In the northwest of the Ancestral State, there were endless mountains. Jiujiang County was an important barrier. It was guarded by a large number of troops, closely monitoring every move of the Yao Nation.
Although there were many troops, the security of Jiujiang County was not good.
The existence of the garrison was to defend against external enemies and would not easily interfere with local politics. Jiujiang County was bordered by the Yao Kingdom, and the county was filled with demons and bandits. The common people lived in groups, and when they went out, they often traveled in groups.
Jiujiang County, one of the nine counties.
A woman in white slowly walked on the mountain path.
The woman was extremely beautiful. Her figure was graceful, and her face was beautiful. She was naturally charming. When the woodcutter saw her, he could not take his eyes off her. He almost took a wrong step and stepped into a cliff.
After the shock, he panted and said to his companion, "Such a beautiful girl dares to go out alone. In the past few months, at least eight, if not ten, women have mysteriously disappeared around here."
His companion disagreed and said, "A beauty who dares to go out alone these days can't be an ordinary person. She might be an immortal or a demon. Look at how beautiful she is. She's like a fox spirit. How can a person be so beautiful …"
On the mountain path, the beautiful woman continued to walk. When she passed by a dense forest, a figure suddenly walked out of the forest.
It was a young man in blue. He had the cultivation of Spirit Condensation. He looked at the woman on the mountain path with a fiery gaze and praised, "What a beautiful woman …"
Such a beautiful woman, even if she was not a rare demon, could be sold for a very good price.
After all, although female demons were rarer, not everyone liked demon furnaces. The value of such a beauty was definitely not inferior to any female demons.
Looking at the woman on the mountain path, he felt a fire in his heart. He slowly walked towards her.
A moment later.
The beautiful woman continued to walk. The unconscious young man in blue was hung on a tree. His cultivation had been destroyed.
When she was about to reach the foot of the mountain, the woman touched a jade bracelet on her hand. Several figures appeared out of thin air.
If everyone swaggered through the air, it would be too eye-catching. Whether it was the military or the local government, it would not be beneficial to the plan.
Li Mu, Hu Jiu, and the others hid in Phantom Princess's storage space for a while.
For this operation, each of them had a Flask Heaven Space. Although the area was not large, the seven of them combined were not small. It was enough to accommodate everyone in the Wu family's underground palace.
Li Mu had a bigger space, but if he revealed it, his identity would be exposed. So, he could only go back to the Thousand Fox Country and let Phantom Princess solve the problem of space herself.
Now that he had comprehended the Heavenly Book of the Fox Clan, it was time for him to leave.
This time, with Fantasy Princess and the others by his side, Li Mu would not be able to unleash his full potential. After this mission was over, he would try to find an opportunity to escape.
He put away these thoughts and said to Huan Ji and the others: "Lord Huan Ji, I'll have to trouble you."
Phantom Princess nodded and walked into the forest with Hu Liu. When they came out, their hair was tied up and they had changed into men's clothes. They looked very handsome and charming.
The beauty of the people from Meizong Sect was not differentiated by gender. No matter if it was a man dressed as a woman or a woman dressed as a man, they were all stunning beauties.
Under Li Mu's lead, the group came to the Wu family.
It looked like an ordinary manor, but there was actually a powerful formation outside. Unless there was a Sixth Realm cultivator, it would be very difficult to break in from the outside.
Li Mu had changed his appearance. Like Wu Liang, he was also a follower of the Jiujiang Commandery King. He was now lying in the Flask Heaven Space that Phantom Princess gave to Li Mu. His Vital Spirit and body were imprisoned.
A guard of the Wu family came up and said respectfully, "Welcome, Lord Chen. Master is in seclusion and can't receive you personally. Please don't blame him."
Li Mu said, "I've brought a few friends to play. You can make the arrangements. I won't disturb Brother Wu."
The guard said, "Everyone, please follow me."
He held the token and led them through several checkpoints. They came to an empty space in the backyard. He formed a seal with his hands and his lips trembled. A large hole opened in the ground. It was pitch black inside, and they could not see anything.
The guard stood at the entrance of the hole and said, "Please go in. Someone will receive you below."
Hu Jiu was about to jump down when Phantom Princess suddenly grabbed her collar. Li Mu was also suspicious. He said in a low voice, "Something's wrong."
The entire Wu family was eerily quiet. Li Mu and the others had not seen anyone since they came in.
