Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 182: Risking one's life to seize the top of the monument

Seeing that the ladder was only a few feet away from the top of the monument, Xu Shi ordered, "The time has come, climb to the top!"

Upon hearing this, Daoxuan, Heilin and others picked up their weapons, jumped up, and stepped on the bodies of the terracotta warriors. They walked briskly and climbed up step by step, like a pike swimming upstream, with their sleeves fluttering and their bodies as light as a swan.

Just when they reached the middle of the ladder, a cold light flashed from the top of the stele, and several hidden weapons shot out rapidly. Daoxuan was at the front of the team, and he kept moving, dancing with his sword, and with sparks flying everywhere, he shot down all the flying hidden weapons.

On the other side, a sword beam several dozen feet long suddenly appeared in the quicksand and slashed at the ladder formed by the terracotta warriors. Mayor Xu was prepared and waved his long sleeves, shouting, "I'm afraid you won't get out!" He slapped a fiery red talisman and struck the long sword like a silver snake, "bang!" The quicksand rolled, shining, and hit the long sword at the stone tablet. The "ladder" was affected by the huge force and lost its center of gravity, tilting to the other side in the quicksand. Mayor Xu followed with a "sleeve of the universe" to straighten the "ladder". Daoxuan and others felt empty under their feet and almost fell into the quicksand. They hurriedly stabilized their bodies and continued to fly.

"A trapped beast's fight!" The Xuanyuan Emperor Sword roared once again and swept across the pillars of the 'ladder to heaven'. If it was hit, the 'ladder to heaven' would collapse instantly.

Xu Shi cast a spell in his mind, and "whoosh..." a round furnace with three legs and two ears flew out from his sleeve, shining with green light, and its speed increased rapidly, rushing towards the sharp sword light, "clang..." The round furnace as big as a millstone hit the Xuanyuan Emperor Sword, sparks flew, and it spun with a buzzing sound, steadily resisting the giant sword that was emitting silver light.

"Qiankun Yuxu Furnace!" Shishui exclaimed in the quicksand.

Xu Shi shouted, "Now we know where you are hiding, so prepare to die!" With a wave of his long sleeves, the Qiankun Yuxu Furnace glowed brightly with green light. He turned the furnace cover to face the Xuanyuan Emperor Sword and slowly pressed it towards the position where the sword was held. The light on the giant sword quickly dissipated and floated into the furnace.

Zhishui relied on the Xuanyuan Emperor Sword and the Blood Seal to hide his men in a very small space, away from the erosion of the quicksand. If he had not seen the enemy was about to climb to the top of the monument and try to break the formation, how could he have rashly acted and exposed his position? Now he was secretly complaining, he did not expect that this magic weapon had the power to absorb true energy, and he was at a disadvantage. If his true energy was sucked dry, he would really be dead.

Shishui shouted loudly and shook the Yuxu furnace open with all his strength. There was a flash of silver light, and the giant sword disappeared. The Yuxu furnace fell heavily on the hard ground without any hindrance, and the black sand churned. Shishui had obviously moved to another place and hid again.

Xu Shi turned the Qiankun Yuxu Furnace around and made it hover above the terracotta warriors to guard against another sneak attack from Zhishui.

At the same time, Daoxuan was only a few feet away from the stele. When he was about to jump up, he saw a ball of black gas flying down from above. Daoxuan thought it was not good and shouted hurriedly, "Get out of the way!" He stood on the terracotta soldier, but did not dare to take it head-on. He quickly leaned over and got under the terracotta soldier to avoid the cold air flying past.

The people behind him were all top-notch masters, but the 'ladder to heaven' was too narrow, so they had to split up and avoid it. However, the terracotta soldiers were not so lucky and were hit by the air mass. Fortunately, the distance was far and most of the force was lost, so only a dozen of them fell. The 'ladder to heaven' was bombarded, lost balance, and was shaky, which frightened the people below and made them scream in surprise.

