Volume 13: Sword Immortal Chapter 7: Walking to the Abyss
The Soldier Demon Clan is very powerful, so most of the plains outside Yumen Pass are occupied by demons.
After the last invitation to battle by the three masters, there were no longer any human cities outside Yumen Pass, and all the monks stationed in the city retreated to Yumen Pass.
As a result, the demon clan's battle line advanced again and again, and finally pushed directly to the central mountain area 700,000 miles away from Yumen Pass.
Of course, this is already the limit for the demons.
If the demons pushed the front line further forward, the monks of Yumen Pass could take advantage of the terrain to carry out continuous and almost lossless harassment and attacks on the demons - this would be equivalent to setting up camp at the foot of the enemy city and seeking their own death.
After this kind of pulling, a pattern was finally formed with the central mountains as the dividing line, and the areas to the north belonged to the demon-occupied area.
Of course , this doesn’t mean that there are no human cultivators in the demon-occupied area.
All I can say is that there are no human cities in the demon-occupied area, and there are a large number of demon cultivators, so it is relatively dangerous and it is not advisable to go deep into it.
In fact, during these ten years, Zang Xiaojian and Qin Yitian alone had entered and exited the Demon Occupied Area dozens of times.
However, no matter how dangerous the Demon-occupied area is, it has nothing to do with Lu Qingshan.
An invisible and silent ray of light was speeding across the vast sky outside Yumen Pass.
With Fuyao's blessing, the area north of the central mountains, which was already full of demon settlements, posed no danger to Lu Qingshan at all. It was no exaggeration to say that it was as easy as walking on flat ground.
Because no one could find his trace.
After crossing the central mountains, he did not take a detour or slow down, but followed the shortest path straight ahead in the direction of the space channel at a steady and fast speed.
The closer you get to the space channel, the more cities belonging to the demon clan appear on the ground beneath your feet, and they are everywhere.
There are even four cities that were originally built for humans, but have now been transformed into demon cities.
Just by looking at the number of cities, one can already feel how large the number of demon monks is.
Even at an altitude of nearly ten thousand feet, Lu Qingshan could still see the black demonic energy visible to the naked eye in the demon city.
That is the demonic energy emitted by the demonic plants that are the foundation of the Demon City. It can help demon cultivators recover their physical strength and magic power, and can even increase their combat power when necessary.
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Although the Demon-occupied area is extremely vast, the journey will undoubtedly be shortened a lot if you just go in a straight line, which is roughly equivalent to the difference between shipping and land transportation.
So in fact, it took Lu Qingshan less than half a day to get from Yumen Pass to the space channel.
When he saw the space channel, a city appeared in front of Lu Qingshan at the same time.
Cold Iron City.
This is a newly built city, built right in front of the space channel, which means it is like a roadblock.
In other words, if you want to enter the abyss through the space channel, you must pass through this city.
The last time Lu Qingshan came as Qingge, this city did not exist.
He stopped for the first time and knew he was in trouble.
Although Fuyao's ability to conceal her body is unparalleled, Lu Qingshan only dared to say that he could fly over the city without being discovered. However, if he really wanted to cross the city, there was a possibility of being exposed at such a close distance.
High-level magic cultivators are not fools.
After stopping and thinking for a while, Lu Qingshan came up with an idea.
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The area near the space channel is the most densely populated area of demon cities.
In addition to the Frost Iron City that is suppressed in front of the space channel, there are no less than ten magic cities in the area of 100,000 miles.
The Three-Eyed City is one of them.
Just like the name of the city, this demon city is ruled by the three-eyed demon clan.
In the center of Three-Eyed City, there is an altar-like structure.
In the altar, in the center of the pool of liquid liquefied by rich demonic energy, a pitch-black lotus took root, surrounded by black mist.
The Black Magic Flower is the magical plant that is the foundation of the Three-Eyed City.
Lu Qingshan is very familiar with this thing.
As early as when he was in the sixth realm, he had exploded three black magic flowers among thousands of troops.
Of course, although this black magic flower is of the same species as the three that Lu Qingshan had exploded before, their strengths are very different.
The lotus leaves of the three black magic flowers only have seven petals, which means that the upper limit of its amplification is the seventh level, but this black magic flower has eight petals.
There was no wind, but the petals of the black magic flower were swaying slightly, which looked quite extraordinary at first glance.
Around the altar, there are three towering demon cultivators guarding it for a long time. Their strength is all at the eighth level, and these are not ordinary eighth levels. They are the four-cast demon lords who are equivalent to the four-tribulation realm cultivators of the human race.
It is quite a luxury for a cultivator in the fourth calamity realm to use it for guarding, but it is nothing to the demons.
Just at this moment.
