At that time, Zhang Tianrann had shouted towards Tong Duan, "Tong Duan of Nine Dragon Sect, I invite Mountain Demon."


    Since the other party was using some sort of spirit beast Gu worm method, according to the rules, Zhang Tianrann had to use the same method to control the spirit beasts.


    After hearing Zhang Tianrann''s words, Tong Duan also understood that he was very clear about his own background at Zhang Tianrann''s place.


    In fact, it was passed down in Japan during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The Nine Dragon Sect was one of the Taoism Sect schools in the early days of China, and was known as the descendant of Da Yu. When it came to the late period of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was already very weak, and had no power. When they arrived at the Tang Dynasty, there was no trace of them at all. It was actually an emissary from Japan to the Great Tang, who had coincidentally fallen into the hands of the Nine Dragon Sect — other Daoist sects might not be willing to accept an unscrupulous person as their successor.


    At that time, the Nine Dragon Sect was already facing a broken generation, but because they were pushed aside by other factions, only the last old man was left to support them, and they simply could not find a suitable successor. The Japanese envoys found the Nine Dragon Sect, but the Nine Dragon Sect was also helpless. This emissary became the last successor to the Nine Dragon Sect, bringing his learned spells and some ancient scriptures back to Japan to establish his own sect. A few hundred years later, his Nine Dragon Sect blended into the system of the Gods and Daoists, and his name "Broken Flow" has spread to this day.


    Zhang Tianrann had fought with Tong Duan a few times on the Yangtze River, so he guessed that Tong Duan was actually the descendant of the Nine Dragon Sect that had been spread throughout Japan back then. His guess had hit the mark. He was also telling Tong Duan that he understood your background, and that your sect was passed down from China, there was a faint sense of belittlement.


    Tong Duan also did not expect Zhang Tianrann to immediately guess the source of his sect. The matter of cutting off water was a product of the Nine Dragon Sect of China, and the sect had never been willing to bring it up. It was just that when Tong Duan had reached a certain level in his cultivation, after becoming a Nine Dragon Sect Grandmaster, he had read many secret manuals and records. In fact, they were all from the advanced Nine Dragon Sect.


    Zhang Tianrann''s Mountain Elf was a unique Mountain Demon that had always existed in the Three Gorges region. They often attacked isolated humans for food. Very fierce. His name was Kui Demon.


    The Kui Demon''s body was huge, almost as long as Tong Duan''s wooden boat, and the claws at the ends of its four limbs were extremely sharp. The most bizarre thing about the Kui brothers was that their voices were very short, their eyes were in the front row, and their heads were covered with fur. They looked almost like human heads. The fang was very long, and it stuck its mouth out.


    The Kui Demon emerged from the lake, clinging to the side of the wooden boat.


    The Japanese soldiers used their rifles to shoot towards the Kui Demon, but when the bullets struck the scales of the Kui Demon''s body, there was no effect at all.


    Unfortunately, the Kui Demon''s weakness was its appetite for eating people. After seeing blood, its natural instinct exploded, no longer listening to Zhang Tianrann''s control. Thus, it only searched the deck of the ship for humans. Unexpectedly, after dragging the wooden boat into the water, it became easier to eat people.


    This way, Zhang Tianrann would have no chance. Because Tong Duan had a chance to catch his breath, he took out his treasured blade. Holding it with both hands, he walked in front of the Kui Demon.


    The long blade in Tong Duan''s hand was a famous Japanese blade — — identification with the spring guard.


    This blade was inscribed with the mantra of the Taoism: "All those fighting in the military are in front of the formation."


    It was one of the famous swords of ancient Japan. The attributes of this blade were more inclined to slay demons and exorcists.


    Tong Duan held the Spring Guardian''s appraising hand with both of his hands and raised it up. The Kui Demon was subdued by the Spring Guardian''s appraising words and could not move anymore. After Tong Duan swung the Spring Guardian''s appraising hand, the Kui Demon''s head fell down and was held in Tong Duan''s hands. The Kui Demon''s four limbs immediately lost all of their strength. It fell from the wooden boat, its enormous corpse floating in the lake, its hind legs spasming nonstop. There was a huge splash.


    However, this wave posed no threat to the tungsten wood vessel. The wooden boat once again floated steadily on the surface of the water.


