OUTSIDE OF TIME

Chapter 1256: Continuing the Red Glow

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The slave owner with whom the Eldest Prince was negotiating was also a member of the Flame Moon, dressed in luxurious robes and possessing considerable cultivation. There was a hint of disdain on his face as he glanced at Xu Qing, who had stopped not far away, before turning his gaze to the Eldest Prince.”

“It’s not like I can’t sell them to you.”

“But, you see, are you of the human race, or are you a member of the Flame Moon Mystic Heaven? The difference here is not the same.”

“If it’s the human race, you don’t have the qualifications to buy slave cultivators. If it’s my Flame Moon Race, 1 can sell some to you.”

The slave owner calmly spoke and casually pried open the mouth of a human prisoner of war beside him.

“Look, these teeth are still not bad. He has value.”

The expression of the human prisoner, numb with humiliation, changed slightly, a sense of shame flowing in his eyes, until eventually he closed them. However, as the slave owner shook his hand, the prisoner’s eyes were forcibly opened again.

The slave owner smiled and his gaze landed on Xu Qing again. This time, it carried a hint of provocation.

To be able to open a slave market in the holy city and have a way to transport the human prisoners of war from far away in the Black Heaven Region, one could imagine that the forces behind this slave market must be astonishing.

Hence, he didn’t care about the Eldest Prince of the human race at all. After all, everyone knew that the other party had been abandoned by his maternal family.

What he cared about was Xu Qing, the human who had obtained the first segment’s first place.

The Eldest Prince’s expression was unsightly and his eyes were filled with anger. However, this was the Flame Moon Mystic Heaven Race, so he took a deep breath and could only endure it. He took out a jade slip and transmitted his voice, preparing to use his own method to buy back the human prisoners of war.

The development of the matter wasn’t too surprising. After all, the Eldest Prince still had some friends in the Flame Moon Mystic Heaven Race. They might not be able to do a huge favor, but a small matter like buying these human prisoners of war wasn’t hard.

Hence, soon, a few cultivators from the Flame Moon Mystic Heaven arrived. After negotiating, they bought those human prisoners of war.

Xu Qing watched the entire time until the matter was over. Under the disdainful gaze of the slave owner, he silently turned around and walked toward his residence.

However, he walked very slowly.

The setting sun in the distance was red today.

The light from the horizon scattered on his way, dyeing the sky and the path red like blood.

Looking at the red glow, two voices gradually appeared in Xu Qing’s mind.

One voice told him that he didn’t have a deep attachment to the human race. When he was young, the experience of eating humans and the evil in the world mostly came from the humans.

The Imperial Capital wasn’t his home. His home was Fenghai County.

Family and friends were his soft points.

In this era, in this world, the most important thing was for him and his friends to live well.

As for the other voice, it was very soft. Xu Qing couldn’t hear what it was saying clearly either.

He could only hear the old Palace Master’s name and the name of the Sword Holding Emperor between the two voices…

Xu Qing walked all the way.

After a long time, just as the sunlight was about to dissipate, he arrived in front of his residence.

There were dozens of jade slips at the entrance.

Those were all challenge letters from the cultivators of the Flame Moon Mystic Heaven and their affiliated races.

In the past half a month, because Xu Qing hadn’t accepted any challenges, the challengers became brazen and started throwing challenge jade slips to his residence.

There were actually fewer today.

Looking at those jade slips, Xu Qing stopped in his tracks. The scenes after he arrived at the Flame Moon Holy City surfaced in his mind. The repulsive gaze and the feeling that even his breathing seemed to be rejected caused Xu Qing’s heart to stir.

There was also Qiu Quezi’s loneliness and the provocation from the slave owner.

Also, the numb expressions of those human prisoners of war and the humiliated gazes of the human whose mouth had been pried open.

Xu Qing closed his eyes.

He had killed since he was young because he sensed killing intent. Hence, he attacked to kill everything that threatened his life.

The main reason why he didn’t bother with these challenges was because he didn’t want to complicate things.

Before he obtained the first segment’s first place, his goal was clear. Hence, he could kill on the way here. After coming here, what he wanted to do was to peacefully pass this month and wait for the second segment to begin.

He didn’t want any accidents to happen.

He believed that some of these challenges were spontaneous, but he was also very clear that there were also some who must have encouraged these challengers from behind.

It was all to make him leave the city.

After all, in the Holy City, no one could make a move.

If he accepted the challenge, he would have to leave the city…

‘It’s nothing. Just bear with it.’

Xu Qing mumbled inwardly. He retracted his gaze from the challenge jade slips and walked toward his residence. However, his footsteps became slower and heavier.

In the residence, the captain sensed it and lifted his head in surprise. He was about to get up and go out to take a look.

However, at that moment, footsteps rang out from behind Xu Qing. Five to six youths from the Flame Moon Mystic Heaven who had challenged Xu Qing to gain reputation but were ignored by Xu Qing appeared.

