I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 205 Sand Soul Lizard (Seeking monthly votes)
Entering through the stone gate of the ruins, the five people cautiously proceeded along the dark passage.

Wu Kun, a burly man as tall as an iron tower, walked in front, his pair of sand-cracking maces gleaming with a faint earthy yellow spiritual light as he warily scanned his surroundings.

The grottoes on both sides of the passage were dark, and you could vaguely hear rustling sounds, as if countless eyes were watching from the shadows.

The deeper one goes, the brighter the firelight becomes, but the poisonous miasma in the air also becomes more intense. The scorching mist carries a pungent sulfur smell, making it difficult to breathe.

Zhu Mingqian wiped the sweat from his brow and whispered to the others, "This poisonous miasma is worse than last time we came. Be careful, everyone."

All four of them had taken antidote pills beforehand. Jiang Yi didn't need to take action against this level of fire poison miasma. She didn't take any antidote pills and followed behind the others with a palm-leaf fan in hand.

After entering, her divine sense was suppressed, and her perception could only cover a few people.

Wu Kun turned around and transmitted his voice to the others, saying, "This passage is shaped like a trumpet, which will amplify the soul-shaking cries of the Sand Soul Lizards. Once they are alerted..."

Suddenly, Zhu Mingqian stepped on and broke a piece of an unknown animal bone with a 'crack' sound.

The crisp cracking sound was particularly jarring in the silent passageway.

Zhu Mingqian's face turned pale. He quickly raised his hands to indicate that he did not do it on purpose. It was just that the passage was too dark and his divine sense was useless, so he did not notice.

But it was too late. In an instant, countless golden vertical pupils suddenly lit up in the caves on both sides, and the rustling crawling sound surged in like a tide.

A sharp, piercing screech erupted from all directions, the sound waves layering within the trumpet-shaped channel, crashing in like giant waves!

Everyone experienced excruciating ear pain, their vision went black, and even their protective aura was shattered by the shock.

At the same time, the rustling crawling sounds inside the grottoes on both sides suddenly intensified, and countless golden figures darted out from the darkness.

Sand Soul Lizard!
These monsters resemble giant lizards, but their bodies are covered with fine, sand-like scales. Their claws are like hooks, and their tails have barbs. Dark red poisonous miasma seeps from between each scale.

"It's a swarm of lizards!"

Wu Kun gritted his teeth and growled, blood seeping from his seven orifices, and the Crack Sand Mace almost slipped from his hand.

The sand lizards surged in like a tide, and the closest ones suddenly leaped up, their sharp claws aimed straight for Zhu Mingqian's heart!

He managed to turn to the side, but was struck on the back by the tail of another lizard. His brocade robe ripped open, and three charred burn marks appeared on the lower layer of soft armor.

Just as Ji Honglian's Burning Heaven Fire Wheels lit up with red light, her true essence was scattered by the Soul-Shaking Sound Wave.

The frost that Lin Xiyue had conjured at her fingertips shattered into mist before it could take shape.

Only Jiang Yi's eyes sharpened. The moonlight barrier within her sea of ​​consciousness rippled like water, filtering out all the sound waves.

Jiang Yi made a hand seal, and a mind-clearing spell landed on Lin Xiyue.

Lin Xiyue's spirits lifted, and she felt as if she had been immersed in a cold spring, instantly becoming clear-headed. "Lan Shuiyan, go!"

A beam of icy blue light shot out from her demon pouch, and Lan Shuiyan flapped its wings and cried out. Its body suddenly expanded in the air, transforming into a phantom image of an ice phoenix.

Wherever the Ice Phoenix passed, frost formed, the Sand Soul Lizard's hissing stopped abruptly, its body instantly covered by ice, and the power of ice was rapidly seeping into the Sand Soul Lizard's body.

"Get out of my way!"

Seeing this, Ji Honglian flicked her hand, and the Heaven-Burning Fire Wheel flew out with a whoosh, drawing a blazing arc of fire in the air.

The gilded serrations on the edge of the fire wheel spun wildly, shattering ice sculptures wherever it passed. The Sand Soul Lizard didn't even have time to scream before turning into ashes that fell to the ground.

Zhu Mingqian, panting, praised, "The two Fellow Daoists Lin coordinated perfectly! This ice and fire combined attack technique is simply the nemesis of the Sand Soul Lizard. It was definitely the right decision to invite you two together."

All four were very happy, at least they no longer had to be afraid of the Sand Soul Lizards in the passage.

Jiang Yi's smile froze on her lips as she looked at the blood-soaked ground, unable to laugh.

"My Sand Soul Melting Tendon... is completely destroyed."

Lin Xiyue, this Lan Shui Yan, possessed a trace of ancient ice phoenix power, even stronger than Hua Gu's transformed Bing Lan form. If Hua Gu were here, she could only be frozen with a layer of ice, but Lin Xiyue was frozen from the inside out, every inch of her bones and internal organs. That's why when Ji Honglian's Burning Heaven Fire Wheel swept over, the Sand Soul Lizard shattered into dust and was burned into blood.

