When Li Yan entered the ball, except for the monks from the Wuliang Sect standing in front of him, he saw corpses everywhere. It was surprisingly quiet here, so quiet that they could hear each other's heartbeats.
The ball was filled with corpses of various shapes and expressions, and they had died in a very tragic way.
Some of them are hunched over, some have ulcers all over their bodies, some have twisted and purple faces, some have huge eyeballs bulging out of their sockets, or their tongues are stretched out so long that they hang down to their chests, which makes people feel cold when they look at them.
Some people hold a bloody heart in their bloodstained hands, with their chests already gaping with blood; some people hold a head, with red and white things on their sharp white teeth, but the head is already bloody and incomplete;
Some had strange bodies, twisted into a pretzel shape, and had used their hands to pull out many of the veins in their legs, leaving them all over the ground in blood and red.
And… and there were also male cultivators of the same sex hugging each other, their faces flushed, naked, lower bodies raised, faces filled with satisfaction, and they died in each other’s arms…
This was the method arranged by Gong Chenying. She had been planning it in her mind as early as when they just rushed into the magma black hole.
In previous clearances, the number of deaths on the road was relatively small, or even non-existent, and the majority of deaths occurred within the yellow spheres, which means that the casualties caused by clearance were much less.
When passing a level, as long as you are familiar with the attack methods of that level, you can basically pass it.
After consideration, Gong Chenying decided to reduce the time on the road, compress the time, and arrive at the intersection of Shili in advance. At that time, they can use the strongest means of the Wuliang Sect to ambush the enemy, that is - using poison, which is their strongest means.
But doing so would inevitably increase the probability of casualties on the road. After some thought, she decided to adopt this method. Compared with the final life-and-death fight in the ball, the probability of death would be relatively reduced.
She had simply whispered a few words to her disciples before, and without even waiting for their responses, she increased her speed several times. The Qi Condensation cultivators behind her dared not object and could only grit their teeth and keep up.
The uncle-in-chief mentioned above just wanted to inform them. Whether they agreed or not, the result would be the same. However, in this case, Gong Chenying would also have to bear tremendous pressure.
If her decision results in the death of too many cultivators, once everyone is lucky enough to escape, the Qi Condensation cultivators will definitely explain the situation to the elders of their main peak.
These Qi Condensation disciples are not simply dead. Some of them are the direct descendants of some Foundation Establishment or even Golden Core elders.
For example, Fatty Mei Bucai is the direct great-great-grandson of an elder in the late Jindan stage of Laojun Peak. It was with the help of this relationship that Fatty joined the Wuliang Sect.
I heard that when he first came, he kept crying and clamoring to go back to carry his bird cage and was unwilling to practice Taoism.
So, the Jindan elder locked him up in the Nine Flames Red Fire Cellar at the foot of Laojun Peak for a whole month. When Mei Bucai came out again, he was as thin as a stick and his skin was as red as blood, as Mei Bucai said later.
"That old guy is so vicious. He wants me to die. An egg placed in the Nine Flames Red Fire Cellar will be cooked in a few breaths."
He could only grit his teeth and force himself to practice martial arts to resist, but even so he was sweating profusely. The golden elixir didn't even give him water to drink, saying that he could get water himself when he learned the cloud and rain technique.
Mei Bucai was meditating desperately to resist the high temperature, while also practicing magic, but the temperature there was too high. Every time he managed to gather some dark clouds, they were immediately evaporated by the high temperature. He was so miserable that he could not even cry.
Mei Bucai originally didn't want to participate in the Wheel of Life and Death, but before the large sect's Qi Condensation Stage competition, the Jindan elder only said one sentence to him.
"If you fall to 50th place, you will stay in the Red Fire Cellar for three months!"
He was so scared that he advanced into the top 49 with his fat body shaking.
Even though the Jindan elder was so cruel to Mei Bucai, if it was Gong Chenying who made a wrong decision and caused Mei Bucai's death here, I think even if Wei Chongran was there, Gong Chenying would definitely be punished.
Gong Chenying certainly had her reasons for doing this. As long as both parties did not enter the yellow sphere at the same time, the distance would basically only remain at around 40 feet.
With such a large area, the density of poisoning is quite terrifying. Especially when various types of poisons are mixed and exploded, how many rounds can the creatures that enter it withstand
When they fought desperately all the way to the finish line, Gong Chenying took the lead in entering to detect and was greatly relieved when he confirmed that the other party had not arrived.
She then led the monks from Laojun Peak and Sixiang Peak into an ambush. Of course, she would not let go of Li Yan, who had a poisonous body.
After they entered, Gong Chenying and the monks from the Four Symbols Peak began to set up a concealment formation to cover up their aura.
The monks of Laojun Peak set about spreading poisons. Some placed colorless and odorless poisons; some used the formation of Sixiang Peak as a guide to place all kinds of strange and poisonous poisons within the formation;
Some people also use the dust on the ground inside the ball, or even light, to create a chain of poisons. As long as the enemy touches one spot, it will be like a burning oil barrel, releasing them continuously.
