Chapter 316: Fighting the Soul Eater Old Demon

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In the dim Xuanhuo Altar, the flame burning violently above the red 'colored' boulder was the only light source in the entire huge mountain 'cave', and in the distance, the surroundings were already dim.

On the shore of the underground lake in a radius of thousands of feet, two figures sat on the edge of the lake, quietly looking at the huge demon snake candle dragon slowly rolling and surging in the lake.

Yun Xiaoxiao couldn't figure it out, this place is located in a wild and desolate land, with a radius of thousands of miles of dry and waterless sand dunes and Gobi, how could there be a huge bottomless lake underground?

He couldn't figure out even more, what kind of desolate alien species was this Demon Sect Barbarian Temple's guardian demonic beast Candle Dragon in front of him, and why was it so huge?

He is not very old, but he has seen a lot of beasts and demons. Such as the Sky Devouring Beast, the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox, the Vermilion Bird, the Dragon Sin, the Eight-legged Rotten Lion Beast, the Shura Bird King, etc., are far beyond the cognition of mortals, and compared with the giant snake with black scales in front of him, those beasts and demons that have been seen in the past seem to be the tip of the iceberg.

The candle dragon is about hundreds of zhang long, the thickest place is close to ten zhang, the huge head is like a pagoda attic, and the oily green eyes that are several times larger than the human head are strange and mysterious, faintly revealing the vicissitudes of the unknown.

Perhaps, it also lived for 10,000 years.

After all, more than 3,000 years ago, it was already the guardian beast of the Demon Sect, and now it is still alive, and it can be regarded as the world's leading monster in the world today, I am afraid that even the nine-tailed sky fox demon fox can't help it!

Yun Xiaoye looked at the huge 'yin' shadow of the candle dragon under the water, and said with emotion: "It's so big." ”

Gao 'Yu' Lin nodded slightly, and said: "Yes, the so-called righteous and evil ways today are only more than 3,000 years old, but the candle dragon spirit beast has a lifespan of more than 10,000 years, which can be regarded as seeing the vicissitudes of the world." I heard from my seniors that the size of the candle dragon is already in the top three among the beasts and demons on land in the world today. ”

"Top three?"

Yun Xiaoye gasped and said in surprise: "Isn't there a desolate demon that is even more terrifying than the candle dragon?"

Gao 'Yu' Lin said: "Listen to the ghost...... Mr. said that the Black Water Snake that was once at large in the southwest was much larger than the Candle Dragon, and the legend has it that the Black Water Snake was more than a thousand feet long, and only the natural enemy, the Yellow Bird, could restrain its powerful scale armor defense with its sharp beak and claws. However, these two giant snakes are not the first in terms of size, the first is the legendary nine-headed snake in the 100,000 mountains of southern Xinjiang, the nine-day snake only exists in the legend, and even the "Gods and Demons Strange Treasures" has never been recorded about it, as for whether it is true, there is no way to verify. ”

"Whew...... Hiss ......"

The water on the lake 'waves' tumbled, and the huge snake head of the candle dragon burst out of the water, as if he heard Gao 'Yu' Lin's words, and was very dissatisfied, as if Lao Tzu was the first in the world, what black water snake hydra demon is not worthy of Lao Tzu's shoes!

Gao 'Yu' Lin has been in the Xuanhuo Altar for the past ten years, and has an excellent relationship with the candle dragon, seeing its appearance, she can't help but laugh and scold: "What, are you still not convinced?"

"Hisss hiss!"

"Go back to the lair under the water, if those seniors of the righteous path enter the temple and see you, the big demon, they will definitely tear you alive!"

"Hisss hiss!"

The candle dragon roared impatiently, raised its arrogant head, and stared at the two small humans in front of him for a while, and then reluctantly hid its huge body in the waterhole, rolled up a 'wave' and disappeared.

Yun Xiaoyi saw that Gao 'Jade' Lin was able to control and command this wild demon, and he was shocked and suspicious in his heart, and couldn't help but say, "How can it listen to you?"

