Chapter Eighty-One: Under the Beast King's Command

  Zi Hong's Qing Si sword almost instantly arrived at Bai Qi's top, a sword welcoming that thunderbolt.

  "Arrogant!" In the high sky, the giant snake that spat out a Yuan Dan spoke human words. On top of the Yuan Dan, another bolt of lightning was released, heading towards Zi Hong's Qing Si Sword Orb.

  That green silk sword suddenly transformed into thousands of sword auras, among which more than 100 auras were fiercely entangled with that thunderbolt, and were blown to pieces. The remaining sword aura had already reached the top of the giant snake's head, and cut down fiercely.

  The giant snake did not expect a Xian Tian stage cultivator to have the Splitting Light Shadow sword technique, and this time it suffered a great loss. The Qing Si Sword Maru slashed onto the top of the giant snake's head, with sparks flying everywhere.

  The Splitting Shadow Sword Technique can split the sword energy into thousands of paths. Zi Hong's Qing Si Sword was special to begin with, and she could transform it into ten thousand rays of sword light. Within the sword energy, there was a wrapping of Departing Fire; as long as an enemy was injured, that Departing Fire would invade the wound, aggravating the injury.

  That golden giant snake did not have its body cut open, and the power of the fire also scared it quite a bit.

  Bai Qi spat out the Moon Wheel Sword Pellets, twenty-four sword pellets strongly collided with the golden lightning released from the Golden Snake's Yuan Dan. The twenty-four sword pellets fell one after another, and Bai Qi finally held his spear horizontally to block the lightning attack. The lightning hit the Seven Star Fumo Gun and disappeared instantly. Zi Hong's Qing Si Sword Pellets had already continuously cut between the Golden Snake and its Yuan Dan.

  The Qing silk sword flashed countless times, and the Yuandan was actually separated by Zi Hong. The golden snake lost control of the Yuandan, and his heart was broken. He was a strong man of the demon clan, who had not learned human Taoism, but had cultivated the demon pill. This demon pill was the gathering of all his magical powers, and if it were to be taken away, his realm would instantly fall back to the Huashen period.

  Compared to the Liuyang Thunder Sword, the Lihuo Mingxin Sword's power is naturally inferior. However, this Lihuo Mingxin Sword's speed is extremely fast, instantly slashing hundreds of times in the same position, causing the golden giant snake to lose control of its yuan dan and dive down from the sky to attack Zi Hong.

  The physical body of the Golden Elixir period of this giant snake, if it pounces on her, Zi Hong can't resist it. She concentrates her mind and calms her breath, preparing the Jade Token. The three sword auras of Zǐ Méi True Person are enough to kill this big demon.

  Those heroic figures had long been stunned, and the battle between these cultivators was a thousand times more terrifying than their usual struggles. The golden snake swooped down from mid-air, and almost everyone thought that the female cultivator was done for.

  A golden giant snake, over thirty feet long, with three snake eyes on its head, emitting red light, the snake's teeth were sharp, looking like a forest of sharp swords, biting towards Zi Feng.

  Bai Qi sprang up, his body flashing once, the fine iron on his spear bursting open to reveal the Seven-Star Demon-Subduing Spear inside. In one step, he crossed onto the giant snake's back, the Seven-Star Demon-Subduing Spear piercing into the giant snake's spine. The giant snake's body trembled, its long tail whipping with force, trying to fling Bai Qi off. A wooden talisman stuck on his body, his feet seeming to have grown onto the giant snake's scales.

  The sharpness of the Seven-Star Demon-Slaying Gun surpassed that of the Inverse Scale Spear, and even the giant snake's powerful body at the Golden Elixir stage was pinned to the bone by the long spear, causing it so much pain that it could no longer attack.

  Zi Hong gritted his teeth, and from within the Jade Token, a sword aura was released. It entered through the mouth of the giant snake and directly into its body.

  A burst of bloody mist suddenly spewed out from the giant snake's mouth. The Purple Eyebrow True Man's Departing Fire Mind Sword was completely different from Zi Hong's. After the sword energy entered the giant snake's body, it split into tens of millions of strands, tearing apart half of the internal organs in its body.

