After saying that, Li Molin was about to order his men to leave and return to the Xuan Tie Mine. Before he could even speak, his expression changed when he caught a glimpse of dozens of colorful beams of light flying rapidly toward him from the corner of his eye.
Yu Ke and the others then looked at the beams of light that arrived in an instant. They saw the beams of light fall to the ground one after another, completely surrounding the three of them and the two demons.
Li Molin glanced around at the approximately seventy or eighty Yuandao Sect disciples, finally fixing his gaze on Liu Lingying with a gloomy expression.
Liu Lingying stood with her hands behind her back and said to Li Molin, "Lin'er, hand over the spirit cat to me, and I can let you go."
Upon hearing this, Ah Hua, who was on Li Molin's shoulder, trembled, her eyes filled with fear.
Li Molin's face was ashen, and he said coldly, "Impossible."
Liu Lingying pursed her lips, took a few steps forward to a distance of about ten feet from Li Molin, and said in a low voice, "Lin'er, my Yuandao Sect only wants the Spirit Cat. If you don't give me the Spirit Cat, even I can't protect you."
Li Molin snorted coldly, his voice icy, and said, word by word, "No, impossible!"
Liu Lingying was about to persuade him further when she heard a deep male voice shout, "Seven Stars Eight Trigrams Demon-Slaying Sword Formation, activate!"
Liu Lingying's expression changed, and she turned around hurriedly, saying, "Senior Brother Ning..."
Clang! Clang! ...
The sound of swords being drawn rang out one after another, accompanied by a bright blue light. Many disciples of the Yuandao Sect moved back and forth in the valley, taking their positions in the valley according to mysterious locations. At the same time, they raised their left hands to their chests in the shape of sword fingers, while the long sword in their right hands danced in the air in front of them. Various colored lights formed mysterious and ancient characters as the tip of the long sword moved.
Immediately afterwards, a man in blue robes soared into the sky and flew above the group of demons, hovering in the very center of the valley. After stabilizing himself, he immediately raised his left hand to his chest, forming a complex hand seal, while his right hand, wielding an ancient longsword, rapidly drew a complex ancient character with numerous strokes in the void in front of him.
As soon as the deep male voice rang out, Li Molin exchanged a glance with Yu Ke and the others. Then, Li Molin, Yu Ke, and the other two demons quickly took flight, ready to fly out of the valley.
But in the blink of an eye, the sword formation was complete.
Once the characters in the air were drawn, all the characters in the valley emitted a dazzling blue light. The blue light connected in a line and converged on the ancient character that the blue-robed man's sword tip was pointing at.
As a massive amount of azure light surged into the characters, the man's sword-wielding hand trembled slightly. He gritted his teeth and suddenly slashed the longsword horizontally.
With a loud "boom," the character suddenly exploded, and then, each character in the valley emitted a sharp sword light, instantly filling the entire valley.
Li Molin and Yu Ke were enveloped by the constantly flashing seven-colored sword light. As soon as the light appeared, Li Molin and the others felt a weight on their bodies, as if mountains were pressing down on them, making it difficult for them to breathe and move.
The flickering light reflected on Li Molin's ashen face. The so-called Seven Stars Eight Trigrams Demon-Slaying Sword Formation was a formation set up by a Daoist of the Void Transformation stage or above wielding the ancient Demon-Slaying Sword, and seventy-two Daoists of the Nascent Soul stage or above wielding the Exorcising Sword. Once activated, this formation would greatly weaken the strength of the enemies within and greatly increase the strength of the one who set it up. With this disparity, coupled with the sword energy permeating the formation, it was extremely difficult for anyone who entered to escape.
Just as the sword formation was completed, a flash of crimson sword light appeared in the sky, and suddenly a man appeared, hovering in the air on a sword. He arrived above the valley, looking at the sword formation in the valley with a grim expression.
The immense pressure weighing on him made Li Molin's heart sink. He turned to look at Yu Ke and the others, and said in a deep voice, "Kill the person who set up the formation. As long as we can kill one person, this formation can be broken!"
"Yes!" Yu Ke and Ji Jue responded in unison, their faces grim. Lang Yuan stepped forward to Li Molin's side and said in a deep voice to Ahua on his shoulder, "Lingxi, come here to me."
Ahua hesitated for a moment, then jumped onto his shoulder.
The man in the sky looked at the scene in the formation with satisfaction and shouted, "All Yuandao Sect disciples, listen up! Kill these demons! The Spirit Cat wants them alive!"
The Taoist priests responded in unison, raising their long swords and attacking Li Molin and the others.
Liu Lingying was trapped in the formation but could not stop the Taoists from attacking Li Molin and the others. She looked up at the man in green in the sky, and when her gaze shifted to the crimson flying sword some distance away from the man, her expression changed.
She flew swiftly into the sky, stopping in front of the crimson flying sword, and said in a deep voice, "Han'er, weren't you recuperating in the sect? What are you doing here?"
Liang Yihan withdrew his gaze from the sword formation in the valley, his face pale, his eyes filled with worry and fear—an expression he had never seen before. His mouth opened and closed, and he stammered for a long time but could not utter a single word.
Liu Lingying said in a deep voice, "Han'er, I know your relationship with that spirit cat, and I also know that you came here today to inform them. However, Han'er, I must advise you, this operation was ordered by our sect leader, and you are destined to become the sect leader. If you ruin this operation and prevent our sect leader and the others from capturing the spirit cat, you know the consequences."
After saying that, Liu Lingying was still worried about Li Molin. She turned around and descended, quickly landing in the sword formation.
Liang Yihan knew exactly what Liu Lingying had said. He hesitated, then looked down at the sword formation on the ground. After searching for a moment, he saw that amidst Lang Yuan's twisting and turning, Ahua was clinging tightly to his clothes on his shoulder to avoid falling. Although they were some distance apart and separated by a layer of sword light, Liang Yihan could still see the fear emanating from her. He could even feel the terror filling her eyes.
I still remember how timid she was; a slightly loud noise would scare her, let alone something as terrifying as this scene of flashing swords.
Liang Yihan suddenly felt an overwhelming urge to rescue her, to hold her, and to protect her, just as when they were both young, on rainy days when he would bend down and shield her from the wind and rain with his back. Or perhaps every New Year's Eve, amidst the sounds of firecrackers, he would hold her in his arms so she could sleep peacefully.
However, the position of sect leader...
Liang Yihan froze in mid-air, her expression a mixture of struggle and uncertainty.
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