“Fellow Daoist Huang Long, what do you mean by this?”
Tian Zijing and Nalan Zizhu looked at Lu Xin, who had almost walked up to them.
Lu Xin smiled and said, “To be honest, fellow Daoists, the reason I, Huang, have made it to where I am today is not only because I have a little bit of cleverness, but also because I have a special talent, which is the ability to smell danger.
So, I have to stick close to you, so it's easier to respond to any situation.”
“I think besides that, you also have a thick skin, right?”
Nalan Zizhu said speechlessly.
Lu Xin nodded seriously, “That is indeed one of my strengths.”
The two looked at each other, and Tian Zijing smiled and said, “It seems Fellow Daoist Huang's talent is not bad.
There is indeed danger ahead, so you must stick close.”
After saying that, he walked forward, obviously not wanting to waste time.
Soon, the three of them arrived at the edge of a deep abyss stretching across their path.
They sized it up, but it was bottomless and immeasurably wide, with faint whistling sounds coming from within.
It was unclear whether it was the roar of a beast or the howling of the wind.
“This is the obstacle blocking our path.” Tian Zijing said solemnly, looking at the compass in his hand.
Lu Xin also curiously glanced at it.
The pointer on it was spinning non-stop, and there was also a yellow light constantly flashing, probably as a warning.
“It doesn't seem like there's any danger.
Could it be like the River of the Underworld, where we can't fly across?” Nalan Zizhu asked with some doubt.
“What do you think, Fellow Daoist Huang Long?” Tian Zijing looked towards Lu Xin.
Lu Xin thought for a moment, “If there is danger, then it can only be hidden in the abyss.
We'll know once we try.”
He casually took out a magical treasure and threw it towards the opposite side of the abyss.
But before it even reached halfway, it was swallowed up by a cloud of black gas rising from the bottom of the abyss.
“What is this?”
The three were shocked.
At that moment, it seemed like something was beginning to awaken underground.
The ground shook for a while, and then a roar came from the bottom of the abyss.
“Retreat quickly!”
Seeing this, Tian Zijing quickly pulled Nalan Zizhu back.
Lu Xin didn't need to be told; he had already retreated.
Coming to a place tens of feet away, they saw that the place where they had been standing had already collapsed, and the sky above the abyss was covered by a layer of black clouds.
“Roar…”
Another roar came, but this time it came from the middle of the sky full of black clouds.
Lu Xin looked over and discovered that within the thick clouds, there was vaguely a huge figure constantly tumbling.
“Do you know what that thing is?” he asked.
Tian Zijing and Nalan Zizhu shook their heads with solemn expressions, “We can't tell at the moment.”
“Can't we go around it?” Lu Xin began to look around.
Tian Zijing said, “The Heavenly Heart Disc shows that no matter how we go around, we must encounter danger if we want to continue forward.”
“So evil?” Lu Xin understood what he meant, which was that there were obstacles on all the roads leading forward.
If they avoided this one, they would encounter others.
“It's coming out.” Nalan Zizhu said.
Lu Xin looked over upon hearing this and saw eighteen lanterns suddenly light up in the tumbling black clouds—no, to be precise, they were eighteen eyes.
Because the true form of the roaring monster had already been revealed, it was a giant nine-headed snake.
“It's actually Xiang Liu!”
Seeing the giant snake, Tian Zijing exclaimed.
Lu Xin also recognized it.
He knew it because of the Five Poison Holy Venerable, who had mentioned that among the world's strange poisons, one was the poison of Xiang Liu.
It was rumored that this poison even far surpassed the ninth-order poisonous Corrosive Bone Soul-Eating Flower, and even immortals and gods could hardly resist it.
However, the Xiang Liu in front of him was only at the peak of the Fusion Realm, and it was unknown if his poison was strong enough.
“I didn't expect that another three thousand years have passed.
Last time I was still very weak and didn't dare to stop you, but this time you will all die!”
The nine-headed snake spoke human words, and its nine heads were like dancing vines.
Suddenly, it swung its snake body, and a huge tail slashed towards the position of Lu Xin and the others from the air.
“Be careful of his poison! Retreat quickly!”
Tian Zijing reminded them, and then pointed into the air.
The Heavenly Heart Disc in his hand instantly enlarged, protecting him and Nalan Zizhu as they flew back.
Lu Xin also reacted quickly, retreating while taking out the Earth Control Flag from the Five Elements Treasure Flags, condensing a yellow shield.
“Rumble!”
The huge snake tail had already landed, and the earth instantly cracked into a chasm thousands of feet deep.
