Volume 8: Demon Suppression Chapter 17 Mysterious Forces
As soon as he finished speaking, a yellowish-brown sword beam blasted out with a bang and headed straight for Taoist Liuhuo.
The sword that attacked was the Peach Blossom Sword, which had temporarily transformed its attributes into earth through its immortal magical power.
The one who wielded this flying sword was naturally Lu Qingshan.
He, Mo Yan and Tan Tai Qingrun were fishing here, and as expected, they successfully caught the second group of Panmen monks who came here smelling the strange fire.
The reason why he deliberately changed the properties of peach blossoms was very simple. This time, he was not going to kill all three underworld cultivators on the opposite side, but wanted to let one or two of them go.
Therefore, he could not use Longque and Wangchuan, whose characteristics were too obvious, for fear that his identity would be recognized by the monks in the underworld and make them alert.
It is difficult to conceal Longque and Wangchuan, but after Taohua used her immortal magical power to transform her attributes, she is difficult to recognize.
After all, in the general perception, who would have thought that a wood element's natal sword could actually transform into an earth element?
Faced with the sudden appearance of three people, Taoist Jiuhuo reacted the fastest.
When he saw Lu Qingshan suddenly draw his sword, he also quickly responded.
Even a lion needs to use all its strength to fight a rabbit.
What's more, the enemy was obviously well prepared and must have extraordinary means.
Therefore, Taoist Jiuhuo immediately used his most powerful method.
He stretched out his palm slightly, and a strange and gloomy black flame appeared in his hand.
As the black flames rolled, thick black fog faintly seeped out.
The light in the space around the black flame began to distort, and correspondingly, a hint of ferocity flashed across the expression of Taoist Jiuhuo - he had not refined this fire, so if he used the power of this fire, he would have to endure a certain backlash.
Of course, as long as it is not used for a long time, the impact will not be too great.
The moment the black flame appeared, Mo Yan's pupils suddenly shrank.
It's not fear, it's excitement!
The temptation of the strange fire to Mo Yan is like the temptation of the Taoist sword to a sword cultivator.
Taoist Jiuhuo had a stern expression on his face, and the spiritual power in his body continuously flowed into the black flame in his hand. His face became a little pale due to the loss of spiritual power.
But the black flame was several times more powerful and rose up fiercely.
On the other side, Lu Qingshan's peach blossom sword had already reached the Taoist Six Fires.
Peach Blossom circled quickly, with murderous intent rising to the sky, and slashed down at Taoist Liuhuo.
The Taoist Six Fires was terrified.
This flying sword that was already bursting with thunder and fire did not allow him to be careless in the slightest.
He didn't dare to attempt a counterattack and could only face the terrifying and evil sword in front of him with all his strength.
For a moment, flames surged in front of Liuhuo Taoist, all kinds of defensive spells came like a tide, and magical weapons were sacrificed.
These layers of defense were completely shattered and destroyed in front of Lu Qingshan's flying sword.
Finally, Taohua stabbed at Liuhuo Taoist's chest.
The Taoist Six Fires' eyes turned red with fear to the extreme. In a hurry, he spat out a mouthful of blood and turned into a fire dragon, forming the last barrier to block himself.
Although the flying sword is fierce, its power is limited.
The peach blossoms pierced through nearly ten layers of defense of Taoist Liuhuo, and then faced the fire dragon transformed from his essence and blood.
Although the residual power of the flying sword still killed the fire dragon and turned it into a rain of fire pouring down from the sky, Taohua seemed to have exhausted all its strength after this collision. After piercing two inches into Liuhuo Taoist's chest, it came to an abrupt stop and no longer moved forward.
Taoist Liuhuo fought desperately and finally blocked the powerful flying sword, but this did not mean anything.
Because, Taoist Liuhuo was already terrified at this time - a most ordinary flying sword made it so difficult for him to defend against it, how could he fight this battle?
Subconsciously, he lost all his fighting spirit and turned his hope to the Taoist Nine Fires beside him, or rather, the Holy Fire.
Only the Holy Fire can defeat such a powerful opponent.
Tan Tai Qingrun attacked almost at the same time as Lu Qingshan.
A flying sword shot towards the Taoist Qihuo, and at the same time she rushed forward with Qiu Hong in her hand.
Two-pronged approach.
The flying swords and fierce close combat of sword cultivators are both means that magic cultivators try to avoid as much as possible.
