As the tornado enveloped the sword light at the top, a loud "boom" resounded, and the slender tornado collapsed. A streak of light shot out from the gray flames at the top.
Gray Crow tried to take flight again amidst the collapsing tornado, where countless sword energies still raged. Shankui, despite being struck by Xu Long, still clung tightly to the sword formation.
Although the tornado was losing momentum, he still had countless gray crows beneath him, and he was unwilling to give up.
The arms that were wrapped around it suddenly contracted, and the Dragon-Soaring Sword inside was twisted and bent by a Super Strength. Feeling trapped, the Dragon Soar couldn't help but let out a mournful "humming" sound.
Shankui felt a surge of disdain upon seeing this, but at that moment, a strong sense of oppression came from above his head. A blood-red magic seal was reflected in the pulsating purple lightning and fire, and it was falling down.
Seeing this, Shankui thought to himself: This guy actually has some skills! The two balls of lightning and fire actually merged together within the gray tornado, making a human-like frowning gesture.
Seeing that the seal was about to fall again, Shankui had no choice but to abandon the Dragon Soar Soaring Sword in his arm. The Dragon-Soaring Treasured Sword, which had been detached from his embrace, spun around in an instant, and the small blade let out a joyful cry in the air.
Meanwhile, the Shankui below withdrew his arm to catch the magic seal. Relying on his Undying and Indestructible Body, he did not take the young man's magic seal seriously at all, and was about to trap the magic seal and devour it again, just like before.
Xu Long was also at a loss. This blood-red seal would definitely be a powerful weapon against other cultivators, but it was like a dud in front of Shankui, and he could swallow it whole without any problem.
If others were facing the magic seal, they would definitely choose a roundabout way to deal with it, but Shankui resisted the magic seal head-on with strong disdain, which made Xu Long even more curious about his origins.
Judging from his appearance, he was originally formless and shapeless, and had no parasitic nature. He was only a group of scattered gray crows. But why was he able to stand firm under the repeated attacks of Xu Long and the young man, and even showed signs of becoming more and more courageous?
This was completely unexpected for Xu Long. His plan to control the battle situation had met with a setback for the first time in front of Shankui.
Xu Long knew very little about the origins of the Shankui, and the formidable strength he was displaying at this moment truly shocked him.
Xu Long has encountered many opponents on his path of cultivation, but none are as unique as Shankui, who possesses his own laws and a bizarre physique.
The great cultivators in the Heavenly Palace should not be underestimated. Although Wang Yan has been defeated by them several times, they still have a group of cultivators under their command who have survived the calamities.
Those were cultivators like myself who had been granted Immortal Register titles, who had inscribed their names in the Hundun, and who had already achieved something in their own right.
At this moment, after releasing the Dragon-Soaring Treasured Sword, the Shankui caught the magic seal, and the tornado, after breaking, was not reconnected.
As the seal descended, it still carried immense force, causing the tornado below to plummet as if crushed by the seal, its swirling momentum momentarily halted.
Hehehe!
Despite the magic seal, Shankui did not compromise. Instead, he sneered twice and forcefully shot out two gray flames.
A series of loud "whooshing" sounds suddenly arose, and the flames shot out in the air rose up with the force of the air, like two fire dragons circling around their bodies and heading straight into the sky.
Their heads move extremely fast, but are very long and thin, while their lower bodies are quite large.
After shooting out, the gray fire dragon rose to a considerable height, then covered the magic seals in the air layer by layer. The tornado below was lifted up by the fire dragon, and the broken and collapsed parts stood up again.
This simple move saved the Shankui from danger, and at this moment, the blood-red magic seal in his arms exploded.
Rumble!
The slender fire dragon was instantly engulfed in the bloody light, and a huge shockwave burst forth from the dense crimson.
Countless gray crows were caught in the blast, their energy exploding into wisps of death.
The tornado that had just stood up suddenly trembled, its spinning form abruptly halted, and the layers of flames swayed erratically in the air.
The slender fire dragon was completely engulfed by the blood-red light, and the Shankui below never rose again until the very last moment.
The explosion of the Dharma Seal stirred up a massive energy fluctuation within the sea of lightning, swirling countless arcs of electricity within it.
The enormous tornado twisted and turned amidst the arcs of electricity, as if it were absorbing the energy carried by the hand seal.
The chaotic energy inside the tornado kept contracting and expanding, churning and tumbling the gray crows.
At this moment, the tornado had completely lost its original form, and in the sea of lightning, it fell down unsteadily like an alien.
