black wizard Zhu Peng

Chapter 26 Water, big water, special water, Dragons sing Daze!

Top-grade spirit weapon Tianluo Gloves, a complete set of middle-grade spirit weapon ten-ring ring with heart.

A middle-grade spiritual weapon with five elements refining armor, and a low-grade spiritual weapon that dominates the savage sword and dragon axe!

If you count the top-level spiritual weapon "Liuyin Huiyanding" as a logistical auxiliary equipment, Zhu Peng, a monk who has not yet established a foundation, is equipped with a total of five good-looking spiritual weapons. Said to be armed to the teeth, extremely luxurious.

Of course, except for the Tianluo Gloves and the Liuyin Returning Flame Cauldron, all the other equipment was refined by Zhu Peng himself. If you buy it, even with Zhu Peng's ability to make money, you can't get so many equipment.

What's more, the really useful high-grade spirit weapon may not be able to buy even if it is not bad for spirit stones.

The five elements Hunyuan Kung Fu of the [-] major and complete qi refining, combined with the twelve major and complete physique like a monster and wild beast, Zhu Peng's body swelled to a height of more than two meters, and the next moment he burst through the air with a bang, sweeping horizontally , the fierce and incomparable sword power shrouded the roar like a savage dragon!

Roar... bang!

At the first breath, under the magnificent golden-white sword light, Li Nian cast out the spell at the bottom of the box with all his strength: the Bone Life and Death Bridge moaned in the sword light like a long snake that was grabbed by seven inches and violently swayed. Inch twisted and disintegrated.

However, at this moment, Zhu Peng, who was carrying a heavy five-element refining armor all over his body, had already broken the air barrier and rushed in front of a group of four people, booming.

There was a bang, dull and abrupt.

As if being hit head-on by a high-speed maglev train, Ghost Zombie, the strongest body-training monk among the four foundation-building monks in Netherworld Bone City, was knocked down by an opponent in heavy armor, and Zhu Peng trampled on him the next moment In the past, when this guy like a heavily loaded train charged over, the Foundation Establishment cultivator ghost zombie lying on the ground had only a piece of skin left, and his whole body was embedded in the ground and he couldn't see life.

The soft rocky ground may not be tougher than the ghostly zombie's body, but Zhu Peng's strength is well controlled, and he doesn't really step on him. In fact, every bit of collision and trampling damage is concentrated on his vital points , such a rush and crush, how can he not die?

Second breath.

Zhu Penglue, who was in heavy armor all over his body, drew a perfect arc and came for the second time. It was useless to seduce the soul, seize the soul, and Li Nian, and they soared up, let alone there is no time for that, even if there is, the law and body are one Zhu Peng, who is in a state of explosive energy, also has the ability to step on the air and escape, and he is definitely more flexible and fierce than them.

(Kill! If this son does not die, all of us will die without a burial place.) In one breath, the bridge of life and death of the bones was broken, and Li Nian suppressed the blood energy from the retrograde movement of the true essence, although doing so would make the internal injuries worse It is heavy, but at least it will not erupt for the time being. If the blood is spurted out at this moment, the breath will be vented, and it will be a situation of life and death.

Unfortunately, although Li Nian understands this truth, not everyone can understand it.

Especially Luuhun, the short daughter-in-law who protects the winter melon, flew up, and Luouhun slapped Duopo's feet from below. With the help of the two, the ghost cultivator Duopo successfully rushed to a certain height in one breath. Sealing is the cultivation base of the Qi Refining Realm, but the Qi Refining Realm can also fly, not to mention the foundation of the Foundation Establishment Realm monk.

Taking out a white bone flying sword and stepping on it, at the same time throwing a gray veil down at her husband, the two of them made a decision in an instant, they wanted to use Li Nian as an abandoned child, and let the husband and wife Successfully escaped.

As long as he escapes from the range of the Five Elements Sealing Spirit Formation and restores his cultivation to the Foundation Establishment Realm, the two of them, Seductive Soul and Duosoul, can continue to kill people to complete the task, but there is always a great chance of escaping their lives.

Poor Guixiu Li Nian, except for accidentally stepping into the Five Elements Sealing Formation, he made the most correct choice from beginning to end. Li Nian only persisted for a while, and then he was twisted into pieces by Zhu Peng's great sword.

