Chapter 142 Deep in the Starry Sky
Dongmen Pass is one of the passes in the Luosong Mountains that connects the east and west sides of the Central Plains. It has stood since ancient times and has been reinforced and built in all dynasties.
Until the war between good and evil resumed, this majestic city was directly taken over by the righteous cultivation world from the royal family of the Song Dynasty. Led by the Zixiao Sect, twelve small and medium-sized sects defended together.
Now this indestructible city is suffering from the flames of war. More than half of the city walls have been blown down. Thousands of monks outside the city are pouring into the city crazily.
A famous Jianjidan monk flew in with his sword from the sky, and the forbidden air formation was quietly destroyed by the death squads as early as last night.
Three figures in the center of the battle group in the sky were fighting fiercely, and circles of mana ripples spread to dozens of miles away. The three huge Nascent Soul Laws exerted magical powers on each other, creating powerful magic weapons and radiant masterpieces.
If you can look closely, you will see that two Nascent Soul Dharma Kings of the Black Lotus Sect are bullying the smaller ones, patiently surrounding a Nascent Soul elder of the Zixiao Sect, and are determined not to let him direct the battle below.
Moreover, there are unwritten unwritten rules in the war in the world of cultivation. During the war, high-level monks are not allowed to massacre low-level disciples at will. Generally, soldiers will fight against generals. Otherwise, the top combat forces of the two sides will secretly attack each other, and the disciples under them will I'm afraid they are all dead. This has also been a long-standing war consensus in the cultivation world and has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
In the battle of Dongmenguan, almost half of the troops in the central theater were assembled.
There are a steady stream of reinforcements coming from other places in the distance. The flowering of the whole front is just an illusion. The purpose is to disperse the forces of the righteous path, and then concentrate firepower to break through.
This is an upright conspiracy!
Even if the righteous monks know the intentions of the devil and understand that if they defend for a long time, they will lose, but facing so many important roads that need to be defended, they have to forcefully divide their forces.
After all, just the day before, even the three Nascent Soul Dharma Kings of the Black Lotus Sect in the central theater did not know where to attack. Their plan was to focus the fire wherever the cannon fodder was the first to complete the mission.
The advance team at Dongmen Pass got lucky and blew up half of the city wall in one fell swoop, destroying the air-forbidden formation as well! This kind of God-given opportunity is really hard to come by. Compared with other remote places, it is obviously easier to pass here.
Therefore, the advance teams in other places were all abandoned, and all the armies were temporarily transferred to support this place, expanding their advantages and completely opening up the central part of the Luosong Mountains.
The city below was filled with shouts of killing. The middle and low-level monks of the righteous path and the demonic path had entered the stage of street fighting, but it was obvious that the demonic cultivators were more adept at fighting and had been advancing steadily. The righteous monks are losing ground, and victory is in sight.
Flying spirit beasts suddenly appeared in the west, and the reinforcements of the righteous way arrived in time to put out the fire. At the same time, the flying boats also arrived in the east, and the reinforcements of the evil way also joined the battle again.
Both sides have started to add fuel to the fire to see who can last until the end.
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The Dirty Grand Canyon was not that lively. The advance team waited from early morning to dusk, and then from dusk to early morning. This wait lasted three days.
Now all the monks still don't understand that no matter how much they wait, there will be no follow-up troops to follow. After all, thousands of them rushed here in one night, and there is no way that the tens of thousands of troops leading the real master could not arrive in three days.
"We can't wait any longer, everyone sets off immediately!"
Protector Yan finally made the decision and led everyone to move forward.
As for retreating, she has never thought about it. If she can join the main force in Bianliang, the imperial capital, it would be better. If she retreats, she will wait for the military law to be engaged!
In the eyes of the Nascent Soul stage, the Golden Core stage monks are just large ants, there is nothing they are reluctant to kill. What's more, she is still a local faction, and she doesn't have a Nascent Soul backer, otherwise she wouldn't be sent as cannon fodder.
Lin Shan also stood up with more than 40 younger brothers. It was not a big problem for him. He would rush to the capital of the Song Dynasty as soon as possible to fish in troubled waters. He had been thinking about the giant black lotus Buddha statue for six or seven years.
The group of people went on the road again. The atmosphere among everyone was dull and listless. Even Luan Chun, who had always been lively and arrogant, became much more honest.
I don’t know whether the stone forest in front of me is natural or man-made. It is row upon row and orderly. The boulders are high or low, implying Feng Shui and reaching up to the sky. However, it seems to have been a long time ago, and it did not reveal anything magical while passing by.
These boulders are struck with magical tools, leaving at most a white mark.
Lin Shan touched it with his hand, and the enhancement panel showed that each one was a high-level spiritual material. He was overjoyed and wanted to collect them, but found that they were all deep underground and could not be pulled out at all.
