Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 457: The Taiqing Talisman Locks the Dragon, and the Blood Sea Shines with Light, Making You Frightened (Please Subscribe!)
The wind howled and nine tornadoes collapsed like giant pillars. Wherever they passed, rocks collapsed and clouds swirled back.

Ge Xiu Yu split the Qing Xiao flying sword into thousands, and actually condensed the wind and fire energies into substance. Each sword energy was accompanied by a sharp scream that could tear through the void as they slashed down continuously.

With such might, even though Lu Cheng was born in Taiqing Sect and was used to seeing outstanding people, he couldn't help but secretly admire this man's talent in swordsmanship and his hard work.

Of course, normally, those who can cultivate to the God Transformation Realm are rare without talent and hard work. However, Lu Cheng happened to be born in the Taiqing Sect, the largest sect of the human race. He has really seen many people with talent but no hard work, and those who have hard work but no talent, and who can still cultivate to the God Transformation Realm with the support of Taiqing Sect's resources.

As I said, some people cannot ascend to the earthly immortal world even after trying their whole lives, while some people are born in the earthly immortal world. Even a mortal has more merits from thousands of years of hard practice than people in the mortal world.

It can be seen that the environment one is in has an impact on the trajectory of one's life.

"As long as the sea of ​​blood lasts, I will not die."

Lu Cheng raised his hands high in front of his forehead, and a circle of dark red light spread out from his body.

The blood talisman's mysterious energy and the All-Spirit Blood Pearl are blended with each other. The All-Spirit Blood Pearl is a seventh-level mid-grade magic weapon. Although the blood shield it has transformed into is shaking under the Nine Abyss Wind Prison, it just won't fall.

Lu Cheng flew in the air to resist nine tornadoes, like a blood-red sun being chased by nine dragons.

With golden and red light flashing in his eyes, he could instantly see through the trajectory of the nine tornado columns, avoid the real ones and dodge the massive sword energy damage.

"Ok?"

Seeing this scene, Ge Xiu frowned slightly, because he had just obtained the "Wind and Fire Nine Swords" not long ago, and this sword-killing move was even more recently practiced, and he felt that it was extremely powerful.

But he didn't expect that it would be blocked on the first try.

He was naturally unwilling in his heart, and injected more of his mind and magic power into the Qingxiao Flying Sword, driving the nine tornado columns even faster and more fiercely.

Ge Xiu didn't expect that it was precisely because of this that flaws gradually appeared in his sword moves.

'The mana itself is insufficient, and if he uses such a sword move, he will be at a disadvantage if he fails to defeat the opponent. After this move, there should be another move, 'Nine Prisons Return to One', but I'm afraid he is still far from mastering it.'

Lu Cheng himself was a master of swordsmanship. Sensing the flaw in the sword moves, he did not hesitate. The blood light around his body suddenly transformed into a blood knife and slashed back.

As soon as this knife came out, there was blood and gore, and all lives were destroyed. The world seemed to be shrouded in blood.

Even the few people who were watching the battle in the pavilion in the distance felt that a bloody knife appeared in front of them, as if it was ready to chop down at any time and destroy all life.

The Blood Sea Infinite Divine Sword is a mid-grade seventh-rank sword, but its frontal killing power is so strong and powerful that it is almost a top-grade seventh-rank sword.

Without using the Blood River Road soldiers, even Lu Cheng would not be able to execute more than a few strikes.

At the same time, a protective spell formed by talismans appeared around Lu Cheng, swaying in the wind and temporarily resisting the invasion of Jiuyuan Wind Prison.

"What a terrifying magic sword! I never thought that the true disciple of Taiqing Sect would actually offer such a terrifying magic weapon. However, no matter how powerful this sword is, it is useless if it can't kill anyone!"

Fenghuosou Ge Xiu was initially shocked by the magic and power of the Blood Sea Infinite Divine Sword, but the next moment he thought that this blood sword posed no threat to him.

However, in just the time it took for a thought to turn, Ge Xiu discovered that the blood sword containing terrifying and powerful magic power had "jumped" across a very long space and was now very close to him!
"Space magic, instant swordsmanship!?"

"No. No, it's me. My speed has been greatly slowed down, whether it's the speed of my mana, my escape speed, or even my spiritual speed. When did I get hit by this spell?"

After all, Ge Xiu was an old monster who had practiced for thousands of years. He quickly discovered the truth of the problem by comparing himself with the surrounding environment.

But for a moment, he still couldn't figure out when he was hit by this spell. Looking at its power, it was impossible for it to be activated silently.

But from the perspective of the surrounding monks, it seemed that the swordsmanship and escape techniques of the fifth monk Ge Xiu suddenly slowed down.

Although he used the Wind and Fire Escape Technique, he was still chased by the blood knife and flew into the air. The distance between the two sides was closing rapidly.

