Immortality and Immortality: Liver Experience Begins in the Desert

Lightning flashed like a dragon, shuttling through the dark clouds. Every flash illuminated the sky, followed by deafening thunder that seemed to split the sky and the earth apart.

"It's a thunderstorm area!" the one-eyed man shouted loudly, with a hint of nervousness in his voice, "Everyone hold on tight, don't let go! The lightning in this thunderstorm area contains terrible thunder power. Even a Jindan cultivator will lose a layer of skin if hit by it!"

Yun Shu and Jiang Qiong looked at each other and simultaneously circulated their spiritual power to form a protective barrier around them.

The protective barrier glowed faintly, enveloping the two of them.

The spirit boat struggled forward in the thunderstorm. Lightning struck the boat from time to time, splashing dazzling sparks. The sparks fell on the deck and instantly burned the wooden boards.

Jiang Qiong could feel the protective barrier shaking under the impact of lightning. Every vibration was like a knock on his heart. He clenched his teeth and increased his spiritual power output. Veins bulged on his forehead and his face turned pale.

At this moment, a huge thunder eagle swooped down from the clouds. Its wings were dozens of feet long when spread out. Its feathers gleamed with a metallic luster, its claws flashed with sharp light, and its eyes revealed a fierce murderous intent.

The Thunder Eagle let out a sharp cry at the spirit boat. The cry was like an invisible sound wave that hurt everyone's eardrums. Then it flapped its wings, stirring up a strong storm.

The storm was like a tide, sweeping in. The spirit boat was violently tossed in the storm, the hull tilted, and sea water kept pouring onto the deck, putting it in danger of capsizing at any time.

"Be careful!" Jiang Qiong shouted and drew out the Soul-Devouring Sword. The blade emitted a faint blue light, and black lines were faintly flowing in the light, as if it was devouring the surrounding light.

He seized the opportunity, leaped forward, and flew towards the Thunder Eagle.

The Soul-Devouring Sword and the Thunder Eagle's claws collided with each other with a loud bang. The powerful impact force knocked Jiang Qiong back. He drew an arc in the air and fell heavily on the deck, with a trace of blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.

Seeing this, Yun Shu drew the soft sword in his hand, and the sword energy was like a rainbow, like a gorgeous rainbow, stabbing towards the Thunder Eagle.

Her swordsmanship was exquisite, and each of her swords was aimed directly at the Thunder Eagle's vital points. She and Jiang Qiong attacked and defended, cooperating well, and gradually gained the upper hand.

After a fierce battle, the Thunder Eagle was finally repelled. It let out an unwilling cry and disappeared into the clouds, leaving only a feather falling. The feather fell on the deck and was instantly turned into ashes by lightning.

The spirit boat finally sailed out of the thunderstorm area and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The one-eyed man wiped the sweat from his forehead and gave a thumbs up to Jiang Qiong and Yun Shu: "Good boy, good girl, you are quite capable! I have been traveling on this sea for decades and have seen many cultivators, but it is rare to see someone as reckless as you.

"A rare smile appeared on his face, and his eyes were full of admiration. After several hours of sailing, the spirit boat finally arrived at the Misty Valley.

A thick layer of gray fog covered the valley. It seemed to never disperse. From the fog came faint roars of beasts and strange noises. The sounds were sometimes deep and sometimes sharp, making people shudder. Yun Shu took out the fragment and carefully compared the marks on it. His eyes were focused and cautious:
"That's it. Let's go down. This mist contains psychedelic gas. Don't inhale it casually, otherwise you will have hallucinations and lose your mind."

The two jumped off the spirit boat and walked towards the depths of the valley. As they went deeper, the fog became thicker and thicker, visibility was extremely low, and the surrounding scene became blurry, as if they were in a huge maze.

Jiang Qiong activated his spiritual sense and vigilantly observed the movements around him. He could feel that in the fog, there seemed to be countless pairs of eyes staring at them, and every slight sound made him nervous.

Suddenly, a huge stone gate appeared in front of them. The stone gate was towering into the clouds, and its surface was carved with complex runes and patterns. The runes flickered with faint light, and the patterns depicted various mysterious creatures and scenes, exuding a mysterious atmosphere.

Yun Shu walked forward and pasted the remaining scroll against the stone door, muttering something in a low and mysterious voice.

After a moment, the stone gate emitted a deafening roar, as if the whole valley was shaking. The stone gate slowly opened, and an ancient and mysterious breath blew in, carrying the vicissitudes of time and endless mysteries.

"This is it, the Tianxu Secret Realm."

Yun Shu took a deep breath, his eyes sparkling with excitement, "Master Jiang, let's go in. This secret realm contains countless opportunities, but also deadly dangers. We must be careful."

Jiang Qiong tightly grasped the Soul-Devouring Sword, followed Yun Shu, and stepped into the stone gate.

As they entered, the stone door slowly closed, isolating them from everything outside.

