Chapter 1: The Life and Death Formation (Prelude...)

  "Gunpowder Bead?"

  Liu Yun glanced sideways and saw those black marbles flying towards him, his face slightly sinking.

  At this rate, it's impossible to escape!

  Kill him!

  Liu Yun's heart suddenly became serious, and he quickly took out a talisman from his bag, skillfully reciting the incantation, and the "Return of Spring" spell was cast. Then, with one hand, he patted himself on the chest, sticking the talisman to his body.

  Boom boom boom...

  The firework exploded rapidly behind Liu Yun's back, directly blasting open.

  “——24%.”

  “——25%.”

  “——23%.”

  “——25%.”

  “——26%.”

  Gunpowder Bead is a one-time treasure, with a rank of artifact level. Even the mighty Liu Yun's Qian Kun value was unmatched in thickness, yet it was also defeated by a one-time blow, leaving only 7% of its original life force behind. This power is truly terrifying.

  A disposable magic treasure ceases to exist after use, however, precisely because they are disposable magic treasures, their power is mighty, such as the Pear Flower Needle of Torrential Rain. Although Liu Yun has not used it yet, if he were to use it, it would be earth-shattering and stunning, astonishing both humans and ghosts.

  Liu Yun's face was covered in cold sweat as he stared at his rapidly depleting health, his footsteps quickening. The Hui Chun symbol slowly restored his health, bringing it back up to 22%.

  "Hum! Don't think of leaving without leaving behind a trace of your heart!"

  Yue Yue snorted coldly and suddenly accelerated, her speed increasing by 50% in an instant. She closed in on Liu Yun, raising her sharp dagger to stab him and kill him instantly.

  Activate Dōtenka no Jūjin!

  In a flash of inspiration, Liu Yun silently recited in her mind.

  Ding! System: You have obtained 'Zero Inertia' status, lasting for 3 seconds.

  3 seconds is enough.

  Liu Yun turned around suddenly while running, his body as stable as a mountain, the Qinghong sword in his hand chopped towards the cold and quiet Moon in the back.

  Yu Yu was shocked and saw Liu Yun suddenly making a strange move, losing color, with a look of shock in his eyes.

  She had never seen before that a person who was sprinting at full speed could suddenly stop, turn around, and launch a steady and beautiful attack without being affected by inertia.

  Hmph!

  Yuè Yuè Lěng's abdomen was immediately pierced by a sword.

  "——41%, Frenzied Sword, Critical Hit."

  A terrible damage value has flown up.

  'Pride' Fragment Frenzy Sword state triggers, this strike ignores all of Yuè Yuè Lěng's cultivation values and artifact defenses.

  His life force was suddenly halved, and he broke out in cold sweats every month. The male lead who followed closely behind almost fell to the ground as well.

  "How is this possible? How can an attack from a Qiankun be so high?" The inherent thinking in the male Qiankun's mind was completely overturned.

  "How detestable!!"

  Yu Yu's anger was thoroughly ignited, and she completely disregarded the pain from her abdominal wound. The dagger in her hand swung down fiercely.

  Liu Yun hastily dodged to the side, with one second left in his 'Zero Inertia' state, making it extremely easy for him to avoid the attack. His thoughts moved and his body followed, swift and astonishing.

  "What's going on?"

  Yueyue's eyes grew colder and more incomprehensible, a thread of fear rising in her heart, but even more anger made it impossible for her to stop killing Liu Yun.

  "That settles it!"

  Liu Yun's mouth curled up with a hint of a sly smile, and his eyes exuded cruelty. With one hand forming a seal, he raised his fingers, and a harsh, awkward incantation was spat out from his mouth.

  "Damn it, he's mastered the Ghostly Shock Technique!!! Get out of the way!!!"

  The man shouted loudly as soon as he saw the universe.

  He didn't think that Liu Yunlian would also get his hands on this kind of skill...

  "Shadow Step!"

  Moon Moon's body flashed and suddenly jumped three meters behind her back.

  Roar!

  At this time, a fierce and ferocious symbol ghost burst out of Liu Yun's body, shaking the four directions. Nan Qiankun and Yueyue only felt their scalp numb, their ears trembling, and they were extremely uncomfortable.

  Hmph!

  It's not over yet, Liu Yun's body suddenly exploded into a cloud of smoke, this smoke was enormous and pitch black, spreading at an astonishing speed, engulfing the two people.

  In an instant, both of their fields of vision were reduced to only being able to see things within three meters around them.

  "What skill is this?!" Yueyue said angrily, gritting her teeth.

