A circle of blue demonic fire burned more intensely, and a half-human-high fire wall blocked the snakes from outside. If you look at it from the sky at this time, it looks like a circular snake ring, with three people standing alone and helpless in the center.
"Does the Taoist master have any other ideas?" Chi Li raised his sword and faced the arrogant snakes. "If not, we will kill them by force."
"You are bound to be bitten - and then poisoned. Even if you are not poisoned to death, you will be infected by She Ji's full set and need his antidote." Lin Shanhai shook his head and objected, "But there may be a way."
Chi Li and Mo Liang both looked at him, a little confused and didn't know what else to do.
"She Ji's five elements belong to water."
"Ah..." Mo Liang understood something, "You want to use the five elements to suppress them... No wonder."
When the Taoist priest lit up the blue flame, Mo Liang understood a little bit. Lin Shanhai must have long suspected that open fire was useless to these demonic snakes, so he tested it with cold fire. Although this kind of demon fire cannot suppress water and does not have the fierceness of open fire, it can also restrain water-attributed objects to a certain extent. Until now, they have not all attacked, so the Taoist priest's guess is probably correct. The Gu insects controlled by She Ji also belong to the water element.
"Water comes and earth covers them, and only earth methods can suppress them. Tengu Li could have...but it is injured like this now."
After understanding the intentions of the two onmyoji, Chili also started to make plans. Shanhai knows that it cannot be like Wu Yin, who knows everything about the earth and can talk to the mountains and the earth. He pondered for a while and patted Mo Liang on the shoulder.
"Can you recite the Native Mantra? I'm afraid I can't do it alone."
"You want to...Okay, I understand."
According to the principle of mutual generation and mutual restraint of the five elements, fire generates earth and earth restrains water. Creating fire among water demons may seem suicidal, but there is a layer of clever planning involved. There were already snakes passing through the wall of fire trying to attack them, and while the two of them were mumbling curses, Chi Li had to ensure their absolute safety. The restless snakes probably figured out their intentions and became more turbulent. Strangely enough, they seem to have some kind of group intelligence, similar to an ant colony or a bee swarm, probably because of the existence of Gu King - or She Ji herself as the "queen" to give them this characteristic. Even if the body fragments do not belong to oneself, they can be spliced together as before. The purpose of this itself violates the animal's survival instinct and is just to achieve a "bigger" goal. It is a species continuation wisdom that overrides the individual's will to survive.
Once this wisdom changes its nature, it becomes a poison.
A relatively huge python, about as thick as a man's neck, rushed in, its body burning with the blue flames of a wall of fire. Chi Li held the sword behind her back and wanted to cut it off directly, but it was too fast, as if she had already accumulated strength. After it rushed towards them, Chi Li instinctively raised his sword to protect himself, and the snake was stabbed into the jaw by the tip of the sword. With the help of inertia, its body was drawn all the way down. In the end, only two rag-like half bodies lay limply at the feet of Shan Hai and Mo Liang.
They jumped around a few times, but did not regenerate.
Chili understood. As long as the wound is large enough, they will still lose their ability to resurrect.
On the other side, Shan Hai and Mo Liang's spells took effect. The burning flame began to change colors, from blue to purple, from purple to red, from red to gold, and it was as bizarre as the divine light in the dark night of the far north. Finally, something in those soft, light flames solidified, took root in the soil, and became as solid as a rock, unbreakable.
The stone thorns are as high as the scurrying flames, and their shapes are uneven, like the interaction of canine teeth. They spread outward like wildfire. However, the fire had no temperature and was very hard. It quickly grew from among the snakes and penetrated their bodies. Once penetrated by such a ground thorn, the snake will struggle violently and then turn into a pool of blood and seep into the ground.
They won't be afraid, and they won't run away. Even if the battle is so tragic, there will still be poisonous snakes coming one after another. Mo Liang and Chi Li then used their swords to cut them off vertically, and the snakes turned into rags on the ground. Although there was no trace of blood, the air was still filled with a disgusting stench, like something had been rotting for too long.
The enemy's momentum was greatly reduced, Shan Hai hugged the little tengu and the two of them broke through the encirclement. At this time, the tengu in his arms suddenly struggled and screamed, making a fierce and fierce sound, as if he was dissatisfied with something, more like he wanted to say something.
"What?" Shanhai tried to understand, "What's wrong? Where to go...?"
It pointed the direction of Dai Luan with its cry, and they did not dare to neglect it for a moment.
The terrain has become uneven and pitted, and the plants growing here have grown crookedly. After all, if you don't do this, you won't even be able to take root here. At first glance, no one has been here, and it is even more deserted than the cemetery. Before they could see anything concretely, the three of them noticed that the sky was becoming strange across the tall weeds in front of them. An extremely eye-catching red color spreads in all directions, so red it turns purple, making the night sky deeper and more remote.
"Uh ah..." Mo Liang made a very uncomfortable sound, "I feel very uncomfortable... my bones are very hot. Whether it's the sword or myself."
