I am Su Mu.
A cunning merchant who has traversed into a world of cultivation and magic!
My motto? [Pay-to-win to become immortal, grind till the end!]
Spending my own money is not...
The order of the Demon Lord Heyu was quickly executed.
Because it was determined that only a small number of cultivators had escaped, the number of patrols dispatched to hunt them down was not large, accounting for only a quarter of the total number.
But this is enough to relieve the pressure and burden on several other teams that have quietly broken through.
Lin Jian'e was leading her team through a group of bribed demons when she suddenly saw a patrol approaching. The whole team immediately became nervous and prepared for battle in an instant. If the situation got bad, they would break through by force.
During the days in the Yuanjiao secret realm, they have already been tempered from battlefield rookies into frontline elites, and each of them is now completely different from the past.
Seeing that the patrol team was getting closer and closer, when Lin Jian'e was about to order a sneak attack, it suddenly stopped, then changed its route and sped away in the opposite direction.
This surprised and shocked the students from various schools in the team:
"What happened? Why did they turn around and leave?"
"Could it be that this patrol team has also been bribed by Teacher Su?"
"Or did they discover us and, fearing being ambushed, ran to call for backup?"
"Then should we chase them and kill them?"
"Are you stupid? We are trying to break out now. If we catch up and start a fight, what will happen if we are exposed? It's better to leave quickly!"
Lin Jian'e was also very surprised, and hurriedly asked the Painted Skin Demon whom she had just contacted, and only then did she find out the whole story.
After a little consideration, she told everyone the situation: "Sumu and his men's whereabouts have been exposed! This patrol team has been assigned to participate in the pursuit!"
Upon hearing the news, the students in the team were all shocked.
"What? Teacher Su and the others were exposed?"
"Aren't they in danger now?"
"What are you waiting for? Let's go over and support them!"
The classmates were talking to each other, all of them were worried about Su Mu.
There were even some impatient people who immediately urged Lin Jian'e to rush to provide reinforcements.
At the critical moment, Lin Jian'e remained very calm.
After some careful thought, she said, "Break out according to the original plan!
With the capabilities of Sumu's team, even if they encountered a patrol team, they would be able to wipe them out silently and break through successfully.
Their exposure was probably intentional, in order to help us attract pressure, we can’t let their efforts go to waste…”
At this time, Lin Jian'e had not yet used her sword box, so she didn't have to worry about sounding poisonous.
Her analysis made a lot of sense and convinced many people.
But some people were hesitant: "What if Teacher Su and the others are really in danger?"
Lin Jian'e glanced in the direction where Su Mu and his men were breaking out.
“If they really encountered danger, they would definitely activate the statue and the stone tablet in advance.
But so far, we have not seen any signs of statues and stone tablets being activated in any direction.
This shows that everyone’s breakout is going relatively smoothly.”
Everyone nodded subconsciously, that was indeed the case.
The Painted Skin Demon lurking in the demon team brought Lin Jian'e new instructions at this time: "The boss said that they are fine, and asked you to retreat as planned!"
This news made Lin Jian'e and others completely relieved. They no longer hesitated and immediately accelerated the speed of breaking out.
In fact, Lin Jiang'e and several other teams were equipped with magical instruments for communication, but Su Mu did not contact them directly because he was afraid that some demons would be able to track the rune waves and find their location.
Su Mu took the opportunity to issue a retreat order to all the Painted Skin Demons and added a sentence in the order, asking them to convey it after they met the team of Lin Jian'e, Kevin and others.
The added sentence consists of just four words: "Nothing to do, leave quickly."
Of course, both the retreat order and the four added words were encrypted.
Even if there are demons that can intercept the rune waves, they will not be able to decipher its meaning if they don't understand the code.
Moreover, if they are distributed over a large area, there is no need to worry about the demons being able to lock onto the specific locations of Lin Jian'e, Kevin and other teams.
It turned out that Su Mu's caution was very useful.
Among the subordinates of Demon Lord Heyu, there are indeed demons that can intercept rune radio waves.
They intercepted the rune waves sent by Su Mu, but because they did not know how to decipher them, they were unable to translate the meaning of the rune waves.
It was just a notification to the cultivators in the temple that their breakout had been exposed and they were being hunted down.
As for tracking down the recipients…
This rune wave is just like shouting in the public channel in the game. How can we trace it? There is no way to trace it!
Lin Jian'e's team quickly broke through.
The teams led by Kevin, Lin Junjie and others also received the news one after another and accelerated their breakout, all of which went smoothly.
On the other hand, the pursuit team composed of patrol teams was misled by the wrong information given by the Flying Tiger Demon Lord that "the cultivator ran to the southeast", and they chased in the wrong direction from the beginning.
But Su Mu was well prepared.
He dispatched a number of puppet dolls and rune figures to the southeast, and had them build magic array traps along the way, pretending that they were really retreating to the southeast and resisting all the way.
After encountering these magic array traps, the pursuit team became more and more convinced that the route they were tracking was correct.
