Chapter Fourteen: The Shape-Shifting Wolf Demon
In the gloomy and eerie cave, Lu Yun's body emitted a mysterious blue-green light that tightly wrapped around him. On his head, the long sword quietly flashed with a red glow, constantly rotating and dancing. The alternating green and red lights flickered with an otherworldly mystery, slowly approaching the black air mass along with Lu Yun's body.
At this time, a gloomy voice came from the black air mass: "Cultivator, I didn't expect you to be a master of Yi Garden. It's really surprising. But it's also good that way. For so many years, we've been trapped here by Yi Garden and can't get out. Today, you actually came in, so don't think about leaving alive. This is your hiding place, and I'll make sure you're left with no bones to bury, slowly devouring you into my belly. Hehe, haha." The gloomy laughter was particularly piercing.
Lu Yun stopped gently, looked at the demon and sneered: "Demon, don't talk big, if you have the ability, just show it off. Looking at you, you haven't even achieved human form yet, your cultivation is still far behind."
"That voice coldly said: 'Ignorant cultivator, do you think that just because someone has cultivated a human form they are definitely powerful? How ridiculous! I'll tell you, cultivating a human form is indeed very strong, but some heterodox spirits aren't pursuing cultivation into a human form. They have equally profound cultivation, yet don't reveal even half a trace, and that's where the true brilliance lies. Now you can prepare to die, pitiful cultivator.' As soon as these words stopped, the surrounding dark winds howled in anger, layers of black gas slowly forming a black mist that was gradually closing in on Lu Yun."
"Come on, I've been cultivating for so many years, today is the first time I'm letting loose and showing off. Let me see your prowess! See if I can force out your true form and extinguish your primordial spirit." Lu Yun's hands opened and closed, and his dark blue protective aura instantly spread out like a wave in all directions. It quickly came into contact with those black gases, and the air was immediately filled with strange and terrifying sounds. The black gas and the cyan light crazily invaded each other, beginning their battle in mid-air, locked in an instant standoff.
At this moment, the black air mass suddenly transformed into a wolf head, several meters in size, with its mouth open and teeth bared, extremely ferocious. Two black wolf fangs, one on the left and one on the right, crossed and danced in the air, accompanied by a black glow, carrying an overwhelming aura of evil energy, extremely powerful. In mid-air, a heaven-shaking wolf howl sounded, its voice as if it wanted to tear the sky apart, ferociously opening its huge mouth, pouncing towards Lu Yun. The scene was like a dark cloud pressing down, instantly appearing above Lu Yun's head, not giving him any chance to dodge.
Lu Yun's eyes suddenly turned icy cold, and a fierce aura burst out from his body. The long sword on his head trembled slightly, and a crimson red light suddenly exploded at ten times the speed. The entire cave shook slightly at that moment, and countless dust particles fell from all directions. Even the hard stone walls were shattered by the slight tremor of the sword energy, turning into dust three inches deep in an instant, slowly falling down.
A gigantic black wolf head was about to crush Lu Yun's skull. Suddenly, the long sword emitting a red glow accelerated its rotation, forming a crimson light pillar that shot straight at the enormous black wolf head. At the same time, two black light shadows emerged from within the massive wolf head, releasing two powerful black lights that countered the red light pillar.
That black light was extremely powerful, and in the blink of an eye, it suppressed the long sword on top of Lu Yun's head, causing the red light to dim and sink three feet. Lu Yun's face turned slightly cold, and he suddenly burst out with the eleventh move of the "Easy Heaven Twelve Moves" technique. Instantly, the red light reappeared on top of his head, and the long sword rose again by three feet, blocking that black light. With both hands, Lu Yun drew a technique seal and a sword seal, saying in a low voice: "The fifth move of the 'Moving Heaven Six Moves' - Moving Spirit and Swapping Souls!"
Only to see Lu Yun's hands slightly crossed, the mysterious blue true energy around his body suddenly started rotating. In just a blink of an eye, two whirlwinds appeared like two green dragons, constantly rotating and flying, wrapping up the black giant wolf head. The green dragon spun faster and faster, accompanied by the wolf head's extremely angry roar, spinning ceaselessly in mid-air. At the same time, Lu Yun's long sword on his head also flashed with an incredibly dazzling red sword aura. Frantically covering that ball of black energy, slowly destroying its layered protection, eroding its core.
