Then, in Hu Changqi's sight, a shadow appeared in front of the headless corpse, and two hands stretched out instantly.
One hand reached directly for the storage ring on his hand, and the other hand, like a sharp blade, pierced through the dantian of the oncoming headless corpse.
The man's movements were so smooth and everything seemed so natural as if he had practiced it thousands of times.
In his sight, there was a bald old man in a gray shirt, holding a Yuanying in his hand. The Yuanying's face was still confused, but its eyes had lost the luster of life.
Because everything changed so quickly, Yuanying's consciousness was still stuck in his previous thoughts when he died.
Then, Hu Changqi fell into darkness...
Li Yan looked at the Nascent Soul in his hand that had been pierced through the forehead by the "Demon Sealing Nail" in an instant. The magic power in his hand surged, and "bang!" The Nascent Soul, which looked exactly like Hu Changqi, disappeared without any pain.
Then, Li Yan's figure disappeared again in an instant.
In the distance, the masked man in red robe was still standing there, and the figure behind him seemed to overlap for a moment in the next moment, but it was as if nothing had happened.
If someone saw this scene from afar, they would not believe that the gray-shirted old man behind the masked red-robed guest had actually left just now, killed a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator in a casual manner, and then returned.
Today, after experiencing the catastrophe of life and death, Li Yan has a deeper understanding of the laws of heaven and earth, and has become much more fluent in borrowing the mysterious powers between heaven and earth.
He no longer felt the alienation and unfamiliarity he had felt when he first entered the late Nascent Soul stage and was unable to manipulate the laws of heaven and earth. Now, when dealing with Nascent Soul cultivators, he could almost effortlessly use the power of heaven and earth.
At this stage, the powerful magic power of the late Five Immortal Sect also showed its ferocious fangs. Before, with just a wave of his hand, he could disrupt the magic power of the cultivators of the same level.
The moment the masked man in red robe attacked him, at such a close distance, "Feng Chongtian" turned at a small angle and rushed in front of the opponent.
Even though the other party was a late-stage great cultivator, he only sensed something was wrong. The two sides were too close. After the eighth drop of essence and blood was refined, "Feng Chongtian" had reached a strange and unpredictable level.
Especially within a radius of 100 feet, Li Yan was almost everywhere, and almost no one below the level of Spirit Transformation could escape his sneak attack. When he arrived in front of the opponent, the masked red-robed man's consciousness still remained in the previous position.
Just as he was beginning to feel a chill in his heart, Li Yan used the "Five Elements Chaos Cloak" and immediately destroyed the power of the Five Elements around him, making it chaotic.
This caused his magic to become extremely unstable over a short period of time, and he was temporarily unable to draw on the help of external forces. To be more precise, he was unable to stably draw on the power of the Five Elements.
When Xue Longzi used this technique to deal with a cultivator at the Divine Transformation stage, he was unable to break it, let alone Li Yan, a cultivator of the same level. After being cleansed by the "Immortality Liquid", his cultivation level has been further improved.
When this technique was used on people of the same level, the backlash to Li Yan's sea of consciousness was not so strong.
Just when the masked red-robed man's magic power was unable to replenish in time, the "Demon Sealing Nail" instantly broke into his body and nailed the opponent to the spot.
The next moment, Li Yan appeared hundreds of miles away, performing the "Shaking the Universe" technique, which was almost equivalent to the Nascent Soul's instant teleportation technique. Thousands of miles were just a thought away, let alone a distance of only a few hundred miles.
Hu Changqi didn't have time to react at all before Li Yan, who took a step out of the void, cut his neck with a palm. The difference in strength between the two was too great.
In addition, Li Yan's attack was almost a sneak attack, and the opponent's protective light shield was like paper, which was shattered in an instant. At the same time, Li Yan's "Demon Sealing Nail" had already pierced the opponent's body.
To deal with a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, as long as the opponent does not use extremely powerful defensive magic weapons, it is simply a pipe dream to rely solely on the body to defend against the attacks of Li Yan, who is like a humanoid and extremely ferocious beast.
However, when Li Yan took out the opponent's Nascent Soul, Li Yan himself did not expect that the opponent was so vulnerable, and he used too many "Demon Sealing Nails".
Before Hu Changqi's Nascent Soul could even think of escaping, his head was pierced and he died instantly. The so-called Nascent Soul cultivator teleported to save his life, but Li Yan didn't even give him a chance.
Li Yan, like a ghost, stood behind the masked man in red robe again, as if he had never left.
He was getting more and more adept at using "Shaking the Universe" and "Five Elements Cloak", and he combined them with the various sneak attacks that he was extremely familiar with.
Li Yan felt that the magic techniques of Guishui Xianmen were simply the best killing weapons in the world.
