"Take care of them first!" Pan Pei kicked one of the men in black on his side, sending him flying. If they hadn't suddenly appeared, that turtle wouldn't have run away.
But these men in black were too cunning. After discovering that the fake Xuanwu had escaped, they didn't linger in the fight and decisively left.
"These people are too cunning."
Ning Tianwei was furious, but thinking of Su Miaomiao and Niu Dali still in Xuanwu's belly, he couldn't help but worry.
“Let’s go to the core of the formation. Since they have such a large formation, they can’t give up easily.”
Having dealt with those people before, Pan Pei had already guessed that they must have ulterior motives for tonight's events.
Master Qu received a reply shortly afterward.
"Master Qu, Xuanwu has already left."
"The person I need is inside its belly, now we can begin."
Master Qu said solemnly.
The sacrificial animals and human souls we just offered are enough. Even if there aren't enough people who understand esoteric arts, there are still many people from Jin'ao Island. With them, we have no worries about things not going well.
Upon hearing this, Young Master Lin's expression became even more serious; the most crucial moment had finally arrived.
Once tonight passes and the Heavenly Gate opens, he will no longer be a ghost in the book.
Master Qu took a few steps forward, flicked his whisk, and the huge fake Xuanwu emerged from the shallow water on the ground, landing right on its back.
The fake Xuanwu swam towards the center of the artificial lake. Seeing that he was almost there, Young Master Lin said to the others:
Let's begin!
Countless lights suddenly appeared on the ground, twinkling like stars, mirroring the stars in the sky. If you look closely, you'll find that these lights correspond one by one with the stars in the sky, creating a reflection.
Master He and his senior brother, who had rushed over, became anxious when they saw that starlight had already risen over the area.
The two immediately sped up and rushed forward, but the men in black robes had already spotted them and quickly blocked their way.
Master He originally intended to shake them off, but after actually making a move, he realized that the person blocking them was very strong, clearly a master from Jin'ao Island.
"Are you all insane? If this continues, your Jin'ao Island will be completely wiped out!" Master He roared.
The people who stopped them didn't react at all, and even tried to kill them, clearly intending to kill them outright.
Master Qu had already reached the center of the lake. He raised his hands and chanted loudly towards the sky, then began to perform the ritual steps on the turtle's back.
The invisible air currents around were slowly flowing towards the center of the lake, and the lake water gradually began to shimmer with a white glow, which grew brighter and brighter.
The black-robed figures around him also began chanting. Young Master Lin followed suit, raising his hands as he sensed a slight power that could break through the barrier.
Meanwhile, in the underworld, Su Miaomiao was stopped by several people, two of whom were the underworld officials she had dealt with before.
"I'll have to trouble you with this matter; it's really inconvenient for us to take action."
"Don't worry, everyone, I'll get it done. Goodbye."
Su Miaomiao smiled and waved to them, then left the Underworld with Niu Dali. Coincidentally, the two of them came out right on the back of the fake Xuanwu.
Master Qu was performing the ritual steps when he turned around and saw two more people on the tortoise's back. He was slightly surprised, but quickly realized what was going on.
The two people who must have been eaten by Xuanwu have now been sent out.
With a flick of his whisk, a vine from the tortoise's back wrapped the two of them up.
Su Miaomiao blinked, looking at the vines binding her, and guessed that this thing was probably imitating the snake on Xuanwu's body, but it looked too shabby.
After Niu Dali came out of the underworld, he couldn't withstand the immense pressure and fainted. Even now, after being tied up, he still hasn't woken up.
Master Qu's pace of stepping and turning increased, and the whisk in his hand left afterimages.
A ring of light appeared on the turtle's back, and Su Miaomiao saw a mirror in the middle.
As he chanted, the light and shadow in the mirror began to churn, and similar churning light and shadow appeared in mid-air, during which ghosts stirred and flew around erratically.
The black-robed figures on the shore kept falling, and with each fall, the number of ghosts increased.
"Oh no!"
Su Miaomiao thought to herself, then recited a phrase. The yellow talisman attached to her body lit up, and the vines instantly retracted.
As soon as she was free, she put Niu Dali down, shook him awake, and said directly, "Brother Niu, go and hold that person down in a bit, just make sure he doesn't move around."
Niu Dali didn't realize where he was, but when he saw Su Miaomiao pointing in the direction where someone was performing a shamanistic ritual, he immediately nodded.
Su Miaomiao flung a handful of yellow talismans into the air, and in an instant, the light overwhelmed the light source around the mirror.
"You actually woke up."
Master Qu stood in the mirror, looking at Su Miaomiao in astonishment, his feet sinking into the world within the mirror.
"Very well! I'll take your help!"
Master Qu had just intended to use the fake Xuanwu to absorb Su Miaomiao's power, but he has now abandoned that idea.
“Master Qu, you hold a high position in the Xuanmen (Taoist sect), why would you do such a thing?”
Su Miaomiao couldn't understand it.
In her view, whether this world is real or illusory depends on one's own mind. Since this place is also under the jurisdiction of the underworld, it is also a real world.
“You don’t understand at all! Everything here is fake. We need to go to the real world.” Master Qu’s feet continued to merge into the world in the mirror.
High in the sky, the outline of another world appeared.
Many people witnessed this scene. Su Yunfeng and the others stared at the sky in shock, speechless with astonishment. After all, this was an effect that could not be achieved in a movie.
In a different setting, Su Miaomiao might have argued with him, but there was no need to now.
More and more men in black robes fell down, even the one who had blocked Master He and his senior brother.
Master He lifted the clothes of one of the men in black robes and saw that only a skeleton remained inside, but the skeleton quickly weathered away and disappeared.
"This is too weird!"
"Don't think it's weird. Look, those ghosts have already flown away in all directions."
The ominous feeling in their hearts intensified.
Su Miaomiao could see further than Master He and his senior brother. Just by looking at the directions in which the ghosts scattered, she had already guessed what was going on.
"You want to drag the entire city of Anshi down with you?"
"What do you mean by the entire An City? This world is all fake. I'm just bringing together these nonexistent things."
Master Qu's legs, which had sunk to the thighs in the mirror, were now fully submerged, and he could feel the real world welcoming him.
"The fart is fake!"
Niu Dali couldn't understand what he was saying, so he rushed forward, trying to grab the person and pull him out.
But when Master Qu swept away the dust, dozens of ghosts rushed over and crashed into Niu Dali.
These ghosts were completely unafraid of Niu Dali's intense fire.
“You’re a fake too, so naturally they’re not afraid.” Seeing this, Master Qu became even more certain that everything he had done was right.
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