  "Be careful, this person is not a novice. His previous skill was just to drive you away!" The male Qiankun stared nervously around, carefully summoning an earth god channel, guarding against the surroundings.

  Splash!

  The sound of paper being blown by the wind suddenly echoed in Mengmeng Leng's ears.

  "Is it here?"

  Yu Yu's face turned cold and stern, she waved her dagger and rushed towards the source of the sound.

  But it's all empty...

  Boom!

  A mysterious talisman suddenly stuck to her forehead and immediately exploded.

  "Soul Fire Seal... He even has this skill?"

  In the fog, Moon Moon, who had a headache, heard the bitter voice of Nan Qiankun.

  "Haotian! You're also a cultivator of the universe, how can you be so useless??? Trap him for me!!! Give me 5 seconds, within 5 seconds, I'll definitely kill him!"

  Yuè Yuè's teeth chattered with cold as she let out a shrill cry. This was the first time she had been so humiliated since entering the Xuanjie.

  "I'm not an immortal, and the control techniques of the Dry Heaven are only a few, let alone his speed is so fast!" Male Dry Heaven Gao Tian gritted his teeth and said: "However, I can dispel this fog!!"

  "Really?? Hurry up!"

  Yu Yu Leng was overjoyed and hastily said.

  Dispel the fog?

  Liu Yunyi was about to launch another attack on Yuè Yuè, but he suddenly saw Gao Dian take out a bottle of medicine from his bundle.

  "Pure light of water, dispel all negative states and within 1 minute, vision is unaffected by any factors..."

  Liu Yun was astonished, this thing is only dropped by the Water Purification Tank BOSS and the drop rate isn't high. Although the Water Purification Tank BOSS is just an existence that hasn't reached the second layer of cultivation yet, killing it isn't easy either.

  "A few hours ago, I got this thing when I killed that small squad, didn't think it would come in handy!"

  Gao Dian sneered and immediately scattered the medicine water in his hand.

  "Hmm!!"

  Liu Yun furrowed his brow, his right hand tightly grasping Qing Hong, and he stopped casting the Soul Fire Seal. He charged forward again, looking at Yue Yue's remaining life force of less than 20%. His left index finger moved slightly.

  Bang!

  A cracked stone suddenly jumped out and clamped down on Yuè Yuè Lěng's right foot in a cross shape.

  "Huh?"

  The moon was startled by a sudden chill, and immediately sensed that danger was approaching, so she hurriedly moved her feet to get away.

  However, his right foot was restricted and couldn't struggle free at all.

  Liu Yun's left hand formed a finger seal, his right hand raised the Qinghong sword, and his fingers wiped against the blade's edge...

  The sword's edge bursts with cold light, lightly quivering, its intent invading all directions.

  Ding! System: Demon-slaying Sword energy accumulation successful!

  The system prompt tone sounded.

  Ahhhhhhh!!!!!

  Just as the system sound had just fallen, a strange whistling sound rose, and then the black fog that wrapped around the three of them suddenly dispersed.

  "What?"

  Liu Yun was startled and looked around in all directions.

  But saw all around, team after team of people were quickly surrounding this place, these people each had a very heavy and oppressive aura, with over ten people.

  And just now, the one who dispersed the fog was a second-level spiritual being of no ordinary power.

  Liu Yun looked around and unexpectedly found several familiar faces inside.

  The small squad encountered during the last heavenly tribulation... The Furious Squad.

  Furious and crazy, Jing and others cast one by one malicious gaze towards them, and they were very clever, surrounding the three people from left to right. The three had nowhere to escape, apparently, these people had already targeted them during the fight.

  Liu Yun wore a black cloak, and people couldn't see his face clearly. However, Nu Kuang and others felt that this cloaked player was very familiar, and the first memory that came to their minds was about that time of heavenly calamity.

  It seems that anger is not on the side of the cold moon... Since it's not a friend of an enemy, then it must be an enemy of an enemy.

  At this thought, Liu Yun withdrew his 'Demon-slaying Sword' skill.

  Look at Liu Yun's hands, which hadn't moved yet. Moon Moon was in a hurry to retreat, swallowed the bottle of medicine, and looked around again. Suddenly, she was stunned: "Enraged!! I didn't think you'd chase us all the way here!"

  "Do you think hiding here will allow you to escape our pursuit?"

  With a furious and cold laugh, he stared at Yuè Yuè Lěng and Gāo Diǎn with a smile.

  Liu Yun lowered his head and stood aside, holding Qing Hong tightly in his hand. He was very excited and also very cautious.

  Why? Because among these people brought by Nu Chong, as many as nine players are in red name status!

