Minglong

Chapter 402: False is also true, true is also false

Xie Jinhuan, along with Jiang Xian and Senior Sister Naigua, sped towards Huoli City, cautiously observing the surroundings to avoid being ambushed by the Immortal Transformation Demon. Meanwhile, Meiqiu took the lead and flew away to call for reinforcements.

But as the three continued forward, before they had even left the area covered by the Devouring Light and Severing Spirit Array, they saw a figure appear on a distant hill.

The figure, dressed in a red gauze dress with a Western Region flair, was extremely tall. Her long, wine-red hair danced in the wind, like a flame burning on the grassland. Her strikingly defined features, including her pair of emerald eyes, exuded an extraordinary aura that looked down upon the world, as if calling out from afar:
"Yang Huaxian is nearby, come quickly."

Xie Jinhuan was slightly taken aback when she saw Sister Guo. She wanted to move closer, but after a moment's thought, she asked first:

"Who are you, fellow Daoist?"

Ye Yunchi had seen this Western Region woman with breasts bigger than her head in Xie Jinhuan's room before. Noticing Xie Jinhuan pretending not to recognize her, he asked in confusion:

"what's wrong?"

"fake."

"what?"

Xie Jinhuan did not notice anything unusual about the other party's appearance or demeanor, but the Valkyrie had already died a hundred years ago and was now Empress Guo. The evil sect had no idea whether the Valkyrie was dead or not.

Therefore, it is impossible for Sister Guo to appear in her original form. This is clearly a trick by the evil sect to see if he knows the Valkyrie. As long as he acts as if they are familiar with each other, Sister Guo will obviously be exposed.

As expected, when the man in red heard his question, he looked blankly at the distant snow-capped mountains, seemingly unsure how to respond.

Xie Jinhuan glanced at the snow-capped mountain and knew that the beast tamer should be over there. To prevent Yang Huaxian from launching a sneak attack, he gritted his teeth and reluctantly pulled the reluctant Xiao Biao away first.

But the three of them had only taken a few steps when they heard movement behind them again:
"Gu... Gugu..."

The three looked up and turned around, only to see a fat eagle with jet-black feathers lying on the grass behind them, its mouth full of blood and twitching, clearly on the verge of death.

"What the hell?!"

Xie Jinhuan was so angry at the sight that he laughed!
But seeing his personal maid, who had been with him since childhood, in such a miserable state, he couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache, followed by a surge of anger!

Ye Hongshang was also amazed and said:

"This must be the battle pet of the old demon on the mountain peak. It's worth ten Mo Yuan. Let's go and try to catch it."

Xie Jinhuan was already envious and even suspected that this was the city lord's wife of Yanbo City. He immediately turned back and tried to capture this rare spirit beast with extraordinary bloodline skills.

The half-dead black eagle, seeing this, immediately sprang to its feet and fled wildly towards the snow-capped mountain, kicking up a trail of dust, mimicking the movements along the way:

“Gujiguji…”

The opponent's mockery was clearly not just a show of skill or a joke; the back-and-forth exchange lasted only a moment before a turbulent storm arose once more around them.
Huhu——

Then the Dark Abyss emerged again from all directions, swallowing everything in its path.

Upon seeing this, Ye Yunchi quickly stopped:
"Yang Huaxian is here?"

Xie Jinhuan also frowned, and immediately formed hand seals again, casting the 'Sand Transformation Divine Incantation' to sever the pre-fabricated array veins underground.

Rumble…

But this time it was obviously different. As soon as the underground array veins were disrupted and collapsed by the curse, a force immediately solidified the ground, causing the array to continue operating as usual, and rumbling sounds soon echoed from all directions.

Ye Hongshang carefully sensed it and reminded him:
"It wasn't Yang Huaxian. There was a cultivator skilled in earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic that can be used to escape into the ground) who was repairing the formation underground."

"Earth Escape..."

Xie Jinhuan had studied the ancestral scriptures of Taoism and actually knew such methods, but it was difficult to move freely underground. Seeing this, he drew the Zheng Lun Sword and stabbed it into the ground, and his arms immediately emitted streams of light.

Stab la la——

Then, a burst of blue-purple lightning emerged from the Zheng Lun Sword and spread across the entire land.

