Exorcism

The demon formation imitating the arrangement of the stars was like a giant fishing net, thrown out from the high mountains in the northeast of the land of demons. It withstood the biting cold wind, bypassed the peaks as severe as the king's ancient tomb, and rushed into a flat snowfield. Right here, the net caster saw the right moment and suddenly exerted force. The fishing net began to spread out, running all the way to the south, all the way to the southeast, and then gradually closed up.

The big fish that was surrounded unknowingly was Bingcheng and Langyuan.

The line was covered with corpses of monsters, probably three to four thousand in total. They were driven to designated locations by a powerful force. Some resisted fiercely, while others stood still. The end result was the same - being wrapped up. In the thick transparent ice shell, they used their demon elixir, skin, flesh, bones, horns, teeth, etc. to nourish a huge demon formation.

The closer they got to the ice city, the more powerful the demon formation became. Mu Xingqiu and others finally had to avoid the demon corpses and move forward. Only the fleas had to go in just to swallow an insignificant Nebula Tree seed.

The strange thing is that these demon corpses are not guarded, and no matter how fast Mu Xingqiu and the others advance, they never catch up with the massacre. Not all those demon clans were killed recently, some were killed very early, but Wrapped in ice, there was no decay at all.

This demon formation was not formed all at once. It laid out a point in the east today and a line in the west tomorrow. It was like playing a game of Go. At first, the layout seemed to be chaotic, but when it finally revealed its ferocious face At the target moment, the opponent has only one way to die.

If it weren't for Flea's leadership, Mu Xingqiu and others would only accidentally discover the gathering places of monster corpses, without being able to discern the order of their arrangement.

For this layout, Bingkui may have spent several years.

Mu Xingqiu found that he was involved again. This time, the man behind the scenes was not Zuo Liuying, but Mr. Yishi. It was he who controlled Flea's behavior, and it was he who brought Mu Xingqiu back to Ice City step by step.

At the end, Mu Xingqiu quickened his pace. He had no intention of participating in the upcoming battle, but he had to give his former friends a reminder. There were some things that Jin Cu could not relay, so he had to tell Zuo Liuying directly.

As for the purpose of Lord Yishi, Mu Xingqiu became more and more confused, but he told himself to stay calm and not to give Lord Yishi an opportunity.

After more than twenty days, Mu Xingqiu returned to the place where he resurrected and saw through everything. At this time, Bingkui's formation had not yet been completely deployed, and there was still a gap of more than a hundred miles in the southeast.

The Qianlong Fire has been extinguished, and the scorched land has been covered with thick snow again. There are almost no traces of burning, but the bones of the Qianlong underground have been burned out, and the poisonous mist has lost its source and has disappeared. When all was gone, the Holy Son Lake turned into a waterless depression, and only a small hill remained in the Ice City.

The Moon Worshiping Mountain is still there, as are the mountains surrounding the Ice City, but they are short and unremarkable, and cannot even block the gusts of cold wind, let alone the coming Bing Kui.

But there are still a large number of monsters gathered here, numbering at least tens of thousands, like mushrooms that suddenly pop up from the ground after a rain, clusters here and there, they set up camp wherever they want, and dig holes in the ground according to tribal customs. But he was startled by the charred earth beneath the snow.

Jin Cui flew around and brought back unexpected news: Zuo Liuying, Yang Qingyin and others were not here at all. They left the Ice City with the Taoist priests and demon clan more than ten days ago, and they went to no one knows where.

Zuo Liuying must have discovered something. Mu Xingqiu could only smile bitterly to himself. He was still meddling in his own business. With Zuo Liuying here, why did he need his reminder?

But in this case, Ishi-kun's behavior of letting Flea bring them back is even more strange.

"They are here." Jin Cu showed a piece of thick bread.

Mu Xingqiu dismissed Pang Shan's Dao bun and put on the demon clan's leather armor. He had been carrying these things since he disguised himself as a demon clan in Xijie Kingdom.

The bald man liked his Pangshan-style bun very much, but in order to show his support for Brother Xiaoqiu, he took off the hairpin and put on a double-horned dome helmet - in fact, no matter what he dressed up, he would not be suspected. In the eyes of the demon clan, he is just an ordinary head demon weapon.

Mu Xingqiu followed the brocade. The flea completed its task and stopped running around. It accompanied him docilely. Its red and yellow eyes scared off the occasional curious person.

The demon tribe that moved here was different from the ones Mu Xingqiu had encountered before. They all brought their families with them and didn't carry many belongings with them. It seemed like this was a relaxing short outing. There were hungry little demons crying everywhere. Yelling, but there was no fight, not a single one.

This is even weirder than the fact that many monsters don't carry enough food. As far as Mu Xingqiu knows, monsters will express their excitement, excitement, anger, or boredom by fighting. When they are nervous about food, they will express it by fighting. The strength is distributed, but although these nearly 10,000 demon clans are distributed very randomly, they strictly observe the boundaries between each other and rarely exceed them. There is also peace within the tribe.

To be precise, this is not peace, but frustration and laziness. Those thick beast monsters and powerful half-monsters all seem to have lost their souls. They are sitting on the edge of the temporary hole in their house, with their heads hanging down, listening to the cries of the children. Yelling without even raising his head.

