Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest.

Chapter 650 I Come to Fly a Kite
The ascetic monks who were tricked by Lin Ning finally left the cave area through the entrance of the underground river after a lot of trouble.

They followed the tributary of the underground river and soon reached the main river. The question they faced now was: should they go upstream or downstream?

Yishena waved his hand and divided the troops!

He assigned half of the men to explore upstream, while he personally led the men downstream.

This route was the same one that Chen Lingyun and Zhao Yuanzhen had taken, so the ascetic monks soon passed the Corpse Coast and had a fierce conflict with the sorcerers who were collecting ghosts here.

The number of sorcerers was also large, but unfortunately they had no leader. They were trapped and divided by Ishna with the Blood-filled Tribulation Cup, and were bombarded one by one with the Linga Trident Spear. Soon they were defeated and fled in all directions.

After the ascetics annihilated the sorcerer, they continued to move downstream along the dark river and finally arrived at a giant lake underground.

By this time, the bloodbath at the Pure Land Sect's headquarters was drawing to a close. Those less capable had been eliminated, and the remaining strong ones, fearing each other, had stopped attacking and instead began to deal with the various ghosts and monsters roaming within the headquarters.

Because a large number of ghosts drifted here from upstream, and the various ghosts in the sect have been devouring each other for a long time, a large number of ghosts that are hundreds or even thousands of years old have been raised in a way that is like raising Gu. Each of them has strange magical powers and is incredibly ferocious, making the exploration work here extremely difficult.

After Yishena and his men arrived here, he immediately gathered his men together to inquire about the situation.

Although the ascetics were numerous, no one was specifically responsible for gathering intelligence, so the information they provided was quite fragmented. However, Ishena keenly grasped one key point:
"The monks from Lu State were entrenched in a certain building. After you and the sorcerers joined forces to attack, you didn't find anything valuable?"

"Yes." The ascetic monk answered and handed over the jade slip, "That room is full of these things."

Yishena picked up the jade slip with two fingers, turned it over and over and looked at it for a long time, and couldn't help shaking his head.

He didn't know what these things were, but he was keenly aware that the reason the Lu cultivators were holding on to that place was for these things - their subsequent withdrawal didn't seem to be because they could no longer hold on, but more like they had achieved their goal and there was no need to continue defending.

Following his men, he arrived at the Sutra Library where Yun Jin Ruoxi had been previously. It had been turned upside down by the ascetics and sorcerers. Later, the two sides began to fight internally, and the aftermath of the battle destroyed a large part of it.

Ishena stood among the ruins. Although he could not see any clues, his thoughts gradually became clearer.

The sorcerers were not a concern; they were a motley crowd whose intentions were easy to guess. On the other hand, the monks from the Lu Kingdom, who were even smaller in number, acted in a secretive and cryptic manner, and it was unknown what they were planning.

Let’s find these monks from Lu State first!
Following Ishena's order, the ascetic monks began to shift their focus to searching for the monks from the Lu Kingdom.

The Pure Land Sect's headquarters is extremely large, and all kinds of ferocious ghosts roam around everywhere, ready to attack the ascetics at any time. On the other hand, if there are no ghosts wandering around a certain area, then one has to consider whether a sorcerer or a monk from the Lu Kingdom has passed through here and cleared out the surrounding ghosts in advance.

In this way, the carpet-style search network laid out by the ascetic monks gradually approached the location of the Lu Kingdom monks.

Somewhere in the distance, Su Yunjin surrounded and swallowed all the ghosts with the water of the Milky Way. Chen Lingyun took the opportunity to wave the soul-calling banner and collected all the drowning evil spirits into the banner. She was in an extremely happy mood.

She has already collected 3 Black Impermanence, 6 White Impermanence, 4 Ox-Headed Demons and 5 Horse-Faced Demons. After returning, she only needs to ask them to devour each other, and she will immediately get four extremely ferocious underworld priests.

As for the starving ghosts, hanged ghosts... and various high-level ghosts, there are so many that they almost fill up the soul-calling banners.

"Which way should we go next?" Zhao Yuanzhen was almost unable to bear it any longer.

She wasn't afraid of her sisters' hardships, but she was afraid of them marrying into wealthy families and spending money lavishly. It wasn't a big deal if she couldn't get anything, but seeing Chen Lingyun's lavish and contented appearance made her feel a thousand times more miserable than if she had come all the way here in vain.

"It should be nearby." Su Yunjin recalled the ancient books and continued to scan the surroundings. "There is a pond and a waterfall, without light and bottom... Yes, it is here."

"This pool?" Xie Ruoxi asked in surprise, "Do you want to jump in?"

The pond in front of me is about four or five meters in diameter. It is surrounded by shallow water and has an artificial waterfall flowing into it from the edge. The color in the center gradually darkens, from emerald green to azure blue and even deep black, and you can't see the bottom at all.

