Chapter 583: The Aftermath in the World of Integrated Martial Arts

Seeing this, Ah Qing did not dare to hesitate. She swung her bamboo once more, releasing a massive amount of the Yue Maiden's Sword Qi!

This Sword Qi was formed by the convergence of Astral Qi.

It could be said that at that very moment, Ah Qing was fighting with almost every ounce of her strength to defend herself.

However.

She still failed.

The Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms exerted by Zhu Ying directly devoured the Yue Maiden's Sword Qi; simultaneously, this intense surge of Astral Qi rushed straight toward Ah Qing.

"Ah!"

With a violent scream, Ah Qing instantly collapsed to the ground, unable to rise.

Afterward.

Zhu Ying walked slowly toward Ah Qing, extended his right hand, and performed the Great Art of Absorbing Energy.

In an instant, the Astral Qi within Ah Qing's body was completely absorbed by Zhu Ying!

To tell the truth, for the current Zhu Ying, he had reaped bountiful harvests in this Integrated Martial Arts World. Not only had he broken through to the Astral Qi Realm in one fell swoop, but he had even successfully achieved the unification of the world.

Furthermore, by utilizing his Great Art of Absorbing Energy, he had absorbed a considerable amount of True Qi from various martial arts masters. It had to be said that Zhu Ying's current strength already far surpassed that of experts in the Astral Qi Realm!

As Ah Qing's body withered into a dried corpse, Zhu Wushi hurriedly rushed to Zhu Ying's side. Seeing this, Zhu Wushi spoke to Zhu Ying with quite an agitated emotion: "As expected of His Highness the Crown Prince; your strength is truly formidable."

"I never imagined you would kill a half-step Astral Qi Realm expert with just a single move!"

"Your subordinate is truly filled with admiration!"

In truth, before Zhu Ying had made his move, Zhu Wushi had actually exchanged several blows with Ah Qing, but... Zhu Wushi's strength simply could not be compared to hers.

Had Zhu Ying not intervened to save him, there was no doubt that Ah Qing would have killed Zhu Wushi directly!

Therefore, in the depths of his heart, Zhu Wushi was quite grateful to Zhu Ying!

At that moment.

Zhu Ying spoke to the Zhu Wushi before him in a calm tone: "Since Ah Qing has been killed, then in all under heaven, only one Shi Potian remains."

"In that case, go and search for Shi Potian's tracks immediately!"

As Zhu Ying's voice fell, Zhu Wushi naturally did not hesitate. He responded immediately

"As you command!"

"Please rest assured, Imperial Grandson; your subordinate will certainly find Shi Potian as quickly as possible!"

In the time that followed, the sole objective of Zhu Wushi, Commander of the Wangwei, and Liu Lei was to search for Shi Potian's whereabouts.

In this Integrated Martial Arts World, dozens of railways of the Great Ming Empire had already been constructed, so they could travel to any destination they desired via the rail system.

However, despite this.

Finding Shi Potian's tracks was extremely difficult.

After a full half-month, Zhu Wushi and the others had not even caught a glimpse of Shi Potian.

This inevitably left Zhu Ying quite dissatisfied.

For Zhu Ying, the Great Ming Empire's political power in this Integrated Martial Arts World was already quite stable, and its construction had entered the right track. It could be said that looking across the land, the only unstable factor was Shi Potian.

Thus, every day Zhu Ying would inquire about the specific situation regarding Shi Potian, and when he learned that Zhu Wushi and the others had failed to find any information regarding him, he was naturally greatly displeased.

Consequently, in order to end the conflicts in this Integrated Martial Arts World as quickly as possible, Zhu Ying decided to personally search for Shi Potian's tracks.

One must know that the current Zhu Ying was already a martial arts powerhouse of the Astral Qi Realm; naturally, he could absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and sense the situation of the entire world!

On this day.

Within the capital, Zhu Ying took a deep breath. Immediately, his entire body was enveloped by a massive amount of Astral Qi.

Then.

The Astral Qi surrounding him began to continuously diffuse in all directions!

The speed at which this Astral Qi traveled was incredibly fast.

Just like that.

Zhu Ying sensed a powerful surge of Astral Qi existing on a small island off the southeast coast.

Zhu Ying was very certain that this was Shi Potian's location.

Thus.

Zhu Ying immediately sent word to inform Zhu Wushi and Commander Liu Lei of Shi Potian's location.

Upon receiving the news, the two of them could hardly believe it and immediately rushed there with all their might!

Meanwhile, on the small island off the southeast coast.

At that moment, Shi Potian slowly opened his eyes. As a half-step Astral Qi Realm expert, he could also sense the massive changes occurring in the world.

