The top of the mountain has a radius of tens of feet, and the terrain is flat. The mountain is covered with exotic flowers and plants, which bloom under the moonlight, making it a spectacle. The whistling cold wind exudes bursts of floral fragrance, which makes you feel drunk when you smell it.
On the top of the mountain, close to the edge of the cliff, a huge boulder several feet in size stood on the ground. The boulder had a weird and rugged shape, and was round and crystal clear. When illuminated by the moonlight, it emitted layers of warm jade-like brilliance. But on the top of this boulder, a strange tree without branches, as thick as a bowl and about ten feet tall, grew suddenly. The trunk of this strange tree is as black as jet jade. On the top of the tree is a huge bright red flower bud. At this time, the flower bud has bloomed into eight petals the size of a palm and shaped like a waning moon. Each petal is as clear as jade and crystal, and there are blood-red thin lines crisscrossing the petals, just like human blood and meridians.
The bud has eight petals, but there is still a corner vacant. There is a faint tremor in the overflowing brilliance, as if the last petal is about to bloom.
Under the night sky, these strange trees and flowers seemed to absorb the moonlight in the sky, condensing a bunch of clear light as thick as an arm and soaring up from the ground. The light became stronger and stronger in mid-air, soaring straight into the sky, causing the wind and clouds to gather on the top of the mountain. Countless birds circled and gathered around it, lingering for a long time.
Shen Mo rushed to the top of the mountain. As soon as he fell down, he was attracted by the dazzling spiritual energy. His eyes were fixed on the strange tree. At this moment, he realized that the clear light reaching into the sky that he had just seen at the bottom of the mountain was... From the buds on this tree, a look of disbelief suddenly appeared on his face.
When his eyes lingered on the bud, he suddenly heard Ren Pingsheng's voice coming from not far away, "I thought you were blocked by those beasts and couldn't come up."
Only then did Shen Mo come back to his senses, and hurriedly followed the sound, and saw a figure standing a few feet away on the right side of the boulder, it was Ren Pingsheng.
Ren Pingsheng's wine gourd has been pinned to his waist. He still maintains a calm posture with one hand behind his back, but his eyes and face are rare and deep. When he spoke, his eyes did not move. , still staring at the boulder.
Not far from Ren Pingsheng's feet, the corpses of five or six monsters were lying in a mess. These monsters were all bloody and miserable, and the surrounding land was even more devastated. It was a devastated scene, obviously destroyed by a man. Caused by a fierce fight. Shen Mo took a closer look and discerned their appearance from the flesh and blood of the corpses. He was surprised to find that those monsters were the strange flying-winged rats he had just seen at the top of the mountain.
Thinking of the violent noise heard on the top of the mountain just now, Silence knew that these flying squirrels must have died under Ren Pingsheng's hands.
Silently said quickly: "Senior..."
As soon as he spoke, he suddenly heard a voice as low as a baby's voice coming from behind Ren Pingsheng. Silence felt that the voice was very familiar. He frowned and looked past Ren Pingsheng to look behind him. He was suddenly shocked again. .
In the shadow behind Ren Pingsheng, there was a dark shadow that murmured uneasily, seeming to be uneasy. It was over ten feet long, sharp as a sword, and had dark golden wings. It was the golden-winged roc.
Shen Mo had seen its bloodthirsty and ferocious nature, but now it looked quite docile behind Ren Pingsheng, which really surprised Shen Mo.
The golden-winged roc stared at Silence, fierce light bursting out from his vertical pupils. Ren Pingsheng felt something in his heart and said in a deep voice: "Don't make mistakes, he is not an enemy."
As soon as these words came out, the golden-winged roc seemed to understand human speech, and its wings fluttered, as if responding to Ren Pingsheng. Then the ferocious light and hostility in his vertical pupils faded a bit.
Seeing this, Shen Mo was even more surprised and confused. She didn't know why this extremely ferocious Dapeng could be so obedient and docile to Ren Pingsheng.
