Early the next morning, ten people quietly approached the ruins where they were in danger last night.
This time, Tang Ping and Li Jian flew in front. Firstly, Li Jian's senses could detect danger in advance. Secondly, they came closer this time to verify Tang Ping's statement last night. The main purpose was to find Of the three monsters, among the ten, only Tang Ping was proficient in the art of controlling spirits, so she also flew ahead.
The rest of the people followed closely.
The sun shines brightly during the day, and the scenery of this valley is not as weird and gloomy as last night. The hills on both sides are densely forested and green. There are bushes in the valley, dotted with unknown wild flowers and berries everywhere, and the mountain breeze blows The branches and leaves were rustling, and the wild flowers were swaying in the wind. It was a nice place, but all ten people had experienced the terrifying illusion last night. Once they entered it, it would be extremely dangerous and they might not be able to escape, so they followed suit. The deeper the figures went deeper into the valley, the expressions on their faces became more and more nervous.
"Stop!"
After flying for a while, Tang Ping stopped everyone, then pointed to a place in front and said:
"The illusion we had here last night was correct, right?"
The few people who were still sane at that time carefully looked ahead and confirmed that the place where Lu Shuang's rattle was, and then many people fell from the air and nodded in agreement.
"Then be careful. I guess the front is the furthest point that the illusion can affect."
The next step is to look for traces of possible phantom butterflies. Finding this kind of monster will prove that Tang Ping's statement last night is correct. According to the records in the Yuling Sect's classics, although demonic insects such as phantom butterflies live in groups, they do not build nests and only inhabit the leaves of trees. Therefore, after stopping everyone from moving forward, Tang Ping went to the nearby woods. See carefully search bit by bit.
But it was Li Jian who was the first to notice the abnormality.
"Miss Tang," Li Jian raised her hand and said, "Hey, starting from that tree and going inside, there are many things on each tree. I don't know if they are the phantom butterflies you mentioned, but last night there were It must be something like this that is densely packed in the air.”
When Li Jian said this, he immediately attracted everyone's attention. They all looked there. Tang Ping leaned over cautiously and cautiously. Finally, not far from the tree, Tang Ping found that there was a tree on the tree. On the back of the densely packed leaves, there were many green, motionless monster insects with folded wings, but they didn't look like butterflies.
Not counting the wings, that kind of bug is only about the size of a human thumb.
"It's not a fantasy butterfly." Tang Ping said softly.
At this moment, I don’t know whether it was the vigilance of this kind of demonic insect or someone who made a noise that alerted them. With a "whoosh", the branches and leaves of the tree flipped, as if a strong wind blew away the leaves of the tree. , amidst the fluttering of green wings, countless monster insects flew out and came towards everyone!
Then, everyone noticed that a fine light green mist rose up together with the countless flying insects.
"Quickly retreat!" Tang Ping said urgently.
After all, it was daytime, and everyone was more careful. So under Tang Ping's order, ten people fled there quickly.
But those green monster insects couldn't catch up, and had long since lost track of the intruder. After hovering for a while, they fell back to the tree again.
"Isn't that a fantasy butterfly?" Luo Ying asked. She was naturally concerned about whether Tang Ping's conclusion last night was correct.
"It's not a phantom butterfly, it's a demonic insect called the Green Charm Moth. It's a bit more advanced than the phantom butterfly, but its methods of dealing with people are almost the same. The green mist we saw just now is its wings. If the fine powder produced on it is scattered, if the monk accidentally inhales it, he will be affected by it. Although that kind of thing is not fatal, it can make people crazy. If there is another illusion in front of him, it will definitely affect Human’s five senses, so…”
"So what you said last night is true?" Luo Ying asked again.
"That's right. I can guarantee that there must be a mirage inside, and the one underground is the mirage. I don't know why, these three things can come together, and they actually become accomplices in harming people." Tang Ping said.
"That means we can defeat them one by one?" Lu Shuang asked. She remembered that Tang Ping said last night that if it was what she said, there would be a way to deal with it.
"Well, there is a way," Tang Ping said confidently, and then looked at Qian Chao, "Boy Qian, I'll have to rely on you next."
And what can Qian Chao do?
Naturally, it is a formation.
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Tang Ping put her hand into the storage bag, rummaged through it, and finally took out a small demon pill.
She has many spirit beasts, and all the spirit beasts except Xiaobai and Dahuang need to be fed demon pills regularly to help them grow. Therefore, after the five people went out to hunt the demon beasts, the demon pills all belonged to her. Now I have saved a lot.
"Hey, Mr. Qian, if you can arrange a formation to let the spiritual energy in the spirit stone radiate out quickly, then you should also be able to arrange a formation to let the aura of the demon pill also radiate out, right?" Tang Ping asked.
"Well... it should be about the same." Qian Chao replied.
