Chapter 32 Evil Beast
The inner layer of the Ghost Howling Land.
Under the feet of the crowd was a large flat square. In the square, neat gray stone pillars led straight to the dome. The top of each stone pillar was inlaid with several spiritual stones, making the entire space bright. In front of the crowd, there were three closed corridors, and no one knew where they led. But there was no trace of the man in black.
Senior Brother Niu turned his head to look at the temporary entrance that had disappeared, and then looked at the companions who came in together, and said: "Everyone, don't act rashly, so as not to trigger any defense mechanism."
Xu Yang, Zhu Liuqing, the two brothers of the Bi family and the other six disciples of the Formation Worker Sect all looked around carefully, a little at a loss.
"The inner forbidden area is said to be the cemetery of the deceased great men of our sect. The cemetery was not seen, but it looked like a maze." Bi Zhi turned his head and said to Bi Yong beside him.
"The inner layer of the Ghost Howling Land itself is a huge underground palace, so we should follow Senior Brother Niu's arrangements." Bi Yong replied.
Senior Brother Niu released his spiritual sense, observed the surroundings carefully and said: "The intruder has disappeared, and we don't know where the three corridors in front lead to. Let's discuss what to do."
Everyone looked at each other, and no one expressed an opinion.
Senior Brother Niu turned his head and said: "Junior Sister Lin'er, what suggestions do you have?"
Lin'er pondered for a moment and said: "We currently have two choices. First, we stay where we are and wait for rescue from the sect. If the inner layer finds the intruder, given the defensive state of the Ghost Howling Land, the sect's top leaders will know about it as soon as possible. I believe that at this time, there are already people from the sect entering this place to hunt down the intruder.
Everyone nodded after hearing this.
Lin'er continued: "We have been in the Ghost Howling Land for some time. In a few days, the fierce wind that blows regularly in the Ghost Howling Land will arrive. The fierce wind period is fifteen days. This wind contains a high concentration of evil spirits, which will erode our souls. So far, I have never heard of a disciple who entered this place for trial and was able to safely survive the fifteen-day fierce wind period. I just looked at the compass, and its function has been blocked by the prohibition here. If the people sent by the sect don't find us during this period, once the fierce wind blows, the consequences will be very terrible.
Since the intruder has entered this place, he must have a way to leave here in this short period of time. The second option is that we can track him and find a way out. The risk is that it is easy to be discovered by the intruder, but from the previous situation, it seems that the intruder has no intention of killing the disciples of the Heavenly Ghost Sect. Moreover, we know nothing about the inner defense mechanism, which also poses a huge risk.
Therefore, both options have certain risks, and it depends on how everyone chooses. "
"Miss Lin'er's words make sense. Since both options have risks. Why don't we split into two teams, one team stays here and the other team enters the passage. This way, the chance of encountering rescue personnel from the sect entering this place will be greater." Zhu Liuqing suggested.
"What do you think? "Brother Niu said.
Everyone started to discuss, some advocated staying, some advocated entering. In the end, they were divided into two groups according to their own choices. One group was led by Brother Niu to wait on the spot. The other group was led by Lin'er to enter the passage.
Xu Yang naturally felt that Lin'er was more trustworthy, so he simply joined Lin'er's team, and Zhu Liuqing also joined. Together with the two disciples of the Formation Academy and Lin'er, there were five people in total.
The remaining seven people, including the Bi brothers, were led by Brother Niu to wait on the spot.
"Miss Lin'er, there are three passages now. How do we know which passage the intruder entered?" Xu Yang said with a puzzled look on his face.
Lin'er smiled slightly, raised her hand, and a white shadow jumped into the air. The white shadow showed its figure, and it was the Snow Crow that stole Xu Yang's compass that day.
"The intruder brought a soul-stealing crow, and where the soul-stealing crow passed, there would be a trace of spiritual power fluctuations unique to the crow spirit. The intruder just entered not long ago, and the traces of spiritual power should still be there. My Snow Crow can sense this kind of spiritual power fluctuation. With the Snow Crow leading the way, we can track the intruder. "
"It turned out to be this little guy." .
The Snow Crow in the air glanced at Xu Yang, and seemed to be still upset about Xu Yang's return of his compass.
"Xue'er, lead the way." As soon as Lin'er finished speaking, the Snow Crow circled and flew towards the right channel among the three channels, hovering above the channel entrance.
"Brother Niu, take care! Everyone take care!" Lin'er said.
"Everyone be careful along the way! "Brother Niu said.
The Bi brothers, Xu Yang, and Zhu Liuqing also exchanged a few words of blessing.
