Azure flames danced around the birds tail feathers as it soared through the clouds, its wings beating rapidly as it chased after a massive serpent with scaly armor and bony wings ahead.

  On the back of the Qingyan bird, there were two figures crouching, who were Ji Yichuan and the black-robed woman. The black-robed woman stared at the flying Wing Snake that was fleeing in front: "Yichuan, this Wing Snake is a pre-heavenly late-stage Great Demon, its strength is much stronger than mine, this Qingyan bird. Even if its skilled in flight, its hard to catch up with it."

  "Hua Gu, hand it over." Ji Yichuans face was icy cold, and a silver longbow suddenly appeared in his left hand, while an arrow materialized in his right.

  Whoosh——

  The bow is full of circles, and Ji Yichuan gazes coldly at the flying and escaping wing snake in front.

  "Whoosh!" The arrow instantly turned into a stream of light shooting towards the fleeing winged snake. At such a short distance, with Ji Yi Chuans terrifying archery skills, plus the fact that the winged snake was so enormous, how could it possibly dodge?

  In terms of archery skills, Ji Yichuan might be slightly inferior to Meng Yu.

  But most of the Ji familys sons have learned archery skills. Ji Yichuans one arrow... in terms of power and prestige, is far superior to Meng Yu!

  "Bang!"

  The arrow shot into the winged snakes body, instantly exploding and revealing a huge blood hole. The snakes body had a deep wound that exposed its bones, as if another arrow would cause it to break in two. In fact, Ji Yichuans arrow was aimed at the bony wing. But the winged snake also knew... once its scaly armor and bony wing were injured, it might not be able to escape. So it would rather use its body to block this arrow.

  "Hiss... hiss... hiss..." The muscles in the snakes body stiffened, and the fresh blood stopped flowing.

  The winged snake fled frantically.

  "Ji Yichuan, you Ji clan killed my son, dont tell me Im not allowed to avenge?" The winged snake hissed towards the rear.

  "You beast, accept your death peacefully and Ill give you a quick one. Otherwise, youll regret it." Ji Yichuan half-crouched on the back of the Qingyan bird, once again drawing open his silver large bow.

  The winged snake exerted its strength and dodged.

  Boom!

  Another arrow, on the winged snakes body blasted out a big hole, making the winged snake scream in pain, and its heart was even more anxious: "Ji Yichuan is the number one strongman of the Ji familys Western Manor, but how can he be so strong? Just now, a sword light flew over two miles away, cutting me into a serious injury. Now, with just an arrow, Im injured again, even if its a congenitally perfect great demon, at most it would suppress me, not to the point of trampling me like this!"

  The gall of the winged snake had been completely scared away by a previous sword light.

  A single ray of sword light can fly two miles and still severely injure it.

  If you cant even take him down with one sword strike at close range, how are you going to defeat him?

  "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" Ji Yichuan shot out arrow after arrow, and the winged snake could only grit its teeth and use its body to resist. Fortunately, it was hundreds of meters long, so despite having over a dozen holes in its massive body, it could still persist in high-altitude flight thanks to its powerful vitality.

  In an instant, a vast lake appeared on the vast land below.

  "Hiss!" The winged snake dived down immediately.

  "Its Winged Serpent Lake." Ji Yichuan and the black-robed woman both changed color.

  Wing Snake Lake, a hundred miles long and wide, as far as the eye can see, is the old nest of Wing Snake.

  Wow~~~~

  A gigantic winged snake dived directly from high altitude into the lake, only splashing a little water before disappearing.

  The Azure Flame Bird is floating in the air above the Winged Snake Lake.

  "Whats going on?" The woman in black asked.

  "Escaping?" Ji Yichuan stood on the back of the Qingyan bird, gazing down at the vast lake, and said coldly, "Hiding in the water to think I cant do anything about it? Hua Gu, lend me the Qingyan bird for now, please ask Hua Gu to return to the Western Palace immediately... and have my spirit beast, the Great Snake, come over."

  "Good." The woman in black nodded.

  Whoosh!

  The woman in black robes nodded slightly and drew a swift stroke of light that traversed the lakes surface before quickly disappearing into the distance.

  ……

  Wingsnake at the bottom of the lake.

  A gigantic winged serpent lay there, occasionally sticking out its tongue to lick the huge wound on its body. Its powerful vitality and regenerative ability made its wound shrink rapidly, with muscles twisting and growing at a visible rate.

  "Ji Yichuan." The winged snakes eyes were filled with discontent, "How could it be like this? That Ji Lie was the second strongest in the Western Ji Manor, and back then when we fought, he only had the upper hand... But this Ji Yichuan, as soon as he gets close to me, Im afraid a single sword strike would be enough to kill me. How can there be such a huge gap?"

  The winged snake also had the confidence to escape, in its view, it was a great demon of the pre-heavenly and post-heavenly periods. Even if it encountered a terrifying existence that was perfect in the pre-heavenly period... at most, it would be at a disadvantage, but still have the ability to escape. As long as it wasnt surrounded by a group of pre-heavenly born spirits, it would be fine.

  A single sword from Ji Changs hand shocked him.

  "Roar!!"

  "Ah!"

  The monsters of Winged Snake Lake let out a shrill cry, the sound reached and startled the winged snake at the bottom of the water, it could understand the cries of those monsters under its command.

  "Has a great demon arrived?" The winged snake was shocked. "Yes, among the demons tamed by the Ji family in their western mansion, one of them is indeed a water tribe great demon."

  Some demons are flying birds, skilled at flight.

  Some demons are aquatic and have greater strength in water.