With Xie Jinhuan's current physique, he can convert the five elements of energy by pouring candles upside down with almost no loss. The power of his thunder magic is no different from that of a Daoist of the same realm. With the double effect of the Zheng Lun Sword and the supreme Yang divine thunder bestowed by the Azure Dragon God, the destructive power is actually greater than that of martial arts moves. The only flaw is that the energy conversion is done in advance, which inevitably results in a longer wind-up.

However, when dealing continuous damage, the slight pre-cast animation is negligible. As the blinding lightning poured into the earth, the surrounding area within a hundred feet was almost transformed into an electric field that killed anyone who touched it. The grass and trees on the ground were instantly scorched and turned to ashes. Ye Yunchi and Jiang Xian also stayed close by and were protected by him to avoid being accidentally injured.

Under the ground.

Even though Zitong was far away, he was still paralyzed by the electric shock. But if he showed his face, he would surely die. So he endured the electric shock to protect the underground energy field.

Yang Huaxian set up this formation with the aim of ambushing Xie Jinhuan and Ye Yunchi, forcing the righteous old demon to show up and save the day.

Therefore, even a prefabricated array should not be underestimated in terms of power.

As the formation continued to operate, the vast power of heaven and earth began to converge, and then streaks of blazing red light appeared on the dark earth.

The flowing light, like lines drawn from magma, depicted a giant Bagua (Eight Trigrams) formation on a land nearly eight miles in diameter.

Although Yang Huaxian was the leader of the demonic path, his ancestral home was the Taoist divination school. Benefiting from a lifespan of three hundred years, his mastery of formations was arguably the best in the world.

Ye Yunchi drew his sword to protect Xie Jinhuan. At first, he thought it was the Divination Sect's "Eight Gates Burning Array". However, as the blazing red array patterns emerged from the earth, what appeared in the eight directions was not a towering wall of fire, but eight illusory human figures!

The illusory image, the size of a mountain, stood tall in the eight directions of the extremely dark space, its hands forming different hand seals, and then:
thunderbolt--

A bolt of purplish-blue lightning, as thick as a water bucket, appeared first from the Zhen position, transforming into a lightning dragon that pierced the air and struck the three people directly.

Then a golden-red firebird appeared, spreading its wings like the wings of death as it swept across the land, bringing with it towering waves of fire!
Boom——

"hiss……"

When Ye Yunchi saw the 'Five Thunder Demon Suppression Curse' and the 'Heaven-Burning Fire Suppression' appear at the same time, his expression changed slightly. After all, martial artists could only withstand these things by brute force.

Given the difference in strength between her and Yang Huaxian, she would basically be vulnerable to being broken through in one move or killed in two, and wouldn't last long enough for other illusions to make a move.

Seeing this, Xie Jinhuan was also on high alert. He immediately abandoned his electric shock technique on the rat, channeled his inner energy, and slammed his hands into the ground! *Bang!*

Rumbling--

Three earthen walls, each adorned with a qilin (a mythical creature) head, rose from the ground, sheltering the three behind them.

Unfortunately, the moment the earthen wall appeared, the 'Kun position' of the formation showed signs of disturbance.

Wow…

Then the ground began to move, forcibly turning the triple gates into sliding doors, which shifted to the sides, and the lightning and fire beams pierced straight through the middle gate!
"Grass……"

Xie Jinhuan realized that the magical duel was like showing off his limited skills to an expert, so he immediately picked up Xiao Biao, who was looking scared, and his senior sister Naigua, who was on high alert, and used the "Tian Gang Ta Dou Bu" (Heavenly Gang Stepping Dipper Step) to evade the attack.

The next instant, a crater more than ten feet in diameter was blasted out where the three were standing. Then, the second and third bolts of lightning and fire appeared again, turning the extremely dark space into a purgatory filled with lightning and fire.

Rumbling--

Seeing the overwhelming barrage of comments, Ye Yunchi didn't know how to dodge them and could only grit his teeth and ask:

"How do we break this formation?"

The formation was set up by a Transformation Ancestor at the peak of the Sixth Realm. Those below the Sixth Realm cannot break the formation by brute force. Even with the help of the ghost, they can only try to destroy the formation's veins and core.

But now there's a dead rat acting as an engineer, frantically repairing things underground. If we don't deal with it, we can't stop the formation, but if we do deal with it, the formation will attack us.