"Dare I ask, senior, do you recognize this roc?" Shen Mo couldn't help but ask.
Ren Pingsheng kept staring at the strange flower with vigilance in his eyes. Hearing this, he said, "We have known each other for decades, so we can be considered old friends."
Silence was even more surprised. Just as he was about to ask about the reason for this place, he saw the last petal on the bud of the strange tree slowly stretching and blooming in the pure light. In an instant, the moonlight in the sky dimmed again, as if the moonlight was completely absorbed by this flower. sucked. In the blink of an eye, the petals bloomed completely, and the huge buds suddenly bloomed with clear light and turned into a ball of brilliance. The brilliance was clear and holy. Wherever the light reached, the entire mountaintop became warm and comfortable, like a spring breeze, and the pure beam of holy light became more blazing and dazzling, reaching up to the sky.
At this moment, the birds gathered in the sky on the top of the mountain immediately began to scream and circle in mid-air like flies seeing meat. The flock of birds rolled and rolled like black clouds covering the sky, rushing down from the sky with eager intentions. .
As the brilliance filling the heaven and earth on the top of the mountain became more and more abundant, the spiritual energy between the heaven and the earth here reached the point of saturation, causing the entire top of the mountain to gradually become shrouded in clouds and mist, showing a hazy scene.
The flock of birds in the sky finally couldn't hold it any longer, and hundreds of birds of different sizes and species swooped down screaming, looking like a black dragon.
Seeing this, the golden-winged roc suddenly let out a shrill roar, then fluttered its wings into the air, flapping its wings. For a moment, a strong wind blew up in the air, and the pair of flying wings kept sweeping back and forth like a big sword. The birds in the air immediately screamed, and then Rain of blood flew, and countless bird corpses fell like flying snow. In just a few moments, the flock of birds intent on rushing to the top of the mountain were wiped out.
The golden-winged roc did not stop, its wings rose up in the wind, and it flew swiftly and unparalleled to more birds in the sky, and then began a wanton killing. But I saw it screaming like crazy, flying vertically and horizontally, the blood of birds in the sky was like rain, and the stumps of countless flying birds fell one after another. The golden-winged roc flew back and forth in the air for several times, killing everyone in all directions. The birds were panicked for a moment, and due to the terrifying power of the Dapeng, they had no choice but to fly in all directions.
Just as the Dapeng in the sky was killing people wantonly, the flower bud blooming with flawless holy light seemed to be growing rapidly, doubling in size in a few breaths. At the same time, the clear light condensed on the ink tree suddenly shrank. , all of them were absorbed by the flower buds in the blink of an eye.
Along with the clear light, what was absorbed by the flower buds was the vast spiritual energy that filled the world. Then the moonlight suddenly darkened, the sky clouds rolled in, and the hazy clouds dispersed with the wind...
However, in just a few breaths of time, it seemed that the entire mountain, as well as all the spiritual energy and holy energy in this world, had all returned to that huge bud.
When Ren Pingsheng saw this, his expression suddenly showed a hint of surprise, and he blurted out: "It's done..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard several lightning flashes on the edge of the cliff behind the boulder, and then thunder roared, causing turmoil in all directions!
Then another sharp sound suddenly came from the edge of the cliff, and three black shadows rose into the sky and rushed towards the ink tree.
Silence was secretly surprised that there were so many flying winged rats hidden here.
Ren Pingsheng was furious and shouted: "What a beast! Sure enough, you haven't left yet. Do you really think I can't kill you?"
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already in front of the boulder. His sleeves flew up and he swatted the three monsters in the air with one palm.
As Ren Pingsheng struck out with an angry palm, the force in the air swept across like a wave. The three monsters were swept away by the force in an instant, and immediately turned into pieces of flesh and blood.
