Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 192 Zhuang Mingkong

"This is?"

On the way to Maoshan, Chu Tai felt rays of spiritual light bursting in the void. Looking carefully, he saw two monks fighting in mid-air.

Moreover, these two were acquaintances that Chu Tai met in the State of Chu. One was Shi Ruotie, who did not help much in the fight against Hanba, and the other was Zhuang Kong.

'wrong! ’

Chu Tai looked at Zhuang Kong and found that there was something wrong with his aura and his appearance had also changed to a certain extent. His originally calm and otherworldly temperament was replaced by hostility, and he seemed to have a little more edge.

At the same time, his flamboyant temperament made his originally ordinary facial features appear to have a rebellious charm.

'He is not Zhuang Kong.'

Chu Tai watched as this "Zhuang Kong" drove a flying sword that was as clear as clear water, suppressing the two flying smoke cones of fire driven by Shi Ruotie. From his personality and spellcasting methods, he denied his previously guessed identity.

Although this person's method of cultivation has the same origin as Zhuang Kong's, the true Qi achieved by Zhuang Kong is the free and easy true Qi of wandering in the North Sea, with active Qi and untainted by dust.

However, the true Qi of the "Zhuang Kong" in front of him gave people a deep and empty feeling. His magic power was like a hole, causing the vital energy around him to continuously flow inward.

This resulted in the light of his flying sword being as bright and clear as water, and the sword force being like a dragon stirring up the sea, but inside it was dead silent. Every time the two Flying Fire Smoke Cones that were fighting against him clashed with him, they seemed to be suppressed by the sword light, but in fact they were being sucked of their vital energy every moment.

Finally, the glow of fire on the flying smoke cone was cut off by the sword light and broke into two pieces that fell to the ground.

Shi Ruotie's expression suddenly changed when he saw this, and he hurriedly sprayed out a breath of true Qi. A streak of fire about ten feet long appeared on the other flying smoke cone, trying to protect himself and let him leave.

"Want to go?"

The young man who looked the same as Zhuang Kong sneered, and with a flick of his hand, he released several green water threads that surrounded and strangled Shi Ruotie.

When Shi Ruotie saw this scene, he curled the corners of his mouth, snapped his fingers, and the fire and smoke that had fallen to the ground suddenly exploded, emitting sparks and burning towards the young man.

At the same time, Shi Ruotie activated his mysterious power, and the pure yang energy of the Big Sun's Bing Fire suddenly burst out from the top of his head, rushed upward, and turned into a huge fire palm the size of an acre of field, which fell on the top of the young man's head like a mountain.

As it fell, the sparks rising from below were also stimulated and transformed into blooming fire lotuses, forming an encirclement.

"He has such a method? Why did he act so panicked when fighting Hanba?"

When the flying smoke cone was cut off, Chu Tai, who had raised his hand to gather magic power to help, stopped and hid quietly aside.

A young man who has a close connection with Zhuang Kong, and a "fellow traveler" who had held back when he came to help.

Chu Tai was a little curious about what other surprises these two could bring him.

The young man was not worried about this fatal move. A breeze rose from his feet and auspicious clouds gathered, wrapping him up and escaping from the spot.

Seeing this scene, Chu Tai frowned.

"This move seems to be Zhuang Kong's. It seems that he is the younger brother Zhuang Ming that Zhuang Kong is looking for?"

Chu Tai was thinking in his heart, and saw that Shi Ruotie below, seeing that his first attack missed, drove the big hand transformed by his true energy to grab the young man who was suspected to be Zhuang Ming.

Zhuang Ming thrust his sword forward, and the sword light of green water caused the flying fire light on his big hand to rise suddenly.

The fire rose, the water dimmed, and finally the sword was caught by a big hand. Zhuang Ming used the spiritual formula several times, and the flying sword struggled hard but could not escape.

Shi Ruotie struck while the iron was hot. Tiny flame talismans appeared on his fingertips and scattered like fallen leaves, covering the sword light layer by layer, weakening the edge and suppressing the spiritual light, trying to suppress Zhuang Ming's flying sword.

Zhuang Ming opened his mouth and sprayed out a stream of true Qi, and Chu Tai's face changed slightly this time.

According to the perception of the [Alchemist], the true Qi contains a breath of devouring and destruction.

The next second, a sword light like clear water exploded and flew out, and the giant hand of Lihuo scattered into flying light all over the sky.

Shi Ruotie was also surprised to see that the other party had broken his magic, but when he saw the sword light coming towards him and felt the breath inside, a hint of greed flashed in his eyes, which made Chu Tai raise his eyebrows when he saw this scene.

'This gaze doesn't seem like his own...' Then, Chu Tai saw Shi Ruotie shook his robe, and flames rose from under his feet, quickly covering him.

The sword light fell, and it stirred up and down, sparks flew, and Shi Ruotie disappeared out of thin air.

