Chapter 687: Phantoms are heavy, and the fire dragon is dead!
A weird atmosphere filled the scene.
The spiritual consciousness of Zhou Yang and the other three people repeatedly scanned the remains, and the spiritual light attached to the pupil magic in their eyes kept flickering. They also stared closely at the remains, not letting go of any place that might contain a flaw.
But no matter whether they were scanning with their spiritual consciousness or observing with pupil techniques, the three of them did not find any abnormalities on the remains.
But this time, neither Zhao Yuanpu nor [Fire Dragon Master] questioned Zhou Yang's guess.
They all knew in their hearts that Zhou Yang's speculation was reasonable and well-founded and was by no means alarmist.
In fact, now that they have come to their senses, they can easily understand what Zhou Yang is worried about.
They are all seniors who have been practicing Buddhism for more than two thousand years. They have witnessed all kinds of extraordinary and strange events in their lives. They will not think that something is impossible just because it is inconsistent with common sense.
"If there really is something here, it can hide from our spiritual consciousness and magical power. Either it is proficient in the way of transformation and transforms into something here that we cannot distinguish, or it is invisible!"
"Zhao is more inclined to think that it has transformed into something, or it is the strange purple flower, or it is the remains of the ancestor of our sect. These two things are definitely must-have items for us, and it is better to use this opportunity to make a sneak attack.
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"Sun, however, does not agree with Fellow Daoist Zhao's speculation. If it is really proficient in the art of transformation, and can make us unable to detect the slightest flaw, and transform into something inconspicuous, wouldn't it be better for us to ignore it and make a sneak attack?"
The three people's consciousnesses converged, and they each exchanged their own opinions.
When they hold different opinions on this matter, it is difficult to convince others to trust their own judgment, unless someone can confirm and find out the existence that may be hidden.
"Actually, it's not difficult to prove the speculations of the two fellow Taoists. We can just let the puppets or spiritual pets collect the things. In this way, even if something happens, it won't hurt us at all!"
Zhou Yang said, but he looked at Zhao Yuanpu and asked: "Did Fellow Taoist Zhao come by himself, or did Zhou help Fellow Daoist collect the remains of the founder of your sect?"
When Zhao Yuanpu heard this, he narrowed his eyes and replied calmly: "It would be better for Zhao to take back the remains of our ancestor."
After speaking, he pondered for a moment, then waved his hand, took out an earthy-yellow magic talisman from the storage ring, and activated it, condensing an earth spirit puppet with a height of more than ten feet out of thin air, and then separated a ray of divine consciousness to possess the puppet.
body, and controlled it to walk towards the remains on the ground.
This kind of puppet shaped by magic is of course not as flexible and easy to use as the puppet magic weapon, and it cannot be used repeatedly, but it is cheaper to make.
At this moment, the earth spirit puppet, under the control of Zhao Yuanpu, walked to the remains on the ground. Without any unnecessary testing, it directly reached out and picked up the remains on the ground, placed it in the palm of its hand, and put its rough granite-like fingers on the remains to inspect them.
to determine the authenticity of the remains.
"The remains are real!"
A dull voice came from the mouth of the earth spirit puppet. Its fingers, which were as thick as a human arm, used a dexterity that was completely inconsistent with its size to take off the storage ring worn on the finger of the remains and pointed directly towards Zhao Yuanpu himself.
Throw it away.
"etc!"
Zhou Yang suddenly shouted low, looked at Zhao Yuanpu with puzzled eyes and asked: "Fellow Daoist Zhao, don't you find it strange? Even if for some reason, no one collected the relics of the founder of your noble sect, he fought fiercely with others during his lifetime.
Where have all the magic weapons he used gone? It's impossible for his natal magic weapon to always be kept in the storage ring, right?"
His questions are as difficult to answer as why the murderer didn't take away Chu Zhennan's belongings.
Zhao Yuanpu could not answer his questions, so he could only smile bitterly and said: "Zhao understands what Zhou Daoyou means, but this storage ring cannot be faked. Let Zhao take a look at the contents first. If we can find Zhennan from it,
The information collected by our ancestor during his lifetime may be able to solve our doubts."
