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Chapter 135 Capture

The monsters suffered heavy casualties, and Luo Jingshan and the others had already left the battlefield and were quickly heading towards Outpost No. 1.

Meanwhile, Li Youan, who was located at the core of the Six Spirits Trapping and Killing Formation, was in very poor condition.

Having persevered to this point, Li Youan was like a small boat on a vast ocean, where a storm was raging.

The powerful divine sense required to control the formation had an effect on him like countless tiny steel needles, constantly piercing his brain.

The extraction of life essence was like a knife, cutting his meridians and flesh.

Li Youan's life force was rapidly fading away. He felt his vision becoming darker and smaller, and he began to hear chaotic sounds that gradually decreased in volume and drifted further and further away.

Even as Li Youan saw a revolving lantern before his eyes, he still gritted his teeth and stubbornly persisted in operating the Six Spirits Trapping and Killing Formation, constantly entangled and killed the demonic beasts trapped in the formation.

At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind: hold on a little longer, hold on a little longer, kill a few more monsters so that his teammates could retreat further and return to the outpost safely, and also help him take care of the orphanage.

Ten breaths — One hundred breaths —

One minute — Three minutes —

A cup of tea — a stick of incense —

If it weren't for the hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, even if Li Youan's spirit could hold on, without enough vital energy, this formation wouldn't have been able to last for so long.

At this moment, the carnage within the Six Spirits Trapping and Killing Formation was beyond description. The blood mist in the air had almost completely replaced the previous miasma. The severed limbs of demonic beasts were everywhere, and the yellow sand on the ground had been stained bright red.

At this time, the number of True Spirit Realm and Opening Yuan Realm demonic beasts still alive within the formation does not exceed twenty.

Only eleven Kaiyuan Realm demonic beasts remain, and most of them are at the ninth level of the Kaiyuan Realm. The rest have been killed or injured, and even those that are still alive are severely injured and on the verge of death, almost unable to move.

Of the True Spirit Realm demonic beasts, apart from those that were severely injured by Qi Xuan and the others and then killed by Li Youan, the rest were not killed.

They were all severely injured, weak, and missing limbs.

The Six Spirits Trapping and Killing Formation set up by Li Youan was mainly to hinder their pursuit of Luo Jingshan; the formation was not particularly powerful offensively.

Of course, another important reason is that Monkey King and Eagle Soar are also doing their best to protect their own little demons. They are not so heartbroken when a demon beast in the Kaiyuan Realm dies. It is not difficult to raise it. It is just a small fry in the clan.

However, these True Spirit Realm demonic beasts are already the backbone of the clan, and none of them can be wasted.

Not to mention, their clans had already been killed by the 13th squad in previous battles, and many True Spirit Realm demon beasts could not withstand Li Youan's torment.

Otherwise, Monkey King and Eagle Soaring could break this formation together and hunt down Luo Jingshan, but they didn't want too many of their men to die.

After all this commotion, both Monkey King and Eagle Soaring were greatly exhausted. Although they managed to protect their subordinates to some extent, they were extremely furious.

However, in the end, this Six Spirits Trapping and Killing Formation was not entirely set up by Li Youan on his own. Spirit stones would eventually run out, and he himself had his limits of endurance.

At this moment, the light of the entire Six Spirits Trapping and Killing Formation gradually dimmed.

"Human brat, how are you?! You finally couldn't hold on any longer, could you?"

Monkey King had brought many subordinates, so he was doing his best to protect his little demons, while Eagle Soar protected the few remaining eagle demons behind him and keenly sensed that the power of the Six Spirits Trapping Killing Formation was beginning to weaken.

As a flying type of demonic beast, the first thing he sensed was that the thick fog had begun to fluctuate significantly.

He let out a long roar, his voice filled with joy, disregarding his worsening injuries, and unleashed the demonic power within his entire body.

Those claws gleamed with a metallic light, tearing through the vines in front of them and blocking a golden sword aura that pierced through.

