FVN Chapter 174: The Truth: Using Someone Else to Kill
Chapter 174: The Truth: Using Someone Else to Kill
boom!
With a thrust of the wind spear, the array's light barrier caved in three feet deep, looking as if it might be pierced at any moment.
This made Li Jun, who was in charge of the formation, feel a chill.
"What's wrong with these monsters?"
"Instead of retreating, they're attacking with all their might, as if they're ready to fight me to the death?"
"Logically speaking, the intelligence of a second-tier great demon is no less than that of a human!"
He was filled with suspicion. Any human or beast with even a modicum of intelligence would not offend this force, which was backed by a third-tier immortal sect and whose ancestor was always ready to form a core, unless there was an irreconcilable conflict or a deep-seated blood feud between the two sides.
But Li had no conflict with these monsters!
"Go all out and mobilize the power of the formation to defend against the enemy!" Although he was suspicious, Li Jun still had to order the elders beside him to fully activate the power of the formation, concentrating most of the power in the west city. This caused the formation's light screen to shine brightly, and the sunken area immediately burst forth with a vast wave of magical power, which directly shattered the wind spear that was thrusting towards them.
Although they had defeated the wind spear, Li Jun and the four clan elders were also in bad shape.
"Elder, if things continue like this, we will definitely be unable to defend this city. What should we do?" said an elder with a snow-white beard. He was a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining who was over a hundred years old. He had been sent to Black Wind City to contribute his remaining energy to the family.
The other three are the same.
"Hold on a little longer," Li Jun said. "Only after the younger generation of the clan retreats can we make further plans."
As he spoke, Li Jun flicked his hand, and a sound transmission talisman flew out.
Seeing that the city was difficult to defend, he began to order his people to prepare for retreat.
The elders looked bitter, but they had no choice but to do their best to activate the great formation together.
Although they were at the ninth level of Qi Refining, they did not have any Foundation Establishment clan relatives to protect them, which is why they were assigned here.
For these clan elders who are about to pass away, being able to contribute to the clan before their death can also bring resources to their descendants.
In this way, it is more worthwhile than growing old silently.
……
At this moment, outside the West City Tower, in the mountains, demonic beasts kept rushing in, most of them being demonic pythons.
However, among the demons, a giant python exuding a chilling aura and with scales like white jade stood out.
This giant python is none other than Xiao Bing.
Following Yang Jiuli's instructions, it escaped from Black Wind City and infiltrated the beast horde.
It blinked its jewel-like eyes and approached a blue python.
"Hiss..." Xiao Bing spoke, uttering snake language towards the demonic python.
Ask the other party:
Why are the demons so excited to attack this human city?
Is there any treasure in that city?
The green python glanced at Xiao Bing, and after seeing that her scales were as white as jade and very beautiful, it slowed down to answer.
Sizzle:
The two little pythons kept communicating.
A short while later, when they were still a hundred feet away from Blackwind City, Xiao Bing had already figured out what was going on.
The little guy immediately turned a corner, slipped into the nearby bushes, and sneaked away.
……
A short while later, inside Yang Jiuli's cave in Black Wind City.
Xiaoice appeared.
The little guy gave Yang Jiuli a simple, honest smile, hissing his tongue as if he were trying to tell her something.
Yang Jiuli gently stroked Xiao Bing's head and then gave her a Beast Spirit Pill.
Xiao Bing smiled innocently, opened her mouth, caught it, and swallowed it.
Yang Jiuli lightly tapped Xiao Bing's forehead with his finger, and a contract pattern appeared. He released a wisp of divine sense and seeped into it.
Instantly, scenes of Xiao Bing escaping from Black Wind City and infiltrating the python horde unfolded before Yang Jiuli's consciousness like fragments of a memory.
Because of the fusion of bloodline patterns, Yang Jiuli was able to analyze the conversation between Xiao Bing and the demonic python.
A piece of information came to mind.
A short while later, Yang Jiuli's consciousness withdrew.
