The sky was hazy, and the area outside Kunlun Mountain was already filled with a huge army of monsters.
Looking down from the city gate, in the thick fog, there were black things crawling around. This time, there were many more monsters than last time, and they were also much more orderly.
Like ants around honey, they have surrounded the entire Kunlun Mountain.
Yu Tianliu was wearing a long black robe, hiding in the array of monsters, making it difficult to see his position.
There is only a thought between immortality and devil. Over thousands of years, there have been many immortal cultivators who have fallen into the devil's way. Their final outcome was either backlash from their magic or being killed by their former companions.
Yu Tianliu didn't care at all. His actions had been exposed by Yu Tianji at the Immortal Alliance Conference a few days ago. He had long been unacceptable in the righteous way of the immortal world. Even if he didn't practice evil arts, he would still be disdained by all the major immortal sects.
As for being attacked back, Yu Tianliu is not afraid at all. He has the mirror talisman given by his father to protect him. He is invulnerable to swords and guns and is fearless. Nothing in the world can stop him.
Moreover, he had been practicing immortal arts since he was young, and his Taoism and swordsmanship were extremely high. All of this laid the foundation for him to practice the evil art of condensing the devil soul. With Ji Yao's help, the practice process can be said to be smooth sailing.
Therefore, he summoned tens of millions of monsters with ease. With a wave of his hand, these monsters would rush forward obediently and devour all obstacles for him.
From a distance, Kunlun Mountain seems to have become a dead mountain.
No one came out of the city to fight, no one challenged, and even the mountain gate was empty, with no sign of the guards.
"My lord, looking at this situation, does Yu Tianji intend to surrender the mountain?" Ge Huai said.
"I'm afraid it's an empty city plan." Su Xu snorted, "Don't underestimate Yu Tianji. Maybe he deliberately created an illusion to make us think that there is no one guarding the eight mountain gates."
"What's the point of such an empty city plan?" Ge Huai didn't believe it.
"Of course it is useful. I know Yu Tianji's military strength very well. He can only defend seven mountain gates. He is not a fool. He will definitely not let us know which mountain gate is poorly defended. He will naturally create an illusion to make every mountain gate look the same." Su Xu smiled and said, "In fact, the only one that is poorly defended is the southeast mountain gate."
Yu Tianliu glanced at his newcomer, still feeling doubtful.
Did Su Xu really come to surrender? Or was he pretending to surrender and actually had other plans?
Yu Tianliu was cautious and would not easily believe Su Xu based on his one-sided statement. Instead, he sent out all his spies to gather information.
No matter which informant brought back the news, it was exactly the same as what Su Xu said.
Yu Tianji imprisoned Mu Qingning, and Kunlun was left without anyone to supervise it. The place was in chaos, and as for the guards and battle formations, they were all in a mess.
With such a great opportunity right in front of us, why not take action?
Yu Tianliu concentrated his mind, activated his mental skills, controlled a group of monsters, randomly selected a mountain gate, and launched a surprise attack.
"My lord, why did you choose that mountain gate? Why not directly attack the poorly defended southeast mountain gate?" Su Xu was confused when he saw that his idea was not adopted.
"Why are you in such a hurry? Let's test the truth first." Ge Huai sneered, "Master Su is too conceited. Does the Lord have to listen to you?"
Sure enough, there were still people guarding the mountain gate.
The monsters that poured in like a tide were instantly shattered into pieces.
When Yu Tianliu saw the monsters being killed to pieces, a smile appeared on his face.
If every mountain gate was unmanned and the monsters drove straight in as if they were in an uninhabited place, that would be truly suspicious.
Although my brother doesn't have any special abilities, he is not useless. It is normal for him to resist like this.
From this point of view, what Su Xu said is 90% credible.
Under Yu Tianliu's command, the monsters' formation changed slightly, and they quietly chose the poorly defended southeast mountain gate as their main target of attack.
"Host, hurry... hurry! Yu Tianliu is coming soon!" the system said anxiously.
"Don't worry, we will win." Li Yuebai smiled.
