Translator: Larbre Studio  Editor: Larbre Studio

The exploding qi gradually stabilized, as the woman stepped out of the rock seams, and the magma cooled behind her. After the two tested out each other's powers, they did not fight again immediately, but looked at each other from more than a dozen meters away.

Qin Ze remarked, “I have a question too.”

The woman said, “Go ahead.”

“Who are you?”

“An ordinary person.”

“Ordinary family, I regret establis.h.i.+ng XX. I don't know how beautiful I am… Why don't you— It's not the time to be sarcastic.” Qin Ze muttered, “Let me change the question, what do you want?”

“Protect myself.”

A Half-Step Gokudo Master saying, “Protect myself”? Anyone who heard it would feel that their IQ was being insulted.

“I'm clearly not your enemy, why not work with Baoze? Baoze is not restricted by religion like the Buddhist society is. We are unlike the major families who have one surname. We are a big family, inclusive, and we'll take in anyone who's not an unpardonable, or hail from a criminal organization,” Qin Ze stated solemnly.

“Not the enemy? Not necessarily!” After the woman spat out, she created a fireball, as the scorching heat caused the air to become twisted. Qin Ze held up an air s.h.i.+eld with one hand, and the fireball that collided with it caused the s.h.i.+eld to shake violently.

His fringe and eyebrows were immediately scorched, giving off the smell of protein burning.

“This fire is even more intense than the G.o.d of Fire's. Samādhi flames?” Qin Ze had never met a demon descendant so good at playing with fire before he met the mystery woman.

The silver-masked women threw out fireb.a.l.l.s after fireb.a.l.l.s. They not only attacked Qin Ze but also lit the surrounding mountains, the flames ablaze even dimming the bright sun.

“Making this your territory?” Qin Ze punched a fireball, causing it to disintegrate, and launched a fierce, close-proximity attack on a silver-masked woman.

The silver-masked women's extraordinary power was enhanced with the burning flames of the mountains. It fueled itself with a steady stream of fire elements, by burning the lush gra.s.s.

The two were locked in an earth-shattering fight, and the intensity of the battle exceeded the power of a Half-Step Gokudo Master.

The battle between the Taoist Reverend and Li Peiyun at the Forum Conference was far inferior and not at the same level as they were.

The floor of the valley was scorched into a dark red lava pool, and Qin Ze and the silver-masked women were on par with each other. The Emperor of the Great Demons' Alliance displayed a highly terrifying power. Not only was she physically powerful, her skills with fire were the best in the world.

Until today, the demon descendants community had no information about her, and the world had no idea that there was such a super-expert.

Compared with the Emperor who used only one move, Qin Ze had a lot of tricks up his sleeve. He was proficient in many Taoist and Buddhist techniques. Even after fighting for such a long time, his tricks were almost non-repet.i.tive.

Boom!

Qin Ze punched the woman on the shoulder, and the lava splashed. The woman's right arm hung limply, as her shoulder bones broke. Qin Ze's right fist was burned red and emitted a pungent, scorching smell.

Dealt 1,000 damage to the opponent but lost 800 in health.

A few seconds later, the woman turned her right arm, and the injury recovered. A scorching smell emanated from Qin Ze's pores, forcing the fire toxin out.

“You're not a demon descendant?” For the first time, the woman's voice changed. It was no longer cold but had a sense of confusion and shock.

“Nonsense, I'm a demon descendant, a powerful demon descendant.” Qin Ze's expression was seriou. “It's just that against you, I don't need to use my superpower.”

I'll never admit to being the son of an extremely unfortunate man.

The woman stopped talking, and she floated up 100 meters high in the air. The raging flames of the mountains were drawn by some force, with a cl.u.s.ter of flames, they were centered on the women, quickly turning into flame torrents.

In less than 10 seconds, all the surrounding flames in the mountain disappeared, and in the valley there was a huge flame cyclone of 100 meters in diameter.

The ground melted, and the valley suddenly became a magma chamber, torn by the flame torrents and swirling through the sky.

“Gokudo?!” Qin Ze frowned.

This move was already infinitely close to being a Gokudo.

Looking around, the pale gold glow melted in the heat, like a gold body that was about to be melted and reformed. The Indestructible Body of King Kong from the Buddhist sect couldn't hold on for long. The golden light was composed of energy, and it was used as fuel.

After the gold was melted, a black iron aura emerged from Qin Ze's body surface, but it lasted only a few seconds, and his iron cloth armor was melted.

