Li Jinglong had envisioned the situation of fighting with Yuan Kun for a long time. As early as Qiu Yongsi inadvertently reminded him for the first time, until the day Hongjun was attacked. Once it was confirmed that the attacker was Qing Xiong, combined with the relationship between Yuan Kun and the Golden-winged Giant Peng Bird, the instigator behind the scenes must be the Demon King who was known as "Seeing Through Heaven's Secrets".
Starting a fight with an opponent who knew what was going to happen in the future, whether it was a one-on-one fight or a group attack, was quite a tricky feeling. Moreover, there was a paradox assumption: Since the enemy knew the outcome of the fight, if they were destined to lose, there was no need to continue fighting; if they were destined to win, then they could give up resisting. After all, no one would fight a battle that they knew they would lose.
Yuan Kun had followed them to the Divine Hall. Presumably, as long as he attacked, the three of them would lose no matter what they did. In other words, they could admit defeat now.
"You will admit defeat." Yuan Kun answered indifferently to Li Jinglong.
Hongjun suddenly looked at Li Jinglong, his eyebrows full of doubts.
Li Jinglong wanted this answer. He raised his eyebrows and said, "What's next?"
"After you admit defeat, you will let this guy go get the Vajra Arrows, and then join forces with Hongjun to attack me." Yuan Kun pointed at Yu Prefecture and said.
Li Jinglong put on a cunning and malicious smile. "What if I don't admit defeat, and I don't attack you? Won't you be wrong? "
Yuan Kun suddenly fell silent. Li Jinglong observed Yuan Kun's expression and murmured, "I think I understand."
Yuan Kun was caught off guard by Li Jinglong's words. He didn't even think about it carefully before revealing the truth of "Seeing through Heaven's Secrets". Li Jinglong immediately judged from these few short sentences that the future Yuan Kun saw was not a future where all the details were unchanging, but a general direction of the future that was full of chaos!
In other words, Yuan Kun might be able to foresee the outcome of this battle, but he couldn't foresee how it would happen.
"You can't see the real future," Li Jinglong murmured. "You can only see the 'possibilities' of the future. Am I right? Kun Shen? At least for now, you're wrong. "As he spoke, he pulled out the Sword of Wisdom and pointed it at Yuan Kun.
Yuan Kun said coldly, "None of this is important. At least, I can see your death. Li Jinglong, do you want to know how you died?"
Hongjun was suddenly startled. Li Jinglong's lips curled up and said, "Tell me, how did I die?"
"When two armies fight, the commander-in-chief always dies because … he talks too much," Yuan Kun said in a low voice. Immediately after, he calmly took a step back. Li Jinglong and Hongjun were closely watching Yuan Kun Shen's movements, waiting for him to make a move. In that instant, the two moved at the same time!
The moment Yuan Kun retreated, he flipped into the air and his body transformed into a mercury-like form. He rapidly changed and expanded, turning into a giant fish that soared into the air.
Li Jinglong roared, "Zhao Zilong, take the Vajra Arrow! Hongjun, use the Five-colored Divine Light to trap it! "Then he rushed forward with Hongjun, wanting to take advantage of the Giant Kun's transformation to beat it back.
Hongjun shook off the Five-colored Divine Light, holding the Mo Sword, and rushed forward with Li Jinglong at the same time. Li Jinglong activated the Mind Lamp and pushed it to its strongest state. The Mind Lamp was like the scorching sun in the shrine. At this moment, the lamps behind the two seemed to have sensed something and emitted a strong light.
The Buddha's light in all directions in the shrine began to resonate at the same time. Li Jinglong's Mind Lamp's light instantly rose, turning into a tangible flame that lingered in this small space. The Giant Kun was burned by the white flame during its transformation, roaring as it retreated. Hongjun spread out his hands, and the Five-colored Divine Light spread out in all directions, trapping Kun Shen in an instant, forming a cage of light.
Yuan Kun's transformation was only halfway done. It was like crossing a river and was about to be completed in just a few breaths. Li Jinglong happened to take advantage of this moment. Countless white flames were like blazing whips glowing from Li Jinglong's hands, or like long snakes slithering about. In an instant, thousands of them flew out and wrapped around Kun Shen, who had yet to transform. Hongjun's Five-colored Divine Light spread out and turned into a barrier, firmly trapping Yuan Kun Shen!
