Was My Head Made of Dough?
Having discerned the reason for the attack, Qi Yun's eyes darted around.
The ring was made of extraordinary material; even the Southern Brightness Devil Fire and the Sunken Abyss Iron Sand could not damage it in the slightest, making it no ordinary object.
It must be something extraordinary, otherwise, given the nature of the Seven Kills Sect, they wouldn't have gone to such lengths to ambush and kill me!
"However, it's a bit too simplistic to think that these [Dead Puppet], controlled by Secret Method and lacking in sentience, can take down Qi."
Qi Yun calmly watched the attackers coming from all directions, his right hand slowly forming Method Formula in front of his chest.
The next moment!
A massive amount of Sunken Abyss Iron Sand roared out like a black torrent bursting its banks!
The iron sand instantly split apart, with a portion condensing into countless fine, sharp black needles that shot towards the undead puppets casting ranged Law Technique or throwing Dead Puppet like a sudden storm.
The other part transformed into flexible iron chains, like living black venomous snakes, coiling around the martial artist Dead Puppet that rushed at them!
At the same time, the Nether Spring White Bone Method was activated!
Eighty-one white skeletons, burning with eerie green flames, let out excited, cacophony laughs and charged forward!
The Sunken Abyss Iron Sand and the White Bone Skull are two opposing forces: one is extremely hard and solid, combining offense and defense, while the other is insidious and treacherous, plundering life force.
When used together, these two methods are perfect for dealing with the numerous but individually weak and lacking intelligence and changeability of these Dead Puppet; it's a complete reaping of their power.
Puff puff puff puff!
The black iron needles easily pierced through the Dead Puppet's protective energy or vulnerable parts, bringing out bursts of dark red blood.
Click! Click!
The iron chains coiled upwards and tightened abruptly, snapping the bones of several Dead Puppet and twisting them into bizarre shapes.
Sizzle!
When the Corpse Poison Yin Fire touched the Dead Puppet, they immediately spread like a bone-deep infection, quickly charring and dissolving the flesh, emitting a nauseating stench.
Crunch! Crunch!
The skeletal skeletons frantically gnawed and tore at each other, while ghostly flames blazed in their eye sockets. The [Essence Devouring] technique was activated, greedily extracting the remaining blood essence from the Dead Puppet.
As a large amount of mixed but still considerable blood essence was devoured, Qi Yun keenly noticed that the surfaces of the eighty-one white skeletons seemed to be emitting an extremely faint, different luster than before.
The bones also seemed to be harder and denser.
A barely perceptible shimmering light flowed within it.
This is precisely the initial manifestation of the core mystical power of the [Nether Spring White Bone Method].
Although the blood essence of these Dead Puppet is of low quality.
However, the quantitative change still led to a subtle qualitative change.
In the blink of an eye, the dozens of Dead Puppet lying in ambush around the tea pavilion fell like harvested wheat under the efficient slaughter of the Sunken Abyss Iron Sand and the White Bone Skeleton. Limbs and charred corpses were mixed together, creating a gruesome scene.
But at this moment...
A sudden change has occurred!
The surrounding light seemed to be instantly sucked away by an invisible giant hand.
The streets, which were still bright in the daytime, were suddenly plunged into extreme darkness, where you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.
Not only vision, but even the exploration of Divine Sense was greatly hindered and distorted, as if it were stuck in viscous ink.
[Seven Kills Secret Method - Light Devouring Kill]!
In the endless darkness, countless blades of light, condensed to the extreme, silent yet as fast as lightning, appeared simultaneously from all sorts of incredible angles, Qi Yun Yun's vital points.
Each blade flash contained a strange, chaotic power.
It can interfere with the flow of True Qi, distort perception, and specifically break protective Law Technique.
The real killer move is about to be revealed!
The Seven Kills Sect's true elite assassins lurk in the shadows.
We're just waiting for this perfect moment to launch a fatal blow!
