Chapter 74: Poaching Failed, But the Prey Was Successful

Wu Shanjun brought a dozen disciples from Lingshou Mountain to set up the Bagua Beast Trapping Formation, and deliberately released a group of wild boars. They were afraid that the mantis would not think there were enough other insects and moths to eat. These big fat pigs should be very tempting, right?

Then, all the disciples of Lingshou Mountain hid themselves with the help of the formation and waited for the giant mantis to come again.

However, Wu Shanjun was surprised to find a white cloud swooping down from the sky at high speed, and then the skin of the leading second-level monster wild boar was instantly petrified. However, in vain, the next moment, accompanied by a heart-wrenching howl, the entire body from the tip of the pig's nose to the tail was neatly split into two halves, and the colorful internal organs flowed all over the ground.

This is not a praying mantis!
Wushanjun couldn't even see what it was, he just saw a white cloud flying by at high speed.

Fortunately, the Bagua Beast Trapping Formation was activated immediately, and a huge Bagua formation pattern lit up, with the light shooting straight into the sky. Spirit beast disciples stood behind the formation flags to provide spiritual power for the formation and save the consumption of spirit stones. Wu Shanjun typed the spell into the control formation disk to trap the white cloud in the formation, while sending a message to his master.

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Sun Zecheng had just cut open the belly of a black boar when he suddenly found that the scene in front of him had changed. Apart from the half-cut black boar corpse in front of him, which confirmed that he had killed a second-level monster, the rest of the scene became unreal. There was a strong wind, flying sand and rocks, and a thick fog.

"Fuck! They've broken into the formation!" Sun Zecheng reacted instantly.

Damn, I was so proud of myself. I was a little proud of myself after killing the giant mantis so easily. Just seeing the giant mantis carrying the black tiger, I thought that I could do it too. I didn't think about the foundation of Lingshou Mountain as a sect. Now I fell into a trap!

Sun Zecheng raised his hand and slapped himself several times. How dare he come to Lingshou Mountain to poach! Now he has become the prey instead of the poacher!

It’s too late to regret, it’s better to escape in time!

Don't think too much about it for now, just escape underground first, activate a primary high-level stone escape talisman, and escape underground instantly. Don't even dare to ask for pork. It is impossible to expose the secret of the Taotie treasure chest in this environment!

However, he was restricted by the formation and could only advance a few feet underground before hitting an invisible barrier. It seemed that not only the surroundings, but also the sky and the ground were restricted.

Shit! Now I’m the prey.

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The burly man with black beard came running over immediately after receiving the message, but he could not sense the breath of the mantis. While he was still halfway there, a voice like thunder came: "Where is the golden-backed mantis?" The voice was like thunder, even Sun Zecheng who had escaped underground could hear it.

It turned out that they were setting up an array to capture the giant mantis!

The big black tiger he kept in captivity was taken away by a giant mantis, so he naturally had to set up a formation to capture it. This was a normal reaction. It was ridiculous that he was so proud of killing the giant mantis and finding the second storage bag that he didn't even think of such a normal follow-up reaction! He was so arrogant!
How powerful is this formation? Try it and you will know

Sun Zecheng opened the way with his silver giant sword, and a sword beam chopped down and bounced back directly. The invisible barrier did not move at all, not even a ripple. This formation can definitely trap a Jindan level!

…The burly man with a black beard landed outside the formation and asked, “Where is the golden-backed mantis?”

"To answer Master's question, it's not a mantis. I don't know what it is. It's in the formation now, but I can't see or sense it." Wu Shanjun said timidly.

As they were talking, Sun Zecheng attacked the formation with a huge silver sword. Wu Shanjun, holding the control array plate, immediately sensed: "He is underground, attacking the formation."

"Not a mantis? A white cloud? No matter whether it is a human, a monster or an animal, once it enters my Bagua Beast Trapping Formation, even its Golden Elixir cannot get out! Let it run around and let the formation wear it down first before catching it alive!" The black-bearded man said with a confident wave of his hand.

