A small and unnamed island in the Pacific Ocean.

The island is about a dozen square kilometers in size, and the two mountains on the island are lush and green. The west side of the island is a large stretch of white sand, the east side is a mountain cliff, and the rest of the island is a clutter of reefs. The waves crash against the reef like an explosion, in stark contrast to the waves on the beach.

Viewed from the air, the entire island is covered in green jungle. Mountain springs flow down from the top of the mountain, and there are several large drop-off areas forming waterfalls, a beautiful original scene.

Between the two mountains there is a large flat land mass, and a white complex of buildings can be seen among the jungle cover, and only here can you see the traces of human footsteps.

The island is not on a traditional shipping route and is not owned by any one country. It was discovered many years ago by an expedition sent by a mysterious family. The family then invested heavily in the construction of this paradise on the sea.

About three or four nautical miles from the island, the Aphrodite was quietly moored in the ocean, and the large iron anchors in the four anchor compartments in front and behind had been lowered.

Several small speedboats shuttle between the cruise ship and the island, transporting guests on board to the island.

The white buildings form a manor house in the middle of the greenery, with a Gothic castle in front of the manor gate, and a number of detached villas surrounding the castle. To build such a estate in the depths of the ocean, it is conceivable that the investment is enormous.

At this time, on the wide lawn in front of the castle, a group of people were surrounding a box covered with canvas. The Ming Chan Grand Master of Dongming Temple stood at the front, and four monks of Dongming Temple gathered around the box.

Next to the Ming Chan Grand Master is Cardinal Kailin, a representative of the Western Spirit King Sect, nicknamed the Fearless Priest, and on the other side is Gilbert the Night Walker, the representative of the Spirit Venerable Sect. It seemed to be a convention, and the other figures of the Spirit Venerable and Spirit King Sect stood clearly next to each of them.

On the other side of the box, seven or eight people of different skin colors stood scattered. They are hermits from all over the world who are invited to attend the conference. Among them is Hemingway, the head of the exorcists from the United States.

Gilbert said to Ming Chan, "The main figures of our various factions have arrived, can the archmage reveal the mystery?"

Ming Chan nodded: "This piece of Brahma cloth is the treasure of our Dongming Temple. It is compiled by an ancient relic found by the founder of Dongming Temple three hundred years ago, and the ancestor of this temple has also stepped into the list of great virtues of spiritual cultivation. The spirit of the soul veil lies in the ability to isolate the penetration of the spirit, if it were not for the fact that this incident was too weird, the monk would not have used this treasure of the temple. ”

After listening to Ming Chan's simple introduction, everyone knew that this inconspicuous-looking yellow Brahma cloth was so magical. It's even more curious what kind of monster it is, and Ming Chan needs to use such a heavy treasure to ban it.

Ming Chan continued to remind: "The monster caught by this temple is in this box. It needs to be reminded that this monster is very aggressive, and you need to pay attention to it after the ban is lifted. ”

A big man standing beside Kailin took a step forward and said, "With so many spirit realm masters here, self-preservation shouldn't be a problem, please open the Brahma cloth." ”

Ming Chan turned his head and recognized that it was Franca, an apologetic paladin from the United States.

He nodded, and raised his hand to signal the four Dongming Temple monks next to the box to uncover the Brahma cloth. After the Brahma cloth was opened, everyone saw that there was a rectangular metal cage inside, and the cage was composed of metal rods that were as thick as the mouth of a teacup, which looked very strong.

Inside the metal cage there is a naked man crouched at the bottom. When the Brahma cloth was untied, the sunlight from the outside shone into the cage, and the crouching man raised his head and looked around at the people outside the cage.

Under the bright sun, everyone saw the appearance of this caged man clearly. Even though they are all well-informed characters, they still secretly take a breath of cold air.

The creature that appeared in the eyes of everyone could no longer be said to be a human, if it was accurately described, it should be a humanoid creature.

Although it has a head, neck, torso, and limbs just like a normal human, the difference is that its entire body is covered in black scales, and even its face has thin scales. Although it is also a pair of eyes, it is much larger than a human's. The entire eyeball protrudes outwards and is made up of densely packed tiny pupils, more like the compound eyes of insects.

Its limbs are distinctly more developed than humans, and its well-defined muscles would be ashamed even if a bodybuilding champion saw them. Beneath the scales, its entire body seems to have been ossified, surrounded by layers of periosteum, as if a pair of armor has grown out of its body.

Suddenly seeing the crowd standing outside the cage, it seemed stunned for a moment, and then opened its mouth and let out a low roar with threatening implications.

Its large mouth was really a large mouth, and when it opened, it seemed to tear the entire skull in half from the opening, and its mouth was full of interlaced canine teeth, with four or five rows of sharp teeth.

If an ordinary person suddenly saw such a fierce beast, he would definitely be frightened. But now the outside of the cage were filled with top figures in the spiritual cultivation world, and after the initial surprise, everyone focused on taking a closer look at the monster's biological features. The constant roar of threats was nothing to be taken seriously.

The humanoid monster became more and more angry when he saw that everyone did not take his threat seriously. It sprinted through the cage, slamming the heavy metal cage into a clatter. Judging by the strength of its impact, if it hadn't fixed the cage to the ground with four thick chains beforehand, it would probably have knocked the cage over.

Storm Blackwing William was the most curious, and when he saw that the monster couldn't help this metal cage, he couldn't help but take a closer look.

As he approached the cage, the monster suddenly turned its head, and the pupils in both compound eyes were staring at him in unison.

William felt a tearing pain coming from deep within his skull, and then felt a force in his consciousness beyond his control force pulling him closer to the caged monster. At this moment, he was horrified to see the monster open its mouth at him, and a long black tongue like a snake letter shot out and rolled up towards his head.