Devouring the flesh and blood and true energy of the monks in the Foundation Establishment Realm, the aura above the barbaric dragon's ax was as vigorous and fierce as fuel added to the fire, making it even more unstoppable.

Slowly exhale to relieve the extreme load state of the explosion of alchemy and dual cultivation of law and body. Although it is only two breaths, it has already settled the battle situation. His injuries were not serious, and there was no need to continue to maintain an explosive state and continue to damage himself.

The Huang brothers and Wang Zhong teamed up to destroy their intention of escaping from the sky.

Although Wang Zhong couldn't get out of the center of the formation, he was equipped with the earth-moving Hunyuan Cannon to hit high-altitude targets without any problem. The enveloping range of the formation was only the ecstasy of Qi Refining Dzogchen cultivation base, how could it be blocked in a hurry? Live in the power of the spiritual weapon of the Hunyuan Cannon.

In addition, the Huang brothers' sword array and bamboo puppet spirit cannon were also quite powerful, and they were forced to fall under such powerful killing suppression.

However, what was waiting for them below was flying leaves flying all over the sky and sweeping upwards: the wooden line, the flying leaf knife wheel, using the momentum to use force, range strikes, and the use of them in the forest is amazing!

Accompanied by the flying knives flying around, there is also the overbearing golden scale sword. Although Zhu Peng has withdrawn from the bursting state of alchemy, he is still a monk with a spiritual weapon, a human sword, and the twelve great consummations of Qi Refining , such conditions occupy an absolute first-mover advantage, and after the number is combined, the figures of the three people who are crazily intertwined stop still again.

Blood, life and spiritual power infiltrated the Barbarian Dragon Sword, and the next moment, the bodies of the two cultivators, Hooking Soul and Seizing Soul, exploded, as if they exploded.

"Stupid, if you forcefully fly away from the high altitude with serious injuries, you may still have a chance to survive. If you are forced to land, do you think you can find a better chance?" On the ring finger and little finger of his left hand, two iron rings were shining faintly.

Just now under the condition of life and death, Seductive Soul and Duohun tried their best to burst the meridians and forcibly cast the death-fighting spell of the foundation-building environment. Unfortunately, they were swallowed by Zhu Peng with the ten ring rings of the heart respectively. There is no value at all.

"Senior brother is really powerful. Killing the five foundation-building cultivators of Nether Bone City is as easy as flipping the palm of your hand. Lingsu admires it." Of course, you have to admire it. The killing is so fierce and ruthless, all of which are helping the Shuangxiu Mansion.

The fog dissipated and the formation cleared. Yin Lingsu walked out holding the sword and looked at the corpses all over the ground and the almost unscathed Huang brothers, and praised him sincerely.

"Of course, the two junior brothers are also brave. They forcibly suppressed the four foundation-building masters with their Qi-refining bodies. The future is bright." Looking at the slightly unnatural faces of the Huang brothers, Yin Lingsu quickly added, Huang's As expected, the brothers' complexions improved a lot because of this, their brothers were not people with deep city plans, and indeed they did their best and fought with their lives in the battle just now.

"I'll take his Qiankun bag. You and everyone share a share of the three people's Qiankun bag Lingsu. I'll go and see how the river is rising." Taking Li Nian's Qiankun bag and leaving, he is four The only one among them is in the middle stage of foundation establishment, and he should have some savings. The other three are all in the early stage of foundation establishment. Just look at the Qiankun bag of Yuan Tu before, and the net worth of ghost monks in Nether Bone City is not very good. .

Since everyone has contributed a lot this time, it can be regarded as a morale booster for everyone to share a point.

Opening Li Nian's Qiankun bag, there are many spiritual stones and elixirs, and some jade brief introductions, but the most valuable thing is the human skin bone banner and low-grade spiritual weapon that he used to rely on to perform spells. It is indeed very good that a ghost monk can display the power of a middle-grade spiritual weapon. Unfortunately, for the owner who is not a ghost monk, its value is not as good as a top-level magic weapon.

(For me, some Yunling Pills and Lingshi still have some value. Even if I want to switch to Yin-attribute exercises in the future, these ghost weapons are not as good as my own forging and sacrificial exercises.) Zhu Peng is about to reorganize, When Li Nian's items were classified as miscellaneous items, a black book in the corner of the Qiankun bag suddenly caught his eyes.