Especially the fact that several martial arts experts of the same realm as himself had fallen one after another.

To be honest, experts like Shi Potian were able to sense the existence of those with a similar level of strength.

But this time.

When Shi Potian finished his cultivation and opened his eyes, he could not sense the presence of anyone at all.

This instantly made Shi Potian feel somewhat panicked.

"This... how is this possible?"

Shi Potian's face was filled with confusion. He did not understand why the experts of the same realm as himself had all lost their presence.

Everything about this was too strange.

And just then.

Shi Potian suddenly sensed that not far from the island, a large number of warships were slowly approaching.

"Hmm?"

Shi Potian's brow furrowed. He had a bad premonition in the depths of his heart, and immediately, he flew directly into the void.

At this very moment.

In the waters near the small island, Zhu Wushi was leading five thousand members of the Great Ming Empire's navy, sailing grandly toward the island where Shi Potian resided!

When Shi Potian saw this scene, the expression on his face turned visibly panicked.

One must know that ever since Shi Potian had arrived on this island, no faction had dared to approach; after all, everyone in the world knew how powerful Shi Potian's abilities were!

But now.

The island where he resided was being directly surrounded by a mysterious force!

"Who are you people! How dare you intrude upon Wisteria Island!"

To clear this up, Shi Potian took a sudden step and charged directly in front of Zhu Wushi and the others!

Simultaneously.

A violent wind appeared, causing the warships to sway precariously.

"You... you are this Shi Potian?" When Zhu Wushi saw Shi Potian suddenly appear before him, panic inevitably surfaced on his face.

Clearly.

Zhu Wushi was well aware of how powerful Shi Potian's strength was!

"You are correct, I am indeed Shi Potian. However... I do not know who you all are?"

"Why are you surrounding Wisteria Island?"

"Speak truthfully! If you do not, do not blame me, Shi Potian, for being unkind to you!"

Having said that.

Zhu Wushi did not hide his identity, but instead spoke truthfully to Shi Potian: "I am acting under the decree of the Imperial Grandson of the Great Ming, specifically coming to execute Shi Potian!"

"Since you are indeed Shi Potian, then do not blame us for being unkind!"

With that, Zhu Wushi immediately shouted to the soldiers: "Prepare the Red-Coated Cannons!"

"Target! Shi Potian!"

Following Zhu Wushi's command, in an instant, all the Red-Coated Cannons on the warships were aimed at Shi Potian. At that moment, high in the void, Shi Potian's eyes instantly revealed killing intent upon seeing this!

"You want my life! Hmph, are you even worthy?"

As Shi Potian's voice fell, he directly mobilized the True Qi within his body. For a moment, violent winds raged, and the Great Ming warships looked as if they were about to be swept away by the seawater.

Seeing that Shi Potian was about to exert his power, Zhu Wushi was naturally quite panicked. He did not dare to hesitate for a moment and hurriedly ordered his subordinates: "Quick, fire the cannonballs! Fire the cannonballs!"

Once Zhu Wushi issued the command, in an instant, the soldiers on all the Great Ming warships did not dare to delay; they hurriedly fired the Red-Coated Cannons.

"Boom! Boom boom!"

In the blink of an eye, a large number of cannonballs rushed toward Shi Potian. However, Shi Potian was, after all, a half-step Astral Qi Realm martial arts powerhouse; although the Red-Coated Cannons possessed immense power, they still could not harm him in the slightest.

At this moment, Shi Potian directly employed his signature skill: the Taixuan Sutra.

In an instant.

A shroud of black Astral Qi enveloped Shi Potian's body.

This black Astral Qi blocked almost all the cannonballs fired by the Red-Coated Cannons.

At this moment, seeing that the Red-Coated Cannons could do nothing to Shi Potian, Zhu Wushi's expression also turned quite panicked.

Simultaneously.

Shi Potian directly utilized the power of the Taixuan Sutra to gather the black Astral Qi around his body, and then launched an attack toward the Great Ming warships.

Just like that, a large amount of black Astral Qi rushed toward the Great Ming warships.

Seeing this, Zhu Wushi naturally did not dare to hesitate! To resist the black Astral Qi, Zhu Wushi even employed his own signature skill, the Great Art of Absorbing Energy.

He attempted to inflict a certain degree of damage upon Shi Potian.

But unfortunately.

Zhu Wushi failed.

His Great Art of Absorbing Energy had no effect on Shi Potian; in fact, Zhu Wushi himself was wounded by the black Astral Qi unleashed by Shi Potian!

Suddenly, Zhu Wushi was violently knocked down into the sea!

Fortunately, at this critical moment, Commander Liu Lei of the Wangwei appeared suddenly above Zhu Wushi, riding a Pterosaur.

