In those years when I was a mortal and a demon

"How can you mobilize the restrictions on the lava road? Are you from the Star Palace?" Wudong exerted Xuanyin's demonic energy to the extreme and struggled to hold on.

Zhang Tie did not answer, but glanced at Wudong with a look that looked at someone dead.

While the formation flag was waving, in addition to the wild beasts transformed by various flame currents, boundless red flames rose in the 'Heavenly Fire Infinite Formation'.

Lu Principle took the opportunity to sit down cross-legged and began to restore his mana. Because of Zhang Tie's formation adjustment, the hot air in the vicinity dropped a lot, giving him a chance to recover.

Not long after, Wudong in the formation gradually became a little powerless under the attack of the formation. Not only is the evil spirit of Xuanyin getting thinner and thinner, but the magic weapons of several swords have also become dim.

He knew that if this continued, defeat would be inevitable sooner or later. After some thought, Wudong's eyes flashed with a stern look, and he formed a strange seal.

"Yin Demon Dafa!" Not long after, Wudong shouted angrily, and the demonic energy in his body stagnated. The whole person's aura suddenly rose rapidly. In just a few breaths, it was several times stronger than before.

"Late stage of pill formation!" Zhang Tie's eyes narrowed and his face became solemn. Because Wudong's momentum did not stop after reaching the late stage of pill formation, and actually continued to rise.

Until the end, Zhang Tie found that he couldn't sense Wu Dong's cultivation. This shows that the level gap between the two sides is too large. Wudong may now have reached the peak of the late-stage pill formation strength!

"He is using secret techniques to temporarily improve his level. He will definitely not be able to hold on for long. Be careful if he breaks the formation and escapes!" Lu Yuan naturally also discovered Wudong's change and reminded him.

Sure enough, Wudong, whose realm had greatly increased, activated his magic power and instantly pushed the power of several magic weapons to the limit, and he continued to input spiritual power.

"No! He's going to self-destruct the magic weapon!" Zhang Tie realized something was wrong and immediately placed the Southern Fire Flag in his hand as the formation's eye into the sky above the 'Heavenly Fire Infinite Formation'.

At this time, a low rumbling explosion came out, and several dazzling spiritual lights suddenly appeared in the formation. The power of Wudong's magic weapon's self-destruction swept away all the flame beasts in the formation, and even the formation flags in the four directions were unstable. Wudong took advantage of this opportunity to use the Xuanyin demonic energy in his body to blast towards the Southern Fire Flag as the center of the formation.

Although the Yin Demon Technique can temporarily increase his strength to the limit of the late stage of pill formation, it does so at the expense of his own foundation.

Once it is displayed, he will spend tens or hundreds of years in the future to repair the lost essence.

Moreover, this Yin Demon method emphasizes quick combat. Once it continues for too long, it will cause irreparable damage to its own foundation. At that time, not only will the realm regress, but the possibility of advancing to the Nascent Soul in the future will also be cut off.

"Dream!" Zhang Tie saw that the Southern Fire Flag was unstable, and immediately flew to it. He poured all his mana into the formation flag, pressed down, and reached a stalemate with Wudong.

"Can you really stop me with your mid-stage pill formation?" Wudong spurted out several mouthfuls of essence and blood. He didn't want to delay for too long, and the endless Xuanyin demonic energy instantly filled the entire formation.

"Then add me!" Lu Yuan also flew over the formation. A golden light flashed from behind, and a golden gourd several feet high flew out. He then turned the mouth of the gourd and aimed it at the black Xuanyin energy in the formation.

"Take it!" Lu Yuan shouted lowly, and a golden glow erupted from the gourd. All the black demonic energy shrouded in the golden glow was sucked into the golden gourd one after another, as if being pulled.

"You dare to accept my Xuanyin Demonic Qi, you are really seeking death!" Wu Dong sneered, because Xuanyin Demonic Qi corrodes the monk's magic weapon greatly. I believe that it won't take long to wipe out the mind of the opponent's magic weapon, and even turn the opponent's magic weapon back.

At this time, the golden gourd completely turned into a sea of ​​thunder, and the chaotic golden thunder continued to fall one after another, wiping out all the Xuanyin demonic energy that had been absorbed.

Finally, seeing that nearly one-third of the Xuanyin demonic energy he had released had been absorbed, and Lu Yuan's golden gourd still showed no change, Wu Dong couldn't help but panic.

Lu Yuan struck while the iron was hot, and another ball of golden light flew out of his hands, directly releasing the Wanren Pan. Countless golden blades shot out from it, pointing directly at Wudong.

Wudong quickly released a burst of demonic energy to resist, but this gave Zhang Tie a chance. The energy of the magic weapon's self-explosion has long since dissipated, and the power of Wudong's Xuanyin demonic energy has also been greatly reduced. Zhang Tie first stabilized the formation, and then used the formation again to launch a counterattack.

Under attack from two sides, Wudong had all his magic weapons self-destructed, and could only vomit blood essence continuously to enhance the power of Xuanyin's demonic energy.

