With a good plan in mind, Fang Xing carefully walked along the road.
At this time, it was already late at night in the depths of the forest. A bright moon hung high in the sky, shining brightly like silver. However, in the Demon Miasma Mountain, there were towering trees everywhere, blocking the moonlight, making the surroundings dark. In any case, Fang Xing had already reached the peak of the second layer of spirit formation. His eyesight had improved by a lot, and with the help of the Yin Yang Fiendgod's mirror, he was able to detect some dangerous existences.
Some of the things that the Yin Yang Fiendgod's mirror couldn't detect, even ordinary snakes and insects couldn't do anything to him.
After following for a while, he saw that the road turned into the depths of the mountain. Obviously, they were still planning to kill the demon toad. Fang Xing stopped and thought for a while. He remembered that Hou Qing was sinister and ruthless, and that he was not a kind person. If he chased after him like this, he was afraid that he would fall into Hou Qing's trap. Thus, he was even more careful as he walked. He looked around, searching for a suitable place to set up a trap, just in case.
Along the way, he used branches as bows and vines as strings. He also set up a few traps, but after thinking for a while, Fang Xing felt that these traps were too weak. They might not even be able to harm him, not to mention Hou Qing, whose cultivation and martial skills were higher than his. Thus, he continued to search. Soon, he heard a whistling sound in front of him. At the same time, he felt a sense of alertness in his heart.
He tiptoed over to take a look, and his heart immediately bloomed with joy.
Under an ancient tree that was as thick as three people hugging together, there was actually a huge demon python as thick as a human's waist. It was actually a rank two demon beast. At this moment, it seemed to have eaten its fill. In the middle of the python's body, there was a huge bump. Who knows what kind of prey was inside. Fang Xing was secretly happy, but he did not disturb it. He slowly retreated to the side. The python was snoring loudly and did not notice him.
Actually, even if it was, Fang Xing was not afraid. This python looked scary, but it was actually quite docile.
Demonic and demonic aura were different. Wild beasts that emitted demonic aura would generally maintain their nature, just that they were stronger.
But if it was a demonic beast, then it would have a demonic nature. Even if it was a very docile beast or human, after being corroded by demonic aura, it would become very fierce and even lose its mind.
These two differences were also the difference between Devil Qi and Demonic Qi.
After seeing this Demon Python, Fang Xing squatted beside it and thought for a while. Then, he quietly set up a trap and continued to move forward.
After slowly walking for about half an hour, he finally saw Hou Qing and Liu San at the foot of a cliff outside the forest. They had lit a fire and were sitting cross-legged next to it, talking to each other. Next to them was a man lying on the ground. Looking at his clothes, it was Qian Tong. He was tied up like an enemy and his body was covered in blood, but he would twitch from time to time, clearly still alive.
"Wonderful, these bastards have indeed deceived each other …"
Fang Xing was overjoyed. He looked around, trying to find a good place to get closer and listen to their conversation.
When he was less than three hundred feet away, Fang Xing suddenly heard the sound of a bowstring being pulled. He was startled.
"Swoosh swoosh …"
Two bamboo arrows flew towards him at lightning speed. In the darkness, it was almost impossible to distinguish them.
"Fuck, I've set up traps along the way, but I've actually fallen into their trap …"
Fang Xing was furious. His body suddenly curled into a ball and flipped backwards. At the same time, he swung his saber to deflect the two bamboo arrows.
With his current cultivation level, the bamboo arrow naturally could not harm him. However, Fang Xing also understood in his heart that this trap was not set up to harm people. It was only used as a warning. If he stepped into the trap, it would definitely alert Hou Qing and Liu San. Therefore, after he blocked the bamboo arrow, he immediately broke into a run. His body was like a ghost's shadow as he scuttled into the forest. He did not even have the time to look back.
Just before Fang Xing was ambushed, Hou Qing and Liu San were also talking. The person they were talking about was Fang Xing.
Liu San said, "Senior Hou, do you really think that brat will chase after us again?"
Hou Qing lightly said, "I thought about it for a long time. After this brat escaped from the river, he actually didn't forget to use the Taoist robe to set up an ambush. It was obvious that he had already thought about it. Since you are an expert in tracking techniques, you will definitely use tracking techniques to find him. This kind of thinking and experience doesn't seem like something a normal child would have. We also can't think of him as a normal child …"
Liu San was silent. That was indeed the case. A normal child would only think about running for their lives when they got the chance. How could their thinking be so meticulous?
Similarly, if a normal child got the chance, they would probably try their best to stay away from all of them. However, this brat was extremely daring. He might really follow them to see if there was a chance to take advantage of the situation …
"If he really comes, then that would be great. I've already arranged traps all around us. Although they are only some simple traps that won't hurt people with cultivation, they can serve as a warning. As long as he comes within three hundred feet of us, we will be able to sense him. With that brat's cultivation, if he wants to escape from us at such a close distance, that's just a dream!"
