I Killed Gods and Demons in Song Dynasty

Chapter 215 Ambush
It was a dark and windy night. There were gusts of cold wind outside the Jinguan Cave, and the foul and poisonous fog in the air became thicker and thicker.

The mountains and forests in the distance were shrouded in eerie shadows. The silence was suffocating, with only the occasional low chirping of insects, seeming to foreshadow the arrival of evil.

Li Qingyun and He Xiangu hid on an old tree with lush branches and leaves, concealed their bodies, and carefully released their spiritual thoughts to explore the movements in the Golden Light Cave.

At this moment, a low, cold laugh came from the distant hillside. The laugh was lazy and carried a drunken atmosphere, which made people shudder.

The two looked at each other, vigilance flashed in their eyes, and they both held their breath.

I saw a hunchbacked drunk staggering towards me in the thick fog.

The tattered clothes hung on his thin body, and his bulging belly was particularly prominent.

His eyes were bloodshot, and bright red liquid was dripping from under his stubble, staining his chin.

The drunk was holding a wine gourd in his left hand and a piece of a severed limb that had not yet solidified in his right hand.

He took a sip of wine, a bite of meat, and blood splattered while he chewed. It was obvious that he had just experienced a bloody orgy.

"Is this the true form of the Scorpion Demon?"

He Xiangu whispered, with a hint of surprise in her eyes.

If one had not been able to sense the powerful demonic force in his body, who would have imagined that the sloppy drunkard in front of him was the legendary brutal and tyrannical "Thorny-tailed Demon Lord".

Li Qingyun frowned as he watched. It was obvious that this scorpion demon had just wreaked havoc somewhere again, killing countless human lives!

Wang Xuanfu sent people to guard the rift in the spirit world, but the demons from the upper realm were able to come and go freely without any restraint. Even the dignified Green Bull Demon King had to hide secrets for him. It was simply ridiculous!
A cold light flashed in his eyes and he gestured to He Xiangu.

He Xiangu understood and quietly gathered her spell power, with wisps of black runes swirling around her fingertips.

At the same time, Li Qingyun's figure gradually faded in the night and blended into the darkness. He used the "invisibility and stealth" method to quietly move behind the drunk and find the best position for an ambush.

He Xiangu's eyes were dark and deep, with tiny symbols flickering in them. She muttered something, and black spell power transformed into strange symbols in the air, condensing into an invisible chain, quietly wrapping around the drunkard.

"Oh!"

The chains suddenly tightened, tightly binding the drunkard, and powerful cursed energy instantly invaded his meridians.

The drunkard's body shook, and his powerful demonic power was immediately blocked. Dense and tiny wounds began to appear on his body surface. Strange granulations quickly grew in the wounds, and smelly pus oozed out.

At the same time, Li Qingyun's figure suddenly appeared from mid-air. He clenched his fists, his eyes flashed with murderous intent, and the Hongmeng Qi condensed into a long sword. Lightning flashed on the blade, flashing purple electric light.

"Purple Lightning Thunder" was launched instantly!
He shouted, and the blade cut through the night sky. A flash of blood-red blade light pierced the drunkard and suddenly exploded in front of him.

"boom--"

The sword light burst out, carrying the power of heavenly thunder inspired by infinite divine will, and transformed into dozens of purple lightning bolts, like dancing electric snakes, densely slamming down at the drunkard.

Suddenly, there was a loud thunder, deafening, and the entire area outside the cave was illuminated by the lightning, as bright as day.

Faced with the sudden ambush, the drunk man showed a brief look of surprise on his face. He did not expect that these humans would dare to launch a sneak attack on him.

Without time to think, he subconsciously tried to mobilize his demonic power to suppress the curse power in his body.

However, at the moment when the demonic power in his body was surging, the thunder from the sky had already struck!
"what--!"

A tragic roar resounded through the night sky. Under the violent bombardment of thunder and lightning, the drunkard's shoulders and back were charred by the thunder, his skin and flesh were rolled up, and a burnt smell was emitted.

In his haste, his body turned into a ball of black mist and shot backwards, barely avoiding most of the thunder bombardment, but he was left with shocking wounds on his body.

He Xiangu saw this scene nearby and was shocked.

Li Qingyun slashed in mid-air with such force that it was the "Blood Palace Void Slash" Taoist technique that she had just taught him yesterday.

Unexpectedly, in just one day, the young Taoist not only mastered the newly learned skills to perfection, but also integrated the essence of them into the method of thunder and lightning, turning them into his own moves, which he performed smoothly, as if he had studied them for decades, without any sluggishness.

"This kid..."

He Xiangu sighed inwardly, then suppressed her surprise, and continued to gather the spell power in her palm, casting the "Soul-Confusing Spell".

In the darkness, densely packed human faces appeared on the drunkard's skin, as if he was possessed by countless ghosts.