Faced with this sudden and deadly situation, Qi Yun raised his hand and instantly summoned back all the Sunken Abyss Iron Sand, which condensed into an extremely thick, rapidly spinning black iron shield around his body.
Ding ding ding ding!!!
The sounds of raindrops pounding against banana leaves were deafening.
The blade flashed as it struck the iron sand shield, sending sparks flying everywhere!
The chaotic force kept trying to penetrate and interfere, causing the iron sand shield to fluctuate violently, with sand particles flying everywhere, and the defense was being consumed and weakened at an alarming rate.
"You really think assassins are a hard counter to mages?"
At the center of the frenzied attack, Qi Yun curled his lip, a fierce glint appearing in his eyes.
The hands, which had been hidden in his sleeves, suddenly formed a complex Method Formula.
"Burst!"
He uttered a single, cold word.
The next moment -
Boom!
Boom boom boom boom boom boom!!!!
The eighty-one white skeletons that were originally scattered outside, having just devoured the blood essence and whose bones faintly glowed, suddenly had their eerie green ghost fire in their eye sockets surge to their maximum.
[Nether Spring White Bone Method Corpse Explosion]
Eighty-one white skeletons, in the same instant, defiantly self-destructed!
There is no order of precedence, and no distinction between strong and weak.
Eighty-one dark green orbs, imbued with terrifying corpse poison and eerie fire, burst forth in absolute darkness!
The terrifying shockwave from the explosion swept wildly in all directions like a tsunami.
The rampant Corpse Poison Yin Fire devoured all light, sound, and life.
The absolute darkness formed by the [Light Devouring Kill] that devoured light was torn to shreds like fragile glass in the face of this indiscriminate, all-encompassing destructive explosion.
Several muffled groans and screams, barely suppressed, rang out amidst the explosion!
The light returned to their eyes, revealing a street in complete disarray, as if struck by a meteorite.
Several people dressed in tight black clothes were thrown backwards from the center of the explosion, looking disheveled.
Their bodies were more or less tainted by that viscous, dark green Corpse Poison Yin Fire, which was emitting a "sizzling" corrosive sound.
Quickly extinguishing the Corpse Poison Yin Fire that clung to their bodies, the Seven Kills Sect assassins stared coldly at Qi Yun, who stood calmly opposite them.
Clearly, the difficulty of this objective exceeded their expectations.
Walk!
Without the slightest hesitation, the figures of the group twisted and blurred like ghosts before merging into the surrounding environment, their auras instantly becoming erratic.
This is precisely the Illusionary Body Concealment Technique that made the Seven Kills Sect famous!
The cultivators of the Seven Kills Sect were well-versed in the ways of assassins.
If the first strike fails, they flee a thousand miles away.
We will never engage in a protracted battle when the situation is unfavorable.
"Oh ho? You think you can come and go as you please? Do you really think my head is made of dough, to be kneaded and rubbed at will?"
Seeing this, Qi Yun laughed instead of getting angry, but in the midst of that hearty laughter, his hands had already completed the hand Method Formula in an instant.
Buzz!
Strange phenomena are manifesting on the ground!
From the soil that had just been overturned by the explosion, bizarre flowers with grotesque shapes, vibrant colors, and resembling the heads of angry lions burst forth from the earth and bloomed instantly.
[Wood Phase Command Method Void Weeping Roar!]
"Roar!!!"
The next moment, terrifying roars that did not affect the eardrums but directly shook the Divine Soul and heart erupted from the lion-headed flowers!
Visible ripples of sound waves, distorting the air, spread rapidly like water ripples, instantly covering an area of several tens of feet in radius.
This sonic attack, specifically designed to target the soul, is a natural nemesis of techniques that rely on precise manipulation to conceal one's form.
"Ugh!"
"Puff!"
Several muffled groans and the sound of vomiting blood rang out almost simultaneously.