  The giant snake was severely injured by the sword energy of Zimei Zhenren and lost its yuan dan, causing it to heavily crash onto the ground. However, the giant snake remained ferocious, and with a swipe of its tail, it wrapped White Start's body inside. The snake's muscles then constricted inward, attempting to strangle White Start to death.

  Bai Qi's body was wrapped around by a giant snake, the scales of which were dense and intricate patterns locked Bai Qi in place, unable to move an inch.

  Bai Qi had no choice but to continue stabbing the Seven-Star Demon Spear downwards, and the big snake was in pain, its body twisted even tighter. Zi Hong saw Bai Qi's danger and reluctantly split out more than half of the sword light controlling the Yuan Dan to slash the big snake's seven inches. The big snake pressed its body to the ground, using its neck to resist stubbornly, refusing to reveal any weakness.

  Qingsi Sword Bead cut off the snake's scales and sent them flying everywhere, but couldn't chop off the snake's head.

  Bai Qi saw that his Seven Star Demon-subduing Spear was stuck in the snake's bones, and he regretted it. If he had used the Inverse Scale Spear earlier, this snake would have been drained dry. At most, he could have killed them all and not left any of those Jianghu heroes behind. How could he be so soft-hearted at such a critical moment?

  But now he wants to take out the Inverse Scale Gun, but it can't be done. The Inverse Scale Gun is different from the Seven Star Fumo Gun, and Bai Qi can only use it as a warrior's weapon, not in the way of manipulating the Dao soldiers.

  The gourd of the demon spirit in the space of the strange and mysterious shook, but it was actually the Pi Luo Tong Zi who felt that Bai Qi was in danger, and forcibly urged on the ghostly energy.

  The demon god opened his eyes and glanced at the Beiluo Tongzi under the seal of the gods' platform, but didn't say a word, just nodded slightly.

  That demon gourd flew out from the top of Bai's head, a black giant sword cut through the wind, and the golden snake was instantly split into two segments. The yang spirit of the snake flew out and was sucked in by the demon gourd, rushing to slash the black great flag on the Sealing God Platform.

  The demon snake Yang Shen saw the great flag and was frightened, shouting: "Cut down the general's seal of the gods' platform! Spare me, I am willing to surrender! Spare my life!"

  The demon god was unmoved, and the sun spirit of the snake was absorbed into the great flag. The sun spirit turned into a wisp of black smoke and disappeared. The demon god shook his head: "The sun spirit is too weak, not qualified to be a sealed god, alas..."

  "That insolent little brat clapped his hands and burst out laughing: 'You dead long worm, dare to oppose me!'"

  The big snake was beheaded, and its body slowly relaxed. The Piro child in the gourd shouted: "Master, leave the scales for you, this fertilizer is for me!"

  Bai Qi shook the gourd, and the snake's body retreated into it. The gourd then entered Bai Qi's top door and disappeared.

  In the sky, Yāo Shé Yuán Dān was still fighting against Zǐ Hóng's sword energy. Seeing Bái Qǐ escape danger, Zǐ Hóng sent all his qīng sī into the high air, and his sword light became very strong. Without the control of Yāo Shé's yáng shén, Yuán Dān's energy suddenly weakened several times, and was gradually whittled away by Zǐ Hóng until it was finally grasped in hand and stored in the Nà Jiè.

  "Sister Shī, let's hurry up and leave! This long worm is a Golden Elixir period demon from the Night Emperor Sect, they won't give up!"

  The demon snake was beheaded, all because it was too arrogant. If it hadn't spat out the yuan dan, and been restrained by Zi Hong, it wouldn't have wanted to engage in close combat with its physical body. What Bai Qi feared the least was close combat with a cultivator, originally he had the reverse scale spear, but now the ghostly spirit of the gourd had merged with the sword energy, transforming into a gigantic sword with terrifying power, and even the reverse scale spear didn't dare to clash with such an attack again.