He and Yu Tianji hid behind the empty southeast mountain gate, watching from afar the vast army of monsters approaching.
"How... can we win?" The system was incredulous.
"As long as we can defend the other seven mountain gates, we will certainly win." Li Yuebai said.
Of course there is no problem with the other seven mountain gates.
A long time ago, Li Yuebai issued an order for the Kunlun monks to practice a formation called "Butterfly Catching Formation".
This formation may seem easy and casual, and is used for recuperation, but in fact, it is most suitable for dealing with monsters.
Therefore, if a monster tries to break into the other seven mountain gates, it will be immediately stopped and crushed.
"But our southeast mountain gate." The system wailed: "It really has no defense!"
"Who said there is no defense?" Li Yuebai sneered, "Aren't there just me and Yu Tianji?"
"What's the use of two people..." The system was about to cry.
"Of course it helps." Li Yuebai smiled and said, "You told me the conditions for passing the level yourself - as long as we kill Yu Tianliu, we will win this level."
"This... this is of course correct." The system said, "But Yu Tianliu has a mirror talisman on his body that can rebound all damage... and you can't even find Yu Tianliu!"
Looking from afar, a rolling black fog was rolling in, and in the black fog there were many monsters with bared fangs and claws, in strange shapes.
Yu Tianliu is hiding here, making it impossible to guess his location.
"It's not difficult to find him out." Li Yuebai turned to Yu Tianji: "Master Immortal, you must have a way."
“My beauty will only think of me when she needs the phoenix.” Yu Tianji yawned and took out a phoenix jade pendant from his body. The jade pendant was very moist and still had body temperature.
"Phoenix?" The system asked in surprise: "Host, you want to use the Phoenix again? But last time..."
The last time Li Yuebai used four phoenixes to command a battle formation, it was extremely difficult and took a heavy toll on his body. After he finished commanding, he was severely damaged.
"I won't command this time." Li Yuebai said with a smile, "Please spare me. If I command again, I'm afraid I'll die."
"How can I bear to do that?" Yu Tianji blinked, held the jade pendant in his hand, and said, "You say, and I'll do it."
"It's easy." Li Yuebai looked at the monster army that was getting closer and closer: "Summon the phoenix to disrupt their vision, and then you and I will fly over the monster army with swords."
"No, if you do that, as soon as Yu Tianliu's people raise their heads, they will find you!" The system hurriedly stopped them.
"It's okay. With the phoenix attracting their attention and the interference of the vast black fog, we can... avoid their attacks even if we are discovered." Li Yuebai said seriously.
"Host, aren't you the mastermind behind the scenes? Why would you personally take part in the battle?" The system was puzzled: "Wouldn't it be more convenient to send Wan Guangliu and others to do this?"
"Since I came to this world, I have always been behind the scenes, watching young people charge into battle for me, kill enemies for me, and shed blood for me on the battlefield." Li Yuebai smiled and said, "If I don't go into battle myself once, I'm afraid they will really think I'm old."
"You are old...how are you old?" Yu Tianji was dissatisfied and blurted out a contradictory statement.
"Really not old?" Li Yuebai shook his head and smiled: "Okay, then come on!"
Before the system could react, Yu Tianji had already activated his mental method to summon the phoenix.
Several phoenixes made clear cries and appeared in the sky above the empty city gate.
Their brilliant figures were reflected in the dark sky, showing a strange beauty, and making the monsters below look even more filthy and terrifying.
“It’s a phoenix!” There were cries of surprise from Yu Tianliu’s group.
"Phoenix!"
"That bastard Yu Tianji actually summoned the phoenix again..."
Despite being yelled at, they did not stop their attack.
"What about phoenixes?" Yu Tianliu sneered, "My brother's phoenixes are useless. They can only be used as fireworks for show."
"Your Majesty is right." Ge Huai said, "Only those ignorant children across the street shouted and worshipped the phoenix as soon as they saw it, thinking it was a good omen. In fact, it was all false. Even if you kill it and pluck its feathers, there will be no meat left."
