"Six!"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but take a deep breath.
He couldn't imagine what method Zhao Lin used to kill six Earthly Dark Sect monks in such a short period of time.
However, no one raised any doubts. Zhao Lin had already shown enough strength to fight against the powerful realm-changing monks.
"It's great! There are only six of them left now, which is less than half of us."
"Yes, it seems that there is hope that this mission can be completed."
Everyone felt relaxed, talking and laughing.
Zhao Lin was not as optimistic as them. He looked around at the crowd and asked, "Matsuoka's water mirror technique is very strange. Does any of you know the details of this technique?"
Everyone shook their heads to express ignorance. Chao Duan pondered for a moment and said, "I have heard that there is a high-level spell in the sect that can reflect enemy attacks."
"However, it is said that it can only reflect 50% of the force at most, and the direction is not easy to control."
"I observe Matsuoka's Water Mirror Technique. The reflected spell is almost as good as the original spell. It retains at least 70% to 80% of its power and is extremely accurate. It's hard to say."
Du Zhen suddenly slapped his head and said with a smile: "When Mr. Jing Chao said this, I remembered a third-level spell that Elder Chuan Gong once demonstrated when I was practicing in Lingdao Academy."
"Third-level spell?"
Zhao Lin was slightly startled. Only when he reached the middle stage of foundation building could he cast third-level spells. However, Matsuoka was a realm-changing monk whose state was equivalent to the peak of Qi refining, so it was impossible to use third-level spells.
But then I thought about it and realized that the spells of the two sects were not exactly the same. There might be some similarities, so I said, "Fellow Daoist Du, please tell me!"
Du Zhen nodded and continued: "This third-level spell is called inverted combat, also called the inversion technique. It can reflect incoming spells or magic weapons."
"Spells are divided into six levels. The first level can only resist the opponent's spells. Starting from the second level, you can reflect spells. Each level increases the power by 10%, up to 50% of the original spell!"
Zhao Lin was even more confused after hearing this. If the third-level spells of our sect are like this, why are the second-level spells of the Dark Sect more powerful?
After thinking for a while, he asked: "Then what are the weaknesses of the defection technique, or how to solve it?"
Du Zhen recalled for a while and said: "The defection technique is actually a special defensive spell. It is impossible to block all attacks."
"If you encounter a spell with strong attack power, or a spell with a wide attack area, it may not be able to be reflected back."
"It's like a shield that can block swords and guns, but if it encounters a heavy hammer or a magic weapon, the shield will be destroyed and people will die."
Zhao Lin rubbed his chin and thought, perhaps only if multiple monks attack at the same time and surpass Matsuoka in terms of magic power can the water mirror technique be broken.
Unfortunately, Matsuoka's movement is too fast, and it is not easy to find such an opportunity.
"Fellow Daoist Zhao, although Matsuoka has left temporarily, there is no guarantee that he will not come back again. What should we do next?"
Chao Duan asked with some worry. His duty was to protect the four formation masters, and he was most afraid of opponents like Matsuoka.
Zhao Lin thought for a moment, then turned to Sun Jue and said, "Fellow Daoist Sun, is it dangerous to dismantle the mechanism, not to arrange it?"
"Of course it's the former that's more dangerous."
Sun Jue replied simply, "During the process of dismantling the mechanism, if the Di An Sect monks attack us with spells, not only will we not be able to fight back, we will not even be able to use defensive spells, otherwise the mechanism will be triggered."
"It's much better to set up the mechanism. It only works like this the moment it is turned on."
After hearing this, Zhao Lin understood in his heart, nodded and said: "As I thought, in this case, we will continue to arrange mechanisms so that they will not dare to act at will here."
"As for the underground secret sect's mechanism, we should ignore it for the time being, otherwise once it is dismantled, our position will be immediately exposed."
Everyone thought it was reasonable and all agreed.
Next, the four formation mages led everyone to explore the unknown area, found a suitable place a hundred feet away from the sea ridge, and began to set up the mechanism.
Zhao Lin changed his defensive strategy. Every three monks formed a group, a total of three groups, standing in a triangle, surrounding the four formation masters in the middle.
In this way, no matter which group of people encounters Matsuoka, they can at least resist for a while.
