Full level of enlightenment: I achieved Daozu by ascending to the lower realm

Chapter 687 The information was deliberately leaked.

"Buzz!"

The bronze bell suddenly burst into a series of humming sounds.

The inscriptions began to surge.

In the blink of an eye, it transformed into sharp, piercing blades.

Then, it multiplied into countless forms and attacked the sword energy in front of it.

"Crack!"

"boom!"

Upon contact with the sword energy, these seemingly invincible sword energies were actually pierced directly by its sharpness.

It crumbled at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the blink of an eye, they were completely defeated.

It transformed into countless starlight, exploding in the void.

"call."

Ning Qi took a deep breath and released a burst of energy.

It transformed into a fire dragon and devoured the sword spirit before it.

"Ow!"

The roar of the fire dragon shook the very void.

In the blink of an eye, they arrived in front of the sword spirit.

"Shh!"

They tried to get out of the way, but it was too late.

In the blink of an eye, it was swallowed up.

"Whoosh!"

"..."

The next moment, two red sword beams flew towards Ning Qi.

"call!"

Ning Qi didn't stand on ceremony and easily caught the two sword beams in his palm.

This time, he did not rush to refine it, but instead temporarily sealed it in his dantian.

“Look at them.”

Ning Qi also instructed Yao Ling.

"Yes! Master!"

The spirit of medicine respectfully accepted the order, and then said, "Master, this red sword spirit is very strong, but it is no match for you."

"That's because I was able to control myself. If I couldn't, dealing with two of them would be a bit tricky!"

Ning Qi breathed a sigh of relief and then landed below.

"Yes, but that's perfect!"

"Everything has its counter!"

Yao Ling listened to his words and couldn't help but sigh.

"Not bad!"

Ning Qi simply nodded, then waved to the people behind him: "Come on, everything's fine now!"

After he said that, Ji Wanru behind him finally came to her senses.

She took a step forward first, and after confirming that there was no problem, she continued forward.

Behind him, the other guards also came out one after another.

They all wore the same wary expression.

They were terrified that something might go wrong and they would be killed without anyone knowing.

They only breathed a sigh of relief when they reached Ning Qi.

"It's alright now!"

Ji Wanru breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Ning Qi, saying, "Are you absolutely certain you can kill them?"

That's what puzzled her.

If he was absolutely certain he could kill those two sword spirits.

In that case, their men could have avoided death.

"No, and it would be too taxing!"

Ning Qi shook his head and continued.

At the same time, he raised his arm to show everyone.

There was a wound on the palm of his hand.

The wound spread all the way to his shoulder, and he forcibly sealed the blood.

Above the wound, wisps of black energy were surging.

Clearly, it has also been eroded.

That's why this reaction occurs.

"This is……"

"Young Master Ding, you are injured!"

"..."

Upon seeing this, the guards behind him all wore solemn expressions.

They had just suspected that Ning Qi was deliberately trying to force Ji Wanru to submit, which was why he hadn't made a move yet.

Seeing his severe injuries now, everyone was moved.

They knew they had been judging others by their own petty standards.

"It's alright, with my current strength, I can handle this kind of injury!"

"However, if it were you, even ten lives wouldn't be enough."

Ning Qi shook his head and continued, "You all need to be careful from now on, the sword spirits will become more and more powerful as you progress!"

"The most critical issue is that we can't see them!"

"If only we could see them, at least we'd know how we died!"

"..."

After he finished speaking, several disciples began to complain.

Each of them wore a look of resentment.

"Quiet down!"

Ji Wanru glared at them, then said, "Young Master Ding, are you really alright?"

Ning Qi was their lifeline; if anything happened to him, they would really have to leave.

Moreover, she still had some personal feelings for Ning Qi.

Seeing that he was injured, he took out a bottle of his own medicine while asking him questions.

"It's alright."

Ning Qi shook his head and comforted him, saying, "This little injury won't hurt me."

