The black energy continued to condense, and then seemed to be absorbed by something, forming a process from increasing to decreasing, and the scenes in the black energy gradually appeared in people's eyes.
It was a huge monster that was even bigger than the spirit boat. On its blood-red body, there were actually four eyes, two on the head and two on the chest. There were also four giant hands on the body. Each holds a different magic weapon, and its huge head is like a wolf's head, with a mouth full of sharp teeth.
Looking at this huge guy and feeling the powerful aura on his body, everyone on the spirit boat had serious expressions, and the two saints even had serious expressions on their faces.
The saint from Piaoxue City said bitterly: "Now we are in trouble."
The saint from Xianglu Mountain also said: "My Buddhist dharma cannot suppress it, and the Taoist thunder method seems to have no effect."
The saint from Piaoxue City nodded and said: "It seems that it was not the effect of thunder and lightning, so how did that little guy do it?"
When he said this, he glanced at Li Xiuping, who was still sleeping in the spirit boat.
Looking at the huge monster, the "Fire Spirit Master" asked: "What should we do now?"
The two saints shook their heads almost simultaneously, indicating that they had nothing to do.
Seeing the two saints shaking their heads, layman Qingming couldn't help but frown.
If the two saints couldn't do anything, then he would naturally have no way.
When he dealt with Master Huo Ling before, he had almost no ability to resist. Although he has successfully entered the integration stage now, the monster in front of him is obviously more powerful than the previous Master Huo Ling.
Facing a monster of this level, the two saints may have a way to protect themselves, but he didn't, let alone protect Li Xiuping.
Of course he could see that this monster was coming for Li Xiuping. In other words, if they could not kill the monster, they might be able to escape safely, but Li Xiuping would definitely die unless Li Xiuping could wake up.
He also didn't understand why Li Xiuping showed no sign of waking up even though he was obviously fine. If he didn't wake up, he might never have a chance to wake up in the future.
The saint from Piaoxue City said at this time: "The two of us will hold him down for a while, and you can drive the spirit boat and continue to the Martial Emperor City. Remember, it is best to avoid the people in the Star Observation Tower on the way. After entering the Martial Emperor City, Find the city lord and tell the truth about what happened here."
Layman Qingming nodded and said: "Two seniors, be careful."
The saint from Piaoxue City smiled and said: "We can't kill it, but it's not easy for it to kill us."
After saying that, the two saints looked at each other again, and then left the spirit boat at the same time.
They were actually a little worried. Since they could encounter such powerful monsters here, they were afraid that there would be even more powerful beings on the road ahead. By then, it would be impossible for a Qingming layman in the integration stage to defeat Li Xiuping. Delivered safely to Emperor Wu City.
Since Star Observation Tower has taken action and has not concealed its relationship with the demons, it must have made other preparations, and Li Xiuping will not be allowed to reach Emperor Wu City alive no matter what.
If that is the case, there is nothing that can be done about it. The only reason is that Li Xiuping is too narrow-minded and has to wait until the elixir is finished before he is willing to tell the method of dealing with the demons. But after this guy successfully refined the soul-melting elixir, he Fell into coma.
Now that they have tried their best and done what they can, if Li Xiuping still cannot escape death, it can only mean that this is what his fate is.
After the two saints left the spirit boat, they directly used various magic weapons and displayed various magical powers to attack the monster.
Following the action of the two saints, layman Qingming also directly drove the spirit boat to continue forward, continuing to the direction of Emperor Wu's city. At the same time, he kept praying in his heart to avoid any more trouble.
And many things in the world are often like this. If you don't want it to happen, it will happen more easily. Not long after the spirit boat has gone out, countless strong people appear in front of it, and then just like before, they directly face the spirit boat. Zhou launched an attack.
With Qingming's level of strength, he could easily kill these people. However, Qingming did not take action to kill these people. He only used his magical power to force these people back and clear the way for the spirit boat.
