Who taught him to practice swordsmanship like this?

Chapter 177 What is the truth?

Suddenly, five figures sprang out of the fiery red sinkhole, two of them heading north, and the others heading east, west, and south.

Su Baichen and Feng Linzi exchanged a smile, then leaped up together to block the two people coming towards them.

The other three directions also have personnel to intercept them.

However, compared to the two true disciples of the Yin Sect on this side, the Yang Sect on the south side only had one true disciple fighting, while the remaining two were fought by the two elders of the Yang Sect.

Su Baichen's opponent was an old man who was blindfolded and wielded a jade-white bone staff, and he looked evil.

"It's the White Phosphorus Demon. Be careful of his phosphorescent fire; it can burn to the bone and is extremely poisonous."

From the crowd behind, an elder of the Yin Sect announced the name and strengths of Su Baichen's opponent.

Seeing this, the White Phosphorus Demon knew what was going on. His skeletal, skull-like head twitched, and a cruel, ghostly fire flickered in his sunken eye sockets.

Hearing that he was being used as a stepping stone for the righteous path to fame, he showed no anger whatsoever. Instead, he let out a sinister laugh: "You want to be my opponent? We'll see if you can keep up!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he transformed into a ball of pale white and bluish-green demonic fire and instantly fled to the side.

A Yin Sect disciple tried to stop them along the way.

But the demonic fire didn't stop there; it pierced through the disciple's body, burning away half of his flesh and leaving only a ball of demonic fire burning against his bones.

The disciple was in great pain, so Su Baichen quickly shone a ray of lunar light on him, extinguishing the demonic fire.

However, even so, the disciple could not survive. His physical body was damaged, and he would likely only be able to live to see the end—

Su Baichen was furious. He never expected that his carelessness in failing to stop the other party would lead to the tragic death of his fellow disciple before his eyes.

"I'm going after him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he flew away to give chase.

At this moment, the old fisherman sent a message through his mind: "The White Phosphorus Demon Art is no ordinary skill; you must be careful. This is information we have gathered from our many years of fighting against the White Phosphorus Demon Art; study it carefully."

Su Baichen's primordial spirit received a lot of information, but he still felt guilty.

If it weren't for wanting to find a suitable opponent to make a name for himself, why would he have caused the death of his fellow disciples?

Su Baichen secretly made a wish: as long as the disciple who died because of him is reincarnated, he will definitely find him!

At this moment, there was no time to worry about anything else; the White Phosphorus Demon already had a reason to die.

He leaped after it, but the Luan Ke he held was not in its sword-riding form.

At this moment, Luan Ke was an earth-elemental magic weapon to him. He used the gravitational field ability of earth-elemental spiritual power to create a repulsive field for himself and flew rapidly across the ground.

The phosphorescent flame didn't go far; it kept flickering in front of him.

Unbeknownst to them, they had already left the battlefield.

Suddenly, a giant python opened its mouth and lunged at Su Baichen.

Seeing this, Su Baichen didn't hesitate at all and charged forward without hesitation.

"Clang!"

Luan Ke slammed his fist into the giant python's forehead.

The sword strike was ill-advised; the python's scales were tough and covered in slippery mucus, so the strike seemed to miss its mark.

As Luan Ke slid to one side—

Su Baichen suddenly withdrew his strength and forcibly stopped the sword's momentum. Then, an incomparably terrifying pressure appeared on the sword—the suppressing power of Mount Tai!

"boom!"

The giant python was instantly pinned to the ground and unable to move.

Su Baichen also stopped at this moment. He looked up at the White Phosphorus Demon and saw that he had also stopped and then let out a strange cry: "You really caught up with us. It's just a pity that Changchun Palace's genius disciple will be one less today."

"With such cultivation and combat power at such a young age, if you were to die here and have your tendons and skinned alive by me, I wonder how heartbroken your master would be?"

The old devil began his verbal attack.

Su Baichen looked down at his surroundings—only to discover that a dense array of snakes had appeared all around him.

