Lin Ming's heart skipped a beat as he didn't expect that the terrain of this forest would actually cause big trouble.

  "Crack!"

  Although the whip was wrapped around the branch, the falling speed was too fast, and the branch was directly broken off. The firework heavily fell to the ground, and with a dull "thud" sound, the ground was directly smashed into a human-shaped pit.

  The firework exploded and blood flowed, internal organs were shattered, and several ribs were also broken.

  Lin Ming's eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness. He had originally intended to escape immediately, but seeing the firework maker's miserable state, he changed his mind.

  Add insult to injury, cut the grass and eliminate the roots!

  If Huo Gong swallowed a few top-grade elixirs, he would recover his true yuan and continue to chase and kill him. Although Lin Ming could borrow power from the air, once his true yuan was exhausted, he would fall down.

  If the firework is on the ground chasing him, it will catch up sooner or later.

  "Get out!"

  Lin Ming gritted his teeth and exerted all his strength, diving down from dozens of meters high in the air!

  As he shot out with one gun, the Lei Ling and Huo Jing in his body violently shook, and the crazy flames and thunder power burst out like a flood that had broken through the dike!

  The power of the evil god is unleashed!

  The long spear pointed downwards, its tip aimed straight ahead, the terrifying sound of thunder and explosions echoed through the air, as the heavy silver spear shot down like a meteor wrapped in flames!

  Just then, Huo Gong suddenly turned over and stood up with a serious injury. He saw Lin Ming's gun stabbing down, his face looked extremely ugly.

  Although his internal organs were severely damaged and his ribs were broken, as a martial artist with half-step Heaven's Gate cultivation, his True Qi had penetrated deep into his five viscera and six bowels, bones, and muscles, which were protected by his True Qi. Injuries of this degree could still be barely supported.

  He originally wanted to pretend to be seriously injured and dying, luring Lin Ming down. But unexpectedly, Lin Ming's move was so decisive. Without even checking how severe his injuries were, he immediately used his ultimate move.

  Of course, Lin Ming's so-called ultimate move, the flames on the gun body, in the eyes of a firework expert who is proficient in fire control techniques, it's nothing special.

  "Hmph, after all, you're just a junior in the Easy Tendon stage, your cultivation is nothing but that, and you dare to compete with me with that little flame of yours?"

  Huǒ Gōng let out a cold laugh, his entire body engulfed in raging flames, despite being severely injured. His cultivation as a Half-Step Heaven's End expert was evident. How could he be afraid of a mere Easy Muscle Period warrior?

  "Red Lotus Hellfire!"

  Huǒ gōng dà hē yī shēng, tā shēn hòu píng kōng zhàn fàng chū yī duǒ hóng sè de lián huā, huǒ shé de xíng zhuàng suí zhī biàn chéng le guǐ yì de huā bàn zhuàng, guàn jiāo le dà liàng huǒ yàn zhēn yuán de dāo shēn yǐ jīng huà chéng tóng hóng sè, fǎng fú jí jiāng róng huà yì bān.

  "Pffft!" Just after using the Red Lotus Demon Flame, Huo Gong suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. With his heavily injured body, supporting such a top-notch martial skill was ultimately a bit strained.

  "That little brat, I've suffered such a heavy injury. First kill him, then find a place to treat my wounds." Huo Gong stored this thought in his mind, forcibly circulating his true yuan, and suddenly swung out with a knife. A huge flame vortex rolled up on the blade, and the land under his feet instantly turned into a scorched black, with a circle of dark red heat waves spreading out. Wherever the heat wave passed, all the grass and trees withered and burned, turning into flying ash!

  Compared to Lin Ming's Flame Gun, the Red Lotus Hellfire was even more powerful in terms of its aura and the heat waves that spread out!

  However, facing such a powerful Red Lotus Flame Demon, the flames on Lin Ming's gun seemed to be pulled by some kind of aura and boiled up.

