Chapter 310

Clearly, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's reaction exceeded the opponent's expectations, but the opponent did not reveal herself, remaining wrapped up tightly.

The next moment, the sand on the ground stirred further, and the aura locked onto Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan.

As for her, she began to retreat.

This was a very correct crisis management tactic: using a new round of offensive pressure to cover her withdrawal to a safe distance.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan understood even better why she had risked getting close earlier; she wanted to shrink the range of her formation to trap Zhao Yi at the first opportunity.

This might be related to the opponent's "disguise" method; for instance, Zhao Yi's side required ensuring the integrity of the Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face, while the opponent had to preserve other aspects.

It's just that, since she had already come, leaving wouldn't be that easy.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan rarely had the chance to Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face off against an excellent formation master at such close range.

The boy raised his right hand, his fingertips moving lightly.

The invisible barrier beneath his feet extended rapidly outward, covering the trembling sand grains around him and suppressing them into stillness.

Immediately after, the boy pointed his left hand forward, and this suppressing force, like a flood breaking through a levee, surged toward the opponent's position.

The opponent began to dodge, constantly changing her position while simultaneously creating several other auras to confuse his "line of sight."

However, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's left hand followed the lock every time; no matter how she changed, she would be quickly pinpointed.

The last time, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan pointed incorrectly, aiming at an empty spot.

But a breath later, the opponent appeared in that very empty spot.

At this moment, horror flashed in the woman's eyes, which meant the opponent had seen through her prediction.

"Hum!"

There was no earth-shattering destruction, nor was there flying sand and moving stones; the duel between formation masters often begins in silence and ends in stillness, and for outsiders, let alone appreciating it, even understanding what they are doing is difficult.

Only a small patch of dust brushed past, revealing the woman's figure out of thin air.

She was "Cui Cui Xinyue," Zhao Yi's fake second aunt.

Only this time, she had removed her disguise, revealing her true appearance.

A woman of about twenty-seven or twenty-eight, with a standard oval Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face, cold and aloof, long black hair covering half her body, dressed in a red immortal-welcoming dress.

She gave the impression of a female clay figurine unearthed from an ancient Han Dynasty tomb.

Although both sides were playing with small formations just now, it was like playing Go—whether using an exquisite traditional board or a mini plastic one bought from a stationery store in Shinan, the gap in skill between the two sides would not be affected.

The woman was completely defeated.

But wanting to kill the woman directly in this way was also difficult; he could only cause her body to suffer backlash and her mind to be damaged.

However, the woman's reaction made even Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan narrow his eyes.

"Crack..."

A crack appeared on the woman's forehead, and then this piece detached, falling to the ground with a crisp sound, like ceramic.

The palm of Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's right hand felt a bit itchy.

He also had this kind of ceramic; it was currently embedded in his own flesh and blood, used as a catalyst for his formations.

Back at the inn owned by Fat Jin Ge in Lijiang, the woman named Xu Xu Yijin who stayed there had engaged in a life-and-death conflict with his side, and the final result was that she died.

Xu Xu Yijin's piece of blood porcelain fell into Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's hands, and the boy had even seen a phantom image of a woman holding a red porcelain bottle being placed in a sea of blood for sacrifice while studying this blood porcelain.

The person in front of him was definitely not Xu Xu Yijin's family; the paths they took were completely different, and if Xu Xu Yijin had family members of this level, she wouldn't have been walking the river alone back then.

The high probability was that this woman in front of him had obtained a more complete blood porcelain inheritance.

Xu Xu Yijin had inherited the piece of blood porcelain worshipped by her family, while this woman had obtained more, and it was even possible that the remainder was in her hands; she had even integrated her own flesh and blood into this blood porcelain.

This is "walking the river," and also the reason why generations of talented people flock to it; there are many unknown secrets that the river water will push you toward.

Either drown in the river or stand on the surface of the river, being lifted higher and higher.

The fragmentation on the woman's forehead began to be filled in.

This move was simply marvelous, concentrating the damage that should have been suffered by the entire body and mind into a single point.