But at this moment, Wu Dong's expression suddenly changed. His forcibly improved cultivation suddenly began to decline, and he slowly fell from his peak in the late stage of pill formation.

When his realm fell to the early stage of pill formation, Lu Yuan caught an opportunity, and the golden blade released by Wan Renpan broke through Wudong's defense.

Wu Dong, who was weighing several swords, roared several times unwillingly and fell from the stone pillar into the lava river below.

After a while, green smoke came out, and only a few sparkling storage bags were left in the river.

......

At the entrance of the Grand Canyon under the mountain peak, there were more than thirty monks in different clothes, sitting quietly there, all with solemn expressions.

However, although the monks sitting cross-legged here have solemn expressions on their faces, they all look calm and calm, with an extraordinary bearing. At least, most of them are in the middle stage of Dan formation, and there are even a few in the late stage of Dan formation.

Han Li followed Ji Yin and others and slowly landed in the crowd.

Han Li glanced briefly and discovered that the beautiful black-robed Yuan Yao was also mixed in the crowd, but he did not find Zhang Tie and Lu Yuan.

Similarly, Patriarch Jiyin did not see Wudong after scanning around.

Just when Patriarch Jiyin was confused, he discovered that the entrances to Ruoyan Road and Xuanjing Road had been opened. His face immediately darkened and he guessed.

Not long after, Wan Tianming, a monk from Zhengdao Yuanying, also arrived. Although he saw that the Ice and Fire Path was opened in advance, his gloomy expression relaxed when he discovered that Ji Yin and layman Qing Yi were still waiting.

It seemed that someone had entered early, but as long as it wasn't Man Beard and other demonic Nascent Soul cultivators, a few juniors in the Dan Formation stage wouldn't be a big concern.

After another meal, five or six monks came flying in one after another.

Among them, two white-clothed elders from Star Palace also arrived here as if nothing had happened. But after seeing that Man Beard hadn't arrived yet, the two looked at each other.

Then one of them said: "It seems that someone broke the rules and opened the Ice and Fire Road in advance. But this may cause major changes in the canyon. The two of us will try to find a way to relieve it first. You'd better wait patiently."

About half an hour later, there was a sharp roar that pierced through the metal and stone. The roar was like a huge wave rising into the sky, each wave getting louder and louder than the last. Each wave was more fierce than the other, and all the monks who were sitting cross-legged were shocked and had a look of horror on their faces.

When Patriarch Jiyin and the old man in Confucian shirt heard this, their faces showed relief at the same time.

"The two of us have found a way to suppress the changes in the ice and fire path. We are going to deal with it now. Please help yourself." The two elders of Xinggong also looked at each other with a smile, and then disappeared at the entrance of Xuanjing Dao. .

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Lava road, endless black desert, black sand, black dunes. Han Li was deep in the desert, staring at the sky expressionlessly, his figure motionless.

In the sky, as many as hundreds of thousands of gold-eating insects and iron fire ants were biting each other desperately at low altitude not far ahead. Insect corpses fell from the sky like raindrops, densely covering the ground in a thin layer.

After another cup of tea, the black ant colony finally retreated. Except for the remaining thousands of flying ants that escaped, all the other flying ants became the meal of the gold-eating insects. It was swallowed up completely.

Han Li didn't bother to waste any effort to chase the escaping iron fire ants. Instead, he sprayed the essence on the ice beads on his head to inflate the cold energy, and continued on his way refreshed.

According to his estimation, he should have reached the center of the desert now, which is why he encountered such a huge colony of flying ants. Now he had to get on the road quickly, otherwise just supporting the mana consumption of two fire-preventing treasures would be an extremely difficult task.

But this time, Han Li only walked twenty or thirty miles before his expression became startled, and he narrowed his eyes and stared to the right.

After a moment, a look of doubt appeared on his face, and he suddenly changed his direction and walked towards a certain sand dune he was looking at.

When Han Li stood on the sand dune, he frowned inadvertently. Because wherever he looked, another group of iron fire ants appeared.

The number of this group of flying ants is not large, but it looks like there are nearly ten thousand.

They were frantically attacking a light blue light group, which was crumbling and flickering. There are also figures flashing among them, looking like they are struggling to hold on.

Han Li looked at all this coldly, with no expression on his face.

Suddenly, Han Li's expression darkened, and a sinister look flashed across his brows inadvertently. He raised his hand and released a green sword light, shooting somewhere on the sand dune.

"Whoever is there, get out!"

"Senior Brother Han, have you been burned to a crisp? You can't even distinguish the auras of Brother Zhang and I!" A golden sword light shot out from the sand dunes, scattering Han Li's sword light.

Then Han Li felt a shaking under his feet, and the entire sand dune suddenly collapsed.

When the sand dunes returned to calm, Zhang Tie and Lu Yuan appeared, carrying two large flags, one red and one blue.

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"You actually killed Wudong!"

"Once you step out of the ice and fire path, how can Jiyin spare you? I'm afraid even Barbarian Beard may not be able to stop you by then, right?" After listening to Lu Yuan's two people's story, Han Li couldn't help but look shocked.

