While He Gu Anran was concentrating on listening to the lecture, the island was already in chaos.
Each of the six peak troops occupies a favorable defensive position.
With visibility of less than ten feet, his consciousness was fully activated, and he struggled to resist the attack of the demon army from all directions.
Colorful light clusters flying all over the sky were dazzling.
The energy collision made a loud sound, deafening.
Rocks were flying, gray fog was stirring, and the scene was extremely heated.
The energy attacks from the world and the earth that do not consume spiritual power from the demons hit each peak camp one after another. The number is countless at the moment, and it is very difficult for the disciples of each peak to resist.
Although the combined force formation can concentrate everyone's power, the formation's external attacks can only choose one direction at the same time.
It is easy to break the formation when facing attacks from multiple angles, so it is no longer suitable to use it at this time.
The demon's positions are scattered, and with its unique racial talent, it can safely launch long-range attacks from a long distance, and its offensive advantage is very obvious.
Each peak camp can only form a large multi-layered battle circle from front to back, adopt a rotation method, and repeatedly use long-range Taoist skills to offset the spiritual energy attacks flying in front of them.
Try to delay as much time as possible.
Fortunately, there are no longer demons in the Six Paths Realm. Although it is difficult, we can deal with it steadily for the time being.
A few disciples were injured, but no disciples died.
Compared with the Six Peaks army, whose target was obvious due to its large number, other disciples were hiding in groups outside the central area.
What they faced was also a low-level demon who acted alone.
Except for a few unlucky people, it is generally much calmer than the central area.
In the "second half of the night", the demon army in the center began to move from disorder to order, and the attacks became more and more planned.
From time to time, they suddenly gather in one place, catching all the peak camps off guard.
Gradually, some disciples began to fail to resist the sneak attack and died of serious injuries, dying on the spot.
As for the demon army, there is not much pressure when facing ordinary disciples.
Although it was difficult to completely break through the defensive circle of Wu Zong disciples for the time being, as the party actively leading the attack, it faced less threats.
However, under the purposeful raids carried out by six independent teams composed of elite disciples from each peak, the number of casualties was not much better.
As time passed, the smell of blood in the air on the island became stronger.
The fighting continued until the density of the gray fog on the island gradually showed signs of fading, and then it slowly stopped.
The remaining demons took the corpses of Wu Zong disciples they had captured and retreated underground where they were originally staying before the visibility improved too much.
After the disaster, the surviving disciples were in shock and did not speak for a while.
When it was confirmed that "Midnight" had really been passed by them, except for a few disciples who felt sad for the unfortunate death of a fellow disciple they knew, most of the Wu Zong disciples were immediately relieved, and the crowd soon erupted in cheers of joy.
The demon-conquering trial has thus entered the third stage, with the human race counterattacking the demons.
While avenging the death of his fellow disciple, he snatched back his storage bag, which of course also contained the elixirs collected by his dead fellow disciple.
After meditating and resting in place for a day, the next day the large army was disbanded under the announcement of the chief disciples, and the disciples began to form groups freely and take action.
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Under the deep dark ditch thousands of feet high, He Gu was repeatedly practicing the spirit seal attack method under the detailed guidance of the old monster.
"With your current physical strength, your maximum attack power is equivalent to the attack power at the early stage of the Five Realms of Spiritual Roots. To achieve stronger strength, it is far from enough to just practice the attack method of spiritual seal."
After a slight pause, the old monster emphasized: "The key to our clan's ability lies in the cultivation of one's own body, not the method of operating the spiritual seal itself."
No need to worry about understanding.
He thought to himself, apart from the life span curse, it seems that God is not kind to the demons.
Such a racial ability and improvement method fit perfectly with the spiritual root cultivation method. Combining the two together can achieve twice the result with half the effort.
It's just that he is a little worried. Humans mainly practice spiritual root skills, and their physical fitness improves with breakthroughs in realms. Others rely on external objects to assist their cultivation.
For example, the final reward in this trial, the Demonic Blood Pool.
It's not that he can't change his major in martial arts, but as a human being, he has two concerns.
First, after changing the method of cultivating his body, his cultivation speed will be greatly reduced, and his spiritual power recovery speed and spiritual root spiritual power strength will also be weakened accordingly.
When facing human opponents in the future, he will be at a disadvantage if he cannot attack with spirit seals.
The second is the spiritual root technique that is popular in the human race. The physical technique is very uneconomical for ordinary humans, so even a large sect like Wuzong does not have many collections.
