Chapter 117

The power isn't enough, but this is quite easy, and it can intercept Ma Tong halfway, making it difficult for him to break the city in a short time.

Hehe, by the time he breaks the city, the people he brought will probably be almost dead. Under the pressing situation, if there really is an evil cultivator among the enemy army, and he is confident that he can deal with our two Grandmasters, he should be unable to help but expose his tracks and make a move."

Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen said while also grabbing a black iron javelin and throwing it with all his might.

When throwing, he didn't forget to aim at the army attacking the city below the city wall, as if looking for something.

"Daoming is really cunning; in the blink of an eye, he slipped down the city and his shadow can't even be seen." Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen said.

"That's natural. A true dragon can be big or small, can rise or hide; it is just as the saying goes, 'The divine dragon sees its head but not its tail.' What our Tenglong Hall comprehends is the true dragon's profound meaning, which is incomparably mysterious.

Daoming is the most powerful disciple of our Tenglong Hall. If he wants to sneak in the dark, it's completely normal that you can't see his shadow, Old Master." Liang Jingtang said proudly.

"What you said is right, Daoming is indeed worthy of being my most outstanding granddaughter's husband!" Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen said.

They haven't even married yet!

Liang Jingtang slandered in his heart, but didn't forget to instruct Yuchi Xiao and the others: "Yuchi Xiao, you don't need to worry about this side, you all go all out to shoot and kill the enemy army below, forcing that evil cultivator to reveal himself and make a move."

"Yes! Master!" Yuchi Xiao and the others took the order and turned to kill other troops.

Yuchi Xiao and the others were the most elite force on Li Cheng's side below the Grandmaster level.

Previously, they helped clear the Iron Blood Guards around Ma Tong and couldn't take care of coordinating with the city-guarding army to shoot other troops.

Now that they were free, more than ten seventh and eighth-rank Martial Masters made a move together—that was no small matter.

In an instant, the experts in the enemy army who rushed to the foot of the city were shot and killed one after another.

While the experts in the enemy army who rushed to the foot of the city were shot and killed one after another, Ji Shouli, under Elder Ji Yuanzhen Yuanzhen's instruction, took a group of elites down the city wall and headed straight for the North Gate.

"I didn't expect Li Cheng to have two Grandmasters sitting in town. Fortunately, my Ten Thousand Ghost Profound Yin Storm has already taken shape, otherwise, with them sitting on the city wall, and heavy troops guarding it, among whom there are many Martial Masters, occupying the advantage of the terrain, it would really be somewhat dangerous and troublesome to deal with them."

Wu Rong, who was hanging behind the army, saw his own soldiers being killed one after another, frowned slightly and looked at the city wall from afar. After thinking for a while, he pinched a magic formula with one hand, muttered words in his mouth, and patted the black gourd hanging at his waist with the other hand.

A mass of black mist surged out from the gourd.

The black mist spread out in the blink of an eye, not only swallowing Wu Rong but also covering an area of about an acre.

At this time, eerie winds rose all around, rolling this mass of black mist and quietly drifting toward the direction of Li Cheng.

Under the night sky, this mass of black mist was like a dark cloud drifting at low altitude; if it weren't for the eerie aura it carried, I'm afraid one would have to be very close to discover the clues.

"There really is an evil cultivator!"

Under the night sky, a figure sprang up from behind a dead horse's corpse and was just about to make a move when a green light pierced through the air, followed by a man's voice coming from above.

"Evil cultivator, stop doing evil!"

The figure that sprang up had a slightly changed expression, then like a snake, quietly lurked back behind the dead horse's corpse.

This figure was naturally Xia Daoming.

Wu Rong in the black mist saw the green light piercing through the air, his expression changed slightly, and he couldn't care about hiding his tracks anymore. Suddenly, eerie winds blew all around, and the fierce wind rolled the black mist, as fast as a galloping horse, flying low toward the opposite direction from which the green light came.

However, the green light appeared suddenly and was not far from the black mist to begin with, and its speed was also faster than the black mist.

The black mist turned around and flew rapidly, but before it had flown twenty or thirty zhang, the green light had already approached to a distance of six or seven zhang.

At this time, Xia Daoming had already seen clearly that the green light was actually a flying boat.

It was covered with talismans and shone with green light under the night sky.

Standing on the flying boat were one man and two women, three young people.

The man stood with his hands behind his back, his face like a crown of jade, sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, wearing a long white robe that danced lightly with the wind, looking very confident and composed.

The two women,

one had an apple-shaped face and wore a light blue long dress, looking very likable.

The other woman had a beautiful appearance and wore a gorgeous red dress.

"This should be a flying magic treasure. Standing on it with clothes fluttering and long hair dancing lightly with the wind—tsk tsk, the style of cultivators is indeed incomparable to vulgar martial artists!" Xia Daoming complained in his heart.

Speaking of which, he could now release his energy to transform, and could also fly low, but it consumed a lot of energy and was difficult to sustain. Naturally, he couldn't compare to people standing on an immortal boat with clothes fluttering and long hair flying, looking relaxed and free.

But when it came to speed, Xia Daoming was confident that if he exploded with all his strength, he would be much faster than this immortal boat.

While complaining in his heart, Xia Daoming's eyes suddenly narrowed.

He saw that after the distance closed, the man raised his hand, and a cold, rainbow-like silver light shot through the air toward the mass of black mist.

It was actually a silver-glistening flying sword.

The woman in red followed closely by raising her hand, and a red ribbon turned into a fire snake and flew out.

