Killing Demons: Upgrading from Calligraphy

"Are you sure?"

Shocked, Hu Tianzong reached out to wipe the water stains on the table and looked at Qi Xiu in surprise.

Phoenix!

As an ancient and powerful family, the Hu family naturally understands the weight of these two words.

This is one of the very few powerful beings in the history of mankind that can rival the True Dragon Clan.

It is said that there is only one adult phoenix in the world.

Because the moment the new generation of Phoenix comes of age, it also means the death of the old Phoenix.

So when he learned that the inheritance of the prosperous Tang Dynasty was actually related to the Phoenix, he was so surprised and shocked.

After all, given the importance of the Phoenix, even the prosperous Tang Empire would pay enough attention to it.

"It should be correct. The True Dragon heritage that I inherited contains some information about the Phoenix Emperor."

His eyes moved slightly, and Qi Xiu flipped the copper piece in his hand:

“It is rumored that the Phoenix is ​​the condensation of the vitality of heaven and earth.

In terms of vitality, it is unrivaled in all the universe, even the true dragons are far behind.

No matter how serious the injury is, even if the soul is destroyed, one can be reborn from the ashes.

Master Yue Hai must have suffered some incurable injury.

The life span of the True Spirit is as long as the sky, but every once in a while he has to endure the baptism of calamity. After he has survived it, he can continue to live freely.

If you can't get through, you will die and your soul will disappear.

That's why she spent so much energy to return to this era, intending to get her hands on this inheritance, in order to heal her injuries and ensure that she could survive the next catastrophe."

When thinking about Yue Hai Zhen Zun, the appearance of the Phoenix inheritance becomes even more reasonable.

After all, even if it is the inheritance of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, it is far less precious to Yuanshen Zhenzun who has already stood at the end of the road.

Unless this inheritance is enough to affect the life of this Yuanshen Zhenzun.

"In that case, we must not let her succeed." Although Hu Tianzong appears to be carefree on weekdays, he is not an honest person.

True Venerable Yue Hai set up a large formation and tricked him into entering it, hoping to extract its essence as the power to activate the formation.

With such murderous intent, the two sides are already in a situation where they will fight to the death.

Even if they succeed in returning to the original era in the end, they will definitely cause chaos with Yuehai Zhenzun.

“I don’t know how long that powerful man from the Great Tang Dynasty can hold her back, we need to act as soon as possible.

Although Yue Hai Zhen Zun was most likely injured, judging from her previous fight with Xie Maitreya, this injury did not affect her combat effectiveness.

If she escapes and fights with a Yuanshen Zhenzun, we won't be able to gain the upper hand."

Nodding, Hu Tianzong rolled up his sleeves and said:

“Don’t worry, I have mobilized the eight thousand miles of earth spirits, and we should be able to find clues soon.

However, if it is really the legendary Phoenix inheritance, I am afraid the dangers contained in it are far greater than ordinary ones."

"Now we can only take one step at a time." Looking out the window sideways, Qi Xiu looked far into the depths of this ancient city that never sleeps.

A government office standing majestically in the center of the city.

……

Ten days later.

"There's news."

Hu Tianzong, who had suddenly left the night before and hurried back only at noon, brought good news.

"The location of that inheritance has been found."

He swept the things on the table to the ground, and saw countless yellow sands gathered together to form a vivid, three-dimensional and clear terrain map.

"So fast?"

Surprised at the speed of finding the inheritance, Qi Xiu stood up and walked to the table, lowering his eyes to look at the map.

"My lineage of great shamans cannot compare to your Divine Thunder Method in terms of its power and strength, but we also have our own advantages."

With a grin, Hu Tianzong pointed to a sand pit marked on the map.

"The earth spirits I summoned searched for ten days and ten nights without sleep, and finally found a strange place in this tens of thousands of miles of yellow sand desert.

Earth spirits are formed by the earth's energy, and almost nothing can stop them.

But the earth spirits cannot enter this place.

And according to feedback from the earth spirits, the closer they got to this place, the more they could feel a sense of scorching heat.

Since the birth of the Phoenix, it has been accompanied by the Eternal Divine Fire, one of the divine fires of heaven and earth.

The divine fire is overbearing, so the earth spirits cannot get close to it.

From this perspective, there is a high probability that this place is where the Phoenix Emperor's inheritance is located."

"Yes, that's true. No matter what, let's go there first. We'll know whether it's true or not after we get there."

With a goal in mind, Qi Xiu and Hu Tianzong set off immediately and headed to the place that was highly suspected to be the inheritance of the Phoenix Emperor.

……

Black smoke billowed and heat waves raged.

Thousands of cars are setting off fireworks, and the whole mountain is filled with burning holes.