The moment he appeared, a ray of light shot out from one of his hands and rolled towards the storage ring on the other person's finger. The other hand pressed on the other person's crown and immediately began to search his soul.
He didn't have much time, and Shangguan Tianque must be having a hard time resisting, so he killed one person immediately and left a late-stage great monk to search his soul in order to obtain more information.
But in the next moment, Li Yan's eyes suddenly gleamed with brilliance, and his figure blurred, leaving only a residual image still raising his hand to search the soul...
"boom!"
A cloud of blood mist emerged from where Li Yan had stood before. Hundreds of miles away, Li Yan had a depressed look on his face.
"Someone has set up a restriction in his sea of consciousness that does not allow soul searching. Once the restriction is touched, he will immediately self-destruct. Even I cannot detect this restriction. I will only feel it when I touch it..."
Li Yan didn't expect that as soon as he used the soul-searching technique, the other party's sea of consciousness immediately became turbulent. A sense of fear that made him feel cold suddenly appeared in his heart, causing every hair on his body to stand up.
He didn't even think about it, and instinctively retreated and fled away.
In his spiritual consciousness, an extremely powerful shock wave was generated at that location and instantly spread to a distance of four hundred miles away. Although Li Yan had already stood at the edge of the shock wave, the gray robe on his body was still rustling in the wind.
His sparse gray hair was constantly being torn and fluttering everywhere, and the masked man in the red robe had no trace left, completely disappearing from this world.
"How vicious! Even the Nascent Soul was completely destroyed in the self-explosion. This is a late-stage great cultivator. To be able to set up a restriction in his sea of consciousness, doesn't it mean that the person behind him is very powerful..."
Li Yan was moved when he thought of this.
He then recalled that Shangguan Tianque recognized the person who attacked them as Liu Huaigu from the Qingyang Temple. However, the strongest cultivator in the Qingyang Temple was only in the late Nascent Soul stage. This didn't make sense!
For a moment, Li Yan felt that things were becoming a little complicated, but at this moment, he no longer had any more time to think.
There are fierce battles going on in several places now, and no one has noticed this place in time. He must hurry up.
Before the other party noticed anything unusual, he had to attack again quickly. Shangguan Tianque was fighting against the two of them and was desperately fighting and retreating in one direction.
At this time, Shangguan Tianque was already injured. If he could not get rid of the other two, there was a great possibility that he would die.
However, at least Liu Huaigu and the other two have not been able to force Shangguan Tianque to the point where his Nascent Soul leaves his body. Shangguan Tianque is still struggling to hold on, and he basically knows Li Yan's true strength.
Although there are two people chasing Li Yan, only one of them is in the late Nascent Soul stage. So he must delay these two to create opportunities for Li Yan and see if he can change the situation of the battle.
But at the same time, he didn't just drag it out. If something went wrong with Li Yan, his entire bet would be off, and the outcome might be doomed. "Liu Huaigu, you want to start a sect war, right?"
Shangguan Tianque, who was fighting and fleeing, had a gloomy face. In order to kill him, Liu Huaigu actually found two late-stage great monks from somewhere.
He didn't know the strength of the other masked red-robed man who was tracking Li Yan, but he couldn't even see through the origin of the man who teamed up with Liu Huaigu, and it seemed that his fighting power was even stronger than Liu Huaigu.
The strength between himself and Liu Huaigu was basically the same, so as soon as the two of them joined forces, Shangguan Tianque almost used up all his skills.
In just a short period of time, more than 60% of his magic power was consumed, and a big hole was pierced in the thigh of his right leg, leaving a bloody mess.
The magic weapon-grade clothes on his back were also torn into pieces, revealing the eerie white bones on his back. One could even see the internal organs wriggling in front through the gaps between the bones. He looked extremely miserable.
"Hehehe... Fellow Daoist, you must have recognized the wrong person. Which sect does Liu Huaigu belong to? And do you still have a chance to start a sect war?"
After hearing this, Liu Huaigu, who had transformed into the appearance of a skinny young man, let out a series of strange laughs.
Even though he was recognized by the other party, he still refused to admit it. Who knows if there might be any people or monsters hiding nearby.
"Kill him quickly. This is already the Blood Lantern Sect's sphere of influence. Other monks may appear at any time!"
When the masked man in red robe saw Liu Huaigu's joking look, he immediately sent a message to remind him that the purpose of his trip was to complete the task quickly and kill the target, and he was not like Liu Huaigu who was venting his anger.
He had just scanned several other directions with his spiritual sense, and his companion had already caught up with the gray-shirted old man, but the other two mid-Nascent Soul cultivators had not yet caught up with the "two" handsome young men who had escaped.
"chatter!"
With a strange hissing sound, Shangguan Tianque, who was flying, suddenly raised the silver spear in his hand to the left, causing a violent shock.
