Devour

Chapter 343 Iron Blood Banner

Yao Yingying was busy using her internal energy to drive out the poison, but when she heard that, she couldn't suppress the poison, and black air came out of the wound. She couldn't help coughing repeatedly, and her pretty face turned half red and half white.

Hong Yingjie waved the magic weapon in his hand, and the top of the big flag silently ejected a sharp sword blade. His voice was cold and firm: "The iron-blooded flag will kill evil and exterminate demons. The man is there as long as the flag is there, but if the flag falls, the man will die!"

These bold words echoed above the Ladder of All Things. How ironic and sad it was at this moment!

“Hehehe… Hehehe…” Min Xun sneered and ordered with contempt and ridicule: “Min Yingjie, kill them for me!”

Along with that stern shout, Hong Yingjie tightly grasped the iron-blooded banner, and his cold and murderous eyes swept across. The blood-red banner was like a rolling wave of blood, and the green-gold sword blade was so sharp that the hairs of the Beiling Sword Sect disciples stood on end.

In an instant, a dazzling sword light flashed, and the blade of the iron-blooded flag pierced into the Shenting point on Min Qi's forehead at an unprecedented speed.

The sudden and unexpected result shocked everyone.

Hong Yingjie had no intention of stopping. Instead, he used all his strength to release sword energy, which gushed out along the blade of the Iron Blood Flag and drilled straight into Min Kai's skull.

He said in a low and indifferent voice: "The vital point of Snow Jade Kungfu is the Shenting acupoint. Once it is broken, the Kungfu will be ineffective. Min Laolongtou, you taught me this yourself."

Min Li's eyes were bloodshot with shock, and he suddenly let out a roar that resounded through the sky, full of resentment and rage: "Bastard! You ungrateful bastard! I have entered the half-step bone refining realm, and even green gold can't hurt my foundation. After dispersing the Snow Jade Skill, I have visions and secret techniques..."

He tried his best to unleash all his strength, and the powerful energy wave was as powerful as a hurricane, "cracking" and knocking Hong Yingjie, sixty-four disciples, and the two elders Wen and Feng away on the spot.

Elder Wen steadied himself and shattered the frost all over his body, shouting, "He used the blood boiling technique. If he holds on for a while, he will quickly weaken. Don't be afraid!"

Min Wei struggled to break free from the sword's restraints, glared at Hong Yingjie who was flying backwards with vicious eyes, and shouted angrily: "You bastard! Take your dog's life first!"

The weather in the sky changed. The heavy snow was originally a phenomenon in Min's domain, but after the Snow Jade Power dissipated, only a few scattered snowflakes were seen, and then large hail fell from the sky.

Although the hailstones as big as stone eggs hit their bodies and cracked their skin, no one on the scene was afraid. The Beiling Sword Sect disciples who were blown away by the wind wave and fell to the ground immediately jumped up, recalled their flying swords and took up a fighting stance.

But there are powerful enemies all around!

Tu Yang took the lead and stepped to the top of the Ladder of All Things. His red skin was steaming with heat and his face was filled with a hideous smile.

Li Ying was as light as a feather, slowly descending from the big pink flower to the top of the tower. The huge flowers behind her turned into a rain of flowers falling from the sky, making her look as elegant as a fairy.

"All of you go to hell!" Min Xu's forehead was bleeding with blood mixed with a few drops of white liquid. His face was covered in blood and he looked like a devil, but he didn't care and threw a punch full of murderous intent.

Facing the fierce attack, Hong Yingjie stood upright with an indifferent expression, holding high the iron-blooded flag in both hands, which fluttered in the wind amid the biting hail.

"Don't even think about it!" Elders Wen and Feng were about to rush forward to block the fierce attack together, but they saw a ball of purple air rushing past at a speed that shocked them.

Before anyone could react, before Min Qie could swing his right fist to perform his full move, the purple shadow tore off his arm. Blood gushed out like a fountain, and the broken limbs flew high into the air, rolling down the eastern side of the Ladder of All Things step by step.

The Beiling Sword Sect disciples who were ready to fight to the death were stunned by the sudden change. They stared at the newly appeared purple shadow and took a deep breath.

It was clearly a large insect about one foot and two inches long, emitting a mysterious purple light and reflecting a metallic luster. It flew so fast that it was invisible to the naked eye and silently.

Min Yan stared at the purple shadow with horror on his face as it pounced on him again, but he was unable to dodge. He could only shout out half a sentence in a hoarse voice: "Soul Devouring Insect! Run away..."

Before he could finish his words, his neck was bitten off by a soul-eating insect. The sound of bone cracking was as crisp as metal and stone, and the hailstorm in the sky disappeared without a trace.

The purple shadow quickly drilled into the broken neck, and in the blink of an eye, it bit through the hole on Min's head and flew away. When the head rolled to the ground, only an empty shell without brain remained.