High in the sky, Qi Xiu and Hu Tianzong stepped on the auspicious clouds, overlooking the land of red flames that spread for hundreds of miles below them.

“Although the temperature is very high, it is all ordinary fire.”

Looking at the Chiyan Mountains, Hu Tianzong frowned slightly, and did not see anything unusual in this area.

It seems to be just an ordinary place with a lot of fire.

"It should be a superficial cover-up. Otherwise, if the clues were easily discovered, the Phoenix Emperor inheritance would have been taken away long ago."

Looking down at the flames that kept coming out of the caves below, Qi Xiu's eyes flashed purple and the Qi-gazing technique began to take effect.

Under the special vision of black and white.

This seemingly ordinary land of red flames suddenly changed.

I saw that the ordinary fire gradually changed color, from orange-red to dark purple, and kept changing. The flames gushing out of each cave were different.

These flames intertwine and repel each other, vaguely connecting into a pattern that is extremely difficult to detect.

"Ok?"

Noticing the strangeness of this land of red flames, Qi Xiu showed a trace of solemnity:

"Fortunately, we didn't try it rashly just now, otherwise we would have no chance to obtain the Phoenix Emperor's inheritance."

Hu Tianzong was also surprised to hear Qi Xiu's serious words:

"What's wrong? What secrets are there in this land of red flames?"

“The fire that erupts from this land of red flames may seem like ordinary fire, but in fact, each one contains a trace of a deeply hidden magical fire energy.

The underground fire caves in the entire Red Flame Land are mutually reinforcing and restraining, and pushing each other forward, forming an extremely dangerous situation where one is likely to die.

If we had gone down rashly just now, we would have been infected by those angers.

It will immediately trigger a counterattack from that extremely vicious structure.

Even if we manage to escape, this situation has already imprinted the vitality of Yang Fire in our bodies.

As long as you get close, a riot will occur.

There is no chance to obtain the Phoenix inheritance anymore."

After hearing Qi Xiu's explanation, Hu Tianzong did not expect that this seemingly ordinary area of ​​boiling fire actually concealed such a mysterious arrangement.

"Is this man-made, or..."

"Such an ingenious, complex, and natural pattern must be the result of the natural law of the Tao, a test that is spontaneously derived from the inheritance of the Phoenix Emperor."

Carefully looking at every inch of detail of this underground fire structure, Qi Xiu rubbed his eyebrows lightly.

His True Dragon Body's Qi-Seeing Technique was at too low a level, and he was not familiar with formations.

Although the True Dragon clan's powerful blood intuition can make up for the gap, it also takes a lot more time.

"Then how do we break the impasse?" Although Hu Tianzong knew a little about the formations and strange techniques, he naturally couldn't understand the pattern that was spontaneously derived from the Phoenix inheritance combined with the heaven and earth.

"We can only distinguish them bit by bit."

Taking a deep breath, Qi Xiu used all his strength to practice the Qi-gazing Technique. In his pair of bright yellow dragon eyes, purple energy surged as he carefully identified every slight change in the fire energy in this structure, trying to find a way to break the impasse.

However, the huge and complex structure of this divine fire still exceeded Qi Xiu's original expectations.

Originally, there were thirty-six underground fire caves in this red-flame land, and the fire erupted from each cave was different.

They are arranged in groups of six and combined with each other, resulting in different pattern changes.

But as time went by, Qi Xiu was shocked to find that these thirty-six underground fire caves would produce new fire energy every six hours, which would completely change the entire structure and form a new isolation.

As a result, his previous identification and calculations were instantly void, and he had to start all over again.

"From this perspective, if you want to break the divine fire pattern, you must find a way to break it within six hours. Otherwise, once the time is up, the pattern will be disrupted and all your efforts will be wasted."

The already heavy pressure increased again, making Qi Xiu feel a little tired.

If he were to transform into his true body, he could use his external incarnation to summon hundreds of clones to break the situation simultaneously.

Moreover, I am proficient in the art of talismans and formations, and my level of qi-gazing technique is also higher. Perhaps I may be able to break the pattern of this divine fire within six hours.

But now that he is a real dragon, he no longer has such means.

Do I really have to give up this identity?

Glancing at Hu Tianzong, who was still curiously watching the divine fire pattern below, Qi Xiu looked thoughtful.

Although he can use the [Command Talisman] method to erase Hu Tianzong's memory.

But there is no impenetrable wall in the world, and no secret that can be kept forever.

Once the door for him to reveal his true form is opened, there is no guarantee that there will not be some traces left that can be noticed by others.

Therefore, unless he was really at the end of his rope, he would not be willing to reveal his true form.

Just as Qi Xiu was hesitating, an indescribable feeling suddenly rose from his heart, and he saw the dragon blood in his body boiling, as if some power was awakening from this ancient bloodline, turning into a trickle and merging into his eyes.

next moment.

