Chapter 21: Survival Challenges
I picked up the note and read it carefully, and there was a string of unfamiliar handwriting on it:
"Boy Li... I'm afraid this is the last time I'll help you, I used the last remnant soul to help you expel the demon body and then attached your body to move you back from the spirit world, I didn't expect it to be by your side all the time, but I don't have the strength to talk to you, I know who you're looking for, I'm sure he's in this forest, you don't have to doubt my reconnaissance. And I wrote all the uses of the penalty ruler and the royal umbrella on the back of the paper, you will be my only closed apprentice in the future, I hope you complete your mission and don't lose my face, this possession has exhausted the remaining strength I used, and the rest is up to you."
I don't think it's too much to say who wrote this note, as the last word was read by me, my eyes unconsciously turned red, I didn't expect that Qian Lao even sacrificed his life in order to save me, maybe his desire to defeat Zhenbei and Nan was not so important at the beginning, but I will not forget that one day he will stand at the top of the demon world with his magic weapon and let everyone in the demon world remember Qian Lao!
I wiped away a handful of tears, turned the paper over, only to see that the back of the paper was full of dense mental tips, I silently put the note back into the ring, and began to look for it in the forest, I kept shuttling in the forest, and found that many trees in the forest were marked, I followed the mark all the way, and finally I came to the deepest part of the forest, this is a plain, the surrounding is terrible, the surrounding is terrifying, and the air is filled with these little smell of blood, looking around, there is a sword stuck in the middle of the plain, radiating light in the dark space, I haven't even started fighting, I have already lost, I don't know where Aoyagi is staring at me now, I dare to pull out the royal umbrella in front of me, and the other hand is holding the penalty ruler and walking towards the sword in the center, every step my heartbeat has to speed up a few points, and when I walk to the sword, I mean to be sweating profusely, vigilantly observing the surroundings, I dare not relax for a moment, I have been guarding this sword for most of the day, and this Aoyagi still does not appear
I understand that if I continue to shrink here like this, sooner or later I will show a flaw, rather than waiting for death, it is better to let go, I looked at the sword inserted in the soil, and a plan has emerged in my brain, although it is very risky, but waiting for Aoyagi to appear here is only a dead end, if he does not appear, then I will lure him out, I took a deep breath, instantly put the royal umbrella back into the ring, and then stepped on the ground to pull out the sword, but suddenly I felt a figure rushing towards me at a very fast speed, but this was in my arms, This Aoyagi's punch hit me directly and firmly, but what he didn't expect was that it was just one of my doppelgangers, and I had already walked behind him from the side, Aoyagi lightly punched, and the phantom instantly turned into a puff of smoke, Aoyagi's pupils suddenly dilated, and it was too late to turn around, I knew that it was futile to use any weapon to deal with this Aoyagi, and I could only pray that the Penalty Ruler could trap him. As I recited the spell in my mouth, a golden light flashed, but I didn't expect Aoyagi to see the golden light speeding towards him, but he smiled slightly, and rushed directly towards the golden light, I was still thinking about what kind of operation this was, but Aoyagi's response next was true, and I saw the gap between us
I saw that Aoyagi took out the sword in the field, and did not wait for the golden light to flash on him, it was a sword that slashed at the penalty ruler in my hand, only to hear a loud "boom", I was shocked by this blow and flew out, and waited until the smoke dissipated, leaving Aoyagi standing alone in the center with a sword in his hand, but looking at my eyes with some appreciation, I looked at the punishment ruler in my hand in disbelief, but fortunately, this penalty ruler is not an ordinary magic weapon, just one more knife and a slight scratch, I look at this Aoyagi, he looks at me like this, and he doesn't attack, at least I lure him out, know where the enemy is, I took out the royal umbrella again and blocked it in front of me, when he saw the royal umbrella, a trace of shock flashed in his eyes, just now he had already made it clear that he didn't want me to live, if this is difficult, the two of us were so deadlocked, Aoyagi lowered his head, as if thinking about something, and after a while, he said:
"I'll admit you've exceeded my expectations, but I'm shocked that you've done your tricks, I'm sure I've seen you."
In terms of time, when Qianlao was alive was the time when the previous holy war started, and Emperor Yu at that time was not a sunflower father, so it is completely possible that Aoyagi and Qianlao had met, but now is not the time to talk about this, I directly asked:
"Aoyagi-senpai, you said you want to see if I'm qualified, so now am I qualified to take the Soul Furnace?"
Aoyagi touched his beard and blinked his eyes twice, as if he was trying not to kill me, the time he was waiting for was simply tormenting If he wanted to, he could kill me in a snap of his fingers The last time he had this feeling was when he was controlled by the wolf, he waited for a while before he slowly spoke:
"Originally, I thought that if you couldn't defeat me, I wouldn't talk about it, but I'm a little curious about where your magic weapon came from, so I'm going to give you a chance."
Aoyagi shook the sword in his hand and then plunged it into the ground, and then continued:
"Two minutes, if you can hold on to my attack for two minutes, I'll let you take it back to the soul furnace"
To tell the truth, I don't even have the confidence to hold on to his hands for a minute, but this is already the best result, at least he didn't intend for me to defeat him, but let me hold on for two minutes so that I can hide in the forest, and the chance of survival is greater, I gritted my teeth and took back the Imperial Forest Umbrella Penalty Ruler and said to Aoyagi:
"Okay, I agree, but I have a request... You'll have to wait for me to hide in the forest first, I think you can see that if I start right away, I won't be able to match you in terms of speed or strength."
Aoyagi thought about it, maybe I thought I was reasonable, so I agreed to my request, and I plunged into the woods without looking back, this is not a joke, I drew a spirit charm while running and slapped it on myself, with my current strength, the spirit charm can last for about half an hour, but with my strength, the spirit charm basically does not prevent Aoyagi from finding me, but my current doppelganger can last ten minutes, the spirit charm can reduce my breath to the same as the doppelganger, so that he can confuse his judgment, I walked around the forest, sometimes casting a trap under my feet, I didn't expect to trap Aoyagi, which was also a way to confuse his judgment, and finally I put my clone in a tree hole, and then I hid myself in another big tree, and now all I could do was pray