Xiuxian, I have a high martial arts world

Chapter 118 Siege
"The range of this maze seems to be around ten miles from Yudai City?"

Lin Chen's heart was in turmoil.

According to his perception, he had clearly been flying for a long time, at least hundreds of miles.

But it only took him a few minutes to get back to Yudai City, which meant that he was only about ten miles away from Yudai City at most...

"So, this maze is not targeting me...but covers the entire Yudai City?"

Lin Chen made a quick judgment in his mind.

The scope of this maze is so large that it covers a city with a population of one million and even extends for more than ten miles.

If someone with such a talent only wanted to deal with Lin Chen, it wouldn't be so troublesome.

"So, who exactly...surrounded the entire Yudai City?"

"What is its purpose...?"

Lin Chen was very uneasy, but he didn't show it.

It was getting dark at this moment, and he returned to the inn where he had stayed before.

Only after returning to the inn did Lin Chen dare to think carefully about the siege.

Setting up a huge formation to surround the entire Yudai City is definitely a big deal.

It is not something that ordinary forces can do.

Can Changchun Gate do it?
Lin Chen shook his head slightly, he was not quite sure.

He had seen the master of Zhen Peak set up the Wood Prisoning Heaven Burning Formation before, and the range was very large, enough to cover an entire mountain.

But compared with the formation that surrounds the entire Jade Belt City, it is still dwarfed by the giant.

"It's unlikely that a Jindan cultivator could set up this kind of formation... Even if they could, it would probably take a lot of time and energy."

Lin Chen roughly estimated the strength of the person behind this formation.

Perhaps it was several Jindan cultivators working together to set up the formation... maybe even Yuanying cultivators!

"So, what is the purpose of this person or the force behind the scenes to surround Yudai City?"

Lin Chen thought carefully.

He divided the people behind the scenes into two factions.

Or, they could be righteous cultivators who besiege the city and hunt down some evil cultivator or enemy.

But with such a huge investment, the person who surrounded and killed him must be at least a cultivator in the late Jindan stage, right?

Of course, Lin Chen would rather the righteous forces set up the formation, at least this way he would not be in too much danger.

But what Lin Chen is worried about is... the person behind the scenes is an evil demonic force!

This is also the most likely!

There are many rumors about demonic forces besieging cities, but in the end they all have one goal - blood sacrifice!
Thinking back to the three strange things Lin Chen had heard before...

"Could it be that the demonic forces are really taking action... to sacrifice the city?"

Lin Chen frowned and said it was bad luck.

Such an unfortunate thing actually happened to him...

"If it is really a demonic force, it will be troublesome... In any case, let's take a look at the situation first... Is there no loophole in such a large formation?"

"Perhaps, since we can't leave Yudai City from the south, I should try another direction?"

Lin Chen looked up at the sky. It was almost late at night, a good time to avoid being discovered.

Lin Chen left the inn and flew out of Yudai City.

"Try the north first..."

Lin Chen's heart moved and he flew towards the north.

He was careful this time, and when he was about ten miles away from Yudai City, he carefully left a few marks.

Then continue heading north.

After flying for another half an hour, Lin Chen's face changed slightly when he looked at the mark he had left behind.

"If the north doesn't work, let's try the west..."

Lin Chen continued to try.

……

The next morning, Lin Chen returned to the inn in the city.

"After several hours and trying six or seven directions... you still can't find the flaw in this formation?"

Lin Chen's expression was somewhat solemn.

According to his idea, it is impossible for such a large formation to be comprehensive and flawless.

But after trying the four directions of southeast, northwest, and northeast, Lin Chen tried southwest and northeast, but still could not find any flaws.

However, Lin Chen did not gain nothing.

He explored the scope of the siege.

"This formation is centered on Yudai City and extends outward for about thirteen miles..."

"Thirteen miles is a limit... Once you reach this distance, you will be forced to lose your sense of direction or fall into an illusion? Even your spiritual sense won't be able to sense the slightest abnormality..."

Lin Chen took a deep breath. He planned to try again after dark.

Perhaps we can find a way to leave by following the boundary of this formation?
So, for the next three days, Lin Chen hid during the day and went out at night.

Whenever it got dark, he would fly out on his flying vehicle to explore the boundaries of the formation.

