The snake spirits, shrouded in a faint black mist, are visible but impossible to catch; each one has a ferocious expression and flicks its tongue.
Zhu Yi understood; she must have triggered some kind of mechanism.
The swarm of snakes was stopped outside the thick wall of runes. Thousands of demonic snake souls, driven only by instinct and devoid of thought, charged forward one after another, constantly crashing against the wall of runes with their bodies.
Zhu Yi could only see two flames of different colors burning.
Wherever the firelight reached, there were bursts of hissing and wailing.
"Do you think a bunch of wicked ghosts would feel aggrieved?" Zhu Yi sneered.
If at the beginning, Zhu Yi still had some compassion, he had left some room for the demons to survive when he subdued them in Qingyuan Town last time, and did not completely exterminate them.
This time, things got even worse; the demonic serpent spirits that had narrowly escaped death last time all launched a counterattack.
Amidst the raging flames, the Lotus Heart Melody continued to urge and flow, and Zhu Yi strode forward with even more firm and composed steps, unleashing a super-large trapping array with a royal-level array plate, completely annihilating these incorrigible ghosts.
"Human cultivator! Aren't you afraid of retribution for slaughtering our Demon Serpent clan like this? You've severed our path to reincarnation. Even your Mahayana-stage master wouldn't dare to do this!" The Demon Serpent's aged voice came from within the trapping formation.
Zhu Yi ignored its words and threw out a bunch more bombs with a wicked smile, "Who knows? Who cares? You little black worm that can't even protect your own body?"
"Ugh~ It's so ugly!"
"I wonder if snake soup tastes good?"
"However, I think it's a waste for the souls of you demonic serpents to simply dissipate like this. Why not use them to refine pills? Maybe my contracted beasts will like to eat them!"
"Hiss! You actually intend to use my evil pill to refine it!"
The serpent was indignant, as if it had heard something terrifying.
Of course it knows how to refine evil pills. Whether it is a human cultivator or a demon cultivator, physical wounds are relatively easy to heal. Eating some nourishing foods can help them recover completely.
But the soul! If the three souls and seven spirits are injured, it's really hard to find something to replenish them!
No one wants to dissect their own soul to refine elixirs!
"The soul cannot be reborn! Do you really know what you're saying?"
The serpent's trembling voice was filled with obvious fear. A serpent's shadow appeared in the void, its huge body and thick, barrel-like tail protecting several smaller serpents behind it.
Its tense vertical pupils gleamed, and its sharp teeth were bared, as if it were about to pounce and fight Zhu Yipin to the death at any moment.
Zhu Yi activated the magic incantation and took out a precious, top-grade spirit stone, placing it inside the Brahma Lamp.
The blue-tailed mermaid looked reluctant and could only watch helplessly as the flame next to her slowly covered the purple spirit stone, which was even more beautiful than crystal grapes.
The lotus flowers on the outer wall of the Xuan Tian Zi Jin Alchemy Furnace are lifelike. Under the stimulation of magic, the flames released by the Brahma Lamp are crimson with a bewitching yet holy purple light.
As the Purple Gold Alchemy Furnace was opened, the demonic serpent's soul, scorched by the flames of the Brahma Lamp, was drawn in by a powerful attraction. It howled incessantly amidst the swirling flames.
The serpent howled again: "Do you really intend to exterminate our serpent race?"
Do you really intend to exterminate our Serpent Clan?
This sentence sounded familiar. Zhu Yi remembered that in her previous life's dream, the old serpent clan chief who persecuted Jiang Lin had said the same resentful words before he died.
It would have been better if it hadn't said anything, because its words stirred up both old and new grudges in Zhu Yi's heart.
In her previous life, Xiao Zhuyi went through countless hardships to find Ruolan Dianshe Zun with the Buddha's Fire and destroy the old demon snake. That's true; all the snakes she killed were evil ones who did wrong.
Even now, Zhu Yi still doesn't think she's done anything wrong.
"It is the natural law that among all living things in the world, big fish eat small fish and small fish eat shrimp. If you, the demon snake clan, were to live peacefully in the mountains, follow the right path and cultivate the righteous way, I would not interfere if you ate frogs, rabbits, or bird eggs—you are all of the same kind. But if you run to the human world to do evil, harm the innocent, and force young men and women, then don't blame me for being ruthless!"
The ruthlessness Zhu Yi spoke of referred to the complete annihilation of the soul and spirit.
The demonic serpent roared defiantly, causing snow and ice to swirl in the mountains. Sharp ice spikes gleamed dazzlingly in the sunlight filtering through the clouds.
A moment's carelessness could cost a life.
Millions of "arrows" tempered by ice and snow burst forth in an instant.
The serpents reveled, and the clouds and mist in the void churned with the frenzied serpents.
The giant snake nestled within the smaller snakes, all flicking their tongues, waiting to devour Zhu Yi's flesh and blood. Other snakes swayed their tails in response, gathering the resentment of millions of demonic snakes. Even if you were made of steel, your bones would soften by three points.
Sensing immense danger approaching, the blue-tailed mermaid urged the lamplight to unleash its ultimate attack. She huddled under the lampshade, trembling with fear, the chilling aura emanating from the powerful demonic pressure filling her with genuine dread.
Faced with the raging waves, Zhu Yi became increasingly calm. With a Buddhist lamp in her left hand and a glass bottle in her right, the golden light was the only color in Zhu Yi's black, white and gray vision.
Amidst countless lonely and monotonous images, the pure and holy golden dust in the glass bottle, carrying the hope and will to survive, blossomed into a golden lotus in Zhu Yi's hands.
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