Chapter 36 Qi Xiong

"you……"

Qi Ying noticed a slight change in his expression and manipulated the ring to come from behind him.

A pair of rings flew through the air, rapidly intertwining and buzzing as they hurtled toward the back of his head.

Xu Yuanlang moved slightly, as if he had eyes in the back of his head, and once again dodged the attack at the last second.

At the same time, a pair of hands suddenly shot out, their five fingers flashing with azure light, looking like a dragon's claw covered in azure scales.

This was the first time Aoki Ryu, which he had been refining for several years, had been unleashed with the blessing of the Ghostly Heart.

He could feel that his hands were now as solid as metal and as strong as a ton of iron.

He forcefully grabbed the two rings to Qi Ying's incredulous gaze. He hurriedly activated his spiritual power, and a tremendous force began to erupt from the two rings.

"Snap, snap!"

Xu Yuanlang gripped the ring tightly, sparks flying from it. The mid-grade first-tier ring emitted a dull sound, and the point of contact seemed to be twisting.

The battle between the two has already attracted the attention of many cultivators.

"A cultivator at the fifth level of Qi Refining trying to grab a cultivator at the sixth level of Qi Refining's magic weapon with his bare hands? Isn't that courting death? How could he possibly succeed?"

Upon witnessing this scene, a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator shook his head, his tone filled with confident disdain.

However, before the expression on his face could fade, Xu Yuanlang suddenly moved.

A punch was aimed at Qi Ying's face. Seeing Xu Yuanlang attacking him, Qi Ying, still shaken by his strength, hurriedly dodged backward.

He was a rogue cultivator and not very wealthy to begin with. The most valuable thing he owned was his pair of moon rings.

Xu Yuanlang could easily detonate the pair of moon wheels, but Qi Ying couldn't bear to do so.

Therefore, in the end, he could only take out a low-grade first-tier magic sword and aim it at Xu Yuanlang's heart, seemingly intending to exchange injury for injury in order to make Xu Yuanlang back down.

"out!"

Just then, he suddenly summoned the Demon-Slaying Gourd.

A jet-black sword light shot out like a torrent, crashing into Qi Ying's magic sword. With a clang, the magic sword snapped off at the root.

After all, the magic sword in his hand was only a low-grade first-tier weapon.

Qi Ying stared wide-eyed at the sword light with a look of despair on her face.

"Bang!"

The expected scene of blood and gore did not occur; instead, a bull-headed moon halberd flew over and intercepted the sword light.

The cultivator who grabbed the axe was extremely tall. With a powerful flick of his wrist, a fierce force lashed out like a lion turning its head, and a small wing was embedded into the sword light.

Even with its immense destructive power, the sword light was firmly contained in place.

"snort!"

Then, the spiritual light on the bull-headed moon axe flickered, the sword light instantly dissipated, and the explosive power was restricted in direction, only able to tear a crater several feet in size in the ground.

"Qi Xiong!"

Yunxi's face showed a bad look, and she hurriedly went to Xu Yuanlang's side and whispered something.

"Qi Ying's elder brother, it is said that his cultivation has reached the eighth level of Qi Refining."

He used to be a bandit in the mountains. By chance, he embarked on the path of cultivation, but he did not change his bandit ways. He committed all kinds of evil deeds, including murder, robbery, kidnapping, and arson.

If the intelligence is correct, he also cultivates demonic techniques and has escaped from the clutches of Qi Refining Stage 9 cultivators several times. This person is not easy to deal with.

The deep blackness in Xu Yuanlang's eyes slowly faded. He had only just mastered this state and could only maintain it for half a quarter of an hour.

"Fellow Daoist, this matter is probably a misunderstanding."

The ferocious Qi Xiong put away his magical weapon and forced a smile onto his face.

"Misunderstanding? If I hadn't intervened in time, my companion would probably have been killed by your brother."

"The child is just being childish; surely you're not the type to hold a grudge?"

Qi Xiong suppressed his anger in his eyes, licked his lips, and said slowly and deliberately.

"Since the child is being unreasonable, let him apologize."

Xu Yuanlang raised the ring he had grabbed, snorted coldly, and spoke without showing any weakness.

As soon as he spoke, the surrounding cultivators couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

"This kid's gone mad! Everyone knows Qi Xiong is extremely cruel and fiercely protective of his own. His actions are nothing short of adding fuel to the fire!"

Some busybodies looked around and said with a smug look on their faces.

"How about we take a gamble and see how long this kid can last against Qi Xiong?"

"It's not worth the gamble; it'll be resolved in an instant anyway."

"That's true, it's a pity that this kid is born with such good looks, it makes even I a little envious."

The words of the people around him kept reaching Xu Yuanlang's ears, but he remained calm and composed, seemingly unhurried. However, when he turned the ring over, Qi Xiong's eyes suddenly widened.

"Young man, apologize!"

"Big brother!"

Qi Ying was naturally unwilling, but he didn't dare to object directly. He could only call out "Big Brother" again, his murderous eyes glaring fiercely at him.

"Little brother, are you not listening to your elder brother anymore?"

Upon hearing this, Qi Ying shuddered and had no choice but to bow deeply to the three of them with an unpleasant expression.

"I was wrong just now! I apologize to all three of you!"

His tone was stiff, with a hint of resentment, but it was already a step forward for both sides.

"Then let's just leave it at that this time!"

Xu Yuanlang tossed the ring over, and Qi Xiong caught it and asked politely.

"Fellow Daoist, how about we cooperate?"

The onlookers were quite astonished. Was this still the same Qi Xiong who was known for his volatile temper and ruthlessness? Despite being humiliated, he was still politely inviting the other party over.

"Fine, from now on we'll just go our separate ways!"

Xu Yuanlang, along with Yunxi and Yunque, retreated a hundred paces away before hurriedly leaving.

"Big brother, what's wrong with you...?"

Qi Ying was somewhat puzzled as to why her elder brother was being so polite.

"Snapped!"

Qi Xiong slapped him across the face, and Qi Ying, whose dantian already had very little spiritual power left, was sent flying ten feet away.

He opened his mouth and spat out more than ten teeth mixed with blood.

"You blind fool, take a good look. If this continues, you might not even be able to protect your natal magic weapon."

Qi Xiong squatted down and stuffed the ring into his arms.

Qi Ying looked down and was immediately terrified to see several clear fingerprints on the ring.

The ring around the fingerprint was twisted and dented inward by more than two inches.

"How could this be...?"

"This kid is no ordinary person; he has the ability to dismantle your ring with his bare hands."

"Brother, are we just going to let this go like this?"

Qi Ying looked at her ring, her face full of resentment and anger.

"Of course not. I haven't taken any action because my purpose in coming here is to search for treasure, and the situation is still unclear."

This kid better pray he doesn't run into you again, otherwise...