Before Ren Pingsheng's palm was fully used, he heard rapid and sharp sounds from all directions, and a dozen strange and swift figures rose up from the flowers and grass on the surrounding cliffs, rushing towards the huge rock like the wind.
Shen Mo's muscles tensed up, and she secretly raised her Yuan Gong, intending to help...
But Ren Shengsheng snorted repeatedly, his face was covered with frost, and his eyes were full of murderous intent. He said in a deep voice: "Good beast, you have angered me! I will kill as many of your pickled things as you come. I’ll kill you again after I’m done!”
While he spoke coldly, he raised his right foot slightly, and then suddenly took a step forward. Although this step was not big, it made the entire mountaintop seem to be shaken! Then an unparalleled majestic force suddenly burst out from under his feet.
This huge force turned into a hundred in an instant. Centered on the place where Ren Shengsheng stood as the center, it rushed out like a dragon or a snake. In an instant, hundreds of powerful currents rushed across the top of the mountain, roaring and crashing into the surrounding people. The strange shadow coming towards me.
These hundred or ten streams of energy were generated by Ren Shengsheng's majestic true energy, and their power was far greater than that of swords and axes. Rocks were thrown from the top of the mountain, flowers and plants were destroyed, and the momentum was horrifying! The dozen or so black figures were the first to be hit by the unparalleled force, and without exception, they were all turned into a mass of flesh and blood. A strong fishy smell began to permeate the top of the mountain.
The mutilated body of a black shadow fell not far in front of Shen Mo. He took a closer look and saw that it was a lean but extremely ugly and ferocious monkey. Two monkeys had two feet of sharp claws on their palms. Claws like hooks. The monkey was split into two pieces by the force generated by Ren Pingsheng. The broken half of the body was still holding its intestines, and blood was flowing freely.
Shen Mo pressed the knife with one hand and couldn't help frowning his brows and nose. He had never seen such a ferocious and ugly monkey. He couldn't help but feel suspicious for a moment and thought to himself: "Since there is such abundant spiritual energy here, why? Will so many monsters survive again?”
Ren Shengsheng easily killed a bunch of ferocious monkeys in one step, and his movements contained the power of destruction. This level of cultivation was truly shocking.
The flower buds on the top of the ink tree are currently flowing with a ball of pure and holy splendor. It seems to be spiritual and natural. At first glance, it seems light and misty, as if it will go away with the wind at any time.
But the stem of the ink tree was gradually shrinking and withering.
Ren Pingsheng's face was filled with moodiness and anger, and he took another step forward.
As a bolt of lightning exploded, a thunderous scream suddenly came from behind the boulder, and a shadow covered in thunder and lightning rose into the sky and landed suddenly behind the boulder.
Immediately afterwards, there were endless screams all around the cliff, and countless ferocious beasts were gathering and surrounding them as if they had been summoned.
The huge wings in the sky descended, and the golden-winged roc drove away the birds in the sky and landed with a crash. It screamed angrily, flapped its wings like knives, and flew and fell within a radius of tens of feet. In an instant, it was fighting with those equally ferocious monsters. For a moment, there was a violent wind on the top of the mountain, screams continued, and flesh and blood flew everywhere...
Silence clenched the Seven Killing Sword and asked loudly: "Senior, what is the situation now?"
As he spoke, his eyes were fixed on the weird shadow behind the boulder.
Under the dim moonlight, the shadow roared in a low voice, as sharp and hoarse as a knife, as it slowly approached the boulder.
When Shen Mo took a closer look, his expression changed drastically.
It was a monster that was over ten feet long and looked like an ape, but it was very different from a real ape.
This monster has a head as white as jade, bloody eyes, a sharp mouth, and fangs like swords. The body below the neck is pitch black and hairless, but its four legs are red, its palms are like hooks, and its tail is like a steel whip and an iron spear. Its whole body is covered with thunder and lightning. As soon as its figure appears, the entire mountain top is shaken. It was filled with a terrifying aura of ferocity.
