Mountain and River Festival

Chapter 513 The Mysterious Woman Who No Longer Hides Herself

Ling Qixuan covered his mouth and stepped back, breathing heavily in pain.

Then the panting turned into howling and roaring, the covering of the mouth turned into clutching the stomach, and even the frozen face became distorted.

The drop of water fell into my mouth, quickly entered my esophagus and stomach, and then, as if weighed down by a thousand pounds, fell downwards.

Tragically, Ling Qixuan's internal organs were already half frozen, unable to fall out for the time being, but pulling his entire digestive system down with him, causing him excruciating pain.

Ling Qixuan was able to see a strange drop of water inside his body. He wanted to freeze it, and he could, but even though it turned into ice, it couldn't integrate into his own system. It remained a heavy drop of ice and continued to sink.

"What...what is this thing..." Ling Qixuan sensed death approaching: "Lu Xingzhou, you can't kill me!"

Lu Xingzhou said calmly, "Why not?"

“If you kill me, my body will be truly possessed by the Ice Demon, and I will become its clone…” Ling Qixuan gasped, “You don’t want Dugu Qingli to face the Ice Demon directly, do you…”

Lu Xingzhou shrugged: "I really didn't want to, but unfortunately I can't take this back now, it's irreversible."

Ling Qixuan: "...Don't force me!!!"

He wasn't lying; the power of the Ice Demon could indeed take over everything about him, including his consciousness.

As the leader of a powerful sect, even with his fervent pursuit of the origin of ice, he was unwilling to sacrifice himself. In other words, his own consciousness was actually fighting against the ice demon in order to maintain a state where he was the main body and the ice demon's power was used by him.

If he were to offer himself up, the Ice Demon would become the dominant entity, which is definitely not what Lu Xingzhou wants to see. Dugu Qingli absolutely cannot confront the Ice Demon at this time.

Ling Qixuan was certain that Lu Xingzhou would need him as a buffer.

"The Ice Demon possesses me; he doesn't want the body, he wants the spiritual platform. Destroying it will suffice." Lu Xingzhou said casually, a soul banner appearing in his hand: "Human Emperor Banner, one seat."

Ling Qixuan: "!!!"

A sudden gust of cold wind arose, accompanied by the wailing of ghosts and the howling of gods.

Ling Qixuan's soul was easily extracted and floated leisurely into the banner: "Lu Xingzhou! You will regret this!"

"Boom!" Lu Xingzhou unleashed a crimson lotus flame into Ling Qixuan's spiritual platform, burning and purifying it until it was reduced to ashes. Ling Qixuan's remaining ice demon body remained unburnt and stood there.

At the same time, Dugu Qingli ran away and rushed directly into the distant boundary membrane, which was the place where Jiang Yuan and Xuan Nu were fighting.

The next moment, an incomparably terrifying demonic pressure descended, and Ling Qixuan's ice demon body opened its crimson eyes.

Ice Demon: "..."

Dugu Qingli is gone, and Ling Qixuan's spiritual platform is destroyed. Its host body is just a lump of ice sculpture with its intestines ripped out.

The boundless black flames of the Soul Banner were burning around this body, and a drop of Heavenly Divine Water was "pulled" out of the body, bringing the entire digestive system to the ground.

The body is completely ruined and cannot be stored.

The Ice Demon God's mind erupted in fury: "Lu Xingzhou, is it... I'll remember you..."

Lu Xingzhou reached out and placed his hand on the messy, icy body, infusing it with a wisp of Yin True Fire: "Ice is Yin, so when it transforms into a human, it becomes a cute little white-haired creature. Logically, you should also be a mother demon? I'm very kind to mothers..."

"Boom!" The Taiyin True Fire burned away the ice sculpture's head.

A lingering, malevolent demonic thought echoed in the air: "Lu Xingzhou... you think that by letting Dugu Qingli avoid it, you yourself won't be tainted? I'll be waiting for the day you become a demon too!!"

Lu Xingzhou said calmly, "Me? I am a demon by nature."

The old man with the dark wind and the others had just felt an extremely terrifying demonic intent descend, almost the kind that could destroy the world, when it suddenly disappeared before they could even react, leaving them all dumbfounded.

"Don't make that face. It's not that we're awesome, it's that its true form is still sealed and can't get out. We're just bullying the demon." Lu Xingzhou waved the soul banner, sweeping all the other high-ranking members of the Ice Prison Sect into it.

His eyes glanced at the old man in the dark wind, clearly filled with deep killing intent.

The old man with the cold wind was momentarily unsure who the demonic path was, and they all shuddered and remained silent.

Lu Xingzhou quickly fed himself a pill to suppress the demonic intent and closed his eyes to regulate his breathing.

He could feel his own malevolence... His mind became extremely violent the moment the Ice Demon descended. A sense of destruction and hatred intensely filled his heart. For example, he had initially felt a little disgusted by the aura of the old man in the Yin Wind and others playing with corpses, but now he felt intense loathing and wanted nothing more than to raze them all to the ground...

