Chapter 243: The rules of the rivers and lakes, heads-up
"Okay, the heat source should come from underground."
By the river, Gu Qinghuan pressed his hands into the soil and said.
"It's amazing...can you detect such a subtle difference?" Wu Qingce, who was still in shock, asked.
Wu Qingce has carefully compared the soil in the two areas just now. From the color point of view, there is almost no difference, but if he pinches it carefully with his hands, he can feel that the soil here is indeed slightly drier.
Gu Qinghuan nodded: "Well, probably because of the Zhenyuan Tiangang Jue, my five senses are particularly sharp now."
"Then what should we do next? Dig up the soil and see what's underneath?" Wu Qingce asked, looking at the ground.
"It's better not to move around. Senior brother just asked us to observe any abnormalities." After thinking about it, Gu Qinghuan stood up and said, "I will send a letter to senior brother now and inform him of the situation."
"Well, you go ahead, we can just stay here and watch." Wu Qingce nodded.
But having said that, there is actually nothing to guard against. This kind of extremely hidden vision is impossible to be discovered by anyone.
After Gu Qinghuan left, Wu Qingce looked at the two junior brothers and said, "Let's find a place to hide first. Standing here would be too conspicuous."
"Yes." Luo Wenzhou and Qu Yangze responded at the same time.
However, just when Wu Qingce was looking for a suitable place to hide, he suddenly felt several powerful auras falling from the sky.
'what happened!?'
Wu Qingce's heart trembled, and he hurriedly covered his two junior brothers and hid in the shade of the trees. Then he heard a "boom" and a figure crashed into the creek, causing water to splash all over the sky.
But soon, the figure with the knife rushed out of the water and flew straight into the air.
"Go! Leave me alone!"
Hearing these loud words, Wu Qingce, who was hiding in the shade of a tree, raised his eyebrows and looked towards the figure.
‘Mu Jiuri!?’
Wu Qingce really didn't expect to meet him here. As Yin Jianghong's eldest son and the second place in the Yingjie Competition, Mu Jiuri's highlight moments in the past six months were no less than Wu Qingce's.
If the most outstanding disciple among the decent disciples is Wu Qingce, then the most representative disciple among the demon sect must be Mu Jiuri.
As the two most outstanding disciples of the two paths of good and evil, Wu Qingce and Mu Jiuri have not only secretly competed with each other, they have also cooperated many times, and they are dedicated to cracking down on the hard bones.
Over time, the two of them developed a friendship that was both rivals and friends.
"boom!"
A violent explosion woke Wu Qingce out of his shock. He looked towards the sky and saw Mu Jiuri using his signature secret skill Wan Chongying to push back several men in blue and at the same time blocking several men wearing demon sect sects.
In front of the disciples who obeyed.
"Walk!"
Mu Jiuri shouted loudly.
Although the demon sect disciples were not pretentious and turned around to run away, they found that their escape route had been completely blocked.
"Pang Gu, go and set up the Sanyang Formation to seal the entire canyon."
"Okay." A young man holding a long stick responded and flew into the distance.
When Pang Gu flew far away, the young man in blue shirt who had just given the order looked at Mu Jiuri and said with a ferocious smile: "No one of you can escape today."
Seeing that he and others were surrounded, Mu Jiuri held the Qihuang Sword in front of him and said: "Then let's see if you have this ability." At the same time, he whispered to the demon sect disciple behind him: "We will fight later.
When you get up, look for opportunities to escape. If you stay here, you will only become a burden to me."
Several demon sect disciples nodded together and responded in a low voice: "I understand, brother Jiuri, please be careful."
"Don't worry, you won't die."
After saying this, Mu Jiuri waved the Qihuang Knife towards the young man in blue shirt in front of him.
"Ten Thousand Shadows!"
Compared to the Heroes' Meeting, Mu Jiuri's thousands of shadows were even more powerful. Thousands of phantoms were attacking the blue-shirted young man layer by layer as if they were real.
"ha!"
The young man in blue shirt shouted loudly, and his clothes burst instantly, revealing his granite-like muscles.
