Alienated Martial Arts.

Chapter 651 Blood Mist

Under the dark night, Cangyuan City, which originally stood in the northern border of Qizhou, has disappeared.

Instead, there was a thick fog that remained even in the storm, completely covering the large area where the city was located.

In the outer city of Cangyuan, there is a long stone road near Wuyi Lane.

Wei Tao stood silently in the depths of the ruins.

His eyes were half open and half closed, as if he was looking for the trace of the Teng Snake, but he also seemed to be in a trance, and no one knew what he was thinking about.

Time passed little by little.

The mist and clouds began to surge abnormally.

A slender shadow could be vaguely seen inside, appearing and disappearing in a flash without leaving a trace.

Wei Tao still didn't move, nor did he make any reaction.

The whole person seemed to have turned into a sculpture, losing all ability to move.

After an unknown amount of time, he slowly opened his eyes and said to the person behind him, "Manager Shi, have you ever heard of the legend about the Jiwu Teng Snake?"

"Jiwu Teng Snake?"

The owner of the wine shop huddled in the corner and dared not move. After thinking for a while, he responded carefully, "In response to Wei Daozi, I have never heard of these four words. Even the wealthy families in the inner city who are more knowledgeable are unaware of them."

Wei Tao nodded and continued to speak, "In the beginning, it was to corrode and affect my true spirit, trying to create an illusion that would trap me.

I don’t know if it was too weak or if it found this method useless, so it immediately changed its attack method and wanted to use the creatures it had corrupted to attack me…”

As he pondered, he slowly spoke, "If the so-called Teng Snake only has these two skills, it would somewhat tarnish the reputation of the ancient holy spirit.

After all, as far as I know, a snake can become a Teng after a thousand years of cultivation, and a Teng can become a dragon after surviving a heavenly tribulation. There is also a saying that the Teng snake rides on clouds and mist, and is one of the Eight Gods of Qimen. Now it seems that it can only hide and mislead people with illusions. I came here with high hopes, but I am greatly disappointed. "

"Manager Shi, what are your thoughts and opinions on my evaluation?"

"What Wei Daozi said is too profound. I really can't understand it."

"Whether he really didn't understand or was just pretending not to understand, Shopkeeper Shi should know it in his heart."

Wei Tao sighed, "In fact, I only realized it now. Since the entire Cangyuan City has been occupied by the Teng Snake, how could Manager Shi, as an ordinary person, resist the oppression and erosion of the Jiwu Liuyun by himself during the period before I entered the city?"

The tavern owner listened silently, then slowly stood up from the ruins. His panic-stricken expression disappeared, and his face seemed to be covered with a mask, giving people a strange feeling of being superior, indifferent and ruthless.

"As expected, it seems that I was right. The real Shi Zhanggui has long disappeared. The one standing here is just a puppet with the ability to act independently."

Wei Tao said as he slowly approached, "But you are very different from those other half-human, half-snake guys. In addition to the ability to move independently, you actually still retain a considerable degree of intelligence and consciousness. At least during the long time you were talking to me, you didn't reveal any obvious flaws."

Swish! ! !
With almost no warning, Shopkeeper Shi disappeared from his sight.

Wei Tao let out a light exclamation, inexplicably feeling that the scene that was happening seemed somewhat familiar.

Several images flashed through the depths of his consciousness, and at this moment, he suddenly recovered some of his lost memories.

The clouds are rolling and the clear mist is rising.

Shopkeeper Shi was hidden in the mist and clouds.

The whole person is looming, as if between illusion and reality.

It was like a flash and leap, appearing beside Wei Tao like a ghost.

Then step forward in a semicircle.

The whole person was blurry and twisted like a long snake.

His arms twisted nimbly, and his fingertips were like rapidly swung whips, emitting a sharp sound that seemed to shatter the dark void.

Wei Tao looked a little dazed.

Faced with the silent killing move, he remained silent and stood still, as if he was recalling some unforgettable past events.

Snapped! ! !
At the last moment when his fingertips covered with fine snake scales were about to fall, he raised his arms as if by instinct.

Using the same swinging method, a red line fist and a left punch met the lightning-fast palm whip of Shopkeeper Shi.

boom! ! !
The fist force was so powerful that it sank into the depths of the clouds and mist.

But unexpectedly, the hit was empty.

At the same time, the sharp sound like firecrackers exploding disappeared.

Even Shopkeeper Shi, who had suddenly appeared and attacked, disappeared without any warning.

The ruined tavern suddenly fell silent.

Only the whistling sound of the wind caused by the fist was left, which gradually faded away through the clouds and mist until it completely disappeared.

