Chapter 254 Encirclement and Suppression
After Mo Hua finished drawing the formation, he did not alarm the sinners, and quietly retreated under the cover of the grass.
"I have drawn the formation, leaving only a gap. We will go through there tomorrow."
Mo Hua pointed out the gap in the formation to Zhang Lan.
Zhang Lan nodded, "Thank you for your hard work."
Lu Hui said, "Zhang Dianshi, I wonder if Master Kong Sheng is in the valley?"
Zhang Lan shook his head, "I have been watching for the whole afternoon, but I have never seen Master Kong."
Mo Hua had just used his spiritual sense to investigate, and there were only sinners inside, no other cultivators, let alone Kong Sheng, who was probably dead.
Lu Hui's expression gradually became solemn.
If Kong Sheng was really dead, how would he explain to the Kong family?
Zhang Lan no longer paid attention to him, but picked a few cultivators to take turns to be on guard, while the others rested with their clothes on, closed their eyes and rested their spirits, and waited for dawn to start.
The noise in the cave lasted for a while, then gradually died down, with occasional snoring and mumbling.
As the sky gradually brightened, these criminals were still lying here and there, and several criminals standing guard near the entrance of the valley were also dozing off.
This place was hidden, and they had been living here for so long without anyone discovering them, so it was inevitable that they would be slack.
Zhang Lan drew his knife, looked at the people behind him, and whispered: "Do it!"
Everyone entered the valley through the gap in the earth and fire formation, and when they saw the criminals, they covered their mouths and noses and cut their necks with knives.
After killing a few of them, they were suddenly discovered, and a criminal shouted: "Who is it? How dare you!"
So the noise started, and the melee began.
Mo Hua did not enter the valley. In this case, it didn't make much sense for him to participate in the battle, so he just watched from the outside for the time being.
After a while, a criminal was defeated and fled to the entrance of the valley in a panic, stepping on the earth and fire formation at the entrance of the valley.
With a flash of fire, these casual cultivators were blown away by the earth fire formation and fell to the ground, looking miserable.
Lu Hui, who saw this scene not far away, had his eyelids twitched.
The power of this earth fire formation was much stronger than he thought.
What level of formation master was that little cultivator?
At the same time, the battle in the valley gradually became stalemate.
These sin cultivators were not easy to deal with, and it was difficult to deal with them. Fortunately, they woke up from drunkenness and had a dizzy mind, so the overall situation was still favorable to Dao Tingsi.
Zhang Lan relied on his body skills to move freely among the sin cultivators. At the same time, he condensed sword energy in his hand and attacked several spiritual cultivators among the sin cultivators.
Suddenly, he turned his eyes and found the bald monk who was about to escape, and shouted:
"Bald monk! Don't let him run away!"
Mo Shan and Ji Qingbai went up together to fight with the bald monk, and Lu Hui also went up to meet him.
Zhang Lan also wanted to go to support, but he couldn't get away for the time being. He had to deal with several spiritual practitioners among the sinners first, otherwise his monks would be living targets for those spiritual practitioners.
The bald monk had profound cultivation, but he couldn't fight three alone, and gradually fell into a disadvantage.
Ji Qingbai saw the flaw of the bald monk and chopped him with a hidden wood sword technique, with surging light blue spiritual power on the sword.
The bald monk couldn't dodge in time and was about to be hit by the sword. Suddenly, Lu Hui next to him turned the sword and stabbed directly at the back of Ji Qingbai's neck.
"Be careful!" Mo Shan shouted.
Ji Qingbai wanted to put his sword back when he heard it, but it was too late.
Mo Shan, who was fighting with the bald monk, saw this and swung his sword diagonally, forcibly knocking Lu Hui's sword away, but his arm was also numb, his blood was churning, and his body stagnated, revealing a flaw.
Seeing this, the bald monk who was fighting with Mo Shan had a fierce look in his eyes. With a pale white wind blade wrapped around his knife, he chopped directly at Mo Shan.
The bald monk had a rare wind-type spiritual root, so his body movements were extremely fast and his knife was also extremely fast.
Mo Shan swung away Lu Hui's sword, but his breath was out of balance and he could not dodge the knife.
Ji Qingbai turned around, held the knife horizontally, and stood in front of Mo Shan, blocking the bald monk's knife for Mo Shan. He was shaken by his spiritual power and spit out blood.
The bald monk got a gap and ran away from the three people's attack like a gust of wind.
Lu Hui ignored the bald monk and wanted to use his sword on Ji Qingbai. Zhang Lan condensed a water sword technique and chopped directly in front of him.
"Lu Diansi, what do you want to do?" Zhang Lan said coldly.
Lu Hui looked calm, "Of course I want to kill the bald monk, but it's a pity that he escaped."