In front of hundreds of people, he was too embarrassed to take out the magic weapon "Water-Breaking Sword" and cut it. In desperation, I had to give up temporarily and come back if there is a chance.
After walking for hundreds of miles, the team in front suddenly stopped. Before the people behind them could react, Yan Yuanchun's spiritual message rang in everyone's ears:
"Hidden!"
The monks imitated their predecessors and just lay down when a huge shadow shrouded them, and footsteps came from far to near.
"Da da da da da da."
Lin Shan quietly looked up and saw a giant centipede thirty meters long crawling over.
On the ferocious head, two five-meter tentacles were dotted in the air, and the body was covered in black and yellow armor. Hundreds of pairs of feet stepped through the stone forest, leaving wet traces along the way.
This poisonous insect is obviously the top of the food chain in the Dirty Poison Grand Canyon. It is unknown how many years of hard work it has taken to grow to such a big size, how many essences of heaven and earth it has absorbed, and how many creatures and monsters it has eaten.
Lin Shan held his breath and did not dare to move, watching this behemoth slowly crawling past them.
During this period of time, seconds seemed like years, and everyone's heart was in their throats. Only when the insect completely left their side did they let out a long sigh of relief.
"I'm afraid this flower centipede is just one step away from transforming. I have just returned to the stage of Qi training, so why did I encounter such a monster?"
The Black Skeleton Demon Lord watched the long worm leave with lingering fear, and the skeleton actually became frightened.
Lin Shan ignored its complaints. Anyway, in front of such high-level poisonous insects, he was probably an insignificant ant, and others didn't even bother to take a look. As long as you don't provoke him, your two ounces of meat won't even be enough to stuff between your teeth.
After this small episode, the team clearly straightened up their posture and no longer dared to be careless. He was afraid that he would encounter some irresistible danger in the next second and die inexplicably.
The stone forest is spread over thousands of miles, and because of the many poisonous insects and beasts, the team walked carefully for a full day and a half before coming out.
Next is the last dangerous place, the miasma and phantom wind belt.
Beyond this wind belt is the territory of the righteous monks.
There is a strong wind blowing here all year round from nowhere, and it is filled with evil spirits and miasma, with even more terrifying illusion effects. If a monk is not careful, he can easily get lost in it and never get out.
Over the course of countless years of circulation, many ancient people who were lucky enough to escape have recorded that when they thought they were sane, they were actually unknowingly enchanted by illusions.
Yan Yuanchun didn't have any ink, so he took the lead in proofing and rushed in without looking back. Lin Shan and others had no choice but to follow suit.
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The biting cold wind made his cheeks hurt, and even using his spiritual shield was of no avail. This was the first time Lin Shan understood what the evil power was. It is impossible to guard against and is pervasive. Yin evil will gradually erode the human body over time until all spiritual power is transformed into yin power.
Dozens of young men behind him were supporting each other, and Old Man Zhong and several people next to him were holding Lin Shan's arms tightly, making him feel like he was dragging dozens of people with him every step he took.
"Huhu~"
There were gusts of wind mixed with unknown howls, and there was a vast expanse of white all around. Their consciousness would be blown away by the wind as soon as they left the body. There was nothing they could do except walking straight in one direction based on their feelings.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, Lin Shan's thinking began to slow down. Time seemed to have lost its meaning. He only remembered that he wanted to lead everyone out. As for what he was going to do after going out, he gradually lost his memory
"Brother, wake up!"
There were shouts from the skull pendant, which brought him back to reality from his hazy state. His eyes refocused on the vast expanse of white, and the whistling wind in his ears became more intense again.
"Huh? You woke me up?"
"No. I'm a little cold. Can you put some clothes on for me?"
The Black Skeleton Demon Lord was a little embarrassed. After all, it was just a skeleton in the Qi training period. It didn't even have flesh and blood. It was really unbearable to just put the bones in the cold wind.
"Skeletons are still afraid of the dark wind?"
Lin Shan looked suspicious. You, a creature from the underworld, told me that you are afraid of the cold. Why do I not believe it?
"I am a skeleton in the hell world. Living in volcanic magma all day long is completely different from a skeleton in the underworld!"
Under the cry of the Black Skull Demon Lord, Lin Shan had no choice but to choose an intermediate robe from the storage bracelet and give it to it, and this guy finally became honest.
But Lin Shan turned around and saw that all his subordinates were gone!
"Huh? Where are the people?"
The Black Skull Demon Lord shrank his head and told him that he got lost half an hour ago. Lin Shan had no choice but to walk alone in the cold wind.
This time, with the reminder from the Black Skull Demon Lord, he never fell asleep again. He walked for most of the day, and the sky and the earth were still completely white as he walked around. Without a reference, he had no idea where he was going.