According to the previous situation, Master Qingming feels that as long as these people are not killed, these people will not be able to use the secret method of fusion of the demons. Then no matter how many people there are, they can at least be dealt with. But if these people are killed, then by then These people used the secret method of the demons to condense the kind of monsters from before, which even the saints could not deal with, let alone him.
It's just that although these people are not strong, there are too many of them. At the beginning, it was nothing. As time goes on, the loss in the body becomes greater and greater, which makes the layman Qingming really feel what it means to have exhausted manpower.
Originally, in normal times and in normal battles, the losses would not be so serious, but now we have to force these people back to ensure the normal operation of the spirit boat, but cannot kill these people, and the losses caused are far beyond imagination.
If this continues, even if these people don't use the demon clan's secret method of fusion, it will be difficult for them to reach Emperor Wu's city.
Master Qingming just couldn't figure it out. How could the Star Observation Tower be one of the holy places? It was one of the top forces in the world of human cultivation. It was admired and sought after by countless people. How could it collude with the demons? You must know that once you get involved with the demon clan, you will become the enemy of the entire human race. Even the demon clan will take action. Then the Star Observation Tower will lose everything it has, including its status, reputation, and even the holy land. .
Is it just to deal with Li Xiuping?
The layman Qingming thought it was unlikely. There might be some unknown secret in this.
In fact, when it comes to the Star Observation Tower, even the layman Qing Ming knows very little about it. There are many opinions about the Star Observation Tower in the entire cultivation world, but no matter what the explanation is, it makes the Star Observation Tower seem particularly mysterious. Just the practice of exercises. It is not something that outsiders can understand.
Of course, no matter how mysterious the Star Observation Tower was before, it was still one of the Seven Holy Lands, and it was also an existence that countless people looked up to and respected. No one would think there was anything wrong with the Star Observation Tower, let alone associate it with the demons. together. This is just like before, it was hard for anyone to imagine that Huoling Zhenren, who came from a Taoist family, would actually collude with the demons.
In fact, even now, even though the battle between Li Xiuping and Master Huo Ling has spread throughout the entire cultivation world and even the entire world, there are still many people who do not believe that Master Huo Ling has colluded with the demons.
First, people don’t know much about the demons.
Secondly, major forces will also suppress this kind of thing to a certain extent, so as not to have a bad impact on the entire human world.
Because they don't understand the Demon Clan, many people naturally feel that the Demon Clan's influence is not that great, at least not to the extent that people feel that a wise man can give up his reputation and status.
In this way, even if people hear this rumor, they will immediately deny its authenticity and prefer to describe it as a personal grudge between the two.
Of course, there are also big reasons for this, including Li Xiuping himself.
Nowadays, Li Xiuping's reputation is really bad. If it is said that Huoling Zhenren has colluded with the demons, people are more willing to believe that Li Xiuping has colluded with the demons. This is actually very simple, because Li Xiuping's reputation is so great during this period, and various rumors will come out every three days. The key is that these rumors are not just acts, and Li Xiuping also had problems with the demon clan before. Not a small connection.
No matter what the reason is, in short, when a person, especially at Li Xiuping's age, can have such a reputation and status, many people will feel psychologically unbalanced, whether it is envy or jealousy, in short, they are more willing to put it aside. He is thinking in a bad direction.
It is precisely because Li Xiuping can do so many incredible things and have such a reputation today that people are more willing to belittle Li Xiuping. Regardless of his personality or strength, he must be lowered by a few level.
In this way, it is naturally easy to understand.
Li Xiuping, who was only in the Foundation Establishment stage, had no chance of winning against the Huo Ling Daoist who had the Fusion stage, let alone the Huo Ling Daoist who had the strength to transcend the Tribulation stage after using the demon secret method.
Therefore, rather than saying that it was Huo Ling who was defeated by Li Xiuping, people are more willing to believe that it was Qingming who defeated him. After all, Qingming is also one of the eight sages, as famous as Huo Ling, and Qingming and Li Xiuping were indeed together at the time. .