"That's good. This demon pill is actually similar to a spirit stone, but it has a strong attraction to demon beasts and insects. Next, we will rely on your formation to get rid of all the green moths here."
"How attractive is this thing to those demonic insects?" Qian Chao asked as he pinched this demonic pill.
"Well, it's like having a thick book that you haven't read sitting on your desk!" Tang Ping's analogy was quite appropriate, and several friends who were familiar with Qian Chao's hobbies heard it. A smile.
"Okay, I'll set up the formation."
Qian Chao also thought for a while before taking action, but instead of arranging the formation, he took out his desk and began to make the talismans used to arrange the formation under the watchful eyes of everyone.
The formation designed by Qian Chao is divided into three layers, which are interconnected.
The most central one is a small formation, which is similar to the one used when they cooperated to open the first ruins. In places where the spiritual energy is poor and thin, the formation cannot operate. Qian Chao arranged a formation at that time, using the spirit stone. It was replaced by spiritual energy, but now the magic pill used in this small formation was not the spiritual stone, but the demon pill that Tang Ping gave him. Qian Chao tried making changes while trying them out, and after a few times he got it right. That small formation could spread the aura of the demon elixir far away, and the last time it almost attracted those green moths to swoop over in groups, scaring him. Stop the formation quickly.
The second level of formation is a spirit locking formation with a large range. Qian Chao uses this formation the most, so I won’t go into details.
The third layer of formations is the largest, including the first two formations. Qian Chao's plan is to wait for the green demon moths to be attracted by the aura of the demon pill and gather together, and then they will be restricted by the spirit locking formation and fall. He couldn't move there, and after all the green moths were attracted, he activated the third formation. This formation had also been used before, when Yan Shuang was attacked for the first time. As long as the formation used by Qian Chao to get rid of the huge blood puppet is activated, the formation will be a land of fire, so hot that it can turn all the monsters inside into ashes in an instant.
After finding an open space not far from those green moths, Qian Chao began to set up the place.
During this process, Tang Ping felt something was wrong several times. It was not that there was anything wrong with Qian Chao's formation, but that it was a bit too small. She felt that the number of green moths here must be astonishing, urging Qian Chao to Chao changed it several times, making the formation larger and larger until she felt satisfied.
Tang Ping was making requests on the side, and Qian Chao continued to modify the formation according to what she said, and even made some new talismans for formation halfway to satisfy Tang Ping. This situation illustrates exactly what happened. The difference between Qian Chao and Luo Ying in the formation techniques is that Qian Chao is very flexible in the formation techniques and can make corresponding changes according to the time, place and events, so as to achieve the best result. However, Luo Ying's formations are much more rigid. At present, she can only lay out the formations she has learned as they are. If any changes are needed, it is not what Luo Ying is good at.
"Okay," Tang Ping said to everyone when she saw that Qian Chao's formation was properly arranged, "Let's all move back to avoid surprising those demonic insects. In addition, we must pay attention to the surroundings. Once the aura of this demonic pill is strong, we can't Monsters from other places were also attracted to cause trouble."
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The formation is activated.
Except for Tang Ping, the other nine people could only watch helplessly. The little guys in the spirit beast bag on Tang Ping noticed the tempting atmosphere outside, and they refused to rest one by one. Get up and let Tang Ping comfort her for a while.
Soon there was movement.
The monster insects closest to the formation were the first to feel the temptation of the aura. They flapped their small wings impatiently and flew over from the tree in a hurry. They didn't even hover, and they flew straight towards the formation. The demon pill in the center of the formation fell over, and then became motionless as soon as it landed there.
And then, as the aura of the demon pill strengthened by the formation continued to spread, the sound of "squeaking" became thicker and louder, extending from the formation almost all the way to where the ruins were, more than a tree away. High in the air, it was like a stream of green rushing over. They were green moths one by one. The ones flying at the front could be clearly seen one by one, but from behind, you could only see a green patch of rolling green moths. When I came here, I couldn't tell how many such monster insects there were. The scene was like the leaves of a hundred big trees being blown off from the fingers by the strong wind at the same time, and then gathering together and flying over. Among them are some green moths that are obviously much larger. The ordinary ones are only as big as the belly of a thumb, but the big ones are actually the size of a palm, which looks amazing.
Along with it, a green smoke began to thicken. When Tang Ping saw it, he immediately asked people to find a position upwind to avoid it.
Whenever this kind of demonic insect falls, it will be immediately affected by the spirit-locking formation and immediately become motionless. However, there is a steady stream of green moths falling down from behind. Therefore, in the center of the formation, the demonic pill A group of green moths quickly piled up at the location. Although the Soul Locking Array is powerful, it also has shortcomings, that is, it will only be affected if you step into it. Now, the demon pill is covered with green moths, and the demon insects on the top of the pill are not affected by the formation. However, it is precisely because of this that they cannot come into contact with the demon elixir buried under the body of their companions. Therefore, they crawl around anxiously and quickly, trying to find a gap to slip through between the same kind, but they can't get through. Once it goes down, it will be immediately affected by the formation, and it will be as motionless as dead. In this way, the pile of green monster insects will pile up more and more in the center of the formation. As time goes by, the pile of green monsters will gradually disappear. Get high.
