The primary purpose of their trip was to kill Shangguan Tianque, so to deal with a late Nascent Soul cultivator, it would be most appropriate to use two people with the same late-stage cultivation level.
The remaining two people were handed over to the last masked red-robed monk, who was asked to lead the other three to kill them quickly. This was also a relatively easy task, and it was imperative to leave no one alive.
But in the eyes of the masked red-robed monk, he was extremely unwilling to do so. Depending on who killed Shangguan Tianque, the reward he would get when he returned would be different.
But in order to achieve his goal quickly, this was no longer the time to argue, so he listened to the other party's advice and brought the matter to a successful conclusion.
However, he believed that as long as the three mid-Nascent Soul cultivators could trap one person at will, he would quickly kill one first, and then go over and finish off the other.
At that time, I will come over immediately, and the three of us will work together to kill Shangguan Tianque, so my contribution will be even greater.
He was closer to the old man in gray, but he had never spoken to him, let alone communicated with him, so by coincidence, he and the other party both chose Li Yan at the same time.
In this way, the situation on the entire battlefield immediately became clear.
Dong Lin Tingyue on the other side saw all of this and couldn't help but feel overjoyed. Everything was just as she had imagined.
The other party sent two late-stage cultivators to deal with Shangguan Tianque, which did not surprise her. After all, Shangguan Tianque's cultivation level was there.
What surprised her was that the last late-stage great cultivator actually chose Li Yan. She didn't know whether the other party had seen through the illusions of several people and knew that the two of them were from the same sect, or whether she was just too lucky.
But at this moment, she no longer cared about Li Yan and Shangguan Tianque, as good opportunities were hard to come by.
Just as Dong Lin Tingyue was flying high into the sky, two figures quickly converged from the lower and upper sides, blocking the direction she was heading in in a cross direction.
There was a gleam in Dong Lin Tingyue's eyes, and suddenly her body became blurred. Then, the space around her suddenly distorted, and in an instant, two identical young figures separated.
As soon as the two figures appeared, their bodies turned in the air, suddenly separated, and quickly fled in two directions.
This sudden scene made the two figures rushing down from below stunned, and then they realized that the other party was performing some kind of illusion, and only one of them was the real one.
However, the moment their spiritual sense swept over, they found that the aura of the two young men was exactly the same, and there was no trace of illusion at all.
This made the two of them stunned. They could only exchange glances quickly, and then suddenly separated to the left and right, each chasing after a figure.
All of this was also seen by other people. Even the masked man in red robe who was rushing towards Li Yan paused for a moment.
In his spiritual sense, he could not see any difference in the aura of the two young men; the degree of virtuality and reality condensation was exactly the same.
"What a brilliant clone illusion!"
And just when he was stunned for a moment, the old man who was chasing Li Yan encountered an accident and failed to stop the other party. Li Yan turned around and dodged him.
The figure of the bald old man that Li Yan transformed into also disappeared in an instant after another shake.
"Damn it, they are all a bunch of idiots!"
The masked man in the red robe suddenly discovered that he was only distracted for a moment, and the two enemies he was about to surround suddenly broke out of the encirclement and ran away.
He suddenly became angry and cursed the three men in his heart for being as stupid as pigs. If these three people were his subordinates, he would have killed them with his own hands afterwards.
He didn't think about his own reasons at all. He was also contemptuous just now, thinking that they were just two middle-stage Nascent Soul cultivators. He only needed to turn around and go back, and everything would disappear.
This time, his plan to quickly kill the two small fry had failed.
In a rage, he stepped on the void and instantly merged into the nothingness of heaven and earth. The next moment, a red light appeared in the sky, and it had already passed the old man who was chasing Li Yan.
While flying, Li Yan carefully scanned the surroundings with his consciousness. In his heart, he also became interested in Dong Lin Tingyue's clone illusion.
"With my divine sense, I can only see a faint clue. It is extremely difficult to distinguish among the Nascent Soul cultivators of the same level. This technique is truly magical..."
Li Yan's thoughts raced in his mind, and he didn't pay much attention to the pursuit behind him. Instead, he looked at the two directions where the two figures of Dong Lin and Ting Yue were escaping, and his eyes showed an interested look.
His spiritual awareness had already reached the realm of a Divine Transformation cultivator, while the other party was only a cultivator in the middle Nascent Soul stage. Li Yan was unable to tell the truth from the false at the first moment.
He was startled for a moment, then he looked carefully again and found a little clue, but he still couldn't be too sure.
In this world, there are as many cunning people as locusts. Maybe the little clues he discovered were just smokescreen deliberately left by the other party to confuse others.
As he was not sure about the other party's true identity, Li Yan felt strange. If Dong Lin Tingyue could improve this magical power a little bit, wouldn't it mean that even a Jindan cultivator would not be able to tell the real thing from the fake
These thoughts only flashed through Li Yan's mind quickly, but this was not the time to think about them carefully. He quickly put his spiritual consciousness behind him, where a fierce battle was already taking place, and Shangguan Tianque's angry voice could be heard.
