Chapter five hundred and forty-eight sacrifice, heavy failure (2)
Leaning against the dark corner of the wall, Li Mu carefully observed the situation around him.
Although he had used the special effects of the shadow cloak to hide his figure, he still kept his aura to a minimum to prevent being discovered by enemies who were good at probing.
"There are no traces of being invaded. Am I really careless?"
After some inspections, Li Mu found nothing unusual. After reuniting with Xiao Momowan, the other party also said that everything was normal.
"Elder Li Shu just replied and said to wait for us at the foothold. It seems that we are too nervous. Come over quickly. Senior Brother Bai and Senior Brother Jin are already waiting for us."
Xiao Tao Wan shook the jade magic weapon in her hand and said, even as cautious as she was, she felt that Li Mu's intuition was wrong this time.
"I still feel that something is wrong. Send a message to Elder Li Shu, saying that there is news from Huo Zongzhu of the Fantasy Sect. Three of her disciples have arrived in Xipenglai today and will come to join them then."
Li Mu kept rubbing his chin. He was quite confident in his intuition, and having experienced being ambushed in Beishan Canyon, he felt that any degree of caution was worth it.
Xiao Taowan understood the intention as soon as he heard it. The master of the Fantasy Sect was not named Huo, and Elder Li Shu did not have three disciples. All the information was fabricated. Li Mu wanted to use this to test the authenticity of the other party.
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"Okay, I've sent it and I'm just waiting for a reply."
There was a burst of input, and as the jade magic weapon lit up again, both of them understood that the most critical moment had come.
"Understood."
Three short words made Li Mu and Xiao Taowan take a breath of air, and then they retreated without hesitation, heading towards the nearest city gate to escape.
Under Li Mu's repeated tests, the opponent finally revealed a flaw. The change of ownership of the jade magic weapon also meant that the worst case scenario had occurred. Li Shu had either been captured or killed.
Li Mu and Xiao Taomaru also understood that no matter who did it, a dragnet had already been laid in Tiancong City at this moment, and they were just waiting for the two of them to get into the trap themselves.
On a high tower seven hundred steps away from the hut, the scar-faced man waved to the soldier beside him, and the man quickly disappeared on the spot.
"You are so vigilant. You are worthy of being a talented monk from the Cangyun Empire. But at this point, if you still want to escape, you are not taking me, Jin Menzhan, seriously."
Jin Menzhan was the Dong Penglai officer who tortured Li Shu. Under his leadership, an elite team of 800 people had already laid a heavy ambush in Tiancong City, and finally waited until Li Mu and Xiao Taowan showed up.
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And the room that was originally Li Shu's foothold has been equipped with an energy stone confinement array. Even a monk who has reached the Infinite Realm will never be able to escape in a short time if he accidentally steps into it.
Capturing a team of talented monks like Xi Penglai was definitely a great achievement. This was why General Baibeard was willing to keep Li Mu and the others at the Beishan Canyon at the expense of precious energy stone artillery.
Under this situation, Jin Menzhan naturally wanted to catch him alive. If Li Mu hadn't been so powerful and perverted, he might have fallen into his trap.
But even though they escaped the ambush, Li Mu and Xiao Taowan were still in Tiancong City. They were stared at by Jin Menzhan's countless spies and could not really escape no matter how they changed their routes.
Among the soldiers in Dong Penglai, there were many monks with good cultivation skills, and they were very familiar with the terrain of Tiancong City. They followed Li Mu like a shadow, and even almost formed an encirclement many times.
"There is a team of 20 people approaching on the right. The distance behind us is still about 70 steps. Let's break out to the left. Hold on, and we will be out of the city soon."
Both of them have increased their speed to the limit, burning the energy of heaven and earth in their bodies at all costs, and they have to avoid the cold arrows that appear from time to time. It can be said that they are surrounded by dangers.
Relying on the detection ability of Tiansheng Jue, Li Mu moved around with Xiao Taowan, constantly encouraging his companions who were already sweating.
But in fact, he was also very anxious in his heart, because the city gate must have been heavily guarded at this time. As long as the opponent set up heavy equipment such as energy stone artillery, it would be extremely difficult to rush out.
"You go first, leave me alone, I can't hold it anymore."
Just as Li Mu was thinking about his plan, Xiao Momowan's weak voice sounded.
Looking back, I realized that the other party had been injured by a hidden arrow at some point. At this time, the girl's abdomen was red, and her clothes were obviously soaked in blood.
Xiao Momomaru's face was pale. The high-intensity consumption and the sense of emptiness caused by blood loss had made this talented girl from Xihorai gradually exhausted and might fall to the ground at any time.
She knew very well that if she continued to follow Li Mu, both of them might be left behind, but if she could lure those Dong Penglai troops, it would give Li Mu, who was in the Infinite Realm, a chance to escape.
"Don't talk nonsense. I didn't leave you behind when we faced the Alien King. How could the mere soldiers of Dong Penglai keep us?"
Li Mu's words were categorical and there was no room for discussion at all. He grabbed Xiao Taomaan's waist and rolled over to avoid the cold arrow shot from the sky.
"You go to the small world to hide for a while, and then come out after I escape."
Without waiting for Xiao Taowan to react, Li Mu found a blind spot in his sight and directly connected his consciousness to the simulation system.
With a few quick clicks of his fingers on the center console, Xiao Momomaru disappeared out of thin air, and when he opened his eyes again, he was already in a simulated space.
"You must escape alive."
Looking at the villagers of Taoyuan Village in the distance who were already in full swing, logging and building houses, Xiao Taomaru looked up at the sky and prayed for Li Mu's safety.
Li Mu, who no longer had any worries, changed his previous strategy of hiding when he could. He saw the dazzling sword light flashing in the sky above Tiancong City, and the scorching fire phoenix whistling between the buildings, sweeping away the besieged people.
Penglai soldiers devoured them all.
"Well? Is there another person? Did he hide his whereabouts? No matter, as long as he can't escape from Tiancong City, he can always be caught."
The scarred man standing on the high tower frowned slightly. He was always paying attention to the situation on the battlefield and was very confused about the sudden disappearance of Xiao Momomaru.
But Li Mu's attacks were coming one after another. After all, the opponent was a monk in the Infinite Realm. The scar-faced man did not dare to be too aggressive, so he could only concentrate his strength to capture one, and then slowly search for the whereabouts of the other.
"I was too merciful before, young master. Today, I will let you devils pay with your blood for Teacher Mu, Miss Xia, Senior Sister Liu, and the countless people who died in Qinglan City."
As the Star Meteor Sword streaked across the sky, Li Mu took action with all his strength for the first time on the territory of Dong Penglai.