These faces were either angry, sad, or sneering. Thousands of emotions erupted in his heart at the same time, like countless consciousnesses pouring into his mind, madly tearing at his sanity.

The drunk roared, trying to use his magic power to dispel these strange illusions.

At this moment, Li Qingyun's thunder sword has already attacked!

"Purple Lightning Thunder!"

The drunk was affected by the curse and his cultivation level dropped sharply. He didn't dare to take the attack head-on and immediately wanted to use his old trick again, turning into black mist and escaping.

However, the layers of human faces on his body were madly eroding his consciousness, constantly conveying the desire to escape.

He felt as if his body was about to break into countless pieces and be torn in all directions. For a moment he seemed to be nailed to the spot, unable to move.

His face changed drastically and he felt something was wrong!

"Crack crack crack!"

Purple lightning instantly covered the drunkard's entire body, and the lightning struck like a thunderbolt, shaking the hillside violently.

The drunkard's body was pressed hard into the ground. The force of thunder tore his flesh like a blade, leaving countless charred wounds on his skin, oozing with pus. It was a horrible sight.

Li Qingyun was delighted. He didn't expect that this ambush would go so smoothly. Just as he was about to raise his sword to chop again, he suddenly had an ominous premonition.

He quickly stepped back, flashed, and instantly created some distance.

"boom!"

The drunkard's body shook violently, the ground cracked, and a strange evil spirit gushed out from the cracks.

Along with this evil spirit, the drunkard's figure began to twist and stretch, and then his body suddenly expanded and transformed into a giant scorpion.

A scorpion with a length of more than ten feet was coiled on the hillside. Its entire body was as black as ink, and its carapace had a cold luster, like a sickle of death in the dark night.

The huge tail stinger was raised high, the claws were like sharp battle axes, and every joint exuded a suffocating coldness.

Under the starlight, the giant scorpion's carapace reflected a cold light, which made people shudder. "You human cultivators are really untrustworthy! We agreed to a decisive battle tomorrow, but you dared to attack me?"

The giant scorpion spoke in human language, with a murderous rage in its voice. Its tail stinger swept violently in the air, making a sound of breaking through the air, and pointed directly at Li Qingyun.

"so close!"

Li Qingyun dodged quickly, and the tail sting brushed past his shoulder, emitting a pungent, foul smell.

If he had not been keenly aware of the danger and avoided it in advance, he would probably have been seriously injured by now.

The giant scorpion stared at Li Qingyun with fierce eyes and roared:
"Since you don't keep your promise, I will make sure you die without a burial place!"

Before he finished speaking, countless small holes on his back suddenly spurted out dark green venom, which turned into a sky full of tiny poisonous needles and shot towards Li Qingyun and He Xiangu like a rain of arrows.

Li Qingyun was in mid-air and had no time to dodge, so he simply used the "riding the clouds and mist" technique from the Nine Revolutions Yuan Gong. With clouds and mist swirling under his feet, he flew straight up to the sky and avoided the rain of poisonous arrows.

He Xiangu's face changed, and she quickly made a hand gesture, and the magic power around her body turned into a shield to block in front of her.

The poison needles hit the shield densely, making a "hissing" sound, and black holes were instantly corroded on the surface of the shield.

A few drops of venom splashed onto her skin, immediately burning horrible scars. The poison spread rapidly, corroding her muscles to the point where her bones were almost exposed.

Severe pain came, but He Xiangu did not frown at all. She used powerful spell power to temporarily suppress the poison around the wound. She spread her palms and quickly formed seals. Talismans flew out from her fingertips, like countless steel needles, piercing the Scorpion Demon's back.

At the same time, she cast the "Soul-Confusing Spell" again, and the curse power that had invaded the scorpion monster's body suddenly erupted.

All of a sudden, human faces reappeared from the scorpion's hard shell, laughing, cursing, sobbing, and all kinds of emotions erupted again, filling the scorpion demon's mind and pouring into the scorpion demon's consciousness. It seemed that countless ghosts were clamoring in his mind, trying to pull him into the abyss of madness.

The scorpion demon's mind was occupied by chaotic emotions, and its spirit was torn into pieces, and it could hardly tell who it was.

Just as he was struggling in pain, Li Qingyun in mid-air seized the opportunity and flew down on a cloud. He was surrounded by golden light and full of murderous aura, like a god of war descending from the underworld.

The long sword in his hand flashed with lightning, and a cold green light condensed on the blade, as if it came from the endless abyss of the Nine Nether Hell.

"Slay the Void Immortal Evil!"

As Li Qingyun spat out a breath of yellow air, in an instant, the sword light turned into a deep blue abyss, and the coldness was bone-chilling.

The invisible air walls stacked up layer upon layer, transforming into countless phantoms. The murderous energy rising into the sky was like the fire of the underworld, refining the soul.

This knife perfectly combined the Soul Refining Blade, the Heng and Ha Qi, and the "Drawing a Prison on the Ground". The murderous spirit was like an invisible ghost hand, penetrating into the scorpion monster's wounds and rushing straight to his soul, making him suffer from excruciating pain.

