The men in black retreated, and Chen Rongxing also led his men in pursuit. Except for those who were injured and incapable of fighting, all the others followed.
This look of trying to drive them all out was very different from the previous conservative defensive posture.
Could it be that these people didn't just rob, but also blew up the mine on purpose?
However, this senseless act of killing the goose to retrieve the eggs completely pissed off Chen Rongxing.
The light in the dense forest is extremely dark, and the monk's excellent eyesight can only see blurry outlines here.
Tong Yan followed them, but after a while all traces of the men in black disappeared, not even the disciples of his sect were seen.
She stopped and scanned the surrounding area with her consciousness, finding some traces of the formation left on the tree roots, and then summoned a small golden phantom butterfly that was usually useless to clear the way.
In order to block their steps when the men in black retreated, they dropped various illusion formations in the forest to blur their vision. Coupled with the advantage of the environment here, it is not necessarily impossible for them to ambush the people they pursue.
Xiao Jin flew above, his body glowing with light golden fluorescence, dispelling the surrounding darkness like a small sun, replacing it with the clear outline of the dense forest.
The environment after the barrier was broken was not much different from the one before it was broken, except that the arrangement of the trees had changed a lot. The most important thing was that she could feel the subtle sound in the wind and the light of spiritual power that suddenly passed by in the distance.
The person hiding in the dark did not expect that she could break through the illusion so quickly. He wanted to attack her while she was still unclear about the way, but was stunned for a moment, but soon continued to attack.
Although it is difficult to capture the opponent's position with her sight, her perception is extremely keen and she can detect all the movements in the air.
The spirit sword moved to the right very quickly, and the sword body collided with the incoming weapon. A strange movement was heard from above. She nimbly dodged to avoid the attack, and the long sword went straight into the face of the incoming person.
The sword came so fast that the attacker could not react in time. He was stabbed through the chest in an instant, and a short and painful groan escaped from his throat.
Tong Yan withdrew his long sword and faced the people surrounding him from all directions. In the flash of swords and shadows, he suddenly felt that there were a lot of people surrounding him tonight.
It is not advisable to be distracted during the fight. This idea came up for a moment and was quickly suppressed by her. The most important thing now is to deal with the people in front of her first.
These black-clothed human beings are elusive and very difficult to deal with, but she is much stronger than them, and it is only a matter of time before she kills them.
Seeing that Tong Yan was getting more and more aggressive, the men in black looked at each other and fled in two directions with a tacit understanding. There were only two of them left.
Tong Yan could only choose one to chase after her. After a while, when she caught up and was about to kill him, a shower of arrows suddenly shot out from in front of her. She reacted quickly and raised her defensive cover, and the sound of swishing through the air was heard endlessly.
An almost inaudible sound in the darkness was covered up by these noises. It was too late when Tong Yan was startled to realize that there was an attack with murderous intent approaching from behind.
She couldn't avoid them all, so she could only turn sideways as quickly as possible and let the hidden weapon hit her right shoulder. The sharp and small weapon instantly sank into her flesh. The pain and numbness immediately spread. The fingertips of her right hand trembled and she couldn't hold the sword.
Let go.
After there was no continuous spiritual power output, the defensive shield in front of him flickered on and off, as if it would be broken at any time.
Fortunately, the defensive shield barely held on and did not break until all the arrows disappeared.
He temporarily forced the poison into his right hand, picked up the sword with his left hand, and looked behind him warily.
It turned out that the man in black who had fled in the other direction turned back and used a hidden weapon to attack her while she was concentrating on dealing with the arrow rain.
A swordsman who cannot hold the sword is no different than a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. The two men in black have murderous intent in their eyes. They no longer carefully conceal their figures and attack with all their strength.
Tong Yan, who had no way to deal with them at the moment, could only retreat temporarily. She had never practiced the left-handed sword, and it would be very disadvantageous for her to face them head-on now.
