Boarding Life

Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated, unleashing his Celestial Spirit True Qi on the spot. A massive surge of golden light swept out, shrouding forward and crashing head-on into the Elite Demon’s Evil Qi.

The two forces collided, instantly locked in a dead heat!

Seeing that Qin Qi was still alive, the most shocked person was, of course, Murong Chan.

He had thought his plan was airtight.

He had thought Qin Qi had long since died under his methods, yet now, not only did Qin Qi appear before him, he even looked completely unharmed!

Compared to his own miserable state, the other party’s unscathed appearance was the greatest wound to him.

"You, you’re still alive!" Murong Chan spoke weakly, his voice filled with shock.

Qin Qi stood with his hands behind his back. "Brother Murong, what’s wrong? I’m alive and you look quite surprised?"

Only then did Murong Chan remember he couldn’t show any flaws.

Qin Qi probably still didn’t know that it had been him who made the underhanded move back then.

In his current miserable state, he still had to count on Qin Qi to save him.

Murong Chan immediately explained, "Junior Brother Qin Qi, you jest. At that time you were entangled by this Elite Demon, I thought something had happened to you."

"For that, my heart was grieving endlessly. Now that I see Junior Brother Qin Qi still alive, I couldn’t be happier."

"Junior Brother Qin Qi, this fiend is absolutely not someone we can handle. How about you first bring me back into the city!"

Qin Qi sneered inwardly.

This Murong Chan really was shameless to the extreme.

He had clearly just framed him, yet now he could still put on a straight face and act like nothing had happened while asking him to save him?

Save him?

What a joke!

Since the other party wanted him dead, now that he held the advantage, naturally he had to teach him a lesson without leaving a trace, without leaving any evidence.

But quite obviously, now was not the time to be thinking about that.

The Elite Demon had already broken through his Celestial Spirit True Qi barrier and was charging straight at Qin Qi!

"Qin Qi, watch out!" Wei Ling’Er and Zhang Mingtong shouted.

Qin Qi quickly stirred his own Mana. "You two, do you still have any strength left to fight?"

Wei Ling’Er and Zhang Mingtong’s faces turned ugly.

As much as they didn’t want to admit it, the Mana in their bodies was almost completely exhausted; that was already a fact.

If they entered the battle now, let alone helping, it’d be good enough if they didn’t become a burden.

Seeing their expressions, Qin Qi immediately understood. "You two help me from the side and hold the formation. Leave this Elite Demon to me alone!"

"If there’s a chance later, you can head back into the city first as well!"

"Junior Brother Qin Qi, th-this won’t do!" Wei Ling’Er was utterly shaken.

They had all just experienced the Elite Demon’s methods firsthand.

Even with her, Wei Ling’Er, Zhang Mingtong, and Murong Chan joining forces, they had been scattered in a short time by the Elite Demon.

Qin Qi alone? How was that possible!

Qin Qi shook his head. "Otherwise, Miss Wei, do you have any better idea? Once this Elite Demon locks onto us, even if I take you two with me, I’m afraid we still won’t escape!"

At this, Wei Ling’Er and Zhang Mingtong were completely speechless.

Still, words were one thing; the idea of challenging this Elite Demon with one person’s strength alone was just too crazy.

Qin Qi, of course, would never do something he wasn’t confident about.

The reason he dared.

Was because he knew that even if he wasn’t a match for this Elite Demon, it would be far from easy for the Elite Demon to kill him!

"Roar!"

A furious bellow.

The Elite Demon’s Evil Qi surged again, sweeping over like a tide.

It collided with the Celestial Spirit True Qi, and the clash between the two sides was fully ignited!

Murong Chan, lying on the ground, forced a fawning smile at Wei Ling’Er. "Junior Sister Wei, Junior Brother Zhang, you’ve seen it. Qin Qi is currently fighting this Elite Demon."

"Taking this chance, you, you can totally bring me back into the city first!"

"If Junior Brother Qin Qi really does meet with misfortune, the three of us won’t have to stay here to be buried with him, right!"

Wei Ling’Er had already been brooding over Murong Chan’s act of running for his own life.

Hearing this, she immediately turned to look at Zhang Mingtong beside her. "Brother Zhang, do you hear anyone else talking?"

Brother Zhang chuckled. "There are only you, me, and Junior Brother Qin Qi here. What other senior or junior brothers?"

Murong Chan flew into a rage. "Wei Ling’Er, Zhang Mingtong, don’t push your luck!"

Wei Ling’Er turned back, finally unable to bear it anymore, and snapped, "Murong Chan, how do you still have the face to speak? You abandoned me and Brother Zhang and turned tail to run alone!"

"As for this crime, don’t worry, I’ll report it in full. I’ll let the people from the Law Enforcement Hall make their judgment."

"And now, when Junior Brother Qin Qi is dueling the Elite Demon for our sake, you still want to look out only for yourself!"

"Do you not know the rules of the battlefield?"

"Rest assured, even if you’re from the Murong clan, once this is reported to the Law Enforcement Hall, I’ll make sure you shed a layer of skin!"

Hearing this, Murong Chan’s face changed drastically.

The so-called battlefield rules were that once Cultivators stepped onto the battlefield, unless the situation changed, or there was an order from above, or their own Mana was exhausted—

Otherwise, they absolutely could not retreat back into the city.

But the most crucial point.

They must never abandon their companions!

So once they stepped onto the battlefield, even if they clearly knew that after Qin Qi died their own fate would be extremely grim,

they had never thought of fleeing!

Glory together, loss together—that is the battlefield!

This restriction naturally also existed to prevent petty scum on the battlefield from stabbing their own people in the back!

After all, such things had been all too common throughout human history!

At this moment, the always-silent Zhang Mingtong suddenly cried out in shock, "Junior Sister Wei, look carefully!"

Only then did Wei Ling’Er turn her gaze toward Qin Qi.

That one look stunned her.

Wei Ling’Er’s pupils shrank violently!

Because right now, Qin Qi was actually fighting the Elite Demon to a standstill; neither side could do anything to the other.

In the area around the battlefield, on one side was the surging, raging Evil Qi.

On the other side was the vast Celestial Spirit True Qi spreading out from Qin Qi!

The two forces each held half the field, covering the space around them, and neither could overcome the other!

"This..."

Wei Ling’Er’s eyes widened. "From just now until now, it’s already been close to a hundred breaths. Qin Qi has been contending with this Elite Demon for so long?"

"I can’t believe it either, this... this is too unbelievable." Zhang Mingtong clenched his fists tightly.

They looked at the Elite Demon again.

It had been ferocious and frenzied before, but it suddenly spoke in human tongue, "I remember now, you’re that Qin Qi the Demon King mentioned!"

Qin Qi raised his brows. "Oh? Speaking human tongue? So even an Elite Demon can do that. But you know me?"

"Roar, roar, roar..."

The Elite Demon let out a strange sound, similar to human laughter.

Its blood-red eyes stared fixedly at Qin Qi. "We’ve been searching for you in several cities for a long time. Finally, we’ve found you."

Qin Qi narrowed his eyes. "Looking for me?"

The Elite Demon twisted its incredibly thick neck. "What else? After all, one of the reasons this war started ahead of schedule... is because of you!"