"Xuanyin Palm!"
The young man in blue shirt struck out with a palm, and a blue bell on his wrist shook violently, emitting bursts of sound waves.
The strong sound waves instantly dispersed the phantoms attacking him, but the sound waves only dispersed part of the phantoms and were unable to continue. Thousands of subsequent phantoms still engulfed the blue-shirted young man in an instant.
But before Mu Jiuri could swing his second sword, he felt a strong murderous aura coming towards him.
At the critical moment, Mu Jiuri suddenly turned his body sideways, and then he saw a black stream of light shooting towards him, directly piercing his shoulder.
Judging from the position, if Mu Jiuri had not forcefully measured his body just now, the one that was pierced by an arrow might have been his heart.
"Tsk, it's a pity that you are worthy of being the number one rookie of the Demon Cult, and you have already reacted to this."
In the distance, a young man holding a long bow said with regret.
As soon as the Changgong youth finished speaking, two more people attacked Mu Jiuri, one from the left and the other from the right.
The person on the left is holding a sword, and the person on the right is holding a saber. One is attacking three routes, and the other is attacking three routes.
Mu Jiuri didn't have time to gather his strength and blast out thousands of shadows, so he could only go forward and fight one against two!
However, although Mu Jiuri is strong, the five people who came after him this time are all great mystic masters, and they are all ninth-level great mystic masters who are one step away from Xuanling!
These five people were originally the outside patrols of the Poisonous Moth Sect, and were specifically responsible for hunting down rebellious disciples or those who wanted to do harm to the sect.
Because their methods were extremely cruel, these five people were very famous throughout Tingshi County and were called the Five Butchers of Tingshi.
These five people eat from the same utensils and sleep in the same bed. In this way, they have developed an excellent tacit understanding over the years. Coupled with the strength of their own peak Grand Mystic Masters, as long as the five of them join forces, even Xuan Ling can do everything.
Fight for a fight.
As a leader among the new generation, Mu Jiuri, if he were to fight alone, even if his cultivation was only at the seventh level of Xuan Master, he would not be inferior to any of the Five Massacres.
But when these five massacres joined forces, Mu Jiuri knew that he had no chance of winning.
"Dang!"
After a metal collision, Mu Jiuri blocked the attack of the man holding the sword on his right, but was stabbed in the waist by another man's sword.
There was no time to cry out for pain, so he took out a scarlet dagger from the Qiankun Ring and stabbed it into his chest.
The people present obviously didn't understand this scene, and they didn't think Mu Jiuri looked like the kind of person who would kill himself.
The next second, a burst of red profound energy spurted out from Mu Jiuri's body. At the same time, the penetrating wounds on his shoulders and the sword on his waist began to recover at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Mu Jiuri, who had seen the strength of the five people, knew that he could no longer retain any of them, so he used the Xuan-level middle-grade magic weapon given to him by his father.
【Blood Dagger】
Once this dagger is inserted into his body, he will gain an immortal and powerful body for a period of time, but the price is that once the effect ends, his body will be on the verge of collapse.
As soon as the wound recovered, Mu Jiuri pushed the demon sect disciple who was also stunned and said: "Run!"
Several demon sect disciples no longer hesitated and used all their strength to disperse and escape.
The four butchers didn't chase him, because they knew that Pang Gu had already set up a formation, and it was impossible for those cats and dogs to escape.
"die!"
In the state of immortality, Mu Jiuri no longer held back his attacks. Every move was dealt with life for life. In one moment, the four butchers were beaten back continuously.
"This kid's magic weapon is really powerful." Zhou Zhiru took a stab from Mu Jiuri and retreated wildly.
As the leader of the Five Massacres, Zhou Zhiru was the first among the five to be promoted to the ninth-level Great Mystic Master, and was also the first to launch an attack on the Mysterious Spirit Realm.
However, he didn't expect that his rush would last ten years!
For ten years, he tried countless methods to break through to Xuanling, but all ended in failure.
This made Zhou Zhiru feel desperate. Although he was indeed not a unique genius, his cultivation speed was considered average among his peers. This sudden blow almost caused him to collapse.
