Chapter 170: Demon Clan Attendants

"Bang—"

"Bang—"

"Bang—"

Violent explosions rang out in the night sky, startling both Master Lu's and the white-haired old man's parties into stopping their fight and looking simultaneously toward the stone-carved soldiers.

They happened to see several stone-carved soldiers in the outermost rows explode.

The next moment, a rumbling sound arose, and the ground began to shake. Immediately after, everyone saw the stone-carved soldiers moving rapidly, changing into various formations, and the stone spears and stone knives in their hands were all raised.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

Shouts of killing that shook the heavens erupted from the soldiers, and for a time, the surrounding field became murderous and sharp.

Watching this scene, Baili Changfeng and Master Lu were full of shock.

"What is going on? How was the military formation activated?"

Hua Changxi, hidden in the shadows, was also somewhat dumbfounded. She only wanted to block those seven cultivators; she didn't expect to cause such a big commotion.

At the same time, the horn of battle suddenly sounded over Qianmen Fort.

"Not good, someone has broken into the military formation!"

Qianmen Fort, which had been as quiet as if it were empty, suddenly became bustling with figures.

On the city wall, Young Master Gu saw that Liu Chengxiong had not yet made up his mind to cooperate with the Duke of Xin's Prefecture and had intended to return home and come back another time. He did not expect the horn to sound suddenly in Qianmen Fort.

"General Liu, this is... has something happened?"

Liu Chengxiong's expression was ugly: "Someone has broken into the military formation."

Qianmen Fort's duty was to guard the array eye. As long as someone broke into the military formation and threatened the stability of the array eye, the Demon-Suppressing Guards in the fort had to come out to fight the enemy.

As the highest commander of Qianmen Fort, he had to be at the forefront.

Because his primordial spirit was about to dissipate, Liu Chengxiong usually avoided taking action if he could, but now that the military formation had been activated, he had to come out to resolve it.

At this moment, he deeply regretted letting that group of people cross Soul-Severing Mountain earlier.

There was no need to think; the activation of the military formation was definitely caused by that group of people.

Liu Chengxiong looked at Young Master Gu: "I have matters to attend to; Young Master Gu, please return."

Young Master Gu was not willing to leave just like that. He had come to Qianmen Fort several times and had gained nothing each time. Having finally encountered an incident, he naturally wanted to take the opportunity to probe the depth of Qianmen Fort.

Jinfan had said that Liu Chengxiong's five-hundred-year term was about to end. Once the term ended, without the protection of the merit of Qianmen Fort, Liu Chengxiong's primordial spirit would dissipate. At that time, Qianmen Fort would be ownerless, and the Duke of Xin's Prefecture would have a chance to take over.

In order for the Duke of Xin's Prefecture to take over Qianmen Fort more smoothly in the future, he had to understand the situation of Qianmen Fort in advance.

"General Liu, I and the attendants I brought still have some strength. If the General does not mind, we are willing to follow your orders."

Liu Chengxiong looked at Young Master Gu, thought of the Nascent Soul cultivator hidden in the shadows, pondered for a moment, and did not refuse: "Follow me closely, and do not wander off."

Seeing Liu Chengxiong bring Young Master Gu and his group into Qianmen Fort and even intending to take them to the array eye, the Assistant Regional Commander, Wan Kun, did not approve in his heart.

The Demon-Suppressing Guards guarded the array eye and strictly forbade anyone from breaking in. How could the General personally bring outsiders there?

But as a Assistant Regional Commander, he had no right to interfere and could only hurry to follow, secretly guarding against Young Master Gu and his group to prevent them from causing trouble.

At the same time, at the array eye, after the military formation was activated, Baili Changfeng and Master Lu also saw the seven cultivators fleeing in a panic from the stone-carved soldiers.

Baili Changfeng thought it was Master Lu who had arranged for the seven people to sneak into the military formation while they were fighting, and he snorted coldly.

