Chapter 5: The Edge of Life and Death (Part 1)

  Xiao Si finally understood the biggest difference between himself and others. While others were fighting to repair, he was desperately burning money.

  A six-piece two-fold symbol, taken to the black market, would be worth at least 400,000 to 500,000, and is by no means inferior to an ordinary seven-piece Dao symbol.

  Golden clouds, crimson lightning, Black Mountain... a kaleidoscope of colors, radiant and resplendent. How many people in the world can claim to have witnessed such a magnificent and expensive fireworks display? Today, Fourth Master Xie not only saw it, but also personally lit it!

  "This is his mother's several tens of thousands of taels of silver, all gone to waste... You bald thief, I'll never coexist with you under the same sky!" Xiang Siye's heart was like a knife twisting in agony, he fiercely urged Xiaotao Hong to spit out a cloud of flames!

  "Wooo——" A bright red fire cloud swallowed and flashed with long flames, like dozens of giant snakes burning fiercely, rushing towards Jian Yong and the monk.

  "Bang, bang, bang!" Jian Yong and the monk gritted their teeth, their sleeves flying about as they danced out Buddha's aura, ceaselessly sweeping away and dispersing the incoming flames.

  However, the rotten ship also has three nails. It turns out that Xiaotao Hong's past and present life is one of the seven great evil kings, the spotted old demon. Although it has been reduced to its original shape and its Taoism has decreased greatly, leaving only the equivalent of Tongyuan realm's combat power, even so, it is still on the same starting line as Jian Yong and Shang.

  Besides, Xiaotao Hong had just been stuffed with a large amount of Tiandi Lingcai by Xiao Si, and was thinking of finding a place to digest it.

  In an instant, Jian Yong and Shang's defensive circle was getting smaller and smaller, their bodies trembling non-stop as they were suppressed by Xiao Tao Hong's "Yin Yang Demon Flame" to the point where they couldn't breathe.

  What's even more deadly is that the flames contain a potent toxin that can rot bones and corrode hearts, silently seeping through Jian Yong's and Shang's sleeves, surging straight into their bodies.

  He desperately activated the Arhat's Golden Body to block the poisonous mist, but he didn't even know how much longer he could hold on.

  At this moment, Xīao Sì was like a nouveau riche who couldn't stop showing off, pulling out a Hermès Birkin bag from his waistband.

  A dark energy surged forth, and a nine-headed demon python emerged from within, its enormous head forming a pincer movement with Xiao Tao Hong.

  Although the python sea demon's magic treasure was only a fifth-grade magic treasure, for Jian Yong and Shang it was simply an unbearable weight in their lives. He had to divide his attention again, resisting the nine-headed python's biting, and suddenly found himself surrounded by danger on all sides.

  Xiao Si watched with flying eyebrows and colorful expressions, thinking that as the master, he couldn't be thick-skinned and thin-skinned. Since this nine-headed demon python was so powerful, he had to give it a loud and impressive name - or else, just call it Black Beauty?

  Just as he was gesturing grandly and flaunting his literary skills, Princess Jincheng let out a low hum.

  Only to see that in one night, Qi Ye's double-handed knife directly entered the middle palace, splitting open the magpie bridge and flying down with a flash of light. The Golden City Princess was forced to once again use "Huan Xi Sha" to flash out and escape, floating several feet away, with a blood stain on her left rib that grew from thin to wide, from pale to deep.

  The Golden City Princess's eyebrows were stern and her eyes were piercing, as if she couldn't feel the intense pain of the wound that was stabbing into her heart. The jade spiritual bracelet on her left wrist suddenly flashed, releasing a purple-golden magic clock from within. The surface of the clock was mottled with intricate, ancient patterns, and it flew through the air, sprinkling down countless rays of light.

  "When the 'Devil's Bell' rang out, a purple light flashed and transformed into a magnificent sword array that covered the sky and obscured the sun, instantly swallowing the figure of Yiseqilan."

  Qī Cì Liǎng's face remained calm and unruffled, a bronze ancient mirror flew out of his sleeve and hovered above his head. With his left hand forming a seal, he pointed at the void and said: "Reflect!"

