The scaleless thing bit nothing, but the vibrating air covered an area of at least ten feet.
Zhu Tingtao, who had just stood firmly beside Ji Yuan, suddenly felt a fear. At this moment, he also realized that the "little snake" was just a cover. In fact, its real size was more than ten feet. If he had concentrated his magic power to block the mouth of the "little snake" just now, he would probably have been swallowed.
"My friend, don't be fooled by the madness displayed by this evildoer. He was very calm when he was deceiving you just now!"
Zhu Tingtao calmed himself down and responded in a low voice.
"I didn't underestimate the opponent, but I didn't expect that my Dharma Eyes could not detect anything. However, it couldn't escape my Phoenix Fire!"
Standing at Zhu Tingtao's current height, he and Ji Yuan looked down. There were raging fires burning everywhere in the sky and on the ground, and besides that, there were the painful roars of the monster.
Ji Yuan frowned and looked down. Zhu Tingtao's Phoenix True Fire was of course very powerful. He had said that he had benefited a lot from refining the Immortal Binding Rope together with Zhu Tingtao. His comprehension of the way of True Fire had reached a higher level, so the True Fire now carried a faint aura of burning everything.
"Fellow Daoist Zhu, although this monster exudes a rotten aura, it may be much more powerful than you think. Let Ji add fuel to the fire."
As he spoke, Ji Yuan took a slight breath and then exhaled forward. In an instant, the red-gray Samadhi True Fire appeared and merged directly into the sea of fire in the next moment. The Phoenix True Fire, which was originally bright and shining, was quickly stained with a layer of gray, but its power also increased sharply.
"Hoo... This isn't the Phoenix Fire—"
"Boom..."
When the roar sounded below, there was another explosion, and endless filthy demonic energy mixed with black water burst out, blocking the two stubbornly burning true fires. Demonic energy rose from the ground below again, and a demon beast with fur and scales, rotten wings on its back, claws on all four limbs, a long tail like a dragon, a long head with fangs exposed, but exuding a smell of decay appeared in it.
This monster was much larger than the ones that had appeared before, and Ji Yuan and Zhu Tingtao could clearly see that there were disgusting bugs on many parts of the monster's body. Although the demonic energy tore apart the flames, the Samadhi True Fire quickly wrapped around it while burning with the demonic energy, just like pouring fuel oil on water.
"die-"
The monster below suddenly stomped on the ground, crushing the ground with a loud bang and disappeared on the spot. When it appeared again, one of its sharp claws had already hit Ji Yuan and Zhu Tingtao's heads.
The two of them dodged to the side without panic. Ji Yuan looked at the monster below with astonishment in his heart. The bugs on the monster were clearly dragon corpse bugs. So could this monster be the vicious beast? Could it be that the real body of the monster was here
But Ji Yuan felt that it was unlikely. Perhaps, just like Zhu Yan, his true spirit possessed a dragon corpse worm, and then he continued to practice and recover. However, it was obvious that there was something seriously wrong with his body.
Seeing that its attack failed, the monster opened its mouth towards Ji Yuan and Zhu Tingtao, and suddenly endless dragon corpse worms spewed out of it. Each dragon corpse worm was extremely ferocious and flew towards Ji Yuan and Zhu Tingtao.
However, there were Samadhi True Fire and Phoenix True Fire all around. Ji Yuan and Zhu Tingtao were not afraid of this kind of attack at all. They used their escape technique to fly over the true fire, and a large number of dragon corpse worms were reduced to ashes in the true fire.
There were constant sounds of collapse and explosions on the earth and in the air. The flames of the two kinds of true fire illuminated the sky and the fields red. There were roars and sounds of insects exploding everywhere, as well as the roars of strange insects and monsters.
"Dragon Corpse Worm? Mr. Ji, this monster is probably from a very important background!"
Zhu Tingtao, who was dodging along with Ji Yuan, of course also recognized the dragon corpse worm. Ji Yuan nodded as he quickly moved away to avoid it.
"That's right, but this monster is probably inhabited by part of the true spirit of an ancient vicious beast called '犼'. It cannot be explained by an ordinary dragon corpse worm."
While Ji Yuan and the other person were hiding, the monster did not stay where it was either. It kept jumping and flying to avoid the burning of the Samadhi True Fire and the Phoenix True Fire. However, it was still attracted by Ji Yuan's words. It kept attacking the two kinds of true fire with its terrifying demonic aura to resist their approach. At the same time, its pair of black demon eyes stared at Ji Yuan, as if it was looking at him seriously for the first time.
"Do you recognize me? This fire... could it be the Samadhi True Fire? Could it be that you are Ji Yuan?"
Ji Yuan smiled.
"How could I, Ji, have such merit that my name was known by such an ancient and fierce demon beast? I only knew you when I accidentally communicated with a fellow Taoist in the mirror. I never thought that you are now more famous than I thought."
Ji Yuan's words did not contain any curse words, but were full of sarcasm. Being mocked by someone like Ji Yuan who knew his background, even Qiong felt unbearable anger, but the words in his mouth became calm instead.