A blazing red sword light that was enough to illuminate the entire sky descended from the sky and slashed straight towards the black magic flower.
The sword light crossed the sky at a very fast speed, but the three Four-cast Demon Lords who were guarding the Black Demon Flower were able to react in time. They discovered it at the first moment and immediately used their divine and demonic bodies... to escape.
Because they felt the fatal danger from the sword light, their souls were trembling.
This was not an attack they could block. If they tried to block it, they would be killed immediately. Running away was their subconscious reaction.
They ran fast, but the sword light was even faster, and it came towards them in a flash.
Puff puff puff!
Almost at the same time, the bodies of the three Four-cast Demon Lords exploded, turning into a ball of blood mist, with no complete corpse left.
It was as easy as crushing an ant to death. It was nothing to worry about. The sword light continued to move forward and finally slashed towards the black magic flower.
The Black Magic Flower itself has some intelligence and power, and it sensed the danger.
But it was just a plant after all and could not move, so it could only emit a black light, forming a light shield to protect itself.
CRACK!
The light shield shattered instantly.
The sword light burst out with sharp divine light, and the sword energy was everywhere.
The black lotus was cut off in an instant, and the crystal petals fluttered, but with the devilish nature, it turned into one black light after another that rotated, and did not wither.
The petals were as crystal clear as black jade, very large and very beautiful.
At the right time, a slender and graceful figure appeared in the red light.
Qin Yitian stood in the center of the Three-Eyed City, holding a blazing red dragon bird, and chopped at the flying petals, directly chopping them into powder.
But the black magic flower has not died completely yet. It is extremely evil. As long as its roots are still there, it can continue to absorb evil energy and revive again.
Qin Yitian smiled coldly, showing a sharp temperament that Lu Qingshan had rarely seen, and slashed down with the sword again.
A blazing flame appeared on the dragon bird and lingered there.
Carrying flames, the sword went straight to the roots of the black magic flower.
boom!
It was like the sun exploding. The scorching flames that were originally attached to the Dragon Sparrow Sword jumped violently and spread to the entire body of the Black Demon Flower in an instant, as if igniting the huge black lotus, turning it into a huge torch, burning fiercely.
Demonic energy was constantly oozing out of its body, but it was all melted by the flames, making a sizzling sound.
In just two breaths of time, this evil magic flower turned into ashes and ceased to exist.
The evil aura surrounding the Three-Eyed City also dissipated at this time.
The demon cultivators in Three-Eyed City sensed something was wrong, roared angrily, and rushed towards the center of the city.
But it was too late. In full view of everyone, Qin Yitian flew up on his sword, turned into a red meteor, and flew towards the south. He moved so fast that he disappeared from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.
"Send a message to other cities immediately and tell them the news here. Tell them that Qin Yitian has appeared and is escaping to the south. We are chasing her from behind. Ask them to cooperate with us to block her path in front. If we can kill her, it will be a great achievement!"
Although it was just a quick glimpse, the Lord of Three-Eyed City still recognized Qin Yitian at a glance and said anxiously.
In the past ten years, Qin Yitian and Zang Xiaojian have been in and out of the demon-occupied area many times, killing hundreds of demon cultivators. While they have made outstanding military achievements, they have also been included in the demon clan's must-kill list and have become quite famous. Similarly, their military exploits in killing them are also not small.
Moreover, not to mention the military achievements, the hatred of Qin Yitian destroying the magic plants in their Three-Eyed City was enough to make the Lord of Three-Eyed City want to kill him as soon as possible.
Although Qin Yitian's escape technique was very fast, he disappeared without a trace in a short while.
But the Lord of Three-Eyed City was not panicked.
If it were in other areas, with the speed Qin Yitian just demonstrated, it would be difficult to do anything to her.
But because this place is close to the space channel and the city is extremely densely populated, no matter how hard Qin Yitian flees, he cannot completely bypass the demon city.
No matter how fast Qin Yitian's escape technique is, it can never be faster than the speed at which news spreads.
As long as the demon cultivators in other cities received the news and intercepted her in the direction of escape in advance, she would be unable to escape even if she had wings.
"That is...how did she sneak in?" This question flashed through the mind of the Lord of Three-Eyed City, but he quickly put it behind him.
Why bother with so many things? The important thing is to kill her on the spot.
He is the most recent and rising swordsman prodigy of the human race in the past decade. If he were to die here today, it would definitely be a major blow to Yumen Pass.
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All the demon cultivators in Three-Eyed City came out in full force, leading all the high-level demon cultivators in the city to chase in the direction where Qin Yitian's figure disappeared.
After receiving the message from Three-Eyed City, all the demon cultivators in the cities in this area were immediately mobilized.
