Chapter Eighty-One: The Mysterious Person Appears

  "Is there anything else, sir? I'm too busy today, so I won't disturb you and this old gentleman from reminiscing. We'll take our leave first and invite you to have tea another day." I turned around and said with a serious face, then turned to leave.

  "Ah... I..." Li Yan was also perplexed, wondering when he had any dealings with this fiery woman.

  The person hidden in the black flames let out a displeased hum, and the layered sound waves rippled outward, causing everyone to feel dizzy for a moment. My heart also skipped a beat as I involuntarily stopped in my tracks, greatly astonished by this person's profound cultivation.

  "Do you think I'll let you leave this place?" The person inside the flames said coldly, with a chilling murderous intent in his words that made everyone shudder.

  "Ah, so cool!" I shrugged my shoulders, looking rather nonchalant. "What a pity it's not summer now, otherwise I would definitely consider inviting you to stay at my place for a few days, which would be very helpful in beating the heat."

  Although she knew it wasn't the time to laugh, Tingting still burst out laughing when she heard what I said. Wuchenzu and Liyan on the side also had distorted faces, as if they were about to suffocate from holding back their laughter.

  "Haha, what a bold move! What a bold move!" The man's anger turned to laughter, and the black flames danced along with his voice, expanding by nearly twice in an instant. But strangely, the few people not far from this mass of black flames didn't feel its heat at all.

  "What bravery? You boast and praise, but you want us to stay, yet you don't speak clearly about your intentions, nor do we know what you're after. Such a sneaky person, I really can't see any reason for us to show respect." I stopped in my tracks and turned around to say this, the smile of satisfaction on his pale face completely gone, replaced by a strange smile that seemed both mocking and pitiful.

  That cluster of fierce black flames paused for a moment, then returned to calmness, apparently not expecting me to be so sharp-tongued.

  After a moment, the mysterious figure hiding in the flames finally said coldly: "What you said is right, being so sneaky is indeed impolite. To show respect for your behavior just now, I'll make an exception and reveal myself."

  As soon as the words were spoken, the black flame shook violently and suddenly expanded, spreading out in a manner that covered the sky and earth. The swift and fierce black flames quickly passed through our bodies.

  Li Yan was startled and instinctively grasped the Xu Ri Feng Lei sword, his face tense with vigilance. However, he saw me and Wu Chenzi standing with our hands clasped behind our backs, looking relaxed, so he awkwardly put down the flying sword, but still heightened his alertness in his heart.

  After a moment, the flames dissipated, and the place where several people were had completely changed. Now they seemed to have entered another space. Looking around, everything was pitch black, and it was impossible to see the end. However, none of them were ordinary people, so they didn't care about these things. Only Tingting's face was terrified as she shrank behind Zhang Yue.

  "Is this a fantasy space?" I snapped my fingers, and a small light ball rose from in front of me, slowly rising into the sky, although the light was dim, it finally drove away this endless darkness.

  Just now, when those black flames began to spread, my divine sense analyzed the nature of these flames at an indescribable speed. After learning that they didn't have any attacking intent, or rather, the person controlling them temporarily had no intention of attacking, I simply ignored them with a big show of disdain.

  But what I didn't expect was that after these black flames spread out, they formed a strange wave, and then it seemed to open up a new space, enveloping us inside.

  I cautiously released my divine sense to probe around, but was shocked to discover that I couldn't detect even a hint of familiarity, and couldn't even determine the size of this space.

  This is not a fantasy space. I denied my previous guess in my heart, although the size of the fantasy space is determined by the power and consciousness of the opener, but it is impossible for any cultivator in the mortal world to have such terrifying power to open up a space that even I cannot detect its size.

  To know, in the short time of less than a second just now, my divine consciousness has detected at least hundreds of miles. And to open up a fantasy space with a radius of at least hundreds of miles, I'm afraid only those old qualified immortals from the immortal realm can do it, and this guy in front of me obviously doesn't have such power.

