Chapter 956: Man cultivates cunning
Qi Hui couldn't wait to be separated, but he finally closed his eyes, "Waste!
opened his eyes suddenly, his hands quickly calculated, there was no way, and finally made up his mind, there was a slight tangle in his heart, but he quickly vetoed it.
Being able to persist until now, Qi Hui is a little unwilling, but if he doesn't give up, if he continues, then he will face an even more difficult moment next.
Qi Hui looked at Xiao Chang, who was still worrying about the situation on the other side even though he was stable in the formation, nodded very calmly, and said,
"Nothing, rest assured. ”
In just four words, Xiao Chang received this information, as long as he doesn't give up, hold on for a while, everything will be stabilized, at least he can figure it out slowly, even if the other party's demon cultivation is attacking fiercely now, but these days, with their efforts, the other party has also suffered a lot of losses, I believe that if this rhythm continues, it will not take too long, and the dilemma at this time will be solved.
The beast tide is the main way for demon cultivation to attack, and it has been counted as having reached several dials, and the further it goes, the fewer the number of demon beasts, but the cultivation is getting higher and higher.
Xiao Chang's hands kept showing all kinds of talismans, one by one in different directions.
She was able to support this formation until now, not only because of the clever arrangement of the formation, but also because she knew the attacks encountered by each formation, and the formations in each place were constantly changing, so as to avoid the demon cultivator using the sacrifice of low-level demon beasts as a foreshadowing to break the formation, and in this, the talisman in her hand played an extremely huge role.
If at this time, she still doesn't have any strength in her hands, how can she base Zixiao Palace in the entire Western Spirit Realm! How can she afford the position of the palace master of Zixiao Palace! How can she make those people below convince her, only when she is strong, can she make all orders be implemented.
In the past, she may have had, but her edge has not been revealed, and her wings are not yet fledgling, but now, the name Xiao Chang is known to everyone in the entire Western Spirit Realm, she is a strong person, and the strong are fearless.
At least now, she is confident about everything, the ghost cultivator is no longer safe, and the demon cultivator, she is completely sure that the victory or defeat will be determined in a battle, so that they can't escape if they want to!
But there must be two prerequisites, Qi Hui is trustworthy and Kun Wang Qi can stabilize the demon world!
It's just that these two places are beyond her control, she can only do herself to the extreme, and now the battlefield is in Zixiao Palace, and many things are even more lucky!
At the same time, the Mixed Yuan Jiao King has already made another move, and it needs not only force to fight in the demon world to get to its current position, but also brains, the competition in the demon world is more tragic than human cultivation, it will miscalculate, but it will also react quickly after realizing the crisis.
"The other party has a flaw! Pass on my order, all our demon cultivators, below me, will tear it apart with all their might! Destroy their formation at all costs!"
Even though such a sacrifice will become very large, but for it, the opportunity is fleeting, and once this flaw is blocked, it will be extremely difficult to wait for the next time!
And the flaw it found was the formation that Qi Hui's subordinates couldn't hold, Qi Hui's crisis also came from this, his contradictions and entanglements were also here, he wanted to block it, but when he found out that a large number of demon cultivators were swarming in, and there was less and less vitality.
The balance in Qi Hui's heart was completely tilted, maybe he couldn't solve the crisis with all his strength, because he was the best formation mage in this Western Spirit Realm!
But he can't release all his hole cards at this time, if that formation deals with the demon cultivator, then what should he do when he and Xiao Chang finally fight!
Even if behind him are countless monks who may die demon cultivators, even if he has the original intention of protecting human cultivation in his heart, even if he is not a coward!
However, he has his own bottom line, but he has his own most fundamental purpose, if he can't achieve it, then, what does the Western Spirit Realm have to do with him?
Thinking of this, he became calm in his heart when he made any unbelievable decisions, and stabilized Xiao Chang without any burden, but at the same time, he was preparing to flee with all his staff! Yes, even if he was the most shameful of the word "escape", he made this choice at this time!
Qi Hui can't let his people fold here, even if there are not many people guarding the formation, but since he has decided to give up, he must minimize the loss, as for Xiao Chang, maybe this is also an opportunity to seize that space.
And Ming Yu Daozun discovered the wrong formation for the first time, and he rushed over,
"Qi Daozun, I'm here to help you!"
