The thunder roared, the drizzle fell, and the vision was blurred.

The water in the riverbed poured up the floodplain at a speed visible to the naked eye, and everyone in Penglai frowned as they flew towards the slope of the nearby river valley.

Watching the river flood the floodplain in a very short time, the sound of rushing water ringing in my ears, coupled with the hazy and dim vision, this scene makes people feel a little depressed.

At this time, the water of the river takes on a clear, dull yellow color. The reason why it is said to be clear is that the bottom of the riverbed can be clearly seen from the terrace next to it, which is slightly higher than the floodplain. But the strange thing is that the river has a dull yellow color as a whole.

At this moment, with a wail, dozens of pale and swollen arms emerged from the river. More than 20 corpses soaked in water and rotted came ashore, dragging their fat bodies to pounce on everyone, spitting pus-like liquid from their mouths.

Zhai Yingxue, who was at the forefront, frowned slightly, and the fairy sword "Chu Xue" in his hand automatically flew out of the scabbard. Chu Xue drew a sharp snow-white arc in the air, cutting off a small wound on the more than twenty water ghosts, and then returning to the scabbard in an arc again.

Sharp ice crystals immediately grew all over the water ghosts' bodies, quickly covering their entire bodies, and after a crisp ding, they burst into bright white ice crystal powder, which disappeared under the drizzle.

The water level that washed up the floodplain dropped again, retracting into the riverbed more than 10 meters.

After Zhai Yingxue was safe again, she carefully took Yin Fan and the others down the terrace and walked forward along the floodplain full of pebbles. Even so, her expression was quite wary, her eyes roaming back and forth between the dark forest on both sides of the valley and the rain curtain in front of her.

However, it can be seen that Zhai Yingxue looked extremely dazed and confused.

Seeing her with such an expression, Yin Fan, who was following behind, couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "Of course, right".

In the dense forests on both sides, there are countless poisonous insects, and the fatal thing is that from time to time there will be quite powerful demon attacks.

The so-called demons, as the name suggests, are ghosts that have a certain degree of cultivation after their deaths because of considerable resentment and anger. This type of ghost is often more powerful than the ghosts that ordinary mortals form after death.

So, as the leader of Penglai's six-person team, Zhai Yingxue quickly made a decision to move along the river valley scattered in this area. The advantage of this is that you can avoid the poisonous insects hiding in the forest, and you can also attract other sects to come and grab the token.

When such a strategy was spoken, Yu Zi had objected. I feel that this is too ostentatious and will attract the attention of other sects.

Yin Fan also deeply felt the same way, to be able to formulate such a battle plan, he had to be confident in how confident he was in his team. However, he is still quite optimistic about this feeling of swaggering through the market, so he did not make a sound to stop it.

Although Yu Zi Yu Sang also had some ideas, because of Zhai Yingxue's face and the fact that she was the hall master of the Elixir Palace, they had many needs for the Elixir Palace, so they had to stop talking. But the worry on the faces of the two couldn't be concealed.

But now it seems that they are thinking too much.

In the past three days in the river valley, except for the waves of water ghosts that appeared from the river and were killed by Zhai Yingxue, not even a single disciple of the other sect was seen.

The reason for this kind of walking on the riverbed in search of the enemy is really limited to the special regulations proposed by the Heavenly Palace, which prohibits the flying of imperial objects, even the imperial sky that exceeds the average height of the forest.

"Penglai's combat power this time is quite strong, why don't you have to take the second place back!"

In view of the words that Youzhen Jing said to everyone before leaving, Zhai Yingxue felt that the burden on her shoulders was very heavy.

Coupled with the day of wandering in the forests on both sides, today is the fourth day of the Tiangong Huidao. Nearly one-third of the time on the fifteenth has passed today, but Penglai's team still has no achievements.

In the past, the form of passing five levels and killing six generals was adopted, which did not involve the competition between sects and sects, and it can be said that all the rankings were determined by the number of victories over "generals".

And this year's model involves the competition between sects and sects.

Yin Fan can even say with certainty that not only Penglai, but also the other four major sects must have set their sights on the twenty-five small sects. If you can collect enough small sect tokens in the early stage, as long as you resist the attacks of other sects in the later stage, you can steadily get a good ranking.

In this way, it is not impossible to win the first place from the hands of Tiangong.

It must be mentioned that in order to give the small sect enough opportunities, the Heavenly Palace gave two "fake tokens" to the five major sects. Fake tokens don't work in the hands of the five major sects, but after falling into the small sects, they are regular tokens.

And in the fake token, the names of the five major sects are also engraved, if this kind of thing falls into the hands of other small sects, the face of the big sect will definitely be quite ugly.

It's all about winning.

No, everything was for the exclusion of the Heavenly Palace, and the battle to get the first place among the remaining twenty-nine sects.

Yin Fan clearly saw this meaning in the eyes of everyone on the way here. Regardless of whether it is a large or small sect, even Zhai Yingxue must be in this mood.

