Wet viviparity

Chapter 786 The Hook Swing, the Headless Crane
"Uh uh uh kah"

A golden figure in the fire sat cross-legged before the casket, squeezing out off-key, strange noises from its pursed mouth.

The voice carried a hint of extreme satisfaction, and it even began to gaze at the rat-like creature on the altar that brought it such satisfaction.

"Enough!" Seeing that the rat on the altar was still casting spells, Lin Shuijun immediately stopped him, saying, "The body of the Hundred Birds True Man has been consumed, and his Mountain-Rubbing Technique has been disrupted by the Golden Chest Nightmare Technique, so it is no longer powerful. You have done enough."

"It's still a little worse."

"Rat Four said to himself."

Before him, the golden man turned his head and stared at him, extending a hot, red arm, inviting Shu Si to shake it.

As the rat reached out to grab it, a ball of real water was poured onto the golden man's body, instantly sizzling and steaming. The golden man, like a cunning fox, used his hands and feet to crawl back into the golden casket in mid-air.

"Don't fall for it."

Lin Shuijun withdrew the real water and spoke to the rat, who was soaked to the bone.

Within the Radiant Realm, the towering peaks were gradually shrunk into a small stone ball, shrouded in azure green, perfectly round and smooth, hanging gracefully before the Hundred Birds' True Form. The entire cliff had been kneaded into a tiny ball.

The demonic voice from Baiqin Shangzhen's skull still echoed, impossible to block out.

The more he ignored it, the louder and more chaotic the demonic sound became, and the more disordered his mind became. It was as if millions of insects were devouring his true form from the inside out, and the squeaking and chewing sounds of the insect swarm were mixed together, vibrating his eardrums.

Soon, dense blood spots appeared under his skin and inside his organs, causing numbness and itching. He wished he could cut himself open, tear himself out, and scratch himself to feel relief.

He knew that the demonic sound was an illusion, but the nightmare spell was real. To remove the poison from his body, he had to find a secluded place and painstakingly unravel the mystery.

The most important thing right now is to be on high alert and get out of this small world. If all else fails, we can hold out for half an hour, and then Ku Ma and Ma Wang Xiaoshen will surely come to our aid.

"Although I have been reborn as a human, I have not abandoned my demon body. My cultivation is still above that of demon magic. It is a pity that my true form as the Long-Armed Water Ape in my previous life was destroyed by my enemies. Otherwise, who could resist my Mountain-Rubbing Technique?"

Upon concentrating on this thought, the demonic voices in my head became loud and chaotic, and my bones felt even itchier and more numb.

Within the small area, only the reeds remain.

The Hundred Birds Immortal remained calm and composed. He saw twelve bright lamps emerge from the reed hut, illuminating the void. He then turned over and revealed his true form.

His original form was an incomparably divine crane. This crane was translucent, like gold and glazed glass, except for a crimson dot on its crown. When the wind blew, its golden and glazed feathers jingled and shot out thousands of golden rays, which shot up and down in all directions, reaching the light of the Buddha's lamp.

In another part of the void, a black beast shadow covered in fur rose up.

The beast's shadow was half-crushed, scattering spiritual light like shattered glass and jade. Even so, it occupied a small part of the Radiant World. Its shape resembled an ox, with a single horn like a dagger on its forehead.

Beneath him, protecting a figure, holding a jade ruler and dragging a crippled leg.

This person is none other than Master Taihe, the one who transformed into Lengcui Mountain.

Just now, when he was kneading the mountain peaks and cliffs with the Mountain Kneading Technique, he hurriedly urged the Rhinoceros God General to protect him. Unfortunately, he was the focus of attention of the Hundred Birds True Man, who saw through his lameness and, with great force, broke half of the God General's body, crippling his lame leg.

"Tsk tsk, where did Ling Xuzi find this cripple? You must be the one to replace Leng Cuishan. It's a pity that your limp ruined your good plan."

"You beast, you deserve a beating."

The jade ruler was raised high and struck down in mid-air.

The birds stretched their necks and sang loudly, their voices piercing the sky. With a gentle flap of their wings, they created a streak of emerald light that struck the same spot as the light of a foot.

The jade ruler flew backwards and was caught by the Divine General. The half-shattered body of the long-haired beast was restored in an instant. The incense of glazed glass, which Taihe had been refining for more than a hundred years, was burning fiercely inside the Divine General's body, adding to his power. He raised the ruler again and fought with the Azure Crane Shadow.

In an instant, the colors became dazzling and the sound was deafening. The radiant light shone in all directions, illuminating the small world. For a time, the two sides were evenly matched.

"Glassy Incense!"

Baiqin Shangzhen knew that the Glazed Incense was an important resource for the third chapter of the Taiping Jiabu True Method, "Divine Star Chapter," but he did not expect the other party to use it so lightly. He knew that this person had already staked everything, and that his mind could not be disturbed by a few filthy words.

"Snapped!"

When Baiqin Shangzhen was distracted, demonic sounds rang wildly in his mind, and he lost his composure. He was struck on the crown by the ruler, and the entire crown was knocked off, with spiritual blood flying everywhere.

"Do you think I don't have any treasures?"

Crane Shadow opened its mouth and spat out a hundred points of Yin Lightning, followed by a series of loud bangs and rolling thunderbolts across the sky.

