Outpost Outside, the night was very dark.
Several Foundation Establishment monks were transferred from Fangshi, Zhudian and Ruins outskirts, and were quickly deployed along the branch where the accident occurred.
When Li Yuan arrived, Chen Yi was dividing people.
Seeing Li Yuan arriving, Chen Yi raised his head and said.
"Fellow Daoist Li, please excuse me on the outer edge of the north side."
"Yes."
Li Yuan responded, turned around and left.
Li Yuan When he rushed all the way to the designated location, the fluctuations of spiritual power deep in the branches ahead were becoming more and more chaotic.
Not long after, an extremely fierce aura suddenly exploded in the trapped area.
Li Yuan stood behind Stone Slope on the outer edge, raised his eyes and looked in. Although there was a distance, the spiritual consciousness could not detect the core position, but when the wave came over, people could still distinguish the levels at once.
Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
And it's not someone who just joined Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
When the opponent's spiritual power rushes out, it doesn't float and spread, but presses outward in a sheet.
The surrounding spiritual power nodes that had been restrained by Trapping Array were hit hard by this force and shook in several places. There was a muffled sound from deep in the stone wall, and gravel fell down along the cracks.
"That guy in there is crazy."
Not far away, another Yuanyang Foundation Establishment cursed in a low voice.
Li Yuan didn't answer, just stared at the depth of the branch.
The Foundation Establishment Late Stage Devil Cultivator in front was obviously the one who was trapped this time. The trap Array set by the Yuanyang Sect had already been closed, but the opponent did not cower in the formation and wait to die. Instead, he pushed against Array and rushed out together with the encirclement and killing.
A moment later, there was another roar inside.
A dark shadow of the Falun suddenly rushed up from the depths of the branch and slammed into the edge of Trapping Array. The outer edge of the Falun carried a layer of continuously rolling demonic energy. When it hit the restriction, it was not the explosion of ordinary spiritual powers, but like a heavy hammer hitting thick iron. It first shook the entire stone layer, and then exploded in circles of chaotic ripples.
Li Yuan The corners of his eyes moved slightly.
This person is indeed strong, but he seems to be a little worse than me. With the blessing of each Affix, the power of his spells is far greater than that of his opponent, but he has fewer means.
The opponent did not choose to rush in randomly, but targeted several nodes of Trapping Array that had been forced to shine. Those places in front had already withstood a lot of impact, and when Foundation Establishment Late Stage hit it with all its strength, an obvious crack was immediately torn out on the edge of Trapping Array.
At this moment, the situation inside was completely chaotic.
Yuanyang Sect Several Foundation Establishment who were originally Splitting gathered together began to press on the crack, and the other two trapped Devil Cultivator also took the opportunity to move. One of them rushed to the left, trying to use the chaos to tear the crack wider. The other was even more ruthless, and actually slapped a palm-sized black magic weapon directly on the chest, and the spiritual energy in his body was poured into it crazily.
The next moment, dense Blood Pattern appeared on the surface of the magic weapon.
"Back!"
Someone inside shouted loudly.
But it's too late.
The Devil Cultivator jumped forward suddenly, and the entire magic weapon exploded in front of him.
What exploded was not pure spiritual power, but a mass of black and red turbulence with bloody smell, rushing out along the cracks and gaps in the stone wall. Several Yuanyang Sect monks nearby were forcefully forced back, and the sealing line that was about to be re-closed was disrupted again.
Devil Cultivator, who self-destructed the magic weapon, used this explosion to rush into the smoke and gravel, and his whereabouts could not be clearly seen for a while.
The perimeter seals were all tightened at once.
Li Yuan did not move, still guarding the outer edge of the north side of his section.
At this moment, Li Yuan's nose suddenly seemed to be swept by a faint cold smell.
Tracking Affix was taken up almost at the same time.
In the chaotic spiritual power, demonic energy, and exploded rubble and smoke ahead, many residual auras that were originally indistinguishable were suddenly pulled out of different levels.
Which ones were left by the Yuanyang Sect monk who just rushed over, which ones were the old marks that Foundation Establishment Late Stage Devil Cultivator broke when he rushed into the formation, and which ones were the bloody residual energy exploded by the self-destruction magic weapon, they were all separated.
