Chapter 264: Master Devourer
Li Anran didn't know that Yang Jian had tricked a guest from the Zixiao Palace into the Heavenly Prison for him. His body was as fast as lightning, approaching Qiongqi rapidly.
The flames were burning fiercely around him, but they couldn't hurt him at all.
"roar!"
Just when Li Anran arrived in front of Qiongqi, Qiongqi, which had wrapped its body with its wings and curled up into a ball, suddenly spread its wings, let out an angry roar, and slapped Li Anran on the head with its two millstone-sized claws.
Qiongqi was inside the Nine-Nine Soul-Dispersing Gourd of Ancestor Hongyun. Even when he was defending himself, he was on high alert.
When Li Anran used the fire-avoiding technique, he had already noticed someone approaching, but he pretended to be completely unaware and waited until Li Anran got close before launching the fatal blow.
Swish!
As Qiongqi swung his claws, half-foot-long nails popped out, with wisps of cold light surging on them, tearing the space into several neat black cracks, and a strong wind was howling.
As his murderous intent arose, the flames surging around him suddenly surged out hundreds of feet, becoming even more powerful.
Li Anran seemed unaware and continued to approach Qiongqi. It was not until the claws were about to hit him that he suddenly raised his hands.
Bang!
The white jade palm collided with the thick and sharp claws, making a muffled sound. A terrifying force surged out, forcing the flames back a lot.
Cracks appeared in the void like glass, and crackling sounds were heard continuously.
As an ancient ferocious beast, Qiongqi had been tempering his body for countless years before going to Zixiao Palace to listen to the teachings.
After hearing this in Zixiao Palace, he realized that it was no longer just about tempering the body, but about cultivating the essence, energy and spirit at the same time, and the strength of the body was improved again.
However, compared with Li Anran, who has already mastered the Nine Revolutions Yuan Gong and the Eight-Nine Profound Art and has also drawn countless additional bonus attribute bonuses, he is still slightly inferior!
The two sides were deadlocked in mid-air for a moment, and the huge recoil force bounced both of them backwards.
However, Li Anran raised his hand temporarily and only stepped back a few meters to stabilize his body. Qiongqi was trying to gather strength for a sneak attack but was knocked away more than a hundred meters.
"Who are you?" Qiongqi was shocked.
This violent emotional fluctuation brought on flames that swept in like a tide, forcing Qiongqi to dodge left and right. In the end, he used his wings to act as a shield on both sides to block the flames.
Li Anran was not affected at all.
The flame of the Jiujiu Sanhun Gourd is ignited by many distracting thoughts such as the seven emotions and six desires, which ignite the soul as flame.
The Hehuan technique that Li Anran practiced directly absorbed all the emotions and desires in his mind as energy. Without the fuse, the flame could not be ignited.
Yang Jian said: "Fellow Daoist Hongyun, I won."
Ancestor Hongyun was a little surprised, but he was happy instead of worried.
For him, the longer he could hide in the Heavenly Prison, the better. It would be best if he could hide there until he could comprehend the mystery of the Hongmeng Purple Qi and attain sainthood.
Ten thousand years is obviously better than a hundred years!
Ancestor Hongyun said, "I lost. I will stay in the Heavenly Prison for ten thousand years as agreed."
While the two were talking, Li Anran had already taken a step forward , approached Qiongqi again, and slapped him with his backhand.
In terms of strength alone, Qiongqi is actually stronger than Li Anran!
However, being inside the Nine-Nine Soul-scattering Gourd, he not only needed to resist the attacks of the Nine-Nine Soul-scattering Gourd's flames at all times, he was also unable to use his most powerful minions, and could only exert 30% to 40% of his full strength at best.
In a sense, this is actually equivalent to Li Anran and Patriarch Hongyun joining forces to deal with Qiongqi, and this is Qiongqi whose strength has been greatly reduced due to the conspiracy.
The strength of the two sides naturally reversed.
"This is the ancient vicious beast Qiongqi? Ha, what a bummer! I was wondering how powerful you are to dare to do whatever you want in the Three Realms, but this is all!"
"Old man, the Three Realms are no longer what they were when you left! Instead of hiding in the chaos and living a miserable life, you dared to come back. You are really courting death!"
"I just said two truths, and I hit you sore? You are such a beast, so stupid!"
Li Anran walked as if he was strolling in the garden, but at an extremely fast speed. He kept punching and palming at Qiongqi, with an expression of indifference and contempt on his face, and kept making sarcastic remarks.
"Damned evil creature! I'm going to kill you!" Qiongqi's eyes turned red with anger, and heavy breaths came out of his nostrils. It was as if his defenses were completely broken and he was blinded by anger.
Such strong emotional fluctuations made the flames around Qiongqi more violent. Not only was the quantity overwhelming, but the quality also improved, gradually changing from the initial bright red to dark red.