"Let's go down and take a look." Su Yunjin activated the spell, wrapping everyone in the water of the Tianhe River, and then poured it into the pool from the center.

Just as she had said, the center of the pool held a passage leading deeper into the sect's headquarters. The four descended approximately two hundred meters into the lake and saw a plump, white Buddha statue sprawled at the bottom. Surrounding it were floating arhats and bodhisattvas, their faces displaying strange expressions, some weeping, some laughing, some serene, some ferocious.

The girls were all a little uneasy, but Chen Lingyun was the only one who stared at the Buddhist beads on the chest of the Buddha statue. She quickly guessed that it was the center of half of the secret realm of the Pure Land Sect, so she waved the soul-calling banner and released several drowned ghosts to swim quickly downstream, approaching the Buddha statue and trying to take the Buddhist beads from his neck.

As the drowned ghost swam deeper, the Arhats and Bodhisattvas around him also began to move vaguely.

They slowly raised their heads and cast their gazes at the four girls above.

The thoughts coming from the drowned ghost suddenly broke off. Chen Lingyun immediately knew something was wrong and shouted:
"go!"

Su Yunjin was well prepared, and at this moment he activated the secret technique of the Southern Dipper Galaxy. The water of the Milky Way wrapped around everyone and lifted them up quickly, quickly moving away from these Bodhisattvas and Arhats.

"Wait!" Xie Ruoxi also shouted hurriedly, "Someone's coming upstairs!"

The range of her spiritual awareness is wider than that of ordinary people. She was the first to detect that there were people coming down from above, and there were quite a few of them!

Su Yunjin hesitated for a moment, only to hear Chen Lingyun say:

"Move sideways, to the corner."

She immediately adjusted her magic, and the river water wrapped around everyone and began to move to the side. While descending, she was also careful not to get close to the Bodhisattvas and Arhats in the water.

Not long after, countless ascetics were seen sinking from the top, led by Ishena, who had a full beard and golden light in his eyes. He held a Linga Trihalberd in his hand and continuously stirred the sea of earth below, swirling out a large area of waterless space.

"Bowl!" The girls finally landed at the edge of the cave at the bottom of the lake. Chen Lingyun gave an order, and Zhao Yuanzhen threw out the red lotus bowl, which was turned upside down to cover everyone.

The Red Lotus Bowl separated the inside and outside, and no one knew what was happening. They could only look at each other nervously.

Only Chen Lingyun, who had deliberately left some drowned ghosts outside, raised two fingers on both hands and tapped lightly near his temples, and his true energy quickly gathered near his eyes.

Clairvoyance, open!

Soon, she took over the vision of the drowned ghost outside. Suddenly, a golden light shone in the murky waters of the lake: it was Ishena hurling his Linga Trident, stirring up a massive thunderstorm in the lake!
Some Arhats and Bodhisattvas were shattered by lightning, but many more looked upward with strange expressions. From their seven orifices, milky white light emerged, wisps of light, curling and floating along the lake water. It seemed to be moving slowly, but it arrived in a few breaths.

Whenever the ascetic monks were caught in the white light, their bodies would immediately become stiff and motionless, as if they had lost their minds, and their eyes would become dull and dazed.

The remaining people hurriedly used their magical powers to avoid being touched by the milky white light. Some also tried to fight back against the Arhats and Bodhisattvas. For a moment, the lake was full of colorful lights flying back and forth, as brilliant as fireworks in the sky.

Chen Lingyun sat on the mountain, enjoying the fight. Yishen's mood wasn't so good. He suspected the Lu cultivators were lying in ambush nearby, but the pressure from the arhats and bodhisattvas was too great. If he didn't clear them out quickly, he feared his men would suffer heavy casualties. Therefore, he could only use all his might to activate the Linga Trident Spear, keeping a close eye on his surroundings and guarding against sneak attacks.

The Arhat Bodhisattvas were shattered by lightning one by one, and the ascetic monks also suffered continuous casualties - anyone who was touched by the milky white light immediately seemed to have lost their soul, and no matter how their companions called out, they no longer had any consciousness.

Ishena became more and more agitated, and poured the blood-filled cup in his hand downwards. A large amount of blood-colored liquid quickly turned into swordfish, sharks, crocodiles, etc., which resisted the attacks of the surrounding Arhats and Bodhisattvas. He then raised the Linga Trident Spear and aimed it at the jade Buddha below, and waved his hand to shoot out a lightning spear.

The lightning spear pierced into the body, and the Jade Buddha finally opened his eyes!

He burst into a cackle of laughter, a roar like a bell, shaking the lake with a humming sound. From his seven orifices, a strange, milky-white Buddha light emanated, much thicker and more condensed than those of the Arhats and Bodhisattvas. It transformed into several long ropes in the lake, entwining the lightning. The lightning instantly shattered, vanishing like salt falling into water.

