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Chapter 750
When the words fell, I saw that the two hands of the cage began to form seals like flying, and like flowing water flowing clouds, waves of coercion emerged from nowhere and permeated the world, one, two, three... It has been twenty years since I thought about it. Surplus shares!
At the same time, a layer of blood marks was added to the thunder marks on his forehead, and the source of coercion came from this. Even if the blood marks were related to Ming Qi's slavery relationship without blood marks, they could be transferred to others. At this moment, the cage's forehead was Received the blood marks of more than twenty servants.
As soon as the red light flashed out, it immediately turned into 22 blood streaks, and 22 people appeared at the same time as the division appeared.
Seventeen days of attack came, and in a blink of an eye, these 22 people rushed out of the same cage, only 23 people coerced, distorted the sky, and severely injured more than half of the thousands of sages.
The 22 people are in the upper middle of the hundred places, generally have the strength of the fourth rank, and the fifth rank is also there.
On the contrary, the 17 members of Bu Zong gritted their teeth and came forward one after another. However, not only the number of people, but also the strength was hugely different from each other.
Stepping on a thunder dragon with a cage foot, as if stepping on a thunder and lightning, suddenly appeared in front of Bu Zong's lord, pointing straight away with one finger, the whole finger turned into a blue thunder.
The master of Bu Zong only felt numbness in his face, and the burst of thunder had come, but he didn't dare to force it, so he immediately used the skill of Bu Zong's fame.His feet trembled in the sky, and he retreated tens of miles suddenly, which was a technique of shrinking the ground into an inch.
Not only that, his body swayed immediately, flickering from side to side, he could hardly see his body, and he could use it vertically and horizontally by shrinking the ground into an inch, and there was no pause between the movements, which shows that he has achieved a lot in this step.
However, the cage is definitely not something that can be resisted by footwork, Thunder Dragon's body disperses into countless Thunder Snakes and gathers at his feet, and he swings away with one step, which is more than several times faster than his opponent.
In a flash, he walked away against the thunder, and rushed in front of the Buzong suzerain almost in a single thought. At the same time, an electric spark gathered behind him, and ten thunder swords were condensed.
Patriarch Bu Zong was very shocked, and as soon as he touched the long sword in his hand, a large gust of wind blew out, and it was about to shatter a large area of space.But these ten thunder swords not only kept shooting through the wind, even the strong wind was submerged by electric sparks, just like the wind was also eroded by thunder.
The opponent was already terrified, and when the beast soul was thrown out with the next sword, the ten thunder swords made a thunderous sound, and endless thunder power was released from the tip of the sword. The sword body shattered into countless fragments, and the body of the beast soul exploded at the same time.
Ten swords seemed irresistible, the master of Bu Zong threw the sword and just fled ten miles away, the sword went, the thunder went away, and it was swallowed up by a hundred miles of thunder.
A thunder tongue rushed out from the palm of the cage and submerged into the thunder ball. With both hands pressed, the thunder ball came back and swallowed thousands of people.
Thousands of spears were terrified, and they blasted out one after another, but seeing the thunder ball exploded, countless thunder tongues instantly engulfed thousands of miles of heaven and earth, and there were countless thunder lights, almost everywhere.
Thousands of people were covered with blood mist, and after one breath, only a large piece of blood mist remained in the sky, and the cage opened his mouth to swallow, and all the blood mist gathered together, and he swallowed it in one gulp.
Under the cover of lightning, the 16 people lost the opportunity to resist more quickly, but seeing 22 people killed eight or nine people, leaving seven people behind, and the blood marks on the foreheads of seven of them flew up and evolved into another identical blood mark, which were printed on the On the forehead of seven people.
Ming Qi had already separated some energy from his body and injected it into these servants. Although these energy were Ming Qi's servants, they were also wise. After being taught the purpose of blood seal by Ming Qi, they used it for the first time today.
After struggling and resisting for a while, the seven people who were marked with blood patterns gradually calmed down, and respectfully called "Master" to the sky
At this moment, Ming Qi was walking out of the sky, nodding his head, a lot of capable lands had already traveled thousands of miles, he said, "Go home."