Taoist Qihuo was also greatly shocked. He felt as if needles were piercing his bones and as if he was a blind man facing an abyss. In a hurry, he actually used his escape technique to dodge into the distance.
Tan Tai Qingrun is far inferior to Lu Qingshan in terms of skills, but he is only inferior to Lu Qingshan. Compared with other cultivators, he is definitely a top-notch expert!
Seeing the Seven Fire Taoist fleeing, Tan Tai Qingrun immediately chose to chase after him.
As for this place, with Lu Qingshan here, she believed that nothing would go wrong.
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The power of the black flame in the hands of Taoist Jiuhuo has risen to a certain level, and it even has a momentum that is beyond Taoist Jiuhuo's control and can break out.
One can imagine how powerful and violent this ball of black flame is.
"Die!" Taoist Jiuhuo looked at Lu Qingshan with his dark eyes and spoke in a sinister voice, as if he was about to activate the powerful weapon in his hand.
The black flames whistled at the sound, and wisps of black fire spread out.
But just when Taoist Jiuhuo was about to attack, his eyes suddenly lost all luster.
At this moment, countless fragments flashed through his mind.
The difficult survival of a casual cultivator and the bitterness of going in and out of various dangerous places for that little bit of resources.
When he was trying to break through, he was frustrated because he had no elixirs to help him and his own aptitude was average, so he failed many times.
The struggle when he was tempted by the underworld with benefits and made to betray the human race.
After joining the underworld, he fell into depravity and did all kinds of mean things in exchange for the pleasure of great power...
Heart sword, fetal light - cut off troubles.
Taoist Jiuhuo was lost for a moment.
Being lost is not a big problem, but the problem is that before he got lost, he was manipulating the violent "holy fire" to launch an attack.
The black flame was at the point of not knowing whether to "shoot" or not. Although it had lost the control of the Nine Fire Taoist, its power had already accumulated to the point where it had to be released, so it exploded on its own.
boom!
After a moment, black flames exploded.
Since he had not been refined by the Nine Fire Taoist, there was naturally no such thing as the so-called protection of his master, so the Nine Fire Taoist became the first target of Black Flame's attack.
To set oneself on fire.
The black sea of fire suddenly spread out with the body of the Nine Fire Taoist as the center, and terrifying fire waves swept out with terrible high temperatures.
As expected, the Taoist Nine Fires, who was at the center of the black flame explosion, was instantly turned into ashes, leaving no trace at all.
Taoist Liuhuo's reaction was extremely quick. In the moment when the black flame got out of control, he used his escape technique to quickly escape from the explosion range of the black flame.
But even so, he was still groaning from the explosion, with blood gushing out of his throat.
The sea of fire continued to spread, forming a wave.
Just when this violent force was about to reach Lu Qingshan.
"Stop!" A deep, low voice suddenly sounded.
Everything was quiet.
At the word "stop", the violent black flames actually stopped spreading, just like a naughty child meeting a strict father.
In the sea of fire, in front of the horrified gaze of Taoist Liuhuo who was hurriedly fleeing to avoid the power of the black flame explosion, a slender figure appeared.
On the surface of this figure, five colors of strange fire were condensed, forming a five-colored fire robe.
Taoist Liuhuo has been playing with fire all his life, how could he have ever seen such a scene?
Are those five kinds of strange fire?
He couldn't believe it.
What was even more exaggerated was yet to come. Under his trembling gaze, the owner of that figure actually slowly stretched out his hand and grabbed the ball of black flame floating in the center of the sea of fire.
How dare he?
Taoist Liuhuo shouted in his heart.
This is definitely seeking death! He is actually preparing to touch the holy fire with his bare hands.
You have to know that this holy fire was refined by them after hundreds of years of hard work. Even so, they have to use special spells to dare to touch this holy fire, and they have to be very careful, otherwise they may be backlashed at any time and their lives may be in danger.
Receiving the holy fire with bare hands, are you the Yan Emperor?
coax!
The moment Mo Yan's palm touched the black flame, the flame that had originally calmed down with his "stop" suddenly expanded and turned into a raging fire that shot up into the sky, and even the sky changed color.
From a distance, it looked like a volcano had erupted, a doomsday scene that was enough to make people tremble.
"It's over!" Taoist Liuhuo thought, while staring closely at the center of the black flame, wanting to witness with his own eyes the tragic end of the bold monk who dared to touch the holy fire with his bare hands and turned into ashes.
