Li Wei's Fury (2)
Since violence is not an option, we must find another way to save them.
"Hmph, you still remember I'm your master?" Guiguzi sneered, then ordered a giant three meters tall behind him, "Go, break this rebellious disciple's limbs. If she resists, kill her on the spot."
The giant, over three meters tall, resembled a prehistoric behemoth, its muscles bulging, making it quite terrifying. Although it had already cultivated into human form, its beast-like feet and the pair of bull horns on its head betrayed its true identity.
"The Bull Demon King respectfully obeys his master's decree," the giant man said in a muffled voice. He then took out a pair of broad-bladed hand axes from his back and pounced on Xue Lian'er.
Upon seeing the Bull Demon, who was twice her height, Xue Lian'er calmly said, "Bull Demon, although you entered the sect earlier than me, your cultivation is only at the 'Third Core' level. You shouldn't embarrass yourself by showing off."
Upon hearing this, the Bull Demon roared in fury, "Xue Lian'er, you have received your master's grace and reached the 'Five Core' realm in cultivation, yet you do not repay this kindness. Instead, you collude with outsiders to disrupt your master's grand plan. You deserve to die! The Bull Demon will chop you to pieces right now!"
With that, he suddenly jumped up and swung the axe in his hand down.
Xue Lian'er didn't answer, but just snorted coldly. With a flick of her jade finger, she unleashed her ultimate technique, the "Falling Goose Finger." With a muffled thud, the iron armor on the Bull Demon's chest was shattered by a burst of energy, and his massive body fell like a meteor.
"Fine... fine, you rebellious disciple! You all wait here until I personally capture him and refine him into Ghost-Fiend Yin Talisman. Let's see who dares to betray our sect again!" With that, Guiguzi suddenly jumped up, making hand seals. The Yin Talismans spread on the ground flew up and burst out with light, enveloping Xue Lian'er in the air.
Xue Lian'er's expression changed upon seeing this, realizing that Guiguzi was serious. Since she knew that the person Li Wei was looking for was in Guiguzi's hands, the remaining task was to find a way to rescue the woman. However, Guiguzi was currently in a strong position, so a direct attack was not advisable. Therefore, Xue Lian'er did not release the signal flare given by Li Wei. After all, in Xue Lian'er's heart, Li Wei himself was more important than the kidnapped woman.
Thinking of this, Xue Lian'er feinted an attack and quickly retreated, covering several hundred meters in a short time. Then, she transformed into a streak of light and escaped into the void.
"Stop chasing!" Seeing his disciples unleash their magical weapons in pursuit, Guiguzi quickly stopped them. "In a few more days, I'll be able to summon the ancient demonic beast. Then, no one will be able to stop me. Let this rebellious disciple roam freely for a few more days. During this time, absolutely no problems can arise... Do you understand?"
Guiguzi's stern shout silenced all his disciples, who responded in unison.
"You few stay here for the next few days and don't let anyone disturb your master. As for this woman..." Guiguzi glanced at Zheng Yutong, who was held captive by the Ape Demon, and said savagely, "If she's still so stubborn and refuses to tell us the details of her accomplices, then there's no need to keep her alive. Kill her and be done with it. However, I prefer to extract her soul and refine it into a magic weapon. Now I'm handing her over to you. You can decide what to do with her."
The disciples were overjoyed and quickly agreed. Guiguzi nodded and then stepped into the hall to continue his plan to summon the ferocious beast.
As for Xue Lian'er, after flying a hundred miles, she encountered Li Wei. Fearing that Li Wei would rush to rescue her companions if he found out their whereabouts, Xue Lian'er lied for the first time against her will, claiming that she had not found anything.
She did this for Li Wei's sake, after all, at the 'Five Core' realm, he was no match for Guiguzi, and with Guiguzi's disciples also involved, if they really fought, he would definitely lose more often than he would win. Little did she know that this decision she made today would be a regret she would carry for the rest of her life.
Hearing Xue Lian'er's story, Li Wei was also anxious, but there was nothing he could do. He could only take Xue Lian'er back to Chishui Town to discuss a solution with An Hei.
In Chishui Town, terrifying incidents of townspeople transforming into demons have been occurring for the past few days, causing widespread panic among the villagers. In just two or three days, dozens of townspeople have died, some even losing their entire families. Strangely, however, the townspeople rarely find any bodies.
In the home of a villager whose family had been wiped out the day before, dozens of corpses lay scattered about. Some had transformed into the form of demonic beasts, while others were humanoid corpses. An Hei was examining them with the dissection instruments he carried with him.
The house was divided into two rooms, an inner room which was requisitioned by An Hei as an autopsy room, and an outer room which was used as a resting place by the group of reincarnators. In the evening, the reincarnators received three pieces of information from Fatty: first, Li Wei had returned safely; second, the plan to destroy the formation was not feasible because the formation was inside Guiguzi's body; and third, which was more troublesome, was that Zheng Yutong might have fallen into Guiguzi's hands.
When Li Wei and Xue Lian'er arrived, the group of reincarnators were discussing how to rescue Zheng Yutong.
