Chapter 296: Thunder Destroys the Demon Snake

Li Yan paid close attention to the "Zhao Changsheng Immortal Treasury."

It was very simple: this thing was closely linked to the Great War of Investiture of the Gods and the Yin Division missions.

And he hadn't forgotten Yan Jiuling's two inferences.

After the Great Flood, there were no more "Emperors" in the Shenzhou!

The War of Investiture of the Gods was not "Enfeoffment," but "Sealing and Prohibition"!

Others might think this was nonsense, but Li Yan clearly knew that the seventy-two demon gods recorded in the "Zhao Changsheng Immortal Treasury" were suppressed in Luo Feng Mountain.

They were the remnants of the Investiture of the Gods, immortal existences, always thinking of escaping.

The "Zhao Changsheng Immortal Treasury" recorded seventy-two types of longevity strange arts, all related to demon god sacrifices, which had been scattered across the Shenzhou since the Qin and Han dynasties.

No one knew how many people were practicing them in secret.

The guy in front of him was one of them!

Li Yan formed the Yang seal behind his back. Although the other party used a rich incense sachet to cover it up, a special smell was still captured by him.

It was a fishy smell of fresh blood mixed with snake.

What this guy was practicing was the "Yin Fetus Zhao Changsheng Art"!

This method was extremely insidious, requiring the absorption of the innate qi of fetuses to practice.

The demon god it worshipped was named Xia Yi, looking like a white snake with horns on its head, having thousands of clones, hiding in the bodies of pregnant women. After the fetus died, it would turn into essence and return to the main body.

In short, it was very sinister and fierce.

And practicing this "Yin Fetus Zhao Changsheng Art" while worshipping the demon god Xia Yi would cause snake-scale-like rashes to grow on the body surface, as if molting. Each time it fell off, it could allow the practitioner to recover a little youth.

Of course, just like the former beggar head "Mountain Grandpa," this person neither exceeded his lifespan to disrupt Yin and Yang nor had enough ability to attract the demon god's qi, so the hook order didn't react.

But even without a Yin Division mission, Li Yan had to kill him!

Seeing Li Yan watching coldly without responding, Flower Snake Yang Yun sneered, "It seems it's really like that. I said, with a green kid like you, where did such a big reputation come from?"

"Hmph, what solitary practice? Most likely some brat from a certain family. You rich kids only know how to use your master's sect to build momentum and become famous, and you're even hypocritical..."

As he spoke, his eyes were already full of anger and resentment.

This guy practiced evil methods, and his spirit was a bit wrong.

Li Yan saw the trick immediately and said coldly, "So wordy, why don't you try and see?"

"Hahaha..."

Flower Snake Yang Yun was happy instead of angry, his eyes full of excitement, stretching out his right hand and flicking his pitch-black fingernails. "Since you are a cultivator, do you dare to use techniques?"

Li Yan said coldly, "Yes!"

As soon as the voice fell, he saw Yang Yun sneer. While walking, he slowly drew the long sword from his waist.

At the same time, from his wide sleeves, a dense number of tiny poisonous snakes fell out, each colorful, with triangular heads and upturned snouts.

These were Sharp-Nosed Vipers, also known as "Seven-Step Snakes."

And what was even stranger was that these legal snakes were very small, as thick as a little finger and no more than half a foot long, falling to the ground in a dense mass, making people's scalps tingle.

At the same time, Yang Yun also whistled.

Following the whistle, this strange snake group actually moved like an army, swimming rapidly on the ground, occupying every part of the ring, slowly forcing toward Li Yan.

"It's the Snake Sect's Dharma Snakes!"

In the crowd below, someone let out a low cry.

In many areas of the Southwest of the Shenzhou, mountains were high and forests dense, and some wild places were covered with spider and scorpion webs, with snakes and pythons coiled, miasma permeating, and poisonous things lurking everywhere.

Snake Sect witchcraft came into being.

The original intention of this method was good, specializing in making snake medicine to treat local people, and even borrowing Dharma Snakes to drive away evil.