Hearing Jiang Yi's voice, which sounded like she was about to cry, the passageway suddenly fell silent.

Ji Honglian opened her mouth, then awkwardly put away her fire wheel.

Lin Xiyue coughed lightly, and the illusory image of the ice phoenix disappeared. The Lan Shui Yan landed on her shoulder, chirping boastfully, but Lin Xiyue pinched its beak.

Wu Kun awkwardly turned his head away, and Zhu Mingqian chuckled twice in an attempt to ease the atmosphere, "Fellow Daoist Yi, don't be anxious. Sand Soul Lizards are hard to find outside, but they are everywhere here. There are definitely more deep in their nests, there must be some!"

The five continued deeper into the passage, which gradually sloped downwards. The temperature rose higher and higher, and the fiery poisonous miasma became so thick that it almost condensed into a crimson fog, causing the effectiveness of the poison-avoiding pills to rapidly diminish.

They encountered several more groups of Sand Soul Lizards, but not as many as the first time. This time, Lin Xiyue deliberately and subtly controlled the Ice Phoenix power released by Lan Shuiyan. When Ji Honglian's Burning Heaven Fire Wheel swept over, the Sand Soul Lizards' heads were shattered into pieces, but their bodies remained intact.

Jiang Yi felt much better and happily helped the four alleviate the fire poison and replenish their depleted true energy.

The corpses of the Sand Soul Lizards were divided equally among the five people. After several encounters, Jiang Yi obtained fourteen carefully selected corpses, enough to make two sets of Seven Strings.

After passing through the last narrow lava tunnel, the view suddenly opened up.

The underground dome is over a hundred feet high, and below it is a rushing river of lava and fire.

A Sand Soul Lizard King, as large as a rhinoceros, slept in the river of lava. Its scales had completely crystallized, resembling crimson gold armor. Whenever it breathed, a three-foot-high wave of fire would rise from the river, carrying poisonous miasma into its nostrils, and then an even stronger aura of malevolence would spew out from the gaps in its scales.

"A demon king at the peak of Foundation Establishment..."

Wu Kun's Adam's apple bobbed. He subconsciously glanced back at Jiang Yi. If she weren't there, he probably would have turned back immediately and never forced his way in.

However, considering Jiang Yi's Spring Rain technique and Lin Yue's Ice Swallow, Wu Kun, with his years of experience hunting demons, felt that he had at least a 60% chance of taking down the demon king.

"Look!"

Zhu Mingqian suddenly pointed to the opposite bank and whispered a reminder to the others.

On the other side of the river of fire, a massive stone gate covered with runes stood majestically on the stone wall, with the five ancient seal characters "Forbidden Land of the Earth Flame Sect" on the side of the gate, as red as blood.

Jiang Yi stood on the opposite bank of the Fire River, but his gaze fell on the two fierce stone lions on either side of the stone gate.

The two lions are jet black, with dark red cracks covering their surfaces, as if magma is slowly flowing under the stone skin, ready to burst forth at any moment.

The left lion has crimson eyes, while the right lion has amber eyes. Apart from this difference, the two black stone lions are almost identical, and each has a crystallized skeleton of a cultivator under its paws. The skeleton has a strange crimson-gold color, indicating that the lion was killed by the stone gate's restriction. The lion's death is distorted, as if it is still wailing silently.

Lin Xiyue walked to Jiang Yi's side and whispered, "Those two lions have become demonic spirits."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yi took out the Demon Spirit Mirror and looked at it from a distance. After a moment, the mirror indeed displayed information about the two lions: high-level Yellow rank, late-stage Foundation Establishment, one male and one female.

Jiang Yi secretly clicked her tongue in amazement. As expected of someone who taught in the Dharma Hall, Lin Xiyue's eyesight was indeed excellent. She had used her Heavenly Eye Technique to observe for a long time but had not noticed that the two stone lions had given birth to demonic offspring.

"Look at the white flames peeking through the crack in the door."

Zhu Mingqian's voice drew their attention, and they then noticed that wisps of white flame occasionally seeped out from the crack in the door. The fire poison miasma that approached vanished in an instant.

"Could it be the Candle Moth Purifying Flame, a secret technique of the Earth Flame Sect, said to have the power to purify the world?"

Zhu Mingqian's voice changed from excitement.

"Legend has it that this fire can burn away all the filth in the world; if used to forge weapons..."

Before the words were finished, the Sand Soul Lizard King in the magma river seemed to sense something, and suddenly looked up, its golden vertical pupils locking onto the group.

　The setting of the Candle Moth comes from the setting of the [Divine Might Battle Spirit] in the "Extras" thread of the Qidian Book Club, with some modifications.

　　
　
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