Vermilion Bird Glimpse Burning Sky Fire Chapter 18: The Old Fox Torches
Not a drop of rain has fallen on Qifeng Lake.
The water of the lake was already covered with thick ice, and the water vapor floating in the air condensed, all of which turned into scattered hailstones.
The woman of the Heavenly Sect covered with a mask supported her body with a sword, standing on the surface of the lake, and blood dripped out of the lower edge of the mask.
She looked up.
In mid-air, the blood shadow of the demon fox surrounded the old man, and the witch lord also held the burning scroll, struggling to support it.
The woman wiped the blood from her jaw with the back of her hand, and when she exhaled gently, the ice under her feet suddenly cracked, and her figure rose from the ground, turning into a sword qi, and slashed towards the blood shadow.
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The woman obviously slashed into the air with a sword, but it was like touching the essence and emitting the sound of gold and stone.
There was a soft sound of the old fox in the air.
The eighty-one figures it had originally transformed into one place came together, and it flicked its tail violently, shaking away the sword that had slashed its own back, and at the same time, the wind and snow around it poured towards its location, filling the gap that had just been cut out of the vest at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Although the sword was shaken open, her other hand slashed out with two fingers, and then slashed out a sword qi, which was like a disc, hitting the old fox's body at an extremely fast speed, and then suddenly exploded, turning into countless dazzling arc-shaped sword qi, cutting his huge body together.
"Nowadays, the swordsmanship in this world is becoming more and more fancy, but the divine will on the sword is really declining compared to five hundred years ago. The old fox sneered, his eyes suddenly deepened, and his body that should have been illusory was as solid as a rock, and he actually bounced those sword qi away: "I don't know where you are the teacher, you wasted a good embryo in vain." β
Between the words, the wind and snow were raging, and the woman's horizontal sword opened the demonic power that came from the backlash, and her figure flew back a few steps.
She looked at the huge figure and said coldly: "I am still a shallow learner, and it has nothing to do with the sect. β
The old fox shook his head lightly, "The level of the sword's divine will is not in the depth of cultivation, five hundred years ago, when the sword saint Qiu was still a child, there were mountain ghosts who plundered his village, he cut out a sword in a half-dream and half-awake, and those mountain ghosts actually bowed their heads and retreated, and he had not practiced at that time." β
The woman frowned slightly, maybe five hundred years was too long, she had never heard of a sword saint named Qiu Ziguan in history, and she didn't believe in the so-called non-cultivators who retreated from ghosts and gods with a sword.
The old fox glanced at her and said, "Originally, I saw that you had a good seedling, and I wanted to mention a few words, but it seems that you are also an unenlightened fool, if you can get out of this ice lake with the sword in your hand today, the old man will consider whether to let you live." β
"Don't mess with me. The woman shook her head slightly, dismissing her thoughts.
Although this old fox is tall in law and even more unfathomable in Taoism, he is now just a wisp of remnant soul after all, and his cultivation is not higher than his own.
Naturally, what she thought about was not how to escape from this lake, but to win.
In the wind and snow, the woman's figure retreated slightly, and a long roar broke out between the swords, and the swords fell together, as fast as lightning, and in the long sky, there was a white rainbow that smashed down on the head of the old fox's law body.
Behind the old fox, the witch master, who had fallen to the ice, breathed briefly.
Fang Cai was haunted by demonic thoughts, if it weren't for the woman's sword qi to break the siege, he might have died at this moment.
A cold thought rose from the depths of his heart, and he no longer had anything to hide, and shouted: "Hold him for me for half a moment!"
Between the words, he once again spread out the ancient scroll that was one with his mind, silently recited an ancient mantra in his mouth, and a vague ancient breath overflowed from his body, the wind and snow around him dissipated, and the ancient scroll in his hand moved without wind, and between the sound of turning the book, the words floated out one after another, dismantling and constructing in mid-air.
The woman comprehended, and the long sword was thrown out directly, and the spirit sword was used to entangle the Dharma body, and at the same time, she twisted her hands and clasped her hands, and the spiritual energy in the spiritual sea erupted away, like a white dragon crashing towards the old fox between swallowing the wind and spitting snow.
"Sword lock?" The old fox's expression was slightly different, and his figure fell, trying to avoid the trajectory of the white dragon's entanglement.
This was the first time he had given in in this battle.
And the place where he fell was the place where the witch lord spread out the scroll and cast the spell.
The woman's expression is cold, the three rainbows meet, and the sword lock is about to be completed, how can you get out easily?
The wind and snow in the sky were like sword qi, and those sword qi were tangled into locks, and those locks were connected end to end, blocking the way of the old fox.
She roared, her figure disappeared in place, and the long sword like snow and frost broke through the ice and snow, and went with her.
