Devour

Chapter 275 Meeting an opponent in chess

With the small chaotic five elements formation prohibiting the loss of vital energy and spiritual energy, no one outside the room noticed any unusual changes.

Cheng Bai was very satisfied. He sealed the pill with wax and put it away. He refined five pills in a row before realizing, "There are only six Nine-Leaf Ganoderma Lucidum left. I have to save some to count the points for the examination."

He stopped and collected the Moonlight Stones used to set up the formation, thinking: "Now we just need enough Flying Shadow Stones. Once we have them, we can upgrade the weapons of the Yellow Turban Warriors Legion."

Now Cheng Bai regretted selling the Feiying Stone at the sewer market. Whether for weapon refiners or formation masters, the various spirit stones would undoubtedly become more and more important. He said, "In my spare time, I will study more formations. They will be of great use in the future."

Li Tong said: "The book Qian Kun Qi Men covers a wide range of topics, from common formations to rare formations, which are divided into five levels, with a total of 8864 routes, each with its own advantages and many innovative changes. It is very suitable for beginners to use it to get started and master it."

Cheng Bai said: "All the princes who came to Jiaoshi Town must have gone to Hui'anju to ask for an audience with Leng Yi. They all got the Qiankun Qimen, and their starting points in the formation are the same. The key lies in personal cultivation and obtaining sufficient resources."

Li Tong revealed a big secret: "According to my analysis of this parchment scroll, Guigu Sect must have hidden weaknesses. Although the formations recorded in the book are exquisite, they lack a set of unique skills to control them. If they are combined, the power of the formations will be greater."

If a secret book is sold openly, the owner will probably keep some for himself, otherwise he would be teaching his apprentice and starving himself to death.

Cheng Bai thought, "Since he is intentionally hiding it, Leng Yi will definitely not admit it if I ask him rashly."

Would you still embarrass others after getting benefits from them? Besides, there is no shortage of skills at present. The skills cultivated by the princes are more outstanding than each other, so they may not be interested in any unique skills.

Cheng Bai took out the Void Rope and pondered it carefully: "I should have refined it into the Demonic Void Rope, but unfortunately, I gave all the Desire Demon Bat's inner core to Yun Juan in a moment of impulse."

After thinking it over again, he decided that it was still early for the night to come, so he simply put away the inheritance cube and teleported to the Black Corpse Demon Abyss to hunt.

As soon as he arrived at the Demon Abyss, Cheng Bai noticed something strange and instantly became invisible to observe the movements in the sky.

A spiritual boat was floating in the air, as smooth and crystal-clear as jade, emitting a soft purple and white luster. It was about 80 meters long, with smooth lines and elegance. The hull was covered with pale golden runes, and the main control bridge was flashing with ghostly lights, like a moving holy palace, slowly descending towards the Black Corpse Demon Abyss.

Cai Youling stood on the bridge observation deck and issued instructions to the Xingxiuzhu that controlled the spirit boat: "There is a pot of heaven in the Yujie spirit boat, which can easily accommodate thousands of people. Release some of the ghost army to attract the insect mother to come out for food."

Wu Qiubai took a few steps forward and looked down at the Demon Abyss, with suspicion in his eyes.

Cai Youling continued, "Nine-leaf Ganoderma Lucidum was once discovered deep in the Black Corpse Demon Abyss. It is a place that the geniuses will fight for. Let the spirit boat transmission array record the geographical coordinates so that it will be convenient for traveling back and forth in the future."

Wu Qiubai said, "My lord, something is wrong. The Demonic Abyss is so vast, there should be a stronger Hellworm Queen nearby. I can sense the power of all things, but these are just ordinary intestinal worms. Why are you still panicking?"

Cai Youling thought for a moment and said, "The grade of the Jade Lock Spirit Boat is obviously higher than that of the general Sky Patrol Spirit Boat. It is the face of the dynasty or the great sect. The Insect Mother is very intelligent. Could it be that she was scared away when she saw it?"

"it's not true."

Wu Qiubai closed his eyes, and his consciousness passed through the bottom of the Black Corpse Demon Abyss like a tangible object. He sighed, "There are the remains of the Hell Worm Mother down there. Ordinary intestinal worms can't be this big. Someone got there first, killed the Worm Mother, and took away the inner elixir. It's really a waste of heaven's gift."

Cai Youling pondered and said, "The Insect Mother is notoriously difficult to kill. Who among the candidates has the ability to do this? Could it be King Jin Guangming? That guy has gathered a lot of talented people around him. Maybe he guessed the purpose of my trip and took the initiative to cut off the source of my trouble."

Wu Qiubai said: "For now, we should head to the Poison Water Demon Abyss thousands of miles northeast as quickly as possible and try to get another insect mother. I hope it is not too late."

