As soon as Li Tian finished speaking, a "crunching" sound suddenly sounded in the empty courtyard, like the sound of stones being violently rubbed.
"Moving... moving!" Su Jingui pointed in the direction of the door and shouted loudly.
Everyone looked around and saw the two stone lions standing quietly at the door, with two clusters of red light shining in their empty gray eyes. Then, accompanied by the creepy sound of cracking and rubbing stones, the two stone lions that were only half a person tall suddenly expanded and grew in size as if they were blowing air, and their bodies more than doubled in an instant.
"These statues in the villa are all creations of the formation left by our ancestors to protect them." Li Tian looked ugly and explained quickly, "Once someone tampered with the formation and activated the highest level of clearing mode, they will attack all intruders indiscriminately, and more..."
Before Li Tian finished speaking, the two stone lions let out a dull roar and rushed toward the group of people like two hills.
Cang Mo reacted very quickly and grabbed Lin Qingyang's waist. He exerted force under his feet and led him to jump into the air, narrowly avoiding a head-on collision. The stone lion could not stop the car and rushed straight away with a rumble, collapsing a section of the courtyard wall.
Li Tian was already on guard. When the stone lion pounced, he quickly hid behind a huge Taihu stone nearby.
Although Jian Hong lost his spiritual power, he still had the foundation of long-term sword practice. He jerked his body to the side, barely avoiding the impact of another stone lion. After rolling on the ground twice, he stabbed the long sword into the ground and stabilized his body.
Su Jingui was not so lucky. His movements were slow and he couldn't dodge and was hit by the stone lion.
"Ahhhhh!" Su Jingui screamed, and his whole body was knocked out, drawing an arc in mid-air, and accidentally hit the stone lion's back.
The stone lion felt someone on its back, and its huge body jolted violently, trying to throw the person off. Su Jingui hugged the rough neck of the stone lion tightly, and screamed like a slaughtering pig, resounding throughout the villa.
The first stone lion that crashed through the courtyard wall had already turned its heavy body, its scarlet eyes locked on Cang Mo and Lin Qingyang again, and rushed back with a roar.
Cang Mo pulled Lin Qingyang to dodge quickly, and kicked down the heavy stone table next to him in the middle of the road. The stone lion was unable to dodge, and was staggered by the stone table. At the moment when its lower body was unstable, Cang Mo jumped up on the rockery next to it, and kicked the stone lion's head with his whip!
Even though it was a hard stone, under Cang Mo's terrifying power, a network of cracks appeared on the stone lion's head.
This completely angered the stone lion. It abandoned the others and chased Cang Mo crazily. Cang Mo deliberately slowed down and took it in circles in the yard. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the stone lion that was bumping against Su Jingui. He turned sharply and rushed straight towards that direction.
Just when the two stone lions were about to collide, Cang Mo suddenly stopped and leaned back, sliding out against the ground.
"Boom--!!"
The two running hills collided with each other, making a deafening noise. The violent impact caused large and deep cracks to instantly explode on the two stone lions. The gravel flew everywhere like hail, and the two giant beasts fell to the ground together, unable to get up for a while.
Su Jingui, who had been on the lion's back, was thrown away by the huge inertia at the moment of collision.
Jian Hong, who was not far away, had just stood up. Before he could take a breath, a huge black shadow came towards him. He quickly dodged to avoid it.
Lin Qingyang just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard a strange sound in the air again. He looked up and saw a dark cloud in the air not far away, flying towards them.
"What is that?" Lin Qingyang frowned.
"It's a bat! Run!" Li Tian, who was hiding behind the Taihu Stone, shouted loudly, "The bats carved on the stone walls of this villa have also been activated! I just wanted to say that once the clear mode is turned on, all the carved birds and animals in the entire villa will come alive to attack the intruders!"
As if to confirm his words, the originally exquisite and elegant stone walls around everyone began to move. The lifelike cranes, tigers, and even the stone turtles by the pond were all struggling violently. Stone chips fell, trying to break free from the stone walls. The scene was strange and spectacular.
"What are you looking at? Run quickly!" Li Tian yelled and rushed out far away.
Cang Mo grabbed Lin Qingyang's hand and ran away. Jian Hong immediately followed him with his sword in hand. Su Jingui didn't care about the pain that felt like his bones were falling apart, and rolled and crawled behind him.
Behind them, the black swarm of stone bats was like a dark cloud, and on the ground, the various birds and beasts that had just broken free from the stone wall also gathered into a group, together with the two stone lions who had recovered their strength, rumbled after them, raising smoke and dust all over the sky.
"What's going on!" Su Jingui shouted, and was pecked on the buttocks by the crane chasing behind him, causing him to scream in pain.
"Where is the formation you mentioned!" Lin Qingyang shouted at Li Tian, who was running at the front.
"The martial arts training ground in the center of the villa is almost there!" Li Tian responded in a loud voice without looking back.
At this moment, the group of extremely fast stone bats in the sky had already caught up and started biting people.
Su Jingui held his head tightly with both hands, and was pecked by several bats on his shoulders and back. He screamed in pain, and Jian Hong next to him was waving his long sword and slashing desperately behind him.
Cang Mo protected Lin Qingyang in his arms and shot down the swooping bats with the short knife in his hand.
But there were too many bats, and they were so densely packed that they could not be killed. Lin Qingyang frowned, and his eyes fell on the two bottles of wine in Li Tian's hands. He rushed forward with a few steps and grabbed the wine bottles.
He pulled out the cork, poured the wine directly onto the short knife in Cang Mo's hand, and shouted, "Cang Mo!"
Cang Mo understood his intention in an instant, turned around and swung the short knife stained with strong alcohol, and struck at Jian Hong's long sword!
Jian Hong was startled and instinctively raised his sword to block with all his strength. The swords struck each other violently, causing sparks to rub off in an instant.
When the sparks came into contact with the evaporating liquor on the short knife, it instantly turned into a burning torch. Cang Mo flicked his wrist and threw the burning liquor on the knife towards the bat in the air.
Almost at the same time, Lin Qingyang threw the remaining wine in his hand into the bat group.
The flask shattered, the liquor splashed everywhere, and the moment it encountered sparks, a ball of fire exploded in mid-air. The bats fell one after another in the chaos and hit the chasing beasts below. The beasts suddenly fell into a chaotic stampede, and the pursuit speed suddenly slowed down.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, everyone followed Li Tian and rushed to the martial arts training ground in the center of the villa. They worked together to close the heavy door of the training ground, blocking out the roars and crashes of the beasts outside.
The martial arts training ground was empty and quiet, with various weapons placed on the long shelves on both sides. The surrounding walls were white and silent, without a trace of patterns or carvings. This also meant that there were no stone carvings that could be activated to protect the body.
Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. Su Jingui collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath. Jian Hong was also very tired and leaned on the ground with his long sword, but he still straightened his back and refused to sit on the ground like Su Jingui without any appearance.
Cang Mo protected Lin Qingyang by his side and scanned the surroundings vigilantly.
Everyone rested for a while, followed Li Tianchao as he walked deeper into the martial arts training ground, and bypassed a white stone screen. Li Tian's footsteps suddenly stopped.
I saw a figure standing quietly in the middle of the martial arts training ground, with his back to them, with a tall and slender figure, and a long sword in his hand.