In addition, although Li Xiuping killed Huo Ling, he kept his body afterwards and refined it into a body that could accommodate the Nascent Soul, so that the Nascent Soul could be resurrected and follow Li Xiuping in the form of Huo Ling. , As a result, the life and death of Huoling Zhenren are also controversial...
With all this going on, people are naturally more reluctant to believe the rumors that Huoling Zhenren has colluded with the demons, because their suspicions seem so "reasonable". The key is that everyone is more willing to believe what they want to believe in their hearts. Even if there is no evidence, they will only believe what they want to believe.
Even the existence of layman Qingming found it unbelievable, let alone other people.
However, after all, Master Qingming has experienced those things personally and is on Li Xiuping's side, so he naturally has to be more objective when looking at this matter. He also feels that the Star Observation Tower, one of the holy places, is colluding with the demons. It's just a simple grudge with Li Xiuping, but he can't figure out the specific reason now, because he doesn't know much about the Star Observation Tower and even less about the demons.
But no matter what the reason is, if he doesn't think of a way to deal with these guys in front of him, not to mention that Li Xiuping will not be able to enter Wu Emperor City alive, his own life safety will also be threatened.
At this moment, although layman Qingming still tried his best to push back those strong men, because he had already suffered a lot of losses, strong men had begun to approach the spirit boat and launch attacks on it. Fortunately, there was someone on the other side. With the existence of the blue water unicorn and the barrier left by the saint from Xianglu Mountain, the spirit boat is not in danger for the time being, but this situation cannot last long.
Above the horizon, the spirit boat is still moving forward. Countless strong men continue to appear out of thin air, and then continue to attack the spirit boat. Some will be blocked by layman Qingming, while the rest continue to attack the spirit boat. A group of people above the sky Various magic weapons emerge one after another in time, and there are constant collision sounds, either exploding into clusters of sparks, or colorful streams of light leaping across.
"Crack!"
Under the repeated attacks of these powerful men, the barrier on the spirit boat finally failed to hold up. First there was a cracking sound, then spider web-like cracks appeared one after another, and finally the whole thing exploded.
The barrier protecting the spirit boat disappeared, and countless powerful men directly attacked the spirit boat, and all kinds of powerful magic weapons were bombarded directly.
Under such a level of attack, the entire spirit boat would be turned into powder in an instant, let alone Li Xiuping who was still sleeping on the spirit boat.
The eyes of the green water unicorn guarding the spirit boat were also full of fear at this moment, with hesitation in the fear.
Although it is involved with Li Xiuping and has been planted with the Demon Suppressing Lock, it must obey the orders of Li Xiuping or the Qingming layman. If it disobeys, it will suffer the backlash of the Demon Suppressing Lock. His own life was threatened. Did he really want to die here to protect Li Xiuping?
If you run away now, you may still have a chance of survival, but if you stay, you will definitely be dead.
These people are here for Li Xiuping. If it leaves at this time, these people may not chase it, so it has a high chance of escaping and ascending to heaven. Moreover, once Li Xiuping and the Qingming layman died here, although the demon-suppressing lock in its body was not released, the two people who could control the demon-suppressing lock were dead, so the demon-suppressing lock would no longer exist. Meaning, when the time comes, I will still be a free body and can still travel freely between heaven and earth.
Previously, it felt that being by Li Xiuping's side might be due to its own good fortune, and might make its future practice easier, but now, it obviously cannot be confirmed.
It first looked back at Li Xiuping, who was still sleeping, and then glanced at the layman Qingming who was fighting desperately in front, intending to directly look for an opportunity to leave. As for the "Master Fire Spirit", it was directly ignored.
For a Golden Core monk, in this situation, no one would care.
This is a battle for those who are at the lowest level of the God Stage. Not to mention the Golden Core Stage, even those at the Nascent Soul Stage will only be killed in an instant, without even a chance to escape. 33
Just when the blue water unicorn was about to leave, powerful auras appeared one after another, directly bringing down streams of light and appearing around the spirit boat, protecting the entire spirit boat within it.