Master Lu ignored him, instead looking at the seven people with a gloomy expression: "When did you break the puppet curse?"

Seeing that the matter was exposed, the seven people stopped pretending.

The young man in the lead, who looked slightly feminine, smiled: "Although the puppet curse you attached to the Ghost Market token was subtle, it is not something that can deceive everyone."

Hearing this, Master Lu's brows knitted into a knot: "So, you were never under the puppet curse from the beginning?"

The feminine man raised his chin: "Of course."

Master Lu narrowed his eyes: "Who are you people?"

The feminine man smiled: "Guess?"

Master Lu cursed directly: "Guess my ass."

Hearing this, the feminine man chuckled: "Don't be angry. You forgot, we are on the same side." As he spoke, he glanced at Baili Changfeng and the other two.

"We can help you solve these three, as well as that petty thief hidden in the shadows."

After hearing this, Master Lu's expression shifted, and he quickly looked around: "There is someone in the shadows?"

The feminine man looked at the activated military formation with an ugly expression and snorted coldly: "If it weren't for that petty thief in the shadows launching a sneak attack, how could the military formation have been activated?"

Hearing this, Master Lu's side and Baili Changfeng's master and disciples all became alert.

Seeing this, the feminine man shouted into the air: "Why don't you show yourself, fellow Daoist?"

No one responded.

After waiting for a while, Master Lu was somewhat suspicious of whether there was anyone in the shadows at all, and looked at the feminine man: "Are you also here for the Divine Hammer?"

The feminine man shook his head and smiled: "If you and I cooperate, the Divine Hammer belongs to you; we only need to get to the top of the array eye."

Hearing this, Master Lu fell silent, while Baili Changfeng, who was on the side, spoke in a deep voice: "Are you people from the Demon Clan?"

The feminine man glanced at him and said nothing.

Seeing him tacitly admit it, Baili Changfeng's expression changed drastically, and he looked at Master Lu: "Lu Yan, you are truly amazing, personally bringing people from the Demon Clan to destroy the array eye."

Master Lu snorted coldly: "Baili Changfeng, don't pin dirty labels on me. Just because you say they are from the Demon Clan, does that make them so?"

Baili Changfeng: "Only people from the Demon Clan would come to the array eye and not want the Divine Hammer, because they have only one goal: to destroy the array of the Demon Prison!"

The feminine man ignored Baili Changfeng and looked at Master Lu: "How about it? Do you want to cooperate? Let's solve these three first. As for that petty thief hidden in the shadows, as long as we join forces, I doubt they would dare to show themselves."

Seeing Master Lu's hesitation, the feminine man continued to entice: "You must know, if you let these three leave alive, I fear the label of colluding with the Demon Clan will be spread by them."

Master Lu looked at the feminine man: "So, are you really from the Demon Clan?"

The feminine man shook his head: "Of course not, we are just attendants of the Demon God."

In the corner of the stone-carved soldiers, Hua Changxi's expression shifted upon hearing this answer. She thought of A-Niu; if it weren't for her intervention, A-Niu would probably have been influenced by the sound of the white monk's wooden fish and become a person like this too.

Seeing that Master Lu was actually tempted, Baili Changfeng shouted loudly: "Lu Yan, you don't really want to collude with the Demon Clan, do you?"

Master Lu looked coldly at Baili Changfeng: "I haven't done anything, yet you've pinned such a big label on me. If I don't do as you wish, how can I?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he attacked Baili Changfeng fiercely.

Baili Changfeng was shocked: "Are you crazy?"

Watching the two fight, the feminine man curled his lips and led the other six people to attack the two young man and woman brought by Baili Changfeng simultaneously.

With the addition of the seven people, Baili Changfeng and the other two were quickly defeated.

In the shadows, Hua Changxi was hesitating whether to take action to save the three of them when she felt the ground shake, and then she saw rolling dust rising in the distance.

"Not good, it's the Demon-Suppressing Guards of Qianmen Fort!" ===== CHAPTER 171 =====