Terran Guardian - Chapter 3707

Chapter 3684 Swallowing Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures Alive

After a long while,

Li Huaizhen finally couldn’t hold back any longer and made his move.

“Bluster! Watch as I suppress you!”

With a single palm strike, capable of covering the chaotic star river, the power of a Nine Tribulation Half-Saint was almost unreserved, aimed directly at Shen Changqing.

Seeing this,

Shen Changqing neither retreated nor dodged, directly activating the power of the Soul-Destroying Sword, pouring all the power he had just recovered into the blood-red immortal sword.

“Boom—”

The blood-red sword light that had severed countless ages reappeared, tearing through layers of void star river, and the endless chaotic energy dissipated.

In an instant,

Li Huaizhen’s arm exploded, and the remaining blood-red sword light slammed into him, sending the Nine Tribulation Half-Saint flying.

When the opponent finally regained his footing, a hideous and terrifying wound appeared on his chest, almost cleaving his body in two.

More importantly,

a terrifying Daoist aura lingered on the wound, constantly preventing it from healing itself.

“Hiss!”

Seeing this, all the cultivators gasped.

A single sword strike had severely injured a Nine Tribulation Half-Saint!

The impact of this scene was unimaginable.

At this moment,

many Half-Saints felt a surge of relief.

Fortunately!

This sword wasn’t aimed at them.

Otherwise, with such power to severely injure a Nine Tribulation Half-Saint, any other Half-Saint would likely have met their end.

On the other side,

Li Huaizhen, severely injured, went completely mad.

His eyes were bloodshot as he stared at Shen Changqing, his chilling killing intent almost tangible.

“Junior, I will make sure you die without a burial place!!”

However,

just as Li Huaizhen was about to attack, Shen Changqing took a step forward, his blood-red immortal sword seemingly emitting a sword light, a deadly aura permeating the void, causing Li Huaizhen’s brow to twitch again.

At this moment,

Li Huaizhen hesitated.

Although he could determine that Shen Changqing was most likely bluffing, the pain from that sword strike hadn’t lessened in the slightest.

If the opponent were to unleash another sword strike, Li Huaizhen wouldn’t be confident of defending himself.

After all, his current condition wasn’t good.

Just then,

from the Xuanji Immortal Sect’s side, Venerable Luo Tian stepped forward, directly between the two.

“This person has some connections with my Xuanji Immortal Sect. I hope you can all give him face and let this matter drop,”

Venerable Luo Tian slowly spoke. His words startled all the cultivators, even Shen Changqing was somewhat surprised.

However, soon, Shen Changqing saw that Venerable Qingyao from the Xuanji Immortal Sect’s side had appeared at some point.

The instant their eyes met, he understood their intentions.

The Xuanji Immortal Sect was trying to protect him!

Having confirmed this, Shen Changqing’s expression remained unchanged, his divine sense remaining focused on Qingye in the Heavenly Universe.

Although the Xuanji Immortal Sect had intervened, it was still unknown whether they were willing to give them face.

If necessary,

Shen Changqing was already prepared to use his trump card.

Sure enough.

The moment Venerable Luo Tian finished speaking, Li Huaizhen coldly stared at him: “Your Xuanji Immortal Sect is now interfering, trying to monopolize this opportunity. A bit too greedy!”

“Fellow Daoist Li misunderstands. My Luo Tian Sect is upright and honest; how could we do such a despicable thing?

I’ll say it again: today, my Xuanji Immortal Sect is protecting this one. I hope you all can give me some face.”

Venerable Luo Tian remained calm and composed, showing no anger.

Li Huaizhen’s expression was icy: “What if I don’t give your Xuanji Immortal Sect face?”

“Then I’ll have to experience your skills, Fellow Daoist. But I wonder how much strength you can still unleash in your current state!”

Venerable Luo Tian stepped forward, directly confronting Li Huaizhen. His aura as an Eighth Tribulation Half-Saint was poised to erupt, causing the surrounding space to stagnate.

At the same time,

Venerable Jiuyue and Venerable Qingyao also stepped forward, arriving beside Venerable Luo Tian.

Neither spoke, but their attitudes were clear.

Seeing this, Li Huaizhen’s expression grew increasingly grim.

If he were at his peak, he wouldn’t fear even three half-saints together, let alone a single Luo Tian Venerable.

A Nine Tribulation Half-Saint, having reached the pinnacle of the Half-Saint realm, possessed strength far beyond that of ordinary Half-Saints.

But now, things were different.

Shen Changqing’s sword strike, while not killing Li Huaizhen, had severely injured him.

In this state, whether he could even unleash half his full power was questionable.

Li Huaizhen wasn’t even confident against a single Luo Tian Venerable, let alone with the addition of Jiu Yue Venerable and Qing Yao Venerable.

Although the latter was only a First Tribulation Half-Saint, in the current situation, any additional Half-Saint could potentially change the course of the battle.

But to retreat like this was something Li Huaizhen was unwilling to do.

With this thought…

He glanced in other directions in the void and said in a sinister tone, “Everyone, the Xuanji Immortal Sect is trying to monopolize the opportunity. How can we let them have their way?

This time, we will join forces to resolve the troubles of the Xuanji Immortal Sect first. As for

the ownership of the treasure, we will each rely on our own abilities!”