In this way, even if the blue water unicorn wants to leave, it will not be able to find its direction for a while.
After these strong men appeared, they took action directly. Various magic weapons continued to appear, and then directly attacked the strong men in the Star Observation Tower.
Unlike layman Qingming, this group of people were merciless and directly killed the powerful men in the Star Observation Tower.
This situation happened so suddenly that even if the layman Qingming wanted to warn him, it was too late. In just an instant, countless strong men in the Star Observation Tower were directly killed by these strong men who suddenly appeared.
With help, the spirit boat was temporarily out of danger, and layman Qingming retreated to the spirit boat. His face was already a little pale, but when he looked at the reinforcements arriving, he couldn't help but feel a little shocked.
Among the eight sages like him, except for the dead Master Huo Ling, all of them had gathered together, or in a sense, all the eight sages had gathered, because the "Master Huo Ling" looked confused at this moment. Standing on the spirit boat.
There are exactly eight of them: Master Qingming, "Master Huo Ling", Master Bai Xue, Taoist Taixu, Master Xuanfeng San, Master Hongming, Bodhi Celestial Master, and Old Eccentric Boyang.
In addition to these eight sages, there are also some strong men brought by these sages.
Not only that, the Sword Master in the Sword Washing Pool also brought many powerful sword cultivators with him. At this moment, he was holding a long sword and setting up a defensive sword formation.
Then Mr. Qi from Guanchao Academy also led many strong men from the academy to form a half-moon arc and guard in front of the spirit boat, forming a second line of protection.
Countless Butterfly Valley banshees stood together with the strong men in the Sword Washing Pond, and the demonic aura and sword aura were mixed together.
There is also a woman in green and a little girl in red standing next to Li Xiuping on the left and right, both frowning slightly.
Eight Sages and Seven Sages. All the Eight Sages have gathered. The Seven Sages plus the Saints from Piaoxue City and Xianglu Mountain who appeared earlier have already appeared. Except for the Saint from Guanchao Academy, except for the Saint from Guanxing Tower and Taiyi Pavilion, They haven't appeared yet, but now they are all gathered here.
This kind of scene, this kind of battle, has never happened before, and the person who caused this scene turned out to be Li Xiuping, who was only in the foundation building stage, a young man who was just in his weak years.
Master Qingming bowed one by one, and his heavy heart immediately relaxed.
With the existence of these strong men, even if the strong men in the Star Observation Tower really used the secret magic of the demons, it would be difficult for them to threaten Li Xiuping's safety. The key is that so many of the Eight Sages and Seven Sages appeared at once, and they were all Coming to help Li Xiuping, it means that among the Eight Sages and Seven Saints, except for the Star Observation Tower and the Master Huo Ling, the others have nothing to do with the demons.
At least that seems to be the case for now. As for whether there will be any changes in the future, of course no one can guarantee it.
Mr. Qi from the sword-washing pool smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, senior."
A saint actually called a sage his senior. Even the layman Qingming himself felt a little shocked. But this makes sense. In the final analysis, Qi Wenxing is not a real saint, because he is not a monk in the Tribulation Stage, but only has the strength of the Fusion Stage. However, because he defeated the Sword Master in Xijianchi before, people naturally regarded him as a follower. The saints are connected.
Moreover, whether Qi Wenxing is among the Eight Sages or the Seven Sages, he is actually much younger, so he is naturally one generation lower, so it is reasonable to call him Senior Qingming Jushi.
Of course, seniority is just a polite thing, and no one really takes it seriously. For example, Qi Wenxing and the sword master not only had a fight, but they also considered themselves peers. Both enemies and friends.
At this time, movement began to appear in front, and the powerful people in the Star Observation Tower who had been killed began to turn into balls of black energy, which continued to gather in front of the spirit boat. The situation was exactly the same as before, and the momentum and movement were even stronger than before... …
Some people died, but not completely...