The fire snake skillfully bypassed the black mist and landed behind it.

Almost at the same time, the woman in blue flipped her palm, and a small mirror appeared in her hand, the mirror glowing with a soft blue light, which fell onto the small boat, forming a blue, water-wave-like cover, covering the three of them along with the small boat under their feet.

The silver flying sword killed its way into the black mist, silver light shooting everywhere, like a silver dragon entering the sea, instantly causing the black mist to roll violently, and hair-raising, shrill screams constantly sounded from within the black mist.

Almost at the same time, the fire snake released by the woman in red also rushed into the black mist from the rear.

"Sizzle sizzle!"

When the black mist encountered the fire snake, it was as if it had been ignited, making a sound like grease being ignited, and an extremely foul-smelling aura spread under the night sky.

"Who are you? This old Daoist has no grudges or enmity with you, why are you chasing and killing me?" A voice of exasperation came from within the black mist.

"We are disciples of the Qingyuan Sect, ordered by our master to descend the mountain to inspect various places for demons committing crimes, evil beasts causing chaos, and other situations. As a result, when passing through Mangzhou, we discovered that many cities had been slaughtered, pregnant women had been killed, and the fetuses in their wombs had been taken by people to perform evil arts.

After some investigation, we discovered that it was you, evil cultivator, colluding with Ma Tong. Fortunately, we arrived at Li Cheng in time today, otherwise, the people of Li Cheng would definitely have suffered at your hands again, evil cultivator!" The woman in blue scolded.

"Your Qingyuan Sect is far away in Qingzhou, why are you running here to meddle in other people's business!" Wu Rong's night-owl-like screech came from within the black mist.

"Eliminating demons and defending the Dao, and upholding justice, is what disciples of the Qingyuan Sect should do. What does it have to do with distance?" The woman in blue scolded with a righteous expression.

"Junior Sister, why say so much? Just kill this evil cultivator!" The woman in red glanced at the woman in blue and said disdainfully.

"Hehe, you three wet-behind-the-ears brats can't even break this old man's body-protecting magic, yet you talk about eliminating demons and defending the Dao? It's truly childish and laughable!" Wu Rong's harsh, night-owl-like voice came from within the black mist again.

"It's just mere evil arts, what's difficult about breaking it?" The man in white smiled coldly, and the silver flying sword stirred even more crazily in the black mist, silver light dancing and turning into a silver ball of light, constantly rolling toward the center of the black mist.

Almost at the same time, the fire snake also displayed great power, causing the black mist to boil incessantly, and it also killed its way toward the center all the way.

Just after rushing a distance of three or four zhang, the silver flying sword and red ribbon that had just displayed great power felt as if they were trapped in a quagmire, and their speed of advancement became very slow.

Not only that, the silver dragon transformed by the silver flying sword and the fire snake transformed by the red ribbon had their light squeezed and swallowed by the black mist surging from all directions, becoming dim.

"Not good!" The man in white and the woman in red, who had just been confident and composed, had their expressions change slightly, and with a wave of their hands, the silver sword and fire snake tumbled violently in the black mist, shot through the air, and fell back into their hands respectively.

The man in white lowered his head to look, only to see that the silver sword, which was originally the size of a palm and full of luster,

silver-glistening, now had many spots on it, as if it had rusted and corroded.

The red ribbon in the woman in red's hand was in a similar situation, with black spots and some holes appearing.

"Damn it, this evil cultivator's evil arts can defile and corrode magic treasures." Seeing this, the man in white and the woman in red were both angry and heartbroken.

Just as the two were angry and heartbroken, the black mist that had originally retracted suddenly expanded, and a black mist ghost hand reached out from within, covering the green boat.

As soon as the black mist touched the blue, water-wave-like protective cover on the green boat, it was as if it had been blocked by a wall and could no longer advance.

But faintly, the black mist still penetrated, and soon black patterns spread on the blue, water-wave-like protective cover.

"Not good, my Bibo Shuiying Mirror!" The woman in blue suddenly exclaimed, as black spots appeared on the originally smooth and dust-free mirror surface of the mirror in her hand.

"Hehe, the Qingyuan Sect is very powerful, and this old Daoist can't afford to provoke you. But you three juniors ran to Li Cheng, where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, so don't blame this old Daoist for wanting to keep you here and make a fortune!"

In the black mist, seeing that his Ten Thousand Ghost Profound Yin Storm, which he had just refined and taken shape, already had such power, Wu Rong couldn't help but feel his confidence multiply, and through the black mist, the gaze that fell on the three revealed greed and murderous intent.

While speaking, eerie winds blew all around, and the black mist rolled, rapidly flying toward the green boat.

"Not good, he wants to trap us all in this black mist! Run quickly!" The man in white's expression changed greatly, and he exclaimed.

As the man in white exclaimed, the green light of the talismans on the green boat surged, and it flew toward the path it had just come from.

But the black mist ghost hand covered the green boat, as if thousands of threads were entangled and restraining the green boat.

Even though the green light of the green boat surged, its speed was instead not as fast as the black mist.

The black mist quickly caught up with the green boat and swallowed it whole inside.

"Don't use magic treasures, use magic power directly to cast spells to charge and kill!" A man's voice sounded in the black mist.

In the center of the black mist, Wu Rong held the gourd, constantly pinching magic formulas in his hand, and rolling black mist surged out from within, replenishing the black mist that had been extinguished by the three young cultivators.

Thanks to Wannian De Dengdai, Qiu Zhi Shenguang, and Jin Ju@ for their tips.

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