Fire Monster

Chapter 316 Retreating to Advance
In just a few seconds, an eighth-level Qi Refiner was sucked into a mummy in full view of everyone. The scene was horrifying enough, especially since it was seen by many mortals and even filmed. Those newspaper boys thought they had caught explosive news and even thought of the headlines for tomorrow morning.

I didn't realize the danger at all.

“See? This is the destiny you are pursuing. This is the destiny you want to count on. Bah! This is the evil god!”

Lu Tiancheng spat and yelled, but at the same time he felt a little strange. Is this the end? The evil god has already controlled Zhang Tianjiao, why is he retreating without a fight?

Just as I was thinking this, I saw the fallen corpse of Zhang Tianjiao stand up again like a rubber band.

Then Gabagaba started talking.

"Brother Lu, I don't agree with what you said. You know nothing about destiny, yet you dare to jump to conclusions. Isn't that ridiculous?"

"You evil demon, how dare you deceive people!"

Lu Tiancheng cast an explosive rune, and a flash of flame appeared, destroying the mummy. But immediately afterwards, someone else spoke loudly, as if taking over a relay. But it turned out to be a third-level Qi Refiner who was originally watching the fun from a distance, but somehow, he was controlled by that false destiny.

"Brother Lu, I was defeated this time, but not by you, but by someone else. His name is Zhao Guanshan, a remnant of the Zhao family. He is now on the big ship outside Linjiang Prefecture, waiting for you to pay homage."

"So, are you ready to welcome the remnant of the Zhao family as the master of the Taoist Palace? Lihuo Taoist Palace, tsk tsk, Senior Brother Lu, you have such a big idea, have you asked the remnant of the Zhao family?"

However, this third-level Qi Refiner was speaking with all his might, his throat was apparently about to break, yet he was able to maintain a moderate speaking speed.

It's extremely inconsistent and weird.

He walked out involuntarily, and with every step he took, blood flowed out from his whole body.

Just after he said these few words, the lower half of his body turned into plasma, but the upper half seemed unaffected.

Only after he said the last word did he explode with a bang, turning into a cloud of blood mist.

Suddenly, screams broke out everywhere, and the mortals who were watching finally became frightened and fled in droves.

"disperse!"

Lu Tiancheng shouted loudly, and an eighth-level dispelling rune rose up, like a scorching sun, casting warm sunlight, and the frightened mortals quickly returned to normal.

"Control the scene and carefully identify it. There should be victims controlled by the evil god!"

Following his loud shout, a group of Qi Refiners acted quickly. They were all familiar with this kind of thing, but at this moment, a level six Imperially Seal Fighter suddenly opened fire indiscriminately at mortals. The incident happened suddenly and there was no time to stop it, and hundreds of onlookers were slaughtered.

The next second, several sword lights slashed across, cutting the sealed fighter into pieces.

But at this time, Lu Tiancheng and others no longer felt the joy of victory, and they dared not relax.

"All soldiers of the Demon Suppression Division must immediately control the Imperial Seal Fighter to land, get out of the battle vehicles, and wait for the Demon Heart Test! The Demon Suppression Division and the Provincial Administration Division must suspend..."

Before Lu Tiancheng could finish his words, a level 5 spirit supply tower a few kilometers away suddenly exploded. The high-pressure spiritual energy directly razed everything and everyone within a two-kilometer radius to the ground.

The casualties are probably in the tens of thousands.

At this time, another level 4 Qi Refiner suddenly felt a tremor all over his body, and then he shouted hoarsely,
"Brother Lu, you are responsible for all the deaths. Do you think that you can solve everything by building the so-called Lihuo Dao Palace? This is just the beginning. Over the past ten years, have you seen whether the common people have lived and worked in peace? Have you seen whether the defense line held by the Demon Suppression Division has become easier?"

"Awakening the destiny should be the most correct path, but now it has been interrupted by you and the remnants of the Zhao family. Can you really find a way out for the millions of people in Linjiang Prefecture?"

"When the five great immortals were still around, they couldn't do it. Why can you, the Lihuo sect, do it?"

"I'm not seeking revenge on you. This is just the price you need to pay. All consequences will fall on you."

"Brother Lu, work hard. You think you have 120 years to prepare for the catastrophe, but who will resist the tide of evil? Without the protection of heaven, the evil will eat up mortals like buns. Why don't you ask those mortals if they are willing to return to the days when they were as numb as grass?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the man exploded again, and blood rained all over the sky, which frightened Lu Tiancheng and other Qi Refiners. They originally wanted to maintain order and take over the situation, but now they dared not act rashly.

The most important thing is that no one knows how many people the fake destiny controls. If even the seventh-level spirit supply tower...

"Send a message to the Demon Suppression Department and the Chief Secretary, tell them to maintain order and keep everything as normal!"

Lu Tiancheng didn't dare to think further. He issued an order in a hurry and led his men straight to the seventh-level Spirit Offering Tower. Everything else was easy to deal with, but the seventh-level Spirit Offering Tower must not be lost.

But at the same time, they were so shocked and really frightened that they had no time to take a closer look. A huge monster was slowly withdrawing from the Taoist Palace of Linjiang Prefecture.

Then, he disappeared directly into the abyss of the devilish fire.

