Chapter 178 Blackbird
Chapter 179 Blackbird
"We're here."
The servant's clear female voice came from the front, breaking the suffocating silence in the long corridor, and dispelling the panic and distracting thoughts that kept growing in Xu Yue's heart.
The silence was broken, and Xu Yue also broke away from the strange perception of being detached from the world before. He looked around and found that he had followed the servant to the end of the corridor without realizing it. Looking around, a vast and boundless mountain belly space appeared in his vision.
The huge cavity seemed to have completely hollowed out the entire Hidden Mountain Range. At a glance, the specific boundaries of the mountain belly space could not be seen. Only the deep and sticky darkness blocked the end of the sight.
The top of the mountain belly was a magnificent dome composed of countless radioactive ores, projecting small and long dots of light, like a mysterious sea of stars in the night sky, gorgeous and dazzling.
In the belly of the mountain, most of the space was shrouded in darkness. The few places illuminated by fire were stone platforms with fire around the edges, scattered irregularly in the space, in a staggered shape.
These stone platforms were mainly supported by giant rock pillars below, and there was no passage connecting them. In this dim space, it looked empty and lonely.
Apart from these scattered stone platforms, the only man-made building in the belly of the mountain was the wide staircase in front of Xu Yue.
The stairs spread upward layer by layer until they reached the widest and tallest platform at the top. This was a magnificent mountain road built in the belly of the mountain. Along the way, there were densely packed purple torches on both sides, swaying with enchanting flames.
"The top of the stairs is where the leader is, but next there will be a shadow assassin to give you a simple test. After passing it, you can continue to move forward."
After leaving the corridor, the servant stopped moving forward and turned to instruct Xu Yue behind him.
"Oh, what does it take to pass?" Xu Yue looked at the servant who was facing him. His eyes slowly began to overflow with a seductive purple color under the influence of the surrounding purple torches. "Kill him?"
"You are joking, the organization is not allowed to kill each other, just stay undefeated."
After that, the servant's demon mask paused for a moment in Xu Yue's eyes, and then he left first. His figure flashed several times on the stairs and soon disappeared.
At the entrance of the corridor, Xu Yue looked up along the servant's back, and saw a black shadow spread its huge wings and jumped down from the high platform at the end of the stairs.
The whistling sound approached quickly from the top of his head, and with it came a chilling murderous intent.
"You killed the white bird and destroyed the entire Feiniaomen?"
A cold questioning voice fell from above, and Xu Yue looked up. In the air was a man with wings fluttering behind him and a cross of white cloth covering his eyes.
The two-foot-long Fang Tian Hua Ji quietly emerged in his hand. Xu Yue's eyes swept over the black wings behind the man, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly.
"Black Bird?"
"Why? Come to thank you for the revenge of destroying your clan before?"
Xu Yue's tone was a little sarcastic. Back then, the Black Bird clan was completely destroyed by the White Bird clan, and Black Bird was expelled from the Feiniao Sect after being seriously injured. Logically, he should hate White Bird and the entire Feiniao Sect.
But from the fact that the Feiniao Sect has declined to this point, Black Bird has never come to cause trouble. It can be seen that he still has some feelings for the sect that taught him.
Otherwise, it would not be Xu Yue's turn to destroy the Feiniao Sect. If Black Bird really wanted to take revenge, the current Feiniao Sect would definitely not be Black Bird's opponent.
Even if White Bird did not choose to retreat, but guarded the sect, Black Bird, who has become one of the shadow assassins, has too many ways to deal with this sect that has long lost its former glory.
"Thank you?" As he spoke, a thorny black dragon whip was thrown out from Blackbird's hand and attacked Xu Yue below.
"I will thank you very much!"
"Snap!"
The black whip shadow fell from the top of his head, but Xu Yue dodged it sideways. The long whip hit the ground and exploded with a bang. When the whip shadow was recovered, a very deep groove appeared on the spot. Blackbird did not come here just for the assessment this time.
Glancing at the whip mark on the ground that was nearly half a meter deep, Xu Yue's eyes drooped slightly. With just this one attack, Blackbird's strength attribute was no less than 30 points, but the speed of the attack was not too fast, still within his reaction speed.
Moving his sight away from the whip marks, he looked at the black whip that was constantly coiling on the metal arm armor on Black Bird's right hand, and whispered:
"I remember you were defeated by White Bird? This speed is indeed worse than his."
After Xu Yue uttered the word "White Bird", the murderous intent above became more turbulent, and a trace of red lightning appeared on the black dragon whip. Black Bird's upper and lower lips split, revealing white sharp teeth.
"Very good!"
The cold words were torn apart by the wind. When they reached Xu Yue's ears, a black shadow had appeared behind him at the same time, and the long whip flashing with red lightning also silently wrapped around his neck, and then suddenly tightened.