  Zi Hong didn't respond, instead using his sword light to envelop Bai Qi, then mounting his sword and disappearing. In the blink of an eye, he headed south.

  Two people left for a stick of incense time, and a tall man wearing a tiger skin robe appeared outside the long pavilion. His face was gloomy, and when he saw the large snake scales on the ground, he slightly frowned.

  Two rays of light swiftly arrived before him, descended, and upon seeing the expression on this tall man's face, the two cultivators who had flown over were shocked.

  "What's wrong with the big snake?" one of the Qi Refiners asked, his face sporting a wolf head tattoo.

  The man wearing the tiger skin long gown hummed and said, "I'm going to deal with the people of Mo Wu City. You two, go invite King Wang to take action, find the person who killed the giant snake."

  Another cultivator said: "Sir, that Wang... we can't invite him over."

  "Just say it's my intention, if he doesn't want to help, I'll devour all his concubines!" The man finished speaking and his body disappeared, using some kind of escape method, so fast that even the two big demons couldn't see clearly.

  Two Golden Core stage Great Yoes exchanged a bitter smile. The Beast King was indeed this kind of person, but he dared to say such things - if the two of them were to go and threaten the Human Emperor, they would probably be skinned and have their tendons pulled out on the spot. The relationships between the eight kings under Night Emperor's command were complex, all wanting to continue rising in power and become one of Night Emperor's Saints. Therefore, although they would cooperate with each other in battle, there was no lack of hidden schemes either.

  "What shall we do, Wolf Brother?"

  "What can we do, let's go beg King Wang for mercy, after all, he is the most approachable one." The big demon with a wolf head tattoo on his face said helplessly. Beast King's task, if you fail to complete it, you will be punished, and if you don't do it, you will die.

  The two great demons did not go after Bai Qi, and the Beast King also misjudged, he saw the sword wound on the snake scales, thinking that the enemy was a strong Jindan period cultivator. A hint of sword intent was left in the air, which could only be released by a top-notch Jindan cultivator.

  These two marshals are just returning empty-handed in mid-journey, and even if they catch up, they won't be a match for the other side.

  A slight mistake by the Beast King allowed Bai Qi and Zi Hong to temporarily escape danger. The sword light fell on a riverbank, where Bai Qi used his water escape technique to hurry along with Zi Hong.

  This river is also narrow, and the white water flows down in a hurry, almost escaping for over a thousand miles before stopping to rest. After this escape, it is even farther away from the gate of Yunmeng Mountain.

  "Sister, this isn't going to work either. There are too many people from the Night Emperor's sect everywhere." Bai Qi said with some annoyance. This time they had encountered a lone Golden Dan strong practitioner; if there were two of them, they would be in trouble.

  The power of the Night Emperor's Gate is formidable, let alone the Three Saints and Eight Kings, even if they encounter someone like the Purple Eyebrow True Man, they won't be able to escape at that time.

  "Junior brother, the Night Emperor's Gate is probably targeting Mo Wu City. We should retreat back to our sect, it would be safer that way." Zi Hong's analysis made sense to Bai Qi as well. The Yun Meng Sect had already been defeated, and the Night Emperor's Gate would have to turn around to deal with the sects that had stood by and watched. This meant they would have to withdraw a large number of troops, so those left at the Yun Meng Sect mountain gate wouldn't be the main force.

  "Hmm, anyway, Master has treated us with great kindness. Eldest sister, this time when we return, it will also be a life-or-death situation."

  "Why bring this up suddenly?"

  "I just didn't think that the world of Qi Refiners would be even more dangerous than my original life." Bai Qi said, and couldn't help but laugh. What's there to not expect? Ordinary people fight for wealth and power in the mortal world, while Qi Refiners seek immortality. In comparison, the affairs of the empire are indeed insignificant.

  Unbeknownst to him, the lingering dark energy that had been unable to coalesce suddenly took shape. Within his body, his vital energy churned and bubbled up like a boiling cauldron. This vital energy was like the tidal waves of the ocean, crashing against Bai Qi's body,