Midnight.

The full moon is a bright lamp in the hands of the nocturnal goddess, trying to illuminate this dark world.

In the sky below the moon, strange-shaped clouds sneaked past, their figures accidentally obscuring the moonlight, and the shadows fell on the ground like smiling grimaces.

Ten miles southeast of Fang City, there is an unnamed woodland.

The wind, rhythmically pushing the leaves of the treetops, made a rattling sound, as if telling a story about ghosts in the dark night.

A thick tree occupies the middle of the woodland.

The other dwarf trees were sheltered a little farther away, leaving a large clearing around them. On the branches of the trees, spiders form silk webs, like twisted strings that play the sound of ghosts and gods.

On the ground under the big tree, a scarecrow that was more than one person tall poked there abruptly.

The scarecrow wears a grimace mask on his face, the mask is white on the left and black on the right, crying on the left and laughing on the right. On the scarecrow's chest, a yellow paper charm was taped to it. The charm was painted with a mysterious blood-colored symbol, as if it had been torn open in the chest.

In the distance, two figures cloaked in moonlight, walked side by side towards the woodland.

Without him, it was Xu Yang and Mai Xiaoqi who rushed here as promised.

"Little brother Xu Yang, do you really have the Sea King Spirit Beast Neidan in the hands of that fat shopkeeper?" Mai Xiaoqi asked in a low voice.

"Maybe there is, maybe not. But there must be a ghost in his heart. We're here to play a game of ghost hunting. Xu Yang replied.

"Oh, Xiao Qi has never played a ghost hunting game. Mai Xiaoqi's face was excited, as if he was an elf who specialized in haunting the night, his eyes were shining, and his steps were light.

In a short time, the two entered the woodland.

"Ten miles southeast of Fang City, it's probably this ghost place. Xu Yang said.

Mai Xiaoqi suddenly stopped, his eyes widened, and he pointed in a direction.

"Little brother Xu Yang, look at what's under the big tree over there? It seems that it is really a ghost, a ghost with a black and white face. ”

Xu Yang looked in the direction that Mai Xiaoqi was pointing.

At this moment, the ghost mask scarecrow under the big tree seemed to see someone approaching it. A blood-colored aura flashed from the surface of the yellow paper spell on its chest, and its head turned slightly, looking at Xu Yang and Mai Xiaoqi.

Suddenly, a puff of dark green smoke erupted from the location of the ghost mask's mouth on the scarecrow's head. In the smoke, there were palm-sized, fierce-looking spiders wafting back and forth.

Frightened, Mai Xiaoqi hurriedly jumped back two steps, lunging and pushing his hand, while emboldening himself: "I, Mai Xiaoqi, am a warrior from the Luming Grassland, and I am here to protect my little brother Xu Yang." What the hell? I'm not afraid. ”

The voice was loud, but there was fear clearly written on the face.

Before the words fell, Mai Xiaoqi jumped behind Xu Yang, grabbed Xu Yang's arm with a pair of hands, and said in a trembling voice: "Little brother Xu Yang, really, there are really ghosts." ”

Xu Yang's eyes narrowed slightly, he looked at the scarecrow, and thought, "I am a disciple of the Heavenly Ghost Sect, and I deal with ghost dao exercises all day long. Pretending to be a ghost in front of me is a big joke. It's a real ghost from the underworld, and this little fairy is also going to drink a pot with it. ”

Xu Yang reached out with one hand, his fingertips flicked, and a magic magic light was struck.

The magic aura landed accurately on the yellow paper spell on the scarecrow's chest on the opposite side, exploding a cloud of golden light. The blood-colored symbol of the yellow paper charm was instantly erased.

Immediately, the dark green mist dissipated, and the spider light and shadow in it disappeared.

