Many people thought they heard the howl of a wounded wild beast, but they didn't know where the sound came from.
It was quiet in the forest between the peaks and the cliff behind the clouds.
The sound seemed to be ringing in their minds.
Jian Ruoyun heard the howl as well.
He knew where the sound came from, even though Liu Shisui didn't open his mouth.
He could see the anger on Liu Shisui's face and the determination in his eyes from a distance of one thousand feet.
That resolute expression quickly transformed into a faint flame that was incomparably bright red and extremely strange.
Liu Shisui's body exuded a powerful and wild energy.
At this moment, he seemed to have turned into a primeval demon.
The air around Liu Shisui began to circulate at a high speed. It was extremely hot around him, as if countless invisible flames were spurting out.
Along with a sizzling sound, the clouds and fog that came with the flying sword were burned to ashes before they could even touch his body.
Jian Ruoyun's flying sword sensed the danger and was about to fly away; but it was trapped by an invisible force, vibrating and making shrill whistling sounds. It struggled with all its might, but it couldn't leave. It hovered in the air in front of the stone pillar, like a moth trapped in a spider's web.
"The Demonic Fire!" someone shouted in surprise.
The teachers of the Shanghai Peak who were in charge of maintaining the order of the Sword Trial grew solemn. They were ready to ride their swords and open the formation around the stone forest at any moment.
Boom!!! The stone pillar under Liu Shisui's feet couldn't stand the high temperature and the sword wills anymore, sputtering countless rocks and dust.
The rocks and dust rolled forward, dispersing the clouds and fog that came with Jian Ruoyun's flying sword, as if countless mountain peaks had fallen into the sea.
Jian Ruoyun swallowed the blood that was gushing up his throat and used all his sword source to forcefully call back the flying sword trapped by the invisible flame.
As the sword light flickered, he had already landed on the sword. The sword broke through the wind and arrived in front of Liu Shisui. He was ready to ride his sword to kill him again!
At this critical moment, he met Liu Shisui's eyes through the invisible flame.
He saw Liu Shisui's eyes clearly.
That pair of eyes that were once clear and without impurities were now only bright. That was because there was a true wildfire in the depths of those eyes.
The wild and untameable flame seemed faint, but it gave people a feeling that it would never change. It was extremely strange.
Jian Ruyun had seen such a pair of eyes before.
Two years ago, on that night in the Muddy River, he and Liu Shisui took the risk to dive to the bottom of the river to hunt down the seriously injured Dace Devil.
The Dace Devil glanced at him before it died.
He remembered very clearly that it was this pair of eyes, this kind of wildfire.
Jian Ruyun was slightly startled, a hint of remorse showing in his eyes. He yelled loudly and was about to ride his sword to flee.
It was too late.
Just like that night.
Suddenly, he stopped moving.
His eyes became a little confused, as if he didn't know why he was here.
The flying sword let out a clear ring, and he woke up again.
Everything happened in an instant.
In a battle between flying swords, it was all about a split second.
A bright sword light pierced through his chest.
Blood splattered everywhere.
Jian Ruyun fell down from the sword toward the ground.
The expression on Liu Shisui's face was indifferent, and he didn't intend to spare his opponent's life.
The bright sword light suddenly turned around and slashed toward Jian Ruyun's neck.
Jian Ruyun didn't have the strength to fight back; his head and body were about to be cut in half.
Screams broke out around the stone forest.
It was then that a bright sword light broke through the protective formation of the stone forest like a rainbow and arrived in front of Jian Ruyun. Crack!
Several clear sounds rang out!
The bright sword light wrapped up Liu Shisui's sword and pulled it to a high altitude far away from the stone forest, and then it was shredded into pieces.
That sword rider had a powerful Cultivation in sword work!
The disciples of Aoyama thought it must be a Senior Master in the State of Free Travel who had helped Jian Ruyun, so they felt relieved.
Liu Shisui spat out a mouthful of blood after his flying sword was destroyed.
Unexpectedly, he didn't want to let it go.
He jumped down from the shaking stone post, and chased after Jian Ruyun like a rock, as if he had gone mad.
A figure left the cliff and leaped into the air. He arrived in front of Liu Shisui and hit his chest with his palm. Pah!!!
Pah!!!
Countless sounds rang out. In a very short time, Liu Shisui's body had suffered dozens of heavy blows.
That person's strike was very clean and simple, but Liu Shisui had no way to dodge it.
He kept spitting out blood, creating a bloody rain in the sky.
In the end, he fell to the ground miserably with a loud thud.
That person landed by his side. He waved his sleeves lightly, creating a few air currents, and slowly caught Jian Ruyun.
The disciples of Shiyue Peak hurried over and started treating Jian Ruyun.
The clouds and fog had dispersed, and the smoke and dust had settled down. The bright sword light turned around in the sky and hovered quietly in front of that person.
This flying sword was blue, like the ocean.
Illuminated by the sword light, that person's clothing seemed to be blue as well.
The expression on that person's face was as nonchalant as usual, but a hint of pity could be seen in his eyes.
It wasn't until now that the disciples saw clearly that it wasn't one of the senior masters who struck Jian Ruyun, but Guo Nanshan!
Guo Nanshan was the principal disciple of the Sect Master and the Principal Disciple of Liangwang Peak, loved and respected by his colleagues; but his Cultivation state wasn't that impressive, at least not as famous as Zhuo Rusui.
Unexpectedly, he was already a swordsman in the Free Travel State!
…
…
Zhao Layue had been watching Jing Jiu with the corner of her eye.
The expression on Jing Jiu's face hadn't changed, as if he wasn't interested in what was happening in the stone forest.
She knew it wasn't true.
It was because she was certain that when Guo Nanshan struck in person and beat Liu Shisui until he vomited blood and fell to the ground … Jing Jiu had made a move.
The regular people couldn't even tell that Jing Jiu had made a move.
If Zhao Layue hadn't been observing him carefully, she wouldn't have noticed it either.
At that moment, the expression on Jing Jiu's face didn't change, as he moved the index finger of his right hand slightly.
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…
"You have indeed eaten the Dace Devil's Devil Pill."
Looking at Liu Shisui, Guo Nanshan said regretfully and disappointedly, "And you have even learned the deviant methods of the Bloody Demon Church."
Countless angry gazes fell on Liu Shisui as he said this.
Though there was no evidence that Liu Shisui had eaten the Devil Pill, it had been tacitly accepted by the people of Aoyama. But the Bloody Demon Church?
Many years ago, there was a deviant sect called the Bloody Demon Church in Chaotian. The magic methods they practiced were very evil, causing harm to countless people.
After being attacked by the orthodox sects, the Bloody Demon Church even colluded with the Underworld secretly, committing all kinds of evil deeds.
Later, the Bloody Demon Church was finally wiped out by the swordsmen of Aoyama Sect, Zhongzhou School, No-Mercy Sect, Ōzawa and the royal family.
At that time, the Windy-Broadsword Church and the Western Sea Sword School hadn't appeared yet.
It was rumored in the Cultivation circle that the Bloody Demon Church had left many secret deviant methods. Unexpectedly, the rumor was true.
However, Liu Shisui had stayed on the nine peaks of Aoyama the entire time; where did he get this deviant method?
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