"It's just ahead."
Shen Qian, who has a memory palace, can remember all the details around him in an instant just by focusing on it.
Even though the land in front of them has changed beyond recognition, and the dead atmosphere is no different from other places, but with Shen Qian's reminder, everyone who paid a little attention still noticed the difference instantly.
"There are many carrion corpses of monsters, and there seem to be mountains and seas among them..."
Cao Yi's eyes seemed to penetrate the thick ash on the ground, and his voice was low, "If that bastard Wu Yi sees this place, he will be so heartbroken that he can hardly breathe, right?"
It seemed like a joke, but no one laughed.
Even Shen Qian, who was originally on the opposite side of Wu Yi, felt a little heavy in his heart.
The nine-day battlefield is a fair competition, and it is impossible to talk about who is right or wrong. The most we can say is that life and death are determined by fate. But if Wu Yi died on the battlefield outside the territory, it is a completely different concept.
Even compared to Shen Qian, Cao Yi and Wu Yi could be called rivals because their names clashed in pronunciation, but at this moment, it was Cao Yi who thought of each other first.
"So Shen Qian, have you ever seen the candle dragon with your own eyes?"
Bai Fei suddenly asked, not knowing whether it was to change the topic or just out of curiosity.
In order to let everyone understand everything about the world of spirit witches to the maximum extent, Shen Qian added some details along the way, including Zhulong's appearance at the end.
When Zhulong was mentioned, everyone showed interest.
After all, it was the most powerful monster that human warriors had ever seen since the spiritual energy was revived, as documented by historical records and supported by news.
Even among many titles, the opponent has been classified as a monster.
"Well... it's far more terrifying than imagined." Shen Qian paused and continued, "The teacher said that it is only half a step away from being able to surpass the prince."
A transcendent prince?
Even though the seven of them are all first-class monsters with far more knowledge than ordinary people, they still couldn't help but be shocked when they heard these four words.
"So, being a prince is not the end of martial arts."
Lin Sanmo, who had spoken the least along the way, suddenly spoke. His eyes became sharp at this moment, as if they were sharp blades that could pierce the heaven and the earth.
"Wandering in the void and traveling through dimensions, this is the realm of great power, but we don't know how long it will take us to peek into it."
Qu Bai was also fascinated.
Pride prompts everyone here to have strong confidence that they can go to places that ordinary people cannot reach. In their eyes, it is only a matter of time.
The off-topic conversation seemed useless, but invisibly it calmed the minds of the seven people a lot.
What Shen Qian could think of, they could also think of.
We don’t know what the future holds, but danger is almost inevitable.
Suddenly, a burst of black mist came towards us.
"careful!"
The seven people shouted almost at the same time, but after taking action together, they discovered that the black mist was just a burst of ordinary smoke.
While everyone was stunned, an old chuckle rang out.
"Don't be nervous, little friends. You have to welcome guests and of course do some simple cleaning."
The old voice sighed again, "It's a pity that this place was destroyed after all. In the past, this place was very beautiful. To use the idiom of your human race, it was a picturesque place."
The black mist dissipated, and under the vigilant gaze of the seven people, a huge pit appeared in front of them.
There was scattered soil in the deep pit, and many rotten roots were buried. Only in the middle, next to an extremely thick tree stump, sat an old man in white robes.
At this time, the old man was slowly pouring some kind of green liquid into several wooden cups on the table, and there was a faint aroma of rotten wine coming over.
The moment Shen Qian saw the other side's face clearly, his childish eyes shrank.
"It's really you!"
The old man in white robe was the great protector of the spirit witch tribe that Shen Qian had fought with before!
Upon hearing Shen Qian's confirmation, Lin Sanmo and the other six people instantly dispersed, vaguely occupying the seven-star position, and assumed a fighting posture.
This is the basic combined attack formation commonly used in the academy. It’s not that they don’t understand the more advanced ones, but for the seven people whose personal strength is extremely outstanding, the more advanced formations will limit everyone’s performance.
The old man turned a blind eye to the actions of the seven people, and just poured the nine glasses of wine on the wooden pile. Then he picked up the first glass and then turned around.
When they saw each other's frontal appearance clearly, the seven of them were a little surprised.
The left half of the great protector of the Spirit Witch Clan's left cheek was intact, but the right half of his cheek was covered in flesh and blood, along with the entire right half of his body.
It looked like his broken body was being sewn back together, and the "needle threads" interspersed were the vines crisscrossing his flesh and blood.
Those green vines are still surging, and their roots reach deep into the ground.
To describe it more appropriately, the Great Protector is like a kite sewn together by vines, with a strange aura all over his body.
"There's something weird about this person. Death doesn't look like death, life doesn't look like life..." Bai Fei, who is most sensitive to life and death, couldn't help but frown after sensing the other person's aura.
Sha Bi whispered: "Isn't that what the Corpse Puppet Technique is, but the Corpse Puppet Technique doesn't have its own thinking."