Liu San nodded and said. He looked at Qian Tong and then hesitantly looked at Hou Qing.
Hou Qing seemed to understand what he was thinking and gently nodded, saying, "One bait is enough. If we can capture that brat, Senior Brother Qian naturally won't be needed. When the time comes, I, Hou Qing, will prepare a generous gift to apologize to him!"
Liu San sighed and said, "That's good, that's good …"
Before he had finished speaking, he suddenly heard the sound of a bowstring being pulled out from the west side of the forest, and a strong wind swept past, as if someone was escaping at lightning speed. Liu San was startled, and shouted, "It's that kid …"
As soon as he said the word "it's him", Hou Qing had already pulled out his sword and leapt into the air.
By the time he finished speaking, Hou Qing had already turned into a blue shadow and disappeared into the darkness, leaving behind only flickering flames.
"So fast …"
Liu San was stunned for a moment, somewhat amazed at Hou Qing's cultivation. Sighing, he also followed.
As Fang Xing ran through the forest, he secretly cursed himself for being a stupid pig.
It seemed that things had been going too smoothly for him during this period of time, so much so that he didn't even know how to be careful.
He had long since determined that Hou Qing was a formidable opponent, but he had still missed a step and fallen into a trap.
Behind him, a silver light flashed. Unexpectedly, it was Hou Qing. In order to quickly catch up, he had actually stepped onto a flying sword and shot forward like a bolt of lightning.
"Heavens, this time I'm going to lose my little life …"
Fang Xing cried out as he madly ran even faster, taking advantage of his short stature to flee through the forest.
Hou Qing flew on his flying sword, but after flying for a hundred feet, he jumped down and waved his hand to put away his flying sword, chasing after Liu San on foot.
However, at this time, the distance between him and Fang Xing was only about a hundred feet.
Looking at the back of the little figure running in panic, Hou Qing's eyes flashed coldly and the corners of his mouth curled up into a cold smile.
This little brat had indeed caused him a lot of trouble, but in the end, he couldn't escape from the palm of his hand.
"There's no other way, I'll run towards the first trap!"
Fang Xing gritted his teeth and sped towards the first trap. When he arrived at a place piled with withered leaves, Fang Xing's feet felt light, and he ran over the withered leaves. In the next breath, Hou Qing arrived there and stretched out his foot. Suddenly, he felt that the place where his foot landed was a little light, so he hurriedly gathered his Spiritual Qi and forcefully increased his height by two feet, leaping over the trap.
Fang Xing groaned inwardly. That trap had originally been specially designed by him. He had made use of a hole dug out by an unknown object and covered it with some withered leaves. His body was small and light, so he could naturally run over it. However, if Hou Qing stepped on it, he would definitely fall into it. Who knew that Hou Qing would be so powerful, forcefully increasing his height in a single breath and avoiding the trap?
"Hmph, it's best if you don't use such petty tricks in front of me!"
Hou Qing sneered and once again increased his speed. Seeing that the distance between him and Fang Xing had shortened to five or six feet, Hou Qing laughed coldly.
"Haha, this young master has many tricks up his sleeves, and I still have an ultimate trap!"
Fang Xing shouted as he madly ran. In any case, he couldn't afford to be at a disadvantage, so he had to maintain his imposing manner. However, what he said was the truth. He indeed had a trap, and it was the biggest trap he had laid along the way.
"Ga ga …"
There were a few sounds, and suddenly, two bamboo arrows shot out from the nearby bushes. One of them was aimed at Hou Qing, who was chasing behind him.
Hou Qing sneered and lightly flicked his finger. He didn't even use any Spiritual Qi to deflect the bamboo arrow.
Even Fang Xing wouldn't be hurt by this kind of small trap, so how could Hou Qing fall for it?
"You dare to show off such insignificant tricks … Eh?"
Hou Qing sneered incessantly, but at this moment, he suddenly heard a whistling sound of wind in his ears, a swirling stench of blood rushed towards his face, from the side, a demon python as thick as a water bucket pounced out, its head sent him flying several zhangs away, its huge body whirling at lightning speed, coiling towards him, Hou Qing was caught off guard, was actually wrapped in the middle of this demon python's body, and was continuously tightening.
Hou Qing finally understood what Fang Xing's ultimate trap meant. There were two bamboo arrows on this kid's trap. One of them was shot at him, and it was simply a trick to distract the enemy. The other bamboo arrow was aimed at a Demon Python that was snoring after eating. This Demon Python's temperament was not much different from ordinary Demon Pythons. After eating, it would be very docile and not hostile.
But when it was asleep, once it was startled, it would immediately subconsciously attack its prey that posed a threat to it.
The bamboo arrow hit the Demon Python's body, and the Demon Python was immediately startled and knocked Hou Qing away with its head.
"Haha, I'll finally let you drink this young master's foot-washing water …"
Fang Xing stopped, hopping and laughing loudly. Suddenly, his expression changed, and he let out a shout before continuing to flee.
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