Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 179: Nine Nether Black Sand and Dry Bone Formation

Shisui shouted, "Then try again!" He withdrew the giant sword and jumped high into the air. "Buzz..." The ancient sword rang out a long sound, and the silver sword light gathered into a rolling cloud that poured down. The power of this "Clouds and Thousands of Changes" was more than a thousand times stronger than Ji Jie's. Xu Shi definitely didn't dare to use his hands to catch it again. His figure was illusory in the clouds. In an instant, thunder rumbled, silver light exploded at multiple points, red light danced brilliantly, air waves surged, and the ground burst outward in all directions.

The two men jumped out of the lightning cloud at the same time. Shishui flew and spun, slashing the giant sword horizontally, using a "cloud-removing sea" sword energy that was like a surging wave towards Mayor Xu. Mayor Xu waved his sleeves, and a surging and fierce wind hit him in an instant, "boom..." The earth shook and a hurricane rose up to rush into the sky.

The flying sand and rocks were pushed in all directions. Many soldiers were shocked by the explosion and immediately vomited blood. They hurriedly covered their heads and fell to the ground to prevent themselves from being blown away by the strong wind. They were all amazed that one person's magic power could be so strong.

Xu Shi said loudly: "You betrayed your master and disappeared for more than 30 years, but you still use the swordsmanship of your master. It seems that you have not made any progress in these years. What other moves did you learn in Huangshan? Use them all!"

Upon hearing this, Shisui became furious and said sternly, "Then let me show you a move that Ben Zhen created, 'Turning the Peaks Upside Down'!" Before he finished speaking, his figure had leapt above Xu Shi's head, hanging upside down in the air, with the giant sword dancing, and sword beams pouring down like dense rain, like a falling galaxy, thunder and crashing into the earth, and every sword slashed towards Xu Shi who was on the ground.

Xu Shi waved his right palm, avoiding when he could, blocking when he couldn't. The neon light made the sunset dim, and after each flash of light, everyone's eyes were dark, and they could no longer find the figures of the two people. This was not a battle that ordinary people could see.

Xu Shi said: "Although this move is powerful and each sword has great power, the sword has no edge, just like a reckless man's fancy moves, it looks good but is useless!"

This move was the result of Shishui's years of hard practice and repeated polishing, specifically designed to break the Huangshan secret move 'Peaks Facing the Sun', in order to avenge the sword attack on Yunmeng that year. However, Xu Shi now criticized it as useless, so how could he not be angry? He shouted, "You are a coward, and you dare to talk nonsense? If you have the guts, use this move!" He angrily chopped Xu Shi with his sword.

The reason why Xu Shi only defended and did not attack was because the snake venom in his body had not yet been eliminated. If his true energy was consumed too much, it would very likely cause the poison to attack his heart and seriously damage his vitality. At this critical juncture, if he was not careful, he would be destroyed both physically and mentally. Therefore, he stimulated Zhishui to make him irritable and look for flaws.

Xu Shi flew out of the sword light and laughed loudly: "It seems that you only have these few Huangshan moves. You are at your wit's end and can't use any other moves."

Zhishui said angrily: "Don't be so arrogant, I will chop you into mud today!" Waving the giant sword, he attacked Xu Shi like a whirlwind, leaving no room for him.

Daoxuan and the others marveled inwardly, they thought that once they entered the realm of scattered immortals, there would be few people in the world who would take them seriously. After several fierce battles, they realized that there are always people better than you, and, in recent years, the world of cultivation seemed to have exploded, with a hundred flowers blooming, and many immortal-level masters have emerged. It can be said that there is no end to the Tao.

Wuzhan chanted softly, "Things have their own nature, things have their own separations and unions. Even the most seamless moves need to be absorbed and swallowed, and the sword needs to be swung back and forth. A master will hide or force those gaps so that the opponent cannot find them. The national teacher sees this gap and makes himself invincible. It's just that he can do it, while the weaker ones can't do it even if they can see it. This is the difference in the realm of cultivation. Solid sword moves will lose their smoothness, complexity will lose simplicity, heaviness will lose sharpness, and speed will lose precision. Too much is as bad as too little. Change makes it smooth, compliance makes it simple, restraint makes it sharp, stability makes it precise, follow nature, and let the sword move as it pleases, the mind arrives and the sword arrives, spy on the enemy's gap and break the move with one sword."