In the depths of his bright yellow dragon eyes, a hint of purple slowly emerged, as if they were dyed with color, blending into an ancient and vast purple-gold color.

"This is……"

Qi Xiu noticed the changes in his body at the first moment, and an idea suddenly occurred to him. He immediately looked at the proficiency panel below his field of vision.

really!

At this moment, a new line of words is gradually emerging on the proficiency panel.

[Blue Dragon Eyes (Level 3.7): %]

"Just like the dragon scale light before, it seems that as long as I use a certain ability for a long time, it will trigger the revival of dragon blood, and then cause the proficiency to take effect magically, gathering it on the panel."

Looking at the Azure Dragon Eyes that appeared on the panel, Qi Xiu seemed to be thinking about something.

No wonder there are almost no scriptures or methods of cultivation in the true dragon memory that I inherited.

Even the Dragon Power Spell is an instinctive and magical power that does not require any practice.

Judging from this, the True Dragon Clan probably doesn't need to practice any true scriptures at all.

All power comes from instinct.

No volume of true scriptures can compare to the magic that spontaneously emerges from dragon blood.

It's really... pure and raw power.

Once again feeling the power of the True Dragon clan, Qi Xiu became more and more curious about why such a powerful clan suddenly disappeared.

After returning this time, I must set out to go to the Longevity Star Realm to meet the Fifth Prince of the East China Sea Dragon Palace.

Qi Xiu suppressed the confusion in his mind and activated his Dragon Eyes to continue cracking the divine fire pattern in front of him.

After the Dragon Eyes were included in the proficiency panel, it seemed that the power of the Qi-gazing technique was integrated into the gaze.

Even if Qi Xiu was not practicing the Qi-gazing technique at this moment, Long Mou could still exert the same magical power as the Qi-gazing technique.

Even stronger.

Therefore, with the blessing of magical proficiency, the realm of Dragon Eyes began to gradually rise, and the speed of deciphering and analyzing the divine fire pattern became faster and faster.

From the first half month.

Until ten days!

Five days!

Three days!

one day!

As long as the speed can be doubled, they will be able to successfully find a way to break the impasse before the divine fire pattern is disrupted.

With his eyes half closed, his miraculous proficiency not only improved the realm of his dragon eyes, but also seemed to indirectly affect the revival of the dragon blood in Qi Xiu's body.

In just over a month, he could clearly feel that the dragon blood in his body was significantly more active than before. Strands of true dragon power continued to flow out of the dragon blood and merge into his limbs and bones.

"Success may come today."

After taking a glance at the dragon eyes which were only four or five levels away from breaking through to the fourth realm, Qi Xiu immediately calmed his mind. The dragon eyes which had completely turned into purple-gold shone with brilliance. As his eyes moved slightly, he could see clearly all the changes in the divine fire pattern below.

"The upper part is repelled and the lower part is separated, the left and right are empty..."

Seeing that the Dragon Eyes had broken through to the fourth realm, the divine light in Qi Xiu's eyes suddenly surged, and the originally extremely complex changes in the divine fire pattern were immediately analyzed and solved in this divine light.

Among the thirty-six caves, in an inconspicuous cave in the lower left corner, a ray of flawless golden fire is shining brightly, emitting a unique and wonderful aura like a natural king!

"found it!"

Qi Xiu's low shout made Hu Tianzong, who was patrolling nearby, prick up his ears instantly and rush over in a flash.

"found it?"

Hu Tianzong, who came back excitedly, just got closer and met Qi Xiu's gaze.

boom--

The majestic and powerful dragon might was like the sky pressing down heavily. Hu Tianzong's face suddenly changed, and the figure of Qi Xiu in front of him disappeared without a trace.

Instead, there was a thousand-foot-tall green dragon hovering above the sky, majestic and domineering, ancient and vast, exuding a terrifying aura.

The vision lasted only a moment before disappearing without a trace.

But even so, it made the red cloak on Hu Tianzong become a little dim, as if it had lost most of its luster.

Standing there in a daze for a long time before coming to his senses, Hu Tianzong swallowed his saliva and looked at Qi Xiu, who was trying to restrain the light in his eyes, and couldn't help but say:

"Master, have you made another breakthrough?"

Hu Tianzong had a strange look in his eyes as he clearly noticed that there was a qualitative change in Qi Xiu's aura.

It is true that birds of a feather flock together.

That guy Qi Xiu is a monster.

I didn't expect that the brother I recognized was the most evil of all evildoers.

Just with that glance just now, if it was an ordinary Taoist master, he would have been frightened to the point of his soul being shattered and his body and soul being destroyed.

Seeing the Taoist Master die at first sight... Who would believe this if I told others?

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