"Quick! Grab the Pterosaur's claws!"

After saying this, Zhu Wushi immediately followed Liu Lei's instructions and hurriedly grabbed onto the Pterosaur's claws!

The next second.

Zhu Wushi successfully grabbed the claws and was finally rescued!

At this moment, seeing the appearance of the Pterosaur, Shi Potian was momentarily stunned in place!

Clearly, for Shi Potian, this was the first time he had seen such a creature as a Pterosaur, and it naturally caused a massive shock to his perception.

"To think that after all these years of cultivation, the changes in the world have become so vast."

Shi Potian could not help but sigh with emotion.

And at this time.

Liu Lei, acting as the Wangwei Commander, immediately ordered: "Pterosaur Army, attack!"

A moment later.

A large number of Pterosaurs charged frantically toward Shi Potian with lightning speed.

"Break!"

However, the lethality of the Pterosaurs was limited.

Especially when facing a half-step Astral Qi Realm powerhouse like Shi Potian.

These Pterosaurs had no way of breaking through the black Astral Qi shield formed by Shi Potian; instead, several Pterosaurs were even struck down by Shi Potian's bare hands!

For a time, the Pterosaur Army suffered heavy casualties.

After this exchange, Shi Potian gained a preliminary understanding of the strength of the Great Ming Empire.

He spoke to the crowd: "Hmph, with just this little strength of yours, you think you can kill me, Shi Potian? It is utterly ridiculous!"

"Today, I shall ensure you die without a place to be buried."

It was obvious that Shi Potian was somewhat angry.

After all, all along, everyone had treated Shi Potian with great respect; no one had ever dared to attack him.

This was the first time in Shi Potian's history that he had been actively besieged by certain forces.

This undoubtedly made him quite enraged.

"Boom boom boom!"

As soon as Shi Potian's voice fell, he immediately executed the techniques of the Taixuan Sutra.

This time, the Astral Qi released from within Shi Potian's body was even more massive than before.

Furthermore, it was extremely fast.

These surges of Astral Qi raced toward the Pterosaurs and the Great Ming warships respectively.

Seeing this, everyone naturally became visibly panicked.

"Boom!"

But at this critical moment, Zhu Ying descended from the sky once again.

Just as he had done when facing Ah Qing, Zhu Ying had actually been observing Shi Potian's strength from the shadows!

When Zhu Ying realized he had to make his move, he naturally did not hesitate!

Like a bolt of lightning, Zhu Ying appeared directly in front of Shi Potian.

Upon seeing this, the latter's expression changed drastically!

Because at this moment, Shi Potian could fully sense the massive amount of Astral Qi contained within Zhu Ying's body.

Moreover, when he looked at Zhu Ying, a sense of intimidation surged toward him.

"Who are you?"

Shi Potian questioned Zhu Ying in a hurried tone.

After glancing at Shi Potian, Zhu Ying had gained a general understanding of this man's strength.

Another half-step Astral Qi Realm expert.

Could it be that in all this world, there are no experts in the Astral Qi Realm?

To tell the truth.

Upon seeing that Shi Potian was merely a half-step Astral Qi Realm expert, a hint of disappointment inevitably appeared on Zhu Ying's face.

After all, if it were an Astral Qi Realm expert, Zhu Ying could use the Great Art of Absorbing Energy to obtain even more Astral Qi.

But unfortunately, Shi Potian was only a half-step Astral Qi Realm powerhouse.

"Astral Qi Realm?"

"Hmph! In all under heaven, how could there possibly be an Astral Qi Realm expert?"

After hearing Zhu Ying's words, Shi Potian's face showed a hint of disdain!

In Shi Potian's view, no one in the entire world could possibly break through their realm to the Astral Qi Realm.

Even reaching the half-step Astral Qi Realm was already considered being a dragon among men.

Little did he know that the Zhu Ying standing before him had long since broken through to the Astral Qi Realm; in fact, at this moment, Zhu Ying's strength was even more powerful than the Astral Qi Realm itself.

Immediately.

Zhu Ying spoke to Shi Potian in a cold tone: "Open your eyes and look closely. I am that Astral Qi Realm."

Having said that.

Zhu Ying did not continue to waste words with Shi Potian, but instead directly executed his Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms.

Now, in this Integrated Martial Arts World, only Shi Potian, the sole remaining half-step Astral Qi Realm expert, remained. As long as Shi Potian was killed, Zhu Ying could end his conquest of this Integrated Martial Arts World.

Therefore.

Zhu Ying did not waste much breath on Shi Potian.

In an instant.

The techniques of the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms merged with the Astral Qi within Zhu Ying, instantly forming over a dozen golden-glowing giant dragons that charged toward Shi Potian.