A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 376: Blade
The blood threads around the red skull that Wei Ziyang transformed into sometimes condensed and sometimes dispersed...

The whole person's figure turned into a red shadow, rapidly changing directions at all kinds of incredible angles.

Jiang Zhe and the other three also dodged left and right and surrounded Wei Ziyang tightly.

Although the four men surrounded Wei Ziyang, the various deadly moves they launched at Wei Ziyang were either dodged by Wei Ziyang with his strange body movements or taken on by Wei Ziyang.

Jiang Zhe's face looked a little ugly. He didn't expect the person in front of him to be so difficult to deal with. His Divine Blood Skill had obviously reached a state that the sect had never known before.

Jiang Zhe realized that it would be difficult for them to win quickly, and the only way was probably to slowly wear this man out!

He was about to remind his companions not to rush ahead and to slowly consume their energy, but before he could open his mouth, he saw Shen Qing, who was standing opposite him, suddenly flash his knife and leave his defensive position. At a tricky angle, he stabbed at the back of the red skull transformed by Wei Ziyang.

"Shen Qing! Retreat!"

Jiang Zhe shouted and swept his sword across.

But he was obviously still a step too late. As soon as Shen Qing's knife stabbed out, the red skeleton with blood all over its body suddenly turned sideways. A bony hand with a red glow flashed out from the floating blood and grabbed his blade. Then, the other red skeleton hand slapped Shen Qing's chest.

However, as soon as the red skeleton hand touched Shen Qing's chest, Jiang Zhe's sword swept over, and Wei Ziyang had to retreat!

But even so, Shen Qing still had blood oozing from the corner of his mouth and flew backwards! His long and narrow blade also flew out diagonally, turned several circles in the air, and plunged into the ground!

Shen Qing fell to the ground, the vital energy in his dantian was temporarily disordered. He didn't bother to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and immediately sat cross-legged on the ground to circulate his qi!
After Shen Qing left the stage, Jiang Zhe and his companions suddenly felt a lot of pressure, but they still tried their best to surround Wei Ziyang tightly and prevent him from escaping!
After Shen Qing took a few breaths, he suddenly flipped his hand and took out a palm-sized narrow black jade box!

No one knew what the black jade was, but it was obviously extremely cold!

Shen Qing held it in his hand, and bursts of cold air spread around him. Frost patterns instantly condensed on the palm of Shen Qing.

Shen Qing's eyes were solemn as he opened the black jade. He saw three objects inside that looked like candied haws. They were round and about the size of a thumb nail. There was a layer of frost on the surface, and the inside was faintly blood red.

Shen Qing pinched a "candied haws" and put it into his mouth, then immediately continued to meditate and circulate his qi!
Duan Rong stood there, looking at the long and narrow blade stuck in the ground not far away. That was Shen Qing's weapon!
At this time, the sunset was already shining on the building!

The crimson setting sun shone on the blade, which seemed to be coated with a layer of gold, but strangely flashed a faint phosphorescent glow.

"That is..." Duan Rong's eyes moved.

Shen Qing is a strong man in the Yuan Qi realm. And ordinary iron cannot withstand the violence of the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth, which means that the weapon must be mixed with some rare materials that are not ordinary.

Duan Rong walked slowly to the blade and pulled it out from the ground.

Duan Rong stared at the blade in front of him, and the strange light it emitted. He thought to himself, "Read the weapon spirit!"

Then a set of data appeared before his eyes.

Object: Phosphorus crystal gilt knife
Spirit Level: Level 8

Devouring requirements: Host's mental strength level 8

Devouring Effect: The First Level of Liuhe Sword Technique

Duan Rong looked at the data panel that appeared in front of him, and his heart moved slightly. "Is it a martial art of the Yuanqi realm?!"

"Swallow!"

Duan Rong had just finished speaking in his mind when he saw Shen Qing, who was sitting cross-legged and practicing Qigong, suddenly open his eyes.

The moment Shen Qing opened his eyes, he saw Duan Rong holding his weapon. He frowned and glared at Duan Rong.

A warrior's weapon is almost a forbidden item.

Duan Rong naturally noticed the change in Shen Qing's expression, and saw that the data panel in front of him had collapsed and disappeared, which meant that the weapon spirit had been completely devoured.

The moment the data panel disappeared, Duan Rong threw the weapon in his hand towards Shen Qing and shouted, "Go!"

Shen Qing jumped up, grabbed his weapon, looked at Duan Rong with gratitude, and attacked Wei Ziyang! He thought Duan Rong pulled out the weapon to throw it to him.

After Shen Qing rejoined the battle, the pressure on Jiang Zhe and the others suddenly decreased!
Jiang Zhe, Shen Qing, Bai Yuan and Lu Jin quickly found the rhythm to consume Wei Ziyang!
Every once in a while, one person would withdraw from the battle group and sit cross-legged not far away to regulate his breathing.