Zhu Peng has been around for hundreds of years, and he is also the top spy in the wizarding world. Seeing small things is his basic ability. Looking at the sundries in the Qiankun bag, he looked at the hidden but easy-to-use book in the corner. The secret book of black books.Naturally, Zhu Peng took it into his hands.

What was written in the black book seemed to be Li Nian's own practice experience and insights, but Zhu Peng sniffed it close to his nose, then he smiled, and gathered the water vapor in the air to soak the secret book. The ink marks on it quickly reorganized, and the whole book turned into a blood-red booklet. The inscription: Tiansha Asura Kung Fu, five iron-painted silver hook-like handwriting.

In the world of comprehension, it is very convenient to pass on the introduction of jade, but there are still some monks who prefer to take notes by hand, including the master of the Heavenly Fiend Shura Kung Fu.

(Tiansha Xiuluo Gong? I seem to have seen this name somewhere, and I will check the information after returning to the sect.) After all, this body is only a first-order posture, and the ability to have a photographic memory for a thousand years cannot be fully integrated into the body, but the impression is so vague, it shows that it was just an accidental glance at that time, so it is difficult to recall it for a while.

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In Linjiang Town, blood once again stained the land red, but this time, it was the blood of monks.

Sensing the abnormal change in the water level of the river, You Jue, the young suzerain of Nether Bone City, quickly realized what happened. However, the blood sacrifice refining formation has reached the most critical moment, and it is impossible to retreat at this time, let alone retreat.

The so-called top-level spiritual weapon is different from the upper, middle and lower-grade spiritual weapons. It can hardly be refined by manpower. In terms of lifespan.

Of course, if you insist that there is a master of golden elixir or an old monster of Yuanying who doesn't have to refine spiritual weapons with magic weapons, it doesn't mean that you can't make top-level spiritual weapons, but few people will do it That's all.

The only top-level spiritual weapon in Zhu Peng's hands is the Flowing Silver Returning Flame Cauldron. This dual-purpose cauldron was first painstakingly refined by a master craftsman to make a top-grade spiritual weapon, and then it was poured and polished by a monk family for generations. It can be used for both alchemy and utensil making. After Zhu Peng is promoted to the Foundation Establishment Realm, even low-grade magic weapons can be refined through it, and put in a small and medium-sized sect, that is Zhenzong Zhongbao.

The same is true for Netherworld Bone City's unique top-level spiritual weapon "ghost spirit bead". It can not only be refined by massacring several towns and tens of thousands of blood sacrifices, but the boundary membrane bead that contains these blood soul resentment itself is also a special item. It is a treasure, but it has no power in itself, and it is not of great value to high-level monks.

Back then, someone in Nether City of Bone Bone successfully refined the top-level spiritual weapon, the Ghost Orb, and used it for a while, refining Qi to kill the foundation, and building the foundation to kill the golden elixir, it was very powerful.

It's a pity that it was later broken by a righteous master with thunder, and it was not until hundreds of years later in the Nether Bone City that another boundary membrane bead was found from the depths of the earth's crust. Spiritual weapons are considered failures.Because a high-grade spiritual weapon is worth a lot to a monk, but to a medium-sized sect, it has no strategic value.

However, once the mountain torrent accumulated in the back mountain of Linjiang Town leaks down, even if the entire blood sacrifice refining formation will not be washed away, the downgrading of the Ghost Lingzhu is still unacceptable to Youjue. It's two different things at all.

Once this matter goes wrong, even if You Jue is the young suzerain of Youming Bone City, this matter is enough for him to drink a pot, not to mention that You Jue clearly knows that Li Nian and his party have died in battle, and the people hiding in the dark The enemy is unexpectedly strong.

(If that's the case... just don't do anything!) The young man with long hair draped over his shoulders and a golden silk black robe with a luxurious but gloomy temperament made a secret decision.

As a result, five foundation-building cultivators in Nether Bone City, including Taoist Ren Shi, died, at the hands of You Jue.

"Cough cough... You are the best at doing things, young suzerain, you really have the demeanor of the city lord back then. I said why the girl Zhao Rui'er disappeared halfway, so it turned out that she had oiled the soles of her feet before she sensed the danger. Cough cough... I really want to Hug her big white butt." Amidst the constant coughing and severe coughing, the old Taoist Ren Shi, who was seriously injured by a sneak attack, was decapitated by You Jue's sword and thrown into the furnace of qi and blood in the void.