29 The blood mark on the servant's forehead flashed, sinking into the forehead, the two moved, and there was only a trace of fighting in the sky.
Back in the Nether Forbidden Mansion, the two of Breaking Bing also returned one after another. The two of them took a dozen servants with them, and it was extremely simple to destroy the weak sect.
"Take a rest for two days, and then make plans." Ming Qi left a sentence and walked straight into the house.
After closing the door, he sat quietly on the ground next to the burnt corpse, his eyes getting more and more thoughtful.
"It will take too long to destroy one by one, and I am afraid that there will be too many changes, and I don't know what the background of Mengzong is. Now it seems that I need to make a layout."
"Perhaps, the range of the blood seal increases with the growth of my strength. With my current strength, [-] miles is the limit, but if the seal in the body is released, about [-] miles is the limit. No matter how tall the body is, it will not be able to bear it. [-] miles Inside, there are three noteworthy cases, one ranked third, one ranked fifth, and one ranked ninth."
"It is extremely difficult to fight against these three sects at the same time, but the current form, with the arrogant nature of these sects, is not enough to form an alliance.
I need to destroy about half of the affiliated forces of Mengzong, and the other half will definitely feel the crisis, and the alliance must be inevitable.
Although this is very good, it is extremely dangerous, especially this first step. With the number of people I have now, I want to destroy this half of the forces first, and it is quite difficult for myself not to be traumatized.Only by relying on the blood seal, so even if the lost part of my subordinates can be replenished, but now the energy essence and blood in my body is only enough to enslave more than [-] capable people under the fourth rank, which is also a big obstacle. "
"Moreover, Meng Zong will definitely have a helping hand. I will use the time to lure them. If they are alarmed, the whole plan may collapse!"
"Not only that, although there are only these three sects in the [-] li, it is worth noting that there is no guarantee that other sects [-] li away will not intervene."
"There are three obstacles in my plan this time. The most urgent thing is to solve the deficiency of essence and blood. I have plans to deal with the last two obstacles, but this matter of essence and blood..."
Ming Qixin secretly figured out that although the whole Xuanzhou was not under his control, it was getting closer step by step.
He thought quickly in his mind, and when he sat down, it was late at night, and in the dead silence, he thought to himself, "From now on, the only way to go to Huitianyuan is to go to Nengjie Mountain. The forces behind the opponent."
"Cage~ come to my room for a while."
He called out from the bottom of his heart, and after a while, the cage was outside the door, he pushed the door open and said, "You rarely call me late at night, is there something important?"
Ming started to nod, and the Void Dragon Armor flew out of Neng Jie, and said, "You wear the Void Dragon Armor, go back to the Energy Realm Mountain, and get back the essence and blood of energy as quickly as possible, one hundred energy in three months, is it feasible?"
Cage took over the virtual dragon armor, bowed heavily and knelt down in the tunnel, "Don't dare to brag, only save your life!"
"There is one more thing you can take with you." Ming Qi Nengjie flashed a white light, and a section of the Heavenly Spirit Wood Spiritual Root flew away and fell into the cage's hands.
'Ming Qi' who said very little at first immediately said angrily, "You are crazy, he is just a servant, how precious is the number of heavenly spirit fruit, not to mention a piece of his spiritual root!"
"And remember, the Clan Devouring Seal cannot be opened no matter what. If you really can't complete it, you come back immediately. The power to unseal is once a year. It is extremely precious to you, and it is also extremely important to the final destruction of Mongolia," Ming Weiwei Pay attention to 'Ming Qi''s scolding, and exhort carefully.
After collecting the two items to be able to quit, Long nodded and left, leaving the Nether Forbidden Palace.
After he left, Mingqi's eyes flickered, and he murmured, "If it wasn't for crossing the Heaven Devouring Battlefield and using the power of the Nether Forbidden Palace to cooperate with what I have now, it would not be too difficult to destroy Meng. But, if there is no such thing, the Heaven Devouring Battlefield I must get through this domain!"
"For the matter of destroying Mongolia, my identity can only be my own!"
Suddenly the door slammed softly, and a soft voice came from outside the door, "Come on, can I come in?"
