Chapter 33: Underworld Illusion Killing Array

Lin'er raised her hand, and a long white silk swayed into the air, with several delicate white feather patterns faintly visible on the long silk.

"Secret Technique - Ice Armor Removal!" Lin'er whispered, and the secret technique was already revealed.

With a light raise of her jade hand, the long silk summoned circles of white spiritual patterns. As the spiritual patterns flickered, snowflakes as big as goose feathers fell.

Lin'er did not stop for a moment, whispering incantations.

The next moment, a strong wind blew up. The snow, with the help of the wind, immediately covered a large area in front of her.

In a blink of an eye, the evil beasts rushing in front of Lin'er were covered with snowflakes. The snowflakes attached to the surface of the evil beasts flashed a faint white light, and the spiritual power of the evil beasts was continuously absorbed by the snowflakes. Under the stimulation of the evil beasts' spiritual power, the snowflakes gradually formed large pieces of ice crystals on the surface of the evil beasts.

Due to the loss of a large amount of spiritual power, the evil beasts' attack and defense power were greatly weakened. Under the blockade of ice crystals, their mobility was further slowed down.

The two disciples of the Formation Academy obviously knew the wonderful use of Lin'er's trick, and they each swung their weapons to launch a fierce attack on the frozen evil beasts.

Ling'er's snow crow left a series of white afterimages in the air, and its sharp beaks and claws pierced the eyes of the evil beasts.

Amid the clanging of swords and knives, the evil beasts fell to the ground one by one.

On the other side, the situation of Xu Yang and Zhu Liuqing was not so optimistic.

Zhu Liuqing held the Fenglin Knife in his hand, and danced out a series of sharp knife shadows, slashing fiercely at the approaching evil beasts. Xu Yang sacrificed the Lihuo Cone, and the fire attribute talisman thrown out exploded with the help of the Lihuo Formation launched by the Lihuo Cone. However, these evil beasts had thick skin and flesh, and the attacks of the two could only cause flesh wounds to the evil beasts, but could not easily kill them.

The angry evil beasts bared their teeth and claws and pounced on the two. The two were forced to switch from offense to defense. Zhu Liuqing forcibly activated the Fenglin Sword and summoned a wall of wind blades in front of the two. The evil beasts collided with it, making a series of metallic clanging sounds. Occasionally, an evil beast that broke through the wind blade wall fell to the ground under the concentrated attack of the two.

Xu Yang and Zhu Liuqing had just escaped from the captivity of the intruder. Their physical and magical conditions were obviously not at their best. After a long time, Zhu Liuqing's wind blade wall gradually weakened, and the two were immediately in a panic.

At the critical moment, a white figure flashed in front of the two. It was Lin'er. As the long silk danced, a stream of pure spiritual pressure formed an invisible wall, blocking the evil beasts that pounced and bit at a distance of two feet.

Then, another burst of flying snow drifted by, and a large number of evil beasts were frozen and restricted.

Seeing this, Xu Yang and Zhu Liuqing immediately cooperated with the attack with all their strength. The evil beasts with weakened defense were vulnerable and were quickly chopped to pieces by the two.

In just half a cup of tea, dozens of evil beasts were completely wiped out, and the power of the water-extending formation gradually dissipated.

Zhu Liuqing took a long breath and said, "Thanks to Miss Lin'er's formation and auxiliary techniques, these evil beasts were finally solved."

"My main practice is an auxiliary practice, which is just suitable for dealing with these low-intelligence beasts. It also requires everyone's cooperation." Lin'er said.

At this time, Lin'er's snow crows circled in the air and made crisp calls.

Lin'er looked up at the snow crows in the air, and then said, "The evil beasts delayed some time. Let's continue to track the intruders. Over time, the traces left by the soul-stealing crows will become more and more blurred."

The five people made some adjustments, and led by the snow crows, continued to move forward in the maze. Along the way, no other evil beasts appeared, and there were no signs of fighting. As the inner layer of the Ghost Howl Land with the most stringent defense in the sect, it was so quiet that it made people a little suspicious.

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The team of seven people led by Senior Brother Niu at the entrance waited there.

Senior Brother Niu arranged a defensive formation to conceal spiritual power around. Under the cover of the formation, everyone dared not move rashly, for fear of triggering some mechanism and attracting unnecessary attacks.

"Lin'er and her team have been gone for two hours, and I don't know what happened to them." Bi Zhi said.

"For now, they should be safe and sound." Senior Brother Niu said, taking out a white feather about a foot long, and said: "There is a trace of Lin'er's soul on this feather. If something unexpected happens to the main body, the soul will definitely show something. Although Lin'er's cultivation level is only at the peak of the Void Realm, she is smart and clever, and her skills are also unique. Otherwise, I would not risk letting her lead a team in."

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In a mysterious space in the inner layer of the Ghost Howl Land.

An old man wearing a simple black robe sat cross-legged with his back turned. The black-robed man fiddled with a fist-sized crystal ball in his skinny hands. A trace of spiritual power fluctuations flashed in the crystal ball.

