Tick-tock, tick-tock...
In the dark underground cave, the sound of dripping water came from nowhere, hitting the cave wall, and the echo was faint.
Huo Xiumao opened his eyes, made sure that the injury had healed, and stood up.
Walking ten steps straight forward, the flesh and blood meridians once again felt the pain of Ling Chi.
Five steps away, a large sword shining like snow was inserted into the ground.
There are more than ten knives like this in the cave. They have different shapes, and their blades penetrate deeply into the earth, like soldiers silently guarding the cave.
Huo Xiumao endured the pain of the sword hitting his body, and walked towards the sword with difficulty as if his steps weighed a thousand pounds.
Finally approaching, he stretched out his hand and grasped the handle of the knife.
His clothes were intact, but countless wounds appeared on his body in an instant. The sword energy invaded the spiritual power and turned into an invisible sharp blade to wreak havoc in the body.
Huo Xiumao's face was twisted in pain. He gritted his teeth and endured, focusing all his consciousness and will on the big knife in front of him, and exerting force on his hand.
Compared with other knives, more of this sword is exposed above the ground, with only a small tip still embedded in the rock.
With a sound, the tip of the knife finally broke off the ground, and the big knife was completely pulled out.
Huo Xiumao staggered a few steps and tried to steady himself. The knife in his hand suddenly turned into a stream of light and sank into his body from the palm of his hand.
A faint joy appeared on his face, and he immediately gathered his mind and meditated until he completely absorbed this harvest.
After relaxing for a while, my thoughts drifted outside the cave unconsciously.
"I don't know how the war is going outside... Is Master still fine..."
He muttered to himself, worry flashing in his eyes.
With a slight sigh, Huo Xiumao turned his head and looked deep into the cave.
There was a rocky hillock with a knife stuck on the top.
The cold light emitted by this knife shone through the entire cave, preventing the cave from falling into complete darkness.
He is now at most twenty steps away from this sword. If his guess is correct, he will have to pull out all the other swords in the cave before he can touch this sword.
His intuition told him that only by pulling out this knife would he have a chance to leave this place.
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Command the camp.
Yu Xian handed the compiled battle report to Yuan Yao and said, "The new plans and arrangements for each region are almost ready. You can take a look."
Yuan Yao took the report, while Yu Xian read the other two pieces of news.
After reading the report, Yuan Yao turned his eyes and noticed the mark on the jade slip in front of Yu Xian.
"Message from Niya Palace and Wufeng Sword Sect?"
Yu Xian nodded: "This is from Qian Xiaocai and Moren. You haven't seen them for a long time."
Yuan Yao: "Now the three of you are directly connected without having to go through the people above?"
Yu Xian: "Yes, this way when the operation starts, they won't have to worry about us."
Yuan Yao thought silently for a long time, the sadness between his brows became more and more intense, and anxiety and uneasiness almost solidified in him.
Yu Xian put down the jade slip and said helplessly: "I said you should worry less, we can't participate in that matter, so there's no point in thinking more about it, just do your own thing well, ah, don't think about it, do you hear me? .”
Yuan Yao closed his eyes and responded in a low voice.
Yu Xian handed him another jade slip, "This is what happened in the mountain gate recently. Some of it is quite interesting. That fat bird Xue Fei is making noises about coming to the front line again. Take a look to change your mood."
Yuan Yao followed the instructions and browsed the contents.
Suddenly, his expression changed.
"Zhenjun Hongbo accepted Luo Qi as his disciple... Luo Qi..."
Yu Xian: "Hey, do you know Junior Sister Luo?"
Yuan Yao: "I have seen her in the Inner Gate Library."
He frowned slightly, thinking about something, and then shook his head.
"That's all, I'll make some observations later. Yu Xian, there's nothing written about the matter that Zhenjun Hongbo is responsible for."
Yu Xian waved his hand: "How could it be written on that?"
Yuan Yao was silent and asked: "It's going well.
What? "
"It's not bad, the subject classification has been initially worked out."
Yuan Yao's expression softened slightly.
"That's good……"
Yu Xian looked at his expression of caring about everything, shook his head and was speechless.
…
In the cave, Luo Qi is refining the magic weapon.
Forty-two jade-white, one-foot-long thin sticks spiral from top to bottom, spinning endlessly, like an ever-extending spiral staircase.
This gift given by Zhenjun Hongbo is a high-grade spiritual weapon, but it exudes an aura comparable to that of an earthly weapon.
As long as she reaches a higher level of cultivation and collects all the materials, she can easily upgrade it to an earth weapon.
As her technique changed, the forty-two thin sticks suddenly spread out horizontally, and then joined together, with gold characters appearing on the surface of each thin stick.
It is like an unfolding document, condensing infinite wisdom, sacred and boundless.
Its radiating light illuminates every corner of the room, and the few strokes of rabbit ink on the drafts spread out randomly on the table seem to come alive.
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Demon Realm, that weird city where humans and demons live together.
Upstairs at the city gate, Yinshan quietly stared at everything in the city.
Smokey clouds gathered and dispersed around her.
"They already have a way to track my location," the beast god said in a low voice, "I underestimated them."
Yinshan: "If they can find you, they will know that this matter cannot be hidden from you."
Beast God: "So, they will take action soon."
Yinshan: "Just in these few days."
The clouds fell into silence.
Yinshan: "If you want to strike first, then I advise you to give up this idea."
Beast God: "Reason."
Yinshan: "If you take the initiative, they will definitely think of this situation and must be prepared."
Her eyes moved slightly and she cast a cold glance to her side.
"Last time, they suffered because they were unaware of you. Once they were on guard, they would fall into a trap. If you haven't fully recovered, you may not be able to gain the upper hand."
The beast god was silent for a long time, and suddenly he sneered.
"If I can't take the initiative, I can't wait for them in vain. I will decide the time and place of this battle."
The clouds and mist surged violently, then calmed down quickly in the blink of an eye.
"Yinshan, I want information on all the supreme cultivators in the human race today, as well as the Taoist tools of the three major sects."
Yinshan: "Okay."
She suddenly raised her hand and pointed, "Look at that place."
At the end of an alley in the city, outside the house and under the eaves, several young children were playing with some monster cubs.
The humans and demons born in this city have seen and heard that the two races coexist since they were born.
They don't understand the differences between the two races and the disputes with the outside world, so they don't feel it's wrong to be so close.
The Beast God watched for a while, and suddenly saw a monk hurriedly walking out of the alley with a sullen face. He ignored the children's crying and forcibly took them away.
The cubs were reluctant to follow and were grabbed by the back of the neck by the huge monster that suddenly jumped out and led them in the opposite direction.
The two sides walked away from each other, gradually drifting away.
"It seems you still have a long way to go."
"As long as you know where your goal is, no matter how long you take, you will eventually reach it."
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