Embers of Sword

Chapter 624 Beheading
"This damned 'Path of Life'..."

Zhu Yan crashed heavily back to the ground. He reached out and pressed his hand to his chest, where the wound slashed open by the Vermilion Bird's iron wings throbbed with excruciating pain.

He attempted to save his life twice, but both attempts ended in failure.

In his view, the culprit was Xie Xuanyi, whose "Life Dao Realm" was simply too unreasonable.

Fortunately, I am not without a chance of winning.

The Vermilion Bird, having been attacked twice in succession, was severely weakened, with half of its iron wing teetering on the verge of collapse. It seemed that if it were attacked once more... the outcome of this great battle would be decided.

Think about this.

Zhu Yan took a deep breath.

He pounded his chest again and charged into the sea of ​​clouds.

"coming!"

Ci Jing shouted in a low voice.

The two great demons clashed again, shattering the sea of ​​clouds and splattering blood and fire. This time, Zhu Yan held onto Ci Jing tightly, no longer satisfied with simply killing him and then immediately disengaging... The opponent had the "Life Dao Realm" enhancement, and this time he had to fight to the death.

"Boom boom boom!"

Xie Xuanyi unleashed his Life and Death Domain, and his Martial Divine Embryo unleashed hundreds of punches at the snow-white demon ape in an instant.

The difference in their levels of understanding is too great.

Zhu Yan had already "experienced" Xie Xuanyi's offensive techniques, so this time he chose to ignore them and withstand the attack with his bare body. Thus, the white ape demon body forcefully bore the fist techniques and Dao intent of the Martial God Embryo, tightly gripping the Vermilion Bird, and using the Thousand-Pound Drop technique to slam it rapidly towards the ground—

boom!
Near the gate of the Great Eagle Sword Palace, a small mountain collapsed and shattered after being struck by two powerful demons falling from it!

Smoke and dust filled the air.

Two great demons... only one of them still retains its complete true form.

As the smoke and dust cleared, several figures gradually emerged.

Zhu Yan was covered in blood, his skin slashed dozens of times by the iron wings, but he held his head high, his arms pounding the ground, looking down at the road ahead with an arrogant air.

In the crater not far away, Ci Jing curled up, his feathers trembling, and blood pooled beneath him.

The third encounter.

Zhu Yan still had the upper hand, and he tore off the iron wings of the Vermilion Bird Demon once again!
but……

Ci Jing, who was curled up at this moment, had a cold, mocking look in his eyes.

This hint of sarcasm made Zhu Yan realize something was wrong.

He frowned, looking at the crimson bird in the crater, then at the second iron wing he had torn off.

Do not……

wrong……

What's wrong?

"Having traded your life for this much... shouldn't that be enough?

From within the crater, Ci Jing's hoarse laughter echoed.

"almost."

Xie Xuanyi responded in a low voice as well.

He stretched out his hands and placed them on the back of Ci Jing's neck, generously bestowing the "immortal spring vapor" from his dantian...

The water vapor was consumed rapidly, and springs continued to spring forth.

The blazing light in Ci Jing's demonic eyes gradually brightened, transforming into the sun under the nourishment of life.

He was secretly shocked and couldn't help but turn around to look at Xie Xuanyi.

Even though she was mentally prepared, Ci Jing was still overwhelmed by the sheer vitality of the scene.

One wisp after another of the immortal spring's vapor continuously poured into the demon's body!
That kid surnamed Xie is definitely deceiving me. This is hardly a "little" spring of immortality.

From the Battle of Beihai until now, this guy's Fountain of Immortality seems to be inexhaustible, it just can't be used up!
"Chucky!"

Around the collapsed mountain ruins, the void was ignited by the sparrow flames, transforming once again into a crimson sea of ​​fire.

Zhu Yan's expression turned ugly.

He simply couldn't believe his eyes...

The "Vermilion Bird Iron Wings," which he had torn off twice, actually began to grow for the third time, and this time the growth rate was even faster and more rapid than before!
There is only one possibility.

