Catching Monsters

Chapter 417 Immediately take people to investigate

Sun Wuji's speed was so fast that even Jiang Yun was somewhat surprised. In the blink of an eye, he was already close by.

The hand with the sharp brace instantly grabbed towards Jiang Yun's chest.

Puff.

The sword light flashed.

A longsword carrying abundant magical power slashed fiercely at Sun Wuji's arm.

In the blink of an eye, his hand, which was about to stab Jiang Yun, was sliced ​​away by a sword.

Sun Wuji retreated instantly, glancing to the side. At that moment, Leng Liuer held a sharp sword and flicked the blood off it.

Then he turned his gaze to Jiang Yun and asked, "Are you alright?"

Jiang Yun nodded slightly and asked in a deep voice, "Why did you come back?"

According to the plan, Leng Liuer should accompany Xiao Jingfu to hide in that pavilion for a while, and then find an opportunity to escape Haiyan City with Xiao Jingfu after a large number of soldiers arrive.

Leng Liuer remained calm and slowly said, "I don't really like being around scumbags."

As she spoke, Leng Liuer slowly turned her gaze to Sun Wuji and said, "Alright, let's deal with this guy first."

Upon hearing Leng Liuer's words, a ferocious and strange smile appeared on Sun Wuji's face, which had already transformed into a demon, and the demonic energy on his body became even stronger.

Then, where Leng Liuer had severed his right hand, the flesh began to slowly writhe, and a sharp hand grew back.

Then, Sun Wuji instantly attacked the two of them.

Upon approaching, he swiftly pounced on Leng Liuer. Although he had transformed into a demon, he clearly still retained his rationality and could tell that Leng Liuer's strength was slightly inferior to Jiang Yun's.

Sun Wuji had extensive combat experience and knew that in the current situation, the best way to improve the situation was to kill the weaker Leng Liuer first.

Sun Wuji's attacks were incredibly fierce. He used his fingernails as weapons and relentlessly attacked Leng Liuer once he got close.

As Leng Liuer retreated, he swung his longsword to defend himself. The sword clashed with his fingernails, producing a series of metallic clanging sounds.

Watching Sun Wuji and Leng Liuer locked in combat, Jiang Yun took a deep breath, already having a plan to deal with him.

Soon, Jiang Yun stepped onto the Seven Star Ridge and began to chant:
"Heaven is in chaos, earth is in chaos. We pay homage to the Three Altars of Laozi. Riding a green ox from the ditch, he emerges from the Heavenly Gate, receiving a willow branch to divide the world. He slays the wicked gods of the mortal realm, and keeps the evil spirits of the mortal realm far away."

"The evil spirits and demons are no longer on my body. The sky is clear and the earth is sacred. The six Ding and six Jia soldiers are with me everywhere. Laozi is with me everywhere. The sages guard and lead the heavenly soldiers."

"I obey Laozi's command, may it be done immediately!"

Soon, a five-colored auspicious cloud gradually appeared in the sky.

A powerful pressure gradually formed, and soon the five-colored auspicious clouds transformed into a giant sword that was fifteen meters long.

Sun Wuji, who was relentlessly attacking Leng Liuer, seemed to sense something at this moment, and slowly raised his head to look upwards.

Then, the greatsword, carrying unparalleled power, crashed down towards Sun Wuji below.

The powerful sword energy was suppressing him relentlessly.

Leng Liuer also felt the powerful force of this strike. He glanced at Jiang Yun in surprise and quickly fled into the distance.

Sun Wuji also wanted to escape from the blade, but the power of the greatsword was firmly locked onto him.

boom!
The greatsword descended from the sky, cleaving down and raising a cloud of dust. A crack more than ten meters long appeared on the ground where the sword struck.

Leng Liuer, hiding in the distance, saw this scene and her heart stirred slightly. She couldn't help but wonder if this slash had taken Sun Wuji's life.

As the smoke and dust slowly dissipated, Sun Wuji lay on the ground, his body cut in two at the waist.