For an ordinary person, doing this would mean death, but for her, it could minimize the damage.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's right thumb began to rub his palm.

He was tempted by the more complete blood porcelain on the woman.

Of course, the small piece of blood porcelain he had on him was enough for his own use, and the boy wouldn't go so far as to fuse his own flesh and blood with the blood porcelain; to ensure the development of this body, he hadn't even started practicing martial arts, so naturally, he wouldn't do something even more short-sighted.

But if he could obtain more blood porcelain, he could apply it to the "rune armor" he was going to make next.

The design of the "rune armor" in Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Zhengdao's book, if reinforced with blood porcelain, would allow the strength of the two generals, Zeng and Sun, to be further unleashed.

It would mean Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan could carry two top-tier official general-head mediums with him in the future.

It would no longer be a way to compensate for his inability to practice martial arts, but could become one of his own strong suits.

At this moment, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan was truly grateful for the opponent's casual attempt to kill him, this "child," earlier.

Killing people to seize treasures really doesn't sound good.

But self-defense and cleaning up the battlefield sounds much more pleasant.

Many times, when Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan does things, he must give an account to the Heavenly Dao, and his account is different in nature from others'.

Just like when he killed Zhao Zhao Yanglin yesterday, he reported his name; his partners all thought Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge was speaking to a dead man, but in reality, there was someone overhead listening as well.

After the red thread was deduced, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's understanding of karma and heavenly principles became increasingly profound.

The rotten work Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Zhengdao created back then has caused harm to this day, while the Qin and Liu families' Long Wang lineages, which lack spirits, are now working to salvage the situation.

To put it bluntly, this is a power struggle during a political review.

The shadow of the Great Emperor of Emperor Emperor Fengdu said that the Heavenly Dao would not allow him to live to adulthood, but regardless, the Heavenly Dao still allows him to live now; being able to become a knife in the hands of the Heavenly Dao and reach a tacit understanding of cooperation, there must be the help of the identities of the two Long Wang lineages in this.

When Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei held the initiation ceremony for him back then, the lamp for walking the river ignited without being lit; it seemed meaningless, but how is this not a timely remedial measure after the fact?

When summarizing after the fact, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan felt that he was muddled at the time, yet also walking on thin ice.

The woman still hadn't spoken; she just pressed her palms together.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's earlobes twitched slightly; he heard dense, fine friction sounds coming from within the woman's body.

The steel bars and concrete in the surrounding ruins all showed slight displacement.

Formation masters emphasize using the formation as a medium to borrow the power of heaven and earth, but she was doing the opposite, using herself as a medium to forcibly mobilize it.

This was mainly because her body was tough enough.

This meant she was still unconvinced and wanted to fight another round.

She must have notified her partners not to intervene for the time being.

Being able to meet an outstanding peer is a fortunate thing; sparring and competing is a kind of enjoyment, and more importantly, it can reflect the ladder of one's own progress.

The most important reason was that her gaze began to probe downward; although she hadn't discovered any traces yet, she wouldn't be naive enough to think that this young formation master who arrived before her wouldn't have set up formations beneath this ruin.

In fact, what the opponent had revealed earlier was just the tip of the iceberg of his formation.

At this time, letting her partners act rashly would easily lead them into the opponent's trap, causing unnecessary losses; she decided to step on the minefield herself first.

A very rational choice, because when a formation master faces the crushing pressure of a formation, their reaction and handling are definitely better than others'.

It could now be almost confirmed that the woman was the leader of that team.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's side also did not give orders for his partners to act.

Since the opponent wanted to "king against king" first, he could completely capture the bandits by capturing the king first.

Having experienced the wave in Emperor Emperor Fengdu, especially after the bitter fruit the Great Emperor deliberately left for his team was transformed into a gain by himself, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan now had the confidence to compete with any team on the river.

"Squeak, squeak... squeak, squeak..."

At first it was only a part, but then it turned into a whole; gradually, the trash on the ruins seemed to be endowed with some kind of vitality.