  He didn't know what Nu Kuang and the others had been through, but he didn't care. What he cared about was whether he could kill these nine people to power up the Wordless Heavenly Book!!

  "Hmph, what if you've found me? Your rage is nothing in my eyes!"

  Yu Yu snorted coldly and said with disdain.

  "Every month is cold, you're just a prostitute, what's the matter? Above the law? How come I don't see him? Dare to expose our equipment, but not dare to come out and meet us?" Nu Kuang said in a low, stern voice, only his eyes kept inadvertently glancing at Liu Yun.

  "You think you're worthy of meeting our boss just because of your insignificant selves? How ridiculous! Last time, if it wasn't for the fact that you people had something our boss needed, we wouldn't have bothered killing you, lest we dirty our hands!"

  Yuè Yuè's eyes sparkled with a cold smile, her gaze full of mockery, as if in her opinion, she had never known what fear was.

  "It seems I'll have to get my hands dirty today too!" Nu Kuang's eyes flashed with a cold glint as he raised his hand: "For revenge, I've even invited the entire Zero Point Squad! If we don't blow you up big time today, how can I, Nu Kuang, still survive in the 'Mystic Realm'?"

  "Is that all you've got, Red Names?" Moon gazed coldly at the nine Red Name players surrounding Angry Crazy and snorted: "Maybe I'll fall to your hands today, but I promise you, Angry Crazy, you will die in a very ugly way."

  "We eagerly await!"

  He let out a furious roar and suddenly dropped his raised hand.

  This is a very ordinary and common, yet thrilling fight in "Xuanjie", where it doesn't matter who's right or wrong, everyone is fighting for just a bit of benefit, a breath of air. That's why "Xuanjie" has always been filled with blood and rain, never peaceful.

  Liu Yun took a few steps back, preparing to leave. In this situation, he would obviously also become the target of Nu Kuang and others. With two fists hard to resist four hands, it was wise to retreat temporarily.

  "Captain!! I know who this person is!! He's 'Liu Yun', the one who brought heavenly calamity to us that day!!"

  At this moment, a loud and excited cry rose, furious glance, but saw the undead Xiaoqiang pointing at Liu Yun who was wearing a black cloak, shouting loudly.

  "Is it really him?!" The furious face suddenly turned joyful, a hint of pleasure flashed in his eyes, and he waved his hand: "Since it's him, that's even better, kill him!! From now on, every time I see this person, I'll have him killed! I won't forget the grudge from last time!"

  Enraged, at least five or six people rushed towards him. The first to charge forward was naturally the Undead Little Qiang. Last time, Liu Yun had used the Stone of Sudden Death to trap him, allowing him to be killed by the Heavenly Tribulation. How could he not avenge this deep hatred?

  "Hmm!"

  Liu Yun's face was gloomy and tense, gathering momentum for a strike, ready to exchange blows with these people. Although it is said that two fists are hard to contend with four hands, if they really fight, Liu Yun is not easy to mess with either.

  Yuè Yuè Lěng and Gāo Diǎn hastily retreated, fighting as they fell back. However, Nù Kuáng had long been prepared, and their escape route was already sealed off. At this moment, they were still desperately holding on, entangled with Nù Kuáng's people in a chaotic melee.

  "Alright, kiddo, it's payback time! This time I'll finally get my revenge!" Xiao Qiang said with a grin, then swung the stick at Liu Yun's head.

  "Xiao Qiang, this person is handed over to me. Last time I didn't kill him, but it seems like my shame! This time I must personally send him off!" Ling Feng's Xiao Ye stared at Liu Yun, sneering.

  Last time, the sneak attack was counter-killed by Liu Yun's sharp counterattack, leaving an indelible mark on Xiao Ye's mind. If he doesn't kill Liu Yun once, his heart will have a shadow for life.

  The situation suddenly became severe.

  Liu Yun's right hand tightly grasped Qing Hong, while his left hand reached for the bundle.

  If all else fails, I can only rely on the violent rain of pear flower needles to save my life...

  It's just...such precious things are wasted on these people, it's really not worth it.

  Ding! System: The affection level of specific NPC 'Ling Leng Hong' towards you has dropped to 50%! Please be careful, player.

  Ding! System: The affinity of specific NPC 'Ling Leng Hong' towards you has decreased to 50%! Please be cautious, player.

  Ding! System: The affection level of specific NPC 'Ling Leng Hong' towards you has dropped to 50%! Please be careful, player.

  At this moment, those players who were rushing towards Liu Yun received a system prompt at the same time.

  "You people, get out of here at once!!"

  At this time, a voice with a hint of milkiness yet exceptionally icy and cold suddenly rang out.

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