Barrier of Light

Night falls.

It's ten o'clock sharp.

At the entrance of Magnolia Lane in the old city, a figure slowly stopped. The man was dressed in black and wearing a peaked cap, walking close to the alley wall. He walked very fast and disappeared into the night in ten seconds.

It's the right time.

After Shi Li's figure disappeared, a wisp of blazing fire slowly emerged in the night not far away.

Gu Shen looked calm and slowly came to Magnolia Alley.

After turning on [Blazing Vision], Shi Li's walking tracks were very obvious... like fireworks in the dark night, you can see his whereabouts at a glance.

Gu Shen frowned slightly.

This shadow symbolizes Shi Li's walking path, twisting and turning, sometimes sprinting in the alley, sometimes stamping his feet, and there are followers following behind him. He is so cautious...presumably he also carries a sealed item that monitors the extraordinary aura. .

"Shi Li knows that someone is following him?"

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes.

Who, a normal person, would walk like this?

Could it be that Hu Danian's usual exploration aroused his suspicion? This extraordinary attacker shouldn't be so sharp, right?

No matter what, Hu Danian made the right choice by not following him in depth.

Shi Li was already suspicious.

Gu Shen thought for a moment, then walked forward slowly, keeping the maximum distance to follow these remaining tracks... His own blazing ability is special, and his sensitivity in capturing details is unmatched by many high-level spiritual systems, so he is following Pretty good at this thing.

He was confident that he would not be discovered by Shi Li.

But to be on the safe side, it’s better to be on the safe side and not chase too closely.

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"Ah sneeze!"

The moment he walked into the alley, Shi Li sneezed again.

He looked gloomy and rubbed his nose vigorously.

What the hell?

The last time I sneezed, I didn't take it seriously... but soon a gun was pointed at my head.

What happened this time?

Could it be that the goddess of fate once again sent a reminder to herself?

"Is someone...following me?"

After stopping on the spot, Shi Li pondered for a long time before he came up with such a reasonable explanation... He continued to walk forward, and suddenly stood against the wall, holding his breath, and began to wait.

After waiting for a long time, I didn't get any response.

So he continued to move forward without changing his expression, but not long after, he turned back and started running in the direction he came from.

If someone saw these actions, they might just think it was funny...but in fact it is a very useful method of trial tracking.

Unfortunately, Shi Li found nothing. He even ran hundreds of meters in the direction he came from without even seeing a ghost. The old city at night was desolate, and he chose the most remote alley. Here There wasn't even the slightest sound, it was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Shi Li stood suspiciously at the spot where he sneezed, looking around at the shadows of the trees and the rustling of leaves.

The intuition of an extraordinary person is rarely wrong.

He was so cautious because of what he learned from last time.

"In that case, take out the compass... and take a look."

Shi Li took out a compass from his arms... The compass was square and square, the size of a palm, and the edges were gold-plated and inlaid with silver. It looked brand new, not like an old thing.

Silver light swirled around his fingertips, slowly pouring into the compass.

"Swish swish——"

The pointer on the compass quickly spun around and finally returned to its original position.

Shi Li breathed a sigh of relief and murmured to himself.

"Is it my... illusion?"

He resumed his march down Magnolia Lane.

When Gu Shen in the grass saw this scene, his back was already wet with cold sweat.

He was following the ground well, but suddenly, without warning, Shi Li's breath froze, and then this guy turned back and ran like a madman. If he hadn't made the correct decision to follow the longest distance at the beginning, Decide... I'm afraid I'll be discovered right then and there.

Finally, he suppressed his breathing, quickly retreated, and returned to his hiding place.

What made Gu Shenxin raise his throat... was the compass that Shi Li took out. It was a sealed object that looked very ancient at first glance. It was obviously the work of the Jiujiu Foundation. Gu Shen guessed that the compass should have... Detecting the effectiveness of the extraordinary spiritual power around him... He was ready to pull out the Ruler of Truth and fight Shi Li head-on.

But... Luo Pan didn't find himself?

really.

Blazing fire is an extremely special existence.

Normal detection methods cannot capture oneself through mental power.

This time.

Gu Shen's tracking progress became much smoother. Shi Li no longer went around in circles, so he probably didn't have much time to waste on the road... He was traveling very fast all the way, and Gu Shen also accelerated his pace a little boldly.

But as he walked, his expression became serious.

"Going further...it's Kite Street!"

He had a bad premonition secretly in his heart... In the end, Shi Li's back disappeared into the darkness of Yuandan Street.

With the blazing fire lingering, Gu Shen looked towards the feared old street... To ordinary people's naked eyes, they saw a thin layer of gray mist, but in his own eyes, it was a haze that was so dense that it could not be dispersed.

