Chapter Seventy-Three: Escaping

  Bai Qi said which sentence, didn't expect the enemy to be ashamed and give up, but hearing this person's answer, Bai Qi was still shocked.

  This person is probably a top-notch cultivator who has reached the peak of spiritual transformation, yet he actually dares to call himself a slave.

  Sword King, who is Sword King?

  Bai Qi thought back to that night, Emperor Ye's subordinates had three Sheng, eight Wang, nine Tian ten Di nineteen Mo Shen, one hundred and eight Sha Xing. Originally, he didn't think much of these messy titles, but looking at the Daoist in front of him, he began to fear Emperor Ye's power.

  The sword king's subordinates are all top-notch, and the sword king must be at least a golden elixir to control such talents. No, above the sword slaves, there may be even stronger people who serve the sword king, so is the sword king an immortal?

  Outside the valley, there were seventeen people in total. These people also wore pale blue Taoist robes and looked to be around the same age as Dao Ren. Seventeen Nascent Soul stage cultivators?

  Even adding myself and Zi Hong, we only have the six sword auras given by Master Liu. Killing six people is still manageable, but there are twelve more, and while Yu Qing's divine thunderbolt can kill the remaining ones, what if there are still Night Emperor's men behind them? At that time, it would be too late to do anything.

  Those seventeen people blocked the exit of the valley, and Bai Qi wanted to escape by water, but it was also impossible. Should he flee upstream?

  That man seemed to see through Bai Qi's thoughts, and while entangling with Zi Hong, he laughed and said: "That kid, don't think about running. The water has already been set up with an array by me, your escape technique will hit a stone wall."

  He spoke as he accelerated his attack, a purple sword glow gradually suppressing Zi Hong's Qing Si Sword. Zi Hong had already withdrawn the Qing Si guarding Bai Qi and was using all his strength to resist, but he was still no match for this person.

  The Zi Hong sword light suddenly merged into one place, the ten thousand strands of green silk transformed into a thunderous sound, directly taking this Daoist's head. The Daoist's sword was no match for Zi Hong, so he could only temporarily avoid the edge, and the purple sword light dispersed.

  Zi Hong had been planning for a long time, and this move finally fully revealed his strength. Forcing the Daoist's sword light to open up, he retreated back to Bai Qi's side, Bai Qi's twenty-four sword pellets were released, and he himself displayed the Riding the Wind technique, taking Zi Hong flying over the river valley.

  The Wind Riding Technique was only a small success, far inferior to the speed of Water Escape. However, this technique was not controlled by any formation method, Bai Qi drove the yuanqi between heaven and earth, rode the wind straight, and in the blink of an eye brought Zi Hong to the other end of the river valley.

  At the narrow exit, a huge boulder stood upright in the water, and the river water crashed against this boulder, making a loud roar. Bai Qi flew over, and the boulder slowly turned around, but it was a three-zhang-tall monster with large scales all over its body, looking like stone. The monster held a stone sword in both hands and swept it horizontally towards Bai Qi.

  Bai Qi saw that the Taoist was not chasing urgently, so he knew there was an ambush on this side. Although he had not seen through the ambush, the jade token in his hand was already prepared. The monster swept over with one sword, and Bai Qi didn't even look at it, but launched a sword energy from the jade token.

  Zi Mei Zhen Ren's Six Yang Thunder Sword.

  Bai Qi only saw a flash of fire, and the three-zhang-tall monster had transformed into human form, almost reaching the level of a Golden Elixir Cultivator. It was directly blasted by this sword energy, causing its upper body to disappear without a trace. The stone sword shattered into thousands of fragments, flying everywhere. Bai Qi flew over the monster's lower body and casually threw down more than ten paper talismans, mixed with a wooden talisman in between.

  The paper and wooden charms fell into the water, transforming into a golden-armored god who blocked the valley entrance.

  Bai Qi wasn't afraid of those cultivators flying over to attack, blocking the valley entrance, but rather he was afraid that there was something strange in the river. The Sword King's subordinates couldn't possibly have set up formations along the entire river, the formations were only within the river valley.

  That person's face changed, and Bai Qi and Zi Hong actually escaped under the heavenly net. They set up informants and tracked down Bai Qi and Zi Hong all the way. Bai Qi was always using his water escape technique to fly, but his speed in the air was pitifully slow. As for Zi Hong, he was entangled by himself and thought he couldn't get away from it.

  Who knows that Bai Qi has a second way of flying, if Bai Qi uses the sword escape technique, he can be sure to leave. The Wind Riding Technique, when cultivated to the extreme, is an immortal art, and even if it's one level lower, it won't be affected by his formation.

  He had not anticipated that Bai Qi had a Dao-grade object in his hand, and it could be easily triggered. That one sword energy was equivalent to the full-strength strike of a Refining Qi cultivator at the late stage of Returning Void. If this strike was aimed at him, he would also find it hard to escape death.

  The Taoist suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and in a moment of astonishment, Bai Qi had already dropped the talisman and arranged the Golden Armor God in the river water, at this time he happened to trigger the formation in the river water.

  The water in the valley suddenly boiled up and surged into the sky, turning into a dragon that rushed towards the upper end of the valley.

  This water dragon almost stirred up all the heaven and earth aura in this valley, with a majestic momentum. Bai Qi's abandoned Golden Armor God General held a long spear and large shield, charging forward to meet the water dragon. These Golden Armor God Generals were transformed from talismans, even if no one attacked them, they would turn back into paper talismans after a moment, losing their power to fight.

  A slightly larger sect, the disciples in the sect who practice the technique of making talismans all start with this. The Yunmeng Sect has accumulated a large number of these paper talismans, and the ones that Bai Qi brought out this time are over 700 sheets. However, the Golden Armor God General's flying escape speed is slow, and when encountering real enemies, it's somewhat unimpressive. Unless it's in a narrow enclosed space, such as the Starry Sky Chessboard.