Snake Sect people were relatively loose, mostly master-led apprentices, father-to-son, wandering around, treating diseases, saving people, and driving away evil, known as "Snake Doctors" or "Snake Witches."

Those with profound cultivation could even borrow Dharma Snakes to pray for rain.

This "Dharma Snake" refining method was somewhat like Gu, but different from Gu. Snake Sect people could borrow it to perform techniques.

Flower Snake Yang Yun was arrogant in his words but actually cautious. From the beginning, he set up a snake formation to keep his distance from Li Yan.

What was even more hateful was that this guy always stood in the corner of the ring, clearly ready to jump off the ring immediately if he sensed something wrong.

Li Yan narrowed his eyes, the Duan Chen Hu Hu Dao Ren clanged out of its sheath, spun, and held it to the side, sneering, "Afraid to this extent, and still fighting a tournament? Just jump down yourself."

"Hahaha..."

Many people under the stage laughed out loud.

Flower Snake Yang Yun's plan could be seen by everyone.

Borrowing the snake formation to keep distance, no matter if Li Yan leaped over or used techniques, Yang Yun had ways to deal with it.

If Li Yan was really a ruthless person, he could also jump off the ring to escape.

It could be said to be the most secure strategy.

Facing an unfamiliar enemy, doing this was understandable, but the other party had spoken big words beforehand, so this set off the other party like a clown.

Seeing everyone mocking, Pai Sect leader Shi Chen's face was also ugly, and he turned his head to whisper, "Is this person really okay?"

Beside him was an old man in a blue cloth short robe, who hurriedly whispered when he heard this, "Shi Pai Tou Shi, this person is famous in the Jianghu of Western Hunan. He is just used to being cautious and unscrupulous in his actions."

"Hmph, whoever can survive is the one who laughs last!"

Sure enough, hearing everyone mocking, Flower Snake Yang Yun on the stage didn't care at all, his eyes just becoming cold. "Those who have said this to me are all dead..."

Before the words fell, he suddenly stretched out his hand and flicked.

Swish!

A black light whistled over; it was the other party using a hidden weapon.

The other party's hidden weapon was also a rare eccentric snake-shaped dart, shaped like a small black snake, with a sharp point in front, emitting a faint blue light, clearly poisoned, fluttering unpredictably in the air.

Li Yan frowned and swung his blade to deflect it.

This kind of flying dart was hard to judge the route, but he had the sense of smell ability, as long as his reaction was fast enough, just like when he was ambushed by the Meishan Dharma Arrow, the arc was even more tricky, but it was still caught.

But at the same time, several poisonous snakes on the ground arched their bodies, suddenly springing up, exposing their fangs, and attacking him.

However, Li Yan's blade was faster.

While dodging, the Duan Chen Hu Hu Dao Ren in his hand danced left and right, turning into a blade light, stirring all the attacking poisonous snakes into pieces.

And Flower Snake Yang Yun opposite him let out a strange laugh, whistling continuously, walking on the stage with a long sword, throwing out snake-shaped darts one after another, cooperating with the poisonous snakes to attack Li Yan.

For a time, it actually formed a suppression momentum.

Although Li Yan swung his blade as fast as lightning, protecting himself tightly, he was attacked from above and below, looking like he had no power to fight back.

Many people under the stage also had their expressions become solemn.

They weren't worried about Li Yan; this young man from Guanzhong had nothing to do with their life and death.

They were just deducing in their hearts that if they were in such a situation, they probably wouldn't be able to last long before losing their lives.

This Flower Snake Yang Yun was insidious and cunning, indeed difficult to deal with.

Only a few experts discovered that all this was just an appearance.

Li Yan on the stage looked flustered, but between the flashing blade light, those eyes were exceptionally calm.

Zhang Xiaoshan's mouth also curved into an arc.

He had already seen that Li Yan was measuring the distance, waiting for the opportunity.

Sure enough, as the poisonous snakes on the ring were continuously shredded, a flash of heartache also flashed in Flower Snake Yang Yun's eyes.

