Xiao Yan, the Demon Emperor who fights against the sky

"Yes. Some of us have developed an antidote that can resolve this kind of corpse poison, but it must be taken within a quarter of an hour after being poisoned, otherwise it will still turn into a corpse demon." The silver-haired boy said while taking the medicine from his arms. He took out a small jade bottle and threw it to Xiao Yan, "Looking at you, I know you didn't bring the antidote. This is for you. Use it carefully and don't get caught by them."

Xiao Yan caught the jade bottle, looked at the few pills in it, and raised his eyebrows slightly. This guy... seemed to be a little unnaturally kind to him, although there were many young people he had met before. He has this kind of character, but the problem is that this is the Izumo Empire, and the people here shouldn't be as kind as the guy in front of him, unless... he wants to take advantage of him?

Thinking of this, the corners of Xiao Yan's mouth also raised slightly. In this case, he might as well make good use of this guy.

If this silver-haired boy originally wanted to use him, then he wouldn't have any psychological burden to use him. If he didn't have this intention and just wanted to make friends with him, it would prove that the other person was a fool. Since he is a fool Sweet, then you deserve to be taken advantage of.

So Xiao Yan pretended to be very touched and said: "Brother, thank you so much."

Xiao Yan had done this kind of thing a lot in his previous life. According to his estimation, if he could travel back in time now, he would definitely win a gold medal with his acting skills.

"It's okay. My family often teaches me that when you go out, help whenever you can." The silver-haired boy patted Xiao Yan's shoulder and said calmly: "I think it's a bit dangerous for you to go out alone, so why don't you come with me? Come on, let’s act together so we can take care of you.”

"Really? Thank you, big brother." Xiao Yan agreed to the silver-haired boy without thinking. With his young age, harmless appearance, and superb acting skills, he could easily make the other party relax their guard.

In his opinion, this silver-haired boy was definitely not as gentle as he appeared. The reason why this guy pulled Xiao Yan was not out of good intentions. He probably wanted him to explore the way. If there was any danger, he could still let him go. He goes first to the last.

However, this seemingly harmless child was actually an out-and-out devil. While others were still thinking about how to use Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan had already thought about burying this guy's body. where.

"My name is Yun Dai. If you don't mind, just call me Brother Yun." The silver-haired boy smiled gently and said, "Little brother, what is your name?"

"My name is... Mo Yanxiao." Xiao Yan said slowly. In this unfamiliar place, he would naturally not use his real name, even if no one in the Izumo Empire knew the name "Xiao Yan".

Chapter 30: Thirty, False Truth

Because of its proximity to the Sky Poison Swamp, this small village was also named Poison Swamp Village. However, this small village, which used to be relatively peaceful, had now become a hell on earth. They had just entered the village and felt a wave of The smell of rotting corpses hit your nose, and the streets of the village were littered with mutilated corpses.

"These zombie monsters can eat humans. Although being scratched or bitten by them will mutate into corpse monsters, these poor people don't even have time to mutate and are eaten by their former kind." Yun Dai Looking at the broken limbs and corpses on the ground, he covered his nose and explained to Xiao Yan.

"It seems that the people in this village have either turned into food or transformed into corpse monsters." Xiao Yan sighed softly. There are at least several thousand residents in this village, right? In other words, they had to face at least a thousand zombie demon legions. I never expected that he would actually play Resident Evil on Dou Qi Continent in his lifetime.

Just when this idea came to Xiao Yan's mind, there was a strange sound from the surrounding houses, and corpse monsters emerged from the houses, surrounding Xiao Yan and the two of them.

"Tsk, we're surrounded, we're in some trouble." Yundai flicked his finger, and a silver sword appeared in his hand, and then the gray fighting spirit condensed on his body, forming a piece of fighting spirit gauze.

Seeing the Dou Qi gauze on Yun Dai's body, Xiao Yan immediately determined that this guy should be a Dou Master. However, he did not summon the Dou Qi armor. He just pulled out the Xuan Zhong Ruler. He didn't want to face this strange guy so early. It is enough to reveal their strength. These corpse monsters are not very powerful anyway. It is enough for me to show my strength as a fighter.

The overall strength of these corpse monsters is not strong. Even the most ordinary fighter can defeat several of them at the same time. However, they are difficult to deal with because they have no sense of pain, and they also carry corpse poison. If they are contaminated by their blood, , or if caught by them, they may be infected and mutate into this kind of zombie monster.