The snake demon clan!

He paused only slightly, and the mountain carving in his hand had already shed the heaviness of the earth, then revealed an incomparably sharp aura—

The next moment, he swung his sword and slashed out, sharp metallic energy appearing on the blade, instantly severing the head of the giant python beneath him.

Then the sword energy split into seventy-two paths, with seventy-two sword energies of different shapes sweeping around—the next moment, the surrounding area became a river of blood, turning into a hellish inferno.

These small snakes were no match for Su Baichen's advance; he continued his attack on the White Phosphorus Demon without uttering a sound.

The White Phosphorus Demon sneered, "You're quite energetic, but you'll have to deal with them first."

At that moment, a slippery, cold voice came from the side: "Bai Lin, don't think you can get away with this."

The White Phosphorus Demon chuckled and said, "Yes, of course I won't stand idly by."

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly made a hand seal with one hand, and then flicked his sleeve—

The next moment, some fine powder was sprinkled out.

Upon seeing this, Su Baichen immediately understood that this was one of the White Phosphorus Demon's methods: Phosphorous Embers. These fine powders would spontaneously combust upon contact with a solid object. Moreover, these phosphorescent flames were also fine and dense, neither explosive nor fierce, and extremely cunning. Once someone got on them, they were very difficult to extinguish and would be tormented to death.

He dared not be careless and quickly used Earth Suppression again.

The suppressive force acted indiscriminately on these fine phosphorus powders, causing them to fall to the ground.

The next moment, a pale, bluish phosphorescent fire ignited on the ground.

The snake corpse at Su Baichen's feet was also set on fire, its flesh was rapidly refined, and at the same time it emitted a foul stench.

He smelled the stench and almost immediately felt dizzy—phosphorus poison!

At that very moment, a slender woman with willow-leaf-shaped eyes suddenly darted out from the bushes beside them.

She wielded her twin blades and slashed mercilessly in a crossed motion, drawing an X across Su Baichen's chest.

"Too easy!"

The snake demon sneered, feeling that there was absolutely no problem with the sensation of her slicing open her chest just now.

However, in the next moment, everything went black and she lost all awareness of the outside world.

She was lucky; she didn't feel any pain when her head hit the ground, and she didn't even realize she was dead.

What's chilling is that the figure with a severe chest wound next to the headless corpse slowly disappears, while Su Baichen's figure quietly appears behind the corpse.

Illusion is truly a wonderful thing. Combining a second-grade illusion with his swordsmanship, it's surprisingly easy to assassinate experts of the same level.

The old demon of white phosphorus remained expressionless and sneered, "Useless trash, you deserve to die for being so careless."

As soon as he finished speaking, he gave Su Baichen a strange smile—

The next moment, phosphorescent flames suddenly burst into flames on the headless corpse, and then it exploded!

The Phosphorus Fire Blast in the Phosphorus Fire Demon Art can instantly explode ignited inanimate objects, thus achieving the purpose of rapidly spreading phosphorus fire.

—Well, a corpse is an inanimate object after all.

Su Baichen was right there, and he took almost all the damage from this explosion!

The problem is that, amidst the burning phosphorescent flames, his body slowly dissipated once again.

Upon seeing this, the White Phosphorus Demon's expression changed, and he abruptly increased the distance between them.

Just as he created some distance, a surging sword light brushed past him.

The sharp sword light touched the trees behind him and instantly cut them in half.

"What a cunning brat!"

The White Phosphorus Demon couldn't help but praise it.

Su Baichen couldn't help but respectfully say, "That old devil is indeed cunning."

After several rounds of probing and tug-of-war, both sides realized that the other was an old silver coin who was definitely a difficult opponent.

As for those dead snake demons?

That's what happens to the unlucky ones who shouldn't have gotten involved in this conflict.

The White Phosphorus Demon turned and shouted, "Green Serpent King, I have done my best, why don't you come to my aid?"