But he stepped on every inch of land, and even flew into the sky, reaching a height of more than thousands of feet... but still could not escape from the formation.

This formation was like... a huge invisible glass cover that surrounded Yudai City in 360 degrees without any blind spots.

"Things are getting complicated!"

Lin Chen glanced at the countdown on his arm. There were only two and a half days left, and it would be time to return to Blue Star.

At the moment, he couldn’t think of a way to escape from Yudai City, but after returning to Blue Star... maybe there would be a way?
"Don't worry for now. Let's investigate the information in the city tomorrow morning..."

Lin Chen thought silently.

……

The next morning, after getting up, Lin Chen went to the market in the city.

The city was sealed off for several days, and Lin Chen was not the only one trapped.

There are also millions of mortals in the city, and thousands of monks...

Lin Chen planned to go to the market town to see if he could find any information.

After walking around the market, Lin Chen frowned slightly.

Compared to a few days ago, there are obviously fewer monks in the market today.

The previously bustling Xiuxian Market now doesn’t see many cultivators setting up stalls.

Even those who set up stalls on the street are mostly female cultivators.

"The strange things happening in the city are getting worse and worse... I wonder if it has anything to do with the siege?"

Lin Chen began to speculate, then turned and entered a pill shop.

Before, Lin Chen had bought and sold pills in this pill shop several times and was quite familiar with the owner of the shop.

"Boss, pack up these herbs..."

Lin Chen first bought some medicinal herbs in the alchemy shop, and then asked:
"Boss, business has been slow recently? It seems that the monks in the city rarely go out."

After hearing Lin Chen's words, the owner of the pill shop suddenly frowned and sighed:
"Alas, the business in Yudai City is getting worse and worse. After some time, I will move out..."

"I heard that Changchunshan Market is relatively peaceful. I plan to open a store there next year."

After hearing this, Lin Chen frowned slightly, vaguely feeling that something was wrong.

So he asked again:

"Yes! More and more strange things are happening. Not to mention ordinary people, even cultivators like us are trying to avoid them..."

After hearing this, the owner of the alchemy shop sighed:
"Yeah! Something strange happened a few days ago!"

Having said this, he lowered his voice, looked around and said:

"I heard that a monk went out at night and saw a man with a dog's head! Tsk tsk... In the middle of the night, his eyes were glowing green, so scary!"

"A few days ago, there was a strange skinning incident... I heard that it wasn't just mortals, several monks were skinned..."

Lin Chen's heart skipped a beat after hearing this, but he remained calm and said:

"Boss, you are well-informed... I have been in seclusion these days, can you tell me more about the strange things in this city?"

Seeing that there were few customers, the owner of the Danpu shop nodded and said:

"What else could be so strange? It's just those three old things..."

"The strange skinning incident has gradually spread to the monks..."

"The Black Dog Gang in the south of the city doesn't seem to be peaceful either..."

"And the cemeteries outside the city are becoming more and more haunted..."

The more Lin Chen listened, the more uneasy he became. It was not because he was afraid of these three strange things.

But he discovered something even more terrifying...

"Haha, shopkeeper... please count the spirit stones. I'm going back first!"

Lin Chen said this and turned to leave the pill shop.

He had a vague guess in his mind.

After leaving the pill shop, Lin Chen went to the weapon shop he often visited.

In the afternoon, he went to three or four shops, bought a lot of herbs and materials, and then returned to the inn.

……

In the inn, Lin Chen's originally calm expression gradually became solemn.

"Except for me, the cultivators in the entire city seem to have not noticed the inner and outer blockades of Jade Belt City?"

"But this...how is it possible?"

Lin Chen frowned.

When the owner of the pill shop said he wanted to move to Changchun Mountain Market, Lin Chen already found it a bit strange.

After all, from the tone of his voice, it seemed as if he could move out at any time...

But the fact is, there is no way out of Yudai City!

Originally, he thought that the owner of the pill shop was unaware of this situation.

So he went to several shops one after another and tried to find out about the strange things happening in the city in some roundabout ways.

But none of the shop owners in a row realized this.

This doesn't make any sense at all!

After all, those who run shops usually have better connections and information.

Yudai City was blocked and the monks in the city were unable to leave. How could they not know such an important thing?

"So...what happened?"