  "Don't mention my Desire Space and that useless thing in the same breath!" The mysterious person's voice came from all directions, with a hint of anger revealing his current mood.

  "Desire space? This is quite a novel thing, I wonder what's special about it, can it really surpass the fantasy space?" I asked with great interest, not only to get more information, but also because I was genuinely interested in this unheard-of method of opening up space.

  "Hmph, my desire realm is based on...". The mysterious person was about to explain with a hint of pride, but just as he uttered a few words, he suddenly came to his senses. "Why should I explain this to you? You only need to know that I'm here to take your lives, so leave your lives behind and that's it!"

  As soon as the words were spoken, the darkness surrounding the few people began to stir, and even though my line of sight couldn't penetrate that endless darkness, I could still clearly feel that countless sources of power had begun to form in the surrounding darkness, slowly growing stronger. Although the intensity of those powers was completely unable to threaten me and Wú Chénzi, their numbers were truly astonishing.

  Li Yan also sensed the unusual movement around him, and was suddenly shocked by the astonishing amount of power sources, his face turned pale. His right hand tightly grasped the Xu Ri Feng Lei sword, while his left hand rummaged through his body, pulling out a large pile of miscellaneous items.

  "It's your honor to die in my domain of desire." The mysterious figure chuckled lightly in the darkness, "I haven't made a move in thousands of years."

  In the darkness, an invisible force surged violently, countless sources of power rapidly expanded, then parted the darkness and slowly stepped into the light, gradually exposing their ugly appearance.

  Li Yan let out a cold breath, and the few yellow papers in his hand were not grasped firmly, floating and drifting to the ground. His pale face cried out: "Heavens, what are these things?"

  Behind her, Tingting's suppressed scream of terror echoed through.

  Emerging slowly from the darkness were countless strange creatures, like nightmares come to life, as if all the ugliness that humanity could imagine had been concentrated here. Countless bizarre monsters formed a circle around several people, trapping them in the middle.

  "Hey, what is this? A masquerade ball?" Dustless Junior couldn't help but point at the creature in front of him, which was about three meters tall, with its upper body being human and its lower body resembling a spider, laughing so hard that he doubled over.

  That half-human, half-spider monster seemed to have intelligence too. Upon hearing this, it became enraged and swung its scythe-like forelimbs, wanting to charge forward and slash this guy who was laughing so loudly to death. The monsters behind it also let out a burst of **.

  "What? Are you going to take action? Come on, come on, I'll play with you!" Wú Chénzi saw that there was a fight to be had and got excited, eager to try it out. He rubbed his fists together and was about to charge forward when I grabbed him back.

  On the other side, a mysterious person hiding in the darkness somehow managed to stop that monster and reluctantly returned it to its original position.

  "I originally thought you were also a senior, but it turns out that I was greatly disappointed. It seems that you are just a coward who hides in the dark and doesn't dare to come out and meet people." Since I'm playing the role of an ordinary cultivator with only the initial stage of cultivation, my words and actions naturally need to match, so I deliberately provoke him.

  "Hehe, you don't need to provoke me. If you can handle my Tianmo Beast, I will naturally come out to see you." The mysterious person was not enraged by me, but instead smiled and then fell silent again.

  The monsters surrounding us took a step forward in unison, and after a brief moment of silence, countless beasts let out a deafening roar and charged towards us. The earth seemed to tremble as countless hideous creatures rushed from all directions, the terrifying scene enough to make even the bravest person's heart shatter.

  Ting Ting was frightened pale, shrinking in Zhang Feng's arms, not even daring to lift her head, and soon she was engulfed by the monsters.

  I was about to go save her, but found that the monsters rushing over like a tide automatically bypassed her and Zhang Kuang when they passed by them. Occasionally, some unlucky monsters who couldn't stop themselves from crashing into them were punched by Zhang Kuang, one by one, and exploded into blood flowers in mid-air.