Kun Shen had no choice but to retreat. With a loud bang, he crashed into the entrance of the passage. The walls of the cave trembled, and rocks fell from the ceiling with a rumble.
Yu Prefecture took the opportunity to turn around and rush toward the statue of Acala. He reached out to grab the Vajra Arrow in Acala's hand! The moment he grabbed the Vajra Arrow, Acala's entire body erupted with a strong golden light that swept toward Yu Prefecture! Yu Prefecture's entire body was burned by the golden flames, and he immediately cried out in pain.
Hongjun, Qiu Yongsi, and Mo Rigen all came into contact with the golden flames when they took off their artifacts. Yu Prefecture was completely unable to withdraw his hands, and he could only grit his teeth and endure. Li Jinglong shouted, "Hold on!"
The light in the center of Li Jinglong's hand kept burning the Giant Kun, interrupting Yuan Kun's transformation process. Yuan Kun tried to break free from Li Jinglong's control several times, but the Mind's Lamp caught up to him like a maggot and attacked crazily. Yuan Kun immediately let out a series of earth-shattering roars! He crashed into the stone walls, but he couldn't break free from the Five-colored Divine Light and the Mind's Lamp's control no matter what.
"Are you still not done?!" Li Jinglong shouted angrily.
Yu Prefecture grabbed the Vajra Arrow, but he couldn't remove it even after exhausting all of his strength. Kun Shen crashed into the inner walls of the temple, and the demon statues collapsed one after another with a loud bang! Kun Shen was like a dehydrated and dying fish trapped in a fishing net. He was trying his best to break free.
Li Jinglong clenched his teeth and released the Mind's Lamp. His entire body became scalding hot. He was waiting for the opportunity when Kun Shen underestimated his enemy. He was prepared to severely injure him here and leave him here. The only possible change was that Hongjun might not be able to bear it and let Kun Shen go at the last moment. He didn't expect that Hongjun would be even more ruthless than Li Jinglong. He used the Five-colored Divine Light to trap Kun Shen, and directly slammed him against the wall and the ground.
Li Jinglong shouted, "Don't let it go!"
The Giant Kun had a card up its sleeve at the beginning, but now it was afraid. It wanted to catch them all in one fell swoop, but now it was trapped in the Five-colored Divine Light and couldn't move. In fact, Yuan Kun's strength was to see the future — just like in the underground cave under Longmen Mountain, Li Jinglong was able to defeat Wine, Lust, Avarice, and Temper with his guidance.
Without this, as a big demon, Yuan Kun didn't have martial arts like the Battle Corpse Ghost King, nor did he have claws like Qing Xiong. After being trapped halfway through his transformation, he couldn't do anything to Li Jinglong and Hongjun! Gradually, it began to panic, and its struggling became even more intense.
"Hongjun!" Kun Shen roared, "You want to kill me?!"
Li Jinglong observed with rapt attention. His Mind's Lamp kept burning the mercury-like demon. Every time Kun Shen tried to attack with all his strength, Li Jinglong also gathered all his strength and gave him a heavy blow! Kun Shen tried to break free from the Five-colored Divine Light again and again, but he was suppressed by Li Jinglong.
"Hongjun …" Yu Prefecture said weakly.
Hongjun suddenly turned his head, only to see Yu Prefecture holding the Vajra Arrow, his whole body burning in the golden fire!
Hongjun hurriedly shouted, "Jinglong!"
Li Jinglong glanced at them, and his mind instantly turned. He made countless judgments in his mind — this didn't make sense! Qiu Yongsi and Hongjun weren't like this when they got the magic tool!
Was it because they were demons? But Hongjun was also a demon! Who was destined to have this magic tool? Lu Xu? Ashina Chong? No … at least he had to save Yu Prefecture first. Li Jinglong was caught in an extremely difficult choice. On the one hand, he could completely subdue Kun Shen by maintaining the spell and the Five-colored Divine Light. On the other hand, if this continued, Yu Prefecture would definitely be burned to death by the golden fire!
What should he do?!
Thoughts flashed through his mind one after another, and they seemed to last for a long time. But in the end, Li Jinglong could only say to himself,
Consider me unlucky.
