Chapter 21: Cunning

Outside the Zihua Hall of the Pillar Peak in the Female Spirit Palace.

The afterglow of the setting sun warmly sprinkled on the spacious and grand square outside the hall, dyeing the square a golden red. At this time, outside the gate of the Yin-Yang Fish at the entrance of the Demon Suppression Fantasy Realm, Master Yanwu was pacing back and forth. The allotted two-day time limit has been reached, and there are still four disciples who have not yet come out.

Most of the disciples of the Female Spirit Palace had already ingested the demon spirit on the first day, and the remaining disciples also returned one after another on the second day, and around noon on the second day, all but four disciples had already arrived. And the disciples who came out first had already gone back to the peak to explain the situation to the master and went to the sword casting workshop to smelt, and the square was empty, only a few disciples were walking around. Master Yanwu was a little irritable, and asked Yan Liang on the side, "Who hasn't come out yet?" ”

Yan Liang arched his hand, took out the list of disciples who entered the illusion realm this time from his arms, compared them and said: "There is also the senior sister Ziyuan of the left peak, and the three junior brothers of Luo Banxia, Xu Lei, and Sun Zhi of the right peak have not been seen. ”

Master Yanwu frowned, and muttered, "Why haven't these little rabbit cubs come out yet, isn't there something wrong?" "He knew both Luo Banxia and Ziyuan, and he was also there when Luo Banxia went up the mountain to apprentice, and Ziyuan kept listening to Master Yanyong mention, he was an excellent disciple of Zuo Shoufeng, and it stands to reason that there should be no danger with their cultivation. After pondering for a moment, he said to Yan Liang again: "Has anyone seen a few of them among the disciples who came out before?" Yan Liang replied respectfully: "Uncle Hui, the disciples have asked the junior brothers and sisters who have returned from the illusion realm before, but they have not seen the four junior brothers and sisters. ”

The worry on Master Yanwu's face became even stronger, it would take a lot of his true power to open the Demon Suppression Illusion, and after running for two days at the moment, his True Qi had almost been consumed, and once the illusion was closed, the people inside would not be able to get out of it.

Just as he hesitated, he saw the light shining on the gate of the yin-yang fish, and after a while, two figures staggered out, their clothes were tattered, their hair was scattered, and they looked a little embarrassed, it was Xu Lei and Sun Zhi.

When the two of them came out, they encountered many demon beasts after a layer, because Xu Lei was injured and could not control the qi, so he could only rely on Sun Zhi to fight off the demon beasts while flying with him in the air along the way, and after several waves of scuffles, he finally managed to get out without danger.

Seeing the two of them come out, Master Yanwu's face was happy, and then he looked behind them. But after a long while, he didn't see any movement, so he took two steps forward and asked the two of them, "Why are there only two of you?"

As soon as Sun Zhi and Xu Lei came out, they saw Master Yanwu's face pale, and they knew that something was wrong. At this time, Master Yanwu inquired, and Sun Zhizhi did not dare to speak for a long time. He was also waiting for Luo Banxia and them to come out, in case they could come back soon, wouldn't he tell the truth to Master Yanwu and punish them. But Xu Lei was much calmer, hesitated for a while, and explained the situation to Master Yanwu for security reasons. After hearing this, Master Yanwu's face was cold, there was a trace of anger in his eyes, and he said to Yanliang: "You wait here, I'll go in and find them." Then he turned his head to Sun and Xu and said, "I'll clean you up when I get back." Without further hesitation, Master Yanwu's figure flashed and he had already entered the illusion.

The scene was quiet for a while, and Yan Liang said to Xu Lei and Sun Zhi in a warm voice: "The two junior brothers will go back to the right peak to rest first, and I will watch it here."

Sun Zhi shook his head and said with gratitude: "Senior Brother Lao Yanliang is worried, our injuries are not in the way." Let's wait with you, they didn't come out in Banxia, and we were a little relieved. ”

Yan Liang nodded and didn't say anything more.

The sunset blooms with its last warmth. Because of the extremely high altitude of the Female Spirit Palace, it seems that it is much closer to the sun than ordinary places. At this time, there were a few birdsong sounds, outside the Nuling Mountain, several unknown big birds flapped their wings and flew over, crossed a beautiful arc in the air, and then disappeared into the sky, and the Nuling Palace at dusk was showing infinite tranquility and peace......

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Luo Banxia was in a relatively dim environment, surrounded by wooden and stone structures of the ground and walls, and the visibility was extremely low, only about five meters. He surveyed the surrounding terrain and initially judged that it should be inside a tower at this time.

The scene on each layer of the Demon Suppression Illusion is very different, and the environment in this layer at this time is the most sinister. Because the perception of demon beasts is much more sensitive than that of humans, when he first entered the third layer, he had already encountered several waves of demon beast sieges, and in the case of blocked vision, it was quite tricky to deal with, and it was also thanks to his elegant body and small success that he was able to escape. At this moment he was groping his way in the darkness against the wall, landing very carefully and not making the slightest sound.

It's been an hour since I entered the third floor, and there is still no news about the asters, these three floors seem to be quite large, and it is difficult to find them, so I can only keep walking inward. Suddenly, Luo Banxia felt a slight distortion in the air around him, and subconsciously he fell backwards, and there were three strong winds blowing at the position of his head just now, although he narrowly avoided it, but it also made his cheeks hurt. When I looked up, I saw three sharp claws nailed to the wall, which seemed to be the claws of some animal, emitting a ghostly light in the darkness. At the same time, a gray shadow rushed out like lightning and attacked towards Luo Banxia.