The huge black wolf head, under the rotation of two dark blue true energy transformed into a green dragon, slowly dimmed and shrunk, gradually revealing its original appearance. The terrified angry voice at this moment was particularly piercing to the ear. The two wolf fangs of the wolf demon had already lost their luster, being refined by Lu Yun's long sword with a crimson blade, rendering them completely powerless, and in an instant they returned to its body.
Lu Yun looked at the wolf demon with a proud expression, slowly revealing his true appearance. Upon closer inspection, it was also a wolf, but this one had a pair of extremely sharp and long canine teeth that were very eye-catching. The pair of canine teeth were surprisingly red and black, very strange, as if they had been embedded there, not like they were born with them.
At this time, the wolf demon's eyes were full of horror, and suddenly it let out a loud howl towards the sky. Its body instantly turned into a black mist. Immediately after, a figure flashed out, with both hands shaped like claws, pouncing on Lu Yun. It was a man who looked to be thirty-seven or eight years old, with a long face and a ferocious expression.
Lu Yun saw a very strong spiritual light on his head, but unfortunately, the light was flashing with a very obvious evil spirit. Lu Yun coldly smiled and said: "I didn't expect you to cultivate into human form, previously you were always hiding your true strength, how sinister. Now let's see who is more powerful." After Lu Yun finished speaking, his long sword flashed red and shot towards the wolf demon.
The wolf demon roared: "Little boy, I underestimated you too. I didn't think you'd be so fierce! Come on now, let's have a showdown!" The wolf's ferocity was evident without a doubt. Suddenly, the wolf demon's hand flashed with light, and two three-foot-long wolf-toothed weapons, one red and one black, appeared in its hand. The wolf demon's movements were incredibly fast, instantly creating countless illusions of itself around Lü Yun, surrounding him completely. The red and black lights moved so quickly that they formed a continuous ring of light, trapping Lü Yun inside.
Lu Yun's face was calm, his feet slightly swaying, the long sword in his hand like a crimson flame, trembling nine times in a row. With each tremble, the red light grew stronger by one layer. After the ninth tremble, suddenly a mighty and unparalleled sword aura burst forth, containing the power to destroy heaven and earth, fiercely slashing and chopping, as if wanting to split mountains and crack open peaks, instantly sweeping outwards.
A loud roar, the entire cave was shaking. Lu Yun's sword was powerful enough to bring out the power of Lie Huo Tian Gong Sword, which was astonishing. One sword shattered the wolf demon's attack, and Lu Yun easily knew the wolf demon's trajectory with his incredible mind wave, appearing in front of it instantly. Lu Yun's eyes contained a cold smile, his right hand swung down with lightning speed. This sword carried ten layers of power, instantly appearing above the wolf demon's head, leaving no chance for escape.
The wolf demon sensed the danger approaching, and its body suddenly dropped down. In an impossible situation, it suddenly spun at a speed of 120 times per second. With the wolf demon's rapid rotation, a black light column burst out instantly, meeting Lu Yun's slash that split the sky. The two powerful air currents collided instantly, immediately producing a devastating explosion that shook the stone walls around them to pieces, causing the entire cave to shake violently, an extremely shocking scene.
Lu Yun's body flashed with a green light, shattering all the flying rocks into powder. His mental waves remained vigilant of the wolf demon's movements, not giving it any chance to escape. At the moment of the explosion, Lu Yun clearly felt that the wolf demon's aura had weakened significantly, indicating that it had suffered severe damage. However, the wolf demon was also extremely powerful, and such a blow still hadn't taken its life, truly formidable.
The black light around the wolf demon's body suddenly dimmed, its internal energy severely damaged, and it had lost the strength to fight again. At this moment, the wolf demon transformed into a strand of black gas and fled at high speed towards the depths of the mountain cave. In an instant, it disappeared without a trace.
