"The one that was trapped just now was just a shadow of mine. With your Jin Dan Realm cultivation, you should be able to see through it normally. As for the Yin Demon Eagle, I have been carefully guarding against it. "Liu Ming said faintly.
As soon as his voice fell, his arm became blurred and he punched out again.
The black fist flashed and Zuo Gongquan's head was smashed by the fist wind. Red and white matter splashed everywhere, and the soul that couldn't escape was directly destroyed.
With Zuo Gongquan's death, the eyes of the black demon eagle suddenly regained a trace of clarity. When it saw Liu Ming, it suddenly let out a sharp cry of extreme fear. Then it spread its wings and flew away.
Liu Ming didn't chase after the Yin Demon Eagle. Instead, he put away Zuo Gongquan's storage ring and the two crimson daggers.
Then he waved his hand and a flame turned Zuo Gongquan's body into ashes.
At the same time, the yellow turban warrior not far away flashed a golden light and turned back into a talisman. Together with the ghost head cane, it shot towards Liu Ming and disappeared with a black gas.
With a flash, Liu Ming's figure appeared next to the pale golden array. He raised his hand and a black gas turned into the shape of an arrow and hit the golden array.
"Peng!"
The already extremely dim golden formation suddenly crumbled and shattered into specks of golden light. The formation plates and formation flags within it dimmed and scattered all over the ground.
Liu Ming waved his hand and a black gas swept out again. All the formation plates and formation flags flew into his hand. His face showed a trace of joy.
According to the Thousand Illusionary Devilman, this Universal Salvation Formation was obtained from a ruin. It was a Confinement Formation that had been passed down from ancient times. He had just witnessed its power with his own eyes. It was indeed a rare and genuine treasure.
"Master, what should we do next? Now that Zuo Gongquan is dead and the Thousand Illusion Human Devil has disappeared again … "A girl in a black veil flew to the side of Liu Ming and asked.
"Don't worry, the Thousand Illusion Human Demon won't teleport too far away. I have a way to find it." Liu Ming replied unhurriedly. He turned his hand and swallowed a golden yuan pill. As the medicinal power melted, the spiritual power in his Spiritual Sea gradually filled up.
Hearing this, Scorpion was relieved.
Liu Ming's figure flashed and landed on a huge boulder not far away. He sat down cross-legged and adjusted his breathing. With a flip of his hand, he took out the black flag left behind by the Thousand Illusion Human Demon and lightly tossed it in front of him.
Then, his lips moved as he softly chanted an incantation that was difficult to understand. His hands continuously formed a series of mysterious hand seals. Wisps of black light shot out from his body and gathered in front of him.
Seeing this, the Scorpion did not say anything to disturb them. It stood obediently at the side and paid attention to the movements around it.
Before long, with Liu Ming as the center, circles of black ripples began to appear in the air. They spread in all directions, causing the surrounding scenery to become somewhat blurry.
Although it was only for a moment, Liu Ming's complexion became a lot paler. Suddenly, he raised his arm and pointed a finger. The black flag in front of him was entwined with wisps of black gas. Suddenly, they floated up and merged with the black ripples around him.
The black ripples suddenly shook slightly. The speed at which they rippled also increased. They faintly converged in the northwest direction.
In the next moment, Liu Ming suddenly opened his eyes. A black light flashed in his eyes.
"It actually went northwest …" He stopped casting the spell and muttered to himself.
He could now basically confirm that the Thousand Illusion Human Demon was fleeing in the northwest direction. If he extended in this direction, it would be where Nanlu City was located.
After casting the spell for a moment, a layer of fine sweat appeared on Liu Ming's forehead. Obviously, casting this kind of tracking secret skill consumed a lot of spiritual power and mental strength. Every time he cast this skill, it would also consume a lot of vitality.
"Let's go now." Liu Ming waved his hand and put away the black flag. After that, he waved his sleeve. A white light flashed, and the crystal clear Daiyue Jade Boat appeared in front of him.
He and the Scorpion jumped on it. After that, the jade boat suddenly turned into a red stream of light and broke through the sky in the northwest direction.
…
As the capital of Jiang Country, Nanlu City was not only the real political center of Jiang Country, but also the center of commerce and cultural exchange.
The city occupied a vast area. To the north of the city was the beautiful Jade Belt Lake, while the other three sides were huge city walls that were two to three hundred feet tall. They were all built with green stone bricks that were about ten feet wide. From afar, the entire city looked like an impregnable fortress lying by the lake.
Nanlu City had three main city gates: the east, the west, and the west. Outside the city gate was a moat that was twenty to thirty feet wide that was connected to the Jade Belt Lake. The moat surrounded the outer wall of the city. The river was dug so deep that the bottom could not be seen. There were undercurrents surging in it. Obviously, there was more than just water below.
The roads in the city were also extended in all directions. There were row after row of tall buildings. Although the houses were densely packed, it did not seem crowded. The environment was still unusually clean.
