Douluo: Starting with the Signing in of Goddess Xiaowu

"Fellow Daoist, if this is the extent of your strength, you should leave now; otherwise, you're only humiliating yourself," Xi E said with a chuckle.

The old man's mouth curved slightly upwards in scorn, and then he brandished his horsetail whisk, murmuring a spell.

"Hualsheng Emperor Technique·Yan!"

As the old man bellowed, chunks of massive rock on the ground began to explode, and from within, over a hundred rock warriors flew out!

Moreover, the energy of these rock warriors was formidable; the weakest among them was at the Semi-Emperor Level, and the leading eight possessed power fluctuations not less potent than those of Xiaowu and her companions.

"What! He can transform rocks into Semi-Emperors and even Supreme Gods out of thin air; how incredibly powerful is this old fellow?" Zi Ji said, her eyebrows knitting together in concern.

"I remember now, this old man, named Tian Qiang, saved us after we resurrected the Blood Demon from the Tree of Life and encountered a black shadow that we fled from all the way to a valley," Yue Yina recalled, her voice tinged with astonishment.

"The black shadow you're talking about, is it the person who seriously injured Grandpa?" Luo Yiyi asked.

"Mhm," Yue Yina nodded.

"At that time, it was this move, the Hualsheng Emperor Technique, that Tian Qiang Elder used," Yue Yina continued.

At that moment, a surprising scene unfolded. In the face of these rock puppets at the Semi-Emperor and Supreme God levels, golden lotuses appeared around Xi E.

Immediately afterwards, many golden fire beings emerged from within the lotuses—these too were Semi-Emperors and Supreme Gods!

Like the rock puppets, were each of these fire beings a kilometer tall?

"How can Sister Xi E also summon puppets?" Tang Yuehua wondered aloud.

"It seems this is the familiar power that Xiao'e mentioned," Chu Qin said with a faint smile, "Interesting."

The Tian Qiang Elder appeared somewhat surprised as well, facing Xi E, he asked, "How do you know the Hualsheng Emperor Technique?"

"It was taught to me by my master, Empress Chu Yun," Xi E replied, "May I ask, fellow Daoist, where did your Hualsheng Emperor Technique come from?"

"So, the so-called Empress Chu Yun is a person from the Chi Emperor Lineage," the Tian Qiang Elder laughed heartily.

"Eh, could it be that this old man and Sister Xi E are from the same sect?" Wang Qiu'er exclaimed in surprise.

"It must be correct; the Emperor Techniques they know are the same," Bai Xiuxiu nodded.

"No!" However, the Tian Qiang Elder shook his head and said coldly, "My Hualsheng Emperor Technique was seized from the Chi Emperor Lineage. The Chi Emperor Lineage is naturally ferocious. Since you are a descendant of the Chi Emperor Lineage, I cannot possibly allow you to enter the Life Forbidden Zone, nor can I allow you to live!"

"If you want to take my life, let's see just how capable you are," Xi E said, her voice as calm as a still pond.

No sooner had her words fallen than her jade hands formed seals, and those golden lotus fire beings, each as formidable as a real Supreme God, began to converge their Divine Power together, lunging at Tian Qiang Elder.

"Form the barrier!" Tian Qiang Elder, with a flick of his horsetail whisk, caused each of the rock puppets to wield a shield. Connecting all the shields together, they formed a wall-like barrier before the old man.

"Crash boom."

Accompanied by a thunderous noise, Xi E's Divine Power attacks fiercely struck Tian Qiang Elder's wall-like barrier.

In an instant, the earth shook, and the space buzzed, the entire Cang Qiong grew utterly dark, as if the end of the world were drawing near.

Yet Tian Kun Mountain remained utterly unmoved.

The immobile entity included the Tian Qiang Elder's city wall shield, which seemed unaffected by Xi E's attacks.

At the same time, Tian Qiang Elder waved his horsetail whisk again, "Attack formation!"

No sooner had he spoken than the city wall shield instantly transformed into a stone spear array, swiftly shattering Xi E's Divine Power and annihilating all the fire lotus people, its momentum unabated.

All spear tips pointed directly at Xi E herself.

"Combine formation!" At this moment, the old man's formation changed again, all the spears flew out of the stone puppet's hands, immediately merging into a single gigantic spear tens of thousands of meters long.

"The Empress, she's actually been defeated!"

"Sister Xi E, lost!"

Yuè Yīnà, Luo Yiyi, Bi Bidong, and others expressed their shock in quick succession. Xi E was the Pangu Empress, one of the strongest beings in the entire universe, next to Chu Qin, yet she was defeated by this gatekeeper of the Forbidden Zone!

Just who was this Tian Qiang Elder?

Xi E was also slightly surprised. Although her Hualsheng Emperor Technique was not yet at its pinnacle, it should have been indefensible even for the ordinary tri-calamities, let alone the Sky Calamity Supreme God.

And yet, the strength of this Tian Qiang Elder was at least on the level of the Sky Calamity Supreme God!

Just as Xi E was about to defend, Tian Qiang Elder's stone puppets suddenly stopped moving.

Everyone looked closely and saw the Immovable Ming King Sword resting on Tian Qiang Elder's neck, wielded by Chu Qin!

"How is that possible!" Tian Qiang Elder exclaimed in surprise, "When did you get in front of me?"

"That's none of your concern." Chu Qin replied with a calm smile, "I'll only ask once, where is the Tree of Life?"

"What if I refuse to tell you?" the Tian Qiang Elder asked calmly.

"What do you think?" asked Chu Qin, smiling faintly in return.

"If you had cut off my head with a single strike just now, perhaps my Divine Soul would have been destroyed, but now, you've missed your chance!" As soon as Tian Qiang Elder finished speaking, his body suddenly got covered by rocks.

Next, Tian Qiang Elder's body and the rocks shattered into debris, and along with them, all of the stone puppets became debris as well.

"He's escaped." Chu Qin said, slightly startled by the complete disappearance of Tian Qiang Elder's presence.

"Chu Qin, what happened? Did that man run away?" At this point, Xiaowu and the others gathered around.

"It seems this person has mastered the complete Hualsheng Emperor Technique!" Xi E said, "This technique of swapping positions instantaneously, Heaven Shifting, can only be used by my master, the Chu Yun Great Emperor."

"This Tian Qiang Elder is so formidable, even Sister Xi E is no match for him." Shui Bing'er exclaimed in surprise.

"It's not that Xi E is no match for him," said Chu Qin with a smile, "It's just that her Hualsheng Emperor Technique is not as good as his. If Xi E had used the Pangu Golden Lotus, this old fellow wouldn't stand a chance against her."

"But Chu Qin, he's vanished, where do we find him?" Ye Zixi asked, puzzled.

"What do we need him for?" Chu Qin said, shaking his head with a smile, "To find the Tree of Life, we have the Moon Emperor, don't we?"

"Chu Qin, I don't remember the exact location of the Tree of Life, I only know it's within the Life Forbidden Zone," Yuè Yīnà said, "But I remember now, in the cave at the center of the valley is Tian Qiang Elder's dwelling, perhaps we can find some clues there."

"Let's go!"