At this point, the ghost spirit orb has become self-sustaining, and countless chains and tentacles-like things spread out from the furnace of qi and blood, strangling all living beings in the vicinity of Linjiang City, sucking every trace of qi and blood.

However, as for Youjue, who stands on the high place of the wooden building and faces the wind, it has no offense and dare not approach. After being polished into a ghost bead, most of this restriction of heart refinement will be worn away, but it is still enough for You Jue to have the innate control over the ghost bead.

"Come out, come out, come out, the treasure of the ghost way...Ghost Orb, help me to cross the world and make the ghost way great!" Accompanied by Youjue's roar, it was not the ghost orb, but "Boom" Thousands of hectares of torrents rushing down.

"Damn it, it's only a little bit close." Watching the torrent in the distance rush towards it quickly, with a wave of hands, four bone array flags fell around the wooden building respectively, forming an array that enveloped the entire wooden building in a large gray-purple array among.

If it's just to resist the aftermath of the torrent, Youjue's cultivation base and the protection of this large formation are definitely enough. Unfortunately, Youjue never dreamed that someone could actually control the pouring ten thousand hectares of torrent water.

Water travels, Longyin Daze!

There are two ways to practice water, one is to take the way of water benefiting all things without fighting.

This method is the best way to warm up and heal the wound. When people are evil, the water spiritual energy will flow to the injured area naturally and wash away.

However, nothing in the world is weaker than water, and nothing can overcome the strong. This is the virtue of softness; therefore, the soft wins the hard, and the weak wins the strong.

This sentence explains the second practice method of water movement. The sea is boundless, and the vast sea pushes the waves. Although the water is soft, it accumulates like an abyss, but its hair is too strong. I am afraid that no one will think that the world-ending tsunami is wrong. Appears soft.

As for the gameplay of shaping water into ice and high-pressure water blades, monks insist on their cultivation base against nature. At least it is the gameplay of foundation-building monks. , How much can it be frozen?

Therefore, Zhu Peng specialized in two water-walking Taoism techniques in the Qi Refining Realm, one was the Mantra of Purifying the Heart, and the other was the vigorous water technique in front of him: Dragon Chanting Daze.

With the blessing of the Five Elements Hunyuan Kung Fu, Zhu Peng chose two specializations for each of the five elements spells. Jin Xing is an instant killing spell that cuts gold and jade fingers, and an auxiliary blessing spell that is a sharp edge technique.

Mu Xing is a flying blade knife wheel with range attack and group damage, and a parasitic spirit species that is insidious and secretive, harming others and benefiting oneself.

Water movement is the heart-purifying mantra that restores oneself, quickly heals injuries, restores true energy, and even detoxifies, and this attack-type water movement spell, Longyin Daze, must have a lot of water nearby when it is cast.It's just that even Zhu Peng himself probably didn't expect that he played this skill so well for the first time.

After the wooden dam was accumulated to the limit, it was instantly blown up by Zhu Peng's fire spell. God knows how many tons of river water poured down at that moment. Zhu Peng didn't seek control immediately, but integrated into it and continued Putting in spiritual power to fuel the flames, gradually, he can direct this presumptuous water beast to choose some targets he wants to choose.

Flooding over the river and destroying the houses, only those who have really seen the roar of the river will know how terrible it will be if water, the softest thing in the world, is angry.

At least, when You Jue, the Young Palace Master of Youming Bone City, saw someone coming in the torrent, his dead face, which was as cold as ice for thousands of years, also showed a hint of fear.

(You can't retreat, and if you retreat, you will fall short.) At this time, the twelve foundation-building monks who came to the Nether Bone City have all died. In addition to Youjue himself, Li Nian, who was valued by his father, was also among them. With Ren Shi, the formation master, if he can't hold the top-level spiritual weapon, the Ghost Orb, You Jue knows very well that his life may be safe, but he probably doesn't have to worry about the position of the Lord of the Nether Bone City.

A huge ghost figure rises from the back of the golden-threaded black-robed monk, and the defensive array that surrounds him will definitely not be able to withstand it, but he must resist it.