The Seven Kills Sect assassins who had just concealed themselves and attempted to escape were struck hard on the Divine Soul as if by an invisible hammer, their bodies trembling violently and their concealment being forcibly broken.
Like fish forced out of the water, they reappeared on the street in a disheveled state.
Their faces were deathly pale, their eyes unfocused, clearly indicating that their Divine Soul had been severely damaged.
Qi Yun himself was a master of the art of illusion and concealment, so he naturally knew the strengths and weaknesses of this Law Technique.
The most effective and direct method to break through the barrier as quickly as possible is to directly shake the Divine Soul.
Force out these rats that were hiding their heads and tails.
Qi Yun gave them no further respite or chance to go into hiding again.
With each step he took, the ground beneath his feet seemed to tremble!
Boom!
A violent, malevolent, purplish-black demonic fire suddenly erupted from his body, instantly engulfing him.
His figure became blurred and distorted in the demonic flames.
Only his pupils turned into a pure, burning dark red, cold, violent, and devoid of any human emotion.
His body was surrounded by rampaging Sword Qi, intertwined with demonic fire, and emitted a chilling hiss.
The strongest form [Southern Ming Sword Devil]!
As his cultivation level increased, especially after reaching the Qi Refining Seventh Layer and initially opening up his acupoints, Qi Yun's control over the Sword Devil state became increasingly effortless.
Transformed into demonic fire, it gathers and disperses at will, no longer filled with the uncontrollable rage it once possessed.
In the the Unseen, it seemed as if a continuous stream of insights into the Sword Dao flowed from this Sword Devil form and merged into his heart.
This made his Swordsmanship and control of Sword Qi increasingly refined and exquisite.
The next moment.
The purple demonic fire figure that Qi Yun had transformed into moved.
Quick!
Extremely fast!
As if teleported, he appeared directly in front of an assassin who had just regained his footing.
The demonic fire condensed into an extremely refined purple-black Sword Qi, ignoring the opponent's hastily unleashed defensive blade light and piercing straight through!
Pfft!
The assassin froze, a small, charred hole appeared between his eyebrows, his eyes instantly dimmed, and he fell straight down.
With a flash of demonic fire, it reappeared beside another assassin who was trying to fly backward.
Qi Yun and his fingers moved together like a sword, with demonic fire leaping from their tips.
A thin, yet incredibly sharp Sword Qi shot out, slicing through the opponent's arm holding the knife as easily as a hot knife cutting through butter.
Immediately afterwards, the Sword Qi swirled and pierced his heart.
The third assassin roared and unleashed the Chaotic Blade Technique, a secret technique passed down through the Seven Kills Sect. His blade flashed like a waterfall as he attempted to use offense as a defense.
However, Qi Yun raised his hand and unleashed a terrifying Sword Qi several meters long, instantly killing him!
Seeing their companion slaughtered so easily, the last two assassins were terrified and fled in two different directions.
Qi Yun snorted coldly, and his demonic fire body suddenly dispersed, transforming into two slightly smaller demonic fire arrows that caught up with the two instantly.
The demonic fire coiled upwards, not burning them directly, but instantly immobilizing them, as powerful demonic fire Sword Qi surged directly into their bodies.
They ruthlessly sealed off their Dantian and Purple Mansion.
They destroyed the meridians in their limbs!
With two loud thuds, the two assassins fell from mid-air like broken sacks, crashing heavily to the ground, their bodies charred black, their meridians shattered, and their Dantian destroyed.
He was left with only a faint breath, his eyes filled with endless fear and despair.
The demonic fire flowed back and reformed into the figure of Qi Yun.
The demonic flames around him slowly subsided, and he returned to his original appearance.
His face was slightly pale, but his aura remained sharp and domineering.
He walked slowly to the two survivors he had deliberately left alive, looking down at them with icy eyes.
He needed to know exactly how much effort the Seven Kills Sect had invested in that golden ring, and whether there were any more troublesome figures lurking behind it all.
More importantly--
What exactly is the value of that gold ring?