  Seeing this scene, I finally put my mind at ease, gave a wink to the eager Wuchengzi beside me, and directly sent my voice into his ear, warning him not to let people discover his true strength. Only then did I slowly stretch my muscles and bones.

  Those monsters were far away from the crowd, but they moved extremely fast. In just a few seconds, they had already charged to the front of the crowd. Li Yan let out a strange cry and took the lead in making the first move. The Xuanri Fenglei sword in his hand flew out, spinning briefly in mid-air before suddenly diving down and releasing a pale golden light beam as thick as an arm, instantly knocking over several monsters that were charging at the front.

  The Rising Sun Wind Thunder Sword itself can attract the nearby heaven and earth yuanqi, so although Li Yan's yuanqi is severely injured now, relying on its own power, it is still not something that these monsters can withstand. Wherever it goes, a bloody storm is immediately stirred up.

  I let out a long laugh, my body leaping forward, my right palm lightly pressing on the chest of a tiger-headed ape-like monster. A burst of internal energy shot out, and the monster's chest immediately erupted in a cloud of blood mist. The entire chest was dented inward from this single strike, sending its massive body of over 300-400 kilograms flying backward, knocking several other monsters behind it to the ground.

  My left hand also didn't idle, grasping a deformed spider's long leg with one hand, lifting the nearly two-meter-tall giant spider in my hand, and then smashing it at several strange creatures that were pouncing around like weapons.

  That spider was caught in my hand, and it was both shocked and angry. Its eight long legs waved wildly, making a whooshing sound as they broke through the air. As a result, not only did it fail to hit me, but it also injured many of the monsters that were rushing towards me, inadvertently helping me out.

  "Wahahaha, it's so cool! It's been a long time since I've felt this way!"

  Wudunzi punched and blasted a monster that was moving like jelly on the side, excitedly shouting.

  Because I had instructed him not to use his true strength for the time being, he simply charged into the monster pile with a flurry of punches and kicks, without using any magical artifacts or spells.

  However, these monsters were just a bit more terrifying in appearance and several times stronger than ordinary humans. Monsters of this level couldn't harm him at all, so Wú Chénzi simply let go of his fists and feet, completely disregarding his own defense, adopting the approach of "you give me a claw, I'll punch you" in a desperate manner, killing them in a thrilling and lively way for a while.

  I casually tossed the giant spider in my hand out, knocking over several monsters beside it. Then I looked around and found that I was surrounded by all sorts of monsters, except for Wudu zi who was visible beside me and the occasional flash of Xuri Fenglei Jian's light in the distance, nothing else could be seen.

  Since I couldn't see around me on the ground, I decided to go into the air. With this thought in mind, I rose up into the air, and that poor spider which had been grasped by me as a weapon all day also took advantage of the opportunity to drill into the crowd of monsters and hide, probably singing in its heart: "Long live, finally escaped the devil's clutches!"

  As I gaze out into the void, it's a space of unknown vastness. The area where I am is relatively bright due to the light orbs I've created, but as my line of sight extends outward, all that can be seen is endless darkness and strange shadows that barely discernible in the dark.

  After distinguishing that the astonishing number of shadows were these monsters in front of me, I couldn't help but furrow my brow. Although this kind of battle doesn't consume any spiritual energy, after all, the consumption speed of spiritual energy isn't faster than the recovery speed, but with so many monsters, punching one by one, it's not going to kill me from exhaustion, but rather bore me to death. It seems that I have no choice but to use large-scale magic spells.

  After making up my mind, I started thinking about what kind of skill to use to quickly kill these monsters without exposing my true strength. Finally, my gaze fell on Li Yan, who was manipulating the Sunrise Wind and Thunder Sword and was being surrounded by a large number of monsters.

  I smiled slightly and stretched out my right hand, making a grasping motion in the direction of Li Yan.

