Chapter 34: The Hunt
The entrance to the Ice Canyon is located in a low-lying valley, and this is the only way to enter the valley.
The valley is barren, with the exception of a few meadows and a few small trees, all of which are black rocks and glaciers, which grow thicker the closer you get to the gorge.
The entrance to the Ice Canyon is a huge pitch-black crack, which looks like a bottomless abyss from a distance, and it is very terrifying.
After Xiao Ran and his party left the camp, they went straight to the entrance of the canyon, and several teams had already entered it before them.
Xiao Ran and his party soon came to the entrance, looking at the canyon crack in front of them, it was gloomy and terrifying, and some disciples with low strength suddenly retreated and did not dare to step in.
Xiao Ran saw that they were afraid, and opened his mouth to encourage: "Don't be afraid, as an immortal cultivator, you must overcome the fear in your heart, such a place is the most powerful place to test whether a person's heart is strong, and if you are afraid, you will never be able to achieve cultivation."
"All of you follow me, I'll open the way, Zhimeng, Lingyun, after you two break off."
"Yes, big brother!"
Under Xiao Ran's encouragement, the disciples of Feixue Gate quickly stood up and followed Xiao Ran's footsteps towards the endless abyss.
Upon entering through the entrance of the Ice Canyon, it was a very long and huge crack, with only a little light penetrating, and it looked dim and deep.
Xiao Ran's speed was not fast, and the group walked in the dark passage, except for Xiao Ran and the others, the other disciples began to feel a little uneasy.
"You don't have to be nervous, this is the outermost entrance, and there will be many forks after a while, and each fork has countless branches, just like the meridians of the human body, intricate, if you are really afraid, you can silently recite the ice heart recipe to relieve the inner intentions."
Through the time of a stick of incense, they soon came to the fork, Xiao Ran walked in the front, suddenly there was a slight strange aura in the air, as Xiao Ran in the Ling Void Realm, his sense was very keen, and he quickly sensed that something was wrong.
"Everyone, pay attention, quickly get closer, there is danger here, I vaguely smell a trace of blood."
Hearing Xiao Ran's words, the five disciples quickly gathered together, Yan Zhimeng, Ling Yun and Xiao Ran surrounded the outermost area, protecting them in it, observing the situation around them at any time.
At this time, a gloomy voice came out: "He is worthy of being the chief disciple of Feixue Sect, not only is his strength so strong that he is in the Ling Xuan Realm, but he also has such a keen observation power, he really deserves the name of a genius."
Xiao Ran didn't find out where the owner of the voice was, obviously the other party's strength was much higher than him, he asked tentatively.
"That senior is here, please show up."
"Since you've spoken, let's meet each other!"
The ghost shadow flashed, and two figures appeared not far behind Xiao Ran and them, blocking their retreat.
One looked a little gloomy old man in gray robes, exuding an evil aura all over his body, and the other was wearing a cloak, but he didn't look very old from his figure.
Seeing the two of them clearly, Xiao Ran had some bad feelings in his heart, he had roughly guessed the identity of the old man.
He immediately transmitted the message to the others, asking them to be ready to flee at any time, "Zhimeng, Lingyun, you protect your junior brother, if I guess correctly, this person in front of you should be a bloodthirsty old man." ”
Yan Zhimeng and Ling Yun couldn't believe it after hearing Xiao Ran's transmission, they were still discussing the bloodthirsty old man yesterday, but they didn't expect to meet today.
Seeing this trend, he also came for the treasure, but he calculated that these decent disciples would come here to explore the opportunity, so he blocked the position of the throat of this Xuanbing Canyon and hunted the decent disciples to avenge the heavy blows.
The bloodthirsty old man saw the expressions of Ling Yun and the others and smiled: "It seems that you know your identity, yes, I am the bloodthirsty old man."
When the other disciples of Feixue Gate heard the old man's words, they were immediately restless, they didn't expect him to be a bloodthirsty old man, they knew the cruelty of the bloodthirsty old man, and they were extremely scared in their hearts, and they wanted to flee from here immediately.
