XVII. Deception (Final)
As soon as the words fell, sharp claws and sharp horns quickly appeared on the man who had been calm, as if it was some silent command, and the rest of the youkai who still maintained their human form immediately followed the "man" to show their dangerous characteristics that they did not belong to humans.
At this point, the unfathomability that Zhang Longqian had been pretending to imitate others on his face finally faded away, and I don't know if it was because of the fatigue of acting all the time or the helplessness of the current situation, she sighed softly, but there was some self-deprecation in her voice.
"It seems that there is no remedy...... It's really a creature that only knows strength......"
Hearing Zhang Longqian say this, it was obvious that it was indeed irretrievable, Nangong Piao couldn't help but lower his head guiltily, let go of the palm covering his mouth and whispered.
“…… It has become such a dangerous situation...... Sorry ......"
Looking back at Nangong Piao, Zhang Longqian finally showed the easy-going smile in the past, her voice still couldn't hear fear, but comforted Nangong Piao: "No need to apologize, it's to blame me for not thinking about everything, right?" And ......" turned her gaze back to the monsters, as if she couldn't see the terrifying momentum, and although the expression on her face was different from the gentle smile before, it was just as indifferent.
"There really are mages on our side!"
As in response to Zhang Longqian's words, Cang Yan on her side silently raised her hand slightly, and a flame red lotus that was a few points larger than before immediately enveloped the five people, and then a huge wave of flames rose high in front of them, between the five of them and the monsters, the tumbling flames surged with terrifying heat and heart-shaking power, ready to attack those monsters at any time. At the same time, Zhou Miao threw out more than a dozen rune papers at a very fast speed, and those rune papers hovered between the tumbling flames and the red lotus that protected them, and in one turn, they formed two circles with a diameter of more than one meter, one inside and one outside, parallel to the high wall of flames and suspended in the air, rotating in the opposite direction at a slow speed, but the space in the middle of the circle slowly lit up with a little dull yellow light, exuding a thick sense of power completely different from the tyrannical flame of Cang Yan, calm, slow, but terrifyingly solid.
The man was very different from the human appearance, but he didn't seem to fully show his true body, he still stood on his feet, only the four forked and sharp horns on his head and the sharp claws of his hands clearly showed that he was different from humans, but he couldn't tell what kind of monster it was. Looking at these changes in front of Zhang Longqian's five people, he narrowed his eyes slightly: "It's really hot...... Five Elements Gathering Spirit Array...... It's something that only a mage can control......"
The other youkai were stunned for a moment, and their expressions turned from pure anger to seriousness, and then they heard their boss speak again with disdain.
"But, even if you have two mages...... No, with you, what if it's three mages? Even if you can barely resist the attack of twenty youkai, can you resist thirty, forty, fifty? Don't forget, this is our territory, and we're not alone! ”
Shrugging his shoulders slightly, Zhang Longqian smiled indifferently: "How do you know if you don't try it?" ”
Saying this on her face, she used Cang Yan's figure to cover her mouth movements, and secretly said to Nangong Piao: "Get ready for the one I gave to you." ”
Hearing Zhang Longqian's words, Nangong Piao, who was depressed and blamed himself, immediately cheered up, quietly put his hand into the pocket of his clothes, and held the small black stone inside.
This is the black stone that let Nangong Streamer bring a good teleportation stone, and the complete set of white stones is not in Nangong Piao and Cangyan's residence, after all, it is more than five kilometers away from Shuibo Tower, and it cannot be teleported, so before they came, they hid Baishi about a kilometer away from Shuibo Tower, so that they could get out at any time. I don't know how deep it is now, but it's not more than four kilometers, right? As long as the distance between the black stone and the white stone is within five kilometers, it can play a role and teleport them out safely.
Although he was unwilling to lose his possible collaborator like this, Zhang Longqian could only choose this retreat, and took saving the lives of five people as the first priority.
Unaware of Zhang Longqian's actions, the momentum of those monsters gradually rose because of the words of the boss, and a few clever ones had already released signals to call other companions, but they didn't plan to wait until their companions came, after all, it was barely enough for the twenty or so monsters to temporarily contain the three mages, so they all looked at the boss standing in front of them, waiting for him to give an order.
Nangong Piao and Zhang Longqian also stared closely at the monster headed by him, the start of the black stone was still a little bit away, if the monster took the lead in opening his mouth, he would have to rely on Cangyan's flames and Zhou Miao's formation to temporarily block it and buy a little time.
The momentum between the two sides became more and more sinister, and the youkai led by him finally opened his mouth.
"......"
"Stop."
The command was interrupted by a voice that sounded out of thin air, and the monsters and Zhang Longqian were stunned for a moment, and the surroundings suddenly fell silent for a while, and then they heard the magnetic and low male voice sounding again in this wide underground space, calm and peaceful, but there was a faint trace of indelible arrogance in the bones.
"Bring them up."
After that, the voice never came again, and there was silence all around.
The peaceful voice was like an order that could not be resisted, and the monster led by him looked up, his gaze seemed to fall through the high ceiling to a higher place, and then he turned his head and moved his gaze to Zhang Longqian and the five people, his eyes were full of disbelief, and then he looked up again, and turned back. His gaze kept going back and forth with Zhang Longqian and the others above, and he looked up several times and opened his mouth to speak, but he couldn't make a sound as if he was choked.
The strange thing is that the expressions of the other monsters are similar to him, but their eyes have been fixed on Zhang Longqian and the five people.
In this strange silence, Nangong Piao didn't dare to speak, he just touched Zhang Longqian lightly, and signaled with his eyes that Heishi was ready, but Zhang Longqian shook his head slightly.
Looking at the monster whose head was about to shake into a rattle, a conjecture slowly emerged in Zhang Longqian's heart, a conjecture that was so unexpected that her heart couldn't help but beat slightly.
As if confirming Zhang Longqian's thoughts, the monster finally sighed and changed into a human form again, he raised his head and looked up a little helplessly, but lowered his head obediently.
"Yes, Tsuno-sama."