Chapter 212

The drunkard took a sharp breath, opening his mouth to spit out another streak of Heavenly Lightning Taiyin Zhenhuo. This fire seed grew upon meeting the wind, lightning and fire merging, like tens of thousands of leaping rays of light. Each streak of lightning-fire was comparable to a strike from an ordinary flying sword; these tens of thousands of leaping lightning-fires were like ten thousand sword qi piercing together.

The Heavenly Lightning Taiyin Zhenhuo suddenly exploded and burst outward, like a surging sea, madly attacking Fu Xulin.

"Heavenly Lightning Taiyin Zhenhuo?"

Fu Xulin was slightly surprised, but he just flicked his finger casually, and a point of silver light flew away from his fingertip...

A point of silver light drilled through the sea of Heavenly Lightning Taiyin Zhenhuo, scattering into hundreds of silver rays, flying up and down, coming and going like lightning, flying toward the drunkard and Baili Xi.

These silver rays were all flying needles an inch long.

The drunkard's Heavenly Lightning Taiyin Zhenhuo was blocked by the demonic qi on Fu Xulin's body that looked like poisonous snakes, but Fu Xulin's flying needles were unafraid of lightning and fire; they were an extremely venomous type of magic tool, specialized in breaking protective spells and gang qi.

A layer of faint white hair floated on the silver rays, emitting threads of coldness.

"Lightning light flies fiercely, lightning fire burns the Heavenly Court. The order is passed by Heavenly Edict, punishment uses the Six Ding!"

"Nine Heavens Lightning Mansion, urgent as the law!"

The drunkard grabbed the gourd beside him and gulped down a mouthful of wine. He opened his mouth and spat out a stream of wine, which landed on the Heavenly Lightning Taiyin Zhenhuo; instantly, the fire blazed high, condensing into the appearance of a divine general in front of him. This lightning-fire divine mantra was an extremely profound divine mantra spell.

It could borrow the divine power of the divine generals of the Heavenly Court's Lightning Department to condense Heavenly Lightning Taiyin Zhenhuo, making it seem substantial.

Not only was it airtight in defense, but relying on it to eliminate demons was also always successful; it was the drunkard's trump card spell.

The lightning-fire divine general condensed from Heavenly Lightning Taiyin Zhenhuo outside the drunkard's body had just raised its hand, wanting to grab the hundred silver ray flying needles, when it suddenly felt that the protective Heavenly Lightning Taiyin Zhenhuo was slightly discordant where it was struck by the silver rays, so it wanted to urge the firepower to refine them.

But just as it prepared to urge the true fire, it felt a slight pain in its body, and an incomparably sharp qi force pierced through its protective gang qi.

"These flying needles were refined with Thousand-Shadow Silk Malevolence!"

Baili Xi groaned, clearly also having been struck.

The vitality of the drunkard and Baili Xi, and even their bone marrow essence and blood, were being plundered by the inserted flying needles. The silver rays that shot into their bodies turned into tough, sharp, and tiny flying needles like cow hair, moving and destroying along their blood vessels within their bodies.

If they were not Yin Demon bodies, their physical bodies would have already rotted away as soon as the flying needles ran along their blood and qi and entered their hearts!

Fu Xulin had already revealed a triumphant smile when the flying needle ambush succeeded, but shortly after, this smile disappeared, instead making him furious...

"You are not human!"

"All are God-Demon bodies... So it was people from the Demon Sect who came to find trouble for An Lushan! I have indeed suffered an unprovoked disaster."

Fu Xulin revealed a knowing expression and said: "Are you people of the Crown Prince? Or people of Yang Guozhong?"

He only asked one sentence before his expression turned cold: "No matter whose people you are, having ruined my business, don't think about going back alive..."

Baili Xi's expression was a bit strange, muttering: "Nonsense, we are clearly the righteous path!"

The drunkard shook his head and sighed: "You are dead! Some things, if you see through them, you cannot say them. Is this kind of thing something you can say?"

"That fellow Supreme Heavenly Demon has always considered himself the righteous path; although we all think he will eventually return to the demonic path sooner or later, since you are so unrestrained in your speech, we can only kill you to silence you!"

Baili Xi also shook his head and said: "You know truly too much!"

