The nine bronze statues of gods floated towards the sea of clouds.
And above the sea of clouds, a huge black shadow suddenly appeared.
Just like when you were boating on the lake during the day, you suddenly saw a huge, oval-shaped shadow appearing under the canoe.
That shadow can evoke the most instinctive fear in people's hearts, because its appearance often heralds the arrival of death.
That's what people call the devil.
Before Suzaku could fly across the three thousand worlds, the demon had arrived first for some unknown reason.
The Imperial Master's expression changed slightly, and he was immediately relieved.
He stood up and took one last look at the huge imperial city. The crisscrossing streets and markets now seemed small and slightly three-dimensional, like a magnificent ancient scroll.
"Your Majesty is really... a perfect plan." The Imperial Master sighed heavily and spread his hands in a certain direction.
In the center of the imperial city, the national seal suddenly broke through the sword lock, soared high into the air, and flew towards the Jiuling Platform.
The Imperial Master reached out and grabbed the Imperial Seal in his hand.
Many years ago, he asked his mother-in-law how she wanted to repay her after she had done so much for him.
The empress only said three words to him: "I will not betray Zhao."
A month ago, the cavalry besieged the Qianyu Palace. For some reason, the national seal, which indicated that the country's fate had been falling, suddenly regained a lot of vitality like a wild beast awakening.
Over the years, his actions were based on the destiny of the country as revealed by the national seal. At that time, he thought he had made a mistake, but in the end, he did not take any unnecessary actions.
In the past month, he had doubted it many times, but it was not until today, when the national seal connected with him again, that he was convinced that he had never rebelled against Zhao.
The old man stroked his gray beard and sighed to himself: "So far in my life, I have not written many famous poems and essays. Even in my spare time, all I do is explain words and annotate scriptures and other miscellaneous things. I originally wanted to write the last word to you today, but now it seems that I can’t wait any longer.”
Above the sea of clouds, a pair of huge arms peeled away the sea of clouds, and a dark and huge head poked out from the sea of clouds.
The main body of the head is like a completely black skull with rugged bones. On the forehead of the head, there is a pair of thick horns, and the eye sockets that should have been empty, after peeling away the sea of clouds, Suddenly lit up, like a pair of golden lanterns, exuding holy light.
The Imperial Master, who originally looked calm and did not care about his own death, suddenly changed his expression when he saw the head protruding from the sea of clouds.
Lu Jianjian in the imperial city also saw this scene. Even though she was far away, she could feel the sense of oppression... She didn't feel this way when she faced the old fox's remnant soul on the Great Lake that day. .
Then...at least it's the peak of Ziting, right
Even if the sect master comes in person, it’s nothing more than this.
Although she had experienced too many incredible things these days, above her head, a demon from the peak of the Purple Court parted the sea of clouds, revealing its huge head. When she looked down at everything in the city, she still felt an unprecedented feeling in her heart. The sense of absurdity and the fear of a poisonous needle piercing the heart.
"Is this...the devil?" She squeezed the hilt of the sword tightly, unable to muster the courage to draw the sword.
On the Nine Spirits Platform, as the demon gradually revealed its true appearance, the old man's calm expression that he originally regarded death as home gradually dissipated.
His eyes widened, and his old body trembled violently. He raised his head, his pupils were dim, and his wrinkled and chapped lips trembled, and he said in confusion: "Spirit Devourer... It turns out that the demon is such a monster... What is this? Realm? Why are such monsters here? Could it be that the queen is wrong... How could the queen be wrong? "
According to legend, at the junction of the human world and the Immortal Palace, there is a sea of ruins in the shadow zone that no one in the Hidden Kingdom can interfere with. There are some monsters that devour spiritual power lurking in the sea of ruins. They are transformed by the souls of the great demons after their death and float around. In the void, there is no specific consciousness, but just following instinct, swallowing the spiritual energy floating in the void.
Each mountain gate has a mountain guarding formation, in order to avoid attracting these legendary monsters when the broken mirror triggers a thunderstorm.
And the world they float in has the same gap as the human world. Only when some real great monks break through the Purple Garden and enter the five realms can they be attracted...
Today, Zhao Xiang'er wanted to marry the acquired spirit at Jiulingtai, but he also attracted monsters like this? Or is it a monster with such a high level...
Is this life
He sighed and slowly raised his hands. The national seal shone with green light, and a phoenix flew out from it, dancing around the old man.
He had tried to activate the Great Seal countless times, but no matter what means he used, he could not tap into the power of the seal.
But today, with his thought, everything seemed to fall into place.
There was no one on the Nine Spirits Platform.
Therefore, no one saw that since he flew out of the phoenix, the old man's realm had risen rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the blink of an eye, he had broken through the realm of longevity and entered the Purple Court. This scene was very different from what happened in the imperial city that day. It's exactly the same as when Zhao Xiang'er used the red bird and burning fire pestle to force promotion.