And among these chaotic smells, there is a new one, which is quietly walking out from an inconspicuous crack on the north side.
Li Yuan's eyes darkened, and his figure had already swept away.
Li Yuan As soon as he rushed over, he saw a gray and black shadow flashing past in front of him. The shadow of the whole figure was smeared on the stone wall, rushing out against the cracks.
It's Foundation Establishment Early Stage.
And he's good at hiding.
The other party was obviously aware that someone was chasing after him, so he did not pause for a moment. Instead, he used the cover of a few raised rocks to bend forward again, trying to get directly into the outer forest from the other end of the crack.
At the end of the crack is a rocky field at the edge of the outer forest.
After the Devil Cultivator rushed out of the crack, he finally looked back. Li Yuan also caught up at this time and saw his appearance clearly. He was a man with a thin face, Dharmic Robe gray and black, half of his cuffs had been scratched by the turbulent flow in Trapping Array, and there was a bloody mouth on his exposed arm.
As soon as their eyes met, Devil Cultivator's eyes flashed with a ruthless look.
He knew he had been bitten.
The next moment, the opponent did not continue to run away, but raised his hand and flicked three black short needles straight towards the door of Li Yuan. The short needles were almost invisible in the night, and only revealed a cold reflection when they flew closer.
Li Yuan made a mistake with his foot, his shoulders sank to the side, and three short needles flew over almost grazing the side of his face and were nailed to the stone behind him. A stream of blue-black smoke immediately emitted from the stone surface, and in the blink of an eye, three small holes were etched out.
Toxic.
While Li Yuan was avoiding it, the golden light on the palm of his hand had already lit up, and a ray of Gold Blade Technique was directed towards it.
The Devil Cultivator raised his hand to create a layer of gray protective light, but was penetrated by Gold Blade Technique. A long incision was made on his waist by Gold Blade Technique, and blood immediately seeped out.
Devil Cultivator had a look of surprise on his face.
As soon as Devil Cultivator was injured, he immediately turned around and ran away. His movements were obviously more chaotic than before.
Li Yuan didn't hesitate, he raised his hand and sent a Fire Arrow Technique straight into the ground in front of him.
The moment Fire Arrow hit the ground, it exploded with a loud bang, and the grass roots, broken soil and a few thin rocks in front of it were lifted up. Devil Cultivator had just used its escape method, but before it was completely buried, it was forcefully forced out by the explosion, and the whole person rolled to the side in embarrassment.
Li Yuan followed by Fire Python Technique.
This time, the opponent had no room to completely dodge. Fire Python hit his back head first, and then the entire Hokage was twisted forward, flipping half of his body directly. The Devil Cultivator screamed, and the skin and flesh on his back Dharmic Robe were scorched, and his body rolled several feet before he barely stopped, his breath was extremely weak.
Li Yuan was already approaching, and Gold Blade Technique slit his throat.
Blood spurted out.
Devil Cultivator's eyes widened suddenly, and he scratched the ground with his fingers twice, then dropped it again.
It became quiet again in the outer forest.
Li Yuan did not immediately go forward to dig up the corpse, but first let go of his spiritual consciousness and scanned the surrounding area. After confirming that there was no second ambush breath nearby, he walked over and put away the opponent's storage bag and the Black Blade that had fallen to the ground.
This man's cultivation level is only Foundation Establishment Early Stage, but he carries quite a lot of things. In addition to common magic materials and a few small things for concealment, the storage bag also contains two old disks for detecting branch veins, a rough terrain sketch, and several black bone fragments for short-range communication.
Li Yuan After just one glance, he knew that this person was not just a random person who rushed in with the brigade, but someone who had specially done the peripheral exploration and escape preparations.
He put all his things away and turned around to go to Outpost.
By the time Li Yuan returned to Outpost with the body and storage bag, it was almost dawn.
The war on the branch has also ended.
The most difficult one, Foundation Establishment Late Stage Devil Cultivator, was finally captured. The opponent did mess up the situation for a while when he charged into the battle, but Yuanyang Sect's men came quickly this time, and the attack was ruthless, and he was still suppressed alive in the end.
The other person who detonated the magic weapon used the explosion to break up the seal, tearing a hole and escaping.
