Chapter 274: Exotic Insects Show Their Might

"I'll go and probe first; if there's an ambush in the town, we won't be able to escape."

Zuo Sheng pretended to be cautious, performed his movement technique, turned into a ghostly afterimage, and disappeared among the dense blue-tiled, white-walled houses of the small town.

"What a formidable movement technique! The cultivation of these Zuo brothers is deep enough to be somewhat terrifying."

Li Li Youyi had long since worn the prefecture governor's official robe inside, in case of emergency.

Zuo Sheng did not return for a long time.

Zuo Shi, who remained, had inadvertently retreated two zhang behind Brother Zuoqiu Brother Zuoqiu Qingying and Li Li Youyi, his old face becoming increasingly gloomy. Especially when looking at Brother Zuoqiu Brother Zuoqiu Qingying, there was an intense hatred in his eyes.

Brother Zuoqiu Brother Zuoqiu Qingying sensed that the atmosphere was wrong, her eyes staring at the market town several miles away, and she whispered: "A bit strange; why don't we go back to the city... although it's a bit shameful..."

"Okay!"

Without warning, Li Li Youyi instantly performed the Clear Void Cicada-Catching Step, turning into a wisp of green smoke, avoiding Zuo Shi, and flying toward the right, disappearing into the night.

On Brother Zuoqiu Brother Zuoqiu Qingying and Zuo Shi's faces, a look of surprise flashed.

The next instant, Zuo Shi roared, his half-white long hair standing up like a male lion's mane. His right hand burned, illuminating the night, and he struck Brother Zuoqiu Brother Zuoqiu Qingying, who was caught off guard, on the back with one palm.

"Bang!"

Brother Zuoqiu Brother Zuoqiu Qingying's protective runes blocked this strike, and her flesh was not shattered by one palm.

"Zuo..."

Her body was thrown forward, spitting blood, her eyes full of confusion.

"Swish! Swish..."

In Qingyi Small Town, several figures swept out from the roof, heading toward her.

Until this moment, Brother Zuoqiu Brother Zuoqiu Qingying only thought that she had been plotted against by the Nine Li Hidden Sect. She activated the speed runes on her body and fled toward the direction of Qiuzhou Prefecture City.

"She is left to you; I'm going to chase Li Li Youyi."

Zuo Shi shouted to the few people in the distance, pinched a finger seal, and performed the Fire Escape Dao Art "Flame Clothing Technique."

The magic Qi in his body erupted, burning violently, turning into a flame clothing on his body surface, and subsequently his speed increased by a large margin, chasing toward the direction where Li Li Youyi fled.

The combat power gap of Dao Seed Realm martial cultivators is very large, but it is difficult to open up a multiple gap in speed.

Therefore, after a martial cultivator reaches the Dao Seed Realm, the first Dao Art they cultivate and delve into must be related to saving their life.

Speed-type and escape-type are the first choices.

Like Zuo Shi, a person who has cultivated for nearly a hundred years, his attainments in Dao Arts are by no means comparable to those young successors.

"So fast!"

Li Li Youyi had only rushed out twenty or thirty miles, and Zuo Shi had chased to within twenty zhang behind him, heat waves coming one after another.

He was not sure if Shi Shi Jiuzhai had followed, and at this moment could only rely on himself.

The reason for leading Brother Zuoqiu Brother Zuoqiu Qingying to Qingyi Small Town was to use her death to make Brother Zuoqiu Zuoqiu Cangwu and the Brother Zuoqiu Sect "pay special attention" to this market town, to use a borrowed knife to kill, and drive the wolf to swallow the tiger. He wanted to see if Qingyi Small Town was really a dragon's den and tiger's lair.

The appearance of Zuo Sheng and Zuo Shi was purely an accident.

Now he had to face this accident directly.

"Kid, you noticed it long ago, right? Hmph, your Nine Li Hidden Sect has quite some ability."

Zuo Shi chased to within twenty zhang behind Li Li Youyi, his body erupting with flame energy, instantly turning into a huge flame vortex with a diameter of twenty zhang.

The surrounding vegetation instantly burned.

Large trees turned into torches, small grass turned into powder.

"Is this his External Manifestation of the Dao Heart?"

