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Beyond the Timescape – Chapter 87: A Vicious Night

Chapter 87: A Vicious Night

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nChapter 87: A Vicious Night

nDark clouds slowly obscured the moon and turned the Forbidden Sea pitch black. Eventually, not even the dirge of the wind dared to interfere with the darkness, and it faded away. Gradually, an oppressive aura weighed down on the quiet mountain top.

nAt one point, a howl of anguish pierced the silence. Everyone was instantly on the alert.

nXu Qing opened his eyes. He saw figures drifting through the night, obviously targeting the people who had acquired lizard skins during the day. He didn’t spare any attention for the other three parties who had acquired skins. Instead, he focused on seven figures closing in on his position. The lack of moonlight couldn’t prevent his eyes from glittering coldly with killing intent. Almost as soon as the figures started moving toward him, he took action.

nThe attackers thought that the darkness would be their ally, but little did they know that Xu Qing actually preferred that darkness.

nIn the blink of an eye, Xu Qing had disappeared from the top of the tree.

nThere were a total of seven attackers, and three were leading the charge. Of that group, one shivered as his forehead was split open by an iron skewer. Blood sprayed out of the mouth of another as Xu Qing passed by him. The third died in even more agony. He was an extremely obese nonhuman. As he neared the tree, a dagger flashed, tearing through his throat with such force that his head flew off his shoulders along with an eruption of blood.

nIt wasn’t until the third was already dead that the other two screamed as they also died.

nAfter the three clean kills, Xu Qing lunged backward, slamming into a human cultivator who was in the middle of unleashing a magical attack. A thud rang out as the man’s chest caved in, and blood sprayed left and right. There were only three more attackers, and seeing what had just played out, they all gasped.

n“You two unleash magical attacks,” a nonhuman shouted. “I’ll pin him down!”

nThis nonhuman was extremely short, about the same height as a five-year-old child. However, as he charged toward Xu Qing, he grew larger with each step, until he was three meters tall.

nXu Qing’s expression was the same as ever. Ignoring the giant cultivator charging toward him, and the other two behind him performing incantation gestures, he lifted his right hand and made a pinching gesture. A buzzing sound filled the air as countless droplets of water rose up from the surrounding plants, then converged into long, thin threads that formed a net of water. Underneath the pale moonlight, the threads glittered coldly, spreading out to cover the other cultivators, with Xu Qing in the very middle.

nSwishing sounds filled the air, and the two cultivators performing magical attacks looked shocked as the water net hit them. Their spirit power defenses provided almost no resistance. The water sliced through them, then hit the cultivators, instantly chopping them up into chunks of bloody flesh.

nAs for the giant nonhuman rushing toward Xu Qing, his face went pale, and his eyes shone with terror. He opened his mouth to speak, but then his skin started turning greenish-black. Screaming, he staggered backward, then fell onto his back, where he twitched a few times before dying.

nThen the water net fell on him, as well as the other recently-killed cultivators, chopping them all to bits.

nThe extremely obese cultivator was obviously dead, but as he was chopped up, he unleashed a bloodcurdling scream. Then a small ghost-like imp emerged from within him. Many nonhumans had unusual ways of staying alive. Using some strange technique, the imp became very skinny, slipped through the water net, then fled.

nXu Qing didn’t pursue him. He just watched coldly and counted in his head.

nOne. Two. Three….

nA moment later, the cultivator in imp form started shaking visibly. Turning to look at Xu Qing, he said, “Let me go….”

nBefore even finishing with the third word, his body started to melt, beginning with the tongue. Even without a tongue, he was able to scream shrilly. It was so loud and piercing that it drowned out the sounds of the fighting coming from the other three directions.

nEveryone looked over. As they watched, the imp fell to the ground, thrashing around while screaming. Eventually, the screams stopped as he transformed into a pool of blood. Gasps rang out, but were immediately cut off as the surrounding cultivators scrambled to pull out antidote pills. The only one who didn’t seem concerned was the old innkeeper.

nHe had been steadily consuming antidote pills ever since Xu Qing arrived the day before. After all, he had some experience dealing with Xu Qing’s poisons.

nIgnoring the surrounding cultivators, Xu Qing retrieved his dagger and iron skewer, took the bags that had belonged to his opponents, and then went back to the treetop to meditate.

nPerhaps because this island was really the back of a huge lizard, the spirit power and mutagen were both very strong. Most cultivators who spent long periods of time at sea were used to such environments. They all had various cultivation techniques to separate the mutagen from the spirit power. However, at some point, they would all have to go ashore and use medicinal pills or other methods to extrude the mutagen they had built up.

nBut Xu Qing didn’t need to do that. As a result, he had no apprehensions about furthering his cultivation here. What was more, because of the aura of the Forbidden Sea, it was even easier to make progress with the Seaforming Scripture.

nEven though Xu Qing was sitting there with his eyes closed, no one even considered attacking him. In fact, they all kept their distance, fearful of being poisoned. Their fear affected the fighting in general, and before long, things calmed down again.

