Chapter 400: Help From Outsiders
Pi Xiu stared at his still beating heart and the bloody hand holding his heart, his eyes widened, full of disbelief.
He knew that with his early stage of Jindan cultivation, although he could be called a top figure in the outside world, he was now the weakest among the group except Yan Sijing, so he did not dare to be arrogant at all. He had already sacrificed a protective bracelet and formed a white halo around him.
However, this halo did not work at all. The palm of the woman in red appeared directly inside the halo and easily pierced his body.
Behind the wrist of this palm, there was nothing, as if it had come directly from the void.
As for the loud thunderclap, it came from Yan Sijing. The woman looked a little confused, and several silver arcs flashed in the void behind her, flashing twice before dissipating.
The others recovered from the shock of their souls. Several Yuanying-stage cultivators saw clearly that the other hand of the red-dressed woman was attacking Yan Sijing just now, but was repelled by a silver lightning bolt that came from nowhere.
Wanqi Hong, Dugu Feng and others hurriedly retreated. They were not surprised that Yan Sijing could escape the disaster. They thought that Yan Sijing was wearing some kind of treasure given by Lei Ming Patriarch that would be activated automatically when encountering an enemy.
Lei Ming Patriarch's eyes also flashed with a trace of surprise. He knew that he had never given Yan Sijing such a treasure, but in this situation, he naturally had no time to care about it.
In the Stealing Heaven Cauldron, Yuan Ming put down a silver hammer in his hand. It was he who activated the Thunder God Hammer just now and saved Yan Sijing's life at the critical moment.
This woman is his only believer in this Shura Palace now. If she dies here, it will be a big trouble. The first thing to bear the brunt is that he will lose the opportunity to understand the situation at the first time. Therefore, he has to take the risk of exposing some clues of the Stealing Heaven Cauldron and rescue her.
"Witch!"
Fairy Jin Xi did not retreat, but raised her hand and threw the golden scroll in her hand.
The scroll suddenly burst into dazzling golden light, and countless golden words densely rolled out from it, lingering around the scroll. Then the appearance of the scroll changed, and it turned into a golden giant bird several feet in size, with wings on its back, sharp beak and claws, looking extremely majestic.
The giant bird flapped its wings and rushed towards the woman in red, and pecked at Pi Xiu in the air with its sharp beak.
"Swoosh"
A magnificent golden arrow shot out, and the dazzling golden light bloomed, reflecting the entire three-layer space into gold. The eyes were exactly the bloody palm that pierced Pi Xiu's body.
The woman in red moved her arm, and the bloody hand flashed, shrinking back with Pi Xiu's heart, making the golden arrow miss.
At this time, the golden giant bird had already rushed in front of the woman in red, and its two sharp claws quickly reached out, shooting out sword-like claws, grabbing the woman's head.
The red-dressed woman turned a blind eye to this, and did not even take any precautions. Just when everyone was a little surprised, the golden giant bird suddenly stopped without any sign, and then floated in the air, just like Su Zimo and the blond young man before.
Yuan Ming raised his eyebrows. The red-dressed woman's attack can move space at will, which is very similar to the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade Picture. From the perspective of the movement effect, it is even better than the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade Picture.
As for the capture of the golden giant bird, it was naturally caused by the invisible spider web. The golden giant bird was now entangled in the spider web and pulled into the air.
As the red-dressed woman retracted her palm, Pi Xiu's body was blown back by a wave of air, and hit the wall behind him like a broken sack and slid down, spitting out a large mouthful of blood, with a very weak breath.
Fairy Jin Xi did not continue to attack the red-dressed woman. She flew to Pi Xiu's side, took out a few pills and poured them into his mouth, and hit Pi Xiu with several talismans, but unfortunately it had no effect.
Pi Xiu's breath still dissipated rapidly, and soon he lost all vitality.
Although the body of a Jindan-stage cultivator is much stronger than that of a mortal, the heart is the vital point of the body. If the heart is destroyed, it is impossible to survive unless there is a heaven-defying elixir that can regenerate a limb, or a high-level wood-attributed healing technique is immediately applied.
Fairy Jin Xi's face darkened, and she collected Pi Xiu's body, turned around and looked at the woman in red, with deep hatred in her eyes, and pinched her fingers and made a virtual point.
The golden giant bird, which was suspended in the air and unable to escape, suddenly flashed with golden light and turned into a scroll, shooting out dozens of runes to form a small magic circle.
The scroll disappeared with a "whoosh" sound and appeared in the hands of Fairy Jin Xi the next moment. Fairy Jin Xi took Pi Xiu's body and flew back.
The woman in red had a trace of surprise in her eyes, but she did not take any more action.
Wanqi Hong and others retreated to the entrance of the stone steps at this moment, staring coldly at the woman in red.
"What do you mean, sir? You are using illusion to control us, do you want to kill us all?" Wanqi Hong said in a cold voice, five golden flying swords were suspended above his head, trembling slightly, ready to go.
The red-clothed woman seemed not to hear, raised her head and opened her mouth, revealing a mouthful of sharp fangs, biting Pi Xiu's heart, swallowing it in a few bites, chewing with a sound.
At the same time, the rectangular blood-colored light domain that originally filled the void quickly dissipated, as if it had never appeared.
Wanqi Hong's eyes flashed coldly, but he did not take action immediately, and his consciousness communicated with the other people.