"What's the matter?" Ming got up, covered the burned body in the inner room with a cloth tent, and then opened the door.
The two of them were within three feet, facing each other face to face, Zi Ling couldn't help but look a little crazy, stunned for a moment, her delicate body shook, two blushes rose on her jade face, and said, "I can't sleep at night, seeing the cage late at night Come to your room, want to ask what's the matter?"
Maybe the excuse was quite bad, but at this moment she couldn't restrain the emotional surge that had been suppressed for a long time in her heart, so she came to Mingqi's door.
"If I asked him to do it, it would be late at night after running around all day..."
"Can I come in and sit for a while?" Zi Ling interrupted Ming Qi and said.
Ming Qi exhaled and said, "Come in." The two sat in the room, it was so dark that it was even difficult to see each other's faces clearly.
Outside the house, the dead wood hid behind the beams and pillars, and said sternly, "Ming Qi, good boy, stealing food for fun, no wonder I don't let me touch her, it's a pity that I can't do you, hum."
Sitting like this, Zi Ling didn't know what to say, and most of the words she had planned were full of words, but she couldn't remember them in all likelihood.
"How have you been to Nengjie Mountain for the past few years, can you tell me?" She took a long time to say.
"With your talent, it is useless to tell you now that you will have the opportunity to enter the Heavenly Court in the future."
The atmosphere froze again, Ming recalled his face in the dark but thoughtful, suddenly, as if on pins and needles, Zi Ling got up from the chair and said with a complicated expression, "Do you hate energy beasts?"
Mingqi was silent for a moment, thinking about the identity of the purple spirit and purple monster, and said, "How can I never get tired of it, I can't wait to tear it apart, how can I not hate eating meat and drinking blood?"
Hearing Zi Ling's heart hurt like a knife, he immediately asked "Why, why, why?" three times in a row, almost crying.
Ming Qi's tone was flat and unchanged, and he smiled and said, "Hate is hatred, so don't ask why." Zi Ling seemed to lose most of her heart, and immediately asked, "What about Suzaku and Queen Snake? Aren't they all capable beasts? Because of their faces?" Zi Ling was completely unaware of the release of the originally hidden monster aura.
"You know who I am, and they stay by my side only because they are of great use value to me." Ming Qi sneered, as if he was so cold-blooded and ruthless, and everything could only be used.
"You are worthy of Mingzi. I don't think that Suzaku Snake Queen's cultivation level is too high. How valuable is it for you? You must be deceiving me." She shook her head violently and said to herself, but she slipped .
"How do you know my identity?" Ming Qi pretended to be angry.His Mingqi's identity can be seen in Ziyun's eyes, and it is reasonable to tell Ziling, but at this moment, Mingqi can't say that he already knows her identity.Otherwise, today's words will be seen through by Zi Ling, and Zi Ling will not be able to stop thinking about him.
As he said that, he jumped up and locked Zi Ling's throat tightly, his murderous aura almost burst out if there was no trace of it.
"Hehe, you must have lied to me just now." Seeing Zi Ling smiling, she said to herself.Feeling two drops of moisture on the back of his hand, Ming said coldly, "Suzaku is an ancient spirit beast. Although it has lost its cultivation, it will surely recover in the future. It will be of great use to me. The Queen of Snakes is a born phantom snake. With her help in the glass dreamland in the future, I can I have received a lot of help. Presumably my identity is what you heard from the suzerain, and I will not pursue you this time, besides, you are a member of the Fire Crystal Sect, and my identity will be revealed sooner or later. If you let this go, go out immediately."
After speaking, he raised his hand and threw Zi Ling to the ground. He turned his head and ignored it.
Zi Ling burst into tears immediately, rushed out of the room, closed the door for a long time, and the snake queen appeared in a distraught state, pointing at Ming Qi and cursing, "Ming Qi, what you said just now is true, you You are so ruthless, you...you..."
Ming Qi raised his hand and put down the snake's back hand, saying, "When I caught you, you already knew that I was only using you, why bother to ask?"