But in the next moment, Shopkeeper Shi's figure appeared again.

The slightly plump body was soft and boneless, twisting like a snake, and another whip came quietly.

Boom! ! !

Suddenly, a muffled thunder rolled across the void.

Wei Tao stomped his foot on the ground, and the red line fist and forward hammer tore through the night sky, dispersing large tracts of flowing clouds and mist, and as expected, hit the empty space again.

For the next period of time, Shopkeeper Shi moved forward and backward, left and right, and his movements were unpredictable.

Wei Tao stood still like a reef, tearing the dark void with his hammer strikes.

There was no contact between the two sides from beginning to end, let alone a violent collision or head-on confrontation.

Only the violently turbulent clouds and the rumbling thunder that constantly exploded in them indicated that this confrontation was still going on.

Boom! ! !

I don’t know how much time passed.

Another loud thunder roared, suddenly exploding in the mist.

It even broke a gap in the clear mist and clouds, allowing one to see the cloudy and rainy sky above.

After a moment, the rumbling thunder disappeared, and the thick fog closed in on itself as if it had spirituality and life, covering the figure who was punching heavily inside with layers of layers.

It seemed as if the broken city that had just appeared, and the warriors who broke the seal and revealed the truth in the city, were just an illusion.

"The sudden attack by Shopkeeper Shi actually helped me recover some of my lost memories. It was as if I had returned to a long time ago, when I had an appointment with Senior Sister Xing Yi from Wuji Palace on the eve of the sect competition.

At that time, although I had many unique skills, I could only use the Red Line Fist to fight because I didn't want to expose them. It's nothing like now, where I only have the Red Line to fight the enemy."

Wei Tao retracted his fist and did not take advantage of the situation to counterattack.

Instead, he took a few steps back, looked down at the trace left in front of him, and fell into thought and recollection again.

"Compared to the palm whip attack just now, I can even directly assert that the Wuji San Shou technique that is secretly passed down by the Wuji Palace of our sect actually has so many flaws and flaws."

Wei Tao couldn't help but sigh quietly when he said this, "But if you think about it carefully, this comparison is reasonable.

Because the cultivation method created by the predecessors of Wuji Palace was originally developed by relying on the interaction between heaven and man, and the understanding and perception of the true meaning of the Teng Snake. Compared with the living Teng Snake itself, there is naturally an insurmountable difference. "

After another pause, he suddenly laughed, "But then again, if the Wuji San Shou that Shopkeeper Shi just displayed were really brought to the Wuji Palace, I'm afraid it wouldn't be very suitable for these sect disciples to delve into and practice.

After all, although the true meaning of the authentic Teng Snake is good, if it can only be achieved at the cost of losing one's own intelligence and abandoning one's own will, it will be meaningless if you think about it.

Especially for someone like me who has been cut off from the past, even if I want to pay the price to regain the Wuji San Shou, I just tried several times but couldn't get started. Such failures and setbacks make me feel depressed. I must eat something to relieve the hatred in my heart!"

boom! ! !
Before the voice had faded, the clouds and mist suddenly surged and exploded.

An icy and chilling spiritual force suddenly erupted, as if a substance burst out from the depths of the fog.

It was as if an invisible wave had been stirred up, bringing with it a heart-pounding mental pressure, and in an instant it had come close to the two of them.

At this moment, the surrounding environment became inexplicably quiet. Even the howling wind and rain were completely isolated outside, without even a drop of water falling.

boom! ! !
The clouds and mist rolled in, and huge waves surged over.

The houses that had not yet completely collapsed were the first to be hit and were razed to the ground in an instant.

Soon after, even large areas of ruins were crushed and shattered, with a long stone road as the dividing line, and a huge deep pit collapsed downwards.

Only the position where Wei Tao was standing remained unchanged.

He stood in the center of the dividing line facing the impact.

A blood-red light burst out from his body that repelled everything.

It is like a tall and solid dam, firmly blocking the surging waves.

Two completely different forces collided head-on, and in an instant it was unknown how many times they had clashed with each other.

Apart from the overwhelming force confrontation, this is the purest spiritual confrontation.

To the victor goes the victory.

The loser will severely damage his true spirit, or even step into empty air and fall into hell.

And no matter what the final outcome is, the process is full of difficulties and dangers for both warring parties.

Any flaw may be met with the most violent attack until the opponent's mental defense is broken, and then it will go straight in and cause wanton destruction.

The blood-red light was gradually suppressed.

Blood gushed out of Wei Tao's seven orifices, and his energy, spirit and will became visibly weaker and weaker.