Cai Youling was a little reluctant: "Are you going to give up the Nine-Leaf Ganoderma Lucidum in the Black Corpse Demon Abyss?"

Wu Qiubai assessed the situation and advised, "Yong Yao got there first and must have rushed to the Demon Abyss Labyrinth to take away the precious medicine root. If you fall behind by one step, you will fall behind step by step! My lord, why don't you speed up and rush to the Poison Water Demon Abyss or the fourth level of the Hateful Swamp to fight for it? You will have a better chance."

"What Wu Hou said is very true."

Cai Youling ordered the Yujing Lingzhou to turn around and take off, flying towards the northeast.

Cheng Bai remained hidden without being discovered, waiting until the spirit boat was far away from his perception range before revealing himself.

He turned his head and looked at the Demonic Abyss Labyrinth he had visited not long ago, thinking to himself: "That martial arts master's cultivation is not inferior to that of the Dharma King Miaoyin, and he also believes that there are no other monsters under the abyss except for the intestinal worms... I don't think so!"

Having made up his mind, Cheng Bai appeared in a flash and teleported to the place where the remains of the Mi Valley Tree were taken away, and summoned the inheritance cube.

He carefully checked the surroundings and compared them with the outside. He wondered, "This place is much cooler and more comfortable, but the intestinal worms don't come here. The Migu Tree and the Nine-Leaf Ganoderma Lucidum themselves don't have the ability to do that. Is there something strange hidden?"

Li Tong flew around and said with a smile: "You guessed right, there must be a big insect hiding there, which is even big enough to threaten the hell bug queen tribe."

Cheng Bai opened his eyes wide but could not see any clues, so he used his Phoenix power to sense and vaguely saw a strange object in the distance wandering between reality and illusion, as vague as a dream.

Li Tong pointed out: "He is a cunning guy. He has a spell similar to the disappearance spell, which cannot be discovered by ordinary predictive detection methods."

Cheng Bai guessed, "Zhai Xufei and Bei Tingjun had sat here for a long time. Could it be that because of them, that guy was afraid of them and wanted to avoid them as much as possible?"

Li Tong deduced: "A cunning rabbit has three burrows. It is likely that it hid in another nest after being alarmed."

Cheng Bai used the power of the phoenix to sense from afar, silently deduced the general direction in his mind, and led Li Tong deeper into the maze.

After searching for a while through the narrow tunnel, a wide space appeared deep in the dim underground. Buried inside was another section of the remains of a Mi Gu tree, which was several miles long and might have once been the main root of a tree.

Cheng Bai took a deep breath and mobilized the power of the Phoenix to assist his spiritual eye technique to peek. His eyes shone with bright light, as if he could see through everything in the world and discovered the mysteries of details one after another.

The tree roots in front of him were more severely rotten, and the inside was hollow like a coffin. There was always an area around it that was unclear and difficult to determine its exact location.

There must be something wrong when there is something abnormal!

The creature wandered between reality and illusion, subverting common sense wherever it went and revealing its activities.

Sensing someone approaching, the unknown creature silently left the cave in the tree roots. It moved very quickly, and a vague and unpredictable voice echoed around it: "It seems that I have done the opposite of what I should have done. I shouldn't have mixed up reality and illusion. I should have returned to nothingness... Your aura is hard to distinguish, and it is somewhat similar to mine."

"You are a master at hiding, and I admit I am inferior to you." Cheng Bai has also used similar tactics. He seemed to be chatting with someone, but in fact he used the sound of their voice to deduce the other person's true whereabouts.

Just as he was about to figure out the other party's attitude, a sharp weapon suddenly came at him and cut Cheng Bai in half with one strike.

The unknown creatures in hiding were full of hostility and suddenly launched a sneak attack. However, the figure that seemed to be cut by the sharp weapon disappeared indifferently, but it was just an afterimage left by the Eight Immortals.

Cheng Bai's real body had already hidden himself and entered assassination mode. He avoided the attack in time based on his perception and judgment, then raised the killing knife and slashed at the enemy with a black spirit.

Several layers of sword energy slashed towards the target, but did not hit any entity and hit nothing.

The unknown creatures moved almost simultaneously, reacting quickly and moving swiftly. He determined the trajectory of the attack formed by the movement of the white knife energy, closely followed the source and launched a fierce attack, the sharp blade cutting through the air silently.

Similarly, it is futile to fish for the moon in the water, as Cheng Bai's movement and position are not slow at all.

Neither side hit the target, as if the momentary confrontation was just an illusion.

"He has similar abilities to mine, the ability to conceal himself, carry out deadly assassinations, and mislead others. We are testing each other, and now we have met our match!" Cheng Bai calmly summarized the rules, silently brewing a battle plan in his mind.

The two sides were unable to do anything to each other for a while, so they each kept calm and repeatedly searched for the enemy's location, wandering around looking for the next opportunity to attack.