Gao 'Yu' Lin smiled and said: "This is nothing to make a fuss about, although the candle dragon was born 'sexual' brutal, and brought a major disaster to people thousands of years ago, but three thousand years ago, the first generation of the Holy Sect's patriarch Heavenly Demon Ancestor subdued it, and for more than three thousand years after that, the candle dragon almost stayed in the Xuanhuo Altar, and the brutal 'sex' character has long been smoothed out. ”

Yun Xiaoxie frowned, her face was dewed and pondered, Gao 'Yu' Lin saw it in her eyes, the smile on her handsome cheeks gradually disappeared, and after a pause, she said slowly: "Do you think the so-called demon sect in the eyes of the righteous path is really against the way of heaven? What is righteousness? What is evil? Take the candle dragon in front of you as an example, for thousands of years, in the eyes of the disciples of the righteous path, the candle dragon is a giant snake demon beast that is ferocious and easy to kill, eats people and does not spit out bones, in fact, there are a few people who know this evil beast in everyone's eyes, but this is not the case!" Xiao Xie, you have been very smart since you were a child, and from the fact that you are so obsessed with the content of the sixth volume of the Heavenly Book on the stone wall, you already know in your heart that the cultivation of true thaumaturgy in the two veins of Buddha and Tao is actually no different from the sixth volume of the classic Heavenly Book handed down from the ancient Demon Sect. ”

Yun Xiaoye turned his head slightly, looking at Gao 'Yu' Lin's solemn but somewhat expectant gaze, he smiled bitterly, "Senior Sister 'Yu' Lin, you don't have to tell me this, the devil is the devil, and this point of view can never be changed in the hearts of the world." The content of the sixth volume of the Book of Heaven engraved on the stone wall of the Xuanhuo Altar here, the ancient art of cultivating the truth, when it comes to the degree of mystery, is really the only thing I have seen in my life, but the descendants of the Demon Sect have not really understood the meaning of the sixth volume of this classic Book of Heaven, so that they have gone astray, and the disciples of the 'Gate' mostly use blood and soul, male 'female' and 'essence' qi as the medium to forcibly improve their cultivation when cultivating, which is against the way of heaven. ”

Gao 'Yu' Lin frowned and said, "How do you know that the divine powers that the Holy Sect Sect has comprehended from this Heavenly Book are going astray?"

Yun Xiaoxiao said lightly: "I naturally know, in fact, the meaning of the Heavenly Dao has been clarified at the beginning of the Book of Heaven. If we could understand these 24 words, the first generation of the Bright Holy Sect in the human world in the past would not have degenerated into a demon sect that everyone shouted and beaten. ”

In fact, Yun Xiaoye did not say that he had read the first volume of the general outline of the book ten years ago, and the content in it was elaborated, especially the laws of heaven, the reincarnation of 'yin' and yang, the five elements of mutual regeneration, natural creation, etc., all of which were recorded in the first volume of the general outline of the book of heaven, and the other seven volumes were not recorded, at least for now, Yun Xiaoxiao was fortunate to read a total of four volumes of the book of heaven, and only the first volume was the most critical and important.

This is followed by the fourth and eighth volumes of the Book of Heaven.

At present, Yun Xiaoxie has already obtained the eighth volume, except for the fourth volume of the classic heavenly book obtained by the ghost king Xue Tian more than a thousand years ago, as for the other volumes, it is not so important compared to these three volumes.

According to the first volume of the Book of Heaven, the world is divided into three worlds, heaven, earth and man, which represent different levels of space.

Heaven, the main study is to temper oneself with the power of the stars, and use the power of the universe to resist the qi of the universe, which is the art of the stars recorded in the eighth volume.

Earth, majoring in the art of ghosts and ghosts.

Man, majoring in witchcraft! That is, the power of the first volume of the Book of Heaven.

Heaven and earth represent the eighth volume of the Book of Heaven, the earth represents the fourth volume of the Book of Heaven, and the man represents the first volume of the Book of Heaven. The fourth volume of the Book of Heaven, which links the key 'sex' between heaven and man, came out thousands of years ago, and Yun Xiaoyi dreamed of seeing it.

It's just that after the death of the ghost king Xue Tian, only the strange netherworld technique comprehended from the fourth volume of the Book of Heaven has been handed down, and the original text of the fourth volume of the Book of Heaven has been lost for many years, and even the descendants of the current ghost king Xue Tianyan Most of the descendants of the Netherworld Sect do not know its whereabouts.