"Really?" Zhang Lan looked unfriendly.
"What else?" Lu Hui smiled grimly.
Zhang Lan snorted coldly, "Don't let me see you do something dirty again, or I will really kill you."
Lu Hui did not retreat, "Zhang Dianshi wants to slander me?"
Zhang Lan ignored him and chased after the bald monk.
Lu Hui's eyes flashed with a sinister look.
Among this group of people, the only one he was afraid of was Zhang Lan, but he was just afraid.
Although Zhang Lan's family status was higher than his, they were all Dianshi of Daotingsi, and they belonged to different Daotingsi, so he didn't have to care too much about Zhang Lan's attitude.
His original intention this time was to rescue Master Kong and sell him to the Kong family for a great favor.
But now it seems that Master Kong is really in danger.
In this case, if Ji Qingbai is killed, he can have an explanation when he returns to Qingxuan City.
Ji Qingbai and his son had a grudge with the Kong family, and then fled to Tongxian City. If they can still live safely, how can the Kong family intimidate other casual cultivators in Qingxuan City?
If other casual cultivators follow suit, it will be difficult for the Kong family to convince the public.
Lu Hui usually eats, drinks, plays and cultivates with spiritual stones given by the Kong family. The interests of the Kong family are his interests. Sooner or later, he will take action against Ji's father and son.
If Ji's father and son were in Qingxuan City, he would have a thousand ways to put them in jail, and it would be much easier to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.
Now that they are not going back and there are demon hunters protecting them, they can only be killed on the spot, as long as they are done in a covert way.
Ji Qingbai is just an ordinary casual cultivator.
He could "accidentally" kill Ji Qingbai, then go back and get punished, with a light punishment, and the matter would be over.
And he was the chief of the Daoting Division.
He didn't believe that anyone would dare to attack him openly. Whether it was Zhang Lan or these demon hunters, once they attacked him, they would be held accountable by the Daoting Division.
"It's a pity that I didn't succeed just now, but it's still early, there will always be a chance."
Killing Ji Qingbai can curry favor with the Kong family, and killing the bald monk can make a great contribution, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
The failure to assassinate Ji Qingbai just now will surely arouse his vigilance. There may not be a chance in the short term, so he can't let the bald monk run away now.
Lu Hui's eyes gleamed slightly, and then he also chased after the bald monk.
Ji Qingbai also wanted to chase him, but was stopped by Mo Shan, "Brother Ji, Lu Hui wants to kill you."
Ji Qingbai said angrily: "I will kill him first, otherwise I will drag you down."
"He is the director of the Daoting Division. If you kill him, the trouble will be even greater."
"But..."
Mo Shan said in a deep voice: "Deal with these sinners first, and then we can talk about it later."
Ji Qingbai hesitated for a moment, sighed, and nodded.
The sinners were drunk and drowsy, and were caught off guard, gradually falling into a disadvantage.
They fell one after another, and only the one-eyed monk struggled to hold on, but he couldn't hold on for long.
The one-eyed monk's body skills were not good, and he was lucky to escape last time. Now he is trapped in the valley, and it is basically impossible to fly.
And the bald monk relied on the wind escape technique, his body was as fast as the wind, and he had already escaped to the valley entrance, and naturally saw the earth fire array set up at the valley entrance.
The bald monk cursed, "Where the hell did this formation come from? It's blocking my way!"
But he didn't dare to charge hard. His thoughts turned quickly, and his eyes suddenly turned cold. He grabbed a sinner and threw him directly to the valley entrance.
The sinner was caught off guard and was thrown out by the bald monk. Then he was seriously injured by the earth fire formation and fell to the ground. His death was unknown.
The bald monk began to throw other sinners to detonate the earth fire formation.
These sinners were brothers when there was benefit, but now that there was no benefit, they naturally didn't talk about the slightest affection.
The earth fire formation under the ink painting canvas was driven by spirit stones.
These spirit stones were asked from Zhang Lan. Although a lot of them were used, they were limited after all. After a few explosions, the spirit stones were exhausted.
And ordinary mountain stones were not considered high-quality formation media. After the earth fire formation patterns painted on them were exploded several times, they would gradually be damaged.
So soon there was a gap in the earth fire formation.
At the same time, Zhang Lan and Lu Hui both chased to the valley entrance.
Seeing this, the bald monk looked anxious, and without hesitation, he used his body skills to escape from the valley.
Mo Hua hid in the bushes outside, raised his right hand slightly, and his spiritual power began to circulate rapidly.
As long as he cast the water prison technique, he could keep the bald monk.
But he thought about it, his eyes flashed, and he gently put his hand down, watching the bald monk escape from the earth fire array, leaving a residual shadow, and fleeing into the distance.