This extraordinary battle** comes from the first place reward promised by the Heavenly Palace. Tiangong made it even clear that even if Tiangong won the first place, he would not ask for this reward, but would only postpone it to the next one in Tiangong.

The reward item is a magic weapon that belongs to the supreme artifact for the major sects, the Chaos Bell.

The Chaos Bell was created by the descendants of Fuxi Nuwa, the creator of the gods, using the Xuanhuang Qi from the time of the gods and demons. When it comes to opposing enemies, the Chaos Bell protects those who can resist any spell generated by spiritual power.

More importantly, he can suppress the luck of a sect to ensure that the sect is prosperous and the incense is inherited.

Why the Heavenly Palace took out this magic weapon, which is extremely important to this sect, no one knows yet. But more people don't care why Tiangong took it out at all, they only care about whether they will be the lucky ones who get it.

"Ahh

Suddenly, Yu Sang screamed, and the other five people immediately stopped and took out the magic weapon. The crystal, which had been dozing in Yin Fan's arms, was also woken up by this scream, and took out the five-color lightsaber and looked around.

Yu Zi hurriedly protected Yu Sang's body, took the golden gourd hanging from his waist in his hand and asked softly while being vigilant around him.

"What's wrong?"

"Just now, just now, I seemed to see the corpses of six disciples of the small sect, hanging upside down on a tree. ”

Yu Sang frowned and said what he had just seen, and at the same time shrank into Yu Zi's arms, it seemed that the fright he had received just now was not shallow.

"Alas, junior sister, you are really, we have been traveling north and south for so many years, and we have never seen anything strange. And now it's a way, to put it bluntly, it's just a trial, and injuries will definitely appear, but this dead man will definitely not. What you just saw must be an illusion!"

"Really?"

Yu Sanghu looked at Yu Zi suspiciously, and the doubts between his eyebrows were not dispelled by his set of words.

"Senior Sister Yu Sang, you must be too worried. What Yu Zi said just now is not wrong, during the Heavenly Palace Meeting, there will be no deceased, it was just an illusion just now. ”

Hearing Zhai Yingxue say the same, Yu Sang finally put his mind at ease, sighed and continued to follow everyone forward.

Yin Fan was not far from Yu Sang, and he looked at Yu Sang just now. The forest looked dim in the rain, and the wind whined, looking even more hideous.

He approached Yun Li, who had been keeping a dead fish face next to him, and asked in a low voice:

"Do you think there won't be a dead person this time?"

"How do I know. ”

After Yun Li said this sentence without deviation, his eyebrows immediately wrinkled, and the eyeballs in his sockets moved to the very edge to look at Yin Fan.

"What do you mean?"

"So you're still alive! I thought you were possessed by some kind of ghost, and you became a walking corpse. Yin Fan saw that Yun Li's face was not good-looking, and he continued: "If you follow the previous rules, if someone from each sect wants something to happen, you will definitely be held accountable for the Heavenly Palace Elder who serves as the 'general'. But now the rules are different, the essence is a battle between sects, and at that time, how can the two sides stop when their eyes are red?"

"Definitely stop it......"

Before Yun Li's words fell, Yin Fan slapped him directly on the back of the head.

With a snort, Yun Li immediately held two swords, one red and one black, and looked at Yin Fan with angry eyes, and his whole body was surging.

Seeing Yin Fan and Yunli suddenly move their hands, the few people walking in front were startled. Zhai Yingxue flew over on tiptoe.

"What's going on?"

"Uh, nothing. Just now I discussed with Yun Li's nephew whether it would be naïve. ”

Yunli immediately narrowed his eyes, a strange light flashed in his eyes, and he put away his weapon with a cold snort.

"Look, Sister Xue, we're really fine. ”

In order to prove this, Yin Fan immediately walked to Yunli's side and showed a smile that was brighter than the sun.

After staring back and forth at Yin Fan and Yun Li, Zhai Yingxue shook her head helplessly, returned to the front and walked forward with the team.

Yin Fan and Yunli's grievances, he has heard a little, but after all, she has some master-apprentice relationship with Zhenjing, and she also knows that the relationship between the two is not as unbearable as the outside world rumores.

Yin Fan deliberately pulled Yun Li out of the team, and continued to talk to Yun Li in the rear.

"How about it? Between the same sect, I just slapped you on the head, and you have to face me with a sword, not to mention a stranger from the same sect. ”

Although Yun Li didn't admit it, Yin Fan knew when he saw the thoughtful look on his face that he had already begun to think about this question.

"Then go back and discuss what Yu Sang saw, the body of the so-called small sect is hanging on a tree, is it possible to do this?"

"You think it's true?"

“...... Don't give me a hat. I'm talking about whether it's possible or not. ”

Yun Li couldn't help but stop and looked sideways at the shadowy forest. His eyes seemed to reflect images of several corpses hanging upside down in a tree.