Yishena finally realized that something was wrong. The strength of this Jade Buddha was much higher than that of other Arhats and Bodhisattvas. In addition, they were fighting at home, so it was too disadvantageous to fight here. So he ordered everyone to retreat and float up temporarily to avoid the sharp edge.

The Jade Buddha refused to give up. With a wave of his hand, a Buddhist chant began. Countless milky white Buddha lights gathered beneath the Arhat Bodhisattvas, forming lotus thrones that lifted the Buddhas and floated upwards in pursuit.

After a while, a corner of the red lotus bowl near the corner was opened, revealing the girls hiding inside.

"Lingyun, do you want to chase her?" Su Yunjin asked.

"Chase!" Chen Lingyun said without hesitation.

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Yan Yu and others boarded an iron boat and sped along the underground river as fast as lightning.

The boat couldn't slow down because there was a sun chasing after it! It kept shouting, "Take my sword!" If the boat moved any slower, it would be roasted by the sun.

After passing through many consecutive river bends, the river ahead gradually became wider and straighter.

Therefore, Li Zhaojiang didn't care and directly stimulated his true energy to the maximum. The magnetic divine light of the Yuan Yuan dragged the iron ship like a chain and rushed forward at full speed.

Yan Yu was also not idle, holding the ancient mirror and questioning the other party:

"What exactly is this Sunlight True Darkness Sword you mentioned? How can a mere lingering sword energy be so powerful?"

"It's not that the sword power is so powerful, it's that your level is too low." The Immortal in the Mirror explained, "You haven't even formed your elixir yet. You're like a minor in the cultivation world. Of course, you think everything you see is amazing."

Not forming a pill is equivalent to being a minor... Everyone was speechless after hearing this.

Especially Yan Yu, who has lived two lives as a human being and knows how low the chance of surviving the Jindan tribulation is, he was speechless at the statement of the Immortal in the Mirror.

"However, even a Jindan Zhenren cannot withstand the sword intent of the Taiyang Zhenmei Sword." The Mirror Immortal continued, "Anyway, don't worry about anything now, just run."

"If even a Jindan cultivator can't defeat this sword intent, how can we possibly be its opponent?" Li Minghu asked worriedly.

"It's very simple," the Immortal in the Mirror explained. "No matter how powerful the sword will is, it's still just sword will. Without the main body to replenish it, it's like water without a source or a tree without roots. As long as it continues to wear and tear, it will eventually be exhausted!"

Lin Ning helped to relay the story, and suddenly became annoyed again:
"Don't imitate my tone!"

"In other words, we need to find more opponents for it." Yan Yu immediately came to the conclusion.

Everyone pondered. If this line of thought held true, the best strategy would be to lure the gatekeeper around, stalling for as long as possible and sap his sword energy. But the problem was, being caught by him meant death. Who would dare risk flying his kite?
Just when everyone was struggling, a large number of extraordinary people suddenly appeared on the river bank in front and started fighting with each other.

This place is the junction of the underground river and the underworld Yellow Spring. There are a large number of ghosts staggering along the river bank, so it has also attracted many ghost magicians and sorcerers to collect ghosts here.

Later, Ishena led his men to the dark river and divided his forces. Some of the ascetics searched upstream and encountered the sorcerers there. Naturally, the two sides started fighting.

"I'll lead him out!" Yan Yu stood up and said, "Please keep your distance from him. Let's go!"

He leaped out of the boat, stepped on the air with both feet, activated the Cloud Splitting Eight Diagrams Step, and in a flash he reached the shore. He turned around and sent a message to the Taoist gatekeeper:

"Come and fight!"

What kind of proud and arrogant personality did the gatekeeper have? With the Sun True Dark Sword in hand, there was no reason for him not to accept the challenge. He immediately turned around and rushed towards the river bank.

The sorcerers and ascetics who were fighting on the shore also saw a large beam of light flying rapidly from the river.

A normal person's first reaction upon seeing this strange ball of light suddenly appear would be to retreat and observe. However, none of these individuals who had become civilian transcendents were timid, and soon some of them were tentatively attacking the light.

How could the Taoist guarding the gate bear such provocation? He roared, "Those who are not of my kind, it is not a pity to kill them," and swung his sword at the crowd approaching in front of him.

It was just a simple sword strike, not even a sword move.

The moment he swung it, it immediately turned into an endless stream of blazing sword energy, like a solar prominence storm erupting from the surface of the sun!
Before he could touch the closest ascetic, his body was suddenly engulfed by flames, and then his whole body collapsed like a melted clay figure.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the people behind wanted to turn around and run, but the heat wave soon caught up with them from behind, igniting and melting all of them, reducing them to ashes in an instant!

Such terrifying power crushed the courage of all the sorcerers and ascetics present. For a moment, no one dared to stay where they were and fled in all directions for their lives.

(End of this chapter)