Not long after Chen Xiao and his men had prepared for the ambush, Qi Lian came flying rapidly with a gust of cold wind.
Three magic fire talismans flew into the air, burned into a Chinese character "品", and blasted towards Qilian head-on.
Qi Lian flicked his sleeves and defeated the attack that he didn't take seriously. Just as disdain rose in his eyes, the mechanical engineer he had met before held a cylinder and flipped the switch at him.
The bowl-sized spiritual energy bullet was originally colorless because it was driven by pure spiritual energy without attribute tendency, but when it flew in the air, it rubbed against the air, and naturally had a circle of blurred boundaries on the edge. Coupled with the ominous whistling sound, Qi Lian did not dare to be careless and flew to dodge.
Tang Ru's magic arrived soon after, and countless vines formed tripwires and bound Qi Lian's ankles.
Qi Lian was not Wan Chengzhang, who was weak in the hand. He used his cold energy to cut off the vulnerable vines. After retreating a little, Qi Lian found that there were only three of them present, and asked, "Why are there only three of you? Why is the swordsman named Xi Yunting not here?"
Qi Lian's voice and tone were slow and sticky, making people feel as if a caterpillar was crawling on their backs. When he said the three words "Xi Yunting", he deliberately let the syllables linger in his mouth, which was very ambiguous.
Chen Xiao knew what he was up to. Peng Biao said at the time that they were not "human pills", a term he did not understand at the time. Later he realized that Qilian probably devoured the vitality of the practitioners who had the misfortune to fall into their hands.
——Used for practicing exercises.
Xi Yunting had the highest level of cultivation among them, so Qi Lian naturally cared about him the most. This made Chen Xiao feel angry and disgusted.
He secretly gave Tong Nuonuo a signal, and the two of them cooperated with each other to create an opportunity for Tang Ru.
Chen Xiao used up all his lightning talismans and divine fire talismans in one breath, and Tong Nuonuo also consumed a lot of spirit beads, forcing Qi Lian to use all his true energy on defense.
Qi Lian was exhausted by this heavy bombardment. He didn't care about the sporadic attacks, but he was a little embarrassed when he was hit all at once.
Qi Lian's hair was burnt, his face was blackened, and his clothes were blown into strips.
He was an evil cultivator who was very concerned about his appearance and image, and he could be said to be a bit picky in his pursuit of perfection. Qi Lian even had a quirk where he would often seduce cultivators, and when they were fascinated by him, he would suddenly absorb their vitality.
He enjoyed watching the other party in shock and disbelief, or begging for mercy or getting angry.
So how could Qi Lian not be annoyed when his important face and hair were made to look like they had been chewed by a dog?
Qi Lian used all his energy to wantonly absorb the vitality around him. The birds flying in the sky cried out and fell headfirst; the beasts running on the ground cried out and fled in all directions, and soon fell to the ground.
Chen Xiao and the other two seemed to be frightened by the scene and turned around and ran away!
Qi Lian was startled at first, but then he felt a surge of pride and joy in his heart. Now that he knew how powerful he was and wanted to escape, it was too late!
Qi Lian chased after the three people. Chen Xiao ran the slowest and was the first one he caught. He pinched Chen Xiao's neck tightly and sniffed deeply. Chen Xiao immediately withered like a withered flower.
Qilian took advantage of the victory and pursued the master, grabbed the hair of the machine master, and with a cruel smile, let this living being follow in his footsteps.
The little girl who was reminded by the child, like a frightened pheasant, quickly ran into the dense woods, and her petite body was hidden in the shadows of the towering trees.
Qi Lian was immediately intrigued. The first two were easy and boring to him. He followed with a few big leaps and jumped onto the thick tree trunk. In front of him were layers of tree shadows.
Qi Lian was not good at tracking, and it was a bit difficult for him to find a petite practitioner in such a complex and dense forest.
Qi Lian frowned and raised his voice to shout into the dense forest: "Little girl, don't hide! You know you can't escape from my grasp, so why don't you just come out and let me send you off happily."
As if startled by his voice, a small cluster of branches not far away made a slight sound. Qi Lian's eyes lit up and he quietly approached without making a sound. The girl's delicate face, which was as big as a palm, showed a terrified and distorted expression. Qi Lian got pleasure from the other party's fear. He licked his lips excitedly and stretched out his palm towards the girl.
Just as he grasped the thin neck, a dark shadow suddenly covered his vision. Qi Lian quickly raised his head and was surprised to find that the towering tree behind the other party suddenly opened its bloody mouth and swallowed him up.
The dense and tall forest regained its calm. Tang Ru, who was hiding not far away, relaxed his tense shoulders and neck: "Okay, we finally caught him."
Chen Xiao and Tong Nuonuo, who were lying on both sides of her, only breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
Their plan is not very complicated, but it contains many dangers.
The illusion created by the mirage was perfect, but it needed real bait to lead Qi Lian to the place where the trap was buried. Tang Ru only had one seed of this man-eating tree, and mistakes would occur if he was not careful.
In order to set up this ambush specifically for Qilian, Tang Ru even specially sacrificed the mirage.
