The Crimson Cliffs Were Like Blood
Red Rock Mountain, its red cliffs like blood.
The mountain resembles a crouching, crimson beast. Its body is dark red, with layers of rock stacked like scales. There is no green grass or trees on the mountain, only jagged, strange rocks.
At the summit, an ancient array was slowly rotating, with silvery-white runes moving across the mountain's surface like comet tails, enveloping the entire Red Rock Mountain in a silvery-white light curtain.
On that screen of light, starlight flickered and Comet Light swirled, a phenomenon unique to the Heavenly Chaos Path: the "Comets."
Inside the light barrier, a figure in a silver robe stood at the center of the formation.
It was indeed the Xuan Yan.
The Heavenly Chaos energy around him surged like a tide, with silvery starlight and Comet Light flickering around him, but his handsome face was now as pale as paper, with a line of blood still wet at the corner of his mouth.
His left hand hung at his side, the cuff soaked with blood, while his right hand continued to Hand Seals, maintaining the operation of the formation.
Above Red Rock Mountain, in the Great Void, three figures stood in three directions.
The leader was a man in red, with a face so handsome it was almost otherworldly. His long, narrow phoenix eyes held a hint of frivolous laughter, and his crimson robes fluttered without wind, his body surging with Li Fire energy. He was none other than the Fire Demon King Li who had been severely injured by Su Yao's sword at the confluence of the two rivers.
On either side of him stood the white-clad man from Dui Metal Duijin sect who had previously accompanied the Fire Demon King Li, and the old woman from the Bamboo-Bookcase Wood sect.
"Xuan Yan, you've held out for half a day by yourself; you've got some skill." The Fire Demon King Li stood with his hands behind his back, his phoenix eyes sweeping over the silvery-white light barrier, his tone laced with a lazy mockery. "But how long can those few good things you have last? And how long can that broken formation from the Zhao Household behind you hold out?"
Xuan Yan did not respond.
He knew that the Fire Demon King Li was right. Although he Upper Spirit Treasure, he was fighting three opponents, all of whom were at the Purple Mansion Middle Stage. In addition, the Fire Demon King Li's three Divine Ability powers were far superior to his own. He had only managed to defend for half a day with the help of the Zhao Household Formation, and he had already reached his limit.
On the screen of light, cracks were spreading Orthodox Unity inch.
At this very moment--
From the depths of the Great Void, a rainbow of light pierced the sky, moving as fast as a shooting star, and in just a few breaths it had already approached the battlefield.
As the light faded, Su Yao's figure appeared.
His gaze swept across the battlefield, and he immediately grasped the situation.
The three— the Fire Demon King Li, the Dui Metal- Clad Man in White, and the Old Woman of Bamboo-Bookcase Wood— surrounded the mountain, while Xuan Yan guarded the core of the formation alone, the light barrier on the verge of shattering.
Without the slightest hesitation.
Su Yao raised his right hand, and the Autumn Steed Sword was already in his palm. The sword was pure white, like moonlight condensed into frost, and the tip of the sword was bright and clear. He moved and unleashed Golden Light Across the Land a golden ray of light, and went straight for the old woman with the Bamboo-Bookcase Wood.
The old woman was using the "Hidden Scripture Pavilion" to suppress the operation of the formation. The yellow-green energy was constantly "hiding" away the spiritual energy in the formation like a tide. Suddenly, she felt a chill on her back. She turned around and saw a clear sword light already at her face.
Her expression changed drastically, and she hurriedly tossed the yellowed book in her hand behind her.
The book unfolded, and a yellowish-green aura condensed behind him, forming a barrier of pages.
But Su Yao's sword strike was too fast.
The Autumn Steed Sword was like the quietest ray of light before dawn, silently piercing through the barrier of the book pages. The Sword Intent burst forth, piercing through the barrier along with the old woman's left shoulder.
The old woman groaned and retreated several miles, a long tear appearing in her yellow-green robe, from which blood gushed out.
"Su Yao!"
The Fire Demon King Li's phoenix eyes narrowed sharply, and he abruptly turned around.
He recognized the Sword Intent; it was the same Sword Intent that had severely injured him at the confluence of the two rivers years ago.
Su Yao did not answer. He turned around and the Vermilion Brightness Sword was already in his left hand, with nine heat-related patterns burning brightly.
He crossed his two swords, the tips pointing directly at the three of them, his gaze icy.
"That sword strike back then didn't kill you," he said slowly, his voice low. "Now that you're here, don't leave."
The Fire Demon King Li's expression darkened, and his Crimson Sun Pendant suddenly lit up, forming a layer of crimson fire curtain in front of him. He flipped his left hand, and the Li Fire Qi around him suddenly condensed, transforming into a crimson flaming whip. The whip was covered with dense fire patterns, like a fire snake moving in his palm; it was the Li Fire Technique's Divine Ability, "Sweep Away Remaining Ashes."
Once this Divine Ability was unleashed, the fire whip swept across, and wherever it passed, the Great Void was like a red-hot iron plate, its spiritual energy twisted inch by inch.
"What arrogance!" He sneered, flicked his fire whip, and lashed it down at Su Yao's head.
Su Yao neither retreated nor avoided.
