Druid in the Xianxia world

Chapter 124 The Terror of Decadence

"Hahaha, come on if you have the guts, I'll see how you make me lie down!"

"boom!"

As the words fell, the shadow of a four-story tower appeared behind Ning Yuan.

The tall tower is the foundation of his Tao.

……

On both sides of the ring, Zhong Cang and Ning Yuan stood quietly.

They found that Zhong Cang and the opposite side were ready for battle. Robende and the current dean of the Law Academy all stood on both sides of the ring.

Of course, there were more people who were paying attention to this battle and making preparations for it than just Robende and the dean of the Law Academy.

Mo Shuyu, Du Kui, Qin Xiuye, and several other teachers were also ready to take action.

The teacher above was making preparations, and the students below were holding their breath, quietly waiting for the battle to begin.

Everyone didn't have to wait too long. Soon, Qin Xiuye ​​stood up and quickly announced the combat rules of the Law Cultivation Academy.

"You are not allowed to use magical tools, elixirs, flying swords, or talismans. Only magic can determine victory or defeat. Those who violate this rule will be deemed to have failed. This is the rule of the Dharma Cultivation Academy. Do you understand?"

Zhong Cang: “Yeah.”

Ning Yuan: "Of course I understand this rule."

After announcing the rules, Qin Xiuye ​​found that Zhong Cang and Ning Yuan both understood them, so he immediately raised his hand and swung it down suddenly.

"The competition begins!"

"boom!"

"Winged Fire Snake!"

The moment Qin Xiuye ​​swung his hand, Ning Yuan made a hand seal, solidifying his Taoist foundation for a moment.

The next moment, the solid Taoist foundation suddenly opened wide, and thirteen fire snakes with wings on their backs flew out from the four-story tower.

The next moment, these fire snakes shot towards Zhong Cang from all directions like red arrows.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...

The wings on their backs made the fire snakes extremely fast. In almost the blink of an eye, they arrived in front of Zhong Cang.

This also made all the first-year students breathe a sigh of relief for Zhong Cang, especially when they found that Zhong Cang did not move when facing the attack of the fire snake, and did not release spells to hedge or dodge, they became even more nervous.

Especially Zhong Cang's followers, some of them couldn't help but shout loudly.

"Boss, be careful!"

"Hide quickly..."

Ignoring the noise below and the speeding fire snake, Zhong Cang just looked at Ning Yuan in front of him with a ferocious expression and took a deep breath.

"Although I don't know why you hate me so much, you shouldn't have provoked me, let alone hit my subordinates."

These words were uttered by Zhong Cang using his magical power. As he spoke, Zhong Cang's mouth opened slightly and he began to spit forward.

"call……"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The power of Zhong Cang's exhaled breath was not very strong or terrifying.

Not to mention comparing with some spells that affect celestial phenomena, Zhong Cang can't even compare with Ning Yuan's fire snake.

——As he exhaled, the thirteen winged fire snakes also drew lines of fire in the air and shot towards Zhong Cang from all directions.

“I got it…”

"call out!"

Seeing that his spell was about to hit, Ning Yuan showed a hint of joy.

However, the joy on his face soon disappeared.

The thirteen winged fire snakes did fly towards Zhong Cang, but when they were still very far away from Zhong Cang, these fire snakes seemed to have hit a wall of wind and slid to the side inexplicably.

"???"

"what?"

When he found that the fire snake had slid away, he subconsciously concentrated his mind and wanted to make the fire snake rush towards Zhong Cang again, but his attack still failed the second time.

He clearly ordered the fire snakes to rush straight towards Zhong Cang, but when they reached a certain distance, these fire snakes would inexplicably slide away and circle around.

At the same time, there was no time for him to launch a third attack.

The faint breath exhaled by Zhong Cang was already approaching him.

The power revealed by this aura was extremely weak, but Ning Yuan did not underestimate it - the aura was just approaching, and a fatal crisis befell his body and mind, making his hair stand on end.

Such a crisis made him subconsciously release his strongest defensive spell - the Triple Glowing Pagoda Spell.

This spell has layers of triple defense, which can not only defend against spell attacks, but also physical attacks, the glow on the pagoda, and some strange curses.