Fortunately, both Xiao Yan and Yun Dai knew how tricky this zombie monster was, so they didn't give them any chance to get close. With the combined efforts of the two of them, all the surrounding corpse monsters were quickly eliminated. After casually hacking the last corpse monster to death, he took out a white cloth and wiped all the poisonous blood off the Xuan Zhong Ruler. , and then put the Xuan Zhong ruler back.

"It seems that our luck is pretty good. These corpse demons must have consumed a lot internally, otherwise we would not be relaxed." Yun Dai breathed a sigh of relief and said: "But these corpse demons should not be created out of thin air. I think they must be Someone or something is secretly making them.”

"Probably?" Xiao Yan murmured looking a little uncertain, but he thought of the Netherworld Poison Fire. For some reason, he always felt that the appearance of these corpse monsters should have something to do with the Netherworld Poison Fire, or even very... Maybe, these things were made by the Netherworld Poison Fire.

However, if it is really related to the Nether Poison Fire, then the guy it creates should be more than just a corpse demon. With the power of the strange fire, even if it can control a Dou Wang-level existence, it is not impossible.

"Boom!" Just when Xiao Yan had this thought in his mind, the ground in front of him suddenly collapsed. Then, a huge skeleton palm stretched out from the collapse and grabbed Xiao Yan and the two fiercely. past.

Xiao Yan immediately used explosive steps to dodge the blow. Yun Dai naturally had his own physical fighting skills. The skeleton palm was not very fast, so they easily dodged it. But at this moment, Xiao Yan suddenly Feeling darkness above their heads, they saw another giant skeletal hand falling from the sky and clasping it directly at them.

The giant skeletal hand was extremely fast, and it was impossible to dodge it even if he used explosive steps. At this moment, Xiao Yan didn't care about hiding his strength. He immediately waved the Xuan Zhong ruler and smashed it hard at the giant skeletal hand. However, after falling one foot, the powerful counter-shock force pushed Xiao Yan back, but the palm was not damaged at all. The strong pressure directly pressed the two of them into the ground.

The ground in Poisonous Marsh Village was actually hollow. After the two of them fell down, they discovered that there was a cave inside, which looked like a maze.

"The strength of that skeleton just now was really strong..." Yun Dai climbed up from the ground, complained, looked around, and asked, "Where is this place?"

"I don't know." Xiao Yan shook his head. He looked at the things around him and frowned slightly. He had been feeling an inexplicable sense of disobedience ever since he entered Poison Swamp Village, and now, that sense of disobedience The sense of harmony became stronger and stronger, "Maybe this is the location of the Netherworld Poison Fire."

There were also many corpse monsters in this underground passage, and these corpse monsters were much stronger than those they had dealt with before. In the end, even Xiao Yan and the others did not dare to contact them casually, and could only use their own physical skills to fight. Technique ran all the way.

The two men's running didn't last long, because soon, an empty hall appeared in front of him. In the center of the hall was a very simple-looking altar, and in the center of the altar, a group of green flames was slowing down. Slow burning.

"Is that a strange fire?" Yundai looked surprised when he saw the green flame, "Could all of this be caused by this strange fire?"

"As expected." Looking at the flame that he had been searching for for more than half a year, Xiao Yan sighed softly. He turned his head, looked at Yun Dai beside him, and said slowly: "Actually, you Isn’t it Yundai?”

"What do you mean?"

"Are you going to keep pretending? Hun Dai'er?" Xiao Yan said coldly, "Do you really think I can't recognize you?"

"Hahaha! As expected of the Saint of Demonic Wrath, he discovered the flaw so quickly." Yun Dai gently lifted off his human skin mask, revealing the face that Xiao Yan hated deeply, "But, even if you So what if I find a flaw? This time, I won’t repeat the mistakes I made last time.”

"What you said is quite similar." Xiao Yan shook his head and said, "It's a pity that you are not her."

"What are you talking about?" Hun Dai'er was stunned for a moment, "Are you scared to death?"

"It's not me that's stupid, but you. You don't even know that you are an illusion." Xiao Yan turned his head, looked at the green flame, and said slowly: "Of course, it's not just you, even this flame, this The underground palace, the corpse monsters outside, and this village are all fake."

"From the beginning, none of these things really existed. They all appeared based on my heart. That's why zombies that shouldn't exist in Dou Qi Continent appeared here. So, when I thought you were Hun Dai'er , then you really are."