The woman's mouth opened, her lips appearing as if they had been cut, showing a gap, but they quickly recovered, were cut again, and recovered again...

Using herself as a formation, the formation eye was on her.

This point was even more ruthless than Zhao Yi was to himself; after all, Zhao Yi just liked to dig out heart fountains when he had nothing to do.

But this woman could endure the pain of her internal organs setting up the formation and shifting, and there was even cutting involved.

One leaf falling tells of the coming autumn; the Zhao family's outer residence being completely replaced like this is truly not an injustice. From this woman, one can see what kind of elite team the river water has pushed over this time.

"Thump. Thump! Thump!"

Dust flew up, attacking from all directions, instantly shrouding the location where Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan was.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin was still on the second floor in the back, protecting the female corpse.

On the periphery, Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng and Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You also did not follow up.

On one hand, it was team discipline; on the other hand, everyone had full confidence in Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge's formation level.

At this moment, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's field of vision had been covered by a gray mist, and his other senses were also distorted.

A huge shadow appeared behind Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan.

"Boom!"

The invisible barrier began to distort.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan looked back and saw a cement giant.

The giant retreated and then charged again.

"Boom!"

The barrier cracked.

The giant retreated again, and another charge came.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan moved his feet sideways, taking three steps.

"Crack..."

The giant smashed the barrier, charged all the way in, happened to pass by Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's side, and then disappeared into the gray mist ahead.

After a while, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan moved his feet again and stood still.

The giant reappeared, and after rushing out, it once again brushed past the boy's body.

"Thump, thump, thump... thump, thump, thump..."

In the gray mist, more footsteps could be heard.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan began to move forward; he did not walk in a straight line, and sometimes he would even retreat backward.

Cement giants rushed out one after another, yet none were able to strike him; even when multiple giants rushed out collectively, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's figure could still remain in a safe blind spot.

Until, on the shoulder of one giant, sat that woman.

As this giant brushed past the boy again, the woman dove down, pouncing toward Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan lifted his foot and lightly stamped it on the ground.

The formation he had previously set up was activated; one of the giant's feet was shackled, its body spun around, and its fist smashed toward the falling woman.

"Bang!"

This punch landed solidly.

The woman's figure flew backward, falling into the gray mist.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan spread his right hand, and blood mist permeated the air.

At the eye positions of the giants nearby, a faint red color appeared.

They no longer continued to charge at the boy, but instead all surged into the gray mist, beginning to trample.

The red figure flickered continuously in the gray mist; her dodging was not as composed as the boy's had been earlier.

However, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan did not take the opportunity to pursue, because the gray mist behind him was changing color, and countless black moths flew out.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan stood still, letting the black moths surround and cover him.

The formation of the mind can stir a person's emotions, causing madness and loss of self.

A Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face of the woman emerged; this Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face was very large, reflecting a special luster. She opened her mouth and kept exhaling toward the boy's position; those black moths were flying out from her mouth.

Deep in consciousness.

In the fish pond dug by the main body, new feed kept falling, causing the fish to scramble for it frantically.

In a battle between formation masters, every move is extremely precious; the effect might fall short of expectations, or it might be countered, but you cannot make a useless move—once you do, it is equivalent to exposing your own chest.

Suddenly, the black moths' wings began to tremble violently, emitting a collective, shrill sound.

Large swaths of black moths fell, revealing the boy's figure that had been wrapped within.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan pressed his left fingertips into red mud and drew a curse on his right forearm; once the curse was formed, his left fingertips slid down to his right palm, and his right index and middle fingers merged, pointing straight at that huge woman's Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face in front:

"Shock, Awe, Destroy, Collapse!"

In an instant, all the black moths around him scattered, turning into black blood that hit the ground.

The woman's large Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face, which was as crystalline as porcelain, first twisted, then large areas of cracks appeared, and she let out a miserable wail:

"Ah!!!!!"

She wanted to escape and return to the gray mist, but as the boy took a step forward, chains burning with karmic fire shot out from below, binding this large Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face.

After a brief stalemate, the large Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face collapsed, the gray mist dissipated, and everything from before, like flowers in a mirror and the moon in the water, vanished without a trace.

