Chapter 1526 - 443: Did I Say You Could Leave? (6k)

Watching the scene before her, Deng Nianyue felt as if she were in a dream; everything seemed so unreal.

It was known that in the vast Holy Martial Dynasty, there were only about seventeen individuals at the Spirit Severing Realm of great power.

Which among these wasn’t a high and mighty, legendary figure as elusive as a divine dragon?

Who could have thought that she, Deng Nianyue, would one day meet such a Heaven-Reaching Great Power, let alone be saved by one?

Thinking of this, she quickly forced herself to sit up, not bothering to tidy her disheveled clothes, and respectfully knelt on the ground: "Junior Deng Nianyue gratefully thanks the senior for saving my life!"

Zhou Qing’s gaze swept over Deng Nianyue indifferently, his voice calm yet undeniable: "Take me to the black ship you mentioned."

"Yes, senior!" Deng Nianyue responded respectfully, a hint of relief at surviving flashed in her eyes.

...

The two maneuvered the flying ship through the clouds, and after about half an incense stick’s time, a vast mountain range came into view.

Suspended quietly above the heart of the encircled mountains was an entirely pitch-black gigantic flying ship, resembling a dormant fierce beast.

The flying ship was about a hundred zhang long, with a surface covered in dark red ominous patterns, glinting with a blood-red sheen under the sunlight.

From both sides of the ship extended dozens of thick chains, hanging like tentacles toward the ground.

The entire ship was silent, eerily so.

At this moment, a sound of the air being pierced came from the distance.

Five Nascent Soul cultivators flew in with sword control, dragging behind them a prison cage forged of refined iron.

Cowering inside the cage were over a dozen pregnant women, the weakest at the Golden Core level, the strongest having reached Nascent Soul; yet all were in tattered clothes, covered in blood and filth, shivering.

Some clutched their swollen bellies and wept softly, others stared blankly outside the cage.

"Hurry up!" the leading Nascent Soul cultivator urged harshly.

With a hand seal, a fissure suddenly appeared on the side of the flying ship, and the heavy chained door slowly descended.

The cultivators roughly yanked the chains, and the prison cage ascended toward the cabin door with an ear-piercing "creak".

Through the narrowing door gap, one could vaguely see the scattered iron cages inside the cabin, and... more blurred figures within.

"Senior, it’s here!" Deng Nianyue, one hand cradling her swollen abdomen, pointed tremblingly at the sinister black flying ship.

Her pale face was filled with fear, her voice trembling.

Zhou Qing nodded slightly, turned and gently placed Little Yaoyao on the flying ship’s deck.

Then he took out the Soul Nourishing Jade containing Han Yi and placed it beside her, setting up a protective array around.

The array immediately emitted a gentle light, enveloping Little Yaoyao.

"Yaoyao, be good and play here for a while." Zhou Qing lightly tapped his daughter’s little nose, causing Little Yaoyao to giggle, "Daddy will be back soon."

In the instant he turned around, the gentle smile on his face vanished abruptly.

Replaced by a chilling killing intent that could make one’s blood run cold.

"Watch over my daughter!" Zhou Qing said coldly.

Deng Nianyue hurriedly nodded: "Rest assured, senior! I will guard her with my life!"

Zhou Qing nodded slightly, taking a step forward—

"Whoosh!"

His figure appeared instantly above the black flying ship, his robes flapping in the wind.

In that moment, those inside the flying ship sensed this unabashed aura, and over a hundred figures swarmed out instantly!

In the blink of an eye, Zhou Qing was completely surrounded.

The five individuals at the forefront, clad in black robes, were all at the Divinity Transformation Realm Perfection, while three-tenths of the others were at Divinity Transformation, and the rest were Nascent Soul.

Such a formidable capture team would make even the Taiqing Sect, in its day, retreat without hesitation.

Across the Holy Martial Dynasty, who besides those elusive Spirit Severing Realm giants would dare provoke them lightly?

After all, as long as it wasn’t a Spirit Severing, this team could practically run rampant without fear.

Moreover, the probability of encountering a Spirit Severing was pitifully low.

What’s more, the current Spirit Severing experts of the Holy Martial Dynasty mostly achieved their breakthroughs with the Xuanyuan Royal Family’s secret medicine.

Even if they did encounter one, revealing an imperial identity would likely make most Spirit Severing experts turn a blind eye.

With such a background, what had they to fear?

However, in this split second, the foremost five Divinity Transformation Realm Perfection cultivators suddenly trembled.

Their Spiritual Sense sharply caught the terrifying aura emanating from Zhou Qing — an oppressive force only a Spirit Severing expert could possess!

Their faces abruptly changed, and they hurriedly saluted: "We did not know of the senior’s grand arrival, may we know your purpose here? Is there anything we juniors can assist with?"

Zhou Qing looked coldly at the speaker, slowly raised a finger and pointed.

"Come here."

The Divinity Transformation Realm Perfection individual had no time to react, his entire being was uncontrollably lifted, appearing instantly before Zhou Qing.

He widened his eyes in terror, unable to plead for mercy, as Zhou Qing’s slender finger had already pressed against his brow.

"Ah—!!!"

A shrill scream pierced the sky.

The Divinity Transformation Realm Perfection convulsed violently, eyes rolling back, blood seeping from his seven orifices.

Zhou Qing’s Divine Sense directly penetrated his Sea of Consciousness like a sharp blade, rudely rifling through all memories.

"This..." The remaining four Divinity Transformation Realm Perfection’s faces changed drastically at the sight, quickly stepping forward: "Senior, do you know our..."

"Noisy!"

Zhou Qing interrupted with a cold shout, the Spirit Severing Realm’s oppressive force burst forth.

In an instant, the heavens changed color, the Spiritual Qi within a hundred miles came to a halt.

Over a hundred cultivators groaned simultaneously, as if pressed down by an invisible giant mountain, all dropped to one knee in the void, unable to move.