After discovering Luo Xiu's intentions, Lan Zixuan finally realized the seriousness of the problem. In particular, the two of them had underestimated Luo Xiu's strength. Even though Luo Xiu seemed to have some problems with his body, the powerful strength he displayed wasn't something that the two of them could deal with together. Therefore, in order to prevent the two of them from being killed at the same time and preventing them from spreading the news, Lan Zixuan could only stall Luo Xiu by himself and let his sister escape first.
Although doing so would almost certainly result in death, he had no other choice but to take the risk. For him, this was a choice that he had no other choice!
While speaking, he raised his hands and a long sword with a blue flood dragon engraved on it appeared in one hand. The long sword in his other hand was also flickering with a strange blue flame-like light.
Then, he gritted his teeth and waved his hands. The two flying swords immediately shot out from his hands. The surface of the long swords flashed with blue light and transformed into a blue and white flood dragon that was a hundred feet long. It spat out a blue dragon's breath that covered the sky and attacked Luo Xiu.
The dragon's breath was mixed with pieces of sword qi in the shape of white ice crystals. They formed a vortex and collided violently with each other, producing dense rumbling sounds like rain. The vortex formed by the powerful sword qi torrent was like a tornado that tore the surrounding space apart. Wherever the dragon's breath passed, the void trembled. The powerful destructive power was earth-shattering. Everything along the way was stirred up and instantly torn into pieces by the powerful sword qi vortex.
At the same time, the torrent of sword qi revolved and retracted, and an enormous sword qi leaped out from it. It transformed into an endless amount of sword qi that swept down towards Luo Xiu, and everywhere it passed, space was torn apart.
The area covered by the sword qi torrent was extremely terrifying, almost blocking all directions ahead. The originally dry and scorching environment had also caused the temperature to drop rapidly due to the ice-blue sword qi dancing in the sky, making Luo Xiu feel as though he was in an ice-cold winter.
At that moment, Lan Simu shook her head upon witnessing her big brother's all-out outburst that almost overdrew his life force as though she couldn't accept the current situation. She stood there blankly with tears welling up in her eyes and her lips trembling. But when she saw that Luo Xiu was about to rush out, she turned around and fled fiercely in order to prevent herself from doing anything foolish.
At the same time, it was a completely different scene for Luo Xiu at this moment. When he saw the Sword Qi torrent that was surging towards him, his face turned pale with fright. His figure that was flying at high speed instantly stopped. Subsequently, he raised the strength in his entire body and punched towards the Sword Qi that filled the sky with his full strength.
Luo Xiu's fist wind crisscrossed like a sharp arrow, wrapping the yellow sand in the sky as well as the endless energy of heaven and earth as it collided with Lan Zixuan's all-out attack. The moment the blue sword qi and the enormous fist collided, a terrifying shockwave instantly swept across the entire area. The yellow sand in the sky seemed to be pulled by some kind of special force and violently formed a spiral-shaped tornado in the air. However, as this tornado was formed by two different forces, it strangely disintegrated and disappeared as soon as it appeared. The two forces could be said to be equally matched.
At that moment, a hundred meters away from Luo Xiu, Lan Zixuan's two flying swords were caught by Luo Xiu's energy hand. No matter how the two swords flickered and struggled, they couldn't break free. But Luo Xiu wasn't happy about this at all because he couldn't sense Lan Zixuan's location in his soul. No matter how hard he tried to search, Lan Zixuan's figure disappeared in front of him.
Luo Xiu couldn't help but feel disbelief when he saw this. After all, he'd been trying his best to pay attention to everything in the surroundings in order to prevent Lan Zixuan from taking advantage of the chaos to escape. However, he didn't notice any spatial ripples. However, Lan Zixuan's strange disappearance left Luo Xiu puzzled. He couldn't help but frown as he formed a seal and beckoned towards the two flying swords.
Luo Xiu completed the hand seal and a light suddenly flashed. It wrapped around the two flying swords and shot them back into his ring. Then, spatial fluctuations appeared around Luo Xiu, followed by a flash of light from the Boundary Compass. Luo Xiu disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already deeper into the Demon Subduing Pagoda's second floor. He had a hunch that he would be able to find Lan Zixuan deeper in.
But at this moment, the void in front of him suddenly trembled, and a thunderous rumbling sound was heard.
