Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 1137: Offering Ceremonies for Spiritual Artifacts

Chapter 1137: Chapter 1137: Offering Ceremonies for Spiritual Artifacts

During those fleeting moments, Fang Bai and Qiu Heming had already exchanged over a hundred moves.

Although Fang Bai possessed the ability to challenge those above his class, and was a once-in-an-era Chaos True Body, Qiu Heming was a bona fide Cosmic Level mid-rank powerhouse, and moreover, one nearing the high rank of that realm. As their fists and Essence Energy continuously collided, Fang Bai actually found himself at a disadvantage, almost completely suppressed and unable to lift his head.

Fortunately, Fang Bai’s physical body was incredibly tough, compensating for his lack of Cultivation Level. He managed to withstand Qiu Heming’s fierce offensive for a hundred moves without defeat, which was nothing short of a miracle.

This battle was the first time Fang Bai had poured all his effort into a fight since his rebirth. Within his Qi Sea, the Essence Energy roared and surged tumultuously, pouring out with each punch and kick he delivered.

Inside Fang Bai’s body, his meridians, under the relentless onslaught of circulating Essence Energy, became even wider and more resilient. This allowed them to accommodate more Essence Energy and withstand more ferocious impacts, thereby unleashing even more powerful destructive forces.

If Essence Energy were to be compared to water, then the meridians would be the riverbanks and dams. The broader and more robust these structures are built, the more water they can withstand passing through them – even swift currents wouldn’t cause them to breach.

The stronger the Martial Artist, the more it showed that the meridians within their body were wider and more resilient than those of weaker Martial Artists.

Take Fang Bai for example, the Chaos Origin Energy within his Qi Sea encompassed seven types of elemental Essence Energy from the heavens and earth and contained astonishing power. However, due to the limitations of his meridians, he could only circulate two types of Essence Energy simultaneously when facing strong enemies. Any more, and his meridians might not withstand the violent onslaught of Essence Energy and could rupture.

For a Martial Artist, the consequences of ruptured meridians were extremely severe – one could become as weak as a person devoid of all strength.

Although Fang Bai’s body had an amazing Self-Healing ability, he was not willing to risk rupturing his meridians and stimulate his body’s potential to battle Qiu Heming at this moment.

However, this battle exerted tremendous pressure on Fang Bai, and it was under this pressure that his Essence Energy became purer and his meridians even wider and more resilient. He had taken another small step on the path to advancing to the next stage.

This was the advantage of Martial Artists frequently challenging one another – harnessing the pressure from each fight as motivation, pushing the body to its limits, then using Cultivation Resources to aid in the process, eventually leading to a breakthrough, like a metamorphosis from cocoon to butterfly, achieving the goal of advancing one’s Cultivation Level.

"Old man, impressive skills! In this world, you’re the first Martial Artist who has forced me to use a Spiritual Artifact!"

After fighting with Qiu Heming for quite some time, Fang Bai felt he could no longer extract any value from the fight, so he summoned the Blood-Drinking Mad Blade, ready to eliminate this formidable enemy.

Although Fang Bai was constantly battling Qiu Heming, he was still alert to his surroundings, able to observe in all directions, noticing that Linghu Qian Jiao, and Linghu Baimei were still under the control of the Xuannv Sect. Concerned that delay could lead to complications, he planned to immediately rescue the two sisters after dealing with Qiu Heming.

With the Blood-Drinking Mad Blade in hand, Fang Bai’s demeanor changed completely in an instant. Man merged with blade, intent merged with blade, as if he became one with the blade, his aura instantly overwhelming Qiu Heming by a great margin.

"This blade-type Spiritual Artifact can release Killing Qi on its own, it’s at least of a medium-grade Spiritual Artifact, what a fine treasure indeed!"

Upon seeing the Blood-Drinking Mad Blade in Fang Bai’s hands, Qiu Heming’s eyes sparkled with covetous desire. He also sensed Fang Bai’s fighting power surge dramatically with the blade, realizing he was no match empty-handed. Therefore, he extended his left hand, and with a flash of light from the Spatial Ring on his finger, an iron stick tall enough for a person and as thick as a chicken egg appeared in his hand.

