Chapter 1675: External Dharma Image

Bai Ziqi was tracking the Great Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds, intercepted the clue of the Thousand-Illusion True Person halfway, and then came to Tianshui City to find Miao Zhan Tian for reinforcements. He certainly wouldn't have thought that another important clue about the Thousand-Illusion True Person was in the Yao Palace, in the Jade Spring Palace he had walked past! Just then, Bai Tan was chased by the giant serpent and shouted for help from the gods.

Wu Linghe said to Qing Yang: "Save him first!"

"Okay." Qing Yang agreed very simply. Bai Tan was her partner in rebellion and an important figure in subsequent actions, so she couldn't really stand by and watch.

She raised her wooden staff and threw it at the giant serpent's back like a javelin.

When it first left her hand, it was a short staff, but it grew in the wind in mid-air, and by the time it shot behind the giant serpent, its length already exceeded a zhang and a half!

King Yao, standing on high, saw this action, so the giant serpent turned around and reached out to grab the wooden staff! It was about to snap this staff, but the next second the staff exploded, turning into dozens of vines, wrapping around the giant serpent quickly.

From an outsider's perspective, it looked like dozens of thick pythons were strangling the giant serpent. Its waist, shoulders, back, especially its neck, were strangled, and everyone could feel the vines trying to contract, like pythons strangling prey.

At the same time, long, thin thorns grew on the vines. They looked soft, but they kept digging and drilling into the gaps of the scales!

The giant serpent's scales, which the Yao soldiers couldn't pierce with all their might, were actually pierced by these weak-looking soft thorns. Yuan Xuan even saw tiny dark blue liquid beads seeping out of the giant serpent's cold gray body.

This was probably the giant serpent's blood.

And the vines grew more and thicker, covering the giant serpent layer by layer, until finally, it was wrapped into an airtight vine ball.

Seeing this, King Yao was shocked. Seeing Qing Yang pinching magic seals and whispering, he knew she was casting spells to cause trouble, so he squeezed the inner core and said: "Break it, break it quickly!"

He turned to the Minister of Medicine: "Shoot this old demoness, quickly!"

A muffled roar came from the vine ball, and streams of white frost sprayed from the gaps, clearly the giant serpent was exerting force under King Yao's urging.

The vines were dyed white, and the "ka-cha" sounds were endless. They hadn't been frozen hard yet, but the giant serpent couldn't wait to start destroying them.

This line of thinking was correct; most vines were easy to crack at ultra-low temperatures and lost their toughness. It was much easier for the giant serpent to break them open.

Qing Yang changed her hand gestures and even closed her eyes, controlling the transformation of her staff with all her heart.

The giant serpent destroyed the vine ball very quickly, and she had to catalyze the growth of the vines faster to trap this giant beast.

At this time, she didn't consider casting any immobilization spells, as they wouldn't have any good effect on such a monster.

Soldiers beside the vine ball wanted to stab the giant serpent with their spears, but as soon as the spear tips poked over, their weapons were swept away by the crazily growing vines!

If they ran a step too slow, they would be crushed into meat paste.

These two powerhouses were fighting, and there was no room for others to intervene. This was a battle of magic, and also a contest of strength.

It was equivalent to Qing Yang fighting against this giant demon transformed from an immortal's External Dharma Image with her own strength. At the same time, King Yao was also pouring a large amount of elemental power into it!

Only now could one see Qing Yang's true level; she didn't fall behind even when facing this giant demon head-on.

But after only a few dozen breaths of stalemate, sweat poured down her forehead, and her face didn't look as relaxed as before.

Wanting to pin down that monster and wanting the vines to grow faster than it could destroy them, every breath and every second was an astonishing consumption. Even for Qing Yang, she felt she was being emptied rapidly.

"Palace Master!" Yuan Xuan hurriedly handed over a large piece of red profound crystal.

Qing Yang grabbed it, and the red profound crystal shrank and diminished in her hand at a speed visible to the naked eye!

In just a few dozen breaths, the profound crystal shrank by half, and tens of thousands of taels of silver were gone.

This move alone made other cultivators widen their eyes. Most people could only use profound crystals during meditation, allowing the spiritual energy within to be slowly released throughout the body; otherwise, it would be like a small canal unable to catch a sudden mountain flood, instead damaging the meridians.

However, Qing Yang could quickly convert profound crystals into her own true power while fighting at high intensity, with astonishing efficiency and no mistakes.

This wasn't something that could be achieved just by possessing secret techniques.

This was the result of tempering her muscles and bones day after day, widening her meridians day after day, and consolidating her foundation day after day.

Qing Yang had passed the age of loving to show off her skills and had rarely made a move in recent years. But seeing the small and knowing the large, she had accumulated nearly two hundred years of cultivation foundation, which truly had extraordinary aspects.

Outsiders could only see the vine ball rolling around, with "ping-ling-pang-lang" sounds inside, accompanied by the giant serpent's muffled roars; but Qing Yang knew very well that the entanglement inside the vine ball had reached a white-hot stage. As long as she was a little slow, the giant serpent would break through!

This was the Thousand-Illusion True Person's Dharma Image, equivalent to the clone of an ancient immortal. Even if it only fought on instinct, it was enough to level the Frost Immortal Hall. And she also noticed that the giant serpent's fighting was becoming more and more proficient, with fewer and fewer ineffective movements.

Was King Yao becoming more proficient in control, or did the giant serpent itself have some tricks?

Her face turned faintly white.

Every second of fighting had an astonishing consumption! The Minister of Medicine gave an order, and the archers turned their direction, shooting arrows at Qing Yang and Wu Linghe.

Yes, King Yao also felt that this Between Beijia envoy was a bit wrong, and decided to kill him as soon as possible to solve the problem once and for all.

