The place where the Red Fire Ancestor was originally located has turned into a huge pit that is a thousand feet wide and bottomless.
The spiritual energy in this space was raging violently, and the smoke and dust it stirred up covered the sky. This was a desert area, and it was also a magic weapon self-detonation, but compared to He Manhua's previous magic weapon self-detonation in the forest, this power seemed to be more than ten times greater.
At this time, the old ancestor Chihuo was actually the only living being here. Although he did not die, he was only a step away from death. He looked miserable and hideous, like a ghost.
Because he had not found any trace of Li Yan's consciousness on the magic weapon before, what he had to be on guard against was whether the magic weapon contained a deadly poison, and the spiritual power shield was not fully activated.
If a low-level magic weapon exploded, even a Jindan cultivator would die on the spot if he didn't check it. Although the Red Fire Ancestor reacted very quickly, he was still a little slow.
The red robe on the body of the Red Fire Ancestor had long been ragged, with strands of cloth hanging outside his body, and the exposed skin was burnt.
One right arm was missing, the left half of the cheek was blown off, revealing the white gums, and the left eye was a bloody mess, unable to see.
The skull on his bald head was cracked, and red and white substances were overflowing. Black blood was constantly gushing out of his mouth and nose, and his body was covered with countless wounds, large and small, which were bleeding profusely.
The Red Fire Ancestor stretched out his only remaining left arm and kept tapping the bleeding wound on his body.
In an instant, the wound that was still bleeding stopped immediately. Then he tapped the storage bag continuously, and several bottles of pills flew into the air.
In some cases, his magic power tilted the bottle mouth, and liquids of various colors flowed toward the wound; in others, a few pills floated out of the bottle mouth and were swallowed by him in one gulp.
The injuries on his body were recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye, but his broken arm and left eye could not be healed immediately. At this moment, there was something even more fatal that made the Red Fire Ancestor both shocked and angry...
Li Yan rode on the escape light and tried his best to escape for his life. At this moment, he had no more cultivation left to do. He used his magic power madly and recklessly, not even caring about hiding his body.
He could only run as far away as possible. Although there were occasional cultivators who saw Li Yan from afar along the way, seeing Li Yan's aura surging out from the middle stage of foundation building and his whole body shining brightly, anyone would know that there was a cultivator fighting with this man.
A cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building who was fighting for his life was not someone to be trifled with, so they all stayed away from him.
Li Yan flew as fast as he could while looking around. There was still endless desert all around him and night had already fallen.
He had already converted all the spiritual power in his body into water spiritual power in the five elements circulation, but it was not the method of returning the five elements to primordial chaos, but only the five elements conversion in the Guishui Sutra.
Once the Five Elements Return to Hongmeng is performed, he can increase his magic power exponentially within two breaths, but his meridians will no longer be able to withstand the high-intensity circulation of magic power due to excessive shock. He will not do that unless it is a life-and-death situation.
Therefore, Li Yan adopted the method of the circulation and mutual generation of the five elements. The conversion speed between the spiritual powers of different attributes is slow, and it is also impossible to achieve pure and single spiritual power.
However, Li Yan's purpose was not just to increase the power of his mana output, but to take advantage of the unique characteristics of water spiritual power.
The other attributes of spiritual power will form dazzling light of different colors outside the body when controlling flight. Especially when the flying speed is faster, the light on the body surface tends to be stronger.
It looked very impressive, but in the middle of the night, it was undoubtedly a conspicuous moving target.
Li Yan was like a black ray of light crossing the night. Thinking of the methods he used to deal with the Red Fire Ancestor before, Li Yan still felt scared and painful.
When the Red Fire Patriarch saw through Li Yan's "stealth at night", Li Yan knew that the Red Fire Patriarch would catch up with him soon. If he competed with the Red Fire Patriarch in speed, he would be close to death.
Although Li Yan was careful and reserved a pine inkstone on the road before, he was not sure it would work, and his ambush plan was not perfect and was just a hasty decision.
Li Yan knew that puppets alone could not lure away the Red Fire Ancestor for too long. After some consideration, Li Yan continued to set traps, hoping to delay the Red Fire Ancestor for a while longer.
