Chapter 106 Black Fog Sea

Standing near the Leap Platform by the mountain gate, Li Cheng颐's Wisdom Sword gradually stacked, forming a giant sword strong enough to hold his feet. He was just about to leap and fly away when—

*Ka.*

A soft sound suddenly came from behind him.

'!!?!'

Li Cheng颐's heart jolted. He was now a standard thirteen-fusion imprint ring user, with Yuan Imprints integrated into the original engraved Yuan Imprints. For example, the augmentation Yuan Imprint of the Sword Nurturing Pouch formed a complex new mark. In his normal state, he was in no way inferior to the Sword Sect elders.

If a real fight broke out, the various Flower Language abilities and the Flower Scale Armor's amplification would definitely enhance him even further.

But now... someone could actually approach him from behind without being noticed.

Slowly stopping the Wisdom Sword, Li Cheng颐 slowly turned around.

The mountain wind howled on the Leap Platform. This place was already outside the protection of the sect's grand formation, belonging to a vacuum zone connecting to the outside world.

Without the grand formation's monitoring, this could be said to be one of the few highly secretive areas within the sect.

A few meters behind him, a gentle, handsome, and tall figure was quietly looking at him with his hands clasped behind his back.

This man wore a green shirt and a white scarf, carried a long sword on his back, and wore a pure white cloak. The sword纹 (wén - pattern) between his eyebrows faintly flowed with azure light.

Most importantly, there was the terrifying aura of a black hole and the strange aura that Li Cheng颐 had sensed earlier.

"Is Senior Brother also going out? What a coincidence," Li Cheng颐 said as his expression instantly turned gentle and calm the moment he turned around.

"Junior Brother Bai Lu is also going out? Why not travel together?" Huo Qingkong said softly.

"Let's pass on that. Senior Brother should be going to the war zone, right? I only dare to wander around the periphery. If I dared to go to the war zone, I'm afraid I'd be besieged and defeated in a few moves," Li Cheng颐 sighed. "Moreover, the Sect Leader has issued a ban, prohibiting disciples of our generation from participating in war zone affairs..."

"Is that so? I often stay in the war zone and haven't noticed the Master issuing such a ban," Huo Qingkong said in confusion. "However, while that might be the case for others, Junior Brother Bai Lu's current strength is actually enough to tour the war zone a little. I can take care of you along the way."

"I'll wait a little longer. My current strength is weak. What if a Qingmu Sword Sect expert entangles Senior Brother? Wouldn't that be terrible? Thank you for Senior Brother's kindness." Li Cheng颐 felt the hairs on his body stand on end.

Close contact with the strange aura on the other person made him very uncomfortable.

"Alright. My offer is always valid. If Junior Brother ever changes his mind, you can come find me," Huo Qingkong said with a smile.

"Then, I'll take my leave first. Senior Brother, take care," Li Cheng颐 cupped his fist in salute.

"Take care."

Huo Qingkong returned the salute and watched as the other party stepped on the Wisdom Sword, rose into the air, and flew into the distance.

Only when the other party had completely disappeared into the distant sky did he release the sword gesture that he had been pinching in his right hand behind his back.

'There really is a problem with him!'

The voice of the Demon Emperor sounded solemn.

'You felt it too?' Huo Qingkong thought to himself, narrowing his eyes.

"I hadn't noticed it before, but now that this guy's strength has increased, the aura on him seems to have grown stronger as well, and it's becoming more obvious," the Demon Emperor said. "Evil, powerful, ancient. It also has a trace of the mysterious Xuan Sea's aura. That kid is extremely dangerous!"

'I know,' Huo Qingkong replied, his goosebumps almost popping out all over his body when he approached Bai Lu.

His scalp tightened, and the warning signs in his heart screamed wildly, sending the message to leave immediately.

He had vaguely noticed a clue during the previous exchange, but now that he had carefully investigated, the aura was even more obvious, making his hair stand on end.

