squeak...
A surge of Magic Power erupted from the giant hand, shattering the fishing net in two at its fingertips. The palm, formed by condensed energy, instantly deformed, and the two halves of the fishing net, now broken, slowed their advance. Then, the two halves overlapped and merged, carrying their remaining power towards the old woman.
"Hehe... you've got quite a few tricks up your sleeve!"
After chuckling twice, she extended her will further to guard the surroundings. Then, she pulled up her wide black sleeves, and as the fishing net approached, she clearly felt the binding Power of Laws within it.
With her Magic Power activated, the old woman's sleeves billowed, and her body surged with energy. Her once bulging sleeves became smooth as threads, and corpse energy emerged and clung to the edges of her sleeves. She turned her arms several times toward the fishing net in front of her.
The once soft black sleeves now resembled steel guillotines, bursting with sonic booms that were almost cutting through the air as they were propelled at high speed. Using the corpse energy as the sharpest blade, they shredded the fishing net containing the binding power into fine threads.
With a few hissing sounds, the fishing net turned into fine threads. The old woman once again extended her will towards the boy who was about to disappear. She suspected that the bright light she had encountered earlier was the boy's method, which was the only method that made her somewhat wary.
Therefore, during the battle just now, she kept her will focused on guarding against the bright light around her. The young man's cultivation was shallow, and even if he had treasures, he could only use some minor tricks. But that bright light was truly awe-inspiring.
She pondered that this might be a technique left behind by Yuan Gong, but the intense light might consume too much magical Magic Power, so only one burst could be emitted in a short time. Otherwise, why hadn't he used it to attack after chasing for so long?
Having figured this out, she strode forward again, now only a step away from the boy's back.
Suddenly, the boy stopped running and turned to look at the old woman, with an abyss behind him!
The short chase seemed exceptionally long that day. Hunter and prey constantly switched roles, offense and defense alternated, and the old woman had grown tired of Dansheng's various little tricks.
"Go ahead and run! Keep running, let's see if you can draw yourself some wings!"
With an endless abyss behind him and nowhere to retreat, the boy looked at the ruined Mount Yunmeng, shrouded in the aura of death, and a resolute look flashed across his pained face.
Since there's nowhere left to retreat, there's no need to retreat any further!
She watched as the young man stopped, his entire body surging with Magic Power, and another rain of arrows condensed in front of him, hurtling towards the old woman. The old woman was extremely close at this moment, and her black robes were immediately blown backward by the strong wind.
"Hmph! You're asking for it!"
After letting out a low groan, the corpse energy beneath his feet surged violently once more, and the robes that had been tilted backward returned to normal. Then, as his Magic Power surged out, the long robes instantly enveloped the surrounding air.
The robes slid rapidly through the air, creating a series of sonic booms, and the continuous flow of Magic Power condensed towards the oncoming rain of arrows.
Thump thump thump...
With the enhancement of Magic Power, the soft sleeves became like hard iron hammers, colliding with the rain of arrows in the air with a strong wind. The first row of arrows shattered again, but the sleeves continued their momentum, pounding forward fiercely. The old woman knew that this young man had many tricks up his sleeves, and she wanted to finish this battle quickly.
A violent energy suddenly erupted from her seemingly old and frail body. The old woman, with her profound cultivation, possessed almost inexhaustible Magic Power, and each of her attacks caused chaos in the surrounding scene.
A surge of Magic Power erupted, and a vast amount of energy fluctuated violently before the boy. Although Dansheng Divine Brush in his hand, he was only barely holding on.
"Hand over the sacred relic, and I'll let you get out of Mount Yunmeng alive!"
"Don't even think about it! Demons are wicked; even if they obtained the Heavenly Book, they would only be inviting divine retribution!"
With a deathly pale face Dansheng picked up the jade pen again, took a deep breath as if he had made some important decision, and used the jade pen to draw a small human figure in the air.
call...
She exhaled and the jade pen fell to the ground. A beam of light shot through the clouds, piercing the billowing corpse energy atop the mountain peak, carrying with it the moisture in the clouds as it headed straight for the old woman in black robes.
The surrounding vegetation, swept by the intense light, turned to dust. The light from the clouds came with the force of thunder and the speed of the wind, appearing before the old woman in an instant.
The old woman flicked her sleeve, dispersing the fierce wind that was about to come. Sensing an approaching danger, her black sleeve quickly rolled back, and with a twist of her arm, it formed a giant umbrella in front of her once again.
She had long ago released her will to be constantly vigilant against this light and shadow. The intense light was like thunder and wind, fast as lightning, and the sweeping energy could burn everything to dust. If she didn't take precautions, she would surely be injured by it.