People who lose hope are scary. When Zhou Zhiru realized that he had no hope of being promoted to Xuanling in this life, he became fond of killing those practitioners who were lower than him.
Until one day he met Mu Jiuri.
This person whose cultivation was obviously a whole level lower than his was able to suppress him with Kung Fu. This made Zhou Zhiru determined to strangle this damn genius in the cradle!
Seeing that Mu Jiuri was about to use ten thousand shadows again, Zhou Zhiru, who swallowed a spirit-reviving pill, roared, "Don't hide, the more you hide, the more holes you will find! He can't stay in this state forever! As long as he drags it on,
He must be the one who dies!"
At this time, Pang Gu, who had gone to set up the formation, also happened to come back, and Wu Tu formed a Yang Fury formation to confront Mu Jiuri head-on.
'Damn...he's so calm.'
Mu Jiuri originally thought that after the opponent realized that he could not kill him, he would find ways to delay and evade his attack, which would inevitably expose his flaws. At this time, Mu Jiuri's only possibility was to delay the attack before the effect of the Blood Glory Dagger ended.
A chance to kill these five people.
However, with Zhou Zhiru's words, his hope was completely shattered, and he could only fight with all his strength!
However, when a seventh-level mystic master faced five great mystic masters who cooperated tacitly, even if he was a genius among geniuses, the gap in his cultivation level still made it impossible for him to cause fatal injuries to any of the five.
On the contrary, his own left hand has been cut off and grown back three times. Except for his head, which he tried his best to protect, other parts have been injured nearly a hundred times.
'Is that the end...'
Although the effect of the Blood Glory Dagger has not ended yet, Mu Jiuri knew that if the stalemate continued like this, once the effect of the Blood Glory Dagger ended, he would be torn into pieces by the five people in front of him.
'I hope they can all run out...'
This was Mu Jiuri's last concern.
"Hold on, he's dying!"
Seeing Mu Jiuri's expression of despair, Zhou Zhiru shouted with a ferocious smile.
Although there were many wounds on his body at this moment that Mu Jiuri had cut with Ten Thousand Shadows, they were not fatal and did not hinder his joyful mood of killing a peerless genius soon.
Seeing Mu Jiuri getting weaker and weaker and Wu Tu's smile becoming more and more ferocious, they couldn't wait to cut this little brat into pieces that had caused them countless troubles.
Finally, Mu Jiuri's scarlet profound energy slowly disappeared, and his whole body fell to the ground like a kite with its string broken.
Seeing this scene, Wu Tu also fell down happily.
"It would be too easy to kill this kid directly." Zhou Zhiru said as he stepped on Mu Jiuri's head, "How about taking off his legs first?"
"You are the boss and you have the final say." Archer Jia Xiaobo said with a hearty smile.
"Okay, let's take off his legs first. Third brother, you can do it."
"Okay, that's what I like to do." After He Qing finished speaking, he didn't hesitate at all and slashed with his sword.
There was only a "click" sound, and Mu Jiuri's legs were broken.
"ah!"
The pale-faced Mu Jiuri let out a scream, causing Wu Tu to laugh.
Zhou Zhiru, who was laughing, was about to let Lao San cut off Mu Jiuri's hand again, when he suddenly saw Lao San's head flying up.
"Someone is attacking!"
Zhou Zhiru shouted while blasting out a palm, and the Yin Wind Chime on his wrist also erupted with a burst of sound waves.
The moment he heard Zhou Zhiru's call, Jia Xiaobo protected his vitals like an instinct. The next second, he felt a sword stabbing into his heart.
At the same time, there was an extremely strong thunder force that made him unable to move for a while.
Just when Zhou Zhiru was about to go to support Jia Xiaobo, Mu Jiuri, who was lying on the ground and was being eaten by mermaids, suddenly jumped up, and his two legs that had just been chopped off had returned to their original state.
Wan Chongying made a move, and in a hurry Zhou Zhiru could only barely adjust his posture to block it. However, the moment he blocked Wan Chongying, he couldn't help but shout in his heart.