Under the erosion of the evil spirit, the scorpion demon's spirit flickered like a candle in the wind, and its consciousness gradually became blurred, as if its soul was burned by flames, and its whole body was shaking in severe pain.

Li Qingyun and He Xiangu were both powerful warriors who had experienced hundreds of battles and killed countless people. Although it was the first time they joined forces, they cooperated perfectly. They both seized the weakness of the demon clan's soul and launched powerful attacks against the mind in succession, making it difficult for the scorpion demon to concentrate. Several of its spells were forcibly interrupted, and it was completely passive.

Just as the scorpion demon's mind was scattered and its soul was eroded by evil spirit, Li Qingyun's eyes flashed with cold light, and he used the method of moving mountains, concentrating all his strength in his fist.

"boom!"

This punch carried the force of a mountain, fiercely smashing at the scorpion demon. The force of the punch was like thunder, directly hitting its chest and abdomen, and the huge impact force threw its huge body away, rolling on the ground like a small mountain.

A huge crack appeared on the indestructible shell, and the broken pieces of shell flew everywhere. The entire Luoyun Peak trembled under his impact.

The Thorn-Tailed Demon Lord had already been injured in the ambush, and now facing the combined forces of two powerful men, he felt somewhat overwhelmed.

He roared fiercely, raised his scorpion tail high, and the sharp poisonous needles flashed cold light, transforming into countless spear-like phantoms, carrying a monstrous murderous aura, and stabbed madly at Li Qingyun and He Xiangu.

Just the stench from the poison needle made Li Qingyun feel a tightness in his chest and dizziness.

He secretly cried out that it was not good, and stepped on the cloud-riding technique. His body shook and quickly rose high, twisting and turning in the air, narrowly avoiding the poisonous needle of the scorpion's tail. He felt a burst of fear in his heart:
"The demon king of the sixth realm is indeed so terrifying. Even with his wounded body, after taking so many heavy blows in a row, he can still burst out with such terrifying strength!"

He Xiangu gritted her teeth, endured the severe pain in her body, and with a quick glance, she saw that her arms and shoulders had been corroded by the scorpion venom, and the flesh had turned into pus, with even the white bones faintly visible.

The poison was raging in her body, and she had to suppress it with magical power at all times in order to barely maintain her movements.

Despite severe injuries, He Xiangu still stubbornly practiced the magic formula, trying to cast the "Soul-Confusing Spell" again to disrupt the scorpion monster's mind with mental attacks.

However, the excessive load caused the old injuries caused by the Moon Demon to suddenly relapse. Blood oozed from her seven orifices and her face became paler and paler.

"If my injuries were less severe, I could cooperate with this young Taoist priest and inflict heavy damage on this beast..."

She sighed inwardly, Li Qingyun's strength was far beyond her expectations, but with her current state and the strength of the two, it was completely impossible to kill the scorpion monster.

On the battlefield, Li Qingyun continued to launch attacks in the air. He controlled the art of flying in the clouds and mist, flexibly moving in the air, and seized the opportunity several times, gathering the power of the mountains with his fists and smashing hard into the back of the scorpion monster.

Every punch he landed carried with it immeasurable force that could move mountains, causing dense cracks to appear on the scorpion monster's shell, spreading like a spider web.

The scorpion demon roared wildly, burning with rage.

It was huge and unable to fly, and its venom had a limited range, so it could not do anything to Li Qingyun who was flying freely in the sky.

Moreover, this little Taoist priest seemed to have already known the route of its poisonous attack, as if he had foreseen it. He could always fly into the air first and put himself in an invincible position, which made the scorpion monster very angry.

If the stalemate continues like this, and he gets hit by a few more heavy punches, he'll probably be seriously injured!

Thinking of this, the scorpion demon sneered, swung its tail, made a feint, and roared at Li Qingyun:
"Good boy, you've got what you deserve! I'm tired today, I'll settle the score with you another day!"

Before he finished speaking, he raised his long tail and turned into a black mist, quickly escaping into the golden cave and disappearing in the heavy poisonous fog.

It had already spread a highly poisonous miasma in the cave. If the two humans dared to chase them, they would never return!
Seeing the scorpion monster running away, Li Qingyun withdrew his spell, turned over and landed on the ground, his breathing slightly rapid.

"As expected of a demon king of the sixth realm, he was hit head-on by such terrifying mountain power many times, yet he was able to escape unscathed."

He sighed in his heart that this level of strength was much stronger than the seriously injured Moon Demon and the dying Green Bull Demon.

But he came here tonight not for testing or fighting, but with the intention of killing.

With his mind made up, Li Qingyun was surrounded by purple air and chased towards the golden cave without hesitation.

He Xiangu looked at her own horrible wound, gritted her teeth, and followed closely, rushing into the cave...

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(End of this chapter)