"This is our sect's wound medicine!"

"Applying it to your face should help!"

Ji Wanru handed the medicine to Ning Qi and then said, "Let me help you apply it?"

"No need, I can do it myself!"

"Let's rest here for a bit; there's no danger around here!"

Ning Qi shook his head and continued, "The sword spirits here are all protected by their respective areas. I killed these two powerful sword spirits."

"No other sword spirits will be coming here for the time being."

"Alright, everyone, let's rest here for a bit!"

"Let's regroup and set off again!"

Ji Wanru listened to his words and began to make arrangements: "Send two people to guard the two exits here!"

"Two people are also assigned to guard the entrance behind us!"

"Yes!"

"..."

A guard immediately took the order.

"But, senior sister, what should we do if we encounter this kind of sword spirit again?"

"We can't see them at all!"

One of them came over and asked seriously.

His eyes were filled with a solemn expression.

After he said that, everyone else turned their attention to her.

We're just waiting for her response.

"Don't worry, I have a way to let you see these sword spirits!"

Before Ji Wanru could say anything, Ning Qi came over first and said with a smile, "I've just found their weakness!"

"Oh, you have a solution?"

"..."

His words immediately drew everyone's attention to him.

Their eyes were filled with solemnity.

Clearly, they were all waiting for his solution.

"Yes, all we need to do is attract their attention!"

"With one path, you can see everything!"

Ning Qi nodded, then condensed a wisp of energy from his palm.

"call!"

"Shh!"

After this aura appeared, it immediately burst forth with a blazing light.

Clearly, this was the sword energy he had just acquired.

"Here, I'll give him to you!"

"Please accept this!"

Ning Qi looked at everyone, then divided the sword energy into countless parts.

Then he attacked several people.

"Whoosh!" "Swoosh!"

"..."

Countless sword energies appeared, surging in the void.

Although they are very assertive, it has no impact on them.

As soon as the sword energy appeared, the guards circulated their own energy and collected it all.

"call!"

The next moment, they all refined the sword energy.

Sword energy immediately surged around each of them.

However, this was merely an aura.

"Alright, if any more powerful sword spirits appear, you'll be able to see them easily!"

Seeing that they had all come to their senses, Ning Qi continued, "However, we still need to be careful. If we're not careful, we could be killed!"

"understand!"

"Thank you very much, Young Master Ding!"

"As long as we can see the sword spirit, even if we're killed, we'll know how we died!"

"..."

Several people began to express their gratitude.

After one fierce battle after another, their team of dozens of people...

At this point, only a dozen or so remained.

Compared to before, their strength has been greatly weakened.

However, the group didn't care.

Because having Ning Qi alone is enough.

With him around, they always felt very safe.

"Alright, you guys go ahead!"

"Make sure to guard all the entrances and exits!"

Upon hearing this, Ji Wanru made further arrangements.

"it is good!"

"Let's go!"

"..."

After she finished speaking, everyone agreed.

Then we started taking action.

Each of them revealed an expression of determination to win.

With Ning Qi's help, they gained even more confidence.

After they all left, Ji Wanru finally turned her attention back to the present.

He came over to Ning Qi and said in a deep voice, "Young Master Ding, thank you very much this time."

"The reason I kept things from you before was because I was following orders from above."

"Please don't take offense!"

"Don't worry, I won't take it to heart!"

Ning Qi waved his hand, looking completely unconcerned: "These are things I have no choice in."

"After all, you are all Celestial Guards."

Thank you!

Ji Wanru thanked him for not misunderstanding her.

His eyes were filled with a fluorescent light.

Who exactly is Young Master Ding?

He clearly used demonic energy during the battle.

This was a detail that others hadn't noticed, but Ji Wanru had clearly seen it.

After all, her strength was already at the level of a half-step Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Although he is far inferior to Ning Qi, he still has the ability to see through Ning Qi's immortal and demonic powers.

However, Ji Wanru pretended that she didn't understand.

