Unsurpassed Spirits

Chapter 138 Not in the formation
Xie Fangwu and Xu Rong were obviously not very good at fighting. Facing the stone hands on the ground, they were obviously in a hurry, especially Xu Rong, who majored in water magic. His feet had been firmly nailed to the pumice stone. More and more stone hands were clinging to her legs, and after a while they had climbed to the crook of her knees.

Xu Rong collapsed and cried loudly, "Ah! Senior sister, Brother Xiao, so many hands, help me, help me..."

However, Xiao Muxue and Xie Fangwu were too busy taking care of themselves and were helpless.

The broken stone hand was brushed away and fell into the spring water under the pumice stone. In addition to the splashing sound of the water, there was also a sizzling and crackling sound, which made people's hair stand on end.

Xiao Yi was slightly startled, "What's the sound?"

Luo Qingli said solemnly: "That is the corpse-changing spring at the bottom. Anything that falls into it will be completely transformed."

Everyone's expressions changed, and they became deeply afraid of the spring water below.

At this time, Xu Rong suddenly screamed, but the pumice she was on suddenly fell down, taking a step closer to the Corpse Spring.

"Brother Xiao! Senior Sister Xiao! Thank you, Senior Sister!"

Xu Rong's beautiful face turned pale, and her lower body was completely submerged in the stone hands. She started throwing talismans one by one, but her legs and feet seemed to have grown together with these stone hands. The broken stone hands seemed to have become a part of her body, which made her She felt bursts of pain.

Xu Rong didn't dare to make a move anymore and stood there helplessly.

The pumice stone emitting blue light under her feet fell faster and faster, and the bottom had already touched the corpse spring. Thin and dense black bubbles popped out from the contact part, melting at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon spread all over the place. On to the pumice surface.

"Wow--!"

Xu Rong's feet began to dip into the spring water, and the screams continued, making her scalp tingle.

"Senior sister! Brother Xiao, save me... I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"

Eager shouts echoed in this dark and boundless space. Later, Xu Rong could no longer make a sound. She stretched out her hand towards the people above, the light in her eyes became increasingly dim, and all her vitality was stripped away. remove.

Horror, bewilderment, despair, fear... Xu Rong's expression froze on her face, and her body and the pumice stone sank into the Corpse Transformation Spring. The spring water swallowed everything up, leaving not even a trace of the smell of blood.

Luo Qingli frowned tightly. Everyone felt very heavy. Looking at the endless stone hands in front of them, they felt chills in their hearts.

At this time, Xie Fangwu screamed again, but she didn't notice when a stone hand grabbed her left ankle.

Xu Rong's lesson was right in front of her, and Xie Fangwu was so frightened that she burst into tears and her body trembled.

She looked at the stone hand that was climbing up, and she didn't know where the courage and determination came from. She actually raised her hand to form a fire knife and cut off her left foot with force.

After the tragic cry of pain, the left leg below the knee had disappeared. Xie Fangwu was shaking all over in pain, covered in cold sweat, and couldn't even stand steady, but at least this allowed her to get rid of the shackles of the stone hands.

Bright red blood spurted out from Xie Fangwu's broken leg, and the strong smell of blood lingered in front of everyone's nose, and everyone's hearts became heavier and heavier.

But unexpectedly, for some unknown reason, these stone hands suddenly stopped and all shrank back.

Everything returned to calm, and the pumice stone beneath everyone's feet suddenly moved again.

But this time it didn't sink, but moved together and spliced ​​into a whole piece.

Xie Fangwu lay limply on the ground, her severed left leg still lying there quietly, stained with blood.

Xiao Muxue hurriedly ran over and fed her a few pills, looking at her broken leg in panic.

"Junior sister Xie, what should I do, what should I do..." Seeing this scene, Xiao Muxue had no idea at this time, half-hugging Xie Fangwu with sweat all over her head.

Luo Qingli clenched the Shen Shuang Sword tightly and was wary of everything around him. Xiao Yi looked grim and gritted his teeth secretly, but it was the man in black who looked at the broken leg and the pool of blood on the ground, thoughtfully.

Xie Fangwu was shaking in pain, his face was bloodless, his pale lips opened and closed, and he murmured with a cry: "Why, why... I'm obviously just helping Senior Sister Xiao catch the thief, why is this happening?"

Tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes, and Xiao Muxue even blamed herself after hearing this.

She and her two junior sisters originally followed her master to Jumang City to attend the auction. After that, she parted with her master and invited her two junior sisters to visit the Xiao family.

