Who said I practiced the exercises incorrectly?

Following the traces left by Meng Kun, Ning Yan led a group of warriors from the Lingzhi Sect and easily passed through the many traps scattered throughout the grass, and accurately arrived at the location of the branch altar's entrance and exit.

But when they got closer, everyone was in trouble.

Li Kezhao stood up from the ground, not even bothering to brush off the dust on his body, and said solemnly:

"According to my exploration using the Earth Listening Technique, the stone door hidden underground is about ten feet thick, and the stone is extremely tough. If a warrior with a strong level wants to break it open with external force, he may have to fight here for two or three days before he can do it."

When everyone heard this, their brows furrowed.

What this meant was that if they insisted on breaking through the stone gate, even if they finally succeeded, the people inside would have already prepared countermeasures, whether it was activating internal mechanisms and traps, or retreating from other passages early, which would turn their sneak attack into a joke.

"How about looking somewhere else?"

Zhang Xiuhua scratched the back of her head and looked at the people around her:
"As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows. Their altar must have more than one passage. Since this one is so difficult to break through, we can just spread out and look for passages in other locations."

"No."

Wei Daoqi immediately refused:

"Even if they have set up other passages, with our limited manpower, we don't know when we can find them. And don't forget, there are traps everywhere. If you are not careful, you will fall into one. Even if you don't die, you will definitely alert the people inside. Wouldn't that ruin the purpose of the sneak attack?"

"How about we just sit outside and wait for the opportunity?"

Wu Xuanzong suggested:

"The people inside will eventually come out. When they come out, we can rush in and kill them."

"I'm afraid this won't work."

Wei Daoqi immediately shook his head and said:

"Not to mention that we have no idea when they will come out. The most important thing is that the Blood God Cult has people in more than one place. They have people in many places outside. Once they turn back and find us here, they may be able to capture us all."

"Neither this nor that works, so what do you think we should do?"

Zhang Xiuhua immediately scolded:
"Are you asking us to force our way in?!"

"It's not impossible."

Ning Yan, who had been squatting on the ground, suddenly spoke up.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other.

Attacking head-on... this was an option they had ruled out from the beginning.

Ning Yan stood up, looked at the people around him, and smiled slightly:
"You were afraid of a strong attack before because you were worried that it would be difficult to break through in one go. But after a careful exploration on the ground just now, I unexpectedly discovered that this entrance actually still has a weakness."

Li Kezhao quickly replied:
"But this big rock under the ground..."

"Who said the weak spot was on the big rock?"

Ning Yan smiled and said:

"The big rock is very hard, but the area next to the big rock may not be so hard."

As he spoke, he made a move with his hand, and the dark and gloomy Tushan Seal immediately appeared in his hand.

Seeing this small seal, everyone couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then they seemed to remember something, and all of them showed astonishment on their faces.

Wei Daoqi murmured:

"Could it be..."

The next second, violent force was injected.

The small black seal quickly enlarged in Ning Yan's hand, and in the blink of an eye it became the size of a person. It looked extremely thick, with an inexplicable luster flowing on its surface, as if it wanted to swallow up all the light around it.

The Tushan Seal is a powerful spiritual weapon mass-produced by the Lingzhi Sect. Its power is far beyond that of ordinary spiritual weapons. Only the top-notch disciples who have entered the Jin realm are qualified to wield it. Its accompanying method can allow people to unleash its true power until they reach the Hua Jin level.

Even if one enters the third realm, this Tushan Seal can be used as a weapon.

Now that Ning Yan has successfully advanced to the Jin realm, he can naturally use the Tushan Seal smoothly, including the accompanying exercises that have been modified by him, which can greatly reduce the consumption during use. Of course, this is a weapon designed for those at the peak of Hua Jin, and he is definitely unable to unleash its full power at his current level.

But it is more than enough to deal with the current situation.

Ning Yan glanced at the weak spot that had been detected earlier.

Without any extra movements, he smashed the huge and heavy stone seal down fiercely:

"Fellow countryman, open the door!"

The stone seal fell suddenly to the ground.

There were no violent noises.

In just a moment, the seemingly extremely solid ground sank like mud, and quickly collapsed into a huge regular passage. Along with a faint dull roar, the earth continued to shake, the gravel was rolling, and the insects were fleeing. Finally, all the vibrations turned into a crisp sound, like the bottom of a glass being shattered by a bullet.