'What about it? What do you plan to do with Bai Lu?' the Demon Emperor continued to ask.

'With your investigative power, can you find out if I were to really fight him, could I win?' Huo Qingkong asked in a deep voice.

'.On the surface, he is far inferior to you, but for some reason, I have a premonition that if you really fought with all your strength... the outcome is uncertain, and you are very likely to lose.' This time, the Demon Emperor had no mood for joking.

'I have never seen such an evil aura that seems to be older than the entire world...' the Demon Emperor said solemnly.

'Actually... I specifically investigated the Giant White Deer clan, and there has never been any bloodline leakage in the past few hundred years...' Huo Qingkong thought.

'Therefore, he is absolutely impossible to be from the Giant White Deer clan... but deliberately disguised himself to infiltrate your sect, with ulterior motives,' the Demon Emperor said.

Huo Qingkong stopped responding. Is he a demon?

Even the most evil Demon Emperor in the world said that Bai Lu's aura was evil...

Calamity Qi, the war situation, the demon race, and the extremely dangerous ancient and evil Bai Lu within the sect... He himself is also facing the limitations of backlash and incompatibility...

The future seemed to be constantly obscured by layers of darkness, with almost no light to be seen.

'The backlash is getting stronger and stronger, and the upper limit brought about by the side effects is about to be capped, preventing you from making any progress. If you still want to be sure of victory, with the current situation, there is only one path,' the Demon Emperor said again.

Huo Qingkong knew what the path was.

The fusion of good and evil.

Only by no longer treating the separated backlash of malice as evil can he integrate all forces, truly transcend his own limits, and reach the highest realm in the Faceless Sword Sect's Thousand Faces Sword Canon.

'I am the only hope of the Faceless Sword Sect... the only light in the future catastrophe! No matter what, I will never fall!' Huo Qingkong stood on the edge of the cliff, unmoving for a long time.

This world is full of dangers and threats. If he wants to protect the overall situation and protect everyone, the only thing he can rely on is the sword in his hand!

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Too dangerous!

Even after flying far away, Li Cheng颐 could still feel the twitching and shrinking of his pores.

The aura on Huo Qingkong was extremely strange and evil.

'No, this time I must complete the twelve Flower Scale Armor fusion outside and come back after my strength has increased. Otherwise, it's too dangerous to have people suddenly sneak up behind me and talk!'

Li Cheng颐 felt that his previous good luck seemed to be running out.

After entering the imprint ring stage, everything began to accelerate.

'This time, I will not return until I enter the fusion stage! Senior Brother seems to be normal on the surface, and there shouldn't be a big problem in the short term. But I can't place my hopes on outsiders.'

Li Cheng颐 could clearly sense that Huo Qingkong had no malice towards him.

Because he could clearly sense all malice when absorbing evil thoughts.

So he could judge this point.

'So where do I go to absorb evil thoughts now?'

Flying in mid-air, Li Cheng颐 looked down, and the continuous sea of trees and mountains flew past quickly below.

Soon, an excellent location emerged.

The border, the outer domain, the demon race!

After determining the direction, he made a turn, his speed increased to ten times the speed of sound, and he quickly flew towards a border area away from the war zone.

Half an hour later...

A vast black sea of clouds appeared in the distance before his eyes.

Cliffs and seas of trees were like broken pieces of a map, abruptly cut off here. It was as if they had been cut neatly with a knife.

The black mist rolled and surged like an ocean, and one could faintly see groups of three-headed black birds flying past at high speed, making strange noises.

Li Cheng颐 carefully sensed the aura of the Sword Sect's garrison point, and then, with the help of the Shadow Dragon King's concealment ability, the Shadow Source, and inertial acceleration, he avoided it and silently flew into the black mist.

*Pfft!*

As soon as he rushed in.

A large number of blood-red eyes lit up in a fan shape in front of him, greedily and hungrily staring at him, as if wanting to tear him apart.

"Fresh flesh and blood!!"

