Chapter 210: Luring the Tiger Away
Xiong Batian shouted and suddenly raised the ax in his hand high and pressed it down fiercely. It was useless. He planned to acc.u.mulate up his strength one last time and kill these guys here. However, as soon as he took the ax away and looked down, there was no sign of that fellow on the mountain. This kid had already fled somewhere.
“b.a.s.t.a.r.d, where are you? Come out quickly!” Xiong Batian’s angry roar echoed throughout the mountains.
Li Yuanqing stood behind Xiong Batian calmly. He floated in midair and looked at him quietly. “You must be looking for me.”
Xiong Batian’s ears trembled as he hurriedly turned his entire body around. He saw Li Yuanqing behind him, his eyes blood-red.
“Die!” Xiong Batian raised the ax in his hand high again and slashed at Li Yuanqing’s head.
However, Li Yuanqing had no intention of playing with him anymore. At some point, a huge black sword appeared in the sky and floated above Xiong Batian’s head. However, Xiong Batian did not notice it at all.
Just as he raised the two axes and wanted to slash at Li Yuanqing’s head, he suddenly felt a cold chill pierce through his heart, making him feel cold from head to toe. He suddenly looked up, but his posture was frozen at this moment.
The huge sword that could pierce through the heavens and earth carried a huge sword intent as it directly split Xiong Batian’s firm body into two. His huge mountain-like body was split open from the middle. Even his body was torn apart. The flesh on it was charred into a flat surface because of the huge energy coming from the huge sword.
This famous Great Lord, Xiong Batian, was cut into two by Li Yuanqing’s sword. It was really miserable.
Li Yuanqing waved his hand and put Xiong Batian’s body into his domain. It was as if nothing had happened here, leaving only the charred smell in the air.
In Xiong Batian’s cave abode, there was also the key to this array formation.
Li Yuanqing did not make a move just now. After killing the person, he directly walked into the core array formation. There were still a few people guarding here, but Li Yuanqing had casually dealt with them.
The array formation here was connected to the four walls outside. From here, it controlled the energy outside. Just by standing in the center of the array formation and looking up, one could see the patterns on the huge wall outside. The main text of the array carved on the white walls were reflected on the top of the cave in the same way.
Li Yuanqing clicked his tongue in wonder. He sighed in wonder that this thing was really a treasure as he looked at the array formation. It seemed like he had to keep it well. As long as he collected all of this array formation, it would definitely be a good method.
After a simple search, Li Yuanqing uprooted the round platform engraved with array formations and cut it out from the mountainside. He moved the entire array formation into his domain, along with their array discs and many flags.
The moment the array formation disappeared, the wall on the Bear Clan’s side lost all its power with a bang. The majestic energy emitted from it disappeared. The all-encompa.s.sing wall also shrank rapidly in an instant. In the end, it became the size of a palm and landed somewhere.
The moment this wall disappeared, the other walls seemed to have sensed his disappearance. A large portion of the power on them had been lost, and the entire spiritual energy fluctuation was almost completely lost.
One of the originally incomparably dignified and powerful array formations was suddenly lost. The other three naturally could no longer be used, and an open door was revealed.
The other lords a hundred miles away also sensed this change. They all looked over at the same time. They found it difficult to believe that Xiong Batian, who was fine during the meeting just now, would suddenly remove the array formation here.
Da Mingkong, who was recuperating in the cave abode, suddenly opened his eyes. His complexion had recovered a little, but his face was still pale. It seemed that he was still affected by the energy fluctuation just now. He frowned and looked at the array formation on the wall that had weakened greatly. One of the walls was dim.
“Not good. What happened to Xiong Batian? Why did he suddenly remove the array formation? Don’t tell me that guy was killed?”
“How is that possible? No matter what, he’s still a Formation Arrangement Realm expert. It’s not a problem for him to protect himself with such skills. How could he have died under someone else’s saber in such a short period of time without even sending a distress signal? This is impossible!”
In the air of the cave, the figures of Lang Duankong and Shi Fengchun appeared again. The two of them argued but could not come to a conclusion. However, there was no news from Xiong Batian.
Although Da Mingkong’s divine sense had already been damaged, he couldn’t care less at this moment. He released his huge divine sense and covered a radius of hundreds of miles. He searched carefully, but he could not find Xiong Batian.
“Xiong Batian is already dead.” Da Mingkong issued the death notice of Xiong Batian. The other two people who were arguing had also stopped. They could not believe that such a thing had happened.
But how was that possible?
“How strong is Xiong Batian? Although this person is usually lazy and doesn’t pay much attention to cultivation, he is still a proper Formation Arrangement Realm expert. Who could deal with him in such a short period of time?”
Lang Duankong’s face was ashen. “As expected, there’s probably more than one Formation Arrangement Realm expert in the human race. They secretly sneaked out this time because they had their eyes on Xiong Batian and wanted to attack him. Why didn’t we expect this?”
Da Mingkong also agreed with him. “Therefore, it seems that these two humans should be the ones who just slipped out. At least one of them has the strength of a second-grade Formation Arrangement Realm expert. Otherwise, the two of them wouldn’t have been able to kill Xiong Batian in such a short period of time.”
