The Hou Tu contract backfired.

The peaceful and beautiful scene in the rift suddenly changed, and screams were heard one after another.

As the one who took the first action, Master Huo Qian suffered the most severe backlash. He vomited mouthfuls of blood and rolled and twisted among the earth and rocks like a cooked shrimp.

The only person still standing was Master Huo Qian's servant Gong Zhongze.

"Old Demon Huo Qian, you... you are so cruel!"

"Old Demon Huo Qian, what do you want to do?"

Xu Qianzong and others, while resisting the force of backlash, looked at Taoist Huo Qian. At this moment, they no longer called him Taoist, but just called him old devil.

What normal person would do such a thing?

We must withstand the backlash of the Hou Tu Contract and deal a heavy blow to them.

This is the Hou Tu Contract! Where is justice and where is the virtue of immortals?

How could everyone not understand now that Gong Zhongze, who was standing on the side with a smile on his face, was the backup of old man Huo Gan.

The purpose of the Hou Tu Contract is to lure them in and kill them.

Huo Qian, you are a ruthless person!

"Old Fire did a good job."

"What?"

However, everyone was horrified to see that Gong Zhongze actually kicked Master Huo Qian, and the humility he had shown before, with his body hunched over, was gone.

Oh my god, it’s Tiangang who is in trouble.

Master Huo Qian became a slave.

Even though Fake Dan Zhenren is not a real golden elixir, in terms of spiritual power and realm, all the ninth level foundation building cultivators present cannot be a match for Fake Dan Zhenren.

Not to mention that this person is also a weapon refiner.

How could he be controlled by the foundation building?

I thought Master Huo Qian was a ruthless person, but I didn't expect there was a mastermind behind the scenes.

"Haha...are you all surprised?"

Gong Zhongze looked at the figures lying on the ground and found that two figures were missing. He did not notice how the people disappeared just now.

But he smiled indifferently, "Can you run away?"

The entire rift valley had long been blocked by a large formation. That Thousand Mountains and Ten Thousand Images Formation was not just an illusion formation, it was also a killing formation.

In addition, if he dared to do such a thing, how could he not be prepared? There were also overlapping killing formations set up in this rift valley. He always thought everything through before doing anything.

A green pill popped out casually and landed at the mouth of Master Huo Qian, and the fire spiritual power around Gong Zhongze turned into a sword light.

"Bye now."

“Puff!”

Seeing the killing coming, the monks who fell to the ground wanted to resist, but they were so badly injured that they could not withstand the attack of the fire knives.

There were a few "pu" sounds, and those who tried to resist or fly away were hit by the fire knife and turned into shattered bodies.

Gong Zhongze picked up six storage bracelets and said, "Suppress the backlash and find the remaining two."

…

"Fellow Daoist, such a wonderful show should be accompanied by wine and food."

Under a pile of rocks in the rift valley, Xue Zishou raised his glass to signal Shen Lian.

As he spoke, Xue Zishou took out a few other gourds.

"This is Fiery Wine, this is Beauty Wine... This is really good. I specially captured some virgin female cultivators and made them bathe in spiritual spring water for three days and three nights before I squeezed out the wine with my feet..."

Shen Lian looked at his fellow Taoist around him. When Taoist Huo Qian suddenly launched an attack just now, he had already fled far away.

However, there was actually a killing array hidden under the earth and rocks here, which made it impossible for him to escape directly. So he chose to stay under the earth and rocks temporarily, ready to see what the situation was.

Unexpectedly, Xue Zishou also followed, and skillfully dug a small cave and prepared wine and food.

"I am not good at drinking."

"Tsk... hypocrisy, which male cultivator doesn't drink? I understand you are afraid that I will poison you."

Having said that, Xue Zishou put away the wine jug.

"Foundation-building control fake pill, amazing, this servant pretended to be quite convincing, and really fooled me...us."

Xue Zishou commented on Gong Zhongze who was searching in the rift valley.

Suddenly, he turned and looked at Shen Lian.

"Friend Lu, how long will it take you to kill me?"

"Why do you say that, Brother Xue?"

Shen Lian glanced at Xue Zishou. This guy's thoughts were too wild.

Xue Zishou winked at Shen Lian, as if to say, "You know what I'm talking about."

"Even if there is no backlash from the previous contract, with the combined strength of me and Fellow Daoist Lu, it shouldn't be a problem to kill Huo Qian's fake Dan and those rubbish."

"Is it Brother Lu?"

“I am cultivating merit.”

Shen Lian glanced at Xue Zishou and continued to lie with his eyes open.

"It seems that Fellow Daoist Lu has admitted that my perception is correct."

As he spoke, Xue Zishou put away the wine gourd and clasped his fists towards Shen Lian.

"Tianyuan Sect, Xue Zishou."