"Although I am not very willing, I have to admit that this place is much more difficult and dangerous than I imagined. From this point of view, your Izumo Empire can actually be a little proud, because this is the only place where I can The place where I was poisoned, and I didn’t even realize it.”

Chapter 31: Neurotoxins

Xiao Yan looked at everything in front of him and breathed out gently. At this moment, he could be sure that neither Hun Dai'er in front of him nor the Nether Poison Fire on the altar were real. What exists are some counterfeits created based on his heart.

Because he initially thought of zombies, zombies actually appeared in front of him, but his subconscious told him that zombies could not exist in Dou Qi Continent, so he felt a sense of disobedience, so the medicine The old man will appear and tell him that these so-called zombies are caused by toxins.

But this alone was not enough to dispel the sense of disobedience in Xiao Yan's heart. Therefore, another person was created to fill the doubts in Xiao Yan's heart, and that person was naturally chosen to be the person who impressed Xiao Yan the most. That is Hun Dai'er, but Xiao Yan's subconscious was very resistant to Hun Dai'er, so the so-called "Yundai" came out.

It is precisely because of this that Xiao Yan feels that "Yundai" is very familiar, because her prototype is Hun Dai'er, who has a complicated relationship with him, and the reason why he cannot be wary of her is also very simple, because of this "Yundai" was essentially created by himself and was a non-existent thing. Naturally, he would not be aware of any threat.

And everything after that was born based on what Xiao Yan thought in his mind. Because he had watched zombie movies, the scenes he encountered when he came in were also similar to Resident Evil. He felt that the poisonous fire from the netherworld was The corpse monster created was more than capable, and then a skeleton that was equal to Dou Wang really appeared.

These constructed things appeared to fill the doubts in Xiao Yan's heart and reduce his sense of disobedience, thereby weaving a perfect illusion and trapping Xiao Yan in it. However, Xiao Yan knew very well that with his Willpower and ordinary illusions cannot have any effect on him. The only thing that can affect him is external force, such as... poison.

However, what the caster of this poison did not know was that so many coincidences along the way had already made Xiao Yan wary, so when he was pressed by the giant skeleton hand, Xiao Yan had already started to act intentionally or unintentionally. The earth is using its own thinking to guide the entire illusion, thereby determining whether the place it is currently in is a real place.

To put it simply, if Xiao Yan's experience in the first half was a dream, the second half was a lucid dream controlled by him.

"Even if you see that all this is fake, so what? You can't leave here at all." The false Hun Dai'er did not dissipate because Xiao Yan exposed her falsehood. She sat on the altar with eyes in her eyes. There was a hint of ridicule, "It's better to sink here. At least you will die happily."

"Tsk, it is indeed created based on my consciousness. Even the words are equally annoying... However, you don't know me as well as she does." Xiao Yan shook his head with a chuckle and said: " Even hundreds of reincarnations can't make me sink, so how can a mere illusion trap me?"

As Xiao Yan's words fell, the space in front of him began to gradually collapse. The next moment, the scene in the entire underground palace suddenly became distorted. Hun Dai'er let out a shrill cry and stretched out her claw-like palms. , tearing his body into many strips of flesh stained with black blood.

Immediately afterwards, countless chaotic sounds sounded from Xiao Yan's ears, including screams, laughter, crying, and neighing. The chaotic sounds overlapped with the chaotic and bloody scenes, making Xiao Yan's brain confused. Became a ball.

If an ordinary person faced such a scene, he would have gone insane. But for Xiao Yan, this kind of scene was just a drop in the bucket. He sneered and slowly closed his eyes. In an instant, the sound in his ears The noisy sound immediately disappeared without a trace.

When Xiao Yan opened his eyes again, the chaotic scenes in the underground palace had disappeared without a trace, replaced by a dark forest. He had just woken up and felt a sense of suffocation. He looked down and saw a black vine firmly strangling his neck.

Not only his neck, but his limbs were also tied up by those black vines. Those black vines were covered with many sharp poisonous stings. If a normal person was tied up like this, even if he was not strangled to death by the vines, he would be killed by these poisonous thorns. He was killed by the thorns, but there was a faint layer of white light on the surface of his body. It was this weak layer of light that resisted these fatal injuries for Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan immediately summoned the Nine Nether Fire and burned all the vines directly. Before he could land on the ground, countless black vines were shooting towards him like an overwhelming force. With a thought in Xiao Yan's mind, dark flames rose. When it rose up, it immediately enveloped his entire body, and those vines were instantly burned to ashes by the sudden appearance of the Nine Nether Fire.