But the result was contrary to expectations.
Although the black flame exploded, it could not penetrate within three inches of Mo Yan's body.
And in the palm of Mo Yan's hand, a very small but very deep black flame was still jumping.
That is the origin of the black flame.
Mo Yan, whose body was covered in black flames, stuffed the origin of the holy fire into his mouth and swallowed it into his body in front of the shocked gaze of the Taoist Six Fires.
The next moment, black flames burst out from every inch of Mo Yan's skin and every pore.
"It's crazy, it's crazy, this world is crazy!"
Taoist Liu Huo was shaken and didn't dare to look anymore.
Seeing that the sword cultivator who had swallowed the strange fire cultivator alive seemed to have been distracted by Mo Yan's actions and had no time to provoke him, he finally reacted.
My top priority is to escape!
"These are a bunch of lunatics. If I don't run away, I will die here like Jiuhuo!"
The Taoist of Six Fires kept muttering to himself, "It doesn't matter if the Holy Fire is lost. That cultivator has five Strange Fires on him. I just need to report this to the higher-ups and ask for help. If I can take down these five Strange Fires, I will not only be blamed, but will even be credited with great success! Escape, I must escape!"
Taoist Liuhuo has realized the terrifying nature of this group of people and dares not take any chances.
He directly took out a blood talisman from the storage ring.
This is the Sky-Splitting Talisman, a top-level escape talisman that involves the power of space. It is his trump card to save his life.
As Liuhuo Taoist thought, the blood talisman ignited without wind, and then a force of space enveloped him.
The next moment, his figure disappeared out of thin air.
Here, Lu Qingshan immediately discovered the escape of the Taoist Six Fires, but instead of trying to stop him, he breathed a sigh of relief, "I've given you so many chances, and you finally remembered to run for your life..."
The way he focused his attention on Mo Yan was done intentionally for Taoist Liuhuo to see.
Just to give him a reasonable excuse to escape.
Who would have thought that this cultivator from the underworld would be so stupid and he had not taken any action for a long time. Instead, he was just like himself, staring at Mo Yan's movements of refining the strange fire in a trance.
I am in a trance to perform for you, but who are you performing for?
The Lord of Huangquan Prison doesn't like to watch your show.
Lu Qingshan began to feel a little disappointed with the Taoist Six Fires for not seizing the opportunity. Fortunately, at the last moment, the Taoist Six Fires finally reacted and escaped in time...
As for the flying sword at the beginning, Taoist Liuhuo thought that he had used all his means and managed to block Lu Qingshan's flying sword attack with great difficulty.
In fact, Lu Qingshan had already taken advantage of the situation to brand him with the peach blossom mark.
"Run away, it's better to run back to your lair..." Taoist Liuhuo used the Sky-Splitting Talisman to escape far away and out of Lu Qingshan's sight, but in his mind, the location of the Peach Blossom Mark was extremely clear.
On this side, Tan Tai Qing Run had already returned triumphantly carrying the corpse of the Seven Fire Taoist.
Kill two and release one, this is their strategy this time.
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Mo Yan's refining is still continuing.
Although Mo Yan possessed a burning body and his cultivation had improved a lot, as the amount of strange fire in his body increased, the difficulty of refining new strange fire also increased dramatically.
So although Mo Yan was confident in refining the devil fire this time, it was not easy at all.
It can be seen that in the raging flames, his uncontrollable roar was constantly being heard.
What was even more terrifying was that there were clusters of demonic energy constantly surging and rolling, completely enveloping Mo Yan's body.
Shrouded in the demonic energy, Mo Yan at this moment seemed to no longer be a human, but a ferocious demon.
This is the devil's fire.
"Is he really okay?" Seeing this scene, Tan Tai Qingrun couldn't help but frowned, feeling a little nervous.
"He can do it." Lu Qingshan nodded and confirmed.
In terms of growth potential alone, Mo Yan's Burning Body is the strongest talent he has ever seen.
This is a monstrous physique with infinite possibilities.
An hour later.
The flames suddenly raged like a rising dragon.
Waves of destructive yet eerie power seeped out, causing the surrounding space to slightly distort.
But this scene did not last long.
With a roar filled with relief, all the black flames began to shrink rapidly.
What followed was six layers of fire circles of different colors, which finally appeared outside Mo Yan's body.
The six layers of fire circles represent the six kinds of strange fire refined by Mo Yan.
The outermost circle of fire was as black as ink.