"Fellow disciples, be quiet, it's useless to run away blindly in front of him." Xiao Ran comforted.
"You can see clearly, the decent people who besieged me at that time were Li Batian of your flying snow, and the most serious injury I suffered was due to Li Batian, since I met it today, then I will stay and become my blood food."
"Haha......"
The bloodthirsty old man laughed profusely, always feeling that everyone in front of him was already in his pocket.
"The bloodthirsty old man is really as vicious as the legend, and he is going to kill people when he says it casually, but he didn't expect to be so arrogant, do you really think that he will definitely eat us?"
Although Xiao Ran was very calm, he was thinking about how to escape.
"You don't have to pretend to be calm in front of me, it's useless, there is nothing wrong with my rumors, I am not only murderous, but I will not let go of all opportunities for the enemy to escape."
"Yes, then today the juniors will see if they can escape from the bloodthirsty old man."
"Oh, are you sure you're good again?" The bloodthirsty old man didn't expect Xiao Ran to say this, which surprised him a little.
"Confidence is given by oneself, and opportunities are created by oneself; The last question, can it be answered for the younger generation? ”
"You say."
"May I ask the person next to my senior, but Liu Yu, a traitor to my Feixue Gate?"
"That's right,"
After the bloodthirsty old man finished speaking, with a wave of his hand, the cloak on Liu Yu's head flew off in an instant, revealing his face.
"Yes, he is your traitor to the Flying Snow Gate, but he is now my servant."
After everyone in Feixuemen saw Liu Yu, they didn't expect Liu Yu to really take refuge in the bloodthirsty old man.
"Liu Yu, you brutalized your fellow sect, defected to the sect, and now you have fallen into the devil's path and are in the company of demons, how can a traitor like you appear in my Feixue Gate, you are simply to blame." Ling Yun looked at Liu Yu and scolded viciously.
Liu Yu saw that he couldn't hide anymore, so he replied directly: "People go to high places, water flows to low places, you have to know current affairs as a person, you always feel that you have high strength and can scold me at will, I just can't get used to you people, you claim to be righteous, and then Meng Haoyu deserves to die, you have scolded me many times for such a waste, I am really not a bully Liu Yu."
"The senior's strength is strong, and it is my honor to be willing to accept me as a pounce, as long as I serve my predecessor with my heart, he is happy to teach me one or two, my strength will improve by leaps and bounds, and when the time comes, I will kill one when I see a disciple of Feixuemen."
"Sure enough, it's a stupid person, since I met it today, I'll kill you first."
Ling Yun was about to make a move after speaking, but Xiao Ran stopped him directly: "Senior brother, don't be impulsive."
"Senior, thank you for answering my questions."
Xiao Ran looked at Liu Yu after speaking: "Liu Yu, let you go today, he will take your life one day." ”
After Xiao Ran finished speaking, he summoned the portable spirit sword, mobilized the spiritual power of his whole body, and shouted loudly: "Flying immortals outside the sky."
Xiao Ran suddenly burst out with powerful spiritual power, and as soon as he came up, he used his most powerful move, and he wanted to catch the bloodthirsty old man off guard.
Suddenly, in the dark passage, a strong light flashed, and Xiao Ran's surroundings seemed to come from outside the sky, and countless sword shadows all gathered in the spirit sword in Xiao Ran's hand.
The bloodthirsty old man didn't dare to be careless when he saw this, although he was a great master in the Freedom Realm, although Xiao Ran's strength was not as good as him, he couldn't be underestimated.
Coupled with the sword of the Flying Immortal Outside the Sky, it is the famous skill of Chen Yuexi, the second master of the Feixue Gate, and it is extremely dangerous, and he knows its power very well.
I saw Xiao Ran swinging a sword with one hand, a huge sword blade, with the aura of destruction, shattering the void and slashing towards the bloodthirsty old man.