"Oh my God!" Yanxuan stared at the growing pile of green in shock, seeing that the thickness had increased from less than a foot to half a foot, and it happened in a short period of time. "What is there here?" How many demonic insects!"
Tang Ping looked at Qian Chao and said:
"Is it still a little small?"
"It doesn't matter," Qian Chao said, "As long as they are in the third formation, they can be dealt with even if they are flying in the air."
It is already six or seven feet high, like a huge pile of green leaves piled together, and it is still rising. This scene surprised Luo Ying and others. If so many monsters surrounded everyone, Stop, flap their wings in unison, under the influence of the fine green mist, I am afraid that ten people can only hold their breath and run away, but now with the help of this formation, they are allowed to come in like moths throwing themselves into the fire. Trap, this formation is still amazing! Luo Ying thought this way, even if she was not as good as the boy Qian next to her, it seemed that she would continue to study intensively in the future.
"Look there!" Yan Shuang suddenly pointed with his hand.
Everyone looked over and couldn't help but gasp when they saw it clearly. What Yan Shuang was pointing at was actually a huge green moth that was as big as a fat goose. It was flying almost at the back, "Wow. "Wow", it flapped its wings and flew to the top of the formation.
"Boy Qian, it's almost time. The biggest one should be their leader. If it dies, these green moths will become birds and beasts and disperse." Tang Ping said.
"Okay!" Qian Chao responded.
As the green moth the size of a fat goose flew in, Qian Chao made a hand gesture and waited.
It was obvious that the largest green moth had an identity. After it flew close, many green moths started to avoid it. Although they were reluctant to fly far away, they obviously did not dare to compete with it.
Then the big moth swooped down.
"That's it now!" Tang Ping said.
Qian Chao's tactics also changed at the same time...
The scorching waves are coming!
However, the scorching wind that the ten people could feel was just the overflow of the power of the formation. They were far apart, so naturally they would not be harmed. But at the same time as Qian Chao's hand techniques changed, in that radius A red light suddenly appeared in the formation of more than 20 feet, like a pillar of light. If it were at night, the sound would be very amazing. Even in the day, this red light would be enough to make people angry. People were stunned, as the entire area covered by the formation was boiling with red flames, shining into the sky like hot light.
And at the moment when the formation was activated, the ten people seemed to hear a sharp scream, but it was only for a moment. It was probably the death scream of the leader of the Green Charm Moth, who was about the size of a fat goose.
Although there are countless green moths, under the power of Qian Chao's formation, they cannot even sustain it for a moment, let alone flap their wings and escape. Almost all of them, together with the leader of the green moth, can It turned into ashes in an instant.
There is a piece of red earth in the formation, nothing is left!
Then Qian Chao continued to change his tactics and stopped the formation.
"Good guy, be good, it's all gone, hehe!" Lu Pingchuan endured the remaining high temperature and took a closer look.
Not only were the green moths that were flying or piled on the ground now gone, but even the previous vegetation and stones in the formation were gone and turned into powder, within the range of the formation. There is only a piece of fine sand that is steaming with heat!
"It's amazing!" Wenyuan said softly.
"Well done, Mr. Qian!" Luo Ying praised.
Tang Ping said:
"The method we decided last night to defeat them one by one is now half done. After getting rid of these monster insects, we will go to find the mirage next."
"Walk!"
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Ahead is the brightly lit and bustling manor last night.
But looking at it, it was just a patch of rocks and grass, with the shadow of some kind of manor there.
"Is there that earth monster beneath our feet?" Yanxuan said worriedly as he looked at his feet.
"Don't worry, Sister Yan. Even though the Earth Nightmare has become a climate, it is naturally afraid of fire and light. It does not dare to reveal itself during the day. Now, the top priority is to find the mirage." Tang Ping said.
"Is it true that it won't come out?" Lu Shuang also asked, and it was obvious that she was somewhat afraid of the earth nightmare.
"Do not worry."
"Junior Brother Qian just got rid of so many demonic insects, do you think the monster underneath will notice it?" Wenyuan was also worried.
"It will naturally be noticed, but its nature is such that it can only lie dormant underground during the day." Tang Ping said.
Li Jian had long sensed the mirage's hiding place, stretched out his hand and said:
"Yeah, right there."
"No..." People stared in the direction of Qian Chao's finger for a while. There was only a patch of rocks there, and there was no hiding place at all.
