It should be the White Bone God Lord of the Lushan God and Demon Cave. As for his strength, he is not considered strong, only slightly stronger than the younger generation.
"Gu Chen, why waste words with him? Capture him and interrogate him slowly."
As he spoke, the nine bone arrows behind the Bone God burst forth.
They rose up and rushed towards the river. At the same time, the long banner in his hand continuously released a sinister green flame.
These are the White Bone Death Arrows crafted by the White Bone God. Their demonic magic is filthy, and each of the nine arrows is imbued with numerous malevolent spirits. Those struck by them will not only suffer severe physical injuries but will also have their souls corrupted.
However, he used the wrong target. The physical body of the Divine Dove could block the "Lotus Sutra Vajra Wheel" of the Divine Nymph, and it also possessed his small "White Bone Death Arrow".
Relying on his formidable physical strength, Jiang Liu flapped his wings and charged towards the White Bone God at high speed. The Demon Corpse Valley Master was quite powerful; Jiang Liu wouldn't dare claim to kill him in one move, but the White Bone God couldn't withstand Jiang Liu's attack.
Nine white bone arrows struck the wings of the divine dove, bursting into flames, but causing no harm whatsoever.
Jiang Liu had already reached the White Bone God, and with a claw strike, he was about to land on the White Bone God's head.
"Run! Run! Run! Gu Chen, save me!"
The White Bone God was truly surprised that he was no match for him. His face, which was originally thin and pale and devoid of any color, was now completely red.
The fear between life and death was immense, and his heart pounded with panic.
Although the destruction of the physical body does not constitute true death, if one is left with only the primordial spirit and no physical body, one's strength will drop by several levels.
Even the demon corpse Gu Chen hadn't anticipated the Divine Dove's attack to be so sharp and decisive. He knew the strength of the three demon corpses of Baiyang Mountain very well; even the strongest, Qiongqi, was no more than this. Keep in mind, this Divine Dove was merely a dove demon kept by the Wuhua Corpse Demon! He had thought he could easily capture this Divine Dove, but now, with this attack, he realized he had been careless.
In an instant, the demon corpse Gu Chen stretched out his long arms and claws from a great distance, reaching out to grab the divine dove. With a flick of his two slender arms, they instantly grew to more than ten zhang in length, with bursts of azure flames exploding like rain.
Jiang Liu snorted coldly and spat out a purple flame, which shot towards Gu Chen.
The demon corpse Gu Chen's physical body was not weak, capable of withstanding attacks from ordinary flying swords. Upon seeing the purple flames approaching, he paid no attention, reaching out to grab them while simultaneously trying to break through the flames and capture the divine dove. Unexpectedly, the moment their hands met, he felt excruciating pain; although his arm wasn't burned, he felt he couldn't bear it. Seeing the miraculous power of the purple flames, the demon corpse dared not forcefully grasp them. Just as he swung his long arm, unleashing a burst of emerald flames to block the purple flames, a cracking sound was heard.
"Pfft!" It was like punching a big watermelon.
Seeing the headless body of the White Bone God, Demon Corpse Valley Chen was so angry that his mouthful of fangs bared out.
Moreover, the instant the White Bone God's primordial spirit separated from his physical body, the Divine Dove's head moved, its iron beak opened, and it swallowed the primordial spirit whole. After being burned by the "Dove Spirit Fire," it was transformed into pure spiritual energy and absorbed.
A powerful figure in the demonic path perished in an instant. Thus, a green-robed patriarch and a white-bone deity died at Jiang Liu's hands.
Seeing the fierceness of the divine dove, Gu Chen had no choice but to leap upwards. His entire body vanished instantly, transforming into a ball of emerald light covering half an acre in size. From within the light, countless black threads shot out, rushing straight towards the river.
The banner in his hand was the main banner of the "Mysterious Yin Gathering Beast Banner".
The "Mysterious Yin Gathering Beast Banner," crafted from the demonic corpse, is made by combining the souls of millions of ape bears with black fiendish threads forged from the foul air accumulated over millions of years in the earth's lungs. It is extremely vicious.
Now, with the addition of the "black aura" of Qiongqi, its power is even greater.
Ten thousand black threads are ten thousand strands of malevolent energy that corrode and pollute the soul.
Chapter 265 Betraying Teammates
Faced with the burst of "black threads" shooting towards them, which came like a torrential rain of pear blossoms, covering the sky and the earth.