"Zheng!"
There was another sound of metal clashing, and a red object was stabbed by his gun, and a phantom appeared from the void.
Shangguan Tianque used all his magic power to push the red thing out with the great force generated by the spear. It turned into a long red shadow in the air and did not stop until it slid more than three hundred feet away.
"chatter!"
There was another strange hissing sound. It was a striped monster with a translucent red body, a body like a giant snake, but a brain like a spider.
"Blood Jade Snake Spider!"
Shangguan Tianque was startled. The monster's attacks were as fast as the wind and extremely difficult to deal with.
The monster's eight giant legs supported its huge body, and its pair of blood-red eyes were staring at Shangguan Tianque viciously.
And in the middle of its head, there is a single horn like red jade, the horn is like a bloody fang, and the curved hook is flashing with bloody light.
The bloody hole on Shangguan Tianque's thigh was pierced by the monster before. If Shangguan Tianque had not reacted quickly, one of his legs would have been ripped off by the monster.
Shangguan Tianque had used 70% of his strength in the shot just now, hitting the monster's horn that suddenly attacked it, but it was still able to withstand it.
The most difficult thing about the "Blood Jade Snake Spider" is its speed. Within a hundred feet, Shangguan Tianque's spiritual sense could only barely keep up. With the addition of two cultivators surrounding it, its power was even more extraordinary.
Fortunately, the cultivation level of this monster is lower than Shangguan Tianque, and the masked red-robed monk who controls it should be a powerful spirit beast master.
Most of his combat power also lies in this "Blood Jade Snake Spider". Otherwise, if the two people and the monster join forces, Shangguan Tianque feels that he may not be able to hold out for even thirty breaths.
Not far behind him, the red whip in the hand of the masked man in red robe had disappeared, and his movements of pinching the magic formula also paused slightly as the "Blood Jade Snake Spider" retreated.
This "Blood Jade Snake Spider" usually transforms into a long red whip for him to use. When he drives it, it will reveal its true form when it gets close to the opponent and catch the opponent off guard, giving the opponent a fatal blow.
The beast taming technique he practiced was different from that of other beast masters. His technique would integrate part of his spiritual consciousness into the monster.
In a fight, it does not just rely on the instincts and innate magical powers of the "Blood Jade Snake Spider", but it will observe the opponent's situation from the perspective of a "bystander" and control the "Blood Jade Snake Spider" at the right time to launch unexpected attacks.
At that time, the "Blood Jade Snake Spider" will give up its innate attack and be completely controlled by him. The angle and strength will all depend on his thoughts.
And when he removes the control and uses his own magic to defend against the enemy, the attack of this "Blood Jade Snake Spider" will decide on its own what means of attack to use. In this way, the power of this monster is stronger and its movements are more flexible.
In his spirit beast bag, there are many such monsters, but he has to consider not revealing his identity and true intentions, so he can only use a few;
Secondly, Shangguan Tianque is very powerful, and there are not many monsters in his hands that can deal with him.
With these two conditions combined, the means he can use are much less, which also limits his combat power a lot.
However, even so, he felt that he could still defeat Shangguan Tianque, not to mention that with Liu Huaigu's help, Shangguan Tianque could not hold on for too long.
Just as Shangguan Tianque shot back the "Blood Jade Snake Spider" that was attacking him by surprise, he heard a sharp "Squeak!" sound almost at the same time.
Shangguan Tianque showed a look of pain on his face, but he was also a man who had been through many battles. With a roar in his dantian, he had already raised his magic power again and suppressed the severe pain and discomfort in his sea of consciousness.
As his body suddenly turned sideways, a yellow light flew past his side. He knew it was Liu Huaigu's flying locust stone magic weapon, called "Da Xian Shi".
This treasure is extremely powerful. Its sound waves will affect other people's sea of consciousness. Even if it does not hit, the sea of consciousness of living beings within a five-meter radius where it passes will be affected to a certain extent, causing the sea of consciousness to become unstable.
This would cause the enemy's consciousness to be delayed for a short time, which could mean the difference between life and death in an instant in a fight of their level, and could be fatal enough.
Once hit by it, even a great cultivator like Shangguan Tianque would immediately fall down.
If it had been any other time, Shangguan Tianque would have been on full alert and would not have let the enemy get close to him.
However, under the attack of two people and one monster, especially the spirit beast master, he seemed unusually calm at a distance, and every time he made a move it was the critical moment for his escape.
Liu Huaigu was also extremely experienced and had perfect timing, otherwise Shangguan Tianque's back would not have been beaten like that.
Although Shangguan Tianque still felt unfamiliar with the cooperation between the two, they were too experienced. After just a few encirclements, their tacit understanding increased rapidly, which forced Shangguan Tianque into a desperate situation.