Chapter 144

The Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon walks straight into the area where the arrays are set up. Beams of light light up in every corner. It exhales heavily, looking at the rising arrays without a hint of panic in its eyes.

Zhao Qingzhu forms a hand seal and shouts, "Bind and Kill!"

Swish, swish, swish...

Ropes made of light, like pythons, wrap around the Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon's limbs and entire body. The ropes gather more and more, and within a dozen breaths, it is wrapped up like a mummy.

"Moo~" The Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon roars, clenching its hands tightly, its muscles bulging and expanding.

Pop, pop, pop! A series of explosions.

The ropes made of light are torn apart by the sheer strength of the Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon. Before it can break free, more ropes wrap around it.

Its body expands again. Under Zhao Qingzhu's control, the ropes act like elastic bands, expanding along with it, but they are not torn apart like last time. Instead, after the expansion, they tighten with suffocating force.

It shrinks from its normal size to one-fifth, then to one-third.

The Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon actually has no power to fight back. Lu Fang's eyes light up; he had originally thought that killing it would be somewhat difficult, but now it seems he was completely overthinking it.

Although it can be said that the Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon was too careless and entered the array without any precautions.

But Zhao Qingzhu's array technique is definitely much stronger than he imagined; this is certain.

Seeing an opportunity, Lu Fang no longer hides his strength. Petals of pink peach blossoms fall, forming a ring that locks onto the Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon.

"Try your best to trap it."

Lu Fang shouts and begins to charge up his Soul-Strengthening Green Dragon Crescent Blade. He is confident that as long as he charges it with the power of ten souls, even a powerful existence like the Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon will have to be extremely wary.

As he begins to charge the soul power, the phantom of Guan Yunchang condenses behind him.

After entering the Scholarly Adept Realm, Lu Fang's improvement in "momentum" is definitely much stronger than before. The Green Dragon Crescent Blade, as a transcendent power, is the type that strengthens as the momentum increases.

Therefore, his strongest strike right now is still the Soul-Strengthening Green Dragon Crescent Blade.

Zhao Qingzhu does not look back at Lu Fang, focusing intently on trying to use her array technique to bind and kill the Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon, though this is more difficult than she imagined.

When she hears Lu Fang's words, she does not pay them any mind.

In her view, a Sixth-Rank, Second-Stage scholar has limited realm, and it is basically impossible for him to cause effective damage to the Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon.

But the next second, she changes her mind. She can clearly perceive that as time passes, the momentum gathering on Lu Fang becomes more and more powerful. She is very much looking forward to seeing what kind of damage his strike can cause to the Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon.

"Green Dragon Crescent Blade!"

Lu Fang swings his hands hard in a diagonal slash. The blade light, charged with ten souls, strikes the body of the Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon, which is wrapped like a mummy, at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

Hiss! The light ropes in the array rupture.

A blade wound deep enough to see bone appears from the Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon's neck down to its abdomen. The sight of the white ribs in its chest cavity makes one's scalp tingle.

It looks down at the blade wound, its indifferent pupils becoming incredibly manic. With its limbs still wrapped in the "ropes," it pulls hard—pop, pop, pop! The ropes are torn apart by it with ease.

Bang!

The Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon throws a punch with force. The space in front of it twists, as if there were a mirror in front of it that was shattered into pieces by its punch.

Pfft! Zhao Qingzhu spits out a mouthful of blood and mutters, "It seems to have become even stronger when injured. The array was blown apart by its punch; I can no longer trap it."

"Retreat first."

Lu Fang gives a warning, and the two retreat several yards away almost simultaneously.

The Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon's violent red eyes stare at the two. The deep blade wound heals at a speed visible to the naked eye. In a moment, it is as good as new.

If they hadn't just seen that gruesome blade wound, they would surely suspect it had been a hallucination. This physical healing is just too exaggerated.

Lu Fang swallows his saliva and says with a bitter smile, "It seems we underestimated it."

Zhao Qingzhu's expression becomes grave. Although she is in the Fourth-Rank realm, in terms of offensive means, she has nothing stronger than the Green Dragon Crescent Blade that Lu Fang just displayed.

Her specialty is array technique, but it seems she cannot cause effective damage to the Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon.

"We certainly underestimated it. I thought I could kill it with arrays, but its healing ability is too strong. I don't think there is any offensive means stronger than what you just used."

Zhao Qingzhu says truthfully.

Lu Fang says sternly, "Don't worry. As long as it dares to continue advancing, you use the arrays to hold it back; I have even stronger offensive means."

"Okay." Zhao Qingzhu responds. Because the Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon is walking forward again, she watches with full concentration, and as it enters another array, she activates it.

Clang, clang, clang...

Mirror-like surfaces appear in the array. These mirrors are layered and stacked, standing in various places.

Bang! Crack!

The Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon still walks forward step by step, not stopping because of the mirrors appearing around it. Along the way, it smashes every mirror in its path with a punch.

Seeing this scene, the corners of Zhao Qingzhu's mouth curl up slightly.

This array is not so simple to break. It looks like it is walking forward, but in reality, it is walking in circles, and the more mirrors it smashes, the more layered the space within this array becomes.

The only regret is that this array does not have the offensive power of the previous one, but it is outstanding at trapping people.

Zhao Qingzhu's idea when setting up this array was that if they couldn't beat the Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon, they could use this array to trap it, giving them time to return to the ancient castle.

Now, in order to buy time for Lu Fang, she activates it in advance.

While controlling the array, Zhao Qingzhu looks back at Lu Fang and says with certainty:

"This array can delay it for a long time. Whatever offensive means you have, just use them. If you still can't cause damage to it, I suggest we return to the ancient castle to think of another way."

Lu Fang nods and takes a deep breath. In the end, he decides to use the transcendent power "Deceiving the Heavens and Crossing the Sea," because using this transformation state has significant side effects.

He originally did not intend to use it, but in the current situation, he has no choice.

To slay the Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon, only by using his Soul-Strengthening strike while in the transformation state will he have a chance.

Under Zhao Qingzhu's gaze, Lu Fang, having activated the transcendent power "Deceiving the Heavens and Crossing the Sea," sees his body rapidly expand. Within a dozen breaths, he has become a giant over a dozen yards tall, even taller than the Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon.

The momentum on his body also climbs to a terrifying level.

Zhao Qingzhu's eyes light up, and a glimmer of hope arises in her heart. Perhaps Lu Fang can really kill the Bull-Horned Red-Eyed Demon. This Lord Wenguan of the Great Zhou has given her many surprises.