"So it turns out that the cubs of those two late-stage second-tier winged pythons were kidnapped by human cultivators and brought to Black Wind City!" Yang Jiuli suddenly realized. The two late-stage second-tier winged pythons were furious at the kidnapping of their cubs and launched a beast tide, sparing no expense to rescue them.
That's why, when Li Jun threatened that the Li family patriarch was about to form his core, the two winged pythons not only didn't retreat but became even angrier.
It's because the Foundation Establishment stage demons can't yet speak human language; otherwise, there might still be some room for easing the situation.
"This second-tier winged python is located in a snake valley deep in the Black Wind Mountains. There are many second-tier demonic beasts nearby, and countless first-tier late-stage demonic pythons. Ordinary Qi Refining cultivators simply cannot infiltrate this area and abduct the cub of this demonic python."
"Based on the remaining aura... the demonic python discovered it was the work of a human Foundation Establishment cultivator... Li Jun naturally wouldn't go to Snake Valley."
"Most of the cultivators in Blackwind City are also rogue cultivators at the late stage of Qi Refining..."
"In that case, it is most likely that a Foundation Establishment cultivator deliberately kidnapped this demonic python cub in order to frame it, provoke a conflict between the demonic python and Black Wind City, and kill someone with a borrowed knife." With the information brought by Xiao Bing, Yang Jiuli saw through the situation clearly.
He immediately deduced the likely cause of the incident.
Meanwhile, Yang Jiuli's mind raced, and he had already analyzed the solution to the problem.
The first solution: Find the kidnapped python cub and give it to the powerful demon outside. This way, the matter can be resolved.
However, this idea was rejected by Yang Jiuli as soon as it came to mind!
This action will lead to two problems:
The first question: What excuse will he use to find the great demon? Acting rashly will only expose his many trump cards.
Put yourself in the spotlight.
This is clearly of no benefit to Yang Jiuli.
The second problem: even if the baby python is found, it may not be enough to simply quell the matter.
Someone in Blackwind City will pay the price for this.
Who will pay the price?
Naturally, he was the first to find the baby python!
Therefore, the first option has a 70% chance of repelling the beast tide, but it carries a huge risk for the person who proposed it.
Therefore, Yang Jiuli denied it.
Furthermore, it is unknown whether the monster cub is still alive.
After the first plan was rejected, a second plan quickly came to Yang Jiuli's mind.
That was evacuation...
However, even if they evacuate, it is not that simple.
He needs to learn more about this matter.
For example: Did the Foundation Establishment cultivator who kidnapped the young demon python and deliberately caused a beast tide have other plans?
If there is...
A hasty retreat would only make us a target.
"I need to find that monstrous python cub first... I'm casting the Soul-Capturing Technique..."
"In that case, perhaps we can learn some more detailed information," Yang Jiuli murmured.
He looked at Xiaobing.
At this moment, Xiao Bing had already taken the Beast Spirit Pill.
"Tsk..." Upon hearing Yang Jiuli's whisper, Xiao Bing immediately looked up and spoke, her eyes blinking rapidly.
"You've found the baby python?"
Seeing Xiao Bing's slightly narrowed eyes and her simple, honest smile, Yang Jiuli's heart stirred, and he asked.
Xiao Bing nodded repeatedly, speaking in snake language. It turned out that Xiao Bing had already sensed the aura of the demonic python in the city when she returned.
"Alright, take me there quickly... If you really find that young python, I'll reward you with a great service!" Yang Jiuli said.
Xiao Bing nodded.
It immediately took Yang Jiuli and used the "Earth Escape Technique" to disappear from the spot.
Xiao Bing is very intelligent.
When Yang Jiuli sent it out of the city to gather information, it already knew its master's intentions.
Therefore, upon learning that a powerful demon's cub had been kidnapped, thus triggering a beast tide, it became wary.
As a fellow python-type demon beast, Xiao Bing was naturally most familiar with this bloodline aura.