Duan Rong noticed that every time this happened, they would take out a black jade box and swallow something that looked like a "candied haws".

Duan Rong was very curious, what on earth was that thing?
But Duan Rong was almost certain that it was not a pill, because its shape did not seem very regular.

Not long after Shen Qing joined, Bai Yuan withdrew from the battle group! He sat cross-legged not far away, closing his eyes and practicing Qigong!
Just as Bai Yuan withdrew from the battle, the sound of horse hooves as chaotic as thunder suddenly rang out from all around Xiangu City!
Not long after, on West Street, there was a sound of horse hooves, like a sudden rain of hail, coming in!

I saw seven or eight heavily armored cavalry rushing towards me!

The leader, wearing heavy armor and holding a long spear, jumped off his horse not far away!
At this time, West Street was already empty!
The man jumped off his horse, glanced at the battle group besieging Wei Ziyang, then glanced at Duan Rong and others not far away, and then stood there alone, like a stone sculpture, motionless!

Regardless of the roar of thunder outside the city or the approaching team of heavily armored cavalry, Bai Yuan sat cross-legged there throughout the entire process, motionless, and focused on regulating his breathing.

After Bai Yuan finished regulating his breathing, he joined the group.

Lu Jin retreated! Jiang Zhe held on to the end to regulate his breathing. When he retreated, his face was already a little pale!
Jiang Zhe just glanced at the team of heavily armored cavalry not far away, then sat down cross-legged without saying a word!

Wei Ziyang, under the siege and repeated consumption of four people, his body has slowed down. The wriggling blood threads on the red skull seem to have become a little thinner, and the color is not as blood-red as before.

Jiang Zhe and the other three could take turns to besiege and replenish one by one, but Wei Ziyang could only be consumed bit by bit.

Although no one knew what the "candied haws" was, Jiang Zhe and his friends only had to swallow one and take a few breaths to feel full of energy!

Apparently very useful!

At this moment, Jiang Zhe suddenly used his sword to hit a rib of the red skull that Wei Ziyang had transformed into! A tiny crack actually appeared on the rib!

Although it was only a small achievement, Jiang Zhe was delighted! His strategy was to wear down Wei Ziyang and accumulate small victories into a big one!

Although it is only a small achievement now, but a single falling leaf can herald the coming of autumn. Wei Ziyang has already entered the path of defeat!
Just as Jiang Zhe expected, after a few breaths, Shen Qing created a crack on the shoulder blade of the red skull!

As time went by, Wei Ziyang's figure was not as fast as at the beginning, and there were many cracks all over the body of the skeleton!

In the eye sockets of the red skull, two bloodshot eyeballs were spinning strangely!

Wei Ziyang knew that there was no chance of survival today!
He glanced and saw Ge Qinglei, who was nailed to the ground by a black sword and unable to move, not far from the battle group. He actually moved towards Ge Qinglei while fighting.

Ge Qinglei's hands and feet were cut off, leaving him like a human stick, but he was not killed. It was obvious that these people wanted to keep him alive so that they could torture him severely.

As the head of the Filthy Blood Sect, Ge Qinglei naturally knew many secrets of the Holy Sect! Wei Ziyang would never tolerate him falling into the hands of the Taiyi Sect!

Wei Ziyang suddenly launched a surprise attack towards Ge Qinglei, but Jiang Zhe and the others did not notice anything wrong. Seeing more and more cracks on Wei Ziyang's body, they all felt that Wei Ziyang was at the end of his strength!

In their view, Wei Ziyang's surprise attack at this time was nothing more than a trapped beast fighting desperately, hoping to survive!

The few people did not stop Wei Ziyang, but avoided his fierce attacks and continued to fight around him!

Before they knew it, Ge Qinglei was already beside their battle group!
Jiang Zhe suddenly discovered that not far behind Shen Qing on the opposite side was Ge Qinglei, who was nailed to the ground by a long sword. A bad premonition flashed through his mind!

But at this moment, Wei Ziyang had already pounced on Shen Qing!

Shen Qing avoided Wei Ziyang and slashed at Wei Ziyang's back with a knife, directly cutting off a bone in his back. Shen Qing thought he had made a contribution and was overjoyed.

But Jiang Zhe saw Wei Ziyang from afar, and he had already pounced on Ge Qinglei.

Ge Qinglei's face was pale. He looked at the bloodshot red skeleton that rushed over and smiled sadly, saying, "Envoy, let us die together!"

He knew what Wei Ziyang was going to do, but at this moment he no longer felt any fear in his heart. He had been in fear just now. He wanted to survive, but at the same time he was afraid of the inhuman and miserable torture of Taiyi Sect.

But now, knowing that I was going to die, I felt calm instead.