"Eight Trigrams Beast Trapping Formation?" Sun Zecheng heard it clearly underground. Sun Zecheng had long heard about the complexity and unpredictability of the Eight Trigrams Formation. Fortunately, he did not run around before, but went straight into the ground vertically! Otherwise, if he walked into some death gate or injury gate, he would have been killed half to death by the formation!
The formation that could trap the golden elixir could not be transmitted out by the directional teleportation talisman. Fortunately, in the Rat Palace in the secret passage, I chose not to escape but to gamble my life to kill the golden elixir in the secret store and seized four talismans for penetrating the formation! Otherwise, I would be dead now!
Sun Zecheng took out a Penetration Talisman and activated it. He instantly passed through the formation. He didn't dare to move left or right, for fear of triggering the changes of the Eight Diagrams. He could only escape vertically deeper into the ground...

"Master, something is wrong!" Wu Shanjun held the control array plate and instantly sensed Sun Zecheng's escape.

"What's all the fuss about?" The big man with black beard was a little dissatisfied with his apprentice's fussing.

"Master! It seems to have escaped from the formation!" Wu Shanjun hurriedly handed over the control array plate and shouted.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" The black-bearded man took the control array disk and took a look at it, his face immediately changed. He flew directly into the array and came to the location of the black boar's corpse. After sensing, he found that there was no one in the array.

The black-bearded man slapped the taming bag at his waist, and a huge gray-yellow python flew out. The python stuck out its forked tongue to sense the air, then swallowed it back into its stomach, and then stuck out its tongue again to roll in the air. After doing this three times, the giant python dived into the place where Sun Zecheng had escaped underground, but soon hit the barrier of the formation.

The big man with black beard sacrificed a piece of illuminating moonstone and followed the passage opened by the python into the ground. Seeing that the python was blocked, he manipulated the control array plate in his hand to split the formation and let the python pass through the formation to chase out. He followed closely along the passage opened by the python.

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Not long after Sun Zecheng escaped into the underground, he sensed that there were enemies following him. The distance was very close and the sense was very clear. A demon beast at the late Foundation Establishment stage was chasing him, followed by a demon beast at the middle Golden Core stage!
Although they set out late and there was a moment's delay in opening the formation, this giant python was able to burrow underground very quickly, and Sun Zecheng was afraid of triggering the Eight Trigrams Beast Trapping Formation, so he kept going straight down. Soon, the two sides were only a few dozen feet apart, and through the escape hole formed by his own burrowing through the mud, Sun Zecheng could even see two glowing eyes.

Sun Zecheng was very anxious, so he activated ten fire dragon talismans and threw them upwards. Ten fire dragons were instantly activated, and in the narrow escape cave, they quickly entangled into a large fire dragon and swallowed the fire dragon upwards. The giant python was escaping underground when it encountered this and was knocked back repeatedly. However, this giant python was already at the top level of level four, comparable to the cultivation level of a human cultivator in the late foundation building stage and half a step into the false elixir stage. In addition, the fire dragons lacked burst damage, so the giant python released an earth shield to block it and actually managed to retreat without any injury!

The big man with a black beard followed closely behind and saw the fire dragon coming. The python couldn't resist and immediately flashed forward and used a large icicle to dispel the fire dragon.

After just a brief delay, the underground cave that Sun Zecheng had escaped through automatically closed, and Sun Zecheng continued to escape deeper underground.

The black-bearded man seemed unable to burrow underground, and let the python rush in front. He followed closely into the cave opened by the python.

Not long after, the giant python caught up with Sun Zecheng again. Sun Zecheng had already seen clearly with the help of the light from the fire dragon that it was a giant python with the cultivation level of the late foundation building stage. After Sun Zecheng threw out the fire dragon just now, he continued to escape with all his strength while sensing the situation behind him. Seeing that the fire dragon could not hurt the enemy, but could hinder the enemy slightly, Sun Zecheng did not waste too much and threw three fire dragon talismans at a time, not seeking to hurt the enemy, but only to hinder it a little and buy some time.

(End of this chapter)