With a flick of his right hand, the Nine Heavens Auspicious Cloud Banner unfolded in his palm. The banner's surface was covered with layers of rosy light, like feathers, with black feathers as the base and rosy light as the pattern. When the fire whip struck the Auspicious Cloud Banner, it was as if a stone had sunk into the sea, the Li Fire energy being absorbed and dissolved by the layers of rosy light.
At the same time, he swept out with his left hand, Vermilion Brightness Sword, and the hot Balmy Wind poured down like a rainbow, cutting the fire whip in half.
The fire whip was severed for a moment, but the crimson flames that filled the sky only shrank slightly before surging again, converging on Su Yao from all directions.
Su Yao frowned slightly.
The Fire Demon King Li's cultivation was at the Three Divine Ability, Li Fire Qi was incredibly powerful. The Auspicious Cloud Banner banner and Vermilion Radiance's summer heat alone could only block it, not break it.
Just then, a streak of silvery light came from the side.
Xuan Yan).
Although his face was pale, he made a hand Hand Seals with his right hand, and the Heavenly Chaos energy around him swirled into a silver-white rainbow, heading straight for the man Dui Metal white robes.
Within that silvery-white rainbow, starlight and Comet Light intertwined like a net—it was the Heavenly Chaos technique, "Falling Star Rain."
Each ray of starlight, like a miniature comet, streaked across the Great Void with a silvery trail, hurtling towards the white-clad man as if chasing his soul to its death.
The man in white had no choice but to fight back with all his might, pushing forward with both palms. The "Resounding White Sound" was like a thousand sharp blades slashing out, shattering the starlight one by one.
But Xuan Yan's goal was not to kill him; he only needed to entangle the man in white for a moment.
A moment is enough.
Taking advantage of this opening, Su Yao flipped his right hand, and the Transforming Azure Bracelet lit up.
A beam of azure light surged from the bracelet, and a phantom of Qingyang leaped onto it, its four hooves treading on the air, raising its head and bleating.
The "Dispel Calamity -dispelling" power of Qingxuan gradually Li Fire the sharpness of the raging flames.
At the same time, he brandished the Autumn Steed Sword in his left hand, and a clear sword light shot into the sky, aiming straight for the Fire Demon King Li's brow.
This sword strike is the "Crimson Dawn Unstained Night-Illuminating Clear Light Sword".
The sword light was extremely fine, extremely still, and extremely clear, like the quietest ray of light before dawn, yet it was sharp to the extreme.
The moment the Sword Intent was unleashed, the Great Void energy within a radius of several miles suddenly froze, as if it had been suppressed by an invisible hand.
The Fire Demon King Li's expression changed drastically. He sensed that Sword Intent, exactly the same as it had been at the confluence of the two rivers back then—no, even stronger than before.
He hurriedly summoned the Crimson Sun Pendant, Li Fire energy surged wildly from the pendant, condensing into a layer of crimson fire curtain.
But the curtain of fire was like thin ice meeting the sun in the face of Su Yao's Sword Intent.
The Autumn Steed Sword pierced through the curtain of fire, its Sword Intent bursting forth, piercing through the Fire Demon King Li.
The demon king grunted and retreated several miles, a long tear appearing on his crimson robe, from which blood gushed out.
"You..." The Fire Demon King Li pale, his phoenix eyes filled with resentment.
Meanwhile, the battle situation on Xuan Yan's side also changed. Although the white-robed man with Dui Metal was only Purple Mansion First Divine Ability, his condition was much better than Xuan Yan's. After Xuan Yan used "Falling Star Rain" to entangle him for a while, he found an opening. The white-robed man pushed with both palms, and a "Resounding White Sound" that was condensed to the extreme broke through the star net and went straight for Xuan Yan's face.
Xuan Yan dodged to the side, and the white mark grazed his cheek, leaving a thin, long cut.
Instead of retreating, Xuan Yan took a step forward, made a hand Hand Seals with his right hand, and condensed the Heavenly Chaos into a silver-white talisman in his palm, which he then slapped towards the white-robed man's face.
The man in white snorted coldly, pushed with both palms, and the white marks were like knives, shattering the talisman. But the moment he shattered the talisman, Xuan Yan had already closed in on him. Xuan Yan flipped his right hand, took out a short silver ruler, its surface engraved with Comets patterns, and stabbed it toward the man in white's chest.
The man in white's expression changed, and he retreated rapidly, but it was too late. The short ruler pierced his left rib, and a silvery-white Comet Light surged into the wound, disrupting his Dui Metal energy.
The man in white grunted and slapped Xuan Yan's shoulder with his backhand, sending Xuan Yan flying several miles away.
But this strike was his last bit of strength.
On the short ruler of the Xuan Yan, the Comet Light still spread through the wound, and the white-robed man's Dui Metal body began to crumble inch by inch from the wound.
Su Yao did not pursue the Fire Demon King Li.
He turned and crossed his two swords, aiming directly at the man in white with Dui Metal and the old woman in Bamboo-Bookcase Wood.
The man in white was being corroded by the Comet Light of the Xuan Yan, while the old woman in the Bamboo-Bookcase Wood had just been pierced through the left shoulder by Su Yao's sword and was now using the "Hidden Scripture Pavilion" to protect herself with all her might.