It was not like this when Li Mu came last time.
The moment Phantom Princess stopped Hu Jiu, the guard of the Wu family was about to retreat. Li Mu pointed at the back of his neck and sealed his cultivation.
Phantom Princess had already sensed that something was wrong. She immediately said, "Retreat!"
But it was too late.
The light of the formation flashed in the sky above the Wu family. A translucent shield instantly solidified. The seven of them were trapped inside the shield. Outside the shield, a dense crowd of people began to gather.
"An ambush!"
"We've fallen into a trap!"
…
Inside the formation, everyone spoke with an ugly expression. When Hu Liu and the others came to their senses, they immediately looked at Li Mu with suspicion and hostility in their eyes.
From the beginning, he was the one who provided the information and planned this. If there was a traitor among them, he was the most suspicious.
Hu Jiu understood their expressions. She said with a dark face, "What do you mean? Are you suspecting Little Snake?"
Hu Liu and Li Mu pulled away and said, "He is indeed the most suspicious. Shouldn't we suspect him?"
Hu Jiu said decisively, "It can't be Little Snake. I believe him!"
While the two demons were arguing, Phantom Princess did not panic. She said in a low voice, "Now is not the time to talk about this. Let's work together to break the formation!"
Her words were very useful. They all took out their weapons and attacked the formation above them.
Only Li Mu did not move. He knew that their attacks were useless.
The underground palace of the Wu family was the money tree of the Jiujiang Commandery Prince. He had invested a lot in the protective formation here.
Even a Sixth Realm cultivator would need some time to break this formation. If Phantom Princess brought the cultivators of the Meizong and Mirage Sects, they might be able to break it. However, she had gathered them in an emergency and did not have enough manpower. They could not even shake this formation.
Phantom Princess formed a seal with her hands. A huge six-tailed fox shadow appeared behind her. She used the fox shadow to unleash her strongest attack. However, it only made the formation shake a little. The formation was still stable.
At this moment, Hu Jiu realized that Li Mu did not move. She said angrily, "Why are you still standing there?!"
Li Mu shook his head and said, "It's useless. I searched the soul of the owner of this place. Even a Sixth Realm cultivator would need more than two hours to break this formation. If we continue like this, we'll just be wasting our magic power."
Phantom Princess could unleash a Sixth Realm attack. However, she only had the power for one attack. It was far from enough to break the formation.
She landed and gritted her teeth. "There are still spies in the Meizong Sect."
Outside the array, a young man crossed his arms and looked down at them from above. He said indifferently, "You guys really dared to come …"
Hu Liu raised her head and asked coldly, "How did you know?"
The young man smiled and said, "We're going to die. What's the use of knowing this?"
Hu Liu said coldly, "The Lord of Heaven's daughter is here. If you dare to hurt her, the Lord of Heaven will not let you go!"
The young man sneered and said, "The Lord of Heaven's Illusion is so scary. Then let him come. Let's see who will not let who go."
The Duke of Jiujiang obviously knew Phantom Princess's identity. Li Mu ruled out the possibility that they discovered something was wrong and set up an ambush in advance. The imperial court did have spies in the Meizong Sect. However, they did not have access to such confidential information. The only possibility was that the higher-ups of the Meizong Sect leaked the information to the Duke of Jiujiang.
Did the Duke of Jiujiang also have spies in the higher-ups of the Meizong Sect?
Right now, spies were not the most important thing.
The Duke of Jiujiang gave the order. Outside the formation, countless cultivators activated the formation at the same time. A sky full of spells attacked them.
Although there were no Sixth Realm cultivators outside the formation, they were all Fourth Realm and Fifth Realm cultivators. There were too many of them. Their combined attacks were very close to Sixth Realm attacks. Even Dongxuan cultivators would be in a difficult situation if they were trapped in the formation.
Phantom Princess threw out an ancient turtle shell. The turtle shell emitted a faint fluorescent light and covered them. However, the light on the turtle shell was slowly dimming under the intensive attacks.
Hu Liu said with a trembling voice, "Lord Phantom Princess, this Dharma treasure will not last long …"
As the turtle shell dimmed, Phantom Princess's face gradually turned pale.
She still had a few powerful Dharma treasures. However, they could only last for a while. The attacks outside the formation would eventually land on them. Everyone would not be able to escape the fate of being destroyed in body and soul.