"Wait a minute..."

Gu Shen's pupils contracted.

Not far from the entrance of Yuandan Street, he saw an overturned motorcycle, which was the vehicle that Hu Danian had brought him here. It was lying crookedly among the rubble at the entrance of the long street.

Gu Shen cautiously came closer. After seeing the scene clearly, Gu Shen's expression changed suddenly.

The motorcycle fell.

There were still stains of blood on the roadside.

Not far from the car, there was a dry and thin skeleton lying reclining. All the flesh and blood had been drained away, leaving only a layer of skin. The face was destroyed and the identity could not be identified... But what can be confirmed is that this skeleton, What is already dead cannot die again.

"Damn it."

Gu Shen's expression became very ugly. Didn't Hu Danian say that he acted very cautiously?

How long has it been since?

What exactly exists in that street?

He did not hesitate and immediately began to retreat.

But something happened that made Gu Shen's scalp numb... He clearly remembered the route he took when he came, but after he returned along the original route, the surrounding landscape became unfamiliar and the fog became increasingly thicker.

Blazing Fire's vision began to blur, and visibility dropped sharply.

He stopped, silently held his breath, calmed down, kept himself calm, and accepted this reality.

"I entered Yuandan Street..."

Only when you enter Yuandan Street can you feel... The heavy fog in the dreams of those residents in the old city is actually so solid that it is almost impossible to see your fingers, let alone discern the direction in this heavy fog.

The first thing Gu Shen did was to stop himself.

He lost his sense of direction, and even his best blazing fire couldn't find the right direction in this heavy fog... In this case, it was necessary to make as few wrong attempts as possible.

And at this juncture, he didn't dare to easily summon the blazing fire.

Because at this moment, Shi Li is in Yuandan Street!

At this point, it is basically certain that...the smog in the old city is the plan of the Jiujiu Foundation. The control of this sealed artifact is in the hands of these madmen. Who knows how much they can see?

"This is not a dream, this is the real world."

A feeling of familiarity came to mind.

Gu Shen saw this heavy fog in other people's dreams more than once. At that time, he could not understand the despair of the original owner in the dream. Only when he was actually in the heavy fog did he gradually feel that something was wrong...

In the fog of Yuandan Street, my mental strength is being consumed every moment.

After practicing the Jingzhe Breathing Technique, my mental strength is still solid. How long can I last in this heavy fog? Once it is exhausted, will I be the same as those before?

Or... worse.

Recalling the corpse next to the motorcycle, Gu Shen's expression became solemn, perhaps this would be his next fate.

Do not know why.

The more he breathed in this fog that eroded his mental power, the calmer he became. He was so calm that he could hear every beat of his heart, as well as a pin drop and a footsteps in the silent city in the fog.

Just stood there quietly for five minutes.

Not a sound came from the fog.

"After Shi Li entered Yuandan Street, he lost his trace..."

Blazing Fire has been unable to capture his whereabouts.

"If...in this heavy fog, he could see...with the caution with which he just moved forward, he must have discovered me."

"He didn't take any action... I can only guess that he didn't know I entered the street."

"Then...I can only guess that this heavy fog is blocking the vision without distinguishing between ourselves and the enemy."

Gu Shen murmured: "Yuandan Street is full of dilapidated factories. He should have entered one of them. That factory should be the place where the sealed artifact is..."

That being the case.

Then you only need to find the place where the "fog" is the thickest, and you will determine where Shi Li is!

"If I can't get out of Yuandan Street...then maybe I can try...to destroy the sealed object..."

The idea is crazy.

Shi Li is at least the fourth level of power attack system.

However... in the mist, he was unaware of his existence, and would most likely relax his vigilance on Yuan Dan Street.

According to his previous calculations, a sneak attack with blazing fire has a certain chance of winning.

After failing in one attack, he retreated into the fog, which was considered a successful escape.

Instead of wasting away and turning into a mummy...it's better to bravely fight for your life!

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes, and he carefully summoned a ray of blazing fire and attached it to the center of his eyebrows... The thick mist seemed to stretch out a palm from face to face, covering Gu Shen's open eyes between his eyebrows.

But he could still feel the changes in the fog in different areas.

Slowly groping, Gu Shen moved forward bit by bit. He controlled his steps and tried not to make any noise.

"It's right here..."

Gu Shen stopped in front of a thick iron gate. This kind of gate would tremble when the wind blew. He didn't dare to touch it... With his fiery intuition, he found such an area, which contained about three to four gates. A row of abandoned factory buildings, this is already the smallest area that I can determine.

"Shi Li, there is a high probability that it is in one of them."

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes.

He took a deep breath and prepared to move forward again.

"Snapped!"

A palm suddenly fell on his shoulder.