But after checking the storage bag and the things in the soil spot, and thinking about the magic he could use, Li Yan couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He felt that he had too few means at his disposal.
He has a body of pure spiritual power cultivated from the Guishui Sutra, but apart from his poisonous body, his attacking magic is unremarkable.
In close combat, he did have the help of the Qiongqi Purgatory Technique, but no matter how confident he was, he would not be so arrogant as to think that he could use the Qiongqi Purgatory Technique face to face with the Red Fire Ancestor. After all, he had just entered the foundation-building stage not long ago.
Li Yan's original plan was to control a magic weapon to launch a sneak attack on the Red Fire Ancestor. The easiest thing to control was the giant ape puppet given by Bai Rou, but after weighing it over and over again, Li Yan gave up this idea.
In that case, the ancient ape puppet would probably never come back. The key point is that the effect it could have might not be that great.
Li Yan had not yet had time to refine the other newly acquired magic weapons, so their power was greatly reduced when used.
But then again, even if he refined several magic weapons, even if he used all his strength to launch a sneak attack, it might not be able to have any effect on a Jindan cultivator.
There was another thing that gave Li Yan a headache. He could not stay in place to control the Song Mo Inkstone, so he had to control it from a distance using his spiritual sense.
However, when he used his spiritual consciousness to drive the magic weapon, as long as Old Ancestor Chihuo kept an eye on the movements around him, he would be able to discover the fluctuations of his spiritual consciousness at the first moment, so using the magic weapon to launch a sneak attack would not work.
After much thought, he decided that the only way he could pose a threat to the Jindan cultivators was with the help of his poisonous body.
However, no matter how you use the Fragmented Poison Body, there must be a medium. If you want to leave the poison alone in the air or on the ground, that won't work.
The terrain here is empty and the yellow sand is rolling. The deadly poison left behind will probably dissipate on its own before Old Ancestor Red Fire arrives. It won't take long.
For a moment, Li Yan was at a loss as to what to do, sweat breaking out on his forehead.
When he accidentally looked up during the flight, he suddenly saw the bright moon in the sky. His heart trembled violently, and he thought of the scene when he was competing with Du Sanjiang of the Four Symbols Peak for the qualification to enter the secret realm in the sect.
At that time, he finally used "Bright Moon and Lovesickness", which caused Du Sanjiang to suffer a great loss. This made Li Yan's eyes brighter and brighter, and a plan slowly formed in his mind.
"Bright Moon and Longing" is a poison that takes advantage of the peak of Yin energy during the day to automatically explode and attack, and its toxicity is extremely strong, making it the perfect choice to inflict heavy damage to the enemy. Since Li Yan's last promotion, he has added 18 new poisons to his body, including one that is exactly the opposite of "Bright Moon and Longing".
"Bright Moon and Longing" needs the help of moonlight during the midnight when the yin energy is the strongest in the day.
The newly emerging poison takes advantage of the time of day when the yang energy is at its peak and can be stimulated by the scorching sun at noon.
There was no need for any spiritual control at all. Although the sun and the moon were still shining in the sky at that time, the sun was about to set. Li Yan chose the former without hesitation.
"Ming Yue Longing" has a big drawback, it can only be stimulated by moonlight at midnight when the yin energy is the strongest, which is several hours later.
It is estimated that by that time, Li Yan would have been caught up and killed by the Red Fire Ancestor.
However, Li Yan now has a deeper control over "Ming Yue Xiang Si". To be precise, Li Yan has a stronger control over his body.
He could use a trace of his spiritual consciousness to forcibly activate the poison before midnight, but the power of the "Bright Moon Lovesickness" poison that was activated was greatly reduced because it lacked the support of the rich yin energy at midnight.
However, given the overbearing toxicity of "Ming Yue Xiang Si", it is still possible that it would cause great trouble to the Red Fire Ancestor.
Although he thought of using "Ming Yue Xiang Si", due to the time relationship, he still needed to use his spiritual sense in the end. The problem was back to the starting point again. Once he had spiritual sense, the other party would be alert.
At the same time, if "Ming Yue Xiang Si" is placed in the air without a medium to store it, it will soon disintegrate on its own in the desert.
Li Yan's mind raced as he kept thinking of countermeasures, and soon he had other ideas.