The three of them looked worried. Originally, it was a sure win for the four of them to fight two. However, they were suddenly ambushed. In the end, it became three against two. It seemed that the original overwhelming advantage had disappeared. Now, there was another problem. Moreover, the strength of the enemy was so unpredictable. They could not make a move easily under the circ.u.mstances where they could not figure out the other party’s strength.
Lang Duankong looked at Da Mingkong doubtfully and asked, “Senior, what should we do now since things have turned out like this? Should we hurry up and arrange it? I think it’s time to fight them to the death.”
Shi Fengchun also nodded and said, “That’s right. Since these two are still running around outside, we should take this opportunity to surround them and kill them. At that time, they won’t be able to launch a sneak attack.”
At this time, Lang Duankong was definitely the most worried. Although he had some personal grudges with Xiong Batian, it was impossible for him to see Xiong Batian killed by humans, because their next target would definitely be him.
The other two were so strong. Even if those humans had some brains, they would not choose these two people. If they were to split up again, he would be in extreme danger.
However, Da Mingkong shook his head. “No, we have to continue searching according to the method just now. However, we have to be on guard. I think he must have had a chance to release the distress signal just now, but he was careless. That human is probably not that strong.”
Da Mingkong took out the fragments of the red vine that had exploded just now. This person indeed had some crooked evil techniques, but he had also felt some fluctuations just now. There seemed to be some fighting over there. From this, it could be seen that Xiong Batian did not treat the other party as his opponent at all. This was why he had caused his death.
Da Mingkong continued, “As long as we are careful and report to each other when we see the humans, I believe we will still be able to save each other in time. There will definitely be no more mistakes.”
Although Lang Duankong was still very worried, he could not appear too cowardly at a time like this. He could not possibly run straight into their arms and say that he was afraid and wanted to team up, right?
“Alright, since Senior has made such an arrangement, we naturally have nothing to say. Let’s do it this way.”
After saying that, the three of them discussed a countermeasure and cut off contact. The next plan was to continue searching for the humans.
Since these humans had come out to find trouble with them, they would definitely not find a place to hide now. As long as they took the initiative to attack, these humans would definitely not be able to hold back.
Among them, Lang Duankong was the main target.
Da Mingkong let out a long breath. He was still injured by that guy, but he didn’t tell the other two. If he told them about this matter, the two of them would probably be extremely nervous.
Da Mingkong thought that he was injured just now because he was careless, not because that kid was powerful. If he really encountered him, he still had a way to deal with him.
A figure quietly left the territory of the Bear Clan. Not long after, Da Mingkong appeared in the territory of the Bear Clan.
At this moment, all the members of the Bear Clan had rushed back from outside. They tried their best to search for their boss in the mountains. However, no matter how hard they tried, their boss seemed to have disappeared into thin air.
“Let’s look over there. We must have heard Boss’s shout just now. My lord, my lord!”
“What’s there to look for? Most of them are already dead. Let’s disperse quickly. We can’t continue doing this.”
“You coward! No matter what, we must find Boss’s corpse. We can’t let Boss be buried alone in this desolate place.”
The Bear Clan was still busy searching for their Lord’s corpse and did not notice that such a person had dared to come here.
Da Mingkong did not disturb them. Instead, he came to the middle cave where the array formation was. A huge hole appeared on the ground, and the array flags set up beside it were all taken away. It seemed like it was done by the person who did it. He did not expect that he would lose Xiong Batian’s life because of such a safe plan.
Da Mingkong felt a little regretful, but as a cultivator, he could only blame himself for not having such luck. It was the will of the heavens.
Da Mingkong released his huge divine sense and searched everywhere, wanting to find that trace. Vaguely, he sensed a very familiar energy fluctuation. This energy fluctuation was exactly the same as what he had detected in his cave.
Da Mingkong suddenly opened his eyes and looked into a corner of the cave. Two golden lights shot out from his eyes. He would not be as stupid as last time and have his soul injured for no reason.
The rubble was blown up, but there was nothing there. It was completely different from what he had expected. He had thought that a red vine would be blown out.
After the explosion, dust filled the cave. Da Mingkong waved his sleeve, and a violent wind appeared out of thin air, blowing all the dust out of the cave and restoring clarity in the cave.
Da Mingkong was standing in the corner, thinking about why he had such a wrong perception just now. However, at this moment, another explosion sounded.
Another high wall fell out of thin air. The two adjacent high walls were removed just like that, leaving only the other two walls. They were simply like the wall of someone’s backyard.
Da Mingkong hurriedly jumped out of the cave and stood proudly on the mountaintop, looking down at the city. His face was livid. The array formation that had been stolen was the position he was guarding.
Just as he left, the array formations in their encampment had been stolen.
“What happened?”
“Why is another wall gone?”
“What happened? Could it be that even Senior Da Mingkong…”
“It’s over, it’s over. Senior Da Mingkong has also been killed!”
A sense of fear kept spreading among all the clans.
Da Mingkong’s face darkened. He had originally wanted to come here to find some clues, but he did not expect that his side had also been stolen. However, this array formation had no restraining effect now. What did these two humans want?