"Liu Huaigu, it's you..."
Then, Shangguan Tianque's voice was interrupted by an even stronger sound of magic explosion. It was obvious that the other party did not want his voice to be heard.
At this moment, once the two sides started fighting, Shangguan Tianque, especially who was surrounded by two late-stage great monks, had to exert all his strength in an instant.
If a great monk fights desperately, the two people on the opposite side must also deal with it with all their strength.
Under such circumstances, each of them could no longer retain their skills and supernatural powers. Suddenly, both sides' skills could no longer be concealed, and they could tell each other's identities in an instant.
"So it's really Liu Huaigu! Then who is the other person and the late-stage cultivator chasing after me?"
When Li Yan's spiritual sense swept over, he saw Shangguan Tianque shouting at the skinny young man, but the skinny young man had a sneer on his face and did not respond at all.
Li Yan's mind raced as he thought quickly.
However, as the two sides were chasing each other, the masked man in red robe had surpassed the old man in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul and quickly approached Li Yan. In a flash, the three of them had flown forward more than a thousand miles away.
This was the case when he hadn't really used his speed, otherwise, the two people behind him would never have been able to catch up with him. Li Yan sensed the breath getting closer and closer behind him, and bursts of cold sneers came from his heart.
But he still maintained his current speed because he didn't want others to see his moves up close. There was also a big battle going on over there at a distance, so naturally they wouldn't pay attention to him all the time.
Looking at the bald old man in front of him, although he was still trying his best to escape, the distance between him and him was rapidly shortening.
There was a sneer in the eyes of the masked man in the red robe. He thought that he was the last one to arrive but the old man was quite fast. It was a bit embarrassing for him that he could let the other party run so far.
"Let's just stop here!"
He shouted secretly in his heart, and the magic power in his dantian surged violently. Circles of ripples appeared in the void under his feet. Then, his figure disappeared from the spot in an instant.
Almost in the blink of an eye, a red figure appeared above Li Yan's head, his eyes behind the mask were full of ferocity and murderousness.
He caught up with the other party silently, and the masked man in red robe looked even colder. It was good enough that the other party could escape here under his nose.
His body was in the air, like a god dominating everything. He raised one hand and pressed it lightly downwards. A "Z"-shaped lightning bolt instantly shot out from his palm and reached Li Yan's head in a flash.
Just as the lightning was about to reach the other party's head, the masked man in red robe in mid-air suddenly felt a bone-chilling chill in his heart. He himself didn't know where the chill came from, and for a moment he was frightened and at a loss...
“Crack!”
With a loud bang, the bald old man below was struck by lightning. His body, which was still running wildly, was instantly split into two halves starting from the top of his head. The two halves of his body continued to dance forward like puppets...
The masked man in red robe, whose hand was still hanging in the air, also froze in his body, and there was boundless fear in his eyes.
Until this moment, he suddenly found that a little golden light had appeared around his body. It was so inconspicuous under the scorching sun, as if he was just dazzled by the dazzling sunlight.
Afterwards, the spiritual energy around him, which was so lively and seemed to be everywhere just now, seemed to have disappeared, causing the protective light shield on his body to no longer be able to draw on the power of the outside world.
There are usually two ways to condense a cultivator's protective light shield. It can be condensed from the pure magic power in the body; or it can be condensed with the help of external spiritual energy after the cultivator casts a spell. In that case, only a little magic power used to cast the spell will be consumed.
Usually in more than 90% of cases, the second method is used, otherwise who would be willing to continuously consume their own mana.
No matter how strong their magic power is, it cannot withstand such consumption, and they will be in danger of weakness. Especially when fighting, their magic power is precious as if it were their life.
As long as the cultivators can borrow certain laws, they will consume a small amount of mana to activate the spells and mobilize the power of heaven and earth to kill the enemy. They rarely use pure mana.
This is also the reason why a cultivator’s cultivation level greatly increases after reaching the Nascent Soul stage. Otherwise, no matter how great the magic power in a cultivator’s body is, it is impossible for him to destroy a continent, as the magic power that his body can store is still limited.
As soon as the masked man in red robe felt that the surrounding spiritual energy seemed to be lost, his protective light shield suddenly stopped flowing without any preparation.
He finally understood the reason for his fear, but before he could use his magic power to remedy the situation, he was penetrated by the golden light that was almost assimilated by the sunlight and broke through in front of him.
Some of them penetrated into the body instantly, while others crisscrossed around the body, drawing out almost invisible thin golden threads.
"What's this… "
As soon as this thought came to his mind, he desperately gathered all his magic power and was about to retreat, but his retreating figure suddenly stopped.
My back hit against invisible bars, and I felt like I was trapped in a cage.
