Yuan Ming turned around and returned to the cave, closed his eyes, and sensed the situation of the two soul crows in the distance, with a look of surprise on his face.
In the castle where Bai Rong was, there were four figures, three men and one woman.
Yuan Ming vaguely remembered that these four people were all members of this mission, but they chose to leave the team when they were at the entrance of Ghost Crying Gorge. Unexpectedly, they appeared again now.
It seems that these four people are in the same group as Bai Rong, and they have other motives for participating in the mission of the White Night Alliance. The mark left by this woman may be to guide these people.
"Sang Yan, are you sure this is where it is?" a man in gray robes among the four asked.
"Elder Qi Gutu, this disciple followed the instructions in the fragment and traveled 20 miles west from the Snake King's Cave and found this place after a long search." Bai Rong said respectfully.
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"Sang Yan! This Bai Rong is Sang Yan!" Yuan Ming's body trembled slightly when he heard the conversation between the two.
The Third Cave Master once told him about Sang Yan, and the condition for helping him refine the Herring Sword was to get the spiritual material White Flame Fine Gold from Sang Yan in Bailuqiu. Unexpectedly, he met him here by chance.
"The Master of the Third Cave said that Sang Yan is a disciple of the Black Fire Sect, so this man in gray robe is also a member of the Black Fire Sect? Sang Yan calls him an elder, could it be that he is a foundation-building monk who is hiding his cultivation!" Yuan Ming became vigilant.
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Inside the castle.
"That's correct. However, this black restriction seems to be a Yin Locking Array, which can automatically absorb Yin Qi and maintain the operation of the array for a long time. The Yin Qi in this castle is rich and endless. It may not be easy to break this restriction.
." Elder Gu Tu said thoughtfully.
"Then what should we do? Is this our trip in vain? In order to resist the miasma of the Snake King Valley, we have spent a lot of spiritual stones." A girl in black next to Elder Gutu said angrily.
"Junior Sister Nora, don't worry. Elder Gutu has studied the magic circle's restrictions carefully, and he can rank among the top five in our sect. With a small formation, he will definitely be able to figure out a way to break it." Sang Yan said with a smile.
"Young master, who is your junior sister?" The girl in black frowned slightly and spat.
Sang Yan smiled and said nothing, seemingly not paying attention to the rudeness of the girl in black.
Behind Sang Yan stood a rough man with a black knife on his back, who looked like his bodyguard. With an angry look in his eyes, he took a step forward.
Standing next to the girl in black was a young man with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes. He also took two steps forward and protected the girl in black behind him.
"The big thing hasn't been done yet. If you are messing around, get out of here!" Elder Gu Tu shouted.
Sang Yan waved his hand, and the rugged man retreated, as did the sword-browed young man next to the girl in black.
"Elder Bone Figure, although the Yin Locking Restriction is troublesome, with your accomplishments in the magic circle restriction, you should have already thought of a way to break the restriction, right?" Sang Yan asked.
"I may not be able to break through the Yin Locking Formation that has been deployed in recent years, but the restrictions here seem to have been in place for many years. Although it is still in operation, the formation equipment has begun to decay, and there are signs of instability in many places.
There is no way to break it open, you just listen to my instructions..." Elder Gutu thought for a moment and said this.
Sang Yan and others were overjoyed when they heard the words, and hurriedly listened attentively. Then, following Elder Gutu's instructions, they each stood in several places outside the hall, holding the white jade talisman weapon given by Elder Gutu, and started casting spells.
Arrow-shaped white lights shot out from the jade talisman, containing dots of runes, hitting the black restriction.
The black restraint failed to swallow up the white light this time. It was trembling from the blow, and it was obvious that traces of black energy were continuously escaping.
"It seems that Elder Gu Tu is quite accomplished in formations. I wonder who is more powerful compared to the masked woman waving her hands in formation in Black Rock City?" Yuan Ming thought to himself upon seeing this.
There would be no results in the castle for a while, so he changed his mind and looked at the situation in the Snake King's Cave through the vision of another soul crow.
At this time, Bai Ye and others had entered the depths of the Snake King Cave after a fight.
Because there were two foundation-building monks, Bai Ye and Huan Shi, and everyone worked together and fought steadily, there was no casualty.
Instead of shrinking, the space here has become much larger. The surrounding miasma has become more and more intense. Although the members of the White Night Alliance and the casual cultivators have obstacle avoidance beads to protect their bodies, their faces are gradually showing signs of fatigue.
Yuan Ming's soul crow is not a physical living creature and is not affected by the miasma, so it can easily follow him from afar.
At this point, the number of Golden Flower Poison Pythons attacking from the surrounding areas had begun to decrease, and the resistance faced by the group was greatly reduced.
Instead of being relaxed, Bai Ye and Huan Shi's expressions became more solemn.
"We should be very close to the Snake King's lair. Don't be careless and cheer up!" Huanshi shouted.
Before his voice fell, a neighing sound suddenly came from the cave ahead. It was low and hoarse, but it had an aura that pierced the soul.
The bodies of those monks in the Qi Refining Stage were greatly shaken, and their faces became a little pale.
The soul crow hiding behind had scattered black light on its body and was trembling.
"This roar carries a sonic attack, which can actually harm the soul!" Yuan Ming hurriedly controlled the soul crow to retreat.
While thinking about it, a golden shadow flashed across the miasma in front of him, and a golden snake tail as thick as a bucket shot out, heading straight for everyone, and the hurricane it brought almost blew people away.
Huanshi's figure quickly flew out and blocked the crowd. There was a bronze shield in his hand, and the blue light burst out and collided with the golden snake's tail.
There was a loud noise, and Huan Shi and his shield were knocked back several steps, and the golden snake tail was also blocked back.