The old man has accumulated a lot of experience over the past ten years. At this moment, the fate of the country has transformed into a phoenix, and the realm he has shown at this moment is even more profound and heavy.
It was only then that he was in harmony with the national seal. If he could take this step earlier, he would still have the confidence to fight even if the old fox's four souls merged into one.
But at this moment, he had no confidence that he could defeat this soul-devourer, not at all.
In the sea of clouds, the pitch-black head pressed toward the ground little by little, and its two golden pupils were like a boat floating in the sea of clouds.
And when the nine spirits flew into the air, their golden eyes locked on them.
What attracted this spirit swallower was the nine spirits that were about to merge into one.
Zhao Xiang'er's current level is too low, and it will take much longer to fly through the three thousand worlds than imagined.
The Imperial Master originally wanted to see him one last time, but now that he thought about it, he couldn't wait any longer.
He sighed: "I only hope that the young phoenix will be as clear as the old phoenix."
As the old man sighed, the shadow of the phoenix surrounding him flew towards the sky.
Write one last word.
He pressed his sleeves and raised his hand. If there was a pen in his palm, he drew it in front of him.
First, one stroke and one stroke, forming the character "乂".
This is an extremely simple word. As soon as it is drawn, two river-like snow-white veins flow in front of the body, intertwining with each other, like two sword energy rising out of thin air.
In the sea of clouds, the pitch-black skull's horns turned and pointed in the direction of the Imperial Master.
It has no specific consciousness, but has an extremely keen sense of danger.
The word "乂" was slashed out with sword energy.
That was the essence of the national destiny. The entire vast sea of clouds slowly split apart, like white paper cut by a knife, forming a huge "Y" that shrouded the sky above the imperial city.
The head among the sea of clouds is right at the junction of the strokes.
The tips of its pair of horns were chopped off, and the spiritual energy that turned into substance slowly dissipated.
The Soul Eater let out a low roar. Its body was still at the junction of the two worlds. At this moment, in a rage, he sped up the twisting of his huge body, like a fetus leaving its mother's body, trying to come to this place. world.
The Imperial Master let out a long sigh.
It's more difficult than I thought...
Even if I try my best, I can only delay Zhao Xiang'er for a little while. I don't know if she will be able to withstand it when she returns on the Suzaku later.
But this is all behind us.
He started writing the second word.
The strokes of that character were originally square and square, but the last two strokes were also extremely elegant strokes.
That is the word "go".
"Zhao" and "乂" are connected together to form Zhao.
Zhao with reversed strokes.
This was the one word that he spent his entire life, and at the last moment, his Taoism and his heart truly matched. Therefore, the fate of the entire country also fell on him at this moment.
"It's a pity that it's still not perfect. I hope that Xiang'er can write more magnificent words in the future..."
The old man's sigh echoed in the city.
As soon as the word "Zou" came out, there was no water formed by the surging national destiny, nor light condensed by the fierce sword energy. It was like a wisp of gentle wind, a plain and graceful cloud, and it was also the expression when the host was displeased and invited guests out. A simple gesture.
The Soul Devourer let out bursts of painful wails. It kept stirring the sea of clouds, but its figure also retreated little by little. There seemed to be unwillingness and anger in the wails.
The dark head slowly disappeared, and the sea of clouds gradually closed, but if you look through the sea of clouds, you can see that in the cracked virtual realm, although the body of the soul-eater moved backwards little by little, his hands were still holding on to both ends of the crack. , as long as the word "go", which contains the true meaning of heaven and earth, disappears, it can come back again.
But on the Jiuling Platform, the old man sitting witheredly passed away with smoke coming from his orifices.
That Zhao character used up all his strength.
But even so, he couldn't really defeat the spirit-swallowing ones. All he did was delay the time and save the nine spirits before Zhao Xiang'er returned, which were the acquired spirits that were about to be condensed into Zhao Xiang'er's Taoist heart. .
A flame ignited from the old man's body.
That is the real phoenix fire.
After the old man wrote the last word, the phoenix fire burned his body. Unfortunately, it was not nirvana, but just a farewell.
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In the sea of clouds, as the spirit swallowers temporarily retreated, the wandering nine spirits finally settled down temporarily.
They also felt the death of the national master and let out a weak cry.
The sky clouds split open, and a chirping call from a red bird drowned out everything else.
On Suzaku's back, the girl dressed in black was still sitting cross-legged, but it was as if there was only an empty shell left.
There was no change in her appearance, but at this moment, the Zifu Qihai was riddled with holes.
Those are the traces left by three thousand streams washing through the body.
In order to build a taller building, the original small building must be demolished first.