  Lin Ming could clearly feel the surging hot flow and waves of humming coming from his heart, as if the Fire Essence was excited!

  "Cheers!"

  Just as the gun and knife intersected, the lightning flames that wrapped around the gun suddenly intertwined - Lightning Flame Kill!!

  The originally seemingly weak flame and lightning met, and the terrifying energy suddenly burst out!

  For a moment, the sound seemed to be swallowed up, and the sharp aura on the soft silver spear burst out like a whip, tearing through the air.

  A ball of lightning and fire erupted from the heavy silver spear, colliding head-on with the incoming red lotus demonic flames!

  "Boom!"

  Like a thunderclap, the rampant true yuan burst forth like a tidal wave.

  Lin Mingru descended like a shooting star, but was knocked flying like a straw, even though the firework was already heavily injured, the move he released still had such power!

  Lin Ming, rolling in mid-air, spat out a mouthful of blood. The soft silver spear swept across, brutally cutting down a large tree. Lin Ming borrowed the force of this rebound to steady his body in mid-air.

  As he looked up, the place where Huo Gong was originally standing had sunk into a large pit, Huo Gong was covered in blood, his long knife stuck in the ground, and he was half-kneeling on the ground.

  This made Lin Ming's heart shrink back, a half-step into the Heavenly Fate stage martial artist was already this powerful?

  He was already heavily injured, yet in this state, he activated his evil god powers and used Thunderfire Kill, but still couldn't kill him.

  The true yuan consumption was too great, Lin Ming did not continue to attack, but instead took out a pure true yuan stone, operated the "Chaos True Yuan Technique", and began to quickly absorb the true yuan, recovering his strength.

  Just then, Huo Gong suddenly cracked a smile, his charred lips revealing a set of ghastly white teeth. This sudden smile sent a chill down Lin Ming's spine - this guy still had some energy left!

  "You really surprised me! Is this a martial skill that an Easy Muscle Period warrior can release? It seems that the world has changed to one I'm not familiar with... Alright, fine. Today, even if it means damaging my cultivation, I'll kill you. Otherwise, leaving you alive will lead to endless troubles!"

  Huǒ gōng bào hè yī shēng, shēn tǐ zài dù rán shāo chū hóng lián yāo yān, zhǐ guò zhè yī cì, hóng lián yāo yān ruò le xǔ duō, suí zhe huǒ shé cóng tā tǐ biǎo chōng chū, huǒ gōng zài tù yī kǒu xiān xuè, xiǎn rán yǐ jīng shì qiáng gōng zhī mò!

  "I don't believe you still have a true yuan to release that move!" Huo Gong's feet stomped the ground fiercely, and the charred earth burst open. His body charged out, with his long knife burning as he went straight for Lin Ming's head!

  At the moment of life and death, Lin Ming's heart was as calm as ice!

  He grasped the heavy silver spear horizontally with his right hand, and the thumb of his left hand touched the Mount Sumeru ring.

  He can no longer use Lei Huo Sha, and it's impossible for him to block Huo Gong's sword!

  "Go die!" Huo Gong slashed out with his knife, and the violent blade energy stirred up a whirlwind, stirring up the scorching air currents.

  At the same time, Lin Ming also thrust out a spear, his strength as smooth as silk!

  More than 5,000 strands of fierce and sinister true yuan surged towards Huo Wu like a tidal wave, and amidst this torrent of true yuan, a small, azure-blue bead stood out starkly.

  Thunderbolt Evil Fire Bead!

  BOOM!!!

  Using Zhenyuan to detonate the Pili evil fire bead, at the same time, Lin Ming unfolded the Golden Peng Breaking Void Body Technique and violently broke out!

  In an instant, the sun seemed to have lost its color, and its dazzling rays shot out in all directions like countless golden swords.

  Lin Ming was hit by the shockwave, and with the addition of the knife energy released by Huo Gong, even his strong physical body and the mid-grade treasure equipment, the Purple Gold Soft Armor given to him by the Crown Prince, were unable to withstand it. He was shaken so badly that his internal organs were severely damaged, and he spat out fresh blood.