On that day in the land of the Wild North, before the nine-tailed Heavenly Fox Demon Little Fox went to see Ding Mian Muyi, he had told her on the primeval divine tree of the 'Jing' Spirit Clan that now that she had not returned, she let herself take the Xuanling Qiankun bracelet to the Netherworld Sect to meet the current sect leader Qinghu Venerable, at that time he was quite surprised, in Yun Xiaoxie's heart, he actually looked down on the Qinghu Venerable.

Unexpectedly, at that time, the little fox girl smiled and said to him, maybe one day even Yun Xiaoxiao will ask the green fox to be a master.

Yun Xiaoxiao was puzzled, and the little fox said to him, the Venerable Green Fox may have the fourth volume of the ancient classic Heavenly Book!

Seeing Yun Xiaoxiao's contemplative 'color' on his face, Gao 'Yu' Linliu's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he was just about to speak, when at this moment, there was a rustling of footsteps from the darkness in the distance.

Gao 'Yu' Lin's face changed greatly, and he stood up suddenly, Yun Xiaoxiao also secretly shouted that it was not good, the Xuanhuo Altar is the important place of the Demon Sect, and it is the origin of the Demon Sect, and the people who can come in must not be ordinary Demon Sect disciples, they are definitely first-class masters, and he, a righteous disciple, is here, once he is discovered, he will be more than lucky.

Gao 'Yu' Lin said in a low voice: "Hide behind me, don't look up, the elders guarding the temple haven't gone out for decades, and they must not know you." ”

Yun Xiaoye nodded, no matter how conceited he was, he would never think that he could break out of the Demon Sect Temple single-handedly, when the 'jade' and 'gate' were closed, he already knew that the four great envoys of the Demon Sect and the Five Elements Banner had all returned to the Demon Sect Temple, and even if these peerless masters met one, they would be more than lucky!

The person who came was an old man with a thin body, sallow skin and a bit of a miserable white face, with broken hair and a shawl, and green eyes.

Yun Xiaoxie stood behind Gao 'Yu' Lin with his head down, glanced at it curiously, and suddenly his face changed slightly.

He knows who comes!

That was ten years ago, and he had 'confronted' this person in the abandoned 'Yin' mansion in Zhongtu Shitai City!

It's the Soul Eater Old Demon!

The Soul Eater Old Demon was ordered by Mr. Ghost to check the Xuanhuo Altar, and by the way, to see what the strangeness of the candle dragon in the last two days was.

When he came to the lakeside, he saw Gao 'Yu' Lin standing with a very young-looking man, and the face of the soul devouring old demon sank slightly.

Said slowly: "Shura, who is he?"

Gao 'Yu' Lin, no, at this moment, her identity is the Demon Sect Shura!

Yun Xiaoxie, who was standing behind Gao 'Jade' Lin, stiffened, and muttered: "Shura, evil ghosts, Shura, bloodthirsty, and soul-snatching, the four most mysterious new envoys in the Demon Sect in recent years?!! How can this be, how can Senior Sister 'Jade' Lin be Shura!"

Demons, Shura, bloodthirsty, and soul-snatching.

Ten years ago, these four people were not well-known in the Demon Sect, and it was only in the last few years that the names of these four people became louder.

The identities of these four people are mysterious, and even the high-level leaders of the Demon Sect don't know what they look like, and they are said to be the new four holy envoys who succeeded Qinglong, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu.

Yun Xiaoyi didn't know before, but his senior brother Gu 'Yu' Feng told him on the march a few days ago.

Yun Xiaoyi never imagined that Shura, one of the most mysterious new characters in the Demon Sect in the past ten years, was actually the former 'Jade' Senior Sister Lin!

"No wonder Senior Sister 'Jade' Lin refuses to go back to Shushan with me, it turns out that she is now a high-level of the Demon Sect!"

Gao 'Yu' Lin's face seemed to be a little embarrassed, and said, "Soul Devouring Elder, this ...... This is my own 'private' matter, and you have no right to intervene. ”

The old demon of soul devouring was stunned for a moment, and glanced at Gao 'Yu' Lin a few more times, and saw that her face was 'pale' and 'flushed', and her demeanor was twisted, judging from the ruthless Shura in the past.