If someone could see it, they would find that this giant still had some terrible wounds that had not healed.

But even after entering the Devil's Fire Abyss, this false destiny is not far away. The current situation of the Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace does not represent a victory. It is just the beginning of a new war.

Because of it, Lu Tiancheng and others no longer believed in the Demon Suppression Division and the Provincial Administration Division, but they had no way to take over, at least not for the time being.

When the five types of Qi-refining masters were at their peak, it was still a mess. Now, can the more than one hundred Qi-refining masters of the Fire Type handle it?

The longer the time goes, the more conflicts there are. Ordinary mortals have enjoyed a stable life for more than ten years. Do you want them to continue to be insignificant and rely on them as the main force to resist the evil spirits in the outer defense line?
Nowadays, among the mortals in Linjiang Prefecture, on average every family has a third-level imperially-sealed chariot, and powerful psychic weapons are even more plentiful.

Just rely on those less than one hundred Lihuo Qi Refiners to manage it?

What about dreaming?
Perhaps after all this trouble, ordinary people will miss those golden fifteen years very much.

The more these Qi-refining masters and Zhao Guanshan cause trouble, the more people will miss them!

When this longing exceeds a certain limit, you say that I am not destined, but fallen, but do you have the final say in this matter?

What’s more, in another thirty years, the Zhenhai Palace will also drift over here.

This drama has just begun!
At the same time, Zhao Guanshan was still quietly deploying his eighth-level spirit-offering tower. He naturally had a very deep understanding of what happened in the Taoist Palace of Linjiang Prefecture, which was equivalent to half of the basic foundation of the pseudo-mandate of heaven.

It is very difficult to make that false destiny give up obediently.

So, from the beginning he didn't think about defeating it.

If you can't achieve success in one go, all your efforts will be in vain.

Therefore, he couldn't intervene too early.

Once he got involved, the business in Linjiang Prefecture became his.

In a sense, public opinion is unreasonable.

Especially since the false destiny can pretend to be defeated on the surface but do things secretly, this is very passive.

In this situation, Lu Tiancheng and his group of Qi-refining practitioners from the Lihuo system would be good pawns to cross the river.

No matter how they do it, no matter what means they use, it's all fine.

Even if they do nothing and just maintain the status quo, that would be great.

After all, although Zhao Guanshan is a remnant of the Zhao family, he is not really a conservative.

He wants both the immortal cultivation system and the industrial system, but the prerequisite is that he can really create a perfect cyber immortal statue that combines the inside and the outside.

For him, the war has just begun.

The situation in Linjiang Prefecture was just as Zhao Guanshan had expected, not too outrageous.

Even this was also expected by the fake destiny.

"Maintain the status quo!"

Inside the seventh-level spirit-supplying tower, Lu Tiancheng spoke somewhat helplessly.

It was not complicated to regain control of the seventh-level Spirit Offering Tower. After witnessing Zhang Tianjiao's fate, another eighth-level Qi Refiner immediately handed over all his power and asked Lu Tiancheng for protection. He did not want to become a pawn of the evil god.

But how the situation will develop next is worrying.

"That evil god is extremely cunning. This move of retreating to advance has put us in a passive position. Now no one knows how many people in Linjiang Prefecture have been controlled by that evil god. Even if it does nothing else, just causing trouble will make us exhausted and exhausted."

"So, we can only maintain the status quo for now, let the Chief Administrative Office, the Demon Suppression Office, and the Taoist Temple continue to operate, and let mortals manage mortals."

"Everyone, do you have any ideas?"

Lu Tiancheng looked at the other Qi Refiners of the Lihuo Element. No matter how strong he was, it would be difficult for him to accomplish anything alone.

At this time, a middle-aged man with a simple face who used to sell steamed dumplings on the street corner spoke up, "Uncle Lu, I was wondering if any of us Lihuo Qi Refiners could be controlled by the evil god?"

"It is highly unlikely. It's not that the evil god can't do it, but it's hard to hide now that the Lihuo Daoism is so clear. Therefore, all the Qi-refining practitioners of the Lihuo system can be trusted. There is no doubt about that. This is why there were no such absurd things when the five immortal statues were all there before."

"Uncle Lu, should we go and call back Zhao Guanshan from the Zhao family now? Didn't the evil god say that the one who would reshape the statue of the Lihuo Immortal this time was Zhao Guanshan?" another person asked at this time.

"Yes, and there is also Fellow Daoist Wu Jin. They set out to sea by boat three years ago, but they never thought that after three years, they had not left the area of ​​Linjiang Prefecture and had been circling around the area. It turned out that such a big event was brewing. I think this matter might be led by Fellow Daoist Wu Jin, as he is a man who can do great things." Some people thought optimistically.

"Let's put this matter aside for now. It's not that we want to make things difficult for Zhao Guanshan, but that evil god said this on purpose to stir up a conflict between us and Zhao Guanshan. This is not good, and we can't be fooled."

"But it's not convenient for us to take the initiative to look for it. There are too many things to do in Linjiang Prefecture. I think that if the time is right, the big ship will dock."

"At this point, we have to choose to believe unconditionally."

Lu Tiancheng made a solemn statement, which set the tone.

(End of this chapter)