"It's impossible to judge his realm, so be careful." Cao Yi also reminded.
"This place isn't quite right either..."
After Shen Qian glanced around, he frowned.
"What's wrong?" Everyone was puzzled.
"This used to be the source of life in the world of spirit witches. After the world was destroyed, the two poles were reversed. Then this is the 'Death Gate'. If you look carefully at the ravines in the ground, can you see anything?"
Shen Qian asked.
Everyone was startled, and then carefully observed the seemingly naturally formed ravines in the deep pit. After a moment, Qu Bai's eyes narrowed.
"They... look like some kind of strange shapes."
"Yes, although it is not a totem known to my human race, it has a certain special charm, but it has been temporarily obscured."
Shen Qian took a deep breath and expressed his guess, "If I'm not wrong, this seems to be the core of some kind of formation, but... I can't tell what kind of formation it is right now."
"Array?"
Everyone instantly became more solemn and subconsciously stepped back some distance.
"Shen Qian, we meet again."
When everyone was whispering or even retreating, the old man didn't react at all. It wasn't until everyone finished communicating that his deep eyes fixed on Shen Qian after scanning around, and then he slowly spoke.
"Who is the person behind you?"
Shen Qian looked directly at the other party and asked directly.
The Great Protector was startled when he heard this, then smiled and said: "Why can't it be me?"
"You don't have this ability."
Shen Qian shook his head, "To intervene in the Nine Heavens battlefield, you must be a strong person within the human race, and you must be a top strong person, so...who is he?"
Bai Fei and others glanced at Shen Qian and suppressed the complex emotions in their eyes.
In fact, they all vaguely thought about this level, but they obviously did not think about it more thoroughly than Shen Qian.
"The Nine Heavens Battlefield is a divine object refined by many great powers in ancient times. Although it has gone through tens of millions of years and is now only a shell, it is not something that can be manipulated by just anyone."
The Great Protector smiled and said, "Since you have thought of this, let me ask you, who is presiding over the Nine Heavens War, and who has the ability to do anything under his nose?"
"King Zhou Yi?" Shen Qian took a deep breath and said those three words that had been buried in his heart for a long time.
It was hard for Wu Wei to say, but King Zhou Yi was present. With his great power and proficiency in divination, could it be that the other party had no foreknowledge of such a danger?
Shen Qian didn't believe it.
So after thinking about it, it seemed that it could only be the other party.
But what Shen Qian didn't understand was... why?
Although I don’t know the other party’s complete purpose, one thing is certain. From the moment the ten of them stepped into the world of spirit witches, the other party never thought about letting them return alive.
King Zhou Yi can be said to be the de facto leader of the human race. What is the significance of his doing so?
Even Shen Qian felt that there was no need to bother. He really wanted ten people to die. Even if it wasn't on the Nine Heavens battlefield, there were probably at least ten thousand ways to do it without anyone noticing.
That is the super strong man among the princes!
Who can stop them?
Even though there were many doubts, when he saw the Great Protector smiling and saying nothing and not answering, he knew that nothing could be asked.
"So...you just want to destroy us all?"
When he just had a conversation with the Great Protector, Shen Qian had already reached the limit of his mental perception.
Although he is not a real mountain and sea, his spiritual core is much stronger than that of a warrior who has just entered the mountain and sea, and his perception can easily cover a kilometer range.
But... Shen Qian found neither an ambush nor anything unusual.
Even Shen Qian couldn't sense anything about the formation that seemed to exist in the pit.
Although he was feeling uneasy, after Shen Qian's analysis, he still tended to think that there was really only one Great Protector here.
After all, if there is really a powerful prince hiding in this world of spirit witches, then the other party does not need to pretend to be him to attack and kill him.
Even Shen Qian now has absolutely no power to fight back against the prince.
"No need to look for it, it's really just me."
The Great Protector sighed, "You have no idea how difficult the top warriors of your human race are. Once princes get involved, they can easily detect the traces of cause and effect, so... the only thing left is for the old man to crawl out of his grave." This is done.”
The words of the Great Protector seemed to confirm Shen Qian's suspicion, and Bai Fei and others relaxed a little.
According to what Shen Qian said, this great protector is as high as the Seventh Heaven of Mountains and Seas, and they are not without the strength to fight even if they try their best.
"It's almost time."
The Great Protector raised his head and glanced at the non-existent sky, but he laughed lightly and slowly poured the first glass of wine onto the ground.
"I think you don't dare to drink this glass of wine, so go drink underground."
Then the second cup, the third cup...
The Great Protector poured a total of nine glasses of wine on the ground.
Shen Qian was a little confused. Ten people had come in and three had already died. Why nine glasses of wine?
Before he could delve into the details, when the ninth glass of wine was completely buried in the ground, as if it had completed some kind of ritual, the Great Protector suddenly opened his arms and murmured something.
"Lord, your most devout believers will surely live up to their mission!"
boom!
