45. That's not Zhao Hu
When watching from a distance, Tian Qiang and Xu Cheng didn't feel how terrible the dark canopy on the high platform was.
But the closer they got, the more they realized that the cold aura contained in this dark canopy was so strong, as if it was going to freeze their souls together. If they still maintain the cultivation of the Xuan Realm, then with the Outer Protective Body Gang Qi, they will naturally not be afraid, but with the current state of their injuries, it is a very dangerous thing to shuttle forward in such a cold environment.
Entering the Xuan Realm is the realm where the monk officially begins to embark on the path of cultivation, and this stage is generally based on transforming the true element and condensing the true element. The sign of its pinnacle of perfection is to open up a sea of true vitality in the body, also known as opening up the dantian.
Once you have successfully opened up the Sea of True Yuan Qi and can automatically form a True Yuan Cycle in your body, it is a sign of stepping into the Transcendent Realm. When a True Yuan cycle is formed in the body, the recovery speed of the True Yuan will far exceed that of the Xuan Realm, and it can also be performed more durably in battle, which is also the reason why the Xuan Realm cultivator is stronger than the Xuan Realm monk. And once you step into the fourth layer of Tongxuan, the true element in your body is full, and you can spontaneously form a layer of true element attachment on the monk's body surface, which can effectively reduce the damage you take when facing the enemy.
However, from this stage onwards, there will be a clear difference between a body refiner and a qi refiner.
Martial cultivators like Xu Cheng and Tian Qiang, once they step into the fourth layer of Tongxuan, as long as they stimulate the true element in their bodies, they can form a layer of protective body qi on the surface of their bodies, thus greatly improving their defense capabilities. And if you step into the seventh layer of Tongxuan, then this layer of protective true element on the surface of the body will also automatically transform into a personal gangqi, and there is no need for Wu Xiu to urge it himself - to put it simply, it is to change from an active skill to a passive skill.
Although this transformation is far less defensive and range-bound than the protective body qi formed when Wu Xiu himself induces it, it is at least stronger in terms of defense than when he was in the fourth layer of Tongxuan, and can effectively avoid sudden assassinations.
Tian Qiang and Xu Cheng are both monks of the sixth layer of Tongxuan, once they get serious, they will naturally be able to promote the protection of the body and reduce external damage. It's just that they are all injured at the moment, and the true yuan in their bodies is not strong enough to allow them to trigger the body protection qi, and even the symbol of the fourth-layer cultivator: the body protection true element, has not appeared at this time.
That's why they didn't dare to enter the highest place.
At least, with their current strength, they really don't have the qualifications to enter. Just two more distances from the high ground, they could already feel a chilly aura that made them extremely uncomfortable.
You must know that after stepping into the cultivation realm, even the weakest cultivator who has entered the Xuan Realm will no longer be afraid of the cold of winter. Even if it is a temperature of more than ten degrees below zero, for the monks who have entered the Xuan Realm, it is a slightly cool feeling, because the qi and blood in their bodies have become very vigorous, so strong that it is like a fire, and only a temperature of dozens of degrees below zero can make them feel a little chill.
And the higher the cultivation, the stronger this ability to resist the temperature difference of cold or heat.
Xu Cheng and Tian Qiang, even if their cultivation is damaged now, they only have the strength to enter the seventh or eighth layer of Xuanxuan, but even if they are in a low temperature environment of dozens of degrees below zero, for them, it is probably just the feeling of a mortal in a thin shirt being blown by the autumn wind in autumn.
The chilly aura that could escape from the high platform made them feel like they were in an ice cave, how could they not be shocked?
Just when they were frightened because they were getting closer and closer to the highest terrain of this underground palace, a yin corpse suddenly sprang out from the side, and swooped towards Tian Qiang, who was a few steps behind Xu Cheng.
Xu Cheng felt a strong wind and was keenly aware of the problem, but he wanted to turn around and make a move, but he was stunned to find that his body couldn't keep up with his thinking, so he could only watch as the yin corpse rushed through his interception range and pounced on Tian Qiang.
And Tian Qiang, as the person who was attacked, his feeling was much more intuitive than Xu Cheng's.
The first reaction was that the speed of this yin corpse was too fast!
He didn't even have time to sideways to dodge, so he could only reach out and put his hands on the shoulders of the yin corpse to stop it from pounce.
But it was just such a simple action, but the result was that Tian Qiang was driven back a few steps by the impact of the Yin corpse jumping up, if he hadn't majored in Xia Pan Kung Fu in the first place, he would have been thrown directly to the ground with such a pounce. But through such a short confrontation, Tian Qiang had also discovered that the power of this Yin corpse was too great, much stronger than the Yin corpses that he and Xu Cheng had encountered along the way.
Tian Qiang passed a head-to-head confrontation, so he had the most intuitive feeling. Although Xu Cheng did not confront this yin corpse head-on, he had a deep understanding of Tian Qiang's strength and cultivation, and just looking at Tian Qiang's response, he generally had a relatively clear understanding.