This slammed sound, but it didn't make Qi Hui feel any joy, but there was a kind of irritability and disgust from the bottom of his heart, how could there be such a nasty roadblock.
However, he sneered in his heart, since someone sent him to help him take the pot, how could he refuse.
One side of the hands is knotted, and the other side is very solemn to answer him,
"Ming Yu Daozun is really chivalrous!
As soon as Ming Yu Daozun heard this, he knew that he was right, if there was really a situation here, as a formation mage, how could he not see the subtleties of this formation within the formation, if there was a mistake here, it would definitely make the entire formation fall short!
This is still the best result, and it is even possible that the entire beast tide will not be able to stop it and spread to the entire Western Spirit Realm!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but worry about it, if this was the case, then the people of the entire Western Spirit Realm would be in danger of cultivating! At this moment, he was duty-bound, and he couldn't help but speed up the pace under his feet and rushed forward in a hurry.
Looking at the position that Qi Hui pointed to him, he hurriedly made up for it, and the whole formation had a momentary sense of stability at this moment, it seemed that it was the right place!
However, the sudden change directly caught Ming Yu Daozun off guard, everything just now seemed to be an illusion, and Qi Daozun, who was still talking to him just now, seemed to disappear in front of him, and at the same time there were several people who were cultivating.
And the demon cultivator directly engulfed him as if he had opened his bloody mouth, the formation, the formation seemed to be still there, but the formation he was in was not the main formation, even if it could barely run, but what could it be?
Everything happened too fast, there was no time to react, just like human instinct, directly threw out all his hole cards, and the tragic fall of several magic weapons did not have time to feel distressed, after all, he was still a Mahayana Dao Venerable, a Mahayana Dao Venerable with outstanding strength, but the demon cultivators on the opposite side were swarming, hundreds and thousands, he couldn't count them, only knew that he had become the food of the demon cultivators.
The breath of death was so close to him, Ming Yu Daozun had no regrets in this last time, only hatred and anger!
He didn't regret filling this loophole, he was only angry that Qi Daozun would abandon the battle and flee at such a juncture!
Maybe this is the only thing he can do for Amethyst City, for the Western Spirit Realm, for human cultivation, sighing slightly, his whole body suddenly swelled, his eyes seemed to have crossed the heavy demon cultivation, and he saw that his most proud disciple was rushing towards him, is it an illusion?
Ming Yu Daozun smiled slightly, maybe, the first decision he made was to die together, instead of seeking a life for himself, from the moment he became a monk, he had a Tao in his heart, his Dao heart has never wavered, even if he can't go further in this life, but he Ming Yu has no regrets!
Open his arms, waiting for that moment to dissipate, at this moment, he felt the stagnation of vitality in the air, raised his head suddenly, and saw a pair of scarlet eyes, only to see the long body behind the owner of those eyes, and immediately realized its identity!
"It's you, King Jiao of the Mixed Yuan!"
"Haha! That's right! You cultivator still wants to blow yourself up! How could I allow you to hurt my subordinates like this! You can die, but you can't let us die with you!"
Ming Yu Daozun's heart was cold, he knew that this time he was afraid that it would be trouble, and he didn't even succeed in self-detonation!
Xiao Chang was aware of the sudden change in the formation at the first moment, and even she realized what was happening! Damn! She never thought that Qi Hui would behave like this at this moment!
Fleeing at this time, the entire formation will collapse! Not only is the opposite formation finished, but they are also finished! All the efforts made before are also finished! It turns out that victory is within reach, and if you persist a little longer, you can directly solve the danger of the cultivation of the people in the Western Spirit Realm!
But at this moment, at this moment, such a change, everything is too late! Even if they take the lead, Xiao Chang has never been so annoyed and abnormal,
"Qi Hui! I, Xiao Chang, are inseparable from you!"
The angry Xiao Chang shouted this sentence directly at the sky, her anger, her helplessness and regret.
In the next breath, the whole person had already rushed into the group of beasts with Ye Feng, who had discovered that something was wrong at the same time!
Not only them, everyone understands that the formation is over, especially the formation mage who is in the middle of the formation, and he is extremely sensitive to even the slightest fluctuation in the formation connection.
In despair, no one gave up, this is Zixiao Palace, this is Zixiao Palace monk!