A bull demon covered in lice laughed grimly after destroying a trap with a savage trampling.
"The cultivators must be fleeing in this direction, otherwise there would be no need to waste materials and set up magic arrays and traps here. As long as we follow these magic arrays and traps all the way, we will definitely be able to catch up with them!"
“That’s right!”
All the monsters and ghosts nodded, agreeing with the Bull Demon's judgment.
They never imagined that their opponent was not only a man with plenty of money and materials, but also a heavy spender.
For Su Mu, as long as it can be solved by spending money, it’s not a big deal!
These demons are destined to be led further and further away by the krypton gold bosses...
In the encirclement.
The former subordinates of the White Bone Demon Lord were organized and, under the leadership of three demigod-level demon lords, launched an attack on the temple.
These demons and ghosts had all participated in the previous attack and witnessed the "strange death" of the White Bone Demon Lord. They were extremely afraid of the cultivators in the temple.
If Demon Lord Heyu had not been watching them from behind, they would have fled in all directions long ago. How could they dare to attack again?
After all, even the White Bone Demon Lord died in the horrible hot pot, so what use would it be for these demons to go there?
Do you want to add side dishes to the hot pot?
However, they dared not disobey the orders of the Demon Lord Heyu, even if it meant that they would be used as cannon fodder.
They could only sigh inwardly that the death of the White Bone Demon Lord had left them without their backing and they were now being bullied.
The demons and ghosts approached the temple step by step. They were about to enter the attack range of the cultivators, but no attack was launched from inside the temple. This made them surprised, but also a little excited.
"Why aren't the cultivators attacking? Did they use up all their spiritual power and ammunition in the previous offensive?"
"Is it the White Bone Demon Lord's spirit in heaven blessing us? Are we going to make a contribution?"
"If we can really accomplish something, even if Demon Lord He Yu wants to target us, he won't dare to do it as blatantly as he is now, right?"
The group of demons and ghosts thought excitedly and quickened their charge speed. They were no longer timid like before and wanted to rush into the temple in one go to kill the enemy and gain merit.
In the distance, the Demon Lord Heyu in the temporary command post frowned when he saw this scene.
Its chubby face was filled with gloom, and it wondered, "Why haven't the cultivators made any movement yet? They can't have all run away, right?"
In the blink of an eye, the charging demons rushed outside the temple, to the edge of the magic circle.
Just when they wanted to slow down and wait for the three demigod-level demon lords to break the magic circle in front of them before charging, a sharp "whoosh" sound suddenly came from the temple that had been quiet for a long time.
A group of rune shells whizzed out of the temple and hit the demons behind them.
The demons hiding in the rear are inherently weaker in strength and defense.
The demons with high defense and strong strength all stood in the front as meat shields.
Naturally, these monsters and ghosts in the rear could not withstand the rune shells, and many of them were instantly blown to pieces or flew away!
After the rune shells exploded, a raging sea of fire was created.
Under the influence of several talismans that flew out with the rune shells, the sea of fire gathered into five giant flames, which were the images of the five main gods of the fire department - the Tail Fire Tiger, the Room Fire Pig, the Beak Fire Monkey, the Winged Fire Snake and the Jiehuo Tianjun.
This is the required knowledge for the talisman formation major—the Fire Department’s Godly Talisman.
As soon as the five fire giants were formed, they roared and pounced on the demons, instantly overturning and igniting a piece of land, causing the demon team to fall into chaos and emitting a charming barbecue aroma.
All that’s missing is cumin and chili.
Even so, the demons and ghosts who were not participating in the battle were all tempted by the fragrance. They all sighed: "As expected of a cultivator, they can fight a battle so fragrantly."
Because of the incessant bombardment of rune shells, explosions and sea of fire, the power of the five fire giants was also constantly growing, forcing the demons on the battlefield to divert part of their strength to fight against the fire giants.
The other demons rushed forward to avoid being hit by the rune shells.
As for the two demigod-level demon lords, they were busy breaking the magic circle and had no way to provide them with support.
But if you rush forward, you will enter the range of the magic circle.
In an instant, an invisible poison surged, causing the demon's evil spirit to plummet and he was in excruciating pain.
Immediately afterwards, crisscrossing sword energy whistled in from all directions, slashing at the demons and ghosts.
There was a roar inside the temple, as if countless Thor cannons and Vulcan cannons were madly pouring out rune bullets.
Faced with this sudden attack, the slightly stronger demons and ghosts could still struggle a little.
Those who were weak were either poisoned to death, cut into pieces by sword energy, or beaten into sieves by rune bullet rain!
In the team, the demon lords below the demigod level saw this situation and hurriedly put up a protective shield to protect the demons around them.
But at this moment, a Sanskrit scripture was heard from the temple, which made them dizzy and greatly affected their actions.
Several figures rushed out and pounced towards them.
It was the statues and stone tablets that were activated and launched an attack on the group of demon lords!
Several demon lords were unable to react in time and were killed immediately.
Even the three semi-god-level demon lords were quickly beheaded and shot to pieces by Shencha and Yulei!
