Chapter 122: The Battle (1)
I have to say that this voice is extremely annoying, because in that faint tone, it is full of mockery of us, as well as the so-called city lord’s fanatical loyalty. At this time of tranquility, being interrupted by such a voice, anyone would feel annoying from the bottom of their hearts.
The first to react was Chengqing, who stood up and turned around to look behind him. He said calmly, “I don’t believe it’s the kindness of your lord that has given us this quiet time. I’m afraid there must be another reason.”
When Cheng Qing spoke, he still played with the copper coins in his hand. I looked at the copper coins like a fish swimming through his fingers, and I thought it was very interesting and powerful. On the contrary, the figure in the red robe standing a hundred meters away from us, I didn’t care.
Facing Chengqing’s words, the figure in the red robe was silent for a while, not knowing whether he had tacitly agreed with Chengxin’s words or was too lazy to argue with Chengqing.
“The location where he is standing is the location of the first eye of the formation here,” Cheng Zhen whispered in my ear.
“I should be the one to do it,” I said to the figure in the red robe. Behind it stood ten black-robed ghosts, all of whom, without exception, had three red lines embroidered on their sleeves. We had encountered these black-robed ghosts before in the previous ghost tide, and their combat effectiveness was astonishing. They were responsible for several crises.
The sound of the copper coins flying was crisp and clear. Cheng Qing caught the coins with one hand and shook his head at me, saying, “It’s really not the time for you to fight. Let’s go first.”
Seeing Chengqing’s calm expression, I was a little confused as to why he didn’t let me take the shot. But in that moment, I also saw a kind of fatigue in Chengqing’s eyes. Originally, Chengqing’s hair was a mixture of black and white hair, but at that moment, I don’t know if it was my illusion, but I felt that his hair seemed to have turned gray.
“Chengqing, have you always been…” I couldn’t help but say my guess.
“This is what the two meridians of fate and divination are supposed to do. I can’t do what Master can do, like planning a thousand miles ahead, but I can still choose a good time to avoid disaster, feel the will of heaven, and find the most suitable way to do it in a short time.” Chengqing’s tone was calm.
I remembered that Erlan Gui always blocked the most critical attacks for everyone in time, and only then did I realize that Chengqing Ge was also fighting all the way, but his way was more special.
We walked towards the red-robed ghost, and the short distance of 50 meters was only a matter of moments.
We stopped less than five meters apart. At this point, I could see clearly that the red robe of the ghost was very special. It was not the red of that kind of fabric, but the red on it was like light and shadow projected on white fabric, and it even flowed faintly.
It was wearing a ghostly mask, which made it look extremely ferocious. At this moment, our two teams were facing each other, and the wind blew between us, lifting our clothing, creating an extremely tense atmosphere.
Neither of us acted impulsively. Everyone had heard my conversation with Chengqing, and we were all grateful to him for fighting such a difficult battle. We were all waiting for him to make a move and trusted him completely.
“What? If you don’t fight, you think you can never fight?” The sarcastic voice of the red-robed ghost sounded again under the mask. I think this ghost must have been a “poisonous tongue” person in his lifetime. His tongue was so vicious, and his heart must not be very broad. No wonder he became a fierce ghost after death.
“You alone are not worth our effort.” Cheng Qing suddenly spoke a sentence that made no sense, and then said, “If I have not miscalculated, the reason you have not moved your hands is to activate the hidden formation here. Although I do not know what conspiracy you are plotting, I can vaguely tell that this square is no longer the square we saw. If my calculations are correct, there are two more ghosts like you hiding in this square, and if we do not defeat you, we will be trapped in a maze-like square and never be able to move forward. However, my intuition tells me that even if we defeat you one by one, we will only be able to move forward a short distance. If we drag on like this, the great formation will be fully activated and we will be trapped here for a long time.
When he said this, Cheng Qing was calm and collected, with his hands behind his back. His long gray hair, which had just reached his shoulders and was tied with a leather band, fluttered in the wind, looking like an ancient, cold and elegant scholar with extraordinary bearing.
In response to Chengqing’s words, the red-robed ghost merely snorted and said, “You know quite a lot. You really are a powerful fortune teller, but do you have a way to break it?”
Cheng Qing smiled, resting one hand on his back, and tapping his nose with the other two fingers, saying, “You’ve really got me stumped. I’m really not good at breaking formations, but as a fortune teller, if I can’t see the slightest truth and come up with a solution, that’s a sign of self-sabotage. Even if it’s a matter of fate, you can still change your fate against the heavens. Isn’t that right?”