The Rhinoceros God General, located at the center of the explosion, repeatedly swung his jade ruler to deflect the explosion, but was still constantly being blasted apart. He had no choice but to thrust his forehead forward. The Azure Crane Shadow was eager to avoid this hateful blow when suddenly an incarnation appeared from the side, dragging a chilling aura as it pounced towards them.

"Get lost!" Crane Shadow opened its mouth again, unleashing another hundred points of Yin Thunder.

"I also have Yin Thunder."

Li Muru shouted sharply from inside the reed hut, and more than a hundred Yin-hidden Water Thunder Pills scattered into the air, colliding with a hundred points of Yin Thunder and canceling each other out.

Taking advantage of this moment, Xiao Shougu's avatar pounced on the crane's shadow, instantly freezing it with frost and ice, causing the crane's movements to slow down, or even become completely still. At the same time, the Hundred Birds True Man was already reversing the Five Elements, refining bursts of true fire to melt the ice.

Unfortunately, due to its hasty forging, the firepower was insufficient to melt the solid ice.

The rhinoceros horn pierced the demon's body, and the Hundred Birds True Man finally sensed the danger. He forced out his powerful demonic magic, making his true fire even stronger and purer, almost reaching the essence of the fire. The true fire licked his entire body, burning away the solid ice along with his avatar.

"What a long half hour."

Even though there was no sweat, all the birds felt a dampness under their feathers.

After a series of battles, the demonic sounds of nightmares within his head seemed to have diminished somewhat. He had managed to temporarily push his cultivation to the Transformation Realm, which gave him some resistance to evil nightmare techniques.

If the demonic sound were just a little lower and weaker, I could use the "Ghostly Sword" to unleash a sword technique that consumes a great deal of mental energy.

Dodging the strike of the jade ruler, Baiqin Shangzhen prepared to use the Mountain-Rubbing Technique again. So he put the mountain peak, which had been rubbed into a ball, in his mouth and used his magic to absorb the essence of the Earth element within it to replenish the depleted spiritual energy of his demonic magic.

"Ha~"

He exhaled a breath of reassuring and satisfied white air from his long beak. Fortunately, he had the foresight to rub the cliff in advance, thus having a "tonic" to make up for the deficiency.

Master Taihe also exhaled. After waiting for so long, he finally forced Master Baiqin to exhaust his magical energy and had no choice but to swallow this green pill.

His left hand, hanging by his side, subtly curled up, the fingertips sinking slightly into the void, as if grasping an invisible thread. Suddenly, the bird on the mountain stretched its neck and cried out, twisting violently, stirring up a fierce wind.

"The Dragon-Fishing Rope Without a Shadow!"

Inside the reed hut, Xiao Shougu and Li Muru spoke in unison.

"Walk."

Knowing the time was right, the two women decisively left the tent, using the silk handkerchiefs that concealed their aura.

Master Taihe held the air steadily with his left hand, like an old angler controlling his rod in the abyss of raging waves, his knuckles faintly bluish-white.

The bait of the fishing line was the mountain spirit within the cliff. No matter how meticulous the mind of the Hundred Birds True Man was, it would be difficult to discern the mountain spirit connected to the earth, wood, river, and rock energy within the cliff. Now, the mountain spirit, along with the essence of the Earth element, was being absorbed by him, and the fishing line could no longer be shaken off.

Either he was lured away and captured by Master Taihe, or Master Taihe was dragged away and swallowed by him.

Just as they were locked in their struggle, the Immortal of the Hundred Birds saw the two women flying over.

A blind nun sat with her eyes closed, chanting Zen hymns, and suddenly felt as if she were backed by a mountain.

Another one pulled out two crane feathers, and those two ordinary crane feathers could actually be transformed into two divine chains. This discovery terrified the immortals of all birds.

One end of the two chains was locked around his neck, and the other end was tied to the empty space on both sides. The more he struggled, the tighter the chains became. In the end, his long neck could not move at all. Just then, a sharp, cold air swept over his neck.

Green Flower had never been so calm. She was wrapped in a cloak of night, her aura completely gone. She had been hiding for so long, waiting for this moment.

As she drew close, less than ten feet from the long neck, Baiqin Shangzhen unleashed her demonic power, spitting out a sword from her beak and forcefully executing the extraordinary third step of her sword technique, "Sword Light Splits, Circling the Finger Like Silk."

As the sword threads swept wildly through the air, neither Taihe Zhenren, who was holding the fishing rod in the air, nor Li Muru, who was sitting on the crane's back, nor Xiao Shougu, who was using the divine chain, moved an inch, let alone Green Flower Fairy who was swinging the hook towards her neck.

With two sharp "dings," the divine chains were broken, and the Hundred Birds True Ones let out a cry of relief, as if they had survived a calamity.

The next moment, the sound stopped abruptly, and the severed neck of the head fell into the small world. The next moment, Li Muru, Lühua, and Xiaoshougu had their hands or feet cut off by the sword threads, only Taihe Zhenren, who was a little further away, was unharmed.

The crane stretched out its legs and wings, its broken neck swaying, its blood splattering everywhere, before finally falling from the sky.

Master Taihe remained motionless, firmly holding onto the massive crane that was falling through the air. He secretly used a talisman to seal the primordial spirit within the crane's body. The next moment, the decapitated crane suddenly flapped its wings and crashed headfirst into the radiant miniature world.

This collision shook the mountain and created a gaping hole in the small world.

"Lingxuzi!"

The primordial spirit within the crane's body screamed.

It then staggered out of the opening, flapped its wings and flew high, rushing towards the Crane Viewing Plain.

(End of this chapter)