In a sword fight of this level, one mistake is enough to determine the outcome.

“…It’s the art of stacking talismans!”

Suddenly, Mr. Tieguan Zhang Jiuling, who had been silent and just watching the battle, said something like this, which made everyone present suddenly realize.

"It's like there's a kind of narcissus called Zuixianlingfu and a kind of sandalwood called Qilingxiangmu. Both of them are non-toxic in themselves, but when the two scents are mixed together, they become highly poisonous. Before, Fifth Brother fought with Lord Lu with swords. Lord Lu initially used sixth- and seventh-order spells to slow down Fifth Brother's escape technique. After Fifth Brother was hit by the spell, he used his magic power to escape far away, waiting for the effects of the spell to be eliminated and exhausted before returning. He thought he was fine, but in fact, some of the effects of the spells still remained on Fifth Brother. Originally, he was fine, but the mixture of several kinds of spell powers, and then Lord Lu used some mysterious method to stimulate it, and it has the current effect!"

The medical saint Bai Zhi also had a similar method of using poison to accelerate poison, so he was very impressed. Zhang Jiuling was also good at talismans, so he admired him sincerely.

Both of them could deeply understand the power of this magic technique.

At the same time, to develop this technique, the monk's skill in talismans is secondary. What is important is to have enough experience in using high-level talismans.

After fully understanding the key points, most of the practitioners couldn't help but sigh that it was indeed easy to practice in Taiqing Sect.

It would be difficult for ordinary cultivators to collect so many spirit stones and high-level talismans even if they had them.

He knew that something was wrong with him, but as he was being chased by the Infinite Divine Sword in the Sea of ​​Blood, Ge Xiu had no energy left to resolve it.

Wherever the All-Spirit Blood Pearl and the Blood Sword went, countless hideous demonic shadows appeared in the void, which showed how powerful their magic power was.

Ge Xiu's body turned into wind and fire and he escaped into a mountain.

"boom!"

The blood bead of all spirits and the blood sword slashed the entire mountain, and it instantly turned into pieces that collapsed into pieces.

Just when Ge Xiu was really at a loss and was about to use Gengjin Jingsha to block the attack, a small platinum sword fell behind the blood knife at some point.

The blade of the Blood Sea Infinite Divine Sword can no longer continue to kill.

This is because all sword techniques in the world are about concentrating magic power and attacking one point. The greater the damage, the more so.

On the contrary, if that point fails to hit the target, and is instead hit by the target's attack at a position where you have not concentrated your magic power, it means that the sword technique has been broken cleanly by someone, which means that the opponent only needs one tenth of your strength to cut off your flying sword.

However, the situation at this moment was that the Xuanjian Taoist Mo Wen suddenly attacked, two against one, and intimidated Lu Cheng with his sword intent, making it impossible for Lu Cheng to hit the target.

"Why, fellow Daoist Mo is itching to show off his skills and wants to personally test my swordsmanship?"

Lu Cheng transformed the blood knife into the Blood Pearl of All Spirits. There was a surging sea of ​​blood inside the Blood Pearl. In this situation, any direction it swung would be extremely sharp.

"No need for that. Lord Lu has already proven his ability. Moreover, the Taiqing Sect's garrison commanders all have the sect's Taoist soldiers by their side. With such swordsmanship combined with the Taoist soldiers' magic power, Lord Lu is a rare rival among the Divine Transformation cultivators. I think several of my fellow Taoists have also recognized Lord Lu's ability."

"You have great skills, fellow Daoist!" Ge Xiu gritted his teeth and recalled the flying sword. He originally wanted to show off in front of some old friends, but he didn't expect to expose his butt.

"This is actually a good thing. Fifth brother has completed the Taoist tradition and his Taoist practice and magic power have been greatly improved. Another powerful cultivator has joined us, the Seven Friends of Hanshan. Although there will be a lot of competition in this exploration of the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm, we will definitely gain a lot with our strength."

Wan Gu Fairy Lady Liu Qingmei interrupted and said this. After the other cultivators thought about it for a moment, they had to admit that she had some truth in her words.

The atmosphere in the pavilion suddenly eased. Fairy Baizhi took out her treasured Six-Revolution Shengyang Wine at the right time and shared it with the cultivators. As they toasted each other, the tense atmosphere gradually dissipated.

Among the Seven Friends of Hanshan, the eldest Taoist Xuanjian Mo Wen is a cultivator who ascended from the lower world.

In the mortal world, cultivators who ascended to heaven in broad daylight with the power of the peak of the spirit transformation realm would appear randomly in any area of ​​the earthly immortal world. All other cultivators who ascended to heaven using the ascension platform would appear in the human race fortress and serve for a period ranging from one thousand to three thousand years.