Yuan Xuan and others formed a circle, protecting Qing Yang and Wu Linghe firmly in the middle.

They had to resist the arrow rain of the imperial guards and repel the attacks of the stone carving beasts. When Qing Yang was too busy to fight, they appeared stretched thin, no longer as calm as before.

Perhaps having explored a new use for the inner core, King Yao patted the copper ball heavily several times, and the white mist surging out from the Jade Spring Palace spontaneously went to find the stone carving beasts, not only generating a layer of cold ice armor on them but also attaching to their claws and teeth.

Soldiers bitten or scratched by them would have pale blue ice crystals appear in their wounds, and then their whole bodies would start to frost over, and their joints would become increasingly stiff.

Using this method to eliminate the enemy's effective strength was much simpler.

Yuan Xuan cursed; these little monsters actually had an advanced version! The intensity of the battle rose by two levels rapidly. In just a few dozen breaths, Bai Hengbo's subordinates were knocked down one after another, ten were dragged away quickly, and were torn to pieces in the stone carving group.

Even one Green Guard died, and two were injured.

"Go! Go for me!" Bai Tan seized the opportunity and shouted at King Yao on the stone steps, "Finish him off!"

He knew very well that once he reached this point, he could only charge forward; he, his subordinates, and his family had no way back.

Behind them was an abyss; one step back meant being smashed to pieces! In the Frost Immortal Hall, no one was more eager for victory than him.

The giant serpent was dragged by Qing Yang, and the soldiers under Bai Tan were quickly encouraged, once again charging at the courtyard wall of the Frost Immortal Hall.

They were mainly temple soldiers. After witnessing the manifestation of Goddess Feng He, their will to fight for the Heavenly God and Bai Tan was even more determined. At this time, they chanted prayers and attacked desperately. The troops of Tu Han and Shan Zezhong attacked from the rear but couldn't gain any advantage.

Zhao Song and others were blocking the courtyard entrance, bearing the most violent attacks, and had long been exhausted. He killed two more people, his right hand aching, and his blade was a bit late. A Green Guard mixed in the crowd seized the flaw and stabbed him in the ribs.

One knife injured the liver, and Zhao Song's strength leaked out.

Two guards behind him were also smashed down. Zhao Song was stabbed in the chest again and was dragged to the ground, being hacked into several pieces in the blink of an eye.

The courtyard entrance was lost.

Bai Tan's side gained the advantage and desperately pressed their troops into the courtyard.

The inside resisted tenaciously, but once the geographical advantage was lost, the disadvantage in numbers immediately manifested.

If it weren't for the stone carving beasts diverting the enemy's attention, preventing Bai Tan's army from attacking with all their heart, the casualties of the Yao army would have been even more miserable.

Taking advantage of the opponent's shrinking defensive circle, Bai Tan rushed to Qing Yang and the others in one step, successfully completing the meeting of the two armies!

He knew very well that standing by Qing Yang's side was much safer.

Afterward, he discovered that the Between Beijia envoy Wu Linghe had closed his eyes at some point and was whispering.

A meteor suddenly appeared in the night sky to the west, not very bright, and almost no one in the chaotic Tianshui City and Yao Palace noticed its arrival.

But it crashed toward the Yao Palace at an astonishing speed, crashing toward the Frost Immortal Hall.

The bird demons flying in mid-air first noticed its existence.

Looking closely, it wasn't a meteor at all, but a ball of purple-red light! Wu Linghe suddenly stopped praying.

Time seemed to stall slightly.

Two breaths later, the ball of light arrived in an instant, accurately smashing into his body! A strong light erupted suddenly, making even King Yao on the stone steps subconsciously turn his head and shield his eyes.

At the same time, three giant hands crashed out of the vine ball. With a few "ka-cha" sounds, the giant serpent tore the vine ball to pieces and broke out of the encirclement with a roar!

Qing Yang spat out a mouthful of blood, staggering back two steps, and was supported by Yuan Xuan.

The Green Wood Staff was one of her life-bound magic treasures, having been by her side for over thirty years, often nurtured with her heart's blood. The staff was broken, and she immediately suffered a backlash.

But her face was relaxed instead, because the task of dragging the giant serpent had been completed.

She said one word to Yuan Xuan in a low voice:

"Retreat!"

From now on, she was no longer the main force to deal with the giant serpent.

This side, the giant serpent had just smashed the vine ball to pieces, and as soon as it turned its head, it stared at Bai Tan.

Bai Tan couldn't help but shiver, as if he could see the bone-deep hatred in those ice-blue eyes.

Afterward, it threw the trident in its hand at Bai Tan! A divine weapon descending from heaven, with unparalleled momentum, much more imposing than Qing Yang's staff-throwing just now.

Accompanied by it was a snowstorm that swept everything away.

Bai Tan felt a sheet of cold light before his eyes, and he couldn't retreat or avoid it from front, back, left, or right, and was terrified.

"Regent..."

Before the words "save me" could come out, Wu Linghe at the side stepped forward two steps and threw two light purple rings.

One in front and one behind.

One couldn't tell what these two light rings were, but they grew rapidly in the air. One sleeved toward the trident, and the other flew toward King Yao.

Naturally, the trident wouldn't change its route and continued to head toward the light ring.

As a result, with a "sou" sound, it disappeared as soon as it entered the light ring, and even the snowstorm in the sky stalled! The next instant, it emerged from the other light ring, its direction and distance all changed, continuing to carry the dazzling white light, stabbing fiercely at—

King Yao!

With a loud "hong-long" sound, snow powder flew everywhere.

Divine art, Space Folding.

The heavy blow the giant serpent gave Bai Tan was received by Wu Linghe with divine art and returned to King Yao.

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