Li Li Youyi fell into the flame vortex, his body pulled backward by a violent force, unable to break free.

It was like being entangled by thousands of ropes.

Zuo Shi was far stronger than Wang Zhi.

"Whoosh!"

The Blood Hand Seal Demon Armor was activated, and blood mist and blood-colored scriptures were released to resist the flames that could burn the body.

Li Li Youyi let that vortex force pull him to fly backward, suddenly drew his sword, sword light shooting everywhere, slashing down directly in the air.

The bright sword Qi seemed to want to split the opponent's External Manifestation of the Dao Heart directly.

"Haha!"

Zuo Shi did not dodge or evade, roared, and slashed out a palm knife.

Another Dao Art was performed!

It was the "Horizontal Severing Flame Knife" cultivated by many Brother Zuoqiu Sect experts.

Once the Dao Art was released, combat power increased explosively.

"Bang!"

The Yellow Dragon Sword's sword Qi was shattered by the palm knife, and the energy smashed onto Li Li Youyi's body.

Li Li Youyi flew backward, falling several zhang away, the demon armor blood mist shrouding his entire body was scattered, and his body felt like it had been hit hard by an iron rod.

"God-Hidden Person, you haven't seeded the Dao yet? With Five Seas Realm cultivation, you can actually withstand one of my Dao Arts; you are truly not simple." Zuo Shi chased after him and attacked again.

"A hundred years of cultivation, only at the second layer of the Dao Seed Realm; withstanding one blow from you is nothing to be proud of."

Li Li Youyi knew very well that he was not yet an opponent of a second-layer Dao Seed Realm martial cultivator, so he decisively released the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors, preparing to end the battle quickly.

Seeing the seven exotic insects, Zuo Shi's eyes turned cold, and he became cautious.

"Just rely on them?"

Zuo Shi struck with one palm, hitting the two Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors coming toward him.

It did not slap them away as he had expected.

One of the two Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors spat out Golden Crow flames, and the other released lightning from its eyes; the two energies collided with the palm wind, and actually only fell slightly behind.

Just as Zuo Shi was shocked in his heart, one of the Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors, whose speed was significantly faster than the other six, flew close to the ground to his legs, spreading its wings, sharp as a knife.

Zuo Shi was terrified, hurriedly jumping and flying up.

Above his head came the sound of sword ringing.

"Not good!"

Zuo Shi did not look up, slashed out a Horizontal Severing Flame Knife in a hurry.

For veteran experts, Dao Arts are better to use than magic tools, not only following one's heart but also not losing to magic tools in power.

They had spent decades researching and polishing the Dao Arts they chose to cultivate.

This time Li Li Youyi learned to be smart, did not collide head-on with his Dao Art, and immediately performed his movement technique to dodge.

Zuo Shi was scared by the combat power of Li Li Youyi and the seven little ones, hurriedly performed the Flame Clothing Escape Art, preparing to flee and avoid their sharp edge.

"Why... one is missing..."

Zuo Shi became alert, his expression changing drastically.

Seven Phoenixes appeared out of thin air, their bodies returning to nine inches long, their claws covered in dense dragon scales piercing through the protective magic Qi at Zuo Shi's neck and stabbing in.

The claws having scales was an anomaly that occurred after eating dragon bones.

"Ah..."

Zuo Shi felt pain and screamed.

He had just knocked the Seven Phoenixes away, when the Great Phoenix turned into a giant moth-butterfly several meters long, its membrane wings like a knife, slashing at his waist and abdomen, throwing him away.

"Pfft!"

Li Li Youyi shifted his figure, took advantage of the situation to stab out like lightning, and before he landed, he had already pierced his brow.

The corpse fell to the ground with a bang.

His eyes were wide open, dying extremely unwillingly.

The flame vortex formed by Zuo Shi's External Manifestation of the Dao Heart gradually dissipated in the night wind.

Li Li Youyi sensed the aura of experts from the direction of Qingyi Small Town approaching rapidly, his expression instantly turning grave.

Too late to search the corpse, he directly collected the corpse into his boundary bag, collected the seven little ones into the insect bag, activated the spatial power of the prefecture governor's official robe, turned into a purple fog brilliance, and disappeared on the spot.

A moment later.