"This is..." Xiao Yan maintained the Nine Nether Fire covering his whole body while observing the surrounding environment. What he was in now seemed to be a forest. The forest was filled with many giant black trees. Previously, Those vines were snatched out from these giant trees. There were countless corpses and bones under the giant trees. They must be other unlucky people, but... why are I here?

"This is the Sky Poison Swamp." At this moment, Yao Lao's somewhat weak voice slowly sounded from his heart, "Little guy, you finally woke up."

"Teacher, how are you?" Xiao Yan noticed Yao Lao's weakness and asked immediately. The layer of white light that appeared on his body just now was presumably transformed by Yao Lao's power, which made those black vines disappear. Hurt yourself.

"Let's talk about your situation first." Yao Lao sighed and said, "Little guy, what happened to you just now? Why did you walk in here without looking back, and no matter how I called you, no respond?"

In fact, Yao Lao also tried to forcibly control Xiao Yan's body, but found that he could not gain control of Xiao Yan's body no matter what. Therefore, he could only use his strength to protect Xiao Yan when the vines trapped him.

"I was poisoned just now." Xiao Yan said with a bitter smile.

"Poison? How is this possible?" Yao Lao was a little surprised, "You have that black flame body protection, how could poison hurt you? And I didn't feel any poison in you?"

"It's not an ordinary poison." Xiao Yan shook his head and said: "What I was poisoned was a very rare neurotoxin that can cause people to have hallucinations and lose control of the body. It's not targeting the body, but Targeting the human brain, I don’t know how it does it, I just know that I was infected with this neurotoxin before I entered the village.”

Chapter 32: The Poison Swamp

"I see, no wonder..." After hearing Xiao Yan's story, Yao Lao also suddenly realized why Xiao Yan was out of control before, "I said this place is obviously a forest area, there is not half a swamp, but why is there a sky? The name Poison Swamp turns out to be because of this neurotoxin.”

Indeed, people who are infected by this kind of neurotoxin and indulge in hallucinations are not like falling into a swamp by mistake, sinking deeper and deeper, and finally being completely swallowed by it. Even Xiao Yan, although he broke free from the poison produced by the neurotoxin, It's an illusion, but if it weren't for Yao Lao's help, I'm afraid I would have almost fallen here.

Strange fire can isolate most toxins in the world, but this neurotoxin alone cannot do this, because it will not cause any harm to the poisoned person, but will only make people addicted to it. Therefore, strange fire The function of autonomous body protection cannot react to this neurotoxin. Of course, this is also the reason why Xiao Yan's current strength is too weak. If his strength can be stronger or prepared in advance, this so-called neurotoxin It won't do anything to him either.

"Teacher, how are you doing now?" Xiao Yan continued to ask.

"In this forest, there seems to be a huge restriction on soul power. My soul power consumption here is more than a hundred times that of the outside world. You were trapped by those black vines for two hours. During this period, you were trapped by those black vines. It is my soul power that is protecting you, and now I have very little soul power left." Yao Lao sighed, with an unconcealable weakness in his voice, "I'm afraid that soon, I will be like I fell into a deep sleep like that before.”

"I will find a way to help you restore your soul power as soon as possible." Xiao Yan was silent for a while, and finally said slowly.

"Haha... I don't doubt this. After all, your performance has always satisfied me, but in the next period of time, I'm afraid you will have to go alone." Yao Lao's voice became weaker and weaker.

Just when the voice was about to fall silent, Yao Lao seemed to remember something again, and the rapid and weak voice sounded again.

"By the way, you can also use my ring after I fall asleep. The Baijie Pill I refined before is inside. If you really find the Nether Poison Fire, use it to devour the Nether Poison Fire. The Naling needed to swallow the strange fire is also in the ring. In addition, I also stored some bone spirit cold fire in the ring. If you encounter any danger, you can also use it..."

After saying the last words, Yao Lao's voice never sounded again, and it seemed that he had completely fallen into a deep sleep.

Yao Lao's deep sleep did not make Xiao Yan panic. After all, he was helpless in his previous life. He came here alone. He had long been accustomed to this kind of life, but he lacked someone who could help him carry out the work. Just a tool man.

Moreover, although Yao Lao's sleep also means that he has one less trump card, it also means that Xiao Yan has a higher degree of freedom. He can use many methods or practicing fighting skills that cannot be used in front of Yao Lao. It can be taken out and used, so this matter is not without any benefit to him.

