The demonic cultivator was hiding underground, and he couldn't be happier.
When he learned that the sect competition was being held in the Gobi Desert, he began to think about how he could kill and leech off the cultivators from those sects and cultivation families.
Therefore, he set up a spirit-trapping array in Shaling Village early on, just waiting for those cultivators to take the bait.
The cultivators who entered Shaling Village this time were quite strong: two peak Core Formation stage cultivators, four early Core Formation stage cultivators, and four peak Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.
He had originally intended to test the cultivation levels of these cultivators, but he hadn't expected them to be so strong. A mere Foundation Establishment stage cultivator had actually managed to annihilate his Core Formation stage vengeful spirit.
"Hmm?" The demonic cultivator's expression changed.
Was the possessing ghost destroyed?
The Spirit-Trapping Array can trap all these cultivators in Shaling Village, but to kill them all, he still has to do it himself.
So the demonic cultivators devised a plan to have vengeful spirits possess the cultivators, causing them to fight amongst themselves, and then seize the opportunity to kill them.
Unexpectedly, this was only the beginning when a possessing ghost was destroyed.
It didn't matter; he could just let the demonic cultivator possess him again. However, the demonic cultivator's expression grew increasingly grim.
"Purification Talismans! Just who are these cultivators? How come they carry so many Purification Talismans with them!" The demonic cultivator's expression was extremely ugly.
Just as he was struggling with how to take them down one by one, the demonic cultivator discovered that a female cultivator had been separated from her.
"It was her?"
The demonic cultivator's face was contorted with rage.
"Your cultivation level isn't high, but you've got some nerve! I'll wipe you out first."
Thinking this, the demonic cultivator poked his head out from underground and secretly followed behind Su Qing.
Su Qing had already noticed someone following her, but she knew immediately it was that demonic cultivator. She gave a cold smile and didn't care.
Su Qing circled around Shaling Village, and the demonic cultivator's expression turned rather unpleasant.
The so-called Spirit-Trapping Array is meant to make cultivators within it lose their way, but Su Qing's leisurely stroll hardly resembles that of someone who is lost.
"This old locust tree is getting in the way!" Su Qing said, throwing a palm-sized grenade.
The thousand-year-old locust tree was struck in the trunk by Su Qing's palm lightning. With a loud bang, a large hole was blasted into the old locust tree!
As the demonic cultivator stared in disbelief, sunlight pierced through the large hole in the old locust tree and shone into Shaling Village, which was already shrouded in black mist.
The spirit-trapping array he had meticulously set up for more than ten days was broken just like that!
Just as the Spirit-Trapping Array was broken, the demonic cultivator sensed that the surrounding environment had suddenly changed.
By the time the demonic cultivator realized what was happening, he was already standing alone in front of the thatched house in Shaling Village.
"Where is that female cultivator?"
The demonic cultivator looked around, but there was no sign of Su Qing anywhere.
In fact, Su Qing was standing only a dozen meters away from the demonic cultivator.
Su Qing had completely changed the demonic cultivator's formation into a demon-trapping formation. At this moment, only the demonic cultivator was trapped in Shaling Village!
The scorching sun made the demonic cultivator, who had been hiding underground, feel extremely uncomfortable.
He had been in Shaling Village for some time and was very familiar with everything there. But when the demonic cultivator pushed open the thatched house in front of him, everything was exactly the same as he remembered. However, he felt a sense of spatial dislocation.
The demonic cultivator opened the door of the thatched hut again and found that the street in front of him had changed...
Demon-trapping Formation!
The demonic cultivator, who also studied formations, immediately sensed something was wrong, and his face showed a look of horror.
He clearly set up the Spirit-Trapping Array to trap these cultivators in Shaling Village, so why did it suddenly turn into the Demon-Trapping Array?
Instead, he was trapped in Shaling Village?
He thought of that old locust tree.
That was the key point of the Spirit-Trapping Array he set up. He wanted to find that old locust tree, but the demonic cultivators wandered around Shaling Village countless times and still couldn't find the old locust tree!
He was completely trapped inside!
Being trapped is one thing, but demonic cultivators also know formations and can break the formation slowly. However, the spirit-trapping formation set up by Su Qing is not just a spirit-trapping formation!
"boom!"
Suddenly a crack appeared in the ground. If the demonic cultivator had reacted even a fraction of a second slower, he would have already fallen into the abyss.
Not only did cracks appear in the ground, but a thunderbolt also struck in broad daylight. If the demonic cultivator hadn't hurriedly taken out the Yin-Yang Banner to defend himself, the thunderbolt would have struck him on the head.
Instead of rain, huge rocks are falling from the sky.
Every time the demonic cultivator walked around Shaling Village, an anomaly would appear and attack him.
This is no longer just a spirit-trapping array; it's clearly a spirit-annihilating array!
"One hundred laps!" a voice boomed from the sky. "It's all over!"
The demonic cultivator looked up and saw that the clouds in the sky had transformed into Su Qing's appearance. The cold smile on Su Qing's lips sent chills down the demonic cultivator's spine.
"What do you mean?" The demonic cultivator raised the Yin-Yang Banner in his hand and roared at Su Qing.
"Your death is near!" Su Qing said, and a bolt of lightning struck down from the sky, hitting the demonic cultivator directly on the head.
The demonic cultivator felt a sudden boom, and his whole body trembled. He tried to move, but his legs seemed glued to the ground, and he couldn't move at all.
"Thud!" The Yin-Yang Banner in her hand fell to the ground.
Suddenly, thick black mist rose from the Yin-Yang Banner.
The evil spirits inside the Yin-Yang Banner seized the opportunity to emerge, shrouding the entire Shaling Village in black mist.
At this moment, Su Qing was suspended in the air, watching the fierce ghosts that had escaped because of the broken Yin-Yang Banner.
Among these vengeful ghosts, Su Qing searched for Ye Qingqing's soul and spirit, but she failed!
"Destroy them!"
As Su Qing spoke, a golden flame and a blue flame shot into the sky, rushing towards the black mist.
In just a moment, all the black mist was completely swallowed up!
In their sea of consciousness, Netherflame and Nine-Turn Golden Lotus Immortal Flame were full and looked satisfied, clutching their bellies.
“Actually, being with her is not bad,” Mingyan said.
The Nine-Turn Golden Lotus Immortal Flame snorted coldly and said, "I am an immortal flame! How could I be the same as a celestial flame like you?"
"Tch!" Mingyan scoffed.
At this moment, Shaling Village reappeared before everyone. The dilapidated Shaling Village would probably soon be completely covered by the sand of the Gobi Desert.
Su Qing looked at the demonic cultivator who had been charred into a charred mess by lightning, and coldly threw a flame at him, turning him completely into ashes.
Su Qing's counting spirit stone showed that she had hunted down one demonic cultivator comparable to a Core Formation cultivator.
Shui Qingchen and Qiu Feiyang, along with their fellow disciples, approached Su Qing.
“Underneath Shaling Village lies the lair of this demonic cultivator,” Su Qing said, stomping her foot and revealing a passage.
This passage was similar to the demon cave we had seen before, with a cultivator or mortal drained every few steps.
A fire destroyed the den of iniquity, and everyone's faces turned serious.
These demonic cultivators are truly ruthless.
These cultivators who entered the Gobi Desert could easily fall into a trap if they weren't careful. It's truly unknown how many of the nearly three thousand cultivators who entered the Gobi Desert will be able to leave after this sect competition.
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