However, with the boy as the center, the cement blocks in a large area around him turned into dust, and those steel bars also rusted into shavings; the ground looked as if it had just undergone a leveling.

The woman knelt on one knee there, her ten fingers propping her up, head tilted back, struggling in great pain.

Her Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face was covered in cracks, like the surface of a porcelain vessel that had been tapped and fractured.

Compared to the pain in her body, the humiliation in her heart was several times worse.

If that boy had played a proper game with her, then win or lose would have been magnificent, but the fact was, that boy had voluntarily placed himself in a passive position from the very beginning, letting her act as she pleased.

And then, within her own arrangements, he sought out her loopholes to launch a counterattack.

This feeling was like a teacher facing their own student.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan walked toward the woman.

The woman was still kneeling on one knee, her body in a state of convulsion, unable to stand up.

Yet even so, accompanied by the intense friction sounds coming from within her body, formations kept taking shape, and formation effects were continuously triggered.

A very novel feeling; she was completely using formations as if they were techniques.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan flicked his right hand lightly; while blood mist permeated the air, a porcelain-colored formation flag appeared in his hand.

The formation flag swayed slightly, and the formation effects that should have acted upon him were pushed away one by one, failing even to hinder the boy's forward pace.

Upon seeing that blood-porcelain color, the woman's pupils shook, and she finally spoke.

"Blood Sea Porcelain..."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan nodded; he finally knew the name of that small porcelain shard in his palm, and it really did fit perfectly with the illusion he had once seen.

The boy walked up to the woman and gripped the formation flag with his right hand.

"Snap!"

The formation flag shattered.

Shattering along with it were all the formations still squirming and forming within the woman's body.

The woman's whole body twitched, her mouth opened wide, and her chest heaved continuously, bringing forth a series of porcelain-shattering sounds.

"You are Zhao Yi."

After the woman asked this question, her gaze dimmed; clearly, she had rejected this guess herself.

The current generation of the Zhao family had a genius who was traveling the river and had even carved out a resounding reputation in the pugilistic world.

When they were evaluating the plan formulated for this wave, they had also considered the impact if Zhao Yi returned.

If it really were Zhao Yi, he could indeed cause great trouble for their team, not to mention that this Zhao family home was his home turf.

But the problem was, the age did not match.

During their previous exchange, they could sense each other's aura; now that the distance had closed, she, having turned into porcelain, was even more sensitive to fresh flesh and blood.

She could be certain that the boy before her was not wearing a disguise; what was presented was his true age.

Then it was not Zhao Yi.

It was a... existence even more terrifying than Zhao Yi.

The woman could not help but feel a strong lingering fear in her heart; to be so terrifying at such a young age, if he were to travel the river after reaching adulthood, with favorable winds assisting his growth, then on this river, how many people would still be able to suppress him?

"You are not a member of the Zhao family?"

This was a redundant question.

A boy with such talent, no matter which family he was placed in, would be treated as a treasure of the entire clan; how could he possibly be led around by that Second Master Zhao?

Even if he were born of a concubine—no, even if he had not a drop of Zhao family blood, as long as he was willing to enter the Zhao family in name, he would be treated sincerely by the Zhao family. Those elders of the Zhao family would probably specially issue a chain, letting him take Second Master Zhao out for a walk to relieve boredom when he had nothing to do.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "My surname is not Zhao."

The boy knew what she was paving the way for.

"The Zhao family of Jiujiang has an overflow of evil, intolerable to heaven and earth. Today, I uphold the will of the righteous path to cleanse the Zhao clan of Jiujiang and restore clarity to the human world. If you obstruct me, you will surely Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face heavenly condemnation!"

Those who travel the river carry heavy karma; when traveling the same wave, even if they both want to trick each other to death in their hearts, they cannot act as they please on the surface.

Last time in Lijiang, the river water pushed out the broken jade; using this as a catalyst, the holder of the broken jade was viewed as an evil spirit, and everyone could kill them—that was an "official loophole" specially opened.