Xiao Yan did not pause for a moment because of Yao Lao's deep sleep. He took out a few Qi Recovery Pills from the Najie and threw them into his mouth. While recovering his fighting spirit, he walked towards the depths of the Sky Poison Swamp. It is clear that this kind of neurotoxin cannot appear in an area like this. There must be something hidden inside the Sky Poison Swamp. Even if it is not the Nether Poison Fire, it must be some kind of rare treasure.

Going deep into the Sky Poison Swamp is undoubtedly a very dangerous thing, and the map he bought outside cannot clearly mark all the routes in the Sky Poison Swamp. The same is true for the other two forbidden areas, but he is there When he was in two places, he could use his soul power to detect the surrounding environment, but in the Sky Poison Swamp, his soul power was greatly restricted. Naturally, he couldn't scan the surroundings at will like before.

However, Xiao Yan also has a special ability that can help him find a way out of the Sky Poison Swamp. More than ten million bloody fights in his previous life, and countless experiences of wandering on the edge of life and death, have given him a kind of ability. Instinct, the ability to sense danger in advance, is not something you are born with, but something you develop over time.

With the help of this instinct, Xiao Yan could easily determine which direction was the most dangerous in the Sky Poison Swamp, and that should be the source of these neurotoxins.

As Xiao Yan continued to go deeper, the surrounding woods gradually became sparse. What finally caught Xiao Yan's eyes was a towering giant tree that was dozens of times larger than the others. That size could even It can match the ancient Bodhi tree that Xiao Yan saw in his previous life.

But what makes him feel a little strange is that such a huge tree can be seen even from a hundred miles away, but before entering the Sky Poison Swamp, he couldn't see this giant tree at all. The tree exists, and there is no sign associated with it on that map.

"It's right here..." After approaching this big tree, Xiao Yan felt that the sense of danger lingering in his heart was extremely strong. In other words, the source of everything was within this big tree. At this moment, Xiao Yan no longer cared about saving his soul power, and immediately mobilized his soul power to scan the big tree.

However, his soul power did not detect any abnormalities, but that strong intuition will not lie. Xiao Yan stood under the big tree, looked at the big black tree, and suddenly thought of something. Possibly, he then opened his palm and summoned the Nine Nether Fire again, throwing it directly towards the black tree.

When the Nine Nether Fire enveloped the big tree, the big tree actually let out a shrill wail. Then, its body began to shrink violently. What finally appeared in front of Xiao Yan was a gray body. A black humanoid skeleton, with a purple flame dancing in its eye sockets, which looked quite strange.

"Kacha!" The skeleton straightened up slowly, and a cloud of gray-black air spread out from its body. Xiao Yan immediately swallowed an antidote pill into his mouth, and then pulled out the Xuan Zhong Ruler. He assumed a fighting stance.

A skeleton that has been dead for who knows how many years is naturally impossible to have the ability to move. Maybe a fighting saint level existence can do this, but naturally there is no fighting saint in this small Izumo Empire, and if it really is As for the bones of the Dou Sheng, just the residual power after death has a strong sense of oppression, but Xiao Yan does not feel any sense of oppression now.

The skeleton cannot move, just as the big tree cannot howl. The only explanation is that they are all parasitized by something, and this thing is the source of the neurotoxin. Maybe the owner of this skeleton It is also an unlucky guy like Xiao Yan, but now Xiao Yan is not interested in caring about its origin. He only knows that the best way to deal with the skeleton is to directly turn it into ashes.

Chapter 33: Devil's Wrath Lotus

"Roar!" I saw the skeleton opening its mouth. It obviously had no vocal cords, but at this moment it let out a shrill cry from its mouth. That cry had a strange frequency that could affect the voices of other people. , causing people to feel in a trance. If the will is not firm, they may even go crazy on the spot.

However, these things naturally could not happen to Xiao Yan. He snorted coldly, opened his mouth suddenly, and then a roar like a wild lion suddenly resounded in the jungle, directly scattering the strange skeletons. The sound wave, even the skeleton itself was shaken back a few steps by this terrifying sound wave.

This sonic fighting skill is the sonic fighting skill that Xiao Yan found in the stone box in the cave. It is called "Crazy Lion's Roar". Together with the sound of the phoenix in his body, it is the effect of this strange sound wave. nemesis.