The painting that Ji Yuan spread on the ground was pitch black and did not seem to have any pattern. It simply engulfed all the palaces and city buildings. As for the painting above his head, apart from the night sky, there was only a conspicuous bright moon.
At this point, except for the pagoda that seemed to be still between the two paintings of heaven and earth, everything in the Xiayong Imperial City seemed to have disappeared in an instant.
But Zhu Yan seemed to have no reaction to this. He looked at Ji Yuan, who was still wearing eunuch clothes below, with a look of surprise, as if he was meeting Ji Yuan for the first time.
"you… "
Ji Yuan raised his head and faced Zhu Yan's gaze, and said calmly.
"Ji Mou only knew to draw this moon, and it would be difficult for you to distinguish the night sky picture above from your mind."
A vicious creature like Zhu Yan, even if he looks reckless on the surface, Ji Yuan would not think that he is really a reckless person. It would be difficult for him to fall into the trap set in advance.
Why didn't Zhu Yan notice anything unusual for so long this time, and only reacted when Ji Yuan appeared and filled the blind spot? The root cause was still on that moon.
Ji Yuan's paintings are so realistic that they can be mistaken for real ones. Combined with the method of creation by heaven and earth, although it is magical, Ji Yuan feels that he can deceive others, but not necessarily Zhu Yan. However, when he painted this moon, Ji Yuan gave it a hint of the feeling of a silver toad.
In Zhu Yan's opinion, although Ji Yuan had great Taoism skills, he was, after all, a junior who had never seen the ancient customs and the true colors of the world. But now he realized that perhaps his perception of Ji Yuan was wrong from the beginning.
"You, do you know that silver toad? Ji Yuan, you are not from this era at all! But why are you practicing the current immortal path and reaching this level?"
There was indeed such a thing as the immortal path in ancient times, but the ancient immortals and the immortal path today are completely different in essence. Although there is also the concept of magic power, the ancient creatures were inherently powerful, and the ancient immortal path was also a kind of self-cultivation. It was not about cultivating from a human to becoming an immortal, but cultivating for the sake of becoming an immortal, and there was even some practice similar to that of mythical beasts and ferocious beasts.
The difference is so great that it is like that ferocious beasts and divine beasts can understand the difference in their life levels when they see each other, but Ji Yuan has always given Zhu Yan the feeling of being a modern immortal, and even his immortal aura is the ethereal feeling of a modern immortal, rather than the heavy aura of an ancient immortal.
But tonight, Ji Yuan actually drew an imaginary image of a moon to deceive Zhu Yan. No matter how unbelievable it was, it pointed to the biggest possibility, which was that Ji Yuan himself knew what the moon represented and could use this to set a trap.
Ji Yuan certainly understood the meaning of Zhu Yan's shocked question, but he did not want to explain it in detail to Zhu Yan. What was the current immortal way or the past immortal way? The so-called immortals have always been a beautiful vision in Ji Yuan's mind.
In fact, the so-called immortal way in ancient times is more like innate gods in Ji Yuan's view.
"I don't want to say anything extra. Since you didn't escape, I don't have to waste any more effort!"
Ji Yuan knew that Zhu Yan certainly had not been able to exert his full strength last time, but he himself was not without a backup plan.
"Wait, Ji Yuan! The conflict between you and me is a complete misunderstanding. Since you are also from the ancient times, we can cooperate. I don't need to tell you about the secrets of heaven and earth. I think you know something about it. Your immortal path in this world has reached the pinnacle. You can give Zuo Wuji to me. In the future, you and I will form an alliance, and we will be able to win against all changes!"
Zhu Yan spoke very quickly, and seeing that Ji Yuan didn't say anything, he added quickly.
"Ji Yuan, do you think that you can burn me to death with Samadhi Fire by sealing the world? Do you think that the golden rope can still tie me up this time? Do you think your immortal sword can really kill me? There is no benefit in a fight between you and me! I, Zhu Yan, control part of the Way of Heaven and hold a glimmer of hope in the great changes of heaven and earth. I am far stronger than the other mediocre people who have awakened. Isn't it most important to cooperate with me and seek the origin of the Way of Heaven and the fundamental of transcendence?"
Seeing that Ji Yuan remained unmoved, and even kept looking at Zhu Yan with indifferent eyes, as if there was a silent mockery, Zhu Yan's face became ferocious.
Zhu Yan glanced around, he knew that as he spoke, both the paintings of heaven and earth were constantly expanding, but so what? As long as the golden rope failed to tie him up unexpectedly, he was confident that he could break free by force or cleverness.
"You don't know what's good for you. To show my sincerity, I'll talk to you properly when I defeat you and hold your life in my hands!"
Before he finished speaking, Zhu Yan's body had already expanded rapidly, and the six-story pagoda beside him suddenly became as small as a toy. The demonic aura rose like flames, entwining a ferocious ape covered with white hair.
"Hoo—Ji Yuan, can't you tell the seriousness of the situation?"
The giant ape's voice was like thunder, shaking the heaven and earth, and Ji Yuan on the ground finally spoke.
"I don't care whether what you said is important or not. I only know that it is very important to me that you cannot live!"
Along with Ji Yuan's words, words that sparkled with spiritual light kept appearing between heaven and earth, distributed in all four corners of the world. The moonlight containing abundant moonlight and the starlight in the shining stars all turned into sharp sword intent, and a Qingteng sword with amazing sword intent also appeared in the night sky, its brilliance overshadowing the stars and the moon. It was the Immortal Sword Qingying.
