Mortal Mirror

When Chen Bajin became serious, Li Ergou felt a little unaccustomed, but at this time, naturally, official business had to be the priority. Privately, they were brothers, but at this moment, they were in a superior-subordinate relationship.

As for the titles, they were trivial matters. Everyone could call each other as they pleased. You can call me 'Sir,' and I'll call you 'Brother,' there's no conflict at all.

Li Ergou wasn't in the mood for small talk right now and said directly, "Eighth Brother, take everyone, put on your battle armor, and go guard the stone. Observe it closely.

I'm telling you, this stone is strange. If you find anything amiss, don't hesitate, immediately withdraw our brothers. If anything happens, I'll hold you responsible."

When Chen Bajin heard Li Ergou being so serious for the first time, he immediately understood that this matter was not simple. He nodded vigorously and said softly to Li Ergou, "Ergou, don't worry, I will definitely complete your task."

Li Ergou waved his hand, and everyone immediately followed Chen Bajin out of the yamen.

Watching the backs of Chen Bajin and the others, Li Ergou was lost in thought. He vaguely felt that if this stone wasn't handled properly, it might cause trouble.

So, he wanted to return to Orange Mountain to make some preparations in advance, so he could be prepared for any eventuality.

Back then, he had exchanged a set of the Seven Stars Big Dipper Defense Array on the black market. The array was incomplete and lacked a central pivot. He planned to use the Tri-color Pearl as the pivot.

Without thinking too much, he flew directly back to Orange Mountain. The oranges on the mountain were becoming increasingly red, and it wouldn't be long before the harvest season of the year. Last year's orange juice had long been drunk, and he was now somewhat nostalgic for that taste.

Arriving at the mountain, he took out the array bases and began to refine them one by one, burying them in specific locations. This thing was not simple; if done incorrectly, the array would not be able to activate at all.

After arranging all the array bases, he came to the center of Orange Mountain and buried the last array base before taking out the Tri-color Pearl and placing it on top.

In fact, he had never thoroughly researched this pearl. This thing was very strange. The strangest thing was that the bronze mirror couldn't replicate it, which had always bothered Li Ergou. He didn't know what its origins were.

However, with his eyesight, he couldn't tell how powerful it was, so he simply used it when he could, following the principle of not wasting anything.

At this time, he also took out three spirit crystals, placing them around the Tri-color Pearl in a triangular pattern.

With all this done, the entire grand array was completely set up. This was the first time he had set up such a huge array, which had taken him three full days.

Although it was time-consuming, he was very happy, at least it allowed him to summarize a lot of experience, which was a valuable asset and beneficial to his cultivation.

As he chanted the incantation, he saw the Tri-color Pearl suddenly shine brightly, followed by a buzzing sound. A huge shield enveloped the sky above Orange Mountain.

The shield was light gold in color, like a huge translucent罩zi covering Orange Mountain.

A crow flew over and bumped into it, being directly bounced away by the shield. Then, a golden light shot out from the shield and hit the crow. Before the crow could react, it turned into a pile of ashes, dead as could be.

Li Ergou couldn't help but exclaim 'sinful' when he saw this scene.

The Seven Stars Big Dipper Array can be divided into defense and attack, and can be fully activated or the attack can be turned off.

If fully activated, the consumption of spiritual power is very serious. Usually, only the defense is turned on to prevent people from entering. However, this array can absorb the power of the stars. At night, as long as the sky is full of stars, the attack can also be turned on, because there is a continuous supply of energy from the stars, so there is no fear of consumption.

Seeing that this array worked well, Li Ergou was delighted. In fact, when he first obtained this pearl, he had been thinking about how to use it. Later, when he obtained the array, he remembered the original purpose of this thing, and there was nothing more suitable to be a central pivot than it.

Turning off the grand array, Li Ergou returned to the Orange Mountain courtyard. These days had exhausted him. He wanted to rest when he saw a person flying towards him on a sword from the foot of the mountain.

Knowing that unless it was something important, cultivators usually wouldn't fly on a sword, as it consumed too much mana and was not easy to replenish.

Li Ergou saw the huge figure on the flying sword from afar. The person coming was none other than Da Baixiang.

Li Ergou was slightly surprised, thinking that this guy wasn't watching the stone. Could it be that something went wrong over there? His heart couldn't help but rise.

But in a moment, the sword light had arrived in front of him. Da Baixiang saw Li Ergou and didn't have the usual joking expression, but said nervously, "Brother Gou, it's terrible, something happened."

Seeing his hurried appearance, Li Ergou knew that there was no good news and immediately asked, "What exactly happened?"

Da Baixiang said, "Starting yesterday, I heard people say that many animals in the mountains have become demonized. Their bodies have become huge and violent, biting and eating people everywhere.

In the past few days, even the poultry raised near Fish City have begun to change. The bodies of these poultry have also grown rapidly. Those with green eyes don't hurt people, but those with red eyes have been demonized and will hurt people. Recently, some wild animals have been trying to approach the stone.

We have killed several batches. If that stone isn't taken away, it might be in trouble. Chen Bajin asked me to come back and ask you what to do."

Li Ergou nodded slightly, which was similar to what he had guessed. He said, "Okay, let's go to the stone first to see the specific situation, and I will report it above."

When Li Ergou arrived at the meteorite site, he saw several constables fighting with several beasts. They were a few gray wolves. These gray wolves were the most common existence in the mountains, but at this time, it could be seen that the bodies of those gray wolves were actually much larger than before.

The wolf hair on the spine was twice as long as the side, and the color was also a little red. These gray wolves had actually become demons.

Li Ergou was shocked, thinking that in just a few days, these demons had become so powerful. They had changed so much without licking the liquid on the stone. If this continued, wouldn't it be a disaster?

It seemed that this stone must be destroyed immediately, otherwise, countless demons would appear in a short time. Once a demon disaster formed, the consequences would be unimaginable.

This matter should not be delayed and should be resolved as soon as possible.

Li Ergou asked Chen Bajin to continue defending, and he hurried to the yamen.

As soon as he entered the city gate, he saw two geese as tall as a person chasing people and biting them. The geese were extremely powerful, catching up with a person in a few steps, directly kicking the person over, and biting off a piece of flesh from the person's body with their sharp beaks, causing the person to scream.

Several city gate soldiers spent a lot of effort to kill the geese.

Just as the geese were killed, someone's pig ran out. The white and fat pig had grown to a zhang long, and its huge power directly knocked down several houses. Fortunately, a team of constables arrived and killed the pig with a few strokes of their knives.

The entire Fish City was in a mess, as if all the animals were demonizing.

Arriving at the yamen, the yamen was also in a mess. Everyone had almost been sent out, because Fish City was now being tormented by those demonized animals.

He came to Bai Su's room. There were several second-rank constables in the room, listening to Bai Su's instructions. When Bai Su saw Li Ergou, she immediately asked him to come over and asked him what he had been doing these days, and she hadn't seen his shadow.

Li Ergou was slightly embarrassed and could only say that he was very busy. Then he changed the subject and said, "Sir, the situation is serious."