"You can't say that." Su Xu waved his fan and said slowly: "Last time when we faced the Demon Cult army, the Lord Jijiu used the phoenix as his eyes and banner to command a long battle..."
"What a joke! If he is really that awesome, why not let him conduct again now?" Ge Huai laughed.
"Of course not." Su Xu also fanned himself and chuckled: "If he comes like this again, we don't need to kill him, he will vomit blood and die first!"
With the cover of the phoenix and the black mist, Li Yuebai quietly drew out the long sword from his waist, stepped on the long sword, and flew up.
For the sake of cover, he put on a gray-black cloak, which almost blended into the black mist from a distance.
"Come, let's go together." Yu Tianji also jumped onto Li Yuebai's flying sword with a smile.
"This is not good." Li Yuebai teased him deliberately, "Neither you nor I are very good at flying with swords, especially you, the Immortal Master, who has fallen off the flying sword many times..."
"My beauty, are you trying to provoke me?" Yu Tianji grabbed Li Yuebai's waist and said, "I don't believe it."
Only after Li Yuebai cleared up the misunderstanding with Yu Tianji did he gradually recall the details of Yu Tianji's anger.
The more I think about it, the more I feel that Yu Tianji is a kid who just can't stand any stimulation.
Of course, no matter how hard ordinary people try, they can't stimulate him.
Yu Tianji usually acts nonchalant and hides his incompetence, but once he is enraged, his fighting power becomes several times higher than usual, so he suppressed Li Yuebai without any chance of fighting back.
“鄙人在想，若是再激怒你一次……”李越白小心翼翼地問：“你這禦劍飛行的能力，會不會強大到離譜呢？”
“哦？美人兒可以試試看？”玉天玑挑了挑眉。
“不敢。”李越白道。
“你不敢，我卻會不知不覺激怒自己。”玉天玑低下頭，在李越白耳邊惡狠狠地說：“只要一想到你和你那個曾經的戰友怎麽并肩作戰生死相許，就……”
飛劍以閃電般的速度滑了出去。
極快，極穩，如鬼魅一般左躲右閃。
“厲害。”李越白真心贊許道。
“比他如何？”玉天玑不依不饒。
“……”李越白怒道：“集中精神！”
明明是命懸一線的生死存亡存亡之際，生生被玉天玑搞成了輕松的争風吃醋。
飛劍在空中轉了一個刁鑽的角度，盤旋着靠近玉天琉的魔物大軍上方。
“可是宿主，現在底下黑乎乎一片，您根本找不到玉天琉在哪裏啊！”系統提醒。
“不是有你嗎？”李越白道。
“系統需要一段時間的分析搜索……”
“開玩笑的，不必用你。”李越白道：“用鳳凰就可以了。”