She was brave, so she bit her fangs, and the pattern on her right arm appeared, as if an endless force of devouring force spread out, immediately sucking the snake queen back into the pattern, hearing her yelling and struggling, but she couldn't break free from it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
At the same time, a layer of blood marks was added to the thunder marks on his forehead, and the source of coercion came from this. Even if the blood marks were related to Ming Qi's slavery relationship without blood marks, they could be transferred to others. At this moment, the cage's forehead was Received the blood marks of more than twenty servants.
As soon as the red light flashed out, it immediately turned into 22 blood streaks, and 22 people appeared at the same time as the division appeared.
Seventeen days of attack came, and in a blink of an eye, these 22 people rushed out of the same cage, only 23 people coerced, distorted the sky, and severely injured more than half of the thousands of sages.
The 22 people are in the upper middle of the hundred places, generally have the strength of the fourth rank, and the fifth rank is also there.
On the contrary, the 17 members of Bu Zong gritted their teeth and came forward one after another. However, not only the number of people, but also the strength was hugely different from each other.
Stepping on a thunder dragon with a cage foot, as if stepping on a thunder and lightning, suddenly appeared in front of Bu Zong's lord, pointing straight away with one finger, the whole finger turned into a blue thunder.
The master of Bu Zong only felt numbness in his face, and the burst of thunder had come, but he didn't dare to force it, so he immediately used the skill of Bu Zong's fame.His feet trembled in the sky, and he retreated tens of miles suddenly, which was a technique of shrinking the ground into an inch.
Not only that, his body swayed immediately, flickering from side to side, he could hardly see his body, and he could use it vertically and horizontally by shrinking the ground into an inch, and there was no pause between the movements, which shows that he has achieved a lot in this step.
However, the cage is definitely not something that can be resisted by footwork, Thunder Dragon's body disperses into countless Thunder Snakes and gathers at his feet, and he swings away with one step, which is more than several times faster than his opponent.
In a flash, he walked away against the thunder, and rushed in front of the Buzong suzerain almost in a single thought. At the same time, an electric spark gathered behind him, and ten thunder swords were condensed.
Patriarch Bu Zong was very shocked, and as soon as he touched the long sword in his hand, a large gust of wind blew out, and it was about to shatter a large area of space.But these ten thunder swords not only kept shooting through the wind, even the strong wind was submerged by electric sparks, just like the wind was also eroded by thunder.
The opponent was already terrified, and when the beast soul was thrown out with the next sword, the ten thunder swords made a thunderous sound, and endless thunder power was released from the tip of the sword. The sword body shattered into countless fragments, and the body of the beast soul exploded at the same time.
Ten swords seemed irresistible, the master of Bu Zong threw the sword and just fled ten miles away, the sword went, the thunder went away, and it was swallowed up by a hundred miles of thunder.
A thunder tongue rushed out from the palm of the cage and submerged into the thunder ball. With both hands pressed, the thunder ball came back and swallowed thousands of people.
Thousands of spears were terrified, and they blasted out one after another, but seeing the thunder ball exploded, countless thunder tongues instantly engulfed thousands of miles of heaven and earth, and there were countless thunder lights, almost everywhere.
Thousands of people were covered with blood mist, and after one breath, only a large piece of blood mist remained in the sky, and the cage opened his mouth to swallow, and all the blood mist gathered together, and he swallowed it in one gulp.
Under the cover of lightning, the 16 people lost the opportunity to resist more quickly, but seeing 22 people killed eight or nine people, leaving seven people behind, and the blood marks on the foreheads of seven of them flew up and evolved into another identical blood mark, which were printed on the On the forehead of seven people.
Ming Qi had already separated some energy from his body and injected it into these servants. Although these energy were Ming Qi's servants, they were also wise. After being taught the purpose of blood seal by Ming Qi, they used it for the first time today.
After struggling and resisting for a while, the seven people who were marked with blood patterns gradually calmed down, and respectfully called "Master" to the sky
At this moment, Ming Qi was walking out of the sky, nodding his head, a lot of capable lands had already traveled thousands of miles, he said, "Go home."
29 The blood mark on the servant's forehead flashed, sinking into the forehead, the two moved, and there was only a trace of fighting in the sky.