Eagle Soared down from the sky like a black lightning bolt, heading straight for the core of the formation, where Li Youan was swaying more and more.

Li Youan vaguely sensed Ying Xiang's movements, but he was already at his limit. His nerves had recovered, but his body was completely unresponsive, unable to move at all. Even twitching a finger was extremely difficult for him.

Eagle Soar's claws, sharp enough to tear gold and sever iron, were about to crush Li Youan's head.

At this critical moment—

The ancient-looking protective mirror that Li Youan wore on his chest, crafted and upgraded by Dongfang Jinghong, suddenly emitted a pale, soft yet incredibly resilient light.

The light appeared extremely slowly, but it spread rapidly, forming an oval-shaped light shield that protected Li Youan's entire body.

"Bang!!!"

Eagle Soar's determined claw slammed into Li Youan's milky-white protective shield, producing a loud bang like metal clashing.

The protective light shield shook violently, and ripples spread out where it collided head-on with the eagle's claws, producing a piercing cracking sound.

Even on the surface of the light shield, several fine cracks appeared, but even so, the light shield did not break.

Instead, at the point of impact, a gentle yet firm recoil force traveled back along Ying Xiang's claws, sending him flying backward and tumbling through the air several times, his claws even going numb from the impact.

"A protective magic item?!"

Yingxiang knew that human cultivators would carry protective magic treasures with them, but he did not expect that the protective magic treasure on this little array master, who was already exhausted, would be so powerful.

Although his claw strike was hastily delivered for the sake of speed, it was still an attack from a demonic beast at the eighth level of the True Spirit Realm, and it was blocked just like that.

Meanwhile, Monkey King, relying on his absolute strength, smashed the already dimmed pillar of light in front of him with a single blow.

The Six Spirits Trapping and Killing Array set up by Li Youan has a clear gap at this moment. Not only is the power of the array decreasing, but the area covered by the array is also shrinking rapidly.

Seeing the formation rapidly collapsing, Monkey King ignored the other pillars of light and stared with his blood-red eyes as he walked step by step toward the core of the formation, until he reached the side of the dying Li Youan.

At this moment, the mountain of spirit stones surrounding Li Youan turned into ordinary gray powder, which drifted into the air with the breeze in the miasma valley, and the light of the entire Six Spirits Trapping Killing Array was also rapidly dissipating.

Until the formation completely dissipated, all the surviving monsters gathered around Li Youan, or rather, Monkey King.

Only now could Monkey King confirm that, apart from himself and Eagle Soaring, there were only six True Spirit Realm demon beasts left, and each of them was injured, some even with their bodies incomplete. Even after their injuries healed, their combat power had been greatly reduced.

These surviving demonic beasts were now gathered not far from Li Youan, their eyes fixed on him with nothing but killing intent.

As for those Kaiyuan Realm demonic beasts, apart from the few that were first protected by Monkey King and Eagle Soar, all the others inside the formation have died without a trace.

Seeing the miserable state of the surviving monsters at the scene, Monkey's heart was bleeding, and the whole monkey became agitated.

A violent killing intent raged across the scene. Even the few remaining Kaiyuan Realm demonic beasts could not withstand it and were pressed to the ground by this pressure. Some of their injuries became even more serious.

To avenge his two brothers, Monkey King mobilized countless elite troops from Ghost Howling Gorge and Black Wind Cliff for this ambush, and offered countless benefits.

They initially thought it would be an absolute crushing victory, but they never expected to pay such a heavy price. Several True Spirit Realm demon beasts died, and almost all of the elite lesser demons in the Origin Realm were wiped out.

In the end, only this one human formation master remained.

Moreover, the culprit behind all of this is that damned human array master at the Kaiyuan Realm.

Seeing the miserable state of the little demon beside him, Monkey King couldn't help but withdraw his aura. He looked at Li Youan, who had collapsed in the center of the arena, and walked towards Li Youan step by step.

The heavy soles of his feet pounded on the ground with muffled thuds, like the drumbeats of death, echoing in Li Youan's mind along with his heartbeat.