"I don't like this place." The bald man whispered, stopping on Mu Xingqiu's shoulder. His voice was weak due to the sad and decadent atmosphere surrounding him.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Mu Xingqiu responded casually.

The bald man showed a smile and said, "It's okay. I'm small, but I'm really bad. If I get into the snow, no one can find me."

This smile didn't last long, and the bald man became even more silent.

The sadness and negativity that pervades Bingcheng and Langyuan are all transformed from fear.

The camp of Shishen Guofu Luke was set up at the former site of the Taoist camp. It was called a camp, but it was just a circle of more than ten caves. Some simple restrictions were placed on the outside. Nothing could stop it. It could only issue a warning when it was attacked. .

Shen Shang was waiting for Mu Xingqiu in front of an underground cave. "We never meet again in life. I thought it was a long separation. I didn't expect to see you again so soon."

"Why are you still here?" Mu Xingqiu got straight to the point, because he found that Shen Shang's complexion was not very good. In addition, all the demon clan talisman guests were in despair, standing blankly in the middle of several caves, not going up at all. The enthusiasm of a meeting.

"It's all my fault." Shen Shang sighed, "We walked slowly and missed the team of Yang Qingyin and Zuo Liuying. We originally planned to rest for a few days before setting off. Who would have thought that the Fu Luke guests would fall ill one after another, so I wanted to kill them Let’s get cured first, but the result——”

Shen Shang glanced at the surrounding demon camps, "There were suddenly more demons coming from all directions. They all seemed to be here for a funeral. They didn't answer any questions and just found a place to stay. I thought I found someone here." I found the treasure, but no one dug deep, and it was all wasted, which is even worse than my collapse."

Shen Shang was trying his best to say something ridiculous, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea without causing any waves. Even Mu Xingqiu couldn't laugh.

"This is a huge trap." Mu Xingqiu said.

"I found something was wrong, but... they refused to leave and refused to listen no matter how much I tried to persuade them." Shen Shang turned to look at the more than 20 frustrated talisman guests. "They all have families and relatives. I will take them If you take them out, you have to take them back without leaving the ground.”

"Then knock them out and take them away." Mu Xingqiu said.

Shen Shang was taken aback, "What are you talking about? They are my friends, I can't treat them like this."

Mu Xingqiu briefly recounted what he saw and heard along the way, "Do you understand? You can still cast spells now. When the demon formation closes, you will become weaker than the demon clan, and then you will be even more powerful." Can't escape."

Shen Shang's expression changed, "Who the hell is Bingkui that can actually lay out such a powerful demon formation?"

Mu Xingqiu thought of some rumors he had heard before: "Bingkui is neither a monster nor a human. You can't fight them at all. Before you even meet them, your hands and feet are already weak with fear. As soon as you see their appearance, You will kneel down involuntarily..."

Shen Shang forced a smile and leaned over to touch his knees, "Fortunately, they are not weak. I...I'm going to check around."

"Go ahead and let the flea show you the way. It knows the nearest burial place."

The flea immediately jumped into the sky, where it could still fly. Shen Shang followed without saying a word and waved to Mu Xingqiu, no longer in the mood to talk.

Mu Xingqiu looked to the north and saw more demon camps. The decay floating in the sky could almost be seen with the naked eye.

"We will leave early tomorrow morning." Mu Xingqiu made a decision.

"What about the demon clan here?" Jin Cu asked in surprise.

Mu Xingqiu realized that he had made the same old habit again. He shouldn't make decisions for anyone, so he changed his words and said, "Tomorrow morning Bald Man and I will leave with the fleas."

The bald man nodded repeatedly and wanted to leave immediately. He was disgusted with the atmosphere here.

"So many demon clans will not gather here for no reason...waiting to die must be Bing Kui's conspiracy. They may be setting up a larger formation. Don't you care?"

"I only care about how far away I can be from it." Mu Xingqiu was tired of telling the reasons over and over again, so he said, "You don't have to care about what I think, just do what you want to do."

Jin Cu thought for a while, "I want to find out why these monsters are here, and if possible, persuade them to leave together. There is still time."

Mu Xingqiu didn't say anything, but he gave a negative answer in his heart. It was impossible for these monsters to leave. They were cursed. Mu Xingqiu had seen the power of the curse in Duanliu City a few years ago, but this time it was even more powerful. Stronger and deeper, it has already been formed, and there is no possibility of turning it around.

He speculated that the reason why he was not affected was probably related to the fact that he had practiced the illusion of mind, but his illusion had dropped to the third level and could only be used for self-protection.

Jin Cu left and went to question those monsters who didn't even want to raise their heads.

A talisman guest came over and handed Mu Xingqiu a piece of dough, showing a smile, like a ray of sunshine shining through the gap between dark clouds. Soon the sunshine disappeared, and the sky was still covered with dark clouds.

Most of the day passed and Jin Cu did not show up again. Shen Shang and Flea came back in the evening.

Shen Shang's face was pale, he had obviously seen the demon corpse, but that was not the first thing he said. Instead, he spread his right hand and asked Mu Xingqiu to look at something, "When did Pangshan Iron Qilin switch to eating meat? He spit out an eyeball."