These words

tempted the other half-saints.

In the past, they would never have agreed to Li Huaizhen’s proposal.

This man was a ninth-tribulation half-saint. If they really fought against the Xuanji Immortal Sect, the other party would reap the benefits later, which would be a considerable problem.

But now it was different.

Li Huaizhen was seriously injured, and his strength was not as great as it had been at its peak.

At this time, they might not be without the possibility of suppressing him.

Right now ,

the Xuanji Immortal Sect wanted to protect this Immortal Emperor, and no matter what, they could not let Shen Changqing leave.

It wasn’t just the Chaos Spirit Embryo.

The treasure in his hands, capable of killing top half-saints, was even more tempting.

Seeing the various cultivators stirring with anticipation, Venerable Luo Tian’s expression darkened slightly.

“Things are getting a bit complicated!”

He had originally intended to use the reputation of the Xuanji Immortal Sect to force the other half-saints to back down.

But unfortunately,

he had overestimated the Xuanji Immortal Sect’s reputation and underestimated the allure of the supreme treasures to these cultivators.

Now, seeing the various cultivators showing signs of joining forces, Venerable Luo Tian began to consider retreating.

After all—

even with his confidence, he knew very well that with their strength, they would hardly be a match for all the half-saints.

But just then,

Shen Changqing took a step forward, and the moment his blood-red immortal sword trembled, an unparalleled phantom appeared, traversing the river of time. The familiar scene reappeared, the blood-red sword light that overturned the stars filling the vision of all cultivators.

In an instant,

an unprecedented terror surged in Li Huaizhen’s heart, causing his face to turn horrified.

“Not good—!!!”

Almost instantly, Li Huaizhen activated the power of the nine semi-saint universes, unleashing a vast and unfathomable Daoist immortal power that instantly transformed into a domain barrier in the void.

But alas.

Before the crimson sword light, all resistance was futile.

The nine universes exploded, the Longevity Immortal Stele wailed, and under such terrifying power, the supreme immortal stele bearing the Great Dao of Longevity shattered inch by inch.

In the end—

the crimson sword light completely engulfed Li Huaizhen, causing this ninth-tribulation semi-saint to perish on the spot.

The sudden turn of events left all the semi-saints horrified.

They had thought Shen Changqing was at his last gasp, and no one expected that he could still launch a sudden attack and instantly kill Li Huaizhen, a ninth-tribulation semi-saint.

However.

Just as Li Huaizhen fell, Shen Changqing directly took out a semi-saint-level heavenly treasure and stuffed it into his mouth.

These top-tier rare treasures were brutally refined, and the violent power erupted within his body, causing a strong, throbbing pain throughout his meridians.

If an ordinary Immortal Emperor had done this, the only consequence would have been the power of the treasures bursting his body, resulting in severe injury and backlash.

But Shen Changqing was different.

With one foot already in the realm of physical sainthood, even powerful treasures at the half-saint level could be suppressed by his physical strength.

A torrent of energy raged within his body, ultimately transforming into boundless immortal power that filled the Nine Directions Immortal Emperor Universe, instantly restoring the emptiness created by activating the Soul-Destroying Sword.

“Again!”

Shen Changqing roared, the Soul-Destroying Sword gleaming coldly, its blood-red sword light piercing the void, its target the closest Seven Tribulation Half-Saint.

Seeing this, the latter’s expression turned to terror; he had no intention of confronting it head-on and tried to flee without looking back.

Unfortunately…

The crimson sword light was too fast, so fast that even a seventh-tribulation half-saint could hardly dodge it.

The sword light struck, and the seventh-tribulation half-saint’s body exploded, instantly perishing on the spot.

“Continue!”

After slaying a seventh-tribulation half-saint, Shen Changqing swallowed another rare treasure, then charged towards the other half-saints with his sword.

Before the Soul-Destroying Sword, so-called half-saints were utterly vulnerable.

Under the crimson sword light, half-saints died instantly upon contact.

Whether they were half-saints above the seventh tribulation or those at the third or fourth tribulation, they all met the same fate before such a supreme treasure.

The remaining half-saints in the chaos, seeing this scene, turned deathly pale.

“This man is insane… Quick… Retreat!!!”

“Damn it!!!”

Some half-saints, witnessing Shen Changqing’s rampage, could no longer suppress their fear and turned to flee without looking back.

What supreme treasure!

What opportunity!

None of it was as important as their own lives now.

The two Ninth Tribulation Half-Saints, Medicine King Venerable and Li Huaizhen, had already shown them with their lives that such a supreme treasure was far beyond the capabilities of a Half-Saint.

They were initially confident in suppressing Shen Changqing and seizing the treasure because they were certain that his strength wouldn’t allow him to activate it multiple times.

However,

Shen Changqing directly swallowed and refined the rare treasure. Even ordinary Half-Saint level experts wouldn’t dare to recklessly consume such treasures

, as the energy they contained was too strong; a slight misstep could result in a backlash and explosion.

Yet

, despite being only an Immortal Emperor, he was unfazed by the energy backlash and could freely activate the treasure.

No one knew just how many rare treasures Shen Changqing possessed.

At this point, no one dared to challenge him.

Even a slight delay could lead to certain death.