After casting this spell, he breathed a sigh of relief.

However, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, his eyes widened in horror.

The triple pagoda that covered his entire body collapsed inexplicably like sand when blown by the weak breeze.

"impossible?"

Ning Yuan couldn't believe that his defense was broken so easily.

And just as he was stunned, the decadent wind that blew away the pagoda had already touched his body.

"call……"

Ning Yuan shivered as a cold wind entered his body, and inexplicably felt that his body had become much weaker.

"This wind can blow away my blood and magic power!"

The strange and decadent atmosphere made Ning Yuan feel a little cold, but at this moment, he felt that he could still fight and resist.

"Your wind power is indeed mysterious, but it's too weak!"

He roared, releasing his Dao foundation to resist Zhong Cang's decadent style, and at the same time focused most of his attention on his thirteen winged fire snakes.

"on!"

As he made a seal with his palm, he focused his attention again, and the winged fire snake rushed towards Zhong Cang again.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...

Naturally, the attack would be inexplicably split apart before it even touched Zhong Cang.

No matter how he attacked, the flying snake could not touch Zhong Cang's body.

But this person is capable enough to become the head of the second grade.

"Gather!"

With a loud shout as he pinched his fingers, thirteen fire snakes gathered together to form a huge python.

The giant fire python was at least twenty or thirty meters long. It shook its head and tail with tremendous power. Then, with a "whoosh", it rushed towards Zhong Cang's whole body and then slashed to the side again.

No matter how Ning Yuan attacked, he could not reach Zhong Cang. What made him even more devastated was that the power that made everything flow was not only Zhong Cang's own, but also the power of the giant fire snake he summoned. With each collision, at least half of the fire snake's power would be automatically cut apart.

This is Zhong Cang's Zhouliuxu, a spell that Zhong Cang obtained after breaking through the limit of the first heaven. It has never been just a wind barrier.

It represents the flow of all things. Zhong Cang, who has awakened this talent, can drive the flowing power within a certain range.

Just like this giant fire python, if it doesn't move, it's nothing, but as long as it moves, the flowing force can be pulled by Zhong Cang and made to revolve around himself.

This kind of force that can pull the flow means that as long as the enemy's power is not overwhelmingly greater than his own, or condensed to a certain level, or is particularly high-end and involves concepts, then the enemy will never be able to hurt him.

Just like now, no matter how Ning Yuan attacks, he cannot hurt Zhong Cang.

This situation where he couldn't reach Zhong Cang no matter how hard he attacked, coupled with his previous resentment and hatred towards Zhong Cang, made him even more irritable and frantic.

"Asshole, I must kill you, cough cough..."

When he roared like this, Ning Yuan's expression paused for a moment, and he felt a little uneasy, as if he had forgotten something.

However, the strong resentment and anger in his heart soon made him put aside these inconsistencies.

"I don't believe it. I can't kill you this way! Cough cough cough..."

"burst!"

"Cough cough cough..."

With a violent roar, he suddenly shouted.

This loud shout caused the giant flaming python, which was twenty or thirty meters long, to suddenly explode.

"Rumble..."

The exploding giant fire python caused the scorching flames to rise nearly a hundred meters high, and Zhong Cang's position was completely covered by the flames.

"I won, hahahaha... cough cough, cough cough cough..."

Looking at the flames covering everything, Ning Yuan first laughed in relief, but soon, his laughter turned into a cough, an extremely violent cough that even coughed out blood.

It was not until this moment that he realized that the protective Taoist magic he had released with his spiritual base had been blown away by Zhong Cang's decadent style at some point.

Afterwards, the decadent wind carrying the power of decay and corruption continued to blow through his body, dispersing all his energy, blood, and magic power, and allowing the breath of endless illness, weakness, and aging to continue to blow into his body.

Now, his body is dilapidated, like a candle in the wind.

This sudden scene made Ning Yuan extremely frightened and unable to understand.

"???"

"How is it possible... ahem..."

"Why didn't I notice... ahem..."

He was so weak and coughing that he couldn't understand how he ended up in this situation.

After being stunned for a while, he raised his head in horror and looked forward.

"This, this is what you did..."