Lu Yun's body suddenly turned, and a green light flashed by. In the blink of an eye, there was no one in sight, as if he had used the Flowing Light Escape Technique, which was quite mysterious. In the mountain cave, Lu Yun flew on his sword, chasing after the wolf demon's aura. The wolf demon in front had already discovered Lu Yun behind him, and its aura suddenly disappeared without a trace.
Lu Yun's expression changed slightly, and he muttered to himself: "What a cunning wolf demon, it can actually change its fluctuation frequency immediately. It's really not simple. Unfortunately, this time you've encountered me Lu Yun, you're destined to die at my hands." As soon as Lu Yun finished speaking, three mental waves with different frequencies were emitted from his mind. He quickly sensed the wolf demon's aura and accelerated his speed in pursuit.
As he chased after, Lu Yun only realized that this cave was incredibly deep and had numerous forks in the road, making it impossible to distinguish which path he had taken to get there. It was like an underground labyrinth, with countless tunnels intersecting each other, making it extremely difficult to find a way out.
Because flying underground is very dangerous, it's extremely difficult for Lu Yun to catch up with that wolf demon. At this point, Lu Yun also deeply understands, but he doesn't want to give up easily either. After chasing for a long time, Lu Yun himself didn't notice how far he had chased. At this moment, Lu Yun no longer wants to chase after it, he wants to change his method and use other methods to kill that wolf demon.
Lu Yun stopped in his tracks, the spiritual wave that had been tailing the wolf demon suddenly increasing its frequency by tenfold. At a speed of 19,600 times per second, it instantly struck the wolf demon. In an instant, Lu Yun felt the wolf demon's aura weaken by tenfold, clearly this strike had dealt a fatal blow to it. Lu Yun clearly sensed that the wolf demon had stopped fleeing and was now hiding in a cave sixteen mountains away from here.
Lu Yun's figure moved swiftly, chasing after it quickly. After a while, Lu Yun appeared in front of the wolf demon. Looking at the wolf demon who was on the verge of collapse on the ground, Lu Yun sneered and said: "I told you, you can't escape, right?" With an icy gaze at the wolf demon, a hint of cruelty flashed in Lu Yun's eyes.
The wolf demon had now resumed its original wolf form, lying on the ground, its dark green eyes glaring fiercely at Lu Yun. The wolf demon's weak voice said: "Who are you, after all? The powerful true energy wave that attacked me just now, why was it so fast, how is this possible?"
Lu Yun smiled coldly and said, "You no longer need to know these things. Everything between us has ended with your death. The fact that you can cultivate into a human form shows that your primordial spirit is quite well-cultivated. I want to truly destroy you, it seems I'll have to put in some effort. Fine, let me see what other tricks you have."
Lu Yun stood still, the long sword on his head suddenly moved to the top of the wolf demon's head, rotating constantly and emitting a dazzling red glow, as if it was about to devour everything. The wolf demon on the ground shook its head weakly, its eyes filled with despair, and let out a mournful howl. The long sword rotated automatically, slowly descending, and a six-foot-square red mist instantly enveloped the wolf demon, slowly refining its demonic energy and primordial spirit.
Lu Yun's eyes revealed a faint, calm smile. A cyan glow emanated from his body, instantly releasing a dazzling light that illuminated everything within a ten-zhang radius. Even the dark stone walls reflected a faint cyan glow. As the cyan light around Lu Yun intensified, the wolf demon's long sword also strengthened its glow. The red aura transformed into a beam of light, increasing its power by tenfold in an instant.
The wolf demon's body in the light pillar was struggling constantly, changing from human form to wolf form and back again, its mournful howl never stopping. Slowly but surely, the wolf demon's body grew smaller and smaller, on the verge of being refined away, when suddenly a red and dark glow burst forth from its eyes, extremely eerie. The wolf demon's body suddenly dissipated, its entire form vanishing into thin air, as two beams of light, one red and one black, exploded in a dazzling display, bursting through the long sword's crimson light pillar and escaping into the distance.
Lu Yun's expression changed slightly, and he muttered to himself: "Unexpectedly, the red and black wolf teeth were not just weapons, but actually hid two different yuan souls inside. No wonder I initially sensed that it was three in one. So, today I'll see how far you can escape." After finishing speaking, Lu Yun's right hand stretched out, and a cluster of black light flashed instantly, grasping the wisp of black demonic energy floating in mid-air into his palm.