She had already experienced the power of the previous intense light, but she didn't know its source. This time, she noticed that the intense light was summoned by the jade pen in the boy's hand and shot down from the clouds.
Her Magic Power surged wildly and clung to her, using endless Magic Power to forcibly counteract the scorching heat of the intense light. Feeling the powerful energy in front of her, she looked at the jade pen in the boy's hand, and a greedy glint appeared in her eyes.
She was reluctant to use the corpse energy she had painstakingly refined to counteract the intense light, so she used her boundless Magic Power to exhaust the pale-faced boy!
Bang!
A slightly muffled sound came from behind the old woman, like a sharp knife stabbing into flesh, making a teeth-grinding sound.
Suddenly, an unexpected turn of events occurred: a long, silver fox tail pierced deeply into the old woman's back.
The silver fox tail and black robe created a striking contrast. The old woman, still struggling against the bright light, was suddenly struck fatally from behind.
At this moment, the old woman's body was still facing Dansheng. She used her Magic Power to resist and neutralize the powerful light. After being fatally hit from behind, her head, which was originally facing Dansheng, suddenly turned 180 degrees backward, looking at Lian'er, who had been following behind, in a rather strange posture!
"Hehehe... My good child, you were indeed one of the first to come into contact with the Heavenly Book, and now your cultivation level is already that of Earth Immortal! You've unlocked all the clan's secret techniques, haven't you? What a clever mind you have! This method of observing from the sidelines and launching a sneak attack from behind—truly worthy of being a genius of my Nine-Tails Clan..."
"I must thank our ancestor for his guidance, which has enabled Lian'er to achieve her current Earth Immortal cultivation level!"
Looking at the stalemate between the three parties, the girl spoke to her ancestor word by word with a fierce expression.
As soon as he finished speaking, the silver fox tail gathered its Magic Power once more and stabbed fiercely into the back of the old woman in black robes.
"Hahaha... Well then, our ancestor will see just how capable our clan's Earth Immortal are today! They dare to do this, unaware of the mantis behind the cicada!"
No sooner had the old woman finished speaking than a silver fox tail shot out from under her black robe with a "whoosh" and stabbed fiercely at Lian'er behind her.
The robes of the fox were silently torn open at the spot where Lian'er had stabbed it in the back, and a thick cloud of corpse energy bound its tail, the immense resistance preventing it from advancing any further.
The old woman was surrounded by the aura of death, yet she remained unharmed!
Upon seeing this, Lian'er's pupils suddenly contracted. Her deep-seated fear of her ancestor made her heart skip a beat, and she had a bad feeling.
But now the arrow is on the bowstring and must be released. It seems this old guy was already on guard against me. Now it all comes down to who has the stronger hand!
The old woman's long fox tail arrived in an instant, and the fox tail, enveloped in the corpse aura, couldn't help but quickly turn around, bringing with it a stench of decay that coiled up the ancestor's fox tail.
Watching the two silver hairs wrestle in the air like braids, Dansheng was somewhat bewildered.
Why are they fighting? They really are demons, their hearts are wicked, and they covet great power!
Before Dansheng could react, a large amount of Magic Power surged out from the old woman's body, and the surrounding spiritual energy became extremely intense, revealing her true cultivation as a top-tier predator.
"Snort!"
The surging Magic Power billowed her robes, and the thick corpse aura beneath her feet made her appear like a ghost or god. The dense corpse aura, carrying an extremely powerful energy, shattered the bright light.
Sizzle...
Under the intense scorching light, the corpse's aura turned into droplets of putrid liquid in front of him.
The old woman's face twisted in agony when she saw the specks of putrid water on the ground. She couldn't bear the thought of being betrayed at that moment, and disregarded Lian'er behind her, she wanted to obtain the sacred object first!
As the light and shadow dissipated and the threat vanished, the old woman stretched out her left hand, angrily grabbing at Dansheng. Seeing this Lian'er behind her twisted her fox tail sharply, exerting force in the opposite direction.
She couldn't let her ancestor obtain the Divine Brush, otherwise her backstabbing would have been meaningless!
The old woman naturally felt a strong pull from behind. She let out a low shout, her Magic Power surged, and a burst of energy swept backward, highlighting the Power of Laws. The surrounding space was compressed and slightly distorted, and a terrifying will swept towards her back.
With nowhere to dodge, Lian'er had no choice but to stop. A fox tail shot out from behind her again, advancing instead of retreating, and head-on met the Power of Laws.
For the first time, this Earth Immortal raised her head and fought against the fear within her heart!
Dansheng above the abyss watched the two demons battle. The old woman had forcibly broken through his light and shadow, leaving him pale, drenched in sweat, and unable to move.
Two enormous fox tails swayed gently in the air, every single hair standing on end, gathering boundless Magic Power to receive a terrifying burst of energy in the air.
boom...