"Of course we understand this, so after leaving the Ice and Fire Dao, I'm afraid Brother Zhang and I won't be able to go to the inner hall anymore." Lu Yuan pretended to be embarrassed.

"You mean, let me go in with those Yuanying old monsters?" Han Li said with a dissatisfied look on his face.

"Yes, there is a blood jade spider. Even if you don't want to go, will those old Nascent Soul monsters agree?" Lu Yuan gloated.

"You two want me to die, right?" Han Li gave up now.

"Don't worry, I've calculated it for you. Although you may be frightened when you go to the inner palace this time, you're definitely not in danger. Even the Void Heaven Cauldron might be yours."

"Stop doing this."

"Don't mention it, Brother Zhang has refined a forbidden talisman for you. If you are really in danger, you can use this talisman to escape." Lu Yuan said and handed over a simple talisman paper with the runes on it. It's incredibly complex, and it's extraordinary at first glance.

"Is this possible?" Han Li still didn't believe it. After all, he had also studied the art of making talismans. He took the talisman paper and looked at it repeatedly, but found no sign of breaking the space on it.

"This is the refining method that Brother Zhang found from the ancient books left by the ancient Shenmiao Sect. It's normal that you can't understand it."

"That's right, Brother Zhang." Lu Yuan secretly pinched Zhang Tie.

"Ah, yes, yes."

"Okay, but where are you going?" Han Li put away the talisman with some suspicion and then asked.

"Let's follow her." Lu Yuan turned his head and pointed to the blue light group in the distance that was struggling to support itself among nearly 10,000 iron fire ants.

After that, he took the lead and walked towards the blue light group.

"Fellow Daoist Han, Friend Daoist Lu! I am Yuan Yao. Could you please help me with some fellow daoists? I will thank you later!" Seeing someone coming, a familiar female hoarse voice came from the light group.

"Brother, take action. I have something to ask her." Lu Yuan glanced at Han Li.

Countless gold-eating insects swarmed out, and at the cost of just over a thousand, the iron fire ant colony was easily wiped out.

"Thank you to the three fellow Taoists for rescuing me. Yuan Yao is really grateful!" Yuan Yao twisted her graceful figure, gave a salute, and said charmingly.

At this time, she had already taken off her black robe and put on a thin tight-fitting shirt. The whole body was dripping with sweat, exuding bursts of fragrance, full of fatal temptation, which made Lu Yuan and the other three people feel excited.

"There's no need to be grateful. As long as you promise one thing, we might be able to take you out of here." Lu Yuan said with a hint of amusement.

"Brother Lu means..."

"It seems not very convenient here..." A strange color flashed between Yuan Yao's brows, but soon she rolled her eyes and gave Lu Yuan a wink.

"Don't think nonsense, my request is very simple. After entering the inner hall later, take us straight to where you want to go." Lu Yuan stared at Yuan Yao and said meaningfully.

"Yuan Yao doesn't quite understand what Brother Lu means." A strange color flashed across Yuan Yao's face.

"I heard that the young master of the Qingyang Clan was assassinated and died in his early years, but the murderer's whereabouts have been unknown..." Lu Yuan said slowly.

As soon as these words came out, Yuan Yao's expression immediately changed, and her eyes looking at Lu Yuan were full of fear. Lu Yuan immediately became hesitant about his request.

Similarly, Han Li and Zhang Tie also looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes.

According to Lu Yuan, the death of Young Master Qingyang was probably related to Yuan Yao, but where did Lu Yuan know about it?

"Mrs. Fan from Miaoyin Sect has been doing business with Senior Brother Lu. Maybe I got the information from her." Zhang Tie explained to Han Li.

"Since Taoist fellows don't want to, forget it. As gentlemen, we won't do things that force others to do something difficult." Lu Yuan waved his hand, signaling Han Li and the others to leave.

This move made the frightened Yuan Yao's beauty turn pale, and her pale face became even more panicked.

In her current situation, let alone encountering any fire ants in the future, she would be almost unable to resist the scorching heat. There was no way she would give up this life-saving straw!

Seeing Lu Yuan leading Han Li and the others, they moved more than ten feet away very quickly.

With a look of anxiety on her face, she had no choice but to hurry up and catch up with the three of them, regardless of her reserve, and said to Lu Yuan coquettishly: "You don't force others to do anything, but you can leave me alone, pat my butt and leave, with the villain who took advantage of the situation." What’s the difference in behavior?”

"Thank you for having the nerve to say that you are a gentleman!"

"So?" Lu Yuan looked at Yuan Yao with a hint of pride.

"I promise you, but the treasures found there must be my priority!"

"Okay." Lu Yuan nodded.

What Yuan Yao wants is nothing more than the soul-nurturing tree. I have no interest in the Soul-nurturing Wood, I just want to find the location of the Ten Thousand Years Spiritual Milk and use the spiritual spring there to break through the bottleneck of the third golden body.

But how to get there, he didn’t know the route, so he had to let Yuan Yao lead the way.

Of course, Lu Yuan had not thought of asking Yuan Yao to hand over the map. But I thought that this Yuan Yao was not a simple-minded person. If he was given a fake map, the gain would outweigh the loss.