Chapter 156: Caught in a pincer movement, attacked from both sides?
"He's supposed to be the founder of a sect, yet he just opens his mouth and says he wants to run away?"
The cultivators in Duyan City who witnessed this scene were in an uproar.
“There are so many demonic cultivators, it’s normal for them to feel scared.” The array cultivators put down their work and whispered among themselves, “This young Ji is still young and has never seen such a formation before. He’s scared out of his wits.”
“I felt my hands and feet were cold even through the projection stone, let alone when she was there. It’s understandable that she was scared.”
Upon hearing this, the other cultivators immediately retorted, "As everyone saw just now, although the other three from Dingsheng Sect were arrogant, they all ran to the front of the group, determined to be the first to slay the demon. Ji Mingran, as the ancestor of Dingsheng Sect, ended up being the first to shout 'Run!' He has truly brought shame to the sect!"
The crowd stared at the projection stone, offering various opinions, eager to hear about the situation of the Eastern Chu coastal team. However, at that very moment, the projection stone froze, and no more information was transmitted.
As the onlookers scratched their heads in bewilderment, several sharp-eyed cultivators noticed something amiss and exclaimed, "Something's wrong! Look over there!"
The crowd in Duyan City looked in the direction the sharp-eyed cultivator was pointing.
Inside the projection stone, at the delta formed by the bent wish river, the cultivators of the mission team on the eastern Chu coast were positioned at the tip. The two rivers flowed endlessly to the left and right. With their backs to the distant coast to the left, they were cautiously watching the demonic cultivator army on the opposite bank to the right, as their fellow cultivators rushed towards them.
Both they and the cultivators watching in front of the projection stone were too focused on the demonic cultivators on the other side of the river to notice the changes around them.
A thin layer of black mist rose from the eastern Chu coast, which was far opposite the left bank of the delta, and seeped into the riverbank. Under the cover of night, the black mist was extremely difficult to detect.
This black mist... The hearts of experienced cultivators sank. This was the Death Breath Demonic Mist unique to the Demon Sacrifice Abyss. This mist was formed from the resentment of demons and evil spirits suppressed in the abyss, and it lingered there.
The Death Breath Mist never left the Abyss until it was taken away by someone who left the Abyss.
This person is the target of this demon-slaying operation.
A sharp voice suddenly rang out in front of the projection stone: "Tell the leaders of all the teams outside to turn around and follow me to the Eastern Chu coast immediately!"
As soon as he finished speaking, like a sharp blade being drawn from its sheath, a rainbow-like silver shadow shot straight into the sky and rushed towards the eastern Chu coast.
Commander Xiu paused for a moment, then shouted hoarsely, "Quick! The situation is urgent. As instructed by Zhu Zhenjun, send a message to the teams in Nan Yulin, Chi Xilin, and Bei Moheyuan to dispatch manpower to support the Dongchu Coast team!"
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The East Chu coast of the Yuanhe Delta.
"Run?" The leader of the cultivators stared blankly at Ji Mingran, wondering if he had misheard. "Fellow Daoist Ji, are you serious?"
He asked Ji Mingran for his opinion, but the latter actually agreed with the Liuhuan Valley disciples and tried to run away without saying a word, even urging them to hurry up!
She's an array cultivator!
Several array cultivators, including him, expressed their determination to stay in place. He originally thought that Ji Mingran would also share their awareness and ambition to live and die with the great array.
Who knew that she wouldn't hesitate for even a moment, nor would she pretend in the slightest, and would just bluntly say "Run!"
"Fellow Daoist Ji, I misjudged you!" the array cultivator who had just complained said. "I thought you were a righteous and upright array cultivator who would willingly stay until the very end to protect the array. But you actually want to retreat! Protecting the array at crucial moments is the mission of an array cultivator! Have you forgotten your original intention in choosing to cultivate arrays?"
Original aspiration? What original aspiration?
Ji Mingran looked puzzled: "Huh? I only learned formations to save my life." The first formation she learned was the Vajra Formation, and the second was the Teleportation Formation. To this day, these two formations are still the ones she is most comfortable with.
As soon as she turned around, she saw a group of array cultivators glaring at her indignantly.
Why did this group of people suddenly become so excited?
"Since you've made your decision, we won't force you to stay. You can leave now," the leader of the group said regretfully, his face filled with sorrow.
“That won’t do.” Ji Mingran refused outright: “If you stay here, you might not even live to see the day you die, and you won’t be yourself anymore.”
The leading cultivator asked, puzzled, "Fellow Daoist Ji, what do you mean by this?"
Ji Mingran did not respond; her attention had already been refocused on the opposite bank, where a large number of demonic cultivators had gathered.
So many demonic cultivators. Did Liuhuan Valley go to raid a demonic cultivator's lair instead of gathering herbs?
Even as he was thinking this, Ji Mingran silently assessed the distance between the approaching man and tiger. As the white tiger carrying Dan Xiu approached the riverbank with its hind legs, it leaped into the air with its front legs. The wide river surface flashed continuously, and it appeared a mile behind the array cultivator.
A group of people leaped out of the circle of light. Everything happened too fast. Dozens of white tigers, their front paws still in a leaping posture, pounced with their hind paws, and propelled by inertia, they flew a thousand meters through the air, and after landing, they continued to run straight forward without stopping.
The group of cultivators from Liuhuan Valley immediately realized they had been teleported; they had already crossed to the other side and reunited with the array cultivators. No one from Liuhuan Valley looked back; they simply continued their escape, riding the white tiger.
Deprived of their prey, the demonic cultivators roared and raged on the opposite bank of the river, unleashing countless Daoist techniques that exploded before one desolate continent array after another.
The roaring and tearing sounds echoed through the sky.
“Liu Huangu and the others have already gotten ahead, so let’s hurry up too,” Ji Mingran said calmly to the array cultivators.
The individual Flowing Illusion Valley disciple who was originally with them ordered his white tiger to follow them the moment his fellow disciples landed. Now, only these array cultivators remain here.
The leader of the array cultivators exclaimed in surprise, "Fellow Daoist Ji's teleportation array is truly extraordinary." He then added, "But we have made up our minds and do not intend to go back."
Just as Ji Mingran was about to speak, a frantic, panting breath came from a wild beast.
They actually turned back?
The array cultivators looked at each other, noticing the worry in each other's eyes.
As if sensing something, Ji Mingran suddenly turned around and faced the desolate right bank.
The surging waves never seem to stop, and the distant sea is unusually quiet.
In the next instant, the opposite bank was plunged into pure darkness, and all light and shadow disappeared without a trace.
A thick, pure black fog was silently engulfing it.
"Hey! Grandma, I received a message. It turns out that several of our teams have been secretly targeted by projection stones. All of our every move is being broadcast aloud. Be careful what you say and do!"
"Grandma, I just received a telepathic message that there's another group of demonic cultivators right behind you!"
"Mingran, we're on our way to provide support!"
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