Outpost Outside, several monks were carrying the wounded and organizing things brought back from the battlefield. The air was full of a dull smell mixed with the smell of medicine, Blood Qi and burnt smell.
Chen Yi is the people I met in the main hall.
Almost all the people who participated in the siege and perimeter sealing arrived, the more seriously injured were sitting, and the rest stood on the sides. Li Yuan handed over the body and storage bag he brought back, and then stood in the crowd.
Chen Yi's face turned gloomy and he explained the result first.
"Deep in the branch, three people are caught in the net."
"One person was captured."
"One person detonated the magic weapon and escaped through chaos."
"The third person fled to the outside and was intercepted and killed."
Someone in the hall glanced at Li Yuan but said nothing.
Chen Yi continued without deliberately dragging the mood.
"The identity of the captured man has been confirmed. He is one of the core leaders of Dark Abyss Society, Foundation Establishment Late Stage."
As soon as he said this, the hall immediately became quieter.
Chen Yi added, "After he was captured, he had already opened up a few words. Demon Sect's detection of spiritual veins is more systematic than we previously estimated."
Having said this, he paused and glanced at everyone.
"According to this person, Golden Core Tier Devil Cultivator is suspected to be involved in the secret."
As soon as he said this, the expressions of several people in the hall changed.
No matter how chaotic the front line is, as long as the core on the opposite side is still at the Foundation Establishment level, there will always be room for maneuver. But if there is really Golden Core Tier Devil Cultivator watching from behind, then many things will have to be recalculated.
Chen Yi didn't give everyone much time to digest, and quickly returned to the post-war inventory.
A lot was seized this time.
The old disks for detecting branch veins, short-range Communication Bone Slip, magic weapon remnants, Formation Materials, magic materials, and some things that were obviously specially prepared for Deep Layer and the spiritual veins were all placed on the long table at the front one by one.
Li Yuan's eyes swept over several of them, and finally stopped on a dark cyan disk.
The disc is not big, with seven small grooves embedded in the edge, and layers of extremely fine carvings stacked in the middle. At first glance, it does not look like a battle of skills Law Artifact, but rather it looks like an artifact specially used to coordinate multiple sections of Array Pattern and transfer different nodes.
More importantly, as soon as it fell into the range of Li Yuan Three-Foot Perception, Panel jumped out first.
Because the things had been turned over to the sect at this moment and were not considered his property, only the most basic prompt popped up.
[Equipable item detected]
[Item Affix level: green]
[Note: Items that do not belong to you, cannot be equipped, and detailed information cannot be viewed]
Green Trait.
And it is obviously biased towards Array Dao use.
Li Yuan's gaze only stopped for a moment, and then he moved away.
The deacon in front who was responsible for counting quickly took this thing out alone and whispered a few words to Chen Yi.
After Chen Yi finished listening, he turned his head and glanced at several Array monks in the field, and finally his eyes fell on Li Yuan.
"This thing is for Array Dao."
"You take it first."
A deacon immediately brought the dark green disc over.
As soon as I bought the thing, its ownership changed, and Panel immediately popped up completely.
[Equipable item detected: Formation Mechanism Pivot Disk (complete)]
[Equipment Affix preview: Formation Link Sense (green)]
[Effect: The layout ability of multi-layer Array and Chain Formation is greatly improved]
[Preview of permanent conditions: Participate in cracking five different Second-Order and above Array or banned (0/5)]
[The current Equipment Slot is full (5/5), do you want to replace the current equipment?]
Li Yuan scanned Panel and put Formation Mechanism Pivot Disk away first without replacing it on the spot.
This thing is very useful, especially Ruins Deep Layer. I will definitely continue to remove the multi-layer restrictions and Chain Formation in the future. But at the moment, Equipment Slot is still full. How to replace it and when to replace it, I have to go back and see.
After the briefing, the crowd slowly dispersed.
Li Yuan When we returned to the stone house, it was already mostly dark.
He put Formation Mechanism Pivot Disk on the table, then took out several things that Foundation Establishment Early Stage Devil Cultivator brought back from the storage bag, and laid them out one by one.
The sound of people outside the window gradually began, and the city began to be noisy for another day. However, the stone house still had a little bit of air conditioning left after the chase at night. The dark green disk on the table also lay quietly in the morning light, with the fine carvings on the surface layered one above the other.