Fissures appeared in the void, densely covering every part of it. Then, countless Sword Qi gushed out and once again flooded towards Luo Xiu. Lan Zixuan seemed to know that Luo Xiu was still chasing after him. While he was escaping, he had arranged a method to obstruct him in advance.
Luo Xiu couldn't help but feel annoyed. Obstructed by these Sword Qi, his flying speed was unavoidably affected. For example, right now, he felt like he was in the middle of a raging wave.
His flying figure stopped abruptly and shot backwards. He couldn't help but frown. The surface of his body flickered, and he stopped like a nail.
However, before Luo Xiu could react, the endless Sword Qi in the surroundings actually gathered towards him at a strange speed. In the blink of an eye, it formed an icy-blue sword domain that was several hundred meters in size.
Sword Qi and sword-light surged in the sword domain. Powerful ripples of the law of water rippled within, and the icy-blue world formed by the Sword Qi pressed towards Luo Xiu from all directions.
Even the power of space on the second floor of the pagoda was enveloped by the icy-blue sword domain, pressing down on him as well. Even with the strength of Luo Xiu's body, he found it difficult to move for a moment.
However, Luo Xiu's body was extremely powerful right now. Tempered by the Divine Body Refining Technique, it only took him a few breaths to adapt to the surrounding pressure and recover his mobility. Then, a ruthless glint flashed through Luo Xiu's eyes, and he rapidly formed hand seals with his hands.
At the same time, a black light flashed between his eyebrows, and a spiral of golden light shot out. This spiral of golden light was half illusory and half real. It wasn't affected by the pressure of the icy-blue sword domain, and rapidly entered the void ahead.
Then, with a "huala" sound, a bound figure was dragged out of the void. It was Lan Zixuan.
However, Lan Zixuan's current appearance was rather miserable. His body was flickering with an exceptionally dazzling icy-blue sword-light, as if his entire body was burning. There were also extremely powerful ripples of the law of water surging within him.
Seeing this, Luo Xiu's eyes flashed with understanding.
Originally, Luo Xiu was curious about how Lan Zixuan could suddenly erupt with such a powerful attack.
Now that he saw Lan Zixuan's current state, he couldn't help but laugh. It was obvious that Lan Zixuan was in his normal state. It turned out that in order to stop Luo Xiu from continuing to pursue the siblings, he had actually used a secret technique. Moreover, it was a secret technique that overdrew his potential. Now that the secret technique's time was up and he was in such a miserable state, it was no wonder he could suddenly erupt with such a powerful strength.
At the same time, although Luo Xiu was thinking this, he didn't hesitate in the slightest. He immediately formed hand seals with both hands and waved.
As the power of the law of time flickered, countless golden ripples swarmed out, instantly enveloping an area of three thousand meters in radius, and completely enveloping the icy-blue sword domain world.
In front of the powerful law of time, the surrounding blue light sphere immediately stopped. Just as Lan Zixuan was about to break free from the shackles of his Soul Strength, the golden ripples of the law of time had completely enveloped the icy-blue sword domain. Lan Zixuan was trapped inside and couldn't move at all.
At the same time, the blue light gushing out of the void nearby stopped, and the surroundings quickly returned to normal.
Luo Xiu moved and easily flew out of the icy-blue sword domain. With a sway, he appeared in front of Lan Zixuan. He extended his right hand and pressed his five fingers on Lan Yuanzi's head. Just as he was about to pinch down, he stopped.
He raised his eyes and glanced in the direction Lan Yan had fled in, then looked at Lan Zixuan in his hand. His various previous encounters surfaced in his mind. He sighed helplessly and raised his hand to slap Lan Zixuan's lower abdomen, where his Dantian was located.
Immediately, the power of the five elements mixed with the power of the law of time gushed out from his palm. With a spin, it condensed into a Five Elements Lock, which directly entered Lan Zixuan's body and completely sealed him.
Next, Luo Xiu took Lan Zixuan's storage ring and used his Spiritual Force to check every part of his body. When he didn't find anything hidden, he made a hand seal and withdrew the domain of the law of time. The surrounding golden ripples disappeared.
The sword intent and the power of the law of water on the surface of Lan Zixuan's body quickly dissipated like snow under the scorching sun. There was no longer a trace of law fluctuation on his body as he fell down.
Luo Xiu stood in the void and reached out with his hand. He grabbed Lan Zixuan and slowly landed on the ground.