"Someone actually broke into the inner layer. If he survives to go further, he will be tortured." The black-robed man stood up. A thin face without flesh appeared, like a skeleton wrapped in light black skin. In the deep eye sockets, a pair of eyes with pupils like snakes flashed with strange brilliance.

...

Five people on the move.

Another black feather floated in the air in front of everyone.

The five people had to stop.

"Another feather, I don't know what the mechanism is this time." A disciple from the Formation Academy said.

The black feather flashed, and the intruder's head appeared again.

"I didn't expect you to follow me here. I didn't intend to kill you. I advise you that if you want to live, don't go any further. The defense inside is not something you can imagine and deal with." After saying that, the intruder's head disappeared and turned into a black feather floating to the ground.

"If what we saw before is the same as what the intruder said, maybe we underestimated the risk of the inner defense. Should we continue to move forward? What do you think?" Lin'er said.

"There will definitely be risks ahead, but the intruder can enter safely, so he must have his own unique skills. It is hard to say whether we can follow him and take a ride." Zhu Liuqing said.

"Even if we stay here, there may be risks. A large number of evil beasts in front were killed by the intruders and us. It is inevitable that other evil beasts will be attracted. If more evil beasts or other more powerful defenses appear, we will find it difficult to deal with them." Xu Yang said.

"We are in a dilemma here. Let's just do it and keep moving forward." One of the disciples of the Formation Academy said.

Lin'er pondered for a while and said, "Maybe there is a secret ahead that the intruder doesn't want us to know, so he said so. The appearance of the secret means there is a way out. Since waiting here is also quite risky, let's continue to move forward as planned."

Half an hour passed, and finally got out of the maze-like hall, and a light black desert appeared in front of everyone.

Lin'er's snow crow hovered in the air and stopped moving.

"The breath of the soul-catching crow has disappeared. This black desert is a bit weird, so everyone should be careful." Lin'er said, frowning slightly, and quickly thinking of countermeasures in her mind.

The five people stopped at the edge of the black desert and were in a dilemma.

One of the disciples of the Formation Academy took out a khaki formation flag and threw it towards the desert in front.

"Stop!" Lin'er shouted loudly.

It was still a step too late, and the yellow formation flag had already sunk into the ground and disappeared.

"I just used the soul-detecting formation flag to sense the spiritual power fluctuations, and maybe I can find clues of the intruder." The disciple of the Formation Academy explained.

"This black desert reminds me of a forbidden formation of our sect, so don't act rashly." Lin'er said.

At this moment, a subtle spiritual power fluctuation appeared somewhere on the dome, and the weird purple eyeball appeared again. It swept towards Lin'er and the other five people below, and a purple arc slid across the surface of the eyeball.

Suddenly, the huge desert in front of him suddenly squirmed, and bursts of low roars were heard. After a while, the earth calmed down.

"Not good, everyone retreat quickly!" Lin'er shouted.

Everyone turned their heads to look at the exit of the hall behind them, but it had disappeared. The scenery in front of them had also changed drastically, and everyone was in an endless black desert.

Five bulges gradually rose on the desert in front of them. The scattered quicksand slid down from the bulges, making a rustling sound.

Gradually, the five black sand bulges took on the shape of a human body, and the limbs and facial features became clearer and clearer. Looking closely, they looked very similar to Xu Yang and the other five people.

"This sect's forbidden technique - the Netherworld Illusion Killing Array!" Lin'er said loudly.

Everyone hurriedly picked up their weapons and prepared to fight, but found that their spiritual consciousness could not be freely injected into their weapons. As a result, all kinds of secret techniques and big moves that consumed mana could not be launched at all, and the attack power was instantly weakened. Now, several people were panicked.

"Don't panic, everyone. As far as I know, countless dead souls are sealed in the Netherworld Illusion Killing Formation. These dead souls can be copied into the appearance of the invaders under the drive of the formation. Moreover, the communication between the invaders and their own weapons will be affected by the Netherworld here. Only with the strong spiritual power of the Yuanhun realm cultivators can they control it freely. It is not impossible to survive in this formation. As long as we successfully kill each other's copies, we will have a chance to find a chance to survive again." Lin'er said calmly.

In a blink of an eye, the five copies that appeared in the Netherworld Illusion Killing Formation formed a one-on-one situation with the five people.

Among the five people, Lin'er had the highest cultivation. Lin'er wanted to make room to help the other four kill their opponents. However, his replica was exactly the same as himself in strength, movement and speed. He was like a maggot on the tarsal bone and could not escape at all. It was not easy for him to defeat "himself".

For a while, the two sides were evenly matched.

Only Lin'er's Snow Crow attacked Lin'er's replica alone. With its wings spread, feathers shot towards Lin'er's replica like flying knives. But most of them were blocked by the replica. Occasionally, a piece of feather hit it, leaving only a sand mark on its body surface, but the sand mark would soon be repaired.

The same was true for the others. The replica was made of sand and had a strong self-repair ability. After a long time, the five people were exhausted.