It is transformed by the devil's fire.
A vast force spread across Mo Yan's body like a flood.
At the same time, there was an extremely terrifying force, mysterious and profound, emanating from Mo Yan.
"The true meaning of the origin..." Tan Tai Qingrun felt this force and couldn't help but speak.
Lu Qingshan also sighed.
After refining the magic fire, Mo Yan seemed to have gained some new insights from it, so it was natural for him to advance his artistic conception to the true meaning of the origin of fire.
For Mo Yan, who has a burning body, comprehending the true meaning of the origin of fire is indeed a natural thing.
What an enviable physique! You know, I have been struggling for a long time for those four true meanings...
Lu Qingshan thought quietly.
"Congratulations." At this time, all the flames had dissipated. Lu Qingshan stepped forward and bowed to Mo Yan, who looked refreshed.
"This time, I am grateful to Brother Lu for his kindness again." Mo Yan bowed in return, sighing.
Tan Tai's clear and bright eyes flickered unconsciously when he heard these words.
again?
The friends that Lu Qingshan mentioned turned out to be cultivators like himself who were under his affection...
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Taoist Liuhuo did not return to Panmen.
Because in his heart, Panmen is no longer safe.
In addition, he is not planning to share the credit with others.
He wants to take all the credit for the great achievements of the five strange fires.
He had to report this news directly to his superiors, and quickly.
Because what if we delay a little longer and that group of people leave?
Therefore, he did not even have time to treat his own injuries and recover, and he was impatient to inform his superiors.
The astonishing news of the five strange fires made his message reach the hands of the master of the next higher level branch hall in the underworld at an astonishing speed.
Two days later, Taoist Liuhuo was summoned.
"You mean to say that you discovered the trace of the strange fire, and then went there with the Yin Demon Flame, wanting to subdue the strange fire, but ended up being ambushed?" In the main hall, Palace Master Lei Yan, who was in charge of the branch palaces of the underworld in the three continents, looked coldly at his subordinates who were extremely nervous.
Taoist Liuhuo nodded in panic.
"Who ambushed you?" Palace Master Lei Yan frowned and asked slowly.
"One magic cultivator and two sword cultivators." Taoist Six Fires replied quickly.
"Sword cultivator?" The Lord of Lei Yan Palace seemed to have an extreme reaction to the word "sword cultivator" and his expression was very wrong.
He had heard that the lineage in the Southern Region had been severely damaged recently by a swordsman named Lu Qingshan.
He was surprised to find that he had also encountered a swordsman, and he associated the two together.
"A man and a woman, both look very ordinary." Taoist Liuhuo didn't know why the hall master reacted so strongly, and quickly added cautiously.
"What are the skills of a male sword cultivator? What does his natal sword look like?" asked Palace Master Lei Yan.
"That male swordsman is extremely powerful, and his flying sword is so powerful that I can hardly defend myself. As for his natal sword... it's a magic sword of Earth Element, and its quality should not be low. I feel it's at least a top-grade heavenly weapon." Taoist Liuhuo said with lingering fear.
"Earth Yuan Magic Sword..." Palace Master Lei Yan felt relieved upon hearing this, and couldn't help but feel that he was being a little overly nervous.
How could it be possible that a random sword cultivator is Lu Qingshan? Besides, he is also in the Southern Region, how could he appear in the Western Region?
"Then do you know where they came from? Why did they attack you and ambush you?" Palace Master Lei Yan asked again.
"They must have come to snatch our Yin Demon Flame, because I saw with my own eyes that among the three people, the cultivator who possessed the five strange fires had already begun to refine the Yin Demon Flame. As for his origin..." At this point, Taoist Liuhuo hesitated again.
This immediately caused dissatisfaction among the hall master, who coldly rebuked: "Just tell us everything you know. Why are you deliberately showing off here?"
After being scolded by the Palace Master, Taoist Six Fires was intimidated by the Palace Master's power and couldn't help but tremble in his heart. He quickly explained: "It's not that I am being mysterious...
Among the three monks, the male swordsman once said that they were called "Prometheus", which should be the name of their force .
But I had never heard of this force called "Prometheus" before, so I don't know whether that person was deceiving me or I was just ignorant.
Moreover, the name "Prometheus" is really too weird and seems to be made up, so I think the first possibility is more likely...
Therefore, I dare not speak directly to the Palace Master, fearing that it would interfere with the Palace Master's judgment..."
