Hidden Corners

Quack quack!

A group of three-headed giant birds flapped their wings and flew over the edge of the thicker black fog.

Poof.

Suddenly, the black mist expanded a certain distance, just enough to wrap up the group of giant birds.

Not long after, this group of three-headed giant birds, numbering about thirty in number, flew out of the black mist again, revealing their figures.

It's just that the three-headed giant birds with red eyes seemed to have undergone some strange changes after flying out of the black mist.

Their feathers are harder and sharper, and a faint cold air gradually spreads from their mouths and noses. Their body temperature, which was more than fifty degrees before, is actually dropping rapidly at this time.

Falling from fifty degrees to forty degrees to ten degrees to zero degrees.

Zero degrees is not the end, but continues downward.

The three giant birds were still fluttering their wings, but wherever they flew, the temperature dropped one after another, and the moisture in the air quickly froze, turning into frost and snowflakes, which fell one after another.

Before flying very far, these three giant birds suddenly started fighting each other.

Neighing in pain, half an hour later, only one of the three giant birds was left alive.

However, its size inexplicably expanded more than ten times than before, from its original length of more than ten meters to more than a hundred meters, turning into a behemoth in the black mist sea.

The chill on his body became even stronger, and special ice crystals similar to scale patterns formed on his body.

At this time, in the direction of Origin Island, the thick black mist was still silently expanding.

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half year later.

The Faceless Sword Sect is in the Hole of Tribulation Qi.

Huo Qingkong waved his hand and released a green sword light. The sword light turned into a waterfall, washing away the large pieces of calamity energy floating in the distance with great difficulty.

"It's getting harder and harder. The intensity of the calamity energy is changing faster and faster, and the intensity is getting stronger and stronger." He was horrified in his heart.

If he hadn't improved faster and faster, he might not have been able to suppress the increase in calamity energy.

Up to now, the elders in the sect are at their wits' end. Only the teacher Sheng Sheng Taoist can still manage to dissolve the calamity energy with him.

But the teacher's body was too weak and the backlash was too strong, so he couldn't strike continuously.

In fact, after coming into contact with the tribulation qi, more and more tasks of dissolving the tribulation qi were placed on him.

Floating in the air of the cave, Huo Qingkong finally defeated the tribulation energy that gathered together before turning around and heading back.

Uh-huh!

The moment he flew out of the cave and emerged from the underground entrance, his pupils suddenly trembled.

That evil ancient aura is getting stronger again

‘You don’t have time to hesitate! ’ The Demon Emperor spoke again.

Huo Qingkong didn't reply, but silently flew towards his residence.

He already knew the identity of the Demon Emperor. He was not only the malicious distraction of Patriarch Chi Yuan, but also the person behind the scenes who secretly discovered him and sent him to the Faceless Sword Sect.

As for why he was sent to the Faceless Sword Sect, the core reason was actually to find the only hope of transcendence.

He left part of his natal soul in Huo Qingkong's own body, and merged and transformed it. This is also the reason why Huo Qingkong's ability to understand is so powerful. After all, it is the fusion of part of the soul of the true fire powerhouse.

As long as Huo Neng reaches transcendence, he can successfully escape from this world with him, the Demon Emperor.

Otherwise, no matter where it goes, it will be forcibly pulled back and face reincarnation.

‘In half a year at most, that aura will reach its peak, and by then, everything will be over.’ The Demon Emperor reminded him gloomily.

Everything in front of it was beyond its control.

The sudden terrifying aura disrupted their original plan.

‘So, you have to make a decision. After all, integration takes time to adapt to! ’

‘Then let’s merge. ’ Huo Qingkong suddenly spoke.

The pressure around him is getting bigger and bigger, the sect, the war situation, the calamity aura, that evil ancient unknown aura.

He had no time to hesitate any longer.

‘Now that you have decided, go back immediately and activate the formation! ’ The Demon Emperor was overjoyed when he heard this.

Huo Qingkong landed gently on the ground in front of the door of his stone house.

Stepping into the stone door, he activated the formation, closed his eyes and stood in the center of the room.

In the Yuan Shen Sword Palace deep in his consciousness.

A humanoid soul covered in pitch black was sitting cross-legged, practicing quietly.

What is different from other elders' Yuanshen Sword Palace is that there are seven blood-red huge vertical pupils on the surrounding walls here.

The vertical pupils revealed seven different evil thoughts.

mad.

tyrannical.

Lazy.

Killing.

Rebellious.

pain.

envy.

‘Everyone’s backlash malice is different, and the seven levels of malice in the Seven Mind Holy Spirit Skill are also different. What you have to do now is to accommodate them back after they were separated. ’

The voice of the Demon Emperor came.

'Because they are also a part of you. When combined, they will be born perfect and flawless. ’

Huo Qingkong looked up at the seven bloody vertical pupils on the wall.

His Seven Mind Holy Spirit Skill has been perfected for a long time, so seven kinds of malicious blood eyes will be displayed here.

'let's start. ’

At this point, he had no choice.

‘Don’t worry, I will help you! After all, you and I are one body! ’ The Demon Emperor had no intention of lying at all.

He indeed integrated part of his soul power into Huo Qingkong's body and grew with him.

Although this part of the soul's power has already developed into a separate personality. But...

This is his only hope for transcendence.

Buzz!

In an instant, seven blood-colored eyes glowed red.

They were like light bulbs, emitting seven bloody beams of light, all of which focused on Huo Qingkong.

‘Relax your mind! Accept everything! Don't be afraid! ’ The demon emperor’s voice suddenly became louder.