“Heavenly Dharmakāya!” He roared, as his stature grew in height and turned into a hundred-meter giant. Stepping on the magma pool, he dealt a blow towards the flame tornado with his palm.

The flame tornado froze for a moment, but it didn't collapse. Instead, it enveloped the giant. The chaotic heat was tearing at the giant Dharmakāya, and even a super-hard alloy could not last ten seconds in such high heat. Furthermore, besides the terrible heat, the tornadoes had the ability to tear through things.

Qin Ze looked around, and the flames obscured his view. “I can at most sustain this for five more seconds before the Dharmakāya will collapse. Well, I'm still a long way from Gokudo indeed. If I want to win. I need Buddha Head's self-invented Vajra Finger. Heavenly Dharmakāya is not a supreme technique of the Gokudo.”

“You can try to use superpowers!” the woman floating in the air said.

In the same scorching environment, she was unafraid of the flames, and even the corners of her clothes were intact, like the mythical G.o.ddess of fire.

But I don't have any superpowers…

 “I have always looked down on the Ancient G.o.ds Clan,” Qin Ze said suddenly.

The woman didn't respond but he continued to speak. “Because they wors.h.i.+p the ancient demons that had fallen into the long river of history like they were the Creator. There's nothing in the world other than my sister's thighs that are worth wors.h.i.+pping.”

“I have never felt that humans were inferior to ancient demons. The system of ancient demons was super powers, and that of human beings is qi. From ancient times to the present, the demon descendants community has been called the demon descendants community, not the cultivation of the true world or the like, because the ancient demons' system still influences and dominates humanity.”

“But in the course of history, a genius has finally created a supreme technique in the practice of qi, that can be done without relying on extraordinary superpowers! He confirmed my idea that a normal person could reach the pinnacle of the world without relying on the bloodline of the ancient demons.”

The Heavenly Dharmakāya was disintegrating, as Qin Ze was in the sea of fire. His clothes burned away instantly, as his hair and eyebrows were scorched off. His skin turned red, as if he were a scalded iron.

Qin Ze looked straight at the woman and said, “His name is w.a.n.g Chen!”

As his voice rang, white light surged up into the sky.

Qin Ze raised his hand, as white light emitted from his arm and formed a four-foot sword, which swept across the landscape. Its aura was so majestic, as if Emperor Qin holding the Sword of Heaven and dominating the court.

A super power nearing that of Gokudo needed another Gokudo-level qi weapon to counter and slash apart.

The sword of qi slashed the flames apart and the territory formed by the flames. The sword pierced through the flame tornado, cutting off the hill peak on the left. The tornado exploded, as the mountains collapsed. Boulders rolled and ashes filled the sky. After all the wind and waves had settled, Qin Ze looked around. The valley was empty, as tumultuous lava filled the ground, and the woman disappeared.

“She escaped?” Qin Ze frowned. When he slashed the flame tornado, the elements were violent, and the air was in a state of chaos. He could not even notice when the woman retreated. If he had escaped, the woman could not have tracked him down too.

However, the other party was not as strong as he is, so she was the one who escaped.

“d.a.m.n it, my hair's gone.” He looked down at his hips, and it was smooth. He touched his head and realized he was bald.

The wallet was destroyed by the flames, and the contents were burned into ashes too. Fortunately there were no particularly valuable items in it, just a dozen of spiritual devices.

He drifted to the ground, and trudged through the magma pool. Walking into the cave, he first arrived at the hall where the Great Demons' Alliance protectors held their meetings. After walking around, he found things with little value.

Entering the corridor, Qin Ze came to a small cave. It was empty, shrouded in a faint smell.

He still could not find anything of value. He walked out of the small cave and explored through the tunnels, and found several similar caves. These were the rooms of the protectors and had some belongings and clothes.

Qin Ze found a pair of trousers and put on a T-s.h.i.+rt. “This is the headquarters of the Great Demons' Alliance. Everything happened so suddenly, they shouldn't have the chance to take anything valuable.”

The master would never show up out of the blue, and the Emperor of the Great Demons' Alliance had been hiding for so long, she was definitely plotting something.

“Protect herself? Why protect herself? At her level, as long as she doesn't go to Buddha Head and wage battle, who can hurt her? She seems to have a very strong animosity towards me.” Qin Ze pondered and continued to search, finally reaping the benefits in another small cave far from the rooms of the protectors.