After she has completely formed a spirit and spent several years repairing it, the Purple Mansion Qi Sea will definitely be a spectacular sight. But now, her heart is as fragile as a piece of extremely thin glass. If she is not careful, it will break down. Fragmented.
The flowing fire rolled over the Jiulingtai, the Suzaku statue disappeared from the sky, Zhao Xiang'er's figure landed lightly, and the Imperial Master had already turned to ashes in the divine fire.
After all, the teacher and the student never saw each other for the last time.
Zhao Xiang'er stood there for a long time and bowed deeply. Then she raised her head and looked at the sea of clouds.
At this moment, the ancient scroll in her hand had been burned down to the last few pages.
With her arrival, the nine spirits swimming in the sea of clouds began to gather together, and they merged together and became a complete creature.
The spirit like Ganoderma lucidum is the neck, the long and pointed conch-like beak is the beak, the sharp spear-like claws are, the kite-like wings are the wings, and the long tail feathers shaped like a feathered serpent...
The nine spirits gathered together, and all the brilliance faded from them, turning into darkness.
It was a big bird without any color at all, as if all the light falling on it was absorbed.
At this moment, it is hovering in the sky, more like a vivid shadow cast on a shadow puppet show.
That was her acquired spirit.
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The last few pages of the ancient scroll were about to be destroyed. Zhao Xiang'er placed it in front of him, took three steps back, and waited intently.
In the ancient scroll, Ning Changjiu and Ning Xiaoling's foreheads were pressed against each other. Ning Xiaoling's demonic nature gradually receded, and the sharp claws that pierced his chest gradually shrank, leaving only a few bloody holes that had not yet been closed.
The blood at the corners of Ning Changjiu's mouth had dried up. His eyes were slightly distracted, but he was staring straight ahead. His arms were so stiff and numb that he could hardly use any strength.
And most of the snow fox's body had been pulled out by Ning Changjiu.
And its teeth bit Ning Jiujiu's arm tightly. Under the two rows of extremely deep tooth marks, the muscles were torn and blood flowed. However, without Ning Xiaoling's body to rely on, her strength was also much weaker.
Ning Jiujiu once said that he was good at fishing.
What is fishing
The second senior brother once told him that no matter how powerful a fish is, as long as it is pulled ashore and has nowhere to use its strength, it will just be slaughtered by others. Even if there is no one to slaughter it, if it is exposed to the sun for a day, it will become a delicious dried fish.
Now this snow fox has no support from the Zifu Qi Sea, and many of its bodies have been smashed by branches from unknown sources. It has lost most of its magical power, and it is unable to bite Ning Jiujiu's arm directly in one bite.
But even so, she still had a tail tightly wrapped around Ning Xiaoling's body, and it was still difficult to separate it no matter how hard Ning Jiujiu tore it.
This already empty city has long been swallowed up by gray fog.
At the farthest edge, the last building collapsed.
The snow fox suddenly let go of his teeth and burst into uncontrollable laughter.
"You... still failed."
Snow Fox opened his mouth, and the teeth in his mouth were full of blood. As the world was about to collapse, Ning Xiaoling also felt it, and his body felt like it had fallen into an ice cellar, trembling constantly.
When the world collapses, the restrictions of the word "immeasurable" will naturally collapse with it. At that time, the roles will be reversed, she will become Dao Zu, and Ning Chang will become a fish.
The last page of the ancient scroll was burned.
The smoke disappeared.
A sinister smile appeared on the corner of Xue Hu's mouth.
After the ancient scroll dissipated, she was blind and unable to see. She could only rely on her spiritual vision to perceive everything around her.
She found that she seemed to be on a huge high platform, and when she looked up, she could see the sea of clouds. The boy and the girl both fainted, but Ning Jiujiu still held on to her body tightly.
But until the ancient scroll was broken, he still failed to achieve his wish.
She felt a little pity for him in her heart.
Even if he was only in the Nascent Realm, he should be stripped out of Ning Xiaoling's body today.
When manpower is finally exhausted.
Just when he was about to cut off the boy's head with one claw, Xue Hu suddenly felt a chill that penetrated his heart.
Behind her, a girl in black clothes stood only three steps away.
On the side of her body, a huge black divine conch was dancing, and as the girl raised her hand, countless extremely fine particles condensed, and a black long sword with almost no thickness was revealed. The girl raised her hand When it reached the highest point, the long sword had just condensed completely.
When the ancient scroll shattered and the figures of Ning Changjiu, Ning Xiaoling and the snow fox appeared, the long sword had already been swung down.
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(ps: The update is a little late, sorry~Tomorrow is the last chapter of the first volume. It is a relatively long chapter, and many things will be revealed. Well, tomorrow is also the author’s 22nd birthday~The chapter time is really stuck OK, pat yourself on the back!)