Chapter 316: Hunters and Prey

At this time, the most important thing to take lightly is Qin Ping's own geographical advantage, which is only lost in the enemy's darkness, as long as the other party can't make a contribution, then the initiative is in his own hands.

On the hill opposite Qin Ping, a figure in a black robe and hood stood next to a towering tree, looking at Qin Ping walking slowly in the forest.

A trace of bloodthirsty light oozed from the deep eyes like black holes, and the originally dry and hardened face like tree bark was still able to make expressions, although it looked strange and indescribable, but the hideous anger in it surged out, and it was clear at a glance.

However, if you look at this black shadow from a distance, you can't notice his existence at all, as if he has directly integrated into the ancient tree around him, whether it is the breath or the feeling.

When you look closely, you can vaguely see a trace of abnormality, not that you can capture the figure or breath of the black shadow, but there will be a strange feeling in your heart, like a fish in the throat, which makes people extremely uncomfortable, this strong feeling that can suppress people's breathing is the culprit that exposes his existence.

In fact, this black shadow did not deliberately use any way to hide its figure, but it naturally blended in with the surrounding environment, and that very strange feeling of being out of place with this world was not something he could easily find a way to eliminate with magic. In fact, he had no choice but to integrate into the mountains and forests in this strange way.

Up to now, he had been observing Qin Ping from afar for a long time, in fact, not long after Qin Ping and Elder Stygian were separated, this black shadow had discovered Qin Ping.

It is said that after this black shadow actually killed the elite disciple of the Xuanyun Sect, he rushed to Xuanyun Mountain as fast as he could, and has been lurking around Xuanyun Mountain, and for the sake of safety, he did not choose a mountain with an open field of vision to observe.

Instead, choose some inconspicuous but excellent views of the mountains to observe, because there are still many restrictions on the field of vision, and you can only change a new position every once in a short period of time to fill the lack of vision. Although this is a lot of trouble, it is also the safest and not easy to be found in reverse.

In fact, this black shadow has other more convenient and excellent ways to probe, such as the perception of many Yuan Qi can be set up around the Xuanyun Sect, as long as Qin Ping appears around the setting perception, it can be triggered instantly, revealing Qin Ping's location.

Or he can take off a few of his own hair that has turned into vines or branches, break them into small pieces one by one, and bury them around the Xuanyun Sect, which can achieve a better exploration effect.

Both of these methods are much more time-saving and labor-saving, not only have good results but also cost very little, but the latter method will slightly affect his combat power, but that bit of combat power is a drop in the bucket, and it doesn't hurt at all, let alone hurt his muscles and bones.

However, both of these methods were vetoed by the black shadow at once, whether it was the Yuan Qi perception set up or the branches with the same mind planted by the plant, it was possible that the people of the Xuanyun Sect would be discovered, so as to trace his true aura and sensing location.

Once discovered by a disciple of the Xuanyun Sect who is good at perception, then it is very likely that the strength and weakness will change hands, and his own will also lose the most precious geographical advantage, and he will also force himself into a desperate situation, and the gains outweigh the losses. That's why he used such a troublesome and inaccurate way to probe, at least this way to keep his advantage.

The black shadow was monitoring Qin Ping's actions from afar, and the black shadow had already moved quickly during this time, changing several mountains, in order to observe Qin Ping from different angles, observe Qin Ping's surroundings, and focus on observing whether Qin Ping had any hard ideas around the elders of the Xuanyun Sect.

If a praying mantis that accidentally does the cicada catcher by himself is pecked by the yellow finch carried by the cicada, he will laugh and be generous. Of course, this Qin Ping had to be killed, but he lost his life in order to kill him, and the black shadow was not willing to pay such a big price.

This so-called Xuanyun Sect's next sect master, Qin Ping, is a great threat, not to mention his rapidly growing cultivation, a few months ago, Qin Ping had only just entered the Lingyun Realm, and now he had the cultivation of the middle stage of the Holy Realm, which was not something that ordinary gifted monks could achieve.

The most terrifying thing is his Taoist supernatural power that restrains the evil sect exercises from the source, and he has never seen much of this kind of supernatural magic, but I heard that the more advanced the monk's cultivation, the more heaven and earth power can be attracted by this kind of supernatural magic, and the more earth-shattering the effect is.

This is the reason why this evil cultivator has to use this way to lure Qin Ping out and kill him. Otherwise, how could he come to provoke such a behemoth as Xuanyun Sect when his magic bow was not yet completed, and when the time came, a Zhongsheng who usually does not go out of the mountain, maybe he would explain it here.

It was only after carefully probing the situation of the Xuanyun Sect that he knew that the sect master of the Xuanyun Sect was in retreat, and the Great Elder and the Second Elder were not in the sect, so he made up his mind to send a battle post to this powerful behemoth.

After a long period of investigation, there should be no strong man hiding around Qin Ping, this black shadow stood in place with his brows furrowed, his eyes flickering, as if he was making some difficult decision.

After a while, he sighed, as if he had finally made up his mind, squatted down and plunged a hand straight into the ground, in the ground invisible to the naked eye, dozens of things like the root system of a tree grew rapidly like a swimming snake, but it didn't take long to grow to the foot of the mountain around Qin Ping's body, and every root system drilled into the body of a big tree.

When all this was done, the shadow was still in the ground with his hand in the ground, and the other hand jerked up and slapped heavily on his temple.

"Manifest!"

Two dark green flames suddenly ignited in the deep eye sockets of this dark shadow, and the whole world was completely different in his eyes.

All the substantial objects disappeared in his field of vision in an instant, only things with energy could emit a deep or shallow light, only Qin Ping's voice was the most obvious on the entire mountain where Qin Ping was, and the blue-gold Yuan Qi was particularly dazzling, and the Yuan Crystals in the body of a few Yuan Beasts also emitted a deep or shallow light.

In fact, the black shadow consumes a lot of vitality, and the biggest weakness is that once it is activated, it is really like a lighthouse in the dark night, the aura is special and obvious, as long as there is a monk who is not far from where he is, he can detect it, and Qin Ping will instantly perceive it.