Xiao Ran then shouted loudly: "It's now."
It turned out that when Xiao Ran asked Liu Yu's identity just now, he had secretly used his soul to transmit the voice to Yan Zhimeng and Ling Yun, asking them to take a few people to flee outside, and he dragged the bloodthirsty old man alone.
Originally, Ling Yun and Yan Zhimeng did not agree to Xiao Ran's decision to stay and face him together, but Xiao Ran directly refused, because no one could leave.
He had another chance to escape alone, and after they left successfully, they immediately returned to the mountain gate for help, and by the way, informed the world of the whereabouts of the bloodthirsty old man.
Under Xiao Ran's repeated insistence, Ling Yun and Yan Zhimeng finally compromised and decided to act according to Xiao Ran's instructions.
When Xiao Ran slashed out the strongest sword, Ling Yun and Yan Zhimeng found the right time and took the other disciples to shoot towards the exit.
Seeing this, the bloodthirsty old man roared angrily: "If you want to escape, the abacus is good, but do you really think that you can escape in this way?"
Although the bloodthirsty old man said this, he didn't dare to be careless, Xiao Ran's move was infinitely powerful, and he would be hit hard if he was not careful.
His whole body erupted with monstrous blood qi, and a huge blood-red palm instantly became larger to meet the huge sword qi emitted by Xiao Ran.
"If this blow was sent by your second master of the Flying Snow Gate, I would still be afraid, but your cultivation is not enough to threaten me."
"Yes, do you really think that if I am not as strong as you, you can ignore my strongest blow."
The bloodthirsty old man controlled the huge blood-red palm and directly turned the palm into a claw to grasp the sword qi of the palm.
When the palm of his hand touched the sword qi, it was not as the bloodthirsty old man thought, the sword qi was instantly crushed, and the powerful sword qi collided violently with the palm under Xiao Ran's urging, shaking the bloodthirsty old man's palm numb, and the whole person's qi and blood surged.
He hurriedly mobilized his strength and increased his attack, and his blood-red palm became larger again, and with a sudden grip, the powerful sword qi was crushed by the bloodthirsty person.
Fortunately, the bloodthirsty old man reacted in time, otherwise Xiao Ran's blow might really cause him serious harm under carelessness.
Liu Yu on the side was terrified when he saw that Xiao Ran was already so powerful now, and he also knew that Xiao Ran had been looking for his traces again during this time, if he continued to grow up, with his talent, sooner or later he would be so strong that even the bloodthirsty old man could not protect himself.
So, Liu Yu said directly: "Senior, the chief disciple of Feixuemen in front of you is the personal disciple of Chen Yuexi, the second master of Feixuemen, in this generation of disciples of Feixuemen, except for him, there is nothing to be afraid of, the strength he showed today is already so terrifying, if he is allowed to run away this time, maybe with his talent he will soon be able to cultivate to the free realm, plus his identity as a sword cultivator, it will definitely be a huge threat in the future, and this disaster cannot be left behind."
Hearing Liu Yu's words, with the knowledge of the bloodthirsty old man, how could he not see that Liu Yu wanted to borrow his hand to get rid of Xiao Ran, but the bloodthirsty old man also felt that what Liu Yu said was not unreasonable.
He turned to look at the other Feixue Sect disciples who had already run away, decided not to pursue it anymore, and finally stared directly at Xiao Ran.
"With such a powerful blood, the effect is better than everyone else, take you down today, and my injuries can be greatly improved, boy, prepare to die."
Xiao Ran's body was surging at this time, his aura was exhausted, and he mobilized his whole body's spiritual power to deliver such a powerful blow, which already made him unable to continue fighting.
He ignored the bloodthirsty old man, and looked at Liu Yu and said, "Liu Yu, thank you for taking such good care of me, although it is possible that I will die here today, but Lingyun and they were able to leave safely, I don't know if I should thank you or hate you."
