The golden dragon's whiskers curled slightly, and its eyes shone brightly with golden light. Its light illuminated the mountainous borders of the Heavenly Demon Sect.
The Black Python spat out its tongue slightly, and its vertical pupils burst with murderous intent. With the attitude of the top of the food chain, it glared at the weak human cultivator below who was not even enough to fill the gaps between its teeth.
And then—
Boom—!!
The insanely powerful aura of the two Void Returning cultivators thousands of miles away made the cheeks of the three people facing each other on the mountaintop turn pale.
Then, the earth and the mountains shook and a strong wind came.
Gu Mingxin and Feng Yu Die's long hair blew in the wind.
He Buqun was panting heavily, with a murderous aura looming around him. Looking at the two people on his east and west sides, he raised his hand and made a seal. In just a breath, he re-condensed the spiritual shield that the Golden Dragon had smashed with its tail and wrapped his whole body in it.
He was a Dharma cultivator, and his body was naturally not as strong as that of a Physical or a Sword cultivator.
But this did not mean that any sharp weapon could cut his flesh. Even if he did not use spiritual energy at all, his physique in the late stage of the Deification stage could withstand the full force of any Nascent Soul cultivator.
However—
He Buqun looked sideways at the sword wound on his shoulder that had injured his lung.
The wound that should have stopped bleeding long ago was still oozing out bright red liquid, leaving a scarlet mark on his rusty gold Great Elder robe.
"Pfft—"
He Buqun spat out a mouthful of blood and turned to face Feng Yu Die, who was holding her sword twenty feet away, with murderous intent in his bloodshot eyes.
Seeing him looking at her, Feng Yu Die increased her vigilance and stepped back with her right foot while raising her sword, ready to react.
He Buqun narrowed his eyes slightly and glared at the Holy Emperor's Golden Dragon above.
If a Dharma cultivator wanted to deal with two Sword cultivators, he should use his advantage to keep the distance and use spells to block them until the Sword cultivators' spiritual energy was exhausted.
There was no doubt that as long as he kept his distance and let the silver-haired girl and Gu Mingxin swing their swords, they would, sooner or later, fall flat at his feet.
However, now that the two giant beasts were lurking in the sky, he would only be beaten down by the Black Python and Golden Dragon again if he flew up.
As for killing the two giant beasts first?
He Buqun still had self-awareness.
The Black Python and the Golden Dragon were both sacred beasts left by powerful cultivators in ancient times. Although they were now limited by the cultivation of Gu Mingxin and the silver-haired girl, and they couldn't overturn the world with a breath as the legends said, they were definitely not something that he, a late-stage Deification Dharma cultivator, could kill.
Then, the conclusion was very simple...
Just stay on the ground, kill the silver-haired girl first, and then deal with Gu Mingxin.
The Holy Emperor's spiritual energy was simply a natural enemy for demonic cultivators.
And as long as the two girls died, the python and the dragon would no longer have a physical body to control, and they would naturally dissipate.
"Hu..."
Apart from the sound of breathing, the main peak was completely silent.
The wind stopped as if the whole world had stopped at this moment.
Buzz—
Feng Yu Die could see that He Buqun was ready to take action, and she immediately turned the sword in her hand slightly.
The next moment—
Crash—
Blood-colored lightning flashed in the dark clouds above and suddenly fell between the python and the dragon, splitting the "❤" they made.
Xiao Tian, who was on the Golden Dragon's forehead, noticed the movement and put her hands together in front of her chest. "Hey, black!!!"
"I know!!!"
Xue'e answered with a frown, and at the same time put her hands together, sending spiritual energy to their respective sacred beasts.
Roar—!!
The dragon and pythons' roaring overlapped, and they opened their mouths one after another before crashing down toward He Buqun.
Boom—!!
The bodies of the two beasts exploded forward with waves of sound, but He Buqun just flipped his sleeves, and two iron hoops flew out from his storage bag and tightened around the two beasts' necks.
Although the high-quality beast-restriction hoops could not completely tie up holy and demonic spiritual beasts like these two, it was enough to interrupt their offensive.
After seeing that He Buqun's target was Feng Yu Die, Xiao Tian hurriedly raised her voice. "Yu Die!! He's coming!!!"
Feng Yu Die had naturally already made preparations, but she still underestimated the physical quality of He Buqun as a late-stage Deification cultivator.
She didn't even see when He Buqun had appeared in front of her.
A green blade suddenly appeared, and when Feng Yu Die saw it, the blade was almost touching her waist. Before her clothes touched the sword blade, they were cut by the airwaves stirred by it.