"Don't come any closer." Shanhai patted his back through his long hair. Chi Li looked at those hairs. They didn't get longer, probably because his mind was "not idle" anymore.
What's going on in his mind? Does he finally want to live?
She didn't know.
"Miss Chili, please stay here and take care of him. He is very strong and can indeed protect himself, but I'm afraid that the monster has some evil plans for him and the weapons in his hands. He still needs you."
"…I know. But, but—"
"I will go alone." Shan Hai said, "I am my own apprentice. I can protect her."
"I understand. Please be more careful."
Shan Hai entrusted the curled up Tengu to Chili, and the Tengu squirmed a little, as if he wanted to go with him. But Chili hugged it tightly, fearing that it would really follow her. She took Mo Liang's bone sword in her other hand, and Mo Liang took the tengu in her arms and hugged it tighter. Its hair is not as fluffy as before, and the exposed skin color makes it no longer cute. But Mo Liang just held it and gently smelled the "furry" smell that belonged to the canine family but was different from the canine family.
Lin Shanhai waved his whisk, and the weeds in front of him naturally parted to both sides, forming a narrow path as he moved forward. Chi Li and Mo Liang watched him silently from behind until he was completely submerged in weeds.
Across the grass, Shanhai saw a small house. The wooden house was filled with charms he had never seen before. He wasn't close enough to see it, but he could feel it. The first thing that caught his attention was the person in front of the wooden house. She was small and her figure was familiar to him. So he sped up and ran up a few steps, pulling her into his arms.
"Teacher... mountains, mountains and seas?"
He felt Dai Luan trembling. Although it was very slight, this reaction that symbolized fear was so clear. Dai Luan pointed at the room and shook her head. The peach wood sword in her hand was in pieces. Her mind was confused and she couldn't even put together a complete sentence.
"I tried - I tried my best to preserve it, I didn't want it to be broken like this. Inside, inside, it's just... I don't know if she's alive? Alive? I can't figure it out, but she can move and talk. , she knows me, and I know her. I should know her, but...but..."
Shan Hai looked over and saw that there was indeed a person inside. She looked like a scarecrow blown down by the strong wind in the fields, her hair disheveled like a female ghost. She stretched out her hands and used her nails to move forward in vain on the ground. But if you look closely, you can see that there are obviously no nails on those white hands - they have been pulled out, leaving only some red blood scabs. The hand is not injured and should be able to move around for a while. When she raised her head, she looked directly into those non-existent eyes, and Shan Hai felt suffocated.
It would be fine if she was just an ordinary person... But she is not ordinary. Shan Hai clearly remembers the outline of her appearance. Seeing his former friend reduced to what he is now, he only felt a sense of fear and an inexplicable anger.
"Taoist Master Lin..."
Xie Huayao suddenly stopped moving. She felt the arrival and let out a soft sigh. The voice was indeed hers, but Shanhai didn't feel the slightest bit at ease. He protected Dai Luan behind him and took a few steps closer.
"Kill, kill..." Her words became broken, "I, the disciples of Gu Shu, have disappeared... They are all buried in the cemetery. Disobedient disciples will be killed... I am, try Poison, that's why..."
"Speak slowly." Shanhai knelt down next to her, "Do you mean to say that the disciples who resist will be arrested and tested for medicine? Will they be buried if they die? This poison of yours has not been cured before. , it’s still new.”
"New, new...the old poison has not been cured, and the new medicine has not fully taken effect...I was able to preserve some consciousness and pretend to be under control. He asked A Ling and I to choose the medicine...saying that one was poison and the other Then nothing will happen. I am, Onmyoji...I recognized the problematic medicine, so I grabbed it and took it..."
"So Aling went home and you stayed?"
"They lied to me... Just after A Ling left, She Ji said that the medicine was also... a Gu technique. It was latent and invisible... Please leave me alone, please, go save her, go save everyone. The poison is hidden in her body, and one day she will..."
"These bastards! They all deserve to die! Is this what the Shadow Pavilion did?!"
Dai Luan screamed, and the peach wood sword in her hand trembled.
"The Death Shadow Pavilion has always... only studied forbidden methods. Mr. Gaoyue almost never checks or interferes with the... misbehavior of his subordinates. If these forbidden skills are spread and used by evil people, life will be ruined... If there is no way, please... …Kill Aling and burn the body clean.”
"How, how can we..."
Shanhai's voice trembles like Aluan.
"You must..."
Dai Luan lay on the ground and tried to look into her eyes. But those two holes were too dark, so dark that there was no light at all.
"You have to live... Let's go find Aling together, and you both have to live. We will find a way to save you, you..."
"No, it's useless -" Xie Huayao raised his neck and looked in the direction of the moon, "It's already too late."
"Why?!"
Dai Luan and Shan Hai suddenly noticed that there was a deep purple bruise on her fair and slender neck.
"I am already dead."
