Chapter 569: Fire Thunder Flying Needle

Setting up formations inside the needles is to make them easier to control with one’s mind.

This is similar to flying swords. A flying sword can soar forth to kill, entirely due to the power of formations. Though a flying sword may appear ordinary, it becomes intrinsically linked to its master through the formation, essentially becoming an extension of the master’s body, which is why the master can control it effortlessly.

Flying needles operate under the same principle.

To temper and forge the needle, Shui Miao had no choice but to stop monitoring Ao Hong, enter the Time Pagoda, and focus all his attention on forging the flying needle.

Flying needles are extremely small, so small that ordinary blacksmiths are simply incapable of forging them.

However, Shui Miao’s spiritual power was exceptionally strong. Using meditation techniques, he precisely controlled a tiny amount of Nuwa Stone material, embedding formations within it.

What seemed like an extremely difficult task was surprisingly completed with ease under Shui Miao’s meditative state.

Nuwa Stone possessed extraordinary forgeability, surpassing all other materials used in weapon crafting.

Seeing that he still had room for improvement, Shui Miao continued to focus and added two Fire Thunder Formations within the flying needle.

“It’s done!”

Half an hour later inside the Time Pagoda, Shui Miao felt a surge of excitement. He quickly brought He’er and teleported out of the pagoda.

At this point, everyone outside had already gone.

“Shui Miao, we spent too long forging the needle. Ao Hong must have already escaped,” He’er said with visible disappointment.

Shui Miao immediately spread his divine sense and suddenly smiled slightly. “He hasn’t gone far. The Time Pagoda reversed time, so only a few minutes have actually passed outside. Right now, he’s hiding inside a small hill.”

“Really?!”

He’er was startled, finding it hard to believe, and was deeply shocked by the magical artifacts Shui Miao possessed.

“Of course…”

Shui Miao activated the Time Bead and immediately rushed toward the small hill. With a fiery dragon slam, the hill exploded into pieces. Ao Hong, hiding inside, was struck by lightning and felt his entire body go numb.

Shui Miao quickly swung his demon cleaver wildly, draining Ao Hong’s blood.

Then, he collected Ao Hong’s blood and entered the Time Pagoda to temper the flying needle.

Ao Hong, having been struck by lightning multiple times, was nearly becoming accustomed to it. He quickly recovered from the numbness and roared at Shui Miao, “You brat! You can’t kill me! At most, you can wound me and make me bleed a bit. If you think you can kill me, forget it. I advise you to give up. Once your crystal energy runs out, I’ll counterattack, and then you won’t have any way to retreat.”

“Hehe, you’re about to die but still worrying about me?”

Shui Miao coldly chuckled. With a thought, he raised his right hand, and a crimson-red flying needle appeared in his palm.

At the same time, Shui Miao offered some pills for the flying sword to absorb their medicinal energy, attempting to cultivate a weapon spirit.

“Are you kidding? Is this some kind of joke?”

Seeing the flying needle and detecting no energy from it, Ao Hong burst into laughter. “You brat, you’re truly an idiot! Are you planning to use this needle to tickle me? Haha! You’re not as impressive as you think. I’ve just realized a supreme technique only an Immortal Emperor can use—the Emperor’s Qi to kill. Those foolish traitors were scared off by it. If you don’t leave now, don’t blame me for being ruthless.”

The Emperor’s Qi was a unique and special energy in the Immortal and Divine Realm.

Earlier, Ao Hong had been attacked by beasts. In desperation, he resisted fiercely and accidentally activated a strand of Emperor’s Qi within him. As a result, several beasts were instantly killed, and the others fled in fear. The reason he hadn’t used the Emperor’s Qi against Shui Miao yet and was still talking was that his Emperor’s Qi was limited, and Shui Miao was too fast, so he had to be cautious.

“Emperor’s Qi?”

Shui Miao’s heart stirred. He immediately offered a drop of his blood to the flying needle to establish a master-servant bond.

Upon absorbing the blood, the needle immediately radiated brilliant multicolored light and exuded an auspicious aura.

After absorbing this auspicious energy, Shui Miao suddenly realized his Immortal Power surged rapidly, and his physical body also became significantly stronger.

It was a Supreme Artifact!

This flying needle was actually a Supreme Artifact!!

Inside, Shui Miao was filled with excitement.

This was the first Supreme Artifact he had ever forged, even though it was just a needle.