What awaits them will be unknown challenges and countless opportunities.
The roar of the stone door closing was like the roar of an ancient beast, echoing back and forth in the empty passage, making Jiang Qiong's ears ache.

On the damp stone walls, dark green moss squirmed like a living thing, and the mucus oozing from the surface gathered into small streams on the ground, leaving a pungent smell of decay wherever it passed.

Yun Shu's fingertips lightly touched the rock wall, and the white light on the soft sword suddenly flickered violently, drawing a strange arc in the darkness: "The fluctuations of spiritual energy are more chaotic than I could imagine. Every inch of the air here seems to be soaked in dead water."

Before he could finish his words, a teeth-grinding friction sound came from above his head, as if countless fingernails were scratching against a stone wall.

Jiang Qiong raised his head suddenly, and his pupils shrank suddenly - the scarlet stone bat statues hanging upside down on the ceiling of the cave were looking at them with the dim green phosphorescent light in their empty eye sockets.

Those stone statues were as big as human heads, and the winding lines on their stone wings were like blood vessels, glowing with an eerie flesh-colored luster under the phosphorescent light.

“It’s the blood-eyed demon bat statue!” Yun Shu’s voice trembled slightly. “Three years ago, I saw a record in an ancient book that once these statues are disturbed, the rotten blood they spew out can corrode through the black iron armor!”

As soon as she finished her words, the necks of the stone statues in the front row made creepy cracking sounds, and their huge mouths full of fangs suddenly opened, and dark green venom poured out like a rainstorm.

The moment the ground was touched by the venom, bursts of white smoke rose up and the hard stone slabs seemed to be burned by a hot iron, instantly melting out honeycomb-shaped deep pits.

Jiang Qiong tapped the ground with his toes and retreated three feet like a ghost, while throwing out three soul-binding talismans.

The golden runes transformed into three chains in the air, entwining the wings of the three demon bat stone statues like living things.

The spiritual light flowing on the surface of the chain collided violently with the stone statue, making a creaking sound under the heavy load.

Yun Shu seized this fleeting opportunity, and his soft sword emerged like a spirit snake from a cave, forming seven sword flowers.

As the sword energy spread, the bound stone statue exploded with a loud bang, and where the gravel flew, dark red liquid squirmed as if it had life. After falling to the ground, it turned into dense leeches, making a rustling sound that made one's scalp tingle.

"Burn the Sky and Devour Souls!" A dark blue flame ignited in Jiang Qiong's palm, and the flame was filled with the unique devouring power of the Soul-Devouring Sword.

Wherever the flames passed, the leeches let out a shrill hissing sound and turned into ashes in an instant.

However, this violent movement completely angered the stone statues. The entire cave ceiling seemed like a burning gunpowder barrel, and the hissing sounds one after another made people dizzy.

The dark green venom rained down like an overwhelming force. Jiang Qiong and Yun Shu stood back to back, circulating their spiritual powers at the same time.

Yun Shu's soft sword danced out layers of light curtains, rebounding all the venom shot at her;
Jiang Qiong mobilized the spiritual energy around his body to form a rotating air shield around him. The venom hit the air shield, causing a deafening roar, and the splashed poisonous mist spread in the air into a strange green screen.

The battle became increasingly stalemate, and Jiang Qiong's attention was suddenly attracted by the huge monster in the center of the cave ceiling.

The stone statue of the demon bat was as big as three giant elephants. The ancient runes engraved on its wings glowed dark red, and every line exuded a heart-pounding pressure.

"Yun Shu, I'll go deal with the leader! You hold the bottom!" Jiang Qiong didn't wait for a response, and rushed to the top of the cave with the Cloud Step. The Soul Devouring Sword was wrapped in black blade light, and it struck the head of the Demon Bat Leader like a black lightning.

However, the leader's reaction speed was far beyond imagination. When he flapped his wings, a fishy wind was raised, which actually blew away the sword light.

At the same time, a foul-smelling black mist spewed out of its mouth, and the air was like solidified amber wherever it went.

Jiang Qiong felt as if his whole body was bound by invisible shackles, and his movements became extremely slow. Seeing this, Yun Shu below immediately performed the Flowing Cloud Nine Changes Sword Technique.

The sword light changed rapidly like flowing clouds, opening up a bloody path among the stone statues.

She seized the opportunity and threw the Thunder Talisman at the Demon Bat Leader.

With a loud bang, a huge hole was blown in the leader's wings, and debris fell like raindrops.

But this attack instead angered the demon bat leader, who let out a deafening roar, and countless small stone statues were inspired and rushed towards the two like a surging red wave.

Jiang Qiong and Yun Shu were constantly splashed with poison. Although they used their internal energy to force out the poison in time, their skin was still corroded, leaving large, hideous red marks.

"We won't be able to hold out for long at this rate!"

Jiang Qiong suddenly recalled the scene of refining elixirs on Wanbao Island, and the flames flowing in the seven elixir furnaces emerged in his mind.

