Sitting and forgetting longevity

Chapter 1940 Creepy

The phoenix of the underworld tumbled and danced in the air, sometimes plunging downwards and sometimes soaring upwards to fight against the giant sea beasts hiding in the black mist.

This made things difficult for the people on her back, who had to hold on tightly to the scorching phoenix feathers to avoid being thrown off.

Now, with the added danger of a sudden attack from the snake-tailed imp, things are getting a bit chaotic.

Liu Qinghuan struck out with his palm, and the two little devils that were swooping down exploded with a bang, turning into a plume of black smoke that rose up and eventually merged into the mist.

Looking at her palm, Liu Qinghuan frowned slightly.

But a little devil nimbly dodged his fierce palm strike, flicked its long snake tail, and instantly changed direction to pounce in front of him, thrusting its slender sword at him without any mercy!
Liu Qinghuan raised her arm to block, and immediately felt a slight stinging pain in her arm. The outer robe she was wearing, which was said to be reinforced with multiple layers of defensive magic, was also pierced.

His eyes sharpened, and he grabbed the other's sword blade with his backhand, feeling its icy coldness.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that it was not a sword, but a broken needle-like ice coral.

The needle-thorn ice coral lives in the deep sea and is said to grow only an inch in a hundred years. It is extremely hard and rare.

"What on earth are these brats?" Songfeng's surprised voice came from behind: "They can actually break through the Dharma body of a Mahayana cultivator!"

Songfeng was clearly not used to not being able to use his magic, and for a moment he was flustered and confused. As a result, a hole was pierced in his left shoulder, and bright red blood spread out like a blooming flower.

Songfeng felt something was wrong with the wound; it was turning a faint black.

"It looks like some kind of serpent that turned into a ghost after it died." Li Shan said, and with a sweep of his sword, several little ghosts were decapitated.

But when he looked at the sword he had sheathed, which seemed to be coated with a layer of black mist and showed signs of being tainted, his expression turned sour.

"A ghost?!" Song Feng exclaimed in horror, "How could something like this be here? Aren't these things only seen when an evil god from another world descends?"

No wonder he felt weak in his arms; was it contaminated?
The ghost is neither a living being nor an undead being, neither a demon nor a ghost, and has no form or substance.

Their bodies are merely shells; what is most terrifying is their spiritual power, which possesses a strange ability to corrode and defile everything.

Most people have only heard of it by name, or even never heard of it at all, and would confuse it with demons and ghosts.

Liu Qinghuan looked at Li Shan and said solemnly, "You haven't made a mistake?"

“No!” Li Shan exhaled. “I’ve seen ghosts three times, two of which were related to other worlds, and one…”

He seemed to recall some unpleasant memories and fell silent.

He couldn't help but feel heartbroken: his sword was forged using countless top-grade spiritual materials, and it would be a huge loss if it were tainted!
If he still had his magic power, he could remove the black aura on the sword with his primordial spirit fire, but seeing that Song Feng couldn't lift his hand, he could only continue to use his sword to slash at the monster.

This black fog tide was indeed dangerous; they encountered this strange and ferocious thing as soon as they entered.

Tian Nu, however, had no such concerns. He wielded a meteor hammer with great force, preventing the monsters from getting close for the time being.

Liu Qinghuan reminded, "These things, even if scattered, will quickly re-condense in the black mist. We can't use our magic power now, and we can't kill them with our fists."

He tucked the several stolen thorny ice corals into his sleeve, then reached into the phoenix flames beside him.

When taken out again, the black aura covering his hands had been completely burned away.

Li Shan's eyes lit up. Taking advantage of the phoenix's somersault and the flames sweeping over his head, he also took the opportunity to stick his sword into the fire to heat it up, and then quickly took it out.

Unlike Liu Qinghuan, whose spirit pet is the Nether Phoenix, whose power is halved due to their contract, he is an outsider. The fire burning him would be exactly the same as the fire burning that guy in the sea.

Didn't you see that guy was so burned he didn't dare show his face?
Li Shan also managed to snatch back a needle-like ice coral thorn that was about to be swept away by the black mist.

"What a find! A Heavenly-grade spiritual material! These monsters know how to hunt, but it's such a waste. And without the sword, their attack power should be reduced somewhat..."

Liu Qinghuan's expression turned solemn: "They are most likely not naturally formed, but artificially created!"

"You mean..." Li Shan said seriously, "Someone created these strange creatures and placed them on the outer edge of the Black Mist Tide to prevent outsiders from approaching the Five-Colored Stone Mountain?"

Liu Qinghuan nodded: "Including the black mist tide, it may be a layer of defense for the Five-Colored Stone Mountain."

"Why?" Tian Nu asked, "Besides the five-colored stone, is there some other secret hidden on that mountain that makes it so afraid of outsiders getting close?"

"I don't know," Liu Qinghuan said. "What I 'saw' was that after Ancestor Xing Nie went up to the Five-Colored Stone Mountain, he did not do anything unusual. He just stayed in a palace halfway up the mountain for a while and occasionally went to dig up a few Five-Colored Stones."

Liu Qinghuan raised her head, and through the thick black fog, the mountain peak, which seemed like a mirage, became even more unreachable.

The strange creatures kept coming, and even if they were scattered, they would soon regroup.

But once they shed their human-bodied, snake-tailed shells, they became even more difficult to defend themselves against, completely blending into the surrounding black mist.

The group had no choice but to shrink their formation, standing back to back in a circle, but they were helpless against the monster that neither fists nor swords could harm.

Liu Qinghuan patted Youxuan's head: "Never mind the one in the sea, fly steadily, fly faster, fly higher!"

He then asked the others, "Can you withstand the scorching heat of the Phoenix Flame?"

"What time is it? Come on!" Li Shan said decisively.

Then, as the Nether Phoenix flapped its wings, a barrier of flames rose up, keeping the black mist out.

However, while the Phoenix Fire can dispel some of the pollution brought by the demons, it cannot cause much harm to the demons themselves; they still have to rely on themselves.

Everyone was in a flurry of activity, but fortunately, the phoenix was extremely fast and left most of the monsters behind.

The light of the firefly lamp was hazy and dim, like a faint candlelight in the darkness, yet it never went out.

A series of unpleasant croaking sounds came from the mist, and a flock of large birds with grayish-white pupils emerged from the fog.

Li Shan, with his sharp eyes, suddenly shouted, "Land!"

As a phoenix, Youxuan couldn't stand other birds showing off in front of her, so she immediately unleashed her full power.

Seeing that she was about to pounce, Liu Qinghuan quickly stopped her: "Get down!"

Youxuan could only flap its wings wildly, unleashing a torrent of hellfire that surged down from the sky.

The black land was desolate, with towering stone pillars standing on it, each with indistinct facial features and a varying number of eyes.

Those eyes seemed to be fixed on them, sending chills down their spines and creating an eerie atmosphere.

The ground was crisscrossed with deep ravines, making everyone feel increasingly watched.

Li Shan said, "I'm starting to suspect that this place doesn't resemble the former Penglai Immortal Island at all, but is clearly the territory of an evil god from another world."