"Now it's not a matter of whether you want to let us go, but that we cannot let you go..."

Qian Chen, who was tuning his zither by the Qujiang River, had a dark expression. He reached back and pressed the strings. If it weren't for the fact that Jiang Caiping's Jinghong Dance had already begun on the Qujiang River and the prepared Chang'an drum formation could not be delayed, he would definitely have delayed the launch for another moment to tell these God-Demons under his command that there are some things you cannot just say randomly!

"True silencing first requires silencing others, and then silencing one's own people."

"You still don't know the true essence of silencing!" Qian Chen shook his head.

In the small courtyard, the expressionless nun waved her hand and scattered dozens of Soundless Divine Lightning. The formless and colorless lightning fluctuations caused the small courtyard, already shrouded by the formation, to distort. The power of the lightning almost shattered the Ten Thousand Illusions Cloud Light Great Formation shrouding this place, sweeping toward Liu Luogu.

The Soundless Divine Lightning was extinguished in the Soul-Destroying Demonic Light emitted by Liu Luogu's vertical demonic pupil.

The rolling lightning and demonic light intertwined, tearing out a patch of primordial energy chaos.

The delicate-looking monk had already shattered the monk's robe on his upper body, revealing a Vajra-like indestructible golden body. The bulging muscles were like iron-cast hills. He swung his fist out, the fist wind breaking through the air, surpassing the sound of thunder, and roared toward the vertical pupil emitting demonic light.

The dark demonic light shot out like a ray from the vertical pupil, focusing on the delicate monk's indestructible Vajra body.

The moment the demonic light touched the monk's chest, who had turned into a Vajra, the swastika shone brightly, propping up a circle of perfect Buddha light. He walked three steps toward Liu Luogu against the dark demonic light before the Soul-Destroying Demonic Light shattered his Buddha light, burning a transparent hole through his entire chest.

The delicate monk lowered his head and could see behind him.

He smiled slightly, nodded to the nun, and turned into flying smoke and dissipated.

Liu Luogu's facial muscles twitched, and he said solemnly: "God-Demon bodies! Who exactly are you people?"

The nun raised her head slightly, and suddenly her entire body erupted with intense colorless lightning, turning her head to roar into the blade light in front of Liu Luogu.

Liu Luogu subconsciously swung his fist, very easily shattering the nun's figure, but before turning into smoke and leaving, the nun just smiled slightly and said coldly: "The time has come!"

In the room, Fu Xulin saw the two people who were still biting the bullet and threatening him. He reached back, and countless demonic qi like poisonous snakes and dragons intertwined and surged over. Baili Xi and the drunkard were as fragile as paper in the face of this mad tearing by the countless demonic qi.

But Baili Xi and the drunkard also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Having delayed for so long, the time has finally come!"

The blade light shattered, and Dugu Wensu's body shattered along with it.

Xi Mu leaped out from the blade light, the long blade in his hand like a flying rainbow suddenly passing, startling and dazzling, slashing down toward the demonic eye in the air. Liu Luogu's third eye opened again; this eye seemed to hide endless dark fire, wanting to open but unable to open completely, only able to open a slit.

The strange demonic shadow hidden within it made people shudder.

As long as one stared at this eye, one's soul would be sucked in; the darkness within this eye swallowed toward Xi Mu.

Clearly, after knowing the true identities of the few, Liu Luogu was no longer prepared to let them fake their deaths and escape, returning to the mastermind behind the scenes, where they could recover as before with a little rest.

Targeting the essence of the demonic God-Demons, he prepared to devour them completely.

But Xi Mu ignored everything, slashing straight toward the demonic eye. He held the long blade in reverse, holding the blade with his left hand, from the lower left to the upper right, the blade tip flicking upward in reverse, lifting the blade diagonally from bottom to top, slashing out...

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In the Qujiang River, his protective magic treasure shattered, his breath chaotic, his dantian churning like a stormy sea, Tian Chengsi, using his last bit of strength, floated toward the surface of the river. Through the river water, he had already seen the fat figure leaping and turning on the Ziyun Tower.

"The Prince of Dongping is there!"

"His Majesty is also there!"

