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 incredible.
"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 worshiped 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.
"I was wondering, if I anger you again..." Li Yuebai asked cautiously, "Will your sword-flying ability be ridiculously powerful?"
"Oh? Can my beauty try it?" Yu Tianji raised his eyebrows.
"I dare not." Li Yuebai said.
"You dare not, but I will unknowingly anger myself." Yu Tianji lowered his head and whispered viciously in Li Yuebai's ear: "Whenever I think of how you and your former comrade-in-arms fought side by side and shared life and death, I..."
The flying sword slid out at lightning speed.
Extremely fast, extremely stable, dodging left and right like a ghost.
"Awesome." Li Yuebai praised sincerely.
"How about comparing with him?" Yu Tianji refused to give in.
"..." Li Yuebai said angrily: "Concentrate!"
It was clearly a life-and-death situation, but Yu Tianji turned it into a simple jealousy.
The flying sword turned at a tricky angle in the air and circled above Yu Tianliu's army of monsters.
"But host, it's pitch black down there now, you can't find Yu Tianliu at all!" the system reminded.
"Aren't you here?" Li Yuebai said.
"The system needs some time to analyze and search..."
"Just kidding, there's no need to use you." Li Yuebai said, "Just use the Phoenix."
"Phoenix?"
"Yes, I asked Yu Tianji to summon them out, not just to confuse the enemy's sight." Li Yuebai said: "The most important purpose is to let them find Yu Tianliu."
"The Phoenix Jade Pendant and the Mirror Talisman are both Kunlun's ancestral sacred objects, so there is a certain induction between them." Yu Tianji said: "Even if we don't consider this induction, the Phoenix, as the guardian of Kunlun, naturally has a strong ability to identify the descendants of the Yu family. Even if my brother hides cleverly, he can be found immediately."
He silently recited the incantation, and a phoenix immediately changed direction, flying lower, and after circling a few times, it hovered in the center of the monster battle array.
Its sharp claws pointed downwards a little.
"It's right here!" Yu Tianji said happily, "Brother!"
Yu Tianliu narrowed his eyes, raised his head, and saw a phoenix suspended above his head. The light emitted by its feathers and tail feathers was almost blinding.
"..." He frowned and asked cautiously: "Yu Tianji?"
"He discovered it." The system said anxiously: "Host, be careful."
It was not easy for Li Yuebai and Yu Tianji to dodge under the noses of so many people and monsters before. Now that Yu Tianliu has noticed their presence, he may discover them in the next second.
"Okay." Li Yuebai said, "The time is almost right."
They say the time is almost right, but in fact it has already reached the last moment.
The empty southeast mountain gate was unguarded, and the mighty army of monsters only had a few steps to break in.
Yu Tianliu patiently searched the air and soon found the flying sword and the person riding on it in the thick black fog.
Yu Tianliu didn't even give any orders, but his monks and monsters cast countless spells.
Yu Tianji dodged left and right with ease. Li Yuebai was almost shaken by his ghostly movements and dropped his sword. He hurriedly grabbed Yu Tianji's waist with one hand and pulled out his sword with the other.
"My brother." Yu Tianliu said with a smile, "You could have hidden in the palace until the last moment and then surrendered. Why did you come here to die?"
"Nonsense, I'm here to kill you." Yu Tianji tried his best to look vicious and said, "Clean up the door for Kunlun!"
However, his mind was now filled with jealousy, and he did not hate his brother and enemy in front of him, so this curse was powerless.
While the two of them were cursing at each other, Li Yuebai took a deep breath and pointed the tip of the sword at Yu Tianliu's heart.
"Host!" the system asked hurriedly, "Do you want to use the flying sword to kill people?"
"Yes." Li Yuebai said: "You said before that if we kill Yu Tianliu, we will win."
"But it's the mirror talisman!" the system said anxiously.
Yu Tianliu thought he had a sure win and even started to mock.
"My brother, what happened today is not my fault." Yu Tianliu said with a smile: "All the monsters in this mountain are thanks to one person."
"Who?" Yu Tianji narrowed his eyes.
"Of course it's the Lord of the Imperial Court beside you." Yu Tianliu said, "If he hadn't let go of someone he shouldn't have let go, I wouldn't have mastered the art of controlling monsters so quickly."
"You mean, Ji Yao?" Yu Tianji paused.
"That's right." Yu Tianliu said, "Mu Qingning knew that Ji Yao had experience with monsters and was familiar with the evil magic of summoning monsters, but he let her go for the sake of ridiculous hypocrisy... You brought about your own destruction, and you can't blame others."
Yu Tianji suddenly burst into laughter.
After she finished laughing, she replied, "Brother, why would my beautiful Mu do this? Don't you think it's strange?"
"Strange? Why is it strange?" Yu Tianliu said, "Mu Qingning has always been like this, the so-called gentleman's demeanor and the virtue of an immortal... What's wrong with that?"