  Like some non-aquatic ones, once in the water, their strength will be greatly reduced! For example, Ji Yichuan... Once in the water, his degree of terror is probably less than one-tenth of that on land. However, the winged snakes speed in the water is even faster than on land! Like Ji Yichuan, even if he uses his sword skills, the water flow will hinder him, and the power of his sword skills will be greatly reduced.

  Ji Yi Chuans swordsmanship was powerful enough to kill the winged snake even if it had been greatly reduced. However, in water, he couldnt catch up with the winged snake at all, and no matter how good his swordsmanship was, it was useless.

  ……

  "Hei Xiong, go find that Winged Snake. Its stronger than you, but its heavily injured now. Just bind it and dont let it escape, Ill come over immediately to kill it." Ji Yichuan stood on the surface of the lake, not sinking at all.

  "Hand it over." The sinuous black giant snake also emerged from the lake, and then sank into the lake, starting a sweep of the Winged Snake Lake.

  Those little monsters by the lake scattered and ran away one by one, screaming in terror.

  "Green Flame Bird." Ji Yichuan looked up at the Green Flame Bird above, "You keep watch from above. Once the Wing Snake escapes from the lake, immediately chase and kill it."

  "Good." The Azure Flame Bird let out a gentle voice and swiftly ascended higher.

  Ji Yichuans face was stern, holding a cyan long sword as he walked on the lake. The lake water was like flat land to him, and with each step, he left behind faint ripples on the surface. His icy gaze swept around, as if he could see through the water to the bottom of the lake.

  ******

  Jis Western Mansion.

  The sky had darkened and the noisy and boisterous Western Manor of the Ji family had also quieted down due to the sudden attack by the winged snake.

  "Father." Ji Yu, with dozens of braids, knelt down and held a beast-headed wine cup, saying after finishing drinking, "The Winged Snake Great Demon has escaped back to its lair. The Winged Snake Lake is vast and extremely deep. With just one black giant snake going to chase it, if it hides carefully, even with Ji Yichuans strong abilities, it will be very difficult to kill that Winged Snake Great Demon."

  Ji Lie nodded, but his eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and the wine and meat in front of him hadnt been touched at all, clearly he had something on his mind.

  "Father?" Ji Wuyue looked at her father in confusion.

  Ji Lie furrowed his brow and let out a low sigh: "A sword light that can fly over two miles, still able to severely injure the Winged Snake Great Demon. The power of this one sword has already almost surpassed the limits that congenital spirits can reach."

  "Father, what do you mean?" Ji Wuyue was shocked, "Zifu Cultivator?"

  Ji Lie shook his head: "Its hard to say! If Ji Yichuan had opened up the Purple Mansion, he should have been able to control the treasure and fly away, and wouldnt have let the Winged Snake Demon, who almost killed his son, escape. But if he hadnt opened up the Purple Mansion... the power of this sword is also a bit too exaggerated. Thats why Im so puzzled."

  "Again!"

  "That Ji Ning, I saw him with a broken arm at the time, how in the blink of an eye, smoke and dust filled the air, by the time we rushed over, Ji Ning was already safe and sound." Ji Lie furrowed his brow.

  Ji Ning stood on the ruins with his severed arm, a sight seen by many innate spirits.

  "Ji Yichuans son, Ji Ning, must have cultivated a divine demon body refinement technique." Ji Wuyu nodded, "And has already reached an extremely high and profound realm, to be able to reattach his severed arm. But what Im even more puzzled about... is how this Ji Ning was able to survive the Winged Snakes attack on Dragon Fort?"

  "I dont understand either." Ji Lie sighed, "Consider him lucky."

  How did Ji Ning manage to survive?

  Its possible that the Winged Snake Demon knew Ji Nings identity and didnt dare kill him.

  Its possible that Ji Ning has a strong life force due to his cultivation of the Divine Demon Physique and managed to survive by luck.

  Its possible that Ji Ning has a life-saving treasure given by his parents.

  The strong men of Jis Western Manor could only guess in confusion, but no one could have thought that the ten-year-old Ji Ning had already reached Heaven and Man as One in his footwork.

  ……

  Ji Ning was fully displaying his Wind Shadow Steps in his own training grounds, only to see a blurry residual shadow moving at high speed on the hundreds of meters long training ground, and then suddenly, swish! swish! swish! dozens more Ji Nings appeared out of thin air...

  "Nier." A voice came over.

  Ji Ning suddenly stopped.

  "Mother." Ji Ning went forward to greet her.

  Wei Chi Xue walked over, looking at her son with joy. After the Winged Snake Demons attack, she had spent the whole day holding funeral rites and memorial services for their fallen tribesmen and Black Armor Guards. At that time, Ji Ning had quietly told his mother that he had reached the realm of Heaven and Man in One in terms of movement techniques. Of course, he only told his mother!

  At the age of ten, her skills had already reached a state of unity with heaven and earth. Although Wei Chi Xue had wandered through many places in the Great Xia Dynasty, such a freak against the heavens was rarely seen. In fact, from birth to now, Ji Nings soul had been strong since she saw the "Nuwa Map", and after years of hard training in "Wind Shadow Step", two years ago, she had already entered the microcosm, feeling the heaven and earth between life and death, reaching a state of unity with heaven and earth was also a natural process.

  "Ning Er." Wei Chi Xue looked at his son, "Your movement is in harmony with heaven and man, the next step is for your swordsmanship to be in harmony with heaven and man, dont slack off."

  "Yes, Mother." Ji Ning nodded.

  The human body is in harmony with heaven and earth, and man is in harmony with heaven and earth.

  The unity of man and sword is the unity of man, sword, and heaven and earth. Its naturally quite difficult to achieve.

  "Mother," Ji Ning asked, "when will Father be back?"

  "Your father went to slay the great demon, killed that winged snake demon, and will naturally return." said Wei Chi Xue.

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