He suddenly smiled and said, "Shura, it turns out that he is you...... Hehe, hehe, I didn't expect that at the critical moment when the righteous path outside was pressed into a big way, you were still in the mood to have a 'private' meeting with your lover here. The Xuanhuo Altar has always been guarded by you alone in the past ten years, and it seems that you have not been lonely in the past ten years. ”

Gao 'Yu' Lin's face seemed to turn even redder, and she said, "Soul Devouring Elder, please keep this matter secret for me. ”

The Soul Eater Old Demon laughed and said, "******** is a normal thing, hey, boy, look up, I want to see what the man who even Shura looks at is like." ”

The Soul Eater Old Demon walked slowly, Yun Xiaoxie's heart beat faster, and he reached out and unconsciously held it on the nameless short stick that was obliquely 'inserted' at his waist. If it were others, he wouldn't be worried, but the Soul Eater Old Demon in front of him had 'fought' with him ten years ago, although his appearance had changed a lot in the past ten years, the Soul Eater Old Demon would definitely recognize himself for hundreds of years.

Just when the tense atmosphere was at its extreme, Gao 'Yu' Lin stepped forward and said, "Soul Devouring Elder, he is a junior disciple of the Holy Sect, and he is not in your eyes. ”

The Soul Devouring Old Demon waved his hand and said, "That's not right, how can the man you favor not enter my magic eyes?"

Yun Xiaoye lowered his head, not daring to speak, for fear that he would be recognized by the Soul Devouring Old Demon as soon as he spoke.

The Soul Eater Old Demon shook his head slightly, intending to ignore the pair of men and women who had a 'private' meeting, and was about to walk to the lakeside to check on the candle dragon, when he suddenly glanced at it and saw the blue-gray 'colored' and ugly short stick more than two feet long that was 'inserted' in Yun Xiaoxie's waist.

He stared at him, and after glancing at Gao 'Yu' Lin intentionally or unintentionally, he smiled: "Since you don't want to say more, then forget it, you kid is really lucky." ”

With that, he turned and walked in the other direction. Yun Xiaoxiao and Han Xuemei couldn't see him on their faces, revealing a 'gloomy' and bloodthirsty look.

He muttered, "It's been ten years! It's been ten years! Yun Xiaoxie, it was you who destroyed the Nine Shadows Soul Array that I had worked so hard to arrange!"

More than ten years ago, he inadvertently obtained the 'essence' of the Nine Shadows Soul Array left by the ghost king Xue Tian, and secretly infiltrated Middle-earth, searched for souls in the abandoned 'yin' mansion in Shitai City, and collected the evil qi of the earth's veins. Seeing that in a few years, I will be able to complete it and help myself improve my cultivation.

Unexpectedly, ten years ago, he was broken into by Yun Xiaoyi and other young disciples of the righteous path, especially this hateful Yun Xiaoxie, and he didn't know what weird magic weapon he used, so he actually urged the Nine Shadows Soul Array that he had been arranging for ten years, and also absorbed all the evil qi that the Nine Shadows Soul Array had collected in the past ten years!

At that time, he fled in despair, and was chased and killed by a large number of sword immortal masters of the Shushan faction, and almost died in the hands of the old 'woman' in Yunshui.

Ten years have passed, and although Yun Xiaoxie's appearance has changed, it can still be vaguely recognized, especially the nameless short stick on Yun Xiaoxie's waist, which has been deeply engraved in the heart of the Soul Eater Old Demon over the years.

He would never be mistaken!Ten years ago, it was that ugly short stick like a demon's hand that triggered the Nine Shadows Soul Array!

Seeing the Soul Eater Old Demon turn to leave, Gao 'Yu' Lin breathed a sigh of relief gently, Yun Xiaoye slowly raised his head, looking at the back of the Soul Eater Old Demon, suddenly, his brows tightened, as if he saw something 'door', he suddenly broke off, his body rose from the ground, and at the same time 'pulled' out the nameless short stick on his waist, without looking back, he slashed his backhand at his back.

The sudden change made Gao 'Yu' Lin have no time to react, and at this moment, suddenly an angry shout came from behind Yun Xiaoxie, and the powerful qi 'wave' directly floated Yun Xiaoye and Gao 'Yu' Lin forward.

