Chapter 1771: Defeat One by One

The purple Profound Crystals were poured out, and it went to pour the deep red ones. Wu Shidao had entered the treasure vault several times and had a rough estimate of the inventory here. He took away "eighty thousand jin" in one go. Even if the Profound Crystal inventory wasn't emptied by him, it was at least six or seven out of ten.

Once successful, it would be a huge blow to Qian Huan and the Illusion Sect! During the scale-pan demon's work, the outer secret room couldn't be opened unless the manager of the Immortal Light Cave came in. At this time, Wu Shidao was not nervous instead, and since he couldn't leave anyway, he sat down with his back against the stone wall, lost in thought, and suddenly gave a self-deprecating smile.

Deep in the Profound Crystal mine cave.

The pitch black that couldn't see fingers was the best protective color, and the earth mole crickets rushed into the tunnel without looking sideways, heading straight for the giant Profound Crystal mine ahead, how could they look up and see more? This shadow was as steady as a mountain. Once it moved, its round figure walked with the lightness of floating catkins, and its eight long legs climbed down along the uneven rock, without half a sound.

Just as two earth mole crickets crawled out, it followed closely behind, blocking the tunnel entrance with its huge body.

The earth mole crickets behind were blocked, and when they looked closely: eh, what a big scorpion! Earth mole crickets could see at night, and at this time they saw it was oily black, with two big claws in front like crab pincers, and a high-hanging hook lamp tail behind, the height of the tail tip from the ground exceeded seven feet, and the poison needle at the end exceeded one foot, exceptionally sharp.

The earth mole cricket running in the front didn't stop its feet, was pressed on the head by it, and was torn to pieces in two and a half strokes.

This was a clone of the essence of earth, which turned back into a small piece of soil after being torn.

The giant scorpion picked up the scattered Profound Crystals on the ground, swallowed one in one gulp, and then went to grab other prey.

One grab, one accurate, very fast.

It killed here, just like a fox entering a group of chicks. Other earth mole crickets scattered in a hurry, trying to bypass it from behind and rush out of the tunnel.

However, they found after rushing to the exit that this place was actually blocked by layers of silk nets, tight and solid, without leaving a gap!

The earth mole crickets clawed and bit, using the strength of digging soil and stone to try to tear the silk net.

No use.

The light silk net just didn't take force, and the stickiness was still particularly large, so the front claws couldn't be pulled away once they touched it. The earth mole crickets were still squeezing forward, and in less than ten breaths, they blocked the tunnel entrance tightly.

Outside the mine cave, the essence of earth immediately reported this sudden situation to the two Immortals, and said that the point was too hard and it couldn't handle it.

Strictly speaking, it is a craftsman, doing manual work, not responsible for fighting.

"Mining spirit beast." The dwarf was not surprised, "The Illusion Sect also put a watchdog in the underground mine cave."

This shows He Lingchuan's mind. If he arranged for Elder Liu and others to block the earth mole crickets, the Tiangong team would not have this reaction, only thinking that they had fallen into a trap or the Illusion Sect had arrived in time, and they would never step into the mine cave again.

But it would be different if a powerful monster appeared.

Heavenly materials and earthly treasures are guarded by spirit beasts, and the forbidden areas of famous sects have spirit beasts to look after them, which was not new in ancient times.

This giant scorpion might have originally guarded the mine cave and was startled by the earth

Since these people had killed the guards at the edge of the mine as soon as they arrived, there was no one left to ask.

The dwarf and the others might have a sense of wishful thinking, predicting that as long as they took it down, the plan could continue.

Besides, if Miao Zhantian wanted to completely occupy this spiritual mine for himself, they had to clear all obstacles anyway, whether they were inanimate objects or demon beasts.

Thinking of this, the dwarf said to True Person Jieshui: "You go; the mine tunnel is low, which is more suitable for you."

Aren't caves and rock caverns the most suitable places for a four-legged snake?

True Person Jieshui rolled its eyes. Wasn't the height of the mine tunnel also quite suitable for a half-sized dwarf?

But it was too lazy to say more, and with a slither, it vanished, leaving only one sentence behind:

"Beware of the Illusion Sect."

The eyeball spider on the tree barely managed to track its movement, knowing only that it had dived into the mine tunnel in an instant.

He Lingchuan, however, asked: "He said 'also placed a watchdog'; what does this 'also' mean?"

Elder Liu said: "A sect's important territory must have spiritual beasts guarding it."

This meant that their treasury also had monsters guarding the door. He Lingchuan glanced at him: "Then how did the people from the Tiangong know?"

"This..."

Not long after True Person Jieshui entered the mine tunnel, it encountered the earth mole-crickets fleeing from below; the latter turned around and led the way for it.

Having been continuously mined for a hundred and fifty years, this mine tunnel was exceptionally complex, a three-dimensional labyrinth with multiple intersecting layers and countless small and strange paths. True Person Jieshui had previously sent fire snakes to patrol twice, but upon descending, it discovered that some corners had still not been explored.

It awakened several fire snake eggs along the way, which followed behind it.

Finally, the earth mole-crickets led True Person Jieshui to the battlefield deep underground.

Looking from the outside, the entrance to the tunnel was wrapped in layers of silk webs, very thin, and the threads trembled slightly with the wind.

True Person Jieshui remained still, while the small fire snakes behind it swarmed forward.

They were composed of flames and had no physical form, so these silk webs could not entangle them at all, nor could they withstand the scorching heat of the flames.

After a dozen breaths, the silk webs could no longer hold up and were burned to ashes.