"Zhou thinks... forget it, maybe Fellow Daoist Zhao is right, then let Fellow Daoist Zhao make his own decision!"
Zhou Yang looked like he was hesitating to speak. After a pause, he sighed slightly and gave no further advice.
Zhao Yuanpu was not an idiot. After he reminded him many times, he showed a look of eagerness to check the storage ring, obviously because there might be something he cared about very much in it.
In this case, the more he persuades, the more likely it is to arouse the other party's resentment and deepen the conflict between the two parties.
And now that the situation is unclear, they obviously need to unite more to cope with unexpected events.
From this point of view, [Master Huolong] is much smarter than him. From the beginning to the end, he never gave any advice or questioned Zhao Yuanpu on this matter.
Seeing Zhou Yang no longer obstructing him, Zhao Yuanpu felt relieved. He immediately smiled at him and used his consciousness to check the situation inside the storage ring.
The mutation occurred at this time!
The storage ring was inspected several times by Zhao Yuanpu, and he kept saying that it could not be fake. When he used his consciousness to check the contents inside, as if some elemental condition had been triggered, a strange red mist suddenly erupted towards his head.
Drill in.
But he seemed to be frightened and allowed the red mist to penetrate into his body without any hindrance.
"Fellow Daoist Zhao!"
"Fellow Daoist Zhao, be careful!"
When Zhou Yang and [Master Fire Dragon] saw this scene, their scalps were numb with shock, and they couldn't help but scream in surprise.
While exclaiming, the two of them also had different reactions.
Zhou Yang directly used the [Qianyang Golden Pagoda] to suppress the corpse, preparing to put it into the pagoda to suppress it regardless of everything.
As for [Fire Dragon Master], he hurriedly moved closer to him, and regardless of the loss, he spat out a mouthful of Yuanying's natal essence and landed it on the protective treasure [Fire Dragon Cover], maximizing the power of this rare treasure.
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It's just that things changed once again beyond their expectations.
Zhou Yang easily put the corpse into the golden pagoda without any resistance as expected.
[Fire Dragon Master] was halfway towards him when he was directly enveloped by a large amount of strange red mist pouring out of the rubble on the ground, and let out a shrill scream of "Ah".
He didn't even know what his enemies were, but two people were plotted against him one after another. Even though Zhou Yang was as bold as a fight, he couldn't help but feel cold in his heart and his face was full of horror.
At this time, he really no longer cared about any hidden clumsiness. While shouting, he used the "golden light of subduing demons" magical power to activate the defensive magical power on the [Evil-proof Clothes]. At the same time, he recalled the golden pagoda hanging above his head, and lowered the golden aura to protect him.
They were all protecting him, and in his right hand, he had already grasped a vermilion feather fan without knowing it.
About the time he finished all this, that weird red mist finally came to him.
When this strange red mist appeared next to him, Zhou Yang's spiritual consciousness, which had been on alert, did not notice any abnormalities at all. It was not until the red mist appeared that he sensed an abnormal mana fluctuation.
But he still couldn't find the sneak attacker!
At this time, he didn't know that the sneak attacker actually mastered extremely advanced invisibility powers and had been observing the three of them in the dark.
However, in this state of invisibility, even a late-stage Nascent Soul monk like Zhao Yuanpu cannot detect anything even if he is prepared, which is too shocking!
While Zhou Yang was thinking about this, the strange red mist had already approached him.
Just like [Fire Dragon Master], the protective golden light hanging from the golden pagoda outside his body did not have much hindering effect on the strange red mist, and was easily penetrated by it.
However, when the red mist touched the protective golden light formed by the [Evil-proof Clothes], it obviously encountered great resistance. Most of it was wiped out by the golden spell on the golden light, and in the end, only a little was extremely thin.
The red mist broke through the layers of protection and penetrated into Zhou Yang's body.
As soon as this red mist entered the body, it went straight to the Nascent Soul in Zhou Yang's body, with a very clear purpose.