As soon as he finished speaking, vines several meters thick suddenly stretched out from the Great Protector's body, and then scattered, quickly covering the sky and the sun.
The figure of the Great Protector also slowly rose into the air under the support of those vines.
During this process, his aura was constantly increasing. Every time it rose, the world became more depressed.
Mountains and seas, first heaven, second heaven, third heaven...
In Shen Qian's increasingly solemn eyes, the other party's aura returned to its peak level in life almost in the blink of an eye, and it was still growing stronger.
At a certain moment, the originally dry sky began to be lit up by stars, and the realm of the Great Protector also reached a certain critical point. When the stars fell, the vines re-weaved into a big tree, and his breath also broke through in one fell swoop.
The Seventh Heaven of Mountains and Seas!
No, this is still not the end.
As one star after another was lit up, the opponent's aura continued to rise, and soon reached another critical point, and then began to waver.
The peak of the seventh heaven of mountains and seas... can even be called half a step to the eighth heaven of mountains and seas.
The seven people looked at each other and saw the heaviness in each other's eyes and the hint of despair.
It is true that they are geniuses, and their combat power is far beyond their own level, but facing a super strong man who is close to the eighth level of the mountains and seas, they... still have no chance of winning.
The Great Protector stretched his arms, and the vines connected to his body also stretched, as if that was his real body.
"superior?"
Lin Sanmo seemed to be consulting, but his tone was extremely affirmative.
Shen Qian and others all nodded slightly. Facing an enemy that far exceeded themselves, passive defense would only lead to death.
However, just when the seven people had just rushed out together, a vine that stretched for a kilometer suddenly whipped over, blocking the seven people's movement route.
"Why are you guys so anxious? I never said that I would take action myself."
Snapped!
The vines struck the seven people one after another at a speed that exceeded their perception. With a muffled sound, the seven people were forced to retreat.
However, the injuries were not serious, as if the Great Protector had deliberately spared his hand.
The vines spread out, but they did not attack the seven people. Instead, they vaguely formed a cage that sealed the world, trapping the seven people in it.
While the seven people were frowning, the Great Protector took out a scepter from nowhere and suddenly waved it towards the surrounding world.
"The sky is the cauldron, the earth is the furnace, the spiritual stone is the firewood, and the corpse is the guide."
The Great Protector muttered something. When he finished four sentences, there was a sudden roar between heaven and earth.
The roar was so loud that even Shen Qian went deaf for a moment.
When he recovered from the shock, he immediately looked around and saw an extremely shocking scene.
fire!
The overwhelming green fire obscured the view.
The sky is burning, the earth is crackling, the bones of monsters on the ground, the mountains and rivers in the distance... everything that can be seen is burning.
But Shen Qian couldn't feel any temperature. He only felt a kind of crazy and crazy thing surging in the dark, as if something violating taboos was happening somewhere.
At this moment, Shen Qian suddenly understood what was going on with the sense of dissonance and weirdness that had existed from the beginning. The inscriptions on the formation flags he found, and the weird patterns in the big pit, no wonder it made them He looked familiar yet strange.
Because they were misplaced.
They should have appeared on the cauldron for refining medicine, but instead they appeared on the formation flag and on the ground.
Shen Qian didn't know what kind of mysterious method this was, but he suddenly realized...
The Great Protector is actually using this world as a cauldron to refine medicine.
But, what level of elixir is worthy of using the whole world as a cauldron?
"Brother Shen!"
"Um!"
When Shen Changqing walks on the road, whenever he meets someone he knows, he will say hello or nod to each other.
But no matter who it is.
There was no unnecessary expression on everyone's face, as if they were indifferent to everything.
To this.
Shen Changqing has become accustomed to it.
Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, an organization that maintains the stability of the Qin Dynasty. Its main responsibility is to kill monsters and monsters. Of course, there are also some other side jobs.
It can be said.
Everyone in the Demon Suppression Division has a lot of blood on their hands.
When a person is used to seeing life and death, he will become indifferent to many things.
When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but he got used to it over time.
The Demon-Suppressing Division is huge.
Those who can stay in the Demon Suppressing Division are all powerful masters, or those who have the potential to become masters.
Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.
Among them, the Demon Suppressor Division is divided into two professions, one is the Guardian Envoy and the other is the Demon Slayer.
Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Department starts from the lowest level as a demon slayer.
Then he will be promoted step by step, and he is expected to eventually become a guardian envoy.
Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level among the demon slayers.
Possessing the memory of a previous life.
He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.
It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of a loft.
Unlike other places in the Demon Suppressing Division that were full of chills, the attic here seemed to stand out from the crowd, showing a different kind of tranquility in the bloody Demon Suppressing Division.
At this time, the attic door was open, and occasionally people came in and out.
Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment before stepping in.
Enter the attic.
The environment changes in vain.
The fragrance of ink mixed with the faint smell of blood hit his face, making him frown instinctively, but then relaxed it quickly.
There is almost no way to cleanse away the smell of blood on everyone in the Demon-Suppressing Division.
