Ancient Devouring Technique

Chapter 889: Xuanwu Appears
"cut!!!"

A loud shout rang out in the dark valley, and Huo Miao's whole body was filled with holy light. All the holy power of the first level of the holy realm burst out and was injected into a white ring suspended in front of him. The ring suddenly burst into dazzling white light like a small sun, and a round shield hundreds of feet in size formed by white flames appeared in the void, blocking the three poisonous vines as thick as water tanks that swept from the front.

The three poisonous vines hit the light shield, and immediately made an unpleasant "sizzling" sound, but the dark green light was flashing on it, and there was no sign of being burned, and it seemed that it wanted to launch a second attack.

Huo Miao's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he shouted as his holy power surged. He pointed suddenly at the ring in front of him, and the weapon shook slightly. The light shield in front suddenly shrank around the ring, turning into a white flame wheel, and then flew forward with a whistling sound.

"Boom boom boom!!"

Wherever the white flame light wheel passed, it was invincible. Those tough poisonous vines could not withstand its heat and sharpness and were cut off one after another. The light wheel shuttled back and forth several times in an instant, completely cutting the three poisonous vines into countless pieces. The broken vines wrapped in white flames and burning twisted and fell to the ground. There were already more charred broken vines on the ground, indicating that countless poisonous vines had been dealt with by Huo Miao before.

"Hah..." After Huo Miao killed the three poisonous vines, he immediately revealed an expression of fatigue that he could not hide. His breathing became heavy, and the holy energy in his body also showed signs of exhaustion.

However, before he could take a breath, he heard a loud "whooshing" sound from the lower left, and four more poisonous vines attacked him, and each one was no weaker than the three he had just dealt with.

Huo Miao was shocked and was about to use his holy power to deal with it, but he suddenly felt dizzy. This was a side effect of the extreme explosion. His movements froze, and although he immediately forced himself to slow down, the poisonous vines were already in front of him, and it was probably too late for him to react.

Although his life was hanging by a thread, there was no fear or despair in Huo Miao's eyes. Instead, he showed a hint of helplessness, as if he regretted that he could not hold on a little longer.

"Boom!!!" At the same time, a blue wave suddenly rolled in from behind Huo Miao. The Heavenly Star True Flame was like a rolling river of fire. It arrived first and rolled up all the four poisonous vines before they hit Huo Miao. In just a blink of an eye, when the Heavenly Star True Flame receded, only floating ashes were left in the air, and the four poisonous vines had disappeared without a trace.

Huo Miao's expression relaxed, and he slowly gathered his surging holy power. He raised his hand to collect the white light ring, turned around and looked at Ye Xuan who had come behind him, and said gratefully: "Thank you, Sixth Brother, for protecting me."

"Brother, why do you need to say that? It's just a piece of cake." Ye Xuan smiled faintly and said to Huo Miao, "Congratulations to you for your breakthrough. It looks like you will be able to advance to the second level of the Saint Realm soon."

Huo Miao couldn't help but smile and nodded, "Thanks to Sixth Brother's protection, I can push myself to the limit without any worries, and thus find a chance to advance. Normally, I would probably need at least three or four hundred years of cultivation, but now it seems that I may be able to advance to the second level in just a few months!"

"The trip to the Back Valley will take another month. Maybe before we leave, Third Brother will get another chance to break through directly." Ye Xuan said with a smile, looking around the ground, and continued, "You can adjust your breath for a while, I'll go down and see if there are any spiritual materials."

"Okay!" Huo Miao nodded and watched Ye Xuan fly towards the ground. He took out a holy pill from his ring and swallowed it, starting to recover the holy power he had just consumed.

Now, it has been the fourth day since they entered the Poison Ivy Back Valley. During the past few days, the two of them have been moving forward according to the planned route. In the face of Ye Xuan's powerful cross-level combat power, the road is almost unimpeded and the speed of travel is quite fast. They have already passed one tenth of the entire Back Valley.

During the journey, Ye Xuan was not always the only one who dealt with the monsters and poisonous vines that appeared. Huo Miao's purpose of following was not just to join in the fun, but also to gain experience, so when he encountered the right situation, he would take action, and Ye Xuan would be responsible for helping when necessary.

Of course, there is also secret devouring to improve cultivation.

Under Ye Xuan's care, Huo Miao could fight to his heart's content without any worries and seek progress in his cultivation in extreme battles. Although this lacked the kind of outburst that would occur under the threat of death, it was undoubtedly helpful for increasing combat experience and improving his cultivation. For example, this time, Huo Miao's cultivation, which had been stagnant for so long, finally showed signs of loosening up in the battle. If nothing unexpected happened, he would be able to make further progress soon.

Ye Xuan landed on the ground and searched for a while at the place where the poisonous vines that he had just destroyed took root. Sure enough, he found a piece of golden holy iron, which was a very rare material for refining weapons. It added to their gains from this trip to the Hou Valley.

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Next, the two continued to move forward. Huo Miao kept an eye on the surroundings and said, "In the past few days, I haven't seen any traces of the Yinsha Sect and the Mangui Sect. I don't know where they are now."

Ye Xuan smiled and said, "Why, does Third Brother want them to show up soon?"

Huo Miao said: "Of course I hope not to run into them, but since they are well prepared, this seems unlikely... and I can't help feeling uneasy when it's always hanging in the balance."

Ye Xuan said: "Why keep thinking about them? When the time comes, they will naturally appear. Moreover, the Yinsha Sect's First Ancestor came here in person this time. I'm afraid it's not just to deal with us. I think he has other intentions."

Huo Miao nodded and agreed. It was impossible for a Saint of the seventh level to deal with them alone. He also didn't know what the Yinsha Sect and the Mangui Sect were planning this time.