Seeing the knife blade stabbing her face again and again, she gritted her teeth and tried to use the sword to deal with the damage remotely.
Sword cultivators usually carry swords for close combat, and she did the same before. It's not that fighting with a sword is impossible, but it's just that it's too difficult to operate, and few people are willing to do it.
The current situation is special. In order to save his life, Tong Yan can only force himself to try this method of combat.
It was a bit awkward at first, and her control often lost accuracy and power, but fortunately she had studied it curiously before and got used to it a few times, so it was not difficult to deal with these two men in black.
"Sister Yan!" He Zhan came for him. When he broke through the darkness, he saw the shadow of the sword flying in front of him, killing everyone in all directions, while Tong Yan stood there and stared at the battle situation.
At this time, the last man in black also had a strong bow and a weak crossbow. After He Zhan rushed out, he saw that he was hiding in this direction, and he killed him with one strike without thinking.
After the man in black died, the spirit sword flying in the air suddenly lost its strength and fell to the ground. Tong Yan, who was holding the sword, had already turned pale and was covered in sweat. The moment the sword fell, he knelt down without exerting any strength.
Fighting with a sword not only requires huge spiritual power, but also powerful spiritual consciousness. Tong Yan's first extreme consumption of spiritual consciousness will inevitably give him a headache like needles.
"A Zhan..." Everything in front of him gradually became blurry. Tong Yan was sure that he saw He Zhan coming, so he dared to relax and fainted.
She didn't wake up until the morning of the third day.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw He Zhan sitting on the edge of the bed. Seeing that she was awake, he immediately came closer.
"I finally woke up. Do you want to drink water or eat something first?"
"Drink water." Tong Yan didn't know how long he had slept, but his throat felt very dry.
After drinking the water brought by He Zhan, she was able to ask about other things.
"You have been sleeping for a day and a night. Elder Qu said that you overused your spiritual consciousness, and you were injured and deprived of strength before you fainted."
Elder Qu is the person with the highest position in the mine. The mine was bombed and a large amount of ore was lost, so he naturally had to show up to deal with it.
"How many spirit stones were lost?" Tong Yan asked.
"At least five million." He Zhan told her what happened yesterday.
The night before, some of the people from the God-killing Hall were fighting everywhere to attract attention, while the rest went to the mine at the rear, stole spiritual stones and semi-finished ores, and then blew up the mine.
When Chen Rongxing led his people there, he happened to encounter them wreaking havoc on the surrounding construction facilities. He immediately led his team to fight. Because there were not enough people, he could only delay time and wait for people from No. 1 and No. 2 to come to support.
Although the idea was good, the opponent was not stupid either. They fought and retreated, and suddenly disappeared halfway before the backup arrived.
The supporting people rushed to nothing, searched everywhere without believing in evil, and finally found a one-time large-scale teleportation array somewhere.
At this time, Chen Rongxing went to check the warehouse and found that all the warehouses had been emptied. Even the most secret storage points could not escape the disaster.
Chen Rongxing, who had suffered heavy losses, came angrily and chased him out with his people, first to vent his anger and secondly to recover the lost spiritual stones. Unfortunately, only a part of the people were killed in the end, and there was no trace of the millions of spiritual stones.
The man in black suddenly appeared in the rear, and then disappeared suddenly. Even all the warehouses were clearly visible. No one would believe it if there was no help from an insider.
After learning about this, Elder Qu was furious and ordered a thorough investigation of everyone in the mine, even the injured disciples, because no one could guarantee that the insider was deliberately injured and cleared of suspicion.
Tong Yan's injury was not very serious, but it was not something that ordinary people could treat. He Zhan was worried about her injury and asked Elder Qu to come and see her injury.
After roughly understanding the current situation, Tong Yan said nothing more. Anyway, she had to recover from her injuries and was not in a hurry to go back. She would just wait for Chen Rongxing and the others to finish their investigation.