Chapter Seventeen: Linked Beheadings

  Yu Ci is very clear about his own abilities and talents.

  Perhaps his swordsmanship was not elegant, but the long years of life-and-death struggles had tempered him to possess a spirit that could merge hand, eye, heart, and gall with the sword's momentum. A thousand swords, ten thousand swords, were all just one sword; as long as he trusted the sword in his hand, it was enough!

  He didn't mean to clear the way, but relying on his absolute self-confidence in judging himself under the extreme state of life and death, he tore through the wind, rubbed against the emerald green toxic trajectory, like a fierce fire without a real shape, pounced down.

  The snake and the monk only felt a flash before their eyes, Yu Ji had already rushed into the middle palace with scorching flames, again using his unmatched close combat swordsmanship that he had seen before. The monk's long narrow eyes were almost bursting, his throat squeezed out a sharp whistle, an empty knife light flashed, the golden knife that had been snatched away two days ago flew around his body, even if it was not yet fully mastered, he couldn't care less.

  Yu Ci personally saw him snatch the golden knife from Ye Tu, and at this time he would not be unprepared. Although the attack was fierce, there was still some reserve power left. At this moment, seeing the golden knife appear, he immediately burst out with a powerful force, and the flame sword blade made a slight swing, no longer making a direct thrust, but slightly deviating from the angle.

  A loud crash, the golden knife flew up, Yu Ci's body almost stuck to the cliff wall, and rushed into the poisonous snake and Shang Zhonggong. The violently trembling flame sword blade slanted from the chest and abdomen of the poisonous snake and Shang, but due to the impact with the golden knife being too severe, it only scratched a shallow wound and naturally extinguished, reverting back to its original wooden coarse and dull sword body.

  The poisonous snake and the monk suffered pain, a palm print fell in the midst of their hissing cries.

  At this brief moment, Yu Ci turned his body sideways, and at the same time he relaxed his grip, he violently collided his shoulder into the monk's chest wound. This was a direct manifestation of his precise and swift physical reaction, and an even more crazy move that didn't take the deep abyss seriously.

  The venomous snake and the monk hadn't expected him to be so decisive, under the sudden attack, his chest was struck and he felt dizzy, both sides' true energy fiercely shook, amidst the discordant curses, their bodies were almost stuck together, rapidly plummeting downwards, directly below them was Old Man Xu.

  After being blocked by the poisonous snake and the monk, Xu Lao'er had at least three or more countermeasures to block their way, but he let them through!

  "Damn it......" The poisonous snake and the monk were both too exhausted to curse anymore.

  Under Yu Cijiang's violent force, the two of them plummeted nearly a hundred feet in the blink of an eye, their speed already reaching the most dangerous edge. In the process of falling like a meteorite, Du Nagan and Shang felt that their chests were about to be squeezed to bursting point. In desperation, he wanted to control the golden knife and cut the little one in his arms into two pieces, but the golden knife had just been refined and was far from being able to move at will. Moreover, as soon as he diverted his attention, Yu Cijiang seized the opportunity and landed several heavy punches on his head and face, causing him to see stars and almost cry out in pain.

  The monk was furious and terrified at the same time. Just then, a voice suddenly echoed in his ears: "Quick!"

  This was exactly Xu Lao Er's voice. At the same time, his chest felt a sudden suffocation, and then the heavy pressure on his body suddenly lifted.

  The venomous snake and the monk couldn't care about anything else, they risked their lives to crash into the cliff wall, using this to reduce their speed. His luck wasn't bad, he slid down for about half a mile, and actually found a stable foothold, the golden knife falling from above was caught by him. It was also at this time that he saw, in the clouds and fog, a long black rope like a real venomous snake choosing its prey, flying down from high above

  Yu Ci's hand grasped the Jiu Yang Fu Xian sword, which once again emitted flames on its blade. With precision, it chopped at the front end of the black long whip that flew from behind. The sword and whip clashed, and the whip retracted, attempting to pounce again, but was forced back by Yu Ci's Jiu Yang fire sword, which compelled a wave of flames to erupt. However, Yu Ci's cultivation was still inferior to his opponent's thickness, causing her body to shudder, her feet suspended in mid-air, sliding down a short distance before stabilizing her figure, ending up slightly lower than the position of Du Xie and Shang Zan.

  Xu Lao'er also rushed down from the top of the cliff, stretched out his hand to catch the flying rope, and saw Yu Ji was about to exert force again. He hastily shouted: "Hold him back for a while!"

  "What the hell are you... The venomous snake monk was about to curse, but he quickly saw that Xu Lao'er's mouth was chanting incantations, and a ring of gray-white flames burst out from his body and transferred onto the long rope in his hand. The curses in his throat were swallowed back with a 'gulps', and the venomous snake monk knew that Xu Lao'er was about to make his move."