The woman did not know that Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan was also on the river; if she had known, she would have had more confidence when saying this.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan responded:

"You want to kill me."

"Do you know what kind of person you are protecting!"

"You want to kill me."

"Do you know the outcome of acting as a tiger for an evildoer?"

"You want to kill me."

"You still have a bright future; you should clarify your original heart and take upholding the righteous path as your duty. Only then, when you walk the pugilistic world lighting lamps in the future, can you be protected by heaven and earth and not waste this talent and aptitude."

"You want to kill me."

Blood color swirled in the woman's eyes; she finally understood, and asked in an extremely suppressed voice:

"You did it on purpose?"

A formation master, even before making a move, was deliberately pretending to be that fearful and uneasy illegitimate child.

The transformation happened when she made a move against him.

At that time, her whole mind was on Second Master Zhao, who was on the second floor about to commit an indecent act with the female corpse.

Toward this reckless child walking toward her, she held the mentality that he was a Zhao family bastard anyway, so killing him was fine.

This wave of the Heavenly Dao let them dig up the roots of the Zhao family of Jiujiang, so in their eyes, every person surnamed Zhao was a piece of merit if killed; as for the illegitimate child... even a mosquito's leg is meat.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan said very calmly:

"I gave you a chance; it was your own choice."

The boy was waiting for the woman's companions to act, but so far, her companions had not appeared.

The kite in the sky was still circling, the one in the distant building was still hiding, and the one in the outer storm had not run out either.

This meant that the woman had anticipated his next move.

And what he was about to do next would likely be countered by the woman.

But this matter, he still had to do.

If he didn't draw out this rhythm, the subsequent events couldn't develop, and his own goal couldn't be achieved.

The boy's right palm condensed blood into formation patterns and slapped them onto the woman's forehead.

"Snap!"

The palm and the woman's forehead stuck together, then moved upward.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan intended to extract the Blood Sea Porcelain from within the woman's body.

The woman's eyes rolled upward, revealing the whites, and a broken, wailing sound emerged from her throat as her body moved upward involuntarily.

"Click, click, click, click!"

Suddenly, the woman's limbs rotated; the hands beneath her immortal-lingering skirt retracted and turned into feet, while the feet, when they emerged from the bottom of the skirt again, transformed into hands.

Her "hands" grabbed the young man's ankles.

This was already the maximum extent of manipulation she could perform while her body was suppressed by the force of the backlash.

Immediately following this, the woman's head flipped like a glass marble; the young man only felt a slippery sensation in his hand, and the forehead his palm had been pressed against became the woman's mouth.

The sides of the mouth split open and all her teeth fell out, but they did not drop into her throat; instead, they all struck her tongue, forming new, sharp fangs on both sides of it.

Finally, the tongue extended to a length that no normal person could ever reach, wrapped around the young man's wrist, and began to gnaw.

If not for Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan condensing Karmic Fire on his palm at the fastest possible speed to obstruct it, this tongue could have continued to coil up his wrist and wrap around his own neck to tear at his head.

Fresh blood dripped continuously from Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's palm, gathering into a pool on the ground.

Looking at his own injured wrist that was being bitten, the young man's gaze remained calm.

This was the true elite of the river; even when completely at a disadvantage, she was still thinking of struggling to turn the tide.

Engaging with such an opponent was indeed a very exhilarating thing.

It could also be considered as making up for the regret the cat-woman from the Yu family had brought the young man last time.

The river surface was still very spectacular; there were interesting things and, even more, interesting people.

The woman's eyes were filled with ruthlessness; although the Karmic Fire suddenly released from the young man's hand had caused her original lethal move to become a wounding move, she was still certain that if the stalemate continued, she would be the one to win.

Because she had discovered one thing: this young man... had not practiced martial arts.

His skin, his blood, and his bones showed no traces of having been tempered.

Was it to wait until his body was fully developed?

Did he want to practice martial arts and temper his body in the most perfect way so he could begin his Jiang Shui Walk?

