Chapter 185: Clearing the Field and Breaking Through (Please Subscribe)

What are you expecting?

Gazing at Meng Changqing, whose signs of defeat were evident before him, the Envoy's eyes flashed.

He stood at a distance and spoke calmly, with a rather condescending air: "Look at yourself, Changqing. If not for this time being too rushed, how could you have fallen into such a predicament?"

Because Meng Changqing had arrived too quickly, leaving only half a day for himself, the Envoy had been unable to arrange matters in all aspects properly.

It was also because of his actions being too fast—using only one night to understand the general situation before rushing into action—that these complications had arisen.

Meng Changqing felt his eyelids twitch slightly.

You are just bullying me because I cannot speak now and am unable to refute you!

The Envoy's figure landed before their eyes, blocking their direct view of the Grudge-Spirit.

At the same time, Meng Changqing had already converged with the others.

Thus, only now having the leisure to ponder, he could not help but gaze toward the depths of the ruins, that core area where no one had yet set foot.

Fu Yong was dumbfounded, the only one who had not reacted in time, but since the others beside him had, their formations were linked, and he was dragged along with them.

When the Envoy turned his head back, unsurprisingly, Meng Changqing had long since taken the opportunity to slip away, and the others had vanished without a trace.

"……Forget it, let us rest and reorganize on the spot first."

Clearly, having already come into contact with it once before, they should have known the terror and uncontrollability of such a thing, yet they still went to stir up trouble on the side of the evil cultivators, leading this thing they had painstakingly summoned over here.

The reason I acted in such a rush, charging over before the sect's resolution had been officially issued, was because I wanted a quick victory, to finish the matter ahead of everyone else—who would have thought you could be one step faster.

They were just about to take action to stop it when they suddenly felt their hair stand on end; they……

Du En replied as such, then added: "The Hundred-Control Art was obtained after killing Xiang Tao; it was he who made the first move back then, and he even caused me to be struck by Li Jian's evil arts, being targeted and hunted by that Grudge-Spirit."

The Envoy had no choice but to employ a special secret technique to drive the Grudge-Spirit away.

Even the Silver-Armored Dead Soldiers, whose emotions should have been severed, were now breeding them wildly; they did not pursue or chase at all, but instead turned their heads blankly.

That is ninety-six moves, hey!

The rhythm of the others had long been silently woven by him, and subconsciously, they followed along.

The summoning of the Grudge-Spirit is unusual and likely has something to do with that side; if so, we must finish the battle quickly next...

At the same time, just as he said, now, except for a few, whether it was their own guards or the Envoy's side—Tang Yiping and the others—everyone had misunderstood the origin of Du En's Hundred-Control Art.

With careful investigation, the flow of high-grade Dharma arts is not difficult to conclude.

The state of discussion at that time was still overwhelmingly unfavorable to me……

Then, the variable arrived!

"Retreat."

Having just been nearly killed, now that there was lingering fear, one could not help but want to get even, but unfortunately, the other party did not take the bait, so it had to be dropped.

The Envoy thought silently.

"……Fine, consider the Dharma treasure and the Hundred-Control Art as given to you by me; anyway, just looking at their expressions, one knows that is basically the universal misunderstanding."

The Envoy had not believed the evil cultivators could achieve this, which was why he chose to send a detachment of a hundred men, thinking that after finding them, he would wipe them out in one fell swoop to avoid them being used as a force and becoming a semi-confirmed card.

By setting this tone, it served to erase the negative point of Du En not cooperating and acting independently earlier, but then he blurted out a question: "So, you chose to act alone earlier just to cultivate the spirit body, and while you were at it, refine weapons and practice the Hundred-Control Art to minor success?"

Du En noticed that his gaze was currently unable to stop glancing toward the core area in the depths of the ruins.

Lost in thought, Du En answered truthfully: "In fact, after I killed Li Jian, I followed the anomalies in the spell battle—that is, the evil strangeness left behind by the Grudge-Spirit—and followed it to the evil cultivators' lair, where I heard them seemingly performing some kind of sacrificial rite."

So, facing Du En's performance of understanding his hint and stating it so directly, Meng Changqing also very directly indicated that he could take responsibility for this aspect.

If I don't appear soon, I am dead!

Du En suddenly shouted, then immediately rose into the air by controlling his weapon, using it in a completely suicidal, crazily driven manner, with astonishing speed.

Meng Changqing was again probing and discussing this, appearing quite rushed and needing an answer.

"However, why was the Grudge-Spirit led over? No, I should say, why was He summoned by the evil cultivators?"

Earlier, when he was hindered by the Grudge-Spirit's tracking, he actually had no time to think, because Meng Changqing had already seized the flaw and leaped to kill him; what seemed like having spare capacity later was actually him going all out, which is why it ended up developing into this state.

They only thought it was Meng Changqing's intentional instruction, urging him to practice harder and providing him with enough Dharma treasures so that at a critical moment, he could stand against a hundred!

Regarding Du En's adventurous approach, the Envoy had to offer a word of praise.

"Tsk! What a pity, he didn't rashly chase after us!"

The ragtag army's minds shattered instantly, their Dao foundations collapsed, and the entire army was wiped out!

The Envoy did not pursue, because he knew without thinking that Meng Changqing's stronghold must have been set up with all kinds of pre-prepared measures; if he were to rashly chase after him alone, he estimated he would not end up well.

"Hmm, after all, there was no obvious use for it before, so it was better to go and improve myself first."

As if the answer were over there.

The armored soldiers could not react in time and could only watch this string of people pierce directly through the ragtag army and fly away swiftly.

Meng Changqing quickly steadied his mood and sent a divine sense transmission to Du En: "There is no need to be too calculating about the previous matter; after all, the result is good, otherwise, if the opponent had prepared more, the situation would have been even worse."

A strange chewing sound rang out, and the invisible evil strangeness spread and diffused.

"Many accidents……"

"Chew, chew, chew~"

Even so, the sudden arrival of this Grudge-Spirit gave Tang Yiping and the armored soldiers a great mental shock, and for a time, they all stood blankly on the spot.

The variable!

Meng Changqing had no room to speak at all now, and could not even signal with his eyes; he could only shout anxiously in his heart.

"To actually lead such a thing over, truly, unexpectedly bold!"

In fact, it really was standing against a hundred!

The Lord/Enemy is truly planning with strategic foresight!

"Come to think of it, the matter of his side suddenly losing a hundred people, as well as the subsequent exposure of his tracks, I have figured it all out—they must have encountered the harassment of the Grudge-Spirit, but then the problem arises: how could the evil cultivators summon Him?"

"After that, I didn't do anything else, and it just targeted me itself; I reckon it's because it didn't get to eat me last time and has been thinking of and coveting me, this piece of good meat, so it found me very quickly."

Therefore, what he did was very simple: he felt the hair-raising sensation brought about by the manifestation of the Grudge-Evil, timed his entry into the battlefield, and then waited for It, having fully manifested, to take the field.

(End of this chapter)