'Oops!'
Because he discovered that this attack of Wan Duoying was not directed at him at all!
"ah!"
A scream, controlled by the electric current, Jia Xiaobo let out a scream, and three deep bone-deep knife wounds appeared on his back. If he hadn't protected his heart with all his strength the moment he reacted, he would have been dead at this moment.
The sneak attack and Mu Jiuri's resurrection almost happened at the same moment. After almost sacrificing two of his companions, the remaining Santu finally came to his senses and launched a counterattack.
Mu Jiuri and Wu Qingce also quit when they saw fit, and quit several films to distance themselves from Santu.
"You've kept me waiting for too long." Mu Jiuri looked at Wu Qingce and said.
"Who told you to hold on for so long? It would be better if you fell off earlier."
Mu Jiuri laughed after hearing this and said, "I owe you this time."
"You owe me originally."
When Wu Qingce learned that it was Tingshi Wutu who was chasing Mu Jiuri, he knew that he must not take action rashly.
These five people can be regarded as long-established experts and caused them a lot of trouble when cleaning up the rebellion. Wu Qingce knew that even if he went to help, he and Mu Jiuri would probably not be able to match the Wu Tu.
So until Mu Jiuri fell into despair, Wu Qingce used secret voice transmission to tell him the news that he was down there.
Hearing Wu Qingce's secret message, Mu Jiuri was instantly refreshed. As the only opponent he recognized among the younger generation, Wu Qingce's appearance was simply a ray of light in despair for him.
But he did not show his joy on the surface, but immediately used voice transmission to discuss the battle plan with Wu Qingce.
Both of them knew very well that even if they joined forces, it would be difficult to get an advantage from Tingshi Wutu, so they had to give them a killing blow when Wutu was most relaxed!
After deciding on the plan, Mu Jiuri immediately started his acting skills. He quietly paused the recovery effect of the Blood Glory Dagger, making his wounds unable to recover, giving Wu Tu the illusion that he was at the end of his strength.
After his legs were chopped off, he did not make any resistance, which made Wu Tu's alertness drop to the extreme.
So when Wu Tu laughed wildly, Wu Qingce, who believed that the time had come, took action.
With one move, Thunder Rush directly chopped off a head, but he did not expect that the reaction of these five people would be so fast. When he was about to chop off another head, the person had already reacted and protected his neck.
In desperation, Wu Qingce could only change the path of his sword and stabbed towards the man's heart.
Although the execution of the final plan was a bit flawed, it also resulted in the death of one of Tingshi Wutu and one serious injury, which is already quite good.
"call……"
Taking a deep breath, Mu Jiuri sent a message to Wu Qingce: "I can't hold on for too long, let's fight quickly."
"I'll deal with the two on the left."
"Okay, I'll deal with the one on the right."
After saying that, the two of them waved their weapons at the same time and rushed towards their targets.
"You two little kids are bullying me too much!"
Zhou Zhiru recognized Wu Qingce who came to help at a glance. After all, his iconic thunder spirit was so easy to recognize.
At the same time, this is also a peerless genius that makes Zhou Zhiru feel unhappy from the bottom of his heart.
Looking at the head of the third child lying on the side, Zhou Zhiru's heart felt extremely painful. The five brothers had been relying on each other for decades, but they never expected that they would fall into the hands of these two younger generations today.
"Protect the second child and kill that Wu Qingce first!"
Although Zhou Zhiru was furious at the moment, his reason was still there. He knew that Mu Jiuri could not be killed now, so getting rid of Wu Qingce first was the top priority.
The two remaining members of the Five Massacres did not immerse themselves in sorrow. They fed the seriously injured second child a healing pill, and the two of them rushed towards Wu Qingce in coordination with the boss Zhou Zhiru.
Wu Qingce did not have Mu Jiuri's immortal body. Facing the attacks of the three peak mystical masters, he could only choose to avoid their sharp edges.
However, as soon as he took a step back, the three of them launched their own special skills to attack him at the same time.