When he said this, Yu Tianliu naturally felt contempt in his heart.
In his opinion, the so-called kindness is useless. Not only can it not bring any actual benefits, but it will also lead to one's own downfall. People like Mu Qingning are destined to have such an ending.
"Sorry, I disappoint you." Li Yuebai thought secretly in his heart, and at the same time, he made a trick and used the strongest and most brutal swordsmanship in his life.
His own Fei Guang was being stepped on as a flying sword, and the weapon in his hand was Yu Tianji's long sword.
The long sword pierced through the black mist like a flash of lightning and went straight into Yu Tianliu's heart.
The sword came with great force. Yu Tianliu saw the sword coming but had no time to dodge.
Naturally, he didn't need to dodge.
So far, the Mirror Talisman has taken on countless attacks for him, without missing a single one.
Mu Qingning's swordsmanship was not very good to begin with, and was not even as powerful as those assassins before him, so there was no reason why the Mirror Talisman could not stop him.
"Su..." The system was so shocked that it almost flew away.
However, something unexpected happened.
The long sword pierced Yu Tianliu's heart directly.
"..." Yu Tianliu's eyes suddenly widened, an expression of unbelievable pain on his face.
"Where is the mirror talisman?" The system was going crazy.
"The mirror talisman has lost its effect." Li Yuebai looked at the ground that had suddenly become quiet.
"How come it doesn't work?!"
"It's corroded. It's completely corroded." Li Yuebai said.
"Host, how did you know this?"
"My visit to Mr. Ji Yunji was not in vain." Li Yuebai said, "Didn't Mr. Ji tell me everything in prison?"
"He said..." The system quickly called up the scene record at that time and reviewed it again:
【“Forget it.” Ji Yun sighed, “I only know that the mirror talisman is worthy of its name. It is like a bronze mirror. It is the brightest and purest thing in the world. If people stick it on their chest, it will merge into the body. Not only can it make people invulnerable to swords and guns, but it can even repel swords and guns…”
"That's right." Li Yuebai said, "I wonder if this mirror talisman has the possibility of becoming ineffective?"
"No." Ji Yun said: "For those who practice immortal arts, the mirror talisman on their body will never fail."
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"At that time, Mr. Ji had already made it very clear." Li Yuebai sighed: "First of all, for those who practice immortal arts, the mirror spirit talisman on their body will never become ineffective."
"A person who practices immortal arts?" The system said, "Could it be that Yu Tianliu is not a person who practices immortal arts..."
Having said that, the system suddenly understood.
"Yes, Yu Tianliu voluntarily chose to practice evil magic and fell into evil ways." Li Yuebai said: "The mirror talisman has been ineffective since then."
"But just this sentence may not be enough..." The system still felt that Li Yuebai's choice was too risky: "What if Mr. Ji was just saying it casually..."
"I wasn't sure at first." Li Yuebai said, "But what happened after I met Mr. Ji strongly proved my guess."
"Why didn't the system notice that this happened?" The system was about to cry.
"It was on that day that several Kunlun monks who were on patrol were ambushed by wandering monsters." Li Yuebai explained patiently: "The monster's juice even corroded their swords and the copper buttons on their clothes."
"What does that have to do with the Mirror Talisman?"
"Mr. Ji also said before that the Mirror Spirit Talisman is like a bronze mirror, the brightest and purest thing in the world." Li Yuebai said: "So the Mirror Spirit Talisman will also be corroded by monsters. Monsters are the darkest and most turbid things in the world. Yu Tianliu uses them as soldiers and drives them every day. The Mirror Spirit Talisman on his body will naturally be corroded completely."
"..." The system was stunned: "Did you use a cheat?"
"Aren't you a cheater?" Li Yuebai asked back.
"This system..." The system was speechless. The more it thought about it, the less it knew what help it had given.
Without the protection of the Mirror Talisman, Yu Tianliu was nothing more than a body of flesh and blood. The immortal arts he had practiced earlier had also been replaced by evil magic. Now that his heart was completely pierced, he was powerless to recover.
The subordinates were preparing to attack the city one moment, and the next moment they watched their master die.
"Immortal...Immortal Lord!" A scream came from the formation. It was Ji Yao.
She rushed forward and supported Yu Tianliu's blood-stained body.
"How...how could this happen..." She was shocked and angry, and her heart was full of confusion. She had clearly tried her best and was about to succeed, so why...
"Mu Qingning, what kind of sinister scheme did you use!" Ji Yao shouted in despair.
"What conspiracy?" Li Yuebai looked at her with a cold expression. "Mr. Ji told me the secret I wanted to know. I promised Mr. Ji to let his beloved niece go. It's a fair deal. We owe nothing to each other."
"..." Ji Yao still didn't quite understand, but Yu Tianliu stretched out his bloody hand and strangled her neck when he was about to die.
"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."
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