On the steps of the central hall, the silver-haired man was sitting and drinking. Facing the arrival of the two intruders, Yu Shiqi and Xia Qianyu, his eyes showed coldness and disdain as always.

Xia Qianyu kept Yu Shiqi's instructions in mind and cautiously stayed near the exit of the corridor. Her eyes pretended to glance upward inadvertently, silently remembering the locations of the two secret doors where Yan Jia was ambush.

Yu Shiqi held the sword in his right hand and stepped forward. There was a talisman between the index and middle fingers of his left hand that he had received from Xia Qianyu in advance, and he deliberately let Zong Xiu see it.

"An exorcist from the Central Plains? You actually came to a place like this to seek death." Zong Xiu put down the jade bowl filled with wine amid a sneer, stood up and drew his sword to point at Yu Shiqi.

Yu Shiqi quickly stepped forward without saying a word, and slashed Zongxiu's side with his bladeless sword Qiuye.

Zong Xiu was obviously extremely confident in his Hunyuan Gang Qi. He stood motionless and allowed Yu Shiqi's sword to slash at his waist. However, the next moment he was expecting the Hunyuan Gang Qi to send Yu Qi and his company flying away with their swords.

The scene did not appear, and the bladeless sword stopped just outside the range of Hunyuan Gangqi. Yu Shiqi flipped his wrist, and the sword body turned to hit the long knife in Zong Xiu's hand.

After a crisp metal sound, Zong Xiu showed a strange expression as he retreated. The power transmitted from Yu Shiqi through the contact of the sword was not strong, and it seemed that he had deliberately kept his hand.

"Why didn't you just cut it with a sword? What are you afraid of?" He stared at Yu Shiqi suspiciously and asked.

"Then why don't you hide or block? Aren't you afraid?" Yu Shiqi asked with a chuckle.

Zong Xiu gritted his teeth: "Do you know something?"

The swords struck each other again. Zong Xiu held the handle of the sword with both hands and struggled to press the blade forward. Yu Shiqi still held the sword with one hand, but he did not lose in the competition of strength. While Zong Xiu was fully focused on wrestling with himself, Yu Shiqi

Seventeen raised his left hand and slapped the black talisman in front of Zong Xiu.

"Stars in the sky, respond without stopping, be as urgent as laws and regulations!" He imitated Xia Qianyu and recited the spell in a serious manner. Zong Xiu was so frightened that he suddenly stopped and jumped back and retreated far away.

The sword light flashed in the air, and the black talisman split into two and slowly fell down. A trace of confusion flashed in Zong Xiu's eyes. Before he could think about it carefully, he suddenly heard a young woman's clear voice coming from behind: "

The five divine generals soared to the sky and fell to the ground. They drove away thunder and lightning, destroying evil spirits! They were as urgent as the law!"

Five talismans flew around him without knowing when, and burned up as Xia Qianyu finished reciting the mantra, and five shining chains criss-crossed to bind Zong Xiu in place.

"You..." Zong Xiu suddenly realized that he had been fooled. The young man holding the sword in front of him didn't understand talismans at all. He was just bluffing to attract his attention so that the woman could take action.

The chains bound him, the five elements collided, and the Hunyuan Gangqi that Zong Xiu relied on suddenly collapsed. He looked up in desperation, trying to summon Yan Jia who was ambushing on the secret door on the ceiling.

However, his eyes first fell on the glowing red talismans sealed around the secret door, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

"Those are the Haoyang Talismans that have been activated. The moment the secret door is opened, they will blow your ambush soldiers into pieces!" Xia Qianyu raised her sword finger in front of her and spoke in a cold and stern tone.

"You... you..." Zong Xiu's wide eyes were full of anger and unwillingness. He struggled desperately to get rid of the five elements chain on his body, and roared: "Why do you know..."

A sudden thunder flash passed by in an instant, and Yu Shiqi sheathed his sword behind Zong Xiu. The sound of the five elements chain breaking was heard from behind, and Zong Xiu fell to the ground with a muffled sound.

At this time, the sound of mechanism activity came from the secret door on the ceiling. Yu Shiqi looked up subconsciously. Suddenly, his body was hit hard and flew into the corner of the hall. Amidst the roar, the Haoyang Talisman exploded in succession and set off a huge force.

There were air waves, and debris and dust fell in sheets from the ceiling.

Yu Shiqi, who was knocked to the ground by Xia Qianyu, turned around and saw two burning armored remains lying in the center of the hall. Zong Xiu had been buried under the rubble.

"Sir, are you okay?" Xia Qianyu smiled guiltily at him, "I only thought about sealing the ambush, and didn't think about that much..."

"I'm fine, thank you." Yu Shiqi propped himself up with his hands behind his back.

"Everything just went as you expected, what should we do next?" Xia Qianyu seemed to be a little superstitious about Yu Shiqi's "precognition" ability.

Yu Shiqi glanced at the stairs that Zong Xiu was guarding before, thinking that what happened next was no longer within the scope of what he knew. There should be five people left in the Seven Blades, but their abilities were unknown.

This is the third reincarnation. They have finally successfully crossed the threshold of Zongxiu. What kind of enemies will they encounter next?

Xia Qianyu was still waiting expectantly for his advice. Yu Shiqi hesitated for a moment and decided not to reveal to her that his knowledge of the enemies in the castle stopped there.

Rather than letting Xia Qianyu add unnecessary worries, it is better for her to continue to follow him with confidence and hope.

"Let's go, Miss Xia, just follow me, don't stay too far away."

"Yeah." Xia Qianyu nodded in agreement without hesitation.

There are four floors in the central hall of this castle. The two of them walked up the winding steps without seeing any obstacles on the way. After successfully passing the second and third floors, Yu Shiqi stood up.

He stopped in front of the stairs leading to the top, feeling a little hesitant in his heart.

Xia Qianyu, who was holding the talisman in hand, thought he had foresaw another danger. Looking around cautiously, he asked, "What's wrong? Master, have you discovered anything else?"

Yu Shiqi shook his head, thinking that the passage through the two floors was too smooth. A moment ago, they had a big fight with Zong Xiu in the central hall on the first floor, especially Haoyang who finally destroyed two armored bodies.

The explosion of the talisman made such a loud noise, but there was no reaction at all in the castle. Except for Zong Xiu and Yu Zang, the remaining guards did not appear for a long time, which made him feel uneasy.

Xia Qianyu seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and instead comforted him and said, "Even if all the remaining guards are concentrated on the last floor, there is no reason for us to retreat, right?"

"I came here to get Chang Yinghualu. Only in this way can I save the life of a person who is very important to me. Miss Xia...why are you here?"

"I just want the villages downstream to no longer be plundered and oppressed, and to live in fear."

Yu Shiqi smiled. If he hadn't known her origin and apprenticeship in advance, he would have thought she was the ranger of the Cloud Sword after hearing this answer.

Thinking about it on the other hand, even if someone like Xia Qianyu, who has nothing to ask for, is willing to go through all kinds of hardships, what reason does he have to hesitate?

A sudden "crunching" sound sounded in front of them, causing their shoulders to tremble at the same time. When they looked up, they saw that the door at the end of the stairs was slowly opening.

The bright candlelight shines from inside the door. At first it is just a ray of light. As the crack in the door widens, the ray of light becomes wider and wider.
Chapter completed!