    Tong Duan finished off the Kui Demon, and then arrived at the bow of the ship. The boat was violently swaying left and right, but he still stood steadily, the blade edge stained with the Kui Demon''s blood.


    This series of events could be considered the first exchange of blows between two experts.


    And this round was only a test of courtesy between the two of them. They all understood that the other party wasn''t using his full strength.


    This ancient path battle at the bottom of the Yangtze River was simply too important. Neither side would act immediately and use all of their skills. He only urged the spirit beasts to test their depth.


    However, both Tong Duan and Zhang Tianrann had miscalculated, because they had both underestimated each other''s abilities. Furthermore, he had no idea how powerful the other party was.


    In fact, in Tong Duan''s eyes, they were only afraid of Zhang Tianrann, and he did not care about the other four great families or Sun Ding. In the end, it was because of his contempt that he failed.


    Tong Duan''s next move was to compete with Nighteyes.


    Before the competition, let all the lights in the ancient path be extinguished. Absolute darkness enveloped everyone. In the darkness, no one dared to make a sound. Because in a situation where the eyes can''t see, sound is the target. Everyone breathed very lightly, afraid that they would be overheard.


    Once one reached a certain realm in the Daoist Sect, there would indeed be an expert capable of opening the night vision. However, there were very few of them. Very, very little.


    If there was a common huckster or a monk or any other person who told others that he had opened the Heaven''s Eyes, it would be a lie. Normally, this kind of huckster would not even open their eyes at all. At most, she was only able to find a small part of the way to open the Night''s Eye. There were no flaws in using the divination to trick people. However, when it came to fighting between Warlocks, it was nothing.


    The reason was simple, no one had been able to open the Heaven''s Eyes for hundreds of years. The Heaven''s Eyes was just a way of putting it. It had been lost for a long time.


    The current situation was that both Zhang Tianrann and Tong Duan had opened their eyes during the night, since they were, after all, the two great masters of Chinese and Japanese Warlocks.


    Apart from that, everyone else was now blind.


    However, as they were looking at each other, Sun Ding slowly walked to the side of the lake and stood next to Zhang Tianrann, looking at him.


    This was why Tong Duan had miscalculated. He didn''t think that the other party would have another Ye Eye.


    Then, Tong Duan had his followers shoot arrows in the darkness. These followers were all blind. In the darkness, they could use their ears and skin to feel the slightest movement, so the situation had reversed. Zhang Tianrann and the other four great families were now blind. Those who shot the arrows were all discerning people.


    These archers were specially trained as soldiers during the Japanese Warring States Period. When the Japanese fought in the Warring States period, they often fought in the night. In the dark, some of the archers tried to kill the enemy''s commanders, but they could not see them with their eyes.


    Therefore, there was a famous marquis later on that specially adopted some warriors'' descendants. He grew up blind, and when a person''s eyes became blind, their hearing and sense of touch would become more acute. Of course, it was more suitable for blind people who were born blind. These archers were trained as children to use their sense of hearing and sense of touch to judge their surroundings.


    When such a person reached adulthood, he would be the most accurate archer in the dark night. As long as he was told the direction, he would be able to shoot down the enemy general among hundreds or thousands of people.


    These people that Tong Duan had brought with him were the elites among the elites. Right now, the two sides were at loggerheads, the distance between them was not as far as the battlefield, and the ancient path s were even more quiet. These archers shot towards Zhang Tianrann and the others as if they were taking out items from their scabbards.


    Hearing the taut sound of the bowstring, everyone came to a realization. He waited for the arrow to hit him.


    However, after the arrow was released, it did not hit its target.


    Originally, Zhang Tianrann could have settled this matter, but he did not stop them. The one who blocked the bow and arrows was Sun Ding.


    As expected, Sun Ding held onto a blade and absorbed all the arrows onto the blade.


    By doing this, Sun Ding was able to confirm that Sun Ding was Gu Chixiao''s helper. This was because this blade was called Chi Xiao, and was Gu Chixiao''s sword.


    Back then, Gu Chixiao''s name was not like this, it was because his sect had obtained this divine blade, and changed it to this name.


    Crimson Cloud Treasured Sword s were refined using black iron and had a huge amount of magnetic force, so even though the arrow was flying very fast in the air, it was still sucked up by Sun Ding''s Chi Xiao.


    Gu Chixiao was the art of deception!