Miao Xin listened attentively. These words seemed to be giving her instructions. She kept them in mind and pondered them carefully. Combining them with the rare peak confrontation before her, her eyes seemed to brighten. She vaguely saw the traces of the sword light and seemed to understand something.

This time when she went down the mountain, she unexpectedly obtained the divine fire, which suddenly increased the true energy in her body to the strength of a wandering immortal. However, she was at a loss as to how to control it. There was a huge gap between her and Jiang Yuan, and her understanding of this realm was only a glimpse of the beginning. In addition, Taishan focused on self-cultivation and enlightenment, and did not compete with other sects. As for the moves to defeat the enemy, she only learned them from her previous masters and did not study them much. Otherwise, how could she not be able to withstand Fenyuan's attack.

If I return to the sect, my master will guide me in my practice step by step. Xian Wuzhan's words undoubtedly reveal the way to defeat the enemy. If I can really reach the state of 'the sword moves at will', I will have few rivals if my cultivation level is equal.

Miaoxin has been following Wuzhan these days and has seen many things. She is deeply attracted by his mysterious steadiness. In her eyes, Wuzhan does not look like a young man who is not even twenty years old, but rather like an old man with profound knowledge. It's a pity that he is a talented person and suffers from an incurable disease.

In fact, what Wuzhan said was an overview of Ping Qingjue's "Sword Intent Art". Although he understood it, he could not practice it. He used this to enlighten Miaoxin in a plain way to repay her kindness of risking her life to protect him. It neither violated the rules of Mount Tai nor took away her kindness of teaching.

In a blink of an eye, Xu Shi avoided Shishui's continuous sword techniques one after another and still did not attack. Shishui became more and more angry as the fight went on, and even with all his unique skills, he could not hurt him. His internal strength and true energy dropped rapidly. He thought he could kill Xu Shi with this sword, but now it seems that it is not that easy. Seeing Xu Shi being fooled by the virtual light and was waving his sleeves to resist, the sword light changed, and he gathered all his true energy and slashed down diagonally, as fast as thunderbolt.

Who would have thought that Xu Shi's figure suddenly became illusory at this moment, and then, he suddenly appeared after the sword light swept past, and his single palm turned into a red sword light that flashed and pierced towards the Tianshu point on Zhishui's right side.

Zhishui was shocked. He wanted to stop and block but it was too late. He hurriedly dodged to the left. Just when he was about to avoid it, he saw Xu Shi's left palm slap out a dazzling red light, and it covered Zhishui's right side. The distance was too close and the speed was too fast. Zhishui had no choice but to stimulate the protective true energy around his body and push out his left palm to resist. "Bang!" When the red light burst out, Zhishui's left arm was broken, and his whole body was in great pain. He spat out a mouthful of blood and flew out obliquely. After all, he was a top-level figure. At the moment of the palm-to-palm confrontation, he swung the giant sword back at the same time and swept it towards Xu Shi. There was an almost continuous bang. The sword light in Xu Shi's right hand collided with the silver light, and colorful light shot out, and the wind danced.

Xu Shi took several steps back, fell to the ground with a plop, and spat out a mouthful of dirty blood. After hitting the ground, Zhishui's body slid more than ten feet away. After a while, he stood up staggeringly, leaning on the giant sword.

Everyone was dumbfounded. Before they could even see the two men's figures or how they would attack, they saw the result of both of them suffering losses. It was hard to tell who would have the upper hand.

"Master!" Ji Jie and others rushed to Zhishui's side, and people from Xiandaoyuan also rushed behind Xu Shi. Ying Zheng was watching the battle from a distance, and was particularly shocked when he saw this scene. In his mind, Xu Shi was like a god, giving him all hope. He never thought that he would be knocked down. Little did he know that if Xu Shi had not been forced to reverse his true qi because the snake venom was not completely removed, how could he have been seriously injured.

Xu Shi swallowed a pill, slowly stood up, and said loudly: "Before, if you had taken them away, I might not have been able to stop you, but you were arrogant and thought you could defeat me with an ancient sword. Now, you have no chance and no one can escape. This is unwillingness, which caused you to lose your life."