It was only later that I remembered that I also had a magic weapon, the virtual star disk.
As soon as he took out the silver and delicate compass, the pointer on it began to move around, as if something was briefly disturbing it, and finally the pointer stopped moving.
Only then did Lin Shan realize that according to the direction of the compass, if he wanted to go east out of the valley, he would have to turn around and walk back, which meant that he had been going in circles just now.
After walking forward for an unknown amount of time this time, my eyes suddenly opened up. A green ancient tree stood in the wind, with green fruits hanging from it.
"Konjak fruit!"
The Black Skull Demon Lord suddenly burst into surprise, his tone sounding like a lustful ghost meeting a peerless beauty.
Lin Shan looked at the tree in front of him with confusion. It was obviously a green and tall spiritual tree with green spiritual fruits on it. How come it turned into a "konjac fruit" in the Black Skeleton Demon Lord's mouth.
Is that what the name of this thing is?
"What is konjac fruit?"
"In extremely hot areas and with strong demonic energy, it takes thousands of years to have a chance of being born. It is also one of the spiritual materials that can elevate my cloned body to the golden elixir stage."
The Black Skull Demon Lord explained, but there was a little hesitation in his tone. He kept looking at the surrounding environment, as if he didn't believe that such a natural treasure could be born in such a place.
But at this time Lin Shan couldn't help but sneer:
"In your eyes, it's a konjac fruit, but in my eyes, it's a spiritual fruit. This is obviously an illusion!"
As soon as he finished speaking, before he could take the lead, the green ancient tree in front of him started to move! The tree withered instantly, its branches and leaves turned yellow, and the pile of spiritual fruits on it turned into black magic fruits.
"Uh"
Lin Shan looked at the tree speechlessly. There is really no one with this IQ. Why are you just hiding your ears here? He dares to cheat with his three-year-old IQ?
This dead tree was still shaking off its leaves, trying to make itself miserable in the roaring wind, trying to win Lin Shan's sympathy. But the latter was not moved at all, and instead started talking to himself.
"It's useless for me to ask for the magic fruit. It would be nice if there were spiritual peaches that could quench my thirst."
This dead tree withered in the wind immediately transformed into a short and sturdy peach tree, with huge peaches hanging on the branches, waiting to be picked by passing travelers.
The Black Skeleton Demon Lord was also dumbfounded at this time. In his hundreds of years of experience, this was the first time he had seen such a strange tree!
Lin Shan, who had confirmed the answer in his mind at this time, was too lazy to talk nonsense and directly showed the flying sword, intending to test the quality of the sword with this girl.
Unexpectedly, when the tree saw the weapon displayed on the opposite side, it jumped up. Dozens of tree roots were like flexible tentacles, and it ran wildly into the distance!
"This is the ancient phantom tree!" The Black Skeleton Demon Lord, who was thinking hard, suddenly had an idea and hurriedly urged Lin Shan to catch up.
On the way to chase, the Black Skeleton Demon Lord explained to him that the ancient phantom tree was what he saw in an ancient book. It is said that this tree was born in the dark wind, and it takes ten thousand years to communicate with the spirit. After gaining spiritual wisdom, it will transform into various trees on its own.
The tree in front of me is probably a new psychic and doesn't have much experience, so it can only show off its cleverness in front of Lin Shan and change it into the corresponding type according to his needs.
Just being able to transform is nothing special, but the role of the Phantom Ancient Tree goes far beyond that.
The ten-thousand-year-old phantom tree taken from the tree is a famous phantom material in the world of cultivation! Whether it is used to refine illusion magic weapons or to set up illusion magic formations, they are materials that can only be found but cannot be found.
The most precious thing is the phantom tree sap secreted by it. This liquid is equivalent to the blood of the ancient phantom tree. It can not only be used to assist monks in practicing most illusions and supernatural powers, but it can also improve one's own illusions if taken for a long time. Resistance.
In other words, if you take too much, you can see through most illusions at a glance.
When Lin Shan heard this, he immediately accelerated his steps.
The virtual astrolabe can only help him determine the direction to get out of the illusion. It is useless if he encounters illusions such as situations and desires. Who can refuse such a mysterious thing as illusion resistance?
But what made him a little anxious was that this ancient phantom tree had more than ten legs, and he only had three legs, only two of which could run.
How is it possible to catch up with someone with a ratio of more than ten to two?
If the Black Skeleton Demon Lord hadn't repeatedly emphasized that he must capture people alive and continue to bleed them to maximize their use, he would have slashed through them with his sword.
One person and one tree were chasing each other, and an unknown amount of time passed. Lin Shan no longer cared about the direction of the virtual star disk, he wanted to get the opportunity in front of him first.