"Heaven and earth are chains, sword qi is chains, good means. A flash of surprise flashed in the old fox's narrow eyes, followed by contempt. "If the body were still there, this might have trapped me for a while, but at this time, ......"
Before the words were finished, the woman and the sword had collided together, the figure of the old fox was like a fire, at this moment the sword wind tore, and it was split in an instant, and the three sword rainbows went towards the old fox, but at that moment, the old fox's already cracked body suddenly turned into countless stars.
The flames were no longer like fire, but like flowing water.
How can the big lock across the river stop the flowing water from going east?
The old fox's divine soul bypassed the gaps in those sword qi chains, and while recondensing and forming, he rushed straight towards the witch master.
But the witch lord had lied before.
He didn't need a moment's time, the moment the old fox spirit passed through the sword lock, he had also completed that ritual.
The old man suddenly opened his eyes, his light was terrifying, and his mouth was full of words:
"Daming Building, Hongfu, Zhenshan Residence, Secluded Pavilion. β
The light and shadow seemed to be virtual and real, condensed beside the old man, and that was the appearance of those high-rise buildings and deep mansions in his mouth.
These buildings are all from the Imperial City of Zhao and have been reproduced in this ancient scroll.
At this moment, the deep spirit hidden in the words of the ancient scroll was extracted, and even the rotten wood was shining.
High-rise buildings are like swords, and mansions are like mountains.
The figure of the old fox fell into it, and was once again shattered, scurrying around in the great array like a firefly.
The old man held up the scroll aloft like a pilgrim, still chanting name after name in his mouth, trying to take advantage of the victory and pursue it, so as to kill it.
The old fox is in the form of a divine soul at the moment, and the imagery in these books is not substantial, which can just overwhelm it.
And at this moment, the woman's sword is also chasing.
In the illusory city tower, the shadows of people and foxes, the shadows of fire and snow, all like projectiles shot out, collided and staggered and then collided again.
The ice below was torn apart and dissolved by the aura, and half of the lake began to melt at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This meant that the old fox's spiritual power was also drastically decreasing.
And the witch master is now old, and this body is also difficult to support the consumption of this ancient scroll.
He and the old fox were both waiting for the other to run out first.
At this moment, the old man was already stepping on a piece of ice floe, he clutched his chest, coughed violently, and then hissed:
"East Palace, Changxiang Palace, Star Picking Pavilion......"
On the Qifeng Lake, those phantoms float like a mirage, but they are like a piece of vast soup, and the century-old city is a microcosm here.
"Jiazi Palace, Jiulingtai, Qianyu ......"
The old man's words trembled, and the word of the temple could not be spoken, turning into a leisurely sigh.
The Qianyu Hall has been destroyed and no longer exists.
The Taoist appearance of this majestic city is finally missing.
The sound of flipping through a book is also like a sigh.
Because of the difference, this ancient city is incomplete after all.
In the Dao of the Imperial City, the old fox suddenly stopped, and those fireflies-like firelight attached to his body, in this ancient city, even his huge Dharma Appearance seemed a little small.
"That's it?" the old fox asked softly.
Before the words fell, the woman's sword also chased after him, and the stabbing sound sounded sharply, and the old fox actually reached out directly and grabbed the stabbing blade.
It was a pair of humanoid hands, holding the sword body up and down with ten fingers, holding it tightly, and the sword qi that shot out from the blade of the sword also stirred his hands into erosion.
The woman's expression changed slightly, and this sword old fox chose to take it hard, which was a great opportunity for him to completely hit him, but for some reason, a touch of ominous premonition suddenly made Jian Xin scream.
The witch lord also had this strange feeling in his heart.
But he had no time to care about anything else, the book had reached the last page, the great array had moved, and the imperial city between nothingness and substance was pressing towards the old fox.
That's really a city as a lock.
No matter how you are surging water, you can only detour when you encounter it, not to mention that you are in the middle of it at this moment, the city gate is not open, how can you get out?
But at the moment when the outcome should have been decided, the woman suddenly turned into a sword rainbow and retreated at a very fast speed.
The witch lord looked strange, and then, the ominous touch in his heart was fulfilled in the next moment.
A little light shone in his cloudy, old eyes, and then the light spread violently, turning into a fire, which was not real, but fierce and monstrous, spreading throughout the city.
There was a sea of fire in the sky, and the old fox was in the middle of it, and his body suddenly rose hundreds of feet tall.
"How is that possible!" exclaimed the witch lord and the woman in white at the same time.
Previously, the old fox used the mysterious Dao method to freeze the lake into ice, and they all thought that the old fox's flame body was just a fraud, and his cultivation should be a spell like Xuanhan at all.
And when the woman in white touched his flames, she really didn't feel the temperature.