"It seems that what the red-clothed woman just said was nonsense. This person is very likely not a tower spirit at all. She just used illusion to control and lure us to approach the Shura Blood Devouring Picture, and she probably wants to kill us all at this point!" Lei Ming Patriarch transmitted the voice coldly.
"Brother Daoist Yu is right. Fortunately, we woke up in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous. The ending might be worse than Su Zimo's." Dugu Feng said slowly.
"Really? I think someone helped us just now, otherwise how could we break free from the illusion at the same time. And if I'm not mistaken, what awakened us just now was some kind of soul cultivation magic." Wanqi Hong said as he looked at Dugu Feng, and his meaning was very obvious, thinking that the person was related to the Black Desert Alliance.
Ancestor Lei Ming and Fairy Jin Xi also looked at Dugu Feng with doubts on their faces.
It's no wonder that the three of them were so suspicious. The North Desert is desolate and closed, and there is very little communication with the Central Plains Xiuxian World, but there is one thing that everyone in the Central Plains Xiuxian World knows, that is, the number of soul cultivators in the North Desert is relatively much larger.
Unlike the Central Plains Xiuxian World's hatred for soul cultivators, the North Desert not only does not restrict soul cultivators, but also quite respects them. Therefore, almost all the soul cultivators with names and surnames in the history of Yunhuang Continent are from the North Desert.
The Central Plains Xiuxian World has repeatedly asked the North Desert Xiuxian Sect to restrict soul cultivators, but the North Desert side pretends to obey and disobeys, and the various sects in the Central Plains can do nothing about it and can only turn a blind eye.
"What do you mean, Daoist Wanqi? I didn't bring anyone with me except the three followers!" Dugu Feng said in a deep voice.
"Daoist Dugu said no, then no." Wanqi Hong smiled and didn't ask any more questions.
Dugu Feng's eyes were gloomy, but he didn't explain.
"Whether there are other people, we'll talk about it later. What should we do next?" Lei Ming Patriarch coughed and asked.
"This woman in red will never hand over the Shura Blood Devouring Map. In this case, we don't have to be polite, just work together to kill her! As for the Shura Blood Devouring Map, after killing this woman, we will fight for it with our own abilities." Wanqi Hong transmitted the message.
"Okay!" Lei Ming Patriarch agreed, and Dugu Feng nodded slowly.
As for Fairy Jin Xi, she didn't say anything and immediately activated the golden scroll, turning into a golden bird again and swooping at the woman in red.
The golden bird stretched out its claws, and two golden claws the size of a millstone broke through the air and attacked the woman in red.
The claw shadow exuded amazing mana fluctuations, leaving obvious traces in the void wherever it passed, and its power was far greater than the golden arrow just now. It was obvious that Fairy Jin Xi was really angry.
Wanqi Hong, Dugu Feng, and Lei Ming Patriarch also sacrificed their magic weapons to attack, five golden flying swords, thunder seal magic weapons, and twenty-one black needles hit the woman in red.
Facing the attack of four Yuanying period cultivators at the same time, the woman in red also became serious, and a stream of blood spurted out of her mouth, burning with a whoosh, and suddenly formed a blood-colored sea of fire that was twenty or thirty feet in size.
The invisible spider web flew down and merged with the sea of fire. The blood-colored sea of fire suddenly became sticky, and a web-like pattern appeared in it.
The four magic weapons hit it, making a low muffled sound. The blood-colored sea of fire shook constantly, but it was not penetrated, and it actually held all four magic weapons.
The woman in red sneered slightly, and pointed with her backhand. A stream of blood sank into the Shura Bloodthirsty Picture behind her, and the picture flashed quickly.
The void around Wanqi Hong and others fluctuated, and twenty or thirty mummified skeletons appeared out of thin air. They were the skinny figures that appeared on the first floor before, and dozens of bone claws grabbed down.
Each of these mummified skeletons had the strength of no less than the Jindan stage, which surprised Wanqi Hong and others, and they hurriedly released their defensive magic weapons to protect their bodies.
"Bang", "Bang", "Bang" a series of loud noises!
The combined attack of dozens of Jindan stage cultivators was extraordinary, causing the body protection magic weapons of Wanqi Hong and others to shake. The less powerful Lei Ming Patriarch and Jin Xi Fairy were even knocked out, but fortunately they were not injured.
Not only Wanqi Hong and his four companions, but also Yan Sijing, Xi Ying, and the black-robed monks of the Heimusan League were attacked by several mummified skeletons.
Xiying and the black-robed monk worked together to sacrifice a strange magic weapon in the shape of a flying bird. Two white wings appeared on their bodies, and their movements became extremely swift. They flashed twice and got rid of the entanglement of several mummified skeletons.
In comparison, Yan Sijing's methods were ordinary. She sacrificed the golden sword and the white Ruyi, barely blocking the attack of the two skeletons.
This woman's experience in fighting enemies in battle was obviously insufficient. Although the two magic weapons in her hands were quite exquisite, she was beaten by the two skeletons without any resistance. Her face was pale and she was about to collapse. She subconsciously prayed to the Dark Moon God frantically in her heart.
In the Stealing Heaven Cauldron, Yuan Ming frowned.
He and Yan Sijing had traveled together for a period of time, but during that period, the battles were basically monopolized by him alone. He really didn't realize that Yan Sijing's fighting skills were so bad.
However, considering that this woman had just broken through and was an alchemist, she had not experienced many battles, so it was normal that she was bad in actual combat.
Since he had promised to help this girl escape from suffering, and considering her current value, he naturally could not let her die easily.