Therefore, when it returned, it carefully sensed its surroundings.
It seems that because Xiao Bing's bloodline far exceeds the second tier and its perception ability far surpasses that of ordinary demon beasts, it had already locked onto its target long ago.
Soon, they arrived at a location in the south of the western part of the city.
In the basement of an abandoned tower.
After confirming that no one was above, Xiao Bing manifested with Yang Jiuli in a basement.
As soon as Yang Jiuli arrived in the basement, he sensed a demonic aura.
But in the center of the basement, there was a stone platform.
The stone platform was enveloped in a golden light.
On the stone platform, however, lay a sixteen-foot-long gray-scaled winged python coiled up.
Upon closer inspection of its head, there were traces of blood, seemingly from the injury caused by its impact with the golden light shield in front of it.
In addition, it also had scars on its abdomen and other areas, indicating that it had been injured long ago.
Yang Jiuli stared intently.
However, a talisman appeared on the golden light shield on the stone platform.
However, it was a second-tier "Golden Light Shield" talisman that trapped the demonic python.
However, at this moment, the talisman's radiance gradually dimmed, and the power of the 'golden light shield' was no longer at the second level.
"Could this demonic python have already perished?" Yang Jiuli glanced at the motionless demonic python on the stone platform and whispered.
Then, with a flick of his hand, a second-tier low-grade 'Wind Blade Talisman' appeared.
The talisman was activated and thrown forward, immediately transforming into a wind blade that slashed at the golden light shield in front of it.
boom!
The wind blades shattered the golden light shield.
A gust of wind swept by, and the golden light barrier completely disappeared, revealing the demonic python on the platform.
With a flick of his hand, Yang Jiuli unleashed a surge of azure magical power, which swept the demonic python on the platform into the air in front of him.
Upon closer inspection, faint golden patterns, like threads, bind the python's body.
There is also a trace of binding power, which has bound its magical power.
"His life force has been cut off!" Yang Jiuli sighed softly after releasing his divine sense to sense the situation.
really……
The worst-case scenario has occurred.
At this moment, he realized why the two second-tier demonic pythons were so angry.
Presumably, through the power of their bloodline, they sensed that the little python had perished, which is why they fought desperately to break through the Black Wind City's restrictions to avenge their loss.
"Poor little thing... You've been dragged into this mess because of human grudges... What an undeserved disaster."
"In order to uncover the truth, I, Yang, have offended you!" Yang Jiuli whispered.
With a flick of his hand, light patterns flashed between his brows, and a 'Previous Life Talisman Seed' flew towards the demon python's brow.
He then immediately activated the talisman.
The best way to uncover the truth is to use the talisman of past lives to observe the entire life of this demonic python.
In this way, the person who orchestrated this will also have nowhere to hide.
The past life talisman is activated.
The moment the talisman was activated in the previous life, the little demon python's name transformed into a piece of information and entered Yang Jiuli's mind.
The demonic python's name is Yifeng, a name that leans towards the human race.
Clearly, the two great demons had high hopes for it, wishing it could reach the pinnacle of the demonic path.
"In the name of stone, with talismans as the guide, I connect with the ancient past, illuminate the netherworld, and command all living beings throughout history, whether born from wombs or eggs, whoever receives this seed of talismans, that their spirits from past lives may heed my command. Winged winds, souls, return!"
Within his sea of consciousness, Yang Jiuli chanted softly.
The Three Lives Stone is interwoven with light patterns, from which a long river of time evolves.
In the middle of that long river, the figure of a small demon python emerged.
This is its spirit form.
His aura had reached the peak of the late stage of the first tier.
The serpent's spirit body had a shimmering light pattern on its forehead, a mark from its previous life.
Yang Jiuli's divine sense stirred and seeped into the talisman mark.
The next moment, Yang Jiuli seemed to have traveled through time and space, crossing the river of time, and arrived at the birthplace of the demonic python Yifeng.