“鳳凰？”
“是，我讓玉天玑召喚它們出來，可不單單是為了擾亂敵人視線的。”李越白道：“最主要的用處，是讓它們找出玉天琉。”
“鳳凰玉佩與鏡靈符同為昆侖祖傳聖物，互相之間是會有一定的感應。”玉天玑道：“即使不考慮這點感應，鳳凰作為昆侖的守護者，自然也是對玉氏家族的傳人有很強的辨別能力，即使兄長躲得再巧妙，也能馬上找到。”
他悄悄默念口訣，一只鳳凰立刻改變了方向，飛得更低了一些，盤旋了幾圈之後，懸停在了魔物戰陣中央的一處。
它鋒利的爪子往下點了一點。
“就是這裏！”玉天玑喜道：“兄長！”
玉天琉眯了眯眼，擡起頭，正看到一只鳳凰懸停在自己頭頂，羽毛和尾翎發出的光幾乎要晃瞎人眼。
“……”他皺了皺眉，警惕道：“玉天玑？”
“他發現了。”系統急道：“宿主小心。”
之前李越白和玉天玑能在這麽多人和魔物的眼皮子底下躲閃，已經不易，現在既然玉天琉已經察覺了他們的存在，也許下一秒就會發現他們了。
“好了。”李越白道：“時機差不多了。”
說是時機差不多，其實已經到了最後一刻了。
空蕩蕩的東南山門無人防守，浩浩蕩蕩的魔物大軍只剩幾步路就可以破門而入。
玉天琉耐下心往空中搜尋一番，很快便在重重黑霧中找到了那一柄飛劍，和乘着飛劍的人。
玉天琉甚至沒有下令，手下的修士們和魔物們就把無數法術招呼了過來。
玉天玑游刃有餘地左躲右閃，李越白被他鬼魅一般的動作晃得幾乎跌下飛劍，急忙一手攬住玉天玑的腰，一手順便把他的佩劍抽了出來。
“吾弟。”玉天琉笑道：“你大可在殿中躲到最後一刻，然後拱手而降，為什麽要來這裏送死。”
“廢話，本仙主是來殺你的。”玉天玑使勁做出惡狠狠的樣子：“為昆侖清理門戶！”
奈何他現在滿腦子裏都是争風吃醋，恨的不是眼前的兄長兼敵人，這一句也罵得有氣無力。
李越白趁他二人對罵之際，深吸一口氣，将劍尖對準了玉天琉的心口。
“宿……宿主！”系統急忙道：“您是要催動飛劍來殺人嗎？”
“是。”李越白道：“你之前說過，擊殺玉天琉，這一穿就贏了。”
“可是鏡靈符！”系統急道。
玉天琉自以為勝券在握，甚至開始大肆嘲諷起來。
“吾弟，今日之事，可不是為兄的錯。”玉天琉笑道：“這漫山遍野的魔物，都要拜一個人所賜。”
“誰？”玉天玑眯了眯眼。
“自然是你身邊那位祭酒大人。”玉天琉道：“若不是他放走了不該放走的人，為兄也不會這麽快修成操縱魔物之術。”
“你是說，姬瑤？”玉天玑頓了一頓。
“正是。”玉天琉道：“穆清寧明知道姬瑤對魔物頗有心得，熟悉召喚魔物的邪術，卻為了可笑的僞善而放走了她……你們自取滅亡，怨不得別人。”
玉天玑突然大笑起來。
笑完了才回答：“兄長，我的穆美人兒為什麽要這麽做，你不覺得奇怪嗎？”
“奇怪？為何奇怪？”玉天琉道：“穆清寧的為人向來如此，所謂君子之風上仙之德……有什麽問題？”
這樣說着的時候，玉天琉心中自然是輕蔑的。
在他看來，所謂的善，毫無用處，不但無法換來實際的利益，反而會讓自己一敗塗地，穆清寧這種人，注定要有這樣的結局。
“抱歉，讓你失望了。”李越白在心裏暗暗想着，同時捏了個訣，使出了他此生最厲最狠的劍法。
他自己的飛光正被作為飛劍踩在腳下，手裏拿來當武器的是玉天玑的長劍。
長劍如一道閃電一般，刺穿黑霧，直直刺向了玉天琉的心口。
這一劍來得極其淩厲，玉天琉看到了長劍飛來，卻也沒有時間閃避了。
自然，他也不需要閃避。
迄今為止，鏡靈符已經替他接下了無數次攻擊，無一遺漏。
穆清寧的劍法，本就不甚高妙，甚至比不上之前那些刺客厲害，鏡靈符沒有擋不下的道理。
“宿……”系統驚得幾乎魂飛天外。
然而，意想不到的事情發生了。
長劍直接刺穿了玉天琉的心口。
“……”玉天琉猛地瞪大了雙眼，面上顯出了難以置信的痛苦神色。
“鏡靈符呢？”系統快瘋了。
“鏡靈符失效了。”李越白望着突然安靜的地面。
“怎麽會失效的？！”
“被腐蝕了，完全腐蝕幹淨了。”李越白道。
“這這這……宿主您是怎麽知道的？”
“我那次去請教姬昀姬老先生，可不是白去一趟。”李越白道：“在獄中，姬老先生不是把一切都告訴我了嗎？”
“他說的是……”系統急忙調出當時的場景記錄，重新回看了一遍：
【“罷了。”姬昀嘆道：“老朽只知道，那鏡靈符，名副其實，如銅鏡一般，是世間至亮至純之物，人将其貼于心口，便可與融入身體，不僅僅可以使人刀槍不入，甚至可以反彈刀槍……”
“正是如此。”李越白道：“不知這鏡靈符，是否有失效的可能？”
“沒有。”姬昀道：“修習仙法之人，身上的鏡靈符絕無可能失效。”
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“當時，姬老先生已經說得很清楚了。”李越白嘆道：“首先，修習仙法之人，身上的鏡靈符絕無可能失效。”
“修習仙法之人？”系統道：“難道玉天琉不是修習仙法之人……”
話說到這裏，系統也一下子明白了。