That is to place "Bright Moon and Longing for Love" on a magic weapon. Although it requires spiritual consciousness to activate "Bright Moon and Longing for Love" but compared to driving and controlling a magic weapon, that little spiritual consciousness is almost negligible.
It’s just that this so-called negligible spiritual awareness depends on whether the other party will take it seriously, so whether it can be successful depends on luck.
Moreover, Li Yan planned to activate "Ming Yue Xiang Si" and then use "Ming Yue Xiang Si" to instantly detonate the attached magic weapon. In this way, he could make up for the shortcoming of not being able to fully exert the "Ming Yue Xiang Si" poison because it was not midnight.
It is possible that the combined power of the two could severely damage the Red Fire Ancestor.
All of this may seem reasonable, but it is not easy to put into practice. Detonating a magic weapon is completely different from manipulating it. Detonating a magic weapon requires magic power and spiritual control.
Li Yan racked his brains. A trace of spiritual power could solve the problem, but what about the magic power? Finally, an idea emerged in his mind. He wondered if he could use poison to detonate the magic weapon.
When "Ming Yue Xiang Si" was used to attack Du Sanjiang, this toxin did not invade gently or attach to the surface of the human body to corrode, but instead exploded violently.
After being stimulated by the moonlight, it carried the spiritual energy between heaven and earth and directly hit Du Sanjiang. Du Sanjiang's body protection formation was basically as if it were made of paper.
This form is not much different from a magic attack, but Li Yan has never tried it, and maybe it won't work at all.
After obtaining several magic weapons such as Song Mo Inkstone, although Li Yan did not have time to refine them, he also studied them and knew clearly where the core formations of several magic weapons were.
Knowing where the mana is controlled, the magic weapon will explode instantly. This is actually because Li Yan's consciousness is too weak. If his consciousness is very strong, he doesn't need the assistance of mana and consciousness.
Choosing either of the two could easily activate the core formation of the magic weapon and cause it to self-destruct.
Li Yan made a decision quickly. At this critical moment of life and death, success or failure, he had to give it a try.
Just this price made his heart bleed. He had just obtained the Song Mo Inkstone not long ago, and it was a magic weapon that had reached the top of the first level. In fact, it was one level higher than the folding fan of the Blood Hand Flying Scythe.
However, there are eight flying sickle blood mantis spirits in the folding fan. It is often not easy to refine the spirit of a monster in a magic weapon, not to mention that there is a second-level monster spirit among the eight flying sickle blood mantises. How could Li Yan be willing to use the folding fan to sneak attack the Old Fire Ancestor.
After Li Yan took out the Song Mo inkstone, he released "Bright Moon and Lovesickness" on it as quickly as possible, and then drove it into the ground.
But it cannot be too deep, otherwise the process of blasting to the ground will take too long and miss the opportunity.
After he left a trace of his spiritual consciousness on it, he secretly cursed the eight generations of Ancestor Chihuo's ancestors. If nothing unexpected happened, this trace of spiritual consciousness would be lost.
Although the two strands of spiritual consciousness today are not too many, if you want to cultivate them back, you will have to practice hard for several months to recover.
After setting up an ambush, not everything is going to be OK. In such a vast desert, Li Yan has to put in some effort to find a way for Old Ancestor Chihuo to pass through the trap.
Therefore, when the Red Fire Ancestor discovered that Li Yan was hiding in the yellow sand, Li Yan immediately revealed his figure and led the Red Fire Ancestor behind him to change direction continuously.
The purpose is to make the Red Fire Ancestor constantly adjust his position, and finally pass through the trap he has set, just like hunting in the Daqing Mountains back then.
The probability of this approach succeeding is only half. The Red Fire Ancestor is very fast. When he changes direction, he may have already formed an arc and bypassed the trap set by Li Yan.
But as long as there is a slight possibility, Li Yan will do his best, and he must not let the Red Fire Ancestor notice any clues.
Only by linking each link together can the desired result be achieved. If one link goes wrong, Li Yan can only think of another way.
Li Yan's efforts were not in vain after all, as he successfully led the Red Fire Ancestor to the direction of the trap.
But what Li Yan could not have imagined was that when he was more than 300 feet away from the trap, the Red Fire Ancestor actually used an illusion attack to confuse his mind.