  "Hum——" A simple, unadorned blue light wave spread out like a void, and all the sword lights disappeared instantly. As the blue wave continued to expand, his surroundings became empty and desolate, as if nothing could exist.

  Jincheng Princess's eyes turned cold and she said, "Da Qian Kong Zhao Jing!" Her sleeves fluttered like the wind as she swept aside the lotus leaves, and two strands of magpie bridge celestial ribbon cut through the green waves to retrieve the bronze mirror.

  Shichiroji hurried to rescue the critically injured Kenyō and had no intention of engaging in a fierce battle with Princess Kinjo, otherwise it would have been impossible to determine the winner within thirty or fifty rounds.

  He unexpectedly abandoned the Dajian Kongzhao mirror and crossed paths with Princess Jincheng, rushing straight at Xiaosi!

  At the same time, Xiao Si suddenly approached Jian Yong and the monk, with his left hand thrusting a qīnglóngshǒu (Green Dragon Hand) straight into their throats.

  "Hsss——" The star energy inside his body circulated, and a faint dragon's roar echoed out. His left arm flashed with blue light, a blue dragon seemed to be hiding and revealing itself as if it was about to soar into the sky, the aura of his five fingers wrapped around like the movement of stars, "Hiss" tore through Jian Yong's sleeve, and the thorny soldiers approached the city gate.

  Jian Yong and Shang Nu roared in retreat, unable to care for the small peach blossom on his head or the black beauty by his side. With a final burst of strength, he raised his palm like a knife and slashed at Qing Long's hand.

  "Ah!" With a loud slap, Xiao Si's face contorted in agony as his body convulsed violently. Three of the five bones in his fingers were broken.

  Jian Yong and Shang's right palm was then slashed by Qing Long's hand, creating two deep gashes that exposed the bone, with blood dripping down.

  "Boom, boom, boom——" Amidst the successive dull thuds, Xiao Si's legs opened wide to the left and right as he executed "Zhuque Seven Linked Rings", like a mighty Yangtze River that could not be stopped, solidly kicking Jian Yonghe's chest.

  "Ah——" Jian Yong and Shang Xian's blood spurted out, their bodies flew backwards, the strong winds around them didn't stop, the fiery red feathers danced wildly, cutting through his already defeated Luohan golden body, his internal organs were in agony as if being bitten by countless ants.

  "Bang!" Jian Yong and Shang heavily fell onto a grave, smashing out a big pit. The whole person was embedded into the cracked hard sandstone.

  He suddenly felt a chill in his throat, and the Youshui knife was spat out from Xiaosi's right hand and pressed against his neck.

  "Bang bang!" Behind her, Xiaotao Hong and Hei Meiren protected their master with loyalty, joining hands to block the day-and-night knife slashes of Yexie Qilang.

  Xiao Tao Hong was slightly better, only a black slash on his belly from the knife's edge, and he let out a strange cry as he slipped back into the Da Kong Po Ba floating pagoda to lick his wounds and rest.

  The black beauty was miserable, nine heads were shaved off eight, and the remaining one became a defective product, I don't know how much money it would take to make up for it.

  Xiao Si's anger rose from his heart, evil intentions sprouted at the edge of his gallbladder. With one foot firmly planted on Jian Yong and He Shang's chest, their bones broken and tendons snapped, he exerted force in his hand to push the Youquan knife outward. The opponent's neck suddenly gushed with blood.

  Shichiro Nanao suppressed his murderous intent and pointed his sword at the ground, saying: "Let him go!"

  A loud "ding" sound echoed behind, and the vast empty mirror suddenly shot out a burst of spiritual energy, causing the Golden City Princess's magpie bridge to disappear into thin air.

  In the blink of an eye, his head shone brightly, and the bronze mirror reappeared.

  Xiao Si put away the Python Sea Magic Cauldron and the Big Empty Wave Pagoda into his Dragon Waist Belt, and said with a smile: "Then let's talk about the price!"

  Jian Yong and Shang were unable to move, spitting out blood foam: "You evil creature, you have committed countless evils with a ruthless heart and black hands, after death you will definitely enter the Avici Hell!"

  "It doesn't matter, as long as there's money, everywhere is a happy and carefree place."