The scary thing is that Zhou Yang had no resistance at all and could only watch it fall on his Nascent Soul.
As soon as the Nascent Soul was contaminated by the red mist, a pain that burned the soul arose from Zhou Yang's Nascent Soul. Zhou Yang could clearly sense that his Nascent Soul essence was being corroded and destroyed by the strange red mist. This was going to be bad.
The foundation of his practice!
"Ah, go to hell!"
Zhou Yang screamed and roared, and Yuanying's body instantly burned with golden flames, trying his best to refine the red mist that invaded the body.
For some unknown reason, the red mist that had previously been difficult to eliminate seemed to have lost its power after penetrating into Zhou Yang's Yuan Ying. After Yuan Ta's burst of [Qian Yang True Fire] resisted for a while, it was completely refined by him.
Cleaned up.
Even so, Zhou Yang's Nascent Soul lost a lot of vitality after being disturbed by the red mist, and its cultivation level regressed by at least several years.
This method of harming people's cultivation is the most vicious and disgusting in the world of immortality.
Zhou Yang had lost several years of cultivation for nothing, and the rage in his heart was beyond words.
He yelled with anger on his face, waved his sleeves and sacrificed a sixth-level magic weapon [Xuanguang Shadow Mirror] that had never been used in a fight.
[Xuanguang Shadow Mirror] is a magical instrument, because it contains many precious sermon images left by [Donglai Zhenren], Zhou Yang has always used it as a player.
But it actually possesses a special magical power, "Shading Mysterious Light", which can break through all kinds of invisibility magical powers, the magical powers of transformation of demon kings, and some hidden formation restrictions.
The enemies Zhou Yang encountered in the past did not require him to use this magical weapon. In addition, he was also afraid that the magical weapon would be damaged, so he never used this magical weapon in a fight.
But now facing a powerful enemy hiding in the dark, Zhou Yang no longer cares about this much.
"The shadow of mysterious light makes all things appear!"
The precious mirror hung in the air, and white light emerged, spreading out like ripples, and quickly illuminated the entire rocky area with a radius of a hundred feet.
Under the illumination of this "shadowing mysterious light", an extremely dim red figure suddenly appeared from behind Zhou Yang twenty or thirty feet away.
"Ah! It's the fire charm!"
It was not only Zhou Yang who saw the red figure, but also Zhao Yuanpu who had escaped from the strange red mist at some point.
At this time, Zhao Yuanpu's face was pale and without a trace of blood, his aura was weak and weak, and he obviously looked seriously injured.
And he seemed to recognize the origin of the red figure at a glance, and directly stated its origin with a panicked look on his face.
Fire charm?
When Zhou Yang heard Zhao Yuanpu's words, he was slightly startled at first, as if he had never heard of this kind of existence.
But when he carefully recalled the title in his mind, his expression suddenly changed.
The so-called "charm" is actually a special monster formed by the soul of a monk mutating under special circumstances due to unexpected circumstances after his death.
It is somewhat similar to a ghost, but it is not like a ghost that can only absorb the evil spirit to practice and survive. It is also not as obviously afraid of the weaknesses of fire and thunder as a ghost, and can even control these powers in turn.
Fire charm is a charm that can control the power of fire.
Any kind of "charm" is naturally proficient in the art of illusion and invisibility. Their attainments in these two areas are rarely matched by other creatures.
Because it is a special monster formed by the soul of a monk under unexpected circumstances, although "Charm" does not retain most of its memories and wisdom like the [Zombie Mandrill] Zhou Yang once encountered, it is also naturally cunning, insidious and vicious.
He likes to kill immortal cultivators and devour their souls to enhance his own spiritual cultivation.
Legend has it that as long as "Charm" can continue to swallow the souls of immortal cultivators, it will be able to survive forever and will not be restricted by longevity.
Moreover, "Charm" can transform into the appearance of a monk by swallowing the soul of that monk. This kind of transformation can even simulate the aura of the monk's soul, making it difficult for those closest to him to notice any abnormalities.
