Immortal Refiner-Chapter 624: Slaying the Demon Crocodile [2.3k]

Translator: AnubisTL

Faced with the three-headed profound crocodile’s overwhelming killing intent, Li Qing had no choice but to temporarily abandon his plan to retrieve the Myriad Beasts Spirit Fruit.

After all, he was currently burdened by the ten-thousand-kilogram shackles, making it unwise to act recklessly.

The three-headed profound crocodile, sensing Li Qing’s weakened state, seized this opportunity to erase its previous humiliation.

It imagined that if it could carry the human’s head off the golden path, all its past shame would vanish.

This was the perfect chance, and it wouldn’t let it slip away!

Boom!

Having made its decision, the three-headed profound crocodile charged forward, lunging directly at Li Qing’s position.

Its three heads opened their blood-red maws, each one radiating a terrifying aura.

Within each gaping maw, a ball of spiritual light was brewing!

This was the crocodile’s unique innate precious technique, one that only three-headed profound crocodiles of the profound crocodile clan could master.

Profound Crocodile Threefold Annihilation!

This powerful divine ability was the three-headed profound crocodile’s greatest weapon. It was confident that this innate divine ability would inflict grievous wounds on the human!

Li Qing’s expression finally turned serious. Bound by the crushing shackles, he was unable to unleash his full combat potential.

In the outside world, he could have used his mastery of Kunpeng Extreme Speed to inflict devastating damage on his opponent.

But here, he felt like he was mired in quicksand, his movements sluggish and labored.

Yet Li Qing remained calm. He raised his left hand slightly, palm down, back of his hand facing upward.

Boom!

An earth-shattering heat surged forth as a massive black fire seal, wreathed in crimson flames, materialized before him.

The Shattered Origin Great Fire Seal!

In the next instant, Li Qing flicked his wrist, launching the Shattered Origin Great Fire Seal directly at his opponent.

The pitch-black fire seal streaked across the sky, leaving a long trail of dark flames in its wake.

"Profound Crocodile Threefold Annihilation!"

The three-headed profound crocodile roared skyward, unleashing three orbs of light, each a different color, from its maws.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

But instead of targeting Li Qing, the three-colored orbs spiraled upward, intertwining as they ascended rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, the three rapidly spinning orbs of light merged into one, then vanished into the void.

Just as the black shattered origin great fire seal was about to explode, a crimson aura rippled outward from the spot where the orbs had disappeared, moving faster than the fire seal itself!

The crimson aura swept across the shattered origin great fire seal Li Qing had unleashed, and an astonishing sight unfolded.

The fire seal, imbued with the Spirit Devouring Demon Flame, began to disintegrate uncontrollably, collapsing into fragments!

Boom!

The dense black demon flame dispersed prematurely, dissipating much of its destructive power.

Li Qing’s expression darkened slightly. He now understood the true power and strangeness of his opponent’s divine ability.

Golden Jade Garment!

Without hesitation, he activated the golden thread soft armor that clung tightly to his body.

Hum!

A layer of golden light expanded outward, instantly enveloping Li Qing.

Almost simultaneously, the crimson aura washed over him.

Moments later, the protective golden light surrounding Li Qing began to dissolve rapidly, vanishing as completely as the shattered origin great fire seal had before!

This was a bizarre spiritual light with an extremely potent suppressive effect on a cultivator’s mana and true essence!

Anything swept by this light would have its mana and spiritual energy drastically reduced, losing its intended power.

This applied to both magical artifacts and divine abilities!

Immediately afterward, a crimson aura enveloped Li Qing, draining over half of his true essence and spiritual energy. Such a massive loss of mana at the very start of the battle was utterly unreasonable!

If this had been a typical core formation realm cultivator, they would likely have been forced to flee, unable to continue fighting.

"Hahahaha! It’s not over yet! Let this human witness the true power of my profound crocodile clan’s divine ability!"

As the three-headed profound crocodile’s words faded, another wave of azure spiritual light surged forth from the same location, mirroring the crimson aura’s effects.

The three orbs had been crimson, azure, and black!

Li Qing’s expression finally turned grave. This meant a final wave of black aura was yet to come.

But there was no time for further contemplation. The crimson spiritual light had just drained the cultivators’ mana and true essence. What would this azure light do?

I can’t let that light strike me!

Yet his entire body was bound by shackles of immense force, making evasion nearly impossible.

