Who said I practiced the exercises incorrectly?

"Boom."

"Boom."

"Boom."

……

The ground was sticky and smelled fishy, ​​like a swamp.

When the feet were pulled out of it, there was a sound as if it was sinking deeply, and the suction force was extremely strong.

The Fifth Sword looked at the mud stuck on his ankles and couldn't help but curse:

"What the hell is this stuff? Why is it so sticky?!"

Li Qingzhi next to him also frowned:

"I'm afraid there's something wrong with the mud on the ground. Everyone, please pay attention."

“In fact, I discovered it a long time ago.”

Qi Ruyue, who found it more difficult to walk in a suit of armor, said in a deep voice:
"The sap from those evil root creatures we killed earlier must have been absorbed by this place, which is why it has become such a difficult place to walk in."

"If nothing unexpected happens, the further we go, the harder it will be to move forward."

"Let alone killing that Qiongqi Divine Envoy, just getting close to him would probably take a lot of effort."

When the people around heard this, they immediately felt it made sense.

Without mentioning anything else, let’s just talk about the area ahead. There are fewer and fewer trees, and there is no place in the air to gain leverage.

Instead, the ground gradually became like a muddy pond, and this mud was obviously very different from normal mud and sand, otherwise it would be impossible to even move through it.

"How about this, everyone rest here for a while, and I'll fly over to explore the way first?"

Ning Yan said to the people around him.

Everyone thought about it and there seemed to be no better way, so they all agreed.

Ning Yan did not delay any longer. He activated his skills, spread his wings, and soared into the air.

He did not fly too high, because the dark fog was even thicker here. If he flew too high, he would not be able to see the situation below or inside.

Flying into the air, he opened his eyes and looked down. Everywhere he saw was a large swamp. Bubbles were still bubbling in many places. After the bubbles burst, a lot of dark mist immediately rose up. It seemed that he could guess the origin of the dark mist.

In addition to the constantly rising mist, in the swamp filled with countless mud, one can vaguely see many strange living creatures moving and lurking in it.

He was observing what kind of living creatures there were in the mud, when suddenly, a tentacle shot towards him like lightning and was close to him in the blink of an eye.

Ning Yan's pupils shrank slightly, and without any nonsense, he slashed down with his sword.

The sword blade hit the tentacle, making a clanging sound.

Although the tentacle was successfully cut off, its hardness was still surprising.

If the monsters lurking below all possess such strength, coupled with the strange suction force of this muddy pond, perhaps only he and a few warriors with silk strength can go deeper, and most of the remaining warriors who have entered the realm of strength will be blocked outside.

Realizing this, Ning Yan couldn't help but frown slightly.

He just pondered for a moment and quickly flew inside.

In the middle, they deliberately lowered their altitude and even walked directly into the mud, both to sense the environment and to test the potential danger.

After working for a full quarter of an hour, Ning Yan finally reunited with the main force.

"how is the situation?"

After seeing him, everyone immediately rushed over, and Ji Dinghuang hurriedly asked.

Ning Yan gave a detailed description of the situation inside.

The atmosphere around them immediately became solemn.

"It's going to be hard to walk back like this."

He Qianyan frowned:
"We must think of a way. Otherwise, if we can't even see the Qiongqi Divine Envoy, won't we all become a joke?"

"That's indeed the truth, the question is how can we get past it?"

Qi Ruyue shook off the mud on her leg armor and said unhappily:

“You have all experienced this mud and know how sticky that mud is.

According to Brother Ning, the mud behind was getting deeper and deeper. If they went any further, unless they had practiced martial arts like him and could fly in the air, everyone would be stuck in the mud and would have difficulty getting out.

Moreover, even if we really practiced the flying technique, we would still consume our energy during the flight. By the time we find the Qiongqi Divine Envoy, we would be exhausted and at the mercy of others. How could we fight?"

"We can't walk, and we can't fly, so what should we do? This place is so big, we can't just swim across!"

He Qianyan scolded angrily.

"You can't swim over there, but you can walk over there."

Ji Dinghuang suddenly spoke.

When everyone heard this, they were all stunned.

He continued:
“Our Liushui Sect is named after Liushui, which means that flowing water is endless, and also because several of the sect’s skills are related to flowing water.

Among them, there is a part that can use the cold and yin power transformed by the skills to seal the flow of water.

There is also a part that can transfer some of the energy transmitted from others into my body and convert it into my own strength.