“Hmph!” The red-robed ghost seemed to be too lazy to talk anymore. In that instant, the momentum of his entire body began to rise, and the black-robed ghosts also stepped forward, as if they were about to start fighting.
“This formation is special. The three red-robed people are only guarding the temporary eye of the formation, which allows the formation to function. If we delay for a while, the real formation will come into play. The eye of the formation is hidden in that hall. By then, it will be troublesome to break the formation! The only way is to destroy a small part of the formation pattern, so that the three red-robed people will appear at the same time, and we can quickly kill them! Chengzhen, I will help you see the truth for a moment. Are you sure you can destroy a small part of the formation pattern?” Cheng Qing suddenly said in a hurry.
The red-robed ghost would not allow Chengqing to continue. Suddenly, the ghost disappeared in its place. In that instant, Chengqing only had time to say two words: “Tao Bai!”
Tao Bai is not the shy Tao Bai. He is the cold and unfamiliar Tao Bai. During the break, everyone had already finished their training, except Tao Bai, who stood aside with his red energy still burning, confusing everyone.
I don’t understand why Chengqing only called Tao Bai by name at this time. Although he was no longer the shy person I remembered, I was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to react. I had always thought that Tao Bai’s impression on me was that he was shy and awkward.
But I didn’t expect that as soon as Chengqing’s words fell, Tao Bai suddenly reached out with lightning speed and grabbed the hand that had appeared out of thin air. The hand was still struggling, and the long nails at the tip were like five sharp daggers, still pointing at Chengqing’s chest.
At this point, the figure of the red-robed ghost slowly appeared before our eyes. It was so insidious that it saw the threat of Chengqing and wanted to kill him without a sound, taking his heart.
Suddenly, a large amount of steam appeared between Tao Bai’s hand and the ghost’s wrist. It was like the meeting of water and fire. As the fire was extinguished, the water was also steamed into water vapor and spread between Tao Bai and the red-clad ghost.
The wind blew away the steam, as if it were blowing away the fog. The red-robed ghost let out a series of snorts and sneers, but Cheng Qing smiled and said to it, “Playing with water? How about letting the one who plays with fire play with you? Let’s see if water can extinguish fire, or if fire can evaporate water!”
While Cheng Qing was talking, Tao Bai already reached out to remove the red robe ghost’s mask. He said in a deep voice, “What are you doing sneaking around under the mask? Are you shy?”
I looked at Tao Bai in surprise. Are you really ashamed to say that others are shy? Lushan, however, said, “Energy brings not only strength, but also speed. Maybe it can also affect personality? Who knows.”
I glanced at Lushan and felt that this guy was too mysterious. He only said a little bit, but I couldn’t bear to ask him any more when I saw a trace of sadness in his eyes.
Facing Tao Bai’s outstretched hand, the red-robed ghost continued to smile strangely and shouted, “What are you all doing? As a school officer, do you want to watch the general die first?”
“Except for Chengyi and Chengzhen, the rest of you are free to fight.” Chengqing said in a calm voice. In fact, the ten ghosts were really not enough to see under our full strength.
The strange thing was that the red-robed ghost suddenly melted under the watchful eyes of all of us, then turned into a pool of red water on the ground, and then disappeared!
“Pfft,” the process was so fast that no one had time to react. Tao Bai’s hand was empty, and a cloud of water vapor rose from his hand. The next moment, Tao Bai began to run, running to the back of Jue Yuan. The speed was almost too fast for my eyes to follow, and then I saw Tao Bai swing a punch.
There was another burst of steam, a cold sneer, and the sudden appearance of the red-robed figure. This guy still knows how to pick the softest target, and he actually went after Jueyuan.
It seemed that the red-robed ghost had suffered, but in fact, I noticed that Tao Bai’s arm that had punched had become much paler.
But Chengqing’s attention was not on their struggle at all, but he shouted, “Chengzhen, are you still not merging your soul? Get ready, I’m going to open up this space for you so you can see a glimpse of the truth!”
“Mmm!” Cheng Zhen quickly agreed. The snake that was originally wrapped around Cheng Zhen’s wrist no longer formed a bracelet shape, but suddenly stretched out?
Why does breaking the formation require merging the souls? Can Chengzhen merge his soul so quickly? You have to know that even Chengxin can’t do it yet.