"It's just a trick." Li Jian moved forward a little further and pointed again, "Hey, the biggest rock at the bottom of the mountain is the innermost one. That rock was transformed by it. I don't know if there are no demonic insects." We still have more people to help it, and it is probably thinking that it can get away with it."
This time everyone saw clearly the big stone Li Jian was pointing to.
"I'm afraid this thing has become a bit clumsy. How should we get rid of it?" Lu Shuang asked.
"Cut it down with one sword?" Yan Shuang said and started to take action.
"Hmm..." Tang Ping thought for a while, then turned to Lu Pingchuan and said, "Brother Lu, you once said that you have the means to deal with this kind of thing?"
Indeed, as early as when everyone went out for the first time on the third level of Qi Refining, they encountered large and small wind snakes that could use illusions. Although the fight was not dangerous, it was also extremely chaotic. After returning, Kang Fu heard about it and specially taught it. He gave Lu Pingchuan a method specifically designed to break illusions, called "Suppressing Roar", and took him out to find a mirage for Lu Pingchuan to practice with. As a result, with a roar, the mirage died instantly (see Volume 4: Trial Yu, thirty-seven: suppress the roar and kill the mirage). However, this method can break the illusion, but it cannot prevent the illusion. In addition, Lu Pingchuan liked the aroma of wine, coriander and coriander in the illusion at that time. How did he know that it was the fine powder on the wings of the green moth, so he couldn't help but use all his strength. Sniffling, she was hit by the trick, but she couldn't use any means. Tang Ping had heard Lu Pingchuan talk about how he killed mirages with a roar, and she was very curious at the time. Now she didn't mean to let Lu Pingchuan do it. Show off, just want to see it seriously.
"Hey, I'll do it!" Lu Pingchuan became excited. "Which stone?"
"Brother Lu and I will go there together," Li Jian said.
In Lu Pingchuan's view, it was just a stone the size of a small house, but Brother Li said it was the mirage that transformed it, so that must be the case. After all, Lu Pingchuan had experienced the magic of mirages earlier, and he knew what kind of enchantment it was. The method of the beast, so after standing still, he took a sharp breath...
The people watching behind heard a "hissing" sound from a distance. Qian Chao and others were not surprised, but just as Luo Ying and the others were wondering, they suddenly heard a loud roar!
"Ouch!"
A cloud of sand and dust spread in all directions with the sound!
The big stone disappeared after a few moments of confusion, revealing a medium-sized hole on the mountain wall.
"Hey!" Lu Pingchuan's cheerful voice came, "He's dead!"
When everyone heard this, they quickly flew there.
The hole in the mountain wall was not deep, and there was only one dead beast inside. However, this thing was not small. It was actually nearly two feet taller than Lu Pingchuan. It was a dark-brown, wet and sticky beast. , an extremely ugly toad-like monster, with two big eyes like bowls in the front, a pale white belly, and a dark brown, sticky back that is actually covered with eyes of different sizes, but it is affected by the land. After Pingchuan roared, all the eyes on this thing's body exploded open. When everyone rushed over to take a look, there was thick black juice flowing out of all the eyes, which made them feel uncomfortable.
"Have you seen enough?" Lu Pingchuan said, pulling down the big toad's head, stabbing it with a gleaming short knife in his other hand, and cutting open the guy's head in the middle. , and immediately the colorful things inside flowed out. Lu Pingchuan didn't care, and thrust his other hand in to explore carefully. Luo Ying, Wenyuan, Lu Shuang, Yan Shuang and others felt uneasy in their stomachs. Feeling comfortable, I quickly turned around to avoid it.
"Hehe, he's quite big!" As Lu Pingchuan spoke, everyone turned around and saw him taking out a goose egg-sized demon pill from the mirage's head. It was full of fishy and sticky filth. Chao hurriedly handed over a piece of linen, and Lu Pingchuan wiped the demon pill clean with the linen and threw it to Tang Ping, who took it with a smile.
Luo Ying calmed down and then said:
"Now that only the earth monster is left, how should we deal with it?"
Tang Ping was carefully wiping the demon pill with a piece of finer linen cloth. After hearing Luo Ying's words, she asked in confusion:
"Why do we have to deal with the earth-demon?"
"What... there are three kinds of monsters. Now that we have eliminated two, only the Dire Beast is left?"
"Those who dare not come out to cause trouble during the day are now gone. Now that we have eliminated all those who can threaten us, how about we let Mr. Qian open the ruins soon?"
When Lu Shuang heard this, he quickly asked:
"Then...what if?"
"Don't worry. Well, if you're still worried, let Mr. Qian set up a flaming formation to suppress the area around here to ensure that the earth monsters don't dare to come out..."
Seeing that Luo Ying, Wenyuan and others still looked in disbelief, Tang Ping added:
"I guarantee it!"