The woman truly felt deep understanding in her heart; for a child with such outrageous talent, if he could not perform his Jiang Shui Walk in the most perfect way, it would truly be a pity that even a bystander would feel regret for.

It was a pity that such a young genius would fall by her hands.

Child, your talent is, after all, no match for the tempering of the river!

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan estimated that it would take about another minute for his wrist to be crippled, and then the opponent could further gnaw upward.

Looking at this blood-red maw that had split open completely, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's free left hand took out a wordless book.

His fingertips released, and the wordless book fell, landing exactly in the small pool of blood that had just accumulated below.

The "Evil Book" inside, as if a long drought meeting sweet rain, began to absorb it frantically.

It knew that if it didn't absorb it now, it would be too late; it had no choice, because every time this young man gave it a sweet date, he would make it immediately spit out an entire date tree.

The dripping blood was not wasted and was soon sucked dry by the "Evil Book."

The young man's left hand made a downward grabbing motion, and the "Evil Book" flew back, landing in the young man's hand.

His fingertips slid to break the seal, and then the young man threw it lightly; the "Evil Book"... fell into the woman's mouth.

The woman's eyes widened rapidly; she sensed a terrifying crisis descending.

And indeed, that was the case.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan had long known that the woman's flesh and blood were highly fused with this Blood Sea Porcelain, so wanting to extract the Blood Sea Porcelain from within her body—not to mention whether it could truly be done—would require an absolutely enormous amount of effort and energy.

But what if he changed the angle?

If he excised the woman's soul and consciousness from this body, then the remaining part would all be Blood Sea Porcelain.

Although it was somewhat cumbersome and wrapped in many layers of skin, flesh, and bone, that didn't matter; he would just treat it like people today who like to use a cloth cover to protect a genuine leather sofa after buying it.

Actually, his own small Luo Pan could complete a similar operation; the copper coin inside the Luo Pan possessed the eerie power to catalyze a person's skin and flesh into "Tai Sui."

But firstly, the small Luo Pan lacked the subjective initiative of the "Evil Book," and using it to wear her down for too long would be too tiring; secondly, the small Luo Pan was currently still in Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin's hands.

If he had Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin throw it over for him to catch, it might prompt the woman's companions on the other side to enter the fray immediately, disrupting Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's rhythm.

The wordless book split open, cracking to the first page.

On the first page, in the "Evil Book's" prison, a large pot appeared, and a woman was holding a long ladle, stirring inside incessantly.

The wordless book trembled violently, and the stirring in the "Evil Book's" image became even more rapid.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

A desperate wail emerged from the woman's throat; this time, it didn't carry a single trace of performance, because her soul and consciousness were being rapidly stripped away and absorbed into the book.

At this moment, she finally realized that whether it was the previous formation duel or the psychological tactical game just now, the young man before her had always let her make the first move, and then he would counter it.

Talent could be brought from the womb, and opportunities could sometimes fall from the sky, but this temperament... could it also be cultivated by closing oneself off?

Combining this with the young man's previous initiative to walk out and let her strike first:

"You... are... on... the... river..."

"Yes."

"Rumble!"

The wind wall on the periphery changed abruptly, and the woman finally issued the order for her companions to act.

If they didn't act now, she would die here, and it would be the most tragic death of having her soul stripped and spirit extracted, with everything else taken away by the opponent as materials!

Although she knew that the young man must have long guessed she had companions, and the young man's composure from beginning to end indicated that he also had backup plans, she could only pin her hopes on her companions being able to turn this situation around now.

The kite in the sky fell vertically toward the young man's location at this moment.

The speed was so fast that the sonic boom it created far exceeded the whistle-kite Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You had flown in Nantong a while ago.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan heard it, but he paid no attention.

King against King, the woman had no chance here; soldier against soldier, she had even less of a chance.

"Yi ya ya ya~~~~"

Having waited outside for a long time, this gave Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You ample time to think and prepare for his upcoming entrance.

What to shout and what to chant had already been drafted in several versions.

However, the other side's sonic boom tore Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You's draft to shreds.