Save the people! Save the only Mingyu Daozun left in the herd!
They would spit on the monk who had fled, but they would admire even more for the Ming Yu Daozun who tried to fight for every breath.
Ming Yu Daozun was not mistaken, it was Ye Feng who rushed in front of Xiao Chang, the disciple he was most proud of, he was here!
Xiao Chang followed closely, people want to be saved, the difficulty needs to be solved, and the speed must be fast! One by one, the sound was sent out at the fastest speed, and almost all the monks outside the Zixiao Palace moved, rushing to different directions according to Xiao Chang's instructions, it seemed to be chaotic, but in fact, they all understood that they couldn't make a mistake!
It's hard to do that, but the predicament of the moment requires that everyone must not be wrong!
In Zixiao Palace, Zi Xue'er has become extremely serious, and beside it is Rui Xue, who is also nervous,
"The palace master is prepared for the worst, he can only succeed, not fail, are you ready?"
Rui Xue nodded,
"I didn't expect it to come to this point after all, let's get started!"
She closed her eyes, clasped her hands around her chest with a strange gesture, and slowly ascended, rising, her head slowly raised, while her legs bent back together.
Zi Xue'er squinted her eyes, carefully observing her movements, waiting for that opportunity.
And outside the Zixiao Palace, all the monks were moving, and the demon cultivators were running wildly, but unexpectedly there was no fighting, and there was no obstruction, it seemed to be chaotic, but in fact, it made the Mixed Yuan Jiao King tremble!
And although Qi Hui has fled, his divine sense has been paying attention to this side, it can be said that he is watching Ming Yu Daozun's despair, looking at his determination to break the cauldron, he feels that Ming Yu is very stupid, monks and immortals, the most important thing is life, the others are those so-called Tao and righteousness, everything is possible with life.
He even saw the moment when Ming Yu Daozun's self-explosion was intercepted in the end, he shook his head slightly, this is expected, the demon cultivator is not stupid, how could he just look at it like this, the demon cultivator who can repel him Qi Hui is worthy of such strength.
Qi Hui also saw the collapse of the big array after he left, and the monks who scattered and ran away, after all, everything was expected, it was chaotic, it was all chaotic!
Qi Hui went farther and farther, and completely left there, it had nothing to do with him, even if he knew that the Western Spirit World would be in chaos, it had nothing to do with him, he tried his best, Qi Hui soothed his manic heart like this, and left all the chaos behind him behind, it had nothing to do with him, everything had nothing to do with him!
He didn't want to look and think about it again, so he didn't see the hidden undercurrent.
Although it was very chaotic, it seemed that there was a wall in front of the demon cultivator and the human cultivator, and everything could be seen but not touched.
The Mixed Yuan Jiao King was originally looking at the prey in front of him to reveal his imperative confidence, but at this moment, he suddenly shifted his attention, just such a flashing god, Xiao Chang had already rushed straight to Ye Feng left and right, and the prey disappeared in front of it!
No, the Mixed Yuan Jiao King didn't jump like thunder, it looked at the constantly flashing figure of the monk in front of it seriously, thinking about what the human cultivators were doing, if the formation had been broken, shouldn't it be scattered and run away, why did it look like another formation in its eyes now!
No, a monk who is not worthy of their desperate efforts must have some confidence in his heart, and when he thinks of this, the seeds of doubt in his heart are growing bigger and bigger.
The order was thought about but hesitated, a little hesitant, just at this moment, it saw a strange scene not far away, and the towering Zixiao Palace before it seemed to be expanding outward!
There were faint figures of monks shuttling back and forth in those palaces, and the Mixed Yuan Jiao King couldn't stand still, it roared angrily, and several demon cultivators galloped from different corners and gathered around it.
On the other hand, Xiao Chang was not easy, when the time came, Ming Yu Shizu saved it, but the next road was not easy to walk, it depends on whether it will believe it, whether it will hesitate, whether it will go as she thinks, there is only one way, she bet!
Ye Feng looked at her,
"If you're willing to bet, I'll bet with you this time! What are you afraid of, it's just the worst outcome!"
Ming Yu Daozun didn't understand what they were saying, but he knew one thing, this was the person who was on the same road!
"There are still a number of monks in Amethyst City, if you need to, do your best!"