"This Yin Corpse ......" Tian Qiang exerted all his strength to finally stop the impact of the power of this Yin Corpse, his face was slightly gloomy, and at the moment of exhalation, he slapped a palm on the chest of the Yin Corpse, forcibly shaking it back.
If it was the Yin corpses that he faced before, with just this palm, this Yin corpse would be slapped with a hole in his chest on the spot.
But this yin corpse, not to mention a hole in the chest, did not even print a palm print, only a slight crack on its epidermis.
However, if there is only Tian Qiang alone, then it is naturally extremely dangerous to face this situation.
A flash of sword light swept out from behind this yin corpse.
By the time the sword light subsided, the hideous head of the Yin corpse had already risen into the sky, and a black thick dead qi gushed out from the severed neck, just like those who were beheaded and splattered out of the blood column. And this shriveled corpse, which had lost its head, also fell to the ground in this situation, completely dead.
It's just that the faces of Tian Qiang and Xu Cheng are very ugly.
This sudden battle, although it seemed that the two of them had won, actually lost in a head-to-head confrontation. If it weren't for the fact that the Yin Corpse itself had no wisdom and didn't know how to dodge sneak attacks and the like, Xu Cheng's sword would not have been able to hit, and naturally he would not have been able to deal with this Yin Corpse so neatly. And if they can't solve this yin corpse neatly, just looking at the combat power of this yin corpse that is obviously more than one cut, Tian Qiang will inevitably fall into a bitter battle.
Based on their understanding of the Yin Corps this day, once they fall into a bitter battle, then once they are surrounded by the Yin Corps again, I am afraid that this time they will not be able to get out of danger so easily.
"This Yin corpse...... At least he has the strength to pass through the Xuan Realm. Tian Qiang said with a bitter face, "If the Yin corpse in that high ground ......"
He didn't finish his words, but Xu Cheng naturally understood what he meant.
The strength of this Yin corpse is already much stronger than the Yin corpses they have seen before, with their current strength, it seems so difficult to deal with, this is still a single situation, if the Yin corpses of this strength are grouped together, Xu Cheng can't imagine what the result will be.
But helplessly, they didn't know if this was some kind of special individual phenomenon, or if the closer they got to the area of the dark canopy, the stronger the Yin corpse they encountered.
Along the way, they also encountered many Yin corpses whose individual strength was obviously slightly stronger, which was almost equivalent to the level of about the seventh or eighth layer of the Xuan Xuan. However, with the strength of him and Tian Qiang, it is naturally not difficult to deal with, even if the strength seems to be almost the same, but in fact, it is not difficult to deal with ghost things like Yin corpses that have no intelligence and have entities.
But if the realm of strength breaks through a level, then the situation is completely different.
"We need to regain our strength before we can enter that dark canopy." Xu Cheng withdrew his gaze from the high ground before speaking, "Let's go back to the platform area below first, it's too dangerous to continue up or stay here." ”
"Our food...... It may not be enough. Tian Qiang frowned, and then said, "The dry food we brought this time is no longer enough for us to stay here for too long." If we couldn't get out of here in two days......"
"Hey, last time we were trapped in that secret realm for months, didn't we get through it?" In this regard, Xu Cheng didn't care, "Moreover, although this underground palace is full of ghosts, those spirit fruits and the like here still maintain a considerable degree of spiritual energy, and after thousands of years of nourishment and evolution, these spirit fruits are all superb, if it is really not good, we will take some risks and get some spirit fruits to eat." ”
"Indeed." Tian Qiang nodded, he and Xu Cheng had also had the experience of being trapped in the secret realm for a long time, "I was still wondering before, this dungeon has such a strong death qi and yin qi, why these cultivated spirit fruits are not eroded by death qi, but can still ......"
"Wait, what did you say?" Xu Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then turned his head to look at Tian Qiang, "You repeat what you just said." ”
"Which one?" Tian Qiang didn't react a little.
"Dead air!" Xu Cheng turned his head, staring at the dark canopy shrouded in a range of hundreds of meters in the high ground, and stretched out his hand, "In that area, there is no dead air!" Only yin! And this dungeon is full of dead qi and yin qi everywhere, especially those yin corpses, the dead qi on their bodies is so strong that it is stronger than some corpses in the outside world. …… Don't forget, there is a clear record in "Demons and Monsters" that 'ghosts belong to the Tao, and corpses die and ghosts are yin'. ”
"Then ......" Tian Qiang was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly reacted.
The so-called "corpse dead ghost yin" refers to the corpse cultivating dead qi, and ghost cultivating yin qi.
And in the underground palace, all the yin corpses have shown that this is obviously a place to raise corpses, and all the yin corpses belong to corpses. But now this is a place where yin qi suddenly gathers that seems incompatible with the surrounding environment, which is simply contrary to common sense.
"We've all been lied to." Xu Cheng gritted his teeth, "That's not Zhao Hu!" I'm afraid the real Zhao Hu has died a long time ago, and now the one on the high platform is a ghost cultivator! ”