nAnd thus, the night passed.

nWhen dawn came, it was as if it bit the lip of night, causing blood to seep out. That blood spread out, growing fainter and fainter until light filled the sky.

nOn the ridge overlooking the basin, the lone nonhuman cultivator who had acquired a lizard skin the day before had been joined by a fellow cultivator. Apparently, they had come to an agreement to work together. The newcomer was the cultivator in the woven rush raincoat that had clashed with Xu Qing briefly the day before.

nAs for the group of five who had laid claim to one of the lizard skins, they were now dead. In their place was the burly, trunked nonhuman, who was leading a group of seven other cultivators.

nOnly Xu Qing and the innkeeper from Plankspring Way were still alone.

nThe only difference was that Xu Qing was surrounded by blood and gore, while… not a single corpse could be seen near the innkeeper.

nXu Qing glanced at the innkeeper’s anaconda, and the snake seemed to notice. Looking back at him, she nodded as if in greeting. That seemed strange to Xu Qing, but he didn’t think about it too much. Closing his eyes, he continued meditating.

nMeanwhile, the old innkeeper nudged the huge snake with his foot, and gave a cold harrumph.

n“Did you see that?” the innkeeper said. “He’s ignoring you. If I were you I’d stop thinking about the little punk all the time. I’m the only family you have in this world.”𝒃𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝒍.𝒆𝒕

n“Coo. Coooo.”

nLooking hurt, the snake gazed longingly at Xu Qing at the top of the tree. Seeing this, the innkeeper sighed. Feeling a bit bad, he said, “Now you’re crying? Come on. The brat can’t speak snake language, so of course he’s ignoring you….”

nHearing this, the anaconda’s eyes brightened a bit.

nWhen a girl comes of age, the innkeeper thought, marry her off. It’s the same with stupid snakes.

nFor a moment, the old man tried to decide if he should kill Xu Qing. However, the thought of Xu Qing’s ruthlessness made him abandon such thoughts.

nTime began to pass. Ten days went by.

nDuring that time, cultivators came and went. At some times, nearly a hundred cultivators gathered on the ridge. At other times, there were only a few dozen. Some were lone operators. Others were pirates. Some were nonhumans from other islands in the sea. Regardless, though there was constant fighting and killing, there were always new cultivators to replace the old ones. Sealizards appeared on three occasions, and each time, Xu Qing fought with ruthless decisiveness. Not only did he acquire more lizard skins, but also, the area around his meditation spot became piled up with corpses. In fact, the entire tree seemed stained with blood. It was a truly ghastly sight. Eventually, it became such a shocking area that, to the people in the area, Xu Qing’s area was like its own forbidden region.

nThere were others who had a similar reputation. One was the innkeeper, and the other was a new team made up of the nonhuman in the woven rush raincoat and the burly, trunked cultivator. They had acquired quite a few lizard skins, yet didn’t seem ready to leave. Apparently, they were waiting for something to happen.

nSensing that there was more to come, Xu Qing didn’t leave, but rather, focused mostly on cultivation. The spirit power was lively, and the mutagen strong. Because of that, Xu Qing increasingly felt like he was in the forbidden region outside the scavenger basecamp, where his cultivation speed had increased rapidly.

nHe was now getting close to the ninth level of the Seaforming Scripture.

nI should be able to break through in three days or less.

nAs he went through his breathing exercises, spirit power rushed into him, nourishing him. At the same time, the mutagen poured into his shadow. As a result, his spirit sea, which had once been 261 meters, grew even larger.

n264 meters. 267 meters.

nTwo more days passed. On the morning of the third day, Xu Qing’s rippling spirit sea was very close to being 270 meters. When it hit 270, his Seaforming Scripture would reach the ninth level.

nA disciple who reached the ninth level of cultivation using Seven Blood Eyes techniques would be able to dominate just about any other human cultivator in that same level anywhere in the continent of South Phoenix. They could even consider fighting a Foundation Establishment cultivator from a small sect.

nThere was little need to mention that Xu Qing’s body cultivation had reached an unheard-of level by using the Sea and Mountain Incantation. After all, he could summon the spectral drought demon. Therefore… once he achieved a breakthrough with the Seaforming Scripture, his battle prowess would skyrocket. When that happened, he would surpass people at the very peak of Qi Condensation, and could well be considered as strong as a Foundation Establishment expert. In fact, Xu Qing was convinced that, once he was that strong, he could defeat and even kill Patriarch Golden Vajra Warrior, though it would be a long, hard fight.

nI’m going to break through tonight! Eyes filling with anticipation, he prepared to continue with his cultivation when, all of a sudden, the sound of footsteps echoed from further down the mountain.

nWhoever was walking toward them hadn’t shown their faces yet, but an aura of cold brutality preceded them, filling the basin, and causing everyone to look over, expressions flickering.

nThe newcomers… weren’t sealizards, but rather, were cultivators!

nThey wore an odd assortment of clothing, but looked shockingly fierce, like the kind of people who would slaughter others without the slightest scruple. There were sixteen of them, and each one emanated powerful cultivation base fluctuations, and had ghastly auras.

n“Sea Ghosts!”

n“It’s the Sea Ghosts!”

n“Dammit, what are they doing here??”

nImmediately, cries of astonishment echoed out in the basin.