Zhou Yang took a closer look at this time and found that the appearance of the red figure was very similar to that of the corpse that he had put into the [Qianyang Golden Pagoda]. It should be the Nascent Soul of the elder Chu Zhennan of the Shenhuo Palace who finally fell.
In the hands of this fire charm, it was swallowed up.
Zhao Yuanpu's panic was probably because he discovered this!
The "Fire Charm" obviously didn't expect that its figure would be exposed by the "prey". When the mirror light revealed it, its face clearly showed a look of surprise.
However, as Zhao Yuanpu's exclamation sounded, the look of surprise on its face suddenly disappeared. Instead, it smiled ferociously at Zhou Yang, who had revealed its whereabouts, and opened its mouth violently to let out a silent scream.
Suddenly, a shrill scream directed at the monk's spiritual consciousness sounded directly from the depths of Zhou Yang's soul. The powerful spiritual consciousness that he had always been proud of was completely at a disadvantage this time in the attack of his opponent's spiritual consciousness.
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"ah!"
He let out an unbearable scream of pain, and bright red blood overflowed from his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. He had been injured by this spiritual attack.
In fact, it wasn't just him, even Zhao Yuanpu, a serious monk in the late Nascent Soul stage, was also screamed by the screams just like him. He was no match at all.
And the "Fire Charm" didn't seem to expect that Zhou Yang, the person with the weakest cultivation level, would have the strongest consciousness in the room, so that it launched a spiritual attack on two people at the same time, directly because it suffered an unexpected backlash.
He was seriously injured and his body was almost exploded on the spot.
But it finally survived, and when Zhou Yang and Zhao Yuanpu were busy resisting his spiritual attacks, it turned to target the third person.
If there is one person among the three who was restrained the most by "Fire Charm", it must be [Fire Dragon Master].
[Fire Dragon Master], who has only one Nascent Soul left, is like a hedgehog with its thorns pulled out, ready to be eaten at any time in front of this "Fire Charm" with unfathomable strength.
Therefore, "Fire Charm" did not choose him as the priority sneak attack target before, but chose Zhao Yuanpu, who had the strongest cultivation level.
If it can devour Zhao Yuanpu's Nascent Soul first, the remaining Zhou Yang and [Fire Dragon Master] will be lambs to be slaughtered in its eyes and can be eaten at any time.
But now that things are not going well, "Huo Mei" can only change his plan and do the next best thing, and eat the "food" that can reach his mouth first.
The red mist cast by the "Fire Charm" is actually condensed by it collecting the poisonous evil energy of the earth's fire and combining it with its own soul power. It is specially designed to damage the soul of the monks.
After the [Fire Dragon Master], who has only one Nascent Soul left, is wrapped in this red mist, it is almost impossible to refine it and dispel it as quickly as Zhou Yang and Zhao Yuanpu.
Therefore, when the "Fire Charm" shifted its target to him, his fate was actually doomed.
I saw the figure of the "Fire Charm" move, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a red light and rushed in front of [Fire Dragon Master]. Then its figure suddenly disappeared, and directly penetrated [Fire Dragon] like that weird red mist.
The defense of the shield appears inside the shield.
After that, Zhou Yang and Zhao Yuanpu only heard a scream full of fear and despair from [Zhenhuo Longzhen], and they lost their companion forever.
Jie Jie Jie!
The eerie and strange laughter rang out from all directions, swallowing up the "Fire Charm" of [Fire Dragon Master] Nascent Soul. Not only was the backlash damage from the magical power recovered, but even the soul that had gradually degraded because it had not devoured the monk's soul in the long years
The strength has been restored a lot.
Zhou Yang had already let the light of the [Xuanguang Shadow Mirror] illuminate the rocky area under his feet, but it still failed to reveal the figure of the "Fire Charm" in the strange smile.
He knew that this was not because the "Fire Charm"'s invisibility ability had exceeded the limit of this magical weapon, but that the opponent was indeed no longer nearby.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou, if that doesn't work, let's withdraw first. It won't be too late to come back to avenge Friend Daoist Sun next time when we are ready to deal with this ghostly thing!"
Zhao Yuanpu looked at Zhou Yang with a pale face as he said the words to retreat, but the panic in his eyes still hadn't completely dissipated.
