Chapter 1136

In fact, Cheng Jiao did not care about the deaths of a few ordinary subordinates.

But unsealing the Lu Li Tribe was only the first step.

Obtaining the Chi You Demonic Treasure from the Lu Li Tribe's hands was Cheng Jiao's true purpose.

At this moment, every ounce of fighting strength was extremely critical.

Therefore Cheng Jiao would not allow fighting strength to be lost here for no reason.

"Miss Xiao Li, if there is any danger, just speak the truth!"

Hearing Gai Nie sighed, he also began to advise.

Although these people of Despair Shanzhuang were either constrained by Cheng Jiao or were not lacking in ambition.

Yet dying here for no reason was indeed something Hearing Gai Nie could not bear in his heart.

Besides, Hearing Gai Nie also knew that Cheng Jiao appeared magnanimous, but was in fact a man who would repay even a single angry glance.

Now, however ruthlessly Miss Xiao Li had set him up, once Cheng Jiao achieved his goal, he would return it in full, or even double.

His current forbearance toward Miss Xiao Li was only because the Lu Li Tribe had not yet been found.

Once the Lu Li Tribe was unsealed and the Chi You Demonic Treasure found, Cheng Jiao's first target to kill would likely be Miss Xiao Li!

Therefore, to lessen Cheng Jiao's resentment toward Miss Xiao Li, Hearing Gai Nie could only speak up to advise.

How could Miss Xiao Li not know that she had already made Cheng Jiao's must-kill list.

It was just that she held a grievance in her heart and did not want to make things too easy for Cheng Jiao and the others.

Now, hearing Hearing Gai Nie's advice, she immediately spoke up and said,

"I really am not deceiving you. I only know about the Quicksand Trap.

But after the Quicksand Trap, they say there is an even more terrifying hurdle.

This hurdle is the true guardian of this seal."

"What exactly is that hurdle?"

Tian Hu, hearing this, immediately asked impatiently.

"I truly do not know this."

Miss Xiao Li spread her hands and said,

"I have never even passed the Quicksand Trap, so how would I know what comes after?

But they say this hurdle—even masters of the supreme Mythical Realm would not pass it easily."

"What?"

The experts of Despair Shanzhuang present all changed color dramatically at once.

Within Despair Shanzhuang, the manor lord Cheng Jiao's cultivation was the most unfathomable.

The group of experts below him, including Tian Hu, Wei Zhuang, Master Ban, Kumo Zhi, Gusu Murong Fu and others, in fact had no second person at the supreme Mythical Realm!

Now Miss Xiao Li said that even those at the supreme Mythical Realm would not pass this hurdle easily.

Then how would Tian Hu, Gusu Murong Fu and the others pass it?

For a moment, even though Cheng Jiao's accumulated authority was well known and the Lu Li Tribe's temptation was considerable,

these experts gathered from all quarters by Cheng Jiao were also uneasy in their hearts, and could not help but start thinking of retreat.

"Everyone need not worry."

Cheng Jiao also saw that hearts were wavering, and immediately spoke up to soothe them,

"This hurdle, leave it to me to handle personally!"

Saying so, Cheng Jiao spoke to a person beside the palanquin, one fully clad in armor, whose build and age could not be discerned,

"General Fan, order the Despair Guards to attack!"

"General Fan? Could it be him?"

Hearing Gai Nie had long known that the manor lord was Cheng Jiao.

Now that the manor lord addressed this person beside him as General Fan, it made Hearing Gai Nie think at once of that person from back then.

"As you command!"

General Fan's face was entirely covered behind an iron visor, and he had not spoken a word.

Now, hearing Cheng Jiao's order, he only then cupped his hands in acceptance.

Then with a great wave of his hand, he pointed toward the sand.

A line of guards wearing ghost-face visors and black armor was seen charging resolutely toward that sand.

Those martial artists who had followed along and belonged to Despair Shanzhuang, upon seeing these black-armored guards, showed a trace of jealousy on their faces, but far more was fear.

Clearly these Despair Guards had made many people suffer in the past.

Hearing Gai Nie watched these Despair Guards, offered no comment, and looked on coldly.

He saw only these Despair Guards charge out a hundred paces, and the Quicksand Trap activated once more.

Suddenly countless yellow sand whirled up out of thin air, wrapping these dozen-plus Despair Guards halfway into the yellow sand.

Hearing Gai Nie was curious in his heart—Cheng Jiao clearly placed high hopes in the Despair Guards, and these experts of Despair Shanzhuang clearly feared these Despair Guards deeply.

Could it be that these Despair Guards could not pass even this first hurdle?

The next moment, the yellow sand wrapped around the Despair Guards exploded with a roar.

Then the line of over ten Despair Guards passed over the Quicksand Trap as if walking on flat ground, continuing toward the center of the sand.

"They are actually at the Earthly Immortal Realm, and over a dozen of them…"

Hearing Gai Nie's heart gave a jolt, and he could not help but glance sideways at Cheng Jiao.

He had not expected this Lord of Chang'an, who had died and returned to life, to be able to obtain such a squad of elite guards.

One must know that in the Great Qin palace, the final barrier around Qin Huang, namely the Shadow Guard, the majority were only at the Grandmaster cultivation level.

Yet this Cheng Jiao was able to train a squad of over ten people to the Earthly Immortal Realm — truly a strange and remarkable thing.

As the Despair Guards crossed the quicksand trap, the people of Despair Shanzhuang all kept their gazes fixed tightly on them.

【He】 wanted to know what exactly the difficult hurdle that Miss Xiao Li had spoken of — one that even the supreme Mythical Realm could not easily pass — truly was.

Only this time, after the Despair Guards crossed the quicksand trap and charged another hundred steps forward, no strange change appeared at all.

For a moment, quite a few experts all assumed Miss Xiao Li had been making empty threats to intimidate them.

After charging another fifty steps closer, still no strange change appeared.

Just as everyone was preparing to mock Miss Xiao Li, saying she was making a mystery out of nothing.

Boom!

Suddenly came a heaven-shaking roar.

Immediately after, that stretch of sandy ground was seen to shudder violently.

The yellow sand that had been covering the ground was suddenly flung up, filling the entire sky.

For a moment, it was as if that stretch of sandy ground was raining down a shower of yellow sand.

Blocked by this dense curtain of yellow sand, the Despair Guards — who had been moving freely a moment ago — were also forced to halt in their tracks, unable to move a muscle.

But these Despair Guards were, after all, ones that Cheng Jiao had spent considerable effort training.

Even though blocked by the rain of yellow sand, they still all gathered their true essence and laid down a shield of true essence around their bodies.

After withstanding the wind and sand, they continued pressing forward.

Only then did a strange thing occur.

They clearly should have been heading toward the center of the sandy ground, yet for some unknown reason, they had begun running in circles on the very spot.

What's more, after circling a few times, two of the Despair Guards suddenly began fighting each other fiercely.

The ferocity was as if they were mortal enemies with deep, bitter hatred between them.

"This… just what kind of trap is that?"

Tian Hu, seeing the Despair Guards suddenly turn on each other, felt a surge of joy in his heart, yet on his face he pretended to be worried as he murmured.

"In my view, they may have fallen into a bewildering formation!"

Master Ban watched for a long time, and saw that more and more Despair Guards were joining the ranks of those brawling with each other, with not a single one still advancing toward the center of the sandy ground.

He then slowly spoke a sentence.

"A bewildering formation?"

Everyone present, including Cheng Jiao, could not help but turn their gazes toward Master Ban.