Without hope, there is no fear!

Wei Ziyang rushed towards Ge Qinglei. The two looked at each other and suddenly shouted in unison: "The fire of the Holy Religion will never be extinguished!"

Then, Wei Ziyang quickly formed seals with his hands and shouted loudly: "Brother Ge, see you in the next life!"

"Explosive burial!"

Then, there was a loud noise!
Deafening!
Duan Rong was standing far away. The ground beneath his feet shook and cracked. He stumbled and almost lost his balance. A huge airflow exploded from the center of Wei Ziyang and Ge Qinglei and swept to Duan Rong, still scratching his cheek painfully!

The air wave dissipated and Duan Rong stood there blankly!

"This is……?!"

I saw a large cloud of dust rising from the place where the battle had taken place, like yellow sand, blocking the view!
The dust slowly dispersed, revealing a huge pit with a radius of nearly ten feet. There were many cracks of varying sizes on the edge of the pit, spreading in all directions. One of the larger cracks extended directly to not far from Duan Rong's feet.

In the center of the pit, there was only a bare, cracked skeleton, shining with a crimson light.

Next to the skeleton was a black long sword. Ge Qinglei, who was originally pinned by the long sword, had been turned into powder, and like the diffuse dust, he was scattered all over the field!

At the edge of the pit, there were three figures sitting cross-legged, with blood oozing from the corners of their mouths and their bodies covered in dust!
It was Jiang Zhe, Lu Jin and Bai Yuan. All three of them were obviously seriously injured and looked very ugly!

Not far in front of the three people was half a corpse. The corpse was only half, bloody and mangled. Half of his face was stuck to the ground, his eyes were dull and empty, and he could not be deader!
This corpse belongs to Shen Qing, who was closest to Wei Ziyang just now!

Jiang Zhe sat there cross-legged, his internal organs were injured and blood kept flowing out of his mouth, but compared to the injuries on his body, his heart was even more bitter!

He really didn't expect that Wei Ziyang would be so fierce!
Jiang Zhe glanced at the bloody body of Shen Qing not far away, and sighed in his heart. Shen Qing was his best friend. He had specially asked Shen Qing to join this operation. He thought it was a great achievement, but he didn't expect Shen Qing to die here!

Ge Rushong was an elder of the Taiyi Sect's Elders Council and the chief of the Tongzhengshisi. When he gave this mission to Jiang Zhe, he specifically asked him to bring Wei Ziyang and Ge Qinglei back to the sect alive.

But I didn't expect things to turn out like this!

However, at this moment Jiang Zhe thought to himself that the responsibility for this matter did not lie with him, but with Ge Rushong!
Although Ge Rushong is an elder of the sect, he is too greedy for credit.

Their Tongzhengshisi has always been responsible for the work of gathering and transmitting intelligence. This kind of action of arresting people and bringing them back to the clan has always been the responsibility of the Zongzhengsi!

But after Ge Rusong received the news from the Xiangu County contact point and sent it back to the clan, he knew that two big fish were going to enter Xiangu County. Because he was greedy for merit, he did not inform Yang Sixian, the chief of the Zongzheng Division, of the matter, but sent people to act privately!
Ge Rushong dared to do so because he had already thought of a reason. The incident happened suddenly and time was short, so he had no time to inform Yang Sixuan.

This is the truth!

The contact point sent out information that the chief altar envoy would arrive in Xiangu County in four days. But two days had passed before the sect received the information. They only had two days to dispatch the operation. Ge Rushong naturally had an excuse to take action directly!

Time is running out, and if he informs Yang Sixian later, he is afraid of missing the opportunity!
But Jiang Zhe was thinking at this time, if Ge Rushong had not been so eager for credit at that time, and if this matter was handed over to Yang Sixuan to handle, the result might not be so bad!
Yang Sixian's subordinates often walk in the secular world and frequently supervise various major cases, especially those related to the Filthy Blood Cult, in which they are almost always involved.

Yang Sixuan also holds many secrets of the Filthy Blood Cult! He has used his Soul-Illuminating Seal to extract the innermost secrets of countless Filthy Blood Cult members.

If it was Yang Sixuan who organized this operation, there would never be a situation like theirs where they got lost and arrived several hours late.

Moreover, with Yang Sixian's experience, he will definitely send his own disciple who is at the Cyclone Realm.

In fact, it’s not that Ge Rushong didn’t want to send a cyclone-level disciple, it’s because he hasn’t accepted any disciples yet, and he doesn’t have any personal disciples, so he doesn’t have any cyclone-level disciples available!
Although Jiang Zhe felt that it would be difficult for him to explain to Ge Rushong when he returned this time, he knew that it would be more difficult for Ge Rushong to explain than him!
Once this matter is exposed, there will be another big uproar in the Council of Elders!

(End of this chapter)