If these two techniques can be combined, it is entirely possible to solidify the ice on the ground and forcibly create a path.”

After hearing this, Li Qingzhi and the others thought about it carefully and it seemed that this method might actually work.

but……

"You absorb so much energy continuously, you won't be injured, right?"

He Qianyan asked suspiciously.

As we all know, the strength cultivated by warriors mostly has different attributes. Once it falls into the body of another person, it can basically only be dissipated by one's own strength. As for the skills to transform it, there are, but because of the collision of attributes, it will bring greater consumption, which is far inferior to directly dissipating it with strength.

But no matter whether it is dissipation or transformation, the conflict between the forces will often cause injuries to the body.

No matter how minor the injury is, if it accumulates into a large one, even the slightest strength will not be able to withstand it.

The journey ahead is at least ten miles long. How could Ji Dinghuang possibly hold on alone?
"Add me one."

Li Qingzhi suddenly spoke out:
"Although my sect does not have a technique that can transform other people's energy, we have a lot of elixirs. If Sect Master Ji trusts me, you might as well teach me the technique that can transform Yin and cold energy, so that I can also add some strength."

Ji Dinghuang hesitated a little and said:
"That technique isn't too rare, but it's quite difficult to learn. I'm afraid it won't be possible to master it in a short period of time."

"How will you know if you don't try?"

Li Qingzhi replied with a smile.

"Wait a moment."

Ning Yan suddenly interrupted:
"If Brother Ji is willing to teach, why not take me along? Maybe I can further deduce and optimize the technique."

Hearing this, including He Qianyan, Li Qingzhi and others, couldn't help but be slightly surprised.

Optimizing the technique?

How can this be achieved so easily?
Not to mention in such a short period of time.

Everyone just thought he was joking.

Only Ji Dinghuang, who had received several sets of skills from Ning Yan, nodded solemnly at this moment:
"Then it's Brother Lao Ning." Then, regardless of everyone's surprise, Ji Dinghuang immediately explained the contents of the exercises in detail.

Soon, Ning Yan completely mastered the martial art called "Ice-piercing Cold Force".

He wasted no time and immediately deduced and optimized this technique.

In fact, he himself did not need this technique, because after his Wanhua Yuan Qi was transformed into strength, it also had the characteristic of being transformed at will, so it was easy for him to transform it into Yin and cold strength, and there was no difficulty at all.

The reason why he wanted to obtain the skills from Ji Dinghuang was more to reduce the difficulty of practicing and enable him to succeed faster.

After all, those who come here are the elites of Fulong City. As long as the skills are not particularly difficult, they should be able to master them in a short time.

And if there could be a dozen or more warriors who mastered this technique, the pressure on Ji Dinghuang would be greatly reduced, and the speed of everyone's progress would be faster.

Combining some theories of strength that he saw in Wanfa Pavilion, Ning Yan quickly greatly simplified the "Ice-piercing Cold Strength".

The simplified version of "Ice-piercing Cold Force" may only be 70% as powerful as the original, but the difficulty of practicing it has been reduced to less than 10%.

Basically, a normal martial artist can learn it in two or three hours, and if it is a genius like Li Qingzhi, he will master it even faster.

Without any delay, Ning Yan immediately announced the skills he had comprehended.

After hearing this, everyone was quite surprised and even a little weird.

It is impossible to succeed in deducing in such a short time.

Is there something wrong with this technique?

When they thought of this, many people looked at Ning Yan with very subtle eyes.

Li Qingzhi then said:

"I'll go first."

Ning Yan immediately verbally explained the deduced technique.

After hearing the full content, He Qianyan and others were able to quickly dispel their concerns.

After all, they are all experienced practitioners, and they can roughly judge whether there is a problem with the technique just by listening.

Of course, this does not mean that it can be completely accurate, but since this method only transforms strength and does not involve too many key acupoints and meridians, even if problems arise during practice, they can be stopped in time.

Then everyone began to observe Li Qingzhi's practice. After less than a hundred breaths, he opened his eyes with a look of joy:

"It's done!"

Hearing this, Ji Dinghuang, who had practiced the original technique, felt unbelievable:

"So fast?!"

Li Qingzhi smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and dropped it into the mud in front of him.
After the technique was put into use, a cold force surged out, completely freezing a large area of ​​muddy ground around it in an instant. Even when people walked on it, there were no signs of cracks, which showed that it was obviously frozen very tightly.

Seeing this scene, He Qianyan and others did not delay any longer and called on the disciples around them to practice together.