The Xiao family was originally a medium-sized immortal cultivating family in the neighborhood, but with the death of several generations of elders and the loss of the golden elixir cultivators, it gradually declined. However, after all, the ancestors still had high-level cultivators, and the family also had some scarce savings. , this seven-color begonia is one of them.

I don't know what method these thieves used to sneak into the Xiao family's warehouse and steal the seven-color begonia. Fortunately, there were hidden restrictions in the warehouse. They stole things, but triggered the restrictions and alarmed the Xiao family.

The two junior sisters had good intentions and helped them catch the thief, but now one of them died in the Corpse Spring, and the other had a broken leg.

Xiao Muxue really didn't know what to say when she returned home!

Xie Fangwu held Xiao Muxue's hand and burst into tears, "Senior sister, I don't want to die..."

Xiao Muxue was extremely sad and burst into tears. The more she cried, the more angry she became. Suddenly she grabbed the flower basket and beat the man in black.

"It's all about you, it's all because of you!"

Handfuls of petals were thrown out mercilessly.

Even with the best Qi Restoration Pill, it takes time to restore spiritual power. After the battle with Shi Shou just now, the man in black had almost all his spiritual power exhausted.

Under normal circumstances, if Xiao Muxue, who was in the early stage of foundation building, fought alone with the man in black, he would definitely lose. But now that he is so virtuous, why not take advantage of his illness and kill him?

Xiao Muxue was already blinded by anger, and Xiao Yi was unable to stop him.

The man in black squinted his eyes slightly, touched the storage bag, and a palm-sized doll fell on his palm. The doll grew when the wind caught the wind, and grew to the size of an adult. It was also a man in black, with bright bronze skin. It's just that his facial expression is extremely stiff.

Luo Qingli's eyebrows twitched slightly. This man transformed from a doll was naturally not a real person. To be precise, it should be a puppet.

As we all know, Taoism has five arts, including alchemy, weapon refining, array formation, talisman making, and beast control. Among the nine sects of Nanzhao, there are also sects that specialize in one of the arts. In addition to these five arts, there are some more Uncommon Taoist skills, such as channeling, corpse refining, poison control, etc., are somewhat more detailed in the Central Plains Twelve Taoist Pagodas.

Puppet puppets are actually puppets made of special materials. It originated from puppetry. There are also similar puppet shows and shadow puppets in the secular world. Every move of the puppet is controlled by string manipulation.

People who can make puppets are called Yanshi. Like alchemists and weapon refiners, Yanshi is also a special profession, but the number of Yanshi is even rarer than that of alchemists and weapon refiners.The puppet's body is inlaid with top-grade spiritual stones, which serve as the energy source for its movements, and its actions are controlled by the master's consciousness. During the battle, as long as there are sufficient spiritual stones, the battle can continue.

In Nanzhao, it is rare to see puppets. Such things are also rare on the market. Even if they are available, the price must be very high.

The puppet that the man in black took out was not too high-level, but it was still in the foundation-building stage. With a slight movement of his consciousness, the puppet stood in front of him, blocking all Xiao Muxue's movements. attack.

Even if his spiritual power is exhausted, as long as his spiritual consciousness can still be used, as long as he has enough spiritual stone supply, he will still have the ability to fight, and when the puppet fights for him, he can also restore his own state.

Xiao Muxue's eyes widened. She couldn't succeed in one attack and wanted to step forward again, but was pulled over by Xiao Yi.

"Brother, don't stop me, it's all because of them! It's because of them that we fell into this place, because of them Junior Sister Xu died, and because of Junior Sister Xie's legs... I want to avenge them!"

Xiao Muxue shouted that she was going to rush over to settle the score with the man in black. She was in a state of embarrassment and yelled madly. How could she still act like a fairy in front of others.

The man in black smiled nonchalantly, "Are you sure you want to do it here?"

Xiao Yi's face looked slightly cold. Although he also wanted to cut people into pieces, he had to consider the current situation.

Now everyone is trapped here, just like grasshoppers on the same rope. The most urgent task is not to involve those grudges, but how to get out of this ghost place.

Xu Rong is dead and Xie Fangwu is basically disabled. They are all injured and their spiritual power is also depleted. Currently, there are only four people with basic combat capabilities. They don't know what is waiting for them next. If they want to get out, They had to cooperate. One more person would give them more strength. Maybe it was this strength that allowed them to leave safely.

No hatred or hatred is more important than losing your life.