Li Youan was slumped on the ground, the milky white light from the protective mirror slowly dissipating. His consciousness was extremely blurred, and he could only vaguely see a huge silhouette slowly approaching him.

"Is this a death sentence? Bai Ze is so unreliable! He's still half asleep, and we can't survive like this? Where is there any hope?!"

Although he was complaining about Bai Ze, Li Youan felt a sense of peace, even a touch of relief and regret.

Unfortunately, having transmigrated here, he was about to lose his life before he could even make a significant contribution.

The relief came from the fact that, before his death, he had saved his teammates' lives and also protected the welfare home.

At least he kept his promise to his predecessor. With the status and background of Dongfang Jinghong and the others, protecting a small orphanage was no problem at all.

Li Youan watched quietly as the giant shadow raised the stone club in its hand and then brought it down suddenly.

However, the expected pain and the end of life did not occur.

Just as the massive iron club was about to smash the last light barrier and Li Youan, who was protected within it, the giant figure stopped its movement.

The group of demonic beasts looked at Monkey King, who was holding the giant iron cudgel, with some confusion in their hearts, wondering why their leader had stopped.

The monkey's sudden stop was also due to its own considerations.

His crimson eyes were fixed on Li Youan, who was barely breathing. The raging killing intent in his eyes was gradually replaced by more complex emotions—greed, scrutiny, and a hint of cunning.

Although he had heard Yingxiang say before that this young human array master was not only skilled in gun techniques, but also had an extremely amazing mastery of array formations.

Previously, Monkey King had only intended to kill a human genius, but after actually meeting Li Youan today, he was truly amazed.

This human array master, with a mere cultivation level of the third level of the Opening Origin Realm, was able to set up and successfully activate such a terrifying large-scale trapping and killing array, even with the help of hundreds of thousands of spirit stones.

This shows that this human junior array master is extremely rare, even more amazing than any array master he has ever seen before.

Therefore, this human array master's background is definitely not simple. He must have a lot of array knowledge that is unique to the human race, or even some secret inheritances or high-level arrays that are not known to outsiders.

Moreover, judging from the protective light shield that Li Youan activated at the end, which was able to withstand Ying Xiang's attack and was not broken, its quality must be quite high. He must be hiding more secrets.

If this human array master were killed by my single blow, it would be too easy for the human cultivator and a waste of resources.

Now that the mage has been captured, revenge for his brother can be sought anytime, but the knowledge in his mind must not be wasted.

Since my own brothers are already dead, let's make the most of them. That way, those two idiots won't have died in vain.

When Monkey heard the news about Eagle Soaring, he was filled with both anger and hatred.

He was angry because his own brother had died, which weakened the clan; he hated Monkey Two, that fool who kept doing stupid things. It was good that he was dead, otherwise the whole clan would have been dragged down by him and gone down a different path. It was better that he was dead.

Monkey's mind raced, devising and rejecting various plans until one idea finally became clear.

Deep within Ghost Howl Gorge, in its lair, it had long prepared several excellent places specifically for "entertaining" those "disobedient" prisoners.

Previously, these "good places" were mostly used for competition among demon beasts, but now that this human array master has been captured, they can be put to good use.

As long as he "treats" this kid well and pries his mouth open, obtaining the human race's array inheritance will be extremely easy for Monkey.

They can even find exclusive intelligence from outposts. Although the demon race has many spies among the humans, this kind of firsthand information is still quite scarce.

He could also use this intelligence to gain merit and exchange it for some good things he needed within the clan, in preparation for his breakthrough to the True Spirit Realm.

"Eagle Soars—"

Monkey King sheathed his staff, turned to look at Eagle Soaring beside him, and spoke. Although his voice was still somewhat low, it contained less anger and more coldness and ruthlessness.

"This human brat can't just die so easily. I'm going to take him back to Ghost Howling Gorge and give him a proper welcome." He then proceeded to extract every useful piece of information from the boy's mind.

Upon hearing Monkey's words, Eagle Soar was slightly taken aback, but quickly understood his plan.