Back in the Nether Forbidden Mansion, the two of Breaking Bing also returned one after another. The two of them took a dozen servants with them, and it was extremely simple to destroy the weak sect.
"Take a rest for two days, and then make plans." Ming Qi left a sentence and walked straight into the house.
After closing the door, he sat quietly on the ground next to the burnt corpse, his eyes getting more and more thoughtful.
"It will take too long to destroy one by one, and I am afraid that there will be too many changes, and I don't know what the background of Mengzong is. Now it seems that I need to make a layout."
"Perhaps, the range of the blood seal increases with the growth of my strength. With my current strength, [-] miles is the limit, but if the seal in the body is released, about [-] miles is the limit. No matter how tall the body is, it will not be able to bear it. [-] miles Inside, there are three noteworthy cases, one ranked third, one ranked fifth, and one ranked ninth."
"It is extremely difficult to fight against these three sects at the same time, but the current form, with the arrogant nature of these sects, is not enough to form an alliance.
I need to destroy about half of the affiliated forces of Mengzong, and the other half will definitely feel the crisis, and the alliance must be inevitable.
Although this is very good, it is extremely dangerous, especially this first step. With the number of people I have now, I want to destroy this half of the forces first, and it is quite difficult for myself not to be traumatized.Only by relying on the blood seal, so even if the lost part of my subordinates can be replenished, but now the energy essence and blood in my body is only enough to enslave more than [-] capable people under the fourth rank, which is also a big obstacle. "
"Moreover, Meng Zong will definitely have a helping hand. I will use the time to lure them. If they are alarmed, the whole plan may collapse!"
"Not only that, although there are only these three sects in the [-] li, it is worth noting that there is no guarantee that other sects [-] li away will not intervene."
"There are three obstacles in my plan this time. The most urgent thing is to solve the deficiency of essence and blood. I have plans to deal with the last two obstacles, but this matter of essence and blood..."
Ming Qixin secretly figured out that although the whole Xuanzhou was not under his control, it was getting closer step by step.
He thought quickly in his mind, and when he sat down, it was late at night, and in the dead silence, he thought to himself, "From now on, the only way to go to Huitianyuan is to go to Nengjie Mountain. The forces behind the opponent."
"Cage~ come to my room for a while."
He called out from the bottom of his heart, and after a while, the cage was outside the door, he pushed the door open and said, "You rarely call me late at night, is there something important?"
Ming started to nod, and the Void Dragon Armor flew out of Neng Jie, and said, "You wear the Void Dragon Armor, go back to the Energy Realm Mountain, and get back the essence and blood of energy as quickly as possible, one hundred energy in three months, is it feasible?"
Cage took over the virtual dragon armor, bowed heavily and knelt down in the tunnel, "Don't dare to brag, only save your life!"
"There is one more thing you can take with you." Ming Qi Nengjie flashed a white light, and a section of the Heavenly Spirit Wood Spiritual Root flew away and fell into the cage's hands.
'Ming Qi' who said very little at first immediately said angrily, "You are crazy, he is just a servant, how precious is the number of heavenly spirit fruit, not to mention a piece of his spiritual root!"
"And remember, the Clan Devouring Seal cannot be opened no matter what. If you really can't complete it, you come back immediately. The power to unseal is once a year. It is extremely precious to you, and it is also extremely important to the final destruction of Mongolia," Ming Weiwei Pay attention to 'Ming Qi''s scolding, and exhort carefully.
After collecting the two items to be able to quit, Long nodded and left, leaving the Nether Forbidden Palace.
After he left, Mingqi's eyes flickered, and he murmured, "If it wasn't for crossing the Heaven Devouring Battlefield and using the power of the Nether Forbidden Palace to cooperate with what I have now, it would not be too difficult to destroy Meng. But, if there is no such thing, the Heaven Devouring Battlefield I must get through this domain!"
"For the matter of destroying Mongolia, my identity can only be my own!"
Suddenly the door slammed softly, and a soft voice came from outside the door, "Come on, can I come in?"
"What's the matter?" Ming got up, covered the burned body in the inner room with a cloth tent, and then opened the door.