  Dozens of golden armored gods rushed in front of the water dragon, and were crushed to powder in an instant. Only one golden armored god was slightly higher in rank, and suddenly drilled into the belly of the water dragon, exploding with a loud bang.

  The water dragon was also a condensed Taoist technique, and after being blasted apart, it rolled in the river and reassembled. It was just slower, and White Qi had already escaped more than two miles away. Only then did White Qi lead Zi Hong into the water, and in the blink of an eye, they disappeared.

  "Pursue!" The man saw Bai Qi and Zi Hong escape, unable to remain calm. The Sword King's mission was not completed, he would die. He didn't joke with Bai Qi, although he was a strong master in the Houtian stage, under the Sword King, he was just a slave.

  If placed outside to fight for the Night Emperor, he could at least hold a position among the evil stars, with people calling out his name and enjoying unlimited glory. But who can refuse someone favored by the Sword King?

  Another seventeen sword slaves also changed their faces, they chased here and saw that Bai Qi and Zi Hong had disappeared, even the snake evil was gone, so they set up a plan to wait for Bai Qi to appear. When Bai Qi appeared, he directly went to refine the Chu Jiang Wang Dong Fu. The sword slaves did not immediately take action, but waited until Bai Qi started refining, unable to fight back, before taking action against Zi Hong.

  Everyone thought it was a simple task, the enemy didn't even have a single Golden Elixir strongman, they were eighteen people in total, setting up a heaven and earth net, two young Junior Cultivators at the Houtian stage, couldn't escape no matter what.

  Eighteen Qi-refining cultivators of the Nascent Soul stage gathered at the source of the Chu River, seeking the Chu River King's cave mansion. Originally, it wasn't supposed to be this many people, but there were two locations at the source of the Chu River and they were in charge of this one. They arrived a bit late and had their cave mansion snatched away by Bai Qi, after which they escaped. This offense was not light.

  Bai Qi fled all the way, but there were eighteen enemies behind him. He had already used up one sword energy, this life-saving thing, and couldn't easily use it again. If he had known that the demon was so weak, he wouldn't have used the Six Yang Thunder Sword.

  "In the midst of fleeing from the light, Zi Hongdao said: 'Younger brother, we can't escape, it's almost the end.'"

  This Water Escape Technique leaves the rivers, lakes and seas, its speed is much slower than other escape techniques. Two people's yuanqi is insufficient, using sword escape, they can't fly far, need to recover their yuanqi, even if there is a Purple Sun Spirit Dan on top, they still need to take time to absorb the medicinal power, it's not something that takes effect immediately after swallowing.

  Bai Qi didn't say a word, accelerating the retreat of the light, moving forward all the way. In the blink of an eye, the end of this river had arrived, but it was under a cliff, with icy water flowing out of the cave. The cave under the cliff is connected to many underground rivers, and the accumulated water from the melting snow-capped mountains in the distance is stored underground before converging here and gushing out.

  Bai Qi took Zi Hong and directly charged into the cave, without any hesitation. If the people chasing behind dared to come in, he planned to use his Inverse Scale Spear to take them down one by one. However, that would mean having to kill all eighteen of the top-ranked cultivators who had achieved the state of Nirvana.

  Otherwise, if the news leaks out, Sword King will take action personally, and even Lou Hongyu may not be able to withstand it.

  Ye Di's mission to destroy Yun Meng Zong this time was not to directly go to war with Yun Meng Zong, but to cut off Yun Meng Zong's power south of the Chu River. However, having a divine artifact, who wouldn't want it?

  Zi Hong also understood Bai Qi's idea, she didn't expect that when Bai Qi dealt with Zhu Que, he was careless, but now he is unusually decisive. No wonder Master looked forward to his future, between life and death, Bai Qi absolutely does not drag his feet.

  "Alas, it's all the same if we die together. Unfortunately, Master is not here..." Zi Hong sighed, she also knew that even with the Inverse Scale Spear in hand, it was unlikely they could kill all eighteen people.

  As long as one person doesn't die, Sword King will take action, and she and Bai Qi will be finished.

  "Big Brother... what's his name, anyway?" Bai Qi couldn't help but ask. Zi Hong kept mentioning this Big Brother, but Master had never even mentioned his name before; he was a bit curious about this brother of his.

  Jian Bai's carefree appearance made Zi Hong smile too. After decades of self-cultivation, how could he still not compare to his junior brother?

  "Big Brother said that if the Golden Elixir is not formed, he will not mention his name, and Master also cannot do anything about it." Zi Hong's words made Bai Qi even more curious. This Big Brother's personality was indeed strange. Could it be that if the Golden Elixir is not formed, one would not have a name for their entire life?

  The underground dark river was winding and narrow, and Bai Qi's speed slowed down a bit. He had been fighting continuously, refining his equipment, and his vital energy was insufficient. He had already taken a Purple Sun Refining Spirit Pill, and now he took the opportunity to take two White Sun Pills from the jade bottle to slowly recover his vitality.

  The river water is getting colder and colder. Bai Qi said: "Master sister, you say, where is the Yin River after all? I didn't see it in the cave mansion."

  The palace of Chu Jiang Wang has a river in front of it, but that river is dead and the water is limited, not connected to the nine hells below.

  "Junior brother, hide in the Yin River, we can't escape for long either."

  "I have a gourd of demon spirits."

  "In the Yin River, unless it's an inanimate object, there are no magical artifacts. Sooner or later, they will be corroded by the yin spirits and lose all their powers." Zi Hong understood more about the Yin River than Bai Qi did.

  "Hey, I'd rather die than let them take me down alone." Bai Qi's response was even more resolute.