Chapter 80 Help! This is a real lunatic!
Huali suddenly turned around and backed away, but there was no one behind her.
A leaf twirled and fell to the ground, its veins winding with golden, demonic patterns, like a curse mark casually drawn by someone.
"Oops... I couldn't find it..."
This time, the voice came from above her head, enunciating very slowly, like a dull knife scraping through chalcedony, carrying a hint of nonchalant cruelty.
Huali looked up and met a pair of heterochromatic demonic eyes in the void, seemingly smiling yet not smiling.
Luo Chuan leaned against a withered branch, his black hair cascading down like a waterfall, the red coral beads hanging from it swaying gently as he looked up. He rested his chin on one hand, his gilded mask gleaming coldly in the moonlight, and his thin lips curving slightly.
"Could it be..." He drew out the last syllable of his voice, and with a gentle flick of his finger, Karin was immediately pulled forward by a suction force, "...looking for me, isn't she?"
Ao Bai, whose hair stood on his shoulder, jumped down to the ground. "Holy crap, this demon king has incredible fighting power! He doesn't look like he's at the Nascent Soul stage."
However, Huali didn't care about any of that.
Whether she reaches the Nascent Soul stage or not is secondary; the most crucial thing is that she has clearly fallen into their trap.
How did the demon king know she was here and even used cards to lure her here? Was it a coincidence or intentional?
Whether it is or not, try it and you'll know.
With a slight shift in her thoughts, Huali gripped the gold-type card in her hand. Just as she was about to be pulled close to the Demon King, she suddenly raised her hand and waved it. The gold-type card shone brightly, and one of the gray stars was instantly lit up.
The moment the immense life force surged forth, her body relaxed, and she turned and ran like a fish.
Behind her, Luo Chuan raised an eyebrow with interest, slowly making a sweeping motion with his finger, and an ice wall instantly appeared in front of Hua Li. "Since you're here, don't be in such a hurry to leave."
Ao Bai screamed, "Holy crap, I'm going to hit the wall! Host, stop it!"
Stopping was out of the question. Thinking of the leaf veins flashing with demonic patterns, Huali gritted her teeth and charged forward.
The moment it touched the ice wall, the wall shattered into countless points of light, which then coalesced into silver butterflies that fluttered and shattered the illusion before them.
In a short while, Huali's temples were already soaked with cold sweat, and the red feather on her right ear pressed against her cheek as she suddenly turned around. But there was no trace of the Demon King behind her; this was clearly an illusion.
A water mirror appeared in mid-air, and Luo Chuan's true form leaned against Chaos's back, a smile playing on his lips beneath the gilded mask, his eyes full of amusement.
He glanced casually at Huali's still trembling fingers, but when he looked up, his eyes seemed to bar their fangs fiercely like a young beast.
The Demon King recalled Bi Fang's words from a day earlier.
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"This tower has gained sentience; those with high cultivation levels must not approach it."
Luo Chuan paused in his hand, which was playing with the butterfly. "Oh? So you think... I need you to tell me these things?"
The Demon King was chuckling, but Bi Fang's body trembled. "Your subordinate has already thought of a solution. Today, while circling Luoyun Mountain, I saw a woman. I fought with her before. That girl is clearly a mortal, but she can use a kind of paper talisman as a magic weapon."
Luo Chuan raised an eyebrow. "Continue."
Bi Fang's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and his speech became faster and faster, "This card is very strange. It has no spiritual power but can generate tremendous power, and it is also good at both offense and defense. Even I almost fell for its trick back then."
Recalling everything that happened at Baiyun Mountain, a murderous glint flashed in Bi Fang's eyes.
"The spirit of the Burning Heaven Tower is in this place called Baiwang Village. Although half of Luoyun Mountain is covered by the Burning Heaven Tower, I don't believe that brat never comes out."
"There's no monk with her right now. If we capture her and take the magic weapon, we can kill her directly."
"A monk?" Luo Chuan, who hadn't even lifted his eyelids the whole time, seemed to have thought of something, and the corner of his lips under the mask curled up. "You mean there's a monk with her?"
Luo Chuan lightly touched the surface of the water in his cup, recalling the faces he had met twice.
As the water mirror slowly rose into the air, the silhouette of a girl emerging from the mist came into view. "Could it be her?"
Bi Fang's eyes widened immediately. "It's her!" He would recognize her even if she were ashes.
Luo Chuan paused, his fingertips still on the battle at Sunset City. It was a rare and interesting event, and even after he left, he kept it in mind. Naturally, he also knew that the Buddha's disciple and the Demon Lord were both injured and still searching for each other.
"How interesting..." Luo Chuan crushed the water droplets between his fingers, gently stroking the corner of his eye as he chuckled, "This is so much fun..."
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Huali leaned against the tree, clutching the cards as if facing a formidable enemy.
Luo Chuan, however, laughed again after a moment of distraction in the water mirror. He slowly stroked the chaotic bone spurs, but suddenly sighed, "Little girl, what a cruel heart you have. I only wanted to invite you for a cup of tea."
Karin remained silent, but she resolutely used her face to hurl insults.
His whole body screams, "I don't believe you!"
Seeing the Demon King tilt his head to examine her tense posture before laughing out loud again, Huali felt her hair stand on end.
Both Lian Zhuo and Wen Jin were normal people when they weren't having an episode. But this guy in front of me doesn't play by the rules at all; he's the most like someone who escaped from a mental hospital.
But his combat power is off the charts; he can subdue her with just one illusion.
Mom, she's scared!
Despite her fear, Huali's mind was racing. Something felt off; something was definitely off.
If the Demon King really wanted to kill her, it would be a piece of cake. But even if we take a step back, they have no grudges against each other, so the Demon King has no reason to kill her.
Then why lure her here, and why specifically use an illusion to conceal her true form?
Last time in Sunset City, he came and went in a hurry. Could it be related to this?
Thinking of this, Huali suddenly had a flash of inspiration. She remembered that she had been walking into Luoyun Mountain for half a day and had not seen the Demon King. The Demon King only appeared in an illusion when she stepped into this bush.
The area where the ice wall was just formed is precisely the junction between these two points.
Now that she has passed through the illusion and returned to this side of the ice wall, the Demon King has not come any closer.
Huali's eyes lit up, and the card in her hand transformed into vines, shattering the water mirror in mid-air.
At the same time, the true form behind the Demon King Mirror slowly emerged.
"So eager to die?" Luo Chuan's voice was still lazy, but Hua Li could clearly see that the ground he was standing on was cracking. He took a step forward and stopped.
The two were separated by only a thin line, but Karin suddenly smiled.
She gripped the card tightly, neither advancing nor retreating, her almond-shaped eyes bright and lively. "No wonder you deliberately lured me here; it turns out you couldn't get in."
The air suddenly froze.
Luo Chuan's smiling expression vanished for a moment, and his nonchalant demeanor resembled that of Hua Li when she first met him, leaning against the throne.
His left pupil was molten gold, while his right pupil was an icy blue, yet his voice carried a hint of laughter, "Little girl, do you think this barrier can stop me?"
Anyone can talk big!
If I really can't stop you, why don't you come in?
Knowing she was safe, Karin shrugged and spread her hands. "Then you'll have to ask yourself, why did you lead me here..."
The second half of the sentence got stuck in my throat.
Suddenly, Luo Chuan chuckled softly. As his wide sleeves billowed, the card in Hua Li's hand pierced through the barrier and hovered in his palm.
He was grabbed by the Demon King.
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