Several fire snakes rushed in, and the giant scorpion, sensing something, turned its head just in time.

The two sides came face to face.

As soon as the fire snakes pounced, they were grabbed by the giant pincers and torn directly in two.

The next second, it exploded into a large fireball, but the scorpion only took two steps back, seemingly unharmed.

Taking advantage of this moment, True Person Jieshui spoke, attempting to reason: "Leave immediately, and I won't trouble you."

The response was a mouthful of acid sprayed out from the tunnel.

Hiss—the ground was etched with a puff of green smoke. If True Person Jieshui hadn't dodged quickly, that acidic saliva would have splashed onto it.

True Person Jieshui was enraged.

At this moment, a black shadow flashed inside the cave; it was hundreds of earth mole-crickets gathering together, actually forming a giant wolf. Previously, every time it tried to aggregate, it was scattered by the scorpion; the arrival of True Person Jieshui had distracted the scorpion, allowing the Earth Essence to change its tactics.

Hearing the lively fighting inside the cave, True Person Jieshui could no longer resist and dived into the tunnel!

The fish had taken the bait.

He Lingchuan opened his eyes and stood up, finally giving the order: "Everyone listen well—"

"Close the net!"

"Engage!"

How heavy was the weight of these four words?

The team of immortals, having lurked in the Banqiu Lighthouse barrier for a long time, had finally waited for the signal to strike!

Inside the tunnel, the giant scorpion had just repelled one of True Person Jieshui's attacks when its figure vanished from the spot.

Before True Person Jieshui could react, its opponent was gone, so fast that it even left a phantom image behind.

Oh no!

Immediately following a "whoosh," that tunnel disappeared, and the gravel covering the ground also vanished.

The tunnel that the earth mole-cricket army and True Person Jieshui had rushed into was now actually a stone wall! It was just that a bronze mirror resembling a full moon was embedded in this stone wall, and the mirror surface was still emitting a faint light.

He Lingchuan walked over and pointed at the mirror: "Sorry to trouble you, Elder Liu."

Elder Liu casually pulled out the Spirit Immortal Brush and finished a stroke on the wall.

He "painted" another wall, blocking the mirror. Anyone else passing by here would not be able to discover that a mirror was still embedded in the wall.

It wasn't that He Lingchuan didn't want to take the Soul-Sucking Mirror, but there were living creatures inside it now, so it could not be moved.

Elder Liu asked him: "How is it? Can it hold them?"

Could this mirror trap an immortal demon like True Person Jieshui? He Lingchuan saw through his thoughts: "The mirror itself cannot, but it can trap it for a while."

This would make it easier for them to defeat them one by one.

"Let's go." Zhu Xiuer's figure emerged from beside them, still in the form of a spider-scorpion, "Take that dwarf!"

In the very last second, the Soul-Sucking Mirror had sucked it out.

The world inside the mirror then closed, trapping True Person Jieshui within.

In fact, He Lingchuan had previously pressed the Soul-Sucking Mirror against this stone wall and ordered it to open the space inside the mirror.

Visibility underground was almost zero, and the Soul-Sucking Mirror was no longer what it used to be; the space it created inside the mirror was vivid and lifelike, appearing as one with the mine tunnel.

To this day, He Lingchuan had far more trump cards than just one Soul-Sucking Mirror, so it was no big deal that Elder Liu saw it.

With the Illusion Sect's magic tools being brought out one after another, it wouldn't be good if he didn't show any of his own.

One must be magnanimous.

The Earth Essence's earth mole-crickets were exploring everywhere in the tunnel; suddenly having a fake space inserted here was something they could never guard against.

He Lingchuan also had Elder Liu paint a stone wall inside the fake space and add a ridiculously large Profound Crystal.

This was a Profound Crystal mine, with Profound Crystals everywhere, so placing a fake one inside was the easiest way to deceive them.

"Make it big, the bigger the better." This was the request he had made to Elder Liu at the time.

What kind of vision did immortals have? How could ordinary Profound Crystals catch their eyes? Only such a rare and priceless treasure could amplify their greed, causing them to self-paralyze and ignore the risks.

Now that True Person Jieshui was trapped in the mirror world, only one dwarf immortal remained outside the cave.

Elder Liu plus the three of them should have no problem taking him down.

How many powerful beings had Bai Ziqi sent to Banqiu? He Lingchuan estimated three, at most no more than five, and two of them had come to the mine tunnel.

As long as these two were taken out, the win rate for the immortals at the Banqiu Lighthouse would naturally increase greatly! One must know that the Illusion Sect had sent as many as four immortals to the Banqiu Lighthouse; now, according to He Lingchuan's calculations, there might only be one powerful being from the Tiangong guarding the lighthouse, at most no more than three. Whether in terms of numbers or cultivation base, the Illusion Sect had the advantage.

Therefore, if they wanted to take down the Banqiu Lighthouse, the key was that the battle at the mine tunnel had to be won!

At certain times, fighting a battle is just a numbers game; whoever figures out the numbers first wins.

Elder Liu, He Lingchuan, and the others, who had waited long at the bottom of the mine, silently enduring darkness and suffocation, finally summoned the Haoyuan Golden Mirror, stepped onto the ground in one stride, and crossed directly to the stone steps outside the mine tunnel!

And outside the mine tunnel, the dwarf also used the Water Mirror Technique, writing on the mirror surface:

"Mine tunnel occupied; giant Profound Crystal discovered deep in the tunnel; encountered mine-guarding demon beast; currently working to eliminate it."

The mirror surface was not large, and these few dozen characters were concise and comprehensive, basically summarizing the current situation.

(End of chapter)