At this moment, no one doubted Li Mu.
It was obvious that the people outside wanted to kill them all, not leaving a single one alive. Which spy would die with them?
Hu Jiu sat on the ground. She gritted her teeth and said, "If we can escape, I will definitely catch that damned spy. I will tear him into pieces and burn his bones to ashes!"
Hu Liu sat beside her dejectedly. She said, "Let's talk about it after we escape. What's the use of saying this now? I'm still a virgin. I haven't even tasted a man …"
Phantom Princess was silent. After the undercover incident last time, she had been more careful. Not many people knew about this, but even so, they had still been ambushed ….
The light on the turtle shell was very dim. Hu Jiu looked up. After a moment of silence, she slowly stood up and said, "If the six of us explode our Demon Souls and Primordial Spirits, even if we can't break the formation, we can weaken it to the greatest extent. It will be enough for Lord Phantom Princess to break the formation. As long as the formation is broken, Lord Phantom Princess will have hope of escaping …"
The demons did not speak. Their faces were filled with determination.
Phantom Princess said firmly, "No."
This was the only time Hu Jiu did not go along with Phantom Princess. She said firmly, "Lord Phantom Princess, we have no other choice. Only if you escape can you avenge us and save the people here …"
"We still have a choice."
A voice suddenly sounded. Everyone's eyes immediately looked behind Phantom Princess.
Li Mu slowly said, "I just searched through the memories of the owner of this place and found that this formation has a weak point. If Lord Illusion Princess uses the same level of attack as before to attack the weak point, there might be a chance of breaking the formation.
Hu Liu shook her head and said, "Even if we break the formation, there are so many strong enemies outside. We can't escape."
Li Mu continued, "I learned a skill from the Heavenly Book. Later, other than Lord Phantom Princess, all of you, transfer your mana to me. I will use your mana to cast this skill. It should be able to stop them for a while. During this time, Lord Phantom Princess will be able to escape with you."
Hu Jiu said in surprise, "Really?"
Li Mu nodded and said, "It's all thanks to Lord Phantom Princess that I learned the Heavenly Book two days ago. Otherwise, all of us would have died here today …"
Phantom Princess looked into Li Mu's eyes and asked, "Why didn't you tell me?"
Li Mu said embarrassedly, "I wanted to tell Lord Phantom Princess at the right time to give Lord Phantom Princess a surprise. I didn't expect to use it so soon."
Hu Jiu seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Then what about you?"
Li Mu patted her shoulder and said, "Don't worry. I also learned a blood escape skill from the Heavenly Book. This skill can increase my speed greatly. Those below the sixth level won't be able to catch up with me. After buying enough time for all of you, I will use the blood escape skill to escape. Although after using it, my vitality will be greatly damaged and my cultivation will regress, but at this critical moment, I can't care so much …"
Hu Liu looked at Li Mu and seemed to have understood something.
Phantom Princess felt that something was wrong. She wanted to ask more, but Hu Liu looked at the dim turtle shell and said, "Lord Phantom Princess, there's no time. Prepare to attack the weak point of this formation. We will transfer our spiritual power to him …"
…
Outside the formation.
The Duke of Jiujiang looked at the turtle shell that was about to disappear and urged, "Hurry up, this thing can't hold on for much longer …"
The cultivators were about to increase their attacks when a strong wave of spiritual power came from under the turtle shell.
A long whip of spiritual power pierced through the turtle shell and hit a certain part of the formation.
The Duke of Jiujiang smiled in disdain. "A trapped beast attack?"
Then he opened his eyes slightly. He seemed to have seen something wrong. He saw a small shadow of a bell. Although it was just a flash, he did see it.
Boom!
After being hit by the long whip, the formation that had always been very stable let out a deafening boom. A gap actually appeared.
Although the gap was quickly mended, there was still a ray of white light that flew out of the formation and into the distance.
The Duke of Jiujiang's expression changed and he immediately said, "Chase after it!"
In fact, there was no need for him to give the order. The moment the white light flew out, the cultivators outside the formation had already chased after it.
Bang!
The cultivator who was flying at the front suddenly flew back. A figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
That figure was only at the fourth level at first, but his aura began to climb at this moment. It climbed to the early stage, the middle stage, the late stage, until it reached the peak of the fourth level. At some point, it reached the fifth level.
