"The aura of the female cultivator suddenly disappeared, but there is still some aura left in this area. She must have used talismans or formations to hide."
The black-faced evil cultivator finished his analysis and made arrangements, "You and I will work together to check here one by one. Remember not to miss any place."
"You are too cautious for a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building."
The evil cultivator holding the banner chuckled, "Even if she really set up a formation, can she really trap us?"
After saying that, he waved the black flag in his hand, sending out several streams of black air towards the surroundings.
One of the black air suddenly disappeared after flying forward more than ten feet.
The evil cultivator holding the banner smiled smugly, "See, I just tried it casually and easily found out where she was hiding. If I really want to investigate as carefully as you said, I don't know how long it will take to find her."
The black-faced evil cultivator frowned slightly, not quite agreeing with what the other party said. It was obvious that he had easily found out where the female cultivator was hiding, so he didn't say much.
He walked forward, took out a bamboo tube, and poured out several black beetles from the tube.
The beetle flapped its wings and flew towards the location of the formation, quickly disappearing from their sight.
"It should be a killing formation."
After waiting for a while, the black-faced monk's expression became a little serious.
The greatest feature of the hidden beetle he raised was its ability to conceal spiritual energy, making it extremely difficult to be captured by spiritual sense.
All the beetles died after entering.
Only a killing array can accomplish such an indiscriminate attack.
The evil cultivator holding the banner originally looked down upon his companion's behavior, thinking that he was being too cautious.
But when he heard that this formation was a killing formation, he realized that his companions were right.
Being able to set up a killing formation in such a short time, even with the help of the formation plate, is enough to show the female cultivator's attainments in the art of formations.
With their cultivation level, they are not afraid of this killing formation.
But he had mistakenly entered the formation and missed the opportunity, allowing the female cultivator to slip away, and he would not be able to go back to report.
"You stay outside and don't let her escape. I will break the formation."
After the evil cultivator holding the banner finished speaking, he immediately activated the black banner in his hand and launched a strong attack towards the formation in front.
I saw black gas continuously coming out from the black sails, falling on the formation, making a "hissing" sound.
Xu Chunniang, who was inside the formation, never expected that the other party would be so cautious. They would rather spend effort to break the formation by force than take the initiative to enter it.
The formation is trapped and its defense is not strong. If it continues like this, I'm afraid it won't be long before the formation is breached. We must find a way to stop it.
Otherwise, the formation would be broken and she would have nowhere to hide.
Xu Chunniang's mind moved, and she drove the white mist in the formation to surge towards where the two were. At the same time, she took out new formation flags in her hand and continuously offered them in all directions.
Outside the formation, looking at the white fog coming towards him, the monk holding the banner subconsciously held his breath and stepped back.
The sun was shining brightly at this time, but white mist inexplicably emerged from the formation. It must have been caused by the female cultivator.
"Don't worry, this fog is not poisonous, but the white fog is covered by the female cultivator's consciousness, which can not only block our vision, but also suppress our consciousness. To have such an effect, I'm afraid that the female cultivator's consciousness is even stronger than ours."
The black-faced evil cultivator sensed the location of the hidden beetle in the fog and spoke slowly, "Doesn't your black banner absorb spiritual consciousness? Try using it to see if you can absorb this white fog."
Upon learning that the white mist was non-toxic, the evil cultivator holding the banner breathed a sigh of relief and muttered to himself.
Suddenly, the black flag in his hand moved without wind, absorbing all the surrounding white mist.
"efficient!"
The evil cultivator holding the banner laughed strangely, raised the black banner and waved it around continuously.
Wherever the black flag passed, the white fog quickly melted away as if it had met its nemesis.
The white mist was swallowed by the black flag, and part of Xu Chunniang's spiritual consciousness was mixed in and sucked into the black flag.
Her expression changed slightly. She didn't care about the loss of her spiritual consciousness and quickly withdrew the rest of her spiritual consciousness that was attached to the white mist.
Ever since she used the Heavenly Fire to refine her spirit, her powerful spiritual sense has been almost invincible. This is the first time she has been defeated.
The black banner in the opponent's hand was very strange. Not only could it emit extremely corrosive black gas, it also had the effect of absorbing spiritual consciousness. It almost surpassed the category of spiritual weapons and could barely be considered a magic weapon.
Xu Chunniang had a solemn expression. Not long ago, in the competition of the Five Sects Competition, she was in high spirits and achieved an impressive record of eight consecutive victories with Xiaojuzi, which made her look superior to all the cultivators of the same level.
But reality gave her a head-on blow. In front of two cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage, her many methods were suppressed.
Even her most powerful spiritual sense was restrained.
Fortunately, her spiritual consciousness was not lost in vain. With the time gained by the water mist barrier, Xu Chunniang set up a defensive formation outside the trap.
Since they have chosen to attack from the outside, let them try the power of this second-level defense formation.
Outside the formation, looking at the white mist receding like a tide, a look of pride flashed in the eyes of the evil cultivator holding the banner.
He waved the black flag again, sending out several streams of highly corrosive black air, heading towards the previous position.
However, when the black gas was halfway through its flight, it seemed to have encountered an obstacle and quickly dissipated while making a "hissing" sound in mid-air.
This time, the black gas did not leave many traces on the formation.
The black-faced evil cultivator was always paying attention to the movements around him. When he saw this scene, his eyes shrank slightly.
"In such a short time, she actually set up a new formation. With this strength, it is most likely a defensive formation."
The evil cultivator holding the banner snorted, "It's just a slightly harder turtle shell."
As he spoke, he continued to wave the black flag, and suddenly black gas emerged from afar and headed towards the newly formed defensive formation.
Feeling the formation being constantly corroded, a trace of solemnity flashed across Xu Chunniang's face.
We must take the initiative to attack, otherwise we will have no chance once the two formations are broken.
The black flag in the hand of the evil cultivator holding the flag is very powerful, and ordinary means may not be able to do anything to him. Only by attacking the black-faced evil cultivator first can there be a glimmer of hope.
Having made up her mind, Xu Chunniang no longer hesitated.
Various spiritual energy flowed in her hands, and soon, three spiritual energy bombs emerged from her fingertips.
At this speed, she soon condensed dozens of spiritual energy bombs.
But these are far from enough.
Spiritual energy bombs are a magic method that relies on numbers to win. The more there are, the greater the power.
A large enough number could produce a qualitative change and pose a threat to cultivators in the late stage of foundation building.
Xu Chunniang took a deep breath and continued to concentrate on condensing more spiritual energy bombs.
Half an hour later, there was a loud "boom" and the defensive formation finally couldn't bear the burden and broke apart.
The evil cultivator holding the banner breathed a sigh of relief as he had finally broken the turtle shell.
However, beneath the defensive formation, there is still a killing formation that has not been broken.
He turned his eyes slightly and looked at the black-faced evil cultivator, "I have already broken the trap that trapped me. Now it's your turn to break the killing formation, right?"
He can't be left alone to do such a tough job as breaking the formation.