Liu Jing Falls into a Trap

The Silver Wheels howled as they flew into the great formation, streaking straight for the Evil Cultivator Leader's head.

"Humph! Such brazen boasting. Watch This Seat defile your magic artifact!"

The Evil Cultivator Leader was both shocked and enraged. He immediately manipulated the bloodlight to surge back, sweeping up a great number of newly born vengeful souls within the formation before charging head-on at the Silver Wheels.

The moment the two met, a thin layer of white light spread over the Silver Wheels. Any bloodlight or vengeful soul that came into contact with it melted away in an instant like lingering snow beneath the blazing sun.

This was all within Liu Jing's expectations. His pair of Silver Wheels had been forged from Vast Sand, making them exceptionally effective against blood qi and ghost qi. They had never failed him when dealing with Evil Cultivators!

"Master, we are here to aid you!"

The Evil Cultivators stationed at the Array Eyes around the great formation began waving their Formation Flags. Blood qi fused with the black qi around their bodies, forming dark-red Fireballs in a single breath.

"Ridiculous!"

Facing the Fireballs shooting at him from every direction, Liu Jing laughed disdainfully and flipped his palm, producing a Silk Scarf.

The Silk Scarf expanded against the wind, covering a vast area before Liu Jing in the blink of an eye.

When the Fireballs reached the Silk Scarf, a flash of fluorescent light flickered across it, and every single Fireball was bounced back!

Regardless of how frantically the Evil Cultivator disciples scrambled, Liu Jing had already driven the Silver Wheels closer to the Evil Cultivator Leader.

"Blood Burning Great Method!"

The Evil Cultivator Leader had cultivated this secret art more deeply. Once activated, red Spirit Patterns lit up across his entire body, and its backlash was even more terrifying. In an instant, his once fairly well-proportioned body shriveled until nothing remained but skin stretched over bones.

Black qi surged wildly around him, his long hair lashed about in disarray, and the roar from his throat no longer carried the tone of a human being. He looked like a demon from the mortal world!

Solid black Ghost Claws appeared over the Evil Cultivator Leader's hands. Then he struck fiercely, seizing Liu Jing's pair of Silver Wheels.

"The gulf between Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cannot be crossed with a secret art. Die!"

Liu Jing increased his output of magic power. The white light on the Silver Wheels grew brighter, and their rotation speed doubled.

The Ghost Claws covering the Evil Cultivator Leader's hands were rapidly worn away. Just as they were about to be cut apart, he burst into laughter.

"You hypocrites who call yourselves righteous cut off our path of cultivation, yet you still want to hunt us down and kill us. Today, This Seat will see how many you can save!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two streaks of bloodlight shot out from the Blood Sacrifice Great Formation, each sweeping toward one of the two remaining cages holding mortals.

"Not good!"

There was no time to send the Silver Wheels back to reinforce them. Liu Jing could only leap forward himself, using the Silk Scarf to deflect one streak of bloodlight while casting a defensive spell to withstand the other.

"Haha, formation, rise!"

Seeing that Liu Jing had been lured to the cages, the Evil Cultivator Leader was overjoyed. At his command, the six Evil Cultivator disciples immediately cast spells on the Formation Flags in their hands. In an instant, a black barrier rose up, trapping Liu Jing and the two cages within it.

"Humph! Do you think a mere Gathering Sha Formation can trap me?"

While controlling the Silver Wheels to fly back, Liu Jing chanted and cast spells within the Gathering Sha Formation, preparing to strike from both inside and out and break the formation in one blow.

"Master, the Gathering Sha Formation was not designed solely to trap enemies. Quickly withdraw the Blood Sacrifice Great Formation so we can leave this place at once!"

"A Gathering Sha Formation alone naturally cannot trap a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. But with your flesh, blood, and souls added to it, it will be enough! Yin and yang, reverse! Sacrifice all living beings with blood!"

The Evil Cultivator Leader's words terrified the Evil Cultivators at the Array Eyes out of their wits. They tried to flee, only to discover that the Array Eyes beneath their feet had erupted with a powerful suction force. Their magic power, blood essence, and even their souls were being rapidly drawn away.

The Gathering Sha Formation changed as well. Thick, foul-smelling blood plasma appeared across the black membrane, quickly spreading over the entire barrier.