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Catalogue
Chapter 1: Living
Chapter 2: Mutagen
Chapter 3: May You Rest in Peace
Chapter 4: An Unexpected Guest
Chapter 5: Scavenger Basecamp
Chapter 6: The Kid
Chapter 7: Please, Eat
Chapter 8: Set for Three
Chapter 9: Consequences of a Threat
Chapter 10: New Clothes
Chapter 11: A Gathering
Chapter 12: The Dangers of the Forbidden Region
Chapter 13: Vile Shadow
Chapter 14: Danger Everywhere
Chapter 15: Blood-Colored Evening
Chapter 16: You Ask When I’ll Return, My Lord; I Can’t Give
Chapter 17: What Are You?
Chapter 18: Grandmaster Bai
Chapter 19: Life
Chapter 20: Home?
Chapter 21: Thirsting for Knowledge
Chapter 22: Temple Complex
Chapter 23: Single Saber Strike
Chapter 24: Kid, You Answer
Chapter 25: Dao of Poison; Corpse-Ravaging Powder
Chapter 26: The Dusk of a Person’s Life
Chapter 27: A Stranger Like Jade
Chapter 28: You Don’t Need Light to Travel the Night
Chapter 29: The Sorrow of Parting
Chapter 30: An Unexpected Gift
Chapter 31: He Bought Insurance from Me
Chapter 32: Life to the Left, Death to the Right
Chapter 33: Eternal Darkness
Chapter 34: A Chance Encounter
Chapter 35: Troubles Bring a Frown
Chapter 36: Killing with Impunity
Chapter 37: Power over Life and Death
Chapter 38: Total Extermination
Chapter 39: A Requiem to the Mortal World
Chapter 40: Growing Up
Chapter 41: Nets Above and Snares Below
Chapter 42: Faceless Woman in White
Chapter 43: Complete Success with the Hobgoblin
Chapter 44: Cause and Effect
Chapter 45: Seeking Revenge over the Smallest Grievance
Chapter 46: Razing the Golden Vajra Warrior Sect
Chapter 47: Seven Blood Eyes
Chapter 48: Buy Corpses?
Chapter 49: Godly Blood
Chapter 50: Seventh Peak
Chapter 51: A Boat for Life
Chapter 52: Colleagues
Chapter 53: Sea Cultivation
Chapter 54: Total Transformation
Chapter 55: An Unusual Captain
Chapter 56: A New Recruit in the Violent Crimes Division
Chapter 57: Take a Spirit Coin
Chapter 58: A Birthday Alone
Chapter 59: A Lonely Figure on a Rainy Night
Chapter 60: Invitation Only
Chapter 61: A Beautiful Young Woman with an Umbrella
Chapter 62: A Ladies' Man
Chapter 63: Hardworking Xu Qing
Chapter 64: Coo. Coooo
Chapter 65: A Secret Worth 100 Spirit Stones
Chapter 66: Trying to Take Credit for My Work?
Chapter 67: Crossing the Line!
Chapter 68: Everyone Has Difficulties
Chapter 69: Fair and Just
Chapter 70: Let Me Treat You to an Egg
Chapter 71: Jabbering Patriarch
Chapter 72: Terrifying Huang Yan
Chapter 73: Domineering Second Highness
Chapter 74: The Path to the Yellow Springs
Chapter 75: Fish-Killing!
Chapter 76: Drought Demons can Scorch all Living Things
Chapter 77: Forbidden Sea Dragonwhale
Chapter 78: Zhang San Makes an Investment
Chapter 79: A New Person at Sea
Chapter 80: Bronze Dragon Chariot
Chapter 81: A Fair Price
Chapter 82: Countless Movements Became Sinister
Chapter 83: A Dragon from the Depths
Chapter 84: Magical Enlightenment from the Sea
Chapter 85: The Summit of a Fiendish Island
Chapter 86: Don’t Mess with Me
Chapter 87: A Vicious Night
Chapter 88: Xu Qing’s Rules
Chapter 89: Unbreakable Alliance
Chapter 90: A Golden Glow that Causes Madness
Chapter 91: Killing for Treasure
Chapter 92: Blood-Soaked Sealizard Island
Chapter 93: Like a Phoenix. Like a Hawk
Chapter 94: Gu Muqing
Chapter 95: The Creditor Comes Knocking
Chapter 96: A Gruish Inn
Chapter 97: The Asuras Appear
Chapter 98: One out of Fifty
Chapter 99: Traveling to the Crimson Wilds
Chapter 100: The Patriarch’s Anxiety
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