Chapter 43: Advance and Retreat
There were at least forty or fifty monsters at the entrance of the Bauhinia Courtyard, but none of them dared to act rashly.
"Why, didn't you still aggressively want to take me hostage just now?" Zong An took a few steps forward, palms facing outward, "You guys are so interested in me, I'm embarrassed if I don't give something back." β
As soon as the words fell, the spell snake on his arm snaked up his hand like a snake, spreading out from Zong An's five fingers, and quickly spreading along the ground like a big net.
"Run! That's the 'extinguish' curse!" the tortoise shouted loudly, the monsters were frightened, the speed of the net was beyond imagination, and there were eyes chasing the fleeing monsters, more than half of the monsters quickly fell into the net of Zong'an's spells, and those who escaped were some weak guys, and the monsters touched by the spells were all fixed on the ground, unable to move, and the nets were still spreading, and soon spread all over the fish.
Zong An still had a dangerous smile on his face, but I could clearly see the sweat on his forehead and his trembling hands.
"Extinguish... What is it?" I asked, the name giving me a bad feeling.
"Literally," said Zong'an, "it's a very powerful spell that automatically recognizes high-level youkai, and as soon as I tighten my five fingers, the youkai in the net will dissipate without a trace." β
"But the stronger the spell, the more side effects," the tortoise was also caught by the net, but it was much calmer than the other monsters, "This kind of spell won't do you any good." β
"As a youkai, you know a lot. Zong An glanced at the tortoise and refocused on the spell, "Anyway, it's all here, it's okay for me to say it, destroy the spell, and at the same time destroy the monsters in the net, I will also attack the caster." He paused for a few seconds, "If you kill this number of youkai at once...... I might die. β
"Zong'an, you're crazy!" What was happening in front of me was beyond the scope of my brain's thinking.
"Yek, I'm not crazy. He said calmly, "Protecting ordinary people is what demon exterminators should do, and protecting the clansmen is the responsibility of the chief." If I don't stand up again, these unknown monsters will definitely do things that harm the people around them, and even hurt my people. And I'm not a good learner, and I can't think of any other way to stop everything in front of me than to use this kind of lose-lose spell. Zong An looked into the distance, "Fortunately, this spell works, you see, the fire has been extinguished." β
"But then you're going to die... You can wait until you recover a little before coming out!"
"The back door of the courtyard has been broken," said Zong'an, "There are many people in the Zongjia who have been injured, and if the Zongjia loses this time, the balance between humans and demons will be broken again, and the monsters will start attacking humans again, and this kind of thing cannot happen again, let alone during the time when I am the leader." He spoke in a very small voice, I don't know if he didn't want the monster to hear, or if he didn't have the strength to speak, "Ye Ke, let me tell you, the life of demon exterminators is realistic and cruel, and death is too common for us. His hands began to slowly close, and the monsters in the net let out painful cries one after another, "By the way, thank you last time I was in the Black Sea, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have become the head of the sect so quickly." β
He smiled at me, this time with a genuine smile.
Then, he closed his fingers, and I closed my eyes.
......
When I opened my eyes again, I was in front of Zong An, who had fallen to the ground, and he looked at me with wide eyes and surprise.
That's right, just now I closed my eyes and used all my strength to push Zong An out, blocking him and the monster.
The net of spells is gone, the monsters have not disappeared, and Zong'an is all right.
"Ye Ke, youβ" Zong An sat on the ground, "what did you do?"
"I, I just thought, am I more demonic, so help you share a part of it and you won't die. "Actually, I can't say why I did it, my gut told me I had to do it.
"Ye Ke," his tone was unusually serious, "you interrupted my spells! no one has ever been able to stop my spells!"
I just wanted to help him share some damage, interrupting his spell?
"I didn't do anything!" I was puzzled.
Zong An raised his right hand and rolled up his sleeves, his arm was full of messy charms, but the part of his wrist was missing, "You erased my charm, so you interrupted my spell." β
I looked at my hand, and there was indeed a piece of ink that was blackened, "... I guess I accidentally rubbed it with my hand when I pushed you away, and you drew it with ink, and the ink was easily erased. β
"No... This is no ordinary ink," said Zongan, "and it is not something that anyone can wipe off." β
"What the hell are you trying to say?"
Zong An staggered to his feet, "Let's talk about this later, you interrupted the spell I finally released, and you can only collect the next mess with me." β
Only then did I feel the demonic aura that had regathered behind me, and as soon as Zong An's net was lifted, the monsters besieged it again, and this time the hatred in the demonic aura was stronger than before.
"Thank you, Lord Yek, for saving us, but for now, please get out of here. The tortoise said, "Since this kid Zong'an has become the leader and was planning to use such a terrifying spell on us just now, then there is no need for us to take him hostage." The other monsters all showed fierce eyes and rushed towards Zong An.
"Can't you just wait!
"Why are you always so naΓ―ve," Zong An took out a string of rune paper from his pocket, his expression cold, "Monsters are this kind of thing that doesn't know right from wrong, and you can't reason with them." β
"Originally, I thought that as long as you agreed to leave City A, we would no longer attack the Zong family. The tortoise said to Zong'an, "But now, for the sake of the monster's survival, we can't let you live anymore." β
"Don't worry, I will definitely not leave City A," Zong An did not mean to give in at all, "I still have a lot of things to do in City A." β
The two sides confronted each other like this, as if an invisible line had been drawn in the middle, and no one would retreat, but neither dared to move forward.
"If it goes on like this, it will definitely hurt both sides. "I thought so, but I couldn't find a good way to alleviate the situation.
Suddenly, orange feathers flew out of the bag in my hand, blooming with a golden glow.
"Chongming Bird!"
"Is it the Chongming Bird?"
"How did it appear?"
The monsters suddenly exploded when they saw this feather, as if they had suddenly lost their main backbone, and some of them even knelt on the ground and didn't dare to raise their heads.
"This is just the feathers of the Chongming Bird, don't be deceived," the tortoise was still very calm, it seemed that he was really a monster who had seen the world, "Lord Ye Ke, how did you have the feathers of the Chongming Bird?"
At this moment, I don't want to worry about these issues with the tortoise anymore, because the green feathers also flew out of the bag and fluttered slowly in the direction of Tianbei's groceries, as if they were guiding us in the direction.
"Zong'an, I have a solution. "I looked at the green feathers, and suddenly I had a bottom in my heart, the seven day feathers fell on Tianbei groceries, it must be more than just a coincidence.
"What?"
"Run!"