Although Qiongqi did not appear to be burned on the surface, his soul was already riddled with holes.
This in turn affects Qiongqi's mental judgment, the operation of magical power, etc., making Qiongqi increasingly unable to control his emotions, forming a vicious cycle.
The corner of the Red Cloud Patriarch's eye twitched as he watched: "This kid really disregarded any dignity in order to win! His words are really vicious!"
Li Anran, however, never cared about what was decent or not.
The essence of fighting is to continuously strengthen yourself, weaken your opponent, and then use the strong to defeat the weak!
How to win and how to win more easily are the only things he needs to care about!
Li Anran sneered, "Kill me? Just you? Just your mouth? Qiongqi, I advise you to surrender as soon as possible, lest I lose my strength and accidentally beat you to death!"
"You are looking for death!!!" Qiongqi had never suffered such humiliation in all his years. He completely lost his mind, flapped his wings vigorously, and directly used his trump card.
In an instant, black fog surged across the sky, vast and mighty, like a river from the sky flowing backwards, rolling towards Li Anran.
Countless ghosts were running rampant in the black fog, howling like ghosts and wolves, and their resentment and anger were rising to the sky.
The momentum is huge and the destructive power is great, but this is inside the Jiujiu Sanhun Gourd!
These minions are undoubtedly adding fuel to the surrounding flames!
boom!
Before the minions reached Li Anran, they melted in the flames one after another. The flames instantly exploded around them, and the power increased to a higher level again.
The flames swept along the ghost to Qiongqi, submerging him in an instant.
"Ah!!!" Qiongqi let out a scream, but he was injured to the core. The divine flower on his head had become dim and showed signs of withering.
The severe pain allowed Qiongqi to regain some of his sanity, but it was too late!
puff!
A golden light flashed by hidden in the flame.
Qiongqi only felt a pain on his back, his two pairs of wings had been cut off at the roots, and blood gushed out.
The golden light flew back into Li Anran's hands, and it was the innate spiritual treasure Vajra File.
At the same time, the howling and screaming of the ghosts surrounding Qiongqi suddenly stopped. They all turned their heads and stared at Qiongqi with their resentful bloodshot eyes.
Next second.
They pounced on it as if they were crazy.
Some of them sucked the blood in big gulps, while others drilled into Qiongqi's body through the wounds and gnawed at his tendons, bones, and flesh.
The minions are all the resentful souls of the creatures killed or eaten by Qiongqi. They hate Qiongqi to the core, but are forced to be controlled and enslaved by him. They are extremely resentful themselves and are extremely easy to devour their masters!
Now that Qiongqi is seriously injured, they naturally want revenge, revenge at all costs!
"Get out of here! Get out of here!"
Qiongqi's face changed drastically, and his soul was severely damaged, making him unable to use his spiritual power to drive these minions. He could only wave his claws, constantly slapping them away and tearing them into pieces.
However, the number of minions is too large, and their quality is extremely high!
Controlling ghosts is Qiongqi's innate talent, a magical power he has possessed since birth!
Here are not only the creatures he has killed and eaten over the years, but also his former opponents and enemies!
There are trillions of them in number and they are of equal quality. There are many innate creatures and some even have reached the realm of Daluo Jinxian in their cultivation during their lifetime!
Normally, they constitute Qiongqi's most powerful magical power and his trump card!
The backlash at this time was simply beyond the ability of the seriously injured Qiongqi to resist!
In just a few moments, Qiongqi's extremely strong body was eaten away, with his internal organs and white bones exposed, covered with fine teeth marks, and he was dying.
Li Anran even had to protect Qiongqi to prevent him from being killed by the fire in the Jiujiu Sanhun Gourd and the attacks from the minions inside and outside.
"I want to stay safely in the prison. Li Anran is also very important. Forget it, just give this young man some face."
Ancestor Hongyun had an idea and was about to cast a spell to take away the fire on Qiongqi and show his goodwill to Li Anran.
At this moment, Li Anran gently waved his right hand, a golden light flashed, and the remaining ghosts were put into his sleeves.
These ghosts are all unjustly dead. Instead of letting their souls fly away in this Jiujiu Sanhun Gourd and nourishing the Jiujiu Sanhun Gourd, it is better to send them to the underworld and give them a chance to reincarnate. It can also be considered a merit.
Afterwards, Li Anran practiced the Hehuan technique to remove all the distracting thoughts and emotions from Qiongqi.
Qiongqi trembled all over, his eyes became dazed and he stood there in a daze.
The blazing flames on his body also passed through him and fell to the ground, unable to hurt him at all.
Ancestor Hongyun stopped twisting his fingers and looked at Li Anran with a bit more fear in his eyes.