Huo Qingkong took a deep breath, completely relaxed her mind as he said, closed her eyes and sat cross-legged on the ground.

In an instant, countless malicious thoughts rushed into his mind like waves.

Not only that, but from the depths of this body, a violent, crazy, and painful pure malice also suddenly surged out.

The malice was so powerful and pure that even Huo Qingkong, who had seen countless demons, felt terrified.

‘Kill, kill, kill! ! ! ’

‘Destroy everything! Kill everything that exists in front of you! ! This is my mission! ’

‘I am the incarnation of destruction, the restarter of destiny! ’

Waves of extreme malice poured out crazily from the depths of his body.

Under the two impacts, cracks suddenly appeared in his already unstable soul.

'hold onto! ’ The demon emperor’s voice sounded. ‘If you lose control now, the entire Sword Sect will be destroyed by you! ’

Huo Qingkong suddenly paused.

Thinking of the teacher, Zhaoyuan, and the teachers who taught him.

His soul, which was originally full of cracks, was barely glued together again.

The tug-of-war begins.

Under the double malicious impact, the slightest bit of soul power was constantly seeping into his soul, making it stronger and stronger.

Not long after, the formation was lifted.

Huo Qingkong slowly walked out of the stone house.

The fusion continued, and he could feel the tearing pain every moment.

It's just that this process is too long and cannot be completed in a short time, and the sword sect's battle situation still requires him

He still needs to defeat the calamity and dissolve it. The teacher cannot support him alone and he must not fall!

But even Huo Qingkong didn't notice that his spirit at this time was becoming redder and redder with the integration of countless malicious intentions.

The black part that belongs to good is slowly being suppressed and eroded by the red part of evil.

"Elder brother, are you okay?"

Suddenly a hesitant and timid female voice floated from not far away.

Huo Qingkong looked up and saw Zhaoyuan.

She has become more and more beautiful now, with long hair, white dress, and picturesque appearance. She stands there like a perfect elf, without any flaws.

"It's okay." Huo Qingkong squeezed out a smile. "Are you here to ask about the sword technique today?"

"Well, Senior Brother, you look very tired, why don't I come back tomorrow." Zhaoyuan said softly.

"Yeah, I'll make it up next time." Huo Qingkong smiled.

"You should go back and rest quickly. Your health is important." Zhaoyuan nodded seriously and did not dare to disturb him anymore. After bowing, she turned around and flew away.

Huo Qingkong was left standing alone, watching the other party leave.

Looking at Zhaoyuan's slim and plump figure, he suddenly felt an impulse in his heart.

A trace of impulse that completely tore it into pieces and turned it into flesh and blood flying all over the sky.

'Such a beautiful girl, a girl who admires me so much, how beautiful it would be to tear her body apart inch by inch and look at the desperate and painful expression on her face.'

Horrible evil thoughts flashed through his mind, but they were immediately suppressed.

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Origin Island.

Li Chengyi was still sitting cross-legged in the central forest.

The huge black crack behind him was already hundreds of meters high and more than forty meters wide.

A large amount of strange black gas continuously gushes out from the cracks. It mixes into the surrounding black mist and has a similar color, making it impossible for anyone to detect it.

At this time, the entire Origin Island has completely transformed into another appearance.

A large amount of hoarfrost covers the black soil of the entire island, and the cold wind is raging. The trees and grass that should have been frozen to death have not changed at all at this time.

The woods remained the same except that they were a little darker.

‘It seems that the impact is not big. Fortunately, the temperature has dropped a bit. ’ Li Chengyi returned to reality from time to time from Yuanshen Sword Palace to check the surrounding situation.

The Flower of Evil suggested that there might be slight modifications to the surrounding environment, but now it seems that it is only slight.

Li Chengyi closed his eyes and looked at the transparent reminder of the Flower of Evil floating in front of his eyes again.

‘Countdown to completion of fusion: 146 Black Sea Days. ’

‘Based on the time of sunrise and sunset here, the time seems to be about the same as that of the Black Sea. And since the four factions all have masters who can communicate with the Black Sea, why not just escape from here? Is it better to escape into the Black Sea than stay in the country and wait to die? ’ Li Chengyi is still a little puzzled.

His mind sank into the Sword Palace, where there was another version of himself, the transformed body of his natal soul, reaching out to connect with the set of gorgeous pure white armor that was getting closer.

Relying on this connection, the armor is slowly approaching him step by step.

Calculating the time according to the speed, it really takes less than half a year to get in touch with it.

For more than half a year, Li Chengyi was still practicing hard in the Sword Palace. With the doubled bonus of Snow Lotus's understanding, his practice progress was further improved.

Finally, he broke through the peak of the Faceless Sword Art, and at the same time, the Holy Spirit Kung Fu also reached the sixth level of perfection, and began to practice the final seventh level.

The two basic skills provided him with seven yuan seals, plus the Phoenix King's Tears, it was eight seals. This was also his biggest gain after coming here.

Including all the previous improvements, calculated purely based on the seals, he has now reached the height of sixteen seals.

'After you have reached Consummation, go back and get the Thousand Faced Sword Book.'

He adjusted the Yuan Yinquan into a nourishing sword pouch. At this time, his nourishing speed was seven times that of other brothers. He could nourish seven sword blades at the same time, and the nourishing power was further enhanced.

‘After Hualinyi fuses and gets the Thousand Faced Sword Book, the matter of the Faceless Scholar will be completely solved. I have been here for too long.’ Li Chengyi recalled the escape method given by the Tianjie Monument.

Kill the original body.

If we can't reach an agreement by then, we can only...

‘Senior Brother, I have no choice but to blame me’