When he entered the pond, Qin Shi's expression changed slightly. Even with the protection of the Heaven Devouring Void, he still felt an extremely disgusting energy in the pond. The baleful aura was like a poison, rapidly devouring the Heaven Devouring Void, trying to cover it up. "Kid, the baleful aura here isn't simple.
"Brat, the baleful energy here isn't simple," the wretch-devil said. "It must have been left behind by Shroud-Heaven when he was at his peak. My current level of baleful energy can't devour it, and as time passes, it'll be blocked. Once it's blocked, the curse seal will suck away your quintessence-blood and seal you here. That way, you'll be restricted by the curse. Time is of the essence. Shroud-Heaven's baleful energy can't be used as a curse. There must be some other power here."
Qin Shi nodded. He also realized that the pond was extraordinary.
The pond was much larger than it looked from the outside. There seemed to be overlapping spaces inside, and it was at least ten thousand meters wide. At this moment, Qin Shi quickly circled around the pond, but he didn't find anything strange. Finally, Qin Shi stopped in front of a vine. At the end of the vine, there was a translucent pearl that looked like a devil's claw, like an eagle's claw. There was a drop of blood essence in the pearl, and it looked like it was made of amber.
Qin Shi calmed himself down and said, "Since it's not the baleful aura, the problem should be in these vines. Just now, Senior Long said that as long as we can extract the blood essence of the Long Clan, we can remove the curse. Let me try and see if I can cut these vines."
As soon as Qin Shi finished speaking, he waved his arm, and a sharp eight-edged sword appeared. Since he knew that this place was extraordinary, Qin Shi didn't hold back, and directly used the Dazzling Divine Sword. Qin Shi raised the divine sword in front of his chest, and his other finger swept across the blade. He chanted a spell, "Eight-Edged Sword Dao!"
Bang!
Eight different beams of light shot out from the Dazzling Light Divine Sword. Every single beam of light contained a rare and unusual energy. The eight weapons embedded in the Dazzling Light Divine Sword also flickered with a bright light. The eight beams of light instantly gathered and fused, forming a sharp sword light that slashed down at the strange vine in the sky.
Boom!
With a loud sound, the sword light slashed at the vine. However, not only was the vine not damaged at all, an extremely ferocious power suddenly surged from the vine. Like a cannonball, it suddenly shot towards Qin Shi. The power of the cannonball was actually comparable to a full-powered attack from an advanced World realm expert. Qin Shi was slightly startled at this moment. His body rapidly retreated a few steps, but even so, he was unable to completely dodge it. His chest was still heavily injured by the cannonball, causing the five flavors in his body to surge out. If it was not for the fact that he forcefully held back from opening his mouth, the blood that had surged into his mouth would have spurted out.
"Kid, swallow it!
Otherwise, your Essence Blood will be exposed, and you'll be cursed by this place! "the demon shouted.
Qin Shi clenched his fists and swallowed the blood back into his stomach. At this moment, his black eyes were solemn as he looked at the vines. The Dazzling Divine Sword's all-out attack was something that even a Perfected World Realm expert had to be wary of. But the vines were unharmed, and they easily blocked it?
Moreover, they could even fight back. Qin Shi had only experienced this kind of power from the Third Hall Master.
"These vines have the power of a Transcendent Realm expert?"
"They shouldn't be Transcendent Realm experts. Kid, look over there!" At this moment, the demon suddenly raised its eyes.
Qin Shi was startled for a moment. Immediately, he followed the direction of the gaze and looked over. His gaze finally landed on the place where the roots of the vines intersected. It was the skull that was suspended in the air above the deep pool. Qin Shi narrowed his eyes. His attack just now had actually caused a strange light to flicker within the skull. Qin Shi asked, "Is it that skull?"
"Yes, kid, come closer. I think I know what's going on!" the demon suddenly said.
Qin Shi nodded his head and leaped into the air. He slowly approached the skeleton. When he got close to the skeleton, the Evil Devil spread its baleful aura and slowly came into contact with the skeleton. Following which, the skeleton exploded with rage. The Evil Devil narrowed its eyes. After feeling the power, it said with certainty, "I know. It's the curse imprint of the Bone Ancient Vine!"
"Ancient Bone Vines?
What's that? "
"The Ancient Bone Vines are a kind of deadly poison. It's a kind of plant that grows on the bones of skeletons. This kind of plant has an extremely powerful contract power. It's a kind of power that can connect a person's soul to heaven and earth. Once you're controlled by the contract power of the Ancient Bone Vines, and if you go beyond the scope of the contract, you'll suffer the divine punishment of heaven and earth. In the past, Zhe Tian cultivated many Ancient Bone Vines, and he even used his own blood to nourish them. I just didn't expect it to be used here!"
Qin Shi narrowed his eyes, "Is there a way to break it?"
"The way to break it is to break the Ancient Bone Vines. It's the same method you used just now. However, the Ancient Bone Vines have fused with Zhe Tian's blood. Just now, when you used the Dazzling Divine Sword, it was weakened by Zhe Tian's baleful aura. Just now, the light bullet that shot out was also Zhe Tian's power," the demon said.
"Zhe Tian's power?" Qin Shi's expression became slightly solemn.