"You damn bitch, you wanted to catch us all in one fell swoop, so you pretended to be weak and lured us into the trap!" Tu Yang came to his senses, turned around in a hurry and jumped off the Ladder of All Things in an attempt to escape.

Li Ying had no time to escape, and only let out a quick and shrill scream before it stopped abruptly.

The purple shadow chased after him relentlessly, and even quickly chased after him from behind and drilled into Tu Yang's body, eating up his brain and drilling out from the top of his head. The lifeless body collapsed to the ground, and the two assassin kings were also killed one after another.

Diao Jin realized something was wrong when he was still far away, and turned around and sped away at a speed a hundred times faster. No wonder this person was called the "delayed killer star", he was moving fast but deliberately delayed, and staying alive to a certain extent was the capital to save his life.

Yao Yingying endured the pain and used her Qi to suppress the poison. She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Most of the energy of the Ladder of All Things has shaped this Soul Devouring Bug. Even an Immortal in the Nirvana Realm would have difficulty resisting it."

She coughed twice and looked at Hong Yingjie, saying softly, "Yingjie, you are a good child with a good character. You are worthy of the trust of the Beiling Sword Sect."

A dazzling sword light came flying from the direction of Ninghua Mountain. Unlike the previous flying sword, it was bright gold in color.

Elder Wen was overjoyed when he saw this and said, "Yi Jian has come out of seclusion. He will finally become a butterfly and show his might. There is hope for the revitalization of our sect!"

Just when everyone was relaxing and looking towards the northeast with anticipation, something unexpected happened on the scene.

The tip of the iron-blooded flag pierced Hong Yingjie's throat and went out from the back of his head. Blood splattered and dyed the flag red.

Hong Yingjie held on to the flagpole to keep himself from falling, and heartwarming scenes flashed before his eyes.

When he was young and weak, the beautiful queen comforted him. When he was heartbroken, the kind brothers and sisters accompanied him. When he was discouraged, the patient master encouraged him.

Recalling the past, Hong Yingjie smiled with relief, exhaled his last breath with difficulty and said: "I am sorry to Beiling Sword Sect, sorry... sorry to the Tumin Society, but... I... can live with my conscience..."

Yao Yingying's expression suddenly changed, and she hurriedly stood up from the throne. After she figured out the reason, she shook her head and sat down slowly, with a tear quietly flowing from the corner of her eye.

Elder Feng was about to rush forward to investigate whether he was dead or alive, but Elder Wen secretly held him back and waved his hand to signal the noisy disciples to remain calm.

The bright golden flying sword landed steadily on the top of the Ladder of All Things, and a swordsman with a handsome face and thin body and completely white hair but unable to hide his sharp eyes walked down slowly.

"I am Ren Yijian, and I am here to greet all my teachers and friends." After the swordsman said this, he walked up to Hong Yingjie, stretched out his slightly trembling right hand, tightly grasped the iron-blooded flag and pulled it out, and held Hong Yingjie's body in his left arm.

Looking at his beloved disciple, two lines of hot tears flowed from the corners of Ren Yijian's eyes and dripped onto the cold corpse.

Then he raised the Iron Blood Banner with one hand, held his head high and said in a loud voice: "The Supreme Elder Ren Yijian is here, appointing Ren Yijian to succeed as the 166th head of Beiling Sword Sect, uphold the holy power of Beiling, and maintain the righteousness of the world. The Iron Blood Banner will slay evil and exterminate demons. The man is here, the flag is here; if the flag falls, the man dies!"

Elders Wen and Feng looked solemn as they led all the disciples to shout in unison: "The iron-blooded banner will slay the evil and exterminate the demons. As long as we are alive, the banner will be there. If the banner falls, we will die!"

The solemn and dignified voice lingered between heaven and earth for a long time.

Yao Yingying coughed lightly, leaned over and looked towards the city, and said with a worried look on her face: "The war is not over yet. A more dangerous war is brewing in the sewers. A fellow Taoist just talked to me with his spiritual consciousness. They went ahead to stop the situation from getting worse. I hope they can succeed."

Ren Yijian gently put down Hong Yingjie's lifeless body and bowed respectfully, "Greetings, Her Majesty the Queen. Shall we rush to reinforce him immediately?"

Yao Yingying waved her hands and said, "This battle is too high-level for you to get involved. Even I am not fit to participate in it in my current state. Just wait for the outcome of the battle."

The energy bodies and creatures dissipated one by one, and the Ladder of All Things slowly recovered a small part of the nearby power. The open battle was temporarily over. However, the people of Yinsheng City were still in a state of panic. The ground was emitting a trace of hot air and trembling slightly from time to time.

"Ah...ah..." A series of heart-shaking high-pitched animal roars came from deep within the Snow Fox Palace. A cloud of auspicious colors appeared above the palace complex and quickly floated towards the Ladder of All Things.

Yao Yingying's face changed drastically, her lips trembled slightly, and she said in astonishment: "What demon is so domineering! Do you really want to force me to fight to the death?"

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