The city was roughly divided into four areas of different sizes by two intersecting main streets. The northwest and southwest occupied the largest areas. They were the densely packed areas of mortals' commercial and residential areas. They were also the places where rich merchants and civilians lived. Therefore, the buildings looked a bit uneven.
The southeastern area was where the Imperial City was located. It had flying eaves and arches, carved balustrades, and jade masonry. It was magnificent and majestic, and it was heavily guarded. It was also the most magnificent and majestic place in Nanlu City.
In addition to the imperial palace, most of the nobles and officials of the Jiang Country also lived nearby.
The northeast area was the smallest, and it was a relatively special place in the city. It was a place where cultivators gathered. Generally, mortals rarely set foot in it. Therefore, Nanlu City was a relatively rare big city in the Middle Sky Continent where cultivators and mortals lived together.
One of the main reasons why cultivators were willing to stay in Nanlu City was that the Jiang Country's imperial family was also a powerful cultivator family. Not only did they not hesitate to recruit a lot of individual cultivators as advisors, but they also specially opened up markets and other places for cultivators to rest.
In addition to this, the Jade Belt Lake that covered an area of a few hundred kilometers to the north of Nanlu City produced a type of magnificent high-grade jade called Return Dragon Jade. The jade crafted from it had the effect of prolonging one's lifespan when worn by an ordinary person, and it was even a superb material for crafting high-grade jade talismans. Thus, it brought a different kind of prosperity to this place.
It was late at night. A bright crescent moon hung in the sky full of stars, flickering in the drifting clouds.
The whole city bid farewell to the bustling hustle and bustle of the day. Thousands of lights gradually extinguished, and all sounds gradually returned to silence.
"Whoosh", a black shadow flew from a distance under the cover of the night. It quietly crossed the city wall and sneaked into the city, then went straight to the imperial palace in the southeast area of the city.
The black shadow's speed was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, it was over 300 meters away. Moreover, it didn't reveal any aura. Under the cover of the night, not to mention ordinary people, even ordinary cultivators wouldn't be able to notice anything unusual.
The imperial palace of the Jiang Country occupied nearly half of the size of the southeast area of Nanlu City. There were exquisite jade pavilions, countless elegantly shaped corridors, and gorgeous gardens and ponds decorated with exotic flowers and plants. Even the eunuchs and maids who had lived in the imperial palace for several years often got the wrong way.
However, even in the middle of the night, there was a sentry every five steps and a sentry every ten steps in the imperial palace. From time to time, there were armored guards patrolling back and forth.
Above a corner in the northwest of the imperial palace, a black shadow flashed past and fell into the palace wall. Then, as if entering an uninhabited place, it shuttled through the imperial palace with great familiarity and soon came to a hexagonal palace.
The black light on the figure slowly dissipated, revealing a figure dressed in white. It was the Thousand Illusion Devilman.
At this moment, it seemed that due to the lack of magic power and the long journey, his face was slightly pale. After standing firmly, he looked back with lingering fear and fiercely muttered to himself:
"Damn it! That Taiqing Gate brat seems to be chasing me. I clearly used a secret technique to hide my tracks. How can he still track my position? "
As soon as his voice fell, an abnormal dark red suddenly appeared on his face. The aura on his body became chaotic. He hurriedly took out a jade bottle, poured out a white pill, and swallowed it. Only then did the dark red on his face gradually recede.
Then, after a slight hesitation, the Thousand Illusion Devilman clenched his teeth and a wave of light rippled from his body. In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a slightly plump middle-aged man with a jade-like face. His body moved and quietly melted into a nearby hexagonal palace.
The Thousand Illusion Devilman appeared in a gorgeous bedroom in the palace. With another wave of his hand, a bright yellow brocade robe appeared on his body.
The brocade robe was embroidered with the pattern of a spiraling five-clawed golden dragon. It was clearly an attire that only the Emperor of Jiang Country could wear.
After wearing the brocade robe, the Thousand Illusion Devilman's temperament immediately changed. The magic power on his body seemed to completely disappear, and he completely transformed into a dignified middle-aged man.
No one would have thought that the Thousand Illusion Devilman was hiding in the Jiang Country's imperial palace. Furthermore, he was the Emperor of Jiang Country!
The Thousand Illusion Devilman's eyes flashed and he slapped his palm on his body. Immediately, a greenish-black Qi appeared on his face.
Not long after, there was a sudden clamor in the hexagonal palace. The lights were brightly lit, and many palace maids and eunuchs hurried about.
"There's an assassin!"
"Someone is trying to assassinate His Majesty! Quick, protect the Emperor! "
Countless guards surged into the walls of the hexagonal palace like a tide, surrounding the palace. The entire palace seemed to have been awakened, and the lights in the palaces were all lit up.
At the same time, a strange light flashed in the dark night, and several dazzling escape lights landed outside the hexagonal palace. After the light dissipated, several figures in red robes appeared. There were men and women among them. The aura they exuded was thick and solid. Their cultivation was faintly above the intermediate stage of the Condensation Period. The leader was an old man with a white beard, and his cultivation had reached the intermediate stage of the Crystallization Period.
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