Two immense forces collided head-on in mid-air. The moment they collided, the surrounding air was violently sucked out, and a large crater formed on the ground below. In an instant, rubble and vegetation within a radius of tens of meters were scattered and turned to ash.
After a loud bang, the old woman ignored everything behind her and stared intently at Dansheng. Lian'er's two fox tails trembled slightly, and her blood surged violently within her body. She had finally sensed the true strength of her ancestor.
Seeing that her ancestor had withdrawn his Magic Power, she dared not stop. With a "whoosh," her fox tail coiled forward once more.
Her goal is the Divine Brush!
"Court death!"
Seeing the silver hair attacking from her side again, the old woman could no longer suppress her anger. A surge of corpse energy rose beneath her feet and swept towards the fox tail. She used corpse energy for this attack, as corpse energy has a great corrosive effect on living things. In her anger, she severed all ties with Lian'er.
Enraged and filled with the aura of death, she charged toward Lian'er's fox tail with incredible speed, determined to finish off the person who had stabbed her in the back!
Lian'er the ancestor was furious and actually used corpse energy against her!
Even though the two had long been at odds and scheming against each other, including the time when the ancestor asked him to go to Mount Yunmeng to test Yuan Gong's whereabouts, it was all a matter of mutual exploitation. But since Xu Long destroyed the Tushan Family, the two had become each other's only family in the world.
The way our ancestors acted at this moment was chilling to the bone.
The girl narrowed her bright eyes, a playful smile curving her lips.
Driven by Magic Power, just as the corpse energy was about to touch the fox's tail, it suddenly changed, nimbly bypassing the corpse energy beside the ancestor and swiftly attacking in the direction of the Dansheng.
Stubborn to the end!
Seeing that Lian'er had dodged her attack and was heading straight for Dansheng, the old woman knew that Lian'er was still up to no good and wanted to steal the Divine Brush even after using the Heavenly Book to enhance her strength!
She was not surprised at all by the fox's two-faced and fickle nature, after all, as the head of the Tushan family, she had lived like that her whole life.
But the two are now each other's only blood relatives, and they are fighting to the death for two treasures. Even with her Dao Heart tempered by countless years, she couldn't help but sigh.
But this is not the time to be soft-hearted!
With a sharp look in her eyes, the corpse energy that had previously missed its target gathered again and followed closely behind the fox's tail, determined to wipe out the threat!
Watching the two fight, Dansheng secretly hoped they would fight to the death and both be severely injured. But the young girl was quite cunning; she had actually toyed with the old woman and was now coming towards him.
Looking at the destruction of Mount Yunmeng, Dansheng felt as if his heart was bleeding. All of this had been arranged by him and his master over the past ten years!
Now, because he was unaware of the illusions and personally let the demon in, this sacred place of immortals has become like a Hell realm.
Mountains and ponds collapsed, purple smoke and auspicious clouds were blown away, and colorful Luan Crane were brutally killed. All because of their desires, two demons fought fiercely, risking their lives to fight for the Divine Brush and the Heavenly Book.
Divine Brush...
Watching the silver brush hurtling towards him and the billowing corpse energy following closely behind, Dansheng wept with hatred. He glanced at the Divine Brush in his hand again, then hurled it fiercely into the dark abyss below!
I'm sorry, Master...
A flash of despair crossed her eyes, which then closed sadly. Two drops of water fell one after the other into the abyss...
"No!"
Concentrating on chasing Lian'er's silver hair, the old woman noticed Dansheng's actions. Her face twisted violently, and she couldn't help but shout loudly towards the abyss.
Having already possessed the Heavenly Book, she naturally had an even stronger desire to possess the Divine Brush. Now that the Divine Brush had been thrown into the abyss, she was undoubtedly the most nervous one.
Bang!
A fox tail burst forth from the ground in an instant, burrowing deep into the earth. Then, disregarding her Dansheng, the old woman leaped into the abyss in a flash, all for the sake of the Divine Brush!
At this moment, Lian'er frowned when she saw Dansheng throw the Divine Brush into the abyss, but the fox tail that was heading towards Dansheng did not lose its momentum.
The fox tail and the corpse aura arrived in front of Dansheng in an instant. Even with his eyes closed, Dansheng could feel a strong stench of decay rushing towards him. The fierce fox tail whipped up a gust of wind that caused Dansheng's robes to tumble upside down.
There's nowhere to retreat, nowhere to escape! Am I going to die? I've failed my master's instructions...
He hasn't experienced much since birth.
But at this moment, he remembered it all.
The driver, the old lady, the little dog by the roadside...
I never realized how lacking my experience was!
But it doesn't matter, I'm going to die anyway...