The passage has been broken through!

When the passage was pierced by the Tushan Seal, the Blood God Cult group who were still walking up the stone path suddenly staggered and the team suddenly became chaotic. Before they could stand firm, a large amount of mud and sand mixed with broken stones poured down from above like a tide, directly covering everyone's head, face and body. Some unlucky guys accidentally opened their mouths to receive a lot of mud, and they ate too much and rolled down directly.

"what's the situation?!"

"The stone gate was breached?!"

Looking at the faintly reflected light from above, Hu Wei, who spoke the truth, had an expression of disbelief on his face.

The dusty people behind him were even more shocked after hearing this.

The stone gate leading to the inner side was cut from a whole piece of amethyst rock. Even if the leader of the Youtan Temple was here, he wouldn't be able to break it open in a few moves. But how could those people above only be here for a short time and break through the stone gate so easily?

Could it be that a powerful person with Hua Jin has arrived?
Thinking of this, everyone on the field was terrified.

There was a crisp sound of "pop".

Wang Yiming casually slapped Hu Wei:

"Stop talking nonsense here and disturbing people's hearts!"

Hu Wei covered his face and dared not speak.

Wang Yiming glanced upwards and turned to the crowd and said:

"Whether the other party is a strong person or uses some kind of treasure, the fact is that the stone gate has been broken. This is our base camp, and there are various mechanisms and traps inside. Even if a strong person with Huajin really comes, he will definitely be trapped here.

We have the advantage of the terrain, so there is no need for us to go out and fight them. We can just wait inside and wait for them to fall into our trap!"

People around added:

"Commander Wang is absolutely right!"

"That's how it should be!"

"Send them in to die!"

……

Seeing the people around him expressing their deep approval, Hu Wei couldn't help but mutter to himself:
"What the fuck is the difference between this and what I want to say?"

Meng Kun frowned slightly after hearing this.

A forceful attack...is simply not feasible.

The people outside wouldn't be stupid enough to actually attack by force, right?
He felt a wave of worry in his heart.

I just wish I could knock the real Meng Kun unconscious.

After making the plan, everyone stopped moving forward and instead retreated into the passage.

However, at this moment, a series of loud noises suddenly came from above the passage.

Immediately afterwards, two huge humanoid figures fell down with a ping-pong sound. They were the angry guards who were originally stationed near the stone gate. They originally thought that the two guards should have been killed directly in the breakthrough of the stone gate just now.

As it turns out now, the body was left intact.

However, when they saw the corpse's crooked eyes, slanted face and purple-black appearance, their expressions suddenly changed:
"Is this...death by poisoning?"

At this time, they also vaguely smelled a fishy and sweet smell in the air.

One could even see thick purple mist rolling in from the sky.

"Oh no, they are poisoning!!"

Wang Yiming was suddenly shocked and angry.

Some of the weaker ones around were staggering and were about to fall to the ground.

"Get out!"

Everyone quickly retreated inside.

Passage mouth.

Wu Xuanzong stood in front of the hole made by Tushan Seal and said to the people around him with some pride:
"I got this bone-eroding blood lotus with great difficulty. I originally planned to use it to practice a poison skill, but now, in order to deal with the Blood God Cult, I have to take out this treasure from the bottom of the box."

Ning Yan poured out the poison powder while saying to the people around him:
"If you have any poison or drug, just pour it in. Don't be polite to them."

Everyone took out all kinds of messy medicine bottles and poured out colorful and strange poisons.

As they fell, they used their palms to push poison inside, allowing the Blood God Cult disciples inside to inhale more poison.

Seeing that all kinds of poison powders had been poured out, Ning Yan said to the people around him:
"I'll go in and take a look. You guys stay outside and keep an eye on your surroundings. Find out where their retreat route is. Don't let them escape. If you have any questions, contact me directly through Tushan Yin."

Before anyone could ask him how he was able to get through the poisonous fog, Ning Yan used a heavy weight to fall into the fog, leaving only faint screams echoing outside.

After entering the stone path, Ning Yan held his breath and concentrated, using all his strength to lock the pores on his body to avoid being contaminated by the poisonous mist.

