Chapter 1219

The mirror reminded him, "This thing can reveal all kinds of invisibility techniques. Be careful; if you reveal your form here, everyone will shout to beat you." Ju City uses this method to reject external enemies from sneaking in because, compared to other means, shadow-reflecting lamps consume less energy. But for them to form such a wide reveal-form belt, the Pixia people's overall expenses were still not small.

They even specifically arranged the lamp array on the inner side of the city wall, just so they wouldn't let the enemy discover it beforehand, making it convenient to catch turtles in a jar.

Just looking at this layout, one knew that both inside and outside the city were traps; the Pixia people were just waiting for the other side to come and raid the death row prisoners.

The mirror asked its master: "How are you going to wade across? Do you want to retreat outside the city and activate the Snail Toad?"

The reveal-form belt formed by the shadow-reflecting lamps, from the city wall to the inner open space, was over fifteen zhang (nearly 50 meters) wide; even if He Lingchuan leaped, he couldn't jump that far.

If he used the Spider Queen's essence blood to summon a jumping spider, he could cross it with a full-force jump, but the skin of Lord Boshan had only that much area, and he had modified it into a full-wrap coat, which couldn't cover a whole jumping spider, so he might still be discovered by the guards.

If he alerted too many enemies, the subsequent actions would be troublesome.

He Lingchuan shook his head.

If the Snail Toad appeared in the city, he needed to look at the orientation beforehand, otherwise its bulk would easily alert others.

He looked left and right, tiptoed past the guards on the city wall, and walked all the way to the city gate tower.

The city wall was not high, but the city gate tower of Ju City was very tall and large; he didn't know which year or which official's term it was built in, but it had a grandeur that didn't match this small city.

He jumped to the top of the city gate tower in two or three moves and looked down at the city below.

A breeze came, blowing his sleeves lightly.

He Lingchuan closed his eyes slightly, secretly feeling the wind direction and strength.

He had done this kind of thing before when jumping into the Xushan array eye, so he was familiar with it now.

When the next breeze came, he suddenly jumped with the wind—

If anyone else saw it, they would probably think he had springs under his feet; this leap was high and far, and his posture was exceptionally relaxed.

Rising to the high point, he even stayed in the air slightly, and then his limbs stretched out in a cross shape, and thin wings spread out under his ribs.

With a soft sound, his descent changed into gliding.

This flying wing suit was equipment he had stolen from Fushan Yue; He Lingchuan had already used it many times on various occasions and was exceptionally skilled. At this time, he only needed to fine-tune the angle to make himself glide fast and far.

The thirty-zhang distance flashed by; he swept over the top of the reveal-form lamp array and landed steadily.

It was quiet behind him; no one discovered his illegal infiltration.

"Done, next step."

After successfully entering the city, he had to find the prison.

This wasn't difficult either; as soon as He Lingchuan sneaked into the city, he heard the sound of the night watchman.

It was already the fourth watch.

He followed the sound, dragged the night watchman into a dark alley to find out the location of the prison, and then sent him into a dream with a hand chop.

The county prison is generally near the government office, and Ju City is no exception.

The prison faces the back door of the government office; it was pitch black in the middle of the night, with only an oil lamp lit in the gatehouse. This was actually a whole row of low bungalows, but the main body was sunk underground, and the cells only had very small skylights.

Whether prisoners wanted to escape or outsiders wanted to rescue them, there was no way to knock out the windows and escape.

However, before He Lingchuan got close, the Soul-Sucking Mirror warned him: "Careful, there are at least three or four arrays nearby; I don't know how many people are hidden."

He Lingchuan stopped his steps; perhaps there were also people ambushing in the government office opposite.

The mirror added: "Be careful, there seem to be people ambushing and scouting on the roof opposite too."

Applying the latest saying, it seemed to have sensed the breathing of living people! Sure enough, there was a trap. He Lingchuan frowned; Pixia was using Boss Situ He as bait, wanting to fish for more enemies.

Looking at it this way, it was hard to say whether Boss Situ He himself was locked in the county prison.

The mirror asked him: "What do you want to do?"

First, he had to determine the location of the rescue target, right?

"Find someone in the know first."

They were uninvited guests who sneaked into Ju City; who could they recognize as someone in the know? But the mirror held back its sarcasm; since its master said so, there must be a way.

Sneaking into the prison at this time was jumping into a trap; if he went to the government office to find the county magistrate, he would definitely alert the enemy.

Hmm... who would know the whereabouts of the death row prisoner and not be ambushing at the government prison right now? Even if there were, in the middle of the night, how could its master find him? It waited to see.

"If Boss Situ sends people over, they'll also easily fall into an ambush." He Lingchuan thought for a while and quietly retreated, "Just in time to leave them a warning."

He scouted the surrounding terrain, left the eyeball spider behind the small door of the government office, and climbed to the nearest tall tower and roof himself.

The mirror was right; there were people ambushing on the tower, and three crossbowmen lurking on the roof! It was hard for people acting near the government office and prison to avoid their eyes and ears.

Looking down from a high position, the Pixia people were quite thoughtful.

Unable to find higher ground nearby, He Lingchuan could only slip onto a big tree, intending to deal with the three on the roof.

These three each occupied a direction, separated quite far, and could watch over each other.

He Lingchuan climbed onto the roof ridge like a spirit cat, his steps so light that not even a thin tile was stepped on.

Wearing the skin of Lord Boshan, he first sneaked behind one person, pressed his neck, and twisted it gently.

Crack, just like a pebble falling on the road.

He Lingchuan was very skilled and knew how to twist a neck with the least amount of noise.

This sound was only heard by the crossbowmen on the roof.

The other two turned to look, shocked, and just as they were about to call out, He Lingchuan's clone pounced from behind and stabbed a knife into their throats!

A shadow also streaked through the air, and with a 'whoosh', the third crossbowman was pierced through the heart.

The bat demon puppet was activated.

The unlucky guy died instantly, his body swayed twice and was about to roll off.

He Lingchuan jumped over, picked him up, and placed him gently on the roof.

The crossbowmen in all three positions were taken down, not even able to send out a single alarm. Besides, they were already half-lying down, so their current posture was about the same as before.

Afterward, He Lingchuan began to set up mechanisms.

When hunting demons on the Chipa Plateau, the patrol guards played this hand very smoothly.

Simply put, he tightened several heavy crossbows and pulled the bowstrings to the full, facing the prison, and then carefully connected the trigger to a sandbag.

This sandbag was heavy and had great weight.

He Lingchuan stabbed the sandbag twice and quietly left the tower under the cover of night.

He counted silently in his heart.

When he counted to fifty-seven, 'thud, thud, thud', several arrows shot into the prison's wooden door or went straight through the window, triggering a burst of exclamations.

The sand in the sandbag leaked out, unable to hold down the trigger, and the arrows shot out.

The specially made arrowheads were coated with phosphorus powder, which would spontaneously ignite when rubbing against the air during flight. When they hit an object, the oil sac or gunpowder sac would explode immediately, like flowers scattering from the sky, very hard to extinguish.

These sets of explosive sub-arrows were a design from Songyang Prefecture; they weren't very powerful in army-to-army battles, but they were perfect for harassment and assassination.

(End of chapter)