What frightened him even more was that the magic power surging in his body did not flow as easily as he had imagined. Instead, it was blocked while still flowing through his tendons and veins, as if it was sealed.
Then, the masked man in red robe saw the bald old man who was split into two disappeared, and another bald old man appeared in front of him. He had turned around suddenly, with boundless indifference and coldness in his eyes...
Hu Changqi is a casual cultivator who has been stuck in the middle Nascent Soul stage for more than six hundred years and has been unable to break through to the late stage.
This time in the market, he unexpectedly met Liu Huaigu from the "Qingyang Temple". The two had interacted several times before, and they had even teamed up with others to go to the "Tian Yao Grassland" at the same time. They still had some friendship with each other.
After Liu Huaigu chatted with him and reminisced about the past, he asked Hu Changqi if he could do him a favor and help kill his enemies. Of course, the reward would be no less.
After listening to this, Hu Changqi did not agree immediately. He had a good relationship with Liu Huaigu, but the reason he was able to survive until now was of course not only luck, but also due to his extreme caution.
He began to carefully ask Liu Huaigu some things. Liu Huaigu told him that the other party had two people, a late Nascent Soul cultivator and a middle Nascent Soul cultivator.
There will be four people on his side, in addition to Hu Changqi, there are two middle-Nascent Soul cultivators.
Liu Huaigu had to deal with the enemy's late Nascent Soul stage cultivator by himself first. After the three of them joined forces and quickly killed the middle Nascent Soul stage enemy, the four of them worked together to kill the cultivator.
In that case, Liu Huaigu said that he was 60% sure that he could kill the two opponents directly without leaving any traces.
A 60% chance of destroying the body instead of letting the other party get injured and escape is already a great guarantee for Hu Changqi, who is living on the edge of a knife.
They were all quick-witted. Seeing the other party's hesitation, Liu Huaigu quickly promised Hu Changqi a reward that he could not refuse. Liu Huaigu knew what the other party, a casual cultivator, needed...
After thinking it over, Hu Changqi finally agreed and said that if the actual situation in the ambush was not as expected and the strength was stronger than Liu Huaigu said, then he would turn around and leave immediately.
Liu Huaigu immediately assured solemnly that everything would be fine, otherwise, Hu Changqi would just leave on his own.
Just when he set out a few days ago, Liu Huaigu brought two masked men in red robes, and their strength was so terrifying that any one of them had the ability to kill him.
This made Hu Changqi and the other two quite dissatisfied privately. If they still had the same purpose and the other party only had two people, then why did Liu Huaigu call the three of them
Liu Huaigu immediately saw what the three people were thinking. He pulled them aside and explained the reason.
The two masked and red-robed men were acquaintances he met by chance. Considering the enemy's cunningness, he invited them together for extra insurance.
Liu Huaigu also repeatedly asked the three people to rest assured that the conditions promised before would not be reduced in any way.
After the three of them considered it again, they agreed again, but they made a new agreement with Liu Huaigu. If they found that the place they were going to was a dangerous place, the three of them would leave without hesitation.
Of course, there are also great dangers here. If Liu Huaigu and the other two late-stage great monks have bad intentions and have any bad thoughts towards the three of them, it would be extremely dangerous.
Fortunately, among these three people, only Hu Changqi is a casual cultivator, and the other two have backgrounds that are even greater than that of "Qingyang Temple".
In addition, they had cooperated with Liu Huaigu before and had some understanding of his character. They knew that the other party would not dare to make enemies with their sect easily.
Everyone knows that wealth and honor can only be achieved through risk. How can one get the generous conditions offered by Liu Huaigu without taking risks
So the three of them followed, but after secretly discussing, they formed a small team.
"Three enemies have appeared here. Liu Huaigu may have guessed that the number of enemies would change. Otherwise, how could he have asked two more people to come and help by such a coincidence..."
Hu Changqi, who was chasing Li Yan, thought to himself that he was being too suspicious and that Liu Huaigu's cautious approach was correct.
Otherwise, with four people against three, the final result would be hard to predict, and our side might even lose some people here.
"Not bad, just a run is enough, but the grey-shirted old man is quite fast, and I don't have the deep cultivation of the masked red-robed man. If he kills me first, the benefits I get will be much less..."
Hu Changqi's speed was not much slower than Li Yan's. At this time, his spiritual sense had already scanned the scene in front of him. The masked man in the red robe had already attacked the gray-shirted old man in mid-air.
He sighed in his heart and decided not to think about the various treasures on the bald old man.
While he was thinking, he suddenly found that the magic power in his body stagnated. Before he could understand what was happening, his whole body "floated" up in an instant.
"How is this going?"
Hu Changqi's face was filled with astonishment. As he was "floating", he saw a headless corpse below him, with a gorgeous rainbow still surging in its neck, still flying forward.
And that set of clothes and that running body are so familiar to me!
It seemed that they were exactly the same as what I was wearing. It was a picture of you flying in the sky and me chasing you on the ground...