However, this was not the end. In just a few breaths, his aura climbed to the peak of the fifth level.
This scene scared all the cultivators present. They did not dare to act rashly.
If this person took one more step, he would reach the sixth level and enter the ranks of the strongest cultivators on the continent. At that time, who would be able to stop him?
Fortunately, his aura did not change after reaching the peak of the fifth level.
Li Mu quietly put away the Dao Bell and secretly adjusted the position of the Fu-lu on his arm.
The flaw in the formation was fake. In fact, when Phantom Princess attacked with her full strength, he made the Dao Bell become undetectable and lightly hit it.
The Dao Spell was also fake. The reason his aura climbed was because he used the Fu-lu.
The Blood Escape was also fake. It was just an excuse he used to deceive Phantom Princess.
Although he didn't expect this undercover incident, it was also an opportunity for him to escape.
Seeing that the person's aura no longer climbed, the Duke of Jiujiang let out a sigh of relief. He pointed at the Creation Realm cultivators and said, "You guys, kill him. The rest of you, chase after him!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a few people rushed in the direction Phantom Princess disappeared. However, in the next moment, a figure blocked their path.
He floated in the air and said in a low voice, "Those who cross this place will die!"
The Duke of Jiujiang was extremely angry. He shouted, "Kill him! Kill him now!"
Countless figures swarmed forward.
...
Behind them, under the night sky, Phantom Princess ignored the overdraft of her Dharmic powers and pushed her speed to the limit.
Even though they were so far away, she could still feel the rapidly rising aura behind her. It seemed that the little snake did not lie to her. He really did comprehend a powerful Dao Spell from the Heavenly Book...
She continued to squeeze out her Dharmic powers and increased her speed.
Hu Jiu and the others were already in the Sky Flask. She had to use her fastest speed to fly into the Hundred Thousand Mountains. Only then would she not let down the opportunity the little snake had risked his life to create for them.
In the sky above the Wu Manor.
Li Mu had killed countless people. He looked back in the direction Phantom Princess had disappeared and said softly, "Lord Phantom Princess, farewell forever..."
He slowly turned back. Suddenly, a strong white light emitted from his body.
In the sky above the Wu Manor, the cultivators were scared out of their wits.
"Oh no, he's going to self-destruct!"
"Retreat!"
"Damn it, don't block me!"
...
A destructive wave of Spiritual Power swept out in all directions with that figure as the center.
The Wu Manor had been razed to the ground. Everyone quickly scattered, but they were still affected and were sent flying. They all spat out blood, their auras weakened, and their Divine Souls dimmed.
The Jiujiang Commandery Prince hid behind a few guards. He waited until the Spiritual Power wave of the self-destruction dissipated before he walked out. He looked up and saw that the white figure had already disappeared.
He coughed a few times. His face was pale as he said angrily, "That lunatic!"
...
Hundred Thousand Mountains.
In the Yao Nation.
Phantom Princess landed on a mountain. Her body swayed and she almost fell down.
She held onto a tree and let Hu Jiu and the others out.
Then, she threw a few Spiritual Jades to them and sat down cross-legged. She said, "Those people won't dare to chase us anymore. You guys hurry up and recover your Dharmic powers. We'll wait here for the little snake to come back."
Hu Jiu looked like she had survived a disaster. She laughed and said, "I knew that the little snake is more reliable at times like this. Lord Phantom Princess, when he comes back, you must reward him!"
Hu Liu's expression was complicated. After a long time, she raised her head and said, "I'm afraid that the little snake won't be able to come back …"
Hu Jiu glared at her and said unhappily, "Sister Liu, what are you saying? The little snake just saved all of us. How can you curse him like this? Hurry up and spit on him …"
Hu Liu said in a low voice, "Don't you understand? There's no Blood Escape. He can only use our Dharmic powers to temporarily increase his cultivation and self-destruct his Divine Soul to buy time for Lord Phantom Princess. The little snake won't be able to come back …"
Hu Jiu was stunned for a moment. Then, she said angrily, "What are you talking about? That's impossible!"
As soon as she said that, a strong wave of Spiritual Power came from far away. Even if they were standing dozens of miles away, they could still faintly feel it.
Plop.
Hu Jiu's body went soft and she knelt on the ground.
Crack!
The Spiritual Jade in Phantom Princess's hand was crushed by her. Blood slowly flowed through the gaps between her fingers …
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