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Chapter 1105: Adhering Rain Seals Heaven and Earth

At the same time, in the place where a fierce battle had previously occurred.

The area was desolate.

The barren mountains had collapsed, everything was destroyed, and strong fluctuations of magical arts lingered.

Xu Qing stood in mid-air, his expression stern, gazing into the distance, his eyes subtly glinting.

“Wind and fire are this person's authorities…”

“This is the first time I’ve encountered someone with dual authorities in the Fifth Star Ring, which shows that this person is a true prodigy!”

“Moreover, their methods are concealed, and their intellect is remarkable; they are a formidable opponent!”

Xu Qing recalled the opponent’s previous method of concealment: attaching their true form to the wall of a storage space, existing almost as one with it, between reality and illusion. This was extremely novel to Xu Qing.

“I wonder how they managed to do that.”

“It's possible they used some treasure imbued with spatial power…”

Xu Qing pondered.

“If it weren't for this Quasi-Immortal City Token, which allows us to sense each other, I might not have immediately detected their technique.”

Xu Qing's heart was filled with vigilance.

He felt that his caution, upon reflection, still had some oversights.

“From now on, after eliminating an opponent and taking their storage items, I must be much more careful.”

Xu Qing quickly reviewed the situation in his mind, then put away the burning incense and the treasure tree.

The burning incense had extinguished with the death of the opponent's clone, but the remaining portion could still be used.

As for the treasure tree, it had been damaged by its self-detonation and was now somewhat broken; Xu Qing had no way to repair it.

“But it can still barely self-detonate one more time.”

After putting away these two items and the forty-nine forbidden beast hide, Xu Qing was about to leave the place.

He didn't believe that the opponent, having fled, would return.

After all, the opponent was intelligent. In the early stages of hunting in the second phase of the Quasi-Immortal City Token, it was highly unlikely they would force an attack and pay a price after realizing the enemy was not weak.

At this time, preserving strength and avoiding injury was the optimal strategy.

Unless neither party had a chance to escape, and there was a life-and-death enmity between them.

Otherwise, Xu Qing felt that if it were him, he wouldn't continue either.

But just as Xu Qing was about to leave, he suddenly paused, a look of surprise appearing on his face.

“Coming again?”

Within the sensing range of his token, the star marker located hundreds of thousands of miles away, after appearing, surprisingly did not leave as Xu Qing had predicted.

Instead, it was rapidly approaching his location.

Xu Qing frowned slightly; this phenomenon made him feel that something was amiss.

But soon, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and killing intent surged within him.

“Since they've come, then this battle… will simply continue.”

Xu Qing's body swayed, and he did not fly towards the direction the opponent was coming from, but instead sped backward.

The desolate land beneath him, where all his previous arrangements had been unleashed, was no longer the optimal battlefield. So, as he sped through the sky, Xu Qing quickly located a peak abundant with green vegetation.

This peak soared into the clouds, surrounded by mist, and its slopes were richly vegetated.

Standing on the mountaintop, Xu Qing waited silently.

The opponent's arrival was somewhat unusual, so Xu Qing wouldn't rush headlong into it.

He needed to guard against the opponent setting traps.

The way to avoid entering the opponent's battlefield was to find a place that the opponent had not visited since their appearance.

This mountain offered a wide view, and its lower parts were shrouded in mist, making it suitable as a battlefield.

At the same time, Xu Qing didn't waste any time. With a raise of his hand, his Five Elements authority spread out.

Fire enveloped the sky, water hid in the mist and clouds, earth imbued the mountain peak, metal resided within his body, and wood nourished all vegetation.

This time, Xu Qing didn't wait too long. Clearly, the youth with the birthmark on his face, having sensed Xu Qing's methods, gave him no time and had been continuously teleporting.

With astonishing speed, he traversed a million-mile range, and as Xu Qing did not move far away simultaneously, he soon appeared on the horizon within Xu Qing's sight.

On the horizon, beneath the crimson aurora, the roar of wind and thunder first echoed.

Then, what appeared in Xu Qing's eyes were five colors other than the crimson of the aurora!

Black, green, yellow, blue, purple!

These five colors came from five massive banners, hundreds of feet long.

They spread across the sky, and wherever they passed, they seemed to gather the colors of heaven and earth, cutting off the view.

The five colors occupied everything.

Furthermore, immense power erupted within them, specifically influencing the Five Elements energy from all directions!

Evidently, after their previous battle, Xu Qing had gained some understanding of his opponent, and the opponent similarly had gained insight into Xu Qing's methods.

Thus, the moment they arrived, their first objective was to suppress Xu Qing's Five Elements.

Almost the instant Xu Qing looked, the five-colored banners whistled, sweeping with five-colored light, appearing directly above the peak where Xu Qing was.

The five colors erupted, emitting power that inverted the Five Elements, enveloping the mountain peak and rapidly circling it.

From a distance, it resembled a five-colored storm.

The rumbling sounds once again shook heaven and earth, deafeningly loud.

Killing intent flickered in Xu Qing's eyes. As he raised his hand, the Five Elements he had arranged around him still erupted.

Water rose from the clouds, wood grew from all vegetation.

Fire appeared from the sky, earth collapsed from the mountain body.

As Xu Qing's killing intent surged, the Five Elements moved in unison.

Even though the five great banners were formidable and formed a five-colored storm capable of inverting the Five Elements power from all directions, here… they could not significantly shake Xu Qing's Five Elements.

Because Xu Qing's Five Elements resided within his own five organs, their source was not governed by external rules or laws.

Therefore, in the next instant, the sounds became even more intense, with rumbling noises spreading in all directions.

