Chapter 54 of 100

Chapter 54

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(Thanks to the support of 'Wu Bian Ji Mao'.)

As the deputy sect leader Xing's body shattered, even the highest-level protective martial art in the world, the Withered Wood Divine Skill, could not withstand the force of Ding Qi's Fifth-Level Gigantic Strength Technique. The emaciated middle-aged man ultimately died instantly.

No matter how miraculous the Withered Wood Skill was, it was still just a secular martial art.

In the face of immortal techniques, it was utterly powerless.

Even the most basic technique like the Gigantic Strength Technique was something that martial artists could not resist.

The power of the two was operating on completely different levels.

From the moment Deputy Sect Leader Xing attacked Ding Qi to his death, everything happened in a matter of a few breaths, so fast that the surrounding Tianquan Sect members did not even have time to react.

By the time they truly realized what had happened, Deputy Sect Leader Xing had already been defeated.

At the same time, the scene of the struggle between Ding Qi and Deputy Sect Leader Xing was fully witnessed by the Tianquan Sect members. The various incredible powers displayed by Ding Qi left everyone in shock.

Seeing the shattered body of Deputy Sect Leader Xing and the ground that looked as if a natural disaster had occurred, no one could muster the courage to fight against Ding Qi.

After all, even Deputy Sect Leader Xing, who could match the entire sect's top experts, could only last a few breaths against Ding Qi before meeting a tragic end. They, on the other hand, had even less chance of resistance.

They had already realized that fighting against Ding Qi was tantamount to courting death.

With Deputy Sect Leader Xing's death, Ding Qi glanced at the corpse on the ground and then turned his gaze to the other Tianquan Sect members in the distance.

Seeing Ding Qi's gaze turn to them, the remaining Tianquan Sect disciples all turned pale. The entire scene became eerily quiet, with no one daring to make a sound. For a moment, it was so quiet that a pin drop could be heard.

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"Run! This person is not someone we can resist. We must report this incident to the sect for handling." Someone in the group shouted first.

Then, the remaining Tianquan Sect members fell into chaos.

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"Run!"

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"We need to split up."

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"Everyone, quickly retreat in different directions."

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The Tianquan Sect members, having reacted, immediately scattered into seven or eight groups, fleeing in different directions. It seemed they were trying to use this method to escape from Ding Qi's hands.

Watching the Tianquan Sect members scatter, Ding Qi took a deep breath, his eyes gradually turning cold, and he made a decision.

These Tianquan Sect members were all skilled in high-level lightness techniques. After exerting their full strength, they fled at incredible speeds, quickly crossing the valley and entering the forest. Especially when they saw that Ding Qi was still standing in place and had not yet pursued them, their speed increased even more.

Ding Qi scanned the various groups fleeing in different directions and finally focused his gaze on the group that was fleeing the fastest and was about to enter the dense forest.

Next, Ding Qi activated the Wind Control Technique again. His body left a trail of afterimages as he pursued the group.

This group had only just entered the forest when Ding Qi appeared beside them. With a few palm strikes from Ding Qi, they fell to the ground silently, already dead.

However, by this time, the other Tianquan Sect members had taken the opportunity to hide in the forest and completely disappeared.

After killing the group that had fled the farthest, Ding Qi looked at the Tianquan Sect members who had vanished and recalled the directions they had fled. He then activated the Wind Control Technique again and pursued another direction.

After that, Ding Qi's figure, like a ghost, continuously appeared in the forest, accompanied by the sounds of sword clashes and the cries of those in their death throes. But these sounds quickly subsided.

In the end, all the sounds disappeared. Ding Qi stopped moving. The entire forest returned to its original tranquility.

At this moment, he stood in a forest some distance from the original valley. Around Ding Qi, the ground was littered with broken swords and knives. Several bodies lay nearby.

"This last group is finally dealt with."

Looking at the bodies on the ground, Ding Qi remained silent for a long time before sighing, "If I hadn't killed you and let you bring the news back to the sect, I would probably be the one being hunted by the Tianquan Sect."

Although the Tianquan Sect members fled at incredible speeds, they had greatly underestimated the power of the Wind Control Technique. During the pursuit, Ding Qi ultimately pushed the Wind Control Technique to its limit, leaving a trail of afterimages in the forest, moving at an unimaginable speed. Additionally, his senses were far beyond those of ordinary people, and with his superior hearing, he could easily detect the directions in which they were fleeing.

Even those who changed direction halfway through their escape were easily found by Ding Qi and ultimately met their end.

Although he had dealt with the Tianquan Sect members, Ding Qi only shook his head, showing no sign of joy. He felt quite helpless about what had happened today.

Next, he began to check the state of his innate true qi.

Although the three techniques Ding Qi cultivated were incredibly powerful, once activated, they consumed a significant amount of true qi.

Whether it was the Golden Body Technique, the Wind Control Technique, or the Gigantic Strength Technique, once activated, Ding Qi's true qi would be drained like water being pumped out.

Although his innate true qi, cultivated to the eighth level, was already quite substantial, the speed at which it was consumed when the three techniques were activated still made him feel that his true qi was not sufficient enough.

Fortunately, his cultivation technique had reached the eighth level, which was quite advanced. The natural recovery speed of his true qi, although not fast enough to keep up with the consumption of the three techniques, was still barely acceptable for Ding Qi.

However, thinking about another matter, Ding Qi frowned.

"As long as I don't activate multiple techniques at the same time, the recovery speed of my true qi is still manageable. But when the three techniques are activated simultaneously, the consumption of true qi is a different story," Ding Qi thought, feeling the current state of his true qi.

Not long after cultivating the three techniques, Ding Qi discovered that he could activate them simultaneously.

Each of the three techniques he had cultivated had countless applications. When he realized that the three techniques could be activated simultaneously, he felt even more powerful.

However, Ding Qi soon found that activating two or three techniques simultaneously often left him feeling overmatched.

Activating multiple techniques simultaneously required an extremely high level of true qi.

Whenever the three techniques were activated simultaneously, Ding Qi felt as if his true qi was being rapidly drained, as if doused with oil.

Ding Qi had compared the consumption of true qi when activating the three techniques simultaneously to activating a single technique. The consumption was more than ten times greater. Even activating two techniques simultaneously consumed three to four times more true qi than a single technique.

This consumption characteristic of the techniques was a source of great frustration for Ding Qi.

However, he knew that the only way to solve this problem was to cultivate his innate true qi to a higher level, making it even more substantial.

But when he thought about the high level of cultivation required to activate the three techniques without hesitation and the massive amount of precious herbs needed, he shook his head in helplessness.

His main method of obtaining various precious herbs was by collecting them in the mountains. Obtaining such a large amount of precious herbs was not something that could be done in a short time.

To reach that level, it would probably take more than ten years.

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