  He still knew the weight of things and understood that he was injured, if he had offended Yu Er, he would probably really die in this Tian Lie Valley. He spat out a mouthful of blood, gritted his teeth, and withstood the sword light that Yu Ci shot up at him. But he didn't dare let the unfinished Golden Blade fly again to kill people, instead he honestly sealed off this path, using the Golden Blade to block Yu Ci's way.

  In the blink of an eye, the positions of the three had completely turned around. Yu Ci changed from a advantageous position to having to attack upwards. But he wasn't afraid at all, as Du Xie and Shang had already been beaten out of confidence by him, such guys weren't worth worrying about. On the other hand, that Xu Lao Er's timing was quite good, his idea of borrowing momentum was also very fierce, and he was actually more cunning than Du Xie and Shang!

  Just as he was thinking, Xu Lao'er made his move again, and the long rope flew out, but this time, on its dark original color, there was a layer of extremely faint grayish-white flames. Xu Lao'er pinched his hand seal, standing steadily in mid-air, while the long rope seemed to have a spiritual nature, flying around in circles, this kind of attack method, Yu Ci had never seen before.

  The poisonous snake and Shang suddenly moved upwards, pulling open a distance, while loudly shouting: "Good ghostly rope, good rotten soul fire!"

  The flying long rope was like a giant python, winding down, not striking, but wanting to bind Yu Ci. Not to mention hearing the poisonous snake and Shang's praise, just looking at the layer of gray-white flames on the long rope, Yu Ci absolutely did not want to test himself, he took a deep breath, suddenly jumping into the side cloud and fog.

  No one knew the terrain better than Yu Ji, this was already within his range of picking shrimp whisker grass, the cliff wall was full of dug-out rock crevices, footholds were absolutely not lacking, after borrowing force twice, his flying speed had already been raised to the limit, then the long rope behind him followed like a shadow, and even faster, the tip of the long rope had exceeded his body shape, curling inward.

  Yu Cifu quickly glanced over and saw at close range the shape of the grey-white flames. Was this then the Corpse Soul Fire?

  The grayish-white flames burned fiercely, but there was no sensation of temperature. The black rope didn't show any signs of burning, but wherever it passed, a layer of black spots appeared on the surface of the cliff wall, which seemed more like poison than fire. In the flames, there were countless twisted patterns. Looking deeper, what kind of pattern was that? It was clearly numerous semi-transparent ghostly images, roughly maintaining their pre-mortem appearance, struggling and wailing in the fiery light. Yu Ci couldn't hear any sound, but an evil thought that shook her soul came straight through.

  He didn't hesitate, and before he reached the third foothold, he suddenly stomped on the cliff wall with great force. The power was no longer directed sideways or upwards, but instead propelled him far away from the foothold and the cliff wall, throwing himself into the boundless clouds and mist. At the moment he made this move, the long rope also retracted inward, as if it were pushing him out.

  Yu Ji's jump was really too forceful, he had thoroughly hung in the air, within five zhangs of his body, there was no place to borrow strength. The momentum was about to exhaust, and he also couldn't avoid falling down.

  "Good!" The monk grasped his knife and shouted loudly, joy written all over his face. Old Second Xu above also broke into a smile, for he had been manipulating the Ling Soul Index to attack from within, not without harboring such thoughts, and the situation was entirely under his control.

  Contrary to the monk's cheers, a sudden cry for help came from a cliff wall somewhere on the side. The cry caught the attention of the monk and Xu Lao'er, who turned their heads to look, and through the clouds and fog, they vaguely saw in that direction a slope protruding from the cliff wall, with a blurry figure above.

  It was Ye Tu who let out a cry of surprise. This fight had unknowingly moved to the slope, and although the young man's hands were not successful, his ears and eyes were keen, taking in every detail of this fierce battle. He had already been holding his breath while watching, when he suddenly saw Yu Daxiong being forced away from the cliff wall. In a state of extreme shock, he let out a cry of surprise, revealing his presence.

  The venomous snake and Shang Bi were closer to Xu Lao Er, seeing the situation they were stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing coldly: "It's you, kid, your life is quite big..."

  As they spoke, he also spotted the spacious area on the steep slope and prepared to take it over. However, at this moment, a strong light suddenly appeared in the clouds and mist of the deep valley.

  Yu Ji, who was about to be destroyed by the cloud and fog, raised his hand at this moment. The Ling symbol in his palm burst out, and a thick, shallow purple lightning bolt shot out from it, splitting the clouds and rising into the air. As soon as it rose halfway, it exploded with a loud noise, like a giant tree with many branches, sweeping across half of the sky. The first to bear the brunt was the Ling Soul Index at the bottom, and the gray-white flames attached to it didn't even last for half a breath before being annihilated by the lightning.