"In their situation, it's as if there is some existence interfering with their thoughts... or in other words, making them have no desire to run away..." Lin Chen thought silently in his heart.

If there really is some existence interfering with the monks' thinking, that would be too terrifying!

After all, there are millions of mortals and nearly tens of thousands of cultivators in this entire Yudai City!

"Something's wrong... It's so wrong!"

Lin Chen didn't dare to think too much about it. He felt that this matter was no longer something he could control.

"Let's talk about it when we get back to the high-level martial arts world... I was actually involved in such a danger without knowing why. I need to let the think tank analyze it."

Lin Chen took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.

For the next two days, he stayed in his room to practice and did not go out again.

He set up a small protective formation in the room, which made it a little safer.

When something like this happens, it’s better not to go out and take risks for the time being.

But at this time, the mastery of intelligence is particularly important.

Fortunately, he sent Long Ba and Feng Jiu out to trade.

And through the shared perspective, I learned a lot of information...

In just two days, dozens of Qi-refining monks died in the city!
Most of the monks were skinned to death.

The bodies of these monks disappeared without a trace, and only clothes and skin bags were left at their burial sites...

Some monks went to the cemetery outside the city and never came back.

Lin Chen recorded the information one by one and waited silently for his return to reset.

Until the countdown on his arm reached zero, Lin Chen's vision changed.

……

Daxia Kingdom, Martial Arts Palace.

After Lin Chen returned to Blue Star, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He was really worried that the means of sealing off the city were so sophisticated that he would not be able to travel between the two worlds.

But now it seems that he is more capable.

In the space-time chamber, Wang Lishan and others still maintained their previous actions.

But Lin Chen's expression was very solemn.
"Something happened in the Immortal Cultivation World..."

Hearing that Lin Chen's tone was not right, Wang Lishan's expression changed slightly.

But he still said calmly: "Don't panic, Xiaochen, tell me the situation first..."

Lin Chen nodded slightly and told the situation of the immortal world one by one.

After Wang Lishan understood the situation, his expression became much more serious.

But after all, he is in a high position and he is not surprised by anything.

He first comforted Lin Chen, and then said:
"You mean, you are now trapped in Yudai City and cannot leave..."

"And you suspect that the Demonic Sect is preparing to sacrifice the entire Jade Belt City with blood?"

Lin Chen nodded slightly upon hearing this, and said:
"I don't know whether they are going to sacrifice the entire city or just target the monks in the city... But for now, we can only prepare for the worst."

Wang Lishan nodded after hearing this, and said after thinking:

"Don't worry, record everything you encounter there first, and I will inform the think tank so that they can analyze it together..."

"As for me, I will do my best to provide you with sufficient firepower!"

Having said that, Wang Lishan looked into Lin Chen's eyes and said seriously:

"Lin Chen, do you believe in the country?"

Lin Chen nodded without hesitation.

In the more than two years since he acquired the ability to travel through time, the country has given him sufficient help.

And this time, perhaps it is the biggest crisis he has encountered in the world of cultivating immortals.

But he believes that the country will make the best plan to ensure his safety as much as possible.

If even the Great Xia Kingdom cannot protect him, how terrifying will the enemy be this time?
Seeing Lin Chen's trust, Wang Lishan nodded slightly and said:

"After you've explained the situation, take a break... and try not to stress yourself out! We're all behind you!"

Lin Chen nodded heavily.

Soon, he told everyone about the situation encountered in Yudai City and the explanation of the city sealing formation.

After explaining the situation, Lin Chen went to the lounge of the Martial Arts Palace.

He didn't feel too much tension or fear in his heart.

"No matter what happens in the Immortal Cultivation World, I have seven days to deal with the crisis!"

"With the entire high-level martial arts world giving me advice, there is nothing I can't get through..."

Lin Chen thought so, and then practiced peacefully.

In the next two days, while he practiced the Changchun Jue, he also followed Old Long to learn the Star Vibrating Sword Technique.

Because the situation was urgent, Lin Chen studied more seriously, thinking that the more he could improve his strength, the more chances he would have to survive.

Under pressure, he also made great progress.

The Xingchen Vibrating Sword Technique finally made another breakthrough...

In the training room.

Lin Chen held the demon-slaying sword and swung it out.

"82689kg!"

This is Lin Chen’s current basic strength.

"580632kg!"