(If you want to carry it hard, young man, you have a lot of ideas.) Zhu Peng, who was watching a huge ghost appear from the building in the torrent, sneered with his heavy sword on his back and quickly formed seals with his hands. Since he is so confident, then Let me verify your true level.

Roar!

The dragon chanted at Daze, and the tens of meters high waves formed several water dragons to rush towards the gray-purple formation enchantment.Ordinary foundation-building cultivators might not be able to withstand such an attack, and ordinary Qi-refining cultivators would probably die as many as they came within the range of this spell.

However, Zhu Peng, who stepped on the water behind the water dragons and fueled the flames, was not enough. At the moment of the last pounce of several water dragons, the earth and rocks exploded on the ground, and quickly merged into the roaring water dragons: soil water fusion, soil flow rivers and rivers!

Among the five elements, metal overcomes wood, wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, and fire overcomes metal.Because of the soil hydration technique, Zhu Peng's huge amount of true energy and mana was consumed in an instant, but it didn't matter, because the original pure torrent turned into a mudslide in an instant... The lethality increased by more than ten times.

Bang, boom.

"what……"

Under the combined technique of Longyin Daze and Tuliu Jianghe, the magic circle set up by Youjue exploded in an instant, and the giant ghost of the ghost that he had already prepared to defend quickly faded away under the erosion of the giant mudslide dragon and crash.Even the furnace of qi and blood that he was guarding with all his strength behind him was impacted to a certain extent, showing obvious instability.

This Furnace of Qi and Blood is not a physical body, but formed by a large formation of blood-condensed souls, and the furnace is broken when it is treasured. However, if the fire is not ready, the quality of the treasures released in advance is also conceivable.

Therefore, Youjue was more nervous than himself, and he turned around and pressed his hands. After a large amount of true energy and mana poured in, the qi and blood furnace stabilized again, soon, soon, it won't be long before the ghost Lingzhu will appear in this world.

Looking at the re-stabilised cauldron, You Jue let out a long breath, then he turned around and stared viciously at the man in heavy armor who came out of the collapsed torrent.

Yuanshi Momen, the only direct disciple of Ye Qingmei, the master of Jindan: Shiquan Daoist Zhu Peng.

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"Let me experience... Senior Brother Shangzong's tricks!" You Jue said with a pale face, but the enthusiasm in his eyes remained undiminished.

Although the other party is a Qi Refining Realm cultivator, You Jue has clearly placed him on the same level as himself.

(This guy's mental state is not right. He couldn't be fascinated by the thing behind him, right? However, it might be a good thing for me.) Holding the epee and walking forward slowly, at this time the opposite ghost There was another ghost figure condensed from the back of Jue, its wings were waving, its pupils were bloodshot, like a dark mephit.

"My senior brothers will follow soon, Young Master You, retreat, you have already lost this time."

"Kill all of you, complete the spiritual weapons, and make the ghost spirit beads. This is my destiny!" Coming from the Youjue Sect, he is very aware of the difficulty of forming an alchemy and holding a baby, especially a ghost cultivator. There is no hope of plundering resources, sweeping away invincibles, and holding babies.How can the arrogant Youjue bear it?

Therefore, he clearly knew that the ghost orb was bewitching him, and those who had been sacrificed by innocent blood wanted to drag him into hell with him.

But so what?

Not being able to prove the Tao is any different from death?

"Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill to turn the world upside down, kill a wide road, the long road is full of people competing for the top, there is you without me, kill kill kill kill!" A bone sword resembling a Western stabbing sword fell into You Jue's hand. His long hair flew wildly and his body was soaring into the air. As a monk in the late stage of foundation establishment, You Jue did not hesitate to fight to the death with Zhu Peng.

And this is indeed the best and most correct choice.

Forcibly enduring Zhu Peng's "Earth Water Synthesis Technique", Youjue's most powerful Youming Tiansha was broken, so he had to use the current relatively inferior one, and at the same time, the internal injuries were not serious. His identity refuses to fight desperately, and he will have no life to fight after a while.

The monks in the late stage of foundation building have strong swordsmanship, reaction speed, offensive and defensive capabilities, and true essence circulation speed!

And the one that appeared before Zhu Peng's eyes was weakened by a serious injury.