“是，玉天琉自願選擇了修習邪術，堕入邪道。”李越白道：“鏡靈符便從此失效。”
“可是單憑這一句話，未必保險……”系統仍然覺得李越白這個選擇太驚險了：“萬一姬老先生只是随口一說……”
“我起初也不能确定。”李越白道：“可是見完姬老先生之後發生的事情，有力地證明了我的猜測。”
“系統怎麽沒注意到有這樣的事情發生？”系統快哭了。
“就是那日，幾名在外巡視的昆侖修士，被游蕩的魔物偷襲了。”李越白耐心解釋道：“魔物的汁液，甚至腐蝕了他們的長劍，和衣服上的銅扣。”
“那和鏡靈符有什麽關系？”
“姬老先生之前也說過，鏡靈符如銅鏡一般，是世上至亮至純之物。”李越白道：“所以那鏡靈符，一樣是會被魔物所腐蝕的，魔物是世上至陰至濁之物，玉天琉以它們為兵，日日驅使它們，身上的鏡靈符自然會被腐蝕淨盡。”
“……”系統目瞪口呆：“您是開了外挂嗎？”
“你不就是外挂？”李越白反問。
“本系統……”系統很無語，越想越不知道自己到底幫了什麽忙。
失去了鏡靈符的庇佑，玉天琉也不過是血肉之軀而已，他早前修習的仙法，也已經被邪術所取代，現在心口被完全刺穿，竟是無力回天。
手下們前一刻還在預備攻城，下一刻就眼睜睜地看着主上死于非命。
“仙……仙主！”陣中響起了一聲尖叫，是姬瑤。
她沖上前去，扶住了玉天琉滿是血污的身軀。
“怎……怎麽會這樣……”她又驚又怒，心中全是疑惑不解，明明她已經竭盡了全力，明明馬上就要成功了，為什麽……
“穆清寧，你到底用了什麽陰謀詭計！”姬瑤絕望地喊了出來。
“什麽陰謀詭計？”李越白看向她時，目光冰冷毫無表情：“姬老先生說出了我想知道的秘密，我答應了姬老先生放過他最疼愛的侄女，公平交易，兩不相欠。”
“……”姬瑤仍是不甚明白，玉天琉卻在瀕死之際伸出沾滿血的手，掐住了她的脖頸。
"It turned out to be you..." Yu Tianliu roared with his last bit of strength: "It's you..."
"I...I didn't!" Ji Yao said aggrievedly.
She has always been scheming in her life, and has always used all kinds of means to take advantage of those who love her, but she is only sincere to Yu Tianliu.
Perhaps it was this sincerity that made her lose her scheming and vigilance.
"It has nothing to do with me, it has nothing to do with me!" Su Xu saw the situation taking a sharp turn for the worse and hurriedly distanced himself from the matter: "The information I brought is absolutely true, there is absolutely no deception, I have done my best!"
Of course, no one cares about whose fault it is anymore.
Yu Tianliu eventually died before strangling Ji Yao to death. After that, all the monsters in the mountains lost their master and fell into chaos.
They were originally formed by Yu Tianliu's use of evil magic. Once the evil magic was lost, a large part of them immediately dispersed into evil spirits again, and the rest were vulnerable.
The remaining work is just to clean up the battlefield.
"Host, congratulations, you have successfully passed the level." The system changed to a programmed mechanical voice: "Please wait twelve hours, and leave this world after twelve hours."