The fierce battle has been going on for an unknown time, and the nearby ground is full of corpses that have faded into darkness after death, as well as the fragmentary parts of the puppets that have been dismantled and scrapped.
The disciples in Dutianwu were exhausted, their true essence was empty, their bodies were sweating like rain, and they were out of breath. Even Elder Liu, who was in the distraction period, felt a little powerless. Even if these dark monsters only have the lowest Jindan stage combat power, they may not be as good as the kind of Jindan who have been consuming drugs all the way, but no matter how weak they are, they are still the Jindan stage combat power.
And not to mention, the darkness attached to them still has a certain resistance to the true essence. They have dealt with hundreds of monsters coming and going, and the people of Forging Skywu, who are not good at fighting, are finally approaching the edge of exhaustion.
It seems that it is impossible to go in.
Elder Liu looked around, and the disciples in Tiantianwu basically lost the ability to fight, but in the darkness, that kind of strange monsters were still being produced all the time.
With the intention of retreat, he raised the ever-bright lantern in his hand again, and tried his best to activate the real fire of the magic weapon.
"let's go!"
Elder Liu shouted.
The disciples in Dutianwu mustered their last remaining strength and rode the flying sword off the ground. And those Jindan stage disciples who were supporting in the periphery urged the magic tricks, and without hesitation, manipulated these expensive puppets and ran towards the sea of fire. Some dark monsters that rushed out of the sea of fire were pushed by the puppets. Go back, and then a series of huge explosions sounded, shaking the entire mountain began to crumble.
The smoke filled the air, but Elder Liu knew that the ancient city was absolutely unscathed.
He seized the time to break up for the disciples of Dutianwu, and took the disciples of the Nascent Soul to ascend into the air.
Boom!
However, at this moment, a bell sounded again in the ancient city, and the bell with a spiritual attack rolled in. The disciples in the Nascent Soul period quickly raised their spiritual sense to resist, and their footsteps slowed down.
After the first bell, all the disciples were dizzy and dizzy, but at this moment, the second bell suddenly followed one after another, followed by a continuous burst of bells, like a wave, impacting the people in Forging Tianwu. The spirit and will, completely delayed their footsteps.
As soon as Elder Liu gritted his teeth, he raised the Everbright Lamp in his hand and threw it outward, and then the lamp body began to show light leaking cracks, which burst open.
The real fire in the lamp spread, forming a fire lotus covering the sky, wrapping everyone in Tiantianwu, temporarily isolating the mental attack, but Elder Liu, who blew the magic weapon, was implicated and spat out a large mouthful of blood. The breath also faded.
"Elder!"
Seeing this, the disciples of Dutianwu exclaimed.
"I'm fine!"
Elder Liu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
"Run, this matter is not something we can handle alone in Tiantianwu. We must bring the information back to the Righteous Qi Dao League."
When the disciples of Dutianwu heard the words, they activated their mana together, and under the protection of the fire lotus, they rose all the way up.
But at this moment, the smoke and dust above the ancient city dissipated, the darkness surged inside, and several black sword lights shot out.
These sword lights swiftly shuttled and crossed, drawing black straight lines in the sky, and the straight lines were intertwined into dense patterns, trapping the fire lotus in Forging Tianwu in place.
"This is... a sword formation?"
Before the people in Dutianwu could react, the whistling sound rang out again. More than a dozen dark monsters with more complex runes on their bodies, driving various black flying swords, rose to the sky and surrounded the people in Dutianwu in the middle. .
Come to think of it, this should be the group of missing foundation-building cultivators.
Judging from the aura they exude, they all possessed the abilities of the Nascent Soul Stage. When they came to the side of the people in Forging Tianwu, they roared and attacked Huo Lian while driving the flying sword.