"I'll go save him! You hold on! "Li Jinglong shouted angrily and instantly retreated.
The Mind's Lamp was instantly withdrawn, and Hongjun hurriedly strengthened the Five-colored Divine Light. However, the Giant Kun was most afraid of the Mind's Lamp, because the light of the Mind's Lamp suppressed its transformation technique. In the next moment, the Mind's Lamp was withdrawn, and Kun Shen's mercury-like body instantly expanded.
"You're finished — —" Yuan Kun's terrifying voice roared angrily.
Hongjun gritted his teeth and exerted all his strength. The Phoenix form suddenly appeared behind him, but the Giant Kun's transformation had already taken shape as soon as the pressure on it lessened. It opened its mouth and roared, as if there was a torrential sea of Northern Underworld revolving in its mouth.
Li Jinglong flew in front of Yu Prefecture. Yu Prefecture's body had already been penetrated by the Acala's golden light. Flames shot out of his mouth and eyes, and he was in great pain. The Mind's Lamp appeared in Li Jinglong's hand, and he pressed it against the back of Yu Prefecture's hand, trying to help him escape. With a loud boom, the white light seemed to split the sky and earth, and it penetrated his will.
He saw two people standing in front of him in the white light, one on his left and one on his right. The person on the left wore golden armor, and the person on the right wore silver armor.
"Sword of Wisdom …"
"What?!" Li Jinglong shouted.
At the same time, the sea of fury gushed out of the Giant Kun's mouth, and the sky collapsed.
Hongjun only felt that all the sounds were far away. Although the Five-colored Divine Light could resist the water flow, it couldn't resist the endless waves of the Northern Underworld's Sea of Fury. The huge waves that could topple mountains and overturn seas surged towards him, and in an instant, the Five-colored Divine Light was pushed away. In the blink of an eye, the ice-cold seawater filled the entire cave with a loud boom!
The surroundings suddenly became quiet. Hongjun's ears, mouth, and nose were filled with seawater without any warning. His mind was completely blank, and the entire temple became a sealed deep underwater cave. In the blink of an eye, the Giant Kun had destroyed more than half of the cave. Blue light burst out of its mouth, and it bit down on Hongjun's head!
Hongjun was caught off guard. When he leaned back, Yu Prefecture, who was behind him, became sleepy. He turned into a fish and rushed over with a "swoosh", biting his shoulder and trying his best to escape.
The cave was extremely quiet, and only the sound of bubbles could be heard. Hongjun wasn't very good at swimming, and his lungs were full of seawater. He struggled in pain. Yu Prefecture immediately turned into a human and hugged Hongjun from behind. He pulled up his hand, pushed his neck, and dragged him to raise his hand and paddle.
Li Jinglong sank into the water. His whole body was glowing with golden light, and he was already unconscious.
On the sacred mountain of Ruoergai Snow, the red sun had just risen, and thousands of miles of snowy plains were vast and boundless.
With a soft sound, the ice layer collapsed, and the waterfall broke. The strong Qi flew out diagonally, like a flying knife cutting through paper, and disappeared without a trace. Then, the whole mountain was cut into two from the mountainside, and the upper half of the mountain slid down diagonally. With another loud sound, it triggered a large-scale avalanche, and seawater rushed out!
A Giant Kun soared into the sky, drawing an arc of light under the dazzling sunlight.
"Hongjun!" Yu Prefecture shouted.
Hongjun was lying on the ground, completely unconscious. The Five-Colored Divine Light had consumed almost all of his strength, and the last Qi of the Knife had used up the peak of his cultivation. The mountain broke, and seawater rushed out crazily, rushing him to the foot of the mountain. The Giant Kun turned around in the air, wanting to pounce on Hongjun. Yu Prefecture ran wildly, rushing toward Hongjun.
The Giant Kun roared and plunged into the snow. Suddenly, a golden light flew out from the side of the broken mountain — it shot the side of the Giant Kun!
The Giant Kun's roar was earth-shattering. Blue blood spurted out from its left eye, and when it turned its head, it sprayed into the distance.
Li Jinglong drew his bow and put an arrow on it. He raised his hand to call back the golden light that was spinning in the air. He put the Vajra Arrow on the bowstring, drew the bow, and released the arrow!
The second arrow was released.