Armored with five elements all over his body, holding the blood-eating and spirit-eating savage dragon sword, Zhu Peng made every step steadily, and he was not sure enough to completely defeat the opponent within three breaths, so he used a set of extremely calm and solid swords On the way, for a while, I saw a shadowy blood bat pressing down on Zhu Peng and attacking wantonly.

The bursts of sparks erupting from the bone sword and the wild dragon sword were as dazzling as iron trees and silver flowers.

(Does the combination of people and ghosts greatly increase or even double their strength? Youming Bone City is worthy of being the leader of the ghost sect in Youzhou, and it does have some tricks.) In the process of fighting, there are naturally skills other than sword moves. The attack and defense of the law changed, and the nine blood-colored breaths emitted by Youjue were captured by Zhu Peng stretching his left hand with ten hearts in a row.

The next moment, the iron ring on the little finger of Zhu Peng's left hand cracked, and a cloud of green mist charged towards Youjue, but was swept away by his sword.

(Heart-eating poison? I see, it is indeed a good spiritual weapon!) Seeing that his own spells were captured and at the same time seeing the unique spells of Youming Bone City, You Jue was stunned for a moment, but looked at Zhu Peng's fingers. He immediately realized the nine iron rings.

It was at this moment that Zhu Peng seemed to be confused because of the sound transmission of his spiritual thoughts. The barbarian dragon sword in his hand was blocked, and the next moment he was pressed on his chest by You Jue's palm. A few feet, and then stabilized.

After hitting Zhu Peng with a palm, You Jue's originally pale and ugly face recovered a little blood. He is now in the shape of a ghost bat, and has the ability to convert energy and blood. The more injured the opponent is, the faster his injury will be. recover.

However, in the next moment, the young suzerain couldn't laugh anymore. Around his body, between the damage of the incomparably luxurious gold-threaded robe, there were strands of wood-like plants spreading and growing: wood lines, parasitic spirit species.Parasitic into the subject's body through damage, it can be connected through the hidden Qi mechanism to restore Zhu Peng's various states.

It can be said that it is a very practical spell for the weak to defeat the strong, and challenge with higher levels. As long as you don't be killed by the opponent in a short period of time, this spell is [-]% and the opponent will become weaker and weaker. When the water elements are in harmony, the growth speed of the parasitic spirit species, the extraction speed of vitality and true essence mana will all be greatly increased.And this is also one of the reasons why Zhu Peng consciously used the soil water fusion technique, and even consciously took the opponent's palm. The greater the loss on his side, the more intense the parasite's side will be drawn.

"This... when is this?"

"At the very beginning of the battle, it was already planted when you forced me to use my spells. The earth hydration technique doubles the consumption of true energy, but the water-wood combination technique has no negative interference, and some are just bonuses." In Zhu When Peng said these words, You Jue had already fallen into a terminal illness. There were a lot of wooden whiskers protruding from his body, and even the flesh and skin of his whole body had begun to appear lignified.

These parasitic spirit species were specially bred by Zhu Peng. While eroding the flesh and blood, they will secrete a beneficial paralyzing liquid that can excite people's spirits. To a certain extent, they will even improve the opponent's fighting state. The state will also shield the subject's self-mastery ability. As long as you are not careful, you will be ignorant of the erosion of the parasitic spirit species, and when the "wood ginseng" completely explodes, it is often irreversible.

"Ahem... One report after another, it's really fast. Just now...cough...I threw old man Shi into the stove just now, and I didn't expect it to be my turn so soon. "Just now, You Jue hit him too quickly, too hard, too fiercely, and with the crazily flowing of real energy and mana around him, at this moment the roots of the wood ginseng have penetrated into his internal organs, and no one can save him.

"...At least... at least let the ghost spirit bead really appear!" Such whispers roared, You Jue turned around and rushed towards the furnace of qi and blood in mid-air while spitting blood.

Seeing this, Zhu Peng frowned slightly, and he slashed at You Jue with his sword, You Jue blocked it with his left arm, and his arm fell in response to the sword, but You Jue had already jumped into the air.

As if it had been waiting for a long time, the top of the furnace of energy and blood in the sky opened, and there were countless phantoms of men, women and children in it.

The next moment, the top of the Hong Furnace was closed, and after killing countless people, it swallowed several Foundation Establishment monks, and now even You Jue, the original owner of the late Foundation Establishment, was swallowed.