"Yes. With our current situation, we can't break this power."
"Is there no other way?"
"It's not that there isn't, but I'm not very confident. In a moment, I'll use the Devouring Heavens Void to temporarily seal the Zhe Tian's baleful aura. However, you only have a very short time. You must break the Ancient Bone Vines within this time," the demon said.
"How long do I have?"
"Half an incense stick's time."
"Only half an incense stick's time?"
Qin Shi was startled. This amount of time was a little too tight. Even without the help of Zhe Tian's strength, this Skeleton Ancient Vine still possessed an extremely strong defence. Wanting to completely destroy it within half an incense stick of time was as difficult as ascending to the heavens for the current him.
"Do you want to give it a try?" The demon saw through Qin Shi's concerns and asked.
After a brief pondering, Qin Shi finally nodded his head. No matter what, he had to give it a try. Seeing Qin Shi nod his head, the demon agreed. Shortly after, it said, "Little fellow, regardless of the result, you and I must leave this place in half an incense stick's time. Otherwise, without the protection of the Devouring Heavens Void, we won't be able to escape once we fall into the Zhe Tian's power. Even I can't do anything about it."
Qin Shi nodded his head. Only then did the demon slowly separate itself from Qin Shi. However, it was not in a hurry to use the power of the void. It seemed to be giving Qin Shi time to prepare. Qin Shi's hand seals changed continuously. After a few martial arts had fallen on his body, Qin Shi took a deep breath and nodded his head at the demon. His hands tightly grasped the Dazzling Divine Sword as he stared at the Ancient Bone Vines in the middle of the Ancient Bone Vines.
After receiving Qin Shi's signal, the demon finally opened its arms. The Nine-eyed Black Qilin's ferocious appearance gave off a boundless domineering aura. Following that, a mysterious Soul Pearl was spat out from the Devouring Heavens Void. Qin Shi knew that it was the demon soul of the demon. He did not expect that with the demon's strength, it would need to use the demon soul to suppress Zhe Tian.
This was the first time Qin Shi had seen the Nefarious Devil unleash its full strength. A gigantic illusory figure that seemed to be able to devour the heavens and devour the earth rapidly extended from his shadow. That tremendous power caused Qin Shi to tremble in fear. However, the more it was like this, the greater the pressure in Qin Shi's heart became. If the Nefarious Devil was already so powerful, just how powerful would Zhe Tian be at his peak?
It was an incomparably difficult path for him to go against the Ancient Bone Vines.
When the shadow of Devouring Heavens spread out, it instantly formed two extremes with the Void that originally covered the sky. It was as if heaven and earth had been divided into two. A gap appeared in the middle, causing the two powers to lose their effect. At this moment, the demon hurriedly shouted, "Brat, now!"
Qin Shi could feel the Void that covered the sky in the deep pool suddenly stiffen. Qin Shi leaped into the sky and the veins on his arms bulged. He shouted with all his strength and transferred the Spiritual Energy in his body to his palms. From his palms, it took form and fused into the Dazzling Divine Sword. Fuse into one?
A D-shaped sword light appeared and a golden ocean surged under Qin Shi's feet. The Three Lives Zen Sea circulated. Then, with the two extremes of martial arts that Qin Shi had used, a huge force fiercely chopped down on the Ancient Bone Vines.
Bang!
There was a loud sound. Surprisingly, the Ancient Bone Vines didn't suffer any backlash this time. It was obvious that the Devouring Heavens power of the demon had neutralized it. At this moment, Qin Shi stared unblinkingly at the two powers that penetrated into the Ancient Bone Vines. He was filled with anticipation. He had to succeed. He only had this one chance. Crack!
Suddenly, there was a soft cracking sound. Fine cracks appeared on the Ancient Bone Vines. This surprised Qin Shi.
But unexpectedly, the crack was only an inch wide and couldn't extend any further. At this moment, Qin Shi's black eyes became extremely gloomy. "Could it be that it still doesn't work?"
"Kid, don't bother with the skeletal vines. With your current strength, you won't be able to completely remove the curse. First, break the vines. The blood in the vines seems to be resonating with your blood. It's breaking the curse from the inside. Remove as much as you can, we don't have much time left!" said the evil spirit.
Qin Shi was taken aback. At this moment, he abruptly spun around, only to see the blood essence within one of the vines flickering with an eerie light. It was actually attracted to Qin Shi. Qin Shi was taken aback at first, but when the yin and yang energy in his dantian began to circulate, he exclaimed in shock, "That blood essence, is that Long Qi's blood essence?
No wonder it resonated with my blood. That time of intercourse seemed to have caused the Yin Yang Force in our bodies to fuse together. "
Thinking of this, Qin Shi didn't waste any more words. He waved his hand and slashed out with his sword. The sword light directly pierced through the amber in front of the vine. The amber instantly shattered and the blood essence inside dripped onto Qin Shi's palm. Like a docile little lamb, it quietly lay on Qin Shi's palm. After removing Long Qi's curse, Qin Shi turned his gaze to the two ancient vines. From the two vines, Qin Shi similarly felt a sense of familiarity. It was the dragon seal and Long Yi's.