"I want you to experience this sword formation that is not yet perfected."
"Hahahaha... You dare to show off your formation before it's even perfected? I'm going to destroy it first!"
Zhu Yan laughed loudly and held up the phantoms of two mountains in his hands, one red and one green. He suddenly threw them towards the direction of the silver moon in the sky, which looked most like the center of the closed formation.
However, the two mountains were thrown out, but they kept moving away rapidly and becoming smaller and smaller, as if the distance in the sky really had no end, and there was no way Zhu Yan could have any reaction as he imagined.
"This formation is enough to kill you!"
Ji Yuan pointed his sword at the huge Zhu Yan, and the spirits of the characters in the four directions shone brightly. Infinite sword intent was like starlight falling like rain. All the stars and the entire sky seemed shrouded in clouds and mist like a mirage because of the sword energy. In this situation, the Qingteng Sword gathered the power of the sky and turned into a dazzling stream of light that fell down.
The sword light came extremely fast, and even though Zhu Yan reacted quickly, he was still cut across his shoulder and back by the sword light. In the same instant, his skin was torn apart, and a piercing sharpness corroded his body.
Shua—
The sword light flashed by again. It was clear that the immortal sword had just sunk into the ground a moment ago, but at this moment it slashed horizontally from a distance, leaving an unhealable gash on Zhu Yan's waist.
Swish, swish, swish…
Wounds kept appearing on Zhu Yan's body. These were not simple wounds caused by sword light or sword energy. Each wound was caused by a piercing or cut by the immortal sword.
“Bang bang bang bang…” “Boom… Boom…”
Zhu Yan continuously beat himself all over his body. Every time he beat, it was like thunder exploding in the sky. Various auras kept flashing on his body, making his ape skin and ape hair gather together into a terrifying gelatinous evil aura. One could even faintly see the golden outline of his bones.
But even so, he could not touch the immortal sword at all, let alone block its sharpness. Every time he felt the existence of the immortal sword, he would inevitably suffer a wound. A feeling of pain as if his whole body was being cut apart was constantly rising, and he felt the sharp energy constantly locking onto himself.
The Green Ivy Sword seemed to ignore all changes in direction. The sword light flashed and disappeared instantly. When it reappeared, another sword light fell on Zhu Yan. The word spirits in all directions kept moving and changing, and the Green Ivy Sword also kept flashing and showing up, as if it was constantly folding the space distance.
"Ji Yuan, you can't kill me with these little tricks—Yue Sui—"
Zhu Yan laughed in anger, and mountain-shaped phantoms appeared behind him. They quickly turned into reality and were smashed into pieces by Zhu Yan's fists or palms in the next moment.
“Boom…” “Boom…”
Countless huge rocks filled with demonic aura like burning flames shot in all directions. The smaller ones exploded directly in the middle of the journey, while the larger ones crashed into the sword energy and sword intent from all directions and even the pitch-black earth, and even crashed into the four poles and the sky, making a terrible noise like a thunderbolt from heaven.
As soon as one mountain was shattered, another one immediately appeared. Broken boulders were constantly swept or thrown by Zhu Yan's fists and palms, just like huge meteorites bombarding the sky and the earth.
Ji Yuan and the pagoda seemed to be standing outside this world. Even the crack of heaven and earth could not shake them. However, Zhu Yan's exaggerated attack made the "heaven and earth" shake. He knew that the Ji Yuan who appeared outside was fake, and the real Ji Yuan must be among them, either breaking the formation or getting rid of the person who set up the formation.
Ji Yuan's magic power continued to pour out like a river bursting its banks. At the same time, dense magic coins continued to appear in front of Ji Yuan, and turned into ashes and dissipated in the next moment. All the magic power supported the heaven and earth, and also supported Ji Yuan in making hand gestures and changing formations.
Ji Yuan no longer lacks mana, but in an instant he used up most of the mana money he had accumulated over the years, as if there were several Ji Yuans casting spells together.
The word spirits in the four poles and the sky were all filled with terrifying sword intent, and the increasingly strong sword intent between heaven and earth was still constantly converging towards the word spirits. There were only more than a hundred small characters on the sword intent post, but at this moment, the word spirits in the sky and earth were like endless sword energy, simply endless, and the most common words among them were "sword", "kill", "behead", "punish" and so on.
As Ji Yuan's sword techniques became more and more intense, the sword intent and sword energy also condensed to the point of transforming into stars and the moon. At this moment, all the word spirits seemed to have transformed into green vine swords between reality and illusion, and they slowly turned one after another, pointing the sword tips towards Zhu Yan in the center of the formation.
At this moment, before the sword reached his body, Zhu Yan seemed to have already felt the sensation of being pierced by thousands of swords. The extreme pain and tearing feeling were almost tangible, as if he had experienced in advance his own fate in a few breaths.
At the same moment, the huge Zhu Yan smashed dozens of mountains crazily, turning everything he saw into a purgatory, and he himself disappeared in the air with a "bang..."
Endless flesh and blood, countless hairs flew out and turned into countless Zhu Yans running in all directions. Each of them had a ferocious face and a demonic aura. Some of them held mountains in their hands to face the sword lights from all directions, some flew into the sky and hid underground, and a considerable number rushed to a corner of the earth, where the aura of Ji Yuan's spell was finally discovered by Zhu Yan.
As the sky collapsed and the earth split, the space between heaven and earth was enveloped by a brilliant sword light...