  At this time, Li Yan was struggling hard. His cultivation was not as deep as mine and Wuchengzi's, but he didn't dare to let these monsters attack him without defending himself like we did. Moreover, Li Yan had just had a fierce battle with Zhang Fēng, his injuries were not light, and his own strength was almost exhausted. The number of these monsters was really astonishing, and for a time, he was chased to the point where he was jumping around, not to mention how suffocated he felt.

  With a swift motion, Li Yan sent the Xuri Fenglei sword into the abdomen of a monster that resembled an anteater, but he didn't dare to pause for even a moment, hastily throwing out a talisman that he had been holding in his hand.

  A loud explosion, a spider that had crept up from the left was blown to smithereens. After letting out a piercing shriek, this unlucky guy fell heavily to the ground, its long legs as thick as an arm thrashing about wildly, and the sharp tips stabbed several monsters that didn't have time to dodge.

  Without time to admire his handiwork, Li Yan pulled the Rising Sun Wind Thunder Sword out from the body of the first Food Insect Beast. With a smooth turn, the sharp flying sword easily sliced through several tentacles that were slashing down at him from behind. Then, in mid-air, it drew an arc and silently entered the body of another monster.

  At this moment, Li Yan's heart was extremely frustrated, and he didn't know what kind of bad luck he had encountered. First, he had a big fight with the demon-possessed person, which left him injured all over his body. Then, for some unknown reason, he came to this strange space and was surrounded by a group of bizarre monsters. If he had known that today would be so unlucky, he wouldn't have gone out even if you killed him; it would have been better to stay in the Taoist temple and do his homework quietly.

  With a hidden grievance, he couldn't slack off with his hands, as this was a top priority matter concerning his own life. For now, he mustered up his spirit and the flying sword in his right hand sliced through the neck of another monster, while his left hand habitually reached into his bosom, but unexpectedly, the tactile sensation made his face change color - there were only four or five talismans left in his bosom.

  Li Yan quietly shouted a bitter cry, and the Xuanri Fenglei sword danced in an array, wounding two of the strange creatures and forcing the others back a short distance. Only then did he seize the opportunity to pull out the few remaining talismans from his bosom, and under the faint light of the small orb on his head, his heart seemed to suddenly plummet into a bottomless abyss.

  The talismans are down to six now, with two Blazing Talismans, three Thunderclap Talismans, and the remaining one is a Warding Talisman which is currently of little use.

  Seeing that there were only a few talismans left in his hand, Li Yan's heart suddenly felt a chill. He was seriously injured and could no longer manipulate the Sun Wind Thunder Sword to launch magical attacks, and could only use it as a normal weapon. However, with the help of the talismans, he had been barely holding on, but now that they were gone too, wasn't this a death sentence?

  Li Yan was heartbroken, but the monsters beside him wouldn't wait for him. Just now, after a fierce battle, Li Yan relied on his flying sword's unparalleled sharpness to chop down many monsters like chopping vegetables. These monsters were already eyeing him covetously, and seeing him dazed, they naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity. With a sudden whoosh, they all rushed up together, their momentum seeming to say "Old man, I'm going to crush you to death".

  Li Yan was shocked and suddenly came to his senses, hastily wielding the Xuanri Fenglei sword to slaughter the swarming monsters. Although he couldn't mobilize the heavenly energy at this time, nor could he cast ordinary spells, relying on the Xuanri Fenglei sword's unparalleled sharpness, he swept through everything in his path, and for a moment, no monster could withstand him.

  However, this time these monsters seemed to have made up their minds to get rid of him. Despite the heavy casualties, they continued to charge forward in waves. Gradually, Li Yan also felt that he was having a hard time killing them off. The range of his sword dance, which had been illuminated by the morning sun and thunder, gradually narrowed, and even his right hand felt numb from non-stop swinging.