The disciples of Dutianwu hurriedly fought back, but one side was in full swing, while the other was exhausted. Soon, the disciples of Dutianwu fell into a downturn. The flames burned, but the black flying swords exploded immediately, shredding the fire lotus surrounding them, leaving a gap in the protection of Forge Tianwu.
The buzzing sound of the bell immediately entered, and even a few disciples with low cultivation bases couldn't bear the sound of the bell, and were smashed by the defense of their consciousness and froze in place.
"Zhu..."
With their heads bowed, they murmured in faster and faster bells:
"Destroy the Qing Emperor and create a new dynasty!"
"Sober me up!"
Elder Liu shouted loudly and stretched out his hand to grab these disciples, but the dark monsters around him rushed forward recklessly. He was forced to retreat, and he could only watch the disciples of the Nascent Soul stage being lured by the sound of bells. Fall into the boundless darkness of the ancient city.
The sound of the bell was even more urgent, the fire lotus was completely torn apart, and Elder Liu felt bitter in his heart, not to mention protecting these disciples, even his own consciousness would be forced to a desperate situation.
Just at the critical moment of survival, a huge snow-white sword energy suddenly appeared on the horizon, coming across a distance of hundreds of miles, breaking the sword array bell all the way, and smashing everything that surrounded everyone in Forging Tianwu.
"Elder Liu!"
A handsome middle-aged man dressed in a snow-white robe and carrying a long sword flew over the white clouds.
"Are you all right?"
"Senior Brother Yue!"
Seeing this person, Elder Liu's eyes lit up, and the person who came was the representative of the martial arts of Dutianwu, Yue Qianren, the eldest brother of the sect master Yue Qianlian.
"Why are you here? Did the sect master send you here?"
"Ah, I was looking for materials for Qianlian, and I heard about it on the way back, so I came over to have a look."
Yue Qianren flew in front of everyone in Dutianwu.
"Come on, I'll take you out!"
"Several disciples were captured by the ancient city."
Elder Liu said sadly.
"There's no way now, you go out and talk about it!"
Yue Qianren turned his head, his face changed, and then his face became gloomy.
The two body surface runes are more complex, dark monsters with horns on their heads, controlling magic tools, blocking them in front of everyone, exuding a terrifying atmosphere comparable to the monks of the gods, and behind them, thousands of gold The dark monsters of the Dan period stood densely in the sky, forming a dark cloud, blocking the retreat of the people in Tiantianwu.
"It seems that the owner of this city doesn't want to let us leave just like that."
Yue Qianren grabbed the hilt behind his back and said solemnly:
"Elder Liu, I'm here to open the way for you, no matter what, you must pass the message of this ancient city to Qian Lian's hands!"
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Above the Seven Star Peaks of Qingming Mountain, Bai Qiuran was thinking about the copied shadow stone. Although he had already delivered the original shadow stone and the blank spirit stone to the Xuanfa Academy, he also kept one when he copied it. He used it to figure it out for himself to see if there was any chance to inspire him to break through the foundation building.
Just as he stared at the array models on the photo stone from all angles in a daze, a disciple's voice suddenly came from his ears.
"Master, it's not good!"
Tang Ruowei rode the Kun Lingjian, hurriedly landed from the direction of the main peak of Qingming, and shouted to him.
"What's the matter, all the fuss?"
Bai Qiuran glanced at her lazily and said:
"Your breasts got bigger?"
"I feel like it's a little bigger... not right!"
Tang Ruowei shook her head and shoved a letter into Bai Qiuran's hand.
"See for yourself, this is what the Sect Master and the elders asked me to bring to you."
Bai Qiuran took it and opened the envelope to check the contents.
On the letter paper, in black and white was written the following sentence:
"There is a mysterious ancient city in Qingzhou. All the Nascent Soul Jindan disciples that Dutianwu went to investigate, as well as the [Thousand Refinement Heavenly Blade] Yue Qianren who went to rescue, all mysteriously disappeared. Only Elder Liu Yunchen returned with serious injuries and was in a coma. "