Pawn Crossing the River

Xiao Yin smiled at Qi Xuansu, showing two small tiger teeth.

Qi Xuansu thought of Diswen's fangs and felt terrible.

Xiao Yin said in a soft voice: "You are here, you can't go back empty-handed."

Qi Xuansu said resolutely: "No. I am going to see Suzuka Gozen this time, so I can't make any extraneous matters."

Xiao Yin said in a pleading tone: "I promise I can eat them all and there won't be any trouble."

Qi Xuansu said angrily: "Not to mention whether you can eat it, this place is located in Ise territory, and the seal is probably set by Ise Shrine. If we destroy the seal, won't we scare the snake and expose our whereabouts to Ise Shrine? By that time The palace hunt, you can survive from the emperor's willow, but I can't die and start over."

Xiao Yin pouted and stared at Qi Xuansu with her big black eyes. I wonder if it was Qi Xuansu's illusion, but the little face in front of her was a little distorted.

Qi Xuansu was suddenly shocked and secretly thought that the little girl must have been influenced by Feng Linzhou, right? After all, this land can turn living people into monsters, and Tamamo no Mae and Yamata no Orochi are no exception, let alone Xiao Yin.

At this moment, a dark wind suddenly rose, like a ghost crying, blowing Qi Xuansu's clothes making a hunting sound, and also blowing the surrounding trees swaying left and right.

There was a faint sound of sobbing again. This sound was very gentle, echoing in the dense forest, like light smoke and mist, going straight into people's ears.

Qi Xuansu's body suddenly stiffened, his spine felt cold, his scalp was numb, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

This time it was really a disaster.

In an instant, the surrounding trees became twisted, and human faces seemed to appear on the trees, and all kinds of weird smiles appeared on the human faces, which was eerie and terrifying.

Qi Xuansu shouted loudly, and the "blood roar" was like thunder, shaking away the fog in the forest and causing the leaves in the forest to rustle and fall. The human face on the tree suddenly showed a distorted and painful look, which gradually became illusive and seemed to dissipate.

The essence of magic is to use fakeness to appear real. The more skillful it is, the more realistic it will be. The method of transforming these trees was not very clever, so they were shaken away by Qi Xuansuren's shout.

The "body spirit" around Qi Xuansu lit up one after another, shining brightly, which was particularly dazzling in this deep and gloomy forest.

Then, Qi Xuansu punched the trunk of a big tree. Not only was the entire tree broken in half, but a black energy rose up from it. Under the burning of the blood energy, a faint hissing sound could be heard. The sound of wailing quickly disappeared.

Qi Xuansu followed the same pattern and broke all the big trees with human faces.

At this moment, a large tree nearly three feet high rose up from the ground, pulling out its roots from the ground, like a person pulling out its feet from a quagmire, and began to move slowly. At the same time, many vines came from all directions. Qi Xuansu swept over.

Qi Xuansu kept punching, and his punches were as sharp as swords, breaking the vines one by one.

It's a pity that he didn't learn the "Five Thunder Heavenly Heart Methods". As the saying goes, there are specialties in the art. If it were Zhang Yuelu here, he could destroy these ghost trees with just a few thunder methods. There is no need to use such a stupid method.

The next moment, countless vines were seen tangled together, turning into a huge whip as thick as two people hugging each other, and sweeping towards Qi Xuansu's waist.

Qi Xuansu pulled out "Fei Yingbai" and used the "Magic Sword" to find the weak point of the vine in an instant and cut it off with one stroke.

There was a loud bang, and the entire forest seemed to shake, and countless leaves fell one after another.

The "Giant Whip" collapsed into vines.

Countless human faces appeared on the trunk of the giant tree. Both eyes were closed and opened at the same time. Only the whites of the eyes were densely packed, making people's hair stand on end. The branches turned into withered hands like eagle claws, stretching out to grasp Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu cut them off with a swing of his sword, but these branches could continue to regenerate and return to their original state in an instant.

This is the monster "Human Face Tree".

According to records, a man was so distressed that his beloved woman died that he believed the evil ghost's words and planted the woman's head in the backyard of his house. After forty-nine days, a tree grew. After a hundred days, the tree bloomed. A year later, a tree grew. The fruits were all the human faces of women, which led to the government's encirclement and suppression of the demonic tree. In the end, the man and the human-faced tree disappeared in the fire.

In the middle of the tree trunk, there is a huge human face, surrounded by other human faces. The big mouth opens and spits out many things that look like seeds. These seeds also have human faces on them. They open their mouths and scream, like a tree that blocks the sky and the sun. The locust plague rushed towards Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu did not dare to be careless. He turned around and the "Nine Yang Li Fire Shield" hanging around his waist shook violently. After being infused with mana, several red fire dragons were born, swimming around and burning many seeds to ashes.

Qi Xuansu stretched out his hand to touch his waist and grabbed the "Nine Yang Lihuo Shield" in his hand. Although "Fei Yingbai" was not a sword and the "Nine Suns Lihuo Shield" was not a copper bell, it still had the appearance of a Taoist priest who subdued demons. .

At this moment, Xiao Yin suddenly blurred and turned into a black mist, blending into the surrounding environment and drifting towards the human face tree.

The human-faced tree focused its attention on Qi Xuansu and did not notice Xiao Yin's movements. It continued to attack Qi Xuansu with its withered hands transformed from vines and branches. At the same time, it also produced huge thorns. Underground sneak attack.