Xiao Chang shook his head lightly, "Everything depends on the will of heaven, what I bet on is that my Xiao Chang's life should not be extinguished, my luck in Zixiao Palace!
Ming Yu Daozun understood,
"Everything depends on how the demon cultivator does it?"
Ye Feng nodded, "Yes, Master, I believe it, but I have also prepared for the worst, demon cultivators are smart and witty, but maybe this will also be their disadvantages." ”
Xiao Chang looked into the distance, and a round of red sun was reflected behind Zixiao Palace, setting off the entire Zixiao Palace filled with an incomparably auspicious atmosphere, adding a bit of mystery.
What is this! Could it be that everything before was just a trap? No one could have predicted what was about to happen next, not even the King of the Mixed Yuan Jiao, whether to advance or retreat!
It looked at it fixedly, the figure of a female cultivator was slowly floating and appeared, and in that posture, two words suddenly jumped into its mind, "Sacrifice!"
Then, it suddenly sensed that something was wrong, a sense of confinement in the whole space!
A crisis from the bottom of its heart made it suddenly decide, looking nervously at it, and waving its hand violently!
And Xiao Chang looked at it confidently, his eyes were full of confidence, without a little panic, and his hands were constantly tying various hand knots, and one after another circles of light came out under her hands.
Ye Feng was right behind her, not saying a word, and Ming Yu Daozun's face was full of solemnity.
Suddenly, Xiao Chang smiled slightly, this smile was reflected in the eyes of the Mixed Yuan Jiao King, as if it was the summoning of the god of death, its waved hand fell decisively, and batches of demon cultivators began to withdraw with its command.
"They're gone, we've won the bet!"
Seeing those crises that were slowly receding, Xiao Chang's whole person relaxed, she won the bet, gritted her teeth, and stood up suddenly, no, every second counts, and the hesitation between breaths may cause huge changes to the entire battle situation.
"Go back to Zixiao Palace!"
At the moment when the Mixed Yuan Jiao King made a retreat, Xiao Chang also made a decisive decision, and two strange scenes were directly formed on the entire battlefield, and the two sides that were originally entangled quickly retreated in different directions, and a huge chasm appeared around the entire battlefield.
Zi Xue'er's face in Zixiao Palace bloomed with great surprise,
"It's done! It's done!"
Rui Xue's whole person relaxed and stretched out her arms, "I really didn't expect that I would be deceived like this." ”
While speaking, Xiao Chang had already returned to Zixiao Palace with people, and outside Zixiao Palace, the Mixed Yuan Jiao King, who had come to his senses, roared and rushed over, fooled!
This time, it was really all back to the Zixiao Palace, the fastest speed, everyone! All the people cultivated! The Zixiao Palace was there, but all the people had already entered the range of the Zixiao Palace.
If you want to attack again, you can only attack Zixiao Palace!The depression in the heart of the Mixed Yuan Jiao King can only be described as a non-stop roar, it knows that it has missed a best opportunity!
In fact, most of the monks were confused, including those array mages, they simply followed Xiao Chang's instructions to go to the fixed position, doing things that they didn't know why, but everything became the way it is now.
Ye Feng looked up at Xiao Chang with an incredulous look in his eyes,
"If I were you, I wouldn't dare bet. ”
Xiao Chang looked at the front calmly, and only said one sentence,
"If you were in my position now, you would only be able to gamble with me like this. ”
She looked at the angry and corrupt Mixed Yuan Jiao King outside Zixiao Palace, gambling on its prudence, gambling on that trace of vitality, her eyes seemed to be able to foresee the blood all over the ground, if she didn't gamble, she would only lose, even if she had all kinds of abilities to escape, but what about these monks who trusted her?
She Xiao Chang is not Chenglian or Qi Hui, she can't abandon them, she wants to live, and she wants them to live, otherwise even if she is broken, she will die well, behind her is Zixiao Palace, and she must have such a sacrifice to bear this burden, so,
"It can't be without scruples, I just need it to hesitate for a while, that's enough. ”
When she chose to believe in Qi Hui and chose to cooperate with him, it was a big gamble, she lost the bet, then she couldn't lose this time, she could only win, and there was no way back!
