword Sect Master Jian Tian couldn't care less about anything else. Ignoring the crucial moment when he was refining the demonic sword, he freed up one hand and immediately took out a communication talisman.
"Use your lifeblood to unlock it! Activate the formation to its strongest setting, immediately! Anyone who disobeys, kill!"
After saying that, he immediately put his hand back down to refine it, but a trace of blood still spilled from the corner of his mouth.
Jian Tian also realized that the great formation had been broken in such a short time, and that no distress signal had been sent back. He knew that they would definitely not be able to hold out against it.
Therefore, I immediately ordered them to strengthen the formation and accelerate the blood sacrifice. As long as there are enough offerings, no matter how strong the enemy is, I will kill him with one sword.
"Use your lifeblood to unlock it! Activate the formation to its strongest setting, immediately! Anyone who disobeys, kill!"
"W-what's going on? What happened to the sect leader?" The elder had just taken out his communication talisman when he heard the sect leader's voice.
While he was still in a daze, all his cultivation was sealed, and then he was thrown into Gucheng.
He also discovered that the entire formation was burned away by a flame in an instant: "So that's why the sect leader said that."
In the next two cities, Lin Qing only managed to save 100,000 people in the northern city, and in the last city, all Lin Qing could say was that he had done his best.
Because that city only had a little over ten thousand people left, all of whom were cultivators, and not a single mortal.
Looking at the remaining ten thousand-plus people and the hundreds of thousands of desiccated corpses, Lin Qing said, "Very good, Sword Sect, what a Sword Sect! I—"
[Ding! Side quest issued. Please check it yourself.]
Side Quest 2: The Sword Sect, for its own selfish gain, sacrificed millions of demons and millions of humans, incurring the wrath of both heaven and man. You must act on behalf of heaven and destroy the Sword Sect.
Quest Reward: Five million Evolution Points, unlocking the next follow-up side quest.
"I will definitely destroy the Sword Sect and act on behalf of Heaven." After saying this, Lin Qing headed towards Sword City. As for the mess that was left, it was none of Lin Qing's business.
He originally intended to destroy the Sword Sect, and coincidentally, a side quest was released. Although the reward was so-so, Lin Qing was more concerned about the last sentence.
Inside Sword City, Xiao Hei was surrounded by countless cultivators, who were conversing with him. Plenty of food and wine were all around him.
Many cultivators stronger than him smiled broadly, not daring to show the slightest disrespect to Xiao Hei.
Xiao Hei sat proudly on a grand chair, as if he were a person, and said, "Of course, my master is the most powerful person in the Eastern Region, oh no, the entire cultivation world."
Several beautiful nuns were massaging him and feeding him delicious food and wine, making others envious.
"That's right, that's right, Senior Dragon King is truly a powerful figure." A large group of people flattered him.
Xiao Hei: "Do you guys know about that earth-shattering sword strike yesterday?"
Vajra Dharma King then spoke up, "I know, that's why I came to Sword City. That sword strike was truly powerful."
"Yes, yes, I don't even know how to describe that sword strike."
"With such powerful sword intent, I was planning to set off this morning to obtain the sword from the Abyss Rift, but I never expected this to happen."
Xiao Hei said with great pride, "That sword strike was made by my master using his natal magic weapon. I was right there at the time."
Chapter 259 Why Am I Not So Lucky? (Please Subscribe, Please Ticket, Please Recommend)
"This is terrifying!" The surrounding cultivators all gasped in shock.
Just then, a soft voice rang out, "Little Black, are you itching for a beating again? Let me give you a good stretch?" Little Black trembled and slowly raised his head.