Trials of the Abyss

Chapter 66: Strike first to gain the upper hand

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"Earth Flame Technique."

Pang Jian opened the booklet, glanced at the beginning, and found that this was a method of attack that was practiced by collecting earth fire.

The so-called underground fire refers to the flames erupting from volcanoes.

The "Earth Flame Art" requires collecting fire energy from volcanoes and refining it in the body's spiritual sea so that it can burst out powerful force in battle.

According to the attacking method recorded in "Earth Flame Art", after achieving some success in this method, blazing earth flames will emerge from the palms of your hands.

In the middle and late stages of "Earth Flame Art", it is necessary to refine the power in the boiling magma, and the power can be further enhanced.

Pang Jian thought about it carefully and found that there were no volcanoes near the Cenji Mountains. There was not even a suitable place for him to practice the "Earth Flame Art".

Suddenly, he took out a dark red stone from the storage bag.

With a thought in mind, he looked at the "Earth Flame Art" and turned the page, and found a note.

According to the annotations, when practicing the "Earth Flame Art", if there is no suitable place to practice, one can also use the Earth Flame Stone.

The Earth Fire Stone buried deep beneath the volcano contains not only spiritual power but also considerable geocentric fire power.

"This should be the Earth Flame Stone."

Pang Jian touched down again and felt a large amount of Earth Flame Stones at the bottom of the storage bag. If he really wanted to practice the "Earth Flame Art", it should be enough for him in the early stage.

Zhou Qingchen suddenly said, "This attacking spiritual art does not belong to the Lieyang Sect. The person from the Lieyang Sect should have used this Earth Flame Art as an auxiliary art to cooperate with the Lieyang Art to display its power."

He took a look at the three words "Earth Flame Art" on the booklet and knew that this thing had nothing to do with the Lieyang Sect. He immediately told Pang Jian that when the man attacked before, a scorching sun suddenly appeared in his palm, which was the authentic magic of the Lieyang Sect.

The "Earth Flame Art" and the Lieyang Sect's Art of Magic have similar auras, and they can be more powerful when combined, so that person would practice them together.

"This spell is pretty good, suitable for you to practice in the early stages."

Luo Hongyan seemed to have figured out the characteristics of the spell. She was about to say a few more words when she frowned quietly and said in a cold voice, "Let's find a stone building to go in first!"

After saying that, she pulled Pang Jian without saying anything and walked towards a three-story building.

Su Meng followed at a loss.

Han Duping and Zhou Qingchen looked at each other, their faces gradually darkened, and the two of them fell behind and entered the pavilion.

The stone building they entered seemed to be an inn in Bagua City in the past. The first floor was filled with heavy wooden tables and chairs, as if they were used for drinking tea and eating.

The second and third floors are guest rooms for guests who have eaten and drunk their fill.

The entire three-story inn has only one door and two windows.

As soon as Zhou Qingchen and Han Duping came in, Luo Hongyan shouted, "Close the door and the windows too."

The two men did as they were told, quickly closed the door, and then gently closed the two windows, leaving only a gap.

The interior of the inn quickly became dark.

Pang Jian took a look around and realized that the light in the entire inn came from outside the street. When all the doors and windows were closed, the inn, with no other light source, quickly fell into darkness.

Luo Hongyan sneered, her eyes full of murderous intent as she said, "Those seven people have bad intentions."

Su Meng was surprised: "Why? We have no grudges against them, why do they have bad intentions towards us?"

Luo Hongyan sneered: "Because they are too poor, extreme poverty breeds evil."

Su Meng shook her head to indicate that she didn't understand.

"Their life in the Galaxy Alliance must be very difficult. They are so old and don't have any valuable belongings. Whenever the monks from the upper realm go out to hone their skills, they always take all their belongings with them because they don't know if they can come back alive."

"Anyway, I didn't see any valuables on the seven of them."

Luo Hongyan was very disdainful and sneered: "Trash like them will definitely not be valued in the Galaxy Alliance. The master is not willing to prepare spiritual materials for them to cut bones and cleanse marrow."

She glanced at Han Duping as she spoke.

Han Duping's face was a little embarrassed. He and Zhou Qingchen first became friends in the hope that he could use Zhou Qingchen's status and power to prepare a spiritual material for him to break through the Marrow Cleansing Realm.

For someone like him who does not have a very good talent for cultivation and was not born into a good family, it is difficult for him to gather all the spiritual materials needed to sharpen the bones and cleanse the marrow.

"The spiritual materials for bone-cutting and marrow-cleansing are very expensive. Some people can't collect them even after decades, and are stuck in the Meridian Opening Realm for their entire lives." Zhou Qingchen suddenly interrupted. He also noticed that something was wrong with the seven people, and said, "If those guys want to break through the realm and enter a higher realm of cultivation, they have to find ways to find spiritual materials."

Han Duping nodded gently and said with emotion: "I just didn't expect that even though they knew that Ning girl was from the Galaxy Alliance, they still dared to kill her."

Luo Hongyan said coldly: "This is Bagua City. As long as we all die, no one will know."

Listening to their conversation, Pang Jian leaned towards the window gap and quietly looked at the wide street.