It's only to blame himself for believing the wrong person, the demon cultivators in the sky surrounded Zixiao Palace with only darkness, Xiao Chang inspired a transmission to King Kun, the plan failed, I just hope that it can make progress there,
"No, Xiao Chang, I only have one chance, since you are defeated, I can't move again. ”
This is very realistic, Xiao Chang was silent, but it was already a good result, at least now, it seems that everything is not the worst outcome, even if the army has come to the city.
But so what, she Zixiao Palace has been here for hundreds of years, and she still has no way to make those demon cultivators, what she is worried about is whether those people outside Zixiao Palace will be retaliated by the crazy revenge of the Mixed Yuan Jiao King.
Now that she is too busy to take care of herself, where does she have any other energy to be distracted to take care of those, and I am afraid that the first person who will bear the brunt of the impact is the Realm Lord's Mansion, and when Qi Hui makes such a choice, he should know what the consequences will be.
"A catastrophe, open the Great Array of the Realm Lord's Mansion, and recall all the monks of the Realm Lord's Mansion!"
Qi Hui's face was extremely gloomy, and behind him, there was Mingling Daozun, who had already advanced to Mahayana, and in the face of such an order, she responded without hesitation and turned to leave.
Qi Hui looked at her back with sparkling eyes, this time, he pushed the formation hall to the front, not because they were strong.
"Ancestor still doesn't believe us, Senior Brother, what are you waiting for?"
Mingling Daozun didn't have any expression on the surface, but the anger in her heart was about to overwhelm her, at the beginning, the formation outside the Zixiao Palace did not allow them to intervene in the formation hall, but now the great enemy of the realm lord's mansion is current, but let them the formation hall rush to the front, ridiculous!
This is the ancestor of the Qi family that they trusted! This is the ancestor of the Qi family that they gave up all their previous efforts and followed wholeheartedly! Everything in the past was like a joke, if it weren't for the previous senior brother repeatedly telling her to be stable, with her violent temper, she would have been unable to suppress it a long time ago.
"Senior brother, I really can't bear it anymore, this is to let us go to death! Since he doesn't trust us so much, why do we have to be so wronged!"
Ming Lan Daozun was speechless, and seemed to think for a long time before he spoke, "Since the ancestor ordered so, then do what the ancestor wants, our formation hall was originally established because of the ancestor, Ming Ling Shuxin, you are different from me, I am the descendant of the Qi family, but you are not." ”
He didn't say much about the next words, just waved his hand to let the two of them leave, and didn't say much, but both of them understood.
Qi Hui in the Realm Lord's Mansion has been paying attention to the scene here, he knows that Zixiao Palace is over, Xiao Chang is finished, and then he has to defend the Realm Lord's Mansion, he can still hold this acre and two points of land, without Xiao Chang and Zixiao Palace, the position of the Realm Lord is at his fingertips, and there is no need to keep the big array at the bottom of the box.
Although it was a pity, but it was already a good result, he watched the monks of the formation hall come out one after another to set up the formation, although most of these monks were his juniors, but because of Xiao Chang, he had some doubts, this time, just this time, let them do one last thing for their ancestor.
A familiar voice was already ringing in Qi Hui's ears, it was them, the demon cultivator was coming! The beast tide was coming!
Minglu Daozun stood on the outermost side, looking at the rolling dust not far away, attacking from three sides, this was a hard battle.
The array plate in his hand comes from the ancestor, the arrangement of the ancestor he knows better than anyone else, he knows the role of this formation in his hand better, regret it, don't regret it, he remembered the Xiling Qi family that he established single-handedly, at least at that time, he did it, he completed the mission of the ancestors, he pushed the Xiling Qi family to the most glorious time, at least at that time, in the Xiling world, the Xiling Qi family has steadily occupied a place, at least he has experienced, he has succeeded.
"Go ahead. ”
Mingling Daozun looked at him and took a step forward nervously, "Senior brother, let's leave like this, what should you do?"
Ming Lan Daozun smiled, "You left, so I don't have to worry about the future." ”
Mingxin Daozun wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth again and grabbed Mingling Daozun,
"Let's go as soon as possible, the ancestor doesn't trust us in the first place, and if we delay any longer, I'm afraid we will all feed the demon cultivator. ”
He turned around and arched his hand, "Senior brother, don't worry, I will take all the array mages of the Infinite Sect safely." ”
Ming Lan Daozun bowed slightly, waved his hand, and opened the formation, and with his movements, Qi Hui put his mind at ease, the formation started, as long as the demon cultivator came in, it would be destroyed, this formation was extraordinary.