However, they became even more curious about Ning Qi's identity.

"Don't mention it, we're allies!"

Ning Qi waved his hand and then said, "Let's rest here for an hour."

"When the time comes, we'll see how to proceed!"

"Now that you have the compass, we'll follow your lead and do whatever you want!"

Upon hearing his words, Ji Wanru spoke seriously.

Without a compass, she had no confidence in where it would be safe to go.

Now she is well aware that even with a compass, it may not be safe.

Otherwise, her guards wouldn't have suffered so many losses.

"We can discuss this, but I won't make you all obey my orders!"

Ning Qi shook his head and said seriously, "We should respect each other, after all, we all have our own lives."

"If anything goes wrong after I've arranged this operation, I'll feel terrible!"

“Young Master Ding, now that you’ve activated the compass, why don’t we analyze what our next step should be?”

Upon hearing this, Ji Wanru immediately became interested.

Originally, she thought that Ning Qi was forcing her to seize power.

But judging from his words, Ning Qi had no such intention at all.

"it is good."

Ning Qi nodded in agreement after hearing her words.

Then she took out her compass directly.

After the immortal power was poured into it, the compass suddenly began to operate.

On this compass, beams of light surged.

In the blink of an eye, an illusory space appeared above it.

This space was clearly where they were located.

"We are here right now!"

After Ji Wanru came over, she pointed to an area and said to Ning Qi, "The city lord means that we should continue down."

"down?"

After hearing what she said, Ning Qi asked, "What's down there?"

He had noticed this before, but he wasn't interested in asking more about it at the time.

Now that we've come this far, it's time to learn more about the situation.

"This is the core area the city lord spoke of!"

“Here, we can see even stronger sword spirits.”

"Moreover, the Sword King is also present here!"

When Ji Wanru heard his question, she didn't hide anything: "The strength of this Sword King is much stronger than that of the red sword spirit just now."

“We are no match for them at all, so we have to wait for more people to come here.”

"Only in this way will we have a chance to make a move!"

"Oh? Did you deliberately leak this information for this purpose?"

"To attract people of other races here?"

Ning Qi waited for her to finish speaking before asking in a deep voice.

By this time, he understood what was going on.

No wonder we encountered people from the demon race here; we haven't encountered any demons or humans yet.

However, once they spread the word, it's only a matter of time before they run into these people.

"Yes, only our city lord and the domain lord know!"

Ji Wanru nodded and stopped hiding it from Ning Qi.

Now that things have come to this critical juncture, she knows very well that she can no longer keep it a secret.

Ning Qi was very smart; even if she didn't tell him, he would have had the opportunity to find out on his own.

Instead of doing that, it's better to just tell him directly.

"Okay, then our goal is to get here!"

After listening to her words, Ning Qi said seriously, "However, I don't think any of the roads here are safe!"

"The city lord has warned us that there is a powerful sword spirit here!"

"But if we want to bypass this place, we'll have to take a lot of detours!"

"Yes, but we can't stay!"

"We are too weak to do it!"

"Therefore, taking a detour is the best option!"

After he finished his analysis, Ji Wanru slowly spoke.

His eyes were filled with a solemn expression.

Clearly, she herself wasn't confident that she could just take these people with her.

"Taking a detour is too much trouble, let's just go directly there!"

Ning Qi shook his head, rejecting her decision: "We need to buy time, not take a detour!"

"However, our strength is insufficient."

"With many more guards killed, our current numbers are in grave danger!"

Ji Wanru always stuck to her own opinion.

In her opinion, continuing like this was too reckless.

A single misstep could lead to utter ruin.

If you were to be killed by the sword spirits here, their souls would probably be taken away immediately.

"With me here, what is there to be afraid of?"

Ning Qi snapped out of his daze and said seriously, "I've seen the strength of the sword spirits here."

"Your city lords have all marked them; their strongest members are only slightly stronger than the ones we just saw." (End of Chapter)