Ahead, the back of the Soul Eater Old Demon disappeared under the impact of the powerful Qi 'Wave', while another Soul Eater Old Demon appeared behind Yun Xiaoye at some point.

Thanks to Yun Xiaoxie's quick reaction, otherwise he would have been attacked by the Soul Devouring Old Demon.

Before it was changed, it would have been difficult for Yun Xiaoye to guard against this move, but not long ago, he had just seen the sixth volume of the classic Heavenly Book, which contained a record of the doppelganger technique. In addition, he secretly practiced the other three volumes of the Book of Heaven, and he had already achieved a small success, and with the power of the Book of Heaven, he suddenly felt that the back of the Soul Devouring Old Demon was illusory, not like the real body. After a thought of it, he really noticed that the Soul Eater Old Demon had unknowingly appeared behind him.

"Yun Xiaoxie, I didn't expect you to be here!"

The old demon of Soul Devouring came out of nowhere, and the 'Yin' voice screamed: "Ten years ago, you abandoned the 'Yin' mansion in Shitai City to destroy my strange array and occupy my evil qi, do you still remember!"

Yun Xiaoye saw that he was recognized, and there was no need to hide it, so he sneered: "You soul devouring old demon, you are lucky not to have killed you last time." ”

The old demon who devoured the soul was furious, he has been in the rivers and lakes for hundreds of years, where can a junior be bullied?

He said in a cold voice: "Hmph, don't say crazy words, today you broke into my Holy Sect forbidden land, do you think you can leave alive?"

Yun Xiaoye said slowly: "Even if I die, I will pull you on your back!"

The nameless short stick galloped up, and Yun Xiaoxiao turned into a gray 'colored' rainbow and stabbed at the Soul Eater Old Demon, the Soul Eater Old Demon screamed, and with a wave of his right hand sleeve robe, a white bone dagger appeared in his hand.

"Bang!"

The sticks and daggers connected, and the bodies of Yun Xiaoxiao and the Soul Eater Old Demon flew in the air. In this trick, the two didn't distinguish between them!

The Soul Devouring Old Demon was suspended in the air, and the smug bloodthirsty god on his face disappeared in an instant, and he said in shock: "Impossible, it's only been ten years, how can your cultivation progress so fast?"

Yun Xiaoxiao laughed and said, "Do you think everyone is an idiot like you? They are all hundreds of years old, and they are still trapped in the Yuan Shen Realm!"

"Damn!

The Soul Devouring Old Demon was furious, ten years ago, he knew that once he absorbed the evil qi of the Nine Shadows Soul Array and refined it, he would very likely break through to the coveted tenth layer of the Heavenly and Human Realm!

Now seeing that Yun Xiaoxie has made such rapid progress in just ten years, he is even more angry and remorseful in his heart, thinking that it was this guy who occupied and absorbed the evil qi in the Nine Shadows Soul Array ten years ago that he made rapid progress! Thinking of this, he couldn't wait to devour Yun Xiaoxie alive.

In fact, he was self-inflicted, ten years ago, Yun Xiaoye inadvertently urged the Nine Nether Wraith Soul Array through the Netherworld, and absorbed the earth's vein evil qi that had been collected for ten years, not only did not help Yun Xiaoxie, but instead brought a major disaster to Yun Xiaoxie, not only became stupid and stupid, but also 'stimulated' the potential spiritual power of Netherworld.

It wasn't until the beginning of the battle with Shi Shaobei that under the outbreak of evil energy, the immortal 'jade' Jue engraved with the Eight Fierce Trapped Heaven Law Array Array worn in front of Yun Xiaoxi's 'chest' was 'excited', and the eight fierce gods absorbed that huge source of evil qi, otherwise with the situation that Yun Xiaoxi's meridians were broken at that time, even the Great Luo Immortal would be difficult to save him.

The old demon of the soul devouring rushed frantically, Yun Xiaoxie Ling was not afraid, holding a nameless short stick and directly contacting, the two of them fought fiercely in the air three or four feet above the lakeside, and the movements were extremely fast, and every breathing stick and dagger 'intersected' dozens of times.

The thick blood qi and 'yin' qi were instantly diffused, and the originally calm Qianzhang Hantan Lake was suddenly shocked by the breath released by the two of them when they were fighting, and a giant wolf water column as high as several zhang soared, rushing straight to the dome of the mountain wall that was only more than ten zhang high!