And at the moment when the formation opened, Mingling Daozun and Mingxin Daozun slowly disappeared into the formation with hundreds of formation mages, this time, the ancestor sent all the formation hall monks, and this time, the secret of the formation could not hide from them.
If you want them to use their lives to protect the Realm Lord's Mansion, it also depends on who the guardian is, an ancestor who is treacherous and puts people in danger, he is not worthy!
He thought that no one knew what he had done, but he didn't know that before he returned, the transmission had arrived, and he was not worthy!
Qi Hui looked at the demon cultivators who were constantly pouring in, and his hand slowly raised, he wanted to use the living soul primordial gods in the entire formation as a living sacrifice and slaughter those demon cultivators.
His hand was raised in mid-air, and half of his entire arm was enveloped in a layer of black gas, not only that, but also the entire half of his body.
How could such a miserable formation not pay a price, but for him, this price was nothing.
The formation outside the realm lord's mansion began to slowly become black and mist, Ming Lan Daozun could already feel that his Yuan Shen began to slowly separate from his body, and a tear slowly flowed from his eyes, he was a descendant of the Qi family, if he said that his sacrifice alone was exchanged for the vitality of the entire Xiling Qi family, his life was worth it.
Mingling Daozun seemed to have a sense, turned her head, and saw the change in the formation there, she nervously grabbed Mingxin Daozun's magic clothes,
"Senior brother, what about the others, why hasn't he come out yet!"
Mingxin Daozun shook his head, "If Senior Brother leaves, we can't leave, there must be someone in that formation, otherwise the Ancestor will find out about that phantom formation, Mingling, I can't wait to replace Senior Brother with my body, but no, Ancestor has done something on Senior Brother's body." ”
Mingling Daozun covered his mouth, and was pulled by Mingxin Daozun all the way and quickly fled forward.
"Senior Brother doesn't have much time to buy us, and we can't afford to live up to his sacrifice. ”
Mingling Daozun's hand tried to grab something in the air, but it hung down powerlessly, she knew that what Ming Xin said was right, but she couldn't accept it.
The two of them walked away with a group of monks, and with a roar, Qi Hui's eyes cracked,
"You really betrayed me! What a Qi family! What a junior! How dare you betray me, an ancestor!"
The formation failed, but the demon cultivator was still there, he looked at the blood and water in that place with his divine sense, and he didn't expect that someone would be able to do such a thing for others.
"Where can you flee to! Now besides the Realm Lord's Mansion, where else can you cover the human cultivators! Fool! If you die, you can kill those demon cultivators, that is your glory!"
He squinted his eyes, no, this formation can't be broken, suddenly his hands slammed behind him, and a trembling figure was directly thrown into the formation by him, this formation must be sacrificed to the monk's primordial spirit, since someone has run away, then use someone to fill it in!
One after another, he doesn't care who those people are, he only counts the number, as long as he can maintain the formation, if he wants to be a powerful subordinate, there will be opportunities in the future, as long as he is strong, naturally someone will come to take refuge, but first he must keep the realm lord's mansion.
Qi Hui just took a breath, his eyes suddenly widened, and he muttered,
"How is it possible! I ran away to Zixiao Palace? Zixiao Palace can still exist? Impossible! Impossible!"
That formation was arranged by him himself, how could he not know what the consequences would be once the formation was lost! Xiao Chang, how could Xiao Chang escape, how could Zixiao Palace still exist!
If Zixiao Palace was still there, why did these demon cultivators attack the Realm Lord's Mansion on a large scale! What happened after he left!
"Of course the persimmon has to be picked up and pinched! Now there are only two major forces in human cultivation, and Zixiao Palace is so difficult to gnaw, so take the Realm Lord's Mansion first!"
The Mixed Yuan Jiao King's brain turned extremely fast, and it was planted on this Zixiao Palace again and again, it had to fight in a roundabout way, at least to get some capital from somewhere else! This is the reason why it attacked the Realm Lord's Mansion on a large scale, originally wanted to be caught off guard, but now it seems,
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