Looking at the faint black gas in his palm, Lu Yun smiled and said: "Wolf demon, you're very clever, but unfortunately I won't be easily deceived by you. It's time to end this." As soon as he finished speaking, the black light in his palm instantly absorbed the black gas into his own black true energy, and in an instant, he refined the black gas. In mid-air, the wolf demon's last trembling voice came: "Impossible, how could you know the Gui Sect's Soul Refining Great Method, no——?" Unfortunately, it was just a moment before it disappeared.
Lu Yun's mouth slightly curved upwards, a hint of an unfathomable and profound smile appeared on his face, and his body was surrounded by a flash of light before he disappeared. When he reappeared, Lu Yun had already emerged in another passageway. Lu Yun's mental waves had been tightly locked onto the two beams of red and black light. At this moment, he was chasing after one of the beams of light, and when he reached the entrance to the cave, he lost all information.
Lu Yun stood quietly at the entrance of the cave, his eyes carefully gazing inside. This was a very large cave, over ten zhang wide and deep, with an eerie darkness that seemed to swallow all light, probably not having seen sunlight for thousands of years. Lu Yun vaguely felt that something was hidden in this cave, constantly blocking his mental waves from exploring. This thing was extremely strange, but unfortunately, Lu Yun couldn't guess what it was at the moment.
There are three passages around the cave, and Lu Yun is standing in one of them. From his previous exploration, Lu Yun knows that the two rays of light, red and black, both lost their signal after entering here. At this moment, Lu Yun's mental wave seems to have lost its effect, and he can't detect anything inside.
Lu Yun sank into thought for a moment, with green light flowing around his body. The long sword on top of his head shone with a crimson glow, firmly protecting the space above him. At the same time, he also set up seven high-speed oscillating mental waves outside his body, carefully guarding himself. After everything was almost ready, Lu Yun slowly walked in.
In the darkness, Lu Yun was like a bright lamp, slowly illuminating his surroundings. As soon as he entered this cave, Lu Yun's face revealed a serious expression, and his eyes showed a hint of vigilance. Because when he had just walked out less than six feet, he felt that countless invisible auras were frantically eroding his protective true energy. Lu Yun was shocked in his heart, these invisible things were not powerful, but what was shocking was that the number was too many, probably not under tens of thousands, which was unimaginable for Lu Yun.
As he approached the center of the cave, the number of those unknown tiny breaths around him had already exceeded five hundred thousand, which was abnormally astonishing. The invisible tiny breaths around him kept eroding Lu Yun's body, and the originally dazzling cyan light gradually dimmed, becoming darker and more mysterious.
Lu Yun's face turned serious, and a black glow suddenly appeared in his eyes. He let out a low shout, and a black light shot out from the cave, emitting an eerie glow. Lu Yun's eyes were now vertical, and a strange, black light was scanning the surroundings. This eye was different from his original pair, and it emitted a strange, alluring glow. This was actually the "Heart Desire Demon Eye" of the Demonic Sect, which was very useful for searching for hidden demons in the dark.
After displaying the "Heart Demon Eye", Lu Yun suddenly saw those tiny auras that were originally invisible. However, after seeing them, he was greatly disappointed in his heart. It turned out that these tiny auras were all just aura thorns, not some kind of demon creature. They just carried an eerie and strange aura, which made Lu Yun think they were demon creatures all along.
Why do these auras automatically attack people who enter? This is a very mysterious question that cannot be explained. The black light in Lu Yun's magic eye flickered and slowly stopped at the center of the cave. There was a pitch-black light column with a diameter of about ten feet, extremely dark and difficult to detect. Lu Yun tried to use his mind-reading technique to explore the secrets there, but as soon as his mental wave approached, it would be led astray by the swirling black aura around the light column, and he couldn't find out anything.
