The hall was deeper than he expected. Buddha statues were lined up along the walls on both sides, and there was no end as far as the eye could see.
When he reached the center of the hall, Qin Tiexin suddenly stopped.
Killing Intent Perception gave a frantic warning without warning. The alarm suddenly sounded in his consciousness, sharp and urgent, and the hairs all over his body stood up instantly. He held the handle of Edgeless Saber with his left hand, his body sank slightly, and his eyes scanned around the front, back, left, and right.
But I didn't see anything. The hall was still empty. The pale golden light of the Buddha's light barrier filtered in from the door, illuminating the hall and making the incense ash particles float all over the hall.
No exception.
The murderous intent was getting stronger and stronger, so much so that his heartbeat was suppressed a few minutes faster. He couldn't find the source. Front, back, left, right, head and feet, within the range of Killing Intent Perception, except for him and Xiao Rou, there was no third living creature.
Qin Tiexin slowly turned his head and looked at Xiao Rou behind him.
Are you about to take action?
Xiao Rou stood two steps behind him, startled by his sudden movement, his face turned pale, he wrung his hands in front of him, and looked at him timidly. "Master... what's wrong?"
At this moment, the incense ashes on the ground flowed silently.
Qin Tiexin Turn around.
The incense ashes all over the hall are gathering towards the center from all directions, rolling along the ground in the same direction as if they have their own consciousness.
The gray-white powder accumulated higher and higher in the central open space, and became more and more solid. In a few breaths, two half-person-high ash piles were raised. There was a very fine rustling sound from inside the ash pile, as if thousands of ashes were rubbing against each other.
Then the ashes stood up.
Two humanoid figures, about seven feet tall, all gray and white.
The face is blurry, and no facial features can be seen, only two sunken eye sockets and a twisted mouth. There are no legs, and the lower body is a surging gray column, supporting the upper body to slowly stand up.
They stood up in an extremely unnatural posture. Every time they moved, dust fell from their bodies, and then they were pulled back to their bodies by invisible forces in mid-air.
There was a very thin rustling sound from the throat, like the friction of ashes, which was particularly clear in this silent hall.
Qin Tiexin's hand holding the knife tightened, these things made him feel an indescribable discomfort in his bones. His intuition told him that this was not Demon Beast, not a puppet, not even a living thing, but it appeared in front of him so strangely.
The two ash figures moved at the same time.
The ash pillar pressed towards the ground, and the entire human figure bounced up with the force, stretching out two arms made of incense ash, and rushed towards Qin Tiexin and Xiao Rou, one from the left and one from the right.
Qin Tiexin reacted extremely quickly, Edgeless swept out from left to right, the blade accurately passing over the waist of the incense humanoid.
This monster's cultivation level didn't feel high, it was about the Qi Refinement Realm. As Edgeless slashed horizontally, the humanoid shape shattered, and its upper body was separated from the gray pillar, scattering into gray mist.
But the strange thing is that when the blade passes through, there is no feeling of hitting a real object. It is like cutting into a pile of loose ash, with no resistance and lightness.
Xiao Rou also took out a Lower-Grade Law Artifact long sword from Storage Bag, and stabbed another ash humanoid with one sword.
The tip of the sword pierced Hui's body, but there was no impact. The gray mist spread along the sword's body, as if it was trying to climb up her wrist along the hilt. She exclaimed, quickly drew the sword back, and took another blow before it completely shattered.
Broken incense ash was scattered on the ground, like a pile of sand that had lost its support.
But after only a moment, the ashes began to squirm like living creatures, gathered towards the same point, and re-condensed into a new human shape.
Qin Tiexin noticed that the re-condensed humanoid movements were faster than before, and the posture of bending down and standing up was also a bit smoother.
In other words, he is more like a "person".
He didn't give them a second chance to attack. Mountain-Shaking Steps stepped forward and stepped forward, Edgeless slashed three times in a row. The first slash smashed the humanoid's head, the second slash cut the waist horizontally, and the third slash split it in half from top to bottom.
The gray mist dispersed in all directions, but slowly gathered in place again after a moment.
After gathering the human form, Incense Ash Monster's speed is one minute faster, the shape of legs begins to appear below, and its cultivation level has reached Peak of Qi Refining.
Attack methods have also begun to change.
At first, he just rushed forward to scratch, but after being chopped into pieces by Qin Tiexin, his arms could be extended when he condensed again, and his gray-white arms were whipped towards his face like a whip.
Qin Tiexin turned his head to avoid it, and his arm swept past his face. The scattered ash fragments immediately solidified behind him, turning into a gray arrow that pierced his back.
The gray arrow hit Qi Gang, making a very light muffled sound and scattering into a cloud of gray mist.
Immediately afterwards, the human figure suddenly opened its mouth, and a stream of gray mist spurted out from its mouth, overwhelmingly covering Qin Tiexin.
The gray mist was extremely thick, carrying the smell of old incense and the hidden smell of blood, and rushed directly towards his mouth and nose. Qin Tiexin held his breath, Qi Gang released it, and a light red light film covered him from head to toe.
The gray mist hit the surface of Qi Gang and slid off one after another without being able to penetrate even a bit.
Xiao Rou It's not so easy over there.
Her swordsmanship is not bad among Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator, but facing something that cannot be chopped or killed, a set of Swordsmanship is completely useless.
Her Swordsmanship mainly focuses on stabbing, which is obviously not as high-damage as Qin Tiexin's Edgeless. Xiao Rou stabbed more than a dozen times. Each sword only left a hole in Hui's body, but it healed instantly. She could only use the sword as a knife and cut it into pieces completely with several consecutive blows.
But as Incense Ash Monster becomes stronger and stronger, Xiao Rou becomes more and more difficult to deal with.
Xiao Rou had just struck out with a sword, but before she could take it back, the human figure stretched out two gray arms, wrapped one around her sword body on the left and one on the right, and pulled it violently to both sides. The sword was pulled out of her hands, and she staggered back two steps, tripping on the gravel on the ground and almost falling.
Qin Tiexin chopped the human figure in front of him into pieces with one knife. He noticed Xiao Rou's situation with his peripheral vision and ignored it.
He couldn't care about her now. Incense Ash Monster was chopped into pieces by him repeatedly four or five times. Each time he regrouped, his strength increased by one point. The first two humanoids were at the level of Early Qi Refining at best. They could be chopped apart in one sweep. By the third time, they were able to dodge in the gap between his swords. The fourth time, the speed of the gray arrow was so fast that he had to turn sideways. The fifth time, the force of the attack had already made the stone slab under his feet begin to crack.
Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, it's almost the end of the process.
Qin Tiexin slashed across the waist of the humanoid figure that rushed towards him. Just as he was about to make another stab, Incense Ash Monster's fallen arm brushed his calf without causing any flesh injuries, but the touch made his consciousness suddenly sink.
Chaotic memory fragments flooded into my mind.
There is a practice room with a bluestone floor and a view of the rolling mountain peaks outside the window. There is a stone mountain gate on the peak with three big characters on it, Cliff Sect.
A sword cultivator whose face could not be seen stood in the center of the room, repeating a set of sword techniques over and over again. The movements were monotonous and stubborn, and each sword was extremely powerful. The scene turned, and the sword cultivator was kneeling in front of a new tomb. A name was engraved on the stone tablet in front of the grave, which was blurry. He lowered his head, and the veins on the back of the hand holding the handle of the knife popped out. A tear fell into the soil, and was quickly sucked dry by the dust.
The memory was broken here, Qin Tiexin suddenly came back to his senses, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back, and he actually stood there for a breath.