Jiang Liu remained calm and composed. Suddenly, his body swelled up, and he opened his ten-foot-long, hooked iron beak, spewing out a straight stream of purple flame that completely blocked the overwhelming black rain. As the purple flame burned, the river, like a rainbow drawing in water, sucked in all the extremely filthy black threads—formed over several years by accumulating countless black miasma, filthy blood, and the ferocious souls of thousands of apes—and absorbed them all into its mouth.
"Not bad, not bad, very delicious. The black aura of Qiongqi is a treasure! The black silk refined from the foul air of the earth's lungs over millions of years is also good... Gu Chen, just because the Long-Browed Immortal didn't kill you back then doesn't mean you're really strong."
This demonic corpse, Gu Chen, was originally a master of the unorthodox Heavenly Lewd Sect. He once stole the Taoist scriptures of the heretical sword immortal Ke Yizi. Later, the Long-Browed True Man used seven divine swords to pierce his heart and kill him. However, because he had obtained that Taoist scripture, he could transform into the Netherworld. The Long-Browed True Man was about to ascend to immortality, and since he could not destroy Gu Chen's primordial spirit at that time, he locked a fiery cloud chain around Gu Chen's neck and then used the Xuanmen's innate innate technique to open the Chidi Aperture, suppressing both Gu Chen's corpse and primordial spirit.
When Jiang Liu took the ten-thousand-year-old warm jade from him, he was indeed extremely afraid and no match for him. He fled after taking the jade.
But now, when Jiang Liu looks at him, he has a condescending air about him. Moreover, this divine dove had the ability to devour ghosts in its lifetime, and after cultivating in seclusion underground in the tomb for thousands of years, it has become even more of a nemesis to evil spirits and monsters.
This extremely malevolent "black aura" and "black evil threads" have no effect when swallowed and can be refined with "the fire of the spirit dove".
With Jiang Liu's methods, he can break through the physical body of his demonic corpse and completely dominate him.
Seeing that the Divine Dove had killed the White Bone God with a single strike, not even his primordial spirit had escaped, being devoured in one bite, he realized that even his own supreme treasure, painstakingly refined underground for many years, was powerless against him.
He immediately had the idea of backing out.
But while it's easy to come, it's not so easy to leave.
Jiang Liu was closing in on Qiongqi, one after the other, and getting closer and closer. Jiang Liu was chasing him, wanting Qiongqi's "Black Omen Qi". He had just absorbed a trace of it and felt that it was very helpful in improving his "Dove Spirit Fire".
"If I could obtain all the Black Qi, my Purple Flame would be upgraded to a higher level. Currently, the Purple Flame is extremely powerful against evil beings like Gu Chen, but it's not very effective against the supernatural powers of righteous Buddhist sects. If I could absorb the Black Qi, I could corrupt flying swords and magical treasures. Everything has its counter; since I've encountered it, I can't let it pass me by..."
With a flap of its wings, its murderous intent surged.
The river flowed out of the Yitian Cliff on the edge of the river and headed southwest. At this time, the demon corpse Gu Chen also fled southwest and entered the roof of the world, where the vast and continuous snow-capped mountains stretched endlessly.
Just then, a white streak of mist hung down from the sky ahead. Upon seeing this mist, the demon corpse Gu Chen immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Within the mist, a strange monster appeared.
This creature resembles a mandrill, standing about ten feet tall. Its head is like a mountain, with green hair and red eyes, a wide mouth and fangs, a flat nose with upturned nostrils, and green hair about an inch long growing on its face. Its entire body is as white as snow.
This creature is the legendary snow monster of the Himalayas, which has been sighted multiple times in the Nepalese Himalayas.
The legendary snow monster appeared before Jiang Liu.
Shenjiu's eyesight was exceptional; Jiang Liu clearly observed the monster the moment it appeared. Unlike normal snow monsters, this creature possessed a long, thin, bony arm growing from the back of its head and neck. The arm had seven fingers, as large as a fan, and was held high behind its head, its palm emitting a chilling, grayish-white light. Its entire body was skin and bones, suggesting formidable defensive capabilities. Furthermore, from its abdomen down, its two legs were fused together, forming a single, naturally occurring leg.
Without any visible movement, he was carried by the white mist hanging upside down in the air and flew towards us with lightning speed.
"Old Demon, join forces with me to kill this demon!" the demon corpse shouted loudly.
"Gu Chen, I didn't expect you to become so weak after escaping. You can't even handle a bird?"
This demon is a close associate of the demon corpse Gu Chen. It has been lurking at the bottom of the Great Snow Mountain for many years and has only recently emerged. It is known as the Seven-Fingered Demon.
Even so, the old demon dared not be careless. The fact that he could chase the demon corpse Gu Chen so badly showed that he was a formidable enemy.