And at this moment, the sea of fire hung high in the sky, and they all felt the blazing heat that burned their hearts and souls.
The imperial city can shut down the water, but it can't stop the fire from raging, as if only when everything is burned will it end.
The scroll in the witch master's hand was pulled, and its edges began to roll up, faintly showing traces of flames.
"How is this possible with fire and ice?" muttered to the woman, her almost panicked shock if it weren't for the mask.
The old fox walked in the sea of fire, destroying those high-rise courtyards into ashes with a gesture, he glanced at the woman in white, and sneered: "You have half a step in the purple court, how can your vision be so shallow? This Nanzhou is really too small, thinking that Zhanxian Mountain is a closed door to avoid the world, it is a Qing cultivation, heh, if you are buried here today, it will not be wronged." β
The woman in white struggled to stabilize a swaying sword heart, the long sword hovering beside her, buzzing and trembling, as if it was uneven.
The old fox seems to have been pressed under the city for too long, and now he has finally been born, and after a hearty battle, he is willing to say a few more words, he recalled: "More than five hundred years ago, I entered the fire veins of the heart of the earth, and my hair burned all over my body, do you know what I saw in the depths of the heart of the earth?"
The old fox asked himself: "I saw a sea of ice, the ice sea is far from the magma flowing through, but separated by a thin layer of viscous rock mass, then, I bathed in the magma when it was cold, and meditated in the sea of ice when it was hot, and finally realized the law of the balance of all things after decades, that day I broke through the purple court and entered the five realms, and even vaguely glimpsed the three realms on it, but unfortunately, the greed of seeking the Tao at that time almost broke the hard-won Tao, fortunately ......"
The old fox said, his face showed a look of remembrance, and he sighed faintly:
"Fortunately, at that time, I met the sage ......"
"Saint?" Even though life and death were at stake, the woman in white still couldn't help but question aloud.
The old fox's voice was slow, as if it was weighing the weight of five hundred years: "The sage preached with me, analyzed the laws of heaven and earth with me, and helped me appreciate the real injustice and peace in the world, and he said a word to me at that time...... After that, I didn't think about the three realms anymore, and thankfully, I was able to survive the catastrophe five hundred years ago. β
This is the old fox's true heart, he often talks to himself in the depths of the underground palace, and now once he leaves the palace, no matter who the listener is, no matter what the situation is at the moment, he still wants to say it, just because he doesn't vomit and is unhappy.
"Saint...... Five hundred years ago, a saint came out?" The woman in white knew that this was a matter of life and death, but she still couldn't help but ask out loud.
The old fox didn't rush to make a move, and said patiently: "That's a real saint, a saint who wants to break the stubbornness and lead the world to great freedom, but the laws of heaven and earth are like this, it's a pity that ......"
Sighs resounded throughout the imperial city.
Flames swallow the sky.
The mirage-like imperial city was finally burned.
And the fire gradually dissipated on its own after it had no roots.
The scorched earth of the city turned into ashes and fell.
The woman in white wanted to take out the sword, but she only felt that the sword heart was shaking, and she was secretly afraid.
The Witch Lord's body had already fallen on the ice floe, he looked at the empty sky, and couldn't believe that the magnificent and peerless aura of Fang Cai had died in an instant, and the ancient scroll aura in his hand had dissipated most of it, and it had also fallen silent.
The old fox with fireworks fell in front of him.
"The city is broken, the family and the country are gone, and the immortal asks for nothing. β
The witch lord muttered to himself, old tears were in his eyes, and a thought suddenly flashed in his heart - it would be nice if the mother was there.
He didn't know if Niangniang was still alive after that day, if she was dead, why didn't she see her body, and if she was alive, where did she go at this moment?
The old fox's figure brought a stream of fire and passed by his side.
The fireworks are like swords, piercing the heart.
The cold soul glowed with the temperature of a real flame.
But the witch lord only felt that his body was extremely cold, so the old man, who was almost the same age as Zhao Guo, died with that thought.
"That little girl told me that the bad Zhao Guo's national fortune will have a great backlash, I thought that killing you would cause me serious damage, but I never thought that your heart was no longer in this country. β
The old fox grabbed the scroll that was about to fall and swallowed it in one gulp.
In the dungeon, in the pitch-black furnace, the body of the divine soul suddenly opened its eyes.
A chain shattered.
The spirit of the old fox burrowed into the body of the witch master.
The old man's body stood up stunned like a walking corpse, and he turned his head to look at the woman in white with a solemn expression in the air.
After their eyes met, the woman did not hesitate for a moment and walked away.
"It's smart. The witch lord who was possessed by the old fox loosened his muscles and bones, and the wisp of divine soul also swept out of the underground palace and merged into his body, he grinned: "It's a pity that it's late." β