The demons and ghosts who had luckily survived were horrified and confused when they saw this.
Just at this moment, there was a bright light in the temple, which dazzled the demons and ghosts.
When I looked closely, I saw that it was a large hot pot flying out of the temple.
Seeing this hot pot, the demons and ghosts under the White Bone Demon Lord were all frightened.
They saw with their own eyes that the great python demon and the white bone demon lord were boiled in this hot pot one after another!
Now that the hot pot is started again, they are undoubtedly the ones to be cooked!
Just as they were terrified, they suddenly saw two dragons, one red and one white, tumbling out from the hot pot, instantly growing larger, opening their huge mouths, trying to swallow them.
At the same time, a Tai Chi Yin-Yang diagram was seen rising from the hot pot, suspended in the air, emitting dazzling light.
"Ice and Fire Double Heavenly Dragon?"
"The Tai Chi diagram! The Tai Chi diagram that the cultivators talked about appeared at night!"
"We can't defeat these people. Run away, run away quickly!"
The demons and ghosts suddenly lost their fighting spirit and fled screaming, looking so miserable, leaving only corpses on the ground.
The fleeing demons did not notice a strange black slime that appeared on the bodies of their companions under the cover of darkness, quickly covering them and devouring their flesh, blood, and souls altogether!
The Demon Lord Heyu in the distance was watching the situation on the battlefield.
Seeing the hot pot appear, it frowned slightly and muttered in surprise: "Is this thing really a magic weapon?"
But the Heyu Demon Lord had heard from the God Lord himself that the White Bone Demon Lord died under the "Ten Sun Eyes" of the ugly woman's corpse, and it had nothing to do with hot pot.
But now it seems that this hot pot is not ordinary.
“No matter whether it is a magic weapon or not, when more demons arrive at dawn, no matter how powerful this hot pot is, it can use the lives of the demons to drain their spiritual energy!
By then, both it and the corpse of the ugly woman will fall into my hands. The corpse of the ugly woman will naturally be offered to the Lord of God, but this hot pot will be mine!"
The Heyu Demon Lord laughed happily.
However, what made it even happier was that this wave of tests revealed that the main force of the cultivators was indeed still in the temple as it had expected.
He even vaguely saw that the cultivator who was carrying the corpse of the ugly woman, rushed out of the temple with several of his companions and chased after the evil spirits when they fled.
As long as the main force of the cultivators has not escaped and as long as the corpse of the ugly woman is still there, it doesn't matter even if a few of them really escape.
The fish that slipped through the net will be caught and killed sooner or later!
After a while, a big demon came to the side of Demon Lord Heyu cautiously, bowed and asked: "Demon Lord, those demons have retreated, what do you think we should do?"
He Yu Demon Lord narrowed his eyes, looked at the group of demons that had just escaped and were controlled, and were trembling, and asked in a cold voice: "Fleeing from the battlefield, fearing the enemy and not fighting, what should we do with it?"
The big demon understood what the demon master He Yu meant and quickly replied, "Behead him!"
The Heyu Demon Lord laughed grimly: "Since they are to be killed, what are you waiting for? Kill them all!"
Upon hearing this, the group of demons and ghosts suddenly burst into an uproar.
Some demons wanted to live, so they knelt on the ground and cried loudly: "Master Heyu, I am willing to serve you and obey you. Please spare me this time!"
Some demon lords also relied on their past achievements and shouted: "I have done meritorious deeds for the God Lord, I have shed blood for the God Lord... I want to see the God Lord! I want to see the God Lord!"
No matter how these demons and ghosts shouted and begged, Demon Lord Heyu had already made up his mind to kill them. How could he let them go?
"Quack!"
With a cold snort, the Heyu Demon Lord waved his hand, and a strong but invisible demonic energy surged out and pressed down on the demons and ghosts.
The demons suddenly felt extremely uncomfortable, as if their necks were being pressed down heavily, and they cried out in pain: "I can't breathe!"
But it was of no use. After just a moment, they all died.
Some of his men were about to collect the bodies, but were stopped by the Demon Lord Heyu.
"Don't worry about it. I'll handle it myself later. Go and inform the other demons in the encirclement and those rushing over to tell them about the death of this group of demons. Let them know the price of deserting the battlefield!"
"yes!"
The men obeyed the order in unison.
As they turned to leave, a black slime appeared on the corpses of the demons and began to devour them greedily.
Demon Lord He Yu looked at this scene, his chubby round face filled with an enchanting smile.
It whispered to itself, "It's a good idea to establish my authority now, so that when we launch the general attack at dawn, everyone will shrink back and the Lord God won't have enough flesh and soul to enjoy..."
Then it raised its head again and looked towards the temple.
An expression that everything is under control.
Unfortunately, the Heyu Demon Lord could never have imagined that what he had just seen was a show carefully prepared for him by Su Mu.
The purpose is to confuse its judgment and buy more time for the smooth retreat of everyone!
The actual situation inside the temple was completely different from what Demon Lord He Ling had imagined...