Liu Jing felt a deep sense of foreboding. The Evil Cultivator Leader seemed to have planned this in advance. This was a trap.

I absolutely cannot be trapped in this formation!

"Break!"

With Liu Jing's full-force eruption, the Silver Wheels finally struck the Gathering Sha Formation before the blood plasma sealed shut. Combined with the Fire Snake Technique he had prepared, they blasted a huge opening in the black barrier.

However, just as Liu Jing was about to escape, a shuttle-shaped bloodlight shot toward him from the shadows!

Sensing the powerful aura of his ambusher, Liu Jing did not dare be careless. He shrank the Silk Scarf to the size of a Heart-Protecting Mirror and held it before his chest.

The shuttle-shaped bloodlight was truly formidable. It actually ignored the Silk Scarf's miraculous ability to deflect attacks, forcing Liu Jing back again and again.

Delayed in this way, the blood plasma completely enveloped the barrier. The hidden attacker recalled his magic artifact and appeared behind the Evil Cultivator Leader.

"Master, the great work is complete! Your disciple will now unseal the—ugh, Master... you..."

The Evil Cultivator Leader stared in stunned disbelief at the hollow cavity in his chest as his consciousness swiftly faded.

"Disciple, your Human Pill has taken thirty years for your master to refine. I had intended to use it when breaking through to Core Formation, but unfortunately, your master cannot wait until then!"

As the Evil Cultivator Leader fell, the true mastermind behind the entire affair finally revealed himself.

Old age was the strongest impression he gave. No matter how vicious his aura was, it could not conceal the fact that he was on the verge of dying from old age.

"Why have you stopped, Fellow Daoist of Yellow Maple Valley? You are not the kind of Cultivator who would willingly await death."

While the Evil Cultivator master and disciple slaughtered each other, Liu Jing had driven the Silver Wheels in an attempt to break the formation. Yet even when the Silver Wheels sliced through the blood plasma, it immediately restored itself. It was exceedingly troublesome!

"You are so desperate to cling to life. Are you not afraid of Yellow Maple Valley's pursuit and killing?"

Liu Jing tried to stall for time as he considered a way out.

"Do you think those two Qi Refining Stage youngsters can return alive? No matter how Great Divine Ability Yellow Maple Valley possesses, it cannot find a Rogue Cultivator of whom they know nothing."

"Two? So it is as I thought. Nephew-disciple Luo, whether you live or die will depend on whether you are cautious enough."

Liu Jing muttered softly and sat down cross-legged.

"No matter how much you think, it is useless. Obediently become the step beneath this old man's path to immortality! Sha, come!"

The earth shook. The Earth Fiend Turbid Qi that had been suppressed beneath Demon Spider Peak for many days erupted forth. Black qi surged back into the heavens, blotting out the sun and moon!

Half a shichen earlier, Luo Hong had yet to leave Xiang Mountain's territory. One reason was his own inadequate cultivation, while another was that the Green Leaf Magic Tool was utter garbage.

I have twenty thousand Spirit Stones on me, yet I'm still riding a "bicycle." Replace it! I'll replace it the moment I get back!

He could not afford to be stingy with something meant for escape.

As Luo Hong was thinking this, he suddenly heard Yu Ying's voice behind him.

"Junior Brother Luo, please wait!"

Luo Hong flew into a rage. Turning back, he saw Yu Ying being pursued by two Evil Cultivators wreathed in rolling black qi.

After sensing their auras, he found that both were formidable figures at the Qi Refining Late-stage.

Don't come over here!

Luo Hong had no desire to wait, but all three of them flew faster than he did. Rather than be caught up and forced into a hurried battle later, he might as well earn Yu Ying a favor.

Senior Brother Yu is bad luck. I need to keep away from him in the future.

"Senior Brother Yu, do not panic. Your junior brother is coming to help!"

"Junior Brother Luo, I knew I had not misjudged you. In the future, I will certainly speak well of you before Xiao Qing!"

Yu Ying was overjoyed. He was no ordinary Qi Refining disciple either. In a one-on-one fight, he would not fear an Evil Cultivator.

Brothers, send me a private message. The contract is about to be signed, so hurry and invest to grab some Qidian benefits.