"It's a human! He actually dared to rush into the Black Mist Sea alone?? Does he want to commit suicide?"

"Eat him! Hahahaha! Eat him!!"

Dense evil thoughts surged in and quickly poured into the imprint in Li Cheng颐's hand.

Instead of being surprised, he was delighted and continued to accelerate towards the depths.

At the same time, he simulated and released harmless auras.

'I taste good.'

'Washed clean.'

'Harmless.'

'Little lamb.'

'Compliant.'

'Won't resist.'

'Weak, pitiful, alone.'

One after another, weak auras were released by him.

These auras were actually very simple. As long as he restrained all attacking consciousness and revealed his most delicious flesh, he could complete it.

For the Faceless Sword Sect, which specialized in mind power, it was not difficult to operate such a disguise.

As he went deeper and deeper, the Faceless Sword Sect's garrison point was left far behind by Li Cheng颐 and could no longer be seen.

The blood-colored eyes around him also became more and more numerous.

Dense 'Kill Intent +1' flashed rapidly in Li Cheng颐's heart, like a screen refresh.

Although each one was small, it couldn't withstand the large number.

In just a dozen seconds, his original zero evil thoughts filled up with more than seventy points of kill intent.

Li Cheng颐 accelerated his flight, waiting for the constantly pouring evil thoughts to keep rising.

Half a minute later, the evil thoughts finally reached perfection.

'Do you want to start the first evolution of the Snow Lotus Flower?' The Evil Flower's inquiry information was very humanized and actively prompted.

Li Cheng颐 chose no. Turning back, he suddenly hovered in mid-air.

This place was already deep in the Black Mist Sea. Behind him, a group of demon races with blood-red eyes were chasing rapidly.

Three-headed birds, one-horned human-faced cows, and huge white fish covered in bone spurs were the main pursuers. The weaker ones were squeezed to the distance by them and dared not approach.

Unlike the human race, the demon race's imprints were exceptionally clear, shining with a faint fluorescence at all times.

Most of these demons were from single imprint to three imprint.

Seeing Li Cheng颐 stop, they were overjoyed and squeezed together madly, rushing towards Li Cheng颐 in mid-air.

"Eat it!"

"I'll take a bite first!! He's mine!!"

"A cultivator's flesh and blood! Hahaha!"

Dense black and red monsters gathered into a demon race torrent and suddenly covered Li Cheng颐.

Evil thoughts reached their peak at this moment, pouring out even more.

"This place is truly a treasure land! It should belong to me."

Li Cheng颐 laughed several times. Suddenly, white mist exploded from his body, spreading out a large cloud of smoke.

In the smoke, a huge gray-white three-pointed halberd swept out with terrifying force, fiercely hitting the demon race group flying head-on.

Sixteen times the speed of sound brought a terrifying impact force of more than 200,000 tons.

*Boom!*

The huge demon race torrent was like hitting a reef, collapsing and squeezing head-on, and being smashed to pieces.

Seeing this scene, the demons in the back were immediately terrified and turned to flee, but their bodies were firmly entangled by an invisible giant net.

Within a radius of one mile, Li Cheng颐's vast consciousness used Emotion Threads, turning all the demons into flies on a spider web, unable to break free.

At this time, when Li Cheng颐's eyes swept over them, countless white bones grew out of these demons' bodies, and the bone spurs pierced their bodies, and then they exploded completely with a *peng* sound.

Two seconds later, the surrounding black mist cleared, and no demon race survived.

Li Cheng颐 retracted the Emotion Threads, returned to human form, and turned back the way he came.

Finally, it was time for the last flower god position to be completed.

With the twelve Flower Scale Armor fusion, his strength would definitely skyrocket. At that time, presumably no one could stop him from finding the fastest way to escape this place.

After the fusion, he would first talk to Senior Brother. If the talk was successful, that would be good. If it was not successful, in order to save the common people, he could only kill him in advance to prevent the Faceless Swordsman from reappearing.

(End of chapter)