  Jian Yong and Shang Qi were panting heavily, and in one night, Qi asked seven times: "Alright, what do you want?"

  Xiao Si, with the four hostages in his grasp, thought to himself: "Last time I extorted 300,000 taels of silver from Wang Ren on the Fen River. With this bald thief's identity, it can't be less than 600,000 taels. Who knows if Princess Xiaoyi will also get a share? I'll have to add two or three more to make five, but in reality, not much will actually fall into my pocket."

  Just as he was thinking to himself, he heard Princess Jincheng coldly shout: "Kill him quickly!"

  Xiao Siyi was taken aback and almost simultaneously with Yeye Qilang shouted: "Don't!"

  At this moment, in his eyes, Jian Yong and Shang Zhen were no longer human, but a heap - no, a silver mountain built with 600,000 taels of white flowers. Princess Xiaonan wanted to kill Jian Yong and Shang Zhen, which was simply taking their lives, it would be better to take a knife and cut her own throat instead. She immediately called out: "600,000, one price!"

  Before his words had fallen, Xiao Si suddenly discovered that Jian Yong and Shang seemed to have really transformed into a glittering golden mountain of silver ore. In an instant, his body was almost transparent, a majestic and unyielding power gathered and surged within him, bursting forth with a rich golden Buddha light.

  With a furious gaze, his empty eyes and expression were filled with hatred and determination. He bellowed: "You little thief, I'll make sure you don't die well!" Xiao Si suddenly came to his senses, realizing that this bald thief was going to self-destruct by exploding his dan Tian, taking them both down together!

  "What the...!" Xiao Si was so scared that his soul flew out of his body. He didn't expect Jian Yong to be so reckless, it's just a matter of 600,000 taels of silver, did he have to turn himself into a human bomb?!

  He finally understood why Princess Jincheng urged him to kill Jian Yong and Shang, and why Qi Ye called out "don't" seven times that night.

  "Bi Gan dissected his heart, Qu Yuan jumped into the river, Jing Ke stabbed Qin...". In an instant, Xiao Si's mind flashed with one after another glorious image of sacrificing life for righteousness and generosity. Could it be that heroes are taking turns coming to my house this year?

  But I just want to get paid and don't care about the meaning, never had any heroic thoughts, can someone else do it?!

  Xiao Si's body was flexible and resilient, using almost all her strength to frantically retreat backwards. The sixty-four rivers of the He Luo star cloud swirled around her, filling her surroundings, and a faint silver glow seeped out from within.

  "Big Brother!" In an instant, Qi Wu Liu Lang pounced on Jian Yong and the equally fast Princess Jincheng, both of whom were silent and expressionless. However, their figures suddenly froze in mid-air, and then a deafening explosion erupted from Jian Yong's dantian, as a dazzling golden light filled the entire Luoyin Gang.

  "Whoosh——" The gaze of Princess Jincheng dimmed, the magpie bridge's sacred energy danced around her body, forming a column of icy blue clouds that rose straight up. Beneath her feet was a rolling, churning golden tide that devoured everything in its path.

  A master of the Mystic Realm self-destructed his dantian, releasing a true yuan energy that would reduce even top-notch individuals like her and Yīyè Qīcì Láng to dust, let alone Xiǎo Sì who was only at the Observing Microcosm realm.

  The violent storm quickly engulfed the icy blue cloud column, "Ka La Ka" constantly tearing it to shreds. The shadow of Princess Jincheng was like a kite with a broken string flying up, in the vast and surging golden waves, unable to control its own rise and fall.

  Time seemed to have lost its meaning, no one knew how long it had been. The Golden City Princess suddenly straightened her waist and twisted her body in the turbulent air, freezing her figure. Her pretty face was pale and wilted, her cherry lips lightly humming out a strand of crimson blood. On the other hand, the white dress on her body was intact and undamaged, worthy of being an eighth-grade magic treasure.

  Her eyes suddenly lit up, as if a cold light with substance pierced through the dense and intense golden waves, searching for Xiao Si's figure.

  Although she was well aware that this guy might have been dead for a long time, she couldn't help but hold onto a glimmer of hope.

  Even if this thread of expectation is tiny, like a weak spark in a stormy rain.

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