Chapter 271 Murder in the Dark Night

Xiao Mian had been meditating in the quiet room, but for some reason, he couldn't concentrate on his practice today, as if something was going to happen.

Frowning, Xiao Mian came to the outside of the courtyard, and saw a white light flash by, and the Xiangxun Rat swiftly fell into Xiao Mian's arms.

Ever since Qingqiuzi fed the little guy a pill of Kailing Dan, the Xiangxun Rat was not as spiritual as the Fire Beast at the beginning, but it was much smarter than before.

But after the Xiangxun Rat entered his arms, Xiao Mian immediately noticed that something was wrong with the little guy, and the little guy trembled in his arms.

Although the Xiangxun Rat has always been timid, it shouldn't be so scared, right?

Something's wrong!

At this moment, the warning sound of the ghost head also came.

Although Xiao Mian seemed to be unaware of it, he was already highly alert in secret, preparing for any unexpected events at any time.

But in his heart, Xiao Mian was also very frightened: you know, his courtyard is equipped with a warning array. Even ordinary Jindan masters would have to spend a lot of effort to bypass the warning array and enter the courtyard without being noticed. Only Yuanying ancestors like the three of Shusheng can freely enter and exit Xiao Mian's courtyard without touching the courtyard array. Now, judging from the abnormal behavior of Xunxiangshu and Guitou, if there is really an enemy who sneaks into his side, could that person be a Yuanying ancestor?

Could it be that Yuanyan ancestors came to take his life personally?

If that was the case, Xiao Mian would not have to bother, and would just wait for the death!

But thinking about it again, it was not right!

Yuanyan ancestors had clearly set up the insidious thing like the Soul Devouring Powder in secret, so why did they come to kill Xiao Mian?

More importantly, when the scholar and others came, they had talked to Xiao Mian. The three of them had been taking turns to monitor the Yuanyan Patriarch. Even if the other party really wanted to kill them, they would definitely not ignore the anger of the three Yuanying Patriarchs.

Could it be some Jindan masters with special powers?

Yes!

After the battle with Lu Chengzhi that day, who of the spectators didn't know that although Xiao Mian had not yet formed a pill, he had the combat power of a Jindan master. Although this time could not last too long, Xiao Mian was in Bi Bo Tan after all. If Xiao Mian could not be killed in a short time, not to mention Dan Qiusheng, even Leng Ningyu would arrive at the scene soon.

In other words, if the other party really wanted to kill Xiao Mian, they would definitely send a Jindan master!

Only a Jindan master could escape the Yuanying Patriarch's spiritual monitoring; only a Jindan master could have the strength to kill Xiao Mian in an instant; and only a Jindan master with some secret techniques to break the ban could quietly enter the courtyard to commit crimes.

After figuring this out, Xiao Mian felt that all the hair on his body stood up instantly, his whole body was tense, and his attention was highly focused.

At this moment, a black shadow split from the corner of the courtyard wall and pounced towards Xiao Mian.

Xiao Mian, like a frightened bird, retreated violently, and at the same time, the Golden Tooth Sword in his hand had already flown out.

The Golden Tooth Sword shot into the black shadow, but it passed through the body as if nothing, but the black shadow still pounced towards Xiao Mian.

Xiao Mian was even more shocked, and at this moment a starlight projected down and shone on the black shadow. Xiao Mian looked closely and saw that the black shadow was clearly a slender figure wrapped in black armor. It looked similar to the Shadow Charm Talisman used by Lu Chengzhi at the beginning.

The Art of Shadow Transformation!

This is the highest skill of the Demon Shadow Sect - "The Great Art of Shadow Transformation", which can only be created after practicing to the great success realm!

Now, there is only one person in the Five Elements Sect who can use the "Shadow God and Demon Great Art", Yuan Yan Patriarch!

According to the records of "Shadow God and Demon Great Art", after a cultivator has cultivated "Shadow God and Demon Great Art" to a certain level, he can refine a shadow servant clone from his own figure.

The cultivation level of the shadow servant is one level lower than that of the cultivator himself. As Yuan Yan Patriarch is a Yuanying cultivator, her shadow servant cultivation level is equivalent to that of a Jindan cultivator, which is enough to kill Xiao Mian, who is in the foundation building stage.

Damn it!

Didn't those three old guys take turns to monitor that crazy woman?

No matter how much Xiao Mian complains, it is impossible for Yuan Yan Patriarch's shadow servant to collapse on its own.

What Xiao Mian can do now is to delay time as much as possible and wait for rescue.

The shadow servant will not let Xiao Mian have his way. It is one of the gods and demons that Yuan Yan Patriarch refined from his own figure after practicing "Shadow God and Demon Great Art", and it itself comes with some of Yuan Yan Patriarch's judgment ability.

Tonight, in order to ensure the killing of Xiao Mian, Yuan Yan, the ancestor, even separated a thought from his consciousness and attached it to the shadow servant.

As soon as Xiao Mian retreated, the shadow servant's speed increased dramatically, turning into a huge black shadow network, and covered Xiao Mian's head.