Just as he dodged, five more skeleton gas masses whizzed down in succession, blocking all hiding places. In desperation, Jiang Yuan shouted loudly, swung his two swords, and split the gas masses. Although he only used clever strength, he still felt sharp pain in his arms. The 'ladder to the sky' began to tilt to the right. He hurriedly turned the gas into ice and pressed it on the terracotta warriors. The top of the 'ladder to the sky' was quickly frozen by ice and froze to the stone wall, stabilizing the 'ladder to the sky'.

Daoxuan leaped up from under the terracotta warrior, wielding his long sword and slashing out several sword energies in succession, sweeping towards the four white-faced men in black robes standing side by side. At the same time, Ruogu and Miaoxin successively shot out golden talismans and fire swords, hitting the several people who had been waiting on top of the stone tablet.

These people were almost risking their lives in danger, so these spells were extremely powerful. The top of the stele was only ten feet wide, forming a long and narrow circle with a diameter of several hundred feet around the formation. There were upright and smooth stone walls on both sides. Even if one did not fall into the quicksand, one would be crushed to pieces if one fell into it.

Except for the four men in black robes, the other nine did not dare to resist head-on and each of them dodged. One of them failed to dodge in time and was immediately knocked away by the ice sword and fell off a stone wall a hundred feet high.

The four men in black robes each held a scepter and swung it to block the attack, but under the fierce attack, they had no time to fight back.

Ji Feng took the opportunity to leap up, stepped into the air, and jumped onto the stone tablet from the side first, swinging his sword to kill the enemy in front of him. Immediately afterwards, Qing Yu flew up diagonally, leaped to the other side, and his sword bloomed like a hundred flowers, quickly chopping down one person.

Daoxuan shouted, "Jiang Yuan, carry me up!" Jiang Yuan understood, and his right sword turned into an ice sword several meters long, lying flat under Daoxuan's feet. Daoxuan took a step with all his strength, jumped high, and swung his sword at the black-robed man under him, with great force and as fast as lightning.

One of the men in black robes swung up his scepter to block, "Bang..." The strong wind blew away, and the man in black robe retreated several steps before he stood firm. Daoxuan used the force to land on the right side of the four men in black robes. His palms felt numb, and his whole arm seemed to be crippled. The long sword almost slipped out of his hand, and the sword body broke in half.

Miao Xin's feet bloomed into lotus flowers, her clothes fluttering, like Chang'e flying to the moon, she leaped to the left side of the black-robed man, brandishing the azure fire sword in her hand, and using the "Eighteen Plates of Sun" move. Eighteen blue lights hit the black-robed man, and the sword moves were mixed with vague sword intent, making the momentum even more fierce.

Ruogu flew out several golden talismans, which hovered between the "ladder" and the top of the monument, a line apart, and jumped on it, "tengteng..." leaping to the top of the monument, and the rest of them jumped up one after another, each showing their abilities. The entire narrow top of the monument exploded, streams of light danced, figures flashed, and the sound was endless. Although those who set up the formation had strong cultivation, they were no match for Jifeng, Qingyang and others. They were dispersed in an instant and retreated to both sides.

Daoxuan and Jiang Yuan were on the right side of the man in black robes, Miaoxin and Ruogu were on the left side, besieging the four men in black robes. Strangely enough, none of them could defeat them alone with just one fake body, but the four of them joined forces to fight four, forcing Fenyuan to only defend himself and had no time to fight back. Little did they know, one cannot do two things at once, not to mention fighting against three immortals and a Taoist master of talismans at the same time. Moreover, in the battle with Xu Shi, those three moves consumed a lot of ghost energy and destroyed the fake body.

Miao Xin's blue pupils condensed. In actual combat, she vaguely comprehended the artistic concept of 'the sword moves at will'. The divine fire gradually converged, and the fire sword became slender and flexible, with a cold light that was dazzling. Even Fen Yuan, who was fighting against her, sensed the sword intent in her sword moves and was surprised. He did not expect that the strength of this Taishan disciple would increase suddenly in less than two hours.

Fen Yuan let out a long roar, and four black shadows leaped up, each waving a scepter and smashing it at the four people. It was like a raging thunder or a comet crashing down on the ground. The four people were all knocked back several feet, their bodies shattered, and they almost fell off the stone tablet.

