Although those red clouds that formed the flames will form a red cloud again after twelve hours, they will be limited to a certain size range.
The remaining regenerated red clouds will not be able to stay in the sky for too long and will disappear on their own. This made Li Yan, who had also studied the Blood River carefully after he reached the Jindan stage.
But even if he looked through all the classics he could find, he could not find out the origin of the Blood River, and he could not find any other functions by using magic.
In addition, Li Yan no longer had the silver paper on him, so he no longer needed to use the blood river to melt it. Even the Lihuo Xuanhuang Fan became a useless existence for a while.
It was not until Li Yan successfully formed a baby and sorted out his magic weapons that he picked up the Lihuo Xuanhuang Fan again. He had always felt mysterious about the blood river inside it and wanted to study it more.
But when his spiritual consciousness entered, he was stunned at first. In that river of blood, there were eight figures rising and falling with the waves. They were the flying sickle blood mantis that Li Yan had long forgotten.
Since the Flying Sickle Blood Mantis only had spirit but no physical body, after Zi Kun had its body recast, it had the help of thousands of Snow Mosquitoes from the Qianji Clan.
Li Yan had long forgotten about these flying sickle blood mantises in the Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment stages!
However, when he was refining the essence and blood of the Immortal Dark Phoenix, he saw that these spirits had been cultivating in the blood river and their aura was slightly stronger than before, so he did not take them seriously.
Now, let alone the time Li Yan spent in Qingqing Continent and the "Soul Prison Clan", seventy or eighty years have passed just since he returned to Huangyue Continent.
When his spiritual consciousness entered the Lihuo Xuanhuang fan again, he was shocked to find that the eight flying sickle blood mantises had grown several times larger, especially the spirit of the second-level flying sickle blood mantis, which had reached the early third level.
The other seven flying sickle blood mantis spirits also reached the early and middle stages of the second level without Li Yan's any intervention, which surprised Li Yan.
When these flying sickle blood mantises sensed the appearance of Li Yan's spiritual consciousness, they could not help but emerge from the blood river one after another.
The third-level flying sickle blood mantis stretched its blood-red head out of the blood river. The pair of bulging eyes on its triangular head glowed with a bloody red light, staring at Li Yan.
These flying sickle blood mantises were cultivated by Li Yan together with Lihuo and Huangshan during the foundation-building period. They did not sign a blood contract like Zikun and Qianji, but only placed restrictions in their spiritual consciousness.
So when their cultivation levels increased, especially after the flying sickle blood mantis spirit was promoted to the third level, its strength increased greatly, and the restrictions left by the previous sacrifice were broken by it.
When Li Yan was still surprised that these spirits broke through on their own, he saw a fierce light in the other party's unfriendly eyes. His spiritual consciousness immediately turned into a phantom standing above the blood river, and then a powerful pressure swept over.
The spirit of the third-level flying sickle blood mantis was judging the location of Li Yan's consciousness and was about to smash the opponent's spying.
Suddenly, a phantom appeared in the air, and then it was hit from top to bottom by a powerful force, sinking directly into the blood river.
The flying sickle blood mantis spirit let out a mournful howl and struggled continuously like an ant drowning in a river of blood, but it was unable to escape the repressive force at all.
Although the other seven flying sickle blood mantis spirits were not directly attacked, they felt a shudder from the depths of their souls at the pressure from the sky, and they trembled in fear.
Just when the third-level flying sickle blood mantis felt that it was about to suffocate to death, its body suddenly relaxed, and the terrifying force covering the sky completely disappeared.
"Why, do you want to die?"
After the third-level flying sickle blood mantis spirit saw Li Yan's shadow in the sky again, it found that Li Yan had a blank expression on his face and was staring at it coldly.
That vague connection made it know who this person was. It felt something was wrong and spoke quickly.
"Senior, you misunderstood. I just sensed that there was a spiritual consciousness entering here, but I didn't know it was you, Senior!"
At the same time, it was horrified in its heart that the cultivator who had offered sacrifice to it had become so powerful.
It could only feel that Li Yan was very strong, but it did not know his realm. In its opinion, Li Yan might be a cultivator in the late Jindan period. Even so, it was still extremely surprised.