  Just as Li Yan was about to be overwhelmed by the swarming monsters, the旭日风雷剑 in his hand suddenly trembled and flew backwards, taking Li Yan with it. He was involuntarily lifted off the ground and flew over the heads of the surrounding monsters.

  Due to the suddenness of the event, the monsters surrounding him had not reacted yet, and they stared blankly as he flew over their heads. It wasn't until Li Yan was brought to my side by the Xu Ri Feng Lei sword that these monsters came to their senses. Instantly, dozens of flying monsters rose from the group, ferociously pouncing towards Chu Bai's direction.

  "Go rest at Wú Chén Zǐ's place, I'll take care of this." I reached out and grabbed the Xǔ Rì Fēng Léi sword, saying to Li Yán who was lying on the ground panting heavily, then swung the treasure sword with a flourish, chopping down those few strange creatures that flew over.

  Li Yan nodded at me with gratitude, hesitated and glanced at the Rising Sun Wind Thunder Sword in my hand, opened his mouth as if to say something, but ultimately remained silent, got up and walked towards Wuchengzi.

  Wú chén zǐ zhèng shā dé xìng gāo cǎi liè, dàn qí guài de shì tā zhōu wéi què méi yǒu yī jù shī tǐ, yuán lái nà xiē guài wù yī dàn bèi shā, shī tǐ dū huì màn màn de chén rù dì lǐ, dà gài shì zhè ge kōng jiān de tè shū zhī chù ba.

  Li Yan walked unsteadily to the back of Wuchengzi and found a relatively clean place to sit down cross-legged. The position he was in now happened to be between Wuchengzi and me, so there was no need to worry about being attacked by monsters at all. Besides, as long as it wasn't a monster group charging, three or two of them were not even worth his attention.

  Just as he sat down cross-legged, a tremor came from behind him, followed by the familiar sound of thunder from his back. Li Yan turned around with a shocked face and saw the familiar purple lightning again.

  Innumerable purple lightning bolts danced around me, and on the Akatsuki no Kaze sword in my hand, a lightning bolt dozens of times stronger than those around me was also dancing.

  "Zi Yu Shen Lei", a spell that can only be used by the leader of the Xuan Ri Jian Pai.

  "It's impossible, this can't be!" Li Yan repeated with a stunned expression, clearly unable to accept that an outsider could manipulate the Xuri Wind Thunder Sword, which was connected to his own mind and spirit, and even use techniques from his own sword school that only the sect leader could use.

  The artifact used by the cultivator, once the master is established, generally establishes a spiritual connection with the master, so that the master can manipulate the treasure through the spirit. Moreover, even if the treasure is lost, outsiders cannot exert the power of the treasure. Of course, if the outsider's power far exceeds the original master's power, he can forcibly erase the spiritual connection between the treasure and the original master, making the treasure available for his own use.

  It was for this reason that when Li Yan saw me grasping the Xuanri Fenglei Sword, he would think to remind him that this sword wasn't one he could use. However, later on, he considered that although I couldn't control the Xuanri Fenglei Sword, having a sharp weapon in hand is always a good thing, so he didn't say anything.

  It was also because of this that when he saw me not only being able to use the Kokuryūjin, a sword connected to my own spirit, but even using a technique that only the head of the clan could learn, he would receive an unexpected blow and suddenly fall into a stunned state.

  "Haha, what's so strange about this? This kid is a monster, anything can happen to him. Ah, damn it, you dare to take advantage of me and launch a sneak attack on me, eat my fist!"

  Wudunzi burst out laughing and punched down the two strange creatures in front of him.

  I also overheard their conversation, but I don't have time to bother with these two guys right now. Although the Violet Night Thunderbolt isn't a big deal for me now, I still need to disguise myself as an ordinary Cultivator with only Dousuan period cultivation, which is a bit troublesome. I must carefully control my power.

  Taking a deep breath, I carefully controlled the output of yuanqi and cast the Zi Xiao Divine Thunder.