Luo Banxia was not in a hurry, and immediately used it without a trace, his body instantly moved back three feet, dodging the attack, and at the same time, the white light in his hand lit up, and a sword qi slashed towards the gray shadow. The two collided and burst out with a dazzling white light, and the gray shadow was blocked and fell to the ground.

With the light emitted by the true qi, Luo Banxia saw the appearance of the gray shadow clearly, it was a petite leopard, the whole was gray-black, blending with the surrounding darkness, a pair of dark green eyes were staring at Luo Banxia, and the front paws were gently swaying on the ground, drawing cracks on the ground. Judging from this, the three sharp claws just now should also be issued by this demon beast.

Luo Banxia listened attentively and found that there was a faint roar in the distance, and immediately jumped forward and attacked the leopard like lightning. He already has experience, the light and sound will definitely attract other demon beasts, he must kill the demon beast in front of him in a short time, and fight quickly, otherwise it will be difficult to get out of the siege. When he first entered the three-story tower, he encountered several waves of this situation.

I saw that he exerted the female spirit palace method to the extreme, and his figure flickered left and right without any sound, but the speed was extremely fast, really like a ghost, and he instantly approached the leopard's body, and with a wave in his hand, seven or eight sword shadows slashed out. The leopard was also strong, he didn't dodge or dodge, and he raised his claws and grabbed the sword shadow that Luo Banxia slashed out. In a piercing friction sound, Luo Banxia's figure had already reached the back of the leopard, the wooden sword was held back, and it went straight down towards the leopard's back, and the leopard flashed sideways, but the sword qi still cut a hole on the back.

All of this was done in a matter of breaths. The leopard's injury was even more ferocious, and with a low roar, it shot out more than a dozen sharp edges and slammed straight into Luo Banxia's body, which was the same as the three sharp claws that attacked Luo Banxia before. Luo Banxia's pupils contracted, and the best response strategy at this time should be to dodge back and use sword qi to block the sharp claws, but listening to the roars around him getting closer and closer, there was no time to fight. Luo Banxia rose up, his body twisted out a strange shape in the air, constantly changing, surrounded by more than a dozen sharp claws, he broke through, the sword shadow flashed, and the leopard's body had been crossed, and he fell to the ground and died in an instant. And Luo Banxia also suffered many minor injuries on his hands and legs, but they were all insignificant, he held his breath and melted towards the darkness around him.

After a while, several tall beast shadows appeared in front of the leopard, glanced at the leopard, and then raised their heads to smell in the air, and turned their heads suspiciously to look for something around, but after searching for a while, they returned in vain, so they had to go away.

Luo Banxia succeeded in one blow and immediately disappeared into the darkness, and at the same time, the Dark Luck Female Spirit Technique restrained her breath and quietly continued to touch forward. These three layers were really dangerous and abnormal, and he couldn't help but worry a little about Aster in his heart. At this time, he hadn't ingested the demon spirit yet, and there were originally many demon beasts with high spiritual power in these three layers that were suitable for Luo Banxia, but at this time, he was concerned about the safety of Ziyuan, so he had no time to take care of it, so he just wanted to find Ziyuan first.

After walking for a while, the road in front of him became narrower and narrower, and after turning a corner, Luo Banxia stopped in amazement. I saw a piece of broken stone and wood in front of me, and it was an extraordinary mess, obviously someone or a demon beast had fought here. Luo Banxia squatted on the ground to take a closer look, because of the darkness, he could only see not much. Suddenly, I saw a pool of blood in front of me, and I reached out and dipped a little in my nose and smelled it, and my heart sank. It was supposed to be human blood, and it had just been shed. I checked the fight scene for a while, and found that it had been extending forward, and it should have been all the way away, and at that moment Luo Banxia sped up and followed all the way along the traces of the fight.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, there was a faint light in front of me, and there was a faint sound of fighting. Walking here, the surrounding demon beasts have gradually disappeared, as if this is an area where the demon beasts are conventional, and they are not active here. Luo Banxia didn't have time to think about it, so he quickly approached the light. As the distance gradually closes, the light becomes brighter and brighter, and the sound of fighting becomes more and more obvious, as if the shouting of asters can be heard. Luo Banxia was overjoyed, and Edgeworth flew into the air, there were no other demon beasts at this time, and he didn't have to worry about Edgeworth's movement being too big.

After turning two corners, the eyes suddenly brightened. This is a spacious circular flat land, and above the flat ground, the blue sunlight shines down, and the light that Luo Banxia saw before this is also from this. Luo Banxia Edgeworth flew out and looked into the middle of the field.

I saw that the white clothes on the field were fluttering, and the posture was moving, it was Aster. At this time, she was already injured on her thigh, still dripping blood, and was fighting with the monster in front of her. And in the corner dozens of meters away from the asters, there was a three-tailed fox curled up, staring at the field with dripping eyes, it was the three-tailed fox of Qingyan.

Luo Banxia followed his gaze and looked at the demon beast opposite Ziyuan, and stood on the spot as if he had been electrocuted. I saw that the monster looked like a human and a monkey, slightly larger than a human, covered with a wild boar-like mane, with blood-red eyes, and a pair of sharp claws glowing with a cold cold light. It was the scene that would often appear in his dreams for many years, the night when Luojia Village was wiped out, the ancient demonic beast that attacked him and Zhou Xuanshen-Qianmeng!