Wu Qingce, who had nowhere to hide, was about to confront him head-on when he saw Mu Jiuri coming to his side and taking all Santu's attacks.
Wu Qingce did not waste this precious opportunity and directly swung Wanjun towards the man holding the sword!
Kong Yingqi, who was holding the sword, saw that the sword was ordinary and was about to fight back when he heard Zhou Zhiru shouting sharply: "Get away!"
However, it was too late. Kong Yingqi found that he was completely unable to block Wu Qingce's seemingly ordinary sword, and a big hole was directly stabbed in his chest.
'How can it be!?'
Kong Yingqi's eyes widened, and he couldn't understand why this sword without any profound energy could be so powerful!
Seeing that Wu Qingce was about to strike again, Zhou Zhiru rushed over like crazy and used sound waves to knock Wu Qingce away.
"Fourth, are you okay!?" Zhou Zhiru looked at Kong Yingqi with concern and asked.
Votting out a mouthful of blood, Kong Yingqi nodded and said: "Fortunately, it's not a fatal injury."
"Be careful, this Wu Qingce should have the ability to hide the aura of his moves. Don't be fooled by superficial illusions."
"I underestimated the enemy..."
"Mu Jiuri! Take advantage of now!"
Wu Qingce knew that this move would only be so effective the first time. If they could take advantage of the situation and kill another one, the scale of victory would tip in their favor.
"good!"
Mu Jiuri agreed, and the Qihuang Sword emitted bursts of black light, with an astonishing momentum.
Wu Qingce also quietly took out three shadowless darts and threw them towards Zhou Zhiru and the others.
The silent shadowless dart was impossible to guard against. When Zhou Zhiru realized it, he felt a sharp pain in his neck.
And at the moment when he lost consciousness, Mu Jiuri had already arrived in front of him.
"not good!"
Feeling the overbearing black profound energy on Mu Jiuri's Qihuang Sword, Zhou Zhiru knew that he was going to die.
"Give me……"
Just when Mu Jiuri was about to say the word "death", he suddenly felt his whole body go weak and fell straight to the ground.
The effect time of Blood Glory Dagger.
arrive……
"Your uncle's!"
Wu Qingce couldn't help but say a curse word, such a good opportunity was wasted!
Mu Jiuri, who fell to the ground, also felt very ashamed, but he had no choice. The moment the effect of the Blood Glory Dagger ended, his body completely collapsed and he could not exert even a trace of strength.
'I'm sorry...I'll leave the rest to you.'
Mu Jiuri, who couldn't even transmit a message, could only shout in his heart.
Zhou Zhiru, who had escaped, took a few deep breaths, and then looked at Wu Qingce fiercely when his emotions calmed down.
"Huh huh huh, it seems God is not on your side." Zhou Zhiru said fiercely.
When Zhou Zhiru was talking, Jia Xiaobo, the archer who had just taken the spiritual elixir, had slowly recovered and stood with the other three butchers.
At the same time, Kong Yingqi, who had been stabbed in the chest by a sword, had finished healing himself, and looked at Wu Qingce with eyes full of anger and murderous intent.
In an instant, the situation was completely reversed. Wu Qingce, who was almost about to annihilate these five massacres, now had to fight against the four of them on his own.
He looked at Mu Jiuri who was lying on the ground with great resentment.
'You really killed me this time...'
At this point, Zhou Zhiru didn't bother to ask why Wu Qingce appeared here. At this moment, he only had one idea in his mind, and that was to kill him!
Looking at the aggressive four people, Wu Qingce had no intention of making peace with them. He took out an advanced version of Shensu Pill from his arms and swallowed it. With his physical ability reaching the limit, he was ready to fight to the death!
"No matter what you see, you are not allowed to come out and help."
After using a secret voice to tell Qu Yangze and Luo Wenzhou who were about to make a move behind him, Wu Qingce took the initiative to attack the Four Slaughters with Wanjun in hand.
"Thunder Lord, help me!"
As Wu Qingce shouted loudly, dark clouds suddenly filled the sky.