In an instant, the seven fingers of the strange hand behind his head flicked, emitting seven chilling, grayish-white rays of light. This was originally an inner core that Old Demon had refined using the icy, yin energy accumulated over ten thousand years beneath the snow-capped mountains. Apart from pure yang treasures, no other magic weapon or flying sword could withstand it.
A single ray of grayish-white light can kill a person from a hundred paces away with a chilling poison. If struck even slightly, it can freeze the entire body, causing it to explode and shatter.
Jiang Liu was immediately taken aback, realizing that this demon was actually an ice mage. Although Shenjiu's body was strong, he couldn't guarantee that he could withstand it all. Instantly, he spat out a flying sword, and in a flash, pure white flames rose from the sword.
The Five Elements Sword Fiend, a blazing sun that scorches the heavens, was transformed hastily by Jiang Liu, but it was not weak. He cleaved the seven streaks of gray-white light, unleashing a deafening explosion that scattered them like snowflakes. Old Mei was greatly surprised; this fire was his weakness.
Just as he was about to call out to Corpse Demon Valley Chen to go up side by side, he glanced to the side and realized that there was no one behind him.
Corpse Demon Valley Chen had already vanished without a trace.
Not to mention the old demon of the snow mountain, even Jiang Liu cursed inwardly.
"You betrayed your teammate! What a waste of the Dark Qi, I'll kill you next time. Since that's the case, I guess I'll just have to kill you, you old demon!"
The fiery sword energy swept in, and Old Mei was filled with regret and fear. He was naturally clever, and upon seeing this, he wanted to escape.
Jiang Liu's sword control technique is the authentic "Way of the Sword" of Guang Chengzi, and he has also comprehended the sword intent of "Myriad Swords of the Star River". In the world of "Shu Mountain", he can be considered a top-level sword immortal, and he also has the Flame Sword Aura to restrain Lao Mei.
The old demon was incredibly agile, knowing when to advance and when to retreat. He knew that if he didn't flee now, he would have no chance of escape. He quickly concealed the seven-fingered hand behind his head and took the opportunity to flee.
This is the Blood Transformation Escape Technique, which can cover a thousand miles in an instant; it's Old Demon's life-saving method.
But to his surprise, the Flame Sword didn't attack; instead, it unleashed a sky full of flames to surround him, instantly breaking his escape technique. Then, another purple flame rushed towards him, burning him and causing him to roar repeatedly.
Just as he was begging for mercy, a sharp claw tore through the flames and grabbed at him with lightning speed, slicing his head off with a single, sharp claw.
The primordial spirit still tried to escape, but the divine dove pecked and swallowed it, absorbing all the white mist emanating from its body.
"The essence of Yin Sha Cold Poison from the depths! A fine item, no less potent than the Black Sha Silk of a demon corpse. It's a pity this flying sword is destroyed..."
Once the flying sword that unleashed the blazing sun was retrieved, this once magnificent spiritual weapon had been reduced to a pile of scrap metal.
Jiang Liu glanced at the Great Snow Mountain, then flew into another snow mountain, opened a cave, and prepared to digest the pile of spiritual objects he had swallowed.
Chapter 266 The Evil Sect Boss
It didn't take long for Jiang Liu to digest the foreign object in his stomach. He had experience in cultivating the Five Elements Sword Demon and could easily refine the five elements.
It had only been three days since he broke through the snow piled up at the entrance of the 'cave'. Spreading his wings, he immediately noticed that his originally jet-black tail feathers, which were like iron feathers, had undergone some changes.
One of its tail feathers was pure white and completely transparent, seemingly forged from ice. This was obtained by Jiang Liu from refining the essence of the Yin Fiery Cold Poison from the Snow Mountain Old Demon's underground. With a single swipe, a cold light flashed, and anyone a hundred paces away would be poisoned by the cold. If struck, it could freeze a person's entire body.
One of its tail feathers glowed red, as if it were engulfed in flames. This was Jiang Liu's blazing sun, which had merged into the tail feather. A flash of red light, and the flames that blazed the heavens appeared.
One of its tail feathers is pure black, forged from black evil threads and black miasma. It shimmers with black light and can corrupt magical artifacts and flying swords.
These three tail feathers represent three supernatural powers: ice, fire, and the power of filth and evil.
It has a similar feel to the five-colored divine light of Kong Xuan.