But this was something that had been prepared for in advance; the Crimson Lotus Blaze burned fiercely in the Mingtang Hall, specifically to counter such things.

After all, Lu Xingzhou wasn't an ice-type, so the ice demon couldn't possess him; it was merely tainted by demonic intent. With the Crimson Lotus Calamity Flame and the specially refined Demon-Suppressing Pill, it could still be resolved. Luckily, Little White Hair had escaped; if she had been here, something truly terrible would have happened.

Ye Tinglan's repeated orders against touching the Ice Demon were indeed prudent. However, Lu Xingzhou felt that such a close encounter was not without its benefits. By having Dugu Qingli approach and analyze the Ice Demon's power from various angles, she would at least have a direction and plan for what to do in the future, and she would also have a clear idea of ​​what kind of preparations needed for the final battle.

That is something Little White Hair must face in the end; simply avoiding it is not the way to make progress.

It would be better if the personalities of the Ye sisters could be balanced...

When Lu Xingzhou opened his eyes again, the ferocity in them had disappeared, replaced by a gentle expression: "Why are you all crowding around me? Go check on the battle over there."

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The battle situation there is much more difficult than expected.

With his bloodline no longer suppressed and fully unleashed, Jiang Yuan, along with a giant Gundam, seemed capable of directly taking on the still-injured Xuan Nu. And with Si Han added to the mix, it should have been a crushing defeat.

When the fight actually started, it turned out to be not so easy.

Even the goofy version of Jiang Yuan could withstand the Charming Maiden's Mysterious Skill, so logically the cold version of Jiang Yuan should have an easier time, but the opposite is true.

On the contrary, the cold version of Jiang Yuan became more and more timid as she fought, and her peach blossom eyes were filled with spring water as she fought.

The same goes for Si Han. Even though Si Han's ice-type cultivation is the most natural counter to this kind of thing, he ended up having desires reborn as they fought, and he didn't even dare to look directly at Xuan Nu's body and eyes during the battle.

What the hell is this?

If it weren't for the fact that there was an unaffected Gundam serving as the main force, the two of them would probably have perished here.

Neither of them could understand the reason, which shouldn't be the case.

Pei Qingyan's strength is not as good as Si Han's. Even when Xuan Nu was at her peak, she couldn't make Pei Qingyan have desires during the battle. How could Si Han not be able to withstand the injured Xuan Nu?

Xuan Nu dodged the giant's attacks, giggling, "Can't figure it out? Then don't bother. Just obediently become my servants, and I'll reward you with ultimate bliss..."

"Whoosh!" Jiang Yuan's dagger flashed past with incredible speed, but Xuan Nu easily caught her wrist: "Tsk tsk, what beautiful little hands. It's a waste to hold a dagger; you should hold something else..."

As she spoke, her red lips approached Jiang Yuan's neck, causing Jiang Yuan to tremble. Her eyes flashed with murderous intent, yet she was powerless to do anything about it.

Yes, she looks just like a humiliated female warrior.

"Bang!" Gao Da relentlessly unleashed a punch, and Xuan Nu frowned and dodged.

That's annoying; she would have succeeded long ago without it.

There was no other reason, it was just that she had also turned it up too high.

She is Qian Yuan, not Hui Yang.

Jiang Yuan could break free from bloodline suppression, so of course she could also break free from cultivation suppression. People thought that when she was injured, she only had the strength of a first-grade cultivator at most, but in fact, if she released the suppression, she would still possess the strength of a Radiant Sun.

Under normal circumstances, those who cultivate in this world dare not unleash their full potential, and Jiang Yuan even dares not expose her bloodline, for fear of attracting the attention of her pursuers.

But when you're in dire straits, who cares about all that?

"You are also an illegal immigrant, an even earlier one," Jiang Yuan suddenly said. "Even this body of yours is not your true form, but merely an avatar. Your true form is in the Ancient Realm!"

"The little sister is quite clever." Xuan Nu was somewhat surprised and said with a smile, "It's a pity we won't have the chance to meet again in the ancient realm."

Jade palm slapped Jiang Yuan's shoulder, and Jiang Yuan let out a muffled groan as blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.

Fortunately, Gao Da blocked the attack and deflected it; otherwise, that palm strike could have been fatal.

Si Han silently plunged his sword into Xuan Nu's back, the sword trembling. He felt as if he were killing his beloved, and he was deeply reluctant to do so.

How could such a sword strike possibly have any effect?
With a casual wave of her hand, Xuan Nu knocked Si Han's sword away, and his eyes began to glaze over.

Just then, a sword beam pierced through the barrier and headed straight for Xuan Nu's face.

Dugu Qingli!

Xuan Nu glanced at him and chuckled: "You've been tainted by the Ice Demon's intent, yet you still dare to come looking for me... Little Snow Maiden, do you even know what it feels like for honey and snow to melt into water?"

(End of this chapter)