Then, rocks flew, and the sound of air exploding rose and fell, crackling and popping, creating countless turbulent currents.
“What a strong body.”
Lu Xin praised as he retreated.
In fact, if he wasn't afraid of exposing his identity, he really wanted to turn into a golden body and take that snake tail head-on.
“Boom!”
Another loud noise came.
After the snake tail slashed down, it didn't stop, but instead changed to a sweep.
But since there was only one tail, the snake tail eventually swept towards Tian Zijing and the others on the left, where there were more people.
Tian Zijing and the others had already jumped into the air, dodging a sweep, but the snake tail was relentless, like a flexible whip, constantly attacking the two with either a lash, a chop, or a stab.
And the speed became faster and faster.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
The sound of collisions constantly spread in the air.
“Zizhu!”
The snake tail slashed down again, Tian Zijing shouted, and then enlarged the Heavenly Heart Disc, releasing twelve huge golden runes, instantly freezing the snake tail that was slashing down.
Nalan Zizhu had already understood.
At the instant the snake tail was frozen, the purple bead in front of her shone brightly, suddenly transforming into a purple giant sword.
“Drink!”
Nalan Zizhu uttered a soft shout, and with a point in the air, the purple giant sword immediately flew towards the snake tail.
“Hmph!”
One of the heads of the Xiang Liu beast coldly snorted, and two red rays suddenly shot out from its scarlet eyes, flying towards the purple giant sword.
But at this time, five small flags suddenly appeared, forming a light shield, blocking between the red rays and the giant sword.
“Fellow Daoist Huang Long!”
Tian Zijing's face lit up with joy.
It was Lu Xin who had made the move.
He had just been entangled by a snake head, casually resisting while observing the battle on the other side.
Seeing that the purple sword was about to be stopped, he casually threw out the Five Elements Treasure Flags.
“Human, daring to be distracted while facing me, Little Seven!”
The snake head in front of him suddenly spoke human words, and then opened its giant mouth, erupting with a huge suction force, wanting to devour Lu Xin.
But in the next second, the suction stopped, and instead, a scream came out.
It turned out that the purple giant sword had already slashed onto the frozen snake tail, and with a “poof” sound, the snake tail was instantly cut in half.
“Ah! Damn it! I want you to die!”
The great pain caused each head of the Xiang Liu beast to make different sounds, but the only thing they had in common was that they were all very angry.
“Not good, he's going to release poison, retreat quickly!”
Tian Zijing hurriedly reminded them.
But it was already too late.
At this time, the Xiang Liu beast had gone mad, and its nine heads sprayed out a black beam of light simultaneously in nine directions.
Every direction, covering the sky and the earth.
Making it impossible for people to hide.
“Resist together!”
The three had already gathered together.
Tian Zijing enlarged the compass again, and Nalan Zizhu also took out a yellow small bell.
Lu Xin really wanted to swallow all these beams of light into his mouth, but after thinking about it, it wasn't good to swallow them, so he used the Five Elements Treasure Flags to form a Five Elements Grand Formation, blocking it in front of him.
There was another loud rumble.
The black beams of light covered down, not only possessing great impact, but also possessing strong corrosiveness.
The shields condensed by the three were constantly being corroded.
“This can't go on.” Tian Zijing looked at the top of his head, his face looking ugly.
Lu Xin suggested, “How about I block him, and you go first?”
“You?”
Tian Zijing and Nalan Zizhu were very surprised.
They didn't expect that Lu Xin, whose thick skin made him annoying, was actually a righteous person.
Tian Zijing decisively shook his head and said, “Since Fellow Daoist Huang Long is so loyal, we are not unrighteous people either.
Moreover, it's not that we are not a match for this Xiang Liu, it's just that his poison is a bit difficult to deal with, and we dare not let go and use our full strength.”
“As long as we can block his poison, I have a way to kill him.”
Lu Xin thought for a while, these two were unwilling to leave, and he couldn't use his methods easily, so he said:
“My Five Elements Flags can form a Five Elements Grand Formation, and with Fellow Daoist Nalan's yellow bell, we should be able to resist for a moment, giving you time to prepare a killing move.”
Hearing this, Tian Zijing looked at the five small flags above Lu Xin's head and nodded:
“Without the input of mana, the defense of my Heavenly Heart Disc will be greatly weakened, so you must try your best to hold on.”
“Don't worry.”
Lu Xin guaranteed, if he dragged on any longer, he would have wanted to knock the two unconscious and then solve that Xiang Liu in a few strokes.