There is hope only if you are alive.

Xiao Yi knew this truth well, so no matter how angry he was, he had to calm down.

He caught Xiao Muxue and tried to reason with her over a message.

Luo Qingli did not participate in the quarrel over there.

Xiao Muxue was impulsive, but fortunately Xiao Yi was a sensible person, and the man in black was a man who knew how to take advantage of the situation, so he must know what to do at this time.

Luo Qingli took a pill and looked around. She didn't know if it was her imagination. She always felt as if something was spying on them secretly. The feeling was very subtle, but when she wanted to capture it carefully, Found nothing again.

The man in black looked at the people on the pumice stone expressionlessly. He seemed calm on the surface, but in fact his mental state was extremely tense. Even with the help of puppets, if these people really wanted to fight him to the death If so, there is nothing he can do.

Xiao Muxue finally calmed down and agreed to put aside her personal grudges for the time being, but she still glared at the man in black with red eyes.

Xiao Yi took a deep breath, looked at the man in black and the foundation-building puppet beside him, and said calmly: "Fellow Taoist, you are not from Nanzhao, right?"

The man in black said casually: "What does it matter whether it is yes or no?"

Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Since we are all here, we might as well open the skylight and speak openly. We don't know what the situation is in this place. If we want to leave here, we have to work together. Several Taoist friends have not Opinion?"

Luo Qingli nodded, the man in black also nodded slightly, Xiao Muxue lowered her head and said nothing.

Xiao Yi added: "In this case, everyone should have a basic understanding of each other, so that we can cooperate better in the future fight." As he said, he picked up the scimitar in his hand, "I major in earth magic. , good at knife skills."

Xiao Muxue continued dully: "I major in wood magic."

Luo Qingli raised his eyes and said: "Majoring in ice spells, good at swordsmanship, and somewhat familiar with formations."

Xiao Yi and the man in black both looked at her after hearing this.

They knew that Luo Qingli understood formations. She had broken the formation set up by the man in black earlier, but she majored in ice spells. Could it be that she had mutated ice spiritual roots?

Of course, some monks with water spiritual roots will also choose ice-based skills. After all, ice-based spells are more aggressive than mild water-based spells, but they must first convert spiritual power when using them, which will undoubtedly affect the casting speed. .

Xie Fangwu, who was half-dead on the ground, had no energy left to say anything, and only the man in black was the only one present who had not spoken frankly.

He glanced at a few people and spoke slowly: "Shi Mo, majoring in wind spells, with some knowledge of formations and puppetry."

Luo Qingli's eyes moved slightly, and he was basically sure that he had guessed correctly. This person should be the mutated wind spirit root. As for the name, who knows if "Shi Mo" is real. Maybe it is just a pseudonym like her Pei Yao.

But sometimes a name is just a code name. Luo Qingli doesn't care about his true identity.

Xiao Yi nodded, looked at the dark space around him, and asked: "Since both Taoist friends know the formation, what should we do now?"

The rocks floating under their feet, the strange stone hands sprouting from the rocks, and the unknown space in the forbidden air made Xiao Yi think that they were trapped in the formation. As long as they broke the formation, they would be able to find a way out.

Luo Qingli turned his hand and took out the Five Elements Bagua Disk. He moved his fingertips on the disk, and circles of spiritual power spread like waves. If he was in a formation, there would be different spiritual power fluctuations. The Five Elements Bagua Disk In addition to sorting out the spiritual power, it can also amplify this fluctuation, making it easier for her to detect the traces of the formation.

But Luo Qingli tested this for a long time, but the spiritual power spread in all directions like a stone cow in the sea, stretching to unknown distances without any response.

Shi Mo stood there, motionless. The magic weapon on his body that could identify the existence of the formation showed no reaction, so there was only one possibility.

Shi Mo said in a deep voice: "Maybe we are not in the formation at all."

Xiao Yi and Xiao Muxue both frowned, obviously not believing this statement, and looked at Luo Qingli again.

They obviously believed Luo Qingli's words more than Shi Molai.

However, Luo Qingli also gave the same conclusion: "There is no formation nearby."

"How is this possible!" Xiao Yi couldn't believe it.

If there is no formation, how can the air be restricted? How to explain the pumice stones under their feet and the stone hands before? Could it be that they still exist naturally?

More importantly, without the formation, there is no way to break out of the formation, so how are they going to leave!

　Thanks to Ao Xiaowu and Shang Biebieshang for the reward~
　　
　
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