The two of them were within three feet, facing each other face to face, Zi Ling couldn't help but look a little crazy, stunned for a moment, her delicate body shook, two blushes rose on her jade face, and said, "I can't sleep at night, seeing the cage late at night Come to your room, want to ask what's the matter?"
Maybe the excuse was quite bad, but at this moment she couldn't restrain the emotional surge that had been suppressed for a long time in her heart, so she came to Mingqi's door.
"If I asked him to do it, it would be late at night after running around all day..."
"Can I come in and sit for a while?" Zi Ling interrupted Ming Qi and said.
Ming Qi exhaled and said, "Come in." The two sat in the room, it was so dark that it was even difficult to see each other's faces clearly.
Outside the house, the dead wood hid behind the beams and pillars, and said sternly, "Ming Qi, good boy, stealing food for fun, no wonder I don't let me touch her, it's a pity that I can't do you, hum."
Sitting like this, Zi Ling didn't know what to say, and most of the words she had planned were full of words, but she couldn't remember them in all likelihood.
"How have you been to Nengjie Mountain for the past few years, can you tell me?" She took a long time to say.
"With your talent, it is useless to tell you now that you will have the opportunity to enter the Heavenly Court in the future."
The atmosphere froze again, Ming recalled his face in the dark but thoughtful, suddenly, as if on pins and needles, Zi Ling got up from the chair and said with a complicated expression, "Do you hate energy beasts?"
Mingqi was silent for a moment, thinking about the identity of the purple spirit and purple monster, and said, "How can I never get tired of it, I can't wait to tear it apart, how can I not hate eating meat and drinking blood?"
Hearing Zi Ling's heart hurt like a knife, he immediately asked "Why, why, why?" three times in a row, almost crying.
Ming Qi's tone was flat and unchanged, and he smiled and said, "Hate is hatred, so don't ask why." Zi Ling seemed to lose most of her heart, and immediately asked, "What about Suzaku and Queen Snake? Aren't they all capable beasts? Because of their faces?" Zi Ling was completely unaware of the release of the originally hidden monster aura.
"You know who I am, and they stay by my side only because they are of great use value to me." Ming Qi sneered, as if he was so cold-blooded and ruthless, and everything could only be used.
"You are worthy of Mingzi. I don't think that Suzaku Snake Queen's cultivation level is too high. How valuable is it for you? You must be deceiving me." She shook her head violently and said to herself, but she slipped .
"How do you know my identity?" Ming Qi pretended to be angry.His Mingqi's identity can be seen in Ziyun's eyes, and it is reasonable to tell Ziling, but at this moment, Mingqi can't say that he already knows her identity.Otherwise, today's words will be seen through by Zi Ling, and Zi Ling will not be able to stop thinking about him.
As he said that, he jumped up and locked Zi Ling's throat tightly, his murderous aura almost burst out if there was no trace of it.
"Hehe, you must have lied to me just now." Seeing Zi Ling smiling, she said to herself.Feeling two drops of moisture on the back of his hand, Ming said coldly, "Suzaku is an ancient spirit beast. Although it has lost its cultivation, it will surely recover in the future. It will be of great use to me. The Queen of Snakes is a born phantom snake. With her help in the glass dreamland in the future, I can I have received a lot of help. Presumably my identity is what you heard from the suzerain, and I will not pursue you this time, besides, you are a member of the Fire Crystal Sect, and my identity will be revealed sooner or later. If you let this go, go out immediately."
After speaking, he raised his hand and threw Zi Ling to the ground. He turned his head and ignored it.
Zi Ling burst into tears immediately, rushed out of the room, closed the door for a long time, and the snake queen appeared in a distraught state, pointing at Ming Qi and cursing, "Ming Qi, what you said just now is true, you You are so ruthless, you...you..."
Ming Qi raised his hand and put down the snake's back hand, saying, "When I caught you, you already knew that I was only using you, why bother to ask?"
She was brave, so she bit her fangs, and the pattern on her right arm appeared, as if an endless force of devouring force spread out, immediately sucking the snake queen back into the pattern, hearing her yelling and struggling, but she couldn't break free from it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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