Aside from this most primitive operatic ghost-god sound, any normal speech would be completely drowned out.

Bai He Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Tongzi arrived at high speed holding dual maces; the original patterns revealed beneath his skin seemed to glow at this moment.

Ever since A You and the Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Tongzi had reconfirmed their master-servant relationship, A You hadn't fought a proper battle.

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng had been given a makeover by the Three-Eyed One and didn't dare do any heavy work for fear of ruining his skin and scaring Master Li, leaving A You itching for a fight until now.

At this moment, he had finally caught his chance; this unreleased hot-bloodedness and restlessness were finally getting vented!

"Boom!"

The kite falling vertically toward the young man was knocked away mid-air, and both sides slid along the ground, forcibly clearing a clean path through the ruins.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You didn't move; the kite detached and retreated on its own, landing in the distance.

Inside the kite was a man; he had actually been flying in the sky with the kite all along.

Logically speaking, an adult's weight wouldn't be suitable for this kind of action; it would be fine if it were a child, or perhaps someone with a dwarf's stature.

But his weight was truly light, because he had nothing but a head and a chest; his limbs had been shaved away completely.

Black iron wires connected the kite on his body to the man himself.

Accompanied by rapid folding, the kite began to disassemble and close.

The person transformed into the image of White Impermanence, stepping on stilts, dressed in white, with a tall hat on his head.

He had nothing to do with White Impermanence; it was simply that this folding style leaned toward that image, so he had added some extra decorations.

While Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan was refining the woman before him, he noticed the movement over there.

Mechanism Art.

A very ancient secret art.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan had once gained insights into a set of "Qi's Spring and Autumn Annals" in the village of road bandits, which recorded the essential mechanism arts from ancient tombs throughout the ages; it was considered an important branch, and there was a sub-branch of this Mechanism Art specifically targeting individuals.

Looking again at the woman's ruthless folding of herself, it was clear that this woman, like him, would actively apply her insights to her companions and help them develop and grow.

Her team-building philosophy was even more solid and long-term than Zhao Yi's from earlier times.

Of course, everyone's strengths were different; a major reason why that guy Zhao Yi didn't pay attention to deep team cultivation early on was that he was skilled at coaxing Wo Sect to live off them.

"Living souls keep away, I'm here to claim your soul and life~"

After long-term artistic processing, it became a habit; that human-stick wrapped in mechanisms had truly immersed himself in the identity of White Impermanence.

If he hadn't been to Fengdou, he really would have felt this scene had some impact, but after going to Fengdou, Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You only found this image ridiculous.

The mark on his brow flashed, and Bai He Guarding Guarding Guarding Guarding Guarding Guarding Guarding Guarding Zhenjun's aura instantly switched to that of a Ghost Marshal.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You: "You want to compare with me... who is more 'underworld'?"

White Impermanence clearly hadn't expected his artistic approach to encounter the real deal, but at this moment, he couldn't care about anything else; his boss was about to lose her life, and he had to hurry to break the situation.

Drawing two killing-prestige rods, White Impermanence moved at high speed, charging toward Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You activated his vertical pupils, swung his dual maces, and without dodging or evading, met the attack head-on.

The figures of both sides flashed and alternated rapidly, each pushing their movement techniques to the limit; for a time, it was hard to tell who was winning.

But White Impermanence knew that he had lost.

Because Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You on the opposite side was clearly becoming more excited and exhilarated the more he fought.

People are alive, but mechanism arts are dead.

This meant that White Impermanence's strength was fixed here; his combat power would only continue to decrease due to the wear and tear of the mechanisms, while the living person opposite him could rely on spiritual conviction to squeeze out more potential. Moreover, if nothing went wrong, the opponent definitely had secret arts to rapidly increase his strength in a short time that he hadn't used yet.

He couldn't break the situation; he couldn't beat this opponent and could only temporarily pin him down.

"Hahahahaha!"

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You laughed heartily while fighting, especially since Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge was using the red thread to tell him there was no need to rush to end the battle; he could play a while longer.