Suddenly chasing after him, he plunged into another space, and the surrounding scene changed instantly, from a vast expanse of white with howling wind to a deep starry sky!
At this time, the ancient phantom tree in front also disappeared. Lin Shan was in the starry sky blankly. Countless stars were twinkling in the distance, and the long-lost dark and cold universe appeared at his feet.
He was in a daze for a moment. Ever since he came to this world of cultivating immortals, he thought that the round sky and the square place were the new main theme. Suddenly he was back in the starry sky, which made him feel like time and space were out of order.
Before he could adjust his mentality, he suddenly glanced beside him from the corner of his eye and found that rays of light suddenly lit up. He involuntarily raised his hand to block the strong light, and found that the source turned out to be a vast expanse of white in the starry sky.
An army of monks.
In the white light array in front of you, there are densely packed heads of monks. Their number is far more than millions and millions. Countless people are uniformly dressed in white robes and silver helmets. Their weapons are neat and tidy. The feathers on their heads are fluttering. The cloaks behind them are windless and automatic.
Dotted among them are thousands of generals, big and small, wearing blue helmets, knee pads and shoulder pads. They are riding ferocious beasts, with flags lined up beside them, and golden drums sounding in unison, as if the earth is turning upside down. .
What's more important is that even ordinary soldiers have huge transparent statues erected behind them.
The Dharma Appearance is a miraculous thing that can only be found in the Nascent Soul stage, which means that these millions or even tens of millions of monks are all in the Nascent Soul stage at worst!
"You're just dealing with my foundation building, how can you use an illusion to create such a big scene?"
Until now, Lin Shan still felt that he was in an illusion. After all, there were millions of Nascent Souls in the starry sky and universe. This scene was impossible even if he thought about it!
But it wasn't over yet. In this vast army, everyone's eyes were turned towards him, with colorful magical powers brewing in their hands. The higher-ranking generals above them waved their flags, and then suddenly fall.
A series of magical powers illuminated the entire starry sky, and countless torrents surged directly over the sky. The immersive feeling was simply suffocating. Lin Shan felt that he was the only one in the world.
Ten breaths later, he opened his eyes and found that all the magical powers passed through him and flew behind him. It seemed that the target of this army of monks was behind him.
Turning around, in the vast universe, a white oval halo hung there, standing still despite the attacks of countless magical torrents.
The ring seemed to be an anchor set in the universe. Suddenly ripples appeared in the middle, and a dark white disc emerged like a flying saucer emerging from the water.
The futuristic sci-fi-like ladder shape, the Whipple light shield made of composite star materials, the electromagnetic railgun with alternating circles of ripples, the densely packed light point distributed aperture detection system, and the tail fin that sprays blue flames from the nuclear fission reactor , a glass observation window pieced together piece by piece
Through these glass windows, he could see countless soldiers wearing blue military uniforms and blue berets walking back and forth, dense data listed on a huge light screen, and countless computers in the huge command bridge. At work, a general with a military rank on his shoulder discussed with each other in twos and threes, and drew on the map with an electronic pencil in his hand
Everything shows that this flying saucer is the crystallization of technological civilization!
Before Lin Shan could recover from this huge chaos of time and space, the voice of the Black Skeleton Demon Lord beside him had already trembled and changed.
"Is this. A mirage?!"
It has traveled through several different worlds according to the contract between the immortal world and the hell world, and also has rich experience. It can naturally tell whether it is an illusion fabricated out of thin air or a mirage, a projection of chaos in time and space.
"You mean this scene really exists and has happened before?"
Lin Shan couldn't help but tremble, and unknowingly broke into a mirage. When he was in it, he couldn't help but sigh at the vastness of the starry sky and the incredibleness of the two warring parties.
"It's hard to say, maybe it has already happened, maybe it is happening now"
The soul fire in the Black Skull Demon King's head was burning brightly. He didn't know what he was thinking. The two of them felt like they were watching a large VR movie.
At this moment, it seemed that everyone in the war room had reached a consensus. The huge flying saucer trembled slightly, tilted slightly and shot towards the distance at high speed. Its tail flame was like a blue comet!
Another middle-aged man in white robes emerged from the army of monks opposite. He walked calmly and looked casual, like a gentle and elegant teacher.
I saw that he just raised his hand and held it in the distance, as if he didn't use any magical power. All the surrounding starlight seemed to be swallowed up by darkness, and in the blink of an eye, the universe lost its reference.
The endless void fell into eternal darkness. Just one hundred thousandth of a second later, the opposite side had already traveled millions of miles in an instant. The flying saucer suddenly exploded, and a grand fireworks bloomed in the starry sky!
"The powerful Immortal Class!"
The Black Skeleton Demon Lord's trembling voice echoed throughout the starry sky with disbelief.
(End of chapter)