Li Yan walked casually, occasionally stopping at a certain place, or occasionally tapping the ball wall with his hands, but he did not take out any porcelain bottles, let alone release any magic. This made some people speechless, wondering whether this junior master had made any plans.
Fatty Mei Bucai sneakily took out some bottles and jars from his storage bag, with a lewd smile on his face, occasionally taking out a small amount of something from a porcelain bottle and carefully sprinkled it somewhere, or using magic to seal some liquid on the wall of the ball.
His behavior made those who knew him break out in cold sweats and quickly move away from him.
Two female cultivators also looked abnormally excited after seeing the powder poured out or the gas emitted by Mei Bucai. One of them went up and kicked Mei Bucai, who was sticking his butt out with a lewd smile on his face.
Mei Bucai almost rubbed his nose with the mouth of the porcelain bottle in his hand. He was shocked and turned around to glare at the junior sister.
"This is the result of several years of hard work by me, and you almost ruined my masterpiece for no reason!"
All of them were veterans in poisoning. Even Li Yan had nearly five years of experience. He acted very quickly. It took less than half an incense stick of time for the entire ball to be filled with death.
According to a monk who said afterwards, it was not enough for a 40-foot radius. Even if it was placed in a town, it would instantly turn the place into a dead city. It was just that it was quite comfortable to spread it at the time, so they didn't care about the severity of the attack.
The reason why the monks from Lingchong Peak and Buli Peak were not allowed to enter the ball to set up an ambush together was because these two peaks were mainly focused on driving away poisonous insects and beasts. In comparison, the traps set by Laojun Peak and Sixiang Peak were more concealed.
In addition, Gong Chenying was also unable to determine whether the rules would judge that both sides were present once another opponent entered the ball due to the presence of these poisonous insects and poisons.
This automatically expanded the space inside the ball, causing huge loopholes in their originally tight deployment.
At the same time, if the rules block the entrance to the sphere because both parties are judged to have entered, those who are waiting for the result outside the sphere will end up trapping themselves and being wiped out outside by the black shadow in the sky.
As for the possibility that the other party might find something wrong and run outside through the passage they came in through, this has of course been taken into consideration.
She led the monks from the Four Symbols Peak in. Another purpose was to set up a one-way formation along the edge of the sphere. This formation could only be entered. If one wanted to get out, one had to break it. While the opponent was breaking it, the hidden attack in the formation had already been activated.
But Gong Chenying couldn't judge when the other party would enter, she could only delay it as much as possible until the moment when the black shadow pressed down on her.
In order to prevent the other party from having just entered, Gong Chenying set up a simple defensive formation on the wall of his own passage, like an isolated fortress.
When the last black shadow comes, they will enter the sphere and fall into this formation, which will protect themselves and isolate themselves from the opponent's attack.
However, Gong Chenying had no idea whether this formation would work in the end.
When the other party fights desperately, the potential they unleash is immeasurable. Maybe when they enter, the formation has already been broken, and they will face an overwhelming counterattack in their dying moments.
But the final result made everyone in the Wuliang Sect feel relieved. The defensive formation was still there, and the opponents seemed to have all died at this time. At least from their perspective as they were standing in the formation, there was no sign of life in the ball except for them.
When Li Yan entered, he did not see the excited expressions of the crowd. Although they saw corpses all over the ground, there was a brief silence in the ball, a terrible silence.
There were as many as fifty corpses lying on the ground in front of them. What made Li Yan and the others feel even more frightened was that the clothes on the other party represented the clothes of two sects, Shibuyuan and Taixuan Sect.
What is particularly frightening is that on the ground near the center of the ball, there are two people holding blue diamond crystals seven steps apart.
A man fell on his back, with only clothes soaked with black blood on his body, clinging to a skeleton. The clothes were almost completely corroded, but there were still some fragments left covering the skeleton.
After careful identification, it can be recognized that he seems to be a monk of Taixuan Sect. The horrible state of his head is disgusting, and large areas of skin on his face have rotted and fallen off.
On a skeleton with dozens of blood threads still stuck to it, there were still a few places with pieces of flesh that had not been completely corroded. A pair of eyes were shriveled, with black holes in the eye sockets. In one hand, only the white skeleton was left, holding a blue diamond crystal.
Seven steps away from this person, there was another person who was also holding a blue diamond crystal in one hand, crawling on the ground face down, with his head facing the wall of the ball, and his appearance could not be seen clearly.
He bent his fingers into a posture with one hand, as if he was casting a spell. His whole body was red, swollen, black and shiny, and his clothes were bulging. If it weren't for the fact that the sect uniform was a low-grade spiritual weapon, it would have burst long ago. Judging from his clothes, he was a member of the Ten-Step Courtyard!