He then scanned the entire world with his Spiritual Force and shook his head helplessly. At that moment, Lan Simu had already escaped the detection range of his Spiritual Force. She had disappeared without a trace. Although there were still remnants of her aura, Luo Xiu understood that there wasn't much hope of catching up to her when he looked at the person in front of him.
Moreover, although this place didn't seem to be dangerous, Luo Xiu was faintly alarmed. This discovery also made Luo Xiu stop rashly chasing after her.
"So it really was you who obtained the inheritance here. What a powerful seal. No wonder you dared to directly put the two of us together!
With such a powerful inheritance, the Old Man didn't lose unjustly this time. I admit defeat for being able to escape the joint pursuit of the Li family and the Tianshan Sect. "
Lan Zixuan looked around and realized his current situation. At the same time, he understood that his sister had successfully escaped. He couldn't help but chuckle.
Luo Xiu looked at Lan Zixuan and said leisurely, "You're quite carefree. You can still laugh in this situation. Aren't you afraid that this Young Master will kill you? You should know that I don't have a good impression of your Li family."
"Hehe, the winner is king, and the loser is a bandit. My life is now in your hands. Regardless of whether I cry or laugh, I believe it won't affect your judgment. Since that's the case, I'd rather find joy in the midst of misery," Lan Zixuan said carefreely.
"Since you know yourself, then I have a few questions for you to answer. If you don't want me to search your soul, then answer honestly. Otherwise, this Young Master will have to do it."
Luo Xiu couldn't help but have a higher opinion of Lan Zixuan at this moment. At the same time, he had a good impression of Lan Zixuan. However, he didn't show it on his face and continued to speak in a cold tone.
"Hehe, go ahead and ask!
If I can answer, I will answer! "Lan Zixuan appeared extremely calm. He immediately nodded and cooperated with Luo Xiu.
"I want to know, when did you and your sister discover my true identity?
Also, is it just the two of you this time, or did someone else come to the secret realm to find me? "Luo Xiu wore a curious expression and earnestly looked at Lan Zixuan." It's just the two of us.
"It's just the two of us. Actually, we only came in because of the family head's orders. We came to the secret realm to fight for Tian Yuanzi's inheritance. As for meeting Mister Luo, that was just an accident. After that, we planned to deal with you first, then think of a way to fight for the inheritance here. However, we didn't expect that the inheritance had already been taken by you. We underestimated your strength, which led to the current situation. Also, we thought of a way to find you and obtain the spatial Spirit Treasure that can transport you." Lan Zixuan didn't hesitate at all and immediately answered Luo Xiu's question.
When Luo Xiu heard this, he couldn't help but feel his heart tremble. The Boundary Compass had always been his deepest secret. Apart from the system in his mind, no one else knew of it. Now, it seemed that the Li Clan had found out about this secret through some means. This also meant that he couldn't continue to hide it.
"Boundary Compass?
How did you know that it was on me? "Han Li asked after a moment of silence.
Lan Zixuan shook his head and said, "I'm not very clear about this. I heard that I learned of it from a disciple of a clan. This reason should be related to a major matter of the clan, a great secret that has been passed down for tens of thousands of years. As for what exactly it is, I've only heard that it should be related to the Immortal Realm of Creation!"
"Immortal Realm of Creation?!"
Luo Xiu's eyes flashed when he heard this. The legend of the Immortal Realm of Creation surfaced in his mind, and he inwardly thought that it was no wonder.
If it was truly for the sake of entering the Immortal Realm of Creation, then the Li Clan's scheme to seize his Innate Spirit Treasure that could be used for transportation wasn't suspicious. More importantly, Luo Xiu knew that his conjecture was likely incomplete. In particular, the person in front of him was evading his gaze. It was clear that Lan Zixuan wasn't telling the truth.
"Then, apart from you and your sister, did the Li Clan send anyone else?" Luo Xiu had some thoughts in his mind, so he continued to ask.
Lan Zixuan bitterly smiled and helplessly said, "No. Because the Clan Head was being monitored, he only sent the two of us. Originally, we thought that with the two of us joining forces, our strength would be comparable to a Martial Monarch and would be enough to defeat Fellow Daoist. I didn't expect that your esteemed self's strength would be so great. Even with the two of us joining forces, we simply aren't a match for you."
When Luo Xiu heard this, he inwardly relaxed and asked Lan Zixuan a few more questions. Lan Zixuan didn't hesitate in the slightest and honestly answered all of them without the slightest hesitation.