NOVPUBChapter 851: Chapter 457 Earth’s Sword Lotus Achieves Success Chapter 851: Chapter 457 Earth’s Sword Lotus Achieves Success In an instant, He Liqiu made a bizarre gesture, and soon a fierce wind picked up, with massive amounts of Spiritual Energy crazily rushing into his Sky Spirit Cover.
His movements were swift, from deciding to self-detonate to having Spiritual Energy crazily flood his body, it only took a few breaths of time.
By now, he no longer had any way out, nor could he forcibly interrupt the process.
Unless he was destroyed by an external force before the Self-Detonating Golden Core could activate, there was absolutely no way to reverse his fate.
At this moment, Lin Tianming, seeing He Liqiu’s actions and feeling the changes in the surrounding Spiritual Energy, also immediately understood He Liqiu’s intentions.
“This guy is also going to self-detonate!”
In a flash, Lin Tianming’s face darkened as he pondered his response strategy.
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However, he only thought briefly before he pressed forward without any hesitation, his figure not stopping as he continued to unleash Divine Skills towards He Liqiu.
At this critical moment, Lin Tianming not only didn’t retreat but instead accelerated towards He Liqiu.
He was taking a huge risk by doing so.
In his eyes, he was too close to He Liqiu; even if he were to try and hastily retreat, he feared he wouldn’t be able to avoid the explosive force of the Self-Detonating Golden Core.
He was very clear about the power of a Golden Core Cultivator’s self-detonation; the complete process of Xiang Changqing’s self-detonation still flashed through his mind.
Once He Liqiu’s self-detonation succeeded, he would undoubtedly be affected.
And since he was already injured and at such close proximity, even if his body was strong enough, there was a high chance he would perish, or at the very least sustain severe injuries.
Rather than take a passive risk by retreating, he decided to take a chance!
As long as he could kill He Liqiu before the self-detonation, he could forcefully interrupt the process.
Knowing this, Lin Tianming was determined, his speed reaching an extreme.
At this time, seeing Lin Tianming approaching, He Liqiu couldn’t help but reveal a scornful smile.
In his eyes, even though Lin Tianming was fast, he had already reached the critical moment for self-detonation, with massive amounts of Spiritual Energy already flooding his body, potentially allowing the self-detonation to succeed at any time.
It seemed, Lin Tianming surely wouldn’t make it in time.
At this moment, He Liqiu had completely let go, showing absolutely no sign of fear.
However, as Lin Tianming drew closer and closer to He Liqiu, his speed suddenly surged.
In an instant, Lin Tianming was already above He Liqiu’s head.
Seeing Lin Tianming so close, He Liqiu wore an expression of disbelief.
He never thought that Lin Tianming, who was already fast, would burst forward even further.
Now, the two were less than several dozen feet apart, a distance for Golden Core Cultivators which was almost like being right next to each other.
“Ugh…”
A miserable scream sounded, sending shivers down one’s spine.
Following the scream, the Qinghong Sword directly pierced through He Liqiu’s chest.
He Liqiu’s body instantly exploded into pieces, his limbs and various organs scattering apart.
At the same time, the explosion produced a shockwave that spread in all directions.
As for such a miserable scene, it was obviously because the Spiritual Energy was too violent, and He Liqiu had already absorbed enough of it.
With Lin Tianming’s strike hitting He Liqiu’s chest directly, it induced his body to explode completely like a vessel under tremendous pressure.
However, the shockwave from He Liqiu’s body explosion was far less powerful than that of a Golden Core Cultivator, not even reaching a tenth of its potential.
Such a shockwave was merely like a tickle for Lin Tianming’s robust physique.
A few breaths later, the shockwave calmed down, and the sky temporarily returned to tranquility.
Two Third Order Spiritual Beasts also steadied their forms, and when they looked at the spot where He Liqiu had been, their faces showed relief from escaping a disaster.
Though they were Demonic Beasts, and their Spirit Wisdom was not comparable to that of Human Cultivators, at the Third Order level and having survived for hundreds to thousands of years, their Spirit Wisdom was not low, at least comparable to that of human children over ten years old.
Initially, when they saw He Liqiu about to self-detonate his Golden Core, they too were terrified and began to hastily retreat.
Unexpectedly, Lin Tianming did not retreat and managed to eliminate He Liqiu before the self-detonation.
This action also averted a crisis for the two Third Order Spiritual Beasts.
Now that He Liqiu was dead, this result was perfect for Lin Tianming, as well as for the two Third Order Demonic Beasts.
Yet, while some rejoice, others mourn!
Feeling the tumult just now and discovering that He Liqiu was killed, Zhao Hongsheng of the Red Alliance’s face darkened to an extreme.
He Liqiu was a member of the Red Alliance, and whereas Zhao Hongsheng might not care about Xiang Changqing’s demise, even taking it lightly, the fall of He Liqiu was a real loss to him.
After all, this was the second Golden Core Cultivator from the Red Alliance to fall in recent years.
Losing so much power without having annihilated Myriad Medicine Valley and Zhenyang Sect, not to mention failing to find the item that the higher-ups had ordered him to look for.
If he couldn’t complete this task, his influence within the Red Alliance would diminish even further.
More crucially, the chance to earn enough merit to exchange for a Nascent Soul Spiritual Item would completely vanish.
That outcome would undoubtedly be Zhao Hongsheng’s greatest failure.