  However, Huo Gong was even more miserable, he almost crashed into the Thunder Evil Fire Pearl.

  The terrifying explosive energy poured down on Huo Gong's body, and under the multiple heavy injuries, his protective true yuan had long been weakened, how could he withstand such a fierce explosion.

  His chest was completely blown to pieces, with blood and shredded flesh flying everywhere. He heavily crashed into a large tree, and with a loud cracking sound, the trunk of the tree, as thick as a person's body, was directly broken by him.

  Huǒ gōng rolled on the ground like a dead dog, rolling out more than ten feet away. The long knife that had already left his hand spun around in circles and was deeply inserted into the earth.

  "How...how could it be like this..." Huo Gong struggled to get up, but his heart and lungs had already been completely shattered, fresh blood staining the ground, his life force slowly ebbing away...

  "I... actually died at the hands of a Qi Refining stage... martial artist?! I... I refuse!!"

  Huǒ Gōng stretched out his hand to grab the knife stuck in the ground, but at this moment he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and his body suddenly went limp, dying on the spot!

  He didn't know that Lin Ming had the Thunderfire Pearl, and on top of that, he was severely injured, his senses dulled. Otherwise, how could he not have discovered the hidden hand mixed in with Lin Ming's true essence?

  It was also destined to be so, Ou Yang Jiu Hua never thought that Lin Ming would comprehend a move almost identical to the Thunderclap Evil Fire Pearl, and as a result mistakenly believed that Lin Ming's Thunderclap Evil Fire Pearl had been used up like fireworks.

  ……

  "Crack!"

  A blood-red lightning flashed across the sky, and before long, a torrential rain poured down.

  The southern border has a humid climate with sudden rain showers.

  Such a torrential rain washed away the bloodstains, Lin Ming dragged his heavy Xuanhuang Silver Gun and stumbled to the side of Huo Yu's corpse.

  After taking a healing pill, Lin Ming's butt landed in the muddy water.

  "This rain... actually helped me."

  Lin Ming muttered to himself, he was heavily injured by the blast.

  In the southern wilderness, there are many ferocious beasts. If the blood aura spreads out, it may attract ferocious beasts. With Lin Ming's current state, the outcome of facing ferocious beasts can be imagined.

  "It was a close call!"

  This was Lin Ming's first time killing someone, but he didn't have any particularly special feelings about it. Having chosen the path of martial arts, he would inevitably encounter situations where he had to kill people sooner or later, and Lin Ming had long been mentally prepared for this. Moreover, the warriors he had killed in the Million Kill Array had felt completely real, and there was no difference between that and actually killing someone.

  Lin Ming was extremely fortunate to have obtained the Thunderclap Evil Fire Pearl during his battle with Zhang Guanyu. In terms of power, the Thunderclap Evil Fire Pearl was slightly inferior to Lin Ming's Thunderfire Kill, but Huo Gong's protective True Essence had already become weak as paper at that time, and naturally couldn't withstand the Thunderclap Evil Fire Pearl's devastating attack.

  After reaching the Condensation Period, a martial artist's physical strength will not change much. Without the protection of True Yuan, the ability to withstand impact is the same for both acquired and innate martial artists.

  "This man, why does he want to kill me? Who sent him? Ou Yang Zhi Hua? Or the United Business Association?"

  Lin Ming recalled his encounter with Qinzhuo, the illusion created by Bi Luo was too profound, the voice, appearance, temperament and even the body odor were all perfectly consistent, even Lin Ming's perception which was much stronger than that of a martial artist of the same level couldn't see through it.

  But now that he thinks about it, Lin Ming always felt that there was something off about Qian Zhi Ya from the beginning, it was just a hunch.

  Just now, after a hint from Huo Gong, he suddenly realized what he had neglected.

  That's... Qin Xin!