Before this, Chen Xiao did not understand the pros and cons of refining magic tools. An ordinary magic tool does not need to recognize its master before it can be used. If a cultivator can use an ordinary magic tool to exert 80% of its effectiveness, then after refining it, it can exert 120%, and even 200% to 300%.
However, even so, only a small number of people would choose to sacrifice and refine magical instruments.
After the ritual, an irreversible bond will form between the magic weapon and its master. Once the magic weapon is damaged, the master will also suffer a heavy loss.
Therefore, in the world of cultivating immortals, unless it is a specific practice - such as sword practice or musical instrument practice, very few people would sacrifice a magical instrument to bind their life together.
At the beginning, Chen Xiao and Tong Nuonuo did not agree with Tang Ru binding the magical weapon Mirage. She was carrying a burden that she could not get rid of, and she would have to pay the price for it in the years of practice that followed.
After all, magic weapons need to be cared for and maintained. Even in the later stages when the master's cultivation becomes more advanced and the level and efficacy of the magic weapon cannot be matched, the master still has to find ways to improve the quality of the magic weapon.
However, in order to be more confident in dealing with Qi Lian, Tang Ru finally persuaded Chen Xiao and Tong Nuonuo. At most, when Mirage needs maintenance and upgrade, the three of them can work together to find a solution.
Just when the three people were relieved, something strange happened. The trunk of the man-eating tree suddenly began to swell and there was a sound of cracking bark.
Tang Ru's expression suddenly changed, and she growled at Chen Xiao and Tong Nuonuo: "You two, stay away!"
Although the contact battle just now was to lure the enemy deep into their territory, it was a real fight with real guns and live ammunition. Chen Xiao and Tong Nuonuo had consumed all their stored firepower to make Qi Lian exhausted and unable to use his skills against them.
So at this time, only Tang Ru still has the strength to fight.
Naturally, Chen Xiao and Tong Nuonuo were unwilling to leave their companions behind. Tang Ru gritted his teeth and decided not to waste time with them. He directly used vines to wrap up the two men and took them out.
Chen Xiao and Tong Nuonuo rolled on the ground for several times, and when they got up, the scene around them had completely changed.
The man-eating tree couldn't hold on for long, and Qilian eventually broke through its belly and escaped.
However, Qilian also paid a heavy price. He was severely corroded by the stomach acid in the man-eating tree and was no longer recognizable as a human being.
This rare man-eating tree was very powerful, and Qilian was frightened by it. After he was ripped out of his stomach, he was still in shock and was afraid that the man-eating tree would not die, so he attacked it madly.
Tang Ru originally took the two friends away with the intention of dying together with Qi Lian, but when he saw that Qi Lian seemed to be frightened, he suddenly had an idea.
Qi Lian was frantically attacking the man-eating tree, destroying it completely, when he saw a shadow cast in front of him. The shadow rose higher and higher, getting bigger and bigger, covering his entire body.
Qi Lian was like a frightened bird. Without even turning back to confirm, he jumped up from his original position and quickly flew to a taller tree in front.
The lush trees seemed to come alive, opening huge black mouths from the middle of their thick trunks, trying to swallow Qilian.
Qi Lian's facial features were corroded to the point that only a layer of blood-red flesh remained, and his nose was reduced to cartilage. His eyeballs, which had lost their eyelids, flashed with ruthlessness, and he gritted his teeth and used his true energy to attack the huge man-eating tree in front of him, forcing himself to fight his way out.
Qilian's desire to survive was so strong that he blasted his way through the dense forest and carved out a straight path.
In order to make the illusion more realistic, Tang Ru used the mirage itself to simulate these large man-eating trees. When Qi Lian attacked the man-eating trees, the mirage itself was constantly impacted, and it also backfired on Tang Ru.
Just when Tang Ru's internal organs were churning and blood was spitting out of his mouth, and he was no longer able to hold on, Chen Xiao and Tong Nuonuo seemed to fall from the sky and landed directly in front of Qi Lian.
Qi Lian hated the three people who had caused him to fall into such a miserable situation. When he saw them this time, he wanted to eat their flesh and drink their blood.
“I will kill you—” Qi Lian’s eyes turned red, and the huge palm formed by his true energy grabbed the two of them.
If they were touched, Chen Xiao and Tong Nonuo would be sucked dry immediately. Tong Nonuo threw out the puppet at the critical moment, and the puppet unfolded in the air, growing against the wind and falling face to face on Qi Lian, tightly wrapping around his body!
There was not a single piece of healthy skin or flesh on Qi Lian's body at this moment. He was tightly clamped by a puppet weighing hundreds of pounds. The pain made him scream out in pain. He could not maintain his momentum and fell to the ground.
Qi Lian's giant palm was a little crooked because of this, and it brushed past Chen Xiao. The Yuan Qi protective amulet that hit his body exploded with a flash and shattered. Chen Xiao didn't have time to replace the second one, so he drew the Zhengge from his waist and rushed towards Qi Lian.
At this time, Qi Lian's limbs were bound by the heavy puppet. He didn't know what material the puppet was made of, and no matter how his true energy rushed out, he couldn't break free.
Chen Xiao swooped down, Qi Lian's eyes widened, and after a strange inverted perspective flashed across his vision, his consciousness had no time to react and he fell into nothingness.
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