The next moment, as if in response to his call, a huge green snake with a head the size of a carriage suddenly rushed out from the ground in front of Su Baichen.

This giant green serpent was completely unfazed by the phosphorescent flames burning on the ground, and charged towards Su Baichen, its entire body engulfed in phosphorescent fire.

Come----

Su Baichen remained unfazed upon seeing this, letting it crash into him.

Of course, it ultimately only hit a phantom.

The White Phosphorus Demon was furious: "Fool! Look carefully before you attack! Don't fall for his illusion!"

The Green Serpent King spoke in a slippery yet chilling tone, "Tell me, which one is his true form?"

This is where Su Baichen's "bug" lies: no one can find his true form, and they don't even have the right to fight him head-on.

The White Phosphorus Demon's eyes darted around, and he pointed at Su Baichen, who had reappeared, saying, "This must be his true form!"

As he spoke, he rushed forward, phosphorescent flames surging between his fingers, as if he were about to use the close-combat technique "Bone Burning Phosphorus" from the White Phosphorus Demon Art to fight desperately.

But the Green Serpent King dismissed this with disdain, believing that the White Phosphorus Demon was definitely lying to him and that it must be another illusion.

But the problem is—

This time, the White Phosphorus Demon who launched the attack encountered a severe counterattack.

Su Baichen thrust his sword straight forward, the blade also burning with flames.

This is the "Unquenchable Flame of Nanshan"!

The phosphorus fire of this white phosphorus magic is extremely difficult to extinguish; wind can only spread its burning area, while water can make it float and burn.

Therefore, Su Baichen used "Nanshan Unquenchable Flame" to deal with it.

If the demonic fire of the White Phosphorus Demon Art is the fire of death, then the flame of the Undying Flame of Nanshan is the fire of life.

This will enable one to exercise restraint.

Sure enough, when he pressed his sword against the palm of the White Phosphorus Demon, the Undying Flame erupted—

The old demon let out a wail and then decisively severed his entire arm.

The fallen arm immediately erupted with pale and orange-red flames that fought, devoured, and annihilated each other until the entire arm turned to ashes.

The old demon of white phosphorus, having lost an arm, said incredulously, "How can you say it's true?"

Good grief, so he really thought this Su Baichen was a fake.

His plan was obviously quite simple: to feign a confrontation with Su Baichen's illusory form for a while, and then wait for the Green Serpent King to join the battle, at which point he would have much more room to maneuver.

"It's good that it's true!"

However, the Green Serpent King still joined the battle.

However, its role after joining the battle was not that significant.

Su Baichen stood there without moving, yet the enormous snake's body brushed past him.

Illusion magic doesn't necessarily require creating illusions to confuse the enemy; it's enough to simply cause the enemy's spatial perception to be slightly off during combat.

Seeing this, the White Phosphorus Demon remained silent, then transformed into a ball of phosphorescent fire and prepared to flee.

However, even though he was flying away into the distance, a sword light suddenly fell down on him.

The White Phosphorus Demon revealed himself and tried to dodge in a sorry state, but after sustaining a deep, bone-revealing sword wound, he used Phosphorus Fire Escape again.

But the result was the same this time. Just as he sped away, a sword came straight at him!

This time, he had one leg dislocated.

The White Phosphorus Demon stopped running. He looked at Su Baichen in disbelief and asked, "How is this possible? You're clearly not as fast as me, so how come you always manage to catch up with me!"

Su Baichen chuckled lightly: "I wasn't chasing you, you just bumped into me."

The White Phosphorus Demon categorically denied it: "Impossible!"

Su Baichen still spoke softly: "Old Demon, how can you be so sure that you're fleeing away from me?"

At this moment, the old demon of white phosphorus, who was used to bringing fear to others, revealed a deep look of fear in his eyes.

He suddenly realized the problem—he couldn't see through Su Baichen's illusion, which meant that as the battle continued and they got to know each other better, he was gradually falling into Su Baichen's control over his illusion!

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