One of the scarecrows flicked his hand and turned over a sign. With the help of the moonlight, it is clearly visible that the sign has eight words written on it: "Ghost Land Night Market, Fair Trade." ”。

"It's a scarecrow, wearing a grimace mask. This should be the place. Xu Yang looked at the scarecrow, "Even the real person doesn't dare to come out, this kind of transaction is really not visible." ”

"Pretending to be a ghost, let Xiao Qi go over and burn the scarecrow. Mai Xiaoqi's eyes widened and he said angrily.

Xu Yang stretched out his hand to stop Mai Xiaoqi.

"Wait for me here, I'll go over and have a look. Xu Yang said.

"Oh well. Mai Xiaoqi clenched a pair of small fists and stood in place, constantly looking around.

Xu Yang walked up to the scarecrow and pulled out a storage bag from his arms. He put the storage bag at the feet of the scarecrow, untied the storage bag, and the mouth of the bag emitted a shiny white spiritual light, which was the unique brilliance of the spirit stone.

"Here are nine hundred high-grade spirit stones, fair trade. Take out the Sea King Spirit Beast Neidan and take a look. Xu Yang said loudly.

With that, he took two steps back.

The voice blessed with soul power rolled in the void, and the void hummed.

A moment later, a silver spider silk fell from the canopy of the tree, and on the spider silk lay a black tarantula the size of a fist.

The black tarantula landed accurately on the storage bag that Xu Yang had placed on the ground, deftly fastened the mouth of the bag with its furry hook claws, and then hooked it tightly.

The black tarantula had great strength, and it quickly crawled back to the canopy with the storage bag. The canopy of the trees is densely foliage, making it difficult to see the clues.

Xu Yang just watched and didn't stop him.

"Refreshing, the Sea King Spirit Beast Neidan is here. It was the scarecrow who made the sound.

Immediately after, a spider silk dragged a small black box down from the canopy of the tree.

Seeing this, Xu Yang grabbed it with one hand, and an invisible mysterious force cut off the spider silk like a flying knife, and the small box on it flew into his palm with a dripping twist.

Xu Yang hurriedly opened the box, and a chestnut-sized demon pill appeared. The surface of the demon pill emitted a green glow, and the shadow of an eight-clawed sea beast writhed on the surface.

"It looks like it's a Sea Beast Inner Pill, and I have to take it back and distinguish it carefully," Xu Yang re-covered the box and put it in his arms, "If this Sea Beast Inner Pill reaches the Sea King level, even if our deal is completed." ”

"Farewell. "Xu Yang is leaving.

"Please stay. The scarecrow spoke.

"Is there anything else?" asked Xu Yang.

"There's still one deal that hasn't been done. ”

"What deal?"

"Someone wants to buy the life of the childe. ”

"My Xu Xiaoxian's life is too expensive, and no one in the world can afford it. ”

......

Suddenly, the ground shook violently and rumbled.

With that big tree as the center, a cobweb-like rune formation appeared on the ground. The surface of the formation flashed with a staggered silver color, like the fangs of the night ghosts.

Xu Yang, and even Mai Xiaoqi, who was a little farther away, fell into this behemoth talisman array at once.

On the ground, clusters of dirt tumbled, and then patches of yellow ghost talismans came out, and there were as many as thirty or forty. If you look closely, the ghost runes are painted with a scarecrow wearing a grimace mask.

Puff puff, puff puff.

Yellow ghost talismans burst one after another, and as the blood-colored mist rose, dozens of more scarecrows wearing grimace masks appeared.

They looked much the same, but the masks on their faces were surprisingly identical, just like the scarecrow under the tree.

Xu Yang's divine sense swept away, and he immediately made a judgment, and said, "Xiao Qi, be careful, these are ghosts."

Dao One Lineage's Soul Sacrifice Puppet Technique. They are not the main body, and the people behind the puppets are still hiding in the shadows. ”

The soul sacrifice puppet technique is originally a forbidden technique. Imprison the souls of living people in evil secret methods on talismans or other objects, and then manipulate them through magic.