When Li Wei told everyone that the search had yielded no results, everyone looked worried, especially Li Wei, who was preoccupied. Seeing this, Xue Lian'er almost revealed the location of Guiguzi, but she held back.
After introducing Xue Lian'er to everyone, Li Wei went to the inner room and immediately saw An Hei using a scalpel to cut open An Hei abdomen of a demonized town dweller.
His An Hei under his eyes indicated that he hadn't slept in a long time. Upon seeing Li Wei, he merely nodded and continued burying himself in his research.
"I just checked the townspeople who were infected by demonic energy and turned into demons, and I found some clues. Come and take a look." An Hei hands were covered in black blood as he beckoned to Li Wei.
Li Wei leaned closer to take a look, but frowned. To be honest, Li Wei couldn't actually see anything wrong. Seeing this, An Hei had no choice but to say directly, "Look, these are their internal organs. The mutations are most severe here, indicating that the demonic energy started spreading from here. So I speculate that what infected them with the demonic energy are those wells in the town."
"What does this mean?" Because of Zheng Yutong's disappearance, Li Wei was somewhat uneasy, so he didn't bother to think about it and asked directly.
An Hei chuckled, "At first, I speculated that Guiguzi had set up a large array around the town, but I was wrong. Just as you said, the Demon-Gathering Formation is on his body. That means the demonic energy gathered from the townspeople must have flowed into Guiguzi's body. So the question is, what is the source of the townspeople's infection with demonic energy? At first, I didn't understand, but now I roughly guess that Guiguzi had already contaminated the townspeople's drinking water. Perhaps it was some kind of witchcraft and medicine that caused demonic energy to grow in the townspeople's bodies. When the demonic energy reached a certain level, they would become demonic, and the large amount of demonic energy generated would then be gathered into Guiguzi's body through the Demon-Gathering Formation. Maybe he even wanted to awaken that ancient demonic beast from within himself."
Li Wei was taken aback. At that moment, he finally remembered a detail.
The day before yesterday, during his battle with Guiguzi, he used his Eye of Perception to examine the opponent's familiarity, and the opponent's name was 'Demonized State'.
Li Wei had initially been quite puzzled by this, but now, after hearing An Hei's analysis and explanation, he suddenly understood. Perhaps, as An Hei said, Guiguzi had indeed used his own body as a vessel to nurture the murderer. Once a large amount of demonic energy had gathered, the ancient ferocious beast would be summoned, and Guiguzi would certainly possess some kind of magic to control the beast and directly acquire its Great Strength.
Moreover, to awaken the ferocious beast, a large amount of demonic energy is needed, and if all the people in the town become demonized, it will naturally satisfy Guiguzi's requirements. At that time, when Yu Wentuo arrives, he will definitely not let go of the townspeople who have already become demonized. At that time, there will only be one path to take, which is to help Guiguzi defeat Yu Wentuo.
Is this the purpose of the mission?
Li Wei felt extremely uncomfortable. He and Guiguzi were now sworn enemies, and Guiguzi had even captured Zheng Yutong. According to his personality, there was absolutely no way he would help Guiguzi.
However, the discovery of the An Hei also gave Li Wei a plan, a way to find Guiguzi's hiding place.
Thinking of this, Li Wei hurriedly went outside, jumped onto the roof, held his breath, and then all the sounds around him gradually faded away. Then, Li Wei opened his eyes and suddenly entered the Sky Fox Awakening state.
Although Li Wei knew that this body belonged to Wei Bin, he also knew that after the Main God took over this body, he must have joined the organization of the dead Sky Fox, otherwise he would not have been able to possess the superpower of 'Sky Fox Awakening'.
After activating this supernatural ability, Li Wei's true energy was completely transformed into demonic energy. In an instant, the courtyard was filled with demonic energy, and small creatures such as rats and cockroaches, sensing danger, fled in panic.
Following Li Wei to the rooftop were Xue Lian'er and a group of reincarnators. Apart from Xue Lian'er, none of the others knew what Li Wei was going to do.
"Brother Wei, is he trying to use demonic energy to pinpoint the location of the Demon-Gathering Formation? This is troublesome. This will expose Master's location, but with Brother Wei's current cultivation level, he is no match for Master at all." As several thoughts flashed through Xue Lian'er's mind, she was anxious but did not know how to stop Li Wei.
At that moment, a smile appeared on Li Wei's lips.
As expected, just as An Hei had analyzed, the Demon-Gathering Formation could absorb all the demonic energy generated in Chishui Town. His own demonic energy was so dense that a small amount was also absorbed by the Demon-Gathering Formation. But it was precisely because of this that Li Wei was able to sense Guiguzi's location through the absorbed demonic energy.
"Northwest direction, about 700 li from here... Isn't that the area Lian'er searched before?" Li Wei muttered to himself, then deactivated his Sky Fox Awakening state.
"Could it be that Lian'er didn't notice, or is she lying to me?" Li Wei glanced back at Xue Lian'er, then shook his head, thinking it was unlikely, since Xue Lian'er had no motive for doing so.