Not only the south where Qin Yitian fled, but the cities in the other three directions of Sanyan City were also in a panic.
Because the demon cultivators suspected that Qin Yitian might be making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, deliberately creating an obstacle, pretending to escape to the south, and then quietly changing direction.
However, Qin Yitian was too reckless and chose to attack Sanyan City.
The geographical location of Sanyan City is hidden in the center of this densely populated city area. No matter which direction it is, there is no real area of troop shortage.
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Cold Iron City.
Powerful auras are constantly flying out of the city.
The city, which had been a little quiet, suddenly became hot a quarter of an hour ago.
First, the Lord of Frost Iron City, a mid-level Demon Lord, left the city with a large group of demon cultivators. Later, more demon cultivators continued to leave the city.
The demons are extremely efficient.
In a quarter of an hour, the entire city was empty, and eighty percent of the demon cultivators had left.
But even with all the demons coming and going, no one noticed that in the sky thousands of feet above their Frost Iron City, there was a swordsman silently watching them leave.
Lu Qingshan.
"If I were alone, I would be unable to escape, but now, they can only be played around by the young master." Qin Yitian watched the movement below and sighed softly.
"That's why the old sect leader has never shown his Fuyao ability to the outside world." Lu Qingshan said.
Fuyao's magical power of Han Guang is most powerful when no outsiders know about it.
From the perspective of the monks from Three-Eyed City, Qin Yitian escaped at an extremely fast speed and soon disappeared from their sight.
But the truth is, after Qin Yitian left Sanyan City, he immediately returned to Longque.
Immediately, with the help of Fuyao's [Han Guang] magical power, Lu Qingshan, who had already hidden outside the Three-Eyed City, used the sword domain magical power to hide the dragon bird in the void around him, thus creating the illusion that Qin Yitian had disappeared.
After finishing everything, Lu Qingshan left Sanyan City and rushed to Hantie City again.
This was a scam created by the collaboration of Longque's [Sword Spirit] magical power and Fuyao's [Containing Light] magical power.
How can you blame the demons for not thinking of something that can only be accomplished by two Taoist swords?
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All the high-level demon cultivators were lured away to intercept Qin Yitian’s Hantie City, and they could no longer pose a threat to Lu Qingshan.
In an instant, he disappeared from the sky and entered the Frost Iron City.
The highest level of cultivation among the demon cultivators who stayed behind in Hantie City was only at the eighth level, and they were completely unable to detect his existence.
Lu Qingshan passed through the Frost Iron City very smoothly and entered the space channel.
The membrane of the boundary wall is colorful and dreamy.
After a moment, there was suddenly light ahead.
Lu Qingshan's heart moved, he rushed through the light, and once again entered... the abyss.
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Looking up, I saw a blood moon in the sky, filling up most of the sky and making all the scenery in the abyss world appear blood red.
A deep and depressing feeling came over me.
"This world is so dark and depressing that it's hard to like it. It's even worse than the underworld, the realm of the dead." Qin Yitian complained in a low voice.
"What do you mean by worse than the underworld?" Gu Yiyi protested.
"Hmph!" Zhenmo expressed even louder protest. The little brother also has a temper, and it is a big one.
Oops, I forgot about these two... Qin Yitian, who was subconsciously complaining to his own young master, quickly shut up and stopped talking.
"This is called a good start." Lu Qingshan corrected with a slight smile.
"Hmph." Zhenmo felt better finally.
Entering the abyss again, Lu Qingshan was filled with emotion.
Back then, the Dragon Bird was damaged. In order to find a way to save it, he entered the Burning Moon Realm alone with the cultivation level of the Fifth Realm. He advanced step by step and finally achieved the Nine Flowers Realm in the abyss. He saved the Dragon Bird and even mastered the Demon Race's first secret method of attack - the Art of War.
Apart from those dangers, it can even be said that the abyss is his paradise.
And now, he is here again.
He looked around, trying to get his bearings.
The first time is new, the second time is familiar. During the last trip to the abyss, Lu Qingshan had carefully collected intelligence, which made him very familiar with the abyss and he would not be completely in the dark again.
Soon, he identified the direction of the Black Armor Region, rode on his escape light, and set off again.
Leaving the Yanling Kingdom where the space channel was located, along the way , Lu Qingshan also saw many demon troops heading south towards the space channel.
However, Lu Qingshan did not stop, nor did he choose to take action.
The Burning Moon Region is currently in the stage of preparing for war. It is very likely that one or two of the three Demon Lords, Red Lord, War Lord, and Life Lord, are in the Yanling Kingdom and are in charge of the overall situation.
Those three are not people that Lu Qingshan can deal with now.
If you really encounter one, it would be difficult to deal with it, let alone save your life.
Lu Qingshan has always been steady.