He didn't expect Li Yan to be able to defend so tightly.

These were all Dharma Snakes, which required some heaven-and-earth treasures and precious herbs during refining, which was very expensive.

If they were all destroyed, he would lose money this time.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but close the distance a little, and simultaneously took out an iron fan from his bosom and opened it with a snap.

On the iron fan, a cobra head was painted.

The snake eyes didn't know what paint was used to depict them, but even in the daytime, they emitted a faint fluorescent light, as if they were alive.

Flower Snake Yang Yun stopped whistling, but quickly formed a seal, chanting obscure and difficult-to-understand Dharma spells in the local dialect.

Without the whistle to urge them, the snake formation on the ground also became chaotic. And just at this moment, Li Yan had Dark Jin erupt under his feet, suddenly leaping into the air, crossing the snake formation, and rushing directly toward him.

However, a flash of triumph appeared in Flower Snake Yang Yun's eyes, and he suddenly whistled again.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The snake formation on the ground erupted again.

One small poisonous snake after another sprang up, and Li Yan was now in mid-air, completely becoming a moving target.

However, Li Yan had long been prepared.

As he leaped into the air, the blade tassel of the Three Talents Suppressing Demon Coin suddenly rang, fierce murderous intent spreading outward.

With his current cultivation, the power of the Suppressing Demon Coin was becoming more and more powerful.

The terrifying murderous intent immediately scattered the snake formation.

Actually, to deal with this thing, Li Yan had many means. If he took out the Divine Tiger Order and used the Northern Emperor Mountain Climbing Technique or the Body Protection Curse, he would have long since dispersed the snake group.

But that way, Flower Snake Yang Yun would also be scared away.

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Originally, in this situation, using the Soul-Hooking Rope would be just right, but that was a trump card; most enemies who had seen it were already dead.

Displaying it under the eyes of everyone would inevitably be discovered by others' supernatural powers.

Therefore, he could only adopt this strategy.

Seeing that the snake formation didn't block Li Yan, and feeling the terrifying Dharma artifact on the other party, Flower Snake Yang Yun's expression changed, and he hurriedly retreated.

However, everything was too late.

Li Yan was already no more than a few meters away from him. After landing, he pointed his toes and accelerated again, the Duan Chen Hu Hu Dao Ren like a bolt of lightning, stabbing straight at Yang Yun's throat.

"Dream on!"

Flower Snake Yang Yun had nowhere to hide now, his ferocity flaring up. He simultaneously raised the long sword in his hand, not dodging at all, and stabbed at Li Yan.

This was a style of fighting to perish together.

From cowardice just now to madness now.

The change in style happened in an instant.

Even the people under the stage were secretly alarmed.

Life-and-death struggles in the Jianghu are sometimes psychological battles. Experienced experts can always use such changes to disturb the opponent's mind.

And these were also Yang Yun's insidious tricks.

Just as he stabbed with his sword, three black shadows suddenly sprang from the other side of his sleeve, rolling and twisting, directly entangling Li Yan's Duan Chen Hu Hu Dao Ren.

It was three more poisonous snakes.

These three poisonous snakes were completely different from the ones on the ground. Their scales emitted a metallic luster, and when they came into contact with Li Yan's Duan Chen Hu Hu Dao Ren, the friction of the scales actually emitted clanging sparks.

Another strange Dharma Snake!

Fearless of blades, extremely resilient, and powerful, they actually entangled the Duan Chen Hu Hu Dao Ren tightly, stopping the blade's momentum.

And at the same time, Flower Snake Yang Yun also let out a ferocious laugh, and the poisoned long sword in his other hand stabbed straight at Li Yan's heart.

These moves of his were all summarized from life and death.

He didn't know how many experts had been ambushed and died by his hand; this young man in front of him had a false reputation and would still not escape death.

But just at this moment, he suddenly stiffened all over.

Only to see lightning flickering on the edge of the Duan Chen Hu Hu Dao Ren, entering his body directly through those few poisonous snakes.