"It's the Golden Flower Snake King! Set up the formation!" Huanshi said urgently before he could stabilize his body.
Ten members of the White Night Alliance hurriedly formed a circle, and the white flag in their hands was inserted into the ground, almost halfway into the ground.
Bai Ye waved his sleeves, and pieces of array disks shot out and landed everywhere in the ring.
boom!
Ten large flags rose up with dazzling white light and connected with each other to form a circular white formation that enveloped the ten people.
When the five recruited casual cultivators saw the power of the Snake King, they were extremely frightened and subconsciously stepped back.
"The only way to retreat is to die. Hide in the magic circle! The Golden Flower Snake King is a second-level ferocious beast. You can't compete without relying on the magic circle!" Bai Ye shouted.
The closed white magic circle made a "clatter" sound and opened a passage to enter.
Five casual cultivators, six gods and no masters, hurriedly rushed to the gap in the magic circle after hearing this.
The thick miasma in front moved, and a huge python that was four to five feet long and covered with golden scales shot out from the poisonous miasma. The huge python head spurted out a piece of dark green venom, hitting the five casual cultivators.
Bai Ye turned over his hand and took out a purple token, channeling mana into it.
The token suddenly glowed with a large purple light, and a large purple flame also appeared in the white magic circle, burning fiercely.
Bai Ye shouted softly, and a purple fire snake about ten feet long shot out from the formation and hit the dark green venom.
The purple fire snake was extinguished with a "sneak", and the dark green venom was scattered, sputtering in all directions.
The sound of "chichi" sounded, and large and small holes were corroded on the ground and stone walls.
A ball of scattered venom accidentally hit the head of a fleeing cultivator.
The man's head instantly melted into a puddle of sticky mud, and he died without even letting out a scream.
When Yuan Ming saw this scene, he was secretly frightened. He was glad that he was not greedy and took the risk.
The poison of the Golden Flower Snake King is so terrifying. It is much stronger than the poison of the black toad. The monks in the Qi Refining Stage cannot resist it at all.
The remaining four casual cultivators' dead souls emerged, and they used all their strength to rush into the white magic circle like wind, and the gap in the magic circle was immediately closed.
"Quick!" Bai Ye's eyes relaxed and he urged the token in his hand.
The purple fire in the magic circle was strong, and a large ball of purple flame was shot out, making a crackling burning sound, and hit the golden python's head.
The golden python head seemed to be quite afraid of the purple flames and shrank its head to avoid the blow.
Huanshi next to him also had a purple token in his hand, and he waved it towards the purple flames.
The purple fire spread out in the sky and turned into a purple fire net several feet long, covering the huge python's head.
"Chichi" a burning sound sounded, and the golden python's head was burned with blackened blood marks. It screamed in pain and spat out a stream of green venom from its mouth.
The venom was extremely corrosive, and the purple fire net could not withstand it. A large hole was corroded and it collapsed and disintegrated.
The golden python shook its head, opened its bloody mouth, and let out another dragon-like roar towards Bai Ye and the others.
This time the roar was much more powerful than before, and the air in front of Shekou rippled.
Yuan Ming was startled and could not continue to watch. He immediately controlled the soul crow to turn around and fly away.
However, before escaping far, the soul crow was shocked by the residual power of the roaring sound waves, its body trembled violently, large amounts of black energy overflowed from its body, and its body almost became translucent. Fortunately, it did not collapse directly after all.
Yuan Ming felt a little confused, and the vision transmitted back by Soul Crow quickly became blurry.
He didn't think too much, and before the next wave appeared, he hurriedly controlled the soul crow to evacuate the Snake King Cave and reenter the sea of consciousness.
At the same time, another soul crow flew out from his forehead and returned to the Snake King Cave.
He still wanted to grasp the fighting situation in the Snake King Cave in time, even at the cost of some soul damage.
After doing all this, Yuan Ming suddenly thought of something and called the soul crow guarding outside the cave in.
He controlled the soul crow to possess Black Toad, took out the Earth Travel Talisman and the storage ring and gave them to Black Toad, and then activated the Earth Travel Talisman.
A layer of yellow light appeared on the black toad's body, and he got into the ground with a "pop" and escaped towards the Snake King Cave.
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The soul crow flew to the depths of the Snake King Cave again, carefully arrived at the place where it was lurking before, and looked forward.
Green mist appeared in the air in front of me at some point, mixing with the miasma here, making the field of vision narrower and everything around me looking a little hazy.
This green poisonous mist had a sour smell and was obviously highly poisonous. The ground and stone walls were corroded into pits, and the body of the fallen cultivator was completely melted, leaving only a pool of mucus.
In the green poisonous mist, I saw that the magic circle set up by the White Night Alliance had collapsed, all ten white flags were destroyed, and the fragments were scattered all over the ground.
The ten members of the White Night Alliance and the four casual cultivators who were hiding in the magic circle had all fallen to the ground and died at this moment. Their bodies were nearly half melted, and their skin turned into a strange green color.
Among the group of people who came in, only Bai Ye and Huan Shi were still alive, and they were controlling the magic weapons to fight with the Snake King.
However, their cheeks turned a light green, and they were obviously poisoned by snake venom, and their movements were much slower than before.
"Since the Bai Ye San Alliance went to great lengths to kill the Snake King, they must have made all preparations. How could they be defeated so miserably!" Yuan Ming was a little unbelievable. The movements of his soul crow were nothing at most.
After half a stick of incense, the situation suddenly took a turn for the worse.
But then, his eyes suddenly froze.
He suddenly discovered that there seemed to be something wrong with the snake king who was fighting with Bai Ye. It seemed that he was no longer the same snake as before.
This chapter has been completed!