"Lu Shan."

"Brother Lu, this is my real name, but it doesn't matter. I will remember Brother Lu's aura."

As soon as Xue Zishou finished speaking, an ochre-colored spiritual light rolled up from his body. In the spiritual light, arcs of electricity swam like snakes, crackling.

After countless electric snakes gathered together, the earth and rocks in front of them, as well as the formation hidden in the earth and rocks, were easily cut into a long and narrow passage like window paper.

"I'll give this opportunity to Fellow Daoist Lu. We may not be able to change, but we will meet again. Let's make fortune together next time."

In an instant, Xue Zishou jumped out of the formation and his entire figure disappeared.

"Thunder magic breaks the formation!"

Shen Lian raised his eyebrows. He observed that Xue Zishou was not a cultivator with thunder spiritual roots. The only explanation was that he possessed a thunder-attributed magical weapon, or even a magic treasure, in his body.

Moreover, at this very moment, Xue Zishou was not only using thunder magic, but also a hint of wind.

Among the major attributes, the wind attribute is the fastest.

The disciples of Tianyuan Sect are indeed extraordinary.

Although Shen Lian had never heard of the name of Tianyuan Sect.

…

“Where are you going!”

Xue Zishou's move made a loud noise, and Gong Zhongze, who was searching, immediately noticed it.

He reached into his arms with his big hand and threw out a flaming array plate.

"boom!"

In an instant, the rift valley was like a volcanic eruption, and raging flames ignited.

As the raging flames rolled, they gathered into a flaming dragon, turning the world upside down in the sea of ​​fire.

Playing with fire? Seeing this, Shen Lian silently asked the spirit puppet to step back.

"Hurry up!"

After activating the formation, Gong Zhongze called on Master Huo Qian to take action. He controlled the formation and prepared to find the last remaining person.

It has to be said that Gong Zhongze's plan was very careful. With the contract in place, as long as he wanted to fight against Master Huo Qian, he would be backlashed by the Hou Tu contract.

In addition, there is a formation that has been set up long ago, so let alone ten foundation-building cultivators, even if there are ten more, they can all be accommodated.

I dared to do this no-cost business after careful consideration.

The eight people invited this time were all carefully considered. They were either lone rangers or foreign cultivators who took advantage of the beast tide to hunt monsters.

There was no familiar face or anyone involved in the Red Crystal Mining City.

Gong Zhongze controlled the formation compass, constantly controlling the fire dragon to sweep around, and noticed Shen Lian's location.

"Haha, you brought it to my door yourself."

Otherwise, he would not have shown up in person and invited Shen Lian into the valley.

"Huo Qian, he's there!"

After realizing Shen Lian's location, Gong Zhongze hid himself in the flames and let Master Huo Qian go first.

This shows that he is the mastermind behind all this.

At this moment, Shen Lian was clearly suppressed by the fire formation, but he still protected himself tightly and wanted to rely on the Hou Tu Contract to resolve the situation.

After taking a pill, Master Huo Qian's face was still pale. He took out the rare fire bead again and threw it into the air.

The fire bead turned into a big hand and pressed hard towards the area where Shen Lian was.

Suddenly, the flames in this area seemed to be compacted, and Shen Lian's figure also broke into pieces in the flames.

"Fake!"

Gong Zhongze exclaimed.

"puff!"

But no matter whether it was true or false, Master Huo Qian, whose injuries had just been healed, vomited blood again, and fell to the ground, holding his head and screaming.

Disobeying the Houtu Contract twice in a row shows that he really does not take the rules of heaven and earth seriously.

“Puff! Puff! Puff!”

While screaming, Master Huo Qian spat out three mouthfuls of blood in succession, and his entire body twitched continuously as he lay in the sea of ​​fire.

"waste!"

Seeing the thugs being disabled, Gong Zhongze cursed loudly, with a hint of anxiety in his eyes.

Everything that had been planned went awry. Six of the eight foundation-building masters died, the location of one was unclear, and the other could not even find his aura.

This is a situation that has never occurred in the previous times.

"go!"

Sensing the fluctuations in the formation, Gong Zhongze opened his mouth and a fire cauldron flew out.

This object is round and black flames are burning inside.

After Gong Zhongze poured the flames from the formation into the fire cauldron, the fire cauldron began to spin rapidly, creating a series of flame vortices.

At this moment, the flames in the formation were all stimulated to rotate. At a certain place, the rotating flame seemed to be blocked and split.

“I found you!”

Gong Zhongze activated the fire cauldron without hesitation, pouring the black flames in the cauldron towards the location where the obstruction appeared.

As the black flames flowed, the soil and rocks that had been burned into crystals by the red flames were melted into liquid again.

"Um."

However, this attack again missed.