These people’s cultivation levels were all in the Spirit Repository. After many challenges, they gained some fame among the younger generation of the Flame Moon Mystic Heaven Race. Hence, they came together today and prepared to continue throwing out challenge jade slips.

After seeing Xu Qing from afar, one of them sneered and threw out a jade slip. It landed on the ground in front of the house and he was about to speak.

However, at the next instant, Xu Qing stopped in his tracks. His gaze landed on the jade slip at the side. After that, he turned around and looked at the youth who had thrown the jade slip.

The youth’s body trembled. He swallowed the words he wanted to say after meeting Xu Qing’s gaze.

A chill seemed to spread over from Xu Qing’s gaze and instantly enveloped his entire body. At this moment, an extremely intense sense of life-and-death crisis also erupted in his body.

Every part of his body seemed to have become independent, and all of them transmitted a sense of danger. This caused the youth to instinctively take a few steps back and his breathing became hurried.

His companions at the side also threw out challenge jade slips one after another. However, when they saw this scene and were swept by Xu Qing’s gaze, their bodies trembled and an uneasy feeling suddenly rose in their hearts.

They seemed to have suddenly landed in midwinter at this moment.

Vaguely, there were also some blood-red snowflakes that intertwined between illusion and reality, falling in all directions. They swept up those jade slips and brought them in front of Xu Qing.

Looking at these jade slips, Xu Qing lifted his hand.

At that moment, the door of the house opened. The captain stood there and looked at Xu Qing’s back. He wanted to say something but in the end, he changed what he wanted to say.

“Junior Brother, if you want to do it, do it. The most important thing is to have a clear mind.”

Xu Qing’s hand landed on those jade slips and he squeezed them slightly. All the jade slips shattered; the challenge contract was established!

As Xu Qing’s hoarse voice rang out, the temperature in the surroundings fell even lower.

“I accept.”

The instant he finished speaking, Xu Qing’s figure directly blurred. At the same time, the Flame Moon cultivators who came, as well as all the cultivators who had put down the challenge jade slips here today, became blurry.

As long as they were still in the holy city, no matter where they were, their bodies would blur and they would be teleported out the moment the challenge contract was established.

Hence, Xu Qing’s figure instantly disappeared from outside his residence. When he reappeared, he was outside the city.

The dozens of Flame Moon cultivators who had challenged today appeared together.

These people’s breathing was hurried. Some were stunned, some were shocked, some were panicked, and some tried to retreat.

They were just trying to gain some reputation.

Xu Qing’s acceptance didn’t match his rationality and was also something they couldn’t predict. After all, in the past half a month, Xu Qing had ignored all the challenges. However, today… he actually agreed.

Hence, all of their hearts stirred. Some of them were about to say something.

However, at the next instant, the coldness in Xu Qing’s eyes erupted. He took a step forward and directly arrived in front of the youth who had thrown out the jade slip.

The huge gap between their combat strengths caused the youth to be unable to react in time. In the blink of an eye, Xu Qing’s left hand grabbed his neck.

His body rapidly withered and was absorbed by Xu Qing.

His soul continued to dim and was devoured by Xu Qing.

This youth was like a deflated balloon. In the span of a short breath, his entire life passed.

He let out an extremely tragic wail that resounded through the world.

This scene caused the hearts of the surrounding cultivators to rumble. In their eyes, Xu Qing was no longer that human who could be challenged at will but a ferocious demon.

They instinctively tried to escape but it was too late.

Xu Qing instantly disappeared and when he reappeared, he was behind another cultivator. A dagger slashed across this person’s neck.

His head and blood flew together.

The world spun.

A rumbling sound echoed out. It was the sound of flesh and blood collapsing and the shattering of the head that couldn’t land on the ground.

Kill!

The hostility accumulated in Xu Qing’s heart rose. He took another step and arrived beside the third Flame Moon cultivator. He didn’t even glance at him. The moment he passed by, the cultivator let out a mournful wail and all the blood in his body erupted on its own.

His blood had been controlled.

It transformed into a blood flower that bloomed in the air before heading straight for Xu Qing, circling around him.

It looked demonic and beautiful.

At this moment, Xu Qing didn’t want to consider anything. The two voices in his heart fused together and became one word.

Kill!

In an instant, flowers of blood bloomed outside the city. Accompanied by miserable cries, a large amount of blood spread out from these cultivators and gathered toward Xu Qing.

He didn’t stop. Wherever he passed, death would follow.

One after another, their bodies collapsed and their heads flew up.

The meaning of life seemed to be to sacrifice to his dagger at this moment.

The shroud on the dagger was already dyed red, emitting a bloodthirsty aura.

The sharpness of the dagger became the only light that all lives saw in the end.

Dozens of cultivators died in less than ten breaths of time!

As for Xu Qing’s massacre, there seemed to be an artistic obsession with cleanliness. Hence, there were no corpses.

Only the blood revolving around him, with the red glow fading from the sky, added to its continuation.

Under the blood-red sunlight, Xu Qing looked at the holy city without saying anything.

His actions, his gaze, and his aura had already formed words.

All challengers, I await you… to battle!