  Until this moment, the rumbling thunder had rolled through the valley, stirring up the clouds and surging like the sea.

  Five Thunder Seal!

  Yu Ciji's Five Thunder Seal is the general outline of all thunder methods in the "Shangqing Juxuan Xing Shu Mijue Fu Jing", purely using thunder characters to transform, with one's own breath filling up, and communicating with the heaven and earth yin and yang. It grasps the pivot of thunder and lightning, can summon ghosts and gods, call wind and rain, strike evil spirits, and is the nemesis of all evil ghosts and things.

  He had previously realized that the so-called "rotten soul fire" was actually a burning resentment of vengeful spirits, a kind of evil fire that was born from it. The five thunder talismans he had prepared in advance were just right for this occasion. In the instant when the gray-white flames went out, the black long rope also fell down into the valley like a dead snake. More than ten zhang away, Xu Lao'er's breath was affected, and with a mournful hum, he covered his chest and cursed loudly:

  "Blind donkey, which eye of yours saw him as a White Day official?"

  The venomous snake and the monk wanted to respond, but the thunderbolt had already swept away the long rope after its loud roar. He was affected by both Ye Tu and Xu Lao'er's double influence, distracted and reacted too late. The thunderbolt struck him, he let out a miserable cry, and truly came under a five-thunder shock. In an instant, his whole body turned dark and charred, his skin cracked open, and only because of a mouthful of pure true energy protecting his heart meridian did he not die on the spot.

  This doesn't seem like something the Bai Family would do...

  As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, the sound of a child's cheers suddenly came from the slope, and to him, these cheers were clearly an ominous omen.

  He had just opened his eyes, which were almost blinded by the lightning, and his eyeballs nearly burst out: he saw that in the rolling clouds and fog, that "White Day House young man" was stepping on a heavenly ladder, step by step climbing up to the sky, stealthily approaching. Furthermore, there was a glare of fire that made the monk squint again, instinctively wanting to raise his knife to block it, but how could he still lift it? A red line flashed across the sky, followed by complete darkness.

  Yu Jianyi wiped out the poisonous snake and Shang with half a head, no matter how his brain was boiling, he laughed loudly, his body didn't stop at all, and stepped straight up into the clouds.

  White smoke crane feather flying and wandering spirit, foot bottom born cloud quick like wind.

  The words that were previously described are indeed apt at this time. And this is the third symbol prepared by Yu Ci: Shén Xíng Fú!

  The talisman took effect, as if born with wings, like a cloud of air, the brief and ethereal efficacy was still the most suitable for Yu Cijian to use the divine journey symbol to rush on the road a few days ago, and it was just excavated and used in this Tianlie Valley.

  Xu Lao Er had already lost two companions in a row and was now intimidated. Although he still held the geographical advantage, his most powerful "Lingyun Rope" had been destroyed. Continuing to fight would be extremely perilous. He immediately sprang into action, preparing to flee.

  The fact told him that this was the most foolish choice!

  Yu Ji swung his sword, originally a move to build up power, but as soon as he made the move, he found that this sword felt too good. Everything went smoothly, like an eagle swooping down on a rabbit, or a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey, completely following the natural instincts of a predator killing its prey, guided by an invisible hand from the void, tearing through the air.

  At this moment, the top of his head felt a surge of heat, and the "Lamp Flame" that had not reacted for a long time suddenly flashed brightly, but this time it was under the top of his head, in the palace of his brain, accumulating an aura that was about to emerge. He only felt that the light of the "Lamp Flame" illuminated both his body and mind, making his physical form seem transparent. At this moment, the symbol sword in his hand seemed to be lightly touched by an invisible finger, humming with vibration. At the same time, the primordial energy that permeated his body, as well as the deeper soul and heart intention, were also vibrating.

  He didn't know which side started vibrating first, but he could grasp the frequency of this vibration very clearly, infinitely close to the oscillation of his divine soul when he entered the realm of Tongshen and transcended his physical body. Later on, as all sides vibrated in harmony, he could no longer distinguish between the sword, the yuanqi, and the soul's intention, everything was unified under the "divine soul" orbit.

  It's complicated to say, but it's just a matter of an instant when wielding a sword.

  In the sky, a thin red line as fine as a hair stretched out, and it seemed like a flash of lightning in the void. In front of it, a distance of three to five zhang was not a problem at all. Suddenly, blood appeared, and the fleeing body of Xu Lao'er was split in two. In the canyon's cloud and mist, a layer of dazzling red was smeared.

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