This iron stick was the Spiritual Artifact that Qiu Heming always carried with him, named the "Golden Crow Stick".

Fang Bai glanced at the iron stick in Qiu Heming’s hand, noticing its black body flickering with specks of golden light, aware that it had been forged with a portion of the extraterrestrial Golden Crow Meteor, not only unyielding but also immensely powerful, falling into the category of a mid-grade Spiritual Artifact.

"That blade bears such a heavy Killing Qi, who knows how many souls have perished under it!"

Sect Master Yang saw the Blood-Drinking Mad Blade in Fang Bai’s hand and, smelling the pervasive stench of blood in the air, couldn’t help but let out a cold snort, detesting Fang Bai even more.

"Elder Qiu, this Fang Bai has trespassed into our Xuannv Sect without permission and killed without reason, truly detestable, an offense to both gods and men! I am willing to lead the high ranks of the Xuannv Sect to join forces with you to slay this Fang Bai, what do you say?"

Sect Master Yang raised her voice and asked.

Although Sect Master Yang really wanted to join forces with Qiu Heming, she also knew that some powerful individuals valued their status and didn’t appreciate others interfering in a duel, so without Qiu Heming’s consent, she wouldn’t dare to act rashly, for fear of provoking his anger.

Qiu Heming exclaimed angrily, "How audacious! To deal with this little thief, I alone am sufficient; I don’t need the help of you useless lot! Just watch those two girls for me, and I’ll settle the score with them later! If one escapes, I will annihilate your entire sect!"

If anyone else had said this, the high-ranking members of the Xuannv Sect like Sect Master Yang would certainly have been enraged, but coming from Qiu Heming, they were struck with fear, knowing that his words weren’t empty threats.

Sect Master Yang was genuinely worried that Linghu Qianjiao and Linghu Baimei might escape and bring catastrophe to the Xuannv Sect, so she decided to stand by the two women’s side and personally guard them.

Clang!

A deafening sound of Spiritual Artifacts colliding echoed as Fang Bai and Qiu Heming’s Spiritual Artifacts struck each other fiercely, Essence Energy scattering and sparks exploding brilliantly.

Although the Blood-Drinking Mad Blade was formidable, Fang Bai’s limited Cultivation Level meant he couldn’t bring out its true might.

The Golden Crow Stick, having been with Qiu Heming for years and perfectly aligned with his Cultivation Level, allowed him to wield it to its utmost potential with a single swing.

After the thundering impact, Fang Bai and Qiu Heming each flew backward. Looking down at the Spiritual Artifacts in their hands, Fang Bai’s Blood-Drinking Mad Blade was undamaged, meanwhile, a small notch had appeared on Qiu Heming’s Golden Crow Stick.

"What a mighty Spiritual Artifact!"

Qiu Heming had used the Golden Crow Stick for many years and fought countless Martial Artists with it, always emerging victorious, never suffering damage to his Spiritual Artifact. To think that today it would be harmed by Fang Bai’s bladelike Spiritual Artifact shocked him, drawing in a cold breath, both alarmed and thrilled.

The alarming fact was that after Fang Bai wielded his Spiritual Artifact, his combat power was seemingly on par with his own, and if the fight continued this way, his Golden Crow Stick would eventually be severed by the bladelike Spiritual Artifact; without the aid of a Spiritual Artifact, he would be no match for Fang Bai.

What thrilled him was that if he could kill Fang Bai, that bladelike Spiritual Artifact would become his own. Once he merged his own essence blood into it, the weapon would become his Spiritual Artifact.

"Sect Master Yang, this petty thief is our common enemy, we must indeed join forces to eliminate him! Do not worry, the deaths of Shijun, Shijun won’t provoke Swiftwind Valley’s wrath upon the Xuannv Sect!"

Qiu Heming’s thoughts raced like lightning, and he suddenly called out loudly.