The Fourth Divine Son, Zuo Sheng, and two other Rice People experts appeared on this messy battlefield.

The Fourth Divine Son checked the blood and traces on the ground.

Zuo Sheng's hands were stained with blood, having previously killed Brother Zuoqiu Brother Zuoqiu Qingying with his bare hands, and at this moment, he sensed Zuo Shi's position with his Dao Heart intent.

The two Rice People experts went to find the direction and traces of Li Li Youyi's escape.

Zuo Sheng's eyes were full of anger, and he said indignantly: "I can't sense Zuo Shi anymore; he should have already been killed."

One of the Rice People experts: "There are no traces of the enemy leaving within dozens of zhang; it's truly strange, could it be Earth Escape Art?"

"It's Spatial Escape Art! Just now, I vaguely sensed spatial fluctuations; it should be a protector expert of the Nine Li Hidden Sect who killed Zuo Shi and took Li Li Youyi away."

The Fourth Divine Son said again: "Look further away, and you should be able to find traces. But with this way of searching, the enemy has already fled far away, and it's simply impossible to catch up."

"Awoo!"

A low, high-pitched dragon roar came from the pitch-black night.

Long Ting's tall and straight figure, stepping on strands of thin mist, appeared ten zhang away from the Fourth Divine Son. Behind him stood several demon shadows, with demon race experts traveling with him.

Long Ting said coldly: "Where is Li Li Youyi?"

The Fourth Divine Son said: "He was saved by people from the Nine Li Hidden Sect!"

"You Twin Rice Sect people really are not enough to succeed but more than enough to fail. I waited for so long in Qiuzhou Prefecture City before waiting for Li Li Youyi to leave the city."

Long Ting inherited the dragon soul and Azure Dragon battle-method intent of the Long Dian, and also obtained dragon seeds and dragon bones. Because his physique and the martial path he cultivated from childhood were more compatible with dragon seeds, his cultivation now had walked ahead of everyone.

Even facing the Fourth Divine Son, he could stand on equal terms in momentum, arrogant and unrestrained.

He regarded Lu Lu Cangsheng, Tang Tang Wanqiu, and Li Li Youyi as the three main culprits who caused the death of the Long Dian.

More than half a year had passed, and the hatred in his heart not only did not diminish but became even stronger.

The Fourth Divine Son's eyes turned cold: "If you have the ability, your Dragon Gate go and chase! Perhaps, you can intercept him before he flees back to Qiuzhou Prefecture City."

Long Ting said: "Li Li Youyi will never flee back to Qiuzhou Prefecture City! Last night he met with Tang Tang Wanzhou, and today he left the city; it must be related to this. His next stop must be the underground immortal mansion. I will go and intercept him; people from the Brother Zuoqiu Sect will soon find their way here, you all take care of yourselves."

Suddenly, thinking of something.

Long Ting stopped, turned around, and patted the boundary bag at his waist.

Wrapped in magic Qi, a coffin flew out from the boundary bag and crashed to the ground.

A sinister smile appeared on his handsome face: "Sending you a gift, enjoy it well, and then throw it into your rice fields, letting her turn into rice fertilizer."

After Long Ting and the demon race martial cultivators left, the Fourth Divine Son pushed open half of the coffin lid, seeing the pure immortal body woman bound inside, already beaten unconscious, wearing the magic-tool martial uniform of the Lei Xiao Sect.

"Is this extreme hatred? Long Ting is completely different from before; his psychology is truly distorted." The Fourth Divine Son muttered to himself.

Li Li Youyi did not flee, but used the spatial power of the prefecture governor's official robe to escape seven or eight zhang underground, wrapping himself in a ghost flag and restraining his aura.

Hearing the conversation above, his heart was extremely worried, secretly thinking about who was captured by Long Ting.

Although the death of the Long Dian was not Li Li Youyi's own doing, it was absolutely directly caused by him. How could Long Ting not take revenge?

"Rum-rum-rum!"

The earth shook, and the sound of mounts running wildly came from above.

Of the three groups of people who chased Li Li Youyi's group of four out of the city, one group was sent by Brother Zuoqiu Zuoqiu Cangwu to contain the Nine Li Hidden Sect experts. At this moment, this group of people surrounded the Fourth Divine Son and the others.

Seeking monthly tickets!

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