However, although she didn't see clearly, Feng Yu Die's instinctive reaction was much faster than her thinking.
Ding—
Without even realizing it, her hands and feet moved subconsciously, blocking the green blade with Shen Xin's black sword.
Snap~~
The collision of metal and iron produced a brilliant spiritual light, and the piercing sound penetrated the bone marrow.
"Hiss—"
"Hah—!!
He Buqun knocked Feng Yu Die's feet off the ground with one sword strike. The moment she flew out, he immediately raised his sword finger, using his demonic energy to control the sword and shoot it toward her chest.
Feng Yu Die's instinct once again kicked in, and while flying out, she placed her sword across her chest.
Ding—
The shockwave of the sharp weapons colliding with a force of ten thousand pounds penetrated the bones in her right hand.
She only felt that the bones in her right hand seemed to be broken. Even though she used her technique to release her power, He Buqun's green sword showed no signs of stopping and pushed her toward the edge of the cliff like an arrow that had been released from the bow.
The airwaves brought along the trajectory of her flight left behind a groove several feet wide on the ground.
"Hiss—"
Feng Yu Die gritted her teeth and wanted to turn away, but when she turned the sword in her hand, He Buqun used his energy to deflect the shooting green blade at a very small angle.
The green blade that was originally pressing against Feng Yu Die's sword instantly brushed past her blade and turned straight toward her nose.
"Not good!!"
Feng Yu Die knew that she had made a mistake, and in a battle with a late-stage Deification cultivator, a mistake was enough to kill her.
At this moment, everything in her eyes slowed down, her thinking seemed to transcend the laws of the world as countless images emerged in her mind.
Young Master Ye!
Almost subconsciously, she was thinking that Ye Anping would definitely come to save her at this time.
No matter how many times she blundered, Young Master Ye...
Feng Yu Die subconsciously relaxed, but soon threw this thought away.
When she followed Ye Anping out of the Black Star Sect, she had made up her mind to be like Sister Pei, the one who protected Ye Anping, instead of being protected by him all the time like before.
A gleam of light appeared in her golden eyes.
She opened her mouth and sent all the spiritual power in her body into her mouth in an instant.
Then—
Crack—
She caught the green sword tip between her teeth, and her feet pressed deeply into the ground as she slid back a hundred feet. Raising her head, she used all her strength to stabilize her body.
He Buqun stood there, watching the silver-haired girl raise her head and stop, and seeing drops of blood dripping down her silver hair, he sneered in disdain.
He thought that his sword had pierced the silver-haired girl's head.
Even if she were a Nascent Soul cultivator, if a hole was made in her head by his sword, there would be no way to survive.
But the next moment, Feng Yu Die, biting the green sword, stood up, and a bright golden light appeared in her eyes as she spat the sword in her mouth to the side.
"..."
He Buqun was shocked seeing this. It was the first time he saw someone catch his sword with their teeth.
But it was only a momentary shock, and he recovered. This silver-haired girl could catch it once, but he didn't believe she could do it again.
With a wave of his hand, dozens of green blades flew out of his storage bag, and his demonic energy condensed into countless palms, holding each sword.
However, it was also at this time…
"Elder He, did you forget that I am still here?!!"
Gu Mingxin's voice came from behind, and He Buqun glanced back.
Dong—
The red sword hit the spiritual shield behind him without any hindrance. Although it made a small crack, it couldn't break his shield at all.
"Heh..." Seeing He Buqun not taking her as a threat at all, Gu Mingxin's eyes were filled with anger, and the sword in her hand instantly released dozens of blood lights like flying flowers.
Dong—!
This time, although the red sword broke through the spiritual shield and pierced it, it stopped ten inches in front of He Buqun's neck and could no longer move forward.
The healing spiritual shield simply blocked the sword stuck in it. Gu Mingxin couldn't pull it out or push it in at this moment.
"Mingxin!!! Above you!!"
Xue'e's warning came suddenly.
As she tried to pull out her sword, He Buqun's finger hidden in his sleeve raised, and the previously scattered green swords fell from top to bottom, straight to Gu Mingxin's forehead.
"Since you want to die first, I'll grant your wish!!"
"Tsk—"
Gu Mingxin had no choice but to let go of her sword and then turned to dodge, but just like Feng Yu Die, the speed of these green swords was too fast, and she couldn't block them all.
Seeing a green blade coming toward her shoulder, Gu Mingxin was already prepared to be stabbed from top to bottom. Anyway, she had the demonic blood body, so even if He Buqun's green swords cut her into pieces, as long as they didn't hurt her Nascent Soul core, she would be safe.
However, at this time, a white shadow suddenly flashed into her sight.