Seeing this scene, Ming Chan shouted: "Be careful!" Unfortunately, he stood a little far away, and he didn't have time to grab William. At the moment of danger, only to hear the sound of the moment, a long sword slashed from top to bottom, slashing into the tongue of the monster that had already stretched out of the cage.

It turned out to be the leader of the Scarlet Cross Legion, the Scarlet Holy Sword Leon, who struck in time and drew his cross-handed greatsword to block the attack of the monster snake letter.

The cross-sword struck the monster's long tongue, making a sound like metal clashing. The monster's tongue was attacked, and the monster screamed and withdrew its long tongue. Someone next to him grabbed William, who was still involuntarily approaching the cage, and pulled him away.

The blood-colored holy sword repelled the monster's tongue with a single sword, and took two steps back vigilantly in front of him. This cross longsword is also a treasure in the legion, not to mention the magical powers attached to it, just in terms of sharpness, it is not a problem to cut gold and jade.

But this time, under his sudden blow, the monster's soft-looking tongue was unscathed.

"This thing has the ability to ingest people's souls, please be very careful. "The old god of Ming Chan reminded him on the ground, and the frightened William's nose was almost crooked, why didn't you say it earlier, a dead monk.

"Oh, this thing is so magical, let the old man try it. "Qingyuanzi took a step, and seizing the soul is his skill. In order to punish the sect leader of the Jinbei diocese who damaged the spirit bead, he had asked Moon Shadow to use the exercises he taught to extract the soul from the body of the Jinbei sect leader.

Seeing that the Great Elder was about to make a move, Moon Shadow stepped forward, holding the Shining Knife to guard him.

Qingyuanzi had words in his mouth, and approached the cage step by step. The monster in the cage seemed to sense the danger, and took a defensive posture and hunched itself back until its back was attached to the railing of the cage.

After reciting the lengthy incantation, Qing Yuanzi had already come to the cage. He held out his finger and pointed at the caged monster. I saw the monster suddenly roar, as if it was in great pain, and rolled violently in the cage.

Moon Shadow saw that Kiyotoko's outstretched hand began to slowly retract, as if she was struggling to pull a heavy object.

The monster struggled more and more, and Qingyuanzi's extraction became more difficult. The calm expression on his face had disappeared, and a fine layer of sweat had broken out on his forehead. Moon Shadow was surprised to feel that the Shining Spirit Knife in her hand seemed to be awakening, vibrating in her hand, and a wave of hatred spread from the blade to Moon Shadow's consciousness.

At this time, there was a commotion among the people around, and I saw a faint black shadow being pulled out of the monster's body little by little. Everyone knew that Qingyuanzi's spell was about to succeed, and the monster's soul would be pulled out of his body. But what kind of soul is this, the people in the spirit cultivation world have never seen such a pure black spirit.

The black shadow was stretched longer and longer, and just as people were about to see the full picture of the monster's soul, a terrible roar sounded in everyone's consciousness. There were a few cultivators who didn't have enough skills and felt a pain in their brains and sat down on the ground.

Only a master of profound skill could stand firm, and they felt that this roar was actually coming from this black shadow.

Immediately after, the black shadow suddenly flew out of the monster's body and rushed towards Qingyuanzi. Qingyuanzi complained in his heart, the soul of this monster was not extracted by him, but took the initiative to break away from the body and attack him.

Feeling the ruthless momentum emitted by the black soul, Qing Yuanzi quickly retreated, and at the same time used the technique to block the attack of the black shadow. But the black shadow was not affected by the exercises at all, and the speed was also amazingly fast, just leaving the monster's body, and in the blink of an eye, it rushed to Qingyuanzi like lightning.

Even a spiritual cultivator like Qing Yuanzi couldn't dodge the black shadow's attack, and the others didn't have time to react. Especially Moon Shadow, who had forgotten her duty to protect and was stupid with her mouth slightly open.

It was too late to say that, the stunned Moon Shadow suddenly felt a tingling burning sensation in her palm, and she subconsciously let go of her hand. I saw the Shining Spirit Knife fly out of her hand like lightning, killing the black shadow in mid-air with a soaring hatred.

The Shining Spirit Knife is worthy of being the treasure of the Zhenmen Gate of the Taiyi Gate, and the fierce murderous aura made the black shadow in the air stagnate a little, and it was stabbed by the Shining Spirit Knife before it could dodge.

The moment it stabbed the black shadow, the Shining Spirit Knife emitted a dazzling light, and the light pierced the black shadow, tearing the black shadow into pieces in a blink of an eye.

Even so, the Shining Knife still did not dissolve its hatred, hovering in the air and stabbing at each black fragment.

The darkest fragment condensed into a pitch-black spirit mass and flew away into the distance. The other black fragments that were fleeing in all directions entangled the Shining Spirit Knife as if they were suicidal. He did not hesitate to melt into the light of the Shining Spirit Knife one by one, but also to cover the escape of the black spirit group.

By the time the Shining Knife melted all the fragments of the black shadow, the black spirit group had already fled without a trace.

The Shining Spirit Knife seemed to be unwilling, and circled in a large circle at high speed in the air, looking for traces of the black spirit group. It wasn't until it did find that the black spirit was gone, and then it turned back and stabbed down from the air with a rapid dash of time, landing on a decorative stone statue in the courtyard.

With a bang, the entire stone statue carved out of granite pierced through it and stood there steadily. There was silence at the scene, and everyone looked at the shining knife standing on the head of the stone statue in silence.

At this moment, the Shining Spirit Knife embedded in the stone statue is like an emperor, arrogantly declaring its territory to everyone.

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