This was truly a rare, good opportunity; he didn't know when he would next encounter such a relaxed situation and such suitable mechanical dummies.

As he fought, Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You even attempted to fuse the states of True Monarch and Ghost Commander.

He originally wouldn't have played such a big game, but the boy told him that this "White Impermanence" before him only had this much strength and couldn't possibly suddenly break through this category, which was why A You dared to try it boldly.

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!"

Inside the building to the rear-left, a Daoist priest holding a peach-wood sword jumped out and landed gracefully.

As soon as his soles touched the ground, his sword tip pointed directly at Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, his figure like a rainbow, arriving with great speed.

Daoist Priest: "Evil demon, taste my Flowing Cloud Sword Qi!"

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin: "Ox-nose, the evil demon is right here!"

When the Daoist priest came out, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin also moved, landing directly between the Daoist priest and Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge; during the descent, he even pulled off the Zhao Zhao Yanglin mask from his Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face, fearing it would be damaged.

And the revelation of his true self was equivalent to completely rewriting the original established situation, signaling that one team had completely fallen into a trap.

The Daoist priest's expression froze, looking at Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin in disbelief.

The White Impermanence fighting with Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You let out a mournful cry from his throat.

And the woman whose soul and consciousness were being extracted by the *Evil Book* had a touch of relief in her eyes.

"You... are truly ruthless..."

The implication was that they had already obtained their identities, yet they still dared to take the initiative to eliminate other competitors.

Generally speaking, if one sensed traces of other team activities in this wave, the first reaction would be to hide oneself first.

Those who dared to take the initiative to find trouble with other teams were either fools or possessed absolute, powerful confidence and strength.

The further one went along the river, the less one saw of fools, so it could only be the latter.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "You have it backward; who is actually acting against whom?"

If one straightened it out, it was actually the woman's team that took the initiative to act against his side.

Although Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan had indeed been fishing at a fixed point, this game was played on the premise that the willing would take the bait.

"You... aren't... worried... that this wave... won't be completed... by killing each other... so early..."

"It was you who wanted to kill me."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan corrected her again.

Of course, standing from the opponent's perspective, this wasn't wrong, and she wasn't just quibbling.

If Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan were willing to take the initiative to reveal his identity as a masquerader, then the woman's side would likely not have acted forcefully, but would have tried to reach toward other rooms—if they didn't know that other rooms had also long been replaced.

Considering the overall situation of completing this wave, if everyone fought and exhausted themselves too much before entering the Zhao family's old mountain residence, it would very likely lead to the final goal of this wave being unachievable, and everyone would lose.

"You are actually... so... confident..."

"When I chose this wave, I never even thought about having helpers."

The woman's eyes trembled; there was a word in the boy's previous words that she had clearly captured, and that was: choose.

If it were said that before, she was just inferior in skill and suppressed in strength by this boy.

Then at this moment, the woman finally felt a sense of despair.

In the dark, she seemed to perceive that the river she and the boy before her were walking... seemed different.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin twitched the corners of his mouth, then rubbed them with his hand, saying: "It's still more comfortable to use my own Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face; it seems I don't have the fate to be a master."

Daoist Priest: "You seek death!"

The sword tip thrust out rapidly, like ripples rising on the surface of a pond.

Blood energy diffused from Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin's body; as the Blood Ape power was triggered, all five senses were raised to their peak, and the sword qi, which was like floating light and passing shadows, seemed to be in slow motion in his eyes, while his ears were also listening closely to the opponent's footsteps.

One was thrusting incessantly, the other was dodging incessantly.

When the round of fighting ended and the Daoist priest had to retreat to catch his breath, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin was still standing in place.

It was just that there was a diagonal wound on his chest, scraped out by the sword tip.

His senses were completely fast enough, but his mental analysis of the movement techniques and countermeasures was a bit slow, and he suffered a small loss.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin knew that all other configurations were fine; he himself had dragged them down.

But fortunately, the injury wasn't heavy, and he could afford this tuition fee.

Another thing was that although the Daoist priest hid it well, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin still heard the opponent's heart beating at an overclocked rate.