Zhuang Ming was also smart. Seeing that the enemy had disappeared, he immediately recalled the flying sword and sacrificed a precious orb. A clear light fell, creating ripples in the air, which spread out in layers around, forcing Shi Ruotie to show up.

Unfortunately, the young man was a step too slow, and Shi Ruotie hid his body and flew above his head.

After revealing his true form, Shi Ruotie hit the orb away with his backhand, and then held a treasure lamp in one hand and shook it gently. The wick made a "crack" sound, and the air around the boy caught fire. Hundreds of sparks flew, and fire lines intertwined to form a fire net that covered the boy.

He used his sword to protect himself and cast spells to control the fire, but he was in a hurry and inevitably had some shortcomings, and was enveloped by a huge ball of flames.

Upon seeing this, Shi Ruotie breathed another breath of essence onto the treasure lamp, causing the fire to burn even more fiercely.

After a while, the young man in the flames was burned so hard that his hair and beard became curled and his skin became cracked.

At this moment, a stream of light appeared, and Zhuang Kong appeared in mid-air, shouting loudly: "Friend Shi Dao, please stop immediately. My brother has special magical powers, and you must not use your magic power to attack him!"

Zhuang Kong had good intentions when he spoke, but he never expected Shi Ruotie to turn a blind eye to it. Instead, he secretly increased his true Qi, making the flame appear weak on the outside but more intense on the inside, as if he wanted to completely refine the other party.

Chu Tai also took this opportunity to see some of the tricks.

Under the light of the sun and the moon, Chu Tai saw clearly that there was a strange turbid aura hidden in the true energy of Shi Ruotie's body. This turbid aura gave people a feeling of being stained with endless blood, but also had a faint light like thousands of lights.

And that of Zhuang Ming was even more peculiar. The true Qi in his body collapsed, forming a cavity, which continuously devoured the fire and turbid air coming from all around.

No matter whether it is turbid breath or hot breath, once it falls into his true Qi, it will be chewed up, swallowed and absorbed by the rolling true Qi.

It's a pity that although Zhuang Ming's true Qi has high intentions and strong assimilation ability, its quality is insufficient. At least it is much worse than the wisps of turbid aura in Shi Ruotie's body.

It was okay to absorb a small amount of the turbid air, but as the amount absorbed continued to increase, Zhuang Ming's true qi was gradually contaminated by some impurities.

"Ok?"

Zhuang Ming's expression suddenly changed when he realized something was wrong. The inner Qi in his body was suddenly released. The huge impact directly dispersed the flames, and Shi Ruotie was also knocked away and fell to the ground.

Zhuang Kong, who arrived in a hurry, tightly grasped the Xunfeng Yiqi treasure fan in his hand, suppressed his anger and asked Zhuang Ming to go back with him.

Zhuang Ming stretched his muscles and bones, and the burned flesh on his body quickly recovered. He looked at his brother and sneered, "Let me go back with you. You might as well think about whether you can go back."

As soon as the words fell, Zhuang Kong immediately realized something was wrong and leaned to the side, like a roc flying into the sky, avoiding the falling emerald green knife light.

The knife missed its target and immediately turned upside down. The blade flashed a half-moon-like light in the air, and bits of green fire flew out. A light laugh appeared beside Zhuang Ming.

"You're so kind to remind your brother. It seems your relationship with him isn't that bad!"

As he spoke, a skinny old man in a green robe appeared beside Zhuang Ming, with only skin and bones left. He stretched out his five fingers, and balls of green fire flew up, exploding violently in the air with crackling sounds. Large patches of green fire spread out, forcing Zhuang Kong to retreat again and again.

At the same time, he took three bamboo needles and threw them out with his backhand. The long needles spread out and turned into tens of thousands of green lights as thin as hairs, blocking the space where Zhuang Kong was hiding.

Zhuang Kong clenched the precious fan in his hand and was about to swing it when a spinning ring fell down and spun rapidly, capturing the green light in the sky.

"Who is ruining my good deeds?"

The old man's face showed a furious expression. He pinched his fingers to retract the two bamboo needles, put his fingers into his sleeves, looked around cautiously, and was on guard.

But Chu Tai had no intention of taking action against him. He walked out of the void and bowed to Zhuang Kong: "Fellow Daoist Zhuang, it's been a long time since we last met."

Chu Tai's attitude made the old man feel that he was being ignored. Compared with his previous vigilance, an inexplicable anger rose up. He looked at Chu Tai and shouted: "What a rude boy, you dare to play tricks in front of your grandfather!"

As he spoke, he unleashed a magic weapon that looked like bamboo leaves. Green gas spread out, strong wind blew violently, and many bamboo leaves were like blades. Driven by the strong wind, they turned into a sky full of sword lights and slashed towards Chu Tai, Zhuang Kong and Shi Ruotie who was lying on the ground.

(End of this chapter)