Is this the innate ability of the Qiongqi mythical beast? No wonder Qiongqi is called one of the four ferocious beasts. There is a reason for it.
If the people surrounding them were not sword spirit puppets, but normal human cultivators or strange beasts, one can imagine what kind of bloody storm would occur at this time?
Imagining the horrific scene of broken limbs and arms turning into flesh and blood raining down, mixed with bone fragments, Mu Hanyan finally couldn't help it and retched violently twice.
No matter what Qiongqi's nature is, its bloody and cruel innate abilities are enough to allow it to defeat all beasts and become one of the four ferocious beasts.
Mu Hanyan noticed that not only she, but even Qiongqi himself, had a hint of pity in his eyes, as if recalling some unbearable past. It seemed he wasn't talking nonsense. Although this legendary one of the four fierce beasts possessed extremely cruel and bloody abilities, its nature wasn't vicious.
Although the sword spirit puppet is not afraid of pain or death, it has the same thinking ability as a normal person. Its ability to respond to the enemy is much stronger than the undead sword slave that Miss Zhao Si had originally trained. Seeing that the situation was not good, it immediately retreated.
As the enemy retreated, Xia Youchen relaxed and felt as if all the strength in his body had been drained away. His vision went dark and he fell to the ground.
Xiao Qiongqi flashed and came in front of him, supporting Xia Youchen with his mighty and powerful body.
"Why are you back again? Didn't I tell you to go as far away as possible and never come back?" Xia Youchen opened his eyes and saw Xiao Qiongqi was stunned at first, then he roared anxiously and angrily.
"Woo..." Little Qiongqi first whimpered in grievance, turned his head and pointed at Mu Hanyan and others, then shouted excitedly a few times, with a happy look on his face as if he was asking for credit.
Only then did Xia Youchen see Mu Hanyan and the others, but there was no joy on his face.
"Hey, I told you to leave, so you should have left obediently. Why did you bring them here again?" Xia Youchen stomped his feet and said angrily.
After hearing his words, Mu Hanyan and the others finally understood what was going on. Presumably, Xia Youchen, realizing the situation was dire and that he was most likely in danger, had told Xiao Qiongqi to leave on his own, the farther the better. Xiao Qiongqi did leave, but didn't abandon him. Instead, he ran to Mu Hanyan for help. Exotic beasts' six senses are typically much more powerful than those of cultivators of the same rank. With Mu Hanyan being at Beining Pass, right on the edge of the Longyan Mountains, it wasn't surprising that it could sense Mu Hanyan's aura.
"Young Master Mu, these sword spirit puppets are too powerful. You are no match for them. Take Qiongqi away quickly." Xia Youchen said anxiously to Mu Hanyan and others.
"Awoo..." Little Qiongqi buried his head in Xia Youchen's chest, tears flashing in his eyes, but his expression was extremely firm.
"It said that if you don't leave, it won't leave either." Mu Hanyan said.
In the past, she had thought that Xia Youchen's painstaking efforts, only to end up with such a sword pet, were she truly unlucky. But now, she no longer felt that way. Little Qiongqi wasn't afraid of death; it was simply unwilling to fight. In fact, fighting was too bloody for it, and perhaps even it itself was unwilling to use such a gifted ability.
However, for Xia Youchen, it still used its bloody and cruel innate ability. Even though it knew how powerful these sword spirit puppets were, it still stayed with him.
"I won't leave either." At this time, Ye Yanran walked out from behind Mu Hanyan and said with tears in her eyes.
"Yanran, why are you here too?" Xia Youchen was shocked.
Ye Yanran knew her own limitations and didn't act rashly just now. Instead, she was hiding behind Mu Hanyan and the others. That's why Xia Youchen didn't see her. When he saw her coming, he became even more anxious.
"Hanyan, please save my mother." Ye Yanran looked at Mu Hanyan, and then looked at the old woman on the altar, tears already streaming down her face.
"She is your mother!" Mu Hanyan and others were shocked.
Seeing the old woman with silver hair and wrinkles on her face, everyone thought she must be in her seventies or eighties, but they didn't expect her to be Ye Yanran's mother. However, they soon figured out the reason. The altar was so similar to the Gui Yu clan's altar, it was obviously used to extract and condense the divine guardian blood in Ye Yanran's mother's body.
Although she relied on that strange and evil magic to continuously inject the life-giving power of heaven and earth into her body, her vitality was still fading, and she looked dozens of years older.
"Yanran, don't make things difficult for Young Master Mu. You all leave immediately. I will do my best to save your mother. She...she is my descendant." Xia Youchen said with a determined look.
Having said that, Xia Youchen took a deep breath and walked towards the altar with his sword in hand. Xiao Qiongqi was by his side, baring his teeth and roaring loudly.
Those sword spirit puppets knew how powerful Xiao Qiongqi was, so they did not attack him. Instead, they stood in two rows, blocking the altar.
The black sword robe and black veil revealed only a pair of emotionless, empty eyes, giving people an inexplicable feeling of heaviness and depression.
"Anyone who trespasses into the forbidden area will be killed without mercy!" Suddenly, a cold, mechanical voice rang out from the altar. Like the hollow gaze, this voice was devoid of any emotion, as if it weren't human at all.
The voice sounded familiar, and a long-lost figure flashed through Mu Hanyan's mind.
Before Mu Hanyan could think about it, the dozen or so sword spirit puppets blocking Xia Youchen raised their swords at the same time.
Behind him, hundreds of black-clad men surrounding the altar chanted in unison. A golden light shone from the pool of blood, illuminating the towering palace gate. The entire palace, the entire stone wall, shook violently. Then, countless runes flashed above the gate, and the palace seemed to be shrouded in the afterglow of the setting sun, emitting a faint golden light.
Under the illumination of that light, the aura of the dozen or so sword spirit puppets increased. "Swish!", more than ten long swords slashed down at the same time, the sword beams unexpectedly merging into one, slashing towards Xia Youchen's head.
This sword was so majestic, as if it was the creation of the world.
Sword Saint! The power of this sword is absolutely comparable to that of a Sword Saint.
Mu Hanyan had seen combined attack techniques that could greatly increase combat power before, but that kind of improvement actually had its limits. Generally speaking, no matter how sophisticated the combined attack technique was, it would never be able to bridge the huge gap between a ninth-rank swordsman and a great swordsman, let alone the chasm between a great swordsman and a sword saint.
Even the sword techniques that Feng Qingyu taught to Mu Hanyan and others actually relied on the four Destiny Star Plates and the Ruyi Hair Crown to enhance Mu Hanyan's combat power to the level of a Sword Saint.
Moreover, the more people perform a combined attack, the more difficult it is to achieve mutual understanding. Sometimes, with one more person, the power of the combined attack will not only fail to increase, but will be greatly reduced.
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