"That's..." Shen Mo's heart surged with excitement and shock at the same time, so much so that she even stuttered for a moment, "That's... Zhu Yan?"
"Hum hum!"
Ren Pingsheng snorted three times in a row, his eyes fixed on the monster, and said coldly: "I said, there are all kinds of wonders in this place, but this beast is the most abominable!"
He added a little unexpectedly and asked: "You actually know this beast?"
Silent's heart was ups and downs, and he was a little excited. He murmured: "I once saw Zhu Yan's description in an ancient book. At that time, I thought it was just an ancient legend. I didn't expect that such a vicious thing really exists in the world. It's really It’s unbelievable.”
Ren Pingsheng snorted and said, "The ancient and strange book you are talking about must be the Classic of Mountains and Seas, right?"
"Yes, it's the Book of Mountains and Seas. I saw a copy of this strange book in the collection of the sect's holy land many years ago." Mo Mo saw Ren Pingsheng's gloomy expression, and his words shocked Mo Mo even more, and he frowned. Said: "Is it really the legendary ferocious beast Zhu Yan?"
"If it weren't for the bloodline of the ferocious beast left over from ancient times, how could this beast survive my palm?" Ren Pingsheng said in anger, looking at the monster with murderous intent, and sneered: "But even if you are The lineage of ancient ferocious beasts can still make you splatter with blood if you anger me now!"
The ferocious beast seemed to be psychic, and could feel Ren Pingsheng's eyes full of murderous intent. It suddenly opened its sharp mouth, and its two pupils that looked like they were filled with blood were blazing red. It let out an angry roar towards Ren Pingsheng, and at the same time Electric currents were flowing all over his body, and strange phenomena occurred.
The howling sound was like thunder shaking the mountains, and the entire Valley of Resenting Sounds seemed to fall into a dead silence instantly. Countless creatures were silent because of it. Even the many monsters that were fighting with the Golden-winged Dapeng couldn't help but retreat, and even the atmosphere Don't dare to go out either.
The golden-winged roc, which is also an ancient ferocious beast, couldn't help but stop killing when it heard the roar, and moved its wings backwards, as if it was extremely afraid of the ferocious beast.
Silence's heart skipped a beat. Ren Pingsheng's words had already answered his question. That monster was indeed one of the most ferocious in ancient legends, Zhu Yan.
Before ancient times, there was an ancient book called "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" that recorded and described various myths, legends and strange things. The records in this book cover a wide range of topics and can be called all-inclusive. Unfortunately, no one knows who wrote this wonderful book. In the "Book of Mountains and Seas", there are many descriptions of ancient gods, demons and beasts, and Zhu Yan is one of the most ferocious beasts in the "Book of Mountains and Seas".
Regarding the description of Zhu Yan, "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" says: He looks like an ape, with a white head and bare feet. He is named Zhu Yan, and when he sees him, he will be attacked by soldiers.
Zhu Yan is not only a ferocious beast recorded in ancient books, but also a symbol of war and war in the world. It is said that as long as Zhu Yan appears in the world, there will be war and chaos in the world.
When Mo Shen saw that Zhu Yan not only looked ferocious and violent, but also had strange phenomena of his own, he couldn't help but feel a chill running down his spine. Although he is an expert and bold person, what he sees now is actually an extremely ferocious thing that only exists in ancient books. Moreover, the record of Zhu Yan in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is too brief, and the description in just a few words cannot be understood at all. Totally terrifying. With Ren's profound cultivation for more than a hundred years, there are few enemies in the world, but according to what he just said, this Zhu Yan can actually bear his palm without being hurt. It is so strong, if it is regarded as a human being , then his power is probably as terrifying as Ren's life.
Thinking of this, suddenly, I couldn't help but feel silent and frightened.
And what kind of place is this Valley of Dismal Sounds, where there are so many rare creatures and ferocious beasts? Since there is such a special place in the world, why does no one in the world know about it?