"Sixth brother, have you ever thought about challenging the geniuses on the Spirit Realm Holy List?" Huo Miao suddenly said.

"It's just a vanity, I'm not interested in it."

"Yes, that's true. However, I heard that in two months, two geniuses on the Saint List will fight each other. They seem to be geniuses from two ancient emperor clans. Their battle will surely be earth-shattering. You can go and have a look. It might be good for your martial arts. After all, the skills and secret techniques of those ancient emperor clans are not comparable to ours..."

During the conversation, the two came to a rolling river. Huo Miao's expression straightened and he said cautiously: "This is the Xuanwu River. There may be powerful monsters in it. Be careful, Sixth Brother!"

"Hmm..." Ye Xuan nodded slightly and looked at the river carefully. The river was about a thousand feet wide and the water looked black, which was quite strange.

According to the records in the Xuanyun Sect's historical documents, a sect ancestor once came here and heard a sound similar to a dragon's roar in the river, and felt the breath of an extremely powerful monster and a turtle-like shell.

The name 'Xuanwu' was just a name given by Xuanyun Sect based on the description of that ancestor. As for what the monster inside is, no one knows, because since that ancestor, Xuanyun Sect has never come here to explore again.

Not seeing anything unusual, Ye Xuan pondered for a moment, then sent out his divine sense to explore deep into the river.

When Ye Xuan's mind swept towards the bottom of the river, his expression suddenly changed! !

At the same moment, Huo Miao felt an extremely powerful breath suddenly burst out from the rolling river, as if something was awakened and angered, and the already rolling river exploded with shocking water in an instant.

"Ang!!!" The next second, a terrifying roar that shook people's eardrums came from under the river. It really sounded like a dragon's roar as recorded in the scriptures of Xuanyun Sect.

"The fifth level of the Holy Realm!!" When Huo Miao heard the sound, he also felt the strength of the breath of the master of the sound. His face suddenly became a little panicked. He subconsciously called out and turned to look at Ye Xuan anxiously, wanting to tell him to leave quickly.

However, when he turned around, he saw Ye Xuan's face full of surprise and excitement...

"Sixth brother..."

"Third brother, wait for me here!!"

Huo Miao was about to speak when he was interrupted by Ye Xuan. Then he was horrified to see Ye Xuan suddenly rush out and rush to the center of the river! !

"boom……"

Just as Ye Xuan rushed out, a large bulge suddenly appeared in the middle of the river. The water waves were surging, and in the mist, an extremely ferocious head of a monster emerged. The head was a hundred feet huge, and it was actually a huge ferocious ****. Its huge mouth was open, and it was full of terrifying sharp teeth, which made people afraid.

At the same time as the monster's head appeared, Ye Xuan happened to fly right above it, and its terrifying huge mouth just opened right towards Ye Xuan. In a flash, a stream of black water arrow spurted out from its mouth and shot straight towards Ye Xuan!

"Sixth brother!" Huo Miao was horrified, because in his opinion, it was as if Ye Xuan automatically crashed into the monster's attack, and what frightened him even more was that before he finished speaking, he saw Ye Xuan's body being pierced by the black water arrow!

Huo Miao felt that his mind stopped for a moment, but then he was pleasantly surprised to find that the pierced 'Ye Xuan' actually turned into a ray of green light and disappeared in a flash - it turned out to be an afterimage!

At the same time, Ye Xuan's figure appeared hundreds of feet away, but before Huo Miao could breathe a sigh of relief, he felt the breath of the monster shake again. At the same time, he heard a strange "hiss" sound, and the river water next to its head suddenly shot out a column of water, which was not much weaker than the attack that had just been shot out of its mouth, and instantly hit Ye Xuan right above it!

Huo Miao's heart was in his throat again. He saw Ye Xuan's body being pierced through again, but it disappeared immediately. It turned out to be an afterimage. Then Ye Xuan's figure appeared in another place, but was immediately pierced through by the water column rushing up from the river. It was still an afterimage...

Afterimages came one after another, and Huo Miao was simply overwhelmed. The shock in his heart was hard to describe in words. He knew that Ye Xuan was a space martial artist, but Ye Xuan's body movements were so fast that he was dazzled. In his shock, he quickly realized that it must be space teleportation, but to be able to perform it to the level of his sixth brother, his body needed to be extremely strong, and the power of space had to be extremely strong.

Otherwise, the physical body would not be able to withstand the pull of space, nor would it be able to perform spatial teleportation so unscrupulously.

In just a few breaths, Huo Miao had seen more than twenty afterimages being destroyed. Both Ye Xuan's body movement speed and the speed at which the monster launched its attack shocked him.

He believed that if he fought with Ye Xuan now, Ye Xuan would be able to defeat him in just one breath.

Waves of frustration made Huo Miao smile bitterly. They were both in the first level of the Holy Realm, so how come Ye Xuan’s fighting ability was so strong?

"Om..."

Just as Huo Miao was smiling bitterly, an unusual buzzing sound suddenly sounded, and at the same time a black light appeared in his sight. He was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously moved his gaze up. Only then did he see that Ye Xuan had appeared in the sky higher up at some point, and his whole body was covered with a mysterious black flame. The exquisite pupils in his eyes slowly turned, and he held a black flame sword in his hand.

At this moment, Huo Miao had a strange feeling, as if the whole world had slowed down.

But for just a moment, he thought it was an illusion.

"Whoosh!!"

Under the moonlight, at this moment, Huo Miao saw Ye Xuan slash out a jet-black flaming sword energy, slashing towards the head of the monster below...

(End of this chapter)