The black sword danced into a curved arc.
Ding—
Feng Yu Die flashed in front of Gu Mingxin and cut off the spirit swords shot at her one by one with her sword technique.
Ding Ding Ding—
"You are both here, then you can die together—!"
Swish—
He Buqun widened his eyes slightly, and the green swords in the air instantly split into dozens of blades.
Feng Yu Die saw that she couldn't face it anymore, so she raised her right foot, turned over, and kicked Gu Mingxin in the belly. "Black, I'm giving it back to you!!!"
"Ugh—"
Boom—
Gu Mingxin was bent in half by the kick and flew back, skipping on the ground and bumping dozens of times before hitting a boulder on the cliff's edge and stopping.
She leaned against the boulder, baring her blood-red teeth, and glared at Feng Yu Die. "White fool!!!"
"Yu Die, back off!!!"
Roar—!!!
A dragon roar sounded.
He Buqun glanced over and clicked his tongue. He found that in just five breaths, the Black Python and the Golden Dragon broke free from his two beast-restriction hoops worth hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, and felt a little pain in his heart.
But it was just physical pain.
Boom—
The old dragon opened its bloody mouth and slammed directly into He Buqun's shield, stirring up thousands of feet of dust.
Feng Yu Die also retreated in front of Gu Mingxin at this time, with her back to her, and swung her sword to the right to protect her. "Black... Gu Mingxin, let's join forces."
Gu Mingxin was slightly stunned when she heard this. "Huh?"
Swoosh—
In the smoke and dust, a blood cone suddenly shot out but was smashed by Feng Yu Die's sword with a golden light.
Seeing the dragon holding back He Buqun, Feng Yu Die pursed her lips and said,
"Anping once told me that to make two people who are like fire and water reconcile, they should either enjoy the good times together or fight against a common enemy together."
"..."
"Anping asked me to come with you to deal with He Buqun, so it must be the latter."
Feng Yu Die took the time to look at Gu Mingxin who was leaning against the stone. "Blacky, I don't know why, I hate you to death! But... for Master Ye, I am willing to endure it... Don't you have no friends? I recognize you as my friend now."
"Huh~~~"
Gu Mingxin's nervousness instantly disappeared with her inexplicable words. Goosebumps appeared on her back, and she shivered with a grimace.
Friend?
What kind of childish person would actually say this word so casually; she didn't even blush when she said it.
Wasn't this embarrassing?! It was so awkward.
"Golden Fool, let your dragon retreat and rest, Ah Mang is on!!!"
"Oh!!! Old Dragon, retreat!!!"
Roar—
Boom—
The airwaves brought by the dragon's roar lifted Feng Yu Die and Gu Mingxin's hair and sleeves.
Looking at Feng Yu Die's profile, Gu Mingxin noticed that there was a slight blush on her cheeks, and it seemed that she was not as composed as she seemed.
This white fool should know that what she just said was very embarrassing...
"How old are you? Aren't you ashamed? You still talk about being friends, huh~~~"
"You think I want to say that?!!"
Gu Mingxin glanced at her, then stood up, raised her hand, and clenched her fist. A flash of blood appeared, and the red sword that was originally stuck into He Buqun's spiritual shield was brought into her soul realm by her and then returned to her hand from the soul realm.
"Huh? Wasn't your sword stuck?"
"My native spiritual sword, isn't it convenient?"
Gu Mingxin sneered as she swung the sword to the side and looked at the whole demonic spell a hundred feet ahead, and the python whose scales had fallen off. She thought for a moment and said, "White fool, if we drag it on, we will lose."
"I'm not stupid, I know."
"One strike will decide the outcome, help me cut open that spiritual shield."
"Then what?"
"Then we talk!!"
Gu Mingxin shouted, then looked up at Xue'e standing on the python's head.
Xue'e, who directed the python to deal with He Buqun, took the time to see if the two had recovered and saw the hint in Mingxin's eyes. She immediately made a hand seal in front of her chest. "Ah Mang, wrap him up!!"
Hiss—!!
The python nodded lightly, bit He Buqun's spiritual shield below, and then twisted its ten-thousand-foot-tall body.
Rumble—
The friction between the snake's belly and the mountain caused the ground to shake. In just a few breaths, it coiled up like a python feeding and wrapped He Buqun directly under its body.
Whoosh whoosh—
Several blood lights shot out from its body, causing the ten-thousand-foot snake to tremble.
"Ah Mang, hold on!!! Mingxin!! It's done!"
Gu Mingxin took a deep breath and said, "White fool, follow me!!"