Next, Li Yan unceremoniously re-refined these flying sickle blood mantises. The flying sickle blood mantises ranked low among the monsters, and Li Yan was not interested in signing a blood contract with them.
Although the flying sickle blood mantises also advanced one after another, and one even reached the third level, Li Yan felt that all this was due to the Blood River. If these flying sickle blood mantises were placed in the outside world, it would be good if they could reach the second level.
However, the spirit of a third-level flying sickle blood mantis is still worth using.
In the days that followed, Li Yan focused his attention on the blood river and the red cloud in the sky.
He used the power of the Five Elements that he had learned in the Nascent Soul stage and tried repeatedly to explore the blood river. In the end, he actually discovered something.
That is, there was a faint trace of water-attributed spiritual energy mixed in the blood river, but this trace of water-attributed spiritual energy was not any of the water-attributed spiritual powers that he was familiar with.
Even the mutated ice and snow are not included in this list. This is a kind of water-based aura that Li Yan has never seen before. When Li Yan wanted to try to drive this water aura, he found that he couldn't drive it at all.
It was even impossible to separate a trace of this strange spiritual energy from the blood river.
After some attempts, Li Yan had to give up, but he felt that he had finally figured out some clues. This river of blood might be the product of a special space.
As he gradually mastered the power of the rules of heaven and earth, Li Yan believed that one day he would be able to figure out the purpose of this mysterious blood river.
In the end, Li Yan shifted his attention to the red cloud above the blood river.
The reason why the Lihuo Xuanhuang Fan is considered a very powerful magic weapon during the foundation-building period is mainly due to the role of this red cloud.
However, the flames that this red cloud could form were only a tiny bit, which could not cause much damage to a Jindan cultivator, let alone the enemies that Li Yan would encounter in the future.
However, even though Li Yan had reached the Nascent Soul stage, he was still unable to control the blood river. The red cloud above the blood river was affected by some unknown rules and could only remain that big.
After Li Yan studied it for a while, he could only end it helplessly. He was simply unable to condense more red clouds.
It was not until a year later that Li Yan began to try to practice Jiuding Guishui in order to make his practice of Guishui Sutra more stable. He managed to master this technique but still failed to break through to the first level.
When his consciousness re-entered his Dantian and saw that the Dantian sea seemed to be slightly smaller, his mind was suddenly struck by lightning. He immediately remembered the red cloud above the blood river just like the one in front of him.
"The Jiuding Guishui technique can continuously condense and compress the mana in the Dantian Sea. So can the red clouds also be compressed and condensed using this technique to accommodate more red clouds?"
Then, Li Yan tried to use the Nine Ding Gui Shui technique to condense and compress the red clouds. As a result, the red clouds that had already filled to the maximum range actually began to shrink.
It was just that the initially narrowed range was almost impossible to notice any difference unless one paid special attention. Li Yan knew that this was because he had just started practicing the Nine Ding Gui Shui technique.
So in the next few years, Li Yan kept trying to compress the red cloud, and after a certain period of time, he would enter the "Earth Spot" to test the power of the compressed red cloud.
Finally, Li Yan discovered that with the current operation effect of the Nine Cauldrons of Gui Water, he needed to continuously compress the time for about four years, and the power of the flames emitted would be enough to cause damage to Nascent Soul cultivators.
This made Li Yan quite happy.
Before today's battle, Li Yan actually wanted to kill Qi Jinghong by using the poison, but when he saw the large red cloud pouring out of the opponent's cauldron.
He immediately thought of the Lihuo Xuanhuang Fan, but what made him a little unsure was that due to the last test, the red cloud inside had only been compressed and condensed for more than three years.
However, Li Yan still decisively chose to use the Lihuo Xuanhuang Fan, but the target was changed from directly attacking the opponent's Nascent Soul in Dantian to attacking the head whose defense was relatively weak.
However, the opponent's Pure Yang Fire was indeed powerful. The moment Li Yan was covered by the opponent's red cloud, the protective light shield outside his body was melted in just an instant.