After bidding farewell to Brother Niu's team, Lin'er and his group of five followed Xue Ya into the corridor on the far right.
In the corridor, the five followed Xue Ya all the way. After a cup of tea, a wooden copper door appeared in front of everyone.
Lin'er raised her hand, and a magic power hit the door, and the door creaked and slowly opened.
A spacious hall appeared behind the door.
In the center of the hall is a black jade sculpture. The stone sculpture is placed on a base more than one person high. It is carved with a big sky ghost with wings and a ferocious face. Behind the statue, the deep passage leads to nowhere.
"There are words on the base." Zhu Liuqing said.
Everyone walked forward, and there were indeed a few words engraved on it. "Heavenly Ghost Sect's important place, disciples stop."
"The intruder's breath shows that he has entered from here. If he goes further in, he may trigger the defense mechanism here. How about this, we follow the intruder's breath for a while, if it doesn't work, we will retreat here and think of other ways out." Lin Er said.
Everyone nodded in agreement, walked around the stone statue, and walked carefully along the hallway.
Just then, the snow crow in the sky made a "cackle" sound, hovered in the air and stopped moving forward.
"Everyone be careful, there are traces of fighting ahead." Lin'er said.
After hearing this, everyone held their weapons in their hands and became more vigilant. Turning a corner, an astonishing scene appeared before everyone's eyes.
The bodies of various strange-looking beasts lay on the ground in all directions. Some of the bodies were separated, and some were cut in half. Each beast looked like it was killed with one blow. The ground and the wall were splattered with blood, and the pungent smell of blood made people sick.
"These are evil beasts, the beasts that guard the inner layer of the Ghost Howl Land." One of the disciples of the Formation Academy said.
Xu Yang looked at the corpses of evil beasts on the ground with a puzzled look on his face.
Lin'er said: "Sha beasts are strange beasts between ghost beasts and ghost spirit beasts. Sha beasts usually survive by absorbing evil spirits, and are more ferocious and brutal than the ghost spirit beasts in the Ghost Spirit Tower. As the guardian beasts of this place, they will attack any intruders who enter this place. These Sha beasts may have been attacked by intruders and died here. Being able to deal with such a large number of Sha beasts in such a short time, the combat power is already very impressive."
"What is that?" Zhu Liuqing pointed to a black feather hovering on the dome. Under the feather was a huge spherical black curtain, as if there was something inside.
Suddenly, the hovering feather flashed, and a thin face appeared, which was exactly the same as the face of the man in black.
"Man in black!" Xu Yang couldn't help but say.
The face of the intruder projected in the air smiled, and then a hoarse voice came out: "You guys are chasing me so hard, so I'll leave you a few Sha beasts to kill time."
After speaking, the head in the air flashed, turned into a black feather and floated down. Then, the black curtain exploded with a "bang", raising a large piece of black fog. In the hazy light, dozens of bloodthirsty red eyes were exposed, staring at everyone. Dozens of evil beasts of various shapes gradually appeared in front of the five people.
These evil beasts looked extremely ugly, like jackals with distorted faces, and their red eyes showed their bloodthirsty nature.
"It's an evil beast!" A disciple of the Formation Engineering Academy couldn't help but panic.
"Everyone, don't disperse, gather back to back." At the critical moment, Lin'er's voice sounded.
The five people quickly formed a circle facing the outside, set up a defensive formation and prepared to meet the enemy.
"Disciples of the Formation Engineering Academy, follow me to set up the "Water Extension Formation." After Lin'er finished speaking, she raised her hand, and three blue formation flags floated down to the ground and disappeared.
The two disciples of the Formation Engineering Academy and Lin'er each formed a spell, and the magic power was continuously injected into the formation flags. In an instant, circles of blue runes were raised on the ground.
Then, Lin'er took out a few blue talismans and asked everyone to stick them on their arms.
"The attack speed of this evil beast is very fast. The "Water Extension Formation" has been activated. The talismans attached to everyone's arms can avoid the deceleration effect of this formation. When attacking, everyone should not leave the range of this formation. This formation has a limited duration. Try to deal with these evil beasts in a short time." Lin'er said quickly.
At this time, the figures of many evil beasts in the distance blurred and disappeared one by one, and the next moment they appeared in the range of the "Water Extension Formation". The speed of movement was astonishing.
As Lin'er said, the evil beasts that were originally moving at a very fast speed entered the "Water Extension Formation" and their movement speed slowed down a lot.
"Attack." Lin'er gave an order, and everyone used their skills to kill the evil beasts that rushed over.