Shen Lian was naturally not afraid of playing with fire. Even the slightest fluctuation in the flames in the entire fire killing array would be detected by his powerful perception.

It can be said that Gong Zhongze had predicted it before he even took action.

The reason why he didn't take action was actually because he was on guard against Xue Zishou who was leaving.

That guy was so vague when he left that even Shen Lian couldn't detect it accurately. He wondered whether he had escaped or was hiding nearby.

But after continuous identification, he did not detect Xue Zishou's breath.

Seeing that the Fire Cauldron had no effect, Gong Zhongze's spiritual sense enveloped the formation, and he also realized that the opponent's spiritual sense was definitely more powerful than his.

He was originally the oriole, but now there is a high possibility that he will become the cicada.

"open!"

Seeing this, Gong Zhongze suddenly grabbed the black flame in the cauldron, and a ball of black fire rubbed in his hands, forming a dense black giant net.

Since we can't catch him, we'll just cover the entire flame formation.

Shen Lian raised his eyebrows, he found that Gong Zhongze was also an expert in fighting and could cast magic with ease.

While controlling the formation, he can also make the formation cooperate with his own spells. There is no delay between the movements, which shows that he uses it frequently.

The huge black net fell down, and Shen Lian felt a faint pressure that was about to hold back his fire spiritual power.

However, the golden-white fire spiritual power circulated gently in the body and dispelled the pressure.

“Shh!”

Then, he turned his hand into a knife, and with a light stroke he cut open the huge black net, and his figure appeared in the flame formation.

Seeing that Shen Lian was finally hugged out, Gong Zhongze's face lit up with joy, but when he thought that there was still someone who hadn't come out, his heart sank again.

"puff!"

Shen Lian appeared in the fire array and saw Gong Zhongze open his mouth again. He blew out a breath of fire that turned into a red sword.

This guy has quite a lot of magical weapons.

Especially this red sword, its aura is even stronger than the previous fire cauldron.

The fire sword emitted red light, and rolled up more than a dozen fire snakes several meters long.

"go!"

After searching for Xue Zishou in vain, Shen Lian was not prepared to delay any further and casually formed a one-foot-long red flaming palm.

But in the blink of an eye, the flaming palm made a buzzing sound, sweeping away three quarters of the jumping red flames in the flame formation, and turned it into a flaming palm several feet in size.

The dozen or so long snakes rolled up on Gong Zhongze's fire sword suddenly became one or two feet in size.

“You you…”

This scene stunned Gong Zhongze.

Seeing the fire palm falling, he grasped the red fire sword with both hands in a hurry and was about to chop the fire palm in half.

Hiss!

Sword light burst out, and the giant flaming palm was split in half by the red fire sword. The flaming palm collapsed in two and turned into a raging fire again.

Can……

Before Gong Zhongze could react, five colors appeared in the split fire palm, and a golden light appeared first.

"Congeal!"

The divine consciousness that had been prepared long ago gathered and pointed suddenly. The five-colored golden dots turned into a finger-sized fire snake, which penetrated Gong Zhongze's defense and hit his head.

“Crack!”

It all happened so fast that Gong Zhongze's eyes were still reflecting the red flames when his body swayed and fell to the ground.

At the same time, Shen Lian did not stop. The little figure in his sea of ​​consciousness raised his hand and pointed. The ghost and demon phantom formed by the Soul-Binding Seal rushed into Gong Zhongze's sea of ​​consciousness that had been pierced.

…

“Hiss, what kind of fire technique is this? It’s so mysterious. It’s a pity that I’m not in the rift valley, otherwise I would be able to see its exquisiteness.”

In the molten magma, there is an extremely tiny needle-shaped object that looks exactly like the magma.

Outside the valley, Xue Zishou, who was slightly aware of the scene in the formation, scratched his head.

"Sure enough, my perception was correct. I just don't know how much effort Fellow Daoist Lu used to kill Gong Zhongze."

…

In the rift valley.

Shen Lian collected the storage magic weapon, burned the corpse to ashes, and also saw Master Huo Qian who was smoked to a blackened state in the fire formation.

This guy is not dead.

This is normal. If Master Huo Qian and Gong Zhongze have a contractual relationship, then when the Hou Tu contract backfires, Gong Zhongze will also be implicated.

He will also suffer backlash if he fights with Gong Zhongze.

Nothing is happening now, which only means there is some other connection between the two of them.

There was no need to clean up the fight scene too much. The Five Elements Fire Palm and Fire Snake techniques he used were all used on Gong Zhongze, and his flesh and blood became the best means of concealment.

He also pulled out and put away the array plates hidden underground one by one, and Shen Lian rushed out of the rift carrying Master Huo Qian.

Standing in the valley, Shen Lian looked around.

"Fellow Daoist Xue, let's each take half."

(End of this chapter)