The snake scales on its body became clearer and more obvious, and it was even devouring blood at an increasingly faster rate to strengthen itself.

But he still didn't take a step back, and there was not even the slightest fluctuation in his expression.

He was firmly nailed to the long stone road from beginning to end, his eyes calmly gazing into the depths of the violently turbulent fog, as if he was waiting for something in quiet silence.

Time passes slowly, so slowly that it makes people anxious.

Finally, a light flashed in Wei Tao's eyes.

His expression, which had always been calm and indifferent, now revealed a hint of enlightenment.

"I probably understand."

“This is what it means to search for it among the crowd for a thousand times, and then look back and find the snake, where the lights are dimming.”

He took a deep breath, then exhaled slowly, and suddenly a self-deprecating smile appeared on his face.

"The Teng Snake twisted itself around, hiding in the mist and clouds. I kept sensing and searching for its existence, but I never expected that the mist covering the city was actually the Teng Snake, and I was actually inside its body the whole time."

But in the next moment, with Wei Tao's position as the center, a scarlet blood line suddenly surged, like an endless rushing wave, and instantly sank into the depths of the mist and clouds, almost covering the entire Cangyuan City.

"But you can't, at least you shouldn't let Shopkeeper Shi appear in front of me for a long time. If it weren't for him, I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to discover the hidden connection between you, let alone speculate on the key point of the final breakthrough."

There was also a low roar in the middle, which exploded along with the madly spreading red blood line.

Deep in the thick fog, Shopkeeper Shi's figure was like a ghost, constantly changing his landing point and position.

But as the scarlet blood lines became more and more numerous and occupied a larger area, the space left for him to maneuver began to shrink rapidly.

Until he was blocked and confined in a small area, he could no longer dodge.

And at this moment, the most intense confrontation suddenly began.

The battlefield was divided into two parts.

With Wei Tao and Manager Shi as the center, the red line and the flowing clouds and mist annihilated and devoured each other, as if separating the entire Cangyuan City from the world, forming an independent chaotic space.

Time passes slowly.

The dense fog that enveloped Cangyuan City gradually changed from the grayish-white color when it first appeared to a cloud of scarlet blood fog.

The last wisp of flowing cloud and mist was finally swallowed up by the blood-colored fog, and the originally violent rolling and surging also subsided, and it began to move slowly all the way to the west, leaving the ruined Cangyuan City, and finally sank into the vast mountains under the dark rain curtain.

Wherever the blood mist passed, whether it was green plants or various animals, all life breath was instantly sucked away, leaving only bare rocks still bathing in the storm.

In the center of the blood mist, which was the most scarlet in color, Wei Tao was wandering along the steep cliffs.

Covered in a white robe, its legs and snake tail kept changing back and forth, unable to settle into a final form.

sizzle...

The snake's tongue kept moving in and out of the mouth, and the dense scales on its cheeks became more and more obvious.

Wei Tao roared in a low voice, and dark red blood continued to flow out from his seven orifices, dripping down, and was immediately absorbed by the scarlet blood mist. Not a single drop could actually fall to the ground.

From the tips of the hair to the heels, from the internal organs to the body surface, every part was filled with unbearable pain.

But compared to the physical pain, the mental torture he suffered after swallowing and absorbing the Teng Snake was even more unbearable.

Wei Tao was sometimes confused and sometimes clear-headed.

Sometimes it walks upright like a human, and sometimes it meanders like a long snake.

Swish!
The illusory status bar suddenly blurred.

Another gold coin disappeared.

Dedicated to the practice of the Red Snake Red Line.

A mysterious aura surged into the body, and a new round of changes and improvements followed.

In a daze, Wei Tao didn't know how many gold coins he had spent. He only knew that as his practice progressed, the problems he faced were not solved, but became more serious.

It's like the cognitive impairment of schizophrenia, and he even increasingly sees himself as a snake.

Before he knew it, he came to the familiar cave again, and subconsciously shook his snake tail and swam into it.

Blood mist filled the cave, quickly filling every inch of dark space.

Deep in this dark and cold cave, Wei Tao suddenly felt a sense of peace.

I was finally able to calm down and think about what exactly caused this situation to occur.

He inexplicably recalled his experience of stepping into Xuan Gan, and the pain he was enduring now seemed to be somewhat similar to Xuan Gan.

Or to put it more accurately, it should be a deeper sense of complete mystery.

After all, the mysterious realm of the sect's disciples is just to comprehend and perceive various truths from the distant dark void.

He has now eaten the body of the Teng Snake into his stomach, so there is naturally an immeasurable gap between the two.

(End of this chapter)