Shisui laughed and said, "How did you know we would escape? You are too early to be happy. It is not yet clear who will win or lose. In order to get rid of you in one fell swoop, the Burial Cauldron has been preparing for more than ten years. How can it end like this? Now is the time to let you see the cemetery we have prepared for you!"

As soon as these words were spoken, cold flute sounds rang out in all directions, and the bodies of the dead soldiers suddenly moved. Under the light of the rising moon, they showed fierce eyes. Seeing this, the Qin soldiers were so frightened that they quickly retreated.

At the four corners of the crowd of nearly 10,000 people, there were black figures playing golden flutes, with fluttering black robes, looking eerie and spooky.

"Fen Yuan!" everyone exclaimed. They didn't expect that he had so many fake bodies. It would be difficult to deal with one alone. Now four of them came out at the same time, and there were nearly two thousand corpses that were undergoing sudden changes. How could they resist?

"Hurry up and cut off the corpse!" Wang Ben shouted anxiously, but it was too late. Before the soldiers could move forward, the corpse ghost had already jumped towards the crowd, and the Qin army immediately fell into chaos.

Shisui jumped high, cut his five fingers, then gripped the hilt of the sword, chanted a spell, and fell rapidly. "Crack..." The sword instantly pierced into the ground, and suddenly released nine silver lights, like nine silver snakes spreading along the ground, forming a huge talisman. The lightning flashed, covering everyone's feet. "Rumble..." The whole ground shook violently, and everyone was still in panic, when they saw nine huge stone tablets suddenly rising up all around them. They were shining black and quickly widened, reaching up to the night sky, and a chill struck them.

Shisui held the hilt of the sword in reverse, knelt on one knee, stared at Xu Shi and grinned: "While you are feeling proud, we have already set up a magic circle. None of you will get out alive tonight!"

Xu Shi looked around and said in amazement: "Nine Nether Stones of Mingshan Mountain!"

Zhishui said: "I really admire your knowledge. Yes, this is the Jiuyou Stone. Emperor Xuanyuan used it to set up the 'Black Sand and Dry Bones Formation' to annihilate the Jiuli tribe and kill Chiyou. It took Benzhen ten years to find it. Haha, how do you think you compare to them? The national teacher may have three heads and six arms and may have all-powerful magic. It is your honor to be buried in this formation, haha..."

Before the sound ended, there was a flash of silver light, and Shisui, Ji Jie and others disappeared out of thin air. The sound of wild laughter echoed in the air, which was creepy.

The soldiers around saw the stone tablets closing and instinctively rushed out. They had not run far when a black wind suddenly blew up from between the stone tablets. They heard screams one after another and froze in place. In an instant, their armor, clothes, and flesh were blown away by the black sand, leaving only white bones. The remaining soldiers dared not move forward and quickly turned around to retreat to the center.

Jiang Yuan flew up, gathered all his internal energy, and slashed out a powerful sword light, which hit the stone tablet with a bang. After the blue light exploded, the stone tablet remained motionless without any damage.

Xu Shi said sadly: "It's useless. This Nine Nether Stone separates yin and yang. Even if your true energy is a hundred times stronger, you can't create a crack when you hit it."

When the hundred-foot-tall stone tablet closed, the inside of the formation was dark. Only the night sky painted by the bright moon could be vaguely seen. The cold black sand was glowing silver and flowing along the inner wall of the stone tablet, gradually speeding up and slowly moving towards the center. The corpse ghosts seemed to have received a strong stimulation and rushed towards the crowd with a roar, killing frantically.

At this moment, everyone had only one word echoing in their mind, and that was 'die!'

Ying Zheng kept shouting to the imperial guards: "Imperial Master, please find a way to save me!" Perhaps at this time, the country was no longer important.

Jin Xingzi wanted to drill a hole in the ground, but found that the ground was unusually solid. He punched the ground hard, but couldn't make a hole. He cursed, "Damn it, if I had Xiao Liangou here, I wouldn't be afraid of your red sand and black sand, crying parents formation. You are a bunch of bird people who will never have descendants. You actually use such a cruel and inhumane formation. I am unlucky to come here today. The insidious human heart, the sinister world,..."

Miao Xin sighed softly and whispered, "In the end, there is no way to escape this ending!" Then he turned to look at the black eyes in the darkness.

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(End of this chapter)