"Since you have seen him, you must know something. Help me find the Phoenix, and you will be rewarded handsomely! Otherwise, not even Yue Cang can protect you!"
"So that guy's name is Yue Cang?"
A thought flashed through Ji Yuan's mind. This name did not match any of the mythical beasts or ferocious beasts he could think of. However, it was just a flash of thought and his main focus was still on the present.
"Thank you very much for your kindness, Daoist Fellow, but I was born with a very sensitive sense of smell and cannot smell indecent smells. I really cannot accept your kindness!"
Zhu Tingtao didn't believe that Ji Yuan would go along with such a monster in front of him, and when he heard Ji Yuan's words, he burst into laughter.
"Hahahahahahaha... It's more than an indecent smell, it's simply stinky. Even Zhu can't stand it. How can Mr. Ji's sense of smell tolerate it? Hahahahahaha..."
The monster's eyes were bloodshot, and its anger seemed to turn into flames.
“When I ate the dragon, you insects were nowhere to be found. But I will not argue with the juniors. The Phoenix’s fall is inevitable, just like the imprisonment of heaven and earth will be shattered. Rather than wasting the blood of the Phoenix’s true spirit, it is better to use it to help me. The Phoenix can protect Xianxia Island, and so can I. I can also protect Xianxia Island and help it break through the siege of heaven and earth!”
As he spoke, the signs of decay on the monster's body had actually disappeared by more than half, and the whole body looked completely intact. However, the stench of evil spirit could not escape Ji Yuan's sense of smell.
"And you, Ji Yuan. An immortal with your level of cultivation is unparalleled in the world. You are indeed qualified to be my fellow Taoist. Yue Cang is treacherous and cunning, Zhu Yan is tyrannical, Ya Yu is insane, and the evil demon Xiang Liu only hopes that the world will be broken, and he doesn't even care about himself. The rest of the living beings are hard to escape from the shackles and are all ants waiting to die. Only I, Ji, can treat others sincerely! Fellow Taoist Ji, help me get the true blood of the phoenix. How about we break through the world together and truly achieve enlightenment?"
Ji Yuan was slightly shocked. In a sense, what the monster said was extremely sincere. However, it was obvious that Ji Yuan would not help the monster. Even if he had no moral purpose, he would not help the monster because of his relationship with the dragon clan.
"Your words must be sincere from the bottom of your heart, but Ji Yuan has already found his own way, so there is no need for him to achieve enlightenment together with you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Yuan pinched a spell with both hands, and at the same time, several magic coins in his sleeves disappeared directly, and then the spell fell.
At this moment, the surrounding sky and earth changed color, as if in a fairyland. A three-legged alchemy furnace appeared behind Ji Yuan. He gently patted his chest with his right hand, and the lid of the alchemy furnace flew up with a bang.
"Boom..."
The Samadhi True Fire, which was countless times more powerful than before, turned into a sea of fire, sweeping over everything.
The fierceness of the flame, the brightness of the light, and the high temperature frightened the Huo Du, and he even had a ridiculous feeling that he could not resist. As the saying goes, a wise man never suffers a loss in front of him. This Ji Yuan was more difficult to deal with than he had imagined, and Huo Du wanted to retreat. He immediately exploded his evil spirit and turned around to escape.
Just a golden light appeared on the ground in the distance, and golden rope shadows emerged, turning into a huge golden wall blocking the way ahead.
"Since you have chosen the path of death, I will grant your wish, ro—"
The Qilin roared angrily, and countless dragon corpse worms fell off its body. Most of them grew longer immediately after falling off, emitting a terrifying demonic aura, and rushed towards the sea of fire behind and Ji Yuan and Zhu Tingtao, whose figures had long disappeared behind the sea of fire.
When Qiong saw that the sky above his head was also golden, he rushed straight towards the golden wall, determined to break through it.
"Boom..."
The earth continued to shake, and the golden wall made of the immortal rope was also shaken loose, but the monster did not break through completely. Instead, it turned into countless dragon corpse worms and tried to drill out from the gaps.
“Hahahahahaha… You’re such a dead dog, you’re far inferior to Zhu Yan, hahahahahaha…”
A wild laugh came from outside. The Qilin, which had transformed into countless dragon corpse insects, looked in the direction of the sound and saw a monster emitting black smoke standing in the air in the sky outside the golden wall.
"Xiezhi?"
"It's me, sir—"
…
Far away in the horizon, a master from Xianxia Island looked at the sky at the end of his sight in surprise. The sky there was reflected in a red-gray color. Even at such a long distance, he could feel a terrifying flame rising from the spiritual level.
The cultivator held a sound transmission talisman in his hand, which was the one that Zhu Tingtao had sent back to Xianxia Island, but it was obvious that he was holding on to it at the moment.
'This is not the Phoenix Fire...'
The monk's eyes were uncertain, and after a quick thought, he chose to let go of his hand, allowing the sound transmission note to escape into the sky. He had held on to it for so long, and he had done all he should have done. He had already done his best.