"Useless human, stop your futile struggles," the three-headed profound crocodile sneered. "Our clan’s Three Annihilation Spirit Light will first drain your spiritual energy, then wither your vital energy, and finally sever your divine soul!"

"I told you, unless you’re a reincarnated True Spirit from the upper realm, you’ll meet your end here today!"

Li Qing remained unmoved, his mind growing unnaturally calm.

If I can’t dodge it, I’ll have to endure it head-on!

With a swift tap of his storage pouch, he summoned a plain black forge and inverted it over his head.

Hum!

The unadorned Black Furnace descended, completely enveloping Li Qing within its sturdy frame.

"A futile struggle," the three-headed profound crocodile scoffed, relishing Li Qing’s desperate plight. "A mere magical artifact can’t withstand the Three Annihilation Spirit Light’s sweep!"

Seeing Li Qing’s desperate struggle, the three-headed profound crocodile’s thoughts cleared considerably. It even began to imagine how the other demon races would regard it after it returned from the golden path with Li Qing’s severed head.

"After slaying this human, I could carry his head across to the golden path he came from."

"Then I could declare that I couldn’t tolerate this human’s arrogance and chose to cross over and kill him!"

At this thought, the expressions on all three of the profound crocodile’s heads turned smug and proud.

Just as this idea took root, a pitch-black light once again erupted from its body.

This dark light could sever divine souls and was impervious to magical artifacts.

In fact, being struck by this dark light would severely disrupt the divine sense imprints within any artifact.

"This farce ends now! Humans are nothing but a weak race driven out of the demon realm long ago!"

The three-headed profound crocodile grew increasingly confident, convinced that any being struck by its threefold spiritual light would suffer a drastic reduction in power.

Even Jin Lie wouldn’t be able to fight it after enduring this threefold spiritual light.

A deep, black light swept across the golden path, just like the two spiritual lights before it.

After confirming that Li Qing had been caught in the blast, the three-headed profound crocodile charged forward, lunging directly at the Black Furnace that lay overturned on the ground.

"Hahaha! Die, human!"

Boom!

The three-headed profound crocodile dove from the sky, its six eyes gleaming with malevolent light.

But in the next instant, the overturned Black Furnace stirred.

The furnace flipped violently open, and Li Qing stepped out, his figure slightly disheveled and his expression grim.

Yet one thing remained unchanged: the aura emanating from him was as powerful as ever, identical to before.

"Three-headed trash, did you think things would go so smoothly?"

A dark, shadowy figure resembling both a fish and a bird coiled around Li Qing’s towering form. As the phantom merged completely with him, a clear, piercing cry echoed through the air.

Kree!

With that piercing cry, the Kunpeng Divine Power within Li Qing surged forth, engulfing his entire body.

In that moment, he seemed to truly transform into a Kunpeng descended from the upper realm.

Kunpeng’s Vast Heaven Diagram!

He unleashed the first form of the Kunpeng Treasure Technique, transforming his human body into a Kunpeng capable of tearing through the heavens.

Kunpeng Divine Power surged endlessly from his hand, seemingly inexhaustible.

"You claimed even a True Spirit couldn’t harm you?" Li Qing asked. "Then let’s see how you fare against the Kunpeng Treasure Technique of the upper realm."

Li Qing transformed his palm into a blade and slashed at the three-headed profound crocodile lunging toward him.

The moment the palm-blade struck, the space trembled, and a dense, piercing force erupted outward.

The three-headed profound crocodile felt an icy chill in its heart. The towering human figure before it exuded an unprecedented sense of danger.

But it was too late. Its momentum carried it forward, and in its vision, it seemed as if a true Kunpeng had spread its wings to strike.

Bang!

The instant Li Qing’s palm touched the three-headed profound crocodile, terrifying Kunpeng Divine Power erupted, tearing through its fleshly body and all three heads in a bloody maelstrom.

In the next moment, the critically wounded three-headed profound crocodile was sent flying backward, its body crashing repeatedly against the golden path, leaving streaks of blood across the metallic surface.

Yet Li Qing, still shackled by the immense weight of the golden path, slowly began to float upward.

A cold, sharp light flashed in his eyes as he gazed at the three-headed profound crocodile, whose fate remained uncertain. He raised his palm once more.

Soon, the three-headed profound crocodile struggled to its feet.

"Human, you are truly powerful—extremely powerful!"

"But do you really think this is all I have?"

As it spoke, the central head of the three-headed profound crocodile opened its massive jaws, and a dark red bone spear slowly emerged.