He quickly formed seals, imitating the alchemist's method of controlling fire and mobilizing the spiritual energy in his body.

In an instant, seven flames of different colors ignited at his fingertips, the red flame was like clouds, the orange flame was like molten gold, the yellow flame was like the scorching sun, and then to the purple flame at the top, with the faint sound of thunder and lightning.

Seven flames intertwined together and condensed into a huge alchemy furnace phantom in the air. It was the Seven Star True Fire that was comprehended from the seven alchemy furnaces.

Seeing this, Yun Shu immediately used Frost Sky Sword Rain. Countless ice swords fell from the sky, cooperating with the Seven Star True Fire. As ice and fire blended, the stone statues let out wails one after another.

Under the full-force attack of the two, the demon bat leader finally couldn't hold on anymore. He let out a shrill scream, and his huge body fell from the top of the cave.

As the leader fell, the other stone statues stopped attacking and turned into piles of rubble.

Jiang Qiong and Yun Shu collapsed on the ground, sweat mixed with blood dripping down their cheeks. The wounds on their bodies were still aching, but their eyes were shining with the light of having survived a disaster.

After a short rest, the two continued to go deeper.

The passage became increasingly narrow, and the dark red marks on the ground looked like dried blood. The smell of blood in the air was so strong that it almost condensed into substance.

Turning a corner, a huge pool of blood appeared before our eyes.

The blood pool was an irregular circle with a diameter of several dozen feet. The blood in the pool was like boiling magma, constantly surging and emitting bubbles.

When the bubbles burst, there is a teeth-grinding popping sound, and the bloody smell in the air makes one's heart palpitate.

There are eight stone pillars standing around the blood pool, each of which is carved with demons of different shapes.

Their eyes were two dark red gems that sparkled eerily in the dim light.

Yun Shu squatted down, touched the edge of the blood pool with his fingertips, and his face suddenly turned pale: "This blood is mixed with the aura of at least three ancient beasts, and..."

She frowned. "There seems to be some kind of creature sleeping at the bottom of the pool. As soon as my spiritual consciousness approached, it was like hitting a solid wall."

Jiang Qiong tightly grasped the Soul Devouring Knife and injected spiritual power into the blade. The moment the blade touched the blood, the entire blood pool suddenly boiled.

Blood gushed out into the sky like a fountain and condensed into a huge bloody human face in the air.

"Who dares to disturb me!" The roar caused the surrounding rock walls to drop rubble. The invisible pressure pressed down like a mountain. Jiang Qiong and Yun Shu found it difficult to breathe.

The blood in the blood pool swirled wildly, forming a huge vortex. A black figure was faintly visible in the center of the vortex.

At this moment, the stone pillars at the edge of the blood pool suddenly lit up with a strange light, and eight gems simultaneously emitted a dazzling red light.

Jiang Qiong's Soul-Devouring Sword suddenly vibrated violently, and runes similar to those on the wings of the demon bat leader appeared on the blade.

In the blood mist, the black figure slowly opened his eyes. They were a pair of bloodshot vertical pupils, and there was an indifference of destroying everything in his pupils.

"Outsiders, entering this place with things that do not belong to you"

The bloody face sneered, "Since you are here, stay forever." Yun Shu suddenly grabbed Jiang Qiong's wrist, her palm was cold: "Be careful! This is not a simple spirit, it is a sealed blood evil spirit!"

Before he could finish his words, countless blood-colored tentacles rushed out from the blood pool, like giant octopus tentacles, and rolled towards the two of them fiercely.

Jiang Qiong swung his sword, but the Soul-Devouring Sword seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, and the blade's light was easily swallowed by the bloody tentacles.

At the critical moment, Yun Shu threw out three talismans, which turned into golden chains in the air and temporarily entangled several tentacles.

“We must find the seal array!” Yun Shu shouted, “Ancient books record that the Blood Demon Spirit needs the help of a specific array to maintain its physical form!”

Jiang Qiong looked around, and his eyes suddenly fell on the demon carvings on the stone pillars. The weapons held by those demons were combined to be somewhat similar to the ancient seal array diagrams in his memory.

"The stone pillar! Destroy the gem on the stone pillar!"

He shouted and rushed towards the nearest stone pillar. The bloody tentacles sensed the two's intentions and attacked more fiercely. Jiang Qiong dodged the tentacle attack while swinging his knife at the gem on the stone pillar.

Ripples appeared on the surface of the gem, and it actually bounced back the attack of the Soul-Devouring Sword.

Upon seeing this, Yun Shu immediately cast an ice spell, condensing a thick layer of ice on the surface of the gem.

Jiang Qiong seized the opportunity, poured his spiritual power into the blade, and chopped it down fiercely.

With a crisp sound, the gem shattered, the bloody face in the blood pool roared angrily, and the entire secret realm began to shake violently. (End of this chapter)