Seeing this, Jiang Yun and Leng Liuer both breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Leng Liuer was also somewhat surprised by the power of Jiang Yun's strike. After all, Sun Wuji's strength had already reached the peak of the third rank.

Jiang Yun actually cast a spell and killed him with a single blow.

If he were to fight Jiang Yun, he would be absolutely unable to withstand this strike.

Before Jiang Yun could even celebrate, unexpectedly, Sun Wuji, lying on the ground in two pieces, slowly began to move...

He lay on the ground with his upper body down, his arms reaching out haphazardly in all directions.

Then, he suddenly opened his eyes and crawled towards his lower body, trying to bring his two ends together.

Isn’t this even dead?

Jiang Yun was slightly startled and quickly rushed towards Sun Wuji with Leng Liuer.

Leng Liuer grabbed the guy's lower body, while Jiang Yun grabbed Sun Wuji's upper body.

"Split up and retreat, don't let this guy's bodies rejoin."

Jiang Yun said to Leng Liuer.

After exchanging a glance, the two quickly leaped up onto the roof, one heading west and the other east, grabbing the man's body and escaping separately.

The man appeared extremely weak at the moment. Jiang Yun grabbed him by the neck and headed east.

Soon, Jiang Yun carried the guy's corpse out of Haiyan City and into a forest near the eastern beach.

Once inside the forest, Jiang Yun began to survey the trees, preparing to dig a hole and bury the guy alive.

"Jiang Yun, Jiang Yun."

Perhaps sensing Jiang Yun's intentions, Sun Wuji's voice was now tinged with anxiety and weakness: "You can't bury me here, you can't..."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun's gaze fell upon him, and he slowly said, "Sun Wuji, what kind of demonic art do you cultivate? How come you're still alive?"

"However, no matter how bizarre your demonic art is, if your body remains separated for too long, you'll probably die, won't you?"

Upon hearing Jiang Yun's words, Sun Wuji's expression darkened even further, for Jiang Yun had hit the nail on the head.

Before his demonic power is exhausted, it is extremely difficult to kill him.

However, as the two halves of his body grow further apart, the difficulty for him to maintain his demonic energy becomes increasingly greater.

He has roamed the martial arts world for so many years, and his survival to this day is entirely due to this skill.

"Do you think I would let you live again?" Jiang Yun narrowed his eyes slightly.

He took a deep breath and slowly said, "Aren't you a cultivator? Over the years, I've collected countless Daoist secret techniques and cultivation methods. If you spare my life, I'll give you all of them." "No interest."

As he spoke, Jiang Yun placed him under a tree nearby and prepared to start digging a hole.

Sun Wuji's eyes trembled slightly; he absolutely could not die in this godforsaken place!
Through years of arduous self-cultivation, I have lived these years, enduring countless hardships.

How could I have failed here?

He kept thinking about what method he could use to get Jiang Yun to let him go.

Finally, Sun Wuji's eyes lit up, and he shouted loudly, "Wait, wait!"

"I'm sure you'll find something here that interests you."

"Don't you want to know why I rebelled when I was doing well in the demonic path?"

Jiang Yun shook his head: "I'm not His Majesty the Emperor, why should I know why you want to rebel? You can rebel, it has nothing to do with me."

After saying that, he continued preparing to dig the hole.

Anxious, Sun Wuji hurriedly shouted, "Holy Tomb!"

"We are here to dig up the sacred tomb."

Holy Tomb?

Upon hearing these three words, a strange expression appeared on Jiang Yun's face. He hesitated and looked at Sun Wuji, asking, "What Holy Tomb?"

"Three thousand years ago, after the sage of Confucianism and Taoism defeated the four demon saints, he was worried that the four demon saints would make a comeback, so he left behind three sacred tombs."

"No one knows what's inside the sacred tomb."

"However, two of the three sacred tombs have been discovered before."

"The two people who were discovered lived 1,500 years ago and 600 years ago respectively..."