This demonic bird and Xie Xuanyi had been "playing dumb to fool others," having long prepared a "healing" method. They feigned weakness to lure him into exchanging injury for life!
"I... I've been tricked!" By the time this thought crossed Zhu Yan's mind, it was already too late.

Ci Jing suddenly exerted its strength, flying close to the ground and slashing with its wings.

珰!
The white ape felt a chill run down its spine and hurriedly raised its arm to defend. A piercing sound erupted as it was slashed and forced to retreat a hundred feet. Zhu Yan's feet stomped on the ground, creating a long trench. As it retreated, it did not forget to shake its body and unleash the War Calamity. However, the Fire Sea Cage came crashing down from the sky. Before the War Calamity technique could land, it was completely neutralized. Countless snow-white ape hairs turned to dust under the burning flames.

A wave of waves has risen again.

Before Zhu Yan could regain his footing, a flash of red light appeared before his eyes, and Ci Jing's second strike came again!
Although he was a great demon.

However, he cultivated at the Great Eagle Sword Palace, following behind Venerable Lotus.

Ci Jing's Dao intent was as sharp as sword energy, hundreds of strands of scarlet sword energy intertwined like a large net, aimed at the white ape and descending upon it—

Zhu Yan sensed the approach of death.

As the sword energy net clashed, he quickly shrank his demonic body, no longer using his true form to fight.

A dense, overwhelming barrage of sword energy slashed down—

Rumble.

A small hill in the distance was completely cleaved into pieces.

After emerging from the net of sword energy, Zhu Yan, still shaken, had no time to relax.

The deathly aura he sensed in his heart had not dissipated...

After shrinking its demonic body and escaping the sword net's attack, the intent to die actually intensified dozens of times!
Buzz!
A faint sword hum rang out beneath them.

"Bitch!"

Zhu Yan suddenly cursed angrily, then abruptly lowered his head, feeling a sharp pain in his palm.

He forgot that he was holding a flying sword tightly in his palm. This flying sword had remained "silent" from beginning to end, until this moment when it suddenly attacked!

"Chronic illness! Go!"

Xie Xuanyi shouted in a low voice, leaped off the back of the Vermilion Bird, and focused all his divine sense on his natal flying sword!

With a loud bang!
The golden sword turned its tip around, and with the blessing of the Yuan Devouring Divine Power, it burst forth with tremendous power in an instant, piercing through the humanoid Zhu Yan's palm!

"what……"

Zhu Yan's face turned deathly pale, and he let out a scream.

His arm was instantly pinned to the ground, as if it had been crushed by Mount Tai, rendering him unable to move.

He was in front of him.

A bright red figure streaked across the sky at incredible speed—

Ci Jing also deactivated his "True Body" state. He raised his hands, and the sea of ​​fire in all directions resonated with them. Two slender fire snakes swept from the ground, transforming into two slender swords that swept into his palms.

The red robe swept across the dust in a straight line, leaving behind illusory afterimages!

After transforming into human form, Ci Jing's speed not only did not decrease, but actually became faster!
"Crack!"

Ci Jing suddenly stomped his foot on the ground.

It stopped a zhang away from Zhu Yan.

Zhu Yan looked up with a ferocious expression, gazing up at the red-robed man whose face was obscured.

Whoosh whoosh!

In an instant, Ci Jing unleashed hundreds or even thousands of sword energies with the Fire Serpent Sword in both hands.

These sword energies did not produce any explosive sounds; they simply flowed across Zhu Yan's body like streamlines, following the skin and brushing past the bone crevices.

The world fell into silence.

Among the smoke and dust.

Ci Jing sheathed his sword and stood there, expressionless, staring at Zhu Yan, who was prostrate beneath him...

Zhu Yan's body suddenly collapsed and shattered.

Like a waterfall.

It was scattered all over the ground.

……

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(PS: That's all for today. The next update will be before sunset.)
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