But Si Tu was not scared. Although Wu Qingce was full of momentum, he was just a mysterious master after all. They had no reason to be afraid of him!
"kill!"
Zhou Zhiru took the lead and rushed over with Wu Qingce.
"boom!"
As an extremely thick thunder struck down, Wu Qingce and Zhou Zhiru collided.
"Dang!" "Dang!" "Dang!"
After several metal collisions, Wu Qingce turned into a bolt of lightning and broke through the encirclement of the four people.
"So fast..." Zhou Zhiru exclaimed, and a large amount of blood spurted out from his chest.
"Brother!" The other three butchers looked at Zhou Zhiru anxiously and shouted.
"It's okay, it's just a minor injury." Zhou Zhiru shook his head and put one hand on the wound to start healing it.
At this time, Wu Qingce, who rushed out of the circle surrounded by four people, coughed out a large mouthful of blood, and four deep wounds with bone visible appeared all over his body.
'Isn't it too fanciful to think of one against four...'
After just one round of offense and defense, Wu Qingce realized that there was no way he could defeat the four peak mystical masters.
'I'm still too weak...'
With a sigh in his heart, Wu Qingce slowly turned around and took up his attack stance again.
Zhou Zhiru, who was still recovering from his injuries, laughed and said: "I admit that you are the most powerful mysterious master I have ever seen, but you can only be a mysterious master in this life." After saying this, his face darkened and he whispered.
shouted: "Kill him!"
Following Zhou Zhiru's instructions, Situ rushed towards Wu Qingce at the same time, and at the same time prepared his strongest killing move.
And Wu Qingce didn't mean to sit still and wait for death. He first whispered to Wan Jun, and then swallowed the second lesson of Shensu Pill.
"die!"
Both sides shouted at the same time.
"Ah!" "Ah!" "Ah!"
…
Amidst a burst of screams, the four butchers who were supposed to be fighting with Wu Qingce suddenly flew backwards, each of them rubbing their chests and moaning in pain.
"The rules of the arena, it's a one-on-one challenge, one versus one, no one can commit a foul."
A figure in black robe stopped between Wu Qingce and Si Tu and said with a smile.
Hearing this voice, Wu Qingce relaxed instantly and couldn't help but reveal a bright smile on his face.
'Although God is not on my side, I still have a senior brother!'
The four butchers, who each received a slap on the chest, still didn't understand what was going on. They all stared at the black-robed man in front of them with vigilance.
The four of them looked at each other for a while, and they all expressed that they didn't see the person clearly just now.
‘Who is this person in front of me? Who is this person!?’
After gathering his composure, Zhou Zhiru took the lead and approached Jiang Beiran and asked, "I wonder who the senior is? Can..."
Zhou Zhiru was mid-sentence when he saw the man in black robe waving his hands and saying, "I'm not interested in talking nonsense to you. I've just said it. The rules of the river and lake are that if one of you can beat him in a duel, you can leave. If you lose, you can leave."
I’ll leave you alive, is there any problem?”
Zhou Zhiru couldn't help but tremble after hearing this. At this moment, he was sure that the mysterious master in front of him was standing on Wu Qingce's side.
Wu Qingce also trembled. Senior brother Hui said this, and it was obvious that he had the intention of punishing him.
'It's unfair...'
Wu Qingce believes that if Mu Jiuri can act according to his plan, the two of them will definitely have a chance to destroy the Tingshi Wutu. Who knows that Mu Jiuri will slip up at the critical moment.
'Sigh...Originally, I could ask for credit from my senior brother, but now that I'm done, I will definitely get scolded again.'
At this moment, Wu Qingce was even more resentful towards Mu Jiuri than before.
After making a gesture to Zhou Zhiru to ask him to retreat, Jiang Beiran said, "Both parties will rest for half an hour. If you don't want to rest, you can practice with me."
As soon as these words came out, what could Zhou Zhiru and the others say, and they had no choice but to meditate on the spot, praying in their hearts that this master would keep his promise and let them go.
Wu Qingce happily took out a bottle of white tiger ointment and applied it on the wound.
'Sure enough, senior brother still takes care of me.'