But Li Yan had rich experience in fighting enemies, and he had already learned from Mo Qing that the opponent had cultivated the Pure Yang Fire, so he immediately activated the "Five Elements Return to Hongmeng".
All the magic power in his body was instantly transformed into the purest and most yin Guishui magic power. The two extreme yin and yang collided, coupled with Li Yan's powerful magic power that was not inferior to that of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.
He immediately blocked Qi Jinghong's fatal killing power.
The moment Qi Jinghong's body lost its vitality, Li Yan took away the Lihuo Xuanhuang fan which had lost all its red clouds.
He flashed behind him and used the Guiyi Water-Fenxing Thorn which was still in good condition. Although the magic weapon was damaged, it was enough to make the final move.
After using the "Fu Bo Killing Soul", he indeed nailed his Nascent Soul inside his body with one strike. However, the first level of "Fu Bo Killing Soul" was simply unable to pin Qi Jing's Nascent Soul down for too long.
Of course Li Yan knew all this, and he made another fierce attack, which was to attach the most vicious "Infant Poison!" to the Guiyi Water-Dividing Spear.
The poison was administered at such a close distance, so the "infant poison" was not wasted at all, and all of it was penetrated into the surface of the Nascent Soul's body.
This time, the three souls and seven spirits hidden inside did not have any chance to escape. With Li Yan's magic power, Qi Jinghong's soul was stirred into nothingness with great pain and extreme fear...
The power of the Guishui Xianmen skills began to show in this battle. Although they are mostly used for auxiliary purposes, they can multiply the power of other spells.
The whole fight was quick and swift, and to outsiders it seemed like the two were just attacking and defending, advancing and retreating.
However, everything ended just like that, and no one knew how many methods Li Yan used in this short period of time.
At this time, there were curses, roars and screams everywhere. Although Qi Jinghong's screams were shrill, not many of the Jindan cultivators in the distance noticed this place immediately.
But all the Nascent Soul cultivators on both sides saw this scene. For an instant, the world became terrifyingly silent. The ten Nascent Soul cultivators on both sides were petrified and stunned for a moment.
"This... How is this possible, Qi... Fellow Daoist Qi... Fellow Daoist Qi..."
Hang Lin had the closest relationship with Qi Jinghong. He looked at Qi Jinghong's lifeless eyes and shouted in shock. He hoped that the other party's Nascent Soul could still appear.
However, Qi Jinghong's Nascent Soul did not appear around.
"This... this... Qi Jinghong is just a waste!"
"Idiot, seven breaths, even a pig encountering a wolf can live longer than you!"
Mr. Liu and the demon cultivator on the other side were not so polite. They had just fought with the other side, and one of them died already
"Junior Brother Li, good trick!"
“Amitabha, may you be reborn in the Pure Land. Well done… Well done!!”
Several voices sounded almost at the same time. The demons were shocked and couldn't help but shout and curse, while Mo Qing's eyes flashed with brilliance.
When everyone looked at Li Yan again, their eyes were filled with extreme solemnity. Regardless of Li Yan's cultivation level, what kind of treasure was that blood-red thing he shot out
Qi Jinghong was no ordinary cabbage. He was also a veteran Yuanying. He had killed countless people under his command. He even killed people of the same level during his cross-level training. But he disappeared from this world in just a few breaths...
Li Yan shook his wrist, and the Gui Yi Water-Dividing Spear disappeared. At the same time, the storage ring in Qi Jinghong's hand also fell into his hand. Qi Jinghong's body fell to the ground below.
He quickly looked around, and the next moment his eyes were fixed on Wei Chongran!
Although both sides were shocked for a moment, the fighting action only paused slightly, and the fight became more fierce the next moment.
Wei Chongran was forced to retreat continuously by the two demon generals, but Li Yan also found that Wei Chongran advanced and retreated in moderation and did not lose his order at all.
Li Yan felt that if his master was facing only a mid-level demon general, he would probably continue to counterattack.
Every time Wei Chongran struck out with his pair of heavy hammers, the surrounding void rumbled and shook the earth. Even with the bravery of the demons, they did not dare to take it head-on.