Xie Jinhuan pondered anxiously, feeling that this situation was probably beyond the scope of the task, and looked at the omnipotent ghost.

Ye Hongshang knew that Xie Jinhuan would have a hard time resolving this situation, and only the White-haired Fairy could handle it.

But before Yang Huaxian could even show himself, the White-haired Fairy took to the field first. Yang Huaxian either launched a sneak attack from the shadows or left without looking back, coming and going as she pleased, and they couldn't stop her.

If she could lure Yang Huaxian into finishing her off, the White-Haired Fairy would have a chance to launch a sneak attack, and even if she didn't kill him, she could safely retreat.

In response to Ye Hongshang:
"The formation is dead, but people are alive. Let's think of more ways."

"..."

Seeing this, Xie Jinhuan could only carry the two girls and weave through the barrage of bullets from the cannons, trying to figure out a way to survive.

It was soon discovered that this formation had far more than just two effects.

He can create a barrier with his earth magic, which will immediately disintegrate and move away; when he leaps into the air, he can create a demonic wind that makes people lose their balance, and an extremely cold domain will appear in the darkness, freezing people into ice sculptures almost instantly if they step into it.

If Xie Jinhuan hadn't learned the 'Heavenly Gang Steps' and could dodge around wildly, he probably wouldn't have been able to escape for more than three seconds before being overwhelmed by the barrage of comments and dying on the spot.

However, this formation was indeed static. Xie Jinhuan dodged back and forth for a while and then discovered that the frequency of the spell was fixed, with intervals of about two or three seconds in between, which should be to gather the power of heaven and earth.

Moreover, since no one is controlling the prefabricated array, the enemy is obviously not detected by the naked eye, but by sensing the fluctuations of energy within the array to attack or neutralize the protective spells.

Thinking of this, Xie Jinhuan's heart stirred slightly, and he quickly reminded her:

"Milk melon, take one Ignorance Pill."

Milk melon?

Jiang Xian looked down and wondered when she had acquired such an imposing nickname...

Ye Yunchi felt that this was probably referring to her. With her life hanging in the balance, she didn't have time to pay attention to the form of address and took out the pill to swallow.

The effect of the "Ignore-All Pill" is to shield one's own energy. Although it is equivalent to disarming oneself, the effect is so strong that even ghosts through a door cannot detect it.

After Xie Jinhuan and Senior Sister Naigua's aura completely disappeared, they took advantage of the interval between the magic array's attacks, placed her on the ground, and then quickly flashed dozens of feet away, ready to rush to her aid at any time.

Rumbling--

The next instant, lightning and fire appeared again in the distance, and the lightning bolts came flying through the air, clearly aimed at his location, not at Ye Yunchi who was standing far away.

Xie Jinhuan was overjoyed at the sight and immediately moved away to avoid it. At the same time, he took out a pill and gave it to Jiang Xian, and also took one himself. After dodging a few times, he landed and went into a state of rest.

Rumble…

The aftershocks of the energy raged through the extremely dark space, but the eight shimmering phantoms around them froze simultaneously after losing their target, and no more killing spells appeared.

"call……"

Jiang Xian leaned against Xie Jinhuan's chest, and seeing that the commotion had stopped, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief and asked in a low voice:

"Can pills break formations?"

"Shh~"

Xie Jinhuan felt that in this desperate situation, she still had to rely on Zisu. Afraid of triggering the formation, she didn't dare to speak loudly and quietly moved closer to Senior Sister Naigua.

Ye Yunchi stood still, quite surprised to see the magic array stop, and moved closer to the direction where Xie Jinhuan had last stopped.

However, the Thunderfire Spell stopped, and the Devouring Light and Severing Spirit Array was swallowed by darkness again. Xie Jinhuan dodged out several times to test the effects of the medicine, and the two sides could no longer see each other.

Ye Yunchi didn't dare to make any big moves, and could only approach based on his memory. Unexpectedly, after taking only a few steps, he found Xie Jinhuan quietly joining him. Xie Jinhuan cautiously scanned his surroundings and extended his hand:
"Lend me your sword."

Seeing this, Ye Yunchi breathed a sigh of relief and handed the Netherworld Sword to Xie Jinhuan, but after examining it briefly, he paused again:
"Where is Miss Jiang?"

"Beware!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a sharp shout rang out from the absolute darkness dozens of feet away…

(End of this chapter)