Seeing that the magic seal had been effective, the young man breathed a sigh of relief and then focused his attention on the Dragon-Soaring Treasured Sword that had just escaped its confinement.
Xu Long was watching the Shankui's movements when he inadvertently noticed that the strange tornado was heading straight for him as it fell.
Despite the young man's various tactics, Shankui still managed to determine who was the primary and who was the secondary.
Xu Long thought: The Shankui are actually looking down on me because of my low cultivation level, so they want to defeat me one by one. The best way is to use me to coerce the young man.
Upon anticipating this moment, a sense of crisis suddenly arose in Xu Long's heart. As an intense sense of oppression swept over him, the gray flames in his eyes instantly flared up.
As if it wanted to devour him completely, the Shankui actually let go of the young man and rushed straight towards Xu Long.
The gray alien in the air rapidly enlarged in size, resembling a ferocious beast falling from a sea of lightning.
The swaying gray crows, connected by billowing death energy, were about to devour Xu Long within the sea of lightning.
Seeing that the Shankui had locked onto him, Xu Long's heart tightened.
Just now, he and the young man were almost glued to each other, launching a fierce attack, causing the Shankui to be repeatedly thwarted in the sea of lightning.
It seems the other side was also blinded by the relentless attacks, and actually managed to fight the two of them for a while.
Aside from the Heaven-Approaching Finger, it didn't unleash any other powerful attacks until now, finally shaking off the youth and heading straight for Xu Long.
Shankui felt a surge of frustration; he was exhausted by the youth's relentless attacks.
He had intended to end the sword formation, but Xu Long had caused him more trouble, and the two of them working together actually made him feel somewhat uneasy.
However, he knew that Xu Long, who was present, was of a lower cultivation level and would be much easier to deal with. The two blood-red magic seals that the young man had swallowed were making him feel quite uncomfortable.
After thinking for a moment, Shankui immediately gave Xu Long a magic seal.
As the saying goes, comparing people will only lead to ruin, and comparing goods will only lead to discarding them.
Xu Long had thought that the young man's blood-red magic seal was already quite powerful, but now he saw that the Shankui's magic seal was much more solid than the young man's blood-red magic seal.
Its power surpassed even the crimson seal from before, causing his heart to sink as he thought to himself: This trial is probably going to be difficult!
There was no sign of the Shankui forming any hand seals; instead, the hand seals in the air were condensed and appeared to have a gray appearance.
The entire seal was engulfed in gray flames, with fine energy flowing within it, and a dense aura of death emanating from it.
Within the alien's body, gray crows fluttered up and down, causing the gray hurricane to shake violently. Rolling death energy spread within the sea of lightning, and when the magic seals arrived after being stimulated, they surged dramatically.
Xu Long, who was below, felt a sudden tightness in his chest. Unable to dodge in time, he could only roar:
"Condense!"
After the sound, a huge array diagram appeared behind him, and an ancient aura immediately emanated from it.
The array diagram was covered with marks of the barbaric era, and nine stars slowly rotated on it.
After the array diagram appeared, Xu Long's vision suddenly darkened, and a huge human figure rose from the sea of lightning in an instant, like a pillar supporting the sky in the sea.
Its towering figure seemed to reach the sky, its thick arms supporting both sides. The blue-faced, fanged Dharma Body stared intently at the heavens beyond, its aura as fierce as that of a demon god.
Boom!
After a loud bang, the gray Dharma seal was caught by the Dharma Body above his head.
Xu Long felt the pressure on him suddenly decrease, but before he could even catch his breath, the magic seal in the sea of lightning underwent another change.
After the Dharma Body held up the Dharma Seal, no violent energy surged out from it.
After being restrained, the Dharma Seal instead gathered a resilient power, which transformed into two slender gray fire dragons that coiled down in front of the Dharma Body.
Xu Long, standing behind him, froze, as if he were being watched by something, and a sense of crisis arose within him.
At that moment, a thought flashed through his mind, and the sword light in the sky instantly swirled back. At the same time, his Dharma Body turned around at lightning speed, using its massive size to bind the two fire dragons together.
A series of crackling sounds erupted as the fine flames were shredded on the body of the Dharma Body, and the momentum of the two fire dragons was momentarily halted.
With eyes like lightning, the Dharma Body seized the opportunity and swiftly moved its hands out like iron pincers, firmly clamping down on the fire dragon's head.
A series of "cawing" sounds rang out, and countless gray crows took flight around the Dharma Body.