"As long as I show my face in front of the Prince, no one will dare to assassinate me again! No one dares to assassinate a military captain in front of His Majesty! As long as I live to shout that shout, in front of the countless Chang'an commoners and nobles beside this Qujiang River, the conspiracies those people have against the Master will be made public, and the truth will be revealed to the world!"

Tian Chengsi's face was ferocious, risking his life to float to the surface of the river. He had already raised a breath; as long as he could open his mouth, he could shout that shout that would shake the Ziyun Tower...

And at this moment, the Jinghong Dance had already reached its finale.

Consort Mei Jiang Caiping flew down from high in the sky, skimming across the water surface like a true startled swan, brushing out points of ripples.

The ribbons facing the wind danced fiercely, the wide sleeves and skirt hem flapping and flying with her outstretched arms, like the wings of a startled swan... making the Crown Prince Li Heng, on the riverbank, unable to take his eyes off her.

The Xuan Emperor on the Ziyun Tower could not help but slap the table and stand up, shouting: "Good!"

During the last skim across the water surface, Consort Mei's bare toes tapped lightly on the water surface.

A strand of magic power permeated silently.

It shattered the last breath of Tian Chengsi, who was floating up, crushing his heart pulse. Tian Chengsi's ferocious face, carrying his last bit of hope and infinite longing, froze at a distance of only six feet from the water surface.

Following this, his limbs went limp, and he slowly sank into the depths of the Qujiang River, his eyes frozen at the final moment.

Jiang Caiping skimmed across the water surface, and only then, amidst the thunderous cheers of countless people on both banks, did she return to the painted boat.

She bowed slightly toward the Xuan Emperor on the Ziyun Tower in the distance!

The Xuan Emperor was greatly comforted, An Lushan danced with all his might, and no one cared about that corpse in the river that had not floated up.

Following a Jinghong Dance, Chang'an was shaken... The Millennium Banquet would officially raise its curtain!

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Half an hour ago, when the Jinghong Dance began, Consort Mei used two ribbons to ring the morning drums.

The drum formation in Changancheng also responded accordingly.

Qian Chen, by the Qujiang River, dressed in white, plucked the strings, merging with the thunderous sounds issued uniformly by the countless street drums. Amidst the roaring drum sounds, the high-pitched and clanging zither music suddenly rose, startling the clouds. The Divine Lightning of Great Soundless Sound gushed out from the Great Saint Lightning Sound Zither, the formless and colorless lightning light leaping, rolling away, and sweeping across Chang'an.

It passed through the alleys and lanes, brushing past countless cultivators and mortals with low cultivation.

The lightning light, containing infinite power, did not hurt them in the slightest, all of it gathering in a remote small courtyard.

Following Xi Mu's blade strike, endless lightning light surged up, forcefully shattering the line of demonic eyes that Liu Luogu had opened. That deep and terrifying darkness shattered amidst the sound of thunder. Following the high-pitched zither music, Liu Luogu was lifted up by the zither music, and his half-formed Natal God-Demon Dharma Image was forcefully shattered.

This strike of Xi Mu's only lifted up Liu Luogu, whose limbs were twisted and whose entire body's tendons and bones had been shattered, and sealed him within the blade light.

"I said the time has come! With the Master making a move, you no longer have a chance!"

Xi Mu sighed faintly.

Fu Xulin stood blankly in the room, his eyes already dim. Baili Xi and the drunkard looked at each other and smiled bitterly. They escaped from the room together, and in an instant, the lightning light exploded. Inside the room, lightning light and blood light were mixed together, extinguishing all traces, and even their souls did not exist in the slightest.

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By the Qujiang River, following the conclusion of the Jinghong Dance, Qian Chen also slowly gathered the zither music.

At this moment, Xi Mu and Baili Xi appeared in front of Yan Shu and the others, lifting up the limp Liu Luogu and saying: "We subordinates have not failed our mission! We have captured An Lushan's subordinate general Liu Luogu..."

Qian Chen smiled slightly and said: "Go invite the Ghost King Lord Zhong Kui!"

Shortly after, in the Liyuan Palace, the Ghost King Lord Zhong Kui cautiously hooked out Liu Luogu's soul, and using the method of the Divine Path and the Three-Life Dharma Mirror in the City God Temple, revealed a portion of Liu Luogu's memories.

An Lushan's various arrangements in Changancheng were finally completely revealed to everyone!