As soon as the Vajra Arrow left the bowstring, it turned into a rain of golden light that covered the sky and earth. It flew into the sky and scattered toward the ground with a rumble. Each arrow was like a shining meteor. Yu Prefecture immediately dove into the snow, covering his head to dodge.
The Giant Kun soared into the sky. Under the crazy bombardment of the dense Vajra Arrows, blood burst out of its body and spilled all over the ground. Li Jinglong roared again. He raised his hand again, and the array of golden light arrows flew back to Li Jinglong's hand like shining meteors, dragging flames behind them.
In the next moment, Li Jinglong turned around on the spot and drew the third arrow on his back.
The Giant Kun twisted its body, flapped its wings, and soared into the sky. Instead, it faced Li Jinglong head-on and rose in a strange posture. At that moment, Li Jinglong's hand that was drawing the bowstring couldn't help but tremble. It was because the Giant Kun's sharp teeth were biting the unconscious Hongjun.
In this short moment, Li Jinglong couldn't release the arrow. He was afraid that the Giant Kun would use Hongjun's body to take the final blow of the Vajra Arrow. However, after a moment of hesitation, the Giant Kun flapped its six wings at the same time, turned around, and rushed into the clouds, disappearing above the clouds.
Li Jinglong slid down the mountain. Yu Prefecture drilled out of the snow and looked up at the sky.
"Chase!" Li Jinglong shouted.
The silver fish took Li Jinglong into the sky and rose into the clouds.
The cold wind was biting cold. The Giant Kun had disappeared without a trace. Li Jinglong pressed down on the silver fish and shouted, "Go down and search along the bloodstains! You must find it! "
Yu Prefecture had no choice but to go down the clouds again. He saw that the white snow of the mountain ridge was full of Kun Shen's bloodstains. Li Jinglong followed the bloodstains for a long time. However, after passing several black stone mountains, the bloodstains were no longer obvious on the black rocks. Li Jinglong said, "It can't have gone far!"
However, Yu Prefecture flew slower and slower. Li Jinglong was about to urge him, but unexpectedly, Yu Prefecture fell head first into the snow. His whole body flashed and he turned back into a human body. His skin was burned until it was cracked and bleeding. His body was covered in wounds and he was unconscious.
"Zhao Zilong?" Li Jinglong hurriedly helped him up.
Yu Prefecture was burned by the Vajra Arrow in the Divine Hall. His magic power was exhausted and he could no longer support himself. Li Jinglong looked at the sky and frowned. He sighed helplessly and anxiously. He had no choice but to carry Yu Prefecture in his human form and stagger towards a place where he could take shelter from the wind.
Hongjun felt that he was flying in the sky. This scene seemed to be familiar. A long, long time ago, the bumpy swaddling in swaddling clothes, the giant bird spreading its wings, the waves of sunlight rolling in from the east …
… It was also at the moment of dawn after a long night of darkness that the Giant Golden Peng Bird flew to the peak of Taihang Mountain with the unconscious Chu Yunsheng wrapped in a cloth bag.
Hongjun opened his eyes slightly. A blood-red color reflected in his eyes. The sun was setting in the west. It fell to the end of the scorched earth. The scorched earth was silent.
It had once taken him to the end of the mountains where the sun rose. It had also taken him to the twilight of the plains and the darkness of the night.
With a muffled sound, Hongjun fell to the ground. The Giant Golden Peng Bird transformed into Qing Xiong's body and walked past him. It went straight to the center of the collapsed Great Hall, where An Lushan's throne used to be.
"Take him away and lock him up," Qing Xiong's voice said.
Hongjun's vision was blurry. He felt that there were people handcuffing and shackling him on both sides. They dragged him down the Great Hall.
Yuan Kun's left eye was bleeding. Blood flowed down along the side of his pale face. He staggered a step forward. Qing Xiong only looked at him quietly. He didn't come forward to help him.
Yuan Kun's body was covered in wounds. His blood had dried up.
"You want to kill him?" Qing Xiong said in disbelief.
Yuan Kun didn't answer. Qing Xiong suddenly roared, "Get out of here!"
The Giant Golden Peng Bird's aura swept through the entire ruined Great Hall. The airflow pushed Yuan Kun away and he crashed into a pillar.