Lu Yun's expression slightly revealed a hint of solemnity, the surrounding cyan light flashed again, and once again illuminated the surroundings. Carefully looking at the black light column, Lu Yun realized that even with the "Heart Desire Demon Eye", he couldn't see through the layer of black light waves, and didn't know what was hidden inside. This made Lu Yun's heart produce a hint of curiosity, the more difficult it was to understand something, the more interested he became, and he must figure it out.
Lu Yun slowly circled around the black light pillar, his eyes flashing with contemplation as he thought about how to break through the aura surrounding it and explore the secrets hidden within. After a moment of thought, the "Heart's Desire Devil Eye" on Lu Yun's forehead gradually disappeared, followed by a flash of golden light. Suddenly, the third eye standing upright on Lu Yun's head emitted a dazzling golden glow that shot straight at the black light pillar.
Lu Yun stopped in his tracks, the golden light of the Buddhist "Mahesvara Eye" bursting forth with full force to carefully probe the black light pillar. In the dark cave, two strange lights, one black and one gold, flickered with extremely beautiful radiance. Lu Yun's entire body surged with golden light, making him seem like a living golden Buddha, quietly standing three feet off the ground. The Buddhist "Heart Chan Unbroken Technique" was used for the first time, and suddenly the entire cave seemed to have a sun appear, revealing everything around.
The light in Lu Yun's eyes was extremely bright, and the long sword on his head had changed from a deep red to a golden color, shining very brightly. Lu Yun's body moved without any wind, his clothes slowly fluttering, his hands slowly forming a seal in front of his chest, and the long sword on his head was accelerating its rotation. Finally, the sword shook, and a golden light wave flashed out, carrying an extremely powerful destructive force, shooting out in all directions instantly. At the same time, the sword stood upright in the air, slashing down with a single stroke, a golden yellow light column, carrying a heaven-rending and earth-shattering howl, fiercely chopping at the black light column. In an instant, the entire cave began to shake violently, countless rocks falling from all sides, instantly shattered into powder, floating in the cave.
The golden light column and the black light column collided instantly, and a deafening roar was emitted immediately. The intersection of the two light columns suddenly burst out with a dazzling strong light. Extremely powerful, with destructive energy, the aura swept everything like a mountain flood, extremely frightening. Lu Yun stood still on the spot, a golden light shield firmly protecting him inside. At this moment, his eyes were fixed intently on the black light column, and his mind's divine wave was emitted instantly, exploring the breath of the black light column with full force at a frequency of 36,000 times per second.
Lu Yun's eyes flashed with a hint of light, and his body instantly transformed into a strand of golden light, disappearing in an instant. This time, Lu Yun's fierce attack didn't completely destroy the light pillar, but his powerful sword had also opened up a gap in the black light pillar. And Lu Yun took advantage of the opportunity to transform into a beam of golden light and enter it. Just as Lu Yun disappeared, the black light pillar instantly restored its original state, hiding in the darkness.
In the darkness, two lights suddenly appeared, one red and one black, which were particularly dazzling in the dark. At this time, the red light suddenly spoke: "I didn't expect that this time would be no worse than sixty years ago, it's really terrifying."
"The black light opened its mouth and said, 'Not bad, look at the two techniques he just used. One is the Demon Sect's "Heart Desire Magic Eye", and the other is the Buddhist "Great Guardian Eye". It's really evil to the extreme! I didn't expect that there would be someone in the world who could cultivate three different techniques at the same time. It's truly unthinkable. Fortunately, we ran fast and weren't caught by him, or else we'd be done for!'"
The red light said, "This guy won't make a big fuss like last time, will he? I hope not, or we'll be in trouble. I think it's better to hide for now and come back after this is over."
"Hei Guang Dao said, 'It's hard to say, but this time he entered the entire Absolute Yin Valley, the most mysterious and dangerous black domain secret realm. Whether he can come out alive is still hard to say. So we don't need to escape. We'll just stay here.' As soon as he finished speaking, a red light flashed and disappeared, followed by Hei Guang's light also flashing and hiding without a trace."
In the mysterious and dark cave, calmness slowly returned, everything seemed so quiet. Lu Yun entered that mysterious black domain, what would he encounter? Could he come out unscathed? What about the other three outstanding disciples of Yi Garden?