"Xiao Ran, who made you get along with me all the time for a waste, don't blame me for being ruthless, because you brought it on yourself." Liu Yu no longer avoided at this time, and replied directly.
"Okay, if you remember what I Xiao Ran said, it will definitely come true, leave you alive today, and he will definitely get rid of you one day and avenge Senior Brother Haoyu." Xiao Ran said with an evil smile.
When Liu Yu saw Xiao Ran's smile, he immediately knew that Xiao Ran was going to escape, and he hurriedly shouted, "Senior, he wants to run."
Before the word ran out, Xiao Ran had already taken the sword and flew up, and randomly selected a channel to shoot away.
"I want to run, but no way."
The bloodthirsty old man also ejected in an instant, and hit Xiao Ran with a casual blow, hitting Xiao Ran and then in the back, so shocked that Xiao Ran almost fell down.
Xiao Ran endured the heart-wrenching pain, stabilized his body and continued to flee forward.
At this time, the bloodthirsty old man was not in a hurry, and he was not in a hurry to catch up.
Seeing this, Liu Yu said, "Senior, you can't let him run away."
The bloodthirsty old man glared at Liu Yu, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly retreated.
"Today's matter, I don't want to have a next time, otherwise I won't wait for the Flying Snow Gate to clean up the portal, and I will train you to be a blood eater."
Liu Yu was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Yes, senior, junior will never dare anymore." ”
"Don't worry, as you said, as long as you serve me wholeheartedly, I will teach you a thing or two when I am happy in the future. In addition, that kid can't run away, I've already left my special mark on him, even if he runs to the ends of the earth, I can directly sell him wherever he is at any time, and then immediately enter the hunting moment, haha......"
The evil laughter of the bloodthirsty old man echoed through the empty passage.
Xiao Ran flew farther and farther in the dark passage, he didn't know where he was now, and now he just wanted to escape as soon as possible.
The palm on his back had been eroding his flesh, and Xiao Ran grabbed an elixir while flying and swallowed it, while running the exercises to expel this evil force.
But in any case, that evil force was eating away at his body like an appendage, so he stopped doing useless work, and first found a place to recover from his injuries.
Yan Zhimeng and the others had now escaped from the Xuanbing Canyon, and soon they had come to the place where they had rested yesterday.
When they exited the entrance of the canyon, they found that the bloodthirsty old man had not caught up, so when they fled to a safe position, they stopped directly.
Yan Zhimeng looked at the direction of the Xuanbing Canyon with some anxiety, she quickly cast a spell, and a message went towards the Flying Snow Gate.
After doing everything, Yan Zhimeng opened his mouth and said: "Senior brothers, the Xuanbing Canyon is no longer suitable for you to continue to stay, you will return to the sect and reveal the whereabouts of the bloodthirsty old man on the way back, so that the bloodthirsty old man can be pushed to the forefront again, and relieve some pressure for the senior brother, I only hope that the senior brother can escape into the Xuanbing Canyon smoothly, use the complex terrain inside to deal with the bloodthirsty old man, and wait until the head of the sect comes to the rescue."
"Yes, senior sister, we'll do it right away without further ado." Qiu Yu, who was the leader, replied.
"Senior sister, what about you?"
"Senior Brother Lingyun and I are going to go back first to find Senior Brother and fight side by side with him." Yan Zhimeng looked at the Xuanbing Canyon and replied.
"Then senior sister, you must be careful, we will spread the news." Qiu Yu knew that they had all relied on Senior Brother to appear here safely, so all they could do now was to do what they were told.
Watching Qiu Yu and them leave, Yan Zhimeng said, "Senior Brother Lingyun, let's go too." ”
Ling Yun didn't hesitate at all, and immediately nodded back: "Let's go, I'm afraid that Senior Brother will be in danger when it's late, we have special contact information with Senior Brother, as long as he is inside, we can find him." ”
After speaking, the two of them walked towards the Xuanbing Canyon......