When Shankui saw the array diagram appear, his heart skipped a beat. His eyes, formed by purple lightning and fire, even wrinkled in a somewhat anthropomorphic way, clearly indicating that the array diagram had given him some surprise.
Considering Xu Long's unpredictable methods, Shankui felt that this little fellow's receiving the Immortal Register wasn't just a stroke of luck, but rather a genuine "fortuitous encounter"...
Shankui stopped his thoughts, and as soon as he landed, the two fire dragons in his Dharma Body's hands suddenly swelled up.
Xu Long felt a sense of unease and tried to shake off the fire dragons with his Dharma Body, but then he heard two muffled thuds.
The Dharma Body within the sea of lightning trembled violently, its form as if it had been struck by a powerful electric current, and the fire that had been coiled around its side had already exploded.
The shockwave from the explosion bound the electric arcs within the sea of lightning, and the fire dragon's long body lashed at the Dharma Body like a thick chain.
The solidified Dharma Body was thrown back and forth in the energy shockwave, and was actually thrown away by the rolling energy.
Without the protection of his Dharma Body, Xu Long now had to face the gray alien form alone.
As Xu Long turned back, the pressure increased dramatically, and in the blink of an eye, Shankui was already in front of him.
Left with no other choice, he could only instinctively prop up the curtain wall to defend against it.
As the sense of oppression increased dramatically overhead, the patch of gray flames instantly climbed up the curtain wall.
The cawing echoed outside the curtain wall, which now resembled a gray wall in front of Xu Long, attracting countless gray crows to climb onto it.
The dense aura of death also crept in from all sides, and countless flames completely engulfed the curtain wall.
Xu Long felt a strong sense of suffocation inside the curtain wall, while the sky above him was shrouded in gray.
He could only watch helplessly as the Shankui's enormous body swallowed him whole, with gray crows fluttering endlessly within it.
The clattering drumming grew increasingly piercing, and Xu Long knew this was a sign that the curtain wall was about to be breached.
And the deathly aura lurking all around awaits a man-eating feast.
Shankui almost used his own body to fight Xu Long; he didn't break through the barrier like other cultivators.
He intended to completely engulf the curtain wall; this massive gray wall was designed to completely trap Xu Long!
Xu Long, inside the curtain wall, could barely sense any energy fluctuations; the dense gray flames had completely blocked energy transmission.
In this gray world, only the Shankui is the true ruler. When Xu Long faced other cultivators for the first time, he felt powerless.
He knew that this gray sky was the domain of the Shankui, which had evolved from his own body.
Beneath this gray realm, he is the absolute ruler. Like the Blood Domain displayed by the youth, it is a domain that has formed on its own, belonging to something beyond the heavens.
However, due to the difference in their strength, the power and prestige of their respective domains differed greatly.
Upon hearing this, Xu Long felt a jolt in his heart. The Shankui's body enveloped the curtain wall, clearly intending to devour him.
Those dense, gray flames are death energy; they will refine themselves after the curtain is broken.
Countless gray crows flew outside the curtain wall, waiting for this corpse. They stared at Xu Long's figure, their dark red eyes appearing beneath his gray feathers.
Its eyes were filled with bloodlust, deathly aura swirled around it, and gray crows waited. They combined to form the body of the Shankui, which enveloped the world, all for the purpose of devouring Xu Long completely.
Perhaps that deathly aura is formed from the resentment and malevolent energy of countless dead beings.
Those gray crows were like walking corpses, their dark red eyes filled with lingering wisps of the dead.
Living beings cannot be reborn after death; bound by the deathly aura, they are transformed into countless gray crows, living alone in the world.
That "quack quack" drumming noise is the lament of countless living beings, and the unspeakable past buried in the darkness.
The deathly aura was suffocating, and Xu Long had nowhere to escape within the curtain wall.
He could only use all his magical Magic Power to support the curtain wall. Separated by just one layer of Iron Curtain, countless deathly auras and undead surrounded him.
The gray crows' bloodthirsty eyes were fixed on Xu Long's figure, and Xu Long's tense face was reflected in their dark red eyes.
The Shankui was originally formless, but in the bloodthirsty eyes of these gray crows, Xu Long felt as if he were seeing the Shankui itself.
He is a being composed of countless gray crows, a being composed of countless deathly energies.
He is bloodthirsty, he is dark, he is the god of death, he is the sovereign of the dead.
Xu Long had always wanted to investigate the true nature of Shankui, but now he was surrounded by countless gray crows.
Countless shadows appeared in their bloodthirsty eyes, each dark red eye fixedly staring at Xu Long.