This makes it very difficult for him to find a good physical technique that reaches the heaven level and is suitable for him.
After weighing the pros and cons, he still felt that it was the most cost-effective method to maintain the status quo first and then find more external objects that could improve his physical fitness to assist him in cultivating his physical body.
As if he could see the trouble He Gu was facing, in the darkness, the old monster was struggling in his heart.
It took him a long time to bear the pain and make a decision.
Come on, this kid is of great use to the demons. If he burps in advance, all my efforts in the past two days will be in vain...
The old monster felt a bit like he was on a pirate ship. The bet had been placed before, but now he could only bite the bullet and invest more.
"There is a unique ancient secret skill in the hands of the old man. It was obtained from a secret realm in the void just before coming here. It is very suitable for your situation."
Ancient secret skills...
When He Gu was thinking about it, his eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this.
At this time, he was involved in ancient secret skills for the second time, and he was practicing an incomplete version of the secret skill of killing.
Since entering the Demon Prison Island, the Secret Killing Technique has played a great role, and now he is naturally interested in other secret techniques.
Without thinking, he quickly bowed and saluted.
"Thank you, senior, for giving me the Dharma! This junior's gratitude to you is like a torrent of water rushing down from the sky, with an endless stream. I'm afraid I won't be able to repay you in this life."
The old monster couldn't help but rolled his eyes. He hadn't said he would give it away, and what the hell is "nothing in return"? He definitely didn't give it away in vain.
No need for spiritual stones, no body, just favors.
Even if I try to win over him in the future, I won't worry about it. The accumulated debt of gratitude is enough to make a good plan.
He has always judged people very accurately. In his eyes, He Gu's most obvious shortcoming is his emphasis on love and righteousness.
He felt that He Gu's attitude toward him had changed slightly at this time. His unserious words contained less of a hint of alienation and more of a sense of pulling in than before.
The last time I gained He Gu's personal favor was by chance due to his enlightening words yesterday.
Now that the relationship between the two has been further deepened in a short period of time, he is very satisfied and no longer thinks too much about it being a pity to give away this precious secret skill that he has worked so hard for.
If there is no one in the world who least wants He Gu to die, then apart from the people close to He Gu, the current old monster is undoubtedly one of the remaining few.
Of course, his starting point is different from everyone else's.
Since he was planning to give it away, the old monster didn’t hesitate.
Directly touching the Dantian in his abdomen, an antique jade slip covered with cracks and exuding a primitive atmosphere appeared in his palm.
After thinking about it for a moment, he sent the secret skill jade slip to He Gu with a flick of his finger.
He Gu was slightly startled as his consciousness sensed the suspended object in front of him.
He was clever enough to be clever, and his interest in the secret skill was true, but he really didn't expect that this old devil who met by chance would actually give it to him.
After all, this is not an ordinary Taoist method. It cannot be reproduced. If one is consumed, it will disappear forever. However, the old devil now gave it to him without even explaining the conditions first.
It would be a lie to say that I was not touched at all.
It was not wrong for him to deceive the other party in order to save his life, but now he is receiving great favors from the other party again and again. He really needs it and cannot refuse it.
Some guilt inevitably arises in my heart.
Of course, he is not an indecisive person. He can still distinguish one thing from another. He reminds himself in his heart that if he has the opportunity, he must repay the kindness he has owed in the past few days.
Feeling the cold jade slip falling into his palm, He Gu took a deep breath and silently bowed in the direction of the old demon.
"The boy will remember this experience."
Seeing this, the old monster stopped talking about asking for reward, and instead introduced this ancient secret technique.
“This secret technique is not a cultivation technique, so it will not affect the spiritual root technique you are currently practicing.
Although it is not a physical training method and cannot bring you a permanent increase in physical strength, it can greatly increase your physical strength in a short period of time, thereby increasing the upper limit of the spiritual seal's ability to mobilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, thereby enhancing the power of the spiritual seal. The purpose of the attack!
The only disadvantage is that it requires a large amount of spiritual power to be used, and if used for a long time, it will fall into a dangerous state of destrength. "
The old monster sighed a little: "Because of its special nature, it is not a widely applicable secret skill for other races. It can only be used to withstand powerful attacks that can't be avoided at critical moments.
For us demons, it can be regarded as a wonderful secret combat skill, which takes into account both defense and offense. We can advance, attack, retreat or defend!
If the old man hadn't been brought here soon after he got it, he would have practiced it in his body by now. "
He Gu opened his mouth to say something, but the old monster interrupted him.