Zhou Qingchen was at another window. He and Han Duping were also looking at the wide street outside through the narrow gap.

Not long after, the gentle Jian Yaoyang was seen flying silently on the street and moving quickly forward.

There was an anxious look on his face, as if he suddenly remembered something and wanted to catch up with them to say a few words.

Because he was at the highest level, the others were much weaker than him, so they all lagged behind him.

However, the other six Xinghe League monks in the Tongmai Realm who were following him did not rush to chase him, but instead rushed into the stone buildings on both sides of the street and searched one by one.

Because they had been gone for a while, the group didn't know their movements and didn't know whether they were heading straight for the city center, so the fastest people chased forward first, while the rest searched the buildings on both sides one by one.

This ensures they are found.

"You can't avoid it."

Luo Hongyan had an indifferent expression. She wiped a table with a handkerchief, then slowly sat down. She looked at Zhou Qingchen with interest and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Zhou Qingchen hesitated and said, "They have an obvious motive to kill and rob, but they haven't really carried it out yet, and haven't fully revealed it. What I'm thinking is..."

Luo Hongyan stopped looking at him and simply interrupted him, looking at Pang Jian leisurely: "What about you?"

Pang Jian said in a deep voice: "Don't give them the chance to reveal their killing intentions, just hunt them down directly."

He has experience in this area.

Knowing that the other party is a ferocious beast, he will not wait for the beast to kill him first, but will definitely strike first.

Waiting for the other party to actually take action, or killing them directly without waiting for them to reveal their murderous intentions, the coping plans and difficulty are completely different.

"Just kill him..."

Zhou Qingchen touched his chin, hesitating a little.

"They just had the idea of killing someone, but they haven't taken any action yet. Maybe they will change their minds?" Su Meng said in a low voice.

Luo Hongyan said coldly: "Should we invite them over, chat with them for a while, and then wait for them to suddenly kill us?"

Su Meng didn't dare to say anything anymore.

Luo Hongyan's admiring gaze rested on Pang Jian's face for a moment, and she said slowly, "Let me remind you that the leader of the other party is also in the Marrow Cleansing Realm, and is over 30. He has been immersed in this realm for a long time."

"The other six are all at the Tongmai realm. If they suddenly attack us... do you think we can survive?" Luo Hongyan had a cold expression and a pair of sharp eyes full of danger as they roamed over the faces of Zhou Qingchen and the other two.

Zhou Qingchen gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's do it!"

Luo Hongyan nodded, twitched the corner of her mouth, looked at Pang Jian and said: "Okay, now you treat the seven of them as prey that you must hunt in the forest, and you will formulate a hunting plan."

Pang Jian was stunned.

Zhou Qingchen was dissatisfied and asked, "Why not me?"

Han Duping also said: "Pang Jian will come up with the plan? I think it should be me! Ning girl, I have experience in this area, it would be too much of a joke to leave it to Pang Jian..."

Before he could finish, Luo Hongyan said coldly: "I just want to ask one question. If you two were at the bottom of the pit on the island in the lake, facing Dong Tianze's sudden attack, could you have managed to remain unscathed while allowing Dong Tianze to escape with serious injuries?"

The two fell silent.

Pang Jian didn't say much. When facing a life-and-death crisis, he showed another side of him.

He walked straight to a table in the middle, motioned for everyone to gather together, and said, "Tell me the strengths and weaknesses of your spiritual weapons, and the fighting methods you are good at as soon as possible."

Except for Luo Hongyan, the other three talked at once and quickly explained the situation.

Zhou Qingchen's heart-protecting mirror has defensive power and can also emit a dazzling light that captivates people. His personal spiritual power is extremely powerful and he can attack and defend.

Han Duping said that he was good at rolling himself into a ball, was good at charging into battle, and liked chaotic situations the most.

Su Meng had no combat experience, so her characteristics were completely useless and were simply ignored by Pang Jian.

"so."

In the dim inn, Pang Jian pondered for a moment and then began to express his thoughts.

Everyone listened quietly, and the more they listened, the weirder their expressions became. Later, they even looked a little frightened, looking at him as if he were a monster.

"Senior Han, you have something like poisonous powder or poisonous mist, right? Please take it out. Young Master Zhou and I will use it when the chaos comes. It will also be able to paralyze them for a while." Pang Jian suddenly said.

Han Duping's old face turned red, and he said angrily: "What did you say? Pang boy, how could I have such a vicious and despicable thing?"

"Also, why don't you ask Ning girl, why don't you ask Zhou boy, why do you ask me?!"

Han Duping seemed a little exasperated.

Pang Jian said seriously: "I feel you have."

"Ahem, Lao Han, take it out."

Zhou Qingchen coughed lightly.

Han Duping gritted his teeth and took out a few packets of poison powder. He handed them to Zhou Qingchen first, then to Pang Jian, and said with a heavy face, "Pang boy, you are... the one who is really poisonous."

Zhou Qingchen couldn't help but sigh: "Dong Tianze was able to escape from the bottom of the well with serious injuries. He is really lucky. I admire him a little bit."

(End of this chapter)