Yun Xiaoxie has been secretly cultivating for the past ten years, and today he finally got a satisfactory answer, and he fought against the Soul Devouring Old Demon who had been famous for a hundred years, but he did not fall behind.

It is also said that the Heavenly Book Strange Technique is combined with the ancient cultivation classics seen in the Nameless 'Cave' Mansion, who in the whole world can compare with Yun Xiaoxie?

The Soul Eater Old Demon in front of him, in terms of magic weapons, Yun Xiaoxie's magic weapon is a combination of the Divine Wooden Stick, one of the Seven Treasures of Heaven and Earth, and the Ancient Fierce Thing Netherworld, how can it be compared to the white bone short dagger in the hands of the Soul Eater Old Demon?

In terms of spells, Yun Xiaoxiao practiced the four heavenly books alone, and he was the first person in the world, and the soul devouring old demon could not be compared.

In terms of evil qi, although the soul devouring old demon has been immersed in the 'lewd' demon cult thaumaturgy for more than a hundred years, and even reached the realm of the primordial god for decades, the Netherworld Jian in Yun Xiaoxie's hand is the ancestor of the 'yin' evil qi, from the ancient witch clan in the 100,000 mountains of southern Xinjiang, if it is said that the Netherworld Jian thinks that it is the second magic weapon of evil qi in the world, then absolutely no one dares to be the first.

In addition, the Soul Devouring Old Demon has been trapped in the ninth layer of the Yuan Shen Realm for decades, it is difficult to break through, it has reached a bottleneck, and it is difficult to increase its lifespan.

Although Yun Xiaoxie's Taoism was slightly inferior to that of the Soul Eater Ancestor, on the whole, he was fully capable of challenging the Soul Eater Demon!

The more the Soul Eater Old Demon fought, the more frightened he became, he couldn't imagine how Yun Xiaoxie, who was only twenty-five years old, could practice so deeply! Not only had he reached the realm of the Yuan Shen that a cultivator dreamed of, but he seemed to have consolidated the Yuan Shen! It took him decades to consolidate the Yuan Shen! And Yun Xiao Xie only took a few years!

Gao 'Yu' Lin stood aside and looked at the fighting methods of the two people in front of her, her expression was also changing rapidly, she was still worried about Yun Xiaoxie, but at this moment, it was really amazing.

The naughty naughty boy in his heart, in just a few years, has grown into a rare genius, Yun Xiaoxie's current Taoism, many elders of the Shushan Sect Elders' House are afraid that they are not as good as sighing, even Gao 'Yu' Lin herself is not sure to take advantage of the Soul Eater Old Demon, but Yun Xiaoye is not willing to give up an inch of land, and it is difficult to separate from the Soul Eater Old Demon!

Black, red, white...... Several kinds of different colors of energy true elements are 'intertwined' in the huge mountain 'cave', Yun Xiaoye is getting braver and braver, he has an innate fear of the Soul Eater Old Demon, a veteran who has been famous for a hundred years, and the Soul Eater Old Demon has cultivated for a hundred years, even if it is the same Yuan Shen realm as himself, but the True Yuan is definitely stronger than himself.

At this point in the battle, he realized that he had unknowingly become a first-class master!

"Eight Desolations!"

As soon as the spirit came out of the heavens and the earth, the 'waves' surged. Collecting endless earth veins, the evil qi condensed and powerful, and a stick was split out in the air, and under the shadow of the dark blue stick, the face of the soul devouring old demon was white and gloomy.

He shouted, "Break!"

The short dagger of white bones stabbed out in the air, stabbing at the huge stick shadow like a dragonfly.

For example, a drop in the ocean.

For example, mustard seeds in Sumeru.

The inconspicuous white bone dagger contained all the 'essence' of the Soul Eater Old Demon's true law, and the huge stick shadow suddenly shook, and the castration weakened, and it had already vanished before it could reach the front of the Soul Eater Ancestor.

Yun Xiaoxie's face changed slightly, and he said in his heart: "The Soul Devouring Old Demon is really extraordinary, since I left the Siguo Cliff, he is the first one who can break the spirit demon head-on!