"You don't have much time, so you should practice it here now. If I remember correctly, in three days you will go to the Demon Suppressing Peak to compete for the seat of the Demon Blood Pool, and this secret skill will be useful to you before you reach the peak. It also has great miraculous effects.”
With such a good thing in mind, He Gu stopped being pretentious and immediately put his spiritual consciousness into the simple jade slip.
As expected, a huge amount of information immediately entered my mind.
An ancient secret skill called "Three Transformations of Canglong" is completely displayed in the sea of consciousness.
The first change requires 20% of the spiritual power in the realm, the second change requires 50% of the spiritual power in the realm, and the third change requires 80% of the spiritual power in the realm.
These are only the starting conditions for the use of secret skills. After the body absorbs external damage, it also needs to consume spiritual energy to replenish the offset part.
The three changes correspond to three levels of temporary strengthening of the physical body, and the effect of one change is stronger than the last.
In the Nine Realms of Mortals, not counting the physical strengthening effects obtained through other means, the third transformation can even directly reach a huge level of physical strengthening.
In other words, if He Gu now performs the third transformation of this secret skill in the Five Realms realm, he can immediately gain the physical strength of the Six Realm realms under the same conditions in advance.
The upper limit of spiritual seal attack will also be raised to the level of Six Paths Realm!
It was so terrifying. This was He Gu's most intuitive feeling after reading the content of the secret technique.
The old devil's move was simply a huge gift to him.
He Gu couldn't wait to immerse himself in practice.
At the same time, the Wu Zong disciples from the outside world began to form a team to hunt the demons, and they were very busy for a while.
As time goes by, the gray fog on the island becomes thinner and thinner, and the energy absorbed by the Demon-Suppressing Peak from the sky and the earth gradually approaches fullness.
Three days later, the visibility in the air returned to around 100 feet. At this time, nearly eight days had passed since the trial started.
At the center of the mountain, at the northern foot of the Demonic Suppression Peak, crowds began to gather from all directions.
Most of the disciples who were active in the central area gave up the use of the remaining half day and chose to come here to watch the final highlight of the trial.
The chief disciples of the Six Peaks, including Jiang Lintian, Senior Sister, and Jian Yi, appeared one after another, attracting the attention of the crowd.
Behind them are other elite disciples who plan to compete for the last two seats of the eight major seats.
After the formation energy replenishment cycle of Demon Suppressing Peak is completed, the energy absorption intensity of the entire mountain peak has dropped to the lowest point in the cycle.
Seeing this, the six chief disciples took the lead to set off to the summit.
Other participating disciples quickly followed.
On the other side, He Gu had just finished practicing his secret skills and stood up and stretched.
When it was time to say goodbye to the old devil, he hesitated whether to see the old devil up close.
Although he also knew in his heart that there was a high probability that the old demon would not be seen under the thick gray fog accumulated in the deep ditch.
The old monster's extremely phlegm-laden voice came out from the darkness, and it still hurt my ears.
However, He Gu felt that it was unique and acceptable at this time.
"There is an isolation barrier set up above this place. Normal means can only enter but not exit. Take this space jade slip and crush it to reach the ground."
"What about you, old man?" He Gu knew that this teleportation jade slip that could cross the isolation barrier must be very precious, and the old devil might not have a second one.
The old monster was obviously in a good mood.
"Haha... It's enough for you to say this, old man. You don't have to worry too much. I have no use for it now, so I just gave it to you."
He Gucai was a little touched just now, and his face darkened slightly when he heard this.
I bet you didn't intend to send me back when you pulled me down?
Ignoring He Gu's expression, the old monster then said in a mysterious tone: "Go ahead, there will be a surprise waiting for you when you get up there. It can be regarded as the last little gift I give you."
He Guzhen wanted to say don't be too nice to me, otherwise the demon slayer will have a psychological burden in the future.
Of course, it was impossible to say this in front of the old devil.
Taking a deep breath, He Gu calmed down and finally bowed in the direction of the old devil.
"Senior, I'm leaving, please take care of yourself." After saying that, He Gu crushed the space jade slip in his hand.
A white light emerged from his palm and instantly enveloped He Gu's whole body.
The next moment, He Gu was nowhere to be seen.
With his departure, the dark ravine returned to its usual deathly silence.
It took a long time for the old man's long murmur to himself to sound.
"The bet is a bit big this time. I hope I won't lose the bet like last time and end up in this hellish place..."
"Oh, those old guys will definitely call me an old gambler when I go out this time."