Seeing Zhu Yan staring at him behind the boulder, Mo Shen couldn't help but be confused and asked quickly: "Senior, what does it want to do?"
Ren Pingsheng stared closely at Zhu Yan and muttered: "This black tree is called Nine-leaf Flower. It only blooms once every hundred years, but the flower bud is not an ordinary fruit, but a spiritual stone. It is made of It is born by gathering all the spiritual energy in the world, and it is called a spiritual gathering stone. Whether it is a human or other living being, as long as it can absorb the spiritual energy in the spiritual stone, you can get benefits you can't imagine. Resurrection from the dead, and the merits of creation are all It’s a piece of cake…”
Hearing the words in silence, he suddenly realized that no wonder when the vision on the top of the mountain appeared, countless creatures rushed there one after another, and their purpose was to compete for this spirit gathering stone. It's a pity that there is not only a golden-winged roc on the top of the mountain, but also an even more terrifying ferocious beast called Zhuyan, which makes it difficult for countless beasts and birds to cross the thunder pond, and ends up returning in vain with blood splattered on the spot.
Now the situation is not difficult to understand. Zhu Yan, like other creatures, wants to take possession of this nine-leaf flower as his own, and Ren Pingsheng also wants to get this rare flower treasure. The reason why Ren Pingsheng wanted to follow silently was probably to help him win the Spirit Gathering Stone.
At this moment, the pure holy light on the ink tree has gradually dissipated, and in the package of nine petals, a crystal object as big as a sea bowl appears, shaped like a fruit. When the crystal-clear fruit appeared, not only did the ink tree dry up quickly until it was only as thick as a thumb, but even the huge crystal boulder lost its color like white jade, as if all its vitality had been drained away.
Zhu Yan seemed to be extremely afraid of Ren Pingsheng. After he appeared, he only moved back and forth on the edge of the cliff, not daring to act rashly. As soon as the fruit appeared, the blood eyes immediately burst out with an extremely greedy look. It roared repeatedly, and then waved its limbs. The iron whip-like tail, which was more than two feet long, was carrying a crackling electric current. Roll towards the ink tree.
As soon as Zhu Yan moved, countless ferocious beasts dormant around the top of the mountain also moved. The golden-winged roc roared angrily, spread its wings and rushed out to kill them.
Ren Pingsheng was immediately furious and yelled: "How presumptuous!"
His figure suddenly turned into a shadow, and he stood in front of the boulder in an instant. The sleeve of his right hand flew and turned into a roaring tornado, which suddenly rolled towards Zhu Yan's tail of electricity.
A huge earthquake suddenly exploded in the air, the sound was like thunder, and then the wind and air flow were turbulent, and the lightning crackled. The tail bounced back with electricity under Ren Pingsheng's sleeve, and Zhu Yan's huge body could not help but tremble. .
Zhu Yan was furious, his sharp beak and fangs were wide open, and the electricity in his four legs tore the air. He suddenly jumped up, and the rocks suddenly shattered under his feet, and he rushed towards Ren Shengsheng.
Zhu Yan jumped into the air and pounced, which was like a ball of lightning and had the potential to destroy mountains and mountains.
Seeing that a ferocious beast had the power of natural phenomena, Mo Shen felt anxious and blurted out: "Senior!"
He was full of energy and the knife was already in his hand. Although he knew that this ferocious beast was extremely powerful, since he and Ren Shengsheng had already spoken to each other, he could not stand idly by at this moment.
Unexpectedly, Ren Pingsheng said loudly: "You don't need to take action to deal with this beast. The nine-leaf flower cannot be picked off by outside force, otherwise the spiritual energy will be greatly damaged and useless to me. You only need to wait for it to fall off on its own..."
He spoke very fast. As he spoke, he bent one hand into a claw and pressed and grabbed the void on the ground in front of him. His breath suddenly whirled. Following Ren Pingsheng's cold scolding, his grasp actually lifted a thousand kilograms of boulder from the ground. Rising from the ground.