Of course, you can also redeem yourself by handing over "personnel".

However, unless one has roamed the world and plundered all the wealth in the mortal world before ascending to heaven, the wealth of an average Divine Transformation cultivator is far from enough to pay for this "human service".

It is said that when the Taoist Mo Wen of Xuanjian was in the lower world, he was not a sword cultivator at all. He ascended to the upper world with the help of the human race's ascension platform and landed in the Ten Thousand Demons Fortress, which has the most dangerous environment. He served for three thousand years and fought against the demons.

He died in battle once in the Fortress of Ten Thousand Demons, but his military merits were barely enough to exchange for a Heaven-stealing Pill. After he had overcome his tribulation and started over, he finally became a swordsman in this life.

He became a disciple of a wandering swordsman and practiced as a true disciple, but the identity of his master remained a mystery.

Han Qingyun, the second of the Seven Friends of Hanshan, is a cultivator from a noble family of Taiqing Sect. Nine generations of his family have been Taiqing cultivators, and they have a good family background. When his grandfather Handenuo was guarding a mine for the sect, they encountered an invasion by demon cultivators. Handenuo was ambushed, and the leading demon cultivator wanted to subdue him.

As a result, Handenuo pretended to have an affair with the evil cultivator, and took advantage of the evil cultivator's inattention to blow up his own head with his spiritual consciousness. Because he fearlessly chose to commit suicide, his soul lamp went out instantly, and the message was passed back to Taiqing Sect in time, otherwise Taiqing Sect would have suffered a huge loss this time.

Unless such a person has suffered a great injustice, the possibility of betraying the sect is extremely low. If he has the qualifications, he will naturally be trained and promoted by the sect. It was with this protection that Han Qingyun was able to successfully cultivate to the realm of transformation, establish the Wanzai family, and set up a government office in Huangyun Mansion to govern the area.

Although Han Qingyun was waiting for the fire creatures in the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm to save his life, he actually did not have this only option.

Han Qingyun could just return to the sect and ask the elders to help him resolve the harm of the Netherworld Nail.

The reason for not doing so is that he is afraid of leaving an impression of "incompetence" among the high-level monks of Taiqing Sect.

Han Qingyun knew that he was relatively lacking in talent and that hard work was not enough. The reason he was able to cultivate to his current level was largely due to the accumulation of nine generations of the Han family and the support of the Taiqing Sect.

In the previous years, the performance evaluations of Huangyun Mansion were all good. After Lu Cheng arrived, he was awarded a military merit of the "Huangyun Mansion Catastrophe", in which he killed many alien monks and captured many others on the battlefield.

In a sect like the Taiqing Sect, if one leaves an evaluation of "talent" among high-level cultivators, one may really be able to receive more resources and make a breakthrough into the Return to Void Realm.

Even if the time of this hardship is measured in thousands of years, what does it matter? The life span of a spiritual cultivator is infinite.

So when Han Qingyun found Lu Cheng and asked him to help him seize the fire-type spiritual objects from the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm, Lu Cheng was not surprised at all:

It is the instinct of local officials to report good news but not bad news. Especially during this critical period of job change, Han Qingyun would rather put his life on Lu Cheng than return to the sect to waste his favor.

The fifth brother, Fenghuosou Ge Xiu, was born in a sect of independent cultivators in the spiritual world. There might be a few godsend cultivators in the entire sect, and he was also well-known in the world of earthly immortals, but he was nothing in front of a behemoth like the Taiqing Sect.

They have now completed the "Wind and Fire Nine Swords Sutra", and the entire sect may grow stronger in the future, but within ten thousand years, under normal circumstances, this sect will still be insignificant in front of the Taiqing Sect.

The sixth brother, the Miraculous Medical Saint Bai Zhi, was born into a spiritual medical sect in the Earthly Immortal Realm when he was young. He has done good deeds for thousands of years and saved countless lives. A person who does good deeds for one day is pretending, and doing good deeds for ten years may also be pretending, but if he pretends for more than a thousand years, even if he is a demon, he can transform into a Bodhisattva.

That's why everyone dared to share the spiritual wine she took out. When exploring the secret realm, it is inevitable to encounter poisonous insects and miasma, or get injured. At this time, having a spiritual doctor by your side may save your life.

After three rounds of drinking, Lu Cheng suddenly put down his glass and said, "My fellow Taoists, I have something to say but I don't know whether I should say it or not."

Mo Wen frowned slightly: "Brother Daoist Lu, please feel free to speak."

Lu Cheng already understood a little at this time. This Mr. Mo Wendao must have experienced some strong stimulation. He had become stern-faced and frowning was a normal expression for him. So he continued talking without any hesitation.

"I see that Fellow Daoist Ge's flying sword seems to have hidden dangers." Lu Cheng pointed at the scabbard on Ge Xiu's waist: "If I am not mistaken, the sword spirit of this sword has been infected by the devil."