It's not that he is timid, it's that this "Fire Charm"'s ability is really weird and it restrains him too much.
His fire magical powers and magical weapons pose little threat to this "Fire Charm", and the "Fire Charm" whether it is the invisible magical power that makes it difficult for him to detect, or the powerful spiritual attack magical power, or the extremely vicious
The strange red mist magical power that can weaken a person's cultivation level devoured him to death.
Especially, when he thought that the most talented Patriarch Zhennan in the history of his sect had perished at the hands of this "Fire Charm", Zhao Yuanpu was filled with anger and fear.
His own family knew about his family affairs and knew very well that his strength was far from comparable to that of Zhennan Patriarch. If he continued to stay here, he would probably follow in that Patriarch's footsteps.
As for Zhou Yang, he admitted that Zhou Yang was outstanding in strength and could often show surprising abilities. For example, this time he used a sixth-level magic weapon to defeat the invisibility power of "Fire Charm".
But Zhao Yuanpu never believed that Zhou Yang could defeat the "Fire Charm".
He even suspected that even if those "half-step true immortals" from the ninth level of Nascent Soul came, they might not be able to deal with this "Fire Charm".
"How come Zhou doesn't understand what Fellow Daoist Zhao means? But now I'm afraid it's not you and I who can evacuate if we want. That damn thing has been here for thousands of years, and I'm afraid it's already starved. It's finally come to you and me. It How could you be willing to let me go!"
Zhou Yang shook his head slightly, the gloomy and ruthless expression on his face revealed the trace of luck in Zhao Yuanpu's heart.
He was actually in a heavy mood. Although the "Fire Charm" was a monster created by the mutated soul of a monk, it did not contain any yin or demonic energy and could not be restrained by his [Qianyang True Fire]. Not afraid of attacks from most of the magic weapons in his hands.
Being concerned about such an enemy made him feel fearful from the bottom of his heart, even though he always boasted of his skill and boldness.
Fortunately, compared to Zhao Yuanpu, he at least has the [Xuanguang Shadow Mirror] that can reveal the whereabouts of the "Fire Charm", and the [Evil-proof Clothes] that can block and weaken the opponent's weird red mist attack, so he is not without resistance.
"Then what should we do? Should we keep delaying it like this? It has just swallowed Daoist Sun's Nascent Soul, and it is probably busy digesting it at the moment. When it finishes digesting, its strength will increase greatly, and we are even less likely to be It’s a match!”
Although Zhao Yuanpu was frightened and just wanted to escape for his life, he did not lose his ability to think and immediately expressed his worries with an ugly face.
He understands the power of monsters like "Charm" better than Zhou Yang. To some cultivators, this kind of monster is like a goshawk to a fox. It is naturally restrained by cultivators. This is a monster that should not exist in the world of cultivators. monster!
In the past, once such a monster was discovered in the world of immortality, the cultivators would destroy it no matter how high the price was.
Otherwise, when this kind of monster grows up and grows by devouring the souls of immortal cultivators, it will be more harmful than those demonic cultivators.
Who would have thought that after Zhou Yang heard what he said, he suddenly looked at him indifferently and asked, "Have you ever thought about how this [Fire Charm], fellow Taoist Zhao, could be trapped here with thousands of people trapped here?" Nian? Logically speaking, with its strength, it is impossible for it to escape from the formation outside, and it is impossible for it to be buried in the sea of magma and fire!"
"Well, what Fellow Daoist Zhou means is..."
Zhao Yuanpu looked stunned at first, and then seemed to understand something. He looked at Zhou Yang with bright eyes and shouted loudly: "Yes, it must be like this. This [Fire Charm] has actually become the earth-bound spirit here. Can't leave here!"
"To be more precise, it should have become the earth-bound spirit of that strange purple flower, or it actually became the flower spirit of that strange purple flower!"
Zhou Yang corrected Zhao Yuanpu's words with a strange expression, then looked coldly at the purple flowers in the fire pool and said, "How is it? Do you think Zhou is right?"