Qi Xuansu was not afraid of the human-faced tree. He kept firing his swords and activating the "Nine Yang Lihuo Shield", gradually gaining the upper hand. However, this human-faced tree was at least a monster of the heavenly and human level, and now it occupies a favorable location. Qi Xuansu had to spend a lot of effort to win it.

At this moment, Xiao Yin, who turned into black mist, appeared behind the human-faced tree and exhaled corpse breath toward the back of the human-faced tree.

The corpse gas was extremely corrosive, and in the blink of an eye, a large hole was corroded into the trunk of the human-faced tree. The inside was hollow, and an object that looked like a woman's head could be seen beating like a heart.

The human-faced tree was in pain, and nearly a thousand human faces on its body wailed in unison.

Xiao Yin stretched out his hand and grabbed it, and pulled out the "tree heart". Then his mouth opened as wide as the mouth of a well, swallowed it whole, and burped.

The Human Face Tree was severely damaged, so it naturally went into full defense, and all the vines swept towards Xiao Yin. But when Xiao Yin succeeded, he didn't stay at the same place at all. It had already turned into billowing black mist and dispersed.

The vines of the human-faced tree have failed, and the human face on the trunk is still wailing. Countless vines are waving randomly, and there is no order.

Qi Xuansu took advantage of this opportunity, stepped forward, and stabbed the "Fei Yingbai" in his hand into the mouth of the largest face of the human face tree, and then stirred it with all his strength.

The human-faced tree had its heart stolen by Xiao Yin and had already suffered heavy damage. At this time, it could no longer withstand Qi Xuansu's offensive.

Qi Xuansu held a knife in his right hand and the "Nine Yang Li Fire Shield" in his left hand. He created a fierce fire and enveloped his entire fist. Then he punched the trunk of the human-faced tree three times in a row. The fire and blood energy came down, and the branches were beaten. Shaking, leaves fell one after another, and blood flowed from the seven orifices of thousands of faces. The tree trunk made a "click" sound, and the inside was shattered by Qi Xuansu's martial arts strength.

In the blink of an eye, all the vines of the human-faced tree withered, and the original green leaves also withered and turned yellow, falling like rain, and finally turned into a twisted dead tree.

Qi Xuansu pulled out "Fei Ying Bai" and looked at Xiao Yin.

Xiao Yin was stroking his belly gently: "It's good to have a snack, but I'm still not full."

As she spoke, she looked steadily towards somewhere.

Qi Xuansu was startled and looked around.

Sure enough, the stone tablet was still the same.

In other words, the human-faced tree was not a monster suppressed by the stone monument, but the guard responsible for guarding the stone monument. It was probably a shikigami left here by a certain Onmyoji, but now he was killed by Qi Xuansu and Xiao Yin.

What's even worse is that after all this tossing, those red lines that crisscrossed like a spider web were completely destroyed.

Qi Xuansu didn't want to open the seal, but with Xiao Yin's push, he gradually opened the seal.

Xiao Yin said happily: "Brother, can you help me break this stone tablet again? I will listen to you in everything after I have eaten."

Qi Xuansu's face darkened: "You are so powerful, you can just break it yourself, why do you need to ask me?"

Xiao Yin pouted: "There is something weird about this stone tablet. It is specially designed to restrain Yin objects. I can't get too close. But my brother is a celestial warrior with strong blood and will not be affected. Just one punch is enough."

She pulled Qi Xuansu's sleeve again, half coquettishly and half pleading: "One punch, just one punch."

At this moment, a female voice sounded, speaking in Fenglinzhou language: "Who are you? What are you doing in the forbidden area? Did you destroy the formation outside?"

Qi Xuansu turned around and looked.

A witch wearing a white dress and red culottes appeared outside the forest. She had a high ponytail and a heroic appearance. She had a bow and an arrow in her hand, pointing at Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu was about to explain something, but the witch had already seen the destroyed red line and the human-faced tree that had turned into dead wood, and her expression changed drastically: "You want to destroy the seal?"

Before she finished speaking, she loosened her bowstring and shot out an arrow.

In an instant, it broke through the sky.

Qi Xuansu did not dodge, and was hit by an arrow in the center. However, he had the "Heart of the Immortal Stone", and the arrow hovered for an instant, and then shattered inch by inch.

The witch's face changed slightly, and she opened her bow again without hesitation. The long bow in her hand gave off a black and white aura. After surrounding her for a week, it converged on the arrow. On the arrow, there was a black and white ball that grew rapidly.

This time, she did not point to Qi Xuansu's heart, but to the position between Qi Xuansu's eyebrows.

Qi Xuansu stopped trying to resolve the misunderstanding, put away the "Nine Yang Lihuo Shield", took out the "Dragon Painting Gun", and pointed it at the witch at the same time.

The witch's face was calm, as if she hadn't seen the blunderbuss in Qi Xuansu's hand. She loosened her finger on the string and shot the second arrow.

At the same time, Qi Xuansu did not show mercy and pulled the trigger to activate the gun in his hand.

A bloody flower bloomed on the miko's chest, and she staggered back.

Qi Xuansu stood still and did not move. Although he tried his best to turn his head with the instinct of the "magic knife", he could not completely avoid it. The feather arrow almost brushed his face and shot past, tearing a hole in his face. The horrific wounds showed white teeth and bloody gums.