Ren Pingsheng raised his arms and waved his palms, and the boulder crashed into Zhu Yan who was rushing towards him from the sky with a roaring force. Its speed was as fast as lightning and flint.
In the martial arts world, there is an extremely advanced martial art called gathering qi to materialize objects from afar, but it requires extremely deep internal energy to reach this level. Anyone who has this kind of skill in the world is a top master who is famous in the world. But when Ren Shengsheng's mind comes to him, he can spontaneously use his skills to grab a boulder weighing a thousand kilograms out of thin air. With a wave of his palm, it seems that what he hits is not an extremely heavy boulder, but a piece of flying catkins. He moves his hands and feet easily and casually. All of them showed his extraordinary power as a peerless master.
Zhu Yan pounced furiously, but there was nothing he could do to stop him. But the boulder came faster and was as heavy as a mountain, and suddenly flew in front of it. Zhu Yankou roared angrily and thundered, and the sharp claws on his limbs were like electric snakes flying around, immediately wrapping the boulder. With a loud earthquake, the boulder weighing more than 1,000 kilograms instantly shattered into pieces.
After this blockage, Zhu Yan's body posture stagnated and his attack slowed down slightly. Ren Pingsheng seemed to be afraid of affecting the Nine-leaf Flower. At the moment when Zhu Yan was blocked, he had already ducked behind the boulder. He let out a deep shout, circled his palms while his clothes were floating, and then suddenly struck the sky with a palm across his chest.
However, a simple palm turned into a huge palm print visible to the naked eye in an instant. The palm print seemed to have condensed the airflow of the entire mountain top, exploding circles of ripples in the air, and slammed into the Zhu in mid-air. Disgusted.
The power of this palm shakes the universe and can break the sky.
Zhu Yan was in mid-air, as if he knew the power of this palm, and he hurriedly stood up out of the air. His four long red legs suddenly retracted inward, and then the electricity around him started to move wildly, turning into a huge ball of electric light that enveloped it. At the same time, he opened his bloody mouth and suddenly spit out a roar!
This roar not only shook the world, but also a stream of scorching hot air like thunder poured out of Zhu Yan's mouth. It was as powerful as the torrent of the nine heavens, and collided with the huge palm print in mid-air!
In an instant, an extremely huge explosion exploded in the air. The space seemed to be torn apart instantly, causing airflow to fluctuate in circles. The entire top of the mountain seemed to be out of balance. The aftermath caused sand and rocks to fly, vegetation to be destroyed, and the ground to tremble. The mountain shook.
Amidst the devastation, Zhu Yan's huge body was shaken and flew dozens of feet into the sky, and the violent electric current all over his body collapsed. If it hadn't been the bloodline of an ancient ferocious beast that had survived for who knows how many years, under Ren's unparalleled heaven-shattering palm, it would have been completely lost by now. I saw it roaring strangely in the sky and shaking the sky. It seemed unwilling to give up, but it also seemed like it had been severely injured. It didn't dare to make any more mistakes, and could only let its huge body fall down the cliff like a meteorite.
This shocking exchange between one person and one beast triggered a violent phenomenon on the top of the mountain. Countless ferocious beasts that were fighting fiercely with the golden-winged roc were shaken back by the aftermath, and dozens of them were killed on the spot. The golden-winged roc is an extraordinary bird, but it was not injured. When the other ferocious beasts saw Zhu Yan's defeat and fled, they immediately lost their leadership and fled away one after another.
When Ren Shengsheng took out his palm, he used his own energy to firmly lock an area of several feet in radius. Although the surrounding area was devastated, the Nine-leaf Flower was intact.
Just when Zhu Yan was unwilling to retreat, the long-dried ink tree suddenly broke apart, and the spirit-gathering stone wrapped in nine petals separated from the tree trunk, and a ball of pure holy air circulated uncertainly.