"After discovering the sacred tomb, these two people both became saints and established two dynasties."

"My sect, the Demon Spirit Sect, has an ancestor who is at the First Grade Heavenly Demon Realm. He has been there for nearly four hundred years and his lifespan is almost over. We must help him find the Sacred Tomb as soon as possible and help him break through."

Hearing this, Jiang Yun couldn't help but frown and said, "What does searching for the Holy Tomb have to do with your rebellion?"

Sun Wuji slowly said, "Our ancestor has been searching for the sacred tomb for almost a hundred years. He once received news that the Zhou royal family might know the whereabouts of the last sacred tomb."

"If we can arrest the entire Zhou royal family, we might be able to find the whereabouts of the Sacred Tomb."

"It just so happens that there are constant disasters throughout the Zhou Kingdom, and our Demon Spirit Sect has long harbored ambitions to conquer the world..."

Hearing what Sun Wuji said, Jiang Yun frowned slightly. The Sacred Tomb?

This was the first time he had ever heard this word.

But that doesn't make sense. If finding the sacred tomb would lead to sainthood, there's no reason why Xiao Yuzheng wouldn't go in and try.

Or perhaps, even members of the royal family were unaware of the whereabouts of the sacred tomb.

Or is it that Sun Wuji is hiding something about this matter?

Thinking about all this, Jiang Yun's gaze fell on Sun Wuji, and he asked, "So, besides you, your Demon Spirit Sect has quite a few other experts among these rebels?"

"Yes." Sun Wuji took a deep breath.

Jiang Yun turned around and continued digging the deep pit. Seeing this, Sun Wuji's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly said, "Why are you so untrustworthy?"

"I never said I would let you go, so what kind of promise are you talking about?"

“You.” Sun Wuji opened his mouth slightly, and after thinking about it carefully, he realized that it was indeed as Jiang Yun had said.

He was just too anxious and brought it up, but Jiang Yun never made any promises.

He took a deep breath, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Right, right, don't you care about the lives of your Jinyiwei men?"

"With such a commotion today, no matter what, quite a few Imperial Guards will be arrested."

"Keep me here, and I can exchange them for you."

"I will be absolutely honest."

Hearing Sun Wuji's pleading, Jiang Yun rolled her eyes at him: "Whether you're here or not, I'll find a way to bring them back."

If Sun Wuji were kept alive, he would be a big problem. Jiang Yun was too lazy to listen to him and quickly dug a deep pit.

Sun Wuji was, after all, skilled in earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic that allows one to escape from the ground). Although he looked very weak, Jiang Yun still had to be prepared. After sealing his cultivation, he threw him into the five-meter-deep pit.

Sun Wuji looked at Jiang Yun above the pit with some despair, and said in a panic, "Jiang Yun, please let me go. I know a lot of things and I can tell you everything."

"Jiang Yun!"

As Jiang Yun continued to bury the soil above, Sun Wuji soon fell silent.

After filling the entire pit, Jiang Yun clapped his hands and then quickly turned and left.

Soon, Jiang Yun headed to the post station north of Haiyan City to meet up with Dong Qiaofeng and the others.

However, when Jiang Yun arrived at the post station, Dong Qiaofeng was not there.

Instead, Zidane appeared anxious.

Upon seeing Jiang Yun return, Qi Da hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Something has happened, Lord Jiang."

Seeing the anxious look on Zidane's face, Jiang Yun's heart skipped a beat, and she had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

He asked in a deep voice, "Where is the Fourth Prince? Could it be that he hasn't evacuated yet?"

Zidane said with a grim expression, "We still don't know where the Fourth Prince is. According to the plan, they should have been the first to evacuate by now."

Hearing Zidane's words, Jiang Yun took a deep breath and slowly said, "Take men and investigate immediately!"

Jiang Yun's expression was gloomy; this trip was solely for the purpose of rescuing the Fourth Prince.

If the fourth prince fails to escape, all our efforts will have been in vain.

(End of this chapter)