Ge Xiu's face changed drastically when he heard that. He stood up and was about to refute but suddenly remembered something. In fact, he had started to have some strange nightmares recently over the past ten years since he got the sword, but he just thought it was caused by practicing too quickly.

The sword manual is a wonderful art of killing. It is normal to be filled with hostility during the practice and have some effects.

But from what the other party said at this moment, it seemed that he had already fallen into the evil path.

Lu Cheng continued, "If you don't believe me, you can take out the spirit sword and look at it carefully. Is there a blood mark under the ninth wind seal on the sword spine? That is where the demon seed resides. Over time, the more blood the sword drinks, the more likely it is that the sword holder will suffer a backlash and fall into the path of demon."

The pavilion was suddenly silent.

After Ge Xiu's face turned red and white, he finally pulled out his flying sword and took a closer look. Sure enough, he found a trace of blood under the ninth talisman, which was slightly moving with his breathing.

This kind of blood line is so tiny that it can even move freely. If you don't observe it carefully, it is difficult to detect under normal circumstances.

"This... What should I do?" Ge Xiu's face turned pale. This flying sword was almost the foundation of his Taoism. If he abandoned it, at least hundreds of years of hard work would be wasted.

Lu Cheng smiled slightly: "Lu happens to know the solution. After the incident in the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm, you can come to Huangyun Mansion to find me. I will help you refine the evil and retain the spirituality of the sword. If you trust me, then you can do it."

"Dear Daoist Brother Lu, thank you so much!" Ge Xiu bowed to the ground without waiting for him to finish, "In the future, if you have any orders, I will not refuse!"

Upon hearing this, Mo Wen and the others looked at each other secretly, and saw fear in their companions' eyes.

This Taiqing Sect's true disciple not only had great magical powers, but also had amazing vision and insight. With Han Qingyun finding such a strong supporter, it was difficult for them to raise any objections.

On that day, all the practitioners swore a blood oath and agreed to explore the secret realm of Heavenly Fire together six months later.

After the cultivators parted ways, Han Qingyun turned around and asked through telepathy, "Brother, did you really see the demon seed in the sword?"

Lu Cheng smiled but didn't answer, just looking at the distant sea of ​​clouds. He naturally wouldn't say that the "demon seed" was actually the same kind of breath sensed by the Wanling Blood Pearl. The blood magic weapon is best at identifying blood, coupled with the power of its own fire pupil and golden eye.

However, using this incident to suppress Ge Xiu could also be considered as an additional layer of insurance for exploring the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm half a year later.

...

"My third sister, Liu Qingmei, comes from a rare lineage of Gu practitioners. Her life-defining Gu insect has been refined to the seventh level and can curse and kill gods. She has a cold personality, but she values ​​her promises very much. Five hundred years ago, she once hunted down her enemy for a hundred years until his death just for a promise."

"The fourth brother, Zhang Jiuling, has a profound spiritual cultivation. He is good at all kinds of skills and is quite good at spells, but all of them rely on his spiritual consciousness that far exceeds that of ordinary people.

I once invited him to join my Taiqing Sect, but he refused. He is a true independent cultivator. I have hardly ever seen him interact with anyone other than us. "

"The seventh Thousand Machine Wanderer Zhou Buyi has the weakest magic power among the seven friends, only at the early stage of the Spiritualization Realm. However, he is proficient in the art of mechanical puppetry and can arrange a puppet battle formation comparable to the combat power of the middle stage of the Spiritualization Realm. His origin is mysterious and he has not revealed it to us."

Since it has been agreed that they will enter the Secret Realm of Skyfire, which opens every seven hundred years, in half a year, Han Qingyun naturally told Lu Cheng everything he knew.

If they found out that Han Qingyun was deceiving or concealing anything, they would not be able to go to Lucheng, the Skyfire Secret Realm.

Half a year later, the agreed time.

After flying for about half a day, the group arrived at a red desert. There was no grass growing here, the sand was a strange rust color, and the air was filled with a faint smell of sulfur.

"This is it." Taoist Xuanjian Mo Wen took out an ancient bronze mirror and pointed it at a certain place in the void. A green light shone from the mirror, and a twisted crack gradually appeared in the empty air.

Red magma can be vaguely seen flowing in the cracks, and the terrifying high temperature can be felt even through the space barrier.

"The Skyfire Secret Realm can only be opened for seven days each time." Mo Wen said solemnly, "After seven days, the space channel will automatically close. If you can't get out in time, you will have to stay in there for seven hundred years."

"So everyone, remember, no matter what natural treasures you see, don't be greedy and reckless." The cultivators nodded. Mo Wen was the first to step into the crack, and the others followed closely behind.

(End of this chapter)