This bone spear had likely been refined from the spine of a demon beast. Though the refinement techniques were crude, the spear’s power lay in its formidable materials, making it a genuine magical artifact.

Li Qing, with his artifact refinement expertise, immediately recognized that the spine likely originated from a fourth-tier Great Transformation Demon!

"Ancestor, lend me your strength to slay this foe!"

The three-headed profound crocodile roared, gripping the dark red bone spear tightly. It was channeling the residual essence blood and residual spirit within the spear!

Boom!

A colossal phantom of a demon crocodile materialized, its eyes dull but its aura overwhelmingly powerful, almost reaching the threshold of transformation.

Rumble!

The massive demon crocodile phantom dominated a section of the golden path, its oppressive aura and energy rapidly spreading outward!

Even from the outside world, a colossal demon crocodile could be seen coiled upon one of the golden paths.

Meanwhile, on other golden paths, the demon race’s attention was also drawn to the commotion.

"Hmm? This aura and oppressive force... Could a Transformed Demon King have emerged?"

A white male lion stood atop the bodies of several demon beasts, its gaze fixed on the distant golden path where the giant crocodile coiled.

Nearby, a lithe green serpent slithered out from the swirling green poisonous mist, flicking its tongue as its vertical pupils narrowed toward the golden path to the side.

"Crocodile Third Sky? What kind of foe could have forced him to summon even the Ancestral Spirit?"

The commotion caused by the three-headed profound crocodile was simply too great for the demons on the other golden paths to ignore.

Yet Li Qing, facing the Progenitor Spirit of the Profound Crocodile directly, remained utterly calm.

"Kunpeng Heaven-Rending Hand!"

As his words echoed, he raised his hands.

All the Kunpeng power within him surged forth, unleashing one of the Kunpeng Treasure Technique’s most devastating killing moves.

Previously, when he had used this technique, his fleshly body had nearly shattered under the strain, the very flesh and blood of his arms peeling away completely.

The situation was different now. After a period of recuperation and seclusion within the Tempering Life Spirit Pool, his fleshly body’s strength rivaled that of a late third-tier demon race.

"Roar!"

The Progenitor Spirit of the Profound Crocodile roared furiously, then, driven by the three-headed profound crocodile, charged directly at Li Qing.

The Progenitor Spirit’s spectral form opened its colossal maw, engulfing the entire area ahead. Li Qing had no escape!

Of course, Li Qing had no intention of fleeing. He extended both hands forward, as if they were vanishing into the void.

Swish!

These heaven-rending hands, meeting no resistance, ruthlessly tore the Progenitor Spirit’s spectral form in two.

Boom!

The Progenitor Spirit’s spectral form dissipated from the tear, ultimately vanishing completely within the surging Kunpeng Divine Power.

Li Qing’s gaze remained icy as he endured the crushing weight of the shackles and began to stride through the void.

Blood trickled from both his arms, indicating the strain was still considerable, though far less severe than before.

The three-headed profound crocodile, its trump card shattered once more, had completely lost consciousness and lay motionless on the golden path.

Li Qing seized the three-headed profound crocodile and unleashed his divine sense, forcibly breaching its Sea of Consciousness.

Intrigued by the Profound Crocodile Threefold Annihilation technique, he intended to use soul-searching and soul-refining methods to forcibly extract it.

"Interesting," he mused. "The three heads share a single Sea of Consciousness. I expected three separate Seas of Consciousness and divine souls!"

"But this simplifies things considerably."

Within moments, Li Qing had sifted through the three-headed profound crocodile’s chaotic memories and located the cultivation method for the Profound Crocodile Threefold Annihilation.

Confirming he had missed nothing, Li Qing withdrew his divine sense without hesitation.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Li Qing flicked his fingers three times, and the crocodile’s three heads exploded like overripe watermelons.

After completing this task, Li Qing stored the crocodile’s corpse in his storage pouch and slowly turned around.

Gazing at the pale golden Spirit Fruit suspended high in the tree canopy, he let out a sigh of relief.

"Phew, the second Spirit Fruit is secured. Ninth Insect can finally undergo its metamorphosis."

"Still, I’ve managed to offend another royal clan of the demon realm!"

At this thought, Li Qing couldn’t help but chuckle bitterly.

Now he truly had nothing to lose. Having already incurred the Bear Clan’s eternal enmity, he certainly wouldn’t mind adding the profound crocodile clan to his list of enemies.

With that, Li Qing retrieved the pale golden Myriad Beasts Spirit Fruit.

(End of the Chapter)

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