Half a quarter of an hour later, nearly thirty warriors on the scene had successfully mastered the technique.

This number was far beyond Ning Yan's expectations.

Although if they delay any longer, there will definitely be other warriors who can achieve success, but they can no longer delay any longer.

The longer you delay, the greater the variables.

So everyone started to move immediately.

A group of warriors who have mastered the "Ice-piercing Cold Power" stepped forward and divided into three groups, taking turns to freeze the mud in front of them.

As for the other warriors who have not yet learned the "Ice-piercing Cold Force", they protected the surroundings, alertly guarding against all kinds of monsters that might appear nearby.

Soon everyone went deep into the swamp, and at this time they began to be attacked by various monsters from the mud.

Fortunately, they were well prepared when they came here.

In addition to personal force, a large number of firearms such as the Leihuo Thunderbolt Bomb were also prepared.

Originally, if used to deal with the evil root creature that was dozens of feet tall, a few firearms might seem a bit inadequate.

But it is just right for dealing with these monsters in the mud.

Basically, without waiting for the monsters to rush forward, everyone present launched various long-range attacks with firearms. The entire mud ground was blown into a mess, with many broken limbs and debris splattered everywhere.

Ning Yan did not follow the others to pave the road, but instead keenly observed the situation around him.

Finally, when he had traveled most of the way, the attacks from all around him gradually decreased, but he keenly sensed something unusual.

"alert!"

With a loud roar, Ning Yan soared into the sky and quickly flew into the air. Then a huge seal appeared in his hand and fell heavily towards a certain place in the mud.

The next second, as soon as the huge tentacle appeared, it was immediately smashed into the swamp by the heavy stone tablet, and part of the body hidden in the swamp was also severely damaged.

The entire swamp seemed to be startled and began to tremble violently. A swamp demon seal that was nearly twenty meters long struggled out of the mud.

With its appearance, the entire swamp was surging. Ji Dinghuang and others quickly reached out and used their strength to freeze the ground to prevent it from cracking and breaking.

Ning Yan took the opportunity to disperse his wings, his body suddenly dropped down, and holding the magic sword in his hand, he rushed towards the head of the swamp demon seal with unimaginable speed.

As if sensing a sense of crisis, countless tentacles shot up from all directions, like giant steel cables breaking through the air and whipping towards Ning Yan. If he was hit by them, he would be blown up in mid-air.

Just when the tentacles were about to approach, Ning Yan's body suddenly became smaller, like a falcon with its wings folded. He narrowly avoided the many criss-crossing tentacles, and suddenly fell towards the head of the Swamp Demon Seal, followed by a fierce stabbing with a sword.

The spiritual sword pierced into its head with great sharpness, but it did not penetrate deep enough.

But when the long sword had no handle, Ning Yan had already dragged the hilt of the sword, shouting loudly as he ran towards the other side along the head of the Swamp Demon Mark. Wherever he passed, countless black blood gushed out from the cut wound like a tide.

The Swamp Demon Seal let out a dull and extremely painful roar, and shrank its head, trying to sink into the swamp.

Because the spirit sword did not penetrate deep enough, it was only seriously injured at this moment, but not fatally injured.

Ning Yan looked at its retreating momentum and couldn't help but sneer:

"One last blow left!"

As he spoke, the stone tablet with the word "Yu" that he had absorbed appeared in his hand again.

The next second, the stone tablet suddenly grew larger and penetrated along the previously cut wound.

There was a loud bang.

The huge swamp demon seal suddenly stopped in mid-air, and then crashed into the swamp, splashing countless mud waves.

Everyone standing on the hard ground was shocked to the extreme when they saw this scene.

Although Ning Yan had slaughtered a lot of evil root creatures before, everyone was also fighting against various evil root creatures and had no time to be distracted.

However, at this moment, they almost saw with their own eyes how Ning Yan strangled the swamp demon seal whose strength was even stronger than ordinary silk power.

For a moment, everyone felt as if an electric current was running through their bodies.

When all the mud in the air fell, Ji Ding Huang Fang woke up from a dream and shouted:

"Don't waste any more time, keep moving forward!"

Everyone responded loudly, and they all worked hard, either paving the way forward quickly, or trying their best to eliminate the troubles around them.

After experiencing several waves of monster attacks, they finally arrived at the core area of ​​Yin Jue Lin.

Arrived at the place where the Qiongqi God's messenger was sleeping. (End of this chapter)