Although the black shadow network seems thin, it is definitely the power of a Jindan strongman. The power of each black longitude and latitude network line is no less than that of Lu Chengzhi's fake pill.

How could Xiao Mian dare to take it head-on?

He hurriedly retreated again, but the wall of the courtyard was behind him. In desperation, Xiao Mian could only stimulate the strength of his whole body and forcibly break through the restraint of the wall. Anyway, the enemy has already broken into the courtyard, what's the use of this wall?

At the same time, Xiao Mian also knew that the current priority was to create a huge movement to attract the attention of Leng Ningyu and Dan Qiusheng of Hou Tuping nearby.

With a grit of steel teeth, Xiao Mian took out the gilded war puppet that was severely damaged in the battle with Lu Chengzhi, and threw it into the black shadow network without even looking at it.

The black network itself has a certain ability to judge. When it saw the golden light of the gilded war puppet, it wanted to dodge, but because it was too big to wrap Xiao Mian in it before, it was unable to dodge completely.

However, the black shadow network was transformed by the shadow servant. Its essence was a trace of the residual shadow of the Yuanyan ancestor. It can transform between visible and invisible at any time. After a pause, the black shadow network passed over the gilded war puppet and tried to continue attacking Xiao Mian.

Xiao Mian seemed to have known the characteristics of the shadow servant for a long time. The black shadow network just passed over the gilded war puppet, and he immediately reacted and resolutely gave up the divine thought attached to the gilded war puppet. Under the control of this abandoned divine thought, the whole gilded war puppet flashed with golden light.

The black shadow network that just passed by obviously also felt the subsequent changes. In the flashing of golden light, the longitude and latitude black lines that constituted the black shadow network became sometimes rough and sometimes slender, as if dancing with the golden light.

Seeing this, Xiao Mian became more determined. He gritted his teeth and blew up the abandoned divine thought.

At this time, the unfortunate divine thought had already penetrated into the core area of ​​the gilded war puppet - the spiritual energy conversion center!

Although Xiao Mian did not know the manufacturing principle of the gilded war puppet, he knew that any puppet must be provided with kinetic energy by spiritual stones. There must be a spiritual energy conversion center in the puppet. If this place is damaged, the whole puppet will explode.

What Xiao Mian has to do now is to use divine thoughts to detonate the gilded war puppet!

Divine thoughts are like lightning, and their speed is no less than that of the shadow servant transformed by the afterimage.

Just when the black shadow network wanted to condense into the body of the shadow servant again to avoid the threat from behind, Xiao Mian had already exploded his divine thoughts, and used the fire of divine thoughts as a guide to completely detonate the fourth-level gilded war puppet obtained from the treasure of Yuan Yuan Zhenren!

In an instant, violent metallic energy erupted with the gilded war puppet as the center, and the golden light flashed, cutting a series of disintegrating vacuum zones in the night sky.

The black shadow network close to the gilded war puppet was like a small boat in a storm, pushed and shoved by the raging golden light and the accompanying explosion shock wave.

Xiao Mian retreated while paying close attention to the center of the explosion. Seeing that as the golden light raged, the black shadow continued to transform between the human-shaped shadow servant and the black shadow network, and several thin black lines had even begun to break, Xiao Mian breathed a sigh of relief.

But before Xiao Mian could breathe out, the explosion caused by the self-detonation of the gilded war puppet had gradually subsided, and the black shadow suddenly broke free from the shackles of the golden light.

The self-detonation of the gilded war puppet could only be a one-shot effort, and had no sustainability and durability. If the time could be longer, the damage to the shadow servant would definitely be greater, and it might even make the opponent lose the ability to kill Xiao Mian.

At this moment, Xiao Mian had no time to sigh, and could only fly towards the Bibo Cave where Leng Ningyu was.

After enduring this wave of sneak attacks by the gilded war puppet, the shadow servant was obviously angry and whistled, rushing towards Xiao Mian at a speed three times faster than before.

As for Xiao Mian, he flew out for only a moment, and saw an ice-blue sword light fighting with another green sword light above the Bibo Cave. He was shocked: the other party had even calculated Leng Ningyu, and obviously wanted to kill him!

Should he continue to escape to the Bibo Cave?

Before Xiao Mian made a decision, the whistling sound behind him was getting closer and closer, and Xiao Mian could even feel the coldness and chill coming from behind.

Damn it! What should I do?

The Five Spirit Wall that I just got?

Not to mention that I just got that thing and haven't completed the sacrifice yet, even if I have sacrificed it to my heart's content, Xiao Mian dare not use it to fight against the shadow servant.

Although the Five Spirit Wall was specially made for the Five Spirit Sons, it was only a top-level magic weapon after all. In the hands of the Nascent Soul Patriarch, it might be able to exert its power to threaten the Golden Core cultivators, but in the hands of Xiao Mian, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, taking out the Five Spirit Wall was just to let the Shadow Servant temporarily slow down, but it was absolutely impossible to solve the current crisis.

At this moment, a voice exploded in Xiao Mian's mind.