Because this technique is tantamount to sacrificing human life, it is listed as a forbidden technique by the Righteous Path Sect.

When Mai Xiaoqi heard this, the green light flashed under his feet, like a dexterous deer, and he came to Xu Yang in two jumps.

The two stood back to back, making the best defensive stance.

Mai Xiaoqi said sharply: "Mai Xiaoqi of Luming Grassland, come to hunt ghosts today." ”

"Cobwebs are formed, and puppets lock souls. The voice of the fat shopkeeper came from the void, but it made people confused for a while.

"The qualifications of the two of you are good, just be one of my grass puppets, the immortality of the soul is eternal life. ”

Boom. The strange laughter was like a ghost.

The next moment, dozens of puppet scarecrows surrounded Xu Yang and Mai Xiaoqi in the middle.

These guys, each with a murderous weapon in their hands, a sword, a gun and a stick, and a bow and crossbow.

Whoosh, whoosh.

The sound of breaking the sky was heard, and the scarecrow with a bow and crossbow took the lead in attacking.

A feathered arrow whistles in the night, and it is difficult for the eye to catch the trajectory.

As soon as Xu Yang's divine sense moved, the Golden Crow Buddha Flame Spirit in the Purple Mansion Space in his body moved.

On the surface of Xu Yang's body, a belt of golden flying fire drilled out.

The golden flying fire twisted its body, turning into a three-legged golden crow in the blink of an eye, and spun around the bodies of Xu Yang and Mai Xiaoqi.

At the same time, Xu Yang's hands quickly pinched the magic trick.

"Secret method - Flame Spirit Shield!"

Suddenly, a golden flame shield protected Xu Yang and Mai Xiaoqi like an upside-down bowl. On the surface of the mask, a three-legged golden crow spits out the fire of the sun, and Sanskrit characters are neatly sprinkled.

The feather arrows that flew over slammed into the surface of the golden flame shield, and were immediately blocked and calcined by the powerful power of the flame spirit.

Even if the tip of the arrow was refined with refined iron, it turned red and soft under the calcination of the power of the flame spirit, and its attack power was completely lost, and it turned into ashes in the blink of an eye.

From a distance, the arrows shot around him splashed circles of light on the surface of the golden flame dome. But it can't hurt Xu Yang and Mai Xiaoqi in it.

Xu Yang's body had the Yuan Demon Sealing Spell Seal planted by the purple-robed man not long ago. The Buddha Venerable Spiritual Vein, Dao Fruit Spiritual Vein, and Heavenly Ghost Spiritual Vein in his body were sealed and closed, and only half of the Haoran Heavenly Vein was left. And the golden light state of mind that he had originally cultivated was also blessed, and the magic chain could not be used.

Although Xu Yang's current cultivation is still at the peak of the Demon Vortex Realm, he can only display the level of thirty percent of his original state.

The purple-robed man planted the seal, but it did not affect the three-color magic spiral in Xu Yang's body in the slightest. His purpose was to force Xu Yang to use the power of the magic whirlwind in his body when he exploded to the maximum combat power.

And with the continuous use of the power of the Demon Vortex, Xu Yang's Gong Body will become more and more demonic, and the Yuan Demon Royal Clan's bloodline in his body will become more and more compatible with his Gong Body. If Xu Yang broke through to the Yuan Soul Realm, the Yuan Infant in his body would definitely be a Demon Dao Yuan Infant, and Xu Yang would have to embark on the path of demon cultivation at that time.

As for Xu Yang's real combat performance, no one knows, and even he himself did not judge accurately. No one knows the upper limit of the power contained in the three otherworldly gates in the three-color magic vortex.

At present, Xu Yang, when fighting with the enemy, will try not to use the power of the three-color magic whirl. It's his hole card, and once used, the outcome is known only to God.

......

The feathered arrow attack was fruitless, and the straw puppets with swords swarmed up.