He floated up to a height of dozens of feet to prevent the enemy from attacking from above.
Zhao Lin was suspended in the middle of the depths, took out the spirit beads and used his skills to restore his spiritual power, while simultaneously emitting ultrasonic waves to monitor the surrounding area.
Because there is no obstruction, the ultrasonic waves can be sent very far away. Even if Matsuoka's spiritual consciousness is strong, it is impossible to detect Zhao Lin first.
Zhao Lin actually wanted to go to Qingyangtan and kill a carbine, maybe he could succeed in a sneak attack, but unfortunately the four formation mages were more important.
How can we get rid of this big problem in Matsuoka?
While practicing his skills, Zhao Lin was also thinking about this issue.
Matsuoka moves like the wind, and his spells are strange and strange. As long as this person survives, he must be on guard at all times. A slight mistake will cost the formation master his life, and the mission will fail.
It's definitely not possible to besiege with a large number of people. If Matsuoka can't fight, he can just leave.
The Concentration Technique cannot be used on Situation Changing monks, it can only have the opposite effect.
The Raikage clone can deal with other monks, but the result of dealing with Matsuoka can only be defeated one by one.
Zhao Lin felt powerless for a while. Matsuoka was already invincible with just three moves: speed, sword skills and water mirror technique.
How to fight?
When Zhao Lin was worried, Matsuoka was furious.
"Didn't I remind you before I left not to act separately, but to stay together! What happened? Did you turn a deaf ear to my words..."
Matsuoka's face was as dark as water. He killed three monks on the other side. Zhao Lin actually used the same method to deal with him and doubled the number of monks.
He originally wanted to get rid of a few more Chenghua Sect monks, then the entire army could press forward and annihilate the opponent in one fell swoop.
Now that the situation is reversed, how can we not make him furious?
Matsuoka still had a question in his mind: If Zhao Lin dared to sneak into Qingyangtan, wasn't he afraid of triggering the trap? How did he kill six people and escape unscathed?
After a while, a monk asked cautiously: "Master Matsuoka, where are the two seniors, Chunying and Ji Zhang?"
Matsuoka hesitated for a moment and decided to tell the truth: "I'm afraid the two of them have been... martyred. As for who did it, I believe you can guess it without me telling you."
The five Earthly Dark Sect monks looked at each other in shock.
Matsuoka snorted, "There's nothing to be afraid of! The situation has come to this, even if we get out alive, we will inevitably die. The only way to survive is to kill Zhao Lin!"
"It's time to repay the sect!"
The five monks looked solemn and said in unison: "I will obey your orders!"
…
A strong wave of mana came.
"The trap is set up!"
Zhao Lin's eyes flashed with joy, he looked around and dived down to the bottom of the sea.
"Fellow Daoist Zhao, the arrangements have been made."
Sun Jue came over with three formation masters and said with a smile.
Then he looked back and pointed, "Just behind that rock, it's a hundred and twenty-five horizontally and seventy-eight vertically."
The nautical map uses the method of "planning and drawing squares" to draw the Pearl Beach into a grid in proportion. The length and width of each grid are ten feet to mark the location.
Sun Jue said that the horizontal hundred and twenty-five and the vertical seventy-eight are the location of the mechanism to prevent the mechanism from being found due to changes in the terrain.
"very good!"
Zhao Lin praised it, kept the location of the mechanism in his mind, and asked: "What spell does the mechanism use?"
Sun Jue smiled and said: "Thousand-weight water spears, most of the underwater mechanisms are based on water and soil. There are only a few choices."
Zhao Lin's heart moved, and he remembered that he had used a mechanism to kill an Earth Dark Sect monk with a thousand-weight water spear, and asked: "Fellow Daoist Sun, can you trigger the mechanism while standing outside?"
"That's definitely not possible."
Sun Jueda shook his head and said: "Mana fluctuations can trigger the mechanism, but the body that emits the spell must be located before the mechanism can actually launch an attack."
He smiled and said, "Otherwise, if you just use the magic weapon to open the way, wouldn't you be able to trigger the mechanism all the way?"
"I see."
Zhao Lin nodded thoughtfully.
(End of chapter)