Sensing that the long whip in his hand had caught the target, a trace of cruelty flashed in Black Bird's eyes covered by the cloth strips, and the wings behind him flapped violently, and he immediately soared into the sky.
Although he was unable to see the whole process of the other party killing White Bird with his own eyes, from Manjusaka's simple description, this person did not have a particularly flexible flying ability.
Therefore, as long as they could bring him to a point in the air where he couldn't use any leverage, the black bird would be able to completely destroy him.
"Bang!"
The Thunder Dragon Whip in his hand was stretched straight in an instant, and the figure of Black Bird rushing up also stopped. The unshakable weight came from the long whip. At this moment, Black Bird felt that he wanted to pull not a human, but the land under his feet that carried everything.
‘Impossible, how could he resist so quickly by pulling from the back. ’
Suspicion arose in his mind, and Black Bird looked back at the end of the long whip in disbelief, only to see that Xu Yue below had turned silver at some point, and the end of the Black Dragon Whip was still tied firmly to the opponent's neck. The whip body extended from the back of the neck to his hand, stretched straight by two forces, but it did not have any effect on the target.
The long whip did not encounter any obstacles along the way, and the opponent still maintained a standing posture, but just like this, he could not pull it at all.
In a daze, golden-red flames ignited from Xu Yue's body and quickly spread along the long whip tied to his neck. The red electric light on the long whip was also instantly swallowed up in the boiling flames.
In a moment, the flames had spread from the tail of the whip to the handle of the long whip in Black Bird's hand, and even had a tendency to continue spreading along the metal arm armor.
The long-lost tingling sensation came from his right hand. Black Bird waved his hand to disperse the pure Yangyan on the arm armor. Looking at the wisps of black air spreading from his right hand, the emotion in his eyes quickly changed from horror to fierceness.
Since Black Bird's skill was perfected, he has not felt the touch of pain for many years, but this kind of flame, even if it is only touched a little, can make his arm sting and his true energy overflow.
Undoubtedly, this thing is very restraining to him, and even has the ability to burn him to death. Thinking of this, Black Bird's original plan to just cripple Xu Yue has changed to killing him directly.
As for the rules, the other party has not yet become a shadow assassin, and the leader will not make too much trouble for him for a dead person.
For the leader, except for the top seven shadow assassins, the other so-called ranking assassins are tools that can be replaced at any time.
Even shadow assassins are just more advanced and precious tools.
Tearing open the clothes on his chest, Blackbird revealed a huge cavity in his abdomen, which was filled not with flesh and blood, but with a bunch of twisted strange substances.
Under the erosion and transformation of the skills for many years, Blackbird and the human species have gradually deviated. The rich black color spread out from the cavity in his abdomen, tightly wrapping his whole body. His ten slender fingers turned into sharp claws, and his lower body disappeared, leaving only the remnant of black robes. Even his voice became hoarse and terrifying. The red light in his all-black eyes stared at Xu Yue below him, and Blackbird said:
"What is the name of this flame?"
"Pure Yangyan."
Looking at the blackbird above that had turned into a devil, Xu Yue's whole body began to wrap around raging flames. The fine scales under his combat boots retracted, and pieces of metal plates flew out of the space and spread all over his body. This tactic was prepared for the white bird before, but it was a pity that the white bird was too fast and could not be used. However, it was just right to use it against the black bird.
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"Blackbird turned on the devil form as soon as he met Xu Yue. He looks very serious."
In the shadow hall in the belly of the mountain, Manjushage looked at the two people confronting each other in the light curtain, with an excited look on his face.
The bloody figure on the opposite side glanced at Manjushage who spoke, and then cast his eyes on the light curtain, looking at the golden red flames wrapped around Xu Yue, with a trace of blood in his eyes.
Every time he saw this kind of flame, he felt sincere disgust and a faint... fear.
The blood in his eyes dissipated, and his lips under the scarf split open, revealing the blood-red fangs inside. He spoke faintly:
"Since both sides have started to get serious, if someone is accidentally killed, it will be bad to break the rules. I will be the judge."
As soon as the voice fell, a woman's sneer came from the left front. The bloody figure's face turned black, but he didn't intend to pay attention. But as soon as he stepped out of the line, a long sword with a green glow passed in front of him, and the thin knife mark stopped him from taking the step.
"Chiya, your ability is not suitable for being a judge, so I'll go!"
"Qingfeng, you..."
The man's clear voice came from the left. Chiya, who was covered in blood, turned his head suddenly and looked at the green figure with two swords on his waist on the left, with a fierce light in his eyes.
Ignoring Chiya's fierce eyes, Qingfeng drew out the two swords on his waist, and transformed into two green phoenixes, supporting him to fly down the platform.
Opposite the two, a white figure wearing a bamboo hat witnessed the whole farce. After lingering on Chiya and Qingfeng's backs, his eyes finally turned to the two people fighting fiercely in the light curtain, and his fox-like eyes narrowed slightly.
"It seems that our newcomer who is about to join is very popular."