He was gasping for breath and extremely panicked, but not surprisingly, he discovered that the flames in the sky did not hurt Zhong Cang at all, and did not even touch his clothes.

Zhong Cang did not answer his question, but just walked forward quietly.

Seeing Zhong Cang's calm expression, Ning Yuan no longer had the hatred he had for Zhong Cang before the battle. He just used his hands and feet to continuously retreat, while retreating, he yelled: "Don't come over, don't come over, I give up, cough cough, I give up..."

Seeing him shouting in fear and admitting defeat, Zhong Cang did not move forward. He just said quietly: "You are already useless. Your Qi and blood are declining, your spiritual energy is completely lost, and your Qi sea has been blown away by the wind of decadence. And your Dao foundation, you must have forced a breakthrough, because your foundation is unstable, and your Dao foundation has also been blown away by the wind of decadence."

"This injury has damaged your very foundation. It cannot be recovered by normal rest."

"From now on, you can only be a mortal."

Having said that, Zhong Cang stopped looking at him and instead glanced at the second-year students around him.

"Honestly, I really want to be kind to others, and you shouldn't mess with me."

After sighing, Zhong Cang said quietly:
"Now, does anyone still want to fight me?"

"Wow..."

After Zhong Cang said this, all the second-year students sat down and behaved very well.

"Master Zhong Cang, we all know that you are kind..."

"Yes, if you can research Green Seedling No. 1 and distribute it, I'll be the first to get angry with anyone who doesn't praise you, Lord Zhong Cang!"

"Ning Yuan, the same thing. Why did you provoke Master Zhong Cang..."

Ning Yuan's miserable state made everyone afraid to fight against Zhong Cang.

Of course, in addition to his ruthless methods, what is even more shocking about Zhong Cang is his mysterious and unpredictable methods.

Whether it is the defensive circle that can deflect all attacks, or the decadent wind that can blow away the blood, magic, qi sea, and Tao foundation, they are all awe-inspiring.

In addition to these things, the spell that made Ning Yuan unable to perceive his own condition was even more mysterious and unpredictable.

At this moment, not to mention the second-year students, even Feng Hanmei, a third-year student, was frightened and for the first time, she regretted attacking Zhong Cang's followers.

"What exactly is that spell?"

Unable to figure it out, she immediately turned her attention to the teachers who supported her.

After thinking for a while, these people gave her an answer.

"Wind and sand are good at blinding the eyes, and even better at confusing the soul. Some wind-based spells can obscure the soul's vigilance..."

Apart from being an ordinary teacher, Dan Zhuhe is indeed a genius who is as famous as Teacher Mo Shuyu. He has seen more things in a short period of time.

"What Zhong Cang used just now was not only the power of the wind, but also the power of physical aging and some diseases... He transmitted some diseases into Ning Yuan's body..."

If Zhong Cang was nearby, he would nod and admit that Dan Zhuhe was partly right.

His ability to make Ning Yuan forget his own condition is indeed related to the disease.

During the cycle of life and death, growth and decay, and reincarnation, Zhong Cang's body entered the state of the five signs of decay of the celestial beings.

However, when his body was aging and decaying, what impressed Zhong Cang the most, and what he feared the most, was not his physical fragility, weakness, and all kinds of uncomfortable torture and pain.

The only thing that terrified Zhong Cang from the beginning to the end was Alzheimer's disease.

At that time, Zhong Cang sometimes forgot his own name, his identity as a cultivator, and even forgot that he was undergoing reincarnation.

This kind of forgetfulness made Zhong Cang feel like he was no longer himself, and that everything was empty and nothing existed - when your memories are gone, are you still you?

It can be said that after his successful reincarnation, Alzheimer's disease almost became his shadow.

But in the end, Zhong Cang overcame the disease by using the memory palace of the Yiliu Tree.

The two sides of memory, one forgetting and the other remembering, also gave Zhong Cang a new understanding of the power of memory.

This understanding, combined with the plague technique and the flowing characteristics of the power of wind, gave Zhong Cang an additional terrifying means.

Through the decadent wind, Zhong Cang can implant the disease of "Alzheimer's disease" into the enemy's soul, making them forget many things.

Ning Yuan just now was the first victim of this spell, and Feng Hanmei will be the second.

…………

(End of this chapter)