Then, she stomped on the ground, turned into a black shadow, and rushed directly toward the snake.
Feng Yu Die was still wondering what she was going to do, but the next moment, she saw Gu Mingxin slashing the snake's body with her sword without hesitation and then plunging into it as she followed closely.
… …
At the same time, He Buqun, who was tightly wrapped by the snake, had a dark look in his eyes. He formed a seal with his hands and continuously condensed blood cones, sending them toward the snake wrapped around his spiritual shield.
But after all, it was the demonic blood spiritual beast, and he couldn't get rid of it easily.
He Buqun didn't stop his demonic spell, and he was thinking in his mind, why did Gu Mingxin let the python entangle him?
To delay time?
Or, as she did in the beginning, to suddenly attack him with the silver-haired girl?
Or did she want to escape?
"Heh, cheap tricks..."
He Buqun was dismissive. At first, he didn't know that Gu Mingxin had a helper who could easily split his spiritual shield, so he was ambushed, but how could he fall for the same trick again?
If there were no accidents, the battle between Deification cultivators would take at least three days.
Even if he encountered the Black Python and the Golden Dragon, according to his own estimation, his energy reserve was enough for him to last another month.
One month?
Could those two Nascent Soul girls last a month in front of him?
Absolutely impossible. He Buqun sneered and shouted, "Gu girl!! Do you want to escape? Do you want me to give you an hour start?!!"
The moment his words came out.
Whoosh—
The sound of flesh being cut was heard.
He Buqun was stunned for a moment and looked at his body in disbelief. He thought that the sword had cut his body, but when he raised his head, he realized that Gu Mingxin had actually used her sword to cut open a hole in her Black Python's abdomen.
"He Buqun!!!!"
"Crazy."
He Buqun narrowed his eyes and cursed, not understanding her action of cutting her own python.
Yes! Gu Mingxin unexpectedly got close to him, but what happened next?
Right then—
Several golden sword lights drew arcs from behind Gu Mingxin and fell on the spiritual shield in front of her.
"Hehe..."
He Buqun finally understood her intention—she just wanted to cover the silver-haired girl to break his spiritual shield.
But, what did it matter? Useless, useless, useless, useless!!
He sneered coldly and ignored the blood-colored sword in Gu Mingxin's hand that was swinging toward his neck. Instead, he raised his hand and clamped Gu Mingxin's neck directly.
Swish—
The blood-colored sword directly cut into He Buqun's shoulder, but after touching the bone, it could no longer move forward.
"Cough—"
Gu Mingxin's throat was clamped, and she spit out a mouthful of blood, but before it covered He Buqun's eyes, it was blocked by a murderous aura.
"What, cover my eyes, and then that silver-haired girl will come again?"
He Buqun mocked and glanced at Gu Mingxin's waist.
Just as he thought, the moment he clamped Gu Mingxin's neck, the silver-haired girl took the opportunity to lean over and stick to his side, and the black sword in her hand once again showed the golden spiritual brilliance.
"Heh... boring." He Buqun commented lightly, his fingers piercing Gu Mingxin's neck. Seeing her body swing, he moved her in the path of Feng Yu Die's sword, trying to use Gu Mingxin to block the sword of the silver-haired girl.
In his expectation, the silver-haired girl should immediately stop her sword when she saw him using Gu Mingxin to block it, so he would find the right opportunity and squeeze each one with one hand, and then it would be over.
However, what he didn't expect was...
"Hahahahaha--!" A hoarse laugh came from Gu Mingxin's mouth. She immediately let go of her sword and grabbed He Buqun's shoulders with both hands, bringing her face closer to him.
"He Buqun! It's time to go!" After the words were finished.
Swish—
The sound of the sword entering flesh was heard again.
The sword in Feng Yu Die's hand cut straight into the side of He Buqun's belly.
"Ah--!!!"
Then, with a delicate roar, the sword blade swept out a golden arc, cutting both He Buqun and Gu Mingxin in half from their waists.
Whoosh—
Boom—
The python that had tightly wrapped the three people finally couldn't hold on at this moment, and the coiled body slowly dispersed.
What He Buqun saw was Gu Mingxin's face with blood oozing from all seven orifices and the extremely crazy smile on her face. Suddenly, he felt a surge of liquid in his chest, and he spattered out a large mouthful of blood.
"You!!!!"
"Hahahahaha--!"
A strong murderous energy burst out from He Buqun's chest.
The wild wind howled again, and a blood light rushed straight into the sky from the top of the main peak of the Heavenly Demon Sect like an arrow piercing the clouds, carrying most of the mountain with it to the sky, thousands of feet high.
Boom--!!!