This is the maximum power that Lin Chen can exert after performing the Star Vibrating Sword Technique.

More than one million kilograms!
Lin Chen was confident that with this blow, the protective true essence of the fake elixir cultivator would be shattered!
Beside him, Elder Long looked at Lin Chen's great progress and said with emotion:
"Xiao Chen, your talent in martial arts is truly unique to me..."

"In just one year, the vibration multiple of the sword has increased from four times to seven times... Even if I were you, it would take me ten years to reach your level!"

Lin Chen retracted the demon-slaying knife, took a deep breath, and said with a smile: "Master Long taught me well!"

After hearing this, Mr. Long smiled and did not refute.

This is the fact. In the entire Great Xia Kingdom and even in the entire human race, no one can match him in the martial arts of wielding the sword.

"Xiao Chen, I heard from Lishan that... you encountered some situations in the world of immortal cultivation?" asked Old Long.

After hearing this, Lin Chen nodded and said, "It's a bit unlucky to encounter the Demonic Sacrifice City..."

Elder Long asked, "Are you sure you can handle it?"

Lin Chen shook his head. He didn’t even know what realm the person behind him was at, so how could he be sure?

Seeing this, Old Long’s face became serious.

After thinking for a while, he took out a golden scale from his arms and handed it over.

"Take this Dragon's Reverse Scale. It may save your life at a critical moment..."

Lin Chen took the scale, observed it carefully and asked doubtfully:
"Old Long, this scale is..."

After hearing this, Elder Long smiled and said:
"You've heard of my martial spirit, right?"

Lin Chen nodded.

Elder Long's martial spirit is very famous throughout the Great Xia Kingdom.

There are all kinds of strange and bizarre martial spirits, and they can do anything.

Some people's martial spirits are supernatural powers such as telekinesis, fire breathing, and immense strength...

Sometimes, the martial spirit is a weapon like a long sword or a shield...

But there is another type of martial spirit, known as the summoning (transformation) system.

It can summon powerful creatures from myths and legends to assist in combat.

And Long Yuanhai's martial spirit is a dragon...

A real dragon from Eastern mythology!
"This reverse scale is from my dragon, the only one left..."

"As long as you wear it close to your body, it will block a blow for you when you encounter a fatal crisis... The upper limit of this blow is about the full force of a martial king!"

Elder Long said calmly.

After hearing this, Lin Chen's expression changed slightly.

The full force attack of the powerful martial king...

This is definitely a power that surpasses the Jindan level and at least reaches the Yuanying level!
This means that this piece of dragon scale can block Nascent Soul level attacks for Lin Chen.

Thinking of this, Lin Chen said sincerely:

"Thank you, Mr. Long!"

Long Yuanhai patted Lin Chen on the shoulder and shook his head, saying: "The future of Blue Star is in the hands of you young people..."

……

In the next few days, Lin Chen continued to practice both immortal arts and martial arts.

The true energy and magic power in the body has become stronger.

After taking the flesh and blood of one, two or three level monsters, Lin Chen's Qi and blood value increased again.

It reached 2720 points, getting closer and closer to the -point standard of the Wuling level.

Until the day before I was about to cross into the Immortal Cultivation World...

……

Martial Arts Palace.

Wang Lishan's face was solemn as he informed Lin Chen of the intelligence from his think tank.

"Lin Chen, according to the think tank's deduction... the probability that this incident was a blood sacrifice by a demon cultivator is over 90%!"

After hearing this, Lin Chen took a deep breath, as he had already expected this.

“Although the result is not ideal, the think tank still found a possible solution for you.”

Wang Lishan took out a drilling machine that was about ten feet high.

"According to the research of the Formation Department, most formations have some weaknesses and loopholes."

"You have tried all directions in the sky and on the ground before...but the only thing you overlooked is underground!"

"Therefore, I think you need to take this earth-drilling machine with you... maybe we can find a way to leave Yudai City from underground!"

After hearing this, Lin Chen nodded slightly. This was indeed a way to solve the problem.

After he put away the drill, Wang Lishan took out an extremely huge missile from the nano bag, which was two meters high.

After seeing the special logo on the missile, Lin Chen was stunned.

Wang Lishan said seriously:

"If you really encounter an irreversible situation... don't hesitate, just raze the entire city to the ground!"

(End of this chapter)