Calculating the time, Jiang Liu pondered, "Around the Double Ninth Festival, Emei opens its gates. Now that the Mid-Autumn Festival is over, it should be time for Yuanjiang to retrieve the treasure. Yuanjiang retrieves the treasure... Yuanjiang is in Yunnan. Should I 'get involved'? Right now, the righteous people will definitely want to kill me. Everyone is calling for my death! I'll go and see first. If there's an opportunity, I'll seize the treasure. Why should someone with nothing to lose be afraid of someone with something to lose? I can't handle Old Nun Fentuo, but her disciples and followers can't withstand a single blow from me!"
With this thought in mind, the river took flight from the vast snow-capped mountains, heading southeast.
"Divine Dove, wait!" A voice came from afar. As soon as the voice echoed, more than a dozen avalanches roared from the Great Snow Mountain. Fortunately, the birds could fly and were not afraid of the danger of the avalanches.
The newcomer was an avatar, and a member of an evil sect. Jiang Liu had that much insight, and his gaze immediately shifted to what was behind the person.
"Demon Corpse Valley Chen?! Has he sent someone to deal with me? This person is very strong, not much weaker than the god Nifen Tuo."
The mysterious clone did not approach, but looked at Jiang Liu from afar and said, "God Dove, do not be alarmed. I am the 'Cave' Haha Ancestor, the chief of the Wild Man Mountain in Guizhou! Due to a qi deviation, the lower half of my body was burned by fire and I cannot move. It will take thirty years before I can cultivate and restore myself. I can only travel in clones. Today, I have come to act as a peacemaker and settle the grudge between God Dove and the demon corpse."
"Oh, you know about the grudge?" Jiang Liu knew that this Haha Ancestor might not be a match for Shen Ni Fentuo, but he was still one of the top figures in the evil sects of Shu Mountain. He was much stronger than Shi Bi Laoren, Qi Nan Gong, and Xue Shenzi Deng Yin, and was a senior expert of the older generation.
As for the lower body paralysis, in the Shu Mountain world, it's all about the primordial spirit attacking; the physical body plays a very small role. Therefore, his strength hasn't decreased much. Although this Haha Ancestor came as an avatar, Jiang Liu still restrained himself somewhat, saying, "Shenjiu greets Ancestor! I have little grudge against Brother Gu Chen; let's settle it!"
Demon Corpse Valley Chen snorted coldly, but he didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Old Ancestor Haha. He exchanged a few polite words with Jiang Liu and then stood aside in silence.
Haha, the old ancestor came to see, naturally not for the demon corpse Gu Chen, but for the divine dove.
"In the world today, Emei reigns supreme. With the Double Ninth Festival approaching, we, the evil sects, the demonic path, and the rogue cultivators, should unite to deal with Emei. Old Monster Xuanyuan has already discussed with me how to prevent Emei from opening its gates. You managed to escape from Old Nun Fentuo, so your strength is considerable. I invite you to join me in this great undertaking. Are you willing?"
After saying this, the old ancestor looked at the divine dove with both eyes, not caring that the divine dove was about to escape.
Now, the entire righteous path is hunting him down. If he offends him, he will offend both the righteous and the evil paths, and he will find it impossible to move an inch in this world.
Jiang Liu naturally knew what he meant by "conspiring to do something big"—it was nothing more than using him.
However, Jiang Liu had his biggest trump card: the ability to leave this world at any time, so he was naturally not afraid. Since that was the case, Jiang Liu immediately said, "Thank you for taking me in, Ancestor. I heard that Emei is about to collect the treasures from the Guangcheng Golden Ship in Yuanjiang, and I'm on my way there. What are your plans, Ancestor?"
"Guangcheng's Golden Ship? The Golden Gate Treasure Trove—Guangchengzi's treasures aren't so easy to take!"
The Golden Gate Treasure is one of the relics of the ancient immortal Guang Chengzi, and it is the largest of them. Before the Han Dynasty, it was hidden in the belly of Mount Kongtong, attracting the covetous eyes of countless immortals throughout the ages. They tried countless methods, but none of them could obtain it. Later, Mao Gong Liu Gen, together with his fellow practitioners, painstakingly refined the Five Fires and burned the mountain for eighty-one days, breaking the mountain-sealing talisman. Just when they were about to succeed, thousands of spirits and monsters, smelling the strange fragrance of the ancient cave, knew that the mountain had opened and came to seize it.
As a result, although the spirit was driven away by the immortals, the golden boat and golden basin hidden in the mountain's belly flew out of the cave and disappeared. The immortals were unable to stop them and only managed to find one or two insignificant treasures in each cave. The golden boat and golden basin, the so-called ancient Golden Gate treasure, ended up in the eye of the Yuanjiang River.