Xu Qing's Five Elements authority suddenly clashed with the five-colored storm, clearly gaining the upper hand. The five colors rapidly dimmed, seeming as if they would soon be suppressed by Xu Qing.

However, this time, Xu Qing's opponent was extraordinary.

The youth with the birthmark on the right side of his face, who had arrived after the five-colored storm, did not personally attack. Instead, he watched from outside the battlefield, a cold, sinister smile playing on his lips.

He raised a finger and pointed.

He silently chanted an incantation.

“Heaven as boundary, void as curtain, five colors paint, myriad laws become one drawing!”

As this finger fell, the five great banners, which were barely resisting Xu Qing's Five Elements authority, instantly trembled and, in the blink of an eye, each… self-detonated.

The five colors self-detonated, and a storm swept forth.

Causing the five colors to blend!

From a distance, the five colors strikingly transformed from light into substance, as if they became five kinds of paint, mixing together and splattering into the air by the storm.

It seemed to form a… vibrant, colorful painting!

And within this painting was Xu Qing.

As for the painter, it was wind!

The wind, which also served as a seal!

This seal, hidden within the five colors, completely erupted at this moment, forming a sealing force against the Five Elements.

“Let me show you, though your Five Elements are fierce, wind is superior to the Five Elements!”

“Great wind arises, it can roll earth, dissipate water, wither wood, wear down metal, and suppress fire!”

“Seal, seal, seal, seal, seal!”

The youth formed hand seals, constantly changing them, and pointed five times consecutively.

Instantly, the five-colored dyes became even more chaotic, blending into each other and enveloping Xu Qing, forming a seal.

This seal coiled, dissipated, withered, ground, suppressed, and most importantly, isolated.

It isolated Xu Qing's five organs and his Five Elements.

This battle moved Xu Qing.

“This person’s authority… has been developed by them to an almost extreme degree!”

“But I used spatial techniques before; he couldn't possibly be unaware. So what's the point of doing this?”

As Xu Qing pondered, he raised his hand and waved.

Instantly, 'Moon in the Well' reappeared.

All directions were reflected within it.

But this time, Xu Qing wasn't scooping out his opponent, but himself.

In an instant, as the 'Moon in the Well' technique erupted, Xu Qing had forcibly scooped himself out of the five-colored seal.

He appeared outside the painted screen, outside the five colors, and outside the mountain peak!

The moment he appeared, the sky roared, blue light erupted, and a gigantic stone hammer emerged within it, smashing fiercely towards Xu Qing.

Xu Qing's Emperor Sword appeared in his hand.

The earth trembled, the mountain peak collapsed, and earth power surged upward.

With one sword, Earth Store.

He severed the stone hammer.

Heaven and earth twisted, the void blurred, and deafening sounds exploded.

The Earth Sword soared into the sky, while the descending hammer suddenly trembled, developing several cracks, and directly rolled back.

As for the Earth Sword itself, under the reverberation of the impact, it slowly dissipated in the sky, transforming back into earth energy and sweeping in all directions.

Xu Qing moved, heading straight for the youth.

Seeing that both of his techniques had been broken by Xu Qing, the youth with the birthmark on the right side of his face narrowed his eyes, becoming even more certain of his previous judgment.

At this moment, he rapidly retreated, while squinting his eyes and waving his hand.

He threw out an object.

This object resembled a clod of earth, seemingly containing some spatial power. Wherever it passed, it drew a ripple mark in mid-air.

Then, at the youth's mental command, authority erupted between him and Xu Qing.

First, the authority of fire instantly fell upon that object containing spatial power.

The object was clearly sensitive to fire, melting instantly, and an explosive force erupted from within it.

With a bang, it directly exploded, enveloping all directions, falling from the sky like rain.

This rain was viscous.

As it fell, the youth's second authority also manifested.

A great wind blew through.

Causing the viscous rain, at this moment, to rapidly dry and solidify, becoming… glue!

Within the entire area where the rain fell, everything was rapidly solidifying.

This was also a seal.

Using the stickiness it created, to glue and seal heaven and earth.

At this moment, Xu Qing also understood how the opponent had previously adhered their true form to the storage space wall.

His judgment was correct; the opponent had indeed used a special object.

But there was one thing he hadn't anticipated.

That was the opponent's method of using this special object!

“Combining two authorities with other objects to achieve the effect of a third authority!”

“This person is indeed a genius!”

Xu Qing took a deep breath, his thoughts swirling. This battle… was quite significant to him.

It triggered many thoughts.

“Applied to my Five Elements, I could achieve even more variations!”

However, Xu Qing knew that this was not the time for deep thought. The opponent's series of actions in this battle had already revealed a piece of information.

“They don't want to engage me in direct combat! Even less do they want to get injured; they only want to restrict me, to seal me!”

“Every move since their return has been like this. To achieve this goal, they even exposed their own secrets…”

“All of this points to only one answer.”

“They are stalling for time!”

Rising with this realization was a strong sense of crisis.

“They have an accomplice who is on their way, and that accomplice is even more formidable than them!”

A cold glint flashed in Xu Qing's eyes.

“If this continues, it won't end quickly. Therefore… I cannot hold back my sword energy; I must achieve a quick victory!”

Meanwhile, some distance away from the battlefield, a figure was currently traversing the sky with teleportation, surging with terrifying aura.

This figure was none other than the red-haired youth who had appeared at the spirit mine!

His late-stage Dominator cultivation fluctuations erupted mightily from his body.

“You destroyed my spirit mine, killed my spirit mine guardian, made me lose that battle, and even took the Quasi-Immortal City Token that Ling Feng offered!”

“I'd like to see what kind of guts you have, daring to act in such a manner!”

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