Not only can Li Anran put aside his emotions and all distracting thoughts in dangerous situations, he can also help others to get rid of them by force. He is truly the nemesis of the Jiujiu Sanhun Gourd!
Yang Jian looked at the expression of Patriarch Hongyun and found it a little funny.
Ancestor Hongyun was once a guest in the Zixiao Palace of Daoist Ancestor Hongjun, but he has been hiding in Hulu Mountain for so many years, sticking to his original ideas and becoming out of date!
Not to mention that Li Anran has a way to restrain his Nine-Nine Soul-Dispersing Gourd, even if he doesn't have it now, what can he do?
Think about it, in the catastrophe of Conferred Gods, there were so many astonishingly powerful innate magic weapons and mysterious and strange magical formations, but once someone saw through their foundations, they could find ways to crack them in an instant!
How could his Nine-Nine Soul-Dispersing Gourd be qualified to be one of the very few exceptions?
In just a moment, Yang Jian thought of more than a dozen ways to deal with the Nine-Nine Soul-Sanding Gourd.
However, Patriarch Hongyun only thought that Li Anran was the nemesis of the Jiujiu Sanhun Gourd. This idea was very ridiculous!
As he thought about it, Li Anran had already arrived in front of him with Qiongqi in his hand.
"Brother Li Anran, I just made a bet with fellow Daoist Hongyun..." Yang Jian recounted the bet between himself and fellow Daoist Hongyun.
Li Anran: ...It seems like all my hard work is not as effective as your nonsense!
Li Anran looked at Ancestor Hongyun, who pretended to be indifferent but was actually very happy and felt that he had made a fortune, and he almost couldn't suppress the upturned corners of his mouth.
However, when he heard that Yang Jian had made another oath to the Heavenly Dao that he would never tell anyone the news that Ancestor Hongyun was hiding in the Heavenly Prison, he suddenly stopped laughing and looked at Yang Jian with confusion in his eyes.
Yang Jian winked at Li Anran, indicating that he would give , but he said, "This is about Hongmeng Purple Qi. If I don't swear to the Heavenly Dao, Daoist Hongyun will not be able to rest easy. Brother Li Anran, you don't have to worry. As long as we don't tell others about Daoist Hongyun, we don't have to worry about this oath coming true."
"Since Second Brother said so, then let's do as he says."
Li Anran raised his hand and slapped Qiongqi between his eyebrows, directly shattering his memory to prevent anyone from getting any news about the Red Cloud Ancestor from him.
Then he cast a sidelong glance at Ancestor Hongyun in dissatisfaction and said, "We won't tell anyone about your stay in the prison, but if you make any noise in the prison and get discovered, it won't be our fault."
Ancestor Hongyun nodded and said, "Of course."
Now that the matter was settled, the three of them did not delay any longer and flew out of the gourd immediately.
Nezha had been waiting anxiously, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Li Anran and Yang Jian carrying Qiongqi out safely.
But then, he heard that Yang Jian wanted to hide Patriarch Hongyun in the Heavenly Prison, and swore to Heaven not to tell anyone about Patriarch Hongyun.
"Brother, what's going on? It's not enough for you to make a vow to the heaven, why did you make another one?"
Nezha and Li Anran had the same reaction, shocked and incomprehensible.
The difference was that he was impatient and asked directly, with a hint of worry and blame in his tone.
Yang Jian said, "Brother Nezha, we will talk about this later. We should not stay here for long, let's go back to heaven first."
Nezha wanted to say something but stopped himself when he saw Yang Jian's firm attitude.
Afterwards, Patriarch Hongyun used his magical powers, both big and small, to hide in Li Anran's hands.
Li Anran and the other two created the illusion in the gourd cave that the three of them had joined forces to fight a great battle with Qiongqi, and then they took Qiongqi back to heaven with great fanfare.
Li Anran and Nezha took Hongyun Patriarch and Qiongqi back to the ladder.
Yang Jian reported to the Jade Emperor, enumerating all the sins that Qiongqi had committed in the Three Realms, and requested the Jade Emperor to behead Qiongqi in accordance with the laws of heaven and to disperse his soul as a warning to others.
At the same time, all the ghosts were sent to the underworld of Mount Tai. After their resentment and anger were resolved, they were given a chance to reincarnate to demonstrate the mercy of heaven.
For a moment, the three realms were shaken.
The names of the three war gods Li Anran, Yang Jian and Nezha once again spread throughout the three realms, and their reputation is even greater than before!
No one would have thought that in addition to capturing Qiongqi alive, Li Anran and the other two also brought Ancestor Hongyun back to the Heavenly Prison.
After completing the necessary procedures, Yang Jian immediately came to the Heavenly Prison and told Li Anran and Nezha why he swore oaths so frequently.