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The quicksand howled and spun rapidly, shrinking the formation to an area of ​​less than a hundred feet. Nearly eight thousand soldiers were squeezed together, and breathing was labored. Some soldiers even rode on others' shoulders. Only the Royal Guards were relatively relaxed. Everyone looked up and pinned all their hopes on the nine people on top of the monument.

The terracotta soldiers could no longer withstand the tremendous force of the roaring quicksand. They tilted and dispersed, fell down one after another, hit the ground with a bang, and were buried in the quicksand. Wuzhan shouted, "Disappear!" As soon as these words were spoken, balls of black air rushed out from the heads of the terracotta soldiers, were swept by the quicksand, and emitted a glowing light, flying all over the sky and drifting across the night sky.

Mayor Xu gritted his teeth in hatred and pointed at Wuzhan and said, "You..." He was so angry that he couldn't speak. This was his years of hard work, and it was easily destroyed by Wuzhan.

Wuzhan smiled and said, "Master, calm down. I promised them that if the ladder is successfully built, their souls will be released and they will be freed from the sea of ​​suffering. Otherwise, how can they listen to me? I just want to keep my promise."

"Okay! Okay! If you can break the formation, I won't bother with you!"

"Thank you very much, Imperial Master, for your understanding!" After saying this, he pretended to put the five-colored stones into his sleeves, and then stored them in the Qiankun Jade.

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The black-robed men's scepters were each surrounded by the 'Five Elements of Ghostly Energy', which gathered and dispersed in a strange and difficult to discern manner. They faced the enemy from two fronts and in a flash forced Daoxuan, Miaoxin and the others to retreat step by step, creating danger all around them.

Just when the four people were afraid of Fenyuan's "Five Elements Ghost Energy" and did not dare to attack rashly, the Qiankun Yuxu Furnace flew up, and green light circled, covering the two black-robed men. There was a continuous buzzing sound, and the ghost energy on the black-robed man's staff was suddenly sucked into the furnace.

When Fenyuan was horrified, one of his fake bodies was hit by Jiang Yuan's sword and cut into two pieces. With a "puff", the ghost energy flew towards Yuxu Furnace, and the body turned into two pieces of silk. Daoxuan used Dangkong Jue without hesitation and smashed it into pieces.

Fen Yuan saw that there was no chance of winning if they continued fighting. Even if they attacked, they might not be able to break this ancient vicious formation and would eventually die. It was not worth it to fight with them here. Thinking of this, he made a prompt decision. Three men in black robes jumped out of the stone tablet. As they fell, two of the men in black robes turned into black wings and flew onto Fen Yuan's arms, shaped like bats, gliding away and disappearing into the night.

The remaining seven were either killed or fell to pieces. Seeing the situation, Xu Shi smiled at Wuzhan and said, "Please tell them what to do, sir?"

"Find the seals on each stone tablet. Each person controls one seal. Press the seal with your left hand to connect the eight meridians. Then you can see the Nine Stars Map. Then use your right hand to control the stars and twist the map."

Mayor Xu knew that Wuzhan did not have enough strength and the nine people on the stone tablet could not hear him, so he repeated Wuzhan's narration aloud. As expected, the nine people found the seals of each star on the top of the narrow wall. The seals were spherical and engraved with golden snake characters. After they sat down, they placed their left hands on the seals and poured their true energy into them at the same time. "Shua, swish..." Nine rays of light gathered above the magic circle and connected the nine people's meridians together, revealing nine stars, dazzling and eye-catching. According to the change of the four seasons, they drove the quicksand to slowly rotate.

The nine people made seals with their right hands and pointed to the stars under their respective control. Daoxuan Tianpeng, Jiang Yuan Tianrui, Qingyang Tianzhu, Ruogu Tianying, Heilin Tianren, Qingyu Tianchong, Jifeng Tianfu, Chitong Tianqin and Miaoxin Tianxin were ready and waiting for Wuzhan's instructions.

(End of this chapter)