Unfortunately, this Supreme Artifact needle had not developed a weapon spirit.

“What the hell is this?”

Ao Hong had never seen a Supreme Artifact before and couldn’t recognize the auspicious aura. Thinking Shui Miao had forged another terrifying weapon, he panicked and immediately activated his Emperor’s Qi, transforming it into a flying sword to attack Shui Miao.

Shui Miao reacted instantly, dodging aside and channeling some crystals into the flying needle. He then directly shot the needle into Ao Hong’s temple!

“Ahh!”

Ao Hong screamed in pain, clutching his head and writhing on the ground in agony.

The needle pierced directly into Ao Hong’s head, continuously activating the Fire Thunder Formation within, unleashing thunderous power. At Shui Miao’s will, it darted around inside Ao Hong’s body. In no time, Ao Hong’s brain and nervous system were severely damaged. He became mentally impaired, no longer even aware of his pain.

“Emperor’s Qi!”

With a thought, Shui Miao absorbed Ao Hong’s Emperor’s Qi, beginning to refine it within his dantian.

Ao Hong’s body was leaking Immortal Power outward.

Shui Miao genuinely wanted to collect Ao Hong’s body for slow refinement, but he feared Ao Hong might suddenly recover and self-detonate, causing him great trouble. Thus, Shui Miao had to abandon the idea.

However, Ao Hong was an Immortal Emperor cultivator. Letting his Immortal Power dissipate uselessly into the air was truly a great pity.

“Shui Miao, you are truly the pride of both our Heaven Devil Sect and Dream Devil Sect. I admit defeat—I never imagined you could destroy an Immortal Emperor’s nervous system. Could that flying needle of yours be a Supreme Artifact?” He’er flew over, her opinion of Shui Miao completely changed, now viewing him as the savior of the Heaven Devil Sect.

Shui Miao glanced at He’er and said, “Ao Hong’s condition isn’t stable yet. For safety, let’s keep our distance and absorb his Immortal Power for cultivation. Letting this power go to waste would be too regrettable.”

Shui Miao led He’er to a distance of over a hundred meters.

Taking the opportunity, He’er grabbed Shui Miao’s hand and transferred her memories, passing on the complete Heaven Devil Cultivation Method to him.

“Shui Miao, thank you for saving me. I believe in you now. You deserve the Heaven Devil Technique, and I should keep my promise.”

After saying this, He’er immediately let go of Shui Miao’s hand, blushing as she sat cross-legged to absorb Ao Hong’s Immortal Power, refining it to heal her injuries and elevate her cultivation.

Shui Miao had little to say. With a thought, the flying needle flew out from Ao Hong’s forehead and returned to his hand.

Then, Shui Miao released Lian’er, Hui De, Zhao Tianyi, and over twenty others, who gathered far away around the half-dead Immortal Emperor Ao Hong, beginning their cultivation.

Shui Miao himself simultaneously absorbed Ao Hong’s blood and power while secretly contemplating—if he could embed the formation of the Time Bead into the flying needle, its killing power might become undetectable even to powerful Immortal Emperors.

This was a great idea, but Shui Miao knew his current spiritual power was insufficient to accomplish it.

The formations inside the needle had already reached their limit.

Adding the many formations of the Time Bead would be practically impossible.

Unless he crafted a larger artifact, which would be feasible.

However, that would consume a significant amount of Nuwa Stone.

The Nuwa Stone he had was limited, and Shui Miao was unwilling to waste it. He wanted to save it for crafting divine treasures in the future.

As time passed, everyone’s cultivation levels improved.

Indeed, the power of an Immortal Emperor was extraordinary.

To Shui Miao’s surprise, Hui De absorbed Ao Hong’s energy rapidly, breaking through cultivation barriers one after another, soon reaching the bottleneck of Immortal Elder, just one step away from breaking through to Immortal Sovereign!

Hui De’s cultivation advancement speed was shocking.

However, upon deeper reflection, the mystery wasn’t hard to uncover. Hui De and Ao Hong were both dragons, sharing bloodlines and energy. Thus, Hui De’s rapid refinement of Ao Hong’s power was only natural.

“I’m going to break through!”

Suddenly, Hui De roared, transforming into a massive evil dragon and devouring Ao Hong in one bite!

“No good! Something’s wrong!”

Seeing Hui De’s reaction, Shui Miao was greatly alarmed. He quickly became fully alert and immediately drew everyone into his spiritual world planet.