Although he was confident in his own resistance to poison, he was also afraid that the combination of all kinds of toxins would poison him.

But after walking through it, he unexpectedly discovered that the poison had little effect on him.

"Sure enough, these poisons are still unable to destroy my strong body that has been tempered through thousands of trials!"

Ning Yan's confidence was boosted, and he rushed forward at high speed.

Soon he saw the body left in the stone path.

At first glance, there is an obvious difference in body shape from that of Senior Brother Meng.

Ning Yan couldn't help but feel relieved.

Yes, he came down not only to take advantage of the situation to attack and kill the chaotic crowd inside, but also to protect Senior Brother Meng.

After all, he had not informed the other party about the previous poison attack, it was purely a temporary reaction under improvisation.

It would be a shame if I poisoned my own senior brother to death.

Fortunately, the current situation does not seem to be that bad.

As the distance increased, Ning Yan soon saw warriors falling one after another on the stone road.

Some warriors were still struggling, obviously not dead yet.

Just as he was thinking about it, an old man with a shameless face grabbed his ankle with his one arm and shouted with all his might:

"Take... me away..."

Ning Yan nodded and crushed his neck with one foot:
"Go well."

After traveling smoothly all the way and saving several dead souls, Ning Yan, who felt that he had done a lot of good deeds, was indeed rewarded -

He found the retreating group of the Blood God Cult!

"kill!"

Ning Yan rushed in without any hesitation.

The group of warriors were in great chaos at the moment as they were trying to avoid the poisonous fog that was rushing in.

They never expected that there were enemies hidden in the horrible poisonous fog.

Because of the sudden encounter, only a few screams and howls were left, and then they turned into terrified corpses on the ground.

Those who had managed to escape far away and survived, upon hearing the screams that came one after another, immediately realized that there were still unknown dangers in the poisonous fog.

Almost in an instant, they thought of human puppets, corpse puppets and even evil spirits.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, totally unable to imagine how the other party could have been so well prepared.

They had originally hoped to reduce the toxicity of the fog by relying on distance, but if there really were such enemies that were not afraid of the poisonous fog, then they would not be the ones who had the advantage of terrain.

And no one knows whether the other party has any other tricks up its sleeve.

Subconsciously, the many warriors in the underground stone hall rushed towards the retreat passage.

By the time Wang Yiming reacted, he had already been swept to a dark stone wall.

He wanted to issue an order to stop the chaotic crowd and reorganize the troops.

But when he saw the many panicked warriors in the field, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

These people have been underground for so long that even the sharpness that the Blood God Cult disciples should have has completely dissipated.

Now that the branch headquarters, which has always been considered extremely safe, has been invaded by outsiders, they are like turtles with their shells opened, unable to adapt, and are fragile and sensitive.

Even if he relied on his own prestige to force them to stay here, once something unexpected happened in the poisonous fog, the team would probably collapse instantly, and it is possible that they would kill each other in order to seize the retreat route.

"Forget it, let's retreat first."

"Anyway, there's nothing important stored in the hall. Instead, there are traps everywhere. If the enemy breaks in here, they will only suffer losses."

"After we withdraw and rest for a while, we can come back to clean up. Isn't it much better than being chased and beaten like now?"

Thinking of this, Wang Yiming no longer hesitated.

Under the eager gazes of the crowd, he turned around and twisted the mechanism on the wall.

The seemingly solid stone wall suddenly moved away, revealing a deep passage hidden behind it.

"Go out first, and we'll talk about the situation here later."

Wang Yiming led everyone inside.

Soon, three forks in the road appeared before our eyes.

Without any hesitation, he led everyone forward along the middle fork.

As for the two roads on the left and right, they are both dead ends when extended.

This happened several times, after passing dozens of forks in the road, they finally emerged from a small woods covered in dust.

After coming out, they realized that there were no enemies around, and everyone on the field couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Then they looked around, and after confirming that there were no outsiders around, they all walked to the edge of the woods and looked towards the grassy area where the branch altar was located.

Unexpectedly, apart from the vague mist, they didn't see anyone.

While the Blood God Cult members were looking at each other in bewilderment.

High in the sky, a black-winged flying insect vibrated its thin fleshy wings and emitted a low humming sound with its sharp mouthparts. (End of this chapter)