Rumble— Rumble—

The footsteps were thunderous.

Compared to the giant ape, the commotion of dozens of feet shaking in unison was even more terrifying.

Because this earth-shattering sound of footsteps seemed to come from a single magical beast, rather than a group of them.

With every step, the ground trembles three times.

As the terrifying footsteps drew ever closer, some noticed that the full moon hanging high in the sky had changed from one to two.

"Damn it! That's not the moon! It's a monster's eye!"

Someone revealed the truth in horror.

The monster's enormous head obscured the full moon, and its two eyes, larger than lanterns, stared straight at them.

Yuehua looked at Chu Hongluan and smiled meaningfully: This time, how will you lead this group of burdens to survive? I'm looking forward to it.

But soon, he realized something was wrong.

Hmm? Why does Chu Hongluan look so excited? And those sparkling eyes—could it be that she's eager to try?

Chu Hongluan beckoned and gathered all the righteous disciples together, whispering her thoughts to them.

"Ah... isn't this a bit too risky?"

"I also think this plan is somewhat unwise."

"Do any of you have other solutions to break this deadlock?"

"......No."

"Let's take a gamble then."

The plan was thus finalized.

Taking advantage of everyone's inattention, Chu Hongluan pulled Liu Jinghong aside and quietly asked her something.

Liu Jinghong nodded and, using his sleeve as cover, slipped her a small porcelain bottle.

When the monster strode confidently into the courtyard, it was met with the stares of twenty or thirty pairs of eyes fixed intently on it.

What's wrong?

Did it have rice grains stuck to its mouth?

"Grab your weapons!!!"

"Charge!!!"

"Get it!!!"

A group of people, brandishing their weapons, charged toward it menacingly and with murderous intent!

The monster was stunned for only a moment, then flew into a rage!

Even ants dare to dream of shaking a giant tree!

It viciously raised its foot and stomped down on the crowd! A huge shadow loomed over them! A gust of wind swept through!

"dispersion!!!"

The crowd scattered quickly, some rolling, some leaping.

The elder of the Sword Sect, carrying his greatsword, laughed wildly: "You little beast! Come and hit me!"

The monster flared its nostrils, exhaling scorching breath, clearly enraged. Without a word, it swung its fist at the reckless old man! The old man retreated several feet, blocking with his sword, forcefully intercepting the monster's iron fist. Even with his hind foot embedded in the ground, he remained unfazed in his momentum.

"Hey! You little beast, you can even understand human speech!"

The elder of the Sword Sect was still provoking them.

Enraged, the monster roared, raised its fist and transformed it into a palm, about to strike again!

"roar--"

Damn it! Something pricked his foot!

The monster roared in pain! It raised its leg and swung it wildly!

"Hey! Stop shaking! Stop shaking! I'm going to throw up!"

Hearing the sound, the monster stopped abruptly, looked down, and saw it was still an insect wielding a knife! It plunged the knife directly into the back of its leg! Now it was hanging from the knife handle!

"Hey, hello."

Kottinger greeted him.

I'm so stupid!

The monster lifted its foot and reached out to grab the instep!

Kotinghe tried to draw his sword and run away, but the sword seemed to be stuck in the monster's joints and he couldn't pull it out no matter what he did!

As the shadow overhead drew closer, he had no choice but to temporarily abandon his knife and do a backflip to dodge far away!

"roar--"

Another scream rang out.

Because the monster used all its strength in that grab, Kotinghe dodged, but the knife was still there. It was pushed by the force of the grab and slashed horizontally! It only fell to the ground after cutting to the very tip of his foot!

Koting scrambled to retrieve his precious knife, chuckling, "You're actually quite nice; you even gave me back my knife."

His response was the monster's increasingly deafening roar.

The monster tried to kick him with its uninjured foot, but when it tried, the foot wouldn't budge.

Um?

The monster, unconvinced, tried again, but still couldn't lift it; its feet seemed glued to the ground, unable to move at all.

Looking down in confusion, he saw a circle of strange, shiny "stones" around his feet, and a boy outside the circle was smiling at him while waving a fan.

This is a small trapping formation sent by Young Master Liu.

The monster was furious and simply squatted down, swatting at Liu Jinghong like it was swatting a mosquito.

Before they could even touch, their hands were intercepted halfway by some unknown force.

It squinted and examined it carefully for a while before realizing that it was a thread formed from some kind of spiritual energy that had bound its hand.

The monster, frustrated, tried to reach out with his other hand to tear off the silk threads, only to realize belatedly that he couldn't even lift his other hand, because the silk threads had never bound his hand, but his entire body.

It twisted and struggled, but the silk threads tightened more and more, even binding its hands and legs tightly to its body, like a giant cicada pupa.

It didn't know when it had started, but it was now completely surrounded by these ants in its eyes.

Led by the island lord Yue Zheng Chang'an, the Penglai disciples were scattered among the crowd, all maintaining the hand gestures of forming an array. They gritted their teeth, their faces pale, and strands of red thread were wrapped around their fingertips, flickering as if they would break at any moment.

Taking advantage of the monster's immobility, the others quickly pulled out various binding magical artifacts and talismans, and threw them at the monster without even looking at them.

Some immobilized a monster by a single finger joint; some by the wrinkles on its forehead; some by half a pierced shoulder. The main strategy was to accumulate small gains and work together to overcome the obstacle. This helped alleviate some of the pressure on the Penglai cultivators.

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