This was the Northern Emperor Yin Thunder, which could attack the soul.

Flower Snake Yang Yun didn't react at all, his brain buzzing, his whole body stiff, and everything before his eyes pitch black.

The fear of death rose in his heart, but he still relied on his last bit of reason to control the poisonous snakes tightly, blocking Li Yan's blade.

He practiced the "Yin Fetus Zhao Changsheng Art," as long as he blocked the fatal attack, even if he was slashed, he would have a chance to recover in the future.

However, Li Yan's other fist suddenly gripped, electric arcs crackling, and he pulled the Duan Chen Hu Hu Dao Ren, pulling Flower Snake Yang Yun straight in front of him.

The fist glowing with electric light smashed out abruptly.

Boom!

A roar, as if a thunderstorm had risen on the stage.

Flesh and blood splattered everywhere, Flower Snake Yang Yun's head was directly blown up, leaving only a headless corpse that swayed for a moment before falling to the ground.

Li Yan was expressionless, shook the Duan Chen Hu Hu Dao Ren, sparks flying, shredding the three iron-skinned poisonous snakes into pieces, and then spun the blade again, stabbing straight down into the opponent's heart.

Thunder Method!

The people under the stage felt a tremor in their hearts, and also felt a bit strange.

This young man's murderous nature was too great; he had already beaten the person to death, why bother abusing the corpse like this.

But what happened next made their scalps tingle.

Only to see the Duan Chen Hu Hu Dao Ren stab into Flower Snake Yang Yun's heart, crackling electric light circling, and that headless corpse kept trembling, seemingly struggling.

Fishy black smoke kept rising from the corpse's chest.

And as the black smoke completely dissipated, all the small poisonous snakes on the stage also stiffened and stopped moving.

After doing all this, Li Yan kicked the corpse off the stage and said coldly, "This person practiced evil methods; the corpse will inevitably cause trouble after death. Find someone to burn it clean."

The strange situation on the stage was seen by everyone.

The Ezhou Chamber of Commerce deacon clearly knew Li Yan's situation, nodded when he heard this, and took several people to move the corpse to a distant place to burn it with fire.

Of course, those small poisonous snakes weren't spared either.

After doing all this, the Chamber of Commerce deacon leaped onto the ring, looked deeply at Li Yan under the stage, and then said:

"Second match, Li Yan from Guanzhong wins!"

"Third match, Ge Lao Society, Sihai Carriage Agency."

After speaking, he jumped off the ring.

As he announced, two more people jumped onto the ring from below.

The Ge Lao Society was considered a Jianghu faction, with many experts in the society. The one who came out to fight was also someone Li Yan had seen before, none other than "Jian Sanye" (Third Master Jian) of Hanyang City.

And the Sihai Carriage Agency had hired outside help, a famous fist master in the Ezhou Jianghu, who came from the north and was skilled in Baji Fist.

They clearly knew each other, meeting with smiles and cupped fists.

"Third Master Jian, hello!"

"Brother Wang, hello!"

"The murderous intent is too heavy today; how about we stop at a point?"

"That's natural; let's have a drink after it's over."

Although the two had a good relationship and stopped at a point, they were both experts after all. One was fierce in Baji, and the other was exquisite in the Closed-Door Twenty-Four Hands.

Usually, such expert fights were rare.

However, the Jianghu people under the stage looked toward the other side from time to time.

Only to see Li Yan there, the murderous intent on his body still not dissipated, whispering to Zhang Xiaoshan from time to time, occasionally raising his eyes to look at the Pai Sect side.

And in the distance, several monks from the Law Enforcement Hall also walked over.

Pai Sect leader Shi Chen's expression was